Cricket 1901

358 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. A u g . 22, 1901. while, in the event of their failing, Kinneir and Quaife would be two most useful men to bring up the rear and stave off disaster. This policy turned out to be as satisfactory as could possii ly be desired, for sgainst the weak bowling cf Derbyshire, Mr. Fish­ wick, Devey, George and Santall were all seen to great advantage, all of them except Devey making the highest score of their career. Mr. Fishwick scortd his 140 not out in two houis and three quarters. As things turned out the Warwickshire captain was able to declare without calling on Lilley, W . G. Quaife or Kinneir, and by the time that stumps were drawn he had the satisfaction of seeing three Derbyshire wickets down for 41. On Saturday Chatterton played a very fine innings, but althongh most of the rest, of the team made useful scores, there was never the least prospect that the match could be saved. D erbysh ire . First innings. A. E. Lawton, c Fishwick, b Kinneir ........................ 53 L. G. Wright, c Hargreave, b CharleBWorth................. 0 Storer, c Charlesworth, b Hargreave........................48 Chatterton, c and b Kinneir 1 G. Curgenven, c Lilley, b Kinneir ........................ 0 Locker, c Devey, b Charles­ worth ...............................13 Needham,b Charlesworth... 20 Hulme, c Hargreave, b Charlesworth .................21 A. Morton, b Charlesworth 0 Bestwick, not out .......... 1 Burton, (J.) bCharlesworth 0 B 3, lb 3 .................6 Total ..163 Second innings. c Lilley, b Har­ greave .......... 0 c and b Quaife ... 2 lbw, b Hargreave 23 not out ..........57 b Charlesworth... 15 b Kinneir ..........13 b Quaife ..........12 c Quaife, b San­ tall ................. 1 b Charlesworth... 0 b Charlesworth... 8 11w, b Bargreave 2 B 7, lb 6 .. 13 Total.......... 146 Devey, c Wright, b Chatterton ...........52 George, c Needham, b B fstw ick................... 65 T.S.Fishwick,not out 140 Charlesworth, lbw, b Chatterton ... . 9 Santall, c Curgenven, b Hulme ................... 73 W a r w ic k sh ir e . H. W . Bainbridge, lbw, b Storer.......... Field, c Curgtnven, b b H ulm e................. Hargreave, c Lawton, b Storer B 16, lb 3, nb 1 ... 20 Total (7 wkts)*361 Lilley, Kinneir, and Quaife (W.G.) did not bat. • Innings declared closed. D e r b y s h ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W. 16 2 43 1 ... Hargreave Charlesworth 14*3 Santall Kinneir Quaife Second innirgs. O. M. R. W. , 1C 10 . 4 4 45 6 ... 3 S9 0 ... 1 28 3 ... 1 12 0 ... Field ... . 11 . 18-2 . 9 , 10 . II . 3 18 3 25 3 14 1 i7 1 41 2 8 0 W a r w ic k sh ir e . O. M. R. W. O. Bestwick 17 4 58 1 Morton.. 3 Bulme ... 25 2 89 2 Curgenven 5 Storer ... 23*1 2 95 2 Lawton 4 Chatterton 13 3 45 2 Bestwick delivered a no-ball. M. R. W. 0 14 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 SUEREY v. LANCASHIRE. Played at the Oval on August 15, 16 and 17. Drawn. This match was somewhat remarkable for the sur­ prises which it afforced. In the first place so much rain had fallen that it was generally anticipated on the first morning before play began that something startling in the way of bowling and collapses would be seen. As it turned out the wicket proved to be one of the eamplesofthe modern sort which, although slow, are really veiy easy indeed, and Lancashire were batting all the first day. rlhe wicket,instead of deteriorating badly when the sun was upon it, was not at all bad on the next day, so that Surrey had not much difficulty in making runs, and when stumps were drawn they only requirtd fifteen to save the follow-on with thret wickets in hand. This was easily accomplished, and then came another surprise, Air. MacLaren, Tyldesley, ar-u especially Mr. Garnett, making luns for Lancashire at such a rate that at half-past three their county were over three hundred runs on. At this stage of the game a further surprise Mas in store, for vhen everybody thought that Mr. MacLaren would declare it was discovered that he had decided to let his men continue to bat, feeling confident that there would le no possible chance of getting Surrey out in Ihree hours on a wicket which was now perfect. The crowd disapproved entirely of this proceeding, and expressed their opinions more freely than was pleasant, and the remainder of the game was carried out amid a running accompaniment of sarcasm from the spectators. Mr. MacLaren’s battir g in both innings was quite worthy of the great reputation which earlier in the season he had seemed in danger of losing ; while in the second innings Mr. Garnett gave an exhibition of the most brilliant cricket imaginable, scoring his 83 runs in an hour and thirty minutes by means of splendid drives and hard and clean hits all round the wicket. In partner­ ship -with Mr. MacLaren he helped to put up 116 for the first wicket in fifty-five minutes. Ward’s first innings of 117 was a wonderful display of patient and watchful click et, his innings lasting for over five hours. Whether it was a very useful innings for his side can hardly be judg.d, but it certainly oid a great deal to make it bbfe from defeat. By the wav in which Abel and Mr. Jephson began the Surrey innings it was pretty certain that neither batsman thought a slow and tedious game the best for his side, and in the course of forty minutes before luncheon on the second morning they put on 55 runs by beautiful cricket without being separated. 'Ihe fashionable breakdown after lunch which has so often occurred in fiist-class matches this season was not seen in this match, and it was not until the total was 81 that Mr. Jephson, who had played a mcst attrac­ tive game, was out. After this there was a succession of useful partners ips, Brockwell playing a remark­ ably good game, tout the chief, althongh not the most interesting, feature of the innings was the batting of Baker, the second eleven man who was recently promoted. He steadily set bimself out to keep up his picket, and in the first hour only made three runs. Later, he slightly improved this rate of scoring, and when stumps were drawn he was not out 25, having then been at the wickets for nearly two hours and a-balf. On Saturday morning, when Surrey still required fifteen runs to save the follow- on, with three wickets in hand, he still stuck to his guns until his side was safe, and when he was dis­ missed for 38 he had been in for three hours, lt is, perhaps, natural that the crowd should have occa­ sionally become facetious duiing his innings, but after all his county had nothing to hope for except a draw, as there could not possibjy be time to win, and there can be no manner of doubt that his very patient methods, unpopular as they were, did much to bring about the desired end, viz., to make Surrey safe frcm defeat. When Lancashire went in again it was nearly one o’clock, and as the wicket was improving every hour, there was practically no chance that the game could be brought lo a conclusion. But so energetic were the methods of most of the batsmen, that Mr. MacLaren might without danger have declared at atout half-past three, and, as so many curious things happen in the fourth innings of a match, Surrey might possibly, lut notprobably, have had haid work to play cut time. Since Mr. MacLaren did not declare it did not matter in the least how many runs were made by Lancashire, and so Mr. Jephson was able to experrment with his bowlers. L an cash ire . First innings. Second innings. A. C.MacLaren, b Hayward 64 lbw,b Biihardsou 47 H. G. Garnett, b Brockwell 12 lbw, b At el ... 83 Tyldesley, c Jephson, b Dowsou ...........58 not out................................. 149 Ward,cHayward,b Richard­ son .................................117 Hallows, b Brockwell.......... A. Eccles, b Jephson.......... Hibbert, b Jepbson .......... Sharp, c Dowson, b Jephson Cuttell, b Brockwell .......... Webb, not out ................. Smith, b Richardson.......... c Stedman, Brockwell b Cranford not out.......... Total Abel, b Cuttell ... . D. L. A. Jepbson, Sharp..................... Holland, c Eccles, W ard................. , Baker, b Sharp ... Hayward, st Smith, Hallows .............. V. F. S. Crawford, Sharp..................... ..... 428 S u r r e y . .. 55 B 10, lb6,w l,nbl 18 Total (4 wkts) 395 50 Brockwell,cTyldesley, b Hallows ..........45 E. M. Dowson, c and b Sharp .................17 S tedm ^ b Hallows... 20 H. G. Leveson-Gower, not out .................10 Richardson,b Hallows 0 B 12, lb 4, nb 8... 24 Total .. 313 L a n c a sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Bichardson ... 30-5 9 59 2 ... ... 16 0 78 1 Brockwell .. 32 10 87 3 ... ... 13 4 34 1 Bayward .. 18 0 86 1 ... Dowson ... ... 30 2 100 1 ... 17 1 72 0 Jephson... ... V9 8 48 3 ... ... 3 0 27 0 Holland ... ... 7 4 7 0 ... ... 3 0 15 0 Abel . ..... ... 18 3 70 1 Crawford ... ... 12 2 40 1 Leveson-Gower.. 11 1 41 0 Richardson bowled two wides, Dowson two wides and three no-balls, and Hayward one no-ball. S u rrey . O. M. R. W. I O. M. R. W. Webb ... 10 3 36 0 Hallows... 15 6 38 4 Sharp ... 45 12 124 4 Ward ... 14 4 25 1 Cuttell ... 38 16 66 1 HAMPSHIRE v. SUSSEX. Played at Portsmouth on August 15,16 and 17. Sussex won by 53 runs. True to their traditions Hampshire once mere made Sussex go all the way, and when, having to make 273 in the fourth innings of the match, they had put up 57 on the second evening for the loss of one wicket, the match was left in a very even condition. A good deal depended on what was done on the next morning by Captain Greig and Mr. E. M. bprot, who were not out 25 and not out 11. Unhappily f. r Hampshire the Captain was only able to increase I is score by 4, and although Mr. Sprot played an altogether admirable innings, and was finely tacked up by Barton, there was never much chance that Hampshire would win after Captain Greig was dismissed. The mist remarkable feature of ihe match wasthe batting of Mr. Fry and Ranjitsinbji for Sussex in both innings ; indeed, they were rtspont-ible for nearly the whole of the runs, and if the Hampshire bowlers had been fortunate enough to dispose of either of them quickly, they would probably have won the match. Fry narrowly missed the honour of making two separate hundreds in tbe nntch. In tbe first Sussex innings tbe two men put on 70 runs in partnership in fifty minutes, and in the second 99 in an hour anu forty minutes. Their doings are all the more notice­ able because the wicket was always in favour of the bowlers; they both watched the ball with the greatest cleverness, and played cricket which was rather skilful than brilliaut. They are a wonderful pair in the way in which they can both adapt them­ selves to circumstances, and this is one of the things which places them so far above most other men. S u sse x . First innings. C.B. Fry, c Greig, b Llewel­ lyn...................................... 68 Vine, b Soar........................ 4 Killick, b Llewellyn ..........10 G. Brann, c and b Llewellyn 1 K. S. Ranjiteinbji, st Rob­ son, b LlfcwelJyn .......... P. B. Latham, b Barton .. Relf, c Sprot, b Llewellyn... A. M. Sullivan, c Robson, b Llewellyn ........................ 4 Butt, not out........................ 1 Tate, b Barton ... ........... 1 Bland, c and b Barton B 3, lb 2, nb 1 Total.......... ... 7 ... 6 .. 169 Second innirgs. b Llewellyn ...106 c Robson, b Lle­ wellyn ........ 2 run out ........ 8 lbw, b Llewellyn 16 b Greig ..*. ... 55 lbw, b Greig ... 0 c Bartm, b Lle­ wellyn ........ 3 b Greig ........ 3 not out................. 3 c Steele, b Lle­ wellyn ........ 4 c Webb, b Lle­ wellyn ........ 4 B 6, lb 2 .. 8 H am p sh ire First innings. C. Robson, c Banjitsinbji, b Tate ............................... 6 Capt.Greig, c Tate, b Ki lick 12 E. M. Sprot, b Killick ... 2 Webb, b Tate ................. 3 E. I. M. Barrett, c Relf, b Killick... ................. ... 1 Barton, c Bland, b Tate ...18 Llewellyn, st Butt, b Tate.. 16 A. J. L. Hill, b T ate......... 0 E. C. Lee, b Tate............... 26 Soar, not out...................... 13 D.A.Steele, c Relf, b Killick 0 Leg-byes................. 2 Total.................99 S u ssex . First innings. O. M. R. W. T otal.........212 Second innings. c and b Tate ... 1 c Killick, b Relf 19 lbw, b Tate..........60 b Bland ..........15 b Bland .......... run out .......... b Tate................. b Tate................. b Tate................. c Butt, b Killick not out................ B 13, lb 4 ... Total ......... 5 Llewellyn......... 29 7 89 6 ... Soar ................. 16 7 32 1 ...........15 Barton ..........12*5 5 32 3 ...........11 Hill... 9 Greig. 16 Barton delivered a no-ball. H am psh ire First innings. O. M. B. W. Second innings. O. M. R. W. 31-2 7 119 6 8 15 0 3 18 0 4 19 0 4 33 3 T a te .......... Krllick .. Banjitsinbji 17-3 4 . 14 7 . 3 0 15 0 Second innings. O. M R. W. 38 10 86 5 1 . 145 ...... 1 Bland 12 Vine.. 1 Relf... 15 30 0 0 P ORTRAIT MEDALLIONS OF POPULAR CBICKFTERS—W . G. Oiacr, K. S. Ranjit­ sinbji, C. B. Fry, C. J. Kortright, A. i;. MacLaren, A. E. Stoddart, J. R. Mason, G. L. Jessop, Abel, Richardson, Bayward, Lockwood, Bearne (Alec).— Price 2d. each, post free, 3d, or the set of 13, post free, 2s. 2 d.— M e r r it t a k d H a ic iie r , Lto., 168, Upper Thamt a Street, London.