Cricket 1901

A u g . 1 5 , 1 9 0 1 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 3 4 1 GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. MIDDLESEX. Played at Cheltenham on August 8, 9, and 10. Middlesex won by four wickets. This was in several ways a remarkable match. Gloucestershire, after playing a first'innings of 229. in which most of the team showed good cricket without doing anything of note, got rid of five Middlesex men for 42 before stumps were drawn. So far the home team seemed likely to have the easiest of victories, and when on the next morning the remaining five Middlesex wickets only added 43 more runs, it looked any odds on Gloucestershire. In the second innings, when Gloucestershire were all disposed of for 148. Mr. C. M. Wells meeting with a considerable amount of success, it looked as if some­ thing had gone radically wrong with the wicket, and that it would take Middlesex all they knew to make the 291 runs required to win. At the end of the second day 95 of these runs had been knocked off for the loss of three wickets, and still Gloucestershire looked like being easy winners. Buton the following morning Mr. Robertson, who was not out 39 over night, and Mr Bosanquet, not out 0, played such splendid cricket, and were so well backed up by Hearne, who had gone in early, that at lunch time the score had been taken to 220 for five wickets, Mr. Robertson being then not out 80. He afterwards continued to play very fine cricket until the match was won. Mr. Wells played a very useful innings. G loucestersh ire . First innings. Second innings. R. W . Rice, c Bosanquet, b Rawlin...............................26 c Bosanquet, b C. Wells ..........18 Wrathall, c Robertson, b More ...............................30 b Hearne ............ Langdon, b Rawlin .......... 0 cJ. Douglas, b C. 6 Wells ......... 19 C.O.H.Sewell, c R. Douglas, b Hearne ........................20 c Robertson, b C. Wells ..........12 G.L.Jessop, c More, b Wells ?8 c J. Douglas, b C. Wells ......... F. H. B. Champain, c R. Douglas, b Hearne..........23 b Hearne .......... 24 W.S. A. Brown, c L. Wells, b Hearne ........................44 c Wells, b Hearne 31 Board, b Hearne................. 4 absent hurt Huggins, c R. Douglas, b Hearne............................... 2 cMore, b C. Wells 13 Paish, c Warner, b Wells... 11 c Robertson, b C. Wells .......... 6 Roberts, not o u t................ 7 notout.................. 5 B 20, lb 4 ........ 24 Byes ............10 Total.............. 229 M id d le se x . First innings. P. F. Warner, lbw, b Paish 0 J. Douglas, c Sewell, b Roberts .......................15 R. N. Douglas, c Huggins, b Paish............................... 2 W. P. Robertson, c Roberts, b Paish.............................31 B. J. T. Bosanquet, c Lang­ don, b Roberts................. 3 Total ......... 148 LONDON COUNTY v. M.C.C. &GROUND. Played at the Crystal Palace on August 8, 9 and 10. Drawn. So many matches were taking place in the County Championship that neither of these teams was strong, and in bowling there was not a really first-class man available ; indeed the M.C.C. can hardly ever have sent out a team weaker in bowling even against a moderate school eleven. As the wicket was in perfect order, while there were several batsmen on either side who can make runs in club cricket, and one or two who can do so against any bowling, it was not at all sur­ prising that vast scores were made. The Doctor was in great form, although he had to move slowly across the pitch when a hit was not obviously going to the boundary. While he was in partnerthip with Mr. Walker for the second wicket 281 runs were put on in a little less than three hours, the fcurrey amateur being in such brilliant form that Surrey men must have wished he had not been left out of their county team at Canterbury. The Doctor scored his 132 in four hours, and Mr. Walker his 2‘22 in four hours and twenty minut s. The tail made a lot of runs off the worn out bowling, and the result was a total of 633. The M.C.C., against equally feeble bowling, put on 201 for two wickets before stumps were drawn on the second day, G. G. Hearne who has not played for his county for ages, being 102 not out, and Mr. C. C. Doll not out 52. On the third day Hearne made his hundred, and Mr. Doll his two hundred. L ondon C o u n ty . Dr. W . G. Grace, c Hearne, b Atfleld ..132 W. G. Grace, jun., c Murrell, b Needham 32 W . L. Murdoch, b Needham................. 0 L. Walker, st Murrell, b Hearne................ 222 W. Smith, b Atfleld ... 5 P. G. Gale, c Murrell, b A tfleld ................. 3 J. E. Raphael, run out 16 J. Gilman, c Doll, b Femie .................64 W. G. Dyas, c Fernie, b Hearne.................83 Murch, c Coode, b Needham................58 Smith (F.). not out ... 6 B 5, I d 1, w3, nb 3 12 C.M.Wells, c sub., b Roberts 4 R. E. More, c Huggins, b Paish ............................... 0 notout... L. S. Wells, c Wrathall, b Roberts ........................ 1 Rawlin, c Jessop, b Paish 23 S. S. Taylor, c Brown, b Roberts ........................ 4 Hearne (J. T.), not out ... 0 Second innings, c Champain, b Paish ........... 3 st Wrathall, b Paish .............18 c Champain, b Jessop .............24 notout..................110 c Wrathall, b Roberts ............ 42 c sub., bRoberts 36 Total M.C.C. a n d G rou n d . Ahsan ul Hak, b Smith 10 Hearne (G . G .), b Grace, sen.................. 115 A. T. Coode, c Walker, b Smith ....................20 C. C. T. Doll, not out...224 Murrell, c Gale, b Grace, sen....................17 N. O. Tagart, b Grace, sen................................30 Atfield, c Gilman, b Smith... Hearne ... Fernie ... Needham Ahsan ul Hak ...633 R. H. Mallett, bGrace, sen............................ Oliver Marks, lbw, b Grace........................ A. E. Fernie, b Grace, jun............................ Needham,lbw,bGrace, jun. ... ... .......... B 27, lb 14, nb 2 ... - Total .. 501 20 L o n d o n C ou n ty . O . M . R. W 49*1 15 122 2 1 69 2 132 11 0 71 0 O. Murrell... 11 Marks ... 9 Mallett... 3 Atfleld ... 28 M. R. 1 0 0 4 W. 61 0 36 0 28 0 102 3 Fernie bowled three wides and one no-ball, and Attfleld two no-balls. O. Grace, Ben. 64 Raphael ... 6 Smith, F.... 45 Grace, ju n . 27 M.C.C. a n d G rou n d . M. R. W.l 13 159 1 24 12 105 5 74 Walker , Dyas Gilman O. M: R. W. 28 5 , 3 quickly enough to allow of a good chance of winning. Essex began very well on the next morning, Mr. Fane and Carpenter putting up 99 for the first wicket. But then Mr. Jones began to work destruction in the same way as the Essex bowlers on the previous day, and in a few minutes Mr Fane, Mr. Perrin, and Mr. McGahey were out all to Mr. Jones. A fourth wicket might have fallen immediately to the same bowler, Mr. Turner being yards out of his ground when Carlin failed to stump him. This was the turning point, and from this moment things worked well for Essex. Carpenter and Mr. Turner both played splendid cricket, the former scoring 118 in two hours and a-half, and the latter 120 in two hours and a-quarter. There was a long partnership between Mr. Lucas and Mr. Turner, producing 147 runs, but Mr. Lucas was missed when he had scored 25. The tail did moderately well, and in the end Ess?x brought their total to within 45 of that made by Notts—a very noteworthy feat. Before stumps were drawn Notts had lost Iremonger and the total was 29, so that they were 74 runs on with nine wickets in hand. It looked any odds on Saturday morning, when the game was resumed, that the result would be a draw, but Notts did not do as well as had been anticipated, and when four wickets were down for 77, Essex seemed to have the game in hand. A fine p irtnership between Dench and Carlin once more altered the position of affairs, the former being missed off a very easy chance, and in the end Essex had to make 265 in two hours and fifty minutes. Carpenter was out at once, tut Mr. Fane and Mr. Perrin then played such wonderfully good cricket that there was even once or twice a chance that they might knock off tbe runs. They could not quite do this, however, but they got within 27 runs of victory. It was a very great feat, but possibly, if they had let themselves go during the last hour their side would have won. N otts . First innings. Second innings. A. O. Jones, c and b Youngl49 b McGahey.......... 4 Iremonger, b McGahey ...133 c sub, b McGahey 4 Shrewsbury,cMead,bTosetti 39 c Reeves, b Mc­ Gahey ... ... 24 Gunn, J., b Tosetti .......... V. H. Cartright, b McGahey 0 Hon.M.Herbert,b McGahey 4 Dench, b Tosetti................. 1 Carlin, b McGahey ......... 8 Pepper, b Reeves.................23 Anthony, G., c Russell, b Young............................... Hallam, not o u t ................. U 17, lb 4, w 1 ........... Carpenter, Young ..........32 b Reeves ......... 0 c Lucas, b Young 0 run out ..........73 C8ub,b McGahey 33 b McGahey......... 11 57 not out.................28 24 b McGahey.......... 0 22 B 7, lb 2, nb 1 10 Total ... .. 460 E ssex . Total ...219 F.L.Fane, c andbJones 36 Carpenter, c Shrews­ bury, b Jones............118 P. Perrin, b Jones . . 5 C. McGahey, low, b Jones... ... ........... 5 A.J.Turner, c Dench,b Pepper .................. 120 A .P. Lucas, c Shrews- Total .. 415 bury, b Pepper ... 62 Second innings : F. L. Fane, not out, 120; Carpen­ ter, c Carlin, b Gunn, 1 ; P. Perrin, not out, 108; extras, 9.—Total (1 wkt.), 238. G. Tosetti, c Carlin, b Jones........................17 Reeves, not o u t......... 17 Russell, b Pepper ... 0 Young,cDench,bJones 12 Mead, absent .......... 0 B 7, lb 12, w 1, nb 3 23 B 2, lb l, w l... c Wrathall, b Jes­ sop .................27 B 18,lb5,w l,nbl 55 Total.................87 Total (6 wkts) 291 G lou cestersh ire . First innings. O. M. R. W. C. M. Wells ...15 5 2 51 2 ... M ore.................. 15 7 28 1 ... Rawlin ........... 26 7 63 2 .. Bosanquet ... 8 1 31 0 ... Hearne ........... 14 4 32 5 ... Seco d innings. O. M. R. W. ... 21*2 3 81 6 . . . 2 0 5 0 . . . 9 5 7 0 28 15 45 3 M id d lesex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Roberts .......... 23 11 39 5 ... .. 36 12 79 2 Paish................. 22 4 44 5 ............ 37 14 71 2 Huggins 10 4 15 0 Jessop... 33 13 79 2 Brown .1 6 10 22 0 Jessop delivered a no-ball, and Brown and Roberts each a wide. Walker delivered two no-balls. ESSEX v. NOTTS. Played at Leyton on August 8, 9, and 10. Drawn. For the third time in the course of a week Mr. A. O. Jones and Iremonger put up over a hundred for the first wicket of Notts. They made runs so quickly on the first morning that by lunch time the score was 142, and they were not parted until they had raised it to 238 in two hours after forty minutes batting. Shrewsbury became Iremonger’s partner, and playing very attractive cricket helped him to add 98in seventy- five minutes for the second wicket. At this sta*e of the game everything pointed to a very Urge score, for the Essex bowling seemed to have had all the life taken out of it. Suddenly there was a great and startlirg change, brought about by the bowling of Mr. Mciiahey and Mr. Tossetti who had their little hour of triumph. Shrewsbury and Iremonger were both out at 336, Iremonger having played a splendid innings which lasted four houra, and then in qnick succession J. Gunn. Mr. Cartright, Mr. Herbeit, Dench, and Carlin fell victims to the two Essex amateurs. At one time there m as only one wicket down for 336 ; there were now eight down for 357. But this unlooked for success of the two bowlers was too good to last, and the last two wickets added 103 runs to the total, Anthony hittiDg up 57 in half-an- hour, so that despite the breakdown the total was large, and what is more the runs had been made Mead ... Young ... McGahey Reeves ... Tosetti ... Turner ... Gunn ... Hallam... Jones ... Anthony Dench ... Pepper N o tts . First innings. O. M. R. W. 0 ... 0 ... 3 ... Second innings. O. M. R. W. 94 9 7ft 27 3 106 2 ........... 24 9 49 28 4 101 4 ........... 30*3 3 93 13-5 1 71 1 .......... 8 1 29 ....... 23 6 67 3 ........... 16 4 38 ..... 4 0 15 0 ........... Young delivered a no-ball. E ssex . First innings. O. M. R. W. 19 1 70 0 . ‘<5 6 58 0 . 37 2 149 6 . 16 2 61 6 O 31 9 4 23 Jones bowled six wides and Gunn one and four no-balls. Second innings. O. M. R. W. ..2 9 2 89 1 ... 21 4 65 0 ... 13 0 54 0 ... 4 0 21 0 LANCASHIRE v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Old Trafford on August 8, 9 and 10. Drawn. After a day when no play could take place owing to rain, Lancashire went in on a queer wicket, and thanks to some brilliant play by Mr. MacLaren, and more especially by Mr. Garnett, made 183 for five wickets, when Mr. MacLaren, thinking that the wicket was so difficult that, if he declared, Derby­ shire would probably get out very quickly, gave them a chance of batting. As things turned out, Derby­ shire did very well indeed, for Mr. Wright, Storer,