Cricket 1903

J u n e 4, 1903. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 187 MIDDLESEX v. SOMERSETSHIRE. ■WILLIAM ATTEW ELl’ s BENEFIT. Played at Lord’s on June 1, 2 and 3. Middlesex won by 112 runs. Attewell was fortunate in the weather on Monday, and a big crowd came to see his benefit match. No one could have complained of the quality of the bat­ ting, for although there were only three scores over 60, every man who went in made double figures, and made them in good style, and generally very quickly. The most important innings of the day Wu8 the 135 by Warner, who was at the wickets for three hours, during which he showed a mastery over the bowling. A very good innings indeed was the vigorous 67 of J. H. Hunt, which was put together in 40 minutes. But undoubtedly the most attractive batting of the day was seen when L. C. H. Palairet and Braund went in for Somerset; they both made the bowling look very easy indeed. Just before stumps were drawn Palairet was beautifully caught in the slips with the total at 96. The good beginning was hardly kept up on Tuesday. Braund, who was not out 86 overnight, increased his score to 78, but with the exception of Phillips and Robson, the rest of the Somerset team failed to rise to the occasion. Middlesex began their second innings with a lead of 143, and did not do half as well as in the first innings, although W. P. Robertson played a great game. Still, owing to iheir long lead in the first innings they were able to set Somerset the heavy task of making 317, and at the close of the day Somerset had lost three good wickets, a nd had only knocked off 60 of these. Yesterday Philips and Hedley raised hopes among Somerset men that the match might be pulled out o f the fire, but after Hedley was dismissed there was never much doubt as to the result. M id d le b k x First innings. P. F. Warner, b Cranfield 186 L. J. Moon, c Martyn, b Robson ........................ 36 G. W . Beldam, c Newton, b Palairet ........................ 33 W . P. Robertson, lbw, b Braund ........................ 16 B. J. T. Hosarquet, c New­ ton, b Braund................. 20 R. W . Nicholls, c Lewis, b Palairet .....................36 C. P. Foley, c Braund, b Cranfield ......................11 Trott (A. E ), b Cranfield 11 G. 8. F. Griffin, c Robson, b Crarfield.....................87 J. H. Hunt, c Palairet, b Lewis ............................67 Hearne (J. T.) not out ... 24 B 6, lb 2, w 8 .......11 Total ......441 SOMKRSKT. First innings. L. 0. H. Palairet, c Beldam, b Hearne .....................66 Braund, Ibw, b Tiott......73 Lewis, lbw, b Hearne........ 0 F. A. Phillips, b Tiott ... 44 S. M. J. Woods, c Beldam, b Trott............................11 Major W. C. Hedley, lbw, b Trott.............................. 1 Robson, st Robertson, b Beldam ..................... 49 H. Martyn, c Griffin, b Beldam ..................... 18 F. M. Lee, c Trott, b Beldam 0 A. E. Newton, b Trott ... 20 Cranfleld, not out ......... 8 B 14, lb 2, w 2 .......18 Total ..........298 M id d lb s b x . First innings. Second innings, c Iledley, b Lewis 18 c Newton, b Rob­ son .................22 lbw, b Cranfield 13 b Cranfleld..........77 b Hedley ... ...21 o Newton, b Hed­ ley ................. 8 c Phillips, b Cran­ fleld ................. 0 c Braund, b Cran­ fleld ................. 0 not o u t................10 run out .......... 2 b Robson .......... 0 B 6, w 1 ... 7 Total........ 173 Second innings. b Trott................. 4 c Beldam b Trott 0 lbw, b Beldam ... 1 b Hunt ..........61 b Trott ..........86 run out ..........26 c Trott, b Hearne 18 c Hunt, b Hearne 26 b Hearne .......... 4 notout................ 7 b Beldam .......... 1 Extras..........21 Total......... 204 Second innings. O. M. B. W . O. M. K. W. Cranfield .. 29 8 186 4 ... .. 12 6 41 4 Braund ... ... 38 4 160 2 ... ... 7 1 0 Robson ... ... 16 1 71 1 ... ... 12 8 2 61 2 Woods ... ... 10 0 43 0 ... |M Palairet ... ... 18 4 28 2 ... Lewis ... 03 0 2 1 ... 4 0 16 1 Hedley ... .. 4 0 27 2 Palairet bowled three wides and Cranfield one. S om rrsb t. First innings. o r k . R. w. Second innings. O. M. K. W. B eldam .......... 26 6 72 3 .. . ... 15 2 7 40 2 Trott ......... . 26 4 9 81 6 ... ... 16 8 67 3 Bunt ......... . 18 2 46 0 .. . ... 6 1 27 1 Hearne .......... 19 8 47 2 .. . ... 16 8 69 3 Bosanquet . . 8 2 10 0 .. Beldam and Hearne each bowled a wide. ESSEX v. KENT. Played at Leyton on June 1, 2 and 3. Essex won by four wickets. There was a curiously interesting day’s cricket a* Leyton on Bank Holiday on a wicket which was sime" what flery at one end. Without an exception, the great players on both sides failed, but whereas Blaker alone upheld the honour of Kent, Essex were fortu­ nate enough to see Sewell, Gillingham and Buckenham in great form. For once the Es-ex bowling left nothing whatever to be desired. The most important features of the day’s play was perhaps the stand made by Gil ini?ham and Buckenham, who, when half the Essex wickets were down for 9 i, put on 126 ia an hour and a half by most attractive cricket, which quite changed the fortunes of the game. When stumps were drawn, Kent had made 9 runs without loss in their second innings, and were 111runs behind. Although Marsham played a splendid innings on Tuesday morning, things did not go well with Kent, and at lunch time nine wickets were down for 172— only 62 runs on. But the last two men did well, and Essex had to make 89 to win. It was soon seen that this was by no means an easy task, and there were times when a victory for Kent was by no means im­ possible. But at a critical time McGahey and Kort­ right saved the situation, the former playing an in­ valuable innings. K k n t. 13 First ioninga. C. J. Burnup, b Mead E. W. Dillon, c Kortiight, b Buckenham................. 0 Seymour, c Kortright, b Buckenham ................. 6 Hearne (A.), c Tremlin, b Mead ............................... 13 C. H. B. Marsham, c Kort­ right. b Mead ................. 6 Humphreys, st Russell, b Mead ............................... 2 R. N. R. Blaker, c Perrin, b Tremlin ........................ 46 Huish, c Kortright,b Trem­ lin ..................................... 16 Fairservice, c McGahey, b Tremlin ....................... 1 Blythe, c Russell,b Bucken­ ham ................................ 6 W- M. Bradley, not out ... 2 Bye ........................ 1 Total First innings. F. L. Fane, run out .. .........114 Essex. Second innings. run out ..........28 c and b Kortright 28 st Russell.bTrem- lin ................. 2 c Russell, bBuck- enham ..........11 cRussell,b Young 61 b Kortright ... 7 cTremlin, b Mead 0 b Kort.ight ... 0 c Gillingham, b Kortright ... 17 b Tremlin ..........26 not out.................13 B 10, lb 6 ... 16 Total.........208 21 Second innings, c 8eymour,bFair- fervice ..........14 cBlak r.bBradley 0 cMareham.bFair­ service ..........14 not o u t................39 8ewell, st Huish, b Blythe.. 42 P. Perrin, c Huish, b Fair­ service ............................... 11 C. McGahey, lbw, b Blythe 11 Rev. F. H. Gillingham, b Faireervice........................79 b Blythe .. ... 1 C. J. Kortright,bFairservice 1 not out..................10 Buckenham, c Bradley, b D illon............................... 68 stHuish, b Blythe 6 Russell (E.), b B y the.......... 0 b Blythe ........... 3 Tremlin, not ou t................. 4 Young, c Seymour, b Fair­ service... ......................... 0 Mead, o Seymour, b Fair­ service ................................ 0 B 4, lb 3 ................. 7 Total... .. 234 Mead ... Buckenham Young ... Tremlin ... Kortright K r n t . First inniogs. O. M. R. W. 17 16-2 6 7 3 . 24 4 3 42 3 1 21 0 , 1 17 3 , 0 9 0 . Byes .......... 2 Total(6wkts) 89 Second innings' O. M. R. W . 22 17 10 7 65 3 60 8 27 2 12 2 49 Bradley ... Blythe ... Fairservice Hearne .. Humphreys Dillon ... E sse x . First innings. O. M.R. W 14 1 68 0 26 10 46 3 19 5 6 61 6 7 6 3 1 1 0 20 1 Burnup n 17 Second innings. O. M.R. W . . 5 3 10 1 . 19 8 33 3 12 1 32 2 . 2 1 8 0 . 82 1 4 0 C RICKET Report Sheets, lOd. per dosen, post free- Order of Going-in Cards, 7d. per dozen, post free. Cricket Score Books, 6d. and Is. each; postage, 2d, extra.—To be obtained at the Offioes of Orickgl, 168* Upper Thames Street London, B.C. LONDON COUNTY v. LEICESTER­ SHIRE. Played at Leicester on June 1, 2 and 3. Leicestershire won by 165 runs. For once W. G. had a side which was not particu­ larly strong on paper, either in batting or bowling. For all that, on the first day it was quite satisfactory to dispose of Leicestershire on a perfect wicket for 868. Knight played a very fine innings, V. F. S. Crawford made 63 in forty minutes, chiefly by means of nine 4’s, and Gill scored 67 in fifty minutes, obtain­ ing 18 of them in a single over from W. G. It may be stated that W. G. and Kermode bowled unchanged after lunch for about a couple of hours. When stumps were drawn London County had made 19 for the loss of a wicket, the great bats on the side being reserved for the morrow. On Tuesday W. L. Mur­ doch and D. Reese, the New Zealand cricke'er, were the only two London County men who got going, and the result was a long lead for L°icestershire, who, however, after beginning well in their second attempt, fell off in the most surprising manner. But their lead on the first innings was so substantial that this did not very much matter, and as London County lost three wickets, all to Coe, ia their second innings for 9 runs before stumps were drawn their chances of pulling off the match were pm <11. Yesterday Murdoch and Smith put up 56 in forty minutes, and Poidevin and Poethuma played well, but the visitors were always out of the running. L r ic r stk b sh ir b . First innings. C. J. B. Wood, c Douglas, b Kermode ........................ 12 Whitehead, c Smith, b Pos- thuma................................34 Knight, run o u t .................95 King, b G am ble.................18 R. T. Crawford, c Drew, b Kermode ........................ 14 Y. F. S. Crawford, c Smith, b Grace ........................ 63 Coe, b Poethuma ... ... 89 Gill, c Gamble, b Kermode 67 W . W. Odell, b Poethuma 2 Woodcock, b Kermode ... 1 Whiteside, not out .......... 6 Byes, 6, lb 2 ................. 7 Second innings, c Brewer, b Poe­ thuma ..........24 c Douglas, b Pos- 13 .. 37 .. 7 b 3 thuma b Posthuma b Poethuma c Douglas Gamble .......... c Smith, b Pos­ thuma ..........33 b Posthuma ... 0 c Smith, b Pos­ thuma ..........20 c Drew, b Gamble 6 absent, injured... 0 not ont................. 0 Byes................. 2 Total .. 868 Total ...1$ L ondon C o u n ty . First innings. Second innings. T. M. Drew, lbw, b R.Craw- ford ......... .......... ... 7 cR.Crawfjrd.bCoe 0 W . Smith, c Whiteside, b W oodcock........................18 b C o x ............... 27 T. T. Brewer, c W hiteaide, b G ill................................20 cR.Crawford,bCoe 0 W . G. Grace, c Whiteside, b Gill ................................11 c sub., b King ... 1 W. L. Murdoch, b Coe ... 67 b K ing...............31 L. O. S. Poidevia, c Odell, b G ill................................ 6 c King, b Coe .. 26 D. Reese, b Odell................45 c Whiteside,b Coe G J. H. Douglas, c R. Craw­ ford, b Odell ................. 6 c and b Coe.......... 0 C. J. Posthuma, b Coe ... 0 c Whitehead, b K ing.............29 Gamble, not o u t ................. 0 notout...............21 Kermode, c R. Cra* ford, b c Knight, b Oraw- Odell ................................ 0 fo r d ................. 16 Byes 6, nb 3 .......... 8 Extras..........11 Total .................178 Total L bic b stb r sh ib l . ..160 Murdoch... Kermode Posthuma Grace ... Drew Gamble ... First innings. O. M. R. W . 6 40 16 21 , 1 10 1 13 0 18 169 4 4 35 3 2 112 1 . 0 2 0. 2 30 1 . Second innings. O. M. R. W. . 4 . 19 18 , 4 12*3 L ondon C o u n ty . Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Woodcock .. 9 2 20 1 ... ».» R. Crawford... 8 2 16 1 ... ... 2 0 4 0 King ... ... 14 2 40 0 ... ... 16 1 83 3 G ill............... .. 16 4 If 8 ... ... Odell ... ... 8*3 1 26 3 ... ... Whitehotd ... 4 0 1H 0 ... ... C oe................. 6 2 18 2 ... ... 18 8 38 6 Y. Crawford . Wood Gill bowled two no-balls, and Woodcock one, and R. Crawford bowled a wide. 1 AWS OF CRICKET, with List of Fixtures and Memo, pages. One Penny each, post free lid Offices, 168, Upper Thames Street, E.C. I a n o L 0rick4t (