Cricket 1903

150 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 21, 1903. O X F O R D U N IV E R S IT Y v . G E N T L E ­ M E N O F E N G L A N D . Played at O xford on M ay 14, 15 and 16. Gentlemen w on b y 85 runs. This m atch was chiefly remarkable for the all-round play of B. J . T . Bosanquet. H e was in wonderful batting form , and being fortunate enough to get w ell hold of a new bow ler who was not prom ptly taken off, he had a fine time. W hen W interbotham came on, Bosanquet hit him for three 4’ s in the first over, and tw o 6 ’ s and a 4 in the second. The bow ler was allowed four overs, from which 48 runs were made. Bosanquet scored his first 50 in thirty-five minutes, and his second in thirty minutes, his entire innings lasting seventy minutes. There was nothing remarkable about the rest o f the E ngland batting, but it should be m entioned that K ey was out to a magnificent catch on the pavilion rails. \gainst the bow ling o f Cranfield and Bradley, Oxford did not do at all badly, and when stumps were drawn they had scored 112 for eight wickets, Carlisle having played the best innings. On the follow ing day there was not m uch interest in the cricket. D illon, Bosanquet and Bennett played well for the Gentlem en, and Evans bow led w ith great effect for O xford. It did not seem very likely that O xford would m^Jce the 199 runs required to win, but they made a fair com ­ m encement, which was discounted b y some effective bow ling b y Bosanquet, who, goin g on after a shower, took three wickets in three overs. W hen the day’s play ended at five o ’clock, ow ing to rain, O xford had lost six wickets for 61, and were easily beaten on the next m orning. G entlemrn of E ngland . First innings. Second innings. E.W. Dillon, b Era :thausen 19 b Evans ..........31 C. H. B. Mirsham, c Burn, c Winterbotham, b Martin ... ................. 7 b Burn .......... 4 L. O. 8 . Poidevin, c Evans, c Darling,b Win- b Burn ................. 5 terbotham ... 19 B. J. T. Bosanquet, c Wors- ley, b Martin .................108 b Evans .......... 30 J. C. Hartley, c Ernsthau- sen, b Burn ................18 b Evans .............. 0 G. J. V. Weigall, c Mclver, b Ertisthausen................. 1 b Evans .......... 0 K. J. Key, c Carlisle,b Burn 5 cDarling,bAmory 9 K. A. Bennett, c Findlay, b Martin .. ........................ 0 not o u t................23 Rev. J. Burroughs, not out 22 b Evans .......... 1 W . M. Bradley, c Carlisle, b c Winterbotham, Burn ............................... 6 b Martin.......... 1 Cranfleld, b Martin .......... 2 b Evans .......... 3 Wide ........................ 1 B 5 ,lb l,w l 7 Total.......................193 Total.. ..128 O xford U niversity . First innings. Second innings. R. S. Darling, bCranfleld.. 4 c Poidevin, b Bradley.......... 6 W. Findlay, lbw,b Cranfield 12 c Cranfield, b Bo­ sanquet .......... 12 C. D. Mclver, c & b Hartley 0 b Bosanquet . 22 W. H. B. Evans, c Mar- c Bosanquet, b sham , b Cranfleld.......... 5 Cranfleld.......... 5 K. M. Carlisle, c Burroughs, c Bennett, b Bo- b Bradley ........................37 sanqnet ............27 A. E. Worsley, bCranfleld.. 2 c Bennett, b Bo­ sanquet .......... 0 L. Heathcote - Amory, b at Bennett,bCran- Bradley ........................13 field ................... 4 E. G. Martin, not out..........21 c Bennett, b Bo­ sanquet .......... 1 A. C. von Erasthausen, b Bradley ... ................. 7 b Bosanquet ... 12 J. P. y\ inUrbotham,bCran­ fleld ........................ ... 9 not out.................12 R. C. W. Burn, c Cranfield, c Burroughs, b b Hartley ....................... 0 Bradley .......... 3 B 12, lb 1 .................13 B 4, w 5 ... 9 Total........................123 Total .. .. 113 G entlemen of E ngland . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Martin ........... 22 5 61 4 ............ 12 3 44 1 Burn ........... 14 2 62 4 ........... 6 1 19 1 Ernsthausen ..12 4 31 2 .......... Winterbotham 4 0 48 0 ........... 3 0 13 1 Evans' . 142 4 31 6 Amory ... 7 3 14 1 Burn and Amory each bowled a wide. O xford U n iv e r sity . First i Cranfield H artley......... Bosanquet .. Bradley........ Bradley bowled four wides and Cranfield one. 0 . M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 22 12 29 5 ... ... 16 4 46 2 136 1 30 2 ... 9 1 18 0 ... 15 5 31 6 11 2 33 3 ... ... 12 4 27 2 GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. NOTTS. Played at Bristol on May 14, 15 and 16. Abandoned. The Gloucestershire team had gained a commanding advantage by the time that stumps were drawn on the first day, and they increased it so considerably on the next day that their victory seemed assured. Unluckily for them rain fell steadily all day on Satur­ day, and at four o’clock the match was abandoned. For Notts W. Gunn and J. Gunn both played excellent cricket. They seemed to have settled down to a long partnership when an error of judgment in running separated them. J. (iunn was at the wickets for an hour and three quarters for his 48. Gloucestershire made a most promising start with T. H. Fowler and Wrathall, who put up 83 for the first wicket in an hour and ten minutes, Wrathall, who made 52, being the first to go. Hale also played finely. When half-an-hour was left for play Jessop came on, and for once was content to play a careful game with the object of getting a better wicket in the next innings; he was not out 17 when stumps were drawn. When the game was resumed he played very good cricket indeed, not being as aggressive as usual, and making very few big hits, but he scored 77 in an hour and three quarters, which was fast enough for most people. His innings included only three 4’s. The tail did very little to help him, except in the way of giving him time, which was, after all, about the best thing they could have done. Although Iremonger played a very fine inn­ ings for Notts on a wet wicket—-rain had fallen from during lunch time until four o’clock — he received little assistance, and when stumps were drawn Notts, with but three wickets in hand, were only 24 runs on. There was never any chance of playing on Saturday. In the second innings of Notts Paish was once no-balled by West for throwing. N o tts . First innings. Second innings. A. O. Jones,c Jessop,b Paish 19 b Spry................. 6 Iremonger, b Paish .......... 7 cWrathall,bPaish 64 Gunn, W ., run out ..........27 b Spry................16 Gunn, J.,c Wrathall,bPaish 48 b Huggins.........15 Gunn, G.,c Paish,b Hoggins 0 n otou t.............. 6 Dexter, c Paieh, b Huggins 9 cWrathall,bPaiih 3 Anthony, c Rowlands, b Huggins ........................ 4 c Jessop, b Paish 12 Day, c Langdon, b Huggins 1 c Board.bHuggins 0 Oates, not out .................13 not out............... 0 Hallam, st Board, b Paish 4 Wass, c Board, b Paish ... 6 Byes 5, n-b 6 .................10 L-b 1, w 1, n-b 3 5 Total .................148 Total (7 wkts)126 G lou cestersh ire . T. H. Fowler, c Jones, b Anthony ........ 31 Wrathall, lbw, b An­ thony........................62 Hale, ft Oates, b J. Gunn........................45 Langdon, run out .. 12 G. L. Jessop,c Jones,b Hallam .................77 Board,c Jones, b Wass 8 Rowlands, b J. Gunn Huggins, b J. Gunn ... Paiah, c Jones, b An­ thony........................ Spry, b Hallam.......... Roberts, not out Byes 2,1-b 1, w 2, n-b 3 Total ...250 N o tts . First innings. O. M. R. W. Roberts .......... 6 2 28 0 .. Paish............... 23 3 64 5 ... H uggins.......... 23 13 32 4... S pry................. 6 0 24 0 ... Second innings. O. M. R.W. ... 7 4 9 0 ... 14 3 36 3 ... 15 3 48 2 ... 8 1 28 2 G lou cestersh ire . O. M. R. W. O. M. R.W. Wass ... 56 6 85 1 I Hallam . 19*3 2 31 2 Gunn, J. 35 13 81 3 I Anthony 23 8 45 3 Wass delivered oneno-ball and onewide, and Gunn two no-balls. SUSSEX v. M.C.C. AND GROUND. Played at Lord’s on May 14 and 15. M.C.C. won by one wicket. From the beginning of this match it was as clear as possible that the bowlers would have the best of the situation, for the ground was in such a state that the ball would not travel, and there were very few batsmen indeed on either aide who could be deemed capable of making runs against good bowling under such circumstances. The M.C.C. team included three amateurs, only one of whom was in the front rank, while Fry and Ranjitsinhji were not playing for Sussex. Thanks to very good cricket by C. L. A. Smith, who played the right game, and a sturdy resistance by iNewham, Sussex did quite as well at first as could reasonably have been expected, but when King was put on to bowl wickets fell rapidly. Newham nearly managed to carry his bat, after playing a first-class defensive innings for an hour. For the M.C.C. Llewellyn and Braund made a most useful stand for the second wicket; the former scoring his 33 in half-an-hour, but as no other men offered effective resist­ ance to the bowling, the end of the innings was almost as sudden as that of Sussex, and the M.C.C. only had a lead of 21. But as Sussex lost five wickets before stumps were drawn half-an-hour before time on account of the bad light, and had only scored 30 runs, thus being 9 runs on, the game seemed practically over. On the next morning, however, Smith again played well, and Butt seized every opportunity of scoring which offered ituelf, while Cox helped him so much that in three-quarters of an hour 51 runs were put on. Thus, after all, the M.C.C., with 116 to win, seemed likely to have their work cut out. But so finely did Llewellyn bat that when half the wickets were down, only 20 runs had to be made. Then wickets fell quickly, and with two wickets in hand the M.C.C. still required five runs to win. Of these two were obtained by Doll, who then saw his partner (Murrell) bowled by Bland. J. T. Hearne played tho remaining four balls of Bland’s over, and in the next over (from Tate) Doll made the winning hit—-a chance stroke through the slips. S u ssex . Vine, c Doll, b Llewellyn... 4 b Llewellyn ... 18 Killick, c Braund, b Hearne 10 c Murrell, b King 1 Relf,c Coleman, b Llewellyn 0 c and b Hearne.. 0 C. L. A. Smith, c Llewellyn b B ra u o d ........................82 c Burnup, b King 80 W. Newham, c Llewellyn, b King............................... 8 runout .. ... o Marlow, c Thompson, b c Colemai, b King ........................ 20 Hearne .......... 2 Bean (J.),stMurre.l,b Trott 0 cBraund,bHearne 6 Butt, st Murrell, b King ... 1 notout................. 49 Cox, c and b King .......... 7 b Trott................. 19 Tate, c Trott, b K ing.......... 0 lbw, b Trott ... 8 Bland, not out ................. 2 st Murrell, b Lle­ wellyn .......... 2 B 5, lb 1 , nb 1 . ... 7 B 1, lb 6 ... 7 Paish delivered six no-balls, Huggins two no-balls and a wide. Total .......... 91 Total .. .136 M.C.C. AND G ro u nd . C. J. Burnup, c Cox, b Tate 0 c Smith, b Tate .. 11 Braund, c Smith, b Tate ... Llewellyn, b Relf................. 27 c and b Bland .. . 8 33 b Tate................ . 65 G . S. F. Griffin, b Bland ... 10 b T a te ............... 2 Thompson, c Smith, b Tate 18 lbw, b Bland . 8 Trott (A. E.), b Tate.......... 11 0 Tate, b Bland .. 16 King (J. H.), b T a te.......... 0 c Smith, b Tate.. . 0 Coleman, b Bland .......... 0 b Bland .......... 3 Murrell, c Relf, b Tate ... 4 b Bland ........ . 0 C. C. T. Doll, b Bland ... 2 not ou t.............. . 5 Hearne (J. T.), not out ... ‘2 not o u t......... . 0 B 4 ,lb 1 .......... 5 B 8 , lb 5 .. . 18 Total Total ...116