Cricket 1901

A ug . 8, 1901. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. 333 SUSSEX v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Played at Bristol on August 5 and 6. Sussex won by an innings and 64 runs. It is so very seldom that the highest score in an inn­ ings played by the Sussex team is not made either by Mr.Fry or Ranjitsinhji, that it is quite an eventto have to chronicle an innings of 130 by Mr. G. Brann when Ranjitsinhji only scored 1 and Fry 68. Brann was batting for three hours and a quarter for his runs, which were made by splendid all round cricket, in which all his old powers of batting were shown. After he had made his hundred he seemed to tire, and the rest of his innings was played in the steady style, what may be called the second period of his career. His third period seems to combine No. 1 and No. 2. Fry seemed to have a big innings in hand, for he had got through the preliminary stages of settling down, and the Gloucestershire team were beginning to resign themselves to fate, when he was out after batting very finely indeed for an hour and three quarters. The commencement of the Sussex innings was discon­ certing, for not only Vine but Ranjitsinhji fell in the first over. Then there followed a most useful stand by Fry and Killick, which added 100 to the score in an hour and a half, and then Brann and Relf put on 148 in less than two hours. At the end of the day, Newham made a very useful 40, while Butt carried his bat for 32, and the total was 387 for 8 wickets. On the next morning the last two wickets were soon disposed of, on a wicket which had suffered from rain id the early morning. Mr. Rice, who went in first in the absence of Mr. Kitcat, did not emulate the fine performances of the latter, who has been so useful to Gloucestershire this season, and the opening of the innings was not all promising. Nor could Mr. Jessop turn the tide, and a follow on was necessary. The second innings was only remarkable for some brilliant batting by Mr. Jessop, who in less than half an hf'ur scored the who e of the 66 runs made while he was in, Mr. Rice being his partner. C. B. Fry, c and b Huggins .......... ... t>tt Vine, b Roberts... 0 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, b Paish........................ 1 Killick, c Board, b Brown .................42 G. Brann, c Rice, b Brown ......... ...130 Relf, c Jessop, b Paish 51 S u ssex . K.R.B.Fry,c Langdon, b Paish ................. W . Newham, c Board, b Paish ................. Butt, c Townsend, b Roberts ................. Tate, b Roberts.......... Bean, not out B 9, lb 2, w 2, nb 2 15 Total G lou cestersh ire . First innings. R. W. Rice, b Bean ........ 0 Wrathall, run out ......21 C. L. Townsend, c Bean, b Tate ........................... 23 Hale, b Killick ............... 0 G.L.Jessop, c K.Fry, b Tate 12 Langdon, b Killick ...... 25 Board, c and b Killick ... 14 W. S. A. Brown, c Ranjit­ sinbji, b Tate ..............20 Huggins, b V in e.............27 Paish, c and b Vine Roberts, not out ... Byes .......... Total ..........169 Second innings. b Vine.................10 lbw, b Relf.......... 4 c Relf, b Killick.. 13 c C. Fry, b Killick 0 b Vine.................66 c K.Fry, b Killick 3 c C. Fry, b Killick 11 not ou t................39 c Ranjitsinhji, b V in e................ 0 b R e lf.................20 c Tate, bRelf ... 0 Extras.......... 0 Total...166 S u ssex . O,M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Roberts ... 26*4 4 63 3 Brown ... 23 5 64 2 Paish ... 4 6 113 4 Jessop ... 2 0 12 0 Huggins.. 29 5 108 1 Townsend. 6 1 24 0 Roberts and Jessop each bowled one wide and Huggins two wides. First innings. O. “ Tate.................25 R elf................. 2 Killick ..........13 Vine................. 4*5 Bean .......... 5 G lou cestersh ire . M. R. W. 3 81 4 .. 2 0 0 .. 2 48 2 0 10 2 ... 1 18 1 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 11 1 67 0 ... 4*5 2 12 3 ... 10 3 26 4 ... 17 3 71 3 THE DUTCH TEAM. T H E M A TC H A G A IN S T T H E G E N TL E M E N O F T H E M .C .C . AT L O R D ’ S. Played at Lord’s on August 5 and 6. Drawn. Although the Dutch cricketers came over to England with the object of improving their know­ ledge of the game, which is necessarily imperfect because of the difficulties with which they have to contend, it was distinctly hard lines on them to lose the toss in their first match. Th^ M.C.C. team do make a lot of runs in club matches against good contained a number of batsmen who can and bowling, and it is not surprising that they should have given an excellent account of themselves. But well as they did it was evident that Mr. Posthuma was a bowler of quite exceptional merit. As was to be expected, the ground fielding of the visitors was not perfect, for they had learned their fielding on grounds which are notoriously rough, and naturally on the true and fast turf at Lord’s the ball was upon them before they were prepared for it. But they all show great promise, and will doubtless learn much from their visit. When it came to their turn to bat for fifty minutes before stumps were drawn, Mr. Bhroder and Mr. van Groenou showed powers of hitting which were unsuspected, for the Dutchmen have the reputation of being very steady players, indeed, as a rule. But in half an hour fifty runs were put on, and when the day’s p’ay ended the total was 79 for the loss of one wicket. On Tuesday Mr. Feith played a first-class innings, and only missed the hundred by being a little too anxious to make the last run; he is the sort of batsman who, if he had the chance of playing against first-class bowlers, would soon develop great powers. In partnership with Mr. Bourlier, who also played admirable cricket, he helped to put on 173 runs in two hours and a half. Mr. Hisgen would probably have made a big score if he couid have found someone to stay with him. As in a two-day match the follow-on limit is 100 runs, the Dutchmen, who were just outside this, were put in again, and again distinguished themselves. M.C.C. E. Worsley, lbw, b Hisgen .............. 0 H. C. T. Blackwood, b Posthuma .........13 I J. T. Watson, lbw, b Posthuma .......... 12 C.H.Hulls,bPo8thuma 21 F. E. Lacev, not out... 24 B 31, lb 25 ..........57 LordDalmeny,c Feith, b Rincker.............. 0 D. C. Lee, b Posthuma 26 Rev. P. Hattersley- Smith, run out ...140 Capt.F.G. Guggisberg, cBourlier,bPosthuma 84 Oliver Marks, c and b Booven ............. 30 A.R.iDonWauchope, b Posthuma............. 78 D u tc h XI. First innings. J. C. Schroder, c Marks, b Watson ........................53 A. Broese van Groenou, b Hattersley-Smith ..........24 C. Feith, c Worsley, b Lacey 99 E. Bourlier,cMarks, b Lacey 70 J. Rincker, run out .......... 0 J. Hisgen, not out ..........39 K. Beukema, b Worsley ... 14 H.van Booven, cLee,bLacey 0 C. J. Posthuma, b Worsley 4 F. Paramor, c Dalmeny, b Worsley ........................ 5 W. Coops, c Lacey, b Marks 8 B 56, lb 4, w l, nbl... 61 Total , 485 Second innings. notout c Wauchope, Guggisberg , not out b Worsley . 16 Total.. ......... 377 M.C.C. B 17, lb 8, w 1 26 Total (2 wkts) 109 O. M R. w . O. M. R. W. Rincker ... 21 2 91 1 I Paramor... 9 0 55 0 Posthuma 40*2 9 159 6 Booven ... 2 0 12 1 Coops ... 10 0 49 0 |Hisgen .... 18 3 62 1 D u tc h XI. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. w . Marks ... 143 5 33 1 .......... 7 0 31 0 Worsley 20 2 58 3 .......... 10 2 21 1 Guggisberg 16 4 45 0 .......... 11 2 31 1 H.-ttmith 12 2 39 1 .......... Watson . 12 2 57 1 .......... Lacey ... *26 5 52 3 .......... Hulls ... 5 0 15 0 .......... w auchope 3 0 6 0 .......... Dalmeny ... 3 1 11 0 .......... Lacey delivered a no-ball and Marks tno wides. SURREY y. NOTTS. Played at the Oval on August 5,6 , and 7. Notts won by 10 wickets. The Bank Holiday crowd at the Oval numbered about 23,000, of whom more than 20,000 paid for admission, so that the Notts match has obviously lost none of its attractions. Seldom have such a large number of spectators seen more extraordinary cricket. When Surrey won the toss Abel, who is rapidly becoming one of the most attractive batsmen in the team, played the bowling so easily that everybody anticipated a big score, notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Jephson, who went in first with him, could make no headway, taking twenty minutes before he opened his score, and forty minutes in making nine. The total had been carried to 41 in forty minutes when Abel, who had made 32 of the runs, was caught in the slips, and before the crowd had got over its disap­ pointment Mr. Jephson was bowled. Other disap­ pointments were in store, for at 48 Hayes was out, and Hayward, Lockwood, and Leveson-Gower were all dismissed at 56, so that quite suddenly six wickets had fallen. No wickets for 41 and six for 56 was a contrast for which no one had been prepared. Such was the situation which Mr. Crawford and Mr. Dow«on had to face, and if they had failed no one could have blamed them, for when your side is break­ ing down very badly it is no light thing to have to go in before over twenty thousand spectators who are ready to become sarcastic. But the two youner amateurs were more than equal to the occasion, which required drastic treatment. It would not have been of much use for both of them to potter about trying simply to keep their wickets, for naturally the Notts bowlers were in fine fettle, and. as always in such cases, bowling distinctly above their form. A few minutes to get his eye in, and Crawford began to shew the bowlers that they were not irresistible, and at lunch time the score, chiefly through his effort*, had been raised to 111. There was a danger that after the break in the play he would not he able to continue his course, but in the next twenty- five minutes the total was increased by f3, and it was not until the partnership had pro­ duced 130 in an hour and a quarter that a weak spot wa« found in Dowson’s defence. He had wisely .eft his partner to do nearly all the work. The 8C3re was now 186 for seven wickets, but the hopes that another fine stand would be made came to nothing, and the innings was so^n over. Crawford made 110 out of the 161 runs which were scored while he was at the wickets ; he gave no chances, and made fewer bad strokes than are usually seen in such an inniD gs when a batsman must take risks. He was at the wickets for an hour and forty minutes only. When Notts went in a splendid stand was made by Mr. Jones and Iremonger, although the latter shaped 80 badly against the lobs that his batting somewhat, set one’s teeth on edge. The partnership produced 134 runs in an hour and a half, and was ended by a really wonderful catch at deep square leg by Craw­ ford. Jones, who was thus dismissed, had played an altogether admirable innings. At the end of the day the total was 184 for two wickets, Notts being only 40 runs behind. Iremonger was not out 69 and J. Gunn not out 23. On Tuesday morning, Iremonger raised his score to 119; he had played all the bowline with confidence and skill eicept the lobs. Mr. Dixon and J. Gunn did well, and at lunch time the score was 32-5 for seven wickets, so that Surrey looked like having a bad time. When Iremonger was out four wickets were down for 283, but the next six only produced 61, Richardson bowling in great form. Nevertheless, Notts had a lead of 122 runs. Abel played a really splendid innings, making 50out of 68, but despite his efforts 4 wickets were down when 47 runs were still required to save the innings defeat. Hayward and Leveson-Gower then made a good stand, the latter being out just b>fore slumps were drawn with the total at 150 for 5 wickets, only 23 runs on. Yesteiday Hayward, who had kept up a resolute defence for two hours, was out for 58, and almost the only hope for Surrey was thit Mr. Craw­ ford would play ano her great innings. He did well, but was out before he became very dangerous. At the last Brockweil played a capital inniigs, but the task given to Notts was not severe ; they had to make 143 runs to win. With Mr. Jones in brilliant form and Iremonger invincible, the runs were knocked off in an hour and ten minutes, and Surrey had to take a step lower on the championship ladder. S u rrey . First innings. Abel, c Dench, b Hallam ... 32 D. L. A. Jephson, bGunn 9 Hayes, b Gunn ................ 7 Lockwood, b Hallam......... 0 Hayward, run out ..... 4 H. G. Leveson-Gower, c Dench, b Gunn......... ... 0 V. F. S. Crawford, c Carlin, b Gunn..........................110 E. M. Dowson, b Gunn ... 39 Brockwell, c Oates, bJones 3 Stedman, not out............. 13 Richardson, c Herbert, b Jones .............................. 1 B 2, nb 4....................... 6 Total .........224 N o tts . Second innings. c Shrewsbury, b Hallam ..........50 b Gunn .......... 4 c Dench, b Hal­ lam ................. 1 b Hallam .. ..1 1 c Jones, b Hallam 68 c Cartwright, b Hallam ..........28 c Dench, b Gunn 26 c Dench,bHallam 5 not o u t................45 b Hallam .......... 11 b Hallam ..........14 Extras......... 12 Total ..........265 A.O.Jones,c Crawford, b Jephson.................»w Iremonger, c Hayes, b Richardson ..........119 Shrewsbury, c Hay­ ward, b Richardson 1 Gunn (J.),b Brockwell 40 J. A. Dixon, c and b Lockwood.................41 V. H. Cartwright, c Stedman, b Richard­ son ........................22 Second innings: A. O. Jones, not out, 99; Iremon­ ger, not out, 34; byes, 11. Total (no wicket) 144. Hon. M. Herbert, b Richardson ..........J Car in, c Hayward, b Richardson .......... Dench, not o u t.......... Hallam, c Hayes, b Richardson .......... OaU-s, b Richardson .. B 1, lb 1, w 1, nb 1 Total .. 347