Cricket 1901

S e p t . 1 9 , 1 9 0 1 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 4 2 9 THE CAREER o f W. LOCKWOOD AS A CRICKETER. In connection with Lockwood’s Benefit match this week (Yorkshirev. Surrey at the Oval), the following notes on Lockwood’s career appeared in the Sportsman last Saturday :— W illiam H . Lockw ood was bom at Old Eadford, in N ottingham shire, on M arch 25, 1868, and the N otts Foretst ground w as the scene of his earliest cricket. P layin g there w ith the Forest W anderers, he had the advantage of early practice w ith such good men as M r. J. A . D ixon and others. H is first appearance for N otts was against G loucestershire, at M orton-in-the-M arsh, in June, 1886, and his last against W a rw ick ­ shire, at Edgbaston, in A u gu st of the follow ­ in g year. In 1887 Lockw ood obtained an engagem ent at the O val, and p layed fo r Surrey as soon as he becam e qualified. H is first m atch for his adopted county was against Essex, at the O val, in M ay, 1889. In all m atches in w hich he has represented S u rrey, Lockwood has commenced 323 innings (not out on 24 occasions) and scored 7,091 runs, an average of 23*71 runs an innings. W ith the b all he has obtained, in the same m atches, 87 0 w ickets for 15*031 runs, or a cost of 17*27 runs each. These figures include all Surrey m atches down to the end of 1900. H is chief scores in im portant m atches are : 168 for S u rrey v. Leicestershire, at Leicester, 1890; 165, Surrey v. Leicestershire, at the O val, 1900 ; 158, Surrey v. W arw ickshire, at the O val, 1895; 131, Surrey v. Lancashire, at the O val, 1899 ; 129, Su rrey v. Som erset­ shire, at Taunton, 1899; 127, Surrey v. W arw icksh ire, at Edgbaston, 1894; 117 not out, S u rrey v. H am pshire, at {Southampton, 1899 ; 109, Surrey v. H am pshire, at the Oval, 1898 ; 104 not out, Surrey v. W orcestershire, a t the O val, 1900; 103, Surrey v . Oxford U n iversity, at the O val, 1898 ; 102, Surrey v. Y orksh ire, at the O val, 1890 ; 102, Surrey v. O xford U n iversity, at O xford, 1892; 100, S urrey v . H am pshire, at the O val, 1891 ; 100, Surrey v. Leicestershire, at the O val, 1898; and 100, Surrey v. Essex, at the O val, 1899. I n 1894-5 he visited A u stralia as a member of M r. Stoddart’s F iis t'le a m . In all first-class m atches in w hich he played in 1899 he scored 1,272 runs and obtained 117 w ickets, and this excellent performance he im proved upon during 1900, when his number of runs and w ickets were 1,367 and 125 respectively. F o r fcurrey v . W arw icksh ire, at the O val, in 1891, Lockwood obtained four w ickets w ith consecutive balls in the first innings of the latter, a perform ance equalled b y few and surpassed by none. One of Lockw ood’s best performances with the bat w as for Surrey against N otts, at the O val, in 1889, when, in a low -scoring match, he and A bel (59) made 140 for the first w icket in the second innings. Lockw ood scored 83 on th is occasion against the bow ling of Sh acklock, A ttew ell, Richardson (H .), Flow ers, Barnes, and M r. D ixon, without g iv in g a chance. Lockw ood has taken part in fourteen p art­ nerships of 150 or more runs in first-class m atches, as fo llo w s: 287 for fifth w icket, with A b el, Surrey v. Lancashire, at the Oval, 1899; 209 for third, w ith A bel, Surrey v. K en t, at the O val, 1898; 208 for fifth, w ith M r. Jephson, Surrey v. Y orkshire, at the O val, 1900 ; 196 for third, w ith A bel, Players v . G entlem en, at the O val, 1899; 195 for third, w ith A bel, Surrey v. W orcestershire, at the O val, 1900 ; 189 fo r sixth, w ith M r. K ey, Surrey v . Y orkshire, at the O val, 1890 ; 183 for fourth, w ith H ayw ard, Su rrey v. Essex, at the O val, 1899 ; 169 for seventh, w ith Air. F . G . J. Ford, M r. Stoddart’s F irst A nglo- A ustralian Team v. E n glan d, at H astings, 1895; 166 for seventh, w ith B rockw ell, Surrey v. G loucestershire, at the O val, 1894 ; 163 for 6ixth, w ith H ayw ard, Su rrey v. Som ersetshire, at Taunton, 1899; 157 for fifth, w ith H ayw ard, Surrey v. D erbyshire, at D erby, 1896 ; 157 for second, w ith A bel, Surrey v. Leicestershire, at the O val, 1900 ; 152 for fifth, w ith H ayw ard, Surrey v. Y o r k ­ shire, at Leeds, 1899 ; and 151 for fifth, w ith A bel, Surrey v. Sussex, at the O val, 1899. H is best performances w ith the ball are (all for S u rre y ;: 8 for 29, v. H ants, at South ­ am pton, 1891 ; 8 for 37, v . W arw icksh ire, at Edgbaston, 1891 ; 5 for 8, v. N otts, at the O val, 18 9 1; 7 for 19, v. K en t, at the O val, 18 9 1; 4 for 9, v. Leicestershire, at Leicester, 1891; 8 for 67, v. N otts, at the O val, 1892 ; 8 for 27, v. D erbyshire, at the O val, 1892 ; 7 for 18, v. W arw ickshire, at the O val, 1892; 5 for 10, v. Som ersetshire, at the O val, 1892; 8 for 39, v. Y orkshire, at Sheffield, 1893, 8 for 33, v. Cam bridge U n iversity, at Cam ­ bridge, 1893 ; 13 for 83, v. K en t, at Catford, 1894 ; 13 for 80, v. K en t, at the O val, 1898 ; 15 for 184, v. G loucestershire, at Cheltenham , 1899; 6 for 18, v. Essex, at L eyton , 1899 ; 14 for 127, v. Essex, at the O val, 1900; and 5 for 8, v. London C oun ty, at the O val, 1900. H e also obtained 8 for 72 for P layers v. Gentlem en, at Scarborough, 1892. F or E ngland v. A ustralia (Test M atch) at the O val, in 1899, he took seven w ickets for 71 runs. Lockw ood has assisted the P layers on thirteen occasions against the G entlem en, first takin g part in these matches in 1892. H e has commenced tw enty-tw o innings (twice not out) and scored 313 runs, giv in g an average of 15 65 runs an innings. In the same matches he has delivered 1,819 balls for 886 runs and 53 w ickets, average 16*71. STAFFORDSHIRE.—Matches played, 10; won, 3; lost, 2 ; Drawn, 5. BATTING AVERAGES. No. Times Most of not Total in an Inns. out. runs. inns. Aver. H. D. Stratton......... 11 ...3 ... fc62 ... 96*.. 45*25 B iow n........................ 13 ... 1 ... 417 ... 93 ... 34 76 Hollowood ... ......... 15 ... 0 ... 345 ... 66 ... 23‘00 J. hedges ................ 7 ... 1 ... 125 .. 39 ... V0>3 Hassal........................ 16 ...4 ... 228 ... 61*... 19 00 P. Briggs ................. 5 ... 0 ... 85 ... 41 ... 17*0J H. C. B. Cummings ... 9 ...1 ... 97 ... 43*... 12*12 Rev.P.E. Mainwaring 9 ... 1 ... 88 ... 30 ... 11*10 Grimshaw ................. 15 .. 2 ... 134 ... 24 ... 10*30 F. H. "Wynne ... ... 6 ... O... 6t ... 21 ... 10 20 G. McHarg................. 8 ... 2 ... 33 ... 10 ... *650 G. Poole ................. 5 ... 0 ... 24 ... 10 ... 4*80 Clbpham ................. 9 ... 1 ... 38 ... 15 ... 4*75 J. T. Fernie................ 5 .. 0 ... 18 ... 9 ... 3.60 The following also batted in less than four innings : J. A. Bourne, 33,12*, and 17 ; G. W. Crane, 0, 1. and 38; B.H. Cattell, 0,6, and 13; W. B. Burn, 123* and 0; Booth, 1and 2; F. Elams, 2 and 0 ; Gravett, 0 and 1* ; W. S. White, 0 and 0; W. Preston, 0 and 0; C. F. Chevasse, 15; B . Eagland, 11; W . H. Steele, 8; Moss, 4; D. A. N. Barnsoy, 2 ; and J. F. Dupuis, 2. * Signifies not out. BOWLING AYERAGE3. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. W . S. W h ite......... 30 ... 4 ... 116 ... 9 ... 1177 Grimshaw ......... 402 ... 78 ...1681 ... 67 .. 16*13 B. H. Cattell......... 35 ... 6 ... 131 ... 8 ... 16*37 Clapham................. 156*2... 35 ... 390 ...20..I9*£0 Brown ................ 157 ... 39 ... 472 ...15...31 46 H. C. B. Cummings 102*4... 11 ... 415 ...7...69*28 The following also bowled : D. A. N.Barnsby (15-1 -1-43-4), Mots (19-1-69-3), H. Eagland, (26-3-2-96-3), J. F. Dupuis (8-2-24-2), Gravett (18-3-44-2), Hassall (19-.-89-2), Booth (6-l-2^-l), P. Briggs (15-1-50-1), G. W. Crane (13-0 56-1), M. D. Stratton ( 0-0-59-1), F. Ellams (2-0-17-0), Rev. P. E. Mainwar.ng (3-0-18-0), and Bollowood (22-5-60-0). G E N T L E M E N O F IR E L A N D v. SOU TH A F R IC A N S . Played at D ublin on June 18 and 19, and resulted in a win for the South Africans. T o complete the scores of the matches played by the South Africans, the tenth match of the tour, which we were not able to obtain at the time it was played, is appended G entlemen of I reland . First innings. Second innings. A. D. Comyn, b M. Bisset... 68 b Rowe ........ 19 L. H. Gwynn, b Graham ... 3i c Hathorn, b Kotze .......68 Capt. Denham, b Graham .. 0 bRowe ....... 0 F.H.Browning, cM. Bissett, b Sinclair ... ................. 0 b Rowe ........ 2 B. Hamilton, b Sinclair ... 1 Itw, b Rowe ... 17 T. C. Ross, b Sinclair.......... 0 b Rowe.............10 B. M. Gwynr, c A. Bisset, b Sinclair ........................ 7 notout.............. 4 G. W. F. Kelly, c Graham, b Sinclair ........................30 c Tancred, b Kotze ........ 3 T. A. Harvey, b Kotze ... 1 b Siuclair ....... 1 C. G. Mitchell, c M. Bissett, b Rowe ........................ 24 lbw, b Rowe ... 0 W . Harrington, not out ... 6 b Rowe.............. 2 Extras ..........16 Extras............ 6 Total ... 177 Total ..........137 South A f r ic a n s . First innings. Second innings. L. J. Tancred, st Browning, b Harrington ................37 b Mitchell........ 68 W. Shalders, c L. Gwynn, b Ross ..............................28 c and b Ross ... 0 A.Bisset,c R.Gwynn, b Ross 12 c and b Ross ... 6 M.Bisset,c L. Gwynn,b R obs 47 runout ............ 2 J. H. Sinclair, b Ross......... 5 c Denham, b Hamilton ... 0 M. Hathorn, lbw, b Ross ... 2 not out................28 E. A. Halliwell, c and b Hamilton ......................... 8 not out................... 8 J. D. Logan, jun., c R. Gwynn, b Kelly .........41 R. Graham, c L. Gwynn, b Harrington......................... 9 G. A. Rowe, not out .......... 1 J. J. Kotze, c R. Gwynn, b Kelly ................................ 2 Extras ................. 7 Extras ... 6 Total ...200 Total ..........107 G e n t l e m e n o f I r e l a n d . Kotze Rowe Sinclair . Graham First innings. O. M. R. W. . 1 1 5 1 6 1 . . 11-4 3 37 1 . .18 1 72 6 ... ., .10 2 £6 2 .......... S o u t h A f r ic a n s . Second innings. O. M. R. W . 7 28 2 3 53 7 2 21 1 0 24 0 . 15 . 23 .. 5 . 4 First innings. Second innings. O. M.R. W . O. M.R. W. Harrington ... 29 6 89 2 ........... 7 1 21 0 Ross................. 20 8 47 5 .......... 11 3 31 2 Kelly .......... 1 0 8 2 .......... 2 0 13 0 Harvey ... 4 0 26 0 Hamilton ... 9 2 20 1 Mitchell ... 2 0 16 1 W. BROCKWELL’S X I. v. W. G. EAST’S X X .— Played on behalf of the futds of the Richmond Hospital on September 11 at Richmond. Only fourteen men fielded on the part of the Twenty. W . B r o c k w i l l ’ s XI. W . Brockwell, c Moul­ der, b Chaldt colt ... D. Kingsland, c Moul­ der, b Chaldecott F. Holland, st Lee, b Moulder .................61 E. Hayes, c Barnard, b Napper .................18 C.McGahey, c Groves, b 'Jhomas................. 71 G. Ayres, not out ... 26 W .Lockwood ,bG i een- iug ........................22 W. Lees, b Reynolds 9 Extras .......... 8 Total (7 wkts) #222 C. Mills, F. Stedman, J. T. Hearne, and T. Richard­ son did not bat. * Innings declared closed. W . G. E a s t ’ s Team . C.Childerstone,b Rich­ ardson ...................19 J. Moul. er, b Richard­ son ..........................13 H. G. Napper, c Lees, b Richaidson.......... 0 F. G. Chaldecott, b Richardson ............ 21 G. J. Groves, hit wkt., b K ngsland ............10 S. Reynolds, c Lees, b McGahey................. 0 G. Thomas, not out ...38 C. J. Barnard, b Rich­ ardson ................. 0 J.Dunton, c Stedman, b Mills ................. 4 C. Clifford, st Sted­ man, b M ills......... 0 W.Osborne, b Mills... 13 E. Lee, o Holland, b Mills....................... 12 W.G.East,bKingsland 6 ixtras................. 7 Total (12 wkts) 141 E. C. Fowler, W . M. Greening, J. Gill, H. W. Field, J. Piper, F. Ivimey, and C. Follett did not bat.