Cricket 1903

J u n e 18, 1903. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 217 more stood first with 76-91, with P. Perrin second (60-80), K. 8. Ranjitsinjhi fifth (50-27), H. K. Foster ninth (41'50), Hayward eleventh (38-90), and Maclaren thirteenth (37*38). Meanwhile J. Gnnn (third with 5815), E. M. Dowson (fourth with 56'68), Knight (sixth with 49 07), and Lord Hawke (eighth with 47'70) still hold their own. I n the second innings of the match at Oxford between the University and the Gentlemen of Philadelphia, R. G. Whate­ ly did the hat trick with the first three That his fine effort was thrown away (only as far as points in the Champion­ ship table are concerned) was due to the rain on Saturday. It speaks well for the foresight and good judgment of theEssex committee that they persevered with Sewell with such determination last year when, a novice to first-class cricket, he so often failed. On Monday last he was eighteenth in the batting averages with 31'60, having scored 474 runs in fifteen completed innings. He has thus already exceeded his total of 445 made last year in twenty-five completed innings, when old, scored 189 for the school against the Incogniti. Last year he was fourth in the school batting averages, with 19'63, his highest score being 89. He has also made scores of 230 in a school house match and 192 not out against an eleven of Malvern Town. A f t e r luncheon at Cambridge on Thursday last Lees had the following analysis for Surrey against the Uni­ versity :— 11 overs, 6 maidens, 11 runs, 6 wickets. GENTLEMEN OF PHILADELPHIA. J. I). KINO. F. H. BATHS. T . C. JORDAN. R. D. BROWN. J. H. SCATTERGOOD. F. H. BOHLEN. C. C. M ORRIS. P . H . CLARK. J. A . LESTER (CAPTAIN ). K. M. CREGAR. F. C. SHARPLF.SS. N. Z. GRAVES. H . A . HAINES. P, N. LEROY. [Photo by H . Parker Rolfe, 13-15 A rch i/ n et, Philadelphia. balls of his first over. His victims were F. H. Bohlen (bowled for a yorker), N. Z. Graves (caught at square-leg), and H. A. Haines (c. and b). T h e immense value to a side of a bats­ man who can hit with great power has seldom been better exemplified than in Essex v. Sussex, when after the Sussex men had been scratching about for runs, Sewell took charge of the bowling in the manner of Lyons and Brann in the old days, and placed his side in the course of an hour in the most ^flattering position. 1 his average was 17'80. A t Cambridge University, E. W. Mann, who has played well this season, received his Blue on Friday last. I n the matches at the end of last week there were three notable innings, each lasting about two hours and twenty-five minutes. Kinneir in this time scored 32, W. G. Quaife 44, and C. J. Burnup 63. A t Cheltenham College on Friday, M. G. Salter, who is not quite sixteen years A c o r r e sp o n d e n t points out how very convenient Lord’s cricket ground, with its automatic “ Penny-in-the-slot ” ma­ chines, must be for Black-listers! You can get Scotch or beer as long as ever you can sae straight enough to put the coppers in the slot. A nother correspondent writes: “ A charming lady told me the other day tbat a very dangerous bowler had been play­ ing on our village ground, and that he had damaged several men. I asked what side he was playing for, to which she