Cricket 1901

A ug . 8, 1901. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD O f THE GAME. 325 ESSEX v. MIDDLESEX. Played at Leyton on August 1, 2, and 3. Essex won by 94 runs. In this match Middlesex were fighting against fate with steady determination, but it was not until ten minutes past six on Saturday evening that they recognised that circumstances were too strong for them. In the course of the first day’s cricket Albert Trott and Mr. Beldam were placed hors de combat while fielding, and while the former could not bowl any more, neither of them could bat. As Mr. Beldam had not batted nor bowled when he met with his accident, Mr. Lucas offered to allow a substitute to bat for him, and the offer was accepted, but Mr. H. H. Cobb, who was telegraphed for, did not arrive in time to go in before the second innings. Trott had bowled a good deal and, of course, no substitute could be allowed to bat for him. Undoubtedly the absence of these two men from the batting strength of Middlesex lost the match, for even without them their county nearly pulled through without defeat. There was nothing very remarkable in the play on the first day, which only produced 271 runs, and most of the E&sex men found themselves obliged to play a strictly defensive game. On the next day Mr. Warner’s innings stood out very prominently, and but for him Middlesex would have fared very badly. He was at the wickets for about three hours, and scored 103 by the very best of cricket. Mr. Beldam was sadly missed, and there seemed no backbone in the team without him. Still things were not going badly when the luncheon interval was taken, but afterwards Young, who had hitherto met with no success whatever, bowled four overs and three balls for eleven runs and four wickets, and, batting two short, Middlesex ended their innings 69 to the bad. Before stumps \«ere drawn Essex had increased their lead to 288 and had still seven wickets in hand, so that their position was secure enough. Mr. Fane and Carpenter put on 79 for the first wicket in an hour, and the former continued to play a fine game. Afte wards Mr. Turner played in his best form. On Saturday Essex were able to declare with seven wickets down. Mr. Turner increased his score to 111, his first hundred in county cricket this season, his entire innings lasting for two hout sand forty minutes, his last sixty runs being made very quickly. Middlesex made a splendid fl*ht, thankB to a brilliant innings by Mr. Douglas, who scored 151 in four hours and twenty minutes, showing sound defence combined with remarkably good hitting. Bis fine effort seemed likely to result in success, for when there were only forty minutes left for play there were only five wickets down. Unfortunately Trott was unable to bat and Mr. Foley was injured, and there was a collapse. E ssex . First innings. F. L. Fane, c Wells, b More 31 Carpenter, b Trott ..........59 W . T. Garrett, lbw, b Trott 11 C. McGahey, c Hearne, b W e lls ............................... A. J. Turner, st Robertson, b Wells ........................33 A. P. Lucas, b Bosanquet.. 8 C. J. Kortright, c Wells, b More ... .......................18 Reeves, c Foley, b Wells ... 3 Russell, c Foley, b More ... 2 Young, c Douglas, b Wells 4 Mead, not out ................. 0 B 6, lb 4, w 3..........13 Total............... 255 • Innings declared M id d le s e x . First innings. P. F. Warner, b Young .. 103 J. Douglas, c Kortright, b Mead ..............................25 C. M. Wells, b Reeves.......... 4 Rawlin, b Mead ................. 4 B. J. T. Bosanquet, run out 11 W . P. Robertson, b Young 24 2 Second innings, c Bosanquet, b Mere.................82 cWells, b Hearne 50 c sub., b W ells... 30 73 b Bosanquet b Hearne not out................ c Cobb, b Wells., b Wells ......... ..Ill . 0 R. E. More, b Young C. P. Foley, c Reeves, b Young............................... 2 Hearne (J. T.)t not out ... 5 Trott, absent hurt .......... 0 H. H. Cobb, absent .......... 0 B 4, lb 2 .......... 6 T .ta l............. 186 Byes......... 19 Total (7 wkts) *.95 closed. Second innings. cRussell,b Young 10 c Fane, b Reeves 151 b Young .......... 9 cRussell,bReeves 0 c Turner, b Mead 6 b McGahey........ 27 cRussell,b Reeves 47 notout................. 0 cYourg,bReeves 4 absent hurt ... 0 b Mead .......... 7 B 10, lb 1 ... 11 Total .. 272 First innin?8. O. M. R. W. Trott................. 27 7 57 2 Hearne ..........I’* 1 Wells.................itil 4 More.................23 Rawlin .......... 2 Bosanquet. ... 19 4 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 40 64 9 37 1 4 40 121 23 28 15 ... 12 1 0 0 52 1 3 M id d le se x . S u ssex . First innings. Second innings. First innings. Second innings. O . M . R. W . O . M . R. W. O. M. R. W. O . M. R. W. Young ..........21’3 3 64 4 ............ 41 4 92 2 Wilson ... .. 32 10 96 2 ... ... 22 3 80 2 McGaney.......... 16 6 21 0 .......... 12 2 34 1 Pearson ... . . 7 2 14 0 ... ... 13 2 1-7 0 M e a d .................26 8 54 2 .......... 37 10 72 2 Burrows... .. 31*3 8 61 5 ... ... 30 8 73 1 Turner .......... 2 1 4 0 .......... Bird.......... . . 7 1 15 0 ... ... 24 7 53 1 Reeves .......... 9 2 27 1 .......... 10*4 4 30 4 Evans ... .. 12 1 45 1 ... ... 13 0 69 1 Garrett .......... 6 2 10 0 .......... L ow e.......... ... 2 0 18 0 Kortright. 6 0 33 0 R. E. Foster ... 6 1 17 2 Burrows bowled four and Evans one wide. Wells, More, and Bosanquet each bowled a wide. WORCESTERSHIRE v. SUSSEX. A N E X C IT IN G F IN IS H . Played at Worcester on August 1, 2 and 3. Drawn. Of late years the Sussex men have so often done the most amazing pprformances in the way of saving matches when defeat has seemed inevitable that they must have admired, even if they could not appre­ ciate, the determined resistance to their bowling by which Mr. Lowe and Straw saved Worcestershire when the game seemed over. Sussex had been able to declare before ore o’clock on Saturday, leaving Worcestershire to make 4C2 runs to win. Despite a vfry fine innings by Mr. H. K. Foster, and a brilliant debut in first-class cricket by Mr. W. H. B. Evans, the Malvern School captain, who at a most critical time kept up his wicket for nearly two hours, Sussex seemed to have an easy victory in prospect when Straw came in to partner Mr. Lowe, who had been playing very well indeed. The two men made a most stubborn defence, and although the former did not succeed in carrying his bat, he held on long enough to enable the side to retire undefeated with the last two men in. One of the most noticeable points of the match was the reappearance in county cricket of Mr. G. Brann, not in his style of stonewaller, but in his old style of a man who knows all about the driving qualities of a bat. In each innings he made 50, and was not out either time. But Ranjitsinhji’s second innings stood out miles above everything else in the match. He was unlucky in being run out in the first inoings, a moment’s hesitation, and great quickness on the part of Mr. R. E. Foster and the wicket-keeper bringing about his downfall before he had made a run. But in his second innings he was Ranjitsinhji at his very best, on a wicket which was not free from guile. Things were not very promising when he began his remarkable innings, for Mr. Fry, who had played a great game on the first day, was out without hcoricg, and what this means to Sussex the bowlers on opposing sides well know. But Vine played one of his very useful games, and stayed with Ranjitsinhji for about an hour and three-quarters, by the end of which time the latter had got well warmed to his work and was going particularly strong. Killick then took up Vine’s role, and Ranjiteinhji began to make runs wholesale by perfect cricket. When he was out for 139, made in two hours and forty minutes, Sussex was pretty safe from defeat and had more than a good chance of victory, and by the end of the day were 305 runs on with six wickets still in hand. S u ssex . First innings. C. B. Fry, c H. K. Foster, b E vans...............................76 Vine, b Burrows.................58 K. S. Ranjitsinbji, run out.. 0 Killick, b Burrows .......... 8 Relf, c Lowe, b Burrows ... 9 W . Newham, b Burrows ... 5 Marlow, b Wilson ... . G. Brann, not out ... . Butt, run out..................... Bean, b Wilson .............. Tate, c Straw, b Burrows .• B 8, lb 6, w 2 ... . Second innings. c R. Foster, b Wilson .......... 0 c Straw, b Wilson 19 b Burrows......... 139 lbw, b Evans ... 87 b R. E. Foster ... 29 c Straw, b R. E. Foster .......... 6 not out................. 8 notout.................50 c Wilson, b Bird. 9 B 7, lb 1, w 3 11 Total ................ 247 Total (7 wkts)*358 * Inning8 declared dosed. WORCESTERSHIBE. First innings. H. K. Foster, b Bean..........40 Pearson, b Relf .................50 Bird, b T a te ......................... 3 R. E. Foster, b Relf ....... 44 W.H.B. Evans, cand b Tate 2 Bowley, not out .................37 W . W. Lowe, b Tate.......... 5 W . S. Caldwell, b Relf ... 0 Burrows, b R e lf................. 0 Straw, b Vine .................. 4 Wilson, c Relf, b Tate ... 6 B 10, lb 2, w 1 ....... 13 Second innings. b Killick c Butt, b Relf ... 0 b Tate................ 5 b Vine ... ..._ ... 23 c Ranjitsinbji, b Vine..............53 lbw, b Vine ... 4 b Killick ...... 33 c Newham,b Tate 5 b Tate.......... ... 1 not out............... 9 not out............... 0 B 19, lb 2, w2,nb3 26 W o rcestersh ire . First innings. O. M. R. W. R elf.......... ... 31 9 8) 4 . Vine.......... ... 12 6 22 1 . Tate.......... ... 28 5 9 69 4 . Bean ... 9 3 i*» 1 . Killick ... ... 2 1 4 0 , Second innings. O. M. R. W. 15 40 1 16 39 3 15 38 3 5 0 5 45 2 24 35 28 , 13 , 15 Relf bowled two and Vine one wide, and Relf oce and Killick two no-balls. Total ................204 Total (9 wkts) 217 T H E SO U TH A F R I C A N T E A M . THE YORKSHIRE MATCH. T W E N T Y -S E C O N D O F T H E TO U R . Played at Harrogate on August 1, 2 and 3. Yorkshire won by 151 runs. Although Hirst and Haigh were given a rest during this match, their places were taken by Mr. Ernest Smith and Mr. T. L. Taylor, so that Yorkshire was practically playing its strongest possible team against the South Africans, a compliment that was doubtless appreciated by the visitors, who by their splendid play iu the match showed that they were worthy of this consideration. Yorkshire won—it might almost be said of course—but by no means by such a margin as has been usual with them this year, and it wag a very fine performance on the part of the visitors to go in for the fourth innings of the match against a lead of 391, and yet make a thoroughly good fight of it. The usefulness of Mr. Ernest Smith was amply shown, for in the two innings he took ten wickets for 153 runs, and there can be no doubt that if he plays for the rest of the season, his presence will make a notable increase in the already great strength of the famous team. Undoubtedly the chief feature of the match was the batting of Mr. Sinclair, who played a greatinnings whenhis sideseemedaboutto breakdown hopelessly. Three wickets were down for 12 when he went in, and a fourth wicket fell at the same total, so that the situation was desperate. But it was Mr. Sinclair’s day. He had previously bowled with wonderful success, being put on as second change and taking seven wickets for 54, and now he pro­ ceeded to play a most brilliant innings, making big drives, one of which went out of the ground, and altogether playing a great game. His innings only lasted for forty minutes, and was one of the best things of the first-cla;s season. Meanwhile Mr. Murray Bisset had played an innings which, while it only produced 24 runs, was of the utmost value, for it was made at a very critical time ; the same may be said of Mr. Halliwell’s 35. Yorkshire had only a lead of 22 on the first innings, but Denton and Wain­ wright played so well in the second innings, and so many men made useful scores that the South Africans were in the end set a very heavy task. With the whole day before them on Saturday, they had to make 386 runs, six of the 392 required to win having been made overnight without loss. Although they can hardly have expected that they might win, the first two men, Mr. Tancred and Mr. heid, began so well that 105 went up in ninety-five minutes before a wicket fell. But at lunch time four wickets were down for four more runs, so that the for rest of tbe game the South Africans were making a plucky up­ hill fight in which Air. Hathorn, and Mr. Halliwell distinguished themselves. Y orksh ire . First innings. Brown,sen.,cGraham, b Sin­ clair .............................. 47 Tunicliffe, c Rowe,b Sinclair 45 Denton, c Reid, b Sinclair... 48 T. L. Taylor, lbw, b Sinclair 16 F. Mitchell,cReid, b Sinclair 4 Wainwright, c Tancred, b b Sinclair ........................ 5 E. Smith, b Rowe . ... 7 Rhodes, c Eeid, b Sinclair... 3 Lord Hawke, not out..........11 Whitehead, b Rowe .......... 5 Hunter, c Bisset, b Rowe ... 4 B 16, lb 3, w 1 ..........20 Total .........215 Second innings. c and b Rowe .. 24 c Graham, b Sin­ clair ... ............25 cBisset, b rinclair 83 b Sinclair ............25 c and b Sinclair... 30 c Halliwell,bGra- ham ..................116 c Bisset,b Rowe... 11 b Kotze ..........35 b Rowe .......... 1 c and b Graham 4 not out................. o B 12, lb 1, wl,nb 1 15 Total ...369