Cricket 1902

382 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Aug. 28, 1902. KENT v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Catford on August 25 and 26. Yorkshire won l>y nine wickets. In a rainy season it often happens that something sensational is seen at Catford when a county match is played there, and on Monday the sensation was afforded by Bhodes, who, when Kent won the toss, proceeded to take the first six wickets for 7 runs. He had a wicket to help him. of course, but he bowled with splendid judgment, aud his pitch was wonderfully accurate. The seventh wicket fell at 34, the eighth at 44, and the ninth at 46. Humphreys and Hythe then hit out boldly, and added 25 runs. Yorkshire began even worse than Kent. Brown and Tunnicliffe were out for 4, and when Denton, Hirst and Ernest Smith had been disposed of the total was only 15. But for an accident, there ought to have been six for the same total. When WashiDgton had scored one run, he put up a ball which m ight have been caught by Marsh3m or Seymour, but unfor­ tunately for Kent, they both went for it, and as they came into collision at the critical moment, the ball dropped safely. After this Washington played a great game. He found a useful partner in Rhodes, and the pair put on 50 runs in twenty-five minutes for the seveuth wicket. When Rhodes was out, the next three wickets fell almost immediately, but Washing­ ton was still unconquered, after being at the wickets for an hour and a half. Thanks almost entirely to him, Yorkshire had a lead of 26. In the second innings Kent had made 54 for four wickets when stumps were drawn, an l had thus 28 runs in hand. Seymour and Mason played very well indeed on Tuesday mornintr, and as long as they were in there were hopes for Kent, but once the partnership was broken, the tail came down with a run. Yorkshire h id only 75 to ma&e to win, and had scored 30 of them before lunch for one wicket. Afterwards Brown and Washington played so well that they hit off the runs. K ent . First innings Second i .nings. C. J. Burnup, c Smith, b R h o d e s.............. ................. n b H irst................. 23 E. W . Dillon, b Bhode< ... 7 b Haigh ........... 3 t earne (A.), c Haigh, b Rhodes................................. 3 c Haigh b Rhodes 6 Seymour, c Washington, b c Hunter,bWhite­ Rhodes................................. 1 head .................. 18 J. R. Mas >n, st Hunter, b R hodes................................. 9 b Hirst.................. 25 S. H. Day, b Haigh ........... 7 c Hunter,bRhodes 15 C. H. Marsham, b Rhodes .. 0 b H irst................. 1 K. N . R . Blaker, c White­ head, b Rhodes.................. 5 b Rhodes ........... 3 Huish, lbw, b H a ig h ........... 0 not out.................. 4 Humphreys, not out .......... 13 b H irst................ 0 Blythe, c Hawke, b Rhode j 12 c Tunnicliffe, b Rhodes ........... 0 B 3, lb 1 ................... 4 B 1, lb 1 ... 2 Total .................. 71 Total ...100 Brown, run out Tunnicliffe. c Sey­ mour, b Blythe ... 0 Washington, not out 59 - • * *• 5 Y orkshire . Lord Hawke, c Sey­ mour, b Mason Whitehead cSeymour, b M a so n ................... H u n t e r , lbw, b Hearne ................. . E xtras................. Denton, b Hearne Hiist, lbw, b Hearne 2 1 E. Smith, b Hearue ... 0 E xtras.. 0 Haigh, lbw, b Hearne 8 Rhodes, lbw, b Hum- Total ... 97 phreys ........... .1 8 hecmd in n in g s B ro w n , not out, 32 ; Tunnicliffe, c Seymour, b Humphrey*, 12 ; Washington, not out, 32 ; B 1, nb 1.—Total (1 wkt) ',8. K ent . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Rhodes ........... 14 5 4 26 8 ............. 25 4 11 26 4 Haigh ........... 14 3 41 2 ............. 13 0 44 1 H irs t........... 13 5 25 4 Whitehead.. 1 0 3 1 Y orkshire. First innings. O Second innings. R. W. 19 0 they fared very badly against Cox and Tate, and only McGahey, Buckingham and Reeves made a good score. It seems a mistake to leave out Sewell, despite his bad luck, for if he should happen to come off he might easily win a match of this kind. When stumps were drawn, Sussex, with a lead of 4 on the first innings, had scored 41 without loss, Fry being not out 27. and Vine not out, 13. Fry seeme I to have settled down comfortably, when he was caught at the wicket, his partnership with Vine having produce! 75 runs. Vine continued to play very good cricket, and although Killick and Relf failed, he received useful assistanca from Latham and Heygate, and in the end Sussex were able to give their opponents the task of making 204 to win. P. H. Latham had been tatting for nearly two hours for his innings of 24. Th9 wicket was still cifficult when Essex went in and misfortunes came quickly. Fane and Kortright both mtde fine efforts to save their side. Keif went on with the total at 80, and t jok four wickets for 2 runs. M. R. W . O Blythe ........... 12 2 45 1 ............ 14 Hearne (A.) ... 14‘5 3 22 5 ........... 17 Mason ........... 5 2 17 2 ............. 5 Humphreys ... 2 0 13 1 ............. 31 Burnup ... 2 Mason delivered a no-ball. SUSSEX v. ESSEX. Played at Brighton on August 25 and 26. Sussex won by 110 runs. Although it had been announced that Ranjitsinhji would play for Sussex in this match, he was again absent. Fry and Vine put up 35 for the first wicket, and then Mead cim e with a rush. After he had bowled Fry, he took six more wickets for only nine runs. It was a very small total that Essex had to face, but First itmings. S u s s e x . Second innings. C. B. Fry. b Mead 20 c Russell, b Me id 33 Vine, b Mead ......... 26 b Perrin ........... 77 Killick, lbw, b Mead 5 b Mead ........... 0 Rplf, c Kortright, b Young 0 b Mead ........... 6 P. H. Lathim , c Mclver b Young .......................... 1 b Mead ........... 24 R. B. Heygate, b Mead 4 b Young ........... 23 C. L A. tjmith. b Mea 1 12 b Young ........... IS W. Newham, b Mead .. 2 lbw, b Mead 0 Butt, not o u t ................. 0 c Kortright, b Young ........... 0 Cox, c Perrin, b Mead 0 b Mead ........... 1 Tate, b Young ........... 0 not o u t................. 0 Byes .................. 5 B 9, lb 7, nb 1 17 Total.................. 75 Total ...199 E ssex . First innings. Second innings. F. L. Fane, b Tate 0 b Cox .................. 23 Rev. C. G. Littlehalea, bTate 4 b C o x .................. 2 P. Perrin, e 'l ate, b Cox 1 c Butt, b Tate ... 11 C. McGahey, b Cox ... 23 b T a te................... 0 C. J. Kortright, b Cox 11 b R e lf.................. 32 C. D. Mclver, b Cox ... 0 b C o x ................... 5 Russell (E ), b Cox ... 0 b T a te.................. 14 Buckenham, b Tate ... 18 c Fry, b Relf ... 0 Reeves, st Butt, b Cox 11 c tutt, b Relf .. 2 Young, not out ........... 0 not out................... 0 Mead, c and b Cox 3 b R e lf.................. 0 Byei .......... 4 T otal................. 71 ‘/T otal.. .. 93 S ussex . O. M. R. W O. M. R. W . Mead ...........18 11 20 7 ......... 36 19 59 6 Reeves ........... 7 1 34 0 ......... 8 2 16 0 Young Tata... Cox ... 10-1 4 16 3 .......... 27 Buckenham .. 7 McGahey ... 5 Perrin ........... 6 Kortright ... 2 Young delivered a no-ball. Essrx. O. M .tR . W. 0 ... 16 5 39 3 ............ 2C ... 15-4 7 32 7 .......... 19 Vine ........... 5 Relf ........... 6 8 74 3 2 15 1 M. R. W. 7 47 8 7 35 3 3 5 0 5 2 4 ship was broken, Middlesex men had an uncomfortable time, for six wickets were down for 133. But Schwarz and Nicholls were not inclined to wait for loose balls which never came, and accordingly they made their opportunities, with the happy result that they put up 52 runs in a little more than half an hour. Four men were out lbw during the innings. The Australians had a few minutes batting, and not caring to risk the chances of losing Trumper or Duff, sent in Kelly and Hopkins, the former being the fifth victim to lbw, with the total at 3. Trumper, of course, appeared on the scene on Tuesday morning when play was resumed. He.required 24 runs to complete his two thousand for the season, and it was a very short time before a loud cheer announced that he was the first man to accom­ plish the feat. All the bowling came alike to him until Beldam went on. Beldam promptly disposed of Hopkins, who had played veiy well, and then after puzzlirg Trumper a little had a very hard chance of caught and bowled, which he was not quite able to take because Duff was in his way. Duff was bowled by Hearne, and then with Hill as a p irtner, Trumper brought up the hundred after the innings had been in progress for an hour and a quarter—a remarkable contrast to what had happened when Middlesex were batting on the previous day. When Trumper bad scored 69 out of 102 in an hour and five minutes, he was brilliantly caught at slip by Trott, who had to throw himself at full length to reach the ball. Hill played well although he never seemed to get going, but Noble was in great form and played a fine game. Afterwards Armstrong hit pretty narJ. The once invincible Trott could only take one wicket. Middlesex with a balance of 28 to wip- off lost J. Douglas at 15, and then Beldam and Warner breught the score to 51 by steady cricket before the latter, for the second time in the match, was lbw to Trumble. A t 70, R. N. Douglas was also out lbw, six men having been dismissed in this way off Trumble’s bowling, and at 83 Wells was out. Things looked bad enough, for with four men out Middlesex were only 55 runs on, but Trott with some luck knocked up 21 before he was caught at mid-off and as Beldam still stuck to his end with determina­ tion the score was 122 for five wichets when stumps were drawn. Beldam was not out 46, after batting for two hours. He continued to play admirable cr-cket yesterday morning, and as he received useful assistance from Botanquet and MacGregor there were hopes of a good finish. Bosanquet made Trumble’s seventh l.b.w. victim. Butwhenthe tenth man was in Beldam was at last bowled for a nearly perfect innings of 75, which had taken him three hours and a-hilf. If only ihere had been a Stoddart or an O’ Brien to keep nim company ! The Austra­ lians had to make 176 to win in three hours and a- quirter, and in days gone by this might have seemed too short a time. But the present Australian team s^ts a fine lesson in quick run-getting, and although Trumper, Hill and l)uff were out for 47, Noble and Armstrong did nearly all that was necessary, and Hopkins and Noble finished the work. The victory was won at twenty minutes to five. M iddlesex . First innings. P.F.Warner,lbw,b Trumble 58 J. Douglas, lbw, b Trumble 2 G. W . Beldam, lbw, b Trumble ..........................3J R. N. Douglas, b Trumble.. 3 C. M. Wells, c Trumper, b Armstrong..........................10 THE AUSTRALIANS. THE MIDDLESEX MATCH. T H IR T Y -T H IR D O F T H E T O U R . Played at Lord’s on August 25, 26 and 27. Australians won by six wickets. It has become a byword in the land that however ■well Albert Trott may do against Englishmen (and of late he has not very greatly distinguished himself) he is bound to be a failure against the Australians, and accordingly it is felt that the Middlesex team is weaker in an Australian match than against another county. On the first day Middlesex won the toss and on a not very easy wicket did very well, although as the tm f seemed to be recovering rapidly before the tnd of the day, tbe odds were that a total of 204 would not be enough for a victory. An excellent commencement was made by P. F. Warner and G. W. Beldam, after Douglas had been lbw, though both men were obliged to exert themselves to their utmost to avoid disaster. They kept together for an hour and fifty minutes, during which they brought the score from 18 to 89 for the second wicket. But although they were kept very quiet they were not in difficulties. Every now ana tnen the crowd, accus­ tomed to the brilliant way in which Duff and Trumper generally open an Australian innings, became a little facetious, but on the whole they recognised that the batsmen had difficulties to contend with and that they were doing their best Warner was batting two hours and a half for his 58, and it would hardly be con­ sidered an interesting innings. After their partner- Trott (A. E .', c Hopkins, b Trumble .......................... B.J.T.Bosanquet.bTrumble 3 G. MacGregor, lbw, b Trumble ........... .. .. 20 R. O. Schwarz, c Trumble, b Howell..................................32 R.W .Nicholls,c Armstrong, b Trum ble.......................... 23 Hearne (J. T.), not out ... 0 B 4, lb 9, w 1, nb 1 ... 15 Total Second innings, lbw, b Trumble 25 b Trum ble........... 6 b Howell ...........75 lbw, b Trumble 8 c Gregory,b Hop- kin* ................... 2 c Gregory,b H op­ kins .................. 21 lbw, b Trumble ... 25 b Howell ...........20 cHopkins,bNoble 3 not out................... 4 c Darling,b Noble 3 E xtras...........11 ..........201 Australians, J.J.Kelly, lbw, b Bosanqaet 0 A. J. Hopkins, c Hearne, b Beldam ..........................17 V.!rumper,cTrott,bHearne 69 R. Duff, b Hearne ........... 5 Total ...203 not o u t ......... b Wells c MacGregor, Wells b Beldam ... not out........... C.Hill,cBosanquet,bHearne 23 M. A. Noble, b Trott....... 40 J. Darling, st MacGregor, b W e lls ................................. 6 W . Armstrorg, st Mac­ Gregor, b Wells .39 b Wells S. E. Gregory, c MacGregor, b Belaam .......................15 H. Trumble, b W ells......... 4 W. P. Howell, not out ...1 2 B 1, lb 1 ... ... ... 2 Extras., ... 19 ... 23 b ... 22 ... 1 Total ..232 Total (4 wkts) 176