Cricket 1901

188 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u n e 6, 1901. S U R R E Y v . S O M E R S E T S H I R E . P la y e d a t th e O v a l o n J u n e 3, 4 , a n d 5. S u rr e y w o n b y 204 ru n s. The doings o f the Surrey team are perhaps of even m ore interest ju st at present than they were w hen the C ounty could do nothing w rong, for everybody is anxious to see whether the team can pull itself together again. Somerset has m ore than once m ade 8urrey m en uncom fortable, and it w ould have required a bold m an to venture to prophesy that Surrey w ould have an easy victory in this m atch. It was a sad blow to Surrey w hen A bel, safest o f safe batsm en, was dism issed w ith the fourth ball o f the first over, and throughout the day the batting was such as not to inspire great confidence, fo r it was plain that the bowlers were not by any m eans as m uch handicapped as they usually are on the Oval w ickets in dry weather. There was never any fear of a breakdow n, but on the other hand there was never m uch hope o f a long partnership such as leads to victory ; fo r from the first to last the batsm en had to fight fo r their runs, and accordingly the cricket was o f the greatest interest. The Som ersetshire m en gave nothing away by bad fieldiog, while Cranfield’s t-low bow ling was very difficult to play. F our good wickets fell for 101 runs, so that things at this stage o f the gam e were looking gloom y for Surrey. H ayw ard and M r. Leveson-G ow er then m ade a stand, but tbey were both out at 164. Fortunately M r. W alker hit boldly and w ith success, and M r. Jephson played a valuable innings, while Siedm an helped him considerably, so that the total was not unsatisfactory. Before stum ps were drawn M r. L . C. H . Palairet played a delightful and m asterly innings, and thanks chiefly to him the total w as 85 for the loss o f tw o w ickets w hen played ended fo r the day. So far the m atch had been exceedingly even. G ood cricket on Tuesday by M r. W ood s and Braund, and useful contributions by several other m em bers of the team , resulted in a total w hich was only 8 runs behind that of Surrey, so that the issue was practically fought out on the second innings. The second innings of Surrey was very m uch like the first, except that A bel was once m ore in his very best form . O f the 78 runs w hich he m ade in an hour and three-quarters 60 cam e through hits fo r four—m ost of them exceedingly good hits. L ets played a lively innings, and several m en batted well. The bow lers were alw ays helped a little by the w icket, so that the total o f 298 for eight wickets at the end o f the day was distinctly good. The innings w as soon over yesterday m orning, Som erset being left to m ake 319. N o one anticipated that the runs could be obtained, and indeed from the first the bowlers, m ore especially L ockw ood, carried everything before them . S ubbey . First innings. Second innings. A bel, c Braund, b Cranfield 0 b G ill .....................78 B rockw ell,c R obson,b Cran- fleld .....................................43 c Lewis.b Braund 19 H ayes, b Cranfield ............28 b W oods .............. 35 L ockw ood, c Bernard, b Cranfleld ..............................17 b Braund ... 27 H ayward, c Newton, b Gill 48 c Braund, b Cran­ field .....................33 H . G. Leveson-G ow er, c N ew ton, b G ill.....................11 st N ew ton,bCran- fie ld .....................26 L .W alker,cN ew ton,b Cran­ fleld ......................................37 lbw , b B raund ... 10 D . L . A . Jephson, b Braund 30 b G ill .....................20 Lees, c and b Cranfield ... 0 b Braund ............43 Stedm an, not o u t ...................24 n o t o u t ...................... 4 Richardson, b Braund ... 2 b G i l l ..................... 0 B 1,lb 3, w 1, nb 2 7 E xtras...1 6 T otal .. 247 Total ...310 S omersetshire . L .C .H . Palairet, c Stedman, b Richardson .....................47 c Brockw ell, b C. A . Bernard, b L ockw ood 12 b L ockw ood ... 10 Braund, b Richardson ... 31 c Stedm an, b Richardson ... 17 L ewis, b R ich a rd son ............13 b Richardson ... 2 S. M . J . W oods, b Jephson 39 b L ockw ood ... 18 R obson, b L o ck w o o d ............ 0 b Lockw ood ... 1 G . Fow ler, b Richardson ... 18 c H ayw ard, b L ockw ood ... 10 G ill, b Jephson .....................13 c Hayes, b Rich­ ardson ............ 2 Tyler, c A bel, b Richardson 16 c Hayes, b L ock ­ w ood.....................15 A . E . N ew ton, not out ... 28 b L ockw ood ... 20 Cranfleld, b L ockw ood ... 5 n o t o u t ................... 1 B 11,lb 6, nb 1 ...........17 Extras ... 11 T otal ..............239 T otal ...114 S u rrey . Cranfield ... 37 10 96 6 ............. 19 1 82 2 Braund ............ 19 2 1 71 2 ............. 26 4 85 4 G i l l ..................... 19 7 62 2 .............. 9 2 22 3 T yler ............ 3 0 6 0 ............. 6 0 16 0 W ood s ............. 5 0 16 0 .............. 12 1 62 1 Fow ler.. 41 10 0 Robson . 3 0 17 0 Crantield bow led one wide and Gill tw o no-balls. S o m e rse tsh ire . First innings. O. M .R . W . L e e s..................... 11 3 32 0 ... Richardson ... 27 4 82 6 ... J ep h son ............ 11 2 27 2 ... L ockw ood .. 26’4 4 81 3 ... Second innings. O. M . R . W . !! 16 2 69 3 15-5 5 44 7 Lockw ood bow led tw o no-balls. T H E SO U TH A F R I C A N T E A M . THE M.C.C. MATCH. SIXTH OF THE TOUR. Played at Lord’s on June 3 and 4. M.C.C. and Ground won by 53 runs. Although up to this m atch the South Africans had n ot m et w ith a great deal of success it is generally conceded that they have n ot m et w ith a great deal o f good luck. It is, m oreover, recognised that w hether they are stronger or not than the results w’ould m ake them to be, they are at least a good fighting team . A ccord in gly the M .C.C. paid them the best possible com plim ent by pu ttin g in the field against them the strongest team w hich has repre­ sented the club this year. As the last m atch at L ord ’s had resulted in prodigious scoring, w hile the conditions as to w eather had not changed, the South Africans, w ho w ere w ithout Mr. Sinclair, m ust have anticipated a long da y’s outing when they lost the toss. For included in the M.C.C. team w ere W . G. and Mr. M urdoch, w ho are in great form this season, K . S. R anjitsinhji the greatest batsm an of the day, Mr. Cliinnery, the m an o f the three successive hundreds, Mr. H aym au, w ho has astonished the w orld by his feats of rapid and heavy scoring, and Storer and Trott, w ho are any day capable of m aking a heap o f runs. B ut w onderful thin gs happened. The batsm en did n ot seem at hom e, and presently W . G. returned to th e pavilion, n icely caught at point, then M r. Hay m an soon follow ed him , and Mr. M urdoch, after being in for a quarter of an hour feeling his way w ithout scoring, was bowled by Mr. K otze. A ll these five batsm en fell for 35 runs between them . T his was a splendid beginnin g for the visitors, but it m ust have seem ed to them far too good to last, especially w hen R anjitsinhji and Mr. I hinnery seem ed to have settled dow n. B ut R anjit­ sinhji, w ho had never been really at hom e, was out at 70, and although Storer and t hinnery raised the total to 118 before the latter was brilliantly caught low dow n w ith the left hand by M r. Slialders in the slips. This was n ot m uch for five w ickets o f such a team . The success o f the South A fricans continued, and very soon after lunch the innings was concluded for 168. So w ell did the South Africans play after the early dismissal o f Mr. Tancred and M r. Reid that the hundred w ent up for the loss of three m en. T hen ensued a breakdow n w hich becam e m ore and m ore pronounced, the on ljrm an w ho cou ld hold his ow n being M r. Shalders, w ho played his best innings o f the tour, and a very good innings it was. A t the close of the day the M .C.C. had m ade 21 w ithout loss, and were 39 runs on . I t was generally anticipated that the M.C.C. w ould m ake a lot of runs in their second innings, but again there was the same failure, and o f all the great batsm en in the team on ly Mr. H aym an, T rott and Storer could m ake any stand against M r. R ow e and M r. K otze. It was evident there m ust be som ething a little b it queer about the w icket, and it was anticipated that the South A fricans w ould not be able to m ake the 189 runs required to w in. T hey certainly began badly enough, losing tw o wickets before lunch for 16. A fter lunch three m ore w ickets quickly fell and half the side w ere out for 87, of which M r .H alliw ell was responsible for an excellent 33. Then M r. M . Bisset and M r. Hathorn put on 37 and there were still hopes. B ut the tnd soon cam e, despite the determ ined efforts o f M r. Bisset, whose innings was worthy o f any cricketer, however distinguished. M ead bow led splendidly. M .C.C. a n d G rou n d . F irst innings. Second innings. W . G. Grace (capt.), c Tan­ cred, b Row e .....................12 c Graham ,b K otze 8 H . B . H aym an, b K otze ... 23 b K otze ........... 31 K . S. Ranjitsinhji, b R o w e . 22 c Cooley, b K otze 3 W . L . M urdoch, b K otze ... 0 c H alliw ell, b Rowe ............ 0 H . B . Chinnery, c Shalders, st H alliw ell, b b G r a h a m ..............................29 Row e ................... 9 Storer, lbw , b R ow e ............41 c M . Bissett, b G ra h a m ............41 Capt. H. C. M oorhouse, b R ow e ...................................... 0 b Row e ............10 Trott (A . E .), c Shalders, b Graham .............................. 4b Row e .................42 W . W illiam s, not ou t............16b R o w e ................... 0 M ead, b R ow e ..................... 6run out ................12 Y ou n g(H .),cR eid,bG rah am 0n o to u t ................ 4 B 12, lb 4..............................16 B 7 ,l b 2 ,w l ... 10 S outh A frican s . First innings. L . J. Tancred, b Grace ... 2 W . A Shalders, lbw , b W il­ liam s ....................................... 62 A. R eid .c M urdoch, b Grace 3 A . Bissett, lbw, b T rott ... 16 E . A . Halliw ell, b M ead ... 18 M . Bisset (capt.), c Storer, b Y oung .............................. 10 M . H athorn, b Y ou n g ... 6 B . C. Cooley, b M ead ... ... 0 R . Graham, not out ............ 7 G. A . R ow e, b Y ou n g............ 1 J. J , K otze, c Storer, b M ead 4 B 10, lb 11 .......................21 Second innings, lbw , b Y oun g ... 0 c Stor^r, b M ead. 0 c Storer, b M ead. 13 b M ead ........... 14 b M ead ............33 b Grace ............ b M ead ............ b M ead ............ not o u t..................... b M ead ............ c T rott, b M ead.. L eg-byes ... Total... ............150 T otal ...135 M .C.C. a n d G rou n d . First innings. Second innings. O. M . R . W . O. M .R . W . K otze ............ 13 4 64 2 ............. 13 2 49 3 R ow e ............ 23 3 fS 5 ............. 20 3 81 6 G raham .......... 10’2 1 31 3 ............... 8 1 30 1 G raham bow led a wide. S outh A frican s . First inniDgs. O. M . R . W . Second innings. O. M . R. W . Grace ........... 12 3 U 2 ... ... 2 0 6 1 Y oun g ........... 12 6 88 3 ... ... 17 5 43 1 T rott .......... 8 2 36 1 ... ... 8 0 30 0 M ead ........... 17-2 9 24 3 ... ... 22 3 7 63 8 W illiam s 9 3 22 1 ... C L A P T O N v. W A L T H A M S T O W . — Played at W altham stow on June 1 . W alth am stow '. G. Prebble, b Nolloth A . Petch, b N olloth... A . Steet, b N olloth ... H . M . H are, b N olloth J . G unton. not out ... B 7, lb 2 ............ W . T horogood, c W ig­ gett, b Goodw in ... 7 C. Cattell, c A tten­ borough, b N olloth 55 J. Fudge, c G oodwin, b D yke ... ............ 0 J . W . Salew .b D yke... 5 J. Prebble, b G oodw in 10 E . W atts, c Brow n, b G oodw in ..................... 1 C lapto n . C. Brown, c Saltw , b H . B. H ugill, not out 35 Thorogood T otal ...121 W . J. Attenborough, b S t e e t ..............................10 A . J. Dyke, b Prebble 17 W . Goodwrin, not out Byes ... T otal (3 wkte) 79 H . Boyton, J. J . W iggett, W . H . N olloth, J. Boys* E. Henderson, and J. D ouglas did not bat. LO N D O N & W E ST M IN STE R B A N K v. ST R E A T ­ H A M .— Played at N orbury on June 1. L . & W . B a n k . C. A . Snell, c Thomas, b H o o p e r........................ 16 S. Bowm an, n ot out .. 9 H . E . Thom son, not out ............................. 15 B 13, w 1 ............14 A . Podm ore, b Feeny 2 J.H . H erschell,b H oo­ per ................................... 0 L . P itt-B rook, c D ahl, b H ooper...................... 0 A . G . G ough, c Feeny, b T h om as.....................33 C. S. J . D ouglas, b H ughes .....................81 * Ionings declared closed, T otal (6 w kts) *170 J . F . W . H ooper, b P ow er............................. 0 L . A . M . Ferry, b P od­ m ore .............................. 6 H . C. Dahl, not out ... 48 V .F . Feeny, b Podm ore 4 H .T . Thom as, b Pow er 1 H .B.Corderoy,b Pow er 5 S tr e a th a m . A . S. H ughes, c Baker, b Snell ..................... 6 A . E. M . Fortescue, not out ..................... 6 B 11, lb 1 ............12 T otal (6 w kts) 87 LO N D O N A N D W E S T M IN S T E R B A N K v B E L L E V U E .-P la y ed at N orbu iy on M ay 30 and 31. B e ll e v u e . B. Rapp, c A llcock, b Baker .................. . 0 A . M cCabe, c and b B o w m a n ..................... £ E . M ansell, not o u t ... J B yes..............................I3 T otal , 57 Total... ...168 T otal ............170 F . Burch, b P odm ore.. 0 F. K itson, b Sim pson.. 0 A . Nash, c Thom son, b Simpson ............ 7 C. Carpenter, c W e ll- son, b Baker ............ 17 A . Sm ith, c Gough, b B a k er............................. 8 A . Jones, hit w ick e t... 0 P . J. Clarke, b Bow m an 3 L . & W. B a n k . L . Pitt-B rook, b M an- A . G. G ough, not out 106 sell .............................. 13 E. A . W illson, b R app 19 C. C. Simpson, retired hurt .............................. 3 8. Bowm an, c Clarke, b Bapp ................... 4 J .H . Herschell, not out 23 H . E. Thom son, M ansell ..................... ® J. M . A llcock , b Rapp 43 B 43, lb 6, nb 6 ... fo Total (6 wkts) ...272