Cricket 1902

432 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S ept . 18, 1902. M ebto n . First innings. M. Moorhcuse, c Wormald, b K n ox.............................. 6 B. I . Bisgood, b Knox ... 0 W . H. Whitley, b Knox ... 0 L. D. Fisgotd, b Graburn... 14 E. F. Bisgood. not out ... 2t E. D. Davey, b R e a d .......... 0 E. C. Bisgood, b Read 0 P. Downham, b Graburn ... 0 F. 7>. Hunt, c Nightingale, b Graburn............... 1 W . P. Lipscomte. b Read... 0 Extras ... 8 Second innings. c Crawford, b Wormald ... 1 c Ardasser, b Nightingale ... 0 b Foster ... 11 c Foster, b Wor­ mald ... 28 c and b Foster ... 4 b Booker . 5 st Woolf, b Nigh­ tingale .......... 0 b Wormald.......... 4 not out................. 4 Extras ... 8 Total ..........50 Total (8 wkts) 65 W . Sutherland, retired hurt. 6 t h M a t c h v . TEDDINGTON.—Played at Tedding­ ton on September 6. Y ou n g A m a t e u r s . F. L. Nightingale, c Sparks, b Simmons 94 O. T. Norris, run ou t.. 12 C. H. Ardaseer, b De Winton ................. 7 J. R. C. Gannon, b De Winton .................30 W . T. Graburn, st S. H. Lee, b Simmons 80 J. N. Crawford, c Chat- field, b Cadman ...106 M. S. Mason, st S. H. Lee, b R. O. Lee ... 5 G. Wormald, b R. O. Lee ... .......... 5 M. B. Elderton, b De Winton .................18 P. R. May, c R. O.Lee, b Cadman ..........34 N. A. Knox, not out 24 Extras.................28 T eddin g to n . Total ...450 F. Paine, b May......... 9 F. H. Simmons, c & b K n ox........................18 S. H. .Lee, b May ... 0 H. B. Denham, c Wor­ mald, b May .......... 2 H. Cadman, c Night­ ingale. b Graburn... 36 J. DeWinton, b May 1 R. O. Lee, st Gannon, b Gralurn............... 9 K. R. Chatfield, b Crawford................. J. N. Sparks, b Craw­ ford ........................ J. Maxwell-Brown, c Nightingale, b Gra­ lurn ........................ C. P. Mead, not out... Extras................ Total .......... 7 t h M a t c h v . SUTTON.—Played at Sutton on September 10. Y ou n g A m a t e u r s . W . J. H. Curwen,b R. Bell ........................21 O. T. Morris, c Nick- alls, b J. B ell..........17 F. L. Nightingale, not out ..................... 61 J. N. Crawford, c and bR . M. Bell ... . 0 W. T. Graburn, c An­ derson, b J. Bell ... 0 G. Wormald. c Ander­ son,b R. M. Bell ... 0 S u tto n . I*. V. Straker, b Roberts .................41 M. S. Mason, c Jack­ son, b Roberts ... 17 C. H. Ardasser, c Bromage, b Roberts 0 M. B. Elderton, b Blades ................. 4 B. L._Potts, b Roberts 0 . 13 Extras... Total ..174 F. A. B. Anderson, not out ........................45 A. L. Sloper, b B. L. Potte........................10 R. M. Bell, not out 23 Extras................. 0 Total (1 wkt) ...78 ~'L. Jackson. J. T. Illington, J. Bell. V. R. Bromage, C. C. Roberts, G. R. Blades, 8. Hersey, and C. Nickalls did not bat. GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS OF SUSSEX. Played at the County Ground, Hove, on September 11 and 12, for the benefit of H. Stubberfield. G e n t l e m e n . First innings. J. H. Heygate, b Bean ... 31 J. H. Kelsey, b Cox ........... 0 R.B.Heygate,cBean,bBland 0 A. C. Havers,c and b Cox... 33 C. L. A. Smith, c Burchell, b Bean ........................ 0 G. W i der, c Clarke, b Bean 5 C. D. Fisher, b Bean..........14 F.J.Turnbull.c Bland,b Cox 6 W . Newham, not o u t........ 19 T. Smith, b Cox ................. o W . L. Berry,c Marlow,bCox 3 Extras ........ ... 4 Second innings, b Clarke ............ 2 c Cartwright, b Clarke .........126 b Godley ........... 8 c Burchell,b Mar­ low ....................67 not ou t.................... 8 c Marlow, b Ald­ ridge ................51 Extras ... 9 Tota. ................115 Total(5 wkts)*271 * Innings declared closed. P la y e r s . First innings. Meaden, b Fisher.................13 Cartwright, b R. Heygate... 33 Bean, b Berry ................. 3 Godley, b R. Heygate ... 19 Cox, b C. Smith .................19 Clarke, b C. Smith .......... 2 Aldridge, c Newham, b C. Sm ith............................... 4 Burchell, lbw, b R. Heygate 5 Marlow, not o u t................. 4 Bland, b C. Smith .......... 0 Fowland, b C. Smith.......... 2 Extras .................23 Second innings. run out ..........81 b Fisher .......... 5 c T. Smith, b Havers ..........15 run out .......... 0 not out.................17 c Kelsey,b Havers 0 c R. Heygate, b Wilder .......... 1 c Havers, bFisher 75 c Wilder,bHavers 15 Extras ... 14 Total .................127 Total (8 wkts) 223 A SCOTTISH CR ICK ETER . S co tla nd has p roduced fe w b e tte r a ll­ ro u nd c ric ke te rs th a n M r. C . T . M annes. H a d C .T .’ s lo t been cast on E ng li sh and not on S co tti sh so il he w ou ld to -da y have been in th e firs t flig h t o f c ric ke te rs . H e p la yed fo r P e rth sh ire fo r m any years, and a lth ou g h he has d u iin g th e la s t decade been c h iefly id e n ti fi e d w ith th e w e ll-kn ow n D rum pe llier C lu b , h is m any b r illia n t scores a nd bo w lin g fea ts are s till fre sh in th e m em orie s of th e en thus ia s ts — and th e y are m an y— w ho fre q u e n t th e cla ssic Nor th In c h at P e rth . M r. M annes has fo r years been one o f S co tla nd ’s m a in ­ stays in rep resen ta tiv e m a tches, and a lth o u g h th e S co ts -A ue tr a lia n m a tc h is now a th in g of th e pas t, th e ques tio n , “ W h y was C ha rlie M annes n o t chosen to p lay f ” is s till b e in g asked in c ri cke ting c ir c le s in S co tla nd . H is om is s io n was a ll th e m ore rem a rkab le in tha t he was neve r in b e tte r form th a n a t p resen t, and he shou ld have been one o f th e ve ry firs t choices in s te ad of no t be in g chosen a t a ll. The fe a t o f m a k in g a th ousand runs is a lw ays consid ered a g re a t one in S co t­ la n d , and M r. M annes was th e firs t S co ttis h c ric ke te r to accom p lis h thi s dur ing th e p resen t season— a spe c ia lly c re d ita b le pe rfo rm ance seeing th a t b ow le rs ’ w ic ke ts have thi s yea r been th e rul e and no t th e excep tio n . M r. C . T . M annes has a lm os t invari abl y scored w ell aga in s t E n g li sh and o th e r firs t-c la ss com b in a tio ns v is itin g S co tla nd . One o f b is best d is p la ys was aga in s t th e P h ila de lp h ia n s w hen he scored 110, and ano th e r ve ry fin e e ff ort was 88 no t o u t aga in s t a s tro n g E ng li s h e leven, cap ta in ed b y A rth u r S h rew sbu ry . His best b ow lin g fe a t was h is ta ki ng th e “ h a t- tr ic k ” fo r P e rth sh ire v . L o u is H a ll’ s Nor th o f E n gla nd E le ven , h is victim s b e in g such “ k in g s o f th e gam e ” as J. T . B ro w n , L o u is H a ll, and W illiam C h a tte rto n . A n o th e r sp le nd id pe rfo rm ance w ith th e b a ll was aga in s t th e G reenock C .C .— one o f th e s tr onges t c lu bs in th e w es t o f S co tla nd— w hen he cap tu red seven w ic ke ts fo r o nly s ix ru ns . I t m ay be o f in tere st to m en tio n th a t M r. M annes was one of th e fam ous W es t o f S co tla nd e leven th a t p la yed aga in s t P rio ry P a rk , C h ic hes te r, in J u ly 1885. T h is m a tch w ill ever be m em orab le fo r th e g re a t in n in g s of 419 no t o u t h it u p by J . S. C a rric k ou t o f a to ta l o f 746 fo r fo u r w ic ke ts . C . T . did no t on th a t hi st or ic occasion g e t an opp ort unit y o f d isp la y ing h is s k ill w ith th e ba t. Mr . C . T . M annes can no t only bow l and fi eld, b u t he can a ls o k w ick e t ve ry sm a rtl y shou ld occa aris e , so th a t he is som e th in g m o re an all -roun d c ric ke te r as th a t te r gene ra lly unde rs tood . Possessing and a ttr ac tive s ty le as a ba tsm an . M a im es is a lw ays in tere s ti n g to w and is equa lly e ff ec ti ve in aggressiv de fensiv e ta c tic s . H e scores wel l ro und th e w ick e t, but h is bes t str are h is B a n ji-lik e g la nces to le g , kn as “ M annes’ g lid e s ,” w h ich a a dm ira b ly execu ted . H e is a m as t th e “ c u t” ; b is d riv in g is be aut iful tim e d , and he pu ts m uch pow e r in t strokes. H is p la c in g is also ve ry f possessing, as he does, th e kna c fre q u n tl y send in g th e b a ll e xa c tl y th e fie ld e rs are not. As a b ow le r M annes t kes only tw o o r th re e ste th e w ick e t and sends in th e b a ll w i n ic e easy a c tio n . H e comes n a tu ra fro m le g w ith a m ed iu m -pace ba ll, has a ls o a ve ry good s lo w to m e b reak fro m th e o ff. H e can fi el d a w he re , but is spe c ia lly b rillia n t a t p B om at P e rth in 1865, M r. M aune schoo l-m as te r b y p ro fess io n . H e cap ta in o f th e D ru m p e llie r C lu b occas io na lly assists P e rth sh ire in c m tches. A m o re en th u s ia s tic c ric th a n C . T . M annes neve r w a lk ed to crease. W . S. BBIEFBESULTS OF THE AUSTBALTAN TOUB. Played, 39 ; w o d , 23; lost, 2 ; drawn, 14. Matches won by an innings :—Notts, Surrey, Oxford University, Cambridge University, an England X I. (Eastbourne). Scotland, Gloucestershire (iwo). Bants, M.C.C., Players (Harrogate). Match s won by wicke s Leicestershire (7),Derty- shire (8), England XI. (Bradtoid) 7, G a- morgan and Wilts (6), Middlesex (6). Matches won by runs:—Yorkshire (44J, England at Sheffi ld (144), Worcestershire (174), England at Manchester (3), Kent (89). Lancashire (18), South of England at Bournemouth (61). Matches lostY ork sh ire (5 wkts.), England at the Oval (1 wkt.). Matches drawn in favour:— M.C.C.,240 and 280 for 8, declared. Australians, 271 and 217 for 3. M.C.C. Essex *Ess x, 178 and 13 for 2 wkts. (First Match). \ Australians, 249 for 8, declared. Waraiofeslnr* JWa’kshire, 124 and 225 for 7 wkts. arwicKsmre. j Au8tralian8j 316> Sussex. j Sussex, 185 and 130 for 1 wkt. I Australians, 680 for 6, declared. C. I. Thornton’s I Thornton’s X I.,198 & 202 for 9, dec. XI., Scarbor*gh. $Australians, 247 and 120 for 4wkts. Matches drawn more or less level |Australians, 366 for 7. \ Lancashire did not bat. Lancashire. England at Lord’e. Somerset. |England, 102 for 2. t Australians did not bat. ( Somerset, 274 ai d 315. ( Australians, 348 and 16 for 1 wkt. o ( Surrey, 296 and 111. Surrey (return), j Aut)tralians, 313 and 11 for 1 wkt. JEssex, 345 and 184 for 3, declared. Essex (return), j Australians, 232 and 253 for 6. Players t the j Players, 356 and 117 for 3 wickets. Oval. \ Australians, 414. Matches drawn against:— T _A __ r, ____1Australians, 117 and 213 for 7. London County, -j s36. England JEngland, 376 for 9, declared, at Edgbaston. \ Australians 36 and 46 for 2 wkts. S’th of E gland j Australians, 249 and 248. (Hastings). 1 S. of E., 403 for 7, dec., and 87 for 5. Printed and Published for the Proprietor by Mbbbitt & Batcbbb, Lid., 167, 168, and 1£9, Upper Thames Street, London, B.C., Sept. 18th, 1902.