Cricket 1903

M a y 7, 1903. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 117 and he pleads guilty to knowing nothing of the Continent excepting what can ba seen of it from the windows of the train between Calais and Biindisi. Settling down to the life of a country gentleman after his father’s death in 1887, he spends all the winter at Wighill, hunting three or four days with the York and Ainsty and Bramham Moor Hounds, both countries havirg a fair proportion of grass, woodland, and plough, with very little wire. In this way Lord Hawke, who rides fifteen stone and goes remarkably straight, keeps himself in good condition for the cricket season; and, although more than forty, having been born in 1860, he is still lithe and supple and can run as well as ever he did. Being a bachelor, he has no house in London, but he has rooms in Jermyn Street, where he spends a good deal of time in the early summer, when several of the Yorkshire matches are played in the South; and, although he has no horses of his own, he is interested in racing, and is proud of the great deeds done by The Marquis at Newmarket and Doncaster. INCOGNITI v. BLACKHEATH.—Flayed at Black- heath on May 2. I ncoohiti . Dr.P.Northcote,runout 8 A. 8 . Bailey, b Vicary 32 Capt. W . H. Bush, c Christopherson, b Turner .................13 E.W.Dillon, b Robert­ son 11 A. Brown, b Turner ... 4 F. W. Orr, b Baird .. 17 SirW.Russell,bTurner 6 H. E. F.Sich, c and b Turner ................. B. H. Dillon,not out.. Dr. Abraham, b Baird E.L.Sinclair,c Robert­ son, b Turner.......... Bye ................. Total ... B lackiibath . 8 . Castle, b Northcote 11 R.N.R.Blaker, c and b Northcote.................45 A.J.Turner, c Sinclair, b Northcote ..........36 A.G.Day,lbw,b North­ cote ........................ 12 C. J. T. Robertson, b Northcote.................. 0 E.C Vicary,cR.Dillon, b Northcote ............ 19 Major Hutchinson, b Nortbcote .......... 1 F.H. Pitt, st Brown, b E. Dillon................. 11 Capt.Wilson ,stBrown, b Northcote ..........47 Capt.H.C.Baird,cR.H. Dillon, b E. Dillon 22 L. G. Davies, not out 6 Byes ................. 6 Total .. 216 FOREST HILL v. DULWICH.-PIayed at Perry Hill on May 2. FOHE8T H. A. Hooker, b Cryer 7 E. B. Lea, c "Wills, b Phillips ................. 13 C. G. Hill, b Phillips 14 H. D. T. Turner, b Procter ................. 3 R. Wil iams, b Procter ................. 2 C.F.Phillips, c Huntley, bCryer ................. 33 H il l . T. Balkwill, run out 8 . Owens, b Green ... 8 . Silverthorne, not out ........................ W. M. Bradley, b Green ................. F. Skipper, run out... Extras .......... Total D olw ich . R. Longley, c Balkwill, b Bradley............... 6 T. Goodall, c Williams b Balkwill ......14 H. G. Cryer, c Turner, b Lea...................... g J. F. Colyer, b Balk­ will ...................... 7 F. Buntley, b Bradley 5 L. Phillips, c Lea, b Balkwill .......... ...1 1 C. P. Tregellas, b Bradley ................. G. Procter, st Silver­ thorne, b Balkwill H. O. Wills, b Brad­ ley ........................ F. Green, b Bradley... W . Albery, not out... Extras .......... Total ......... C ItlCKET Report Sheets, lod. per dozen, post free, okrf £ Cf rd8' 7d- doIen-P«s‘ *ree. t ? ^ l8,. 6d- aIld la- «K * J postage, 2 d. TT "™E° e obtained at the Office of Onchct 168. Upper Thames Street, London, B.C. ’ ’ SURREY v. LONDON COUNTY (Return). Played at the Crystal Palace on April 30 and May 1 and 2. Abandoned. On a slow wicket in cheerless weather, batsmen had few opportunities of distinguish­ ing themselves on the first day of this match, which produced 276 runs for twenty-one wickets. When London County won the toss and went in there was a surprise, for Dr. Grace, W. L. Murdoch, and G. W. Beldam were dis­ missed for 29, the two former being out when the total was O D ly 4. Jackson, the new Surrey bowler, made a most favourable impression, and although he lost his length a little when he was being hit, he showed sufficient skill to justify hopes that he will be very useful to the county this season. Ranjitsinhji played a pretty innings, and Braund and W. Smith made runs quickly. The Surrey innings was only noticeable for the really fine batting of Hayward and L Walker, both playing as attractive a game as one could wish to see. Beldam met with great success with the ball towards the end of the innings. London County had twenty-five minutes batting at the end of the day, and Sewell played excel­ lent cricket. There was no play on either of the two following days on account of the rain. L ondon C ounty . W . G. Grace, c Hay­ ward, b Lees .......... 0 W. L. Murdoch,oHay- ward, b Jackson ... 4 G. W. Beldam, st Strudwick,b Jackson 3 K. S. Baniitsinhji, st Strudwick, b Lees... 22 Braund, c Holland, b Jackson ....................28 Board, c Walker, b Jackson .................... 13 Second innings:—K. 8 . Ranjitsinhji, not out, 7 Sewell, not out, 16; W. Smith, run out, 0; byes 2 lbw 1. Total (I wicket) 26. C. J. B. Wood,c Jeph­ son, bJackson ... 0 Sewell, o Hayes, b Jackson .................14 L. O. 8 . Poidevin, c Strudwick, b Lees... 4 W. Smith, not out ... 34 W . W. Odell, run out 0 Total ...122 S urrey . E. Wiltshire, cSewell, b Odell ................. 4 Hayward, c Smith, b Odell........................50 Hay*s, b Braund ... 9 Holland, c and b Braund ................. 6 Lockwood, b Odell ... 6 L. Walker, c Board, b Beldam .................31 Lres, c Ranjitsinhji,b Beldam ................. Davis, lbw, b Beldam Jackson, b Odell D. L. A. Jephson, b Bfldam ................. Strudwick, not out ... Byes 5, lbw 1 ... Total . 128 L ondon C ounty . First innings. Second innings. O.M. R. W. O. M. R. W Jackson .......... 18 1 80 6 .......... 6 2 9 0 L e e s ................. 17 5 42 3 .......... 5 0 14 0 S urrey . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 23 9 644 I Beldam ... 10'3 3 26 4 12 5 32 2 I Odell .. Braund THE NOTTS TRIAL MATCH. Played at Trent Bridge on April 29 and 30. Abandoned. So bad was the weather at Nottingham on Wednesday last week when this match was commenced that it was only possible to play for about three hours. The wicket was in such a state that batsmen were at a very great disadvantage, and, with the exception of H. W. Dexter, who has a big local reputation, the Colts were almost to a man entirely at sea. J. Gunn, who went on as first change, took seven wickets for 6 runs in seven overs and three balls. When stumps were drawn, 19 wickets were down for 104. The innings soon closed on the following day, but there was no chance of finding out what the Colts could do in the way of bowling, for after several adjournments on account of rain, the match had to be abandoned at four o’clock. XX II. C o lts . 3C 14 Smart, (W .), c Oates, b J. Gunn ......... F. O. Wright, c Hal- lam, b J. Gunn Simpson (H.), st Oates b flallam ................ Wass (A.), c Jones, b J. G u n n ................. C. A. Attewell, st Oates, b J Gunn... Nicholson, (-G. W .), b Hallam ................. Bean (Joseph), c Day, b Halla m ................. Meakin, Ibw, Gunn.......... Hixon, not out , B 2 ,1-b 2 b J. Dexter (H. W.), b W ass........................ Woolley (J.), c Pen­ nington, b Hallam... S. A. Wallis, c Pen­ nington, b Wass ... Whitelaw (J.), c White, b Wass ................. Clare (W .), b Day ... W. G. Heymann, c Oates, b W ass........ R. H. King, b Wa?s .. L. Kirk, b Wass........ Wyshall (G.), b An­ thony ........................ Hallam (E. E.), c Jones, b Wass.......... H. E. Wright, st Oates b J. Gunn................. Morrell (G. A.), st Oate?, b J. Gunn ... 7 I W . Marshall (capt.) did not bat. T he E leven . Gunn, (G.), run ou t... 8 Oates, b A. Wass ... 6 Day, c Marshall, bAnthony, not out ... 1 Hixon ................. 2 B 4 ,1-b 3 .......... 7 Gunn (J.), c A. Wass, — b Hixon ................. 0 Total (4 wkts) 53 A. O. Jones, not out 29 Hallam, White, Wass, Hardstaff (T.), and Pen­ nington did not bat. C olts . O. M.R. W. O. M.R. W. Pennington 9 3 24 0 ; D a y ......... 8 3 10 1 Hallam ... 23.2 12 24 4 iAnthony... 9 6 9 1 Wass (T.) 23 11 27 7 |Gunn (J.) 9 4 12 7 Total ..........110 Hixon Nicholson Heymann T he E le v e n . O. M. R. W . 6 3 4 2 |Morrell .. 6 2 6 0 Meakin .. 8 0 14 0 |Wass (A.) O. M. R. W 2 14 0 1 5 0 2 3 1 A NEW CRICKET BOOK*. Neatly and strongly bound in a cover of three shades of green ranging from dark to very light—the colours of the Herefordshire Club—this book presents a most attractive appearance. It contains over two hundred pages of thick paper, and only the publishers can explain how it can be issued at the small price of 3s. 6d. For many years no attempt had been made to write the history of the county club, so that the author has abundant excuse, if excuse were needed, for undertaking his task. He has divided his book into chapters, each devoted to ten years of cricket, beginning with “ the thirties ” and ending with “ the new century.” The first match played by Herefordshire against another county was in 1810, when Monmouthshire was opposed and beaten. There was no other county match until 1846, and it was not until the beginning of the seventies that the club ventured to arrange several matches. The ups and downs of the county club are related with sympathetic interest, and the more important matches are described in some detail. One of the best of the descrip­ tions is that of the match against Clarke’s England X I. in 1850, during which Arnold bowled Box, Hillyer and Lilly- white with consecutive balls. “ The fourth man to face the music in Arnold’s sensational over was old Clarke. Every­ one hoped that the ball would beat him. Excitement ran high, and one of the Twenty-two cried out to Arnold that he would give him £10 if he took Clarke’s wicket next ball. However, this was not to be, though the ball was a regular