Cricket 1901

S e p t . 5 , 1 9 0 1 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 3 8 9 S U S S E X v . K E N T . MR. FRY’ S FIFTH CONSECUTIVE INNINGS OF A HUNDRED. P layed at B righ ton on A u gu st 29, 30, and 31. D raw n. K en t w ere h attin g for the whole of the first d ay in th is m atch, and ran up a score w hich w as b ig enough to m ake them alm ost certain to avoid defeat in these short days. T h e chief features of the innings w ere the scores of M r. Burnup and A lec H earne, the form er p layin g most brillian t cricket for tw o hours and a h a lf for his score of 111, the latter go in g steadily on his w ay for three hours and a quarter for 89, m aking no m istakes and takin g no risks. Good cricket was also played b y M r. M ason and M r. Baker, but M r. D illon, who seems able to give chances w ith im punity ju st now, was not in his best form . On F rid a y a certain amount of extra interest was given to the gam e by the position in w hich M r. F ry stood in the totals for the season. H e had scored 2902 runs w hen p lay began, w hile Abel, who had also to go in on the same day at the O val, stood at 2943, so th at a good innings by either player m ight give him w h at honour there w as in being the first in the season to score 3000. A s th in gs turned out both men reached this total on F rid ay, M r. F ry being the first to do so. A t lunch tim e he required eigh t runs to accom plish the feat and ten run 8 to m ake his hundred, w hich w ould be the fifth in successive innings. T h e runs were soon made and he then began to hit very hard, scoring his last fo rty runs in tw en ty m inutes. A lto geth er his fine innings lasted for tw o hours and three quarters ; it had the greater m erit in that it was not played on an ideal w icket. M eanwhile V in e plodded on for about four hours over one of his v e ry useful innings, and although R a n jitsin h ji was not in lu ck’s w ay— th at is to say, he only scored 30— the total at the end of the day was 408 for four w ickets. On Saturday m orning M r. Brann played a splendid innings, h ittin g very hard when opportunity offered, and doing the best possible th in g for his side. W hen R a n jit­ sin h ji declared he had scored 109 in tw o hours and a quarter. I n the course of his in n in gs he h it four 4’ s o ff consecutive balls from M r. D illon. T h ere was not very much chance of finishing the m atch when K en t w ent in a second tim e w ith a balance of 171 to w ipe off, and although th ey lost M r. D illo n and M r. B urnup fo r 62, all danger of defeat w as averted b y the fine cricket played b y M r. M ason and M r. D ay, and afterw ards b y M r. B aker. K ent . First innings. Second inniDgs. C. J. Burnup, c Killick, b Bland ................. ..........Ill c Butt, b Vine ... 24 E. W . Dillon, cButt, bTate 38 c Ranjitsinhji, b Tate.................17 S. H. Day, c and b Tate ... 7 b K eif.................36 Hearoe (A.), c Butt, b Relf 89 c Butt, b Vine ... 2 J. R. Mason, c and b Vine.. 43 c and b Tate ... 85 R.N.R.Blaker,cButt,bTate 4 c Butt, b Relf ...88 P. C. Baker, c Butt, b Tate. 44 not out................ 75 Humphreys, c Bland, b Tate 1 c Gresson, b Relf 2 Huish, c and b T a te .......... 6 c and b Relf ... 0 Blythe, b Vine ................. 4 c Bland, b Brann 17 W. M. Bradley, not out ... 0 c Relf, b Tate .. 10 B 10, lb 7, w 3, nb 1... 21 B 10, lb 1, nb 2 13 Total .................368 Sussex. C. B. Fry, st Huish, b Dillon ......... ...140 Vine, b Humphreys... 84 Killick, c and bHearne 70 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, c Dillon,b Humphreys 80 P. H. Latham, run out 23 G. Brann, not out ..109 Relf,cDillon,b Mason 39 F.H.Gresson, b Mason 1 Butt, not out .......... 7 B 28, lb 3, w 4, nb 1 36 Total (7 wkts) *539 Tate and Bland did not bat. * Innings declared closed. K ent . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. K. W. R elf................. 20 6 75 1 ............ 26 8 76 4 Tate................. 35 12 67 6 ............ 32 4 109 3 Vine ..................‘24*4 3 87 2 ............. 21 7 60 2 Bland ... 21 2 89 1 ........... 4 3 8 0 Gresson ........... 14 5 20 0 ............ 4 0 42 0 Killick ... 6 3 9 0 ........... 2 0 6 0 Brann......... 1 0 6 1 Vine delivered a wide and two no-balls, Bland two wides, and Killick a no-ball. S u ssex . O. M. R. W. Blythe ... 34 10 68 0 Dillon ... 17 2 85 1 Mason ... 80 6 62 2 Bradley ..2 3 8 65 0 O. M. R. W. Humphr’ys 32 6 98 2 Hearne ... 33 10 83 1 Burnup ... 11 2 44 0 Mason bowled three wides, Bradley one wide, and Humphreys one no-ball. Total ...319 S U R R E Y v . M ID D L E S E X . P layed at the O val on A u gu st 29, 30 and 31. Abandoned. W h en M iddlesex ended th eir first innings for a total of 319 th ey seemed to have done p retty w ell, for at the end of A u gu st the h eavy dews are sometimes lik e ly to bring about the dism issal of several famous batsmen before luncheon. B u t from the first the Su rrey men w ent v e ry strong, and b y the end of the second d ay th ey had headed the M iddlesex total b y more than a hundred, and had still h alf th eir w ickets in hand, w hile possibly if it had not been for the rain on Saturday th ey m igh t have brought off a victory. T h e M iddlesex first innings was chiefly rem arkable for the fine cricket played b y M r. Bosanquet, w ho came in when the fortunes of his side w ere at a very low ebb, and receiving valuable help from the tail, even tu ally brought th e innings to a satis­ factory conclusion. W h en M iddlesex w ent in th ey found very great difficulty in p layin g the bow lin g, and before lunch on ly 82 runs w ere m ade in about a couple of hours, M r. W arn er and M r. Beldam both p layin g safe and good cricket. A lte r lunch th in gs w ent bad ly, and six w ickets were down for 111. T h en the tide was turned b y M r. Bosanquet and M r. More, the latter p layin g an innings w hich, although it o n ly produced 20 runs, was of the greatest value, for it was m ade at a tim e w hen a few hits w ere bad ly w anted. A lb ert T ro tt was in his m ost attractive form and R aw lin played a v e ry useful innings. B u t all this would not h ave availed m uch if it had not been for M r. Bosanquet’s splendid innings ; he was battin g for tw o hours and a quarter, and during the latter p art of his innings h it out w ith vigour. S u rrey had a quarter of an hour’s b attin g. M r. Jephson took B aker in w ith him , and w hen stumps wore draw n the total w as 20 for no w icket. On the n ext m orning M r. Jephson was fin ely caught and bow led for 20, but B aker played a great gam e in partnership w ith H ayes, the tw o men p u ttin g on 101 runs for the second w icket in an hour and a quarter, H ayes p layin g a d eligh tfu l innings, w hile B aker contented him self w ith keeping up his w icket and scoring slow ly. T h en came A bel, who required 57 runs to com plete his third thousand fo r the season. A t luncheon he had made 47 of them and soon afterw ards made the rem aining ten. H e played b righ t cricket, and when stum ps w ere draw n was not out w ith 155 to h is credit. H ayw ard was also in fine form , and helped A b el to pu t on 127 runs. A t the end of the d ay the Surrey total was 434 for five w ickets. O n Saturday, M r. Jephson declared ju st before one o’clock. A bel carried his bat for a w onderfully good in n in gs of 205, w h ich had taken him five hours and a quarter to put togeth er; his cricket was alw ays attractive and fu ll o f resource. A t lunch-tim e M iddlesex had scored 62 for the loss of M r. W arn er and M r. D ouglas, and as th ey were still 178 runs behind, their position was by no means happy. B u t when fou r more runs had been made after lunch rain cam e down and there was no more p lay. M idd lesex . First innings. Second innings. P. F. Warner, b Dowson ... 48 b Dowson ........36 J. Douglas, b Smith .......... 7 o Hayward, b D ow son..........12 G. W . Beldem, c Stedman, b Richnrdson .................20 notout.............. 4 W. P. Roherthon, b Dowson 14 not out................ 0 R. N. Douglap, b Dowson... 3 B. J. T. Bosanquet, c Craw­ ford, b Smith ........ 113 C. M. Wells, b Richardson 7 R. E. More, c Richardson, b Smith ........................28 Trott, b Lees.. ................. 44 Rawlin, b Jephson ..........16 Hearne, not out ................. 5 B 8, lb 4, w 1, nb 1 ... 14 Byes................. 14 Total D. L. A. Jephson, c and b Wells ......... 20 Baker (A.), b Bawlinl02 Hayes, b Kosanquet... 57 Abel, notout ..........205 Hayward, lbw, b Bosanquet ..........64 V. F. S. Crawford, b Rawlin ........ ... 8 Richardson did not bat. .. .. 319 Total (2 wkts) 66 S ubbey . E. M. Dowson, b Raw­ lin ........................20 Lees, cMore, b Rawlin 0 Stedman, b Rawlin ... 36 Smith, not o u t ..........15 B 31, lb 1 ..........32 Total (8 wkts)*559 M id d le se x . First innings. Secood innings. O . M . R . W. O . M . R . W. Richardson ..28 8 85 2 .. ... 10-4 5 16 0 Smith .. 22 5 10 58 3 .. ... 5 1 14 0 Dowson ... .. 23 2 70 3 .. ... 3 1 7 2 lees.......... .. 14 1 51 1 .. ... 2 0 10 0 Jephson ... . . 9 0 41 1 .. ... 4 1 5 0 Richardson bowled one wide and one no-ball. T rott......... Rawlin Wells . .. J. Douglas SUBBEY. O. M. R. W. 86 9 117 0 40 14 68 5 27 6 61 1 6 0 20 0 O. M.R. W. More.......... 29 4 92 0 Bosanquet. 15 0 79 2 Heame ...32 10 70 0 W O R C E S T E R S H IR E v. G L O U C E S T E R ­ S H IR E . P lay ed at W orcester on A ugu st 29, 30 and 31. W orcestershire w on b y 342 runs. T h e W orcestershire m en w ere in lu ck’s w ay in this m atch, fo r th ey go t G loucestershire out a second tim e, and won the gam e, a m inute or tw o before the time for lunch, after w hich no p lay w ould have been possible on account of h eavy rain. T h e w icket was very g reatly in favour of the bowlers on the first day, and Roberts and W ilson both had fine analyses, w hile no one succeeded in scoring tw en ty w ith the exception of M r. R . E . Foster, w ho p layed an excellent gam e for 42 in the W orcestershire first innings. W hen stumps w ere draw n each side had completed an innings, and W orcestershire, w ith a w icket down in their second innings, w ere 73 runs on. O n F rid a y there was a v e ry different sto ry to tell. A second w icket fe ll in the first over, and then M r. R . E . F oster and M r. W . H . B . E vans gradually go t a com­ m and over the bow lin g un til th ey had com ­ pletely m astered it, and w ere undefeated until th ey had put on 238 ru n sin partnership in three hours. W orcestershire had now an immense advantage, and then M r. Low e com pleted the disorganisation of the Gloucestershire men by scoring a hundred b y the most vigorous h ittin g in about an hour and ten m inutes. I t is curious th at three men on the side each made a hundred, w hile no one else could m ake tw en ty. Gloucestershire had to score 511 to w in, and m ade 30 w ithout loss in a bad lig h t before th e d ay’ s p lay ended. On Saturday, W ra th all and M r. R ice, the not