Cricket 1901

; M a y 16 . 1901. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 133 y. Middlesex, at Brighton, July 26th, 27th and 28. Irott’s (A. E.) seven wickets in the Sussex innings of 401 cost 204 runs. v. Lancashire, at Hastings, August 13th and 14th. Five consecutive balls delivered by Tate (F. W .)—the last three of one over and the first two of the next—resulted in 16 byes, each ball, excepting the fourth, yielding four. A. C. MacLaren was the batsman at the time. T he E nd . WARWICKSHIRE v. LONDON COUNTY. Played at Edgbaston on May 9, 10 and 11. Warwickshire won by 214 runs. With bowling, which was at least as strong as that wl ich was good enough to beat Surrey, and with a srong batting team. London County wer° altogether outplayed at Birmingham; such are tbe fortunes of tbe game of cricket. The appearance of Mr. Sinclair and Mr. Halliwell in the London County team was welcomed at Birmingham, for there is always great interest in seeing bow the members of vieiiing teams shape. It may te said that Mr. Sinclair, batting on a difficult wicket in the second innirgs, created a decidedly favourable impression ; he seems just the sort of man who. when he has become accustomed to queer wickets, is likely to turn the fortunes of a game. The bowling of Hargreave (in both innings), and the batting of Lilley ana W. G. Quaife were the chief causes for the easy victory of Warwickshire. Quaife seored faster than usual, making his 101 not out in two hours and a half ; with Lilley he put on 98 for the fifth wicket in the second innings. W arw ickshire . Second innings. First innings. Kinneir, st Hahiwell, b Robson'............................ 4 b Braund ......... Devey, b 'Braund............... 11 b Jones ........... T. S. Fishwich, c Smith, b Braund: ...................... 0 Ibw, b Jones Quaife (W. G.), c Grace, b Braund ...................... 3 not out......... ... Quaife (W.), c Braund, b Jones ......... .........34 b Smith ........... Lilley, c Smith, b Braund12-4 lbw, b Sinclair ... Santa'l, c Wood, b Jones ... 0 b Jones ......... A. C. S. Glover, c Jones, b Braund .................... 16 not out........ Moorhouse, b Rot son ... 1 Hargreave, st Halliwell, b Smith...........................13 Field, not out ................ 0 B 2, lb 6 ...................... 7 B 9, lb 2 ...... 11 Total ..................... 223 Total (6 wkts)*234 * Innings declared closed. L o n d o n C o u n ty First innings. Second innings. W. G. Grace, b Santall ...14 c sub,bHargreave 0 C . J. B. Wood, c Hargreave, b Field.......................... 7 c Lilley, b Santall 27 Braund, c sub.jb Hargreave 17 c Moorhouse, b Bargreave ... 5 J. H. Sinclair, c Fishwick, b Santall ..................... A. O. Jones, b Santall b Santall .........21 ... 10 c W. G. Quaife, b Hargreave ... 9 Robson, c W. Quaife, 1 Hargreave...................... 6 b Hargreave E. A. Halliwell, lbw, b Hargreave...................... 4 c A. E. Lawton, cMoorhcuse, b Hargreave ............... 7 c L. Walker, c Devey, b Har­ greave ............... Fishwick, b Hargreave .. 18 i sub, b Har­ greave .........13 ... 20 c W. G. Quaife, b Hargreave ... 13 Murch, c Moorhouse, b Hargreave......................11 b Hargreave ... 13 Smith, not out ............... 4 not out............. 3 B 3, lb 4 ...................... 7 B 9, lb 2 .........11 Total .. .................... 110 Total ........ 133 W arw ickshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Braund ... ... 27 4 5 92 5 ... ... 18 3 53 1 Robson ... ...20 3 61 2 ... ... 9 3 24 0 Sinclair ... .. . 5 1 23 0 ... ... 11 1 38 1 Smith ... .. . 7 4 11 1 ... ... 15 5 37 1 Jones............. . . 7 1 29 2 ... ... 18 8 2 54 3 Walker ... 7 2 17 0 L ondon C o u n ty . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Field............... 52 2 11 1 ... Hargreave ... 32 5 16 49 6 ... ... 20*5 2 66 2 Santall ......... 23 11 32 3 ... ... 14 1 42 2 Moorhouse ... 4 2 11 0 ... 7 2 14 0 SURREY v. HAMPSHIRE. Played at the Oval on May 9, 10 and 11. Drawn. If this match had been decided on the first innings tin excitement of a dcsperate struggle at the finish would have been missing. Bain interrupted play so considerably on the first two days that by Friday night on’y fourteen wickets had fallen. Hampshire wtre then 86 runs rehind, with six wickets in hand, but as there was aprospect of adifficult wicket before them on the following day they could not be con­ sidered to have the best of the game. On Thursday there was only thirty-five minutes’ play, during which Surrey Bcored 51 for the loss of Brocfcwell, and thus got a lead which was likely to te exceedingly useful. On Friday, things at first went well with the team when the game was resumed aftfr two o’clock, but when Barton was put on as last charge there was a sudden collapse, six wickets falling 10 him for 28 runs. When Hampshire went in, having dicposed of Surey for a reasonably small scr>re, they tegan ladly, but thanks to Mr. Sprot and Captai >Greig they had done very well, as things go, by the end of the day. Barton and Mr. Sprot made a useful stand on Saturday morning, and then Lockwood brought about a collapse i-imilar to that of the Surrey men on the previous day. The last six wickets fell for 53 runs in an hour and a half, the batsmen, wisely or not, preferring to play a particularly slow game. Lockwood had a fine analysis. Th*re was no chance that Surrey could win unless they made runs quickly enough to be able to put Hampshire in again on a rapidly drying wicket. Abel was promptly stumped off a ball whioh, having beat the wicket­ keeper as well as the batsman, rebounded into the wicket just in time Then Mr. Crawford and Hayes set about the task of running up a good total quickly. At lunch tbe score had be*n raised to 77 in forty minutes without loss. Despite a vry bad light, which caused a postponement for a time—if the umpires had been left to themselves as of old they would in all probability have decided against furtherplay—therapidscoring still went on, and when two hours remained sufficient runs had been made to enable Mr. Jephson to put Hampshire in, though as only 166 runs were required it was hardly likely that he would have ventured to do so if he had had to deal with the Fosters or Fry and Ranjitsinbji. Hamp­ shire, with no such batsmen in their team, had to play for a draw, and set to work to keep up their wickets without bothering about runs. But notwith­ standing all their efforts to keep things going they had lost eight wickets when there still remained half an hour for play, andtheirchancesof getting off with any great credit appeared remote in the extreme At this interesting period of the game Brockwell, safest of catches, dropped a ball from the bat of Stone, and in gathering darkness the Hampshire men managed to bring about the end they so much desired without losing another wicket Surrey were certainly most unfortunate in not being able to win ; nevertheless it was a fine fight on the part of Hamp­ shire, who deserve the greatest credit for getting so well out of a very tight place. S u r b e y . First innings. Abel, c Llewellyn, b Barton 33 Brockwell, b Llewellyn ... 13 Hayes, b Llewellyn .........23 Lockwood, st Robson, b Bodington............... ... 46 Hayward, b Barton .........10 D. L. A. Jephson, c Robson, b Bodington ............... 7 V. F. S. Crawford, b Barton 2 Lees, b Barton ................ 4 Montgomery, b Barton ... 1 Stedman, not out............... 4 Richardson, b Barton......... 0 B 1, lb 4 ................ 5 Second innings, st Robson, b Bar­ ton ............... o Barton .........5 not out............... £ b Llewellyn i Bodington, Barton ... Leg-byes Total .............. 148 Total (4wkts) *132 * Innings declared closed. Ham pshire First innings. C.Robson,c and b Lockwood 4 Webb, c H ayts, b Lockwood 0 E. M. Sprot, not ou t.........44 Llewellyn, b Lockwood ... 5 Capt.J.G.Greig,b Brockwell 22 Barton, c Jephson, b Brock­ well .............................24 E. A. English, b Brockwell 0 DA.Steele,c Hayes, b Lock­ wood ............................ 4 C.H.Bodington,b Lockwood 3 Stone, b Lockwood ......... 4 Baldwin, b Lockwood......... 1 B 3, lb 1 ................ 4 Total ................115 Second innings, b Lockwood ... 0 c and b Brockwell 20 b Lockwood ... 6 lbw,b Richardson 16 b Richardson ... 1 c Crawford, b Jephson.......... 1 c Montgomery, b Jephson .......... 0 not <u t........ b Richardson not out......... B 1, nb 1 ... 2 Total (8 wkts) 60 S u rrey . First innings. O. M. R. W.*! Bodington........ 18 3 54 2 .. Llewellyn......... 21 9 39 2 .. Baldwin ......... 8 1 22 0 .. Barton.............. 21*3 7 28 H am psh ire . Lockwood Brockwell Montgomery First innings. O. M. R. W. 32-4 12 45 7 . 5 44 3 . . 23 4 22 0 Richardson Jephson Lockwood delivered Second innings. O. M. R. W. .. 1 0 12 0 ... 101 3 56 1 ... 4 0 20 0 ... 13 2 41 3 Second inning*. O. M. R. W. ... 16 9 18 2 ... 12 5 24 1 ... 10 8 ... 6 1 a no-ball. M.C.C. & GROUND v. LANCASHIRE. Played at Lord’s on May 9, 10, and 11. M.C.C. won by 7 wickets. On a very difficult pitch the Lancashire batsmen could do nothing against Mead and Young, and they practically lobt thematch by theirmisfortum -8 in their first innings. There was only a very little play on Thursday, and on Fri ;ay play didnot begin until half­ past three. Some of the M.C.C. batsmenplayed a de­ termined game and were rewarded for their boldness. They could not make the ball travel, but they did their best to do so. The Lancashire total was passed in three-quarters of an hour, and the innings was not brought to an end until the M.C C. had a command­ ing lead. Mr. Key, Brown, Carpenter, and Albert Trott all played a successful, slow-wicket game. By Friday night each side had completed an innings, and Lancashire had made 4 without loss in their second innings. Mr. Eccles played fine cricket on a difficult wicket on Saturday, and Hallows made a useful score at a critical time, but the total fell short of what was needed if there was to be any chance of victory. L a n c a sh ir e . First innings. Second inniD gs. A. Eccles, c Hearne, b Young .. ...................... Ward, b Mead ................ Tyldesley, c Hearne, b jm ead .............. ......... H. G. Garnett, b Mead Cuttell, c Young, b Mead... A. C. MacLaren, c Keif, b Young ............................ C. R. Bartley, b Mead Hallows, notout............... Sharp, b Mead ............... Smitn. c Carpenter, b Young Mold, b Mead ................ B5, l b l ............... Total... ., M.C.C. First innings. Hearne (A..), c Sharp, b Cuttell... 2 not out........ ... 51 2 b Trott........ ... 10 7 c Carpenter, b Hearne ... ... 2 2 c Carpenter, b Young ... 15 0 b Young ... ... 1 1 b Hearne ... ... 16 9 c Carpenter, b Mead ... 7 13 c Carpenter, b Trott........ ... 25 0 b Trott........ ... 1 8 b Trott......... ... 0 3 b Trott......... ... 6 6 B 7, lb 2 ... 9 53 Total ... ...143 Second innings. ^ u u . ....................... o b Cuttell ......... 14 Carpenter, c Mold, b Cuttell 33 c Ward, b Mold.. 19 Trott (A. E ), c Garnett, b Hallows ......................30 notout............... 11 W. L. Murdoch, c Garnett, b Cuttell ......................22 b Mold............... o Thompson, c Smith, b Cut­ tell .................................. 0 notout............... 2 Brown, c Cuttell, b Garnet 21 K.J. Key, c Ward, b Cuttell 26 Relf, c Garnett, b Cuttell... 13 Mead, b Sharp Young, b Cuttell... ... Huish, not out ......... B 1, lb 1, nb 1 Total... L an cashire. First innings. O. M. R. W. Young ......... 12 6 24 3 ... Mead...11‘1 4 23 7 ... Trott ... . Bearne (A. Thompson M.C.C. First innings. O. M. R. W. Cuttell .........27'3 7 60 7 ... , Stoarp............... 13 4 20 1 ... , Hallows ......... 11 2 40 1 ... . Garnett ......... 5 1 16 1 ... . Mold 1 0 0 3 Byes ......... 2 ...149 Total (3 wkts) 48 Second innings. O. M. R. W. . . 8 2 19 2 .. 14 4 33 1 ... 13*3 2 33 5 .) 10 2 34 2 . 6 4 15 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 82 1 22 1 . 6 0 18 0 ... 3 Sharp delivered a no-ball. 1 6