Cricket 1901

A u g . 2 2 , 1 9 0 1 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 3 5 7 E S S E X v. Y O R K S H IR E . R E M A R K A B L E B O W L IN G B Y H IR S T . P layed at Leyton on A ugust 15, 16, and 17. Yorkshire won b y an innings and 33 runs. While at the Oval the batsmen always held the upper hand, despite the heavy rain which had fallen, at Leyton the boilers were seen to tremendous advantage, and absolutely the only man who distin­ guished himself with the bat was air. Taylor, whose innings of 40 was, under the circumstances, as good as one of a couple of hundred on a perfect wicket. When Essex went in it was prophesied that very few runs would be made against Hirst and Jfthodes, and it was generally thought that Khodes would be the bowler who would work the greater destruction. But from the first moment Hirst was irresistible. The wicket on which the match was played had not been specially prepared; it was found that the prepared wicket was in such a state that it would be impossible to play upon it for some time, and accord­ ingly another was chosen. Ihis move practically gave the match to the side with the greatest bowlers, for whereas on a partially prepared wicket a good bowler may be somewhat destructive, a great bowler will often be quite irresistible, and Yorkshire are the happy possessors of two very great bowlers, while Essex only possessed one, and he not quite as good this year as Khodes and Hirst. The Essex men could do nothing at all with Hirst. They went in at a quarter to one and were all out within an hour. Disasters came in the very first over, for with his third ball Hirst bowled Carpenter, while off the next ball Mr Perrin was caught by the wicket­ keeper standiDg back. Mr. Fane was missed in Rhodes’ first over, but Hirst promptly bowled him with the first ball of his second over, and with the next ball bowled Mr. Douglas. Four wickets for one run. With the total at six, Mr. Taylor threw down Mr. Lucas’s wicket from mid-off. Mr. McGahey held on for half an hour till the total was 17. At 22 Mr. Tossetti was bowled, and then at 30 Khodes dismissed Russell and Reeves, the latter having tried to put a better appearance on the game. Mead was bowled first ball and the innings was over, ti irst took seven wickets for 12 runs. Thanks chiefly to Mr. Taylor, Yorkshire had made 63 for three wickets when rain came down and stopped play for about three quarters of an hour. Afterwards Yorkshire collapsed nearly as badly as Essex. Mr. Taylor’s fine innings lasted for fifty minutes, and was the salvation of his side. Mead bowled remarkably well. Essex were 74 runs behind when they went in again for forty minutes, and their second attempt was almost as hapless as their first. Carpenter was bowled by Hirst with the second ball of the innings. At 8 Mr. Fane was bowled, and at 13 Mr. Perrin was caught at mid-on. At 15 three wickets fell, Mr. Douglas being bowled by Hirst, Mr. McGahey l.b.w. to Rbodes, and Mr. Lucas caught and bowled by Hirst. Tnus when stumps were diawn the total was only 16 for six wickets, and Etsex were still 59 behind. On the next morning the last four wickets produced i6 runs, Russell hurting his hand and having to retire. E ssex . First innings. Second innings. F. L. Fane, b Hirst .......... l b Hirst.......... 3 Carpenter, b Hirst ......... 0 b Hirst................ 0 P. Perrin, c Hunter, b Hirst 0 c Hawite, b Hirst 9 C. McGahey, b H irst..........11 lbw, b Rhodes ... 1 J. H. T. D. Douglas, b Hirst 0 b Hirst................ 0 A. P. Lucas, run ou t.......... 3 c and b Hirst ... 0 G. Tossetti, b Hirst .......... 3 c and b Khodes... 9 Reeves, c Denton, b Rhodes 10 st Hunter, b Rhodes ..........12 Russell (T. M.), c Taylor, b Khodes.............................. 0 retired hurt ... 1 Young (H.), not o u t .......... 1 notout................ 0 Mead, b Hirst ................. 0 st Hunter, b Rhodes .......... 2 Bye ......................... 1 B 2, nb 2 ... 4 Total.................30 Total ............. 41 Y orkshire . Brown, sen., lbw, b E. Smith, c Fane, b M ead........................ 3 Reeves ................ Tunnicliffe, b Mead ... 10 Lord Hawke, b Mead 7 Denton, c Mead, b Rhodes, not out.......... 9 Young ................. 5Hunter, lbw, b Mead 4 T. L. Taylor, b Reeves 44 F. Mitchell, b Mead .. 10 T ota l................... 104 Hirst,c Reeves, b Mead 0 Wainwright, c Young, b Reeves ................. 4 E ssex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Hirst................. 8*13 12 7 .......... 10 6 17 5 Rhodes .......... 8 0 17 2 .......... 10 2 20 4 Hirst delivered two no-balls. Y orkshire . O. M. R. W. I O. M. R. W . Young ... 12 3 28 1 Reeves ... 10 3 36 3 Mead ... *22 8 40 6 | T H E SO U TH A F R I C A N T E A M . THE PERTHSHIRE MATCH. A N E X T R A M A TC H . Played at Perth on August 13. P e r th sh ire . Drawn. J. Anderson, c Halli­ well, b Sinclair ... 12 Hallas, c Graham, b Kotze........................ 1 G. Burnfield, b Sin­ clair ........................25 Turner, b Halliwell ... 55 J. B. Craik, c Cooley, b 8inclair.................13 J. Mailer, run out ... 16 A. K. Beil, c Reid, b Halliwell.................21 R. Hailey, c Kotze, b Halliwell................. W. Stewart, c Cooley, b tshalders .......... R. M’Gregor Mitchell, c aud b Shalders ... W. M. Thyne, not out ........................ Extras ................. Total , .. 198 S outh A fricans . E. A. Halliwell, c Craik, b Hallas ... 1 C. F. Prince, b Mit­ chell ........................20 J. D. Difford, not out 15 Extras ................. 4 Total (6 wkts) 237 J. H. Sinclair, c Thyne, b H a lla s.................. 122 W. Shalders, c and b Mitchell ...................12 A. Reid, b Turner ... 19 M. Hathorn, c Mit­ chell, b Hallas.............18 A. Bisset, not out ... 26 B. C. Cooley, R. Graham and J. J. Kotze did no^ bat. P er th sh ir e . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Sinclair ... i8 8 53 3 I Halliwell... 8 1 24 3 Kotze........ 15 2 32 1 I Shalders... 3 0 14 2 Graham ... 13 4 23 0 | S outh A frican s . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Mitchell ... 12 1 60 2 1Turner .. 4 0 50 1 Hallas ... 14 1 91 3 |Mailer ... 2 0 32 0 THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE MATCH. TW EN TY-FOU RTH OF THE TOUR. Played at Clifton College on August 15 and 16. South Africans won by an innings and 105 runs. The South Africans ended their first-class matches of the tour with perhaps the best all-round display that they have given since they arrived in England. They batted first on a slow wicket, and thanks to some good batting by Mr. Reed, Mr. Sinclair, Mr. Hathorn and Mr. Graham, together with a really fine innings of 90, which lasted for two hours and ten minutes, by Mr. Shalders, they ran up a very useful score. When Gloucestershire went in the wicket had become difficult, but such a breakdown as followed could have been expected by nobody. Mr. "inplair was in clover and did a splendid performance, taking seven wickets for 0 runs; in its way it was even better than Hirst’s performance at Leyton, because the wicket at Clifton was not so difficult. When stumps were drawn (iloucettershire had made 2 runs in their second innings without loss, on the next morning Mr. Sinclair was again very difficult to play and he ended the match with the fine performance of thirteen wickets for 73 runs. Gloucestershire never looked like saving the follow-on. S outh A frican s . L. J. Tancred, c Bur­ roughs, b Brown ... W. Shalders, b Paish... A. Reid, c Wilkinson, b Tovey ................. J.H.Sinclair, c Fowler, b Tovey ................. M. Hathorn, c Bur­ roughs, b Paish ... M. Bisset, b Paish ... E.A. Halliwell, st Bur­ roughs, b Paish ... 1 G lou cestersh ire . B.C.Cooley, cJessop, 3 b Roberta . .......... 11 90 R. Graham, c Rice, b Paish ............... 29 27 G. Rowe, c Wilkinson, b Paish ................. 18 20 J. J. Kotze, not out... 2 B 1, lb 1 .......... 2 27 — 4 Total ...234 First innings. R. W. Rice, b Sinclair ... 0 Wrathall, b Sinclair ..........13 G. L. Jessop, c Hathorn, b Rowe .............................. 8 W. G. Tovey, b Sinclair ... 8 W. S. A. Brown, c Cooley, b Sinclair ........................ 4 N. O. Tagart, b Sinclair ... 0 T. H. Fowler, b Sinclair ... 3 Paish, b Sinclair ... w ilkinson, run out Burroughs, not out Roberts, b Rowe ... Leg-bye Total ... 40 Second innings, c Hathorn,bRowe 4 c Reid, b Sinclair 28 b Sinclair ..........10 c Halliwell, b Sin­ clair ................. 0 lbw, b Sinclair ... 27 b Rowe .. ... 10 c Shalders, b Sin­ clair ................. 4 b Rowe .......... 3 b Rowe................. 0 not out .......... 0 b Sinclair .......... 1 Byes .......... 2 Total 89 S outh A frican s . O. M. K. W. O. M. R. W . Wilkinson 12 8 45 0 1Paish ... 20-3 3 81 6 Brown ... 11 5 19 1 |Roberts.. 16 7 39 1 Tovey - . 8 2 42 2 |Jessop... 3 1 6 0 G lou cestersh ire . First innings. O. M. R. W. Rowe Sinclair Second innings. M. R.W. O. M. R. W. .......... 9*4 2 192 ......... 19 8 34 4 .......... 9 3 207 ......... 19 4 53 6 SOMERSETSHIRE v. KENT. Played at Taunton on August 15 and 16. Kent won by an innings and 312 runs. Although a lot of rain had fallen at Taunton, the wicket on the first day was not as difficult as it might have been, and from the first the batsmen went in for scoring runs quickly. After Mr. Dillon had been dismissed. Mr. Burnup and Mr. Day put up 105 in partnership in seventy minutes, and even Alec Hearne made runs quickly now and then, although by the time that stumps were drawn he had been batting for three hours and ten minutes for his 88 not out. Mr. Burnup’s 134—a very fine innings— was put together in about the same time. Towards the end of the day Mr. Mason hit exceedingly hard ; in an hour and three-quarters he scored 145 out of 192, his hits including a 5 and twenty-four 4’s. When stumps were drawn the total was 435 for only four wickets. On the next day, with their position as safe as possible, the rest of the Kent team went in for hitting, but on a more difficult wicket could make nothing of Braund, who, on this morning, bowled 4 overs, 3 maidens, for 6 runs and 4 wickets. Alec Hearne managed to complete his hundred after batting for three hours and thirty-five minutes. The Somersetshire men were all at sea in both innings against the bowling of Blythe and Mr. Mason, the latter carrying everything before him in the second innings. K en t . st C. J. Burnup, st New­ ton, b Cranfieid ...134 E.W. Dillon, b Braund 12 S . H. Day, c Daniell, b Cranfieid .............46 Hearne (A.), c Daniell, b Braund........ ...103 J. R. Mason, cDaniell, b Cranfieid ........... 145 R N. R. Blaker, c Daniell, b Braund... 7 P. C. Baker, c Daniell, b Braund.................. 0 S om erset . First innings. L. C. H. Palairet, c Murrell, b Blythe ...........................12 Braund, c Baker, b Blythe 2 Lewis, run out .................15 F. A. Phillips, c Blaker, b H u m p h r e y s , Palairet, b Braund Murrell, c Braund, b Cranfieid................. Blythe, st Palairet, b Cranfield.......... ... W. M. Bradley, not out ........................ B 5, lb 6................. Total . ...464 Second innings. b Mason ..........11 b Mason .......... 4 c Blaker,b Mason 0 M ason........................... . 1 b Blythe .......... 26 Robsoc, run o u t .............. . 13 cMurrell.bMason 0 J. Daniell, b Blythe ... . . 5 c laker,b Mason 0 Y . T. Hill, b Mason ... . . 2 cMurrell.b Mason 11 Gill, c Murrell, b Mason . . 6 b Mason .......... 5 A. E. Newton, c Murrell, B aker............................. . 7 b Blythe .......... 10 G. Fowler, lbw, b Blythe . . 0 b Mason .......... 10 Cranfieid, not out.............. . 0 not out................. 0 B 8, lb 3 ..................... . 11 No-ball .......... 1 Total...................... . 74 Total .......... 78 K en t . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cranfield ... 36 3 9 108 5 Gill ......... 13 4 41 0 Braund ... 37 8 133 5 Palairet ... 6 2 21 0 Robson ... 37 8 115 0 Fowler ... 2 0 11 0 Lewis ... 3 0 13 0 Hill ............. 1 0 11 0 Blythe Mason S om erset. First innings. O. M. R. W. .......... 14 0 37 4 ..........13 3 7 26 4 .. Second innings. O. M. K. W. ... 13*5 2 48 2 ... 13 5 29 8 Mason delivered a no-ball. WARWICKSHIRE y. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Edgbaston on August 15, 16 & 17. Warwickshire won by an innings and 52 runs. When, after waiting for hours for the wicket to dry Derbyshire scored 133 for six wickets before stumps were drawn, they seemed to be in an excellent posi­ tion,for the odds were that they would have their oppo­ nents on a difficult wicket next day. Mr. Lawton and Storer put up 87 for the second wicket in an hour and a quarter. The last four wickets only produced thirty ruos. When Warwickshire went in the captain kept W. G. Quaife and Kinneir in reserve, doubtless hoping that the rest of the team would make runs quickly enough to be able to win the match