Cricket 1903

J u n e 25, 1903. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 231 T.H.Fowler.c Huish, b Blythe ................. 4 Wrathall, b Heirne ... 6 G. L. Jessop, b Hearne 8 F.E.Thomas, b Hearne 2 Langdon, b Blythe ... 0 Board, lbw, b Hearne 2 Huggins, b Heame ... 0 G lou cestersh ire . Nott,c Dillon,bHearae 5 Spry, b Hearne........ 0 Cranfield, c Burnup, Hearne ................ 0 Robeits, not out ... 0 Extras............... 4 Total 31 Roberts ... Cranfleld .. gP*7 ........ Huggins... 0. 5 11 K en t . 8. Second innings. M R. W . O . M. R . W. 10 44 4 ... ... 12 6 14 1 7 56 3 ... ... 8 1 17 1 0 10 2 ... ... 4 1 6 0 3 30 1 Jessop.......... ... 8 3 12 1 Blythe Roberts delivered two no-balls. G lo u c e ste rs h ir e . O. M. R. W. O. .11 5 12 2 |Hearne... 11 M. R. W- 7 15 8 LONDON COUNTY v. LANCASHIRE. AN AGGREGATE OF 1309 RUX8. Played at Old Trafford on June 18, 19 and 20. Drawn. It was not at all a promising outlook at Manchester on the first day of this match. for the cold was intense and the clouds seemingly full of rain. But the wicket was not very difficult, and a good deal of surprise was expressed that London County, on winning the to88, could only manage to score 139 runs, of which 46 belonged to R. H. Lambert, the well-known Irish amateur. The Doctor himself only scored 22. but in the course of bis inuings he made five beautiful hits for four. Littlewood bowled with great success for Lancish re. When the home team w?nt in Spioaer was promptly dismissed, but Tyldesley and Maclaren then played line cricket, and toward i the end of the day A. H. Hornby and Eccles collared the bowling. When stumps were drawn with the total at 247 for four wickets, or 1C8 runs on, the latter was not out68 and Hallows not out 21. So far there was nothiog to show lhat the match would ba noticeable for high scoring, but on the next day the bowlers had a wearisome time. In the firstplace Eccles and Hallows at once settled down to their work, and when they were separated they had raised the total to 329, Ecc'.es having made 126 by excellent cricket in two hours and three-quarters. Hallows, who had all this time been playing a strictly defensive gim?, received great aasistance from E. E. Steel, who hit up 63 i i an hour; eventually Hallows carried his bat for a most useful 103. There were 44 extras during this innings. London County now seemed in an a’mist hopeless position, for they had to go in a second time against a balance of 876. But although, to the general dis- S pointment, the Doctor w as dismissed for 6 runs, urdoch played such a brilliant game, and C. J. B. Wood held on to his end so persistently that without further loss the total was carried to 224 before the close of the day, Murdoch being not out 145 and Wood not out 67. Ic may be noted that Murdoch made his firtt hundred in two hours and a-quarter, and that Wood took the same time to make his first fifty. On the next day neither Murdoch nor Wood atayed very long ; their partnership produced 266 for the second wicket in three hours and a-half. They both played a great game, and Murdoch’s batting was as fine as anything seen this year. After this L. O. 8. Poidevin played what was perhaps his best innings in England ; it was delighful to watch, for every stroke was graceful. Lambert again played well, and W . Smith and Brewer made hay of the bowling towards the end of the innings. All danger of defeat had long been past, but, on the other hand, there was practically no chance of victory, and although Lancashire only scored 18 for five wickets when tney went in with 222 to make in an hour and a-half, they of course contented themselves simply with playing for a drawn game. L ondon C o u n ty . First innings. Second innings. W . G. Grace, b Steel..........22 bSteel................. 6 W . L. Murdoch, b Kermode 10 bS teel............... 155 C.J.B.Wood.cEccles,b Steel 13 cand b Steel ... 78 L. O. S. Poidevin, b Little­ wood ................................ 6 J. H. Douglas, b Littlewood 1 ...172 R. H. Lambert, not out ... 46 R. H. Voss, b Littlewood ... 6 Gill, b Steel ........................21 W . Smith, b Littlewood ... 1 T. T. Brewer, c Maclaren, b Steel ............................... not out... c and b Kermode 5 c Eccles, b Ker­ mode................. b Kermode.......... b Steel................ 7 c Radcliffe,b Ker­ mode ................32 c Kermode,b Hal- __ lows ... ... ... ov w. w. Odell, b Littlewood. 10 cEcdes.bHallows 10 Byes................. 4 B 20, lb 7, w 2.. 29 Total ..........139 Total.........597 L a n c a sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. A. C. Maclaren, lbw, b Douglas ............................61 not out..................12 R. H. Spooner, b Odell 1runout ... ... 0 Tyldesley, c Poidevin, b Gill 29 c Lambert, b Gill 9 A. H. Hornby, c Brewer, b Douglas ........................... 66 not o u t................. 3 A. Eccles, b Douglas............126 b Gill ..................17 Hallows, not out...................103 b Gill .................. 0 J. Stanning, jun., c sub., b Douglas ... .................... 22 E.E Steel, c Lambert, b Gill 63 b Gill .................. 6 Kermode, b Gill .................. 2 Littlewood, b Gill ........... 8 Radcliffe, b Gill .................. 0 B 35, lb 7, nb 2 ..........44 B 5, nb 6 11 Total .................515 Total(5 wkts) 58 L ondon C ounty . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M.R. W . Steel .......... 23 4 87 4 ............ 46 7 161 4 Kermode ... 9 4 13 1 ............ 51 12 165 4 LittlewooI .. 14*4 6 35 5 ........... 44 9 111 0 Hallows ... 10-1 3 31 2 Hornby ... 15 4 41 0 Spooner ... 9 2 48 0 Eccles............ 2 0 11 0 Hallows and Kermode each bowled a wide. L an ca sh ire. First innings. Second innings. O. M R. W . O. M. R. W G ill.......... ... 33 2 120 5 ... ... 10 1 31 4 Odell ... ... 29 5 Ill 1 ... ... 9 2 14 0 Lambert.. ... 11 1 64 0 ... Douglas ... ... 25 3 103 4 ... 1 0 2 0 Grace ... 20 1 51 0 ... Voss.......... ... 5 1 22 0 ... Gill delivered eight no-balls. SUSSEX t . MIDDLESEX. Played at Brighton on June 18, 19 and 20. Abandoned. As neither of these counties had been defeated this season, their meeting was regarded with more than ordinary interest. Both teams were strontr. The wicket on the first day was very slow, but Sussex, on winning the toss, batted first. Off the first ball of the match, Vine was caught at slip off Beldim, who is rapidly becoming a mist useful bowler, but Killick then played with great steadiness, and for an hour and ten minutes remained with Fry, win was, as usual, against Middlesex, playing a great game. When the partnership was broken, Kanjitsinhji joined Fry, and some beautiful cricket was seen for the next hour and a quarter, during which 107 runs were put on. Most of Frv’s big hits were drives, but Ranjit- sinhji, when he became quite comfortable, scored off any ball which pleased him. Fry was getting close to his hundred when he was bowled by T<ott, after a stay at the wicket of two hours and twenty minutes. Relf helped Ranjitsinbji to put on 55 for the fourth wicket, but after he left the batting broke down, the last six wickets only producing 54runs. Ranjitsihnji was out sixth, when he wanted but one more run to complete his hundred ; he made his runs somewhat more slowly than usual, his entire inniags lasting for nearly three hours. An hour was left for play when Middlesex went in, and although Moon kept up his wicket for f.rty minutes for 5 runs, while Warner aleo played a defensive game, three wickets had fallen for 31 when stumps were drawn. On Friday there was so much rain that there was no play, while on Saturday the wicket dried so slowly that at lunch time it was decided to abandon the match. S u sse x . b .. 11 b .. 6 .. 13 C. B. Fry, b Tro'.t Vine, c Trott,bBeldam 0 Killick, c Robertson, b Bosanquet ..........26 K. 8. Ranjitsinhji, b Beldam .................99 Relf, lbw, b Beldam... 29 C.L A.Smith, bHearne 0 W. Newham,cWarner, Total ..........287 b Beldam................. 1 I M id d le se x . P. F. Warner, not out 23 W. P. Robertson, not L. J. Moon, c Butt, b | out 5 Butt, b Hearne ... Cox, not out Tate, c Bevington, Hearne ........... Bland, c Bevington, Beldam .......... . B 8, lb 2, w 3 otal B 1, lb 1 Cox Hearne (J. T.), b Cox H. C. Pilkington.bKil- Total (3 wkts) 31 lick ........................ 1 I B. J. T. Bosxnquet, R. W. Nicholls,G. W . Baldam, T. A. D. Bevington, J. II. Hunt andiSrott did not bat. S ussex . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Beldam ... 28-411 66 5 I Bosanquet21 6 56 1 Hearne ... 29 10 71 3 1Trott ... 22 0 81 1 Beldam bowled three wides. Relf.. Ki.lick O. 6 12 M id d le se x . M . R W. Cox M. R. W. 3 6 2 Killick bowled a wide. HAMPSHIRE v. WORCESTERSHIRE. Played at Worcester on June 18 and 19. Worcestershire won by an innings and 77 runs. On the first day of this match Hampshire were completely outplayed. They began badly against the bowling of Wi'son and Arnold, and ended their innings with a total of 30. The Worcestershire men gave a very different display. H. K. Foster and Bowley put on 156 for the first wicket in an hour and a half by most attractive batting, and the latter had the satisfaction of making his hundred. Foster was the first to go, but Bowley dil not lo&g survive him. Two more wickets fell before stumps were drawn with the totil at 223. On Friday, the innings came to a conclusion much sooner than was anticipated, but the lead of 241 was more than sufficient to bring about an innings’ victory. In the Hampshire second innings several men played well, E. M. Sprot and F. H. Bacon in particular, but there was never much chance that the innings’ defeat would be saved. H a m psh ir e , First innings. A. J. L. Hill, c Gaukrodger, b Wilson ....................... 3 Stone, b Wilson ............... 4 E. M. Sprot, c Simpaon- Hayward, b Wilson...... 13 Webb, c and b Arnold ... 5 Llewellyn, b Arnold ........ 2 Bowell, b Arnold............... 0 F. H. Bacon, b W i son ... 1 C Hese’.tine. b Wilson ... 0 Smoker, b Wilson ..........* 0 Kitchener, c Simpson-Hay- ward, b Arnold.............. 0 b Wilson ................. 0 H. Hesketh-Prichard, not c B. Foster, b out ............................. 0 Arnold ................. 1 Byes ......................... 2 B 11, lb 3 ... 14 Second innings. b Wilson ..........20 c Bird, b Arnold 3 b Arnold b Arnold b Wilson b Wilson c Isaac, b not out .. b Wilson ..........47 ..........16 .......... 4 ........ 0 Keene 39 ........... 10 ..........10 Total .......... ... 30 W orcestershire . Total..........164 H. K. Foster, c Bowell, b Webb .................79 Bowley, c Smoker, b Hill .........................102 Arnold, c Smoker, b Sprot......................... 7 Wheldon, b Llewellyn 21 Gaukrodger, not o u t.. 34 G. H. Simpson-IIay- ward, lbw, b Llew­ ellyn ......................... 5 A.W. Isaac, c Webb, b Llewellyn .................. 0 H am psh ire . First innings. O. M. R. W. Arnold ..........Il l 4 13 4 ... Wilson ..........11 5 15 6 ... S.-Hayward Keene.......... B.8.Foster,bHesketh- Prichard................. 0 Bird,cHill,b Hesketh- Prichard................. 0 WilaDn, b Hesketh- Prichard.................13 Keene, c Kitchener, b Hesketh-Prichard... 4 B 3, lb 1, w 2 .. 6 Total ...271 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 26*1 7 64 4 ... 25 10 75 5 ... 1 0 4 0 . 5 3 7 1 Llewellyn.. 30 H.-Prichard 16 Kitchener.. 5 Hill . ... 7 W o r c e s te r s h ir e . O. M. R. W . 3 108 3 I Heseltine 2 56 4 |Webb ... 2 19 0 I Sprot 0 26 1 | O. M. R. W. 3 0 17 0 6 0 21 1 4 1 18 1 Hesketh-Prichard and Hill each bowled a wide. Sr. NEOTS v. SUNNINGDALE Played at Sunningdale on June 20. S t . N eotb . SCHOOL.— Boulton, run out Wigram, b Scrim­ geour........................ Best, b M aund.......... Grant, b T orry.......... Parry, not out .......... B 1, w 1 ................. Total 28 Lockwood, b W . Par­ rington ................. Spicer, b Damant Eu'tace, c Proud, b Scrimgeour ......... Willink, c Ebden, b Scrimgeour .......... Crosby, b Sciimgeour Ferryman, b W . Par­ rington ................. S unni nod a le S chool . W . Parrington, not out.................69 Proud, b Crosby ..................... 1 Damant, b Ferryman .................... 21 B 1, w 8 ................................. 9 Total (2wkts) .............100 Scrimgeour, M . Parrington, Torry. Maund. Leslie Smith, Ebden, Wharrie, and Graham did not bat.