Cricket 1902

188 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 5, 1902, LANCASHIRE v. WORCESTERSHIRE. Played at Old Trafford on June 2and 3. Lancashire won by 159 runs. On a sticky wicket each side had an innings on Monday, and Lancashire had made one run in their second innings when stumps were drawn. The bowlers had much the best of the situation, and the only men who distinguished themselv >s with the bat were Maclaren, Arnold and Smith. Tyldesley, Mac­ laren, Ward, and Eccles played fine cricket for Lancashire on Tuesday, but the Worcestershire men could do nothing with the bowling of E. E. Steel, who had a splendid analysis. L ancashire . First innings. Second innings. A. C. Maclaren, b Bird ... 34 c Pearson, b A r­ E. E. Steel, b W ilson... ... 9 nold ................... b Arnold ........... 46 6 Tyldesley, b B ird.......... ... 12 b W ilson ........... 57 Ward, c Gaukrodger, W ilson ................... b ... 8 c S.-Hayward, b Arnold ........... b W ilson ........... Hallows, b W ilson ... 4 30 2 A. Eccles, b W ilson ... ... 12 b Arnold ........... 37 Sharp, c Bowley, b Bird ... 13 c Gaukrodger, b Cuttell, b Bird ........... ... 9 Arnold ........... lbw, b Wilson ... 16 2 Barnes, not out ........... ... 4 c Gaukrodger, b Webb, b Bird ........... ... 0 Arnold ........... c Foster,b W ilson 26 9 Thomas, b Wilson ... 1 not out................... 0 B 2, lb 5 ........... ... 7 B 5 ,1-b 2 .. 7 Total................... ...113 T ota l......... i 238 W orcestershire . First innings. H. K . Foster, b Webb ... 0 Bowley, b w e b b .................. o Arnold, not out ................. 42 G. H. Simpson-Hayward, b Webb .................................. 7 Wheldon, c Steel, b Barnes 9 Corden, b Webb ................... 0 Pearson, b Cuttell ........... 3 Smith, c Thomas, b Hallows £9 W ilson, c Cuttell, b Hallows 4 Gaukrodger, b Hallows ... 5 Bird, run out........................... 9 B 5 ,1-b 3, n-b 3 ... 11 Second innings. b Steel................... 9 b Steel................... 9 b Steel.................... 0 Total . lbw, b Steel ... 0 b Steel................. 2 b Barnes ......... 1 not out... .......28 c Steel, b Barnes 16 cTyldesley,b Steel 0 lbw, b Steel......... 8 b Steel................. 0 Extras......... 0 Total.......73 Second innings. _ O. M. R. W . O. M. R . W. Wilson ........... 29*1 14 49 5 ............. 23 6 tO 4 Arnold ........... 11 4 20 0 .. ... 36*2 12 86 6 B ird................... 18 5 37 5 ............. 9 1 24 0 S.-Hayward 10 1 39 0 Pearson ... 8 1 22 0 W orcestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. M.K. W . ... 16 5 30 2 First innings. ...119 L ancashire . O. M. R .W . Barnes ... ... 16 10 13 1 Webb ... ... 16 5 30 4 Cuttell ... ... 4 1 11 1 Steel........... ... 12 3 17 0 Sharp ... 4 1 19 0 Hallows .. ... 6-2 2 18 3 ... 193 ... 4 32 8 11 0 Barnes, Cuttell, and Sharp each bowled a no-ball. THE AUSTRALIANS. THE YORKSHIRE MATCH. NINTH OP THE TOUR. A REMARKABLE MATCH. Played at Headingley, Leeds, on June 2 and 3. Yorkshire won by 5 wickets. The announcement that peace had been declared was seized upon by Leeds people as an opportunity for paying a visit to the cricket ground, and the result was an enormous crowd, which was officially estimated at 36,705. Naturally, the committee had not made any special arrangements for possible “ Peace rejoicings,” and so the crowd became more or less unmanageable. Possibly, this would not have been the case if the game had been begun at the usual time, but owing to the wet condition of the wicket the commencement was postponed until one o’clock, by which time the spectators had become restless. Until lunch time they were quiet enough, although they encroached on the area reserved for play, but a few of the bolder spirits made a rush during lunch to the reserved seats, and in a few minutes the police could only look on helplessly. The game was delayed while attempts were made to get the crowd into something like order, and things went very well until the Australians had completed their innings, when there was again an ugly rush, everybody trying to get into some position from which he could see. It seemed doubtful whether any more play would be possible, but eventually the game was resumed with shorter boundaries. During the various promenades of the spectators over the ground the wicket itself was not always respected. It was not a day of great triumph for either side. The Australians had perhaps a little the best of the wicket, which was always difficult, but their batting was not very attractive on the whole. Trumper once more showed himself to be a great cricketer, but after Duff had fallen with the total at 31, he could find no one to stay with him. Seven wickets were down for an additional 45 runs, and then Kelly, Hopkins, and Jones came to the rescue of their side, with the result that the total was a very fair one for the wicket. Jackson and Hirst were the successful bowlers. The most noticeable E oint in the day’s cricket was a magnificent left- anded catch by Washington, from a hard low drive by Darling. Yorkshire began badly, losing Tunni- cliffe in Howell’s second over, but Brown and Denton seemed likely to play out time, when both were dis­ missed, the total at the end of the day, during which cricket was played for three hours, being 48 for three wickets, so that Yorkshire had, perhaps, a little the worst of the game. There was no play until midday on Tuesday, on account o f the rain, and when the f ame was resumed the wicket was found to be very ifficult, and half the Yorkshiremen were out for 69. After this very little resistance was offered to the bowling o f Howell, but T. L. Taylor kept up his end well. The Australians, with a useful little lead of 24, made a most disastrous start in their second innings, losing Trumper and Duff before lunch with the total at 7. Nor did matters improve much after lunch, and four wickets had fallen when the total was 20, so that at this time the visitors were only 44 runs on, with six wickets in hand. This was not much to boast of, but with six wickets still in hand, the Australians might very well have added another 40 or 60 runs, which would have given the Yorkshiremen a very hard task indeed in the fourth innings of the match. But there was a sudden and astonishing crash, and in four more overs the ;innings was ended for an additional three runs. Hirst disposed of Noble and Armstrong with two successive balls. Five and six wickets for 20. Then with the total at 23, Jackson bowled one of the most wonderful overs on record. From th° first ball, Gregory scored a single; Hopkins was lbw to the second; the third bowled K elly: the fourth was played by Jones ; the fifth bowled him ; and Howell was caught at the wicket off the sixth and last. It was all so startling that one rubbed one’s eyes in astonishment to think that Australians should fare like this. Both Jackson and Hirst had splendid analyses, but to Hirst belongs the credit of breaking up the combination and preparing the way for the great finale. Gregory’s innings o f 10 not out was, under the circumstances, quite a great performance. W ith 48 to make to win, the Yorkshiremen, aided by seven byes, put up 19for the first wicket, and although another wicket fell at the same total, and a third at 25, the issue was never in any great doubt., A ustralians . First innings. Y . Trumper, c Denton, b Jackson ...........................38 R. A . Duff, b Hirst ... ... 12 C. Hill, c Brown, b Rhodes 7 S. E. Gregory, c Jackson, b Hirst ................................... 4 J. Barling, c Washington, b Hirst................................... 3 M . A. Noble, c Tunnicliffe, b J a ck son ........................... 0 W . W . Armstrong, c Denton, b Jackson........... 3 A. J. Hopkins, b Jackson... 17 J. L. Kelly, b Hirst ...........23 E. Jones, c Haigh, b Rhodes 20 W . P. Howell, not out ... 1 Second innings. b Hirst................... 7 cJackson, b Hirst 0 st Hunter, b Jackson ... ... 1 notout...................10 b Hirst................... 1 b Hirst ........... 2 B 1, lb 1, w 1 ............. 3 Total .....................131 Y orkshire . First innings. Brown, sen., b N oble......... 13 Tunnicliffe, c Armstrong, b b Hirst................... lbw, b Jackson... b Jack son ........... b Jack son ........... c Hunter, b Jack son ........... Byes ... ... Total ... Howell... .................. ... 1 Denton, c H ill, b Noble ... 32 T. L. Taylor, b Noble .. 22 F. S. Jackson, b Howell ... 0 Hirst, lbw, b H ow ell...........12 Washington, b Howell ... 5 Haigh, c Kelly, b Noble ... 0 Lord Hawke, c Armstrong, b Howell ............................ 3 Rhodes, c Trumper, b Howell......................................12 Hunter, not o u t .................... 0 Byes ............................ 7 Second innings, c Howell, b Noble 9 b Howell ........... 3 cGregory,b Noble 5 b Noble ...........11 c Kelly, b Howell 6 not out................... 0 not out................... 9 ... 7 Byes.. Total ................107 Total (5 wkts) 50 A ustralians . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M .R . W . H irst..................16 4 6 35 4 ............ 7 4 9 5 Rhodes ........... 13 1 43 2 ............ Jackson ........... 13 2 30 4 ........... 7 1 12 5 Haigh ........... 5 1 20 0 ............ Hir.-t bowled a wide. Y orkshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Howell ........... 20 4 53 6 ............ 10 3 22 2 Jones................... 3 0 17 0 ............ Noble.................. 16 3 6 30 4 ........... 9*3 4 21 3 NOTTS y. SUSSEX. Played at Trent Bridge on June 2 and 3. Sussex won by 8 wickets. Some very interesting cricket was seen on the first day of this match, although only three men, Fry, Vine, and Arthur Shrewsbury, did anything of note with the bat. Notts could not make head nor tail of the bowling of Cordingley and Tate in their first innings—Ranjitsinhji, who had won the toss, had given them the opportunity of batting first—and the result was a total which was only ten runs more than that made by the Australians at Leeds. Fry and Vine put up 27 for the first Sussex wicket, the latter claiming 20 of them, a proportion which must be almost a record for him. But nothing else was done of importance. Fry’s was a good innings on a bad wicket, but for Fry it was disappointing. Ranjit­ sinhji made a duck’s egg. Notts had to wipe out a balance of 44, and by the best cricket o f the day Arthur Shrewsbury and John Gunn raised the total from 16 to 84 in an hour and ten minutes, Shrewsbury being not out 43 when stumps were drawn, with the total at 93 for three wickets, Notts being then 49 runs on. On Tuesday there was no play until after lunch, when Shrewsbury increased his score by 25 by some vigorous hitting. He was batting in all for nearly two hours, during which he claimed 68 of the 90 runs scored in that time ; his batting was the best seen during the match. The tail collapsed, and Sussex were left to make 107 to win. Fry played well, and afterwards Killick and Relf did all that was necessary. N otts . First innings. A . O. Jones, b Tate ........... 4 Iremonger, b Cordingley ... 5 Shrewsbury, c&b Cordingley 0 Gunn (J.), c Marlow, b Tate 2 Dench, c Tate, b Cordingley 4 Gunn (G.), not out ...........10 Anthony (H.), b Tate........... 0 Anthony (G .),c Vine, b Tate 2 Oates, st Butt, b Cordingley 2 Hallam, c Tate, bCordingley 0 Wass, b Tate...........................11 B 4 ,1-b 2 ................... 6 Total ... . Second innings, c Ranjitsinhji, b T a te................15 c Vine, b Tate ... 11 c Bland, bTate... 68 b V ine................17 c Newham, b Tate 7 b Tate ................... st Butt, b Tate ... c Vine, b Tate ... b Killick ........... not out................... c Fry, b Killick... B 6, lb 1, w 1 c and b Wasa b Hallam ... not out........... . ... 46 S ussex . First innings. Second innings. C. B. Fry, c Iremonger, b Hallam .................................. 35 Vine, b Wass...........................20 Killick, st Oates, b Hallam 2 K.S.Ranjitsinhj i,cAnthony, b Hallam ........................... Relf, b W as8................... W . Newham, c Oates, Hallam ................... Marlow, c Shrewsbury, Hallam ................... Tate, lbw, b Wass Butt, c G. Gunn, b Wass Cordingley, b Wass ... Bland, not out ........... Extras................... Total ...150 0 14 not out... ... 35 ... 7 ... 24 Total L-b 1, w 1, n-b 1 3 Total (2 wkts.) 107 T a te ......... Cordingley Wasa ... Hallam 18 ... 17 ... 16 41 17 58 . 8 1 26 13 4 8 24 9 2 17 12 7 17 90 N otts . First innings. Second innings. O. M . R . W . O. M. R . W 131 6 18 5 ... , 3 22 5 ... Relf................ Vine ... , Killick ... . Relf bowled a wide. S ussex . First innings. Second innings. O. M . R. W . O. M. R . W . 4 48 5 ... , 5 42 5 ... , Gunn (6UJV.. . Anthony (H.) . Anthony (G) , Dench ... . 9 108 3 7 4 3 11 1 18 Wass delivered a wide and Anthony (H.) a no-ball.