Cricket 1901

2 2 0 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u n e 20, 1901. SURREY v. WORCESTERSHIRE. Played at the Oval on June 17, 18 and 19. Surrey won by an innings and 4 runs. After their tw o previous m atches som e o f the m em bers o f the Surrey team m ust has been rather glad than otherwise that their county did not w in the toss in this m atch. B ut in this case there was nothing rem arkable in the w icket, unlsss it w as that it was rem arkably good, and the W orcestershire men kept in nearly the whole o f the day. Nevertheless, the batting w as not o f the kind w hich one expects from W orcestershire, w ith its players w ho are not yet sated w ith county cricket, and w hose m ethods are as as a rule fresh and interesting. F or som e reason or other m any o f the team seem ed to have an attack of the slow s, and even Mr. R . E. Foster could not get into his usual w orking order, although he was fo r som e tim e at the wicket. Perhaps the best cricket during the innings was seen when Pearson and Bow ley were together for the first wicket. A t no tim e during the day was the Surrey bow ling quite m astered; on the other hand, w ith som e exceptions, the fieldiDg was not quite as keen as it m ight have been. Surrey had rather less than an hour’s batting, and m ade a slight alteration in the usual order of goiD g in, H ayes, w ho had played four innings for six runs during the N orthern tour, going in lirst with A bel. They both played very attractive cricket, and had not been parted when stum ps were drawn with the score at 91. The score was advanced to 103 when H ayes was caught in the slips, having allowed Abel to do the greater part of the scoring. M r. W alker did n ot last long, but when M r. Craw ford arrived the bowlers had a very bad tim e o f it. H e was in brilliant form , and m aking som e splendid drives, he reached his fifty in thirty-five m inutes. A lthough A bel w as not playing very slow cricket, his partner began to overhaul him rapidly, and eventually caught him . A t this stage o f the gam e Surrey seemed certain to m ake a huge score, or at least as m any as they wanted, but at last there cam e a separation, and shortly afterw ards both m en w ere out. A bel was the first to go, after a stay at the wickets o f three hours and a quarter, during w hich he had played in his best form . M r. Craw ford soon follow ed him . H e had m ade his runs m uch the faster, having only been at the wickets tw o hours and a quarter; his driving was som etim es brilliant in the extrem e. The partner­ ship produced 227 runs. H ayw ard played fine cricket and carried his bat, but except that R ichardson m ade a few big hits, the tail did n ot do m uch. A t the end o f the day W orcestershire had placed themselves nearly out o f the running by losing five wickets for 109. B ut M r. R . E . Foster was not out, and there were still hopes as long as he rem ained. H e played delightful cricket yesterday m orning, but received no assistance. W o KCKSTIRS HIBE. First innings. Second innings. Pearson, c Hayes, b Brock­ w ell ...................................... 27 Bow ley, b Lees .....................38 W heldon, b J e p h s o n ............50 R . E . Foster, b Richardson 21 H unt, b J ep h son .....................23 G. Sim pson-H ayw ard, run ou t................................................50 Bird, c H ayes, b Lockw ood 36 Straw, c H ayes, b L ockw ood 5 B urrow s,b Lockw ood... W ilson, not out ............ Bannister, c H ayward, Lockw ood 1 b Brockw ell b Richardson c Stedman, Richardson b Richardson c Stedm an, Richardson c Stedm an, Richardson ... b L ockw ood lbw , b L ockw ood b Richardson ... c A bel, b L ock­ w ood .................... ... 1 ... 27 b ... 19 .. 65 b ... 4 b 7 10 7 B 8, lb 10, w 3, nb 4... 25 not ou t..................... B 4, lb 3, w l,n b I T otal ...309 SUBBEY. A bel, c W ilson, b B ird 138 H ayes, c Bird, b Bur­ row s ..............................37 L . W alker, b Burrow s 11 V .F .S.C raw ford,bB ird 159 L ockw ood, b Burrows 14 H ayward, not out ...6 0 Brockw ell, b Burrows 6 W ORCKHTEBSHIBE First innings. O. M . R . W . 18 17*1 , 2i 12 . 20 5 T otal ...160 Lees, b Bird ............. 2 Stedm an, b B ird ... 4 Richardson, b W ilson 21 D . L . A . Jephson, absent, hurt ............ 0 B 10, lb 7, w 4 ... 21 Total ...473 Richardson L ockw ood L e e s............ Brockw ell Jeplison ... W alker ... 1 68 0 78 8 42 3 30 1 ... 2 50 2 ... 2 16 0 ... Second innings. O. M . R . W . ... 25 2 77 6 ... 10*5 2 29 3 ... 7 2 ... 8 3 17 28 R ichardson delivered one w ide and tw o no-balls, and Lockw ood three no-balls. S u bbk y . O.M . R . W . W ilson ... 30*1 3 123 1 Pearson ... 11 1 34 0 Burrows ..3 9 9 151 4 O. M . R . W - Sim pson- H ayw ard 6 Bannister 5 B ird ... 23 0 44 0 0 39 0 7 61 4 THE TONBRIDGE WEEK. MIDDLESEX v. KENT. w a l t e r w r ig h t ’ s b e n b f it m a t c h . Played at Tonbridge on June 17, 18, 19. Middlesex won by 2 wickets. P artly ow in g to showers and partly to the excel­ lence of the M iddlesex bow ling, run gettin g was not prolific on th e first day of this m atch. T here was a fair attendance although th e w eather was chilly and rain was about, and as usual w ith a crow d in K ent every piece o f good play was applauded w ith dis­ crim ination. T here was very little that was rem ark­ able in th e batting, and although M r. M ason’s score nearly doubled that o f anybody else his innings did n ot stand out as prom inently as m ight have been expected, for he never seem ed to get really into his stride. This was accounted for b y the fact that the bow lin g cou ld never be treated w ith anything but the utm ost respect. A lec Hearne played a very useful innings w hich took up a good deal o f tim e, viz , tw o hours and five m inutes, and his steady resistance greatly helped those w ho cam e after him . As M iddiesex on ly had to g o in for ten m inutes Mr. M acG regor took Jack Hearne in w ith him , w ith the result that 21 runs were knocked up. In the evening the tow n was en ffite, and during the afternoon a band m ade things cheerful on the cricket ground. O n T uesday Hearne was not disposed ol until the score was 43. M r. M acG regor played excellent cricket, and it turned ou t a good m ove of his to go in first. M iddlesex did n ot do at all w ell for som e tim e, but M r. J. D ouglas, w ho m ade his first appear­ ance this season for his cou n ty, played very steady cricket, and received valuable assistance from Mr. M oon. Afterw ards T rott began to m ake his presence felt and the score rose rapidly. D uring his stay of thirty-five m inutes 84 runs were m ade, o f w hich he claim ed 56 by the m ost resolute hitting. Then Mr. M ore cam e in and m ade hay o f the bowling. W ith M r. D ouglas he put on 88 and w ith Raw lin 60, the entire 146 only taking an hour and ten m inutes to put together. A ll this w ould have been im possible but for the beautiful cricket played by M r. D ouglas, who, beginning slow ly, afterw ards hit w e ll; his fine innings o f 84 lasted for tw o hours and ten .minutes. A s a result o f this rem arkable display by M r. D ouglas and the tail, M iddlesex had a lead o f 141, and as K ent had lost three wickets w hen stum ps were drawn and were still 45 behind, they seemed likely to be beaten badly. Yesterday, M r. M ason and M r. Burnup played very fine cricket, but despite this, and a fair resistance by the tail, M iddle­ sex were left with only 126 to w in, apparently an easy task enough. B ut things went w rong with them . Three m en were out for 17, including M r. Beldam , w ho is generally so safe, and fou r fo r 41. M r. Bosanquet and M r. M ore raised the total to 73, when the latter was bow led. The m atch kbegan to get m ost exciting. Eventually there was nothing between K ent and victory but the dismissal o f tw o out o f three m en, M r. M cG regor, Raw lin and H earne, and som e tw enty runs still required. But H earne was not called upon, fo r Raw lin and M r. M cG regor gradually pulled the m atch out o f the fire. K e n t . First innings. H eam e (A .), b Raw lin ... 39 H um phreys,cTrott,bH eam e 20 P . C. Baker, b M ore ............ 23 E . W . D illon, c W arner, b R a w lin .....................................44 J.R .M ason,cD ouglas,bM ore 79 C. J . Burnup, b T rott ... 22 Rev. W . Bashleigh, c Bosan­ quet, b M ore .....................20 c H eam e, b T rott 4 F . M archant, c Bosanquet, b T rott...................................... 8 H uish, b M ore ..................... 8 Blythe, c M acG regor, b T rott ....................................... 0 W . M . Bradley, not ou t ... 0 B 15, lb 6 .....................21 Second innings. b T rott.....................11 b Bosanquet ... 31 c M oon, b H eam e 0 b T rott ............32 c Hearne, b T rott 69 c H eam e, b T rott 45 lbw, b Trott not ou t............ c and b M ore b T rott E xtras... T otal ...........284 M id d le s e x , F irst innings. G .M acG regor,c H um phreys, b H earne ..............................70 H eam e (J. T .), c H u’sh, b Bradley ..............................22 P . F . W arner, b Bradley ... 14 H . B . H aym an, c H um ­ phreys, b Bradley ............12 G . Beldam , b Bradley............ 8 J.D ouglas.cH uish.bB uraup 84 L . J. M oon, b H eam e ... 30 B J.T .B osanquet, b B radley 1 T rott, c H uish, b Blythe ... 56 R . M ore, n ot o u t .....................75 Raw lin, c M ason, b Bradley 25 B 23, lb 4, nb 1 ...2 8 T otal............266 Second innings. not out... T otal ...425 b B r a d le y ............ b M ason ............ c H uish,bBradley b Bradley ............ m n out ........... cBradley,bM ason 38 c Blythe, b M ason 8 b B r a d le y ............10 not ou t..................... 10 Extras ... 8 T otal...128 K e n t. First iunings. O. M . R . W . T rott ... ... 28 7 78 3 .. Hearne ... ... 22 11 56 1 .. Raw lin ... ... 32 13 56 2 .. M ore ... ... 24*1 8 53 4 .. Bosanquet ... 7 2 20 0 ... M id d l e s e x . First innings. O. M . R . W . Bradley... ... 34*1 7 131 6 .. M ason ... ... 10 0 49 0 .. Blythe ... ... 17 3 63 1 .. Hum phreys ... 9 2 40 0 ... H earn e... ... 17 3 67 2 ... B um up... .... 6 0 26 1 ... D illon ... ... 4 0 21 0 .. Second innings. O. M . r T W . 26-1 8 65 4 11 1 29 3 15 7 26 0 Bradley delivered a no-ball. HAMPSHIRE v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Southampton, June 17, 18, 19. Abandoned. O n a perfect w icket Leicestershire played excel­ len t cricket on M onday, and w hen stum ps were draw n had scored 326 for six wickets. T he ch ief stand o f the day was m ade b y M r. R . T . Craw ford, a brother o f V . F . S., and K ing, w ho put on 154 in a little over tw o hours. Craw ford’s batting satisfied the critics in every w ay, and there can be no dou bt that he w ill be a very valuable man to the side. K ing was batting for three hours and a half in all, and during that tim e scored 131, an adm irable innings w hich included sixteen 4’s. Coe and W hite­ head also did very w ell indeed. On Tuesday, Leicestershire soon com pleted their innings, and then, after M r. H ill had been disposed o f. Captain G reig, w ho was again in great form , and M r. Sprot brought the score to over a hundred before they w ere parted. Captain Greig played cricket which was quite faultless. Afterw ards Llewellyn and Bar­ ton put on 74 runs, and the latter only m issed his hundred by three runs. Leicestershire only had a sm all balance in their favour when they w ent in a second tim e. In an hour and a-half M r. W ood and K in ? put on 106 runs for the third wicket, but after­ wards som e of the Leicestershire m en played as if a draw n game was their only object. A t four o’clock rain fell, and the m atch was abandoned. L eic e ste b sh ib e . First innings. C. J . B . W ood , b Barton ... 7 K night, c R obson, b Steele 24 K ing, b Barton ....................131 R . M cD onald, run out ... 6 R . T. Crawford, b Llewellyn 55 Coe, c and b Heseltine ... 69 W hitehead, b Baldwin ... 39 W hiteside, b Baldw in... . G. E . R udd, b Heseltine . Geeson, not out .................. W oodcock, c B odington, Heseltine ........................... B 8, lb 3 w 1, ... . Total Second innings, c Steele, b Llew el­ lyn ..................... 86 c Robson,b Llew e­ llyn ..................... 8 c Robson, b B ald­ win .....................63 not o u t ...................11 not ou t.....................26 15 1 12 9 12 b Llew ellyn ... 18 Extras ... 11 ...371 T otal (4 w kts) 223 H am psh ibe. Capt. Greig, c Geeson, b W oodcock ............77 A . J. L . H ill, b W o d - cock ..............................12 E . M . Sprot, c K ing, b W ood .............................38 Llew ellyn, b K iny ... 47 Barton,st W hiteside, b Geeson .....................97 W ebb, b Geeson............ 8 C.H . Bodlington,c and b G e e so n ..................... 6 L eiceste r sh ir e . C.Heseltine, c K night, b G e e so n ..................... 4 D . A . Steele, not out 31 Baldw in, b W o o icock 6 C .R obson,cW oodcock, b G e e so n ..................... 1 B 7, w 2 ............ 9 T otal ...336 First innings. Second innings. O. M . R . W . O. M . R . W 13 B a rto n ............ 81 16 56 2 ... ... 42 24 46 0 Llew ellyn ... 25 3 70 1 ... ... 21 3 69 3 Steele ............ 6 0 33 1 ... 4 B od lin gton ... 8 2 34 0 ... Sprot ............ 5 2 20 0 ... 10 H ill ............ 8 1 26 0 ... 6 G reig ............ 7 1 98 0 ... .*.*.* i 0 4 0 16 Baldwin 28 11 55 2 ... ... 15*4 6 41 1 5 Heseltine ... 14-2 3 42 3 ... ... 10 2 52 0 H ill bow led a w ide and Barton a no-ball. H a m psh ibe . O. M . R . W . O . M . R . W . W oodcock 21 2 87 3 I K ing ... 26 10 47 1 Geeson ... £0*1 1131 5 | W ood 16 2 62 1 Bang and W ood each delivered a wide.