Cricket 1902

108 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 1, 1902. M r. T agart ’ s S ide . O. M. R. W. (). M. R. W . Howard-Smith 23 2 90 4 ............ 10 1 33 1 "W atson ............10-2 1 46 3 ............ 7 0 25 0 Sewell ............16 1 51 0 ............ 103 1 44 1 Squire ............10 0 52 2 ........... 4 0 18 1 Sell ... ............ 8 0 33 1 ............ 9 0 40 0 Goodden ........... 9 0 24 1 Worthington ... 5 0 25 0 Watson bowled one *ide and Howard-Smith tliree no-balls. SURREY v. LONDON COUNTY (Return). Played at the Oval on April *28, 29 and 30. London County won by nine wickets. It was in such bitterly cold weather that this match was commenced on Monday, that it required a large amount of enthusiasm for either players or spectators to find any enjoy­ ment in the game. Fielding was at a discount, for with the ball feeling like a lump of iron, no man could do himself absolute justice. Surrey again left out Richardson, Mr. Jephson, Hayward, Lockwood, andStedman, but made three alterations in the team which was beaten at the Crystal Palace last week. London County, with Mr. Fry and Braund, considerably improved their former team. Abel had not yet got into form. He did not seem quite at home, and very early in his short innings gave a difficult chance of caught and bowled to Braund, whose analysis would have been much better if the match had not been played so near to the boundary on the gas-works side. Some very fine batting was shown by Brockwell, who quite seems to have got back his old form, and Mr. Crawford, after opening his innings in a hesitating manner, made the most delightful hits, and only missed his hundred by three runs. Dr. Grace was the cause of his downfall, nearly bowling him with his first ball, and inducing him to try to make a four with his third. Hayes was also in great form, and on the whole Surrey did very well with their weak team. Some splendidbatting was then shown by Dr. Grace and Mr. Fry, who put on 130 for the first wicket in nearly equal proportions. The Doctor is indeed a marvellous cricketer, even now. Mr. Fry, despite a want of practice, played admirable cricket, and never seemed at a loss. The London County total at the end of the day was 166 for only two wickets, the day’s play having produced 463 runs for twelve wickets. On Tuesday morn­ ing the weather was fine, but again very cold. The London County men were in excellent form, Mr. Wood, Mr. Murdoch Braund, Llewellyn and Board all playing good cricket, and eventually the Surrey score was left far behind. In their second innings Surrey gave a somewhat disappointing dis­ play, which was, however, relieved by fine cricket by Abel, who in the steady way, with which everybody is familiar, gained amastery over the bowling. On Tuesday evening he was not out 75, but yesterday he only increased his score by two, and Surrey’s last hope was gone. Thanks to pretty cricket by Mr. Fry, London County soon knocked off the runs required to win. S u bk ey . First innings. Abel, b Braund ................. 18 Brockwell, cW ood,b Braund 39 Hayes, st Board, b Grace ... 50 C ounty . Llewellyn, not out ... 65 A. E. Lawton, c Bush, b Nice .................. 0 L. Walker, b Dolbey 6 Board, b Sm ith.......... 31 B 21, lb 7, w l , n b l 30 L ondon W . G. Grace, b Nice... 61 C. B. Fry, c Nice, b Dolbey ...................82 C. J. B. W ood.c Bush, b D o lb e y ..................69 W . L. Murdoch, b Dolbey .................. 23 G. W . Beldam,b8mith 0 Braund, c and b Nice 35 W . Smith, o Dolbey, b Smith.......................... 15 Second innings : W . G. Grace, c Stedman,[b Brock- well, 12 ; C. B. Fry, not out, 49; A. E. Lawton, not out, 19; B 4, w 1. Total (one wicket), 85. Total ...407 H. S. Bush, b Braund Holland, b Braund Y . F. S. Crawford, c Fry, b Grace ... ................... Nice, b Braund ... ... Lees, b Llewellyn Stedman, b Llewellyn H. O. Dolbey, not out S u r r e y . First innings. Second inniogs. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Braund.. 31 2 168 5 ... ... 21 4 80 2 Llewellyn .. 234 4 93 2 ... ... 285 12 70 6 Grace ......... 13 3 25 2 ... ... 16 3 33 3 L ondon C ounty First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Lees ......... 17 2 78 0 ... ... 2 0 16 0 D olbey......... 24 1 96 4 ... ... 5 0 £6 0 Smith ... . . 23-3 2 92 3 ... Brockwell .. 10 2 32 0 ... !!! 5 1 27 1 Nice ......... 19 3 63 3 ... ... 1*4 0 11 0 Hayes .......... 2 0 11 0 ... Dolbey bowled two wides and Nice one no-ball. Smith, run out B 6, lb 5 Total ...................297 Second innings, b Llewellyn ... 77 c Fry,b Llewellyn 5 c W alker, b Llew­ ellyn ...................0 c Fry, b Grace ... 30 c Smith,b Braund 32 c Lawton,b Grace 0 b Grace ...........23 c and b Braund... 8 lbw, b Llewellyn 3 c Lawton,b Llew­ ellyn................... 1 not o u t................. 4 B 6, lb 4 ... 9 Total ...192 FREE FORESTERS. FIXTURES FOR 1902. MAY. 17. Sunningdale, v. Silwood Park 21. Cheleea, v. Household Brigade* 23. Stamford, v. Burleigh Park* 28. Oxford, v. “ Ch. <h* ’ * 30. Clewer Park, v. Sir D. Gooch’s X I.* JUNE. Winchester, v. The College Eton, v. The College Ludgrove, v. Ludrove Rugby, v. The School* Shoeburyness, v. School of Gunnery* Billingdon, v. Evelyns Stanmore Park. v. Stanmore Park JU LY. Wargrave, v. S. Piatt’s X I * Camberley, v. Staff R.M . College Repton, v. The School* Malvern, v. The College* Weybridge, v. Oatland’s Park Wolverstone Park. v. Mr. Berner’s X I.* Camberley, v. Staff College Bicester, v. Bicester* Bicester, v. Chesterton Fletching, Sussex, v. G. Maryon-W ilson’s X L * 26. Exmouth. Major Boles’ Week Woolwich, v. Royal Artillery* Chipping Norton, v. Heythrop Hunt* Henley, v. Henley* AUGUST. Godalming, v. Old Carthusians* Oxted, v. Oxted* W ilton, v. Lord Pembroke’s XI.* Epsom, v. Epsom* Oswestry, v. Shropshire+ Godalming, v. Loseley Park* Horsham, v. Horsham* Aldershot, v. The District* Winchester, v. Hampshire Hogs* Binton Admiral, v. isir G. M^yrick’s XI.* Portsmouth, v. United Services* Irish Tour * Two-day matches. + Three-day match. GOLDSMITHS’ INSTITUTE “ A ” v. OLD CHARLTON (2).—Played at New Cross on April 26. G olosm iths ’ . W .F.D ray,b Manning W .M ears, c Penstone, b Mears .................. 5 J.C.Green, b Manning 0 E. J. Lander, b Hills.. 4 H. Sales, b Manning.. 3 P.F. Henty, b Manning 25 W. Stanton, c Taylor, b Manning ........... 4 O ld C h arlton (2). A .S.Medway,bHeaton J. A. T. Good, run out E.M.Medway.bMann- ing .. ................... E. B. Tolley, notout.. B 4, wb 1, nb 1 .. Total ........... C. Brown, c Sales, b Green.......................... 0 E. G. Penstone, c Hen­ ty, b Good ...........23 F. Bedcliffe, run out .. 4 F. Heaton, b Green .. 6 T.Taylor,c and b Good 5 G. Masters, b Good .. 1 J. Lambert, b Good ... 6 J. Dawes, c Stanton, b Good ...................30 W . Weller, b Good ... 3 T. ti ills, run out .. 25 A. Manning, not out 11 B 10, lb 1 ...........11 THE METROPOLITAN CLUBS IN 1902. (Continued from page 93.) The B e c k e n h a m C l u b , one of the strongest in Kent, or, indeed, round London, is always able to command a good programme, with so many of the leading cricketers of the county on its executive. This year, from May 3rd to August 30th, two elevens will be placed in the field pretty well every Saturday, as well as on the two Bank Holidays. The Beckenham Week begins on July 14th with a two-day match against Mr. A. V. Hambro’s Eleven. The other four fixtures are with the Band of Brothers, Tonbridge, Bickley Park and Blackheath. Guy’s Hospital, Upper Tooting, the Western Club (Manchester), Richmond, Esher, Bickley Park, Wand­ erers, M.C.C. and Ground, Blue Mantles, Incogniti, Oundle Rovers, London County C.C., Granville, and Richmond also, among other well-known clubs, figure on the Beckenham card. Kent’s match with Middlesex on July 24th, 25th and 26th, is to be played on the Beckenham Ground. M AY. 3. Beckenham, v. Gravesend 10. Beckenham, v. Guy’s Hospital 17. Beckenham, v. Streatham 19. Beckenham, v. Western Club 21. Tonbridge, v. Tonbridge 24. Blackheath, v. Blackheath 31. Beckenham, v. Richmond JUNE. 4. Abbey Ground, v. Abbey Club and Ground 7. Esher, v. Esher 14. Streatham, v. Streatham 18. Rochester, v. Rochester 21. bickley Park, v. Bic'dey Park 25. Beckenham, v. Wanderers <8. Beckenham, v. M.C.C. JULY. 2. Beckenham, v. Bluemantles 9. Beckenham, v. Incogniti 12. Norbury, v. Norbury 14. v. Mr. A . Y. Hambro’s XI.*^ 16. v. Band Brothers 17. v. Tonbridge Cricket Week. 18. v. Bickley Park 19. v. Blackheath 26. Beddington, v. Beddington AUGUST. 2. Tooting v. Upper Tooting 4. Beckenham, v. Oundle Rovers 6. Beckenham, v. Granville 9. R chmond, v. Richmond: 16. Gravesend, v. Gravesend 20. Tunbridge Wells, v. Bluemantles* VS. Beckenham, v. Rochester 27. Beckenham, v. London County C.C. 30. Bromley, v. Bromley SEPTEMBER. 3. Beckenham, v. The Village * Two-day matches. *1 J- l Total ...124 The B r ix t o n W a n d e r e e s evidently have a long list of playing members to judge by the fact that they play two matcheB every Saturday, in some cases three, as well as on bank holidays. The programme, necessarily a long one under such circumstances, includes fixtures with Croydon, Eastbourne, Dulwich, Forest Hill, Lewes Priory, Sutton, East Molesey, Hampton Wick, London County C.C., Surrey Club and Ground, Private Banks, Northbrook, and Whitgift Wanderers. London County C.C., J. C. Lovell’s X I.,