Cricket 1903

236 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u n e 25, 1903. K en t . First innings. Second innings. O. M. B. W . 0 . M. R. W. Hirst .......... 19*1 8 32 5 .......... 15 2 44 4 Rhodes .......... 5 2 11 1 ........... 8 4 11 0 Haigh .......... 14 6 21 4 ........... 14 2 35 3 Ringrose .......... 7 3 0 26 3 Bingrose delivered two no-balls THE GENTLEMEN OF PHILADELPHIA. TEE MATCH. AGAINST M.C.C. AND GROUND. (F IF T H OF T H E T O U R ). Played at Lord’s on June 22 and 23. M.C.C. won by 5 wickets. The M.C.C. paid the visitors the compliment of patting by far the strongest team in the field against them that they have got together this season, a compliment which was, of coarse, greatly appreciated, as the Americans naturally do not like to find that committees have chosen their match in order to try experiments with beginners. The wicket dried so slowly that no play could take place until a quarter- past two, and when the game began it was found to be very difficult indeed instead of merely being slow. As a consequence of this Hearne and Mead were almost irresistible, and except Roblen, who batted steadily for an hour, none of the visitors ever got going. Nor did Ihe M.C.C. fare much better against the bowling of King, who, although he is not always seen at his best on a slow wicket, was very difficult indeed. Half the wickets were down for 55, when Bosanquet made the position better by scoring 30 out of 40 made while he was at the wicket. The tail could do nothing against King and Clark. The innings came to a close just before the end of the dayTthe M.C.C. haviDg a lead of 39, which promised to be very useful since the wicket was hardly likely to improve much. When the game was resumed on Tuesday morning it was soon seen that even the small lead of the M.C.C. would not be easily wiped out, Mead was in great form with the ball, and with the exception of the time when King and A. M. Wood were together, did almost as he liked. These two batsmen made a very plucky effort to put a better appearance on the game, and to a certain extent they succeeded, for, although the M.C.C. had what appeared a very slight task in their second innings— they only bad to make 55 runs—it might have gone hard with them but for the excellent batting of Warner, who was not out 80 when the game was won with five wickets ia hand. The visitors are greatly to be congratulated on the fine fight which they made against such a powerful team on a wicket which was exactly suited to Mead and Hearne, two of the most deadly bowlers in England on their day. P h ila d e l ph ia n s . First innings. Second innings. C. Morri", b Hearne .......... 1 b Hearne ........... 2 F. H. Bohlen, b Hearne ... 18 b Mead ... ... 2 J. A. Lester, c and b Mead 6 c and b Mead ... 5 J. B. King, b Mead .......... 4 stHeadlam,bMead21 A. M. Wood, c and bHearne 0 notout.................. 29 N. Z. Graves, st Headlam, b Hearne .........................11 cHeadlam,bMead 7 F. H. Bates, b Hearne ... 1c and b Mead ... 0 R. D. Brown, b Hearne ... 1 b Mead ........... 0 P. H. Clark, b M ead........18 b Trott.................. 18 H. A. Haines, b Mead ... 3 c and b Trott ... 0 J. H. Scattergcod, not oat 1 b T rott................. 3 L eg-bye......................... 1 B 9 ,1-b 2 ... 11 Total ................. 65 Total.......... M.C.C. and G bound. First innings. Second innings. Capt. E. G. Wynyard, c Scattergood, b King ... 2 P . F.Warner,cHaines.bKing 17 not out................ 80 H.H.Marriott,cClark.bKing 27 b King................. 0 R.W.Nicholls,cdark,bKing 8 b Clark ......... 6 B. J. Boeanqnet, c Bates, b King ................................30 b King................. 0 Trott (A. E.), e Bohlen, b Clark ................................ 0 b Clark ......... T T. A. D. Bevington, c Scat­ tergood, b Clark .......... 5 b Clark ......... 4 J. C. Hartley, b King.......... 3 not out................. 8 Cecil Headlam, not out ... 3 Hearne (J. T.), b King ... 0 Mead, run oat ................. 5 B 2, lb 1, w 1 ........... 4 Byes ............. 5 Total .............104 Total (5 wkts) 55 P h iladblph iaxs . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R . W . O. M. R. W. Hearne .......... 18 6 83 6 ........... 15 3 45 1 ............... 18 6 81 4 ........... 16 6 87 6 Trott .......... I l l 0 8 M.C.C. and G round. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. King ................. 21-4 6 51 7 .......... 11 4 28 2 Lester................. 12 1 57 0 .......... Clark ................. 9 3 22 2 .......... 101 3 22 3 King delivered one wide. L A N C A S H IR E v. W O R C E S T E R S H IR E . AN INNINGS OF 248 BT TILDESLEY. Played at A igburth, L iverpool, on June 22, 23, and 24. Draw n. With the weather exceedingly pleasant, the first day’s play in this match was of exceptional interest. There were many ups and downs of fortune, and at one time Worcestershire looked almost in a hopeless position, from which, however, they were relieved by brilliant play by H. K. Foster and Gaukrodger. The only important stands made in the Lancashire innings were 54 by Tyldes!ey and A. C. Maclaren, and 57 by Birnes and Mac aren. Tyldesley innings of 41 was delightful to watch ; Maclaren was at his very best, and in about two hours and a half he made 101 out of 194, his splendid innings including twelve 4’s. The commencement of the Worcestershire innings fur­ nished a great surprise, for Littlewood and Barnes disposed of four men for 52 runs in three-quarters of an hour. But their success ended here, for H. K. Foster and Gaukrodger gradually wore down the bowliDg, and remained at the wickets for the rest of the day, increasing the total by 121 in the course of an hour and a half. Their partnership was still un­ broken when stumps were drawn with the total at 153 for four. On Tuesday Gaukrodger and Foster remained together until their partnership had produced 167 for the fifth wicket, and botn men were within a short distance of their hun­ dred; they both played a brilliint game, and gave Worcestershire a start which, if it had been followed up, would have probably resulted in a victory. But when once they were separated the innings came to an abrupt end, and Worcestershire instead of having a long lead, as had seemed probable, were only 7 runs to the good. In the second innings of Lancashire Hornby and Tyldesley were both in splendid form, and at the close of the day the former was not out 62, and the latter not out 202, Lancashire, with seven wickets in hand, being 839 runs on. Yesterday Hornby carried his score t? 74 before being bowled ; he had helped Tyldesley to put on 242 for the fourth wicket, lyidesley succeeded in making the highest score of his career, and after he was out the innings was declared. Worcestershire, with 443 to make, had a quarter of an hour’s batting, and then rain interrupted the game until nearly three o’clock, and as it fell again the match could not be finished. L anoashibk . First innings. Second inniogs. H. G. Garnett, c Caldwell, c Gaukrodger, b b Simpson-Hayward ... 18 Arnold ............24 R. H. Spooner, b Simpson- Hayward ........................ 5 b Wilson ............... 23 Tyldesley, c Burrows, b Arnold................................41 c and b Burrows 248 A. C. Maclaren b Wilson ...101 c Simpson-Hay­ ward, b B ird... 29 A. H. Hornby, b Simpson- Hayward ........................ 8 b Wilson ...............74 E. E. Steel, c Burrows, b Arnold................................15 b Wilson ............. 0 Sharp, c Foster, b Arnold... 1 notout...................... 24 Barnes, run out ................. 13 W . Brearley, b Wilson ... 7 b Arnold ............... 14 Littlewood, not out .......... 5 Radcliffe, b Arnold .......... 6 B 3, lb 9, w 6 ..........18 Extras ................13 Total........................238 Total (7 wkts.) *449 • Innings declared closed. W obcestebshibe . First innings. Second innings. Bowley, b Littlewood.......... 6 b Brearley...............17 Pearson, c Maclaren, b Barnes................................ 2 Wheldon, c Radcliffe, b Barnes............................... 8 not o a t......... ... 0 Arnold, b Littlewood.......... 8 not oat......................10 H. K. Foster, lbw, b Little­ wood ................................84 c Littlewood, b Brearley............. 45 Gaukrodger. b Littlewood 91 W . Caldwell, c Radcliffe, b Barnes................................ 1 G. Simpson - Hayward, c Maclaren, b Barnes.......... 4 Bird, not oat........................ 6 W ilson, c Garnett, b Little­ wood ................................ 5 Burrows, c Spooner, b Barnes................................ 18 B 8, w 1, nb 3 ..........12 Extras............ 8 Total .................246 Total (2 wkts) 80 L a n c a sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W . S.-Hayward ... 14 1 64 3 ... ... 10 1 62 0 Wilson ... .,,. 19 1 85 2 ... ... 24 0 104 3 Arnold ... . . 21*2 5 67 4 ... ... 26 2 118 2 Burrows... .. . 4 0 14 0 ... ... 17 1 93 1 Bird .. ... 22 3 69 1 Arnold and Wilson each bowled three wides. W obcestebshibe . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Littlewood ... 33 2 101 5 ........... 19 11 20 0 Barnes .......... 29 5 12 57 5 ........... 12 8 11 0 Brearley.......... 21 6 60 0 ........... 12 5 26 2 Steel.................. 7 1 25 0 ........... 7 3 15 0 Barnes delivered three no-balls and Brearley one wide. SUSSEX v. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. A MOST EXCITING FINISH. Played at Brighton on June 22, 23 and 24. Cambridge won by two wickets. In former years this match has frequently been notioeable for very high scoring on both sides, but as Ranjitsinhji and Fry were having a rest, there did not seem much chance that the Sussex team, at any rate, would do anything veiy great in the wav of totals. On the other hand Cambridge, not having Tate to contend with, had to oppose a side which was very weak in bowling. On the first day the wicket was slow after the heavy rains, but not difficult; perhaps Sussex, who batted first, had rather the worst of it. For a time the Cambridge bowlers carried everything before them, and when the total was 31, Vine, Leach, C. L. A. Smith and Relf were all out. Thus matters looked about as bad as they could be for Sassex, but at this critical moment Newham came in, and, as he has done over and over again when his side has been in dire distress, kept one end safe for a long time. Meanwhile Killick had become settled, and was play­ ing a confident game. In partnership the two men S ut on 118 runs in an hour and forty minates. when rewham was at last dismissed for an invaluable 80. Killick was out ninth in trying to do the best for his side by hitting hard when the last few men were in ; his fine innings of 116 lasted for three hours and ten minutes, and included twelve 4’s. Cambridge at the close of the day had soored 97 for two wickets, thus being 114 runs behind. Ebden and Wilson played very steadily and carefully, the latter being not out 50. Wilson only increased his score by five, but Fry made a short stand with McDonell, after which there was a rapid downfall of wickets against the bowling of Relf, until Dowson, who went in tenth, made an in­ valuable 24. Meanwhile McDonell had played very sound cricket, and his 47 was made at a critical time. Sussex began their second innings with a lead of four runs, and although they lost Leach and Killiok very soon, Vine and Smith did well, and Newham again played a first-class defensive innings. He had this time Relf as a partner, who was in splendid form, and eventually had the satisfaction of making his hun­ dred. He at times hit very hard, and once, off an over from Roberts, he scored 18, while he made 14 off an over from May. He was only at the wickets for an hour and a quarter. Brann, who made a welcome re-appearance, played excellent cricket, and when stumps were drawn Sussex, with four wickets in hand, were leading by 270 runs. Yesterday Brann brought his total to 60; he batted as well as ever. Cambridge had to make 822. Ebden and Dowson were both missed soon after they began their innings and the result was fatal. Dowson batted splendidly and was well backed up by Wilson, and as time went on it seemed probable that Cambridge would make the runs. But a little later it was evident that it would be a question both of time and wickets, and eventually amidst the greatest excitement Cambridge won by two wickets only four minutes from time. Dowson played a magnificent innings. S u ssex . First innings. Vine, b Keigwin................. 1 Leach, b Roberts................. 4 Killick, c Dowson, b Mc­ Donell ............................... 116 C. L. A. Smith, c McDonell, b Keigwin........................ 7 Relf, c Roberts, b Keigwin 3 W . Newham, c Ebden, b Keigwin .........................80 Marlow, b Keigwin .......... 0 G. Brann,cEbden,b Keigwin 5 Cox, stBuckston,b Keigwin 18 Butt, c and b Keigwin ... 6 Bland, not out .................. 1 B 21,1-b 3, n-b 1 ..........25 Second innings, lbw, b McDonell 80 b Keigwin ... 7 b Keigwin.......... 1 o Buckstone, b Keigwin..........23 cEbden.bRoberts 100 22 i , 17 Total ...311 b Roberts ... c Keigwin, Dowson ... b Dowson ... lbw, b McDonell 26 b Dowson ........ 8 not out............... 4 Extras......19 Total ...817