Cricket 1901

J u ly 18, 1901. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 285 M X D D D E S E X v . S U R R E Y . P layed at L o rd ’s on J u ly 15, 16, and 17. D raw n. For four years Surrey have been unlucky in the Middlesex match. No matter how well they might have been doiDg before they met their old rivals, they found in them too hard a nut to crack. This year Middlesex have done well in the County Championship, being second only to York­ shire; indeed, their only defeat was by Yorkshire. Surrey, on the other hand, have not found themselves in a bed of roses, but they were not beaten by York­ shire—not by a long way. Both sides were almost at their strongest, ana as the weather had been fine for so long it seemed a decided advantage to Surrey to win the toss. But they hardly made as large a score as was anticipated, and there were only two innings which stood out prominently, Hayward’s and Mr. Crawford’s. The farmer, who has for years been considered as perhaps the safest batsman in the world, did not disappoint his county on this important occasion; on the contrary, he played a splendid innings, never throwing away a chance and never giving one. He was at the wickets for two hours and forty minutes for his 91. The other prominent innings shewed Mr. Crawford at his beat. He did not hit wildly but well, and made some magnificent drives in his 42, an innings which lasted 40 minutes. During his partnership with Hayward, the only long partnership of the day, 70 runs were put on. A t the end of the innings Mr. Jephson played well for 29 not out. Middlesex began well enough, scoring 54 before stumps were drawn, and only losing a wicket when time was almost up. Their total was then 54, which was shared equally by Mr. Warner and Mr. Hayman, the former being still not out. On the next morning Mr. Warner played a beautiful game, and in Mr. beldam found a most useful partner, who helped him to put on 87 for the second wicket. Mr. Beldam played very sound cricket, leaving his partner to make most of the runs, but never being in any difficulties with the bowling. So far things were going very well with Middlesex, but at lunch time fivewicketswere down for223, a position which wasstill sati'factory, as it promised a much higher total than that of Surrey. But then came a startling collapse, and in the end Surrey had an unexpected lead of 48. Mr. Dowson proved to be a great success as a bowler, which again was unexpected. In their second innings Surrey began nearly as badly as was possible, Holland and Lockwood making but one run between th« m and Hayes only 11. Once more, however, Abel and Hayward proved a stumbling block in the way of the all-conquering bowlers, and things began to look much better. Abel played really beautiful cricket, ruiking his runs at a good pace, and showing great command over the bowling, while Hayward steadily held on to his end. After batting for an hour and forty minutes Abel was at last out, having turned the fortune'of the game in favour of his county. When stumps were drawn the total was 294, Mr. Crawford having made a brilliant 39 in half-an-hour. Mr. Jephson was not out 12, and Hayward not out 58. Yesterday Mr. Jephson was in splendid form. If Surrey were to have a chance of winning, runs must be made quickly, and he made them. His innings was one of the best and the most attiactive that he has ever played; it only lasted 75 minutes, and if 1 j a\ward had also been able to let himself go Surrey m i.ht have won. But Hayward does not seem to be able to hurry; he can hold on tenaciously, but he has his limits. He was particularly slow during the latter part of his innings, not being able to get comfortably settled, or to get any command over the bowling. Mr. Jephson closed the innings when his own total was at 92. Middlesex had to make 371 runs in four hours and three-quarters, and in giving them this time Mr. Jephson knew his men ; there are no Frys or Ranjitsinhjis or Jessops in the team nowadays. Of course Middlesex played for a draw, and in this they were successful, thanks to Mr. Warner, Mr. Beldam and Mr. Moon. S u r r e y . First innings. Abel, c Hearne, b More ... 29 Holland (F.C.), lbw, b Trott 26 Hayes, c Bosanquet, b Trott 32 Lockwood,lbw, b Bosanquet 16 Hayward, c and b More ... 91 E. M. Dowson, b Rawlin ... 20 V. F. S. Crawford, lbw, b Bosanquet........................42 H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, b Trott .................................... 4 D. L. A . Jephson, not out 29 Stedman, lbw, b Trott ... 0 Richardson, b More ............ 2 B 8, lb 4 .........12 Second innings, c Trott, b Bosaa- q u e t...................1 c Robertson, b Trott................... lbw, b Trott ... : b T rott. .......... lbw, b More ... { b Trott................... cRawlin,b Bosan­ quet ................... i n otou t.................. 13 notout..................92 Extras...........12 M id d l e s e x . First innings. H. B. Hayman, c Stedman, b Jep h son ..........................27 P. F. Warner, b Richardson 75 G. W . Beldam, c Hayward, b Dowson ..........................30 L. J. Moon, c Hayward, b Dowson .......................... 32 B. J. T. Bosanquet, c Sted­ man, b D ow son.................40 W . P. Robertson, run out .. 1 Second innings. cJephson, b Dow­ son ...................13 c Hayward, b Lockwood ... 73 c Stedman, b H ollan d...........67 not out...................70 c Dowson.b Jeph­ son ................. 6 c 8tedman, b Richardson ... 20 Trott, c Lockwood, b Dow­ son ......................................... 8 R E. More, c and b Jephson 5 G. MacGregor, run out ... 3 Rawlin, c St.dman, b Dow­ son.......................................... 5 Hearne (J. T.), not out ... 10 B 9, lb 4, w 2, nb 4 19 B 11,1b l,w l,nb 1023 b Richardson ... 0 not out...................23 Total................. 303 Total (7 wkts) *322 ♦Innings declared closed. Total.................. 255 Total (7 wkts') 295 S u r r e y . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . T rott......... . ... 43 10 115 4 ... ... 80 4 119 4 Hearne ... ... 12 4 33 0 ... ... 21 3 75 0 Rawlin . ... 13 3 43 1 ... ... 5 2 11 0 M ore......... . ... 25-1 7 67 3 ... ... 12 3 52 1 Bosanquet ... 10 2 33 2 ... M i d d l e s e x . ... 12 0 53 2 First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Richardson ... 22 0 71 1 ... ... 22 5 56 3 Lockwood .......... 11 1 46 0 ... ... 23 5 83 1 Dowson .. . ... 28 2 3 73 5 ... ... 19 4 62 1 Jephson .. . ... 20 2 46 2 ... ... 15 3 36 1 Hayward ... 5 0 28 0 Abel ... 1 0 3 0 Holland ... ... 1 0 4 1 Lockwood delivered nine no-balls and a wide and W a r w ic k s h ib k . Dowson one no-ball W A R W IC K S H IR E v. G L O U C E S T E R ­ S H IR E . Played at Edgbaston on J u ly 15, 16, and 17. G loucestershire w on b y 107 runs. The slovine^s of the scoring on the first day of this match was pronounced, and it was not the Warwick­ shire men wno accounted for it. Board, who made the highest score of the day, was twice missed off one of those catches which a man could hardly drop if he deliberately set himself to try to do so, and which, nevertheless are, and always have, been dropped at times by the very best of fieldsmen. The success of Hargreaves with the ball was great. At the closs of the first day’s p ay Warwickshire were within 111 runs of their opponent’s total, and had only lost three wickets. On the following morning the rest of the team collapsed in a marked manner against the bowling of Roberts, who, in a few overs, accounted for five of them for eight runs. The result of his fine bowling was that Gloucestershire, after being apparently out of the running, had a very useful lead of 69 runs. Langdon did very well in the Gloucester­ shire second innings, and Mr. Jessop made a most valuable 46, when runs were very badly wanted. When the innings closed Warwickshire were left to make 250, a task which, under ordinary circumstances, would have seemed easy enough, although as things had gone it appeared very difficult. By the time that stumps were drawn it was evident that Warwickshire would be exceedingly hard pressed to win, und the odds were that they would be soundly beaten, for six wickets had fallen for 67. Yesterday morning Mr. Bainbridge made a splendid effort to save the game for his side, but he could get no one to stay long enough with him, so that Gloucestershire won easily. G l o u c e s t e r s h ir e . First innings. Wrathall, c Byrne, b Field 13 F. E. E. Thomas, c Lilley, b H argreave..........................17 Langdon. lbw ,b Hargreave 12 Board, c Lilley, b Hargreave 58 G.L.Jessop, c Devey, b Har­ greave ... 13 W .S.A.Brown, b Hargreave 25 T. H. Fowler, lbw, b Har­ greave .................................. 1 Huggins, not o u t.................46 A.H .J. Haines, b Hargreave 0 Paish, c Byrne, b Field ... 8 Roberts, c Byrne, b Har­ greave .................................. 6 Lb 1, nb 2, w 1 ........... 4 Second innings, c Kinneir, b Field 21 b Hargreave ... 0 b Quaife ........57 lbw, b Hargreave 0 c Moorhouse, b F ield ...............46 c Charlesworth, b Field................ 14 b Quaife ........... b Quaifa ........... not out ........... c Lilley, b Field c Kinneir, b Field B 3,lb2,n b2... First innings. Devey, b Roberts................. 0 Kinneir, c and b Roberts ... 50 J.F.Byrne,c Board, b Jessop 48 Quaife (W . G .), run out ... 0 Sant ill, b Roberts ...........15 Lilley,c Langdon, b Roberts 0 Charlesworth, c Jessop, b Roberts ........................... 0 H. W. Bainbridge, run out 2 Moorhouse, b Roberts ... 0 Hargreave, b Huggins ... 11 Field, not out ................... 3 W 1, nb 4 .................. 5 Second innings, c Brown, b Paish 7 lbw, b Roberts ... 21 run out ........... 8 lbw, b Paish ... 0 c Board ,b Roberts 4 c Haines, b Paish 17 c Brown, b Paish 9 not o u t................. 48 c Langdon,bPaish 12 b Jessop ...........13 c Board, b Jessop 0 Extras........... 4 Total ..........134 Total ...143 G l o u c e s t e r s h ir e . First innings. Second fnnings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Field ... 19 4 68 2 ... . . 19-1 1 72 5 Hargreave ... 32 2 13 62 8 ... . .22 8 55 2 Santall ... ... 19 9 49 0 ... . .1 1 7 14 0 Quaife ... ... 3 1 7 0 ......... .1 4 4 23 3 Kinneir ... ... 3 2 1 0 ... . . 6 2 10 0 Moorhou*e ... 5 3 12 0 Field delivered four no-balls and Hargreave a wide. W a r w ic k s h ir e . First iuniogs. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Roberts ... ... 19 9 39 6 ... . .2 2 9 37 2 Paish ... 31 9 53 0 ... . .31 6 77 5 Huggins... ... 9-4 4 25 1 ... . . 9 2 25 0 Jessop ... 4 1 9 1 ... . . 0 5 0 u 2 Brown ... ... 1 0 3 0 ... . Total... ...203 Total ..181 Roberts delivered a wide and four no-balls. Y O R K S H I R E v . S O M E R S E T . REMARKABLE SECOND INNINGS BY SOMERSET. Played at Leeds on J u ly 15, 16, and 17. Som erset w on b y 279 runs. There were some curious phases from the first moment to the last in this match. Somerset began by losing both Mr. Palairet and Braund before they had scored. Other wickets soon fell, and it was only a bril­ liant innings by Mr. Woods which saved the side from extreme disaster. As it was five men made duck’s eggs. It seemed as if there was something radically wrong with the wicket, when the Yorksbiremen began to fall almost as quickly as their opponents, aud half the side were out for 55. It looked as if the match would be over in no time. Before the next wicket fell the Somerset total had been exceeded, but only by one run, so that there was nothing for Yorkshire to boast of at that time. But, as generally happens, when their services are very greatly in request, the tail gave a splendid account of them ­ selves. Lord Hawke helped Hirst to increase the score rapidly, both playing fine cricket, and then Haigh and Rhodes put on 118 runs for the ninth wicket, by remarkably good batting. Haigh only missed his hundred by four runs, after batting for an hour and three quarters. The stand by the tail com pletely altered the appearance of the game, and when the innings came to a conclusion, just before stumps were drawn, Yorkshire had the comfortable lead of 238. The game went through another curious phase on the next m orning, for Mr. Palairet and Braund treated the hitherto irrepressible Yorkshire bowlers in a manner to which they are not by any means accustomed. After a short time they were completely masters of the situation. Change after change was tried, without meeting with the slightest success, or without keeping down the runs, until after having defied the famous Yorkshiremen’s attack for two hours and twenty minutes, Braund was out a few minutes before lunch, for a beautiful innings of 107, made out of a total of 222 for the first wicket. Thus, with only one wicket down, Somer­ setshire were nearly level after such a disastrous first innings. Soon they were leading easily, for Mr. Palairet continued to play brilliant cricket, until he had brought his score to 173 in three hours and forty minutes, putting on 119 in partnership with Mr. Phillips. Mr. Woods took full advantage of the bowlers being tired, and very soon the Yorkshiremen began to have an anxious time. Mr. Phillips con­ tinued to play a splendid game, and for once the Yorkshire bowler’s were treated as if they belonged to some small suburban club. Not having so much practice in fielding out to huge scores as some other teams the Yorkshiremen became exceedingly tired. Eventually Mr. Phillips, after batting for two hours and fifty minutes, was out for 122 , an excellent innings in every way. But the misery of the York­ shiremen was not to end yet, for Mr. Vernon Hill, who is a nice sort of a customer for tired bowlers to meet, proceeded to make the most of his opportunity, and was not out 43 when stumps were drawn with the total at 519 for five wickets, Somersetshire now having a lead of 311. Yesterday morning Rhodes was once more to the fore, and took the remaining five wickets for 37 runs. But the other bowlers were