Cricket 1901

3 8 2 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. A u g . 2 9 , 1901. L A N C A S H IR E v . L E IC E S T E R S H IR E . P layed at O ld Trafford on A u gust 26, 27 & 28. Abandoned. Owing to rain play was abandoned on Monday after luncheon, while previous to this the players had twi e to return for shelter to the pavilion. Lancashire, or rather Mr. Garnett, made the very best use of ihe time, the total being taken to 112. Mr. Garnett was then bowled for 82. an altogether remarkable innings. The wicket was plow after rain on Sunday night, and which was put together by fine bitting all round the wicket in an hour and a quarter. Mr. Maclaren, who went in first with him playfd a very quiet game, and was not out 25, when play was abandoned for the day. On Tuesday morning. Mr. Maclaren, who has at last plaved himself into his true form, gave a splendid exhibition of forcible batting, which in all lasted for two hou 8 and a quarter. At one period he scored 50 in 35 minutes. while Tyldesley made 9. In the course of his innings he brought his total to over a thousand. He was enabled to declare his innings, when eight wickpts were down. Leicestershire, in an unthankful position, began badly, and when their innings ended just before stumps were drawn, were 188 runs behind. Yesterday rain again interrupted play, and at 3.45 the match was abandoned. L an c a sh ir e . Ward, not o u t ..........15 Cuttell, c Geeson, b Gill ........................ 9 Hibbert, c Wood, b Geeson ................. 4 B 12, w 1, nb 1.. 14 A. C. MacLaren, b King ...................114 H. G. Garnett, b Coe 82 Tyldpsley. c De Tr.»f- ford, b King .......10 A. E^cles, b Odell ... 16 Hallows, b Gepson ... 32 Barnes, st Whiteside, Total (8 wkts) *328 b Geeson .............. 32 Webb and Smith did not bat. * Innings declared closed. L e ic e s te b s h ib e . C. E. de Trafford, c -------- ... 1 b ... 11 ... 1 b 9 Ward, b Barnes C. J. B. Wood, Barnes .......... Knight, b Barnes King, c Hallows, Barnes ................. R. Macdonald, b Cut­ tell ........................30 T ota l...................140 Brown, c Garnett, b Barnes .................23 Second innings: C. E. de Trafford, not out, 26 ; C J. B. Wood, not out, 28.—Total, 54. L a n c a sh ib e . O. M. R. W. Coe, b Cuttell ...... 21 Geeson, b Barnes ... 13 W .W. Odell, b Cuttell 0 Whiteside, c Ward, b Cuttell ..............12 Gill, not out ...... 11 Byes ............... 8 Gill Coe O. M. R. W. . 11 0 50 1 . 15 4 53 1 King.......... 20 2 77 2 Odell.......... 27 6 79 1 Geeson ... 11*3 1 55 3 King delivered a no-ball and Odell a wide. L eicestebsh ibe . First innings. Second innir gs. O. M.R. W . O. M. R. W 13 8 21 0 .......... 3 0 9 0 29 7 70 6 . 9 511 0 . 18-3 10 80 4 . Webb Barnes ... Hallows ... Cuttell ... 0 29 0 0 16 0 S U R R E Y v . S U S S E X . P layed at the O val on A u gu st 26, 27 and 28. D raw n . Under ordinary circumstances this match would have aroused the greatest interest in London, and all the world would have gone to see the two famous pairs of batsmen, hanjitsinbji and Fry, and Abel and Hay­ ward. But on Sunday night the weather—which had been so delightful—began to turn, and it was so cold and bleak on Monday mornintr following a wet night, and there was such strong promise of more rain, that it was surprising that so many people put in an appearance at the Oval. As things turned out play was only possible from a quarter to one until luncheon. During this time 8urrey made an excellent beginuing by scoring 73 runs without loss on a soft and not vrry easy wicket. On the following morning the weather was again unpromising, but much progress was made with the game on a wicket which had been dried by tbe wind. Abel did not last for long, but Hayes was in great form, and when he was joined by Mr. Crawford the Sussex bowlers had rather a bad time of it. The two men put on 88 in partnership in three-quarters of an hour, and then Hayes was caught when he seemed going strong for his hundred. Another fine stand was made ty Hayward and Crawford, aud at lunch time the score was 249 for three wickets, whicb was a very satisfactory total indeed. Mr. Crawford was then gettiug very near to his hundred, but. almost immediately after the game was resumed he was well stumped; his 78 was a very fine innings and included a five and ten fours. Hayward was not long in following him after making 46 by excellent cricket; he was rather badly hurt j ust before lunch by a rising ball. After this thpre was a break-down in the batting and Tate did the hat trick. Still, the total was quite large enough under the circumstances to cause some anxiety to thp Sussex men, who began as usual with Mr. Fry and Vine. With the total at 23 for no wicket rain came down and twice stopped play for a few minutes. Shortly after the second adjourn­ ment Vine was bowled, and the rain stopped play for the day. Yesterday Sussex would have been in a very tight place if ithad not been for Mr. Fry’s brilliant crinket, for Killick, Ranjitsinhji, and Mr. Latham all did nothing. Fortunately Mr. Fry found a very useful partner in Mr. Brann, and things soon looked better. Fry added 71 runs to his overnight total in an hour and a half, always picking out the right ball to hit and playing perfect cricket. Altogether his inniDgs lasted for two hours and twenty minutes. Despite his fine play seven wickets were down for 187, but the tail, especially Mr. Gresson. did splendidly, and Surrey only had a small lead. In the second inniDgs of Surrey Vine was on the warpath, and few men could stand before him. But Abel played a fine game, and later Mr. Dow?on, Mr. Jephson, and Baker did well. So much time had been lost through rain that there was never much chance of finishing the match, although things went badly with Surrey at the commencement of their second inniDgs. S u r r e y . First inniDgs. Second innings. Abel, h Bean........................... 41 b Vine............. 40 D. L. A. Jephson, b Relf ... 9 not o u t................ 18 Hayes, c Fry. b Gresson ... 80 b Vine................. 4 V.F. S. Crawford, st Butt, b Tate ............................... 78 c Vine, b Tate ... 3 Hayward, c RanjitsiDhji, b Tate ............................... 46 b Vine.......... ... 0 E. M. Dowson, c and b Vine 18 c Gresson, b Vine 28 Baker (A.), c Ranjitsinhji, b Tate.......... .................. 0 not out............. 18 Holland, st Butt, b Tate ... 0 c Relf, b Vine ... 1 Lees, c Ranjitsinhji, b Vine 0 Stedman, not out................. 5 Smith, st Butt, b Tate ... 6 B 17, lb 5 ..................... 22 B 5, lb 4 ... 9 Total ................ 305 Total (6 wkts) 121 S ussex . Relf, c Hayes, b Hay­ ward ........................ 6 F. H. Gresson, c Hay­ ward, b Dowson ... 46 Butt, c Lees, b Smith 24 Tate, not out .......... 14 Bean, b Sm ith.......... 1 B 11, lb 5, nb 1... 17 9 C. B. Fry, lbw, b Hay­ ward ..........................105 Vine, b Lees ..............12 Killick, c Jephson, b Smith ................ K. S. Ranjitsinhji, c Baker, b bmith P. H. Latham, b lees ........................ G. Brann, b Dowson... SUBBEY. First innings. O. M. R. W. Total ..271 Second innings. Tate......... ... 30 8 79 5 .......... 11 3 *7 1 B«-an ... 9 1 31 1 .......... 4 0 IS 0 Killick .. ... 7 2 15 0 .......... 6 4 4 0 Vine......... ... 12 2 39 2 .......... 23 5 57 5 Relf ... .. ... 32 6 96 1 .......... Gresson .. ... 9 3 23 1 .......... Brann.......... 2 1 6 0 S u ssex . O ? O M. R. W. Smith .. 29-2 4 96 4 1Dowson.. 11 1 51 2 Lees .. 28 10 60 2 |Jephson . 2 0 9 0 Hayward 12 2 38 2 1 Dowson bowled one no-ball. M ID D L E S E X v . K E N T . P layed at L ord ’s on A u gu st 26, 27 and 28. D raw n. There was just about as much cricket at Lord’s as at the Oval on Monday, that is to say, about an hour and a quarter. In that time Kent scored 79 for one wicket, Mr. Dillon being not out 30 and Mr. Day not out 33. The former was decidedly in luck’s way, for he was missed three or four times. On a soft wicket the game was resumed at the usual time on Tupsday, and Kent had reason to congratulate themselves on the position in which they found themselves at lunch time, their score being 263 for seven wickets. Mr. Dillon and Mr. Day both did well, and their example was followed by Alec Hearne and Mr. Mason. But the chief feature of the innings was the splendid bat­ ting of Mr. Marchnnt, who always seems in form, no matter how Jittle first-class cricket he may play. At luncheon he was not out 84 with a very fair chance of making his hundred. He was not long in accomplish­ ing the feat, and n- had only been at the wicket for an hour and ten minutes when he made hishundredth run. He was then caught at mid-off, his innings being one of the finest aud most useful he has ever played. With the total at 301 for 8 wickets Mr. Mason, who, asa fine sportsman, does not mind a littl<* risk if he sees a chance of winning, declared the innings closed. Middlesex had then a bad time of it. Fortunately,Mr. Beldam played an admirable inning-, making 31 out of 53, and later, Mr. Bosanquet held out against the attack. But the innings was nearly over before stumps were drawn, and Middlesex were under the necessity of following on. This time they did much better. Mr. J. Douglas was in fine form and scored 62 in an hour and twenty minutes, hitting well when the least opportunity offered itself; Mr. Beldam held on to his end until defeat was practically out of the question; Mr. Robertson played a very good inninps and Mr. Bosanquet again distinguished himself. Thus Middlesex easily saved themselves from defeat. K e n t . C.J.Bumup, c Warner, b H eam e....................14 E. W . Dillon, c More, b Wells .................56 S. H. Day, lbw, b W ells....................... 41 Hearne (A.), lbw, b Wells........................21 J. R. Mason, c and b Rawlin .................37 F. Marchant, c Wells, b Trott ................. 100 P. C. Baker, c Robert- scn , b Rawlin.......... 0 R. N. R. Blaker, c Wells, b Trott ... 12 Huish, not o u t ............18 Byes ................. 2 Total (8 wkts) *301 Blythe and W . M. Bradley did not bat. Innings declared closed. M id d le s e x . First innings. P. F. Warner, c Bradley, b B lythe..............................12 J, Douglas, b Blythe.......... 8 G. W. Beldam, c Hearne, b Bradley ........................30 W.P. Kobertson, c Dillon, b Blythe................ ... 0 R. N. Douglas, b Bradley... 15 B.J. T. Bosanquet, c Baker. b Mason ....................... 32 C.M.Wells,cHui8h,b Mason 1 R.E.More.cHearne,b Mason 2 Trott (A. E.), not out ... 24 Rawlin, c and b Bradley ... 8 Hearne (J. T.), b A. Hearne 1 Second innings. c Hearne,bBlythe 14 b Blythe ......... 62 c A. Hearne, b Bradley ..........36 41 20 Total ........ 133 K e n t . b Blythe b Mason not out... notout... c Burnup,b Brad­ ley .......... ... 4 B 7, w 5, lb 2 14 Total (6 wkts) 234 Trott... Hesrne Wells O. M. R. W . O. M . R. W. , 28 5 7 96 2 Rawlin ... 11 1 36 2 ,15 4 34 1 More ... 8 2 25 0 .27 8 79 3 Bosanquet 4 0 29 0 M id d le se x . First innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Blythe ........... 18 10 30 3 ............ 29 14 56 3 Hearne (A.) ... 12 3 3 35 1 ............ 14 5 26 0 Mason ........... 14 2 34 3 ............ 17 3 56 1 Bradley........... 11 3 34 3 ........... 10 4 22 2 Dillon.. 6 1 16 0 Burauy 4 0 22 0 Day ... 1 0 12 0 Blaker.. 1 0 10 0 Burnup delivered one and Day four wides, and Mason two no-balls. S O M E R S E T S H IR E v . G L O U C E S T E R ­ S H IR E . P layed at Taunton on A u gu st 26, 27 and 28. Som erset w on b y 75 runs. There was more cricket at Taunton than at any other first-class county ground on Monday, but even here play was only possible for three hours and a half. The weather was so cold that the fieldsmen looked very unhappy. Somerset did very well indeed, scoring 2*3 for 6 wickets. Everybody who went in helped more or less towards the total, but only two men made large scores, viz., Braund and Gill. The former scored 88 in two hours and a half by excellent all-round cricket, most of his runs being made by drives, while the latter, in partnership with Mr. Bernard, made hay with the bowling. Off eighteen successive balls the two batsmen made 77 runs. Gill was not able to resume his in n iD gs on Tuesday m o ra iD g , but Mr. Bernard again played a fine and bold game, and thanks largely to him the score at lunch time, when the in n iD g s came to an end, was 379. Mr. Bernard just managed to reach his hundied in time; he had played a first-class innings, which had lasted for two hours and a quarter. With Wrathall and Mr. Rice Gloucestershire made a fine start, the professional hitting boldly and well. At the end of the day he had made 163 not out, the h’ghest score of his career, while Mr. W. S. A. Brown was going very strong with 36 not out. The total was 239 for four wickets. Yesterday Wrathall increased his total by thirteen, his entire inniDgs havrng lasted for two hours and a half only. Nobody e lse did much, and Somersetshire had a lead of 72 runs. Braund played brilliant cricket in the Somerset second inmags,