Cricket 1901

308 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g . 1, 1901. time than a batsman encased in pads, and, this being so, it would in some cases be an advantage to a side to have a man, who was slow between wickets, injured. If an appeal were made to the umpires on the matter they would have to decide by Law 43, which says, “ The umpires are sole judges of fair or unfair play; . . . . all disputes shall be determined by them, and if they disagree, the actual state of things shall continue .’ ’ If the batsman injured, however, was minus pads before being maimed, it is presumed no objection could be made to the runner also being without them. A ruling on the point by the M.C.C. would be welcomed. A rumour, which I trust is incorrect, reaches me to the effect that Mr. Charles Absolon, whose cricket career extended over a period of sixty years, is dead. Perhaps some reader of Cricket will be able to inform me definitely whether such is the case or not ? GBANVILLE ‘ A Lee on July 20. ’ v. CROYDON (2).—Played at C ro y d o n . 10 G. T. Long, b Lee C. W . Woolcott, Edwards ................. 0 C. P. "Wicks, b Lee ... 0 T. Rothwell,b Edwards 0 C. G. Paget, b Lee ... 0 S. J. Ching, b Edwards 3 M .W . Robinson, b Lee 2 R. Archer, c Lee, b Edwards ................. 6 F. W . Fifield, b Ed­ wards ................. 0 E. H. Balch, not out 15 C. J. Mabey, lbw, b Edwards................. 3 Extras................. 2 Total 41 G b a n v il l e . E. Bymer-Jotes, c Balch, b Paget..........14 A. J. Helder, b Balch 5 J. A. Johnston, bBalch 4 A. O. Pettiran, lbw, b ChiDg..................... ... 23 H. G. Davis, st Fifield, b Long .................1C8 H, L. Taylor, c Paget, b Bothwell ..........15 Dr. J. Moore, c & b Paget .................20 H. Temple, c and b Balch ................. 0 A . C. Taylor, b Mabey 25 C. E. G. Lee, b Long.. 1 W . Edwards, not out 2 Extras.................35 Total ...252 LUDGBOVE v. ELSTBEE.—Played at Ludgrove cn July 25. E lb tb e e . W . H. Bowater, b Fertescue.......... ... 14 C. S. Cocper, c Bicks, b H. Eastwood......... 0 L. Sanderson, b May­ nard ........................ 2 J. Balliday, c Curtis, b Maynard .......... 7 M. Mackenzie, b J. Eastwood.................10 T. L. ‘Wall, c Hicks, b Fortescue................. 0 C. Green, bFortescue. F. England, b Fortes­ cue ......................j. H. L. Tottenham, not out ........................ D. M.Bawcliffe, cand b Fortescue .......... C. Crisp, b Fortescue. Byes........................ Total L u d g b o v e . V. Farrington - Ken­ nett, b Bowater ... 7 H.Eastwood,tBowater 0 J.Eastwood,b Bowater 5 G. E. Boscawen, b B ow ater.................. 4 G. B. Anderson, b Bowater .................. 3 A. L. Maynard, b Sanderson.................23 H. O. Curtis,b Sander­ son ........................ 0 B. L. Benson, b San­ son ........................ W. H. Wiggin, b Powater ................. H. W . Fortescue, not out ........................ C. E. Hicks, lbw, b Sar derson .......... Byes ................. Total ..........I C BICKET Beport Sheets, lOd. per dozen, post free. Order of Going-in Cards, 7d. per dozen, post free. Cricket Score Books, 6d. and Is. each; postage, 2d. extra.—To be obtained at the Offices of Cricket , 168, Upper Thames Street London, E.C. L AWS OF CBICKET, with List of Fixtures and Memo, pages. One Penny each, post free l£d. Cricket Cffices, 168, Upper Thames Street, E.C. 'THE CLASSICS OF CBICKET: The Young 1 Cricketer’s Tutor. By John Nyren. 16mo. ^80 pages, and Frontispiece representing Lord's Cricket Ground in J833. Price, 1/- ; post free. 1/2 .— Cricket Offices, 168, Upper Thames Street, London, E.C. SUSSEX v. HAMPSHIRE. Played at Brighton on July 25, 26 and 27. Drawn. While all the rest of the cricket world was lament­ ing that 1he weather had put an extinguisher on the matches, the Hampshire team were enjoying themselves at Brighton. Even when Hampshire can only put an exceedingly weak team in the field against Sussex it very seldom happens that it does not give an excellent account of itself, and in this match the team was about as strong as it can be, with Major Poore, etc., away at the war. The Sussex team was greatly weakened by the absence of Mr. Goldie, who has, it is to be feared, made his last appearance for the county this season, his military duties calling him away. For *he fifth time in suc­ cession Ranjitsinbji lost the toss. The Hampshire innings was opened by Captain Greig and Mr. Robson, ■who put on 83 for the first wicket in fifty-five minutes. Mr. Sprot and the Captain added 44 in in half-an-hour, and thus when the second wicket fell the total was 127. So far, so good, but better was to come, for with Mr. Barrett and Captain Greig as partners the score mounted rapidly, until 96 had been added for the fourth wicket in an hour and twenty-five minutes. Then with the total at 214 Captain Greig was bowled by Parris for a perfect innings of 103, which had lasted for two hours and forty minutes, and included twelve 4’s. The tail played up well, and Mr. Barrett continued to bat finely; he was eventually out after batting for three horns and a-quarter for his admirable 111. When stumps were drawn the total was 384 for nine wickets, so that even if no rain had ccme Sussex would have had to work haid to win. As it happened there was only five minutes play on the next day, and on Saturday Sussex had to bat on a slow wicket. The commencement of their innings—which was delayed until one o’clock owing to the state cf the ground— was disastrous, for Banjitsinhji and Vine were both out when the total was 30, and at lunch time four wickets had fallen for 54. The fifth fell at 60, and the situation was becoming so desperate that if Hampshire had teen able to dispose of Mr. Fry an ignominious follow*on would almost certainly have been necessary. But Mr. Fry was very much in the ay. He was playing a sound and careful game and meant business. He received most valuable assist­ ance frcm Belf, the partnership producing 77 runs, and after Bean had made a very useful 12 Parris and Mr. Fry put on 74 in thirty-five minutes. Not until the follow-on had been averted cculd Mr. Fry be shifted. He was then stumped for 89 which had been put together in two hours and a-half, and which was one of the most useful of his many useful innings for Sussex. It had been arranged to aiaw stumps at a quarter to six, and as only half-an-hour remained for play Hampshire sent in the tail. H a m psb ib e . C. Bobson, c Butt, b Llewellyn, Parris........................... 38 Capt. J. G. Greig, b Parris..........................103 E. M. Sprot, c^Butt, b Tate .. .. .. .. 29 Webb, candb Tate ... 0 E.I.M.Barrett, c^Butt, b lean .................. Ill Bev. G. B. Baikes, c Tate, b Bean ........ 6 cl Killick, b Bean ..’ ...............21 Parton,c Butt, b Bean £9 H. G. Bignell, c Butt, b Bean .................. 10 Soar, notout ... ... 1 D. A. Steele, c Butt, b Tate ................ 6 B 9, lb 6, w 9 ...,24 Total . 188 Second innings: Scar, run out, 8: H. G. Bignell, b Banjitsinhji, 6; Bev. G. B. Baikes, not out, 3; extra, 1.—Total (2 wkts), 18. S u sse x . K. S. Banjitsinhji, c Steele, b Barton ... 6 Vine, c Sprot, b Lle­ wellyn .. ... .. 18 C. B. Fry, Bt Bobson, b Baikes ................. 89 Killick, b Llewellyn... 3 W . Newham, c Rob­ son, b Llewellyn ... 3 Marlow, b Llewellyn... 0 Relf, lbw. b Greig ...47 Bean (J.), b Llewel­ lyn ........................ 12 Parris, c Greig, b Baikes .................E6 Butt, not out .......... 5 Tate,’c Greig, b Baikes 1 B 10, lb 4 ..........14 Total ...254 H am pbhibe . First innings. Second innings. O. M. B. W . O. M. R. W . Belf ................. 33 3 28 0 .......... T a te ................. 46*3 6 130 3 ......... 5 2 6 0 Parris................. 19 8 53 2 .......... V in e ................. 23 2 77 0 ........... Bean................. 19 5 34 5 .......... Banjitsinhji ... 7021 0 ................. 40 11 1 Killick .......... 5 2 11 0 ........... Parris bowled six wides, Banjitsinhji three wides, Relf one wide. S u ssex . O. M. R. W . O. M. R .W . Llewellyn... J6 5 146 5 Greig ...10 0 45 1 Barton ... 1711 21 1 Raikes ... 4’1 0 21 3 Soar .......... 4 1 7 0 ESSEX v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Arranged to be played at Leyton on July 25, 26 and 27. Abandoned without a ball being bowled. A little before twelve o’clock there were signs of wet, and presently, after thunder and lightning had sufficiently introduced the coming storm, the rain fell, gradually increasing in volume until the idea of cricket was out of the question. Mr. F. L. Fane and Mr. Perrin were not down to play for Essex, their places being taken by Mr. A. J. Turner and Tremlin. On Frid.y rain fell steadily, and at a quarter-past two play was abandoned for the day. Next morning the match was abandoned. E s se x :—A. P. Lucas,C. J. Kortright, C. McGahey, A. J. Turner and W . T. Garreit, with Mead, Carpen­ ter, Young, Bussell, Reeves and 3rtmhn. I e ic e s te b b h ib e :—C. J. B. Wocd, C. E. De Traf­ ford, R. Joyce, E. Macdonald, W . W . Odell and A. E. Davis, with King, Knight,. Geeson, Coe and Gill. NOTTS v. KENT. Arranged to be played at Trent Bridge on July 26, 26 and 27. Abandoned without a ball being bowled. There was hopes at Nottingham lhat there would be some play in this match on the first day, for although a lot of rain had fallen the weather cleared up, and at twelve o’clock it was quite fine. It was impossible, however, to begin play at once, as the wicket was much too wet, and before a commence­ ment could be made the rain came down again, and the match was abandoned for the day. W . Gunn was not in the Notts team, his finger not yet having sufficiently healed to allow him to play. The early morning was fine on the second day at Nottingham, but a heavy thunderstorm came on, and it was seen that play could not be begun until the afternoon. Another storm came at half-past two, and cricket was out of the question. It was impossible to play on Saturday. K e n t C. J. Bumup, E. W . Dillon, P. C. Baker, S. H. Day, J. R. Mason, R. N. R. Blaker, and W. M. Bradley, with Huish, Blythe, Hearne (A.), and Hum­ phrey. N o t t s (se’ected from ):—A. O. Jones, J. A. Dixon, Shrewsbury, Gunn (J.), Carlin, Iremonger, Oates, Dench, Anthony, Hallam Atkinson ond Wass. SURREY v. YORKSHIRE. l o c k w o o d ’ s b e n e f it m a t c h . Arranged to be played at the Oval on July 25, 26, and 27. Abandoned without a ball being bowled. There was nothing to show that this important match was completely to be ruined. True a little rain had fallen on the Tuesday and the Wednesday, but not enough to do much harm to a wicket. But on the Thurtday the weather forecast was reassuring, and although there were signs that a good deal of rain was likely to fall, between five and six thousand people paid for admission to the Oval before twelve o’clock, when the match was tobegin. Some lightning and thunder made the spectators and players anxious, tut the rain kept off; the captains tossed, Mr. Jeph­ son decided to go in, the umpires went to the wickets, and the Yorkshiremen were about to go into the field when the storm burst. For a time it seemed that the Oval was likely to escape the worst of the general deluge, tut at half-past two it was decided to postpone the commencement of the match until the next day at half-past eleven. Pass checks were given to the spectators. In the Surrey team Mr. L. Walker and Lees stood out and Brockwell came in again, while Mr. Ernest Smith undertook the duties of captain fcr Yorkshire in the absence of Lord Hawke, who was suffering from lumbago. On Friday morning it was found that the pitch had not been as much damaged as had been anticipated, and a begin­ ning could have been made if it had not been fora fine and steady rain. The committee decided not to open the gates until there was a chance of play,and some two thousand people waited more or less patiently outside. At about the time of lunch, which was taken at half past one, the weather showed signs of clearing up, Dut a little later the rain began to come down heavily and another postponement was necessary. On Satur­ day morning the match was abandoned. S u b b ey D. L. A. Jephson, H. D. G. Leveson- Gower, V. F. S. Crawford, and E. M. Dowson, with Abel, Brockwell, Bayes, Hayward, Lockwood, Rich­ ardson, and Stedman. Y o b k s b ib e E. Smith and F. Mitchell, with Frown (J. T., sen.), Tunnicliffe, Denton, Birst, Baigh, Hunter, W ainwright, Rhodes, and Whitehead (Lees).