Cricket 1902

124 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 8 , 1902. SURREY v. ESSKX. Played at the Oval on May 5, 6 and 7. Abandoned. From the Essex team H. G. Owen and Carpenter were absent, while Sewell made his first appearance for the county. Jephson took his place in the Surrey eleven for the first time this season. O w iD g to heavy rain in the morning the gates were not opened until three o’clock, and it was nearly half- past three before it was possible to begin the game. F. L. Fane played a very steady and useful innings, for although he only made nine runs he kept up his wicket for nearly an hour. Perrin and Kortright made some fine hits, but the best cricket of the day was shewn by McGahey, who played a plucky innings, meeting Brockwell with some ease, while the other men were helpless against him. At a quarter past six Jephson took Baker in with him, but after an over had been bowled rain came down. On Tuesday morning, still in wretched weather, the two not outs played remarkably good cricket, Jephson making his runs very much quicker than his partner, and playing a splendid game. The partnership produced 102 runs, of which Jephson was responsible for 63 after batting for an hour and twenty minutes. Baker still continued to play a safe game, while Abel followed his example, and at lunch time the score was 140 for two wickets, Abel being not out 22. After lunch Abel played a wonderfully good innings on a difficult wicket, and had the pleasure 0f making his first hundred of the season, his fine display lasting for three hours and a half. Brockwell also played an excellent game, helping Abel to put on 126 runs, but for once much slower than his partner. When tne innings was declared yesterday, Essex found a balance against them of 211 runs, and they set to work manfully to work this off. They met with a good amount of success, thanks chiefly to Mr. Perrin and Mr. Fane, and were not hopelessly out of the running when the game had to be abandoned owing to rain, although they probably congratulated them­ selves that it was not possible to play to a finish. E ssex . F. L. Fane, b Smith .. 9 Bussell (E.)> c and b H ayward................... 1 P. Perrin, c Hayes, b H ayward...................20 C. McGabey. n it out 48 A.P.Lucas.b Hayward 0 C.J.Kortright, c Bush, b Brockwell ...........22 Se well, b Brockwe’1 . 8 Russell (T.), b Brock­ well ........................... Reeves, c Hayes, b Brockwell................. Young, c Jephson, b hrockwell ......... Mead,Ibw,b Brockwell B 2, lb 1, nb 1 ... Total ..124 Second in n in g s F . L. Fane, b Smith, 20; P. Perrin, not out, 42; C. McGahey, not out, 16; Lucas, run out, 9; B 4, nb 1.—Tot*l (2 wickets), 91. SUBREY. D. L. A . Jephson, b Mead .....................68 Baker (A.), c Mead, b M cGahey.....................45 Abel, b Perrin .........101 Lockwood, c Sewell, b Y o u n g ................... 2 Hayward, st Russell, b Mead ... ........... 7 Gapt. H. S. Bush,c and b Mead ...................15 V. F. S. Crawford, b Mead ...................17 Brockwell, not out ... 47 B 17, lb 11, nb 5 33 Total (7 wkts)*335 * Ianings declared closed. Haye3, Stedman and Smith did not bat. E ssex . First inninga. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M.R. W . H ayward......... 22 7 66 3 ............ 10 2 29 0 Brockwell ... 8 0 19 6 ............ 8 2 20 0 Smith (W .) ... 18 9 261 ;............ 8 2 13 1 Lockwood ... 4 0 9 0 ............ 8 1 24 0 Hayward delivered two no-balls. S ubbey . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Mead ... 54 14 88 4 I Sewell ... 4 1 16 0 Reeves ... 30 5 96 0 McGahey 8 2 24 1 Young ... 27 7 64 1 | Periin ... 6'4 2 14 1 Young delivered five no-balls. M.C.C. AND GROUND v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Lord’s on May 6 and 7, under the proposed new Ibw rule. Yorkshire won by an innings and 71 runs. The M.C.C. could only put such an exceedingly weak team in the field that the match seemed hardly worthy to be called first-class. Rhodes carried everything before him. A s there was no leg-break bowler in the M.C.C. team the opportunity of testing the proposed new lbw law was practically lost. It is quite unnecessary to describe the progress of the match. M .C.C. and G round . First innings. Second innii gs E.W .Dillon,c Haigh,b Hirst 0 c Whi'ehead, b Haigh ........... 1 Thompson, c Hunger, b c Bingrose, b Khodes.................................. 0 Rhodes . 0 Storer, run out ................... 5 lbw, b Baigh ... 3 K ing, b Bhodes ................... 4 c Haigh, b Ring­ rose .................. 46 Relf, c Denton, b Rhodes ... 1 cHaigli,b Bhodes 0 A. F. Somerset, st Hunter, b R hodes................................. 0 b Haigh ........... 8 Huish, b Hirst ................... 0 b Ringrope 12 C. C. T. Doll, not o u t ......... 3 st H u n t e r , b Rhodes ........... 0 C. Hesel'.ine, st Hunter, b Bhodes.................. ........... 12 b Ringrose......... 15 Hearte (J. T.) c Tunnieliffe, b Bhodes ........................... 0 not out ........... 2 Cranfield, run out j ........... 0 c Tunnicliffe, b Ringrose........... 2 Lb 1, nb 1 ........... 2 B 8, nb 1 ... 9 Total ........................... 57 Total ........... 98 Y orkshire . Tunnicliffe, c Huish, b Relf .......................... 25 Brown, c King, b Hearne ................... 4 Denton, c and b Relf .. 80 Washington, c Huish, b H earne.................. 43 Hirst, b King ......... 16 Haigh, c Hearne, b Cranfleld.................22 Rhodes, c Heseltine, b Hearne ................... 0 Whitehead (Lees) not out .................. 36 Lord Hawke, c Relf, b Cranfleld ........... 7 Ringrose, c Huish, b Thompson ...........13 Hunter, b Thompson 0 Total ...196 M.C.C. and Gbound. First innings. Second innings. O. M . R. W . O. M . R. W . Hirst ........... 11-5 6 10 2 ............ 5 1 15 0 Rhodes ... 11 5 15 B ............ 11 2 35 3 H a ig h ......... 10 3 22 3 Ringrose ... 7 4 17 4 Hirst and Ringrose each delivered a no-ball. Y ob k sh ire. O. M. R.W . O. M. R. W. Hearne ... 18 6 613 I King ... 8 1 39 1 Thompson 12 4 26 2 Cranfleld 9 0 81 2 Relf ... 6 0 39 2 T H E A U S T R A L I A N S . THE LONDON COUNTY MATCH. (FIRST OF THB TOUR). Played at the Crystal Palace on May 5, 6 and 7. Abandoned. After a week of practice in bitterly cold weather, the Australians began their tour on a day which would have been considered objectionable in March. It was almost a wonder that any spectators ventured to turn out, and it spoke volumes for the interest taken by the public in the first appearance of the visitors, that nearly a thousand shivering mortals came to see them play. There was not very much cricket on Monday. The Doctor had got together a pretty strong team as far as batting was concerned, but its bowling was decidedly weak on paper. Of course, Trumble, who would have been in­ valuable on a wicket which was more or less spoiled by the rain, was unable to play on account of his damaged finger, while at the last moment it was decided not to play Jones. Carter was the other man who was left out. Darling won the toss, but it must have been with somehesitation that hechoseto avail him­ self of the opportunity of batting first, for the wicket might have been worse at first than it was later. Against the bowling of Liewellvn, the Australians did not fare very well, and if it had not been for a fine stand by Gregory and Darling, who both hit very hard occasion­ ally, their total would probably have been very small indeed. London County lost W. G. and G. W. Beldam, and when play ended had put up 34 runs, C. B. Fry being not out, 20. The cold was severe on Tuesday, and the fieldsmen were greatly handicapped. For a time things went well with the Australians, for both Fry and C. J. B. Wood were soon out. But then came a splendid stand by Braund and Jessop, which quite altered the appearance of the game. Noble, who had hitherto appeared to be extremely difficult, was knocked about as if he had been a club bowler, Jessop hitting him for three fours in an over, while later Braundmadefour four’soff an over of his. The partnership produced 93 runs in 40 minutes, Jessop being the first to go. Braund continued on his victorious way, and when lunch time came, he was not out 98, with the last man as a partner. The total was then 225, so that the Australians were not in an enviable position. There was just time for Braund to reach the hundred before the innings came to an end; he had been batting for two hours and twenty minutes, playing the most delightful cricket all the time. The Australians were now in a tight place, and for a time it looked as if they were going to break down badly, for three wickets were down for 23. But there the collapse ended, and Trumper andDarling, both playing a determined gamo, and making brilliant hits, put on 85 runs in about three- quarters of an hour. It would be hard to say which man played the better cricket. Armstrong made another valuable stand, with his captain as a partner, and when stumps were drawn the Australians were 85 runs on with three wickets in hand, so that the game was in aninteresting position. Unfortu­ nately, there was only a few minutes play yesterday. A ustbalians . Second innings. lbw, b Lit wellyn 4 b Llewellyn ... 1 b Llewellyn ... 7 First innings. M. A. Noble, c Jessop b Braund .......................... 10 R. A. Duff, b Llewellyn ... 8 C. Hill, b Llewellyn ........... 0 S. E. Gregory, c Braund, b Llewellyn ...........................34 b V in e... J. Darling, c Fry, b Llewel­ lyn ..................................26 Y. Trumper, run o u t ........... 9 W. W . Armstrong, run out 13 A. J. Hopkins, b Grace J. J. Kelly, not out ........... W . P. Howell, c Grace, b L lew ellyn ........................... J. Y . Saunders, c Beldam, b Grace ........................... B 3 ,lb 2 ;................... c Vine, b Grace... 92 st Board,bBraund 64 c Wood, b Vine .. 29 not out.................. 7 not out................... 3 B 3, lb 1 Total .................. 117 Total (7 wkts) 213 L ondon C ounty . W . Smith, c Darling. b H ow ell........... ... Llewellyn, b Howell... Vine, c Darling, b H opkins................... Board, not o u t ........... B 3, nb 2 ........... W . G. Grace, .b Noble 1 C. B. Fry, b Noble ... 31 G. W . Beldam, lbw, b N oble.......................... 8 C. J. B. Wood, st Kel­ ly, b Howell ........... 4 Braund, c and b Noblel04 G. L. Jessop, st Kelly, b Saunders ...........47 Total W . L. Murdoch, b Saunders................... 7 A u s tra lia n s. O. M. R. W . Llewellyn... 18 3 52 5 I Vine Braund Noble Saunders O. M. R. W . 6 1 27 0 8 5 1 25 2 1 8 1 |Grace L ondon C ounty . O. M. R. W . O. M . R. W . . 231 2 90 4 1H owell... 26 4 75 3 .1 0 0 43 2 1Hopkins 3 0 22 1 Noble delivered two no-balls.