Cricket 1902

J u ly 31, 1902. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 317 played a rem arkably good innings. T he Som erset team fared badly, on ly tw o o f them , W oods and Braund, m aking any resistance to the bow ling. W hen the total was 15, A lec Hearne dism issed Palairet, M artyn and Johnston, not a single run having been scored off him up to this tim e. H e con­ tinued to m eet w ith great success, and ended w ith the fine analysis o f seven w ickets for 34. Somerset had to follow on and again w ere unable to withstand the bow ling o f Hearne an i Blythe, the latter being the m ore successful. K ent . C. J. Bum up, c and b Cranfield ... ... 67 E. W . D illon, b Cran­ field ............................. 0 C. H . B. Marsham, st M artyn, b Cranfleld 68 F.M archant.cPalairet, b B rau n d....................14 J . R . M ason, c and b Cranfield ... ............ 0 H earne(A .) ,cJohnson, b B rau n d..................... 1 S omerset . First innings. L . C. H . Palairet, b Hearne 6 Braund, b H tarne ............28 H .M artvn,cH ui8h,b H eam e 0 P . R . Johnson, b H e»m e ... 0 S. M . J. W oods, b Hearne.. 42 G ill, b H eam e ... 2 J.D aniell,cBuraup.b Blythe 0 L ewis, c MasoD, b Hearne.. 11 0 . M . Sam pson, c Hearne, b Blythe ..................... 0 R . B. Porch, c Hum phreys,b B lyth e .................................... 3 Cranfield, not o u t ................... 5 B 2, lb 1 .................... 3 B.N .R.Blaker,cPorch, b Cranfield ........... 4 Huish, c M artyn, b Palairet ................... 37 Hum phreys, not out .. 73 Blythe, b Braund ... 7 W .M . Bradley, c and b Braund .................... 9 B 14, lb 4, nb 1 19 Total ...........299 Second innings. b Blythe ............ 1 b Hearne ............13 stH uish,b Blythe 2 lbw, b Hearne ... 10 c D illon, b Blythe 3 st Huish,b Blythe 37 cBurnup,bBlythe 2 n o t o u t ...................13 b Blythe ............13 cBradley,bBlythe 3 b Blythe ............ 0 L ancashire . Total .. 10) T otal........... 97 O. M . R . W . K ent . O. M . R. W . Cratfleld ... 35 8105 6 IGill .. Braund . 33 12 79 4 Palairet ... 4 1 27 1 Lew is.......... 12 3 23 0 IW oods ... 3 0 15 0 Gill delivered a no-ball. S omebset . First innings. Second innings. O. M . R . W . O. M . R. W . B lythe ............ ’ 3 3 2 42 3 ............. 12*4 2 42 8 Hearne ............ 15 8 34 7 ............. 13 2T 56 2 M ason ............ 2 0 21 0 ............. GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. LANCASHIRE- Played at Old Trafford on July 28, 29 and 30. Drawn. On a soft and pretty easy w icket, Gloucestershire kept at the wickets on the first day until nearly six o’clock , but Lancashire w ere saved from the trying experience of playing ou t the half hour by a storm w hich, how ever, was not an unmitigated advantage, as it spoiled the w icket for them on the next m orning. Jessop was in great form , and scored his 68 iri fifty- five m inutes, r ut the big innings o f the day was played by Langdon, w ho showed excellent cricket. W . Troup had an experience w hich m ust have been strange to him , for w hile he was in he made the w hole of the 32 runs scored. In a little m ore than half an hour on Tuesday m orning seven Lancashire w ickets fell for 45 runs, but Sharp and Crabtree then m ade th e long needed stand, and put on 77 runs in fifty m inutes, while Cuttell and Crabtree m ade another fine stand, so that the follow on was saved. W hen Gloucestershire had made 12 runs for the loss of a w icket in their second innings, play was abandoned for the day. Yesterday Langdon made 67 out of 86 in an hour and ten minutes, while Bice played a waiting gam e, and Jessop hit to boldly that he was able to declare, leaving Lancashire to make 354 to win just before lunch. 1 hanks chiefly to Findlay, Tyldesley and Hallows, Lancashire managed to bring about a drawn gam e when the last two men were in. G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings. R . W . R ice,c and b Cultell 25c H o l l a n d , b Barnes .........85 W rathall, b Barnes ............47 c Potter,b Barnes 4 G. L . Jessop, c Siloock, b B arn es....................................68 not out...................68 Board, c Hallows, b Barnes 13b Barnes ............... 2 L . D . Brownlee, b Cuttell 10 W . Troup, b Barnes Langdon, c Holland, B arnes............................. H uggins, b Hallows ... T . H . Fowler, b Cutte)l Spry, b Barnes ............ Roberts, not o u t ............ W 2, nb 2 ........... 32 not ou t... 14 b Silcock E xtra s. Total ................. 332 Total (4 wkts)*197 * Innings declared closed. First innings. A . C. Maclaren, c Troup, b Roberts ............................. W .Findlay, c Jessop, b Spry Tyldesley, c Jessop, b Spry 8 Hallows, c W rathall, b Roberts 1 G. Potter, c Jessop, b Spry 6 H o1 land, b S p r y .................... 7 Sharp, b Jessop .....................51 Silcock, st Board, b Spry ... 3 Crabtree, c W rathall, b Roberts . .......................... 49 Cuttell, c Jessop, b Spry ... 32 Barnes, not out ..................... 0 B 1,1b 9 .....................10 Second innings. st Board, b Spry 3 lbw , b Spry ... 81 b S p r y .................... 43 not out.................... 68 c Langdon, bS pry 0 st Board, b Spry 0 b Spry ............15 b L an gd on ............12 c H n ggin s,bS pry 1 b S p ry .................... 6 not o u t ...................0 B 4, lb 2, w 2 8 T otal .. .. 176 T otal (9 w kts) 246 G loucestershire . First inijings. O. M . B. W . Silcock .............. 23 7 69 0 Hallows .............. 19 4 62 1 Barnes ............3V2 8 123 6 Cuttell ................19 11 6? 3 Sharp... . 1 7 8 31 Second innings. O. M . R . W . 2 44 1 I 26 6 5 55 3 3 39 0 0 26 0 10 7 18 12 Barnes delivered two wides and Sharp tw o no-balls. L a n cash ire. First innings. O. M . R. W . Roberts .......... 20 10 24 3 Spry ............24 4 3 106 6 H u g g ios............ Jessup ............ Second innings, 2 22 0 ... 1 14 1 ... Langdon O. 23 42 . 21 . 5 M R. W . 10 40 0 0 144 8 12 37 <■ 1 7 0 0 10 1 Spry bow led tw o wides. THE AUSTRALIANS. THE SECOND ESSEX MATCH. ( th e t w e n t y - f if t h of t h e t o u r .) t w o se p a r a t e h u n d r e d s b y t r u m p e r . Played at Leyton on July 28, 29, and 30. Drawn. W ith no particular fear o f the Australians before their eyes (for in 1899 they were victorious and made an honourable draw in their first m atch this season) the Essex men w ho batted on M onday played splendid cricket on a wicket w hich was not altogether in favour of the batsm en. Even with the slower bowlers the ball often got up very high, w hile some o f the short pitched balls o f Jones w ould have been dangerous if he had been fast enough to frighten the batsmen. It was a w icket on which Lockw ood w ou.d decidedly have been dangerous, not to say irresistible. The rate of scoring all through the first day was very m uch faster than is usually seen when Australians are in the field, and while Kortright and M cGahey were together it was fast enough to please anybody. A n excellent beginning was m ade by Lucas and Fane, the latter being not out with the total at fc8. The next stand was by Perrin and F an e; it produced 78 runs, and during this partnership the m ost scien­ tific cricket o f the day was shewn. The ball did not travel very quickly, and Fane, in particular, w is seldom able to reach the boundary, for he d ij not put as much power into his strokes as some of the other m en although alm ost all his hits were neat and well j udgt d. Perrin played a delightful innings. H e was follow ed by M cGahey, w ho set him self out to wear dow n the bowling and succeeded beyond all expecta­ tions. Occasionally he was in difficulties, but he played the soundest cricket on the whole, and occasionally made a brilliant hit. K ortright gave no signs at the comm encem ent of his innings that he was likely to make anything of a stay, for he made the bowling look as if it were quite a different class from what it had been previously. H e played in a hesitating manner, » nd one began to feel that, as often happens against the Australians, after the few really high-class bats in a team have gone, the end had come. But in a little while K ortright became quite com fortable. There was no m ore hesitation, he picked out the ball to hit, and hit it very hard in deed; in a few m inutes he was m aster o f the situation and instead o f being the persecuted victim he was the agressor. For once the Austral:an field seem ed badly placed, or in other words K ortright did not confine him self to a few favourite strokes, but sent the ball to all quarters of the field with im par­ tiality. So easily did he and M cGahey play the bowling, despite the way in which it often got up, that there seemed a reasonable prospect that only three wickets w ould be dow n when stumps were drawn. But a catch at the wicket off a fast rising ball dismissed him, after he had helped McGahey to put on 101 runs for the fourth wicket, in an hour and ten minutes. Tosetti came in but never seemed quite at hom e, and although he made a few good hits no one could have teen surprised when he was bow led ; but he only wants experience, for he has all the makings o f a fine batsm an. Sewell had a few balls before play endel and dealt with them easily enough. M cGahey, who had never hurried, was not out 66, and the total was 311 for five wickets. There was a different tale to tell on the next m orning, and the rem aining five w ickets only added 34 runs to the total. M cGahey fell to Trum ble, his fine innings lasting in all for a little more than tw o houis and a-h a lr It was an interesting question whether .the w icket w ould have im proved or whether the Essex bowlers w ould have a good chance o f distinguishing themselves. B ut for the redoubtable Trum per they w ould probably have dismissed the Austra'ians for a very moderate score. He alone of the team seemed thoroughly at hom e to the bow ling; his strokes were adm iracle in every way, and he played a beautiful innings. But despite all he could do Essex had a lead of 113, which, before the day’ s play ended, they had increased by 30 runs for the loss of one wicket, Lucas being not out, 13. Yesterday m orning Perrin and Lucas quite mastered the bowling, and the second w icket did not fall until the total was 107, the partner­ ship having produced 77 in about an hour. Essex were now 220 runs on, so that there was very little chance o f defeat. M cGahey came in, and having well sam pled the bow ling on the M onday, now pro­ ceeded to take liberties with it, and his fine innings o f 59 w as made in three-quarters of an hour. A few m inutes after luncheon Lucas declared the innings, the Australians having to make 298 to win in less than three hours. F or a time they seem ed to have m ade up their m inds to go for a draw, Trum per taking nearly three quarters of an hour to m ake ten runs ; but presently affairs took a different turn, and runs cam e so quickly that Essex men becam e alarmed. But there was really not m uch cause for anxiety. Trum per again played a splendid innings. Second innings, b T ru m b le............50 First innings. A . P . Lucas, b Trum ble ... 26 F . L . Fane, o D arling, b Saunders ... .....................81 b T ru m b le ... P. Perrin, c K elly, b Saun­ ders ............ ......................................................45 C. M cGahey, b Trum ble ... 72 C. J. K ortright, c K elly, b Jones .........................................................................66 G. Tosetti. b Trum ble ... 15 Sewell, b Jones ...................................................... 0 Bussell (T .), c K elly,t Jones 14 Y oun g, b Jones ...................................................... 1 Reeves, not out ...................................................... 9 M ead, b Jones ...................................................... 4 B 6, lb 5, nb 1 ...............................................12Extras T o ta l..............................................................345Total... * Innings declared closed. A ustralians . n o to u t ............58 c N oble, b Jones 59 not o u t.. . . ............. 0 *184 First innings. Y . Trum per, b M e i d ..........109 R .A . Duff.cRussell,b Young 10 C. H ill, b B eeves........................15 J. Darling, c Sewell, b M c­ Gahey ...................................19 S. E. Gregory, c M ead, b M c G a h e y ...........................11 M . A . Noble, not out . ... 33 A . J H opkins, c K ortright, b Tosetti .............................. 5 J. J. K elly, b T osetti............ 0 H . Trum ble, run out ... 0 E. Jones, c Russell, b M ead 25 J. Saunders, b Y ou n g ... 0 B 1, ib 4 ...................... 6 B 16, lb 1 Second innings, lbw , b Reeves ...119 b Y oun g c M cliahey b Y ou n g ............59 b M ead....................13 c Russell,b Reeves 20 b Reeves ............ 0 not out..................... 8 not ou t.................... 10 v . 17 T otal... ..........232 Total (6 wkts) 253 E ssex . T rum ble, 8aunders N oble Trum per. Jones H op kin s. Gregory . First innings. O. M . R. W . .......... 49 15 97 3 6 79 2 ... 1 27 0 ... 4 43 Second innings. O. M . R . W. 10 81 2 0 4 0 1 43 0 . 31 . 2 11 ... 27 1 8 55 5 ............ 20 3 56 1 ... 5 2 19 0 ............. ... 3 0 13 0 ............. N oble delivered a no-ball. Young ................13 M cGahey ... 22 M ead ............12 Keeves .......... 5 Tosetti ............ 5 A ustralians . Firat innings. O. M . R. W 0 64 3 69 2 ... 0 64 2 ... 0 35 1 ... 1 15 2 ... Second innings. O . M . K. W. ... 18 1 66 2 4 24 0 0 61 1 0 62 3 1 23 0 11 14 . b P A R S I C R IC K E T, w ith 27 Illustrations, by M . E. Pavhi. - A History of Parsi Cricket given in a lucid and concise form . Records and m any mem or­ able achievements o f promm ent Parsi cricketers, etc. Price, 4s.; post free, 4s. 3d.—Cricket Officet, 168, Upper Tham es Street, E.C.