Cricket 1901

J u n e 2(j, 1901. CRICKET : A WEEKLY &ECORD OF THE GAME. 2 1 9 yards further back. I can assure you that I have seen the experiment tried this year with the greatest success from the point of view of bowlers’ averages. Batsmen and groundmen would naturally object, and gate receipts m ight fall cff very con­ siderably ; but what would that matter if only the game were shortened, and a rden t cricketers satisfied ? ” I n an article which appeared in the Sunday Times this week, although it was apparently written some time ago, Mr. Prank Mitchell names the follow ing as the team which he would suggest for Australia:—A . C. MacLaren, A . O. Jones, G. L. Jessop, Abel, Hayward, Quaife, Storer, Lilley, Rhodes, Lockwood, Hearne, Y oung, or Haigh. M b . M i t c h e l l ’ s article is a strong indictment against the Australians. He is led to think that they “ to some extent suggested names to the organiser on the English side, and that names suggested by the Australians were generally found in the chosen list.” H e also Bays, when referring to the professionals, “ Our men grumble, and grumble bitterly, that the Australians should come here and share the loot equally and fairly, whereas they are given by no means a handsome salary.” It must however be remembered that there are generally two sides to a question, and that the Australians have not yet had an opportunity of replying to the remarks which have of late been so freely made about them. A t the end of last week Mr. Prank Mitchell had played four innings of a hundred in four successive matches, but not in successive innings. His scores were as follows : 100, 100 and 4 not out, 104 not out and 12, 162 not out. W e understand that a third edition of “ The Demon Eleven, and other Cricket stories,” has just been issued at the offices of the Kentish Express. Its author is Mr. Charles Igglesden and its price is a shilling. There are five stories in the book, in all of which the game of cricket plays a prominent part. We have referred to the book in a previous issue. As a large number of cricketers must make use ot the General Steam Naviga­ tion Company’s steamers on their journeys to Southend, Ramsgate, Deal, etc., they may be interested to hear that an entirely new departure has been made b y the Company. Tours have now been arranged through the Scottish Highlands, embracing a sea voyage, and a tour through the best parts of the country at most reasonable combined boat and hotel rates. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. A . K . S h a p co th .— I f both bails were off, no. I f only one, yes. This is the custom , but the law s hardly touch upon your case. P R IC K E T R eport Sheets, lOd. per dozen, post free. /V Order of G oing-in Cards, 7d. per dozen, post free. racket Score B ooks, 6d. and Is. each; postage, 2d. extra.—T o be obtained at the Offices of Cricket , 168, Upper Thames Street London, E.C. T h e follow ing are some of the latest hundreds :— J U N E . 8. Boyton, Clapton v . South H a m p ste a d ...........109* 8. M oorhouse. Free Foresters v. Ludgrove ... 101 12. D . C. Lee, Incogniti v. Sir D . F . Gooch’s X I . 113 13. J . R . M a s o n , K h nt v. N o t t s .......................102 14. B b OWN, YOhKSHIRE V. W ARWICK8HIRE ... 121 14. F . M itch ell , Y orkshire v . W arw ickshire 162* 14. L e w is , S o m e r se t v . S o u t h A f r ic a n s ............... 100* 14. Q u a if e , W a r w ic k s h ir e v. Y o r k s h ir e ... 118* 14. C. J. Kortright, Essex Club and Ground v. Clapton ... ........................................................... 128 14. Sewell, Essex Club and Ground v. Clapton 101 15. Cooper, Beckenham v. Streatham .............117 15. W .S .A . Brown, The W anderers v. Guildford 100 15. W . F . bm ith, Private Banks v. Forest H ill... 138 17. A . O. J o n e s , N o t t s v . Su* s e x ......................249 17. K in g , L e ic e s t e r s h ir e v . H a m p s h ir e .............131 17. R . H . H ow itt, A rkley v. hensington Park... 147* 18. ABEL, SURbEY V. WORCESTEBBHlhE ... ... li-8 18. Y . F . S . C r a w f o r d , S u r r e y v . W o r c e s t e r .. 169 18. Q u a if e (W . G .), L o n d o n C o u n t y y . C a m - BBIDGE U N IVEB8ITY ..........................................1C8 18. W . S m ith , L ondon C o . v . C ambridge U n iv . 143 18. L . G , W right , D ebby v . G loucestebshibe 165 18. C h attebton , D ebby v . G loucestebshibe ... 1*9 18. C. G . W ard , Cheshunt v. Southgate .............121 • Signifies not out. M.C.C. AND GROUND v. MINOR COUNTIES. Played at Lord’s on June 17 and 18. Minor Counties won by ten wickets. The team representing the M .C.C. was m uch weaker than that which they often put in the field against a not very im portant club, and as m ight have been expected it could not hold its ow n against the M inor Counties. There was very little bow ling or batting on the side. M .C.C. and G round . First innings. Second innings. W . Payne-G allw ey, b Stee­ ples ...................................... 1 c M edlicott, b "Williams............14 A tfield, b T h om p son ............ 9 lbw , b Clarke ... 25 A . Conan D oyle, c Fast- nedge, b Thom pson............ 7 c Steeples, b W il­ burns ............ 8 T . A . D . Bevington, c and b Thom pson ..................... 0 n o to u t......................28 C. C. T . D oll, b Thom pson 0 b Grimshaw ... 8 C ox, b Thom pson.....................21 c Fastnedge, b Clarke ............18 A . E . Leatham , c M edlicott, b Thom pson .....................29 c H orton, b W il­ liam s ............20 C. H . H ulls, b T hom pson... 25 b Clarke ............ 30 M urrell, lbw , b Thom pson. 32 st Fastnedge, D W illiam s............41 H andford, c H ill, b T hom p­ son...............................................21 lbw , b Grimshaw 19 M artin, not out ...................... 2 b Thom pson 12 B 1, lb 1 ............ 2 B 4, lb 6, w 1, nb 3 14 T otal.....................149 Total M in or C ou nties . ...237 R . H . M allett (D ur­ ham ), b Cox ............14 Silverlock (M onm outh­ shire), b H andford.. 80 Thom pson (Northants) b Hand ford ............ 0 R .A .W illiam s (Berks), c and b 1 ayne-Gall- wey ..............................16 H . J . H ill (H erts), b D oyle..............................55 W .S.JH edlicott(W ilts), c M artin, b Leatham 68 Grimshaw (Stafford- shire), b D oyle ... 9 T . H orton (N orth­ ants), b Cox ............66 C.D .Fastnedge (Herts) c M urrell, b C ox ... 28 Clarke (D urham ), not out ..................... 6 Steeples (M onm outh­ shire), D P.-G allw ey 3 B 23, lb 4, w 2, nb 3 32 T otal ... ...367 Second in nings: R . H . M allett, not out, 10; Clarke, not out, 9 ; Bye, 1.—T otal (no w kt), 20. Thom pson Steeples . Grim shaw M .C.C. a n d G rou n d . First innings. Second innings. O. M .R . W . ~ 20*3 2 69 9 ... 16 4 44 1 ... 9 0 44 0 ... O. M . R . W . 185 1 82 1 10 3 19 0 a n 99 9 W illiam s.. 20 2 66 4 Clarke ... 19 4 34 3 W illiam s bowled a w ide and tw o no-balls and Clarke a no-ball. M inor C ounties , ___ O. M . R . W . O. M . R . W . Payne-G allw ey 16-1 6 49 2 ............ Cox .....................31 5 68 3 ............. H andford............19 1 73 2 ............. 3 0 9 0 M artin ............ 6 1 31 0 ............ Bevington ... 4 0 18 0 ............. 3 0 10 0 D oyle..................... 10 3 43 2 ............. A tfield ............ 3 0 14 0 ............. L e a th a m ............ 2 0 191 ... ••• 0*1 0 0 0 Attield and Leatham each bow led a wide, and P ayne- Gallwey three no-balls. YORKSHIRE v. ESSEX. Played at Leeds on June 17 and 18. Yorkshire won by an innings and 60 runs. In the North the wickets do not seem to be o f the usual excellence this year, and Yorkshire, who went in first, had a good deal o f difficulty in putting together a score w hich should te large en ugh to offer a fair chance o f victory. A s it was, the pro­ fessionals on the side did very little scoring, nearly all finding the bow ling veiy aukw ard to cope with, and it was U ft to L ord B aw ke and M r. Frank M itchell to do m ost o f the run gettirg. T he form er w ent in at a very critical tim e wnen Yorkshire seemt d likely to be out for such a sm all score a* to have little chance of m eeting with success, and by resolute batting he placed a very much better appear­ ance on the game. The tail also did fairlv w ell. But the best cncket o f the innings was show n by Mr. Frank M itchell, w ho just at pre ent is the m aster o f a ry bow ler w ho is brought against him . I t was not a quick scoring innings, fo r he was nearly an hour and three quarters at the w icket for 62; but it was a good innings, and a valuable one. H e played Mead, w ho w as in great form , w ith confidence and skill. There seemed very little in it when stumps were drawn, fo r against the 252 made by Y orkshire, Essex had put up 61 fo r the loss of Carpenter, M r. Lucas being not out 27, and M r. Perrin not ou t 11. But there were om inous appearances that on the m orrow there m ight t e som e strange cricket, fo r while Essex were in tne ball kicked very considerably, a state of affairs o f which the Yorkshire bowlers know how to m ake the very best. On Tuesday m orning the out­ look was very unprom ising, for rain bad fallen in the ni«ht and things at once went badly with Essex. A dibacle t egan which was as rem arkable as any that has been Been in this season, when breakdowns have been so num erous. M r. Lucas did not add to his score, M r. Perrin only added three runs, and then there was a procession, Bhodes and H aigh being quite irresistible. Essex were 155 runs behind, and w ith a w icket helping his bowlers very greatly. L ord B aw ke of course m ade his opponents follow on. Again no resistance could be m ade to the bow ling except by M r. P errin, and later by the tail, w ho m ade a plucky attem pt to save the innings defeat. Y obksh ibe . Brow n, lbw , b M ead... 27 Tunnicliffe, lbw , b M e a d .............................. 5 Denton, b M e a d ............. 4 F. M itchell, c Lucas, b M e a d ............................. 52 W ainwTight, b K ort­ right .............................. 2 Hirst, b Y o u n g ............26 W hitehead, c Turner, b M ead .....................32 Lord H aw ke, c Car­ penter, b Y oun g ... H aigh, b Beeves Rhodes, b Y ou n g ... Hunter, not o u t .......... B 1,1b 9 ..................... Total ...252 E sse x . First innings. Second innings. A . P. Lucas, b H a ig h ............ 27 c Tunnicliffe, b H irst ............ 2 Carpenter, b H irst ............ 21 c Rhodes, b Hirst 6 P . Perrin, b H aigh ............ C. M cG ahey, st H unter, b 14 b Rhodes ............ 24 R hodes....................................... 1 c Tunnicliffe, b Rhod s ............ 4 A . J . Turner, b Rhodes ... G . Tossetti, c W hitehead, b 0 cB row n,b Bhodes 1 H a ig h ....................................... 7 retired hurt 1 C. J . K ortright, b H aigh ... 4 b H aigh ............ 12 Reeves, st Hunter, b Rhodes 8 lbw, b Rhodes ... 16 Russell, not out ..................... 4 st H unter, b Rhodes ............ 10 Mead, b H aigh ..................... 2 c H irst, b Rhodes 4 Y oun g, c Denton, b Rhodes 5 not o u t ................... 13 B 2, lb 1, nb 1 ............ 4 L eg-byes............ 2 T o t il .............................. 97 T otal ............ 95 Y o b k s h ir e . O. M . R . W . O . M . R . W . M ead ... 36 12 78 5| Beeves ... 12 2 35 1 Y ou n g ... 232 4 74 3 I Tosetti ... 5 1 13 0 K ortright. 6 0 26 1 I Carpenter.. 3 0 16 0 E sse x . First innings. Second innings. O . M . R . W . O. M . R . W . H irst .................... 19 6 33 1 ............. 14 5 28 2 B h od es..................... 25 13 33 4 ............ 1 8 6 6 45 6 B r o w n ..................... 2 1 4 0 ............. H a ig h ..................... 9 2 23 5 ............. 5 1 £0 1 H aigh delivered a no-ball. 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