Cricket 1902

372 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Aug. 28, 1902. ESSEX v. DERBYSHIRE. 1 AN EXCITING FINISH. Played at Leyton on August 21, 22 and 23. Derbyshire won by 15 runs. Once more the policy of putting the other aide in when you win the tos3 has been attended with fatal results. But the wicket at Leyton on Thursday last seemed so likely to be in favour of the bowlers at first and to improve later that A. P. Lucas could not possibly he blamed for tryi ? the experiment. It was a low scoring match all through, for the wicket was always difficult, and as things turned out the home team bad the worst of it. Cn the first day L . G. W right, for Derbyshire, and Lucas, for Essex, each made 59, the latter being not out, and nobody else on either tide could score more than 26. They both played splendid cricket, and the veteran gave almost as good an exhibition of cricket as he had ever done when in his prime. When stumps were drawn Essex were 20 runs behind with three wickets in hand. Lucas continued to play a great game on the next morning, and as he found useful partners in Kortright, Young, and Mead the score mounted rapidly until in the end Essex had a lead of 62, which seemed likely to be most useful. Lucas went in first and was out last for 103, a splendid inniDgs. which had been put together in three hours and-a-half. In their second innings Derbyshire lost W right, Storer and Ashcroft for 36 runs, and Essex at this time had a fine prospect of victory. But Ollivierre and Need­ ham put up 62 for the fourth wicket, while Lawton made a very useful 26, and Warren and Hulme scored 49 in half-an-hour for the last wicket. But the highest innings, though it was perhaps not the best, was the 62 of Ollivierre, made in an hour and three quarters. When the innings closed Derbyshire had a lead of 159. Against the bowling of Bestwick, who was in fine form, the Essex men could do verv little, and when stumps were drawn 8 wickets had fallen for 72, and the game seemed practically over. But on Saturday McGahey, who was not out 19 over night, soon got settled, and he and Young hitboldly, with the result that in 40 minutes the score had been increased by 71, so that only 17 runs were required when Young was dismissed. The situation was still in favour of Derbyshire, for 17 runs are a lotto make when the last two men are in. Unfortunately for Essex, when two more runs had been made, McGahey was out, and so Derbyshire won their fourth victory o f the season. D erbyshire . First innings. L . G. W right, c Kortright, b Buckenham ...................59 C. A. Ollivierre, b Mead ... 0 Storer, lbw, b Mead ...........21 E. M. Ashcroft, c Russell, b Buckenham ...................53 Needham,c Tremlin, b Mead 2 C. Curgenven, not out ... 15 A. E. Lawton, c Ruisell, b Buckenham .................... 4 8. Hill W ood, b Mead ... 2 Warren, b Buckenham ... 0 Hulme, runout ...................10 Bestwick, c and b Mead ... 5 B 7, lb 2, nb 3 ...........12 Second innings. Total ..................153 E ssex . First inDings. A. P. Lucas, c Warren, b “ ' .103 .. 15 .. 17 .. 0 b Buckenham ... 11 cReeves, b Young 62 b M ead .. ........... 0 bM ead......... ... 0 c Kortright, b Young ...........31 b Mead ........... 3 c Perrin, b Mead 26 lbw, b Mead ... 3 c and b Young ... 39 not out ...........28 c Fane, b Reeves 0 B 6, lb 11, nb 1 18 Total .. 221 B ulm e... F. L. Fane, b Hulme ... P. Perrin, b Y aTren ... C. McGahey, b Warren Russell (E.), b Warren Buckenham. b Eestwick Reeves, b Bestwick ........... 0 Tremlin, b W arren ... ... 3 C. J. Koitright, c W right, b W airen ...........................16 Young,cOllivierre.bWarren 11 Mead, not out ................... 7 B 9, lb 1, w 1, nb 6 ... 17 Second innings. b Bestwick........... | cW ood, bWarren i b Bestwick.......... | cAshcroft,bBest- w ick ................... b Warren ........... c Ollivierre, b Bestwick......... c and b Pestwick b Bestwick........... Total ................215 D erbyshire . b Bestwick... b Hulme ...........32 not out................... o B 13, lb 2, nb 6 21 Total ...144 Mead Young .. Tremlin ... McGahey Reeves ... , Buckenham O. M. R. W . O. 214 7 44 5 ... ... 28 11 6 21 0 ... ... 17 9 2 24 0 ... ... 3 3 1 9 0 ... ... 5 6 1 23 0 ... ... 2 -E 10 3 20 4 ... ... 9 11 69 5 E ssex . First innings. Sec ond innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Bestw ick......... 30 10 59 2 ........... 18’5 6 65 7 Hulme .......... 19 5 7 43 2 ........... 2 1 7 1 W arren ........... 25 6 75 6 ........... 20 4 61 2 L a w to n ........... l 0 2 0 A shcroft.......... 7 4 19 0 Warren bowled ten no-balls, and Bestwick two no­ balls and one wide. Mead bowled three no-balls and Young one no-ball. THE AUSTRALIANS. THE KENT MATCH. THIRTY-SECOND OF THE TOUR. Played at Canterbury on Aug. 21, 22 and 23. Australians won by 89 runs. By the end of the first day there was very little chance that Kent could win this match, for although they got rid of the Australians for 154, they could do nothing with Trumble’s bowling. Two of the Aus­ tralians were l.b.w. and two run out. Noble played the best and highest innings of the day, throughout which ihe bowlers had the best of the situation, except during the short time that Trumper and Duff were together for the Australians, and Day and Seymour for Kent. Hopkins, however, hit five fours in making his 24. Trumble bowled in splendid form when Kent went in, and towards the end of the innings he was irresistible. When stumps were drawn, the Australians, with Duff out, had scored 8 runs, and were thus 85 runs on. As usual Trumper was not long in playing himself in when he went to the wicket on Friday morning, and for an hour and a quarter he played attractive cricket, although he met with considerable good fortune. Noble again played well, and Trumble at the end of the innings put on 30 runs out of 41 in half-an-hour. Alec Hearne bowled very well indeed, but although he continually beat the batsmen they escaped. Kent had to make 287, a task which was next to impossible on a bowler’s wicket. But Burnup played the best cricket seen during the match, and Mason, Alec Hearne and Marchant did well, seeming to find no particular difficulty in the bowling. Still, when stumps were drawn the total was only 135 for four wickets, and it was not to be expected that the rest of the team would be able to knock off the remain­ ing runs. Every man did a little towards this object, but no one did much. Saunders was this time the most successful bowler. A ustbalians . First innings. Y. Trumper, lbw, b Mason 15 R. A . Duff, run out ...........36 C. Hill, b Hearne.................. 8 J. Darling, c Burnup, b Heart e ........................... 6 M . A. Noble, run out...........43 S. E. Gregory, ibw, b Blythe 0 W . W . Armstrong, c Bradley, b Blythe ........... 1 A . J. Hopkins, c Seymour, b Blythe .......................... 24 H. Trumble, st Huish, b Blythe.................................. 8 H. Carter, not out ......... 6 J. Y . Saunders, b Hearne 2 B 1, lb 2, w 1, nb 1 ... 5 Second innings. run out ...........69 b Blythe ........... 6 run out ........... 7 cBurrup,b Mason 10 b Blj the .......... 28 lbw, b Mason ... 16 stHui8h,bHearne 6 notout..................18 cBlythe,b Hearne 30 cMason.bHeaine 9 run out ........... 0 B 8, lb 2 ... 10 Total ...154 K ent. First innings. C. J. Burnup, b Trumble ... 6 J. R. Mason, b Saunders ... 7 S. H. Day, lbw, b Trumble 50 Seymour, not out.................. 56 C. H . B. Marsham, b Trumble .......................... 2 Hearne (A.), b Trumble .. 0 F. Marchant, b Trumble ... 8 Total .209 Second innings, c and b Trumble 43 c Armstrong, b Trum ble..........24 lbw, b Noble ... 14 b Saunders.......... 2 R. N. R. Blaker, b Trumble 0 Huish, lbw, b Trumble ... 3 Blythe, run out ................... 1 W . M, Bradley, c Hill, b Trumble ........................... 0 Byes ........................... 4 Total ...........77 b Trumble ... b Noble c Noble, Saunders... c Noble, Saunders c Trumble, Saunders... not out........... c Trumper, b Saunders B 11, nb 2 Total ...197 Mason Blythe Hearne Bradley Australians. First innings. O. M. 10 . 17 11 R. W . 31 1 .. 50 4 .. 29 0 ... Burnup Second innings. O. M. R. W . ... 15 2 48 2 8 71 2 6 50 3 3 23 0 0 7 0 23-2 19 7 1 Trumble... Saunders Armstrong K ent. First innings. O. M. B. W . 19-5 10 30 8 ... 18 6 43 1 ... 1 1 0 0 ... Noble... Noble delivered two no-balls. Second innings. O. M. R. W . .3 6 7 92 3 5 43 5 1 14 0 2 35 2 17*2 . 6 12 MIDDLESEX y. YORKSHIRE. Played at Lord’s on August 21 and 22. Yorkshire won by 4 wickets. The bowlers had decidedly the best of matters ,all through this match. On the first day Middlesex, who were put in first after losing the toss, could only score 99, while Yorkshire lost eight wickets fsr 122, A t one time Middlesex seemed in a very bad way indeed, for six wickets were down for 43 and seven for 53, but then C. P. Foley a» d MacGregor, both well-tried batsmen, made a much needed stand and put on 25 runs by some good hard hitting. York­ shire began well enough and seemed quite likely to make a good score, Washington and Denton especially playing very sound cricket. But Bosan­ quet, who had previously bowled a few overs of leg- breaks, went on with his fast variety of bowling, and took five wickets for 20 runs. On Friday the last two Yorkshire wickets only added three runs. In their second innings Middlesex found Haigh in his best form, hardly ever doing enough to beat the wicket as well as the bat, but just enough to beat the bat alone. Wells made a fine effort to save the situation. When Yorkshire went in to make 68 to win, their task seemed exceedingly easy, but, although the state of the wicket was by no means so bad as to account for their inability to play Beldam and Trott, they lost five wickets for 45. Tunnicliffe was in forty minutes befoie he scored his first run. B irst, however, batted well. Tunnicliffe was not out 47 and six wickets were down with 51 runs still to be obtained. The odds were still in favour of York­ shire, although as thirgs were going a very close fight seemed almost certain. But Ernest Smith and Haigh spoiled the effect by playing excellent cricket and knocking off the runs. M iddlesex . First innings. P. F. Warner, b Haigh .. 16 J. Douglas, c Smith,bHaigh 3 G. W .Beldam, lbw,bH aigh 1 R. N. Douglas, c Hirst, b Rhodes................................... 5 B. J. T. Bosanquet, cTunni- cliffe, b Rhodes.................... 3 C. M. Wells, c Brown, b Bhodes................................... 7 Trott (A. E.), b Haigh ...11 G. MacGregor,c Tunnicliffe, b Ehodes ........................27 C. P. Foley, b H a ig h ........16 R. O. Schwaiz, run out ... 1 Second innings. bH aigh ...........18 b Haigh ...........13 b Haigh ........... 3 b Haigh b Haigh 28 0 not out........... lbw, b Haigli cHunter,bRhodes 3 b Haigh .......13 c Tunnicliffe, b Rhodes ......... 3 2 cHunter,bBhodes 0 7 B 7, lb 4 ... 11 99 Total ... 93 Y O B K SH lbE . First innings. Second innings. Tunnicliffe, c Schwarz, b Wells ................................13 b Trott................... 10 Brown, sen., b T r o tt.........13 c Bosanquet, b Beldam .......... 5 Washington, b Beldam ... 39 st MacGregor,b Beldam .......... 3 Denton, c Schwarz,bHearne f “ Hearne (J. T.), not out B 4, lb 3 ........... T otal................. Mason delivered one no-ball and Bradley one wide. Hon. F. S. Jackson, c and b Bosanquet........................... Hirst, c MacGregor, lb Bc- sanquet ........................... E. Smith, b Bosanquet Haigh, b Bosanquet ........... Rhodes, b Bosanquet.......... Lees Whitehead, c Heaine, b Bosanquet ................... Hunter, not out ................... B 2, lb 1, w 1 ........... c J. Douglas, b Beldam ........... 2 0 b Heame .......... 8 4 c Wells, b Trott.. 17 5 not out.................12 0 not out.................10 0 Total... ...125 Bhodes Haigh Hirst Jackson Hearne ... Trott Wells Bosanquet Beldam ... M iddlesex. First innings. O. M. R. W . ........... 26*5 10 47 4 ... ........... 23 9 39 5 ... .......... 1 1 0 0 ... ......... 3 1 6 0 ... Y orkshire. O. M. R. W . .1 2 2 25 1 ... 3 30 1 ... 1 25 1 „ 3 28 6 ... 5 13 1 ... Wide ........... l Total(6wkts) 68 Second innings. O. M. R. W . ... 25‘2 10 34 3 ... 26 12 40 7 . . . 6 3 8 0 12 ... 9 ... 131 ... 10 Beldam bowled two wides. O. M. R. W . 14*2 8 19 1 7 0 18 2 3 2 5 0 103 25 3