Cricket 1902

M a t 22 , 1902. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 157 MIDDLESEX v. SOMERSET. GEORGE HAY’ S BENEFIT MATCH. AN EXCITING FINISH. Played at Lord’s on May 19, 20 and 21. Somerset won by one wicket. Despite the cold and the promise of rain, some seven thousand people were bold enough to put in an appearance at Lord’s in the course of Bank Holiday. They were rewarded for their pains by seeing some very interesting, if not very exciting, cricket. The bowlers had much the best of the situation, Braund and Trott being particularly difficult on the tricky wicket. At the end of the day there was little to choose between the teams, for with no wickets down in their second innings, Middlesex were 24 runs on. There was again a fairly good attendance at Lord’s on Tuesday, when there was some excellent batting by the Middlesex men. Albert Trott was in great form, hitting with tremendous power, and so fre­ quently. that in the course of sixty-five minutes he had made 103 runs out of a total of 136 while he was at the wicket; he hit seventeen 4’s. His partnership with J. H . Hunt produced 112 runs for the sixth wicket, Hunt being content merely to keep up his wicket until the hitter had gone, when he began to play a first-class game. Trott, with his total at five, was missed in the slips—another feather in the cap of those statisticians who set out to prove that if there were fewer missed catches, there would be fewer big scores. A very useful innings was that o f G. F. 8. Griffin, who once made a hit out of the ground, al­ though, as a rule, he batted with the most scrupulous attention to patience. He was at the tickets for two hours and five minutes, and as he was one of the not­ outs overnight, he helped largely towards laying the foundation f jr the good total made by his county. Somerset had to make 312 to win, and began the fourth innings of the match by losing L. C. H. Palairet and Braund for eight runs. At this period of the game the chances that Somerset might win were as remote as they could well be. But by the time that stumps were drawn things looked a little better, for the total had been raised to 83 for three wickets, Robson being not out 25 and Lewis 41 not out. On Wednesday morning these two men played so well that before they were separated they had made the outlook very hopeful; their partnership had S roduced 108 runs. With the arrival of W oods the opes of Somerset rose; his partnership with Rob­ son produced 65 in half-an-hour. At one time the total was 223 for five wickets, and Somerset had a really good chance of winning. The eighth wicket added 70 to the total, Johnson playing a wonderfnlly good game for such a trying time, while W oods was himself, at his best. But Johnson went at last and Newton followed him. There were then 11 runs to be made with the last two men in, Woods and Cran- fleld. They proved equal to the occasion, and Somer­ set won a well-earned victory by a wicket. M id d l e s e x . First innings. P. F. Warner, b Cranfleld... 0 B. J. T. Bosanquet, c John­ son, b Braund ...................10 G. W . Beldam, c &b Braund 4 Trott, c Cranfleld, b Braund 17 W . P. Robertson, c and b Cranfield .......................39 G. F. S. Griffin, c L. C. Pal­ airet, b Braund .......... 4 J. H. Hunt, c L. C. Palairet, b Braund .......................... 8 R. O. Schwarz, c Daniell, b Braund .......................... 2 G. MacGregor, b Biaund ... 11 Rawlin, c R. C. Palairet, b Braund ....................... 13 Hearne (J. T.), not out ... 4 B 7, lb 3, w 2 ....... 12 Total ...............116 Second innings, run out ........... 3 b W oods 5............. 11 b Braund ........... 8 c R o b s o n , b Braund ...........103 c R. Palairet, b Cranfield........... 3 b Cranfield.............54 b Gill ..................... 60 b Gill ..................... 27 c Johnson, b Rob­ son ......................35 b Robson ........... 0 notout................... 3 Byes ..............13 Total ...320 S o m e r s e t . First innings. L. C. H . Palairet, c Warner, b Trott.................................. 27 Braund, run o u t ................... 9 R. C. N. Palairet, b Trott... 13 Lewis, c and b T r o t t ........... 4 Robson,c Robertson, b Trott 8 S. M. J. W oods, c and Trott 6 J. Daniell, c Rawlin, b Hunt 26 Gill, run o u t ..........................13 P. R. Johnson, c and bHunt 4 A. E. Newton, run out ... 1 Cranfleld, not out ........... 3 B 6, lb 3 ................... 9 Total ...........123 Second innings, st MacGregor, o T ro tt................. 3 b Trott.................. 3 b Trott.................. 3 b Bosanquet ... 63 c Scbwarz,b Trott 76 not o u t ................ 88 cHearne,bBawlin 18 c andb Bosanquet 1 b Hearne ...........38 b Heirne ........... 4 not o u t................. 4 B 6, lb 4, w 3 13 Total...........314 M id d l e s e x . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M . R. W. Cranfield .. ,... 21 3 52 2 ... ... 25 6 74 2 Braund ... . 24*2 7 49 8 ... ... 23 3 100 2 G ill................, . . 4 3 2 0 ... ... 13 5 45 2 Robson .. ... 13 5 22 2 W oods ... ... 12 2 65 1 Gill bowled two wides. S o m e r s e t , First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Trott ... ... 21 5 63 5 ... ... 34-3 6 116 4 Hearne ... ... 14 5 32 0 ... .. 24 8 61 2 Boanquet .. . 6 2 15 0 ... ... 16 4 48 2 Hunt ... ... 1*4 0 4 2 . ... 14 3 51 0 Rawlin ... 8 0 22 1 Trott bowled two wides and Hunt one. SUSSEX v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Played at Brighton on May 19, 20 and 21. Gloucestershire won by 211 runs. The reappearance of Ranjitsinhji in the Sussex team was hailed with delight by the holiday crowd at Hove. Sussex did not come very well out of the first day’s cricket, for it happened that two of the Gloucestershire hitters, Jessop and Board, were in great form, while when Sussex went in the bowling of Huggins was found to be exceedingly effective. Jessop made his 53 at the rate of exactly a run a minute. When stumps were drawn Sussex were just a hundred runs behind with four wickets in hand, Ranjitsinbji being one of the not outs, so that there were still hopes of better things. But the want of practice was fatil to the Prince, and on the next morning he was soon out; the inni' gi ended for 90, which was 89 runs behind. Again in the Gloucester­ shire second innings the same two hitters came off, but Jesjop was missed before he had made a run, which made all the difference in the world. He was at the wickets for an hour and ten minutes for his 93. Board played a fine game and H. B. Champain did well. Sussex had to make 354 runs to win, an almost impossible task under the circumstances. When they lost Fry and Vine for two runs apiece things looked bad, and as Ranjitsinhji did nothing of note the team was out of the running, and before lunch yesterday Gloucestershire had very easily won. G LOUCESTE RSHIRE. First innings. W . S. A . Brown, b Relf ... 32 Wrathall, c and b Relf ... 3 C. B. ( hampain, b Relf ... 0 Hale, b T a te ................. . .. 4 Second innings, c Heygate, b Tate 25 b T a te...................12 b K e if...................14 b T a te.................. 2 G. L. Jessop, c Relf, b Tate 53 c Heygate. b Tate 93 W . Troup, b R e lf................. 0 * v H. B. Champain, b Tate ... 7 Board, b Tate .................. 41 Huggins, c Butt, b Relf ... 2 Paish, c Butt, b T a te............15 Roberts, not out .................. 11 Byes.......................... 11 ...179 Total .. S u s s e x . First innings. C.B.Fry,c Board,b Huggins 31 Vine, c Wrathall, bHuggins 4 Killick, c Board, b Brown .. 11 R. B. Heygate, b Huggins 3 Marlow, c Board, b Huggins 8 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, c Board, b Roberts .......................... 6 R. Kenward, b Huggins ... 0 Relf, c H. B. Champain, b Roberts ..........................10 Butt, b H u ggin s................... 2 Tate, not out.......................... 0 Blai-d, c Troup, b Huggins 5 B 7, lb 1, w 1, nb 1 ... 10 c Vine, b Relf ... 6 b Killick ...........35 not out ...........53 b Ki.lick ........... 1 b Vine................... 5 b Killick ........... 0 B 14, lb 3, nb 1 18 Total ...264 Second innings, lbw, b Roberts ... 2 b Roberts ........... 2 cPaish, b Roberts 10 b Roberts ...........14 c Board,b Roberts 9 ... 23 ... 21 b Huggins . b Paish not o u t ................. 35 b Paish ........... 5 cBoard.bHuggins 2 st Board, b Paish 14 Extras........... 5 Total ... 90 Total ...142 G l o u c e s t e r s h ir e . Tate Relf First innings. O. M. R. W . ........... 27 5 6 97 5 .. ........... 27 6 71 5 Bland .. Killick Vine Second innings. O. M. R. W. 5 103 4 11 82 2 0 18 0 3 28 3 1 15 1 ... 28 ... 29 ... 3 ... 11 ... 9 Relf delivered a no-tall. S u s s e x . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M . R. W. Roberts ... 16 7 20 2 ............ 23 10 37 5 Paish ........... 6 1 20 0 ........... 9 1 1 40 3 Huggins ... 21*5 15 17 7 ........... 32 12 60 2 B ro w n ........... 62 11 1 ................. Jessop ........... 51 12 0 ... ... Huggins delivered two wides and two no-bails. NOTTS v. SURREY. W. G u n n ’ s BENEFIT MATCH. Played at Trent Bridge on May 19, 20 and 21. Drawn. When Gunn had a benefit at Nottingham five year^i ago, the weather was so bad that he reaped nothing to speak of from the receipts at the gate. This year he was more successful, and a fairly large crowd turned up on Monday and Tuesday, although on the Bank Holiday the numbers were far fewer than usual. In the course of the two hours and a half which were available for play, Notts made the very best use of their opportunities, scoring 189 runs for the loss of but four tickets, Shrewsbury being not out 26. The finest batting of the day was shown by Mr. A . O. Junes, who was less aggressive than usual, and took two hours and twenty minutes to score his 75 runs. There was some improvement in the weather on Tuesday, although the cold was intense. Shrewsburv played another excellent innings, but the tail did not do much, although the total of 259 was good enough for a slow wicket. The commencement of the Surrey innings was not by any means promising, for Abel was bowled at 30, Hayes at 34, and Captain Bush at 43. Fortunately Mr. Jephson kept up his end and played a very fine game, but despite his efforts half the team were out for a hundred. Lockwood and Brockwell then made an invaluable stand, and when stumps were drawn the total was 161 for seven wickets. Yesterday Lockwood was soon out, but Brockwell played a splendid game, while Richards n and Stedman mide useful scores. The result was that Notts only led by 38 on the flrot inning*. Everything now pointed to a draw, and although Mr. Jones played a good but most lucky innings, and was well backed up by Shrewsbury and Iiemonger, Not’ s could not declare in time to give themselves much chauce of winning. As things turned out Abel and Captain Bush were in such great form that they kept up their wickets until stumps were drawn. N o t t s . First innings. A. O. Jones, c Jephson, b L o ck w oo d ...........................75 Iremonger, b Hayward ... 35 Gunn (W .), b Lockwood ... 29 Shrewsbury, c Hayward, b Richardson ... ........... Gunn (J.), c Jephson, b Richardson.......................... J. A . bison, run o u t........... Dench, lbw, b Lockwood ... Gunn (G.), not out ........... Anthony, n Richardson ... Oates, b Richaidson ........... H tllam , c Jephson, b Hay­ ward ................................... Lb 4, nb 11 ........... Second innings, c Lockwood, b b Walker ...100 c Stedma'i, b Hayward ... 44 c Stedmin, b Richardson ... 10 59 notout... 11 2 2 14 6 5 , 29 15 B 4, lb 1, nb 1 6 Total ...........259 Total (3 wkts) *189 * Innings declared closed. S u r r e y . L. Walker, b Hallam. 1 Brockwell, not out ... 61 btedman, c Gunn (G.), b H allam .................16 Richardson, c Shrews- D. L. A . Jephson, b Hallam .................. 51 Abel, b H allam .......... 16 Hayes, lbw. b H allim 4 Capt. H. S. Bush, b Dixon........................... 3 Hayward, b Hallam... 19 Lockwood, b Gunn (J.) 29 V. F. S. Crawford, c Shrewsbury,b Hallam 3 Second innings: Abel, not out, 28; Capt. Bush not out, €6 ; b z, w 1.—Total (no wicktt), 97. bury, b Dixon Extras T o t a l......... 221 Richardson Lockwood Hayward Brockwell Hayes Jephson ... N o t t s . First in n iD g s . O. M. R. W . 33 . 33 . i3 . 12 4 . 6 11 67 4 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 28 8 16 2 17 59 3 . 4 73 2 . 4 20 0 ., 1 13 0 1 12 0 ............ 5 0 26 Walker ... 2 0 14 Lockwood delivered ten no-balls and Hayward two no-balls. S u r r e y . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Gunn (J.) ... 17 6 45 1 .. Hallam .. ... 51 13 97 7 ... 9 2 21 0 Dixon ... .. 25*1 4 52 2 ... ... 4 1 12 0 Anthony ... 9 3 19 0 ... ,... 10 3 2) 0 Jones ... ,... 5 0 21 0 Dench... ... 11 6 20 0 Gunn (J.) delivered four no-balla and Dixon one wide,