Cricket 1901

340 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g . 15, 1901. ON THE CENTBAL GROUND, BASTINGS, AUGUST 7 AND 8, 1901. H astin g s . First ini.inps. Second innings. J. W»re, b ttensbaw.......... 0 cFranks.hCurwen 33 i*. H. Mmray, b Renshaw.. 6 c sub., b Eddis ... 0 J. W . Bennett c O.F., b C. Wreford-Biown ... 94 lbw,bStanbrough 13 C. Wallace, lbw, b Wood­ bridge ................. ..........36 b Curwen ............ 7 F J. Winter, b Woodbridge 2 b Crossman.........25 C. H. Byrde. c Stanbrough, b C. Wreford-Brown ... 20 b Eddis..............16 H. S Johnstone, b Curwen 131not out..................103 A. H. Caro, c Franks, b Woodbridge ................. 3 J. M. ttowenlock, b O. Wreford-Brown .......... 1 J. W . Rome, c Renshaw, b Woodbridge ................. 1 H. Vincett, not out .......... 4 c and b Eddis ... 21 Extras ...................... 26 Extras ........10 Total....................... 324 Total O ld C arth u sian s . ..228 B.G.Franks, b Bennett 6 C. Wreford-Brown, Ibw, b Bennett ... 12 B. E. G. Eddis, st Ware, b Wallace ... 2 W.E.Lewis, b Bennett 9 G.O.Smith, b Wallace 172 O. E. Wreford-Brown, c and b Byrde..........44 W . J. H. Curwen, not out ........................ 5 D. Crossman, st Mur­ ray, b Bennett .. 47 M. H. Stanbrough, b Bennett .................28 C. M. Woodbridge, b Johnstone 1 W . Renshaw, c Win­ ter, b Bennett ... 16 Extras ..........14 Total ...356 Balls.Runs.Wkts. Byrde ... F6 ... 42 ... 1 Johnstone36 ... 23 ... 1 H a stin g s . Balls.Runs.Wkts. Bennett... 228 ...128 ... 6 Wallace... 173 ... 93 ... 2 Vincett ... €6 ... 56 ... 0 The match was drawn. In his first innings Johnstone hit eighteen 4’s, three 3*s, and ten 2*s, and in his second a 5, sixteen 4’s, tw o 3’s, and six 2’s. The bow ling figures of the Old Carthusians were not preserved in the Hastings score-book. The match was played for the benefit of the ground bowler, Bennett, formerly of the D erby­ shire eleven. T H E C A N T E R B U R Y W E E K . KENT v. SURREY. Played at Canterbury on August 8, 9 and 10. Kent won by 150 runs. As things turned out the wicket for this match was not as good as might have been, and scores were generally low. The Surrey fielding was not very bril­ liant on the first day, and the score made by Kent was larger than it need have been, while the bowlers hardly seemed tomakethebest use of a somewhat fiery pitch. Surrey had halfan hour’s batting, and found Mr. Bradley revelling onthe wicket; he was at his fastest, and before stumps were drawn he had bowled six overs and three balls for seven rims and three wickets, his victims being Abel, Mr. Jephson and Holland. Thus Surrey were being in a fair way to be defeated. Nor did they ever recover their lost ground on the next morning. Indeed, for a short time, it seemed likely that they were going to collapse in the most ignominious fashion, for six wickets were down for 24, and although the tail played up very well indeed, nothing but a sensational innings could have saved the situation. As it was Kent had a lead of 178, and, not caring to give Surrey another chance just then, preferred to go in again themselves, with the result that they were able to declare before the end of the day, leaving Surrey to make 381, which, on the wicket was practically an impossible task. There was nothing very remarkable in the Kent batting until Mr. Marcband joined Alec Heame when five wickets were down for 138. He played an exceedingly brilliant game, scoring fifty-one in aJput five-and-twenty minutes. It was exactly the rort of innings which was required, for it gave Kent a commanding lead, and an opportunity of putting Surrey in for three- quarters of an hour with a chance of getting a wicket or two in that time. The manoeuvre was even more successful than could possibly have been hoped, for, when only seven balls had been bowled, Abel and Mr. Jephson were both out. Holland and Brockwell did better, but the former was out before stumps were drawn, with the score at 51 for three wickets. Surrey had therefore still to make 330 runs, and as there was plenty of time in which to put up such a total, it was clear that the match would be played out. There was not one chance in a hundred that the runs could be made, and when off the first ball on the next morning Brockwell was out, the outlook was bad, to say the least of it. Mr. Crawford joined Hayward, and for a time there were hopes that a good fight would be made. Both men played admirable cricket, and their partnership produced 1 0 runs in eighty-five minutes. This was practically the end, although Hayward con­ tinued to play splendid cricket, and eventually carried his bat, after having held his own for three hours and a quarter. K e n t . First innings. C. J. Burnup, c Stedman, b Richardson.......... .......... 6^ ______ , ___ K E. W . Dillon, b le e s ......10 b Brockwell P. C. Baker, c Stedman, b Lees ............................. 2 S. H. Day, c Stedman, b Brockwell ....................23 J. R. Mason, c Jephson, b Richardson..................... £0 Hearne (A.), c Holland, b Richardson.................... 47 notout... R. N. R. Blaker, run out .. 14 cLees,bBrockwell 21 F. Marchant, c Stedman, b c Holland, b Dowson ....................43 Huish, b Dowson.............36 Blythe, c Hayward, b Rich­ ardson ............................. 4 W. M. Bradley, not out ... 2 B 8,,1b 2, w 5, nb 4 ...19 B 2, lb 1, w2, nb 2 7 Second innings. c Lees b Jephson 28 ‘ ‘ 51 Jephson, b I ichardson ... 5 Jephson, b Dowson .......... 4 35 Jephson..........51 Total........................293 * Innings declared S u rre y . First innings. Abel, c Blaker, b Bradley ... 0 D. L. A. Jephson, c Huish, b Bradley ........................ 5 Holland (F. C.), b Bradley.. 6 Brockwell, b Bradley.......... 2 Hayward,c Heame,b Mason 19 V. F. S. Crawford, c Baker, b B radley........................ 5 H. D. G. Leveton-Gower, b Blythe................. .......... 1 E. M. Dowson, c sub, b Bradley ........................27 Lees, c Hearne, b Bradley... 4 Stedman, not out.................22 Richardson, c Bumup, b Mason ... ........................20 B 1, lb 2, nb 1 .......... 4 Total closed. *202 Second innings, b Mason .......... 1 cMason,b Bradley 1 c Beame, b Bradley ........ 21 c Baker,b Bradley 28 not out.................97 c Blaker,bBradley 47 c Hearne,b Blythe 14 b Mason .......... 0 c Marchant, b Bradley .......... 5 b Mason .......... 7 runout................ 1 B 4, w3, nb 1 .. 8 Total ......... 115 Total ... ...230 Second innings. O. M. K. W. 2 £8 1 0 17 0 1 55 2 2 20 0 16 2 3 45 2 17 5 13 K en t . First innings. O. M. R. W . Richardson .. 29 11 78 4 . Lees.. . ... 25 4 88 2 .. Brockwell ... 9'128 1 . D ow son.......... 14 4 1 57 2 Jephson.......... h 0 23 0 . Dowson and Richardson each bowled three wides, and Lees one wide. Richardson delivered three no­ balls, Lees two, and Jephson one. S u rrey . O. M. R. W . Pradley.......... 23 11 55 7 ... . Blythe .......... 17 6 22 1 ... . Mason . 5*3 1 34 2 ... . Heame. 1 illon . Mason bowled two wides and Bradley one. Mason and Bradley also delivered one no-ball each. O. M.R. W. .29 9 87 5 14 4 36 1 . 23 5 4 71 3 . 6 3 12 0 4 16 0 {SOMERSET V . SUSSEX. Played at Taunton on August 8, 9 and 10. Drawn. Somersetshire men who had come to the Taunton ground on Thursday last, in the expectation of seeing a big score by Mr. Fry and Kanjitsmbji, were agreeably surprised, or disappointed, as the cise may be, at seeing them both dismissed for what was for them a small score. The opening of the Sussex innings was most un­ promising, for Mr. Fry, Vine and Killick were all out for 48. A partnership pr ducing 94 in fifty-five minutes between Ranjitsinhji and Mr. Brann placed matters on a much better footing, but when the former was caught at mid-on off a full pitch from Mr. Woods things looked black for Sussex. For­ tunately for them, Mr. Brann continued to play a great game, driving with immense power, and making some of the hard cuts for which he was famous years ago, and he nearly saw the innings out. Altogether he was batting for two hours and five minutes, having scored his first fifty in forty minutes. Before the end of the £ay the Sussex men realised that they had not made nearly enough runs, for, without being separated, Mr. Pal?iret and Lewis made 158, so that Somerset were only 68 runs behind with all their wickets in hand. This was not by any means a cheerful look-out for Sussex, and before stumps were drawn on the next day the position was about as bad as it could be, for they required nearly three hundred runs to save the inning’s defeat. Mr. Palairet played a wonderful innings. He was batting for four hours and ten minutes for his 194, and why he should have got out just when he was about to rtach his second hundredmust have appeared a mystery to the Sussex bowlers, who could make nothing of him at all. He and Lewis put up 238 for the first wicket in three hours and five minutes, the professional having played a splendid innings. Another long partnership ensued between Braund and Mr. Palairet, producing 104 runs. It was broken by the dismissal of the latter, who had been at the wickets for four hours and ten minutes, and had played one of the very best innings of his career. After this, Braund continued to play beautiful cricket, and was most unluckily out when he only wanted six runs to complete his hundred, Vine throwing down his wicket—a remarkably good throw in. A little before the day’s play ended Mr. Woods declared his innings, leaving Sussex with half an hour’s batting, and arrears of 324 to wipe off. In the hope of getting down a wicket or two before stumps were drawn Somersetshire were disappointed, for instead of send­ ing the tail in Ranjitsinhji went in himself with Vine and played out time. Nor did the batsmen let the grass grow under their feet, for they scored 40 runs. The next day’s cricket was even more remarkable than that which had preceded it. To begin with, Ranjitsinhji and Vine put on 174 in a little over two hours before the latter was out for a most useful 49, Ranjitsinhji having passed his hundred for some time. Then came Mr. Fry, and the Somersetshire bowlers were soon enlightened—if they needed enlightment, which was hardly likely—as to the capabilities of the Sussex team to play an uphill game. At lunch time the score was 225 for one wicket, Ranjitsinhji being not out 160. Sussex were then only 99 runs behind with nine wickets in hand. When the third hundred was passed Ranjitsinhji was very near to his second hundred, and no other wicket had fallen. Still the two batsmen went on, and although Mr. Woods made various experiments with his bowlers, nothing could be done to stay their triumphant course, and when stumps were pulled up on Saturday they were still in possession of the wickets. Their unfinished partnership had produced 292 runs in two hours and fifty minutes. Ranjitsinhji had kept up hisend for fivehours and twenty minutes, playing the most delightful cricket imaginable all the time. Mr. Fry’s innings, by comparison, was not as brilliant as his; he was not there to play brilliant cricket, but to keep one end safe. S u ssex . Belf, b Woods .......... 6 K. R. B. Fry, Palairet, b Braund 15 W. Newham, not out 15 C. B. Fry, c Daniell, b Braund ............ 20 Vine, b Cranfleld ... 14 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, c Cranfieid, b Woods... 45 Killick, lbw, b Braund 8 G. Brann, c Palairet, b Cranfieid..................107 A. M. Sullivan, st Wickham, b Woods 0 Second innings : C. B. Fry, not out, 119; Vine, c Braund, b Cranfieid, 49; K. S. Ranjitsinhji, not out, *85 ; B 2, lb 1, w 5, nb 6 .- Total (1 wkt) 466. Tate, b Braund... Bean, b Braund... B 4, lb 1... Total .......... S om ebset . L. C. H. Palairet, b B ean...................... 194 Lewis, c Sullivan, b V in e .......................120 BrauLd, run out............. 94 F. A. Phillips, b Vine 63 «. M. J. Woods, b Ranj itsinbji ............. 50 Cranfieid and Rev. A. P. Robson, b R elf..........14 V. T. Hill, b Ranjit- sinhji....................... 0 J. Dauiell, not out ... 9 Gill, b Relf .......... 5 ti 10, lb 8, nb 1, w 2 21 Total (8 wkts)*5t0 Wickham did not bat. * Innings declared closed. Sussex. First innings. Cranfieid Braund... Gill ... Woods ... O. M. R. W. 18 4 63 2 . . 25-3 2 102 5 . 20 0 .. 3 46 3 .. Hill . Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 29 5 93 1 ... 31 8 106 0 .. a6 6 126 0 Palairet... 13 Robson ... 12 Lewis ... 4 Gill bowled five no-balls, Woods one wide, and Palairet four widen. S om ersetsh ire . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. R e lf.... 29*4 1 71 2 Tate.......... 11 3 32 0 V ine........... 37 6 141 2 Bean.......... 359 130 1 C. B.Fry... 15 4 39 0 Brann ... 3 0 19 0 Killick ... 25 5 88 0 R’njitsin’ji 8 1 19 2 Fry and Killick each delivered a wide and Relf a no-ball.