England Domestic Season, 1899
Home Counties v Rest of England
Central Recreation Ground, Hastings
7,8,9 September 1899 (3-day match)
Result: Match Drawn
Toss: Home Counties
Umpires: R Thoms and J Lillywhite
Balls per over: 5
Close of play:
Day 1: Home Counties 298/8 (Young 14*, Butt 3*)
Day 2: Home Counties 331, Rest of England 233, Home Counties 31/1
(Abel 14*, Hayward 9*)
Home Counties 1st innings
AJ Turner c Rhodes b Townsend 28
R Abel b Hirst 40
TW Hayward c Tyldesley b Townsend 13
A Hearne c Jessop b Townsend 15
FGJ Ford b Hirst 22
DLA Jephson c Hirst b Townsend 77
KS Ranjitsinhji b Hirst 60
AE Stoddart c Board b Hirst 13
HI Young b Jessop 22
+HR Butt c Rhodes b Townsend 25
WM Bradley not out 3
Extras (b 8, lb 4, nb 1) 13
Total (all out, 124.4 overs) 331
FoW: 1-50, 2-80, 3-94, 4-?, 5-142, 6-259, 7-?, 8-288, 9-?, 10-331.
Bowling O M R W
Townsend 54.4 8 163 5
Rhodes 17 5 31 0
Jessop 14 5 26 1
Hirst 31 11 75 4
Cuttell 8 2 23 0
Rest of England 1st innings
AC MacLaren c Ford b Bradley 0
WG Quaife b Young 81
JT Tyldesley c & b Jephson 0
F Mitchell c Butt b Bradley 29
CL Townsend b Jephson 6
GL Jessop c Hearne b Jephson 26
*WG Grace b Young 15
GH Hirst c Hearne b Young 9
WR Cuttell c Hayward b Bradley 38
+JH Board not out 17
W Rhodes c Hearne b Young 0
Extras (b 8, lb 2, nb 2) 12
Total (all out, 73 overs) 233
FoW: 1-?, 2-?, 3-58, 4-?, 5-89, 6-145, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-233.
Bowling O M R W
Bradley 21 6 77 3
Jephson 22 2 94 3
Young 20 4 45 4
Hearne 10 8 5 0
Home Counties 2nd innings
AJ Turner b Jessop 4
R Abel b Jessop 22
TW Hayward c MacLaren b Jessop 20
A Hearne not out 51
FGJ Ford b Jessop 0
DLA Jephson c Rhodes b Townsend 58
AE Stoddart c Mitchell b Rhodes 44
Extras (b 8, lb 3, nb 2) 13
Total (6 wickets declared, 65.2 overs) 212
DNB: KS Ranjitsinhji, HI Young, +HR Butt, WM Bradley.
FoW: 1-?, 2-55, 3-61, 4-61, 5-113, 6-212.
Bowling O M R W
Townsend 5.2 0 18 1
Rhodes 10 1 35 1
Jessop 18 6 67 4
Hirst 17 6 44 0
Cuttell 13 5 24 0
MacLaren 2 0 11 0
Rest of England 2nd innings (target: 311 runs)
AC MacLaren b Young 4
WG Quaife b Bradley 5
JT Tyldesley c Butt b Bradley 70
F Mitchell b Bradley 28
CL Townsend c Butt b Bradley 22
GL Jessop not out 100
*WG Grace not out 21
Extras (b 1) 1
Total (5 wickets, 56 overs) 251
DNB: GH Hirst, WR Cuttell, +JH Board, W Rhodes.
FoW: 1-?, 2-13, 3-?, 4-88, 5-214.
Bowling O M R W
Bradley 20 1 85 4
Jephson 8 0 38 0
Young 16 3 60 1
Hearne 5 0 31 0
Hayward 6 0 31 0
Ford 1 0 5 0
- Jessop's century was made in 68 minutes. Townsend, who went
into the match requiring 5 wickets to reach his hundred and
to complete the double of 2000 runs and 100 wickets, was kept
on Bowling for a considerable time until he eventually
achieved the feat.
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