Cricket 1902

M ay 22, 1902. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD 0 £ THfc GAME. 149 T H E A U S T R A L I A N S . THE ESSEX MATCH. ( fou rth of the tou r .) Played at Leyton on May 15, 16 and 17. Abandoned. Early in the tour of 1899, the Australians were beaten by Essex after a remarkable match, in which Young bowled with great effect at the finish on a queer wicket. There was a strong probability that this year the match would also be played on a queer wicket, for a great deal of rain had fallen before it commenced. The Australians left out Saunders, Carter, and Trumble. It was wretched weather when the time approached for the match to begin, and no play was possible until a quarter-past three, when, on a slow wicket, Essex went it first. Two wickets fell for 25, and then Perrin and McGahey made a very fine stand indeed, putting on 83 runs in fifty minutes while together. McGahey chiefly contented him­ self with keeping up his wicket, although he played good cricket, but Perrin was in the mood for hitting out with determination. He did not seem very comfortable at first, but when he had once got going, he played a wonderfully fine innings of 63, which lasted for seventy minutes. With only three wickets down for 103, Essex seemed to have a good thing on, under the circumstances, but when stumps were drawn, the total was only 157 for eight wickets. Sewell kept in for nearly half-an-hour, and made double figures, but most of the batsmen did very little. Trumper was by far the most suc­ cessful bowler. On the second day the game was not advanced much owing to rain, which settled down heavily after lunch. Reeves made a very useful 15 not out for Essex, who, with 178 to their credit, seemed to have done well. At Llunch the Australian score stood at 59 for one wicket, Hill being not out, 14, and Duff not out, 32. There was no more play until Saturday morning, when Hill, after being badly missed on the off side from a lofty hit, settled down to play splendid cricket without hurrying himself very much. Duff increased his score of over-night by 15 runs; he had played a good slow-wicket game, and in partnership with Hill, had helped to score 83 in an hour and a quarter. Gregory’s 23 was hardly one of his best innings, but the wicket was beginning to be very difficult, and the ball wanted a lot of watching. For a time, the bowlers looked like finishing off the innings in a very short time, for although Hill kept on his way easily enough, the next four men did very little. Hill was at last out for 104, after batting for a little less (than three hours, during which he scored just half the runs of the total made while he was at the wicket. A big standwas now made by Armstrong and Noble, and on the off chance that Essex might break down on a queer wicket, Darling declared when his side was only leading by 71. It is by no means certain that this move would not have been successful, for Essex rapidly lost two wickets. But doubts were ended when rain come down heavily, and caused the match to be abandoned. E ssex . F. L. Fane, b Jones ... 9 Carpenter, b Noble ... 9 P. Perrin,b Armstrong 63 C. McGahey, c Howell, b Trumper ...........86 H.G.Owen, b Trumper 6 Sewell, b Trumper ...12 C. J. Kortright, c Hop­ kins, b Trumper ... 9 Second innings F. L. Fane, c Howell, b Noble, 6; Carpenter, »b Howell, 1 ; P. Perrin, not out,1 ; 0. McGahey, not out, 0 j byes, 6.—Total (2 wkts ), 13. A ustralians . V. Trumper, b Young 9 B. A . Duff, st Russell, b McGahey ...........47 C. Hill, c McGahey, b Young ..................104 S. E. Gregory, c Rus­ sell, b Mead . ... 23 J. Dar’ing, c Russell, b Mead ................. 7 A. J. Hopkins, b Mead 7 E. Jones, c M.cGahey, b Mead ................... 0 W . P. Howell, c Mc­ Gahey, b Young ... 0 W . W. Armstrong, not out ..................12 M. A. Noble not out 25 B 6, lb 4, nb 5 ... 15 Total (8 wkts) *219 •* Innings declared closed. E s s e x . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . 0 . M. R. W . Jones ... 10 2 33 1 ... Noble ... ... 18-1 7 42 3 ... 3 2 1 1 Howell ... ... 8 1 25 0 ... ... 4 2 7 1 Armstrong ... 12 4 36 1 ... Trum per... ... 13 4 33 5 ... A u s t r a l ia n s . O. M. R. W . 0 M. R. W . Mead Young ... 30 3 105 4 1McGahey... 6 O 22 1 ... 31 6 75 3 |Reeves ... 6 0 32 0 Young delivered five no-balls. YORKSHIRE v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Huddersfield on May 15, 16and 17. Abandoned. Although the Yorkshiremen headed the Leicestershire score by nearly a hundred tu d s , with four wickets in hand, the visitors gave a very good account of themselves. They made a splendid beginning on the first day of the match, C. J. B. Wood and Whitehead collaring the Yorkshire bowling, and putting up 125 in an hour-and-a-half for the first wicket. Mr. Wood made his runs very much more quickly than ueualj and played the best of cricket. Afterwards nothing very much was done, except by Mr. Do Trafford, who for a time nearly demoralized the bowlers. When stumps were drawn, Yorkshire had scored |62 for the loss of two wickets. There was no play on Friday. On Saturday T. L. Taylor played beautiful cricket for three hours, while Denton, Hirst and Haigh made good scores. Yorkshire declared at 323 for six wickets, an innings which had lasted for only three hours and a half. Just after Leicestershire had begun their second innings, rain caused the game to be abandoned. L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . C. J. B. W ood, lbw, b Young, b Noble........... 0 Russell (T. M .), b Trum per................... 4 Reeves, not o u t.......... 15 Mead, c Hill, b Noble 6 B 8, nb 1 ........... 9 Total ...178 72 Total Haigh ”Whitehead, lbw Haigh .................. 51 K iog, b R hodes........... 1 Knight, b Bhodes ... 0 C. E. de TrafforJ, c Rhodes, b Birst ... 46 Coe, c and b Hhodes ... 0 Geeson, c Brown, b Rhodes .................. 11 8econd innings W ood, not out, 5; Whitehead, b Haigh, 4 ; King, not out, 0 ; extra, 1.—Total (1 wicket), 10. Y obkshirb . H. Burgess, b Haigh 1 W . W . Odell, lbw, b Brown ...................12 Woodcock, b Hirst ... 15 Whiteside, not out ... 5 B 9, lb 3, w 1, nb 1 14 OXFORD UNIVERSITY v. SOMERSET. Played at Oxford on May 15, 16 and 17. Drawn. Owing to rain the time available for play on the first day of this match was short. There was nothing very noticeable about the batting of the Oxford men except Dillon, who went in first and was not out at the end of the day with 91 to his credit. He was somewhat fortunate in escaping being caught at first, but soon settled down and played a scientific game, although it was a little slow. Towards the end of the day he found a useful partner in G. W. F. Kelly, who, in his innings of 23 not out made a fine hit for six. The Oxford total was 165 for seven wickets. On the next day there was only time to finish the Oxford innings before rain came and stopped play. Dillon brought his score to 114, after batting for three hours and three- quarters. During his partnership with Kelly 88 runs were put on, the latter occasionally hitting with freedom. The Somerset men played up well on Saturday, although for a time the wicket was anything but easy. The best innings was that of 64, played by O. M. Samson, an Oxford player, who had been placed in the Somerset team in order to give him a trial; he made his runs in excel­ lent style and did not let the grass grow under his feet. Lewis, Hardy, Brownlee and L. C. H. Palairet all played well. With a balance of 33 against them Oxford, thanks to fine cricket by Evans and Wyld, were leading by 77, with four wickets in hand, when stumps were drawn, but owing to rain it was not possible to finish the match. O x f o r d U n iv e r s it y . First innings. Second innings. C.H.B.Marsham, cChidgey, b Gill ...................................... 10 not ou t.................... 1 E. W . Dillon, c Palairet, b Cranfleld ............................ 114 c and b Hardy ... 15 H. J. Wyld, st Chidgey, b Cranfleld ........................... 2 c Brown,b Woods 48 W . H. Evans, c Hardy, b Cranfield ........................... 6 c Cranfie’.d, b Woods ........... 74 R. S. Darliog, c Lewis, b Cranfield ........................... 7 c Robson, b Cran­ fleld ................. 7 E G. Whately, b Cranfield 2 b Woods ............ 5 R. A . Williams, st Chidgey, b Field.................................. 8 b Hardy ............ 0 M.Bonham-Carter,cRobson, b Cranfleld........................ 10 G. W. F. Kelly, c W oods, b Robson ........................ 44 A. C. von Ernsthausen, c Alison, b Robson .... 15 R. U. W. Burn, c Alison, b Robson ............................ 1 H. Bomford, not out . ... 2 B 2, lb 1, w 1, nb 2 ... 6 Byes .... 10 Brown, lvw, b Odell... 24 Tunnicliffe, c W hite­ head, b W oodcock... 17 F. 8. Jackson, c Bur­ gess, b Odell ... . 19 T. L. Taylor, c Coe, b O dell.........................114 Denton, b Woodcock £8 * Innings declared closed. L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . Hirst, c Eurgess, b O d ell.........................45 Haigh, not o u t ...........21 Rhodes, not out........... 3 B le, lb 4, w 2 22 Total (6 wkts)*323 0. M. R. W . 0 . M. R. W . H irst........... ... 18 4 5 43 2 ... Brown ... 10 1 25 1 ... Rhodes ... ... 27 5 82 4 ... ... 4-3 3 4 0 Haigh ... 21 5 65 3 ... ... 5 4 5 1 Jackson ... ... 2 1 9 0 ... Total ...................227 S o m e r s e t . L.C.H.Palairet,stBom- ford. b Ernsthausen 34 S. M. J. W cods, c Mar­ sham, b B u rn ........... 4 Lewis, c Dillon, b Whately .................. 41 Robson, b Ernsthausen 2 L D Brownlee,c Wyld, b Whately ...........21 O. M. Samson, c Kelly, b Dillon ...................64 Gill, c Kelly,b Whately 8 Total (6 wkts) 160 Hardy, c Marsham, b Dillon ................. 44 C. F. Brown, b Ernst­ hausen ................... 8 L. Alison, c and b Dillon .. 5 Cranfleld, not out ... 5 H. Chidgey, st Bom­ ford, b Dillon . ... 0 B 17,1b 6, nb 1... 24 Bhodes bowled a wide and Haigh a no-ball. Y o r k s h ir e . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . W oodcock... 59 8 85 2 I K in g ............ 12 2 33 0 O dell........... 26 4105 4 Geeeon ... 3 0 26 0 Burgess ... 2 0 8 0|Coe ........... 10 0 44 0 Geefeon bowled two wides. T o t a l.........260 O x f o r d U k iv e b s it y . First innings. Second innings. O. M.R. W . O. M. R. W. G ill................... 25 9 66 1 ............ Cranfleld ... 45 12 10> 7 ............ 10 2 29 1 Robson ........... 17-2 7 43 3 ........... Hardy ........... 2 0 7 0 ............ 3 3 0 6 2 Woods ... 182 98 3 Palairet . 5 0 17 0 Cranfield delivered a wide and Gill two no-balls. S om erset. O. M. R. W. I O. M. R. W . B u rn ......... 16 0 631 B.-Caiter 6 1 23 0 Ernsth’sen. 27 5 73 3 j Williams 3 0 28 0 Whately ... 11 2 38 3 |Dillon ... 4*3 1 11 4 Whately bowled a no-ball.