Cricket 1902

J u l y 17, 1902. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 277 T H E A U S T R A L I A N S . THE WORCESTERSHIRE MATCH. ( t w e n t ie t h of t h e to u e .) Played at "Worcester on July 10, 11 and 12. Australians won by 174 runs. No one expected that "Worcestershire would beat the Australians, who ^re just now in high feather, and on the whole they fame out cf the match with a fair amount of credit. It was not at all a bad per­ formance to get rid of the Australians in the first innii gs for 274, and t ir d is t o t e congratu'atod on taking six of their wickets for 69 runs. 1 he only two big innings <f tbe day were p ayed by Duff and Noble, the former making his 90 in two hours and tea minutes, ai d the latter 66 in an hour and a-half. Worcestershire had a bad quarter of an h< ur at the wicktts tefore slumps were drawn, and lost ooe wicket for five runs. For a time on the next morn­ ing it looked as if the total would te very small, for despite a very steady resistancety Arnold half the tide fell for 66 Tuns. lu t the tail nearly all tatted well, and the last wicket provoked a great surprise, Gaukrodger and Furrows putting on 62 runs in three- quarters cf an hour. Gaukrodger played admirable cr.cket, and was rot in the least afraid of the Austra­ lians. which is a good deal more than can be said of m ost of the men who have to meet them. Thanks to this useful stand Worcestershire were only 72 tuls behind, tu t the lead of the Australians had been increased to 241 by the end of the day, with half the men out. Clement H ill played a great game. On Saturday momiDg the innings soon came to a conclu­ sion, and Worcester.-hire had to make 272 to win. So far they had dene extremely well, 1ut now in the time of their trial they v ere not seen to advantage, and the Australians always looked lile ■winning easily. A u s t r a lia n s . First innings. Second innings. It. A . Duff, b W ilson... A .J.Hopkins,c Gaukrodger, b B ir d ................... C. Hill, b I urrows M. A. Noble, c R. Foster, b Bird ................... S. E. Gregory, c Bowley, b Bird ................... J. Darling, b Bird W . W . Armstrong, n H . Carter, b Bird... E. Jones, b Bird ... B 5, lb 2, w 3 Total ... . 80 c R. Foster, b Wilson ......... 30 23 b B ird................. 16 29 st Gaukrcdger, b S.-Hayward •... 60 56 c Gaukrcdger, b B ird................... 1 11 c Gaukrodger, b Wilson ........... 45 0 b S.-Hayward ... 9 23 b Arnold ........... 21 1 notout.. ......... 0 30 c Burrows, b W ilson ........... 2 0 c heldon, b S.- Ha? ward........... 8 s 1 c R. E. Foster b Wilson .......... 5 . 10 B 5, lb 3, w 4 12 274 Total ... 199 W o r c e ste r sh ir e . First innings. Eowley, c Armstrong, b Howell.................................. 0 Wheldon, c Darling.b Jones 5 Arnold, b N o b le ................. •8 R. E Foster, b Jones.......... 8 B . K . Foster, c Gregory, b N o b le ........................ ... 6 W . W . I owe, b Noble . 14 G. Simpson-Bayward, b A matrong..........................25 W ilson, c Hopkins, b Noble 0 Gaukrcdger, c Dnff, b Hop­ kins ...................................59 lir d , b Armstrong ... ... 2 Burrows, not ou t...................20 B 16, lb 9 ...................25 Ifecond irnings. cHopkins.b Arm­ strong .......... 35 b Jones................... b Armstrong llw , b Armstrong Total ... .. 202 bArmstrong ... 9 c Duff, b Jones... li c Gregory,1 Jones 15 c Gregory,b Jones c Duff, b Jones... b Jones ........... notout ... ... B 8, nb 2 ... 10 Total ... 97 A u s t p a lia n s . Firstirrings. feccnd iinings. O. M. R. W . O. M. h . W W ilson ........... 24 4 91 1 ........... 12 1 6 4 Arnold ...........17 3 t2 0 ........... 5 0 39 1 Bird ...........18 8 C9 6 ........... 10 1 40 2 Burrows........... 15*2 3 42 3 .. .. 3 0 i3 0 S.-Bayw aid .. 14*1 0 70 3 A ino'd and Bird each bowled three widcs and Bvrrows cne wide. "W OfcCESTJ B fH IK E . First innings. O. M. R. W . H e .w e l l ........ 28 8 61 1 ... A im 6 t r o n g ... 16 5 S 8 2 .. J o n e s ........ 17 3 46 2 .. Noble .......... 9 2 34 4 ... H o p k i n s ........ 2*3 0 8 1 ... freccnd inrings. O. M. R. W 18 4 f4 4 ... 184 3 53 6 Jones and Aimstrcng delivered a no-ball each. G E N T L E M E N v . P L A Y E THE OYAL MATCH. Played at the Oval on July 10, 11 and 12. Drawn. The teams which were chosen for tl is match were by no means as strong as those at Lord’s, but this was chiefly accounted for by the fact that Yorkshire and Sussex were p’aying each other. On paper the Players had the stronger tide by far, but the Gentle­ men had a gcod many very useful cricketers, and a good match was anticipated. Unfortunately the rain came on the first day and, as has almost invariably happened this year at the Oval, spoiled the match. By winning the toss and puttirg up 84 runs in an unfinished partnership with G. W . Beldam before the rain stopped play, the Doctor seemed to have done an exceedingly fine thing for his side, tu t as the game went afterwards there was not much in it, for on the next day the wicket helped the bowlers a lot at first. Possibly it would have helped tbe Gentle­ men when the P.’ayers had to I at, but bowling was certainly not their stre ng point. On the next morn­ ing the Doctor and Beldam trought the total to 119 tefore tbe former was disposed of ty a catch in the slips. The famous old batsman had played a wonderful game ; he came down hard on the ball, and never seemed to have the slightest hesitation as to what was the best ihing to be done with it; he made practically no mistakes, f or a time after his dismissal there were no signs that a serious Ireak- down was about to take place, for Beldam and Burnup added another 85 runs to the total with apparent ease. Then Beldam was towled by H ar­ greave, who had been taken off bt 118 fcnd put on agiin at 154, and the rout tegan. It cannot be said that Beldam’s innings was attractive, for he was at the wickets for three hours and a quarter for his 57, but it was for all that an irnings whi(h, under more fortunate circumstances, might have been a perfect godserd to his side. Bargreave now carried every­ thing before him. Troup stayed for a little more than a cuarter of an hour without scoring, and McGahey played a sound game, but no one else seemed to have a notion of playirg the Warwickshire man, and the last eight wickets only produced 67 runs, the last five going for eight runs. Naturally, after this, everytody thought ihat, even with the weak bowling at their disposal, the Gentlemen would manage to get the Players out pretty easily, but unhappily fcr them no one was found capable of taking advantage o f the wicket at first, and afterwards it improved a good deal. A tel, who had not been up to his usual form of late, was soon out, but Eaywprd proved to be in magnificent form, and although no one else who went in during the day made a bigr score, this did not matter much. For Eajw ard, when he once got going, played in the beautiful ard easy way fer which he is noted and did not content himself with merely waiting for loose balls; he played an attacking game. Nothing could have teen finer thtn bis tatting tn this afternoon. When stumps were drawn he was net cut 108, his first hundred cf the season, and the total was 184 fcr five wickets. On Saturday morning Hayward 6till continued to play a Irilliant game, cem irg down hard on the 1all and making a lot of fine drives. B e was not very happy for a time in his treatment of Jephson, ror was Brockwel!, who was at the other end. But with ircreased cor fidence tcth men hit the lots very hard. It w°s the piettiest cricket seen at the Oval for some time, and a sigh went up when the partnersh p was broken by the dismissal of Brock­ w ell; it had produced 67 runs in 40 minutes. Hay­ ward was within easy sight of his second hundred when, after a stay at the wickets of four hours and a half, he was caught at mid off. LiDey was most uncomfortable with the lobs at tl e commencement of his innings and did not shape very well against McGahey, but later he improved immensely. The Gentlemen had to make 148 before they were level and had about five mirutes batting before lunch, scoring two runs without loss. For the rest of the day, except during the all too biief interval when Jessop was at the wickets, the batting was tame, and no effort was made to knock off Lockwood, who, for about an hour, bowled with splendid judgment. At times he was v» ry fast, and Lilley stood tack to him, although he stood up to Barnes. There was a litt'e fire in the wicket, and Lockwood made the tall get up very much at times. N o one could do anything with him, and scoring was particularly slow, the first hour’s play only produc­ ing about 35 runs. Soon after four o’clock Jessop was out, and it seemed almost ceitain that tbe Gentlemen would te beaten in an inmrgs. Lut Mr. McGahey, who had been playing a safe game, stuck to Lis guns, and fir dir g a paitner in Jeptson who was of the same m ild, the lem ailing time slipped away, a id the Gentlemen were safe. These two men put on 73 runs, and deserve Ihe greatest credit for their obstinate effort. G e n t l e m e n . First irnings. W . Grace, c Lockwood, b Trott . ...........................82 G. V\ .Beldbm, b Hargreave 17 C. J. Burnup, ltw , b B ar­ greave .................................. 14 C. McGahey,b Hargreave... 27 G. L. Jessop, b Bargreave 2 Second innings, c Trott, b Lock­ wood... ........... 7 c Trott, b Barnes 5 W . Troup, c Lockwood, b Hargreave ... A. Eccles, b Hargreave ... D. L. A . Jerhson, not out E.E. Steel, c Trott. b Barnes R. B. Broc ks, b Barnes ... W . M. Bradley, c Ire­ monger, b Barnes ........... B 7, lb 1, w 1 ................... b Lockwood net out c Brockwell, 1 ockwood c Bargreave, b Brockwell ... 13 b Hargreave ... 2 not out...................36 .. 13 .. 65 b .. 17 b 9 B 7, nb 4...............11 Total ......................... 211 Total (6 wkts) 1(9 I LAYERS. At el, c Ecc!es, b Brad­ ley ......................... 4 Hayward, c Jessop, b Bradley .......... ...177 Tyldesley, c Brooks, b Steel ...............16 Quaife (W . G .), c Jes­ sop, b McGahey ... 15 Iremonger, c Brooks, b Bradley............... 17 Lockwood, b Jephson 18 Prockwell, st Erooks, t Steel .................24 Lilley, not o u t .........67 Trott, c Jessop, b Beldam ................... 7 Barnes, run ou t; 6 Hargrea^e, c l e’dam, b Bradley................... 6 B 7, lb 3, w 2.. ... 12 T o ta l................369 G e k t le m h n . First innings. O. M . R .W . Barnes ...........36 4 8 73 3 .. Hargreave........... 82 15 53 6 .. Brockw ell............ 7 0 27 0 ... T r o tt................... 22 8 49 1 . Lockwood Fecond innings. O. M . R .W . 13 16 . 7 , 9 . 21 Brockwell bowled a wide, and I ockwood delivered four no-balls. Jessop . Bradley . Steel Be'dam . P l a y e r s . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . 7 3 16 0 32 3 6 92 4 26 4 94 2 ,12 5 30 1 McGahey... 13 4 37 Grace......... 6 0 19 Purnup ... 4 0 22 Jephson ... 14 4 37 Jessop and Beldam each bowled a wide. SUSSEX y. YORKSHIRE. Played at Brighton on July 10, 11 and 12. Drawn. The experiences of the Yorkshiremen at Brighton have not been very pleasant of late years, and the match last week was no exception to the rule. As in tbe previous year the Yorkshiremen had to struggle desperately, not fcr victory, but to > void a ciushing defeat, although they had the advantage of winning the toss and making a lig score. Cn the first day they had only put up 227 for the loss of eight wickets, but this looked likely to te enough since a good deal of ruin fell during the day, and there was therefore the probability that the wicket would be affected in the mo: ning. There was nothing particularly noticeable about the latting, except the fine innings of 76 ty Brown, lu t several players made use ful scores. W hen on the following morning Rhodes and Baigh proceeded to knock the bowling all over the field, the former playing very good cricket indeed, Yorkshire seemed to have a particu­ larly good th ng on, for the partnership lasted for two hours and a half, and produced 178 runs. But there was no getting rid of the Sussex men easily, for although Fry once mote failed to do himself justice, Relf and Vine were in great form, ai.d at the end of the day Banjitsinhji played a brilliant innir gs of €6 not out. Newham (27 not out) was bis partner when stumps were drawn with the total at 241 for four tickets. By this time the chances of a victory for Yorkshire were not as great as they had been, and on the next morning a disagreeable surprise awaited the visitors, notwithstanding that Ranjit­ sinhji was run out tefoie he had increased his total. For Brann joined Newham, and there was a r-dupli­ cation of the stand made by Bhodes and Haigh on the previous morning. Prann, who this year can hit as hard as he cou’d 1efore the days when he played firm footed, made a faultless 108 in a little less than two hours and a ha’f, and Newham, who seems never to Lave altered his old graceful style, 109 in three hours ard three quarters—also a faultless irnings. rIhe partnership had produced 179runs, and although the tiil were soor disposed of, Sussex tad a lead of 83 runs. Qhe YorksLiremen bed now to fight for all they were worth, and did not ccme out of the irdeal with much credit. Th. y lost three wickets for stven