Cricket 1903

£30 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 25, 1903. THE GENTLEMEN OF PHILADELPHIA. THE NOTTS MATCH. ( f o u r t h o f t h e t o u r ) . Played at Trent Bridge on Jnne 18, 19 and 20. Gentlemen of Philadelphia won by 165 runs. The visitors did not make the best advantage in their first innings of their good fortune in winning the toss, although for a lime they seemed almost certain to make a big total. The first two wickets fell for 4 runs, but Bohlen and Lester then made a fine stand, and by lunch time the total had been taken to 116 without further loss. When play was resumed twenty more runs were put on without accident, and all seemed well. But then there came a series of surprises. Bohlen and Le9ter both left at the same total—136, and the fifth wicket fell at 148. After this nothing could be done with J. Qunn and Wass, and the innings came to an abrupt end. The Notts men did moderately well when their turn came to bat, and when stumps were drawn they had tcored 119 for half their wickets. Of this total G. Ounn and J. Gunn were responsible for 81, ihe former, who went in first, being not out 29. But he was not batting all the time, for soon after the game began he was injured by a fast ball and had to retire for an hour, after which he took his place at the wicket again. The remaining five wickets fell very quickly indeed on tha next morning, two men being out owing to bad judgment in running. The game was practically level when the visitors began their second innings, but before stump* were drawn they had gained a commanding lead, for with a wicket in hand they were 331 runs on. For this happy position of affairs they had chiefly to thank Morris, who played a beautiful innings, scoring well all round the wicket. Bis 164 was put together in about four hours, and included sixteen 4’s. King, Lester, Wood and Sharpies* also did well, the latter playing a purely defensive innings which lasted for an hour and three-quarters. On Saturday the last two men, Graves (who was not out 17 over night) and Jordan, made such a valuable ttand, that when in the course of an hour they had increased the total by 74 the innings was closed. Graves hit very well indeed, and Jordan kepthis end safe. Notts had now a most difficult task before them, and they were not equal to it. although J. Gunn and Staunton made a brilliant effort to save the game. G entlemen of P hiladelph ia . Second innings. bD a v ..................... 36 b Hallam ............164 First innings. J. B. King, c Jones, b Wass 0 C. Morris, lbw, b J. Gunn 4 J. A. Lester, c J. Gunn, b Wass .......... ... ......... 67 F. H. Bohlen, b Was? ... 66 A. M. Wood, c White, b Wass .......... ................. N. Z. Graves, c Staunton, b Wass ................................ E. M. Cregsr, b J. Gunn ... P. H. Clark, c Staunton, b J. Gunn ........................ J. C. Sharpless, c Hallam, b Wass .............................. P N. LeRoy, c White, b J. Gunn .............................. 0 T. C. Jordan, not ou t......... 4 Wide ........................ 1 c Day, b Wass ... 88 c White, b Day... 6 2 lbw, b Jones ...36 11 1 not out... b Day ... 4 b Hallam ... , 0 run out............. lbw, b Hallam . not out.............. B 6, lb 9 .. . Total * Innings declared N o tts . First innings. Gunn (G.), b King Hardataff (J.), b Clark Gunn (W.), run out ... Gunn (J.), c Sharpless, Cregar........................ £ . G. Allen, b King ... Bev. H. Staunton, c Wood, b King....................... Day, c Jordin, b King A. O. Jones, run out . Hallam, c and b Clark White, run out ........ Wass, not out ......... B 5, lb 2, w 2 ... „ ...169 Total (9 wkts) *400 closed. 42 11 8 . m 19 Second innings, c Wood, b Clark 9 c LeBoy, b Clark 16 lbw, b King ... 10 c Wood, b King 96 b King.................10 b Cregar ......... c Wood, b Cregar b Lester .......... c sub., b Clark ... b Clark .......... sot out................. B 12,lb 7.......... Total ........................ 164 Total G entlemen o r P h iladelph ia . First innings M. B. W. Second inniogs. O. O. M. B. W. Wa*s ... ... ... 2V4 11 71 6 .... ... 36 8 109 1 Gunn (J.) ... ... 28 7 44 4 . . ... 34 9 72 0 Hallam ... 10 3 19 0 . . ... 48 17 92 3 Day .......... ... U 1 18 0 .... ... 10 8 43 3 Jones.......... ... 1 0 6 0 .. . ... 19 4 60 1 iiardstaff.. 4 2 9 0 "Wass bowledawide. N otts . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R . W King ... .. 27 2 11 44 4 ... ... 23-4 4 61 3 Clark ... . 21 2 64 2 ... ... 20 1 71 4 Lester ... . . 5 0 17 0 ... ... 5 0 24 1 Sharpless . 4 0 10 0 ... Cregar ... . . 3 0 10 1 ... !!! 10 1 45 2 King bowled two wides. SURREY y. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY Played at the Oval on June 18, 19 and 20. Abandoned. There had been much rain on the night before this match, but when the game began at twenty minutes past twelve last Thursday it was fine, though not very warm. In the course of the day each tide completed an inning?, 8urrey having much the best of the game, notwithstanding that their first eight wickets fell for 116. Abel was again unfortunate, but Hayward and Hayes bfgan so well that hopes were entertained of a big score. But the wicket was not easy, while the bowling was good, and after the second wicket had put on 35, Hayward was out for 18, made in forty minutes. Another disappoint­ ment was in store, for Holland was out for two runs. Hayes soon followed him, and thus four men were out. and the total was only 55. Walker made a most useful stand with Lees, but was out before lunch, at which time the total was 95. L?es being not out 19 and Wiltshire not out 8. The rest of the innings was chiefly remarkable for the good batting of Lees, who could get nobody to stay with him uniil he was joined by Strudwick. Lees began to hit out very boldly, and receiving efficient aid from Strudwick, he increased the score rapidly, until when the part­ nership had produced 52 runs in half-an-hour, he was caught at mid-off. His fine innings included a 5 and four 4’s. For Cambridge McDjnell bowled uncommonly well. The ’Varsity began badly by losing Godsell with the total at 16, which had taken half-an-hour to put together. At 20 Ebden followed him, these runs having taken nearly three-quarters of an hour to make. Mann drove Clode out of the ground, and hit him for four in the same ever, an innovation in the proceedings which was welcomed by the spectators. But although the Cambridge batting could not be considered at all good on the whole, the first five wickets produced 82 runs, so that the game was not very greatly in f *vour of Surrey at this period. But a sudden change was brought about when Lees went on. and the innings was very soon concluded, Lees taking four wickets for only 14 runs. As tbe time was now a quarter past six stumps were drawn for the day, and there seemed a prospect of good cricket on the morrow. But early in the morning it began to rain hard, and continued with such persistency that no further play was possible, although on the third day the ram was no longer in evidence, except in the condition of the turf. S u rrey . Hayward, c Wilson, b Keigwin .................18 Al el, d Boberts.......... Hayes, c McDonell, b Roberts ..............26 Holland, c Boberts, b Keigwin .............. 2 Lee-,c Mann,b Roberts 62 L. Walker, c Smith, b McDonell.................16 C. C a m b r id g e H. M. Ebden, c E. Wiltshire, c Buck- ston, b McDonell ... 4 Nice, b McDonell ... 1 Clode. c Mann, b McDonell........ ... 4 Strudwick, not out ... 18 Richardson, c Mann, b McDonell .......... 2 Bye 7, w 2, n-b 6 14 Total..........169 U n iv e r sity . E. M. DowsDn, lbw, b F .^.'w ilson! bLees" 7 R. P. Keigwin, b Lees 0 H.C.McDonell,c Hay­ ward, b L ees.......... 7 G. M. Buckston.b Nice 0 G. Howard Smith, not out ........................ 0 B 4, lb 2, w 1 ... 7 Total.......... 96 S uebey . O. M. R. W .O. M. R. W. Roberts ... 22 7 42 3 I McDanell 13*2 2 44 6 Keigwin... 16 3 42 2 |Dowson 8 1 27 0 Roberts bowled five no-balls and Keigwin two wides. C am bridg e U n iv e r sit y . O. M. R. W.O. M. B. W. Clode.......... 17 2 49 2 1Nice ... 14 8 11 8 Richardson 11 6 16 1 |Lees ... 8*1 3 14 4 Nice bowled a wide. Strudwick,bRichard- son ......................... 7 R. T. Godsell, c Hayes b Clode ................... 11 E. W . Mann, c Nice, b Clode .................20 L. V. Harper, c sub, b Nice ........................ 16 F. B. Boberts, c Strud­ wick, b Nice ..........13 L AWS OF CRICKET, with List of Fixtures and Memo, pages. One Penny each, post free ljd Oricket Offices, 168, Upper Thames Street, E.C. ESSEX v. WARWICKSHIRE. Played at Leyton on June 18, 19 and 20. Abandoned. Heavy rain had made the wicket at Leyton so soft that on the first day there was no play before lunch. For the rest of the day bowlers were in clover. Of these Hargreave was by far the most prominent, for the wicket exactly suited him, and with the excep­ tion of Fare and McGahey none of the Essex men could besin to settle down against him. Both Fane and McGahey played a defensive game, the former scoring 25 in an hour and the latter 16 in three- quarters of an hour. Hargreave had a fine analysis. The entire innings of 78 lasted for two hours and a half. Warwickshire had an hour and ten minutes before them, and during that time they made fairly good use of their time, although, with the exception of Byrne, no one attempted to hit. When stumps were drawn Warwickshire, with seven wickets in hand, had got within three of the Essex total, so that their position was very strong. But on Friday there was incessant rain, and on Saturday it was found necessary to abandon the game. E ssex . W. T. Garrett, c Har­ greave, b Santall ... Reeves, o Glover, b Hargreave .......... Russell, (T. M.), not out ........................ Young, run out.......... Mead, b Hargreave... B 1 ,lb 1 .......... Total 1 0 0 1 78 F.L.Fane, b Hargreave 25 Sewell (E. H. D.), b Bargreave .......... 7 P. Perrin, c Moor­ house, b Hargreave 8 C. McGahey, b Har­ greave .................15 C. J. Kortright, c Charlesworth,b Har­ greave ................. 3 Buckenham, b Har­ greave ................ 9 I W a r w ic k s h ir e . T.S.FishwickjcRussell, Quaife (W . G), not b Mead ................. 4 out ........................ 26 Kinneir, c Beeves, b A. C. S. Glover,not out 12 Mead........................20 Byes .................. 2 J. F. Byrne, c Fan %b I — Mead........................12 Total (3 wkts) 75 Lilley, Charlesworth, Devey, Moorhouee, Santall, and Hargreave did not bat. E sse x . O. M. R. W . O. M. B. W . Hargreave 27‘6 10 42 8 I Moor- Santall ... 24 11 27 1 | house... 8 0 7 0 W a r w ic k sh ir e . O. M. R. W . O.M. R. W. Mead ... 17 3 86 81 Toung ... 8 1 9 0 Beeves ... 11 3 21 0 1Kortright 8 1 8 0 THE TONBRIDGE WEEK. KENT v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Played at Tonbridge on June 18, 19 and 20. Abandoned. There was soma remarkable cricket on the first day of this match. The wicket was altogether in favour of the bowl> th and only four men rose to the occasion. Kent, who won the toss, began so badly that in fifty minutes four wickets were down for only 22 runs. But Burnup and Blake made a much-needed stand, the latter making some particularly good drives; he was not afraid to take risks, and had the satisfaction of compiling the highest score of the day. At tbe end of the inniogs Huish hit out boldly and the total was much higher than at one time seemed probable. The Gloucestershire innings only lasted for an hour, and did not contain a single score of double figures. From first to last Alec Hearne was irresistible, and his performance was one of the best things he has ever done. Kent, with a lead of 117, put up 60 for three wickets before stumps were drawn, Seymour playing a very useful and careful game. On Friday it rained hard, and on Saturday the wicket was not sufficiently dry for any play to take place. K ent . First innings. Second innings. E. W. Dillon, c Jessop, b Cranfield ......................... 1 C. J. Burnup, c Cranfleld, b Huggins .......................25 Seymour,c Board, b Boberts 3 c Spry, b Jessop.. 30 Hearne(A.),c Board,b Cran­ fleld ................................ 4 J.R.Mason.c and bCranfield 1 notout..................14 R. N. R. Blaker, c Knott, b Roberts .......................60 Humphreys, st Board, b Roberts ......................... 6 K.L.Hutchings, c Wrathall, b Roberts ......................... 2 Huish, c Jessop, b Spry ...34 Fairservice, b Spry ..........13 not out................. 1 Blythe, not out ................. 2 B 6, lb 2, nb 1 .......... 8 B 6, lb 6, nb 1 11 Total.................148 Total (8 wkt) 60 c Board,b Boberts c RobertB.b Cran­ fleld .