Cricket 1902

86 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A p k i l 24, 1902. ENGLISH TEAM IN THE WEST INDIES. THE MATCH AGAINST ALL TRINIDAD THIRTEENTH OF THE TOUR. Played at Queen’s Park, Trinidad, on March 14and 15. Englishmen won by 9 wickets. On a very bad and fiery pitch (due to the ravages of the mole-cricket), batsmen in this match were placed at a great dis­ advantage, and very few of them managed to distinguish themselves. B. J. T. Bosanquet played a first class innings of 45, hitting very hard when opportunity offered, and also shewing the soundest defence. Constantine’ s 41 was, in its way, as good as anything in the match. Other men who did well were Romeo, Harragin and Archer Warner. Smith, the left-hand bowler, who did so well inthe first match at Trinidad, against the Englishmen, was again very difficult to play. A ll T rinidad . Fiist innings. G. C. Learmond, b W i son 9 F. W . Thorburn, b Bosan­ quet .................................. 5 L. Constantine, b Bosanquet 0 J. A. Romeo, c and b W i’son 24 A . E. Harragin, c Dash­ wood, b Bosanquet........... 9 E. V. Acton, bBosatquet... 16 S.Smith, c Bennet, b Wilson 1 L. 8. D’Ade, c Fane, b Bos­ anquet ..................................18 A . Warner, c Bosanquet, b W ilson .................................17 T. Lucas, c Lee, b Dowson 13 G. W . Branch, b Dowson ... 0 L. Brooker, not out ........... 1 No-ball ........... 1 Total Second innings, absent, hurt ... 0 c and b Dowson 10 st Bennett, b Dowson ...........41 c Hollins, b W il­ son ................... 1 c Whatman, b Doweon ...........20 c Dashwood, b Dowson ... 14 b Dowson ........... 0 c Dillon,b Wilson 5 c Dashwood, b Wilson ........... 4 st Bennett, b Dowson ........... 0 lbw, b Dowson .. 0 not out ........... 0 B 6, nb 3 ........... 9 Total ...104 E nglish E leven . F. L. Fane, c D’ Ade, b Smith.......................... 2 E. W . Dillon, b Lucas 1 F.H.Hollins, c Warner, b Smith ................... 0 B. J. T. Bosanquet, c Smith, b Lucas ... 45 E.R.W i:son,c Brooker, b Lucas ...................38 E M. Dowson,b Smith 39 T. H. K. Dashwood, c Constantine, b Lucas 3 B. N. R. Blaker, c Brooker, b Lucas ... 0 E. C. Lee, c Constan­ tine, b Sm ith........... 3 A. D. Whatman, b Smith ........... 8 L. R. Arbuthnot, not out .......................... 7 R. A. Bennett, b Smith ................... 8 B 4, lb 4 ... 8 T.tal . 122 Second innings : Fane, not out, 36 ; Dillon, c an^ b Ihorburn, c 9 ; Hollins,c Thorborn, b Smith, 19; Bosanquet, not out, 3 ; extras, 0 ; Total (for two wickets), 97. A ll T binidad . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W .1 O. M. R. W . W ilson ........... 22 2 7 33 4 ............ 21*4 7 35 3 Bosanquet ... 20 6 72 6 ... ... 7 1 30 0 D ow son......... 2 0 8 2 ............ 14 5 30 7 Dowson Delivered three, and W ilson two no-balls. First innings E ngland . O. M. R .W . Smith.......... Lucas Romeo Thorburn.. Second innings. O. M. R. W . 21.5 2 66 6 ............ 13 3 34 1 19 7 26 5 ............ 7 0 33 0 5 0 22 0 ........... 2-1 1 3 0 3 0 10 0 ............ 10 4 13 1 Brooker ... 3 0 14 0 THE MATCH AGAINST ALL WEST INDIES. FOURTEENTH OF THE TOUR. Played at Queen’s Park, Trinidad, on March 20 and 21. West Indian Team won hy 111 runs. Another bad wicket, which it would seem impossible to help in Trinidad, where the mole cricket reigns supreme, was again the cause of small scores as a rule. But while the pitch was at its best, owing to rain, the West Indians made such good use of it, that they scored 200 runs, and by the time that their innings was over, it was any odds that they would win the match. For this pleasing state of affairs they were chiefly indebted to Con­ stantine and Weber, the former making his runs in excellent style, the latter playing an exceedingly steady game, his innings of 59 lasting for three hours and a half. Smith, at the end of the innings, soon knocked up a most useful thirty. With the exception of E. R. Wilson, the Englishmen failed with great complete­ ness in their first innings, and although the West Indians did almost as badly when they went in again, there was never any chance that the visitors would pull the match out of the fire. W est I mdies . First innings. Second innings. L. Constantine, c Bennett, b Bosanquet..........................84 Layne, c Dowson, b W ilson 6 V. C. Challenor, c Bosan­ quet, b Dowson ......... 0 W . Weber, b Blaker .......59 A. E. Harragin, c Bosan­ quet, b Dillon ................. 7 G. C. Learmond, c Lee, b Dowson ......................... 4 L . S. D ’Ade, b Bosanquet... 0 Shepherd, b Bosanquet ... 0 S. Smith, b Bosanquet ... 30 Burton, b Blaker................ 0 Woods, not out ................. 5 B 2, nb 3 ........................ 5 Total ..............200 run out ........... 4 c Boeanquet, b Dowson ........... 0 b Bosanquet ... 1 b D ow eon ........... 4 c Wilson, b Dow­ son ................... 0 c Dashwood, b Dowson ........... b Bosanquet b Bosanquet ... c Whatman, b Bosanquet cLee,bBo:anquet not out ........... Byes................... E nglish XI, First innings. F. L. Fane, b Burton....... 11 E. W . Dillon, b Smith ... 0 R. R. Wilson, lbw, b Smith 31 B. J. T. Bosanquet, c Lear­ mond, b Sm ith................ 0 E. C. Lee, b Smith ......... 0 E. M. Dowson, b Smith ... 5 T. H. K. Dashwood, c Bur­ ton, b Smith ................ 6 R. N. R. Blaker, c Shep­ herd, b Smith ................. 0 A . D. Whatman, c Layne, b Smith.................................. 9 R. A . Bennett, st Constan­ tine, b Smith ................ 4 L. Arbuthnot, not out ... 3 B yes................................ 2 Total ... 79 Second innings, c Challenor, b Smith ........... 9 c Burton, b Smith 14 c Woods, b Smith 13 b Smith ........... b Smith ........... 0 st Constantine, b Smith ........... 0 run out ...........10 c Smith, b Woods 11 b Woods ........... 0 c Weber, b Smith 21 not out ........... 0 Byes.................. 11 Total ...................71 W est I ndies . Total......... . 97 First innings. Second innings. O. M. R .W . O. M. R. W. Wilson . ... 26 6 48 1 ........... 1 1 0 0 Dowson . . . . 27 4 65 2 ........... 10 0 42 4 Bosanquet ... 17*5 3 63 4 ........... 11 2 33 5 Dillon ......... 6 1 18 1 ........... Blaker ......... 1 0 1 2 ........... Dowson delivered two and Blaker one no-ball E nglish X I. First innings. Second innings O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W Sm ith... . . ... 20.5 5 34 9 ........... 16-4 2 51 7 Woods ......... 7 2 11 0 ........... 5 0 7 2 Burton . ... 13 3 24 1 ........... 8 2 17 Shepherd 3 0 11 V 0 NOTES FROM SCOTLAND. (B y O ur S pecial C orrespondent .) The advent of May will see the Scottish cricket season—which will be abusy one— full swing. Great interest will be centred in the Scottish County Champion­ ship. This new venture should make for the development of, and help to create more interest in, Scottish cricket. The visits of the M.C.C. and Oxford University Authentics will also be looked forward to. So far as I can learn, Sir T. C. O’Brien has not yet accepted the invita­ tion of the Grange to bring the All- Ireland Eleven to Edinburgh. Should a match between Scotland and Ireland take place, the hope may be expressed that it will be the forerunner of many more of a similar character. The following English matches will be played :— JUNE. 6 and 7. Edinburgh. Grange v. Northumberland County JU LY. 9 and 10. Broughty Ferry. Forfarshire v. Oxford Authentics 33 and 32. Edinburgh. Grange v. Oxford Authentics 34 and 35. Eglinton. Lord Eglinton’s X I. v. Oxford Authentice 34 and 35. Cupar. Fifeshire v. Bradford C.C. 36 and 37. Broughty Ferry. Forfarshire v. Bradford C C 38 and 39. Perth. Perthshire v. Bradford C.C. 38 and 39. Mavistank. Lasswade v. Oxford Authen­ tics 25 and 26. Newcastle. Northumberland County v. Grange 27 and 28. Lord’s. M.C.C. and Ground v. Grange AUGUST. 26 and 27. Aboyne. Deeside X I. v. M.C.C. 29and 30. Aberdeen. Aberdeenshire v. M.C.C. .* Galashiels. South of Scotland v. M.C.C. and Ground * Ih e actual dates of this match have not been fixed yet, but it will take place during last week in August. In addition to the above, a strong English eleven may visit Scotland. The Grange are, I understand, endeavouring to get the full Sussex eleven to Edinburgh. That a Scoto-Sussex match would be a great success, not only in a cricketing, but in a financial sense, goes without saying. Should Ranji’s team be unable to came, there seems good reason to believe that same other strong English eleven will be seen in Scotland during the ensuing season. There are several promising cricketers connected with Scotland at the two great English Universities this summer. At Oxford there are C. W. Wordsworth and M. R. Dickson, of the “ Seniors,” and J. E. Balfour-Melville and J. Lang (Freshmen). Wordsworth, in addition to being one of the best slow bowlers Loretto has ever turned out, is a good bat. In 1898—his last year but one at that school—he took fifty-six wickets for 6 runs a-piece, and had a batting average of 18. His next and last year he did even better with sixty-three wickets at a cost of 7 runs each, while he averaged 23 with the bat. Wordsworth keeps a good length, and has done well in former trial matches. M. R. Dickson, the Marl­ borough captain of 1900, is a very good bat, and also performed well in the “ trials ” last year. He belongs to For­ farshire, and his batting averages during