Cricket 1901

J u l y 2 5 , 1 9 0 1 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 3 0 l LONDON COUNTY v. LEICESTER­ SHIRE. Played at the Crystal Palace on July 22, 23&24 Decided by previous arrangement on the first innings. London County won by 225 runs. For this match Dr. Grace had got together a team which was pretty strong in hitting, although, an regards the bowlers,it looked almostridiculously weak —on paper. But the Doctor seems to possess the secret of making his bowlers do their very best at the Crystal Palace, and they (or rather two of them), proved quite equal to the occasion. These bowlers were Brockwell and Mr. McGahey. the latter meeting with very great success at the end of theinnings. The only batsmen on the Leicestershire side who made much headway were Mr. Joyce and Mr. Wood. The former played very attractive cricket indeed for an hour and a half, once hitting Rrockwell out of the ground, bnt on the whole the batting was desperately slow. While Dr. Macdonald was in, the bowlers tried all they knew to induce him to hit, but he would not be tempted to try his luck until he had got thoroughly settled. Happily for London County he was only at the wickets for an hour and forty minutes. His first ten runs were made at the rate of one in six minutes, but the next eight only took at the rate of five minutes each. No doubt he knows his own capabilities best, but one cannot help thinking that there cannot be much harm in hitting a full pitch to leg. The batting of W . G. and Mr. Fane afforded a startling contrast to that which had immediately preceded it. The two men were at the wickets far eighty minutes before stumps were drawn, and put up 121 without being separated, the Doctor making 66, and Mr. Fane 54. Thus the London County men were only 82 runs behind with all their wickets in hand. On Tuesday morning Mr. Fane was at once bowled, but W. G. went on until he was within eight of his hundred; he batted with as much vigour as if he was a young man of twenty. After this Mr. W. Smith and Mr. Me Gahey made a prolonged stand, while Brockwell and Murch made useful scores. When stumps were drawn Leicestershire had scored 67 for two wi -‘kets, but there was no play yesterday. L eiceste r sh ir e . First innings. C. J. B. Wood, b Brockwell 36 not out... Second innings. King, c Quaife, b Brockwell 9 Knight, b Grace .................12 R. Joyce, c Murch, b (Juaife 75 R. Macdonald,b McGahey.. 18 Geeson,cQuaife,b Brockwell 21 C. E. de Trafford, c Brock­ well, b McGahey ......... 4 b Quaife W. W. Odell, b Brockwell.. 16 Coe, lbw, b McGahey.......... 6 A. E. Davis, b McGahey ... 5 Gill, not o u t ........................ 1 ... 31 not out.......... c McGahey, b Brockwell ... 4 Total Total (2 wkts) 67 Dr.W.G.Grace,c King, b Odell .................83 F. L. Fane, b Geeson.. 54 W.Smith, c & b Geeson 78 Quaife (W .G.), c Mac­ donald, b Geeson ... 3 C. McGahey, c Geeson, b Gill........................81 Brockwell,cCoe,bKing 41 P. G. Gale, c Geeson, o Gill ........................21 L ondon C o u n ty . W.L.Murdoch.cand b GiU ........................ J. Hampson, c Geeson, b King ................. Murch, c and b Odell.. Smith, not o u t .......... B 2, lb 4, w 4 ... Total L eice ste r sh ir e . First innings. Second innings O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W Grace ... ... 27 10 40 1 ... .. Brockwell ... 27 8 74 4 ......... 8 1 27 1 Smith (F. E.) . . 5 1 21 0 ......... Quaife ......... 26 4 51 1 ......... 8 1 18 1 McGahey ... 10 1 17 4 ......... 2 0 12 0 Hampson......... 2 0 10 0 L ondon C o u n ty . Geeson ... 34 0 164 3 G ill... .. 24 3 1 80 3 Odell.......... 38 10 89 2 Wood .. 3 0 9 0 K ing.......... 18 5 50 2 Coe ... . 7 1 26 0 Geeson and Gill each bowled two wides. SUSSEX v. SURREY. Played at Brighton on July 22, 23, and 24, Drawn. In this match Sussex gave another chance to Parris who, not having represented the county for a long time, has lately b?en bowling with success in local matches; he did not, however, strike oil when he went on against the Surrey men, who were in fine form all the first day. Holland, Lockwood and Brockwell gave place to Hayward, Mr. Leveson- Gower and Lees. Mr. Jephson played one of the fearless innings for which many good judges think he is better qualified than for slow and methodical cricket. With Abel he put on 114 for the firstwicket, when the latter was bowled by Tate for an excellent 44. Mr. Jephson, who had made nearly two-thirds of the runs, continued to play beautiful cricket until lunch time, when his score was 95 not out, but in the first over afterwards he was dismissed, after batting for less than two hours. Despite the excellent beginning four wickets were down for 183, but Mr. Crawford and Mr. Dowson put on 78 for the fifth wicket. The rest of the innings was only remarkable for the fine batting of Mr. Dowson, who was ninth man out after being at the wickets for two hours and a half for his excellent 82. The innings was con­ cluded just before stumps were drawn, and although the total was fairly large it was nothing out of the common for the Brighton wicket, so that everybody anticipated that Sussex would not be left behind on the morrow. But a little rain fell in the night, and Sussex began very badly, losing their two great bats­ men for 21 runs between them. Vine did his best to make up for these severe losses and played a wonderfully good innings, but five wickets were down for 112, and things looked about as bad as they could be. Vine kept up his end for two hours and fifty minutes, an innings of inestimable value to his side. Killick and the tail did pretty well, but Surrey had a lead of 165. Mr. Dowson bowled uncommonly well. The Surrey captain did not think it good enough to give Mr. Fry and Ranjitsinbji a chance of going in again against tired bowlers; so he did not enforce the follow-on. He went in first with Abel, and again both men played splendid cricket, putting up 109 before they were separated. Abel was twice missed early in his innings. When stumps were drawn Surrey were 268 runs on with nine wickets in hand, Mr. Jephson being not out 62. Rain f -11steadily all yesterday morning, but at a quarter- past one the game was resumed, much to the disad­ vantage of Sussex. Mr. Jephson brought his score to 83 after being at the wickets for less than two hours, playing splendid cricket all the time. Soon after lunch Mr. Jephson closed his innings, leaving Sussex to make 331 in three hours and a-quarter. This time Vine was out for a duck’s-egg, and when Mr. Fry was joined by Ranjitsinhji, the play of the two famous batsmen was watched with the most intense interest, for if either of them failed Sussex would probably be beaten. But they both meant business, and gradually Surrey saw their hopes of a victory slip away. There was, of course, no effort made by the Sussex men to win, but they made runs pretty quickly by the best of cricket, and seemed like playing out time when Mr. Fry was caught at the wicket for a splendid 65. Ranjiteinbji was still unconquered, having just reached the hundred. It was a mag­ nificent performance on the part of the two great batsmen. S u rrey . First innings. D. L. A. Jephson, c Ranjit­ sinhji, b Vine .................95 c Tate, b Relf ...85 Abel, b Tate........................44 c Relf, b Goldie.. 47 Hayes, b Tate .................22 b Tate................... 18 Hayward,cNewham, b Vine 16 V. F. S. Crawford, b Self... 43 notout................14 E. M. Dowson, c and b Vine 82 H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, c Parris, b Relf ................. 0 L. Walker, c Butt, b Relf... 2 Lees, c Killick, b Tate ...14 c Fry, b Tate ... 9 Stedman, c Goldie, b Tate... 20 Richardson, not out . Second innings. 2 B 9, lb 3, w 3... 15 B 1, w 1 2 Total.................355 Total (4 wkts) *175 * Innings declared closed. S u ssex . First innings. Second innings. C. B. Fry, c Stedman, b Dowson ........................10 cStedman,bRich- Vine, c Stedman, b Dowson 61 Hay- K. S. RaDjitsinhji, ward, b Dowson ... 11 Killick, b Lees .................33 K. O. Goldie, b L ees.......... 0 W . Newham, b Richardson 2 Marlow, c Leveson-Gower, b Dowson ........................13 Relf, b Dowson .................27 Parris, b Dowson.................13 Butt, not out........................10 Tate, b Dowson ................. 4 ardson Hayward, Richardson notout... not out... 65 ...100 ... 18 B 6, lb 9, w 1... 16 B 15, nb 1 ... 16 Total... ...200 Total (2 wkts) 199 S u r r e y . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. R elf.......... ... 24 8 78 3 ......... 19 4 77 1 Tate.......... ... 35-5 14 80 4 ......... 14*1 3 34 2 Vine.......... ... 33 8 66 3 ......... 14 3 43 0 Parris ... ... 16 2 67 0 ......... 5 2 13 0 Goldie ... . . . 3 0 9 0 ......... 4 2 6 1 Ranjitsinhji ... 7 0 40 0 Ranjitsinbji and Goldie each bowled a wide, and Relf two wides. S u ssex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Richardson ... 26 11 52 1 ... ... 14 4 22 2 Dowson.......... 29-5 10 72 7 ... ... 13 1 45 0 Lees................. 21 9 38 2 ... ... 10 1 32 0 Jephson.......... 7 0 22 0 ... ... 10 0 26 0 Hayward ... ... 6 2 14 0 Walker ... 4 0 16 0 L.-Gower ... ... 4 0 28 0 Dowson bowled a wide and Jephson a no-ball. HAMPSHIRE v. SOMERSET. Played at Portsmouth on July 22, 23, and 24. Hampshire won by 103 runs. Although Hampshire was without Captain Greig they succeeded in putting up a big score in the first innings, but so finely did Mr. Palairet and Braund commence the Somerset innings that long before they were separated it looked as if the Hampshire total would be far too small. Hampshire were doing fairly well until Mr. Woods went on and disposed of Barton, Llewellyn and Mr. Sprot in one over, but they soon recovered from this unpleasant surprise, and Mr. Barrett and Webb took charge of the bowling and put on 140 runs in an hour and ten minutes by the most vigorous and attractive cricket. Another very useful stand was made by Mr. Bignell and Soar. When stumps were drawn Mr. Palairet and Braund had scored 89for the first wicket and were still in, the former with 50, the latter with 84. On Tuesday morning they soon settled down, and the Hamp­ shire men must frequently have thought of their famous stand for the first wicket against Yorkshire last week, for they showed such a fine command over the bowling that there was nothing for the field to do but live in hopes of an accident. But the accident was long in coming. When the score was at 196 Mr. Palairet had made 98, and the spectators were watching an interesting race between the two bats­ men to be first in making the hundred. Mr. Palairet was bowled after batting for two hours in his most delightful manner. The Hampshire team suddenly woke up and the batting broke down. Braund was dismissed soon after Mr. Palairet for a beautiful innings, and then Soar carried everything before him. The result was that Hampshire had a lead of 76. This they increased by 2C0 before stumps were drawn, Webb having played a very fine innings indeed. Rain fell heavily in the night and the Hampshire captain atonce decided to close his innings, leaving Somersetto make 277. Mr. Palairet played a great game and Lewis and Mr. Phillips did well, but again the tail broke down, so that Hampshire won easily. H am pshire . First innings. C. Robson, c Robson, b Cranfield ........................21 Barton, b Woods... ... 19 E. M. Sprot, c Phillips, b Woods............................... 30 Llewellyn, c Gill, b Woods 0 Webb, c Braund, b Gill ... 88 E. I. M. Barrett, c Newton, b Woods ........................ 89 A. H. Wood, b Braund ... 11 H. G. Bignell, not out ... 49 Soar, c Newton, b Woods... 23 C. Heseltine, c Newton, b W oods............................... 0 D. A. Steele, run o u t.......... 19 B 17, lb 1, w 2, nb 3... 23 Second innings. c Cranfield, b Woods .......... l c Robson, b Cran­ field .................20 c Gill, b Cranfield 9 b Cranfield.......... 0 c Lewis, b Cran­ field .................89 lbw, b Braund ... 33 c Phillips, bCran- fleld................. 11 notout.................22 not out................. 4 B 8, lb 3 ... 11 Total ................. 372 Total (7 wkts)*200 * Innings declared closed. S om erset . First innings. L. C. H. Palairet, b Barton 98 Braund, b Soar ................. Ill Lewis, c Robson, b Barton. 16 F. A. Phillips, c Soar, b Llewellyn........................ 3 S. M. J. Woods, b Soar ... 1 V. T. Hill, c Barrett,b Soar 1 Robson,cBarton,bLlewellyn 10 A.E.Newton,cRobson,bSoar 22 Gill, c Sprot, b Soar ..........11 Tyler, not out ....................10 Cranfield, b Soar.................. 0 B 9, lb 4 .....................13 Total .................296 Second innings, c Bignell, b Lle­ wellyn .......... c B a r to n , b Llewellyn ... 6 c Robson, b Sprot 31 runout .......... 28 c Webb, b Barton b Llewellyn.......... c Wood, b Barton b Soar.......... c Wood, b Barton c Robson, b Llewellyn b Llewellyn B 11, lb 3, nb 2 16 Total ...173 64