Cricket 1902

A ug . 14, 19 02. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 343 SUSSEX y. SOMERSETSHIRE. and { Played at Taunton on August Diawn. A gain deserted by C. B. Fry and Ranjitsinhji, who were fo r the second tim e in the week taking a rest, and, m oreover, obliged to do without Tate, who was suffering from rheum itism , Sussex did very well indeed to avoid defeat at the hands o f Somerset. They w on the toss but had lost three wickets for 31 runs when Latham and H eygate m ade a useful stard and m ade things look a little better. A t about a quarter past ore rain fell heavily and there was no m ore play till the follow ing m orning. Sussex had m ade fc9 for 4 wickets, and when the gam e was resum ed they increased this total to 132 fo r seven w ickets before rain again stopped play. Another beginning was m ade on Saturday m orning, when the Sussex innings was soon brought to a conclusion. A gainst the weakened bow ling of Sussex the home team m ade runs so quickly that they were able to declare. The chief stand o f the day was between Braund and W oods, who put on 111 runs in partner­ ship in less than an hour. Sussex had to go in against a balance of 110 runs, and lost their first three wickets for 13. Latham and Vine batted so well that a drawn gam e seemed a certainty, but w hen they were parted tw o other wickets fell quickly, and at a quarter past five there were only four wickets in hand, while eleven runs had still to be wiped off before Somerset could be put in again. A break down at this period o f the gam e w ould have been fatal, but for the second tim e in the week George Brann proved equal to the occasion, and, with Collins as a partner, played out time. S ussex . First inning3. Vine, c Braund, b W oods .. 8 R elf. run o u t ............................17 K illick, c Phillips, b W oods 0 R . B . H eygate, b W oods ... 24 P. H . Latham , c Hilly b Cranfleld .............................37 W . Newham , b Braund ...1 5 A . Collins, not out ............22 G. Brann, c Braund, b Cranfleld .............................10 C. L . A . Sm ith, run out ... 1 Butt, c Samson, b Cranfield 4 Cox, c M artyn, b Robson ... 2 B 2, lb 4, w 2 ............ 8 Second innings, c N ew ton, b C ranfield..........32 c G ill, b Cranfield 6 cM artyn,bW ood8 2 c Lewis, b Cran­ field ..................... 0 ru n o u t ... . lbw, b Braund . not ou t.................. not out... B 9, lb 2, nb 1 ... 12 T otal ............148 Total (6 wkts) 118 S omerset . L . C. H . Palairet, c Butt, b R elf ................28 Braund, b Brann ...8 9 H . M artyn, c Latham , b R elf ...................... 0 F. A . Phillips, c Relf, b Brann ...................... 6 S. M . J. W oods, c Total (8 w kts)*258 H eygate, b Brann... “ A . E . Newton and Cranfleld did not bat. • Innings declared closed. Robson, not out ... 21 Gill, b R e lf .................... 6 O. M . Sam son, b K illick ..................... 0 Lewis, c & b K illick 30 B 10, lb 1, w 1 ... 12 Cranfield Braund .. W oods ... R obson ... S ussex . First innings. O. M . R . W . 19 27 6 3*5 6 47 3 ... 10 57 1 ... 1 31 3 ... 1 5 1 ... G ill ............ Palairet ... Phillips ... Second innings. O. M . R . W . 7 30 3 5 37 1 15 1 7 0 0 0 12 0 5 0 15 , 16 6 3 , 3 1 3 3 3 1 W ood s delivered tw o wides and Gill one no-ball. Somerset. O. M . R . W . O. M . R . W . 17 2 87 0 IK illick ... 23 1 70 2 18 6 44 3 |Brann ... 11 1 45 3 Cox delivered one wide. Cox ... R elf ... MIDDLESEX y. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Played at Bristol on August 7, 8 and 9. Middlesex won by an innings and 67 runs. Gloucestershire were unable to secure the services of C. L . Townsend, for this m atch, and his place in the team was taken by T . Fowler, who played a capital innings. The Gloucestershire batting in the first innings presented m any contrasts. W hile Jessop scored 32 out of 37 during a tw enty minutes’ stay at the wickets, and while Fowler and Roberts hit boldly for the last wicket, Rice plodded steadily on for tw o hours and a quarter, and was seventh man out, with a score of 39. B ut for him the innings would m ost likely have been a very short one. Fowler and Roberts put on 52 runs for the last wicket in forty minutes. The M iddlesex innings was interrupted by several showera, but before stumps were drawn, 68 runs had been m ade without loss. On the next day, there was only a few m inutes’ cricket, during which D ouglas wss bowled, and the total increased by two runs. There seemed very little chance that the m atch w ould be finished on Saturday, but W arner played a very fine innings for tw o hours and a half, and was well backed up by Beldam , Trott and Fosanquet, and at lunch time the score was 328 for 8 wkts. Thereupon M iddlesex declared, having a lead o f 162. I f Jessop had been in his last year’ s form this w ould have been a risky proceeding, for if he had com e off Gloucester­ shire m ight have been able to put M iddlesex in again on a ruined wicket for about an hour and a half. B ut Jeesop only made 25 and as no one else except Rice and W rathall could do anything w ith T rott’s bowling a severe defeat was the result. G loucestershire . First irnings. R . W . Rice, c J. D ouglas, b T rott...................................... W ratball, c R . D ouglas, b W e lls ...................................... G. L . Jessop, c Trott, b W «4 » I . ... 32 Langdon,c Beldam, b W ells 0 Board, c Bosanquet, b W ells 2 W . Troup, b W ells ............ 3 L . D . Brownlee, c & b T rott 10 T . Fowler, c Rawlin, b Hearne .................... Huggins, b T rott............ Spry, b T r o tt................... Fecond innings. 39 b Trott 11 b H eam e Roberts, not out , B i l b S . Total 54 00 5 t o ”9* lbw , b Trott b T r o tt.................. b Trott ........... lbw , b Trott absent, injured., c Robertson, 1 Hearne ........... not out................... c Robertson, 1 Trott ........... st Robertson, b T rott ........... B 6, lb 2 .. 22 ...16$ (? T otal M iddlesex . W . P. Robertson, st Board, b ^pry ... 18 R . N . D ouglas, not out ............................. 23 R . W . Nicholls, c Board, b Roberts ... 1 Raw) in, not o u t ...........12 B 1 4, lb 2, w l,n b 2 19 Total (8 w kts) *328 P. F. W arner, c Fowler, b Jessop .. 109 J. D ouglas, c Board, b R oberts................... 35 G . W . Beldam , c W rathall, b Roberts 42 Trott, b J e s s o p ............35 B . J . T . Bosanquet, c L angdon, b Roberts 32 C. M . W ells, c Fowler, b R ob erts................... 2 Hearne (J. T .) did not bat. • Innings declared closed. G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. M . R . W . O. M . R . W . H e a rn e............16’3 5 47 2 ............ 19 7 31 2 W ells ............ 30 11 56 4 ............. 10 4 20 0 T rott ............ 236 52 4 .................... 8*4 0 36 7 B e ld a m ............ 1 0 1 0 ............. M iddlesex . O .M . R . W . O . M . R . W . Roberts ... 26 6 80 5 I Jessop ... 27 4 107 2 Spry............ 16 2 62 1 I H uggins.. 22 5 60 0 Jessop and H uggins delivered one no-ball each and Roberts one wide. THE AUSTRALIANS. THE HAMPSHIRE MATCH. ( tw o d a y s ). ( t w e n t y -EIGHTH OF THE TOUR.) Played at Southampton on August 7 and 8. Australians won by an innings and 79 runs. A s a team, Hampshire were quite outplayed by the Australians, but this was only to be expected, as the county is one of the weakest engaged in the Cham­ pionship this season. But the tine batting o f M ajor Poore on a very difficult w icket in the second inniDgs was as good as anything which has been seen this year in an Australian m atch. In the second innings, when Trum ble was bowling on a pitch which just suited him , he held his own for tw o hours and a quarter, an i eventually carr ed his bat with 61 to his credit. The match was originally fixed for three days, but ow ing to the alteration in the date of the Coronation, arrangements were made for the Austra­ lians to see the procession, and accordingly play was lim ited to tw o days. A s things turned out, this was tim e enough for the Australians to win easily. A t the close of the first day the visitors had scored 176 against 1E0 by Hampshire, for whom E. M . Sprot had p ayed very sound cricket for 33. For once Trum per was out for a sm all score, and when four w ickets were down for 69 Hampshire teem ed to be doing well enough. But Darling and N oble then got together, and tefore stumps were drawn increased the score by 97 runs, both being unconquered at the end o f the day. D arling hit trem endously hard, m aking four hits for six; off one over of Llew ellyn’s he scored fifteen, and sixteen off another. On the next m orning D arling and N oble continued to make light o f the bow ling, and it was not until the total was 224 that Darling was finely caught by Sprot from a big hit sim ilar to tw o or three other hits o f his which had been missed by other fieldsmen. The partnership had lasted for an hour and five m inutes, during which tim e 155 runs had been m ade. There was no doubt that Darling’s big hitting (his innings included five sixes and thirteen fours), tarned the fortunes o f the gam e, for until he cam e in Llewellyn wag puzzling the batsmen considerably; as it was, Llewellyn was m ost unfortunate in having catches missed off his bowling. The innings came to an end pret*y soon after D arling’s dismissal. N oble m ade his 113 in tw o hours and a quarter ; his fine innings included a six and fourteen fours. Lunch was taken imm edia- *ely after the Australians’ im rngs ended at a quarter past one, and only a couple of overs had been bowled afterwards before rain came dow n and stopped play until a little after three. Hampshire had now a bad tim e of it. Four wickets fell for 45, and seven for 68. R ob'on then joined M ajor P. ore, who was playing an adm irable gam e, and the tw o men raised hopes that the gam e m ight be saved, for there was not very much m ore tim e. But after a stand of thirty-five minutes Robson was bow led b y Trum ble, and the end soon came. HAMr SHIRE. First innings. A . J. L . H ill, b Saunders ... 15 W ebb,cH opkin8, b Trum ble 14 M ajor R . M . Poore, c and b N o b le ......................................14 E . M . Sprot, c Carter, b N o b le ......................................33 Llew ellyn, c H opkins, b N o b le ...................................... 2 Barton, b N o b le ..................... 0 A . C. Johnston, c Carter, b N o b le ...................................... 5 C. H . Bodington, b N oble 0 C. R obson, b Trum ble ... 17 Soar, c Darling, b Trum ble 18 H . Hesketh-Pritchard, not out ...................................... 5 B 4, lb 3 ..................... 7 Second innings, c H ill, b Saunders 5 c and b Saunders 14 n o to u t.................... 62 run o u t ............. 0 c Hopkins, b T ru m b le............ 4 b T ru m b le ............ 6 b T ru m b le............ 0 lbw , b Trum ble 1 b T ru m b le............12 b N oble ............ 2 lb w ,b Trum ble... 0 B 5, lb 5 ... 10 T otal ...........130 A ustralians . T otal V . Trum per, c sub, b Llew ellyn ...........18 R . A . D uff, c Sprot, b Llew ellyn ..........13 C. H ill, c W ebb, b H .- P ritcb a rd ..................... 9 J . D arlirg, c Sprot, b L lew ellyn..................116 S. E . Gregory, c H ill, b H .-Pritchard ... 9 M . A . N oble, st Rob­ son, b Llewellyn ...113 A . J . Hopkins, b H ill 22 W . W . Arm strong, b H ill ............................. 6 H . Trum ble, b H ill ... 2 H . Carter, b H ill ... 0 J .V . Saunders, not out B 6, lb 1, nb 1 T otal ... 8 ..325 Hampshire. First innings O. M .R . W . Trum ble............ 23 3 53 3 ... Saunders ... 10 1 37 1 ... N oble ............ 12 4 33 6 ... A ustralians. O. M . R . W . Llew ellyn 22*1 2 129 4 Second innings. O. M .R . W . ... 28 4 1052 6 ... 24 9 33 2 ... 4 0 21 1 Soar ... 8 Barton ... 1 H esketh- Pritchard 15 34 0 0 0 0 77 2 O. Jobnston 2 H ill ... 12 Bodington 1 M . R . W . 0 19 0 1 43 4 0 15 0 Barton delivered one no-balJ. S T R E A T H A M v. S U R B ITO N .—Played at Streatham on A ugust 9. S urbiton . W . S. Ross.cW ilem an, b D aw son......................181 P. E glington, st K err, b D aw son........................12 H . A . C. Sherriff, c Fort?3Cue,b W ilem an 58 C. H .Jupp.cFortescue, b W ilem an ................14 J. A . E . H ickson, mot out ............................. 13 W . E. E llin gton , c K err, b Y oung ... 29 C. Scarf, not out ... 0 B 6, It) 2, w 2, nb 3 13 Total(5 w kts)*320 T. Castle, Baron von Eras* hausen, C. A . W rench and C. B. W orsley did not bat. *Innings declared dosed. S treatham . L . A . M . Fevez, cRoss, b S h erriff.................... 34 H . S. Barkworth, st H ickson, b Sherriff 0 H . L . Dawson, c Erns­ thausen, b Jupp ... 11 H . H . Scott, c E m s- thausen, b W orsley 56 A . R . W ilem an, E. B. M iller and H . T . Cross did not bat. V . F . Feeny, b Scarf 18 A.E.Fortescue.notout 42 D. O. Kerr, c Sherriff, b W . Eglington ... 12 W .H .F .Y oung,notout 8 B 6,1b l,w l ,n b 3 11 T otal (6 wkts) 192