Cricket 1902

J u l y 17, 1902. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 283 NOTES FROM SCOTLAND. (B y O ur S pecial C orrespondent .) The Oxford University Authentics opened their Scottish tour by playing the Forfarshire Club at Broughty Ferry on the 9th and 10th inst. Included in the Oxford team were, among others, W. Findlav, M. Bonham-Carter, C. D. Fisher, Hon. M. Herbert, R. 8. DarJing, and J. E. Balfour-Melville. Forfar­ shire had the first knock and compiled 207, W . R. Sh-np, who went in first, carrying out his bat for a brilliant 86. When the Oxford Authentics went in they were not seen to much advantage They found runs very hard to procure, so good was the Forfar­ shire bowling and fielding, and their score stood at 85 for six at the end of the first day. Next morning the Oxooians were all dismissed for 139, C. F. Ryder, with 30, heading the batting. Forfarshire dia not follow up the advantage gained by them in their first venture. Although four were down for 94. they only totalled 120, and of this J. Sharp and Higgings (P.) put on 66 for the fifth wicket. Bonham-Uarter, who had five fur 88, bowled his fastest, one of the bats­ man’s bails being sent a distance of 36 yards. The Oxonians required 188 to win, and this they accom­ plished for the loss of four wickets. Tbe feature of their innings was a stand of 100 by C. D. Fisher (46) and R. S. Darling. The latter had very hard lines in not reaching the coveted century, as he had a splen­ did 96 not out to his credit when time was called. Continuing their tour, the Oxford Authentics engaged the Grange at Edin’ urgh on the 11th. Owing to heavy rain there was no play on the 12th, which had been set apart for the benefit of Pepall (G.), the ex-Gloucestrian. The Oxonians batted first and made a good start, M. Bonham-Carter and Hon. M. Herbert putting on 40 before the Notts amateur was beaten for 18. After his departure the Authentics made a poor show, but in justice to them it must be said that the bowlers got some assistance from the wicket. The Oxonians were all dismissed for 102, M. Bonham-Carter with a good 33 being top-scorer. The Englishmen experienced considerable difficulty with the deliveries of Pepall and H. J. Stevenson, the latter’s lobs especially being treated with great respect. Stevenson had six for 47, while Pepall sent down 21 overs, of which 10 were maidens, for 30 runs and four wickets. When the Grange went in they were more successful than their opponents. A. G. G. Asher scored 36 out of the first fifty, but four later was sent back. J. A. Campbell, the old Cambridge Rugby captain, played a fine inniDgs of 44, which was the top score of the match. R. H. Johnston and H. J. Stevenson also managed to get “ doubles.” The Grange innings terminated for 151, or 49 to the good. Bonham-Carter had five for 47, and R. S. Darling three for 21. Perthshire having suffered severe defeat at the hands of Forfarshire the previous Saturday journeyed to Aberdeen on the 12th and played the shire in the County Championship. The visitors won the toss and put Aberdeenshire in, and this policy at one time looked like succeeding. On a bowler’s wicket Aberdeenshire, through W. Webster and R. T. Reid, commenced in very promising fashion. When one short of the half-century the first wicket fell, R. T. Reid having a fine 28 in which was an off-drive for five all runs. After W . Webster’s departure for 36 the Aberdonians were rather quickly dismissed, with the exception of W . M 'Intosh and Johnson (A.) who forced the game d, la Jessop. The Aberbeenshire venture closed for 117. M. M. Herd had five for 40, and R, Macgregor Mitch 11 five for one more. On Perthshire goiDg in it was at once seen that Joe Anderson was settling down for a good inning's. Runs were very difficult to obtain, the Aberdeenshire bowliDg being of a high standard. When the score stood at 67 for three it looked as if Perthshire were to be victorious. The Aberdeenshire bowling was well handled, so much so that the last seven Perthshire batsman failed to get double figures. The visitors’ innings came to an end at 94, or 23 behind Aberdeen­ shire. Joe Anderson went in first, and carried out his bat for a masterly innings of 49. The Australians, when in Edinburgh, were greatly taken with his play, and he is certainly the most consistent batsmen in Scotland at the present time. H e has never, if my memory serves, made lees than 25 this season. Bowling for Aberdeenshire, Johnson (A.), who kept a good length, had two for 12, and R. T. Reid three for 19. Forfarshire were to have had Stirlingshire as their visitors at droughty Ferry on the same afternoon, but “ J.P.,” in a very emphatic manner, ruled otherwise. The Scottish School Championship matches were abandoned without a ball being bowled on Saturday on account of rain. The Feites-Lcretto two-day encounter was played at Fettes on the ljth . Loretto totalled 79 to 110 by Fettes, D. J. T. Jamieson, with 41 not out, being top scorer for the latter school. R . L. D. Kidston bowled very veil for Loretto, having five for 35. Loretto went in again, and com* piled 66 for six, being only 24 rvns on, with four wickets in hand, when time was called. There being no play at all on the following day, Fettes had to be content with a very “ moral ” victory. THE TUNBRIDGE WELLS WEEK. KENT v. HAMPSHIRE. Played at Tunbridge Wells on July 14 and 15. Kent won by an innings and 195 runs. Hampshire failed to do themselves justice in their first innings, and then had to fifld out for the rest of the day while Kent scored 283 for the loss of three wickets. Burnup and Dillon put on 243 for the first wicket m two hours and a half, each making over a hundred. Except for a brilliant innings of 87 by J. R. Mason, lasting for an hour and a quarter, the Kent batting was surprisingly weak, after what had preceded it ; but still, the lead on the first innings was 305. For the speedy downfall of the later batsmen Heskett-Pritchard’s lobs were chiefly responsible. Hampshire began badly in th*ir second inniogs, and the only innings of importance was the 33 by Llewellyn. H ampshire . First innings. Second innings. Webb, b Blythe ........... 1 b Bradley ...........17 Stone, c Blaker, b Mason .. 30 b Blythe ........... 2 Barton, b Blythe...................24 cMason.bBradley 2 W . H. B. Evans,bMason... 2 cHuish.b Bradley 4 Llewellyn, b Blythe ... ... 6 b B rad ley...........33 H. G. Bignell, c Huish, b M ason................. ... 0 runout ........... 0 C. H. Bodington, b Blythe 0 run out ........... 4 Soar, c Blaker, b Blythe ... 0 cHuish.b Bradley 15 D.A.Steele,cHuish,b Maeon 30 st Huish,b Blythe 17 C. Robson, not out ...........30 not out ............. 2 H. Hesketh-Pritchard, b M ason.................. ... 0 cBlaker,bBlythe 5 B 8 , lb 4, w l, n b2 ... 15 B 5 ,lb 2 ... 7 Total ......... 138 K ent . Total ...108 C. J. Burnup, b H .- Pritchard.................. 102 E. W . Dillon, c H .- Pritchard, b Bartonl37 C. H. B. Marsham, c Stone,b H -Pritchard 0 Seymour, b H .-Prit­ chard ...................26 J. R. Ma*on,c Steele,b H .-Pritchard...........89 Hearne (A.), b H .- Pritchard.................. 3 R. N. R. Blaker, b Llewellyn................... 4 F. Marchant, b fl.- Pritchard ... 9 Huish, st Stone, b Bodington ......... 29 Blythe,bfl.-Pritchard 31 W .M . Bradley, not out 1 B 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 2 10 Total . 441 H ampshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. B radley........... 8 2 31 0 ........... 19 6 33 5 Blythe ............ 19 2 50 5 ............. 13 4 48 3 Mason ........... 13*3 5 31 5 ........... 3 1 8 0 Hearne ............ 2 0 11 0 ............. 8 2 12 0 Mason delivered two no-balls, and Blythe a wide. K e n t. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Llewellyn 29 10 88 1 Soar ... 24 6 76 0 H-Pritchard33 2 139 7 Evans ... 6 2 27 0 Bodington 5’ 1 1 31 1 Bignell... 4 0 21 0 Barton... 7 1 36 1 Steele ... 2 1 14 0 Hesketh-Pritchard and Evans each delivered a no-ball, and Steele bowled a wide. YORKSHIRE v. ESSEX. Played at Bradford on July 14, 15 and 16. Yorkshire won by an innings and SOruns. After their lucky escape from Sussex the York­ shiremen gave a fine account of themselves during the first day’s play against Essex, although at the commencement of their innings they did not give any promise of making a big score. But by the time that four of the best batsmen had been dismissed for 118, the wicket had quite recovered from the effects of heavy rain on the previous Saturday night, and thereafter the Essex bowlers had no rest. The first long stand was made by Denion and T. L. Taylor, the former playing a most attractive game from the first, while the latter was steady as a rock. The partnership produced 59 runs. Then began another fine partnership, Hirst joining Denton and playing a brilliant innings. In an hour and fifty minutes the two men put on 2C0 runs, and while they were tcgether the bowling was made to look as simple as possible, Denton scored his 127 in two hours and a half, and Hirst his 134 in about the same tim e: his first hundred was made in about an hour and a half. When Btumps were drawn the score was 432 for the loss of eight wickets. Haigh and Rhodes made runs very quickly on the next morning, and before the innings closed the total had been increased by 72 in forty minutes. Essex had now to play for a draw, but the commencement of the innings was not very promising, but Fane did himself justice, and played a splendid innings. Tosetti was very severe on the Yorkshire bowlers, and his very inter*sting display included two 6’s and seven 4’s. A t the end of the day Essex had m ade 27 in their second innings for two wickets, and although several men tatted well yesterday there was no big innings which might have saved the game. Y orkshire . Brown, b YouDg ... 18 Hawke, b Young ... 11 Tunnicliffe, c Perrin, b Buckenham ...........32 Taylor,c Idead,b Buck­ enham ...................60 Jaekson, bTossetti ... 11 Denton, run out...........127 Hirst, lbw, b Perrin ...134 Washington, c Sewell, b Y o u n g ...................13 Haigh, c Kortright, b McGahey .......... 55 Rhodes, c Tossetti, b Buckenham ...........27 Hunter, not out........... 6 Extras...................10 Total ..504 E ssex . First innings. Owen, b Hirst ... ...........18 Fane, c Hunter, b Hirst ...106 Perrin, st Hunter, b Rhodes 24 McGahey, b Haigh .......... 17 Kortright, lbw, b Rhodes... 8 8ewell, c Hawke, b Rhodes 9 Tossetti,c Denton, b Bhodes 56 Buckenham, lbw, b Rhodes 10 Russell, c Brown, b Bhodes 4 Young, c Haigh, b Rhodes 2 Mead, not out ...................19 Extras........................... 9 Second innings. stHunter.bRhodes 4 b Haigh ...........44 b Rhodes .......... 4 lbw, b Rhodes ... 12 cHunter.bRhodes 42 c Haigh,b Rhodes 5 b Hirst................... 2 run out .............13 b Hirst .............14 c Denton,b Haigh 37 not out.....................11 E xtras.............12 Total ... . 281 Total ...193 Y orkshire . O. M. R. W. Mead ... 35 10 103 0 Tossetti.. 13 Young ... 40 7 123 3 Sewell ... 6 Buck’nh’m 13‘3 2 62 3 Kortright 10 McGahey.. 24 5 38 1 Perrin ... 2 Young bowled a wide. E ssex . First innings. O. M. R. W . Hirst ........... 32 2 65 2 Jackson........... 18 4 43 0 O. M. R W . 0 52 1 2 19 0 1 41 0 Brown Haigh ...........11 Rhodes ...........32 5 17 0 . 2 25 1 . 4 123 7 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 16*4 4 36 2 10 4 17 0 4 1 8 0 17 4 48 2 31 8 72 6 Rhodes delivered a wide and Hirst two no-balls. SURREY v. SUSSEX. A REMARKABLE MATCH. Played at Hastings on July 14, 15 and 16. Drawn. The wicket on the Central Ground at Hastings looked so good on the first m o rn iD g of this match that the players on both sides felt that it would be an ex­ cellent thing if their captain could win the tots. Jephson was unlucky enough to lose it, and his side suffered accordingly by fielding out the whole of the first day, during which Sussex scored 419 for the loss of six wickets. Fry and Vine opened the innings in a manner which was highly satisfactory to Sussex men, for in the course of three hours and twenty m in u te s ’ batting, they put up 238 runs for the first wicket. Both men played an almost faultless game, Fry at tim e s being brilliant; his hits included twenty- one 4’s. I f he could only do this sort o f thing in a Test match, it would be very satisfactory, but, un­ happily, he seems to lose his confidence when he has to face the Australians in an England match, and this, which is often combined with downright bad luck, is fatal to a man’s chances of distinguishing himself. Killick and Relf both did well, but the two heroes of the Yorkshire match, Brann and N*wham, were dismissed with successive balls by Do wson for a couple of runs between them. Such are the varying fortunes of a cricketer. But Ranjitsinb ji was in his very best form, and played out time in partnership with Cox, the latter making 22 not out. Ranjitsinhji’s score, when stumps were drawn, was 54 not out. It was not a very pleasant look out for the Surrey team when the game was resumed on Tuesday, for there was a chance that the Sussex innings would last until lunch time, and that a struggle to make a draw would follow. But no one can have anticipated the tremendous difference that the two hours and a half before lunch would make to the score. Ranjitsinhji at once began to score off nearly everything in the most skill­ ful manner. It did not seem to matter in the least whether the ball was a good one or n o t; everything seemed to come alike to Ranjitsinbji. As the time for lunch drew on, he became more aid more aggreseive, and, moreover, there was absolutely nothing about his battiner to suggest to the tired bowlers that he would make a mistake sooner or later. W ith Cox as a part­ ner 193 runs were put on in an hour and forty minutes (including the runs which were made overnight) and then, after Butt had been dismissed for six, Tate came in and joined in the fray with energy. Ranjit-