Cricket 1900

76 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A p r i l 19, 1 9 0 0 field. He played for Madras Presidency at Calcutta. E. H. D. Sewell (Bedford School), has probably scored more centuries than any man in India. He i- the only man in India to twice get over 200 in an innings and to score thre■» centuries in consecutive innings, though not two in a match. He played for Madras at Madras in 1892 and 1893, and Ojt.y 1893, and Bombay 1894, and all Iudia at Allahabad, 1893. “ Captain B. A. Newbury (Wellington College) was recently kiLled in action in South Africa. He kept wicket for his school, and was one of the most accom­ plished of wicket-keepers when at O >tacamund. He played for Madras v. Bombay at O jty in 1893. E. R. and R. L. Kindersley (Harrow) were both, I believe, in the Harrow X I., but I am uncertain about R. L. They have for many years been the mainstays of Ojtacamund cricket, where both have scored many centuries and taken many wickets, and where both played for Madras v. Bombay in 1893. Lieutenant E. Buckley (Clifton), one of the best left- hand bowlers in the C. S. of Madras, has done numerous bowling feats. F. A. Coleridge (Repton) has not come up to his form at home when touring with the In cogs.; but as a left-handed bowler he is amongst first flight out here. This list could doubtless be extended by many names. H. Reynolds, of this Presidency, has never played for Kent. C. V. B. Davy has, and E. H. D. Sewell for Bedfordshire. H. C. King has played for M.C.C. and Ground v. Yorkshire at Scarborough, and I believe R. J. H. Arbuthnot, late of Madras, for Kent.” SURREY v. LONDON COUNTY. Played at the Oval on April 16, 17 and 18. Surrey won by an innings and 34 runs. On Easter Monday the first-class season opened with this match. The weather was very unfavourable for cricket, and it was only possible to play for two hours and ten minutes, during which Surrey put on 131 for the loss of Brockwell, Hayes and Lock­ wood—all to Albert Trott. The London County team contained representatives from Gloucestershire, Lancashire, Sussex, Middle­ sex, and Somersetshire; Ranjitsinhji was announced to play, but did not put in an appearance. The cricket was not exciting, although the batting was good. As for the fielding, most of the players found the w’eather much too cold for them to be able to stop the ball cleanly, and a few mistakes were made in catching by men who are usually safe. Brockwell was hardly at his best in making his 24, but Abel and Hay­ ward, on the slow wicket, played cricket which was not greatly inferior to that usually shown by them. The wicket helped the bowlers when they could get a foothold, but the ball could be watched pretty easily. Albert Trott was unchanged through­ out the day, for he was about the only bowler who seemed at all difficult. On Tuesday it was not possible to begin play before luncheon, and even when the game was resumed, cricket was carried on under great difficulties. Abel, who overnight was not out 54, added 11 runs to his total, having batted very well indeed. Mr. Knox and Mr. Crawford did nothing, but Hayward steadily plodded on, soeming quite at home. He made his hundre I before stumps were drawn, and eventually carried his bat, after batting for two hours and forty minutes. Richardsm hit furiously at the end of the innings. A very fair start was made for London County by Dr. Grace and Mr. Fry, but after the former was out, the bowlers gained the upper hand; Mr. Fry and Mr. Jessop being alone able to resist them. A follow-on was necessary. Mr. Fry again played a fine innings, and received some assis­ tance from Mr. Townsend; but Lockwood was in great form with the ball, and the tail could do nothing with him. S u rrey . D. L. A Jephson Abel, c Tr >tt, b Grace 65 Brock well, lbw, b Trott 21 Hayes, c Braund, b Trott .........................15 Lockwood, b Trott ... 1 Hayward, not out ...120 F. P. Knox, b Grace .. 0 V. F. 8. Crawford, c Board, b Trott ... 7 L ondon C ount First innings. W . G. Grace, sen., c Wood, b Lockwood ...................15 c C. B. Fry, c Richardson, b Knox .................................58 Braund, c Hayes, b Knox . 2 C. L. Townsend, b Brock­ well ........... .................. 5 G. L. Jessop, c Hayward, b Brockwell .........................20 Trott, b Brockwell ........... 2 8. M. Tindall, b Brockwell 0 W. G.Grace, jun.,st W ool, b K n o x ................................. 0 Townsend, b Trott 23 Lees, c rtraund.bTrott 0 W ool, b Sm ith........... 6 Richarison, bT rott... 23 E xtras................... 5 Total ...294 Second ianiagi. Hayward, b Knox ........... 1 b L ees........... b Haywa'-d .. c Brockwell, Lockwood b Hayward... not out........... b Lees........... Wr ith ill, b Brock^rall Smith, notout ........... Board, run out ........... Extras ........... T ota l................. ...128 c Hayes, b LocY- wood................. 4 b Lockwood ... 0 b Lockwoo I ... 0 b Lockwood ... 11 B 1,1b 4 ........ 5 Total ...... 132 S u r r e y . O. M. R W . O. M. R. W . Trott ... 59 22 122 7 I Grace,sen. 10 1 33 2 Jessop . . 1 2 4 23 0 Townsend 8 1 31 0 S m ith ... 25 9 74 1 | Grace,jun. 3 2 3 0 L ondon C o u n ty . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Richardson Lockwood Brockwell F. P. Knox 11 11 0 , 18 1 17 3 5 35 5 17 3 49 3 Hayward L ees......... 0 13 0 3 8 5 0 14 0 3 14 1 1 41 2 1 37 2 NOTTS ELEVEN v. COLTS. Played at Trent Bridge on April 16 and 17. Drawn. After trying the experiment of playing this match somewhat later than usual last year, and meeting with no success in the way of weather, the Notts Committee went back to the old custom of beginning it on Easter Monday. The result was disappointing in the extreme for the Colts had not been able to obtain any practice, while the weather was very bad and prevented an early beginning. As usual the Colts were sent in first, but their chances of distinguishing themselves were small indeed, for the wicket was altogether in favour of the bowlers. For the most part the Colts did next to nothing. Although the rule about six balls going to the over has not yet been passed, the experiment was tried in this match. Gunn, Wass, and Mason all had remarkab’e analyses, and only three Colts succeeded in getting into double figures ; it cannot be said that any of them showed signs of being quick scorers, and the total of 78 was put together in two hours and three-quarters. At the close of the day the Eleven had lost a wicket for 32 runs. On Tuesday rain again caused delay. The only man in the Eleven who showed any particular signs of being in form was Mr. A. O. Jones. On a ruined wicket the Colts had no earthly chance of showing any skill ; they could only give J. Gunn and Wass the opportunity of getting an excellent analysis. T he T w e n ty - r w o . First imiasjs. Saxlon (E. A ), c Jo >es, b D ench.......................... ... 17 Harrison (P.), b J. Gunn ... 0 W. D. Barber, b J. G um ... 10 Atkinson (J.), c an i b J. Gunn .................................. 2 O. 8. Freck, b J. Gunn ... 0 Wright (J.), b J. Gunn .. 0 A. Kent, b Dench ........... 0 Pepper (C.), c Gregory, b M ason........... ............... 8 Dickenson (C. E.), bJ. Gunn 0 ’ ’ , . 0 . 5 . 1 . 15 .. 0 Second innings. c Dench,bGregory 2 b J. G u n n ........... 1 b G regory........... 0 b J. G u n n........... 0 b J. G u n n ........... 0 c Gregory, b J. G um ........... 15 c J. Gunn, b G regory........... 4 Shiw (R.), b J. Gunn.. Hems ey (G. E.), b Wass . M eikin (S.), run out ... . Harrison (I.), b Wass Teather ( W .), b Mason Barker (fl.)* b W a ss........... 0 Houldsworth, st Oate3, b M ason................................... 0 Babbitt (J. W ,), b Mason .. 2 Morley (H .),b W a ss........... 5 Parey (H ), b Wa.ss ........... 0 Vickerstaffe (A.), b Mason 4 Moran (J.), c and b Wass... 0 W. Marshall, not ou t........... 0 B 2, lb 6, nb I ........... 9 b W ass.................. b G regory........... b Wass ........... c and b D eich ... b Wass ........... c Oates, b Wass t*t Oates. b Wass st Oates, b Dench b Dench ........... b Wass ........... st Oates,bJ.Gunn b Wass ........... b Wass ........... not out................... c Guttridge, b J. Gunn ........... B 6, lb 3 ... T otal. Total ... 76 N o tts . Dench, b Houldsworth 19 Carlin, c Vickerstaffe, b Babbitt..................16 Mason (P.), absent, ill 4 G unn(W .),c Hemsley, b P. H arrison...........17 A. O. Jones, c Rabbitt, b W rig h t.................. 28 Gunn (J.), c Barber, b P. Harrison ........... 3 Guttridge, c Perry, b Pepper ................... 2 N otts C o lts . First innings. O M. R. W. Gunn, J.................. 15 7 17 7 .. Gregory ..............12 6 Dench .................... 9 5 Henson.................. 6 5 Mason ... ... ... 10 4 Oates, b Pepper......... 1 Gregory (B.), c I. Harrison, b Shaw... 10 Wass. c Vickerstaffe, b Shaw ................... 9 Henson, not out ... 2 Shrewsbury, absent... 0 B 2,1b 1, w l.n b l 5 Total ...116 Wasa 9.5 6 13 0 . 11 2 . 1 0 18 5 . 9 6 . Second innings. O M. R. W. ... 12 3 19 6 ... 9 4 9 4 ... 17 6 28 3 Mason bowled a no-ball. ... 20 14 11 8 N o tts . Meakin Babbitt Moran........... 4 Atkinson ... 8 Houldsworth 8 Harrison, P. O. M. R.W . 7 3 12 8 3 8 0 5 2 12 2 22 9 3 7 O. M. B.W. Pepper ... 8 0 16 2 Saxton ... 6 1 10 0 Wright ... 7 2 8 1 Teather ... 4 0 9 0 Shiw ... 1.3 0 2 2 Meakin bowled a wid?, an i Peppjr a n o-b ill. THE METROPOLITAN CLUBS IN 1900. Continual from page 54. Though, as yet, samewhat unpreten­ tious in its programme, the A kklby C ltjb is hopeful of being of some slight use to county cricket in the near future. It will certainly not be for lack of energy on the part of A. S. Farmer, the captain, or of A. O. Mudie (Arkley, Herts), if this hope is not realised. The Arkley Week, which commences on June 18, includes matches with Kensington Park, M.C.C. and Ground, Hampstead, Hertford, Emeriti, and Hornsey. In the matter of ground bowlers, the members are fortu-