Cricket 1902

J une 12, 1902. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 205 L O N D O N C O U N T Y v. L E IC E S T E R S H IR E P lay ed at the C rystal P alace on Jun e 9, 10 and 11. D raw n, On a fairly easy but slow pitch, Leicestershire did very well indeed on the first day, scoring 254 for the loss of eight wickets. Nearly all the men who went in early played good cricket, but the best batting of tne day was shown by Knight and R. T. Crtwford. The London County had to face a total of 28', and losing W . G. and Perrin very quickly, setme 1 about to exp rience a bad time. But W. L. Murdoch, who had played himself in, was now joined by C. M’Gah<*<-, with the result that the bowling was collarel. In partnership the two men, who both played a great game, put on 157 in two hours. Murdoch’s innings was worthy of his best day*. His runs were hiefly made in front of the wicket ty hard and well- placed hits. He made his 132 out of a total of 206 while he was at the wickets for two hours and forty minutes. 1lewellyn and L. Walker msde useful scores, and London County had a lead of 147 runs. "When stumps were drawn Leicestershire had scored 13 for the loss of one wicket. Yesterday the team played up splendidly, C. J. B. W ood, King, Dr. Mac­ donald and Knight—especially the latter—all distin­ guishing themselves so much that the inning* was closed with only three wickets down. London County had no time to make the runs, but Perrin and Po devin gave a fine exhibition of the game. L eicestershire . First innings. Second innings. C. B. de Trafford, b May ... 21 b M a y .................... 0 C. J. B. Wood, runout ... 82 b Frith................. 42 King, b Llewellyn ...............34 htwkt,bMcGahey 31 R. Macdonald,b May ... 17 notout..................... 24 Knight, st Ford, b Urace ... 70 cot out .......... 145 R.T. Crawfoid, c Walker, b L lew ellyn .................. -4 4 Whitehead, c Poidevin, b L lew ellyn.......................... 17 W . W . Odell, lbw, b Grace 1 Geeson, not out .. ...........27 Whiteside,c Perrin, b Grace 1 Marlow, c Walker, b Llew­ ellyn .................................. 3 B 11, lb 2 ...................13 Extras............. 5 Total .................... 280 Total (3 wkts) *227 * Innings declared closed. L ondon C ounty . First innings Second innings. W.G.Grace.c Ge« won b King 8 W . L. Murdoch, b Marlow 132 P. Perrin, c Odell, b King.. 11 not o u t .................46 C. Me Jahey, st \\hiteside, b K ing.................................. 75 W . Smith, c de Trafford, b Odell .................................. 0 Llewellyn, b Geeson 31 L.O. S. Poidevin, st Whi'.e- eide, b Marlow ................. 17 not out...................40 L. W alter, b Marlow .. .. 41 W . F. L. Frith, b Odell ... 4 P. R. May, b Odell .......... 4 Ford, not out ................... 0 B 3, nb 1 ................. 4 Total ... ...327 Total ... 86 Llewellyn M ay......... Grace McGahey Walker .. Smith L eicestershire . Fitst innit gs. O. M. R W . ... 54 1 22 95 4 ... . ... 17 3 40 56 2 ... 16 52 3 ... 39 O ... 0 . 6 0 19 0 ......... Frith ......... P errin ......... Poidevin .. L ondon C ounty . First innings. O. M. R. W . King ... 33 1 116 3 Odell ... 24 4 85 3 Gteson ... ... 11 1 42 1 Marlow ... ... 16-2 1 48 3 W ood ... 6 0 14 0 Crawford ... 6 0 8 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 22 8 55 0 14 3 44 1 . 33 20 30 0 . 31 8 67 1 8 2 23 1 2 1 13 0 2 0 10 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W . 11 6 29 0 3 0 19 0 14 8 38 0 K irg delivered a no-ball. Important to Cricketers. S H A K E IN T O YO UR S H O E S Allen’s frcot Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures painful, swollen, smartirg, nervous feet and instantly takes the sting out of coins aijd bunions. It’s th-j greatest discovery of the age. 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The only weak point about Ranji’s cricket is his run­ ning between the wickets. He is not a good judge of a run, andat Birminghamhe seemed quite to lose his head. However, a cricketer of such surpassing skill and ability is not likely to be at fault again. Further, it is said that Fry is also out of form, and ought not to havebeen selected. I question whether he is out of form. Of course, on the wickets we have had this season he has not made so many runs as last year, but in his last three innings he has scored 35 runs in each innings on sticky and difficult pitches, and to do that he cannot be out of form. Besides, he fielded very finely at Birmingham, and—do not forget this - last year he was at the head of the English batting average'. He has nerve and pluck, and is a magnificent trier, and in my opinion, no England team would ever be complete without him. Many think that J. R. Mason might have been given the preference over Jessop. So he might very easily without in any way weakening the side, but Jessop is never out of place in any team. To begin with, he is a great fielder—a perfect marvel of quickness, safety, and accuracy at extra cover, or, in­ deed, anywhere in the field. He practically never misses a catch, and he cramps all the runs on the offside. You will not find the Australians attempting short runs withJessop at cover, extra cover, or mid-off. His aim is too unerring. In some quarters the selection of Abel, L. C. H. Palairet, and Shrewsbury has been urged, but, after all, you cannot play every­ one. There is, or used to be an idea about that Abel could not play fast bowling. This is utter nonsense, for he has made hundreds of runs off every fast bowler during the last ten years. It does certainly seem hard luck on him that he should not have had a place in any test match in this country since 1896, but who are you to leave out for him? Perhaps on account of his greater experience he might have been given the preference over T. L. Taylor, but the latter has clearly earned his place by his recent performances. He has made three hundreds this year in addition to other fine scores, and I do not see how one can grumble at his selection. Lionel Palairet is the most beautiful bats­ man in England, and to seehimgetting runs, one wonders how he could be left out of any eleven in the world. I fancy if you took a poll of the bowlers in this country, they would most of them vote for Palairet’s inclu­ sion. He has not done anything like so well as Taylor, for instance, but that Taylor is a finer player, I cannot believe. Still, at the moment, he is apparently in better form, and therefore his inclusion is thoroughly well de­ served. Arthur Shrewsbury isanotherwhohas strong claims to a place. Even in his forty- fifth year he is almost, if not quite, the best man we have on a sticky wicket. He has given many indications this season that he is in very fine form, but in no one instance per­ haps has he more forcibly proved his ability to bat on awicket rendered treacherous by rain than in the recent match between Sussex and Notts at Trent Bridge. No one else on the side made 20 runs, yet Shrewsbury with­ out a mistake of any kind, got 68. T ite is an extremely difficult bowler to play when the wicket helps him. but Shrewsbury triumphed over all difficulties, andwas master of the situation. At point there are fewmore certain catchers than Shrewsbury. Only last Thursday at Lord’s he got rid of G. W. Beldam with a brilliant one-handed catch, and I well remem­ ber an equally good one which he made at Nottingham a few years ago. C. M. Wells on that occasion was the batsman. It is said on good authority that Shrewsbury would not accept an invitation to play in a test match, as he does not care for the strain and anxiety of so important a game. Be that as it may there can be little doubt that on a sticky wicket Shrewsbury is quite good enough to play for England, and I fancy most people would have been pleased had he been given a place. In choosing an England Eleven it is impossible to please everybody, but I think the Selection Committee havedone right well, and chosen a magnificent team. YORKSHIRE (2)v. NORTHUMBERLAND Played at Jesmond on June 9 and 10. Yorkshire (2) won by three wickets. A very fin“ innings of 73 by R. W . Frank and excellent bowling by Brown had much to do with the success of the Yorkshire team. Mr. Frank made his runs in 40 minute*. N orthumberland . First innings. J. Hansell, b Kingrose ... 4 8. P. Bell, c Myers, b Oyston 8 W.Milne.cHiggins.bOyston 7 R.G.Mortimer,lbw.b Brown 1 Marshall, b Brown ...........14 F. G. H. Clayton, b Brown 0 F. W . Gillespie, b Ringrose 50 Elsey, b Brown ................... 0 Tomlin, b Brow n...................11 Lowings, not ou t................... 7 Greenwood, c Newstead, b Ringrose ........................... 3 E xtras........................... 5 Second innings. b Frank ... 34 b Brown ... 3 lbw, b Frank ... 19 b Brown ... ... 4 st Higgins, b Oyston ... ... 14 b Br >wn ... ... 21 c Newstead, b Brown ... ... 47 runout ... 0 c Swalwell, b Ringrose... ... 6 not out ... 6 b Brown ... .. 0 Extras... ... 32 Total . 110 Total ...186 Y obkshirk (2). R. W . Frank, b E!sey ...1 9 b Clayton .......73 R. S. Swalwell, c Green­ wood, b Lowings ........... 4 b Elsey ......... 1 Rudstone, c Greenwood, b Lowings ...........................17 c Mortimer, b Marshall........37 Myers, c Bell, b Lowings ... 18 b L ow iogs... 6 Newstead, c Bell, b Elsey . 1 0 c Bell, b Marshall 19 Higgins, lbw, b Marshall... 2) notout .......24 Wailao-i, b M arshall........... 4 c Mortimer, b Cl*yton ........10 Holmes, b Tomlin ...........22 b Tomlin ......... 0 Oyston, c Elsey, b Marshall 5 not o u t ............... 4 Ringrose, c Milne, b Marshall ... ................... 3 Brown, not out ................... 1 E xtras........................... 2 Extras ........... 0 Total ......................... 125 Total (7 wkts) 174 N orthumberland . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. K. W. Ringrose 18 4 6 37 3 ... ... 12 0 32 1 O yston........... 15 3 37 2 ... ... 7 2 19 1 B ro w n ........... 10 5 16 5 ... ... 20-3 3 63 5 Frank ........... 2 0 15 0 ... ... 6 0 40 2 Ringrose delivered two no-balls and Brown one. Y orkshire (2). O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Lowings . 1 8 4 63 3 ... ... 15 I 5 $ 1 Elsey .......... 16 3 50 2 ... ... 13 1 61 1 Marshall 5 2 13 4 ... ... 10 1 41 2 T om lin.......... 3*3 1 7 1 ... ... 9*1 3 23 1 Clayton , . . 2 0 6 2