Cricket 1902

2 2 0 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 19, 19 0 2 . SURREY v. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. A CLOSE FINISH. Played at Oxford on June 16, 17 and 18. Oxford University won by two wickets. Neither side was fully represented in this match, which, on the first day, was only interrupted by rain for a little more than an hour. In the absence of D. L. A. Jephson, K . J. Key took his old place as captain of the Surrey teim , and showed at once that he had not lost one of the most valuable qualifications posiessed by a captain, by winning the toss. The Surrey batting was good nearly all through the innings, although Hayward was the only man who stood out very prominently. He at last I roke through the spell of bad luck which had attended him this season, and after teing missed when his score was 32, which was nearly equal to his highest score of tiie year, he went from good to better, and p’.ayed a splendid innings, quite in his old form. He never made his runs at any great pace, but he showed a complete command over the bowling which, at times, was difficult, atd kept up his end for three hours and a quarter, only missiDg hia hundred by ten runs. The innings came to an end in time to allow the Oxonians twenty minutes’ batting, if the rain had not come down and stopped the play. On Tuesday morning Oxford made a good beginning, with Marsham, Dil- iou and W yld, who had to retire hurt with his score at 22, a ball from Bichardson having 9plit his fiDger. From this time the bowlers began to gain the upper hand, until Kelly, who came in tenth, played a very flue innings, with Medlicott as a steady partner. Three times in the course of his inning*, Kelly made a drive for six off Smith, who, despite this, bowled uncommonly well. Surrey tad a lead of 76 when they went in again, but as Longman had injured his hand in trying to bring off a very difficult catch from a hit by Kelly, he was not able to go in. W ith the exception of Hayes and Richardson, the Surrey men were in difficulties with the bowling of R. A. Williams and Emsthausen, and the innings only produced 69 runs. This gave Oxford the task of scoring 145 to win, and as before stumps were drawn they had made 11 without loss, their chances of a victory were good. But they made a Bid start when the match was resumed yesterday morning, and six wickets were down for 47. At this period of the game they did not seem to have the slightest chance of victory, and even when the next wicket put on 38, the end seemed very near. But B. A . W illiams and Amory played fine cricket, and before the latter was out the score had been raised to 120, which made a close finish highly probable. Meanwhile, W illiams had been playing a beautiful game, and as he received most useful assistance from Wyld, who came in so late on account of his injured finger, the match was pulled out of the fire, without further loss. S urrey . H .K . Longman,c Meilicott, b W illiams..........................23 absent, hurt ... 0 Hayward, c Bonham-Carter, b Amory ..........................£0 b Ernsthausen ... 2 Hayes, c Wyld, b Amory ... 25 cY oss.b Williams 20 Lockwood, c Voes, b Eras- c Dillon, b W il- thausen ........................... 2 liams . 6 P. F. Knox, c Marsham, b c Medlicott, b Williams ... ..................21 Ernsthausen... 7 K. J.Key.c Bonham-Carter, b Ernsthausen.................. 17 c and b Williams 8 Lees, c Marsham, b Amory 12 b Ernsthausen ... 1 Nice, b Ernsthausen........... 0 c Am ory, 3 W il­ liams 2 Richardson, c Dillon, b Wil­ liams ..................................21 b Williams... Strudwick, c Emsthausen, b Amory ........................... 0 runout... Smith, not out ..................... 10 not out....................... B 11, lb 2, nb 2 ..............15 B 4, lb 1 T o ta l.........................2: Total O xfobd U niversity . O xford U niversity . First innings. _ __ Second innings. Hayward Smith ... . Bichardson . Lockwood O. , 22 . 32 . 15 . 5*J M. R. W . O. M R. W . 9 89 1 ... 10 81 5 ... 21 9 25 2 4 31 2 ... .. 17 7 42 1 2 7 1 ... ... 27*2 9 73 5 Nice... ... 3 1 2 0 C. H. B. Marsham, b Smith 14 E. W . Dillon, b Bichardson 20 H. W yld, retired hurt ... 22 R. Z. H. Voss, b Smith W . 8. Medlicott, b Richard­ son ........................... ... 13 M. Bonham-Carter,b Smith 15 R. A. Williams, b Smith ... 4 R. S. Darling, c Strudwick, b Hayward.......................... 3 L. H. Heathcote-Amory, b S m ith ................................... 4 G. W . F. Kelly, not out ... 46 A . C. von Ernsthausen, b L ock w ood .......................... 4 N o-bal's ................... 3 13 b Lockwood b Lockwood not out.......... b Smith b Lockwcod b Smith not out........... b Lockwood c Lockwood, Richardson b Lockwood Hayward delivered three no-balls. YORKSHIRE v. SOMERSET. DEFEAT OF YORKSHIRE. Played at Sheffieldon June 16,17 and 18. Somerset won by 34 runs. The Somersetshire eleven was much stronger by the inclusion of L. C. H. Palairet and Braund than that which defeafed Lancashire by nine runs on the previous Saturday, and in the first day’s play against Yorkshire the visitors quite held their own. For this they had chiefly to thank the two men who were rot playing against Lane;shire, inasmuch as Palairet and Braund made 56 out of their total of 86, while Braund took six Yorkshire wickets for 30 runs. These two men put on 44 for the first wicket, by sound batting ; they made their runs slowly as it was not possible to knock the Yorkshire bowlers about. After the first wicket fell there was not much more resistance offered to Rhodes and F. S. Jackson, although Woods made a very useful 14. Except that Brown and Denton both played a good game the Yorkshiremen were not by any means seen to advantage when their turn came to bat, for the wicket was very much in favour of Braund, who in addition kept an excellent length. When each side had completed an innings, Somerset held a lead of 12 runs, which on such a difficult wicket was likely to be of some value. When stumps were drawn, Somerset had lost a wicket in their second inninps for 4 runs, so that with nine wickets in hand they held a lead of 16. On Tuesday it was decided to postpone the resumption o f the game until the next morning, as the wicket was saturated. Some surprises were now in store. Palairet made a very useful 24, and then Braund and Gill put on 63 in forty minutes—a partnership which had very much to do with the result. Both men played the boldest kind of cricket. Haigh finished off the innings in a [summary manner by doing the hat trick. Yorkshire were now left to make 119 to win. But the wicket had become very difficult, and though they made a determined fight, they had to yield to fate at last. S omerset . First innings. L . C. H. Palairet, Jackson ................... Braund, c and b Rhodes Robson, b Jackson ........... P. R. Johnson, b Jack­ son .................................. S. M. J. Woods, lbw, b Rhodes .......................... Lewis, c Haigh, b Rhodes... Gill, lbw, b J a ck s o n .......... F. M. Lee, c Denton, b Rhodes ........................... A . E. Newton, b Jack­ son ................... ........... Cranfleld, b Jackson ........... D . L . Evans, not o u t........... Lb 1, n b l ................... 25 810 Second innings. c and b Jackson 24 c Jackson,bHaigh 34 b Jackson ........... 0 0 run out... 3 .. 15 ... 0 ,.. 3 ... 5 ... 69 .. 22 .. 11 ,.. 6 ... 0 ... 0 ... 51 ... 7 b ... 26 ... 14 c Hirst, b Bhodes 0 b Haigh ........... 4 b Haigh ...........41 1 b Haigh 0 b Haigh 5 not o u t.. 6 b Haigh 2 Total Extras... Total ...................161 Total (8 wkts)145 S urrey . O. M. R. W. 0 . M. R. W . Ernsthaufen'... 28 1 62 3 ... ... 11 2 34 3 H.-Amory .. 22 5 65 4 ... Williams 16 3 2 75 3 ... ‘.V 1C*3 1 80 5 Kelly .......... 9 2 29 0 ... Heathcote-Amory delivered two no*balls. Y orkshire . First innings. Brown, b Cranfield ...........13 Tunnicliffe, b Braund ... 4 Denton,"b Robson ...........20 T. L, Taylor, c Newton, b Braund ........................... 8 F. S. Jackson, b Braund 5 Hirst, c Evans, b Braund... 0 Washington, b Robson ... 0 Haigh, b Braund................... 9 Rhodes, b Braund ........... 5 Lord Hawke, lbw,b Eobson 1 Hunter, not o u t ................... 1 B 5, lb 3 ................... 8 Total........... 106 Second innings, c Johnson,bCran- field................... 6 cRobson,bBraund 11 Total ... 74 b Braund st Newton, Braund ... b Braund ... c Palairet, Braund ... b Braund ... . b Braund ... . c and b Braund. b Braund ... . not out................ B 4 , lb 2 . Total MIDDLESEX v. ESSEX. Played at Lord’s on June 16, 17 and 18. Drawn. So saturated was the wicket on both Monday and Tuesday that no play was possible until the third morning of the match. Some curious cricket was seen yesterday. For Middlesex G, W . Beldam and P. F. Warner started uncommonly well, and put up 62 for the first wicket. 1 hen Trott made a few big hits, but no one else helped Beldam except R . O. Schwarz. Beldam was out at 106, after batting for two hours for an invaluable 44. Of the Essex men Perrin alone was to the fore; he was, however, invincible. W ith a lead of 90 Middlesex declared when they had made 23 for one wicket, on the chance that Essex might collapse. But thanks to fine cricket by Fane and Kortright Essex came cut all light. During the Essex innings J. T. Hearne took four wickets in an over, three of them in succession, his victims being Fane, McGahey and Kortright. M iddlesex . 6 b .. 18 81 Y orkshire . First innings. O. M. R. W . Hirst ........... 7 3 8 0 ... Rhodes ...........26 10 S9 4 ... Jackson...........24’2 12 29 6 ... Haigh ........... 4 2 8 0 ... Y orkshire . First innings. O. M. B. W . Cranfield ... 7 0 34 1 ... Braund ........... 13 2 30 6 ... Robson ........... 6 5 2 3 ... G. Macgregor, c Reeves, b Young ... Rawlin, c Kortright, b Mead ................... Hearne (J. T .), c Fane, b Mead........... C. J. W ebb, not out B 6, lb 2................... P .F . Warner, b Young 33 G. W . Beldam, c Russell, b Young ... 44 B. J. T. Bosanquet, lbw, b Mead .......... i Trott (A. E.), b Mead 18 W . P. Robertson, c McGahey, b Young 0 R. O. Schwarz, lbw, b Young .................. 29 Total ...........154 E. S. Littlejohn, b Young ................... 0 Second innings: Bosanquet, lbw, b Young, 10; Warner, not out, 8 ; Schwarz, not out, 2; Extras, 3. Total (1 wkt) *23. • Innings declared closed. E ssex . First innings. F. L. Fane, b H earne......... Carpenter, c Ro' ertsor, b Trott .................................. 1 b Feam e ........... P. Perrin, not out ...........38 cBeldam,bHearne C. McGahey, c Beld m, b He*rne .......................... 0 c Webb, b Hearne C. J. Kortright, b Hearne .. 0 not out................... Sewell, b Hearne................... 0 Russell, b Trott .................. 3 H.G.Owen,c Rawlin,b Trott 9 Young c Bosanquet, b Trott 1 Reeves, b H earne................. 1 Mead, c Schwarz, b Hearne 0 Extras ................... 8 Lb ........... Second innkga. net o u t..................37 Total ...................64 M iddlesex . First innings, O. M. R. W . Mead ........... 28 4 59 4 ... Y ou n g ........... 23 2 5 61 6 ... McGahey ... 3 0 10 0 ... Reeves........... 7 3 16 0 ... E ssex . Hearne.. Trott .. First innings. O. M. R. W 14*4 5 14 4 28 6 ... 28 4 ... Rawlin W ebb Schwarz Total (3 wkts) 68 Second innings. O .M . R .W . ... 2 0 13 0 ... 3 0 7 1 Second innings. O. M. R . W. ... 14 7 16 3 ... 4 0 12 0 ... 7 0 23 0 ... 6 1 17 0 ... 3 3 0 0 Second innings. O. M. R .W . ... 2 0 5 0 ... 12 0 44 1 ... 21 7 £8 2 ... 7-1 1 19 6 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 9 0 22 1 ... 17*35 41 9 ... 9 3 15 0 THE TONBKIDGE W EEK . KENT y. LANCASHIRE. Played at Tonbridge on June 16, 17 and 18. Lancashire won by an innings and 8 runs. Quite early on Monday, at about half-past twelve, it was decided that no play was possible, and the gates were not opened to the public. Great prepara­ tions had been made to render the week this year specially attractive, and it was proportionately dis­ appointing that the rain so interfered with its success. It was possible to make a commencement of the match on Tuesday morning, but after Kent had scored 39 runs for the loss o f a wicket, the rain came down, and cricket ended for the day. Hallows was in great form with the ball when the game was resumed yesterday morning, and the last six wickets fell for 13 runs. Bumup’s 32 was a really good innings. Tbe Lancashire men were not as greatly inconvenienced by the bowling as their opponents, and Ward played a extremely useful innings, while Tyldesley and E. E. Steel did very well indeed. As a result of this Maclaren was able to declare his innings when nine wickets were down, leaving Kent the probability of making a poor exhibition on a queer wicket, with the possibility of being defeated. As