Cricket 1902

J o l t 10, 1902. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 261 E N G L A N D v . A U S T R A L I A . THE THIKD MATCH. (EIGHTEENTH OF THE AUSTRALIAN TOUR.) Played at Bramall Lane, Sheffield, on July 3, 4 and 5. Australians won by 144 runs. In the first two matches rain came to the assistance of the Australians, but England was not so fortunate at Sheffield, and suffered a somewhat ignominious defeat. The wicket was not as good as it might have been, and we had the worst of it, especially in the fourth innings of the match when the Aus­ tralians had bowlers who could make the best use of it. After the announce­ ment that the English eleven would be chosen from twelve players, it came as a complete surprise when Barnes was included in the team at the last moment. L was known that Ranjitsinhji would not be able to play, and on the morning of the match it was decided to give Abel a chance, to leave out Lockwood, and once more to include C. B. Fry, who had not been included among the twelve selected men. The Australians left out Carter, Howell and Jones. On the first day England was several times in a most satisfactory position. The first time was when four Australians, including the two great batsmen Trumper and Hill, were out for 52 ; again when eight wickets were down for 137, and once more when 86 runs were on the board with only one English wicket down. But before stumps were drawn the fortunes of the game had once more changed, and Australia had the best of matters. There was nothing very remarkable about the first innings of the Australians, except the fine bowling of Barnes, the equally fine batting of Howell, and the obstinate stand made by Trumble and Armstrong for the ninth wicket, which produced 57 runs in 50 minutes, the highest total made in a partnership during the innings. Abel and Maclaren began well enough for England, putting on 61 for the first wicket, but after this things gradually began to look badly. For Abel at 86 followed Maclaren, and then in a shockingly bad light, such as is seldom known anywhere but at Sheffield, England lost three valuable men, Jackson, Fry and Tyldesley, and when stumps were drawn at a quarter-past six, on account of the light, five wickets were down for 102. There were still some good men to come on the following morning, but rain on the previous afternoon now helped the bowlers at first, and the last five men did next to nothing. Australia had a lead of 49. In their second innings the Australians lost Duff at once, but JrJill and Trumper both played splendid cricket, which had much to do with the eventual success of their side. The latter made 62 out of 80 in fifty miuutes, his partnership with Hill having produced 60 in half-an-hour. Trumper’s brilliant play seemed to demoralize the English bowling, and although Darling was a second time out for a duck’s egg, Hill was in magnificent form, and making his runs very quickly, had scored 93, when Gregory was out for a well- played 29, the partnership between them having produced 107 runs in an hour and five minutes. Hill was at last dismissed for 119, his highest score of the tour; he had been at the wickets for two hours and a half. Hopkins and Armstrong both did well, and when the innings came to an end England were left to make 339 to win, an exceedingly difficult task on a wicket which was not by any means easy and likely to become very fiery. Maclaren took the bold stroke of sending Jessop in with Abel, and the big hitter proceeded to knock up 53 out of 73 in three-quarters of an hour, and was still unconquered when stumps were drawn, Abel being the only man disposed of. Thus England still had to make 266 to win, with nine wickets in hand. On Saturday J essop was out l.b.w. off a ball which hit him in the ribs, and Fry was also l.b.w., and of the rest of the team only Maclaren played an innings worthy of his reputation. But no praise could be too high for his splendid play in making his 63 runs on a fiery and worn wicket, which suited Noble and Trumble to perfection. The former when he went on again, with the total at 151, took five wickets for 20 runs. A ustralia . First innings. Second innings. V . Trumper, b Braund ... 1 c Lilley,b Jackson 62 R. A. Duff, c Lilley, b Barnes..................................26 c Hirst, b Rhodes 1 C. Hill, c Rhodes, b Barnes 18 J. Darling, c Braund, b Barnes................................... 0 S. E. Gregory, c Abel, b Barnes...................................11 run out ................... M. A. Noble, c Braund, b R hodes.................................47 b Jackson ................ A. J. Hopkins, c Braund, b Barnes.................................. 27 not o u t .......................... W . Armstrong, c and b Braund ...........................25 b Rhodes .. ... J. J. Kelly, b Barnes........... 0 c Hill, b Rhodes H. Trumble, c and b Jack­ son..........................................32 J. V . Saunders, not out ... 0 B 3, lb 5 ........................... 8 Maclar.n, Jackson ... Braund, Barnes ... Total ...194 E ngland . b Rhodes ... b Rhodes ... Leg-byes Total ... b ..119 b .. 0 „ 29 First innings. A. C. Maclaren, b Noble ... 31 Abel, b Noble ......................38 Tyldesley, c Armstrong, b N o b le ..................................... 22 F. S. Jackson, c Gregory, b Saunders ........................... 3 C. B. Fry, st Kelly, b Saun­ ders .................................... 1 Lilley, b Noble .................... 8 Braund, st Kelly, b Saun­ ders ................................... 0 Hirst, c Trumble, b Saun­ ders ................................... 8 G. L. Jessop, c Saunders, b N o b le ..................................... 12 Rhodes, not out .................... 7 Barnes, c Darling, b Saun­ ders ................................... 7 B 4, lb 3, nb 1 ............ 8 Second innings, c Trumper, b Noble ...........63 c Hill, b Noble ... 8 b Trum ble...........14 b Noble ...........14 lbw, b Trumble .. 4 b Noble ........... 9 c Armstrong, b Noble ........... 9 b Noble ........... 0 lbw, b Trumble... 65 not out................... 7 b Trum ble........... 6 B 4, lb l,w l,n b 1 7 Total ............................145 T o ta l- ...........195 A ustralia . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Hirst ... .. 1 5 1 59 0 ... ... 10 1 40 0 Braund ... ... 18 4 34 2 ... ... 12 0 58 0 Barnes ... ...2 0 9 49 6 ... ... 12 4 5!) 1 Jackson ... .. 51 1 11 1 ... ... 17 2 60 3 Rhodes ... , 13 3 33 1 ... ... 171 3 63 6 Jessop ... 4 0 15 0 E ngland . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Trumble .. ... 18 10 21 0 ... ... 21-5 3 49 4 Saunders ... 15*3 4 50 5 ... ... 12 0 68 0 Trumper... . . . 4 1 8 0 ... ... 6 0 19 0 Noble ... ... 19 6 51 5 ... .. 21 4 52 6 Armstrong . . . 5 2 7 0 ... Noble delivered two no-balls and Trumper a wide. SOMERSETSHIRE v. GLOUCESTER­ SHIRE. Played at Bath on July 3, 4 and 5. Glouces­ tershire won by three wickets. Probably the absence of Braund was more felt by Somerset than that of Jessop by Gloucestershire, because the latter so seldom bowls now, whereas the former often gets wickets; but oa the other hand Brownlee, who has got into such fine form, was cooling his heels in the pavilion at Lord’s, not being wanted for Oxford. It was an interesting and close match from first to last, and a very little might have turned the fortunes of the game in favour of Somerset. There was a great deal of good batting shown on both sides, but the two out&tandiug innings were the 60 by S. M. J. Woods and the 104 by W . H. Rowlands. The former made his runs quite in his old and famous style, white the latter took a leaf from his book and scored his 104 in a couple of hours by beautiful and well-timed hitting. It will be noticed from the score that L. C. H. Palairet, who used to be a very u seful round-arm bowler several years ago, had an excellent analysis in the second innings, although now he bowls lobs. S omerset . First innings. L. C. H. Palairet, b Roberts 0 Lewis, c Brown, b Paish ... 10 Robson, b Roberts ......... 28 O.Samson.cBoard,bRoberts 8 S. M. J. W oods, b Paish ... 60 V . T. H ill, b Huggins ... 30 Gill, b Brown ...................10 F. M. Lee, b Huggins ... 17 C. E. Dunlop, b Pai«h ... 19 G. P. Newport, b Huggins 11 Cranfield, not out ........... 8 B 4, lb 1, w 1, nb 1 ... 7 Total .................. 208 Second innings, c Rowlands, b Roberts ...........13 b Roberts ......... 4 b H uggins.......... 19 st Board, b Paish 37 c Board, b Paish 36 c W rathall, b Roberts ... ... 10 cW rathall,bHug- gins . ..........45 c Board, b Paish.. 15 c Brown, b Paish 11 cBoard,bHuggins 16 not o u t................. 6 B 12, lb 1 ... 13 Total ...225 G loucestershire . First innings. Wrathall,c Newport, b Rob­ son .................................. 17 Langdon, b Palairet ...........63 W . Troup, b Cranfleld ... 10 Board, c Samson, b Robson 5 C. Champain, b Robson ... 0 W .S A. Brown, c Newport, b GUI .................................. 20 W . H. Rowlands, c Gill, b Palairet ...........................104 H. C. Manners, b Cranfield 32 Huggins, not o u t ................. 29 Paish, c Palairet, b Robson 7 Roberts, b Ci anfield ........... 6 B 7, w 2, nb 1 ...........10 Second innings, c Robson, b Cran­ fleld ................... 2 c Lewis, b G ill... 15 cRobson.bPalairet 45 c Gill, b Palairet 21 not out...................13 c Newport, b P alairet...........16 b G il l ...................27 lbw, b Cranfield.. 0 not out.................. 3 Total Leg-byes ... 2 293 Total (7 wkts) 144 S omerset . First innings. O. M. R. W . Roberts ........... 13 3 42 3 .. Paish ........... 23 3 87 3 ,~ Huggins .. .. 13'1 0 Brown ........... 3 0 61 3 11 1 Second innings. O. M.R. W . ..1 8 2 58 3 ... 12 1 60 4 ... 14-2 4 65 3 1 29 0 Roberts delivered a wide and F uggins a no-ball. G loucestershire . First innings. O. M . R. W . Cranfield......... 37*4 11 111 3 .. GiU •................... 16 4 45 1 .. Robson ........... 25 6 72 4 .. P alairet........... 22 4 55 2 Second innings. O. M. R. W. . 28*1 12 53 2 .2 2 6 60 2 . 5 1 11 0 12 4 28 3 Palairet delivered two wides and Gill one no-ball. O X F O R D v . Played at Lord’s on July 3, 4 and 5. Cambridge won by five wickets. With few exceptions the m itches played this year by the Universities were not productive of much really first-class cricket. The bowiing on both sides was weak, and the b a ttiD g not particularly attractive. Few people would have c«red to prophesy about the result of last week’s match, for both teams had shown such variable f* rm, when they showed form at all, that there was no knowing what either of them might do. It was considered a matter of some importance to win the toss, and when the Oxford men had choice of innings on what seemed like being a good and fast wicket their chances of victory were considerable. On the whole they made fairly good use of the first day, for although their tail crumpled up badly the total of their innings w*s <06; while, before stumps * ere drawn, they had dismisst d three of the best Cambridge batsmen for 71, viz., Ebden, Day and Dowson. The beginning of tbe match went very much in favour of Oxford, for Dillon and Findlay put up 118 for the first wicket in two hours and tive minutes, the former playing attractive cricket wh le the latter was wisely content to keep up his end. After this the bowlers gradually gained the upper hand. Dowson, for Cambridge, played very good cricket for 40, and Ebden was not out 23 at the close of the day. On the second day the Cambridge tatting was saved from being quite devoid of interest by the excellent display of Blaker, who, as last year, played a very taking game at a critical time. Driffield helped him co ’siderably, and this wicket put on 71 runs in sixty-five minutes, tb« best stand of the innings. With a lead of 20 Oxford again began well with Dillon and Findlay, who were