Cricket 1901

32 4 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 8, 1901. by 75 runs. O f the twenty-two players who participated in that match, only Sherman and Caffyn survive. (Mention of Sherman reminds me that on the 11th prox. a match will be played at Mitcham for his benefit. Any contributions sent to Mr. H. Barton Sandford, of the London and Provincial Bank, Mitcham, will be gladly received. I can state, from per­ sonal knowledge, that Tom Sherman— for many years one of the idols of Surrey crowds — is in need of assistance.) Revenons d nos moutons, however. Those who were fortunate enough to be present at the Oval on Monday saw Mr. Crawford at his best. His vigorous well-timed hitting, when everything appeared to be goin g against his side, delighted the twenty-three thousand spectators, who bayed in unison at each m ighty stroke. Mr. Crawford has played many delight­ ful innings during his career, but never a better than this, and the applause— lusty, loud and long—with which he was greeted on his return to the pavilion was thoroughly deserved. There were many other features connected with the match, especially the partnership of Mr. Jones and Iremonger for Notts, but Mr. Craw­ ford’s innings dwarfed everything seen in the game. Ow ing to pressure of space few remarks can be made concerning current cricket, but it can be noted that (i) Mr. George Braun, on his reappearance for Sussex, has played consecutive innings of 56 not out, 50 not out, and 130; that (ii) Mr. W . H . B. Evans, of Malvem College, who made his debut for Worcestershire last Thursday, first came into prominence as far back as 1899 b y playing a not out innings of 161 for Malvem College against the Warwickshire Gentlemen; that (iii) all eleven of Essex scored double figures in one innings against K e n t; that (iv) Mr. MacLaren again showed his partiality for Yorkshire b ow lin g ; that (v) Mr. Newton’s wicket-keeping for Somerset­ shire v. Middlesex was considered very fine; that (vi) Braund and Blythe have been asked to accompany Mr. MacLaren to Australia; that (vii) Kinneir has proved himself the best left-handed bats­ man in E n gland; that (viii) Capt. Greig has been a tower of strength to Hampshire this season; that (ix) Dr. Macdonald, of Leicestershire, is probably the steadiest batsman in the country; (x) that in S. Hadden Sussex have unearthed a capital understudy to B u tt; that (xi) Mr. G. L. Jessop made 66 out of 66 obtained whilst in for Gloucestershire v. Sussex, and so created a new record for great matches ; and that (xii) Russell, for the second time in his career, has dismissed six men in an innings behind the wicket. C RICKET Report 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 CRICKET, with List of Fixtures and Memo, pages. One Penny each, post free lid. Cricket Offices, 168, Upper Thames Street, E.C. SURREY y. HAMPSHIRE. Played at Southampton on August 1, 2, and 3. Drawn. For this match Hampshire were able to place their strongest possible team in the field with the exception of Major Poore and Mr. Robson. Surrey left out Lees and Brockwell, and included Mr. McDonell, the Winchester College captain, in the team. Surrey were batting all through the first day, losing seven wickets for 309. The most attractive part—although it was by no means the best—of the day’s cricket, was the batting of Mr. Crawford, who, while hitting up 74 at the end of the day, had a series of remark­ able escapes, the catching of the Hampshire men being greatly inferior to their ground fielding. Abel and Mr. Jephson put on 123 for the first wicket by very steady play, but Hayes and Lockwood did nothing, and Hayward, who has not been seen at his best lately, was never very comfortable with the bowling, although he kept up his wicket for an hour and a half. Captain Wynyard met with the most exasperating luck in bowling lobs; he ought to have had a first-class analysis if his side had backed him up. On the following morning Mr. Crawford made a determined attempt to reach his hundred, but like Abel, only managed to get into the nineties; his entire innings lasting for a little less than a couple of hours. .Hampshire began badly enough by losing <aptain Greig, who, not being used to Mr. Jephson’s lobs, allowed himself to be caught and bowled within a few yards of the bat. Mr. Sprot also at once fell to Mr. Jephson. These accidents were followed by a determined stand \ y Captain Wynyard, who was making his second appearance of the season for Hampshire, and Webb. Taking no risk, the two men got their side out of a tight place by admirable cricket, and when they were separated the score had been raised by 91 runs in an hour and fifty minutes. Thanks to this valuable stand for the third wicket, and another useful stand by Mr. Barnett and Webb, Hampshire had reached a total of 150 for three wickets and seemed going well when there was a sudden change in the situation, and in a few minutes six wickets were down for 156. The seventh wicket fell at 178, and it was odds against the total being 2C0. Then ensued tbe second long partnership of the innings, Barton and Mr. Barrett scoring 96 runs in an hour and ten minutes for the eighth wicket, the former bitting with very great vigour. Thus, instead of making less than 200, as seemed likely when the seventh wicket fell, Hampshire, at the close of the day, had made 294 with a wicket still in hand. There was not much chance on Saturday morning that the match would be finished, unless Surrey made a lot of runs very quickly indeed, and it was not at all likely that they would do this. As things turned out, Surrey lost Abel and Holland very quickly, and it was then not so much a question of making runs as of making sure of a draw. Mr. Dowson played a very goo i game, while Lockwood made his own end safe, and the partnership for the third wicket produced 73 runs in eighty-five minutes, most of them being made by the amateurs. With Hayward and Lockwood together it became certain that the result must be a draw. Lockwood kept up his wicket for two hours and a quarter for his 41, and Hayward played good cricket for his 34. Afterwards, Mr. McDonell played excellent cricket. It had been arranged to draw stumps at six o’clock, if there was no prospect of a finish, and when the innings was closed Hampshire only had to bat for about an hour (or an hour and a half if wickets fell rapidly) with the utterly impossible task of making 221 to win. The closing stages of the game were only interesting for the good batting of Captain Greig, who after one narrow escape from the lobs made no mistake with them. S u rrey . First innings. D. L. A. Jephson, c and b Llewellyn ........................59 Abel, b Llewellyn ..........93 Hayes, c Heseltine, b Llewellyn........................ 0 Lockwood, b Barton.......... 4 Hayward, c Heseltine, b Llewellyn........................ V. F. S. Crawford, c Llew­ ellyn, b Heseltine ..........90 Holland (F. C.), b Wynyard 8 E. M. Dowson, b Wynyard 7 H.C. McDonell, b Llewellyn 14 Stedman, c Raikes, b Llew­ ellyn ............................... 2 Richardson, not out .......... 0 B 10, nb 1 .................11 Second innings. cStone,bLlewellyn 4 not out................. 4 b Greig ..........41 39 b Raikes c Hill,b Llewellyn 18 c Barrett, b Llew­ ellyn....................57 cWynyard,bLlew- ellyn...................32 B l , w l Total .................327 Total (6wkts) *192 * Innings declared closed. H ampshibk . First innings. Second innings. Capt. J. G. Greig, c and b Jephson ........................ 3 notout..................39 Capt. E. G. Wynyard, b Lockwood........................52 E. M. Sprot, st Stedman, b Jephson ........................ 9 lbw, b Hayes ... 14 WebD,cStedman,b Richard­ son ...............................63 not out.................. 2 E. I. M. Barrett, c Stedman, b Richardson ................ 76 A. J. L. Hill, b Richardson0 c Hayward, b Richardson ... 10 Llewellyn, b Jephson......... 0 Rev. G. B. Raikes, ht. wkt., b Jephson.......... ... 8 Barton, c Hayes, b Jephson 69 lbw, b McDonell 0 C. Heseltine, c Dowson, b Richardson ................. 4 Stone, not out ................ 8 B 2, w 4, nb 1 .......... 7 W ides.......... 2 Total .................299 Total (3 wkts) 67 S ubbey . First innings. Seco d innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Heseltine ... ?0 2 61 1 ........... 10 3 17 0 Llewellyn ... 4“ I 11 85 6 ........... 32 1 12 54 4 Barton .......... 24 14 28 1 ........... 3 1 9 0 Raikes ........... 13 2 41 0 ........... 6 0 27 1 H ill.................. 3 0 15 0 .......... 8 1 20 0 Wynyard ... 16 2 65 2 ........... 19 8 27 0 Greig ........... 6 0 100 ... ... 10 1 29 1 Sprot ........... 2 0 11 0 ........... 7 3 7 0 Barton delivered a no-ball and Wynyard a wide. H ampshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M.R. W . O. M R. W . Richardson ... 26 4 55 4 ........... 8 0 *8 1 Jephson........ 24 1 2 68 5 ........... 5 0 16 0 McDonell ... 13 3 50 0 ........... 7 2 14 1 Dowson........... 18 7 37 0 Lockwood ... 22 3 49 1 Hayward ... 8 0 33 0 Hayes .......................... 3 2 7 1 McDonell bowled three wides, Dowson two wides and Richardson one wide. Lockwood delivered a no-ball. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK v. LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN BANK.— Played at Norbury on July 29, 30and 31. L ondon an d W estm inster B a n k . C. J. Bowman,,c Oper- man,b Mossop ... 5 W , Bradbery, c Mam- by, b Goodall..........94 A.G.Gough,c Burling­ ton, b Mossop . ... 2 H. E. Thomson, not out ........................ 61 L. Pittbrook, not out 29 B5, l b l.......... 6 Total (3 wkts)*200 S, Bowman, C. C. Simpson, C. A. Snell, E. A. Willson, J. H. WiHmer and A. Podmore did not bat. •Innings declared closed. L. a n d S. R. J. Burlington, b Willson ................. 1 F. Goodall, b Podm ore 7 H. Mamby, b Willson 12 S. W . Mossop, b Will­ son ........................10 W. Opperman, b Snell 7 R. J. Way, b Willson 0 R. L. Gale, b Podmore 4 W. B a n k . L.R. Viveash, b Bow­ man ........................ A. H. Colbeck, c Pod­ more, b Snell .......... C. C. Hartley, not out A. H. Gurney, st Bow­ man, b S n ell.......... Byes.......... Total .......... SUSSEX (2) v. HAMPSHIRE (z).—Played at Hove on August 5 and 6. S ussex (2). A. H. T. Smith, c A. F. Somerset, b Hawkins, b Ede ...122 Bethune................. 7 G. Wilder, c Ward, b Clarke, run out.......... 26 Tolfree .......... 9 C. J. Callow, c Ede, b Sutton, b Fisien... 41 Tolfree ................. 4 C. H. M. Ebden, b Hadden, c Smoker, b Smoker .......... 3 Ede ........................ 47 C. L. A. Smith, b Cordingley, not out... 46 Bethune .......... 22 Extras................. 27 A. E. Ridsdale, c Ede, — b T olfree.......... 86 Total ..........440 H a n ts (2). 3 C. G. Ward, c Wilder b Cordingley ......... 34 E. G. Read,b Callow... 35 E. M. C. Ede, c Wilder, b Cordingley .......... 5 B. Lamb, c Hadden, b Cordingley .. . . 5 H. V. Hawkins, b Cal­ low ........................54 C.Pumell,b Cordingley 15 M. Lawson,c Somerset, b Cordingley .......... 0 Second innings : C. G. Ward, c Clarke, b Ridsdale, 86; E. G. Read, not out, 26; B. Lamb, b Ridsdale, 28; H. V. Hawkins, not out, 16; Smoker, c Clarke, b Cordingley, 16; extras 1—Total (3 wkts.), 172, F. J. Risien, c and b Cordingley ..........10 Smoker, not out ...32 Tolfree, c Somerset, b Callow ................ Major Bethune, c and b Cordingley.......... Extras................. Total ...215