Cricket 1901

180 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 6, 1901 MIDDLESEX v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A REMARKABLE MATCH. Played at Lord’s on May 30, 31, and June 1. Drawn. It was a great perform ance on the part of the Gloucestershire team to com e out o f this m atch with flying colours, but in all probability they w ould have been severely beaten if the M iddlesex captain had not been a little too anxious to m ake sure of victory. Ey the tim e that stum ps were draw n on the first day, M iddlesex, by scoring 469 runs fo r nine w ickets, had placed them selves beyond the possibility o f losing, and at five o ’clock on Friday evening they seem ed to have a very good chance indeed o f winning, fo r they had then dism issed Gloucestershire and had * lead of 217. B ut instead o f m aking their opponents follow on, M iddlesex preferred to go in again, and although they m ade runs very quickly, Gloucestershire succeeded in playing out tim e easily enough. The bowlers were at a disadvantage all through the m atch, both because the w icket was good and because the fielding was bad, lots o f catches being missed. The chief points in the M iddlesex first innings were the scientific play o f M r. "Warner, the good luck of M r. M oon, w ho scored 102; the brilliant batting of M r. H . B . Chinnery and M r. Schw arz, w ho pu t on 163 runs in partnership in an hour and a quarter. They t oth m ade som e delightful hits and were both m issed badly. O ff an over from Roberts tw enty-four runs were scored, including fou r byes. On Friday the innings was soon brought to a conclusion, and Gloucestershire set about the task of playing for a draw in their ow n characteristic m anner. T hat is to say, their hitters m ade runs as quickly as usual, leaving it to the steady m en to spin out the tim e. The total o f 266 was put together in four hours. No one did anything o f particular m om ent, but one of the m ost useful innings was M r. K itcat’s 39, for he kept his end up fo r an hour and forty m inutes. W hen the M iddlesex captain decided to send his own team in again, spectators naturally anticipated that rims w ould be m ade as rapidly as possible, and they were not disappointed, for after slow ly playing them ­ selves in fo r a quarter of an hour, during which they made five runs, M r. W arner and M r. H aym an brought the total to 154 in the next hour. Thus M iddlesex were 371 runs to the good w ith five wickets in hand. Still continuing to m ake runs very quickly, the tw o not outs brought the total on Saturday to i00 before M r. H aym an was caught at extra m id -off fo r a splendid and faultless innings o f 110, w hich had lasted fo r only an hour and thirty-five m inutes. M r. W arner soon follow ed him , having got within a boundary hit o f his hundred. B is innings was excellent in every way, and lasted for an hour and forty m inutes. M iddlesex were now over 434 runs on, but still the captain did not declare, and it was not until the total had been brought to 266, or 483 runs on, that the innings w as closed. The only question now w as whether Gloucestershire could last for five hours, fo r not even under the m ost extra­ ordinary circum stances could the team have hoped to m ake nearly 500 rim s in the tim e. M r. K itcat played another very steady and very useful in nings; W rathall, w ith the idea of a drawn gam e before him, was not as aggressive as usual, but played an innings w hich, from the point o f view o f his side, was altogether adm irable, being at the wickets fo r two hours and forty m inutes fo r 83. M r. Jessop entirely dem oralised the bowlers. H e m ade 60 in thirty-five m inutes, a hundred in an hour, and finally retired with 124 m ade out o f a total o f 161 w hile he was at the w ickets for an hour and a quarter. O f course, his innings eclipsed everything in the m atch. W hen he was out five wickets were dow n, but rain, which had already interrupted play for tw enty- five m inutes, again cam e dow n at six o’clock, and stumps were drawn. M id d le se x . First innings. P. F. W arner, b H uggins... 57 H . B. H aym an, b R oberts... 9 G. W . Beldam , c W rathall, b H u g g in s ............................. 29 L .J.M oon,cJessop,bRobertsl 02 B . J. T . Bosunquet, b W rathall ..............................47 H . B . Chinnery, b RobertslOO R . O. Schwarz, run out ... 71 Trott (A . E.), st Fowler, b Paish .......................................21 G. M acG regor, b Roberts ... 9 Raw lin, c Sewell, b P aish ... 6 H eam e (J . T .), not out ... 6 B 12, lb 5, w 8, nb 1... 26 Second innings, c Sewell, b H u g ­ gins .....................96 c Jessop, b Paish 110 not out... n ot out... 24 B 11, lb 1 ... 12 T otal .....................483 Total (2 wkts)*266 •Innings declared closed. G lou cestersh ire . First innings. C. O. H . Sewell, c Trott, b R aw lin .......................................16 W rathall, c and b T rott ... 33 S. A . P. K itcat, c Chinnery, b H earne ..............................39 Board, b T rott ..................... 0 G. L . Jessop, c Chinnery, b H eam e......................................46 L angdon, c and b Bosanquet 36 T . H . Fow ler, b T rott............50 F . M . L uce, st M acGregor, b T rott....................................... 2 Paish, not out ..................... 8 H udgins, c Raw lin, b T rott 15 Roberts,cTrott,b B osanquet 2 B 16, lb 3 .....................19 Second innings, c B e l d a m , b H eam e ............14 lbw , b Bosanquet 83 b Bosanquet ... 35 lbw , b T rott ... 14 b Rawlin not out . ...124 ... 20 not ou t.................... 0 B 19, lb 3 w 1 23 T otal .....................266 Total (5 wkts) 313 M id d l e s e x . First innings. Jessop ... Roberts ... H u ggins... Paisli W rathall Langdon .. Sewell ... O. . 3 37 . 37 . 29*3 . 5 . 5 . 3 M . R . W . O. M . R . W . 0 10 0 ... 6 133 4 ... 11 0 68 0 6 131 2 ... ... 16 3 82 1 3 110 2 ... ... 9 0 46 1 0 31 1 ... ... 3 0 19 0 0 18 0 ... 0 24 0 ... K itcat ... ... 7 0 45 0 Roberts bow led six wides and a no-ball and H uggins and Paish one wide each. G lo u c e s te r s h ir e . First innings. Second innings O. M . R . W . O. M . R . W . T rott ............ 34 5 106 5 ............. 40 14 105 1 H eam e ............ 26 10 49 2 ............. 32 12 58 1 Raw lin ............ 23 6 67 1 ............. 13 5 25 1 Bosanquet ... 17’4 6 35 2 ............ 20 4 71 2 Chinnery ... 2 0 31 0 Bosanquet delivered a wide. NOTTS v. ESSEX. Played at Trent Bridge on May 30, 31 and June 1. Notts won by 9 wickets. A missed catch in the lon g field—and an easy catch at that— early on Thursday m orning m ade all the difference in the w orld to the result o f this m atch. A fter Shrewsbury had been disposed o f for four runs, W . Gunn and M r. Jones added 30 for the second w icket and then Gunn was m issed. H e proceeded to put on 96 in partnership w ith Dench, and 82 with M r. D ixon, both of whom played very pretty cricket. There was then a collapse, but G unn still kept steadily on his way, being not out 100 when stumps were drawn w ith the score at 238 for 7 wickets, a very good total indeed fo r the wicket, w hich, ow ing to the heavy rain was not the one which had been prepared for the m atch. G unn added 27 to his overnight score, his entire innings lasting fo r three hours and a h a lf; it included fourteen 4’s. For Essex, M r. Owen and Carpenter began so well as to raise hopes that a good total w ould be m ade, but with the arrival on the scene o f M r. A. O. Jones as a bowler there was a startling collapse from w hich the team never recovered. A s Essex were 165 runs behind and the w icket not very good, they were m ade to follow on. Their second innings was chiefly rem arkable for the beautiful play of M r. Perrin, w hose 74 was w orth m ore than m any a hundred m ade by him when things were in his favour. I t was an innings in which the batsm en ventured m uch, but it was necessary to be bold in order to be successful, and it is this sort o f batting w hich Essex has fo r so long needed when w ickets are not perfect. M r. K ortright and Reeves m ade useful scores, and the innings did not com e to a conclusion until just before the time for drawing stum ps. N otts were left to m ake 49 runs on Saturday. It is notew orthy that on the second day N otts added 56 to their overnight total, and got out Essex twice fo r a total o f 341, so that the day’s play produced 396 runs, a m uch bigger total than is usual at Trent B ridge. On Saturday N otts scored the necessary runs w ith the greatest o f ease. N otts . A . O . Jones, lbw , b Reeves .....................30 Shrew sbury, c T. Rus­ sell, b R e e v e s ............. 4 Gunn (W .) ,cK ortright, b Y ou n g .......................127 Gunn (J .), b M ead ... 47 J . A . D ixon , c Fane, b M ead .........................45 Carlin, c T . Russell, b Y oun g ....................... 1 Irem cnger, c T . R us­ sell, b Y o u n g ............ 0 D ench, run o u t ............ 0 Anthony, c T . Rus­ sell, b Y ou n g ... Hallam , not out W ass, c Reeves, M ead..................... B 6, lb 5 ............ Total ...293 Second in n in g s:— A . O. Jones, b Reeves, 3 0 ; Shrewsbury, not out, 1 6 ; G unn (W.), not out, 6 .— T otal (1 w icket) 62. E ssex . First innings. H . G. Owen, J J o n e s............32 Carpenter, c and b Jones ... 32 P. Perrin, c and b D ixon ... 1 C. M cG ahey, c H allam , b Jones ..................................... F. L . Fane, c H allam , b D ix o n ...................................... z Russell (E .), b Jones ... ... 1 C. J. K ortright, c Carlin, b D ix o n ......................................11 Reeves, b H allam .....................17 Russell (T .), st Carlin, b Jones ................... ............13 M ead, c W . Gunn, b Jones 11 Young, not out ..................... 2 Second innings. b Hallam ............ 7 st Carlin, b Jones 15 b WasB.....................74 2 b Jones ............ 4 c Jones,b H allam 12 st Carlin, b Jones 3 c Hallam, b W ass 39 c Dench .bH allam 31 B 1, lb 3 ............ ... 4 not out .. ... b H allam ... c A nthony, Jones B 2, lb 3 ... ... 14 ... 9 b ... 0 ... 5 Total ■...........128 Total N o t ts . First innings. Second O. M . R . W . o . : M e a d ............ ... 42 2 12 107 3 ... Reeves............ ... 31 4 116 2 .. ! 2 Y oung .......... ... 12 3 42 4 .. . ... 4 Carpenter ... ... 2 0 10 0 . M cUahey ... ... 2 0 7 0 .. K o rtn g h t... 6 E sse x . First innings. Second O. M . R . W . o . : W ass ............, ... 6 0 32 0 .. . ... 7 H a lla m ........... ... 12 3 25 1 .. . ... 23 Gunn (J.) .. . ... 3 1 7 0 .. D ixon .......... . ... 14 5 34 3 .. ! 8 Jones ............ ... 16 3 3 26 6 . ... 24 0 11 1 0 30 0 1 40 2 8 53 4 0 22 0 3 93 4 LU D G RO VE (B oys’ X I .) v. G IAN TS O F O LD . — Played at M unden on M ay 22. L udorove . First innings. H . E . Eastw ood, b W iggin 2 b .. 19 b 5 W. H . W iggin, c& bW iggin V. B arrington-K ennetli, W iggin ..................... G. E . Eoscawen, lbw , W iggin .............................. T. F. Eastw ood, lbw , b H olland-H ibbert ............ 4 A. L . M aynard, b W iggin .. 10 J. R. L . Anderson, c A nder­ son, b W ig g in .................... 4 T. H olland-H ibbert, c & b B u s to n ..................................... 4 H . W . Fortescue, c Curtis, b H unter .............................. 2 F. B. L yon , b Curzon . ... 2 C. E . T . Hicks, n ot ou t ... 10 B 5, lb 5, w 4 .......................14 Second innings, c Glam is, b F ord­ ham ... ............ 4 c and b Fordham 4 b F ordham ............ 1 run ou t ............ 0 cG lam isbW iggin 34 run out ............ 7 n o to u t..................... 11 b W iggin ............ 3 n o to u t.....................13 B 3, lb 2 ............ 5 T otal ........................... G ia n ts Lord Glamis, c J. East- \ w ood, b Maynard ... H . A . Hoare, c T. ►Eastw ood ,bM aynard A . H . W iggin, c K en- nett, b Maynard Rev. D . Anderson, run ou t .............................. Sir C. Hunter, b H olland H ibbert ... H on. A . H olland-H ib­ bert, c Hicks, b H . E a stw ood ..................... 14 17 15 .. 85 Total (7 wkts)*82 o f O ld . II. O . Curtis, b H . Eastw ood..................... 5 E. W . Fordham , c Ken- nett, b H . Eastw ood 5 G. Buxton, n ot out ... 8 H on. A . N . Curzon, c L yon, b H . Eastw ood 7 C. T . Part, c H . E ast­ w ood, b M aynard .. 15 B 6, lb 1, w 2............ 9 T o t a l.....................102 H A M P S T E A D v. G R A N V IL L E (L ee).— Played at Lee on M ay 26, H a m p ste a d . E .W .H .B eaton,runout 2 H . C. Preston, b R ic­ hardson .....................16 E . F ig g is,b G odfrey... 13 C. D . D . M cM illin, b Richardson ............ 2 J. C. T oller, run ou t... 12 M oham id Said, c Lan­ der, b Richardson ... 29 S. S. Paw ling, c Sum ­ m ers, b Godfrey ... 7 G r a n v il l e . T . W . M ackintosh, b Sum m ers.....................51 J . G reig. b Summers 12 A . S. D ornton, not out E. R . W atson, b G od­ frey .............................. B 45, lb 3, w 1 ... Total ............ 36 H . T . Summers, Paw ling ..................... 8 P. P. Lincoln, b Paw­ ling .............................. 7 E. Kym er-Jones, st Beaton, b M cM illin 53 H . T . Richardson, b Paw ling ..................... 0 C. J . M . Godfrey, b Paw ling ..................... 0 J. P. Clarkson, b Greig 12 C. Schofield, b Me M illin ..................... 0 F. E . Lander, c W a t­ son, b M cM illin ... 0 J. Rae, b P aw ling ... 16 G. H ilder, b G reig ... 0 A . R . Laym an, not out 10 B 13, lb 4 ............17 Total ...123