Cricket 1902

M a y 29 , 1902. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 171 YORKSHIRE v. KENT. Played at Bradford on May 26 and 27. Yorkshire won by an innings and 108 runs. A fine innings of 127 by Tunnicliffe, made in the course of three hours and ten minutes, was the chief feature of the cricket in this match on Monday, but Hirst and Lord Hawke also played a very good game indeed. Kent made a terribly bad start, losing three wickets f«>r 10 before stumps were drawn. Matters looked up a little on the next morning, but a follow- on was neces-ary, and although Burnup played a fine innings the result was inevitable. Jackson bowled with great effect. Y orkshire F.S.Jackson, b Mason 7 Tunnicliff*, c Murrell, b Humphreys...........127 Denton, b Blythe .. 1 T.L.Taylor.cSeymour, b H earne...................27 Hirst,c Huish.bBlythe 69 Washington,cMurrell, b b ly th e ...................25 Haigh, run out ...........25 K e n t. First innings. C.J.Burnup, lbw, b Hhodes 7 Hearne (A .),lb w ,b Rhodes 1 Humphreys, b hhodes ... 1 Seymour, b Hirst................... 3 J. R. Mason, st Hunter, b Rhodes ...........................34 P. C. Baker, b Rhodes ... 1 T. J. Croft, b hhodes...........13 Rhodes, c Seymour, b Blythe .................. 2 Lord Hawke, c Huish, b Bradley.................40 Whitehead.cSeymour, b Mason Hunter, not out.. B 9, w 1 Total .. 0 .. 4 .. 10 . 337 Second innings. cTaylor,bJackson 64 b Ja ck son ...........10 c Tunnicliffe, b Rhodes ........... 0 cHawke,bRhodes 4 c Tunnicliffe, b Hirst ... ... 29 c Hunter, b Hirst 0 st Hunter,b Jack- Murrell, b Rhodes ........... 2 b Jackson ... Huish, b Paigh .................27 b Jackson ... Blythe, not out ................... 5 not out............ W . M. Bradley, b Haigh ... 6 b Jackson ... Extras........................... 0 B 2, lb 4 Total ................100 Y orkshire . O. M .R .W . Blj the ...31 6 83 4 I Humph- Mason ... 22 9 58 2 reys ... Bradley .. 21*5 3 82 1 I Burnup ... |Hearne ... Mason towled a wide. K ent . H irst................... 18 7 35 2 ........... Rhodes ........... 23 9 42 6 ........... Haigh ........... 6 3 23 2 ........... Jackson ... Total .189 O. M. R. W . 15 1 52 1 3 1 23 0 8 3 29 1 11 1 41 2 18 5 39 2 5 2 13 0 16*1 7 30 6 T H E A U S T R A L I A N S . THE M.C.C. MATCH. SEVENTH OF THE TOUR. Played at Lord’s on May 26, 27 and 28. Drawn. Time was when the M.C.C. could put a tremend­ ously strong team in the field for a very important match, but for all that the club has had a chequered history in its contest with the Australians. Now­ adays, with so many of its members engaged in representing counties, and a not too strong pro- f. ssional contingent, the team is hardly as strong as could be wished. There was plenty of batting on the side which faced the Australians on Monday, but the bowling left a good deal to be desired, although if the same bowling had been opposed to any English team which could be selected it would have been regarded as fairly strong. The reason of this difference is that for some cause or other Albert Trott is one of the most deadly bowlers of the day against Englishmen, whereas he has failed with a disheartening regularity against the Australians whenever he has been opposed to them. It was intended to include Llewellyn in the M.C.C. team, but owing to his temporary iilness, his place was taken by Crantield, the Somersetshire player. It is not likely that either captain was anxious to win the toss when the game was about to begin on Monday, for although it was odds that the wicket would improve in the course of the day, there is always so much risk in putting one’ s opponents in first that a captain may well hesitate. W . G. won the toss and decided not to avail himself of the opportunity of sending his opponents in. A fine beginning was made by Pry and Palairet, who in the course of atout fifty minutes put on 79 runs, by resolute hitting whenever the least opportunity offered. They both played most attractive cr cket; in fact the most attractive of the day. After this tbere was a breakdown which seemea likely to l e very serious, and at lunch time half the Bide wei e out for 117. But the experience of W .G . and the cleverness of Rm jitsinbji now quite altered the appearance of the game, altaough neither of these famous players was entiie.y happy in his treatment of the bowling. W . G. was not to be induced to take any risks, and in spite of all temptations he stood his ground for an hour and a half, making a most useful ‘29 runs at a very critical period of the game. Meanwhile Ranjitsinbji, short of practice as he was, adapted himself to circumstances in a skilful manner, and may be said to have quite played him­ self into form. He met with some luct, but made many beautiful strokes in his fine innings of 67. At the end of the innings Mitchell made a very useful 29 not out, although he was by no means at his best. Darling changed his bowling with much judgment, and it was a stroke of genius to put on bis original bowlers again immediately after Trumper and Arm­ strong had each got the wicket which was asked of him. A total of 240 on a rapidly improving wicket did not seem to be likely to cause the Australians mu'.h trouble, and from the way in which Trumper made use of the forty-five minutes before stump * were drawn, it was pretty evident that a lot of runs would be made on the morrow. Trumper was not out 46. and the total was 74 for one wicket. On Tuesday morning Clement Hill, Gregory, Darling, and Noble all batted very well indee», but the brilliancy of Trumper’s piny put their performances in the shade; he was not disposed of until he had put up 105 in two hours by cricket as attractive as cjuld be. A t lunch time the score was 256 for seven wickets. This time the tail did not do much, the bowling of W . G. disposing of the last three men very quickly. The M.C.C. were 31 runs behind. Palairet played a very fine innings, and Fry and Ranjitsinbji both made useful scores. But what was wanted was a really big ic in g s , and as Warner was not out 49 at the close of the day, there was a chance that a really big innings would be forthcomirg. When slumps were drawn the total was 190 for six wickets, so that the M.C.C. were 156 runs on. Th s did not look at all promising, and when Warner was promptly caught at the wicket things looked very bad. v* hen on y 176 runs on the M.C.C. had lost eight wicket«. Then J. T. Hearne and Mitchell made a most useful stand, which produced eighty- three runs in an hour and twenty minutes, and as stnmps were to be drawn at 5.30, W . G. was able to declare half-an-hour before lunch. Rain then fell, and there was no play until ten minutes to three, when the Australians made a splendid effort to knock off the runs. It is quite possible that they would have succeeded in doing this if rain had not caused another half hour’s delay. Trumper again played a most admirable innings, and Dnff, Hill, Gregory and Darling all p ayed attractive cricaet. M.C.C. First innings. Second innings. C. B. Fry, lbw, b Howell ... 36 c Armstrong, D Howell ......... . 21 L.C.H. Palairet, b Trumper 39 b Jones ...........44 Braund, b Jon es................... 2 lbw, b Armstrong 4 K . 8. Raojitsinb)i, b Arm - c G r e g o r y , b strong ... ......................... 67 Trumper............. 26 P. F. Warner, b Jones 2 c Kelly, b Noble 60 Trott (A.E.),c Duff, b Noble 8 b H opkins........... 4 W . G. Grace, c Gregory, b Howell..................................29 b Trumper.............23 F. Mitchell, b Howell ... 29 not o u t ................. 55 Storer (W .), lbw, b Howell 0 c Howell, b Noble 4 Heame (J. T ), b Noble ... 11 not o u t .................35 Cranfleld, not out ........... 4 B 6. lb 6, w 1 ...........13 E x tra s............14 Total ................. 240 Total (8 wkts)*280 * Innings declared closed. A ustralians . First innings. Second innings. V. Trumper, b Hearne .. 105 b Trott...................86 R. Duff, lbw, b Grace ...1 6 c Trott, b Cran- field ...................37 A J. Hopkins, lbw, b Grace 7 C. Hill, c and b Hearne ... 24 b Hearne ...........22 S. E. Gregory, b Trott ... 30 n o to u t.. ... ... 24 J. Darling, b Trott ......... 28 not out.................... 42 M. A. Noble, c and b Trott 21 W . W . Armstrong, not out 12 J. J. Kelly, b Grace ........... 3 E. Jones, b Grace ......... 0 W . P. Howell, c Palairet, b G ra ce .................................. 3 B 17, lb 5 ...................22 E x sias............. 6 Total ................271 Total (3 wkta) 217 M.C.C. First innings. Sec .nd innings. O. M. R . W . O. M. R. W. Jones ...........22 « 62 2 ...... 15 4 4 1 1 Noble .......... 33 13 96 2 ... ... 19 7 44 2 Howell ........... 25-3 7 54 4 ....... 30 11 62 1 Trumper ... 5 3 7 1 ............. 14 4 23 2 Armstrong ... 11 6 8 1 ............. 19 7 t>2 1 Hopkins ... 17 5 41 1 Armstrong bowled two no-balls, and Trumper and Jones a wide each. A ustralians . Cranfleld ... 9 0 45 0 ........... 6 0 26 1 Trott ... 24 1 96 3 ........... 19 0 102 1 Braund ... ... 8 2 29 0 .......... Hearne ... ... 14 6 60 2 ........... 14 2 53 1 Grace ... 19*5 6 29 6 ........... 10 4 12 0 Ranjitsinhji.., 2 0 18 0 WORCESTERSHIRE v. LEICESTER­ SHIRE. Played at Worcester on May 26, 27 and 28. Leicestershire won by 175 runs. 8ome fine bowling by Mr. Simpson Hayward, W il­ son, Woodcock, and Mr. Odell brought about the downfall of twenty-two wickets on the first day of thi* match, the wicket being very difficult. When stumps were drawn, Leicester hire, with eight wickets in hand in their second innings were leading by 64 runs. A remarka* le partnership on Tuesday morning between King and Koight, which produced 168 runs in two hours and a half, g «ve them a substantial lead, and yesterday they won easily. L eicestershire . First innings. Second innings. C.J. B. W ood, lbw, b W ilson 22 c S.-Hayward, b W ilson ... 5 Whitehead, b Pearson ... 16 c Foster,b Wilson 6 Knight, 8t Gaukrodger, b Hayward ...........................20 c Gaukrodger, b B ir d ...................108 King, lbw, b W ils o n ......... 13 c and b W ilson...130 R. T. Crawford, c W ilson, b S -Hayward ................... 8 c S.-Hayward, b B ird ...................18 C. E. de Trafford, st Gauk­ rodger, b S.-Hay ward .. 3 b B ird ................... 8 Coe, b Wilson.......................... 8 b W ilson ...........14 Geeson, c and b S.-Hayward 0 c Wheldon,b Bird 19 Woodcock, b W ils o n ........... 0 b Wilson ...........15 W . W . Odell, c Arnold, b S.-Hayward ................... 0 c and b Bird ... 37 Whiteside, not out ........... 1 not out.................. 9 Bye ........................... 1 B 6, lb 2 ... 8 Total ...................92 W orcestershire , Total ,.377 First innings. H. K. Foster, c Wbiteside, b W oodcock ................... 0 Bowley, lbw. b O dell..............15 Arnold, b Odell ......................27 Corden, lbw, b O d ell........... 0 Pearson, c Crawford, b W o o d co ck ............................ 2 Wheldon, c Whiteside, b W o o d co ck ............................ 8 Gaukrodger, b Odell ............ 2 G. H. Simpson-Hayward, c Woodcock, b O d ell.......... 24 Bird, c Whiteside, b W ood­ cock ................................. 7 Burrows, c Whitehead, b Odell ................................... 6 Wilson, not out .................... 6 Bye ............................ 1 Second innings. c Whiteside, b W oodcock ... 2: b W oodcock b Odell........... b Odell........... 5 Whiteside, b Odell...................17 .. 5 .. 18 .. 20 not out........... b W oodcock 48 * Total ... 98 b Geeson .............. 46 cCrawford,bKing 0 c Coe, b King ... 0 b King... ............ 4 Extras................................. 10 Total ...196 L eicestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Wilson ............ 22 5 42 4 ............ 37*5 5 105 5 Arnold ............ 9 4 140 . . . . 14 3 47 0 Pearson ............ 8 3 24 1 ............. 13 0 40 0 S.-Hayward ... 9 3 11 5 ............... 13 1 73 0 Burrows ... 11 1 63 0 Bird ......... 33 12 51 5 W orcestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Woodcock ... 20 7 31 4 ... 26 11 58 3 Odell .„ ... 19-2 2 66 6 ......... 28 6 75 3 King ... ... 3 4 1 33 3 Geeson ... 6 0 20 1 SURREY v. ESSEX. Played at Leyton on May 26, 27 and 28. Surrey won by 128 runs. There was some remarkable cricket in this match on Monday. Abel, forgotten by the Englaud selection committee, played one of the finest innings of his long career, while M’Gahey had a veritable triumph as a bowler, and when he went on a second time, the Surrey innings, which seemed about to produce a large total, suddenly came to a condusi n. Abel has, often enough, shown that he can make runs on all sorts of wickets against all sorts of bowling, even when other men are harmless, and after playing various fine innings on the slowest of wickets this year, he came to the front in the most marked manner when he had a chance of batting on a faster pitch. He was at the wickets for four hours for his splendid 150, and had completely dwarfed all his companions, of whom Hayes and Baker were alone in good form. It was