Cricket 1902

164 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a t 29 , 19 02. NOTTS v. ESSEX. Played at Trent Bridge on May 22, 23 and 24. Drawn. U ntil half-past four o’clock on the second day in this match, it was not possible to begin play. Essex then had time to complete an innings, and did badly against the bowling of Wass, who on a very difficult wicket was almost irresistible. On Saturday last, Notts began their innings well with A . O. Jones and Iremonger, and by the time that the first wicket fell, Notts were witbin eight runs of the Essex total. As it was of the ulmost importance that runs should be made quickly, Shrewsbury, who can adapt himself to circumstances as well as any player living, discarded his usual careful style, and hit out 'with boldness, the rtsult being that he scored 51 not out in an hour and a quarter, enabling his captain to declare at lunch time. In order to save themselves from an innings defeat, Essex had to make 127. They made a good beginning with Carpenter and F. L. Fane, who put on 60 for the first wicket, but when the next four men, including Perrin and McGahey, were out for an additional 17 runs, the Notts men seemed to have an excellent chance of winning. Fortunately for Essex, Fane and Kortright proved equal to the occasion, and, by putting on 120 runs in partnership, not only brought about a drawn game, but placed their side in a satisfactory position. Second innings. notout... , b J. Gunn , b J. Gunn b Hallam b J. Gunn E s s e x . First innings. F. L. Fane, c Oates, b An­ thony .......................... ... 4 Carpenter, b Wass .......19 P. Perrin, b Wass ....... 1 C. McGahey, c Oates,b Wass 5 Sewell, b Wass ................... 3 C. J. Kortright, c G. Gunn, b Hallam ...................■ ... 4 Russell, b W a t s ...................15 H. G. Owen, b W a s s ........... 4 Reeves, b Wass ................... 0 Young, not out ................... 1 Mead, c J. Gunn, b Wass ... 0 No-balls ................... 4 Total ...................6 N o t t s . A. O. Jones, c Carpen­ ter, b Reeves ........38 Iremonger, b Reeves... 23 Gunn (W .), lbw, b Reeves ................19 Gunn (J.),cK ortright, b Reeves .................... 7 Anthony, b Mead ... 2 Oates, Wass and Gunn (G.) did not bat. * Innings declared closed. ,..105 ... 22 ... 0 ... 4 ... 4 cG.Gunn,bHallam 53 not out................... 2 Lb 3, w 1, nb 8 12 Total (5wkts)202 Shrewsbury, notout... 51 Hallam, c Perrin, b Reeves ...................26 Dench, not o u t ...........14 B 4, lb 1, nb 2 .. 7 Total (6 wkts)*187 E s s e x . innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . . . 5 2 8 0 ... ... 32 7 66 3 .. lfc’4 9 25 8 ... ... 14 3 28 0 . . 2 0 6 1 ... ... 12 2 41 0 . 11 4 17 1 ... ... 19 9 31 2 Jones ... 7 0 21 0 Dench ... ... 1 0 3 0 Gunn (J.) Wass Anthony... Hallam ... Gunn delivered nine no-balls, Wass three no-balls, and Anthony a wide. N o t t s . O. M. R. W . O. M, R. W . M ead............. 20 3 58 1 I Reeves ... 20 1 81 5 Young ... 7 0 24 0 1McGahey... 6 1 17 0 Young bowled two no-balls. SUSSEX v. SOMERSET. Played at Brighton on May 22, 23 and 24. Sussex won by three wickets. There was a very interesting finish to this match, and several times during the course of the second innings of Sussex it seemed more than likely that Somerset would pull a second match out of the fire in the course of a week. The Sussex men, with 122 to win, were in a tight place when three of their men, including Fry and Vine, were out for 13, and again when at lunch time seven men were out for 83 ihings looked almost hopeless. It was then that Relf and Tate made a remarkable stand, which eventually brought about a victory for their county without further loss. Relf, who did nearly all the scoring during this invaluable partnership, made 55 runs by first-class cricket; he had also made the top score for his side in the first innings. As Tate also made 34 not out in the first innings, the victory of Sussex was not a little due to the batting of their bowlers. Tate also took twelve wickets in the course o f the match for 139 runs. There are many good judges who consider that he ought to be chosen in the England eleven for some of the matches against the Australians. Sussex b$gan the match in the most discouraging way, two of the safest fieldsmen on the side, Fry and Ranjitsinhji, each missing L. C. H. Palairet, mistakes which sometimes would have teen punished in the most severe manner. There were two great innings on the Somerset side, one of them, the 54 by R. C. N. J alairet, of a most careful nature, and lasting for two hours and ten minutes; the other by S. M. J. Woods, made at a critical time, in the most attractive manner. S o m e r s e t . First innings. L . C. H. Palairet, b Tate ... 8 Braund, c and b Tate...........14 R. C. N . Palairet, c Tate, b K illick.................................. 54 Lewis, c Marlow, b Tate ... 0 Second innings. cKenward,b Tate 5 b Bland ...........20 Robson, b B land...................12 S. M . J. Woods, lbw. b Tate 1 P. R. Johnson, c and b Tate 0 Gill, c Butt, b Tate ...........11 A. E. Newton, run out ... 2 Cranfield, not out ........... 0 J. Daniell, c and b Tate ... 0 Leg-bye ................... 1 Total ., b Tate................... c Heygate, b K il­ lick ................... c Ranjitsinhji, b Killick ........... c Bland,b Tate... lbw, b Killick .. b T a te................... b T a te................... not out................... st Butt, b Klllick Byes ........... . ...103 S u s s e x . First innings. C. B. Fry, st Newton, b Braund .......................... 17 Vine, c Daniell, b Cranfield 2 Killick, c Braund, b Cran­ field .................................. 13 R. B. Heygate, b Braund .. 4 K . 8. Ranjitsinhji, c W ood, b Braund .......................... 11 Relf, c Lewis, b Braund ... 40 Marlow, lbw, b Cianfleld .. 0 R . G. Kenward, c Braund, b Cranfield........................... 0 Butt, b Braund ................... 3 Tate, not out.......................... 34 Bland, c Palairet, b Braund 10 B 2, lb 2 ..................... 4 Total ........... .. 138 S o m e r s e t . First innings. O. M. R. W . R e lf................... 23 11 39 0 ... T a te ................. 32 8 53 7 ... Bland ........... 5 2 8 1 ... Killick ........... 4 2 3 2 1 ... S u s s e x . First innings. O. M. R. W . ,. 15 6 57 4 ... , . 17*2 2 67 6 . . . 5 0 20 0 . Woods Total ..166 Second innings. b Braund ........... 0 b Robson ........... 8 b Robson b Braund c Gill, bBraund 22 notout.................. 55 c Braund, b Cran­ field ...................14 c L. Palairet, b Cranfleld........... 0 not out........... B 6, lb 3 Total (7 wkts) 124 Second innings. O. M. R. W . 1 10 0 5 82 6 1 12 1 10 47 4 . 4 . 26 . 3 Cranfleld.. Brautd .. Robson ... Second innings. O. M. R. W . ... 6 1 16 2 12 58 3 6 £6 2 0 6 0 19 2 SURREY v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Leicester on May 22, 23 and 24. Drawn. This was to all intents and purposes a one day match, for no play was possible on either o f the first two days. When the game commenced on Saturday last 1he wicket was beginning to dry under a bright sun, and the bowlers had the upper hand. In the course of the first hour’s play Surrey lost five wickets for 51 runs, Brockwell and Hayes alone making a stand, and the innings only lasted three-quarters of an hour longer. Odell bowled very well indeed. The Leices­ tershire innings was very similar to that of Surrey, Lockwood being in splendid form with the ball, while Knight, Geeson and Odell batted well. When Surrey went in a second time with a balance o f five runs against them only an hour remained for play, so that there was no possible chance of finishing the game. Abel was soon out, but Brockwell and Hayes, for the second time in the match, played fine cricket, both hitting with vigour. S u r r e y . Abel, b Odell ... Brockwell. b Odell ... 22 Hayes, c Coe, b Odell 18 H.b.Bush, lbw, b Odell 3 Hayward, b Odell ... 1 Lockwood,bWoodcock 3 V.F.S.Crawford,cBur- gess, b Crawford ... i9 L. Walker, b Odell... D . L. A. Jephson, not out ... ........... Stedman, cWhiteside, b Crawford ......... Smith,lbw,b Crawford B 8, lb 2 ........... Total .. Second in n in g s A b e l, b Odell, 10; Brockwell, not out, 51; Hayes, c Burgess, 32; H. 8. Bush, not out, 2 ; b 2, lb 1. Total (two wickets) 98. C. J. B. W ood, lbw, b Lockwood.................. 6 Whitehead, run out... 0 Knight, b Smith ... 28 R.T.Crawford,cSmith, b Lockwood ......... 12 Coe, c and b Lockwood 0 C. E. de Trafford, b Lockwood................... 6 Geeson, not ou t...........18 L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . H. Burgess, run o u t.. 2 W . W . Odell, c and b Smith ...................18 Woodcock, b Smith ... 0 Whiteside, c Stedman, b Lockwood ........... 0 B 3, lb 3 ........... 6 Total , 96 S u r r e y . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W Woodcock .. 16 6 33 1 ... Odell ... ..1 8 5 45 6 ... !!! 7 1 18 1 Crawford . 3 1 3 3 ... ... 3 0 14 0 Coe ... ... 7 0 31 0 Geeson ... 3 0 27 0 Burgess ... 2 0 4 1 W ood ... ... 1 0 1 0 L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W Lockwood.. 17*2 8 24 Smith 13 3 34 Hayward.. Brockwell 16 0 16 0 M.C.C. & GROUND v. IRELAND. Played at Lord’s on May 22, 23 and 24. Drawn. Play in this match was almost entirely confined to Saturday last, for while on the first day there was only about an hour’ s cricket, during which Dr. Grace and Mr. Murdoch scored 57 for the M.C.C. without being separated, there was no play at all on Friday. There was never much prospect that the game would be finished when it was resumed on Saturday, although the weather had suddenly changed for the better, and the hot sun made the wicket very difficult. W . G. and Mr. Murdoch carried the M.C.C. total to 71, after which there was more or less of a breakdown, relieved by good batting by Mr. Chinnery, and some hard hitting by Albert Trott. Mr. Ross bowled with great effect for Ireland. When the Irishmen went in, it was natural that they should tind Trott and Hearne very difficult, for the two professionals, on a tricky wicket, are always to be feared greatly by batsmen. The best innings was that of Mr. A. D. Comyn. W ith a lead of 76, the M.C.C., in the persons of Mr. Murdoch and Mr. Chinnery, went in for energetic batting, in the hope that by making runs very quickly they might declare and win the match. In just over a quarter of an hour the two men made 48 . The innings was then declared, and the Irishmen were left with seventy minutes in which to make 126. Againbt the bowling of Hearne and Trott this was not to be thought of for a moment, so that they settled themselves down and played out time without any difficulty. M.C.C. a n d G r o u n d . E. A. Nepean, run out 10 C. E. B. Champain, c O’ Brien, b Ross ... 1 W . G. Grace, b Ross... 44 W . L. Murdoch,b Ross 35 H. B. Chinnery, c Gwynn,b R.Lambert 33 Storer (W .),c Harring­ ton, b Ross ...........11 G. J. Y. Weigall, b K o s s .......................... 1 Trott (A. E.), c S., b R. Lambert ...........26 Second innings:—W . L. H. B. Chinnery, not out, 24.—Total (no wkt) 48. * Innings declared closed. I r e l a n d . First innings. A. D . Comyn, c btorer, b Hearne.......................... J. M. Meldon, c Murdoch, b b Trott.................................. 1 R. H. Lambert, b Trott ... 11 F. H . Browning, lbw, b Hearne.................. .......... 4 L. H. Gwynn, c and b Trott 11 Cox (G.), not out ... 4 Coleman, b Ross ... 9 Hearne (J. T.), c and b Ross .................... 4 Byes........................... 4 T o t a l....................182 Murdoch, not out, 24; Second innings. 39 stStorer,bHearne 4 b Trott................... stStorer.bHearne not out................... c and b Hearne... not out................... ii XI U uu UBUU U 1 R. E. Adair, b Trott ... Sir T. C. O’ Brien, c Storer, b Trott.................................. » T. C. Ross, b Hearne............ 6 S. D Lambert, not out ... 7 O. Andrews, c and b Trott 10 W . Harrington, b Hearne... 1 B 4, lb 2 ........................... 6 Leg-byes... Total ... Harrington Ross ........... R. Lambert ...106 Total (4 wkts) 31 M.C.C. a n d G r o u n d . O. M. R. W . Hearne Trott ... .21 9 44 0 . . 26*5 7 82 7 , .1 3 0 62 2 . I r e l a n d . O. M.R. W . . 21*1 6 62 4 . .21 7 48 6 ... O. M . R. W . . 2 0 19 0 . 3 0 20 0 . 1 0 9 0 O. M .R . W 15 9 15 3 12 4 12 1 Cox ... 4 3 1 0