Cricket 1901

THE FINEST BAT THE WORLD PRODUCES. 116 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 9 , 1901. BUSSEY’S £ 2 g __ | lkj a S H CO « a CO CO W OQ p e r i S o w 04 QD C O C O £ o ■ p o j i 0 3 BUSSEY’S S U S S E X C R IC K E T A N D C R IC K E T E R S . By F. S. A sh l e v -G o o pe k . ( Continuedfrom page 101.) V II.—MEMORABILIA. 1816. v. Epsom, at Lord’s, July 29th, 30th, 31st, August 1st and 2nd. This match lasted five days, and 625 runs were ecored for the loss of 38 wickets. 1817. v. Epsom, at Lord’s, July 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th. This match lasted five days. 1,047 runs were obtained for the loss of 39 wickets, this being the first recordedmatch of as many as 1,000 runs. All ten wickets were clean bowled in the second innings of Sussex. 1823. Score-cards were first printed in Brighton this year. Sussex and Kent were to have met on Ireland’sGardens, onAugust 26th (a Tuesday), but at the last moment Kent would not play. In fact they did not appear on the ground at all, much to the disappointment of hundreds of would-be spectators, and to the loss of Mr. Ireland, who had provided dinners for two hundred persons. Having been served in the same manner a short while before, Mr. Ireland, anxious to prevent a second disap­ pointment, actually rode 120 miles for the purpose of seeing the person with whom he had promoted the match (and who lived in a distant part of Kent) and ratifying the agree­ ment which had been previously made. He at length obtained a positive promise that the Kentish eleven should be on the ground in good time, yet not a single player from Kent made his appearance, nor was there any cause assigned for the disappointment they had thus occasioned. 1827. v. England, at Damall (Sheffield), June 4th, 5th and 6th. In the first innings of England the first five wickets fell for two runs. v. England, at Brighton, July 23rd, 24th and 25th. Broadbridge (Jas.), in the second innings of Sussex, threw his bat at a wide ball and was caught at point of W . Ward. v. Kent, at Sevenoaks, August 20th, 21st and 22nd. In the second innings of Sussex Pierpoint (T.) batted seven and a-half hours for thirty-one runs. v. Kent, at Brighton, September 17th, 18th, and 19th. In this match wides appear marked down in the score for the first time. Originally wides as well as no-balls counted for nothing, and when they first became part of the game they were scored among the byes. The law for scoring wides was not made until 19th May, 1828. There were 33 wides in this match. 1828. v. Kent, at Sevenoaks, August 18th and 19th. There were fourteen “ duck’s-eggs” scored on the Sussex tide, seven players fail­ ing to score in each innings. 1833. v. England, at Lord’s, July 1st and 2nd. In the second innings of Sussex, Morley (H.) batted three hours for nine runs. v. England, at Brighton, September 17th and 18th. In the second innings of Sussex six players were dismissed without scoring. 1834. v. England, at Lord’s, July 2nd and 3rd. In the second innings of Sussex six players were disposed of without scoring. 1835. v. M.C.C. and Ground, at Lord’s, July 22nd and 23rd. All ten wiqkets were clean bowled in the first innings of Sussex. v. Nottinghamshire, at Brighton, August 27th, 28th and 29th. Seventeen of the 18 Sussex wickets claimed by the bowlers were bowled down. v. Nottinghamshire, at Nottingham, Sep­ tember 7th, 8th and 9th. All ten wickets in the first innings of Sussex were clean bowled. v. Yorkshire, at Sheffield, September 10th, 11th and 12th. Four players were run out in the first inni gs of Sussex, and two in the second. 1836. v. M.C.C. and Ground, at Lord’s, June 6th and 7th. This is the first match in the M.C.C. books which has the addition of the bowler’s name when a catch, stumping, l.b.w., &c., was made. 1837. v. Kent, at Town Mailing, June 12th and 13th. On the day before the match com­ menced—that is, on Sunday, June 11th—the Vicar of West Mailing preached a rather extraordinary sermon, denouncing as sinners all those who attended this match, whether they betted or not, and prayed for grace to support him under the weight of the re­ proaches he anticipated would be heaped upon him for performing his “ sacred duty.” “ The sermon was warmly canvassed upon the ground, but it appeared the worthy vicar did not suffer, as he anticipated, any diminu­ tion whatever in the esteem and affection of his flock, as they seemed to be perfectly satisfied he had not thereby exposed himself to any shadow of suspicion of cant and hypocrisy. The match was attended on both days by many of the neighbouring clergy­ men.” 1838. v. M.C.C. and Ground, at Lord’s, June 18th and 19th. Brown (G.) made his last appearance for Sussex in this match at the age of fifty-five. v. Kent, at Town Mailing, July 19th and 20th. The coach which took the Sussex players to Town Mailing was upset, and Brown (G.) was too much hurt to play. Lillywhite (W.) and Millyard (G.) were also much shaken. v. England, at Brighton, August 27th, 28th and 2Sth. In the second innings of Sussex Napper (J.) batted two hours for seven runs. 1839. v. M.C.C. and Ground, at Lord’s, June 10th and 11th. Hodson (Jas.) was no-balled (for being too high) in the second innings of the M.C.C. by Caldecourt (W .), after his delivery had been allowed as fair by Good (B.) in the first innings. It caused much excite­ ment at the time. The Earl of Winterton came to the ground to assist Sussex, but, being “ turned out ” of their eleven, played against them, and made the highest score for the M.C.C. v. Kent, at Town Mailing, August 5th and 6th. In the first innings of Kent Pilch (F.) made nine threes in successive scoring hits. In Bell’s Life, N. Felix is reported, on coining to the wicket, to have asked Lillywhite (W .), the bowler, for guard, and, on receiving it, to have said, “ Then you shan’t hit i t ” (the wicket): but Lillywhite knocked it down the very first ball. 1842. v. M.C.C. and Ground, at Brighton, August 8th and 9th. Six players were dismissed without scoring in the first innings of Sussex. 1843. v. England, at Brighton, September llth , 12th and 13th. W . Ward, playing for Eng­ land, was fifty-six years of age. His name is to be found in great matches as far back as 1810.