Cricket 1901

M at 9, 1 9 01. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 125 SURREY v. LONDON COUNTY (Return). Played at the Oval on May 6, 7, and 8. Drawn. It was not very cheerful weather when this match was begun on Monday, and the prospect of fielding all day cannot have been very gratifying to the Suirey men. But for a time fortune smiled on them. There was no stand of nearly a hundred and fifty runs by the great W . G. and Mr. C. J. B. Wood ; on the contrary neither of these batsmen was in luck’s way. Mr. Fry did not get going, and half the London County wickets were down for 75, a very cheering state of affairs for the fielding team on such a cold day. Then there arrived upon the scene Mr. Jessop, who has lately been expressing in print his unbiassed opinion that some bats­ men are in the habit of running out to meet the bowling too early in their innings. He took up his position at the wicket ten minutes before lunch—a period of the day when most batsmen are content to keep up their wickets for the time being—and so far acted up to his precepts that he scored 34 runs before the fieldsmen retired. After lunch he hit the first ball over the grand stand and made merry for a quarter of an hour, when he retired with 60 to his credit. He, with Braund as a partner, had entirely altered the appearance of the game. Braund went steadily on and was eventually out for a most creditable and careful innings of 74. For once Board elected to play a quiet innings, but out of 85 runs scored during his partner*, ship with Braund he was responsible for 38. Richardson bowled fast and well, and Mont­ gomery made a successful debut. At the end of the day Surrey had not done quite well enough to have much prospect of winning the match with any very great ease, for although Abel and Hayward were both not out, the former had not seemed as comfortable as he usually is. The score was 119 for the loss of Brockwell, Hayes, and Lockwood. On Tuesday morning Hayward was out before he had begun to settle down ; Mr. Crawford and Mr. Jephson did very little, and it was left to Abel to uphold the honour of the county; he played a very good innings indeed. W.G. had not very much bowling at his disposal, and he did well to get rid of Surrey with it so cheaply. When they went in a second time, with a useful lead of 51, London County soon began to add to their advantage. W .G . was in great form, doing nearly all the scor­ ing, but when another long partnership between him and Mr. Wood seemed in view, he was caught at the wicket; he had made 34 out of 46 in three-quarters of an hour. So far Surrey were by no means out of the running. But then ensued a partnership between Mr. Beldam and Mr. Wood, which, beginning in the most monotonous manner, continued until stumps were drawn, with hardly anything of the slightest interest to relieve i t ; not that the scoring was par­ ticularly slow. Mr. Beldam was not out 114 and Mr. Wood not out 113, and the score was 275 for one wicket—a hopeless look out for Surrey. Rain fell during the night and the match was not continued until a quarter to one. The two not outs continued their even course, until at last Mr. Wood was caught for 136, an innings which had lasted three hours and-a-half. Mr. Jessop came in and relieved the tedium, and when he was out the innings was closed. Mr. Beldam carried his bat for 150, made in three hours and fifty minutes. Surrey apparently had four hours’ batting before them, but when they had made a good com­ mencement of their innings rain prevented further play. L ondon C ounty . W. G. Grace, c Sted­ man, b Richardson.. 6 C.J.B. Wood, c Hayes, b Montgomery.........19 G.W.Heldam.c Hayes, b Richardson.........15 C. B. Fry, c Hayward, b Rchardson.........10 Braund, b Lees.........74 C. J. Burnup, c Hayes, b Richardson......... 6 G. L. Jessop, c H^yes, b Montgomery ... 60 A.O.Jones,c Stedman, b Montgomery ... 16 Board, run ou t.........18 A.E. Lawton, c Hayes, b Lees ............... 0 L. Walker, not out ... 1 Byes.............. 4 Total ...249 Second innings: W. G. Grace, c Stedman, b Brockwell, 34 ; (J. J. B. Wood, c Jephson, b Lees, 137; G. W. Beldam, not out, 150; G. L. Jessop, c and b Montgomery, 27 ; B 12, lb 2 .—Total (3 wkts) *362. * Innings declared closcd. S u rrey . D. L. A. Jephson, b Abtl, c sub., b Braund 70 Brockwell, c Board, b Jessop ............... 15 Hayes, b Burnup ... 34 Lockwood, c sub., b Jones...................... 6 Hayward, b Jessop ...13 V. F. S. Crawford, b Braund ................ 5 Lees, b Braund.........18 Burnup ....... . ... 9 Montgomery, lbw, b Braund ............... 0 Stedman, not out ... 6 Richardson, c Wood, b Braund............... 10 B 10, lb 2 ... 12 Total ...188 Second innings : Abel, not out, 25; Brockwell, st Board, b Braund, 0; Hayes, not out, 25.—Total (1 wkt), 50. L ondon C ounty . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 32 5 99 4 .......... 17 31 11 90 3 ......... 27*5 8 2 29 0 ......... 13 3 Richardson Montgomery . Lockwood L ees......... 1 39 0 91 1 45 0 6*1 0 27 2 ... 11 Brockwell 24 Jephson... 16 Abel SURBEY. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Braund ......... 21*3 4 87 5 ......... 7*2 2 21 1 Jessop ......... 20 7 49 2 ......... 4 0 20 0 Jones............... 9 3 23 1 ......... Burnup ... 10 4 27 2 ........ 1 0 1 0 Grace 2 0 8 0 HAMPSHIRE v. LANCASHIRE. Played at Portsmouth on May 6 and 7. Lancashire won by 8 wickets. 'Ihis was the first match of the season in the county championship, and also the first match of the season in which one of the condemned bowlers was put on. Hampshire were, of course, weak, so many of their big guns being still in South Alrica, but they had some good new men. In the first Hamp­ shire innings the bowlers held the upper hand, Mold, the bete noir of those who believe that throwing is still rampant, meeting with great success at the end of the innings. There was nothing very remarkable in the Lancashire inning*, most of the later bats­ men finding some difficulty in playing Soar, who came out with an excellent analysis. Lancashire had a lead of 79 on the first innings, and although Mr. Rob­ son and Barton began the second innings very well indeed, Webb soon began to make a decided impression on the batsmen, and the hope of making a good fight dwindled away. Captain Greig, of whom great things were hoped, failed in both innings, but so have a great many other men who afterwards became famous. H a m p s h ir e . First innings. C. Robson, b Sharp .........29 Barton, b Sharp............... 12 Webb, b Mold ............... 29 E. M. Sprot, b Sharp......... 0 Llewellyn,c Hartley, b Mold 11 Soar, not out...................... 13 Capt. J. L. Grcig,b Webb 5 A. G. Hotham, c Sharp, b W ebb............................ 5 D.A. Steele, cSharp, bWebb 0 Baldwin, b Mold............... 8 Smoker, b Mold ............... 1 Leg-byes ............... 7 Second innings, lbw. b Webb ... 47 c Cuttell, b Webb 22 lbw, b Webb ... 8 not out............... 31 b Webb .........18 c Eccles, b Webb 2 b Webb ......... 0 c Smith, b Mold 11 c Smith, b Mold 4 run out ......... 0 b Cuttell .........11 B 3, nb 1 ... 4 A. C. Maclaren,c Rob son, b Soar .........37 Ward, c Sprot, b Soar 37 Tyldesley, c Robson, b Soar ...................... 9 H. G. Garnett, c Llew­ ellyn, b 8 oar ......... 22 CuttelJ, e Barton, b Llewellyn............... 7 A. Eccles, c Sprot, b Baldwin .............. 10 L a n c a sh ir e , C.R.Hartley,cRobson, b Baldwin Sharp, o Sprot, Llewellyn Webb, c Sprot, Llewebyn Smitb,nutout ... Mold, c Llewellyn, b Soar 23 b ... 5 b ... 8 ... li B ye ... Total 26 .. 1 . 199 Second innings:-A. C. Maclaren, e Baldwin, b Llewellyn, 2 ; Ward, c Robson, b Soar, 4 ; Tyldes- ley, not out, 60 ; H. G. Garnett, not out, 19; b 3, lb 4. —Total (two wkts.) 82. H ampshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M .R . W. Sharp ......... 12 1 35 3 ............ 5 0 14 0 Cuttell......... 10 2 24 0 ............ 15*4 0 41 1 Webb .........13 2 >0 3 ........... 25 2 61 6 Mold ......... 11*4 3 31 4 ........... 13 1 35 2 Webb delivered a no-ball. L an cash ire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Llewellyn . . 28 10 74 3 ... .. 9 0 32 1 Baldwin . 15 4 45 2 ... .. 1 0 10 0 Soar ... . . 114 4 52 5 ... .. 7 2 13 1 Barton . 2 1 1 0 .. .. 2 0 7 0 Greig ... . . 2 0 15 0 Sprot ... . . 2 1 7 0 Steele ... . . 1 0 4 0 Smoker .. 2 1 7 0 Hotham .. 1 0 6 0 HONOR OAK (2) v. ECLECTIC—Played at Honor Oak on May 4. E clectic . Pett, c Stalaine, b Hoi- ford G. D. Lawrence,c Hol- ford, b Thomas ... 1 C.J.Lawrence,c Godd­ ard, bHolford.........39 Vinning, lbw, b Godd­ ard ...................... 3 H.Lawrence,bHolford 26 H. Monk, b Holford... 0 Austen, b Holford ... 5 H oxor O a k . T. Monk, b Holford... Debonnarie, b Holford Titt! b Thomas......... B 11,1b 1 ......... Total 0 1 4 1 12 , 92 T. B. Woodfall, c C. Lawrence, b Pitt ... 28 Hayes,C.D.,bDebonn - aire ...................... 5 Gracey, T., o G. Law­ rence, b Lawrence... 11 E. Holdford, c G. Law­ rence, b Vinning .. 100 Goddard. Stalaine, P., and Cutbush did not bat. T.Sicain,bC. Lawrence 32 Stalaine,C.A.,bAusten 16 Fry,stMonk,bVinning 22 Thomas, not out ...34 B 10 , lb 1, w 2 ... 13 Total (7 wkts) 271 HONOR OAK v. BROCKWELL PARK.—Played at Honor Oak on May 4. H onor O a k . Skipworth, b Smith ... 1 Burton, b Line .........98 Critchley, not out ... 80 Jackson, st Allnnson, b Line ............... 1 Hollanby, b Line ... 6 James, b M ud srearn ... 1 B 2, lb 1, w 1 ... 4 Total .191 15 Daly, Mattingly, Campbell and Dods did not bat. B r o c k w k lt, P a r k . Hudson, b Campbell... 23 i Black, b Dods ......... 1 Shaw, b Hollanoy 8 B 11, lb 4 .. Line, b Hollanby ... 0 Mungeam, b Critchley 9 Total ......... 68 Allanson, retired hurt 32 ! ^ Puckle, Lumsden, Turpin, Rook and Smith di 1 no bat. INCOGNITI v. R.I.E.C.—Played at Cooper’s Hill on May 4. R.I.E.C. P. Barry, b Russell ... 2 W.D.Roberts, b Collins 27 J. B. S. Ihubron, st Crosdale, b Russell... 0 B. G. Gwyther, c Col­ lins, b Russell.........12 T. Carr, b Collins ... 65 P. J. Dormehl, b Russell H. Holden, b Collins 13 L.P.DeSmidt,run out 2 G. E. Scovell, not out 2 rf. F. Ashton, st Cros­ dale, b Collins ... 8 C. G. Ling, b Collins 4 B 5, lb 3, wb 1 ... 9 Total ...147 I n cogniti . Sir W. Russell, c Carr, i u. Dixon, b De Smidt 14 Total .........120 Total ...158 b De Smidt ........ 25 A. J. Duncan,b Ashton 1 R. H. Dillon, st Scovell, b Ling 1 W. C Collins, run out 27 D. Lee, b Ling ... 22 H. W. Dillon, b Thu- bron ...................... 10 S.Crosdale,c Thubron, b Ling ................ 5 J. D. M. Kirwan, b tin g ..................... A. Eiloart, c Barry, b Ling...................... A. B. Cipriani, not out B 12, lb 3 ......... Total.........129