Cricket 1902

3 0 8 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u ly 31 , 1 9 02. His last four innings in first-class cricket have "been 66 and 52 not out against York­ shire, at Nottingham, and 101 and 127 not out against Gloucestershire, on the same ground, and his position at the head of the hattingaveragesisonehe thoroughly deserves. Whilst dealing with the Notts v. Gloucester match, passing reference must he made to Oates and Spry. The former kept wicket in splendid style, onlyallowingtwo byesin totals of 272 and 83, and catching five men in the first innings, and stumping one in the second, whilst the latter followed up his success against Yorkshire by claiming seven wickets in an innings. One of the mof<t improved batsmen of the year is Mr. R. T. Crawford, of Leicestershire, a younger brother of the Surrey amateur. Last season in County Championshipmatches he made 311 runs in 22 innings, his highest scores being 66 v. Sussex, at Leicester, and 55 v. Hampshire, at Southampton, whilst this year he has already made 90 for An England XI. v. Australians, at Bradford, 91 for Leicestershire v. Derbyshire, at Chester­ field, and 99 not out for Leicestershire v. Worcestershire, at Leicester. The reports of the last innings state that “ his chief strokes were fourteen 4’s,” whilst it had previously been announced ‘ ‘ he made one drive on to the top of the pavilion, the ball being lost. ’ ’ Were six scored for the latter hit, as provided for by law 34 ? As no hit for six was men­ tioned in the summary of his strokes, it is possible that only four were allowed. If so, Crawford’s score should have been 101 and not 99. A precedent may be quoted in the match at Lord’s between Middlesex and Gloucestershire in 1881. Mr. G. F. Vernon made a hit off Woof through the open door of the Tennis Court, and, as a light had to be obtained to find the ball, “ lost ball” was called, and six scored. Like Mr. Burnup in 1896, Crawford has this season scoredbetween 90 and 100 on three occasions. In Lord Dalmeny, who was probably awarded a place on account of his large score of 197 at Lord’s on the 23rd inst., for House­ hold Brigade v. Gents of M.C.C., and Ahsan- ul-Hak, the Middlesex authorities have come across two young players of good promise. The latter is chiefly known as a prominent member of the Hampstead Club, for which he made two hundreds in 1900and four last year. In the former season he scored 1160 runs for the club, with an average of 36*25, whilst in? 1901 he obtained 1,349 runs in 29 innings average 46*52. In each year, too, he bowled with success, so his future performances should be looked forward to with great in­ terest. Last season he made 135 for Middle­ sex 2nd XI. v. Sussex 2nd XI., at Brighton, on Jnne 10th, making his runs in a very free manner. H. B. Chinnery, who was in such fine form last ye<'ir, making two separate hundreds in a match against Oxford Univer­ sity, and scoring three centuries in successive innings, has been in exceptionally fine form during the past fortnight, making :— July 14, C. E. H am bro’s X I . v. Gentlemen of Sussex ... ..............................144 July 16. C. E . H am bro’s X I . v. Eastbourne 173 July 18. C. E . H am bro’s X I . v Eastbourne 78 July 23. Sir D. F . G ooch’s X I . v. H . E. M unro’s X I . ... ... .....................141 July 24. Baron de W orm s’ X I . v. H . E. M unro’s X I .......................................... 76 J u ly 25. K . Christopherson’ s X I . v. G u ildford...............................................106 Earlier in the season he made 152 for the Free Foresters v. Sir D. F. Gooch’s XI. At the present time he is undoubtedly the most consistent club cricketer in England, and it is a pity he is so seldom seen in the great matches of the day. L O N D O N SCOTTISH v. U N IV E R S IT Y COLLEGE SCH OOL.—Played at Brondesbury on July 26. L ondon S cottish . P . Child, c M cNaught, b Goodchild ............16 G. M . Clark, b G ood­ child ........... .. ... 31 A . K inross, b H ull ... 1 F . R . Connell, b H ull 4 J. H . Adam son, b H u l l ............................ 22 R . D aw , b G oode ...1 7 Total A . B. Anderson, c M cN aught, b H ull 7 U niversity C ollege S chool . E . Low e, b H ull H . A . W hite, not out H . J. Lind, c Kirton, b H ull J. Arthur, c Goode, H u ll.......................... B 3 , w l . . 13 W . A . Goodchild, c L ind, b Connell B . H . Ellis, b Connell J. N . M orley, c Clark, b Child ..................... C. K iiton , b Connell .. A . C. H ull, c Lind, b C onnell ..................... J. D . Jones, lbw , b Connell ..................... E . V . Ellis, c L ow e, b Child .................... 25 E. Redding, b Connell 0 A . W atson-Bain, c Lind, b Child . ... 12 R. P. G oode, not out 2 W . M cN aught, st Clark, b Connell .. 13 B 1, lb 1 ............ 2 Total ... 74 SO U TH E A ST E R N R A IL W A Y v. G O LD SM ITH S’ “ A .” — Played at N ew Grots on July 26. S outh E astrbn R ailw ay . T.Peaeock,candbRowe 0 F. tfearle, not out .. 9 J. Gibbs, b Fish ... 1 M . Bryce, b Fish ... 0 B 5, lb 10, w 1 ... 16 A .W ainw right.runout 16 G. Haines, o Fish H. Gibbon?, run out... R. Dawes, st Lander, b R o w e ............................. J. Gates, b Mears ... W . Carley, c Lander, b R o w e ............................. H .W .A dam s, c Scully, b Row e ..................... T otal .103 G oldsmiths 1 W . F . D ray, c Gates, b D aw es ............ ... 28 H . Sales, c Gibbons, b Dawes ................... 3 E . J. Lander, cG ibbs,b B. R . S cully,run out... 25 E . M . M edway, b Gibbons ..................... 2 J. A . T. G ood and D obson did not bat. E . C. R ow e, c Gibbons, b Dawes .................... 44 A . H . Fish, retired ... 11 W . M ears, n ot out ... 26 A . 8. M edway, not out 2 B 2, lb 2, w 1 ... 9 T otal (7 w kts) 159 SURREY (2) v. DORSETSHIRE. Played at Weymouth on July 23 and 24. Surrey (2) won by an innings and 123 runs. S urbey (2). E. W iltshire, c Sewell, b B o w le y .....................56 Baker, c Budge, b A n ­ drew ..............................79 M oulder, b Bowley ... 18 Gooder, b Sewell ... 34 Davis, c Crimmins, b Bow ley . ... 29 K . E. M . Barker, Blucke, b Sewell Goatly, lbw , b Bowley 11 Nice, b Bowley .. 5 M on' gom ery. c Castle- man, b bewell 3 Smith, c Battrick, b Sewell .. ... .. 1 Strudwick, not out ... 2 Extras ............20 Total ..262 D orsetshire . First intings. E. R. Kindersley, run out... 10 C. P . Turle, b N ice .. 0 W . Andrew , b Nice 0 F. A S. Sewell, c Strudwick, b Sm ith .............................. 3 J. A . Lush, run out ............ 1 W . H . Budge, c G ooder, b N ice ............................ 0 E . W . F . Castleman,bDavis 18 Rev. R . S. K . Blucke, b Nice 10 Battrick, c Barker,b Gooder 16 Bow ley, not out ..................... 1 E x t r a .............................. 1 Second innings, c Baber, bGooder b Gooder ............2s b Gooder ............ 1 c Smith, b W ilt­ shire ...................28 cSm ith, b Gooder 2 lbw, b Sm ith ... not ou t.................... c Goatly, b W ilt­ shire... . ... c Gooder, b Nice b N ic e .................... E xtras............ Total (9 w kts) ... 59 T otal (9 wkts) 80 P. Crimm ins did not bat. S u rrey (2). O. M . R . W . O. M . R . W . Sewell ... 9*3 0 57 4 1 Bow ley ... 22 1 75 5 A ndrew ... 18 2 63 1 Battrick 8 1 27 0 Crimmens 5 1 19 0 1 D o rse tsh ire . First innings. Second innings. O. M . R . W . O. M . R . W . Sm ith ............13 9 14 1 .. ... 6 1 14 1 Nice'... ............ 15 3 26 4 ... ... 3*2 1 4 2 Gooder ............ 3*1 0 16 1 ... ... 14 5 26 4 Davis ............ 1 0 2 1 ... ... 5 0 18 0 M ontgom ery... ... 4 3 6 0 NOTTS v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. TWO SEPARATE HUNDREDS BY SHREWSBURY. Played at Nottingham on July 24, 25 and 26. Notts won by 268 runs. This m atch was chiefly noticeable fo r the fine batting o f Shrewsbury in t oth innings o f Notts, and for the brilliant display of Jessop in the first innings o f Gloucestershire. In all Shrewsbury was batting for six hours and ten minutes, his first innings o f 101 lasting for tw o hours and thirty-five m inutes, and his second o f 127 not out thrf e hours and thirty-five m inutes, so that no one can have com plained that he m ade his runs very slow ly. Jessop’s first innings was a remarkable perform ance. H e was at the wickets for forty m inutes only for his first fifty, but then he began to score with astonishing rapidity, making 19 off one over of D ixon’s and ten off another,hiasecond fifty being m ade in a quarter-of-an- hour. Then he again becam e quite a slow scorer, and when he was out at 229 he had scored 126 out of 181 in an hour and thirty-five m inutes. Thanks chiefiy to him and H uggins the Gloucestershire total was only 24 behiud that o f Notts, but by the time that stumps were drawn on the second day the latter had m ade their position quite secure by scoring 220 for the loss o f four wickets, Shrewsbury being not out 77, and thus v eil on the w ay to his second hundred o f the match. A t the comm encem ent o f the innings A . O. Jones was batting for half-an-hour before he scored, but when he once got going he m ade his runs quickly enough. On Saturday N otts declared about an hour before luncheon, setting Gloucestershire the task of m aking 352 to w in on a drying w icket which was likely to becom e very difficult. Before lunch half the w ickets were down, and N otts eventually had the easiest of victories. W ass bow led adm irably for them in both innings. N otts . First innings. A . O. Jones, c Townsend, b Spry .......... ...............................52 Irem onger, c Brownlee, b Roberts ............ ................ 11 Gunn (W .), b Spry ... 21 Shrewsbury, c H uggins, b Roberts ............................... 101 J. A . D ixon, c Board,bSpry 45 W . B . Goodacre, c Brown­ lee, b S p ry ..................................11 Gunn (J .), c Langdon, b Huggins ..................................19 Anthony, c Roberts, b Spry 12 Second innings, c Rowlands, b Townsend ... 63 cJessop, bRoberts 11 not out.................... 127 cTownsend,bSpry 28 c sub., b S p ry ... 18 Hallam , c W rathall, b Spry 3 Oates, not out ..................... 8 W ass, c W rathall, b Spry .. 2 B 9, w 1, nb 1 ............11 cJessop,1 c Brownlee,bV kinson not out... ins 48 4 B ll, Ib5,wl,nb7 ?4 T otal .....................296 T otal (6wkta)*327 • Innings declared closed. G lo o c e stk r sh ire . Jirst innings. W rathall, b W asa ............21 Langdon, c Oates, b W ass 6 C. L . Townsend, b W aes .. 12 Board, c Anthony, b J.G unn 10 G. L. Jessop, c Oates, b Hallam .......... ..126 L. D . brow nlee, c Irem on­ ger, b D ixon .....................13 W .H . Rowland, c Oates, b D ix o n ......................................18 Huggins, c Oates, bW aes... 42 Spry, c Oates, b W ass ... 4 V» ilhineon, not out ............13 Roberts, b W a s s ..................... 5 Byes .............................. 2 Second innings, c and b Wass ... 2 cJ . G unn,b Wass 2 c Goodacre, b Hallam ... 20 cs u b ., b Hallam 13 stOates, b Hallam 3 c and b W ass ... 0 c D ixon, b W ass b W ass ............ c and b W ass ... c D ixon, b Wass not ou t..................... W ide ........... Total .. .272 N otts . T otal............83 First innings. Roberts ... Jessop S p ry ............ H uggins ... W ilkinson O. 15 4 M . R . W . 4 50 2 ... 1 15 0 ... 4 132 7 ... 2 56 1 ... 1 32 0 ... T ow n sen d... Rowlands Second innings. O. M . R. W . ... 12 2 34 1 34 5 113 2 ... 28 9 73 1 ... 6 0 ,l26 1 ... 19 3 43 1 ... 3 0 14 0 Jessop delivered a w ide and H uggins six no-balls, and Roberts tw o no-balls. G loucestershire . First innings. W . Second innings. O. M. R . O. M . R . W . W ass ... ... 26 3 94 6 ... ... 21 2 60 7 Gunn (J.) .. 19 3 48 1 ... D ixon ... ... 8 0 59 2 ... Hallam ... ... 10 2 53 1 ... 20 0 22 3 A nthony... ... 8 5 16 0 ... Hallam bowled a wide.