Cricket 1901

156 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 23 , 19 01. M.C.C. AND GROUND v. KENT. Played at Lord’s on May 20, 21, and 22. Kent won by 235 runs. On Monday night theM.C.C. had scored 104 for the loss of Mr. Warner against a total of 321 by Kent, but after the second day’s play their position was not by any means as good, for Kent, with three wickets in hand, were leading by 396 runs. Eventually the M.C.C. had to make 441 to win, but although Mr. Warner and Thompson did their best for the side, they were not well backed up. K e n t . First innings. C. J. Burnup, c Brown, b Heame.............................4£ Humphreys, c Pike, b Thompson ... ... 3 P. C. Baker, c Hearne, b Trott ................................2> Heame (A.), b Tr >tt.......... 3 J. R. Mason, c Handford, b Hearne...............................141 F. D. Browne, bHearne . 32 F. V. Hutchings, c Pike. Thompson............... Murrell, c Cranfleld, Heame............................ 5 Huish, c Hayman, b Hearne 9 Blythe, not out ................ 0 W.M. Bradley, b Thompson 0 B 18, lb 5.........23 Total.............. 321 M.C.C. First innings. P. F. Warner, c and b A. Hearne.............................28 H. B. Hayman, b Blythe ... 60 Thomps ;>n, c Huish, b Brad­ ley....................................19 King, b Bradley................ 3 Brown, b Bradley ... ... 3 Tro<t (A. E.), c Huish, b Mason.............................48 Hearne (J. T.), b Blythe ... 26 Handford, b Bradley......... 9 Pike, b Bradley ............ 1 Cranfleld, not out ......... 7 Woodcock, c Murrell, b Blythe............................. 6 B 2, lb 1 ... ... 3 Total........ ...212 K knt . Second innings. ! Thompson, b Trott .........81 b Trott.............. 31 cPike,b Crinfield 19 st Pike, b Trott... 28 not out................63 31 lbw, b King ... 31 st Pike, b Cran­ fleld ................ b King... cHayman,bCran­ field ................ b Trott................ Extras . Total .........331 Second innings. b Humphreys ... 74 b Bradley ......... 0 lbw,b Humphreys 59 c and b Hum­ phreys .........19 c Huish, b Mason 13 c Burnup, b A. Hearne .. .. 24 lbw, b Heame ... 18 c Burnup, b A. Hearne ......... 3 cand b A.Heame 0 notout............... 4 cMurrell,bMason 7 B 8 , lb 3, w 2, nb 1 14 Total .........235 O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Trott................ 32 !* Ill 2 ... ... 31 11 90 4 Thompson 20 6 54 3 ... ... 14 1 57 0 Cranfield......... 5 0 21 0 ... ... 19 3 51 3 Heame (J. T.) 28 8 62 6 ... ... 17 3 51 0 Woodcock . 8 0 32 0 ... ... 14 2 89 0 King................ 5 0 18 0 ... ... 8 1 19 2 Bradley Blythe Mason Hearne Bumup M.C.C. First innings. O. M. R. W. ......... 19 2 73 5 . ......... 22*2 1 84 .........13 3 .........14 4 ......... 1 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 3 ......... 21 1 ........ 25 1 ......... 6 0 ........ Humphreys 18 15 143 12 5 13 SUSSEX V. WORCESTERSHIRE. Played at Brighton on May 20, 21 and 22. Sussex won by an innings and 137 runs. For the first time this season Mr. Fry turned out for Sussex, but he did not play one of hisbig innings. He helped Relf to put on 76 for the first wicket, and was then out to a remarkable catch by Burrows off his own bowling. Despite his failure—which was only a failure as compared with his own successes— and the conti 1 ued absence of Ranjitsinhji, Sussex did so well as to raise great hopes for the future success of the team. Everybo y who went in on Monday made double figures, and there were half-a-dozen really fine innings, the younger generation being responsible for three of them, among them being Mr. C. L. A. Smith, who, although he has not yet played up to the promise which he showed when he first came out, is bound sooner or later to be a fine cricketer. He was not out 62 when stumps were drawn, and Butt (who had made hay while the sun shone) not out 83, the total being 424 for seven wickets. Both Butt and Mr. Smith narrowly missed reaching the hundred on .Tuesday morning. Tate went for the worn-out Worcestershire bowling, but Bland could not stay quite long enough to enable Mr. Smith to attain the end which is so greatly desired by every batsman. Worcestershire began well enough, but after the dismissal of Arnold there was a bad collapse, although Mr. R. E. Foster played splendid cricket. Again in the second innings Mr. R. E. Foster played brilliantly, and asrarn he was greatly aided by Arnold, but except Wheldon and Wilson none of the other members of the team could play Bland. S u ssex . C. B. Fry, c and b Burrows ............... 38 Relf, c Fereday, b Burrows .............. 42 Killick, c Bowley, b Pearson ............... 18 C.D. Fisher, c Pearson, b Foster ............... 80 K.O. Goldie, b Pearson 58 Marlow, c Pearson, b Burrows ................10 Vine, c Straw, b Bur­ rows ......................37 C.L. A. Smith, not out 92 Butt, b Bannister ... 96 Tate, c Straw, b Bur­ rows .................... Bland, c Bowley, Pearson ............. B 3, lb 8 ... . Total 42 528 W O RCE.TERSH IRE. First innings. Peirson, lbw, b Bland ... 24 Fereday, c Tate, b bland ... 19 Arnold, c and b Vine . ... 44 R. E. Foster, c Fry, b Vine 79 E. P. Jobson. c and b Vine 6 Wheldon, b Vine................ 1 Bannister, c Fry, b Bland... 1 Burrows, b Bland................ 4 Straw, b Vine ................ 0 Wilson, not out ................ 0 Bowley, absent (hurt)......... 0 B 6 , lb 1, w 2 ........ 9 Total ............... 187 S u ssex . Second innings, c Fisher, b Vine 5 c Killick. b Vine 0 c Tate, b Bland . 42 c Goldie, b Bland 67 b Vine ......... 0 c Goldie, b Bland 34 b Bland ......... 0 c Killick, b Bland 7 c Butt, b Bland... 1 not out................33 absent............... 0 Extras.........15 Total .. 201 O. M. R. W. O. M. K. W. Wilson . 38 3 1 0 0 1 Pearson. 213 1 74 3 Bannister. 50 14 110 1 Foster ... 10 1 37 1 Burrows... 48 10 163 5 1 Fereday. 4 0 13 0 W o r c e s t e r s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Tate............... 7 2 80 0 ......... Bland .........23*1 5 66 4 .........23-4 5 88 6 Vine............... 25 7 67 5 .........34 6 99 3 Goldie ......... 3 0 21 0 ......... Killick ......... 3 0 9 0 ......... R elf............... 8 2 16 0 ......... 10 2 28 0 Bland and Goldie each delivered a wide. M.C.C. a n d G round . M.C.C. AND GROUND v. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. TWO SEPARATE INMNGS OF A HUNDRED BY MR. H . B. CHINNERY. Played at Oxford on May 20, 21 and 22. M.C.C. won by 6 wickets. The team sent to Oxford by the M.C.C. was strong neither in batting nor bowling, but Rawlin was in fine form in the first innings, and of the batsmen, Mr. H. B. Chinnery, a Surrey man who could do little for his county, came off brilliantly, and was well backed up by Mr. R. O. Schwarz. With a balance of 87 against them Oxford did slightly better in their second innings, but when stumps were drawn on Tuesday they had only a lead of 121 with two wickets in hand. These last two wickets, however, upset everything, Collins playing quite a remarkable game. The result was that the M.C.C., instead of having to make about 150 to win, found that they had a very heavy task before them. But again Mr. Chinnery played a brilliant innings, and for the second time in the match scored over a hundred. Thanks almost entirely to him, the M.C.C. won easily—but none too soon. O xfo rd U n iv e r sity . First innings. Second innings. F. P. Knox, c Chinnery, b Geeson.............................55 c Oates, b Rawlin 5 H. J. Wyld, c Schwarz, b Rawlin ...................... 3 cRawlin,bGeeson 13 W. S. Medlicott, c Oates, b Williams ......... ... ... 26 b Rawlin ..........13 R Z.H.Voss,lbw,b Williams 26 c Brain,bPougher 50 F. H. Hollins, c Oates, b Rawlin............................15 st Oates, b Key... 84 J.W.F. Crawfurd,bRawlin 9 lbw,bChinnery... 46 R. E. More, c Pougher, b Geeson.......................... 26 b Rawlin .......... 3 A. C. von Ernsthausen, c Oates, b Geeson ..... 41 b Rawlin ......... 37 C. 8 . Hannay, c Pougher, b Rawlin.............................. 4 H. White, notout .......... 2 B. A. Collins, c and bRawlin B 4, lb 6 ................ Total ... ...215 lbw, b Chinnery... 20 c Chinnery, b Rawlin .........19 not out .........83 Extras ... 12 Total ...385 First innings. C. W. Wright, b More ... 33 H. B. Chinnery, b More ...105 Pougher, b White .........27 R. O. Schwarz, b Knox ... 68 Raw in, b More ................ 2 K. J. Key, c More, b Knox 21 J. H. Brain, c Medlicott, b Knox ............... ......... W. Williams, c Crawfurd, b More ............................. Geeson, c Collins, b Knox .. B. E. Nicholls, b More Oates, not out ................ B 13, lb 1 ................ Second innings. cCrawfurd,bKoox 3 c Wyld, b Emst- hausen .......165 c White, b Knox 6 b More..............62 not out..............43 not out ....... 16 6 Total 14 B 11,lb 3, nbl 15 ..302 Total (4 wkts) 3 0 O xfo rd U n iv e r sity . Geeson ... Rawlin ... Schwarz ... Williams Pougher ... O. M. R. W. 0 . M. R. W. 24 2 95 3 ... ... 39 5 103 1 29 15 40 5 ... ... 31 9 66 5 6 0 23 0 ... ... 6 0 *3 0 13 2 35 2 ... ... 10 1 4<> 0 4 1 13 0 ... ... 0 1 31 1 Chinnery ... ... 10 0 66 2 Wright ... 4 1 88 0 Key .. ... 1*3 0 11 1 M.C.C. a n d G round . Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. White ........ . 17 3 48 1 ... . .. 9-5 0 4!) 0 Emsthausen... 14 0 47 0 ... . .. 15 0 70 1 Knox ........ 26 3 ss 4 ... ... 17 0 84 2 More . 29*3 3 88 5 ... . . 16 2 50 1 Crawfurd .. 6 1 17 n ... . .. 4 0 88 0 Voss .. 2 0 10 THE SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM THE LONDON COUNTY MATCH. Played at the Crystal Palace on May 20, 21 and 22. South Africans won by 61 runs. The members of the South African team had reason to congratulate themselves at the end of their first day’s cricket in London—if the Crystal Palace may be called London-for after making a fairly g ood score, they had got rid of W. G. and Mr. . J. B. Wood, who had made things so liveljr for Surrey, at an average of four and a half runs apiece, and had also disposed of two other men cheaply, including Mr. Beldam, who has been in great form lately. They also had the satisfaction of remember­ ing that they were in this satisfactory position despite the failure of most of their best men. At the end of the second day things were not quite so cheerful, but as the South Africans were about 160 runs 011 with four wickets in hand, and as the ball had been getting up every now and then, it was not unlikely that they would pull through. It may be said that it was not arrange! to decide the match on the first innings. On Monday, when the South Africans won the toss, they began excellently. Mr. Sinclair and Mr. Tancred, who ought both to make a mark in the cricket world, made the bowling look exceedingly simple, but after they were separated things went badly for their team until Mr. Halliwell and Mr. Hathom came together and gained almost a mastery over the bowling. They put on 133 runs in partnership in a little over an hour before lunch, hitting witn a boldness which was exceedingly inter­ esting to watch. They added 30 to this before they were separated, and if they made one thing more certain than another it is that people will not keep away from the South African matches because they feel that they will see nothing but slow cricket. The innings ended abruptly. London County made a most disastrous start, Mr. Wood being bowltd with­ out scoring and the Doctor dismissed for 9. Nor did Mr. Beldam stem the tide of disaster as usual, and it was left for the second of the veterans to stay a com­ plete collapse. At the ♦nd of the day Mr. Murdoch was not ou, 47, with the score at 85 for four wickets. He was soon out on Tuesday, for an altogether innings • Africans by 54. When the South Afiicans went in again it looked as if they were going to fail badly, for they lost Mr. Sinclair, Mr. Tancred, and Mr. Reid for a very small total. But the team can evidently play an up-hill game. Mr. A. Bisset and Llewellyn, very steadily at fir t, kept up their wickets, and eventually began to pile up runs rapidly. It cannot be said that either of them played perfect cricket, but it can certainly be said that London County, at this period of the game, fielded very badly indeed. jJewellyn s innings was an odd mixture of really brilliant cricket, and cricket of the poorest kind. He mad# beautiful strokes all round the wicket, and also some