Cricket 1903

204 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u n e 11, 1903. THE PHILADELPHIANS. THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY MATCH. ( first of the tour .) Played at Cambridge on June 8, 9 and 10. Cambridge won by six wickets. Although they were naturally very short of practice the Philadelphians played very good cricket on Monday, but when play ceased for ihe day they had much the worst of matters. The chief feature of the day’s cricket was the really fine batting of J. A. Lester, who did so well when he was in England with the Haverford team. He was at the wickets for two hoars and a-half, during which he made many beautiful diives, and placed the ball well to leg. Everybody was disappointed when he failed to reach his hundred by only four runs ; he was ninth out, and his innings included fourteen 4’s. B jhlen played a very graceful inDiogs, and helped Lester to put on 96 inns in about an hour. With the exception of Brown the other men were unable to j idge the pace of the tuif. When the ’Varsity went in King bowled well, with a strong wind behind him, but the wind against which M'Donell had bowled with considerable effect, did not seem to help the American, whose well-known swerve was not greatly in evidence. Ebd*n atd Godsell ecored 86 for the first wicket, and when stumps were .drawn the total was 111 for one wicket. The innings, which began so well, seemed likely to come to an end on Tuesday sooner than was anticipated. Godsell was out almost at once ; Mann and Dowson both played pretty cricket, but after they were separated only amall scores were made until eight wickets weie down, when Roberts and M'Donell pained a mastery over the bowling, the former hitting finely. The Philadelphi ins began well in their second innings with Bohlen and Wood, and when stumps were drawn they were only 69 runs behind with eignt viicketa in hand. Yesterday King and Lester both played fine cricket, and things seemed to be going particularly we 1 for the visitors. But the tail did nothing and Cambridge only had to make 56 to win, a task which they had some difficulty in performing. P hiladelphians . First innings. F. H. Bohlen, b Roberts ... 64 J. B. King, c Dowson, b H. Sm ith................................ 6 J A. Lester, b McDonell ... 96 A. M. Wood, lbw, b Mc­ Donell ............................... 6 N. Z. Graves, lbw, b Mc­ Donell ............................... 4 F. A. Bate, b McDonell ... 2 R. D. Brown, b McDonnell 22 P. N. Le Roy, b Dowson ... 0 E. M. Cregar, b Dowson ... 0 P. H. Claik, not o u t .......... 2 J. H. Scattergoad, lbw, b M cD onell........................ 6 B 2, lb 4, w 2, nb 4 ... 12 Second innings. b Dowson ..........63 c Buckston, b Robeits ..........63 c Mann,b Roberts 40 b McDonell c Buckston, b Djwson .......... b Roberts .......... b Roberta.......... c Buckfeton, b D ow son.......... b Dowson .......... not out................. c Godsell, b Dow- bon ....................... Extras.......... Total ................. 209 Total ..........224 b King... b King... c Lester, b K iD g 0 not out................. 9 C am bridg e U n iv e r sity . First inniogs. Second innings. C. H M. Ebden, b King ... 43 E. T. Godsell,cKing.b Clark 49 E. W . Mann,cScattergood, b King........24 c Wood, b King 31 E M. Dowson, c Scatter- good. b King .............71 L. V. Harper, b Clark .. 22 R.P Keigwin,cWood,bClark 22 H. C. McDonell, not out ... 41 F. B. Wilson,cScattergood, b King .. ........... 30 not out... G. M. Buckaton, c Scatter- good, b King ................ 1 F. B. Roberts, at Scatter- good, b Cregar..............69 G. Howard-bmith, absent, hurt ... ... .. .*....... 0 B 9, lb 6, w 8 .......17 Extras .......... 2 Total ................ 879 Total (4 wkts) 65 P h il a d e l p h ia n s . First innings. Secmd innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W Doweon ... ... 13 8 42 2 ... ... 32 11 64 5 H.-Smith ... 13 2 4 29 1 ... Keigwin ... 6 2 15 0 ... .’!! 16 0 68 0 Roberta ... 17 4 52 1 ... ... 29 12 J4 4 Mann ..i ... 4 0 18 0 ... ... 6 1 14 0 McDonell ... 16-1 3 41 6 ... ... 19 5 37 1 Dowson and Roberta each delivered a wide and Howard-Smith four no-balla. C am bridge U n iv e r sity . Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 8 2 28 4 ... 7*6 1 26 0 First innings. O. M. R. W. King ........... 47 17 136 6 Clark .......... 46 8 129 3 Cregar .......... 12 1 2 38 1 ........... Lester .......... 9 2 32 0 ........... Bates .......... 9 3 13 0 ........... Le R o y ......... 2 0 14 0 ........... Clark bowled two wides and Bates one wid\ YORKSHIRE v. SUSSEX. Played at Bradford on June 8, 9 and 10. Sussex won by an innings and 180 runs. Yorkshire again had to do without the services of Hirst, although Hunter was able to return to the team. Early in the day Tunnicliffe, in catching Vine, reopened the wound in his finger, and had to retire. Sussex were seen to great advantage on the first day, for after Vine had been dismissed Fry and Killick put on 105 in two hours and a quarter, and Fry and Ranjitsinhji 174 in a couple of hours. During the latter part of the day the batting was infinitely superior to the bowling, both Fry and Kanjitsinhji making the most masterful strokes, although Fry, to a great extent, discarded the risky pull. Fry was batting all day five hours and twenty minutes—and duiing by far the greater part of this time he played aim <st a defensive game, never making a mistake. Whea stumps were drawn, with the total at 387 for three wickets, he was not out 160. On Tuesday morning Fry continued to play splendid cricket, and had the satisfac'ion of passing the second hundred— a great feat aRainat the Yorkshire bowling. He was batting, altogether, for about seven hours, and hit twenty-four 4’s. Newham and Cox both played excellent cricket, aud at lunch time Su*bpx declared with the pleasing knowledge that they could not be beaten. Tired with their long period of fielding, and out of luck, the Yorkshiremen, as a whole, failed to come up to their reputation; tut L>rd Hawke once more did his level best to stem the tide, and Wuin- wright and Haigh made useless tcores. But when the innings ended the champions were no fewer than 428 runs behind. Before stumps were drawn Brown and Jackson steadily batted for an hour, when the latter was bowled. Hunter came in and played out time. The Yorkshiremen made a plucky attempt to bring about a draw yesterday, but although nearly every man did a little towards this end, and although Lord Hawke once more playei a great game, the task was too great, and for the third time this season the Champions were defeated. Sussax. C.B. Fry, lbw, b Jack­ son ..........................234 Vine, c Tunnicliffe, b Haigh ....................13 Killick, c Hunter, b Jackson .................... 63 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, c Hunter, b Denton .. 93 Relf, c Jackson, b Rhodes ... ... ... 19 Tate and Bland did not bat C.L. A. Smith, c Jack­ son, b Rhodes.........11 W . Newham, c and b Wainwright ........ 69 Cox, b Wainwright... 55 Rutt, not out .......... 4 B 8, lb 4 ..........1? Total (8 wkts)*668 1Innings declared closed. Y o r k sh ir e . First innings. Hon.F S Jackson, cRanjit- sinhji, b Relf ................. 7 Brown, c Tate, b R elf........ 0 Denton, b Relf ................. 15 E. bmith, b Cox ................. 6 Whitehead,b Cox.................13 Lord Hawke, c Tate, b Cox 26 Rhodes, b Cox ................. 0 Haigh, c Fry. b Killick ... 17 Wainwright,c Fry, b Killick 24 Hunter,not out ... .......... 2 Tunnicliffe. absent hurt ... 0 B 5, lb 1, nb 3 w l ... 10 Total Second innings. b C o x ................ . 20 b R e l f .............. . 20 b Tate................ 61 c Tate, b Relf ... 22 c Tate, b Relf ... 12 not out................ . 61 Ibw, b Tate . 2 b Tate................ . 1 c Butt, b Cox ... 26 c Butt,b Bland .. 20 absent hurt . 0 Extras.......... 23 Total... ........120 S u ssex . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Bhodea ... 67 12 135 2 , Wainw’ght 85 4 73 2 Jackson ... 34 12 126 2 I Whitehead 9 0 31 0 Haigh ... 64 8 157 1 j Denton ... 9 0 26 1 Y o r k sh ir e . First inniogs. O. M R elf.................22 4 Bland .......... 7 0 C o x .................16 4 Killick .......... 2 R. W. 47 3 ... 0 20 0 ... 4 40 4 ... 1 3 2... Tate .......... Ranjitainhji Vine .......... Second innings. O. M.R. W. ... 40 17 68 3 ... 20 6 89 1 ... 25 1 10 46 2 28 11 63 8 7 3 17 0 7 3 12 0 Relf delivered three no-balls and one wide. M.C.C. AND GROUND v. LEICESTER­ SHIRE. Played at Lord’s on June 8, 9 and 10. Abandoned. Without doing anything brilliant on Monday, the Leicestershire men had reason to be satisfied with themselves on the day’s play, for against their total of 319 the M.C.C. had lost three good men for 81, and hid not very much battiog to follow. At one time it seemed probable that the Leicestershire innings would only produce a small total, as half the wickets were down for 165, but V. F. 8. Crawford. Gill, and Coe all hit hard and well afterwards. Forthe M.C.C. Capt. Wynyard and G. J. V. Weigall played a capital game, after three wickets had fallen for 6 runs only. Next morning it rained, and there was no play until mid-dav. Neither Capt. Wynyard nor Weigall re­ mained long, and although Braund and Trott came valiantly to the rescue of their side, L°icestershire had a lead of over a hundred. The rain of the morn­ ing had made the wicket difficult, and Leiceste shire in their second innings could do very little. When stumps were drawn the game was in a most interest­ ing position. Owing to heavy rain there was no play yesterday. L eicestershire . First innings. Second innings. C. J. B. Wood, c Haitley, c Braund, b J. T. b Trott...............................31 H-ame ............ 2 Whitehead, b Trott ............ 25 c Carpenter, b Knight, st Lexis, b J. T. J. T. Heame .. 2 Hearne ........................62 b J. T. Hearne ... 24 King, b J. T. Heame ... 23 cHartley,bBraund 6 A. E. Davis, c Trott, b J. T. Hearne............................. 9 cWeigall,bBraund 1 R. T. Crawford, c Trott, b c Thompson, b J. J. T. Hearne .................10 V. F. S Crawford, c Wyn­ yard, b J. T. Hearne ... 83 Gill, st Lewis, b Braund ... 81 Coe, b Hartley .................53 W . W . Odell, not ou t.......... Jaye?,c Trott, b J.T.Hearne Byes 22, lb 9 ..........31 T. Hearne ... 29 c Lewis, b J. T. Hearne .......... 1 c Carpenter, b J. T. Hearne ... 4 c Lewis, b Trott 4 17 not out .......... 0 4 b Trott................. 0 Byes 6, lb 1 .. 7 Total............... 319 M.C C. and G rou n d . Total ... 80 First innings. Second innings. Capt. E. G. Wynyard, c Whitehead, b Odell..........88 b Odell ......... 2 Carpenter, c Coe, b R. T. Crawford ........................ 4 c Davis, bOdell 13 Hearne, A., run out .......... 1not o u t.................41 Thompson, b Coe................. 0 notout.................. 4 G. J. V. Weigall, c Davis, b Odell.............................. 40 b Whitehead ... 20 Braund, c and b Jayes ... 42 b Odell.................. 22 Trott, A. E., b Odell..........64 c Jayes, b Coe ... 3 J. C. Hartley, run out .. 10 C.C.T.Doll,c Jaye*,b Odell 10 Hearne, J. T., b King ... 1 R. P Lewi*, not o u t .......... 1 B 7, lb 2, w 4, nb 1 ... 14 Total Trott ......... Braund Hearne, J. T. Thomson ... Hartley ................215 L e ic e ste rsh ire O. M. R. W . 26 4 82 2 ... 24 6 64 1 ... 28 4 7 14 1 4 1 64 80 45 17 Byes .......... 4 Total (6 wkts) 109 O. M. R. W. ... 1 0 4 2 ... 10 4 10 2 ... 14 2 44 6 ... 3 0 15 0 King Odell .......... GUI ............ Coe .......... Jayes .......... Crawfjrd, R. M.C.C. and G rou n d . O. M R . W . O. M. R . W . .........18 6 39 1 ... 15 2 42 0 ......... 20*5 9 69 4 .......... 15 6 42 8 4 6 4 7 0 7 1 0 20 0 ... 1 18 1 ... , 0 82 1 1 23 1 Whitehead ... .. * , * I*. T. Crawford delivered four wides and Gill one no-ball. 4 1 7 1 GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. LANCASHIRE. Played at Bristol on July 8, 9 and 10. Abandoned. Fortunately for Gloucestershire G. L. Jessop had sufficiently recovered from his Bevere cold to be able to play, and although he was not well enough to hit quite in his best form he played an innings of which any man might be proud. He made his first fifty at the rate or a run a minute, his next fifty took an hour and ten minutes, and his entire inniugs three hours. His partnership with Langdon produced 176 m two hours, and then with Thomas he helped to put on 96. Langdon and Thomas each played a very aound innings, the latter making the first hundred of his career in first-class cricket; his driving was very powerful. When stumps were drawn Lanca­ shire, against a total of 461, had scored 6 without loss. Play began late at Bristol owing to rain, and