Cricket 1902

J u l y 24, 1902. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 293 T H E A U S T R A L I A N S . T H B S O M E R S E T M A T C H . ( t w e n t y - second of th e to u r .) Played at Taunton on July 17, 18 and 19. Abandoned. No team can afford to despise Somersetshire this season, for although the county allowed itself to be beaten by Hampshire it has beaten Yorkshire, Lan­ cashire and Middlesex, and has made other teams sit up. It was rather interesting to see what they would do against the Australians, the more so »s they were much less likely than most teams to be influenced by panic if anything happened to go wrong, for Somerset men go through so many strange vicissitudes that few of them find any occasion to lose their nerve. Against the Australians they dis­ tinguished themselvep, and when the game was abandoned on account ot the rain they could claim that it was at least as much in their favour as in that of their opponents. They went in first and made a good total, eight of the team scoring double figures, which is quite an uncommon thing against the Australians. A fine start was made by L. 0. H. Palairet and Braund, who had no difficulty in scoring off the visitors and put up 88 for the first wicket in seventy minutes. They both played most attractive cricket. Lewis did very well, and Martyn in the course of about an hour made a most useful 52. When the Australians went in they gave an exhibi­ tion of the game which would have astonished the team o f 1899, for in the hour and a-quarter before stumps weredriwn they put up 128 for three wickets, although Trumper, their quickest scorer, was dis­ missed for five. Duff was not out 75, and Noble not out 27. On the next morning the two not outs brought the total to 199, their partnership h iving produced 146 runs in ninety-five minutes. Another big stand was then made by aopkins and Duff ; this accounted for 119 in fifty-five minutes, and when the latter was dismissed the total was 319 for five wickets. Duff was only batting for three hours for his 183, and there was no flaw in his cricket. After Duff’s dismissal Braund and Gill s on brought about the conclusion of the innings, Somerset having a balance of 74 against them. This time Braund only made six, but L. C. H. Palairet was in such bri liant form that before the former was out the total was 64. For a time Palairet continued to do nearly all the scoring, but when Trumbl •came on he was much quieter. Nevertheless, when he was bowlel by Jones when within ten runs of his hundred, the total was only 141. When stumps were drawn Somerset had scored 159 for half their wickets and were 85 runs on. A t this stage of the game an easy victory for the visitors seemed more than probable, but on Saturday morning the tail played up in such a determined manner that a drawn game was assured, while there was a possibility of victory if rain had not come. P. R. Johnson was batting for an hour and forty minutes for his fine and useful innings of 62. When the Austra’ians went in two hours and three-quarters remained for play, but after they had lost Trumper rain came down and the game was abandoned. S omerset . First innings. L . C. H . Palairet, c Gregory, b Saunders..........................44 Braund, c Trumble, b Saunders .......................... 52 Lewis, c Kelly, b Saunders 38 Robson, cNoble, b Jones ... 13 S. M. J. Woods, c Kelly, b Jones .................................. 9 H . Martyn, b Trumble ... 52 Gill, lbw, b Saunders......... 10 Second innings, b Jones ...........90 b Jones run out b Hopkins ... .. 11 .. 4 lbw, b Hopkins .. 20 cHopkins.b Jones 25 c Hopkins, b Trum sle...........27 P. R . Johnson, b Jones ... 0 c Saunders, b H opkins...........62 Hardy, c Trumper, b Saun­ ders ..................................20 A. E. Newton, b Armstrong 20 Cranfield, not out................... 2 B 7, lb 3, w 4.................. 14 Total ...........................274 c and b Trumper 17 not out.................21 bJones ........... 5 B 13, lb 4.........17 Total ........315 A ustralians . V . Trumper, c Hardy, b G ill........................... 5 R. A . Duff, c and b Gill ............................183 J. Darling, c Palairet, b R ob son ......................20 M. A. Noble, c and b Braund ..................... 53 S. E. Gregory, c New­ ton, b Gill................... 0 A. J. Hopkins, c Braund, b Palairet 52 Second in n in g sT ru m p er, lbw, b Gill, 5 ; Duff, not out, 11.—Total (1 wkt), 16. W . W . Armstrong, b Gill ..........................15 J. J. Kelly, b Gill ... 7 H. Trumble, b Braund 1 E. Jones, b Braund ... 1 J. V. Saunders, not out ........................... 2 Lb 4, w 2, nb 3 ... 9 Total , ...348 Jones Armstrong Trumble'... Saunders S omerset . First innings. O. M. R. W . 22 3 87 3 ... . ,.1 3 5 3 37 1 ......... 14 5 i7 I ... . 4 109 5 ... . Hopkins . Trumper . . 22 Second innings. O. M .R .W . 2 104 4 6 18 0 12 59 1 3 52 0 2 46 3 0 19 1 , 25-2 13 15 15 3 Saunders howled four wides. A ustralians . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. K. W . Cranfield...........10 0 ffi 0 ........... 2 0 11 0 G ill................... 24 4 80 5 ........... 1*3 0 5 1 Robson ........... 14 3 5S 1 ........... B rau n d...........23’2 4 80 3 ............. Palairet........... 7 0 37 1 ........... Hardy ........... 3 1 21 0 ........... Gill delivered three no-bars and a wi ’e and Palairet a wide. WARWICKSHIRE v. LEICESTER­ SHIRE. Played at Birmingham on July 17, 18 and 19. Warwickshire won by ten wickets. The Leicestershire team played up splendidly in the second innings after being obliged to follow on, but they had placed themselves out of the running ty only putting up 111 in th er first innings agaiuat a total of 449. W. G. Quaife p ayed splendid cricket for Warwickshire; he was batting for three hours and fifty minutes for his 163 not out, to that he made Ms runs more quickly than many a man who has the reputation of being a fast scorer. He made no m is­ take of any importance and from first to last showed a comp'ete command over the bowling. During his parinership with Whittle, lasting for an hour aud a half, 148 runs were put on, of wnich Whittle claimed 81. Kinneir and Devey begin the inni-gs finely by scoring 12 1 for the first wicket, each batsman having then made 60 runs. W arwickshire . Devey, c Knight, b Geeson ...........86 Kinneir, c Whitesid9, b W hitehead.......... 60 George, b Whitetead 1 Quaife, not o u t .......... 153 T.S.Fishwick,cGeeson, b Crawford .......... 25 Lilley, b Crawford ... 7 Charlesworth, c and b W hitehead................... 1 Moorhouse, b W hite­ head .......................... 6 Whittle, c K ing, b Geeson ................. 81 Hargreave, c de Traf­ ford, b Geeson ... 14 Field, c de Trafford, b Whitehead ........... 0 B 4,1b 8, w 2,n b l 15 Total ...449 Second innings : Devey, not out, 9; Kinneir, not out, 15 ; extras, 7. Total (for no wicket) 31. L eicestershire . First innings. Second innings. C. J. B. W ood, b Hargreave 1 Whitehead, b Field ... ... 2 Knight, b R e i d ................. 8 King, c Fishwick, b Field... 32 Dr. R. Macdonald, b Field 8 R. T. Crawford, c Liiley, b Hargreave.......................... 3 R. Joyce, c George, b field 3 Coe, b F ie ld ..........................41 C. E. de Trafford, cField, b Hargreave........................... 9 Geeson, not out ................... 0 Whiteside, c Hargreave, b Field .................................. 4 Extras........................... 0 lbw, DQuaife ... 31 cLilley, b Kinneir 62 c Moorhouse, b Whittle ...........69 s t L i l l e y , b W h ittle ...........42 lbw, b Hargreave 37 b Field...................28 not out.................. 56 st Lilley, b Har- .. 16 greave b Moorhouse ... 8 b Moorhouse ... 2 b Moorhcuse ... 5 B 13,lb8,w l, nb 1 23 Total ..................I ll Total King Geeson ... Joyce C o e ........... Whitehead Crawford W arwickshire . First innings. O. M. R. W . Second innings. O. M. R. W . 17 12 72 0 .. 3 99 3 ... 0 69 0 ... 11 49 0 ... ! 3 80 5 ... 2 65 2 ... Macdonald ... 4 2 4 0 0 20 0 Geeson delivered two wides and Crawford a no-ball. Field ... Hargreive Quaife ... Whittle ... L eicestershire . First innings. O. M. R. W . ,23 6 75 7 ... . 25 11 . 4 1 6 0 ... 0 3 0 ... Moorhouse Kinneir ... Second innings. O. M. R . W . . 32 13 103 1 35 12 76 2 5 63 1 2 45 2 6 45 3 2 13 1 22 , 13 20 2 ESSEX v. LANCASHIRE. Played at Old TrafEord on July 17, 18 and 19. Lancashire won by three wickets. A little good luck is badly wanted by Esse* just now, for so far the fates have teen against them tbia seas m. Against Lancashire they had a lead of 79 in the first innings, and when Ow ej and Carpenter put up 51 for the first ticket in the second innings they seemed to have a firsi-rate chance of winning. Ihen things began to go badly with them, and although they recovered their lost ground so considerably that they were able to set Lancashire a big task in the fourth innings of the match, they lest the game. They did well enough in the first innings to lead them to feel pretty confident that whatever happened they wouid not te beaten, but for all that their batting was on the whole disappointing. Perrin played a maeniflcent innings which was in every way worthy of his reputation, but things were none too prom sir g when Tosetti tegan Lis tine performance. He scored quickly at first, lu t when he had steadied down he played beautiful cricket without hurrying himself very much. Reeves gave him very valuable assistance, helping him to put in 9i for the eighth wicket in an hour. Altogether, Tosetti was batiing for three hours and three-quarters for his 132 notout. When stumps were drawn Lancashire bad scored 22 without kss. Tyldesley played a great game on the next morning, but there was m re than a chance that Lancashire would have to follow on until I’Anson and Sharp added 61 for the eighth wicket; the former’s innings of 54 not out was a mo>t credi­ table performance. Although Essex increased their lead of <9 to 130 before the first wicket fell, there was a succession of disappointing ioningsbefore the day’s pl*y ended, and with six wickets down for 116 Essex were not in such a promising position. But Sewell and Russell brought the total to 146 without further loss, and when stumps were drawn Essex, with four wickets in hand, had a lead of 225, Sewell fceii g i ot out 20. Sewell, who batted really well, increased his score by 17 on the next morning and Reeves made a usef il 25. so that in the end Lancashire had to make 289 to win. The first two wickets put up 125, Ward playing a fine game, but although Hallows did nothing and Maclaren only made 21, Lancashire always seemed to have a little in hand as long as Tyldesley he'd on. There were several exiiiing periods when, if fortune had inclined a little towards them, Essex might have won, but lyldesley held on to the end until Lancjshire had knocked off the runs. His spier did innings of 146 not out lasted for three hours and a half, and included nineteen 4’s. E ssex . First innings. F. L. Fane, b Barnts........... 5 Buckenham, b Hallows .. 10 P. Perrin, c Maclaren, b I ’Anson ...........................90 C.McGahey,cWard,bBarne8 8 C. J. Kortright, b I ’Anson 27 G. Tosetti, not out ...........132 Sewell, c Eccles, b I ’Anson 15 Russell, b Hallows ...........16 Beeves, c Kadcliffe, b Sharp 45 Young, b Barnes................... 5 Mead, c Tyldesley, b Barnes 0 B18, lb l,w 1, nb 3 ... 23 Second innings, c Maclaren, b I ’A n son ...........42 b I’ A n so n ...........21 cHallows, bSharp 13 ..14 .. 24 .. 0 b .. 37 ... 12 ... 25 b 8 Total ................376 L ancashire . b t*harp b I ’Anson ... b I’Anson ... c Radcliffe, Barnes ... b Sharp not out........... c fiadcliffe, Sharp c Eccles,b Barnes 8 Nb 4, w 1 ... 5 Total .. 209 FieldbowledawideandMoorhouseano-ball. Fire>t innings. G. Potter, b McGahey ...21 Ward, c Russell, b Bucken­ ham .................... 13 b Reeves Tyldesley, c Kortright, b Y ou ng...............................78 Hallows, b Young .......36 A. C. Maclaren, c Russell, b Y ou n g................................ 8 A. Eccles, b Young ......... 9 Crabtree, b Mead................. 6 I'Anson, not o u t................. 54 Sharp, c Young, b McGahey 34 Second innings, b Mead ...........15 ... 60 ...146 not out .. .. b McGahey.. cTosettijb Young 21 b Mead ............. lo b Kortright ... 1 Barnes, b McGahey ...........19 Radcliffe, b Young ........... 0 B 14, lb 2,w 2,n b l ... 19 Total ......... 297 E ssex . c Kortright, b Buckenham ... 10 not out.....................15 Lb 6, nb 1 ... 7 Total (7 wkts) 290 First innings. O. M. R. W . Barnes ........... 31*4 8 76 4 ... H allow s........... 27 9 70 2 ... I’ A nson........... 28 7 96 3 ... Sharp ......... 2 J 2 66 1 ... Ward ........... 14 2 45 0 ........... Baines towled two wides and five no-balls and Sharp two no-balls. Second innings. O. M. R. W. 5 66 2 1 19 0 6 30 4 2 80 4 222 , 4 , 18 , 22