Cricket 1902

406 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S ept . 11, 1902. and when the day’s play ended the total was only 87 for 6 wickets. But, on Saturday Hunter who had been sent in ‘verr.ight to play out time made a very useful 11, and Tyldesley aud Thompson made a valu­ able stand of three quar .ers of an-hour for the eighth wicket, but when the score was 150 Tyldesley and Thompson vere both out, and the game seemed over. hut Haigh and Rhodes, wh » have several times shewn that they are reallv fine batsmen, were not to be separated and when lunch time came they were still toge’her, and the Australians found victory s’ipping out <f their grasp, for it had been arranged to draw stumps at five o’c ock. fl he two Yorkshire­ men still kept up their endHwith difficulty after lunch and after they had added 52 to the score in an hour and ten minutes the innings was c'osed leaving the Australians to make 154 to win in eighty minutes. Afier Gregory had been dismissed at 19, Armstrong and Trumper played so vigourously that there was still a pro ability i f vict< ry, fur 82 runs were put on in about forty minutes. But the task was just a little too difficult and when Darling joined Trumper with a quarter of an hour to go 48 were still required. Just before five o’clock Trumper was lbw for the second time in the match, having again played a fine innings. 1Mb T hornton’ s X I. First innings. A. O. Jones, c Darling, b Trumble .......................... 31 Tuonicliffe, b Saunders ... 9 Tyldesley, b Saunders ... 0 T. L. Taylor, c Noble, b Saunders ........................ 3 Hon. F. S. Jackson, c Fill, b T ru m ble................. 72 R.E.Foster, Ibw, b Trumble 5 Hirst, lbw, b Trumble...........14 Thompson, c Darling, b Saunders ..........................18 Haigh, b Saunders ...........28 Rhodes, c Duff, b Trumble 0 Hunter, not out .................. 4 B 10, lb 3, nb 1 ...........14 Second innings. b Saunders......... 1 c Trumble, b Saunders.......... 4 b Noble ........... 88 c Kelly, b Saun­ ders ................... 0 b Trum ble......... 11 b Saundera.......... 6 c Darling, b Arm ­ strong ........... 5 c Trumble, b Noble ........... not out................... not out ........... lbw, b Saunders B 1,1b 8 .......... T o t a l....................198 Total (9 wkts) *202 * Innings declared cl sed. A ustralians . First innings. Second innings. V. Trumper, lbw, b Rhodes 62 lbw, b Thompson 5® W .W .Armstrong, b Rhodes 6 c Hunter, b Thompson ... 37 R. A. Duff, lbw, b Rhodes 1 H. Trumble, b Rhodes ... 38 C. Hill, lbw, b Thompson... 5 J.Darling, c Jones, b Haigh 20 not o u t............... 9 M. A. Noble, c Hunter, b Th om pson.......... ..3 9 S. E. Gregory, c Hunter, b H a ig h ..................................10 b Haigh ......... 12 A. J. Hopkins, not out ... 49 b Jackson ......... 1 J. J. Kelly, run out ......... 4 J. V. Saunders, c Hunter, b Thompson ... ................. 0 B 12, w 1 ...........13 B 4, lb 2 ... 6 Total ......... 247 Total (4 wkts) 120 M b . T h o r n t o n ’s X I. First innings. Second inning*. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Noble ........... 15 1 39 0 ............ 10 2 22 2 Trumble ... 39 17 62 5 ............ 37 20 55 1 Saunders ... 254 fi 74 5 ............ 39 10 95 5 Armstrong ... 11 5 9 0 ............ 12 2 21 1 Noble delivered a no-ball. A ustralians. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Hirst ... 8 0 40 0 ... Rhodes .. ... 36 6 96 4 ... 7 1 34 0 Haigh Thompson ... 19 3 65 2 ... ... 8 1 28 1 15'3 4 34 3 ... ... 55 0 36 2 Jackson ... ... 4 3 3 0 ... ... 4 0 16 1 Rhodes delivered a wide. T h e t e s t m a t c h a t t h e o v a l , a u g u s t 11, 12 and 13.—Gilt Bevelled ndged Card* containing the Full Scores and the Bowling Analysis, forming a Handsom- Souvenir of this Memorable Match, can be had. Price 6 d .; Post Free 7d. ; Of M e r r i t t & H a t c h b b , L t d . (Printersof the S.C C.C. Official Score Cards), 168, Upper Thames Street, London. THE YORKSHIRE TEAM OF 1902. From the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, by “ Looker-On.” Yorkshire holds the proud title of Cham­ pions of the year, with no other county near enough to challenge its position. The record since the Kent reverse at Tonbridge in the closing days of 1899 is one of 80 county matches played, of which only two have been lost, a record of which any side in the world might be proud, and one which speakssplendidly for the all-round capabilities of the eleven. It has been built up on all sorts of wickets, and is one in which, as a combination, and also as individuals, the Yorkshiremen have been seen to the greatest advantage. When the season opened, there were many who hardly expected to see the superbrecords of the two previous years approached. Mr. Frank Mitchell, the one great consistent scorer of 1901, had gone, and Wainwright, as I was able to point out would be the case when writing a similar review twelve months ago, had also severed his connection with the county team for business reasons. It is true that Mr. F. S. Jackson came back into the team, but it was uncertain what proportion of time he would be able to devote to county cricket, and the outlook was problematical. However, Washington was again included in the side, with the happiest results, and he and Mr. Jackson have taken the places of the two absentees with complete success, whilst Whitehead, when he has been called upon, has acquitted himself well. The work of the campaign has to all intents and purposes devolved on thirteen men, though, on the occasion of the Test matches, when at least three of the Yorkshiremen have always been required by their country, other players had their chances, and places have at these times been found for such as Mr, E. R. Wilson, the Cambridge captain, Mr. F. W. Elam, of Leeds, Ringrose and Oyston, while Mr. E. Smith came in for the Warwickshire match at Sheffield, and, except when he played for M.C.C. against the Australians, finished out the season with the team. But the vast bulk of the work has been accomplished by twelve men in all, and no other county in the land can say quite the same. Speaking generally, for the moment, it must be confessed that the batting has been weak at times, notably at Sheffield in the Somerset match, and consistency has hardly been its strong point, unless one writes of the best of all consistency, which invariably produces a man to fill a suddenly created emergency. That has marked the Yorkshire team’s cricket repeatedly, but consistency, as the term is usually applied, belongs only to Mr. T. L. Taylor and Washington. In such a year of wet weather the York­ shire attack has come out triumphant. It is true that Hirst has not repeated the marvel­ lous performances of 1901, and herein Eng­ land is the loser, for I do not think, had the Australians been here in 1901, that they would have carried away the rubber in the Test matches, as is the case to-day. Rhodes and Haigh, however, have done rare service, and the latter richly deserves his place at the head of the averages. His famous partner has hardly been himself at times, and we look for even better work from him in 1903, but he nevertheless claims fine figures, though the feeling is paramount that, at his best, another 100 wickets might easily have fallen to his share in such a season as this last. Once again the fielding of the team has been the most prominent feature, and to the superlative excellence in this department belongs a large measure of the success which has been won. All roundhas this superiority been manifested, and the only occasion when I can recall an equality in fielding was in the last innings of the Middlesex match at Lord’s, when the home team did wonderfully well. The Yorkshire County Club is, happily, in the possession of a team which spares no effort in the field, and whose work is always a treat to watch for its cleanness and its zeal. Three amateurs have been associated with the side throughout the summer, and all have done well. Lord Hawke has had a piecemeal season. He was out of the team for several matches about the time the Coronation was expected in June, and, in the Surrey match at the Ovitf, was so severely hit on the thumb as to be again absent for several engagements in succession. This was the more regrettable because it was in that very match that his lordship touched his highest point for three years, playing an innings of 124, in which were magnificent strokes, and in which he hit and cut with all the cleanness and power of his ’ Varsity days. Thus, but for his acci­ dent, one could have expected more such cricket from his bat, nor could anyone on the side have “ come off ’ ’ with greater acceptance. The evidence of Lord Hawke’s popularity was borne in upon us very stoutly at the close of his Oval innings, when he was cheered to the echo. That popularity, of which his Oval reception was merely a sym­ bol, remains undiminished all over the country, and he is still the idol of his team. To say so much is by no means to overrun the mark. His influence has largely made that team what it is to-day, and-the members of it have long ago come to recognise in him a leader of whom they may be proud, and who in turn is extremely proud of them. Mr. Jackson has reserved his best work with the bat for England. One could not wish it otherwise. Still he has played plenty of fine cricket for Yorkshire, and is still one of the finest all-round players in the country. Une of his most useful innings was his 33 against Lancashire, a triumph of fine cricket on a bad wicket against fine bowling, whilst he reached his hundred in the first match of the season against Essex. All his old stylish­ ness and attractiveness remain, and no one who saw them will forget the supremely useful and masterly innings which he played on behalf of his country at Birmingham, Lord’s, Manchester, and the Oval. As for Mr. Taylor, he stands as one of the most consistent batsme i in the whole of the team. His claims for inclusion on the English side were warmly, perhaps unwisely, advocated, but though he was one of the chosen twelve for Lord’s he did not figure in the actual team. But the quality of his work for Yorkshire stands, nevertheless. It is true that, with one exception, his four three-figure innings were made against weak bowling, but these are by no means the only batting successes he has had, and almost all through the season he has played the same fine, confident game—always steady at the start—which has brought in its train big scores. The most useful of all Mr. Taylor’s innings was his not out 24 against Sussex at Brighton, one which unquestionably saved Yorkshire from an emphatic and sensational reverse. Mr. Taylor has played a great part in Yorkshire cricket this seaaon, and was one of the first in England to reach his thousand runs for 1902. Mr. Ernest Smith reappeared in the team in the Warwickshire match at Sheffield, and although bad weather prevented him having as much cricket as he wanted he did very well for his side, his fielding being always