Cricket 1901

J u l y 4, 1901. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME 243 BUSSEY’S Q o ^ ^ /Y v </> M J o P m E m S3 oo ► i w & 09 B w to a s ® 43 I EH CO o « C O CO p e r 0 9 CO CO H CQ * 9 x « o w CM £* o -*» o J 4-1 3 S S QD BUSSEY’S AT THE SIGN OF THE WICKET. B y F . S . A sh ley -C oofeh . H ad anybody prophesied on T h u rsd ay last th at Gloucestershire w ould have beaten W a r­ w ickshire, th at K e n t w ould h ave gone down before W orcestershire, and th at Som ersetshire w ould have defeated Lancashire b y an innings and m ore than a hundred runs, he would have been ridiculed. N evertheless, he w ould have been correct in his forecast, and w ould probably have ever after been regarded more as an ancient seer th an an ordinary m ortal. G loucestershire and Som ersetshire are tw o of the m ost uncertain team s w e have seen of late years. E ach side proves itself capable of m aking a good figh t w ith the strongest elevens in the country, y e t no one is surprised if in th eir n ext m atch th ey collapsed badly again st a w eak team , and are, in consequence, handsom ely thrashed. A s a rule, G loucester­ shire re ly to a v e ry great exten t upon the efforts of th eir captain, but, alth ou gh he p layed an innings of 106 last F rid a y, the victory w as due m ore to consistent p lay b y the w hole side than to the perform ances of one m an. E veryb o d y on the side obtained double figures, H u ggin s w as in good a ll­ round form , and Paieh bow led successfully in the second innings. Som ersetshire’ s record in th eir series of m atches again st Lancashire is such a heart-breaking one th at one n aturally expects to see th e W esterners suffer a heavy defeat. I n the recent m atch, how ever, M r. L . C . H . P alairet and B raund gave the side a good start b y m akin g 225 runs fo r the first w icket, and several other goodly con tribu ­ tions caused a to tal of 561 to be realised. B raun d follow ed u p his large innings b y some excellen t bow lin g, and, Cranfield being also in form w ith the ball, Lancashire w ere beaten b y an in n in gs and 117 runs. Braund has perform ed excellen tly th is year in all departm ents of the gam e, and it is only ju stice to him th at he should h ave been one of the first chosen to assist the P layers in the m atch against th e G entlem en at L o rd ’s n ext w eek. Those who witnessed M r. P alairet’s innings of 182 w ere fortunate indeed, for there is probably no batsm an in th e w orld w ho possesses a m ore gracefu l style. M r. F r y has told us th at he and P alairet w ere at R epton together, and th at he w as a sm all boy w h ilst the latter w as a b ig one, and that he alw ays regarded h is style w ith reverence and aw e. M r. F r y m ust have been a good ju d g e of the gam e even in those early days. A lth o u gh D urham is far from being a form idable side, it w as a v e ry notable p er­ form ance on the p art of the South A fricans to defeat the coun ty b y 466 runs. T h is is, in a m easure, a record defeat in great m atches. Sussex beat Epsom at L o rd ’s in 1817 b y 427 runs. M r. G eorge Osbaldeston, “ T h e S q u ire ” o f imm ortal m em ory, and W illiam Lam bert w ere allow ed to assist Sussex in th is m atch as giv en men, and the form er m ade 106 and 16 and the la tter 107 not out and 15 7 ! Cam bridge U n iversity beat Sussex at B righ to n in 1890 b y 425 runs, and the A ustralian s defeated M iddlesex at L o rd ’s in 1893 b y 390 runs. I f all the m embers of th e South A frican team played up to th eir reputation the side w ould be able to m ake a good figh t w ith an y county eleven. M essrs. Sin clair and Tancred, w ho w ere looked upon as th e tw o greatest rungetters included in the side, have not done so w ell as w as expected. M r. Sin clair, especially, has been unfortunate in th is respect, although he has at times proved v e ry deadly w ith the ball. I f he* could o n ly p la y in th e form w hich established h is reputation as the finest bats­ m an in South A frica , he would becom e as popular on E n glish cricket grounds as M r. Jessop. K e n n y B urn s and C. J. E a d y , Who visited us as m embers of A ustralian teams, failed to give an y glim pse of the form w h ich th e y showed in th eir own country. George G iffen somewhere relates th at he once played seven consecutive innings w ithout m akin g a run, and th at in consequence he was too ashamed to appear in the fam ily circle. E ph raim Lockw ood, too, proved m ost un for­ tun ate against one of the early A u stralian team s, p lay in g six successive innings for o n ly one or tw o runs, w hich goes to prove th at even the best o f the batsm en are occasionally liable to fail lam entably. T h is year, th e ’ V a rsity m atch does not appear to have created so m uch excitem ent as is gen erally the case. B o th team s are very w eak in bow lin g, and, given a good hard w icket, scoring should rule v e ry h igh and the m atch last three fu ll days. T h e w eak­ ness of the U n iversities’ b ow lin g was am ply dem onstrated last week-end, w hen th e M .C .C . m ade 432 and 222 fo r three w ickets against Cam bridge, and Sussex 254 and 414 for six w ickets again st O xford. T h e L ig h t B lues have certain ly shown finer form th an th eir rivals in the tria l m atches, the latter not b ein g able to place even a sin gle v icto ry to th eir credit. E ach team possesses reliable ru n -getters, but battin g, unless backed up b y good bow lin g, is fa r from b ein g everyth in g in deciding a m atch, and in the gam e w h ich commences to -d ay, either side m ay be relied upon to flog its opponent’ s bo w lin g u nm ercifully. I t is a difficult m atter to anticipate a victo ry for O xford, ju d g in g the team s b y th eir recent perform ances, even bearin g in m ind th at in some previous years the form shown in the L o rd ’ s m atch had been quite the reverse to w h at one w ould have expected from the displays given in trial m atches. Cam bridge w ill certain ly enter the field as favourites, and should gain a som ewhat substantial v icto ry if the m atch is brough t to a definite conclusion. BRENTWOOD v. IN CO G N ITI.-Played at Brent­ wood on June 28 and 29. B ren tw oo d . 0. H . Escott, c Orman, b Marks ................13 R.T.Thornton, c Dun- man, b Cruise ... ... 8 Sewell,b Tassell... ... 8 Crossman, c Martin, b Marks....................... 89 Eev. M. Berkley, o Sartoris, b Cruise ... 44 S.DeW inton, e Orman, b Marks ...............105 Second innings: S. De W inton, not out, 7 ; Sewell, not out, 9 : wide, 1.—Total (no wkt), 17. I n cogniti . First innings. H. S. Barkworth, c and b Berkley ..............................50 c Thornton, b Sewell ........... 2 W . Dunman, b Thornton ... 13 notout.................... 59 J. W . Martin, c Thornton, b Sewell ........................... 0 C. E. Lewis, o Cruise, b Marks ................... 9 J. Bean, not out ... 51 Doll, b Stenhouse ... 4 Boydon, c Tassell, b Marks ................... 4 Eley, b Stenhouse ... 0 B 80, lb 1, w 1, nb 2 34 Total ...................369 Second innings. B. K. Cruise, b Sewell ... 86 V. Stenhouse, run out ... 5 M ajor Orman, lbw, b Thornton ................... ... 5 O. Marks, c Eley, b Sewell 3 c De W inton, b Berkley .......... 39 b Berkley .......... 7 b Berkley ...........18 A. Sartoris, b Berkley b Sewell ........... 8 c Thornton, b Berkley ........... 0 ... 12 e De W inton, b Berkley ...........36 G. Tassell, not out ........... 6 c Eley, b Berkley 7 W . P. Carpmael, c Doll, b Berkley ........................... 0 b Thornton............ 1 Capt. Harris, c Berkley, b Bew ell................................... 0 b Thornton............ 0 B 17, lb 2 ...........19 B 8 , lb 1 ... 9 Total.,, ...199 Total ...186