Cricket 1901

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THURSDAY , AUGUST 8 t h , 1901. $a\ulton Gossip. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Samlet. I t is not very often that the name of a debutant in first-class cricket has appeared under so many forms as that of Mr. M cDonell, the Winchester College captain, who made his first appearance for Surrey in the match against Hampshire at Southampton. In the reports of the match he was variously described as McDonald, M ’Donnell, McDowell, Mac­ donald, MacDonell, M ’Donnell, and Macdonell. E v e r y b o d y knows that Mr. Heseltine has generally been fatal to Abel, and it is possibly for this reason that Abel has gained the reputation of not being good against fast bow ling. In the Hampshire match M r. Heseltine was, naturally enough, put on first, and off his first ball as nearly as possible caught and bowled his usual victim. This broke the charm, and Mr. Heseltine could make absolutely no further impression on Abel, who very nearly made his hundred runs. So far he has never succeeded in doing this against Hampshire except at the Oval. C o n t r a st s K . 8. Ranjitsinhji, 0 and 139, Sussex v. Worcester- shire. C. B. Fry, 76 and 0, Sussex v. Worcestershire. Barton, 69 and 0, Hampshire v. Surrey. J. H. Sinclair, 80and 0, South Africans v. Yorkshire. O n the first three dayB of last week there were five county matches. In four of them one of the teams made between a hundred and a hundred and fifty runs in the second innings, viz., Yorkshire, Somerset, Derbyshire, and Surrey. A careful study of many reports of these innings shows that as the wicket was greatly in favour of the bowlers there was excuse for each side— with the excep­ tion of Surrey. The various reports may be summed up as fo llow s:— Yorkshire.—Under the circumstances it was a great feat for Lord Hawke to make 34, for it was exceedingly difficult to make runs. Somerset.—Nothing could stand against the magnificent bowling of Mr. Mason on a queer wicket. Derbyshire.—The wicket was at its worst, and Derbyshire struggled very pluckily. Surrey.—The wicket was exceedingly diffi­ cult, but there is no excuse whatever for the feeble display of batting. M r. C. L . T o w n sen d narrowly missed, on Friday last, having the honour of scoring a hundred when no lone else on the side made double figures. H e was playing for Highclere Park against the Hampshire H ogs, and made 115 out of 156 from the bat, Mr. E. Slocock with 15 being the only man with double figures. T h a t other cricketers share the favour­ able opinion of the cricket of the H indoos expressed by Captain Greig in the inter­ view in this week’s Cricket is evident from the follow ing extract from the Bombay G azette :—■ I was very favourably impressed with the all round play of the Hindus, it is two years since I last saw them in the field, and I was able te detect a wonderful improvement in their batting, bowling, and fielding. Talpade’s bowling in particular struck me as being remarkably good. He has a nice, easy delivery, keeps an excellent length, varies his pace with judgment; and sends down a fastish ball on the o£E stump which breaks right across the wicket, and must be very difficult to play. He is also a good bat, and for his size drives with remarkable power and vigour. He is quite young, and one of the most promising players the Hindoos have. Shinker’s batting also impressed me very favourably. He possesses fine defence, and does not lack hitting powers, having one special stroke between cover point and mid- off, from which he makes a lot of runs. The Hindoos are rapidly coming to the front, and should be able to meet the Parsees on equal terms before long. I t is understood that Mr. MacLaren has asked Braund and Blythe to acct m - pany him to Australia. Should they consent, his team would now comprise himself, Mr. A. O. Jones, Mr. Jessop, Hayward, Tyldeeley, Lilley, W . G. Quaife, Braund and Blythe. F o r Oxford University Authentics against Basingstoke and North Hants on Monday, Mr. B. N . Bosworth Smith scored 256 out of 472 for seven wickets. S e v e r a l things of interest to statisti- cians occurred during the Essex innings on Monday last. Every man on the side made double figures, and extras followed suit. There were three partnerships of 76 and two of 56. W h e n Russell had made 13 for Essex on Monday afternoon, he hit a ball to extramid-off, where Mr. Blakerapparently made a catch, although he did not throw the ball up. Russell, uncertain whether he was out, appealed to the umpire, Smith, who gave him out, and the bats­ man proceeded to walk to the pavilion. But Mr. Mason, finding from Mr. Blaker that the ball had touched the ground, recalled Russell, who continued his inniD gs, although, as luck would have it, he was out in the same over; as a rule a batsm aD , when to his jo y he finds that lie has had a false alarm, is so happy that he makes many more runs. A score of 443 for four wickets was made on Saturday by Beckton against West Ham Gas Company in two hours and fifty minutes, two men, Mr. A. T. Keeble and Mr. C. Benham, each scoring 142, the former being not out. T h e r e was a chapter of accidents in the match at Leyton at the end of last week between Middlesex and Essex, the former being the sufferers. Albert Trott seriously injured his hand on the first day,