Cricket 1901

A u g . 29, 1901. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 373 G L O U C E S T E R S H IR E v . S U R R E Y . b o a r d ’ s BENEFIT MATCH. P layed at B ristol on A u gu st 22, 23 and 24. D raw n. The Surrey men were seen to very great advantage on the first day of this match, scoring 414 for the loss of four tickets. The first long partnership was that between Abel and Mr. Leveson-Gower; it produced 170 for the second wicket in a couple of hours, both men playing bright and attractive cricket. Then came a long partnership between Abel and Hayward. This produced 129 in an hour and a-half, at the end of -which Abel’s delightful innings came to a close by a fine piece of stumping; he had been batting for four hours and ten minutes, and had not made a mistake of any kind in patting together his 168. Before stumps were drawn Hayward and Mr. Dowson had put on 45 for the fifth wicket, and were still together. Hayward, who, as uBual began somewhat slowly, suddenly woke up when he had made 60 and scored 18 off an over of Mr. brown, his hits including a big drive for six. On the next day the innings closed sooner than had been anticipated, but Bayward and Mr. Dowson both got into the nineties before they were dismissed. Gloucestershire began badly enough, losing four wickets for 50, but Mr. Brown and Mr. Bice made a very useful stand, and after­ wards the latter and Mr. ( hampain did so well that when stumps were drawn the total was 240 for five wickets; Bice being not out 63 and Champain not out 60. Thus Gloucestershire were still 889 runs behind. The last five wickets fell for an addition of 108 runs, so that Gloucestershire had to follow-on with 221 runs to wipe off to save the innings defeat, ihey did not begin very well, and when three wickets were down things looked black. It was then that ftir. Je?sop, who has done very little for some time, played one of the remarkable innings which have made his name so famous, and thanks to him Gloucestei shire were able to make a draw, although it was not till quite late in the day that a draw was a certainty. When the pame ended Gloucestershire were 50 runs on with thrte wickets in hand, so that they had to thank Mr. Jessop a great deal for their escape from a severe defeat. Mr. Jessop was pretty badly missed when he had made 61, and this had much to do with the result. S u bbey . Abel,stBoard,bTowns- V. F. S. Crawford, c end .........................163 D. L. A. Jephson, run out ........................ 27 H. D. G. Leveson- Gower, c Board, b - - ■ .. 100 ... 3 b 95 Roberts Baker, run out ... Hayward, c Spry, Townsend.......... E. M Dowson, c and b "Wilkinson Langdon, b Roberts 11 Brockwell, c Rice, b Townsend ....... 5 Lees, c Wilkinson, b Townsend ...... 34 Stedman, not out ...29 Richardson, b "Wil­ kinson ......... ... 7 B 4, lb 1, w 4 ... 9 K E N T v. Y O R K S H IR E . Played at Canterbury on A u gu st 22, 23, and 24. Y orksh ire won b y 247 runs. Kent had the misfortune in this match to have to bat in the fourth innings n a wict et which had for some time begun to wear, and against two such bowlers as Birst and Bhodes, who are almost ir­ resistible when there is a flaw in the wicket, they fared like other teams who have had to meet them in similar circumstances. Up to the end of the first day’s play Kent had nothing to fear; they had got Yorkshire out for 251 and had scored 33 without the loss of a wicket. On the next morning they had 170 on the board for the loss of three wickets, and at this period of the game they seemed to have a very good chance of beating their powerful opponents. But from this moment the fortunes of the game changed in favour of Yorkshire, who gradually went ahead, until at the last they inflicted a crushing defeat on the Kent team. Throughout the match runs had to be worked for, and it was a very good performance in the Yorkshire first innirgs for Tunnicliffe to score 71. Perhaps the best cricket seen during the match was when Mr. Burnup and Mr. Mason were partners in the first innings of Kent. They had to put in all they knew, but oy splendid cricket they scored 118 runs together in an hour and a half, and it is just possible that if after Mr. Mason^s dismissal someone of the new comers had kept up his wicket the result of the match might have been different. As things were Hirst and ± hodee, as soon as they once got a start, created a panic and tbe nnings was soon brought to a conclusion. Instead of ha\ing to go in ag inst a fairly large balance, as had at one time seemed probable, Yorkshire found themselves leading by 45 runs, and by the end of the second day they had increased this by 18 1 for the loss of five batsmen, so that with the wicket beginning to wear badly they were in a most satisfactory position. On Saturday when their innings whs concluded they were able to put Kent in to make 311 in four hours and a quarter. The ►pectatois were not long left in doubt as to what would happen, for it waf obvious from the first that it would be exceedingly difficult to make any headway apainst Hirst, anu of the hoe side only one man, Mr. Blaker, ever looked like making runs Hirst had the sp'endid analysis of seven wickets for 24 runs. This was Yorkshire’s twentieth victory in the t hampionship this year, and brought their season to a close. Y obksh ibe . First innings. Second innings. Brown, b B lythe................. 2 b Blythe ..........! Tunnicliffe, b Bradley ...71 st Huish,b Blythe 30 Denton, c Bly’ he, b Bradley 38 c Mason, b Blythe 34 'J .L.Taylor.cMason.bHythe 41 Hirst, c Mason, b Blythe ... 10 T ota l......... 579 G loucestebshibe . First innings. Second innings. S U S S E X v. M ID D L E S E X . Played at B righton on A u gust 22, 23 and 24. D raw n . While Kent were struggling hopelessly at Canter­ bury on a worn wicket on Saturday, the Middlesex men were fortunate in having to bat against bowlers who had been at work for nearly two whole days, for being 212 runs \ ehind on the first innings they had been allowed to follow on. Under th se circumstances, with such a strong batting team as is possessed at this time of the year by Middlesex, it was not at all surprising that they should have made a more than creditable draw, although the wicket was worn at one end. On the first day, Sussex ran up a total of 398 for six wickets, Mr. Fry, Ranjitsinhji and Mr. Latham all being in great form. Fry scored his 149 in four hours. When stumps were drawn Latham was not out 111. On the next morni g le increased this by 61, his whwle innings, which was admirable in every way, lasting for ten minutes less than Fry’s. The Middlesex first .nnings came to a close just before the tim^ fu r draw­ ing stumps. At one time it looked as if the innings would have been ended very much sooner, for five wickets were down for 118, but in the course of the next hour Mr. B>Banquet and Mr. Wells got the upper hand and increased the total by 115. On Saturday, in the follow-on, Mr. J. Douglas and Mr. Warner, after playing themselves in carefully, put up 89 for the first wicket, but Mr. Beldam was out first ball. Fry then went on—a most unusual thing this year—and off his third ball Warner was missed in the slips, and this was tire turning point of the innings. Tbe third wicket fell at 153, and at lunch-time the score was 160. At 173, R. N. Douglas played on, and with four wickets down Middlesex were not by any means out of the wood. Meanwhile, Warner had p ayed beautiful cricket, but at last he was brilliantly caught by Ranjitsinhji off a tremendously hard hit; he had been batting for two hours and a half for his 112. Still Middlesex was not safe, but some g< od cricket by Bosanquet and Wells, and a very fine innii gs by Mr More soon made a drawn game a cer ainty. W hen stumps wert* drawn More had just reached his hundrea, after \ atting for hours. Middlesex were then 189 runs to the good with a couple of wickets in hand. S u ssex . Wrathall, c Stedman, b Richardson........................ C.L.1 ownsend,stStedman,b Jephson ........................ Langdon, b Jephson G. L. Jessop, b Jejhson ... 24 W. S. A. Brown, b Dowson 69 0 cAbel,bBrockwell 4 5 c Stedson,b Rich­ ardson ......... 45 c Brockwell, b Dowson ..........18 not out.................125 c Baker, b Brock­ well ................ 14 F. Mitchell, b Humphreys 36 Wainwright, b Mason ... 16 E. Smiih, b Mason ......... 13 Lord Hawke, b Mason ... 2 Rhodes, cHuish, b Mason.. 11 Hunter, not out ... .......... 2 B 6, lb 2, nb 1 ......... 9 cHearne b Blythe c Hak^r,b Hum­ phreys c Hearne,b Brad­ ley .. ... ... 47 c and b Bradley 44 b Hearne .........19 b Hearne ... ... cb earne,b Blythe notout.. .......... B8, lb 1, w l 10 R. W. Rice, c Richardson, b Brockwell........................Ill not out... F. H. B. Champain, c Hay­ ward, b Dowson ......... Board, lbw, b Jephson .. Spry, b Jephson................ Wilkinson, b rrockwell .. Roberts, not o u t .............. B 8, lb 9, w 3, nb 1 . 73 . 0 21 b Lees ... b Jephson 44 b Jephson.......... B 20, lb 5, nb 1 ! Total . 348 Total (7 wkts) 281 O. Roberts... 38 Townsend 39 Brown ... 42 S u bbey. M. R. W. 13 107 2 3 165 4 6 129 0 O. Wilkinson 27 Spry ... 11 M. R. W. 4 124 2 2 45 0 Spry delivered two wides and Roberts and Townsend each a wide. G louoestebshibe . 0. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 16 2 68 1 ......... 6 1 30 1 31 6 71 6 ......... 17 4 46 2 12 2 36 0 ......... 20 7 62 1 33 2 12 91 2 .. .. 16 4 t:4 2 20 9 43 2 ......... 8 2 88 1 4 0 12 0 ......... 6 2 19 0 2 0 6 0 ......... 1 0 1 0 Hayward......... 1 1 0 0 Leveson-Gower. 1 1 0 0 Bicbardson Jephson... Lees.......... Brockwell Dowson ... Abel.......... Crawford Dowson bowled two no-balls, and Richardson, Brock­ well and Abel one wide each. Total .......... ,..261 K e n t . First innings. C.J. Burnup, c'lunnicliffe,b Rhodes...............................83 E. W. Dillon, b Rhodes ... 22 S. H. Day, lbw, b b irst ... 2 B earne, c B unter, b Rhodes 5 J.R.Mason,cHirst,b Rhodes 51 P. C. Baker, b H irst.......... 5 B. N. B. Blaker, b Rhodes 3 Humphreys, st Hunter, b Rhodes...............................18 Huish, c and b Rhodes ... 0 Blythe, not out ................. 5 W.M.Bradley, cTunnicliffe, b Bhodes ........................ 0 B 8, lb 4 ..........12 Total......... Total . 265 C. B. Fry, c Wells, b T rott..........................149 Vine, c McGregor, b Bosanquet ... ... 10 Killick, c R. Douglas, b Wells ................... 29 K.S.Ranjitsinhji,c and b More P. B . Latham, c Douglas, b More Marlow, b Trott... R. 74 . 172 5 Relf,lbw,b Bosanquet 13 F.H.Gresson, c Wells, b Trott .................16 Butt, b More .......... 2 Tate, not out ..........11 Bean (J.), st Mac­ Gregor, b Trott ... 7 B 8, lb 3, w 2 ... 13 Total ...601 Second innings. c and b Hirst ... cb unter.bBhodes lbw, b Rhodes ... 10 b Hirst.................0 cMitchell,b Hirst 7 b Birst ........... 6 b Hirst.................22 b Hirst................. c and b Bhodes not out................. b Hirst................. Leg-byes ... Bradley B lythe......... M ason......... Heame........ Humph.eys... Dillon ......... burnup .. 2(6 Y o b k sh ib e First innings. U. M. R 25 19 23-1 11 15 2 12 4 5 3 4 0 w. 2 .. 3 ... 4 ... 0 ... 1 ... 0 ... 0 Total ......... 63 Second innings. O. M. R. W. . 21*4 6 7 , 30 11 13 6 59 85 0 20 0 Bumphreys delivered a no-ball and Mason a wide. KkNT. First inniags. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hirst .......... 29 5 78 2 ................. 8*2 1 24 7 Rhodes ... 81‘4 11 65 8 .......... 1 36 3 Smith .......... 7 2 21 0 ................. B row n.......... 5 0 18 0 ................. Wainwright 8 2 22 0 ................. First innings. J. Douglas, c Belf, b Vine,.. 35 P. F. Warner, c Butt, b Relf 17 G. W . Beldam, b Relf ... 7' W.P.Robertson,c andbVine 29 R. N. Douglas, b Gresson 17 B. J. T. Bosanquet, b Tate 53 C. M. Wells, not ou t..........69 R. E. More, b Tate .......... 1 Trott, b Vine........................10 G.MacGregor, c butt, b Tate 2 Hearne (J. T.), run out ... 4 B 17, lb 7, nb 1..........25 Total ........ 289 S u ssex. M. R. W. Second innings, c Butt, b Killick.. 30 c Ranjitsinbji, b rJ a te .................112 c banjitsinhji, b Killick ... 0 st Butt, b Gresson 23 b Tate................. 8 b Bean.................49 b Tate.................28 not o u t .. .. ..1 0 1 b Killick ..........33 not out .......... 0 B13, lb 2,w l,nbl 17 Total (8 wkts) 401 O. . O. M . R. W. Trolt ... 53 10 153 4 1Wells ... 23 2 90 1 Bosanquet 17 1 80 2 | M ore ... 27 8 68 3 Hearne ...22 6 60 0 j J.Douglas 10 1 87 0 Bosanquet bowled two wides. M id d le s e x . Relf ... Vine ... Gresson Tate ... Bean ... First innings. O. M. R. W. .......... 23 9 61 2 .. .......... 42 8 134 3 .. Second fnnings. O. M. R. W . 13 4 , 19*2 6 . 1 1 , 31 17 10 37 Killick ... 6 Fry .......... 3 Ranjitsinhji 5 Tate and Relf each delivered a no-ball and Ranjit­ sinbji bowled a wide. 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