Cricket 1901

J uly 18, 1901. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 277 E TON v. HARROW. P layed at L o rd ’s on J u ly 12 and 13. H arrow w on b y ten w ickets. There can be very little doubt that Harrow won this match chiefly by reason of having a bowler who was out of the ordinary run. The Etonians could for the most pait play the other bowlers easily enough, but when it came to dealing with Mr. Buxton’s leg breaks, they shaped almost as badly as the Gentlemen at Lord’s on the previous Wednesday, against Braund—which is eaying a very great deal. It often happens in matches between schools that angels are entertained UDawares among the tail, and in this match last week Eton would have been ignominiously thrashed if it had not been for the pluck and resource displayed by the members of the tail. In their first innings Eton lost five wicketa for 52, and the side looked like making a pre ty bad mess of it. Fortun­ ately, in both innings, Mr. Whately, the captain, who was certainly the best all-round player in the two teams, played excellent cricket, while the tail to a man distinguished themselves — or at least all except the last man. who had no chance of shewing what he could do. The highest innings, and in some ways the best, was played by Mr. F. W. Marsham, a brother of the batsman who saved Oxford from defeat by Cambridge. His fine score of 61, which was put together in an hour and a quarter, was character­ ised by brilliant hittiDg ani excellent judgm ent; he ought to make a name for himself in the future. Mr. Egerton-Warburton put on a particularly useful 39 when the innings seemed almost over. Harrow did fairly well, and by the close of the first day’s p!ay they were within 58 of the Eton total, with four wickets still in hand. Mr. E. W . Mann, the captain, played admirable cricket for a couple of hours, and Mr. K . Carlisle proved a valuable helper to him. But on the whole the batting was rather after the style of modern University cricket than that which used to be seen in these matches, when men were not afraid to take a few risks. So far the play was even enough, and it looked long odds that the game would once more be drawn. But the Harrow tail, not having any strong ideas in the necessity of playing oneself in for an hour or two, completely altered the appearance of the game. Mr. Bewicke and Mr. Lambert put on 69 for the seventh wicket in forty minutes, the former making most of the runs by very attractive cricket indeed, and then Mr. Lambert and Mr. Bailey put on 90 in an hour and a half, both making some brilliant hits. Mr. Hopley also greatly distinguished himself. It was not until the tenth man was in that Mr. Lam­ bert was out. He had been two hours and three- quarters at the wickets for his 71, generally being content to let the tail proper do most of the scoring. The result of all this fine play was that Harrow led on the first innings by 137 runs, and, moreover, had the possibility of making use of their lead, since the runs had been made before lunch. Eton made a terribly bad start, losing three wickets for 15. four for 37 and five for 53. Unless something of very great note was done by the tail it was pretty clear that Harrow would have an overwhelming victory, but you can hardly expect a tail to make nearly all the runs in both innings, and they failed as completely as the men with bigger reputations. The one bright feature of the innings was the fine resistance offered for the sixth wicket by Mr. Herbert and Mr. Whately, who put on 58 runs in forty minutes. After they were parted Harrow had the match in hand. E ton . First innings. Second innings. N. M. Ferguson, run out ... 3 b Buxton ........... 4 J. Murray, b H opely.......... 3 b McLaren........... 4 R. Hoare, c K. Carlisle, b Lambert ......................... 10 candb K.Carlisle 14 Hon. M. R Herbert,run out 6 b M cLaren...........35 Hon. A. E. S. Mulholland, c K . Carlisle, b M cLaren.. 13 b Buxton ...........18 E.G.W hately,lbw, b Buxton 45 c Nash, b Buxton 40 Hon. G. W . Lyttelton, b Buxton ...........................31 c Eyre, b Buxton 0 F. W .Marsham,c M.Carlisle, b Lambert . ...................61 b Buxton ............. 1 R.G.Ellis,cBaily,b McLaren 17 cBuxton,bHopely 4 J. Egerton-Warburton, b H opely.................................39 rot out..................... 3 G. A . Sandeman, not out ... 0 b Buxton ......... 0 B 4, lb 7 ...................11 B 12, lb 4, w 1 17 Total Total ...140 E.W .Mann, c Herbert, b Marsham ...........69 C. H. Eyre, b Ellis .. 9 K. M. Carlisle, b Whately ...................49 M. M. Carlisle, b Whately ...................24 G. MacLaren, c and b Whately .................... 0 L.C.F.Na8h,cMarsham, b Murray ... H a r r o w . R.E Lambert,bLyttel- ton .......................... 71 C. Bewicke, b Whately 48 R. E. H. Bailey, c Her­ bert, b Murray ... 45 F.J.Y Hopley,cHoare, b Lyttelton ...........24 A . Buxton, not o u t... 0 B 16, lb 4, w 6, nb 5 31 Total ...376 Second innings: Nash, not out, 0 ; Hopley, not out, 4; extras, 0.—Total (for no wicket) 4. E t o n . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Buxton ... ... 33 10 66 2 ... .. 25-4 12 38 6 Hopley ... ... 21*5 9 62 2 ... . . 8 4 18 I Lamhert .. .. 16 4 46 2 ... . . 5 2 16 0 acLaren ... 17 4 62 2 . .. 17 2 32 2 Nash ... 2 0 7 0 Mann ... 1 0 5 0 K . Carlisle ... ... 5 2 19 1 MacLaren bowled one wide. H a r r o w . First innings. O. M. R. W . 44 12 118 4 ... ... 22 5 48 1 Second innli gs. O. M. R. W . ... 0 - 1 0 4 0 Whately ... E llis .......... Murray .......... 20 5 Sandeman ... 19 5 48 0 Lyttelton...........l-'.'l 4 31 2 Marsham . ... 10 1 36 1 Marsham and t-andeman each bowled two wides, and W hately and Murray one. Whately delivered four no-balls and Ellis one. GENTLEMEN v. P LA Y E B S . T H E O V A L M A T C H . AN INNINGS OF 247 BY ABEL. P layed at the O val on J u ly 11, 12 and 13. P layers w on b y ten w ickets. Although, in accordance with ancient custom, the charge for admission to the Oval for this match was a shilling, whereas in the same match at Lord’s it is only sixpence, some four thousand people were fonnd ready to pay the extra sixpence on Thursday, while in all the attendance was about six thousand. Owing to the fact that Lancashire, Yorkshire, Somerset, Worcestershire, Sussex and Leicestershire were all playing matches, the Surrey county committee were not able to get together a very strong team of Gentle­ men, although the Players were well represented. The Gentlemen, in the absence of Mr. Bradley and Mr. Mason, were particularly weak in bowling, and this naturally led to the match being one-sided. Two things stood out very prominently, the innings of 67 by Dr. Grace—the highest score on his side in the first innings—and the record made by Abel for matches between Gentlemen and Players. W ith the actual batting of the Doctor no one could have found any fault; he showed all hie old command over the bowling, his skill in placing, and his ability to make beautiful strokes; but owing to lameness he was slow between the wickets and failed to make the most of his own hits, while he prevented other men from making the most of theirs. On the whole, the batting of the Gentlemen on the first day was dis­ appointing. Abel, as at Lord’s, changed his bowling with a good deal of judgment. Three wickets were down for about 50, and then Mr. Hayman made a useful stand with Dr. Grace, who seemed to find all the bowling easy enough. At last the Doctor, after being at the wicket for two hours and a half, was caught and bowled by Mead, and half the side was out for 136. Then there was some very attractive batting by Mr. Jones and Mr. Wright, who put on 65 runs in an hour while together, Mr. Jones scoring 50 of them. But the bowling was never mastered at any time during the innings, except, perhaps, for the last quarter of an hour of Mr. Sewell’s innings. The total of 283 fell far short of what had been anticipated from such a strong batting team, and the probability that the Players would leave it far behind on the morrow was great. Before stumps were drawn Abel and Carpenter had knocked off 49 of the runs without being separated, against the bowling of Mr. Bumup, Mr. Jones, Mr. More and Mr. Jephson. On the next day, Abel’s fine batting completely outshadowed everything else. Indeed, most of the rest of the Players were in indifferent form, and found even the very moderate bowling of the Gentlemen so difficult that they could only make runs against it by the most laborious processes. Abel was not out 19 over night. Carpenter failed to increase his score, and Lockwood was out for 8. But then began a partnership between Abel and W . G. Quaife, in which the Surrey man had ample time to play himself in. It lasted for an hour and forty minutes, during which Quaife only put together 35 out of 153, and although Abel is generally con­ sidered as being a slow scorer, he seemed, by comparison with his partner, a perfectly reckless individual. Hayward took a long time to get settled, and was caught just as he looked like playing one of his big innings. The partnership between Lilley and Abel produced 91 in less than an hour, the little Surrey professional scoring the greater proportion of the runs. W rathall and Barton both played exceed­ ingly careful cricket, and both failed to do themselves justice. Meanwhile, Abel had reached his second hundred, and had beaten all previous records by a Player in matches against the Gentlemen. Rain then fell, and Abel passed the previous record of 217 made by Dr. Grace in these matches. Eventually he was bowled by Jephson for 247, after batting for six hours without making a mistake; his innings included two 5’s and twenty-seven 4’s, and despite tbe weaknessof theGentl- me ’s bowling, the p rfoim - ance was something quite out of t e common. It wts the morerem*rka* le wincen<»on*- elneon tbe side cou d make a higher score th«n 42. The Player* brought ih- ir innings to a. conclusion jus*, before stumps were drawn, and had a lead <f 191 runs In order to save themselves from defeat, it was necessary for the Gentlemen to keep in nearly all day on Saturday. Four men w^re out for bi, and Mr. Jeph-on was missed at slip off Lockwood at the same total. The latting was very disappointing, except for the innings of Mr. Burnup. wno played a pretty but slow game for nearly a couple of hours. In the end the Gentlemen succeeded in making enough runs to save the innings defeat. G e n t le m e n , First innings. W .G . Grace (London C’nty), c and b Mead ...................57 P. F. Warner (Middlesex), b Lockwood.........................11 C .J. Burnup (Kent), bTrott 0 C. McGahey (Essex), b Trott 14 H. B. Hayman (Middlesex), c Abel, b G unn.................. 30 A. O. Jones (Notts), b Lock­ wood ..................................60 L. G. Wright (Derbyshire), c and b Trott .................. 36 W . P. Robertson (Cam­ bridge University),b Trott 10 C. O. H. Sewell (Gloucester­ shire), b M e a d ...................40 R . E. More (Oxford Univer­ sity), b Lockwood ...........13 D. L. A . Jephson (Surrey), not out................................... 5 B 7, lb 7, nb 3 ..............17 Total......... Second innings, c Lilley, b Lock­ wood..................19 c Lilley, b Lock­ wood..................24 c Barton, b Trolt 50 c lilley, b Lock­ wood.................. 1 b Lockwood b M ead.. .. b Trott......... n otou t.. .. lbw, b Trott b Trott......... , 0 , 22 . 24 . 20 , 16 . 2 st Lilley, b Trott 21 B 8, lb 2, nb 4 14 . ...583 P l a y e r s . Abel (Surrey), b Jeph­ son ........................247 Carpenter (Essex), b M o r e .........................28 Lockwood (Surrey), c Jephscn, b More ... 8 Quaife (W . G.) (War­ wickshire), c Jones, b More .................35 Hayward (8urrey), c More, b Hayman ... 16 Lilley (Warwickshire), c Wright, b Jephson 42 Total ...213 Wrathall (Gloucester­ shire)^ More........... 7 Barton, (Hampshire), c Jephson.b Warner 7 Gunn (J.), (Notts), not out .................42 Trott (Middlesex), st Jones, b Hayman... 6 Mead (Essex), c Wright, b Jephson 0 B 24, lb 7, w 5 ... 36 T otal.. ...474 Second inn in gsC arpen ter, not out, 13; Wrathall, not out, 10.—Total (no wicket) 23. M. R. W . 7 51 4 3 52 1 5 87 5 4 9 0 G e n t l e m e n . First innings. Second: O. M. H. W . o . : Lockwood ... 15-1 2 45 3 ... ... 27 Mead ... ,... 19 9 50 2 ... ... 16 T rott................. 27 10 80 4 ... ... 36*1 Gunn.............. ,.. 25 5 83 1 ... ... 6 Quaife ... .. . 3 1 6 0 ... Barton ... .. . . 4 2 2 0 ... Gunn delivered four and Lockwood three P l a y e r s . First innings. Second O. M. R. W . 0 . Jones ... ,... 14 2 68 0 ... Burnup ... ... 11 4 32 0 ... More ... ,... 46 17 90 4 ... Jephson ... ,.. 15-5 2 60 3 ... 3-4 Grace ... .... 17 3 53 0 ... ... McGahey.. ... 7 2 14 0 ... ... Warner ... ... 14 3 51 1 ... ... 3 Hayman ... ... 15 0 63 2 ... W right ... . . . 4 2 7 0 ... 0 11 0 0 12 0 M ILL H IL L SCHOOL v. WELLINGBOROUGH GRAMMAR SCHOOL.—Played at Mill Hill on July 6. M il l H il l S c h o o l . N. K. Bain, c Tayler, b Rolls .................. 1 A.S.W .Dore, c Game, b Rolls .................. 25 R. L. Blake, not out 12 B 6, nb 1 ... 7 Total (8 wkts) *273 H.W right,lbw, b Tyler 61 M. A. Warrick, b M onckton...................36 C. Berry, b Monckton 0 P. Swain, c Monckton, b Brown ...................44 J. S. Auty, c Yeo, b R o lls ...........................69 R. G.Stewart, b T y le r.......................... 18 A. H. Fowler and C. G. Frazer did not bat. * Innings declared closed. W e l l in g b o r o u g h G r a m m a r S c h o o l . T. Garne, not out ... 76 i B 1, lb 1, w 3 .. 5 B. T. Watts, b Bain ... 0 I * __ T.E.Manning, not out 44 | Total ...........125 R . O. Raven, E. H. Tyler, M. R. Yeo, L. D. Rolls, H. E. Brown, E. P. Monckton, C. J. Tayler, and P K . Berry did not bat.