Cricket 1901

344 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OFt THE GAME. A ug . \ 5 , 1901. HASTINGS & ST, LEONARDS CRICKET WEEK, 1901. TWO GRAND MATCHES w il l b e p l a y e d in t h e C o n t r a / C r i c k e t G r o u n d , H a s t i n g s , AS FOLLOWS :— THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY, September 5th, 6th, and 7 th , Y O R K S H I R E Vm AN ENGLAND TEAM. MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY, September 9th, 10 th, and 1 1th, GENTLEMENv. PLAYERS. Wickets Pitched at Twelve o’clock first day of each Match ; other days at half-past Eleven. Admission to the Ground, ONE SHILLING. Covered Grand Stand, One Shilling extra. Cheap Fares on S.E. and C.R. and L.B. and 8.C.R., and Excursion trains will run. TICKETS FOR THE WEEK, including Admission tojthe Ground and Reserved Seat in Grand Stand, price 10s., can be obtained on and after August 19th, at the Central Cricket Ground, Hastings, where a plan can be seen. Tickets for the Week for Ground only, price 5s., can be obtained from the Hon. 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C RICKET Report Sheets, lOd. per dozen, post free. Order of Going-in Cards, 7d. per dozen, post free. Cricket Score Books, 6d. and Is. each; postage, 2d. extra.—To be obtained at the Offices of Cricket , 168, Upper Thames Street London, E.C. L AWS OF CRICKET, with List of Fixtures and Memo, pages. One Penny each, post free l£d. (Jricket Offices, 168, Upper Thames 8treet, E.C. C r i c k e t : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES S TR EET, LORD O I, E.C . THURSDAY, AUGUST 15 th , 1901. $a to titon G o s s ip . The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. A lmost the last time that George Hearne played against Dr. Grace, if it was not the last, was in the match in 1895, in which the Doctor was on the field for the whole of the three days while the match lasted, scoring 257 and 73 not out for Gloucestershire v. Kent. And now after all these years G. G. himself is on the field against the Doctor for the whole of the first two days for M .C.C. against London County at the Crystal Palace, scoring 102 not out after fielding for a day and a half. This is certainly the golden age of veterans. M r. B r a n n can hardly be considered a veteran as far as age goes, but it is so long since he began to play for Sussex that it is natural to regard him as one. We cannot remember a similar instance of a man returning to first-class cricket after practically giving up the game, and making such scores as 50 not out, 53 not out, 130 and 109 in his first three matches after his reappearance. On Monday morning he was by a long way at the head of the averages. His performances were all the more creditable because in each cate iuns were much needed. M r . B r a n n has had a curious career as a cricketer. In his youthful days he was a very hard hitter for his years, with a tendency to rashness which could always be kept within bounds by an opportune word from his partner. In his first period as a first-class cricketer he was a hitter pure and simple, making all his runs by hard cuts and still harder drives. Suddenly he seemed to lose his powers of hitting. H e has himself said that he went in over and over again and simply found that he could not hit. But he fortunately discovered that, if he could not make runs in the old sweet way,he could still keep the ball out of his wicket, and then began a period in which he was of even more assistance to Sussex than he had pre­ viously been. Now he returns to first- class cricket, and lays on to the bow ling as in his first period, although in a some­ what different manner. O n e of the most remarkable of the many remarkable things which have hap­ pened during the present season was the declaration, by Mr. Maclaren, of the Lancashire innings against Derbyshire, on Friday afternoon, after a day on which no cricket could be played on account of rain. Mr. Maclaren, obviously mistaken as to the way in which the wicket would wear, declared early on Friday, when Lancashire had only scored 183 runs for three wickets, with the result that Derby­ shire exceeded this total by 26. D u r in g last week Mr. A. O. Jones and Iremonger three times put up over a hundred for the first wicket lor Notts. Against Surrey, their partnership pro­ duced 134 in the first innings and 144 (neither being out) in the second, while against Essex at Leyton they scored 238 together. On Monday this week they put up 119 for Notts v. Derbyshire, so that four times in eight days (one being a Sunday) they scored over a hundred for the first wicket. This is a record which has never been approached. M r . L . C. H . P a l a ir e t has also been concerned in several big partnerships for the first Somerset wicket of late. There is the ever memorable 222 b y him and Braund against Yorkshire, the 196 by the same two players against Hampshire, and last week there was the partnership between him and Lewis against Sussex which produced 238 runs. O n Thursday last, Braund took his hundredth wicket for the season, having previously scored a thousand runs. He is the only Somerset man who has accom­ plished the feat in the same season. It seemed at one time likely that Vine would be the first man to place his name beside that of Hirst, who was accredited with the feat in the middle of J u ly ; but Braund has pulled up rapidly of late. I t is very seldom that there are more startling changes in a game than took place in Notts v. Essex at Leyton at the end of last wtek. Notts had 336 up for 1 wicket and 357 for 8 wickets. The last two wickets put on 103. Essex had 99 up