Cricket 1900

S bpt . 13, 1900. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 407 who are far better worth watching than m any men who play county cricket, but would fail in ‘ ‘ first-class company ” because they have not learnt to be accurate. THE HASTINGS WEEK. NORTH v. SOUTH . TW O SEPARATE HUNDREDS BT TYLDESLEY. Played on September 6, 7, and 8. Drawn. The first match of the Week took place in charming weather, and as there was plenty of hard hitting, spectators had a very pleasant time. On the first day the cricket was con­ fined to four hours, owing to the late arrival of some of the North team, who had missed their trains. For a few minutes there was an uneasy suspicion that something was wrong with the wicket, for Mr. A . 0 . Jones and Mr. A . C. MacLaren were speedily disposed of. But from this time the bat had control over the hall, and for the rest of the day the bowlers were out of the running. A long stand was made by Tyldesley and Brown, producing 163 runs in an hour and twenty- five minutes. They were allowed to play themselves in very comfortably, for the howling waa not changed until the total was nearly 90. After that it did not much matter what experiments were tried. If Brown had not been out in a very unlucky manner, the ball rebounding off the wicket-keeper’s pads after beating him as well as the batsman, there seemed no reason why the partnership should not have been continued indefinitely. Tyldesley made his 121 in an hour and three- quarters, hitting twenty-two 4’s. Another long partnership followed, for after Hirst had been caught offl the lobs for 6, Lilley and Denton put on 108 in less than an hour. Denton made the second hundred of the match, after being at the wickets for two hours. When stumps were drawn the total was 402 for eight wickets. The innings soon closed on Frtday, and up to lunch time the South did badly, the score at that time being 103 for six wickets. Two more wickets fell immediately afterwards, and then Lock­ wood and Mr Jephson completely altered the appearance of the game. In an hour and twenty-five minutes they increased the total by 146, Mr. Jephson then being out for a splendid innings of 124, which included twenty-four 4’s. The innings came to an end about half-an-hour before stumps were drawn, the South being 153 behind. Lord Hawke preferred to send his men in again, and when time was called the total was 27 for no wicket. On Saturday some more remark­ able cricket was seen, Tyldesley, for the second time during his career, scoring a second hundred in a match. The innings was declared closed as soon as he had reached the three figures, after batting for an hour and twenty-five minutes only, and the South were left with two hours and three-quarters before them to play out tim e; of course, they had no earthly chance of making the 387 runs which were required to win. Mr. Burnup playeda great innings, and Mr. Jephson got halfway towards a second hundred, playing, as he always does when freed from county championship respon­ sibilities, the most attractive cricket imaginable. But it was also one of Mr. Jessop’B days. He hit with even more boldness than usual, and was only batting for seventy-five minutes for his 123 not out. When he went in there was a reasonable chance that the South would he beaten. N o r t h . First innings. Second innings. A . C. MacLaren, b Trott ... 12 b Jessop ......11 A. O. Jones, b Lockwood ... 0 cButt,b Jeesop 41 Brown (J. T., sen.), st Butt, b Trott......................................65 b Jessop ................36 Lord Hawke, not out..............25 b Jessop .............. 1 Tyldesley, b Jephson.............121 not out..................... 100 Denton, b Jephton ............ 104 lbw, b Trott ... 29 Hirst, c Trott, b Jephson... 6 n otou t................... 1 Lilley, lbw, b Trott ...........57 Cuttell, b Jephson .............. 17 Gunn (J.), b Jessop ............. 9 Rhodes, b Jephson ............ 0 B 18, lb 5, nb 1 ...........24 B 12, lb 2, nb 1 15 Total.................. 440 * Innings declared S o o t h . First innings. C. J. Burnup, b Gunn.............. 43 Abel, c Jones, b Gunn .. 13 C. L. Townsend, c Brown, b Rhodes ............................ 1 Hayward, st Lilley, b Rhodes.................................... 1 D. L. A. Jephson, c Brown, b Hhodes ... .............124 G. L. Jessop, b Gunn..............16 A. E. Stoddart, c Mac- Laren, b Rhodes ............ 1 W . G. Grace, sen., lbw, b Rhodes.................................. 5 Trott, b Gunn .................... 3 Lockwood, c Hirst, b Gunn 60 Butt, not out..............................21 B 7, nb 2 ............................ 9 Total (5 wkts)*234 closed. Second innings, c Rhodes,bBrown 45 c and b Hirst ... 11 c Rhodes,bBrown 2 not out.................. 3 b Hirst...................51 n o tou t.. ... ..123 c MacLaren, b Gunn ...........17 Byes ...........14 Total..........................287 Total (5 wkts) 266 N o r t h . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Lockwood ...........11 1 47 1 ............. Trott ................... 32 3 151 3 ............ 13 3 57 1 Townsend ........... 2 0 19 0 ............ Jessop ................... 17 1 77 1 ............ 22 4 87 4 Jephson' ...........26 3 1 110 5 ............ 14 1 49 0 Hayward ........... 4 0 12 0 ............ Burnup 3 0 22 0 Stoddart 3 2 4 0 Lockwood and Jessop each delivered a no-ball and Burnup a wide. S o u t h . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . R h odes................. 36 9 120 5 ............. 9 5 9 0 Gunn (J.) ........... 32 4 7 98 5 ............. 16 3 59 1 C u ttell................... 5 0 27 0 ............. 6 0 32 0 Hirst .................. 6 2 8 0 ............ 15 3 56 2 Jones .................. 4 1 25 0 ............. Brown ... 16 0 88 2 MacLaren 1 0 8 0 Gunn delivered two no-balls. I N C I D E N T S O F C R I C K E T . The follow ing amusing description appeared in the W innipeg Evening JSews Bulletin (Canada) of A ugust 3 0 :— “ Some of the amusing incidents of cricket can be found ‘ right here ’ in Manitoba. On Saturday last, in the game of the C .P .R .’s v. Carltons, the bowler, Reynolds— a C .P .R . man— had a ball thrown in to his end which struck the wicket and knocked the bails off. Tne batsman was in his ground, but where were the bails that had been dislodged from the stumps ? The umpire (M r. Flexon) assisted in the search. One bail was found, the other was m issing. The hunt for this other piece of wood was futile, until one of the eager seekers — the bowler Reynolds him self— found it. Where ? H e was wearing the white flannels of the cricketer. These had been turned up over the boots. The m issing bail was found resting quietly in the recess of one leg of the turned-up trousers. The ball, in striking the bails, must have driven one of them into the pocket awaiting it. This is a strange experience enough, but M r. T . P . Morton, M .P .P ., had a stranger one. This enthusiastic cricketer was captain of a team from Gladstone against another provincial eleven. The best wicket that could be found in the locality was on a trail on the prairie. M orton was fielding at point. The batsman made a vigorous cut. The ball was lost to the sight of the field except to M orton himself. H e had watched the ball, and looking down whereit had apparently struck, discovered that the ball had been driven into a gopher hole. W ith his index finger the 1point ’ could just touch the ball. H e drew it partially out of the entrance to M r. Gopher’s residence, but the grip was not sufficient to get the ball out. Again, and yet again, M orton could touch it, but the ball kept slipping farther and farther into the hole. In the meantime the batsmen, not knowing exactly what had happened, started to run. Other fielders arrived to help their captain, but their united efforts could not get the ball out of M r. Gopher’s hole. It is on record that agricultural implements had to be sent for and the ball dug out ere the game was resumed. Here comes the query for our cricket friends. Can a ball be lost when it is in sight ? Somebody shouted ‘ lost ball ’ on this occasion, but how does it stand p M r. M orton is anxious to know , and so is the scribe. H ow could a ball be lost when you can touch it, and see it ? ” DULW ICH v. SOUTH HAMPSTEAD.—Played at Dulwich. D u l w ic h . Darby, c and b Pfeiffer Colyer. c Houghton, b Pfeiffer .................. Longley, c Orgias, b Pfeiffer ................... Phillips, b Pfeiffer .. Tate, b Orgias Colyer, not o u t ...........100 Warren, st Potter, b Pfeiffrr .................. 31 Proctor, c and b Orgias 6 E x tra s.................. 18 Total (7 wkts) *187 Wells, Pulbrook, and Huntley did not bat. * Innings declared closed. S o u t h H a m p s tk a d . C. W . K . Pfeiffer, b A . J. Houghton, not out ...........................76 H. W . Brooman, c Huntley, b Phillips 5 J. J. Lambert, run out 0 T. B. Orgias, c and b Colyer ...................12 H. Potter, F. T. Renagger, L. L. Mason, Wesson, and A . N. Other did not bat. Colyer .................. 15 A. J. Doughty, not out 18 E x tra s...................10 Total (4 wkts)136 SOUTH HAMPSTEAD v. P A LL IN G SW ICK - Played at Acton on September 8. S o u t h H a m p s te a d . W . Couchman, not out ...........................61 A. J. Houghton, lbw, b La Tbayne P. Shirwell, b Lockner 43 Extras..................17 Total (2 wkts) *189 F. W . Tew. A. Vandervell, C. W . K . Pfeiffer, A. Coles, H. W . Brooman. H. Potier and T. Shirwell did not bat. * Innings declared closed. P a l l in o s w ic k . J.S.Haycraft, b Orgias A.Lanca-ter,b Pfeiffer H. W . Burnside, b Pfeiffer ................... R. M. Lockner, b Pfeiffer ................... E.A. Collins, b Pfeiffer 30 Dr. E. Wright, b Coles 2 N.Marcus.Ibw, b Coles 11 N. La Thayne, not out ......................... 12 Dr. De Vallency, not out ................. ... 19 Extras................... 5 L. Harburg did not bat. Total (7 wkts) I P ORTRAIT M EDALLION 8 OF POPULAR CRICKETERS.— W. G. Grace, K . S. Ranjit­ sinhji, C. B. Fry, C. J. Kortright, A. C. MacLaren, A. E. 8toddart, J. R. Mason, G. L. Jessop, A bel, Richardson, Hayward, Lockwood, Hearne (Alec.), Brown (J. 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