Cricket 1902

390 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S ept . 4, 1902. GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. WORCESTER­ SHIRE. Played at Worcester on Aug. 28, 29, and 30. Abandoned. A t the end of the first day of this match Gloucester­ shire were in a very commanding position, for they had scored 234 for five tickets against 155 by W orcestershire. For this they were chiefly indebted to some very effective bowling by Spry, to a most useful and very careful inniDgs of 80 not out by Troup, and a brilliait innings by Jessop, wl o went in when three wickets had fallen for 28. Jessop was batting for an hour and five minutes for his 77, which were made out of a total of 101. The innings came to an abrupt conc usion on Friday, and in their second innings Worcestershire did much better. Bowley played a great game for 90. Gloucestershire had to make 135 to win, but on Saturday there was no play owing to rain. W ORO E8TERSH IRE. First inniDgs. Second innings. H. K . Foster, c Board, b c Champain, b Roberta ... ...................32 Jeesop ............. 6 Bowley, c Champain, b c Board, b Hug- Roberte .......................... 4 g in s ...................90 Arnold, st Board, b Spry ... 11 b H uggins............34 Pearson, lbw, b Spry...........25 b H uggins............10 Gaukrodger, c Langdon, b c Langdon, b Spry ... ......................... 9 Spry..................38 W . W. Lowe, b Spry........... 0 lbw, b Huggins 34 G. H. Simpson-Hayward, b st Board, b Hug- Spry .................................. 0 g in s ................... 5 Hunt, c Browlee, b Spry ... 26 b H uggins........... 0 Bird, c and b Spry ...........17 c Board, b H ug­ gins ................... 5 Wilson, not out ...................15 c Champain, b Spry................... 4 Burrows, b S p ry ................... 8 n o to u t.................. 8 B 4, lb 4 ........................... 8 Lb 8, nb 1 ... 9 Total ...........................155 Total ...........243 G LO UCESTERSHIRE. Wrathall, c Gauk­ rodger, b Simpson- Hayward ... W . Troup, b Arnold... 94 ” g Langdon, b W ilson F. H. B. Champain, c Gaukrodger, b S.- Hayward ................... G. L. Jessop, b Bur­ rows .......................... 77 Total L.D.Brownlee, c Pear­ son, b Burrows ... 43 W o r c e s t e r s h ir e . Board, c S.-Hayward, b A rn old ...................10 T. H . Fowler, b W il­ son .......................... 7 Huggins, b W ilson ... 7 Sp iy, b W ilson........... 1 Roberts, not o u t .......... 1 B 5, lb 8...................13 ..265 First innings. O. M. R. W . Eoberts ...........14 Spry ...................20 Huggins Second innings. O. M. R . W . 5 38 0 1 126 2 8 37 7 12 , 21*1 9 3 49 2 3 80 8 ... 0 18 0 ... . Jessop Roberts delivered a no-ball. G l o u c e s t e r s h ir e . O. M. R. W . O. M. R . W S.-Hayward 9 1 39 2 1 Burrows ... 15 0 57 2 Wilson ... 19 2 62 4 1Pearson ... 5 1 10 0 Arnold ... 26 4 84 2 1 SURREY Y. MIDDLESEX. Played at the Oval on August 28, 29 and 30. Surrey won by nine wickets. In the first match this year at Lord’s between these two counties, Surrey were victorious by ten wickets. In the return at the Oval they scored 348 on the first d«y for the loss of six wickets, and Middlesex had to fight an up-hill game for the rest of the match and did not show to great advantage. Abel and Hayward made a fine commencement of the Surrey innings on Thursday last, the former scoring very slowly indeed while the latter played a very attractive lDnings. When Hayward had reached 50 after batting for seventy minutes, Abel had only made 19, and when at 126 Hayward was caught in trying for a big hit he had made 82 of them in an hour and three-quarters by the very best of cricket. After the partnership was broken, it began to look as if the total would not be very large, for by the time that 189 runs had been put up half the Surrey wickets were down, and as the wicket was good this did not seem at all promising. But Dowson then joined Abel at four o’clock, and when stumps were drawn he was still unconquered with 107 to his credit; his hittiDg was brilliant at times, and throughout his innings he showed a great mastery over the bowling. His partnership with Abel lasted for ninety minutes, and of the 122 runs which it pro­ duced, he was responsible for 86. Abel, who had never hurried himself in tbe least (for with other men making iuns bis otject was to hold on to his own end), was ciught and bowled when he had been at the wickets for four hours and fifty minutes, and had brought his total for the season to within 34 of the second thousand. It was a most valuable innings to Surrey, although Middlesex men were weary of him. The in n iD g s did not last very much longer on Friday morning. Dowson was caught off Wells for 126, an innings which had lasted for only two hours and ten mii utes and which induced twenty 4’s ; it was a very fine display indeed. At a quarter to twelve Middlesex began thtir innings and by lunch time half the side were out for 61, all to hicbardeon, who, bowjing at a great pace and k eep iD g an excel­ lent length, was in finer form than he has been f r years. After lunch there was no improvement, for Lockwood then began to make his presence felt. While all the rest of the team except Warner, who began well enough, were quite unable to make any­ thing of Bichardson, J. Douglas played a won erfuliy good and patient ionings, and would probably have nude even more than his 67 if there had been any­ one to stay with him, for he was out at last in trying to get as many runs as possible while the opportunity remaited. Middlesex were 271 runs behind. In the follow-on Douglas again played fine cricket, and Bosanquet scored 51 in forty minutes, but Beldam, who, if he had come off might have done much to bring about a draw, was again unsuccessful. When stumps were drawn, Middlesex had scored lc8 for five wickets and were still 113 runs behind. On Saturday the tail played up very finely, Nicholls especially distinguishing himse f ; but the effort came too late and Surrey had the easiest of victories. S u r r e y . Abel, c and b Trott .. 100 Hayward, c Schwarz, b Wells .................. Hayes, c Headlam, b 82 Lockwood, ibw, b Bosanquet .......... 21 Baker (A.), c Schwarz, b H earne................... 5 Brockwell, c Nicholls, b Bosanquet ...........10 B. M. Dowson, c Schwarz, b Wells . 123 V. F. 8. Crawford, c J. D iuglas, b Beldam 37 Clode, b W ells ...........13 Stedman, not out ... 1 Richardson, c J. Douglas, b Beldam 1 B 3, lb 3, w 2 ... 8 Total ...401 Second innings Hayward, not out, 9; Hayes, c R. Douglas, b Wells, 21; Brockwell, not out. 8.— Total (1 wkt) 38. M id d l e s e x . First innings. Second in n iD g s. P. F. Warner, b l.ichardson 18 c Hayward, b Brockwell ... 22 J. Douglas, b Richardson .. 67 cStedman,bHayes 55 G.W .Beldam ,b Richardson 4 b Brockwell ... 7 R. Douglas, b Richardson 4 cHayes, b Clode 12 B. J. T. Bosanquet, lbw, b c Hayward, b Richardson.......................... 0 Clode ...........51 C. M. Wells, b Bichardson 2 cRichardson, b ... 34 Trott, b Lockwood ........... 1 st Stedman, b Brockwell ... 16 R. O. Schwarz, b Lockwood 0 c Hayward, b Brocfcwell ... 0 R.W .Nicholls,bRichardson 7 notout....................66 C. Headlam, c Crawford, b L ock w ood .......................... 6 cStedman.bClode 21 Hearne (J. T.), not out ... 8 c Brockwell, b Dowson ...........12 B 5, lb 6, nb 2 ...........13 B 1, lb 6, nb 4 11 Total ...........130 Total ......... 307 S u r r e y . O . M . R. W . O . M . R. W . B eldam ........... 23*1 7 41 2 ... ... 5 0 12 0 Boeanquet ... 15 0 52 2 ... Heame ........... 24 4 76 1 ... Wells ........... 37 6 94 4 ... 5 1 26 1 Trott ........... 25 8 76 1 ... Schwarz........... 4 0 30 0 ... J.Douglas ... 4 0 24 0 ... Bosanquet bowled two wides. M id d l e s e x . First innings. Second innings. O . M . R. W . O . M. It. W. Lockwood .. 19 5 64 3 ... ... 11 1 41 1 Richardson ... 18*1 3 63 7 ... ... 24 4 68 0 Brockwell .. 34 6 8S 4 Clode ... 19 0 €6 3 Hayes ... ... 10 2 26 1 Dowson ... ... 5 1 8 1 Lockwood bowled four no-balls. ESSEX v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Leyton on August 28, 29, and 30. Abandoned. At the end o f the first day’s cricket Leicestershire had a decided advantage, as against a total of 193 by Essex they had scored 121 for the loss of two wickets. The tssex innings was noticeable for a break down at the beginning and at the end, as well as some brilliant batting by Kortright and Melver. The first three wickets fell for 33, but Fane, who played very well indeed, and Kortright made things look much better, and with E. Russell helping M clver it seemed that a good score would be m ale. But after the two latter had put on 53 in three quarters of an hour the innings soon came to a close. Mclver, an old Forest School boy who played in sonn of the trial matches this year at Oxford as a freshman, was batting for an hour and three quarters for his 66. For Leicester.hire Whitehead and C J. B. wocd put up 63 very quickly for the first wicket, and afterwards Joyce played well. Wood was not out 43 when stumps were drawn and Joyce not out 22. On the next morning these two men took charge of the bowling, and when 11n Utter was bowbd for 64 tue partnership had produced 121 in an hjur and-a-hdf. Wood was batti jg for three hours and a quart*r for his fineinuings of 99. King, who began very steadily was last out for 83 after batting for thite hours aud- a-half. Essex had to make 173 to save the innings defeat and when stumps werd drawn had m de 136 for two wickets, Perrin being not out 33 and Mead not out 12. Fane played a spbndid innings of 68. There was some astonishing crick* t on Saturday morning, for Perrin and Me*d got a complete com­ mand over the bowling, and it was not until the paitneiship had accounted f ir 171 runs in an hour and twenty minutes that Peri in was out, after playing a i eautiful game. Mead soon followed him, having made the first hundred of his career; he was only at the wicl et8 for an hour and-a-half for his 119. McQahey and Kortright made hay of the worn out bowling, and when tight wickets were down the innings was closed. Leicestershire had to get 266 in two hours and fifty minutes, and made a plucky effort to knock off the runs. De Trafford, who went in first, scored 37 out of 5o in half an hour, and when two hours still remaintd for play there were only 164 to make, so that Leicestershire had a possible chance of winning. But gradually the rate of scoring fell off, and when rain came down at half past five and stopped the game 111 runs were sti 1 required Second innings. b King.................. 12 c De Trafford, b King.................. c Macdonald, b Whitehead ... not o u t ................. b O dell................. b Coe ................... b K in g ................. c Coe, b King ... 9 b King ......... 119 B 24, lb 5, w 3 32 E ssex . First inriDg8. A. P. Lucas, b Crawford ... 3 F. L. Fane, b Coe ...........30 P. Perrin, b Odell ........... 4 C. McGahey, b Crawford ... 1 C. J. Kortright, b Coe ... 52 C. D. Mclver. run out ... 66 Bussell (E.), b Whitehead 14 Buckenham, b Crawford ... 0 Young, c Macdonald, b Crawford .......................... 1 Tremlin, b C raw ford......... 0 Mead, not out .................. 12 B 11, lb 1 ...................12 Total ...........195Total (8 wkts)*437 * Innings declared closed. L eicestershire . First innings. Second inniDgs. Whitehead, c Buckenham, b T rem lin ......... ................ 42 not o u t................ 0 C. J. B. Wood, c Fane, b st Russell, b Buckenham .................. 99 T rem lin .............39 Knight, b Tremlin ........... 4 R. Joyce, c and b Tremlin 64 c Fane, bTremlin 45 King, c Kortright, b Young 83 R. Macdonald, b Mead ... 3 R. T. Crawford,bMcGahey 10 notout................19 Coe, b M cG ahey................... 0 b Mead ...........10 C. E. de Trafford, c Young, b Mead ..........................2o b Young ............. 37 J. Burgess, b Y o u n g ........... 6 W. W . Odell, not o u t.. .. 9 B 17, lb 1, nb 3.......... 21 B 3, lb 1, nb 1... 5 Total ...........367 Total (4 wkts) 155 E ssex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Odell .......... 23 6 52 1 ........... 32 5 122 1 Crawford ... *5 10 61 5 ........... 15 4 44 0 C o e .................. 14 5 39 2 ........... 21 1 87 1 King ........... 5 1 13 0 ........... 25 4 6 85 5 Whitehead ...5*2 1 18 1 .......... 7 O36 1 Joyce ... 5 0 31 0 Odell, Crawford, and King bowled a wide each. LsiCE8TEfa8DIRK. First innings. O. M. R .W . Mead .......... 36 11 81 2 ... Young .......... 26 3 8 68 2 ... Trem lin............. 29 8 82 3 ... Buckenbam .. 26 2 101 1 ... McGahey ... 12 4 *1 2 ... Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 21 4 55 1 ... 13 0 68 1 . . . 7 0 27 2 '1r« mlin bow.ed one and Mead three no-balls. D a n l e n o ’s c o m ic c b i c k e t c h a r i t y FESTIVAL, Kenuiugton Oval, September 10th. Grand stand tickets, price 2s. 6d., can be obtained at Cricket Office, 168, Upper Thames Street, London.