Cricket 1903

J uly 2, 1903. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 245 SURREY y. LANCASHIRE. Played at Old Trafford on June 25, 26 and 27. Lancashire won by seven wickets. The weather and the wicket had a good deal to do with the result of this match. As it turned out, Surrey reaped no advantage from winning the toss, for as a result of it they had much the worst of the wicket in both innings. There had been a great deal of rain at Manchester, and when the game began it was easy to see that it would be a bowlers’ match. From the first Barnes proved to be very difficult, but on the other hand, Littlewood could make no impression on the batsmen, although this did not very much matter, since when Littlewood was taken off Brearley was able to do all that was necessary. None of the great Surrey batsmen could do anything with the bowlirg except Lockwood, who kept up his wicket for nearly an hour, waiting in vain for someone to help him effectively. The innings was a triumph for Barnes and Brearley. When Lancashire went in they were as much at a loss at first as Surrey had been, and the first four wickets fell for 41 runs, no one seeming able to look at Richardson except Spooner, who batted very well indeed for 27. So far Surrey were doing well, but the long experience of Maclaren stood him in good stead, and at this critical stage of the game he played splendid cricket. Nor was he left alone to fight for his county, for Sharp and afterwards E. E. Steel hit hard, the former scoring 24 out of 39 and the latter helping Maclaren to put on 51 runs. Altogether Maclaren wAs batting for an hour and a half, and his innings was a better display of cricket than many others of hi* when he had made considerably over a hundred. At the close of the innings Barnes made a very useful 17. Surrey had to go in against a lead of 61, which on a very difficult wicket was a great dis­ advantage. In the course of half-an-hour's batting they lost Hayward and Holland before stumps were drawn with the total at 11, so that they were now in a most unsatisfactory position, being still 50 runs behind. On the next day there was heavy rain and it was found impossible to play. The wicket on Satur­ day was so wet that there was no cricket until one o’clock, but for all that there was plenty of time for Surrey to be beaten. They were never able to make up the leeway, although when two more wickets had fallen they had knocked off the runs, it was hardly likely that the last six men would score enough to give Lancashire a very difficult task. Abel at last broke through his spell of bad luck and played a most excellent innings, being not out when lunch-time arrived. Unhappily for Surrey he was caught off the first ball when the game was resumed. Lockwood again played a fine defensive innings, but nothing could withstand the triumphant progress of Barnes and Brearley, and Lancashire only had to make 52 runs to win. There was just a chance that Surrey might escape, for rain seemed imminent. But Gar­ nett and Spooner made runs as quickly as possible, and when the downpour came they had scored 22, although they were both out. But the hopes felt by Surrey men that the rain would last long enough to save them were not realised, and when play was resumed the runs were soon hit off. S ubbey . First innings Hayward, st Iladcliffe, b Barnes............................... 9 Abel, c and b Barnes.......... 7 Hayes, c Garnett, b Barnes 12 Hollands Sharp, b Brearley 9 Lees, c Steel, b Brearley ... 6 L. Walker, b Barnes..........11 Lockwood, c Hornby, b Brearley ........................ 21 Nice, c and b Brearley ... 6 Clode, b Brearley .......... 8 Strudwick, c Steel,b Barnes 11 Richardson, not out .......... 2 B 9, w 1 ................. 10 Second innings, c Maclaren, b Brearley.......... c Brearley, b Barnes .......... c Maclaren, b Brearley.......... b Brearley.......... b Brearley.......... c Maclaren, b Barnes .......... b Barnes ..........13 c Radcliffe, b Barnes ......... 23 cGarnett.bBarnes 0 b Brearley..........10 notout................. 2 B 8, lb 6, nb 1 16 Total... 112 Total .................112 L ancashire . First innings. Second innings. H. G. Garnett, b Lockwood 11 c and b Clode ... 18 R. H. Spooner, b Richard- ............................................ 27 c and b Lees ... 4 Tyldesley. b Richardson ... 0 st Strudwick, b Lees.................15 A. C. Maclaren, c Hayes, b Leea ................................48 notout............... 3 A. H. Hornby, b Richardson 0 Sharp, b Lockwood ..........24 not out ........12 E. E. Steel, b Lees ..........28 W.Brearley, c Hayes,b Lees 2 Barnes, not out .................17 Littlewood, run out .......... 4 Radcliffe, c Holland, b Lees 0 B 7, lb 4, nb 1 ..........12 Total .178 Total (3 wkts) 52 S u b b k y . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Littlewood ... 7 1 24 0 ........... 4 2 9 0 Barnes .......... 17 5 41 5 ............ 264 12 39 5 Brearley....... 10*4 3 37 5 ........... 22 6 49 5 Brearley delivered a no-ball and a wide. L a n c a s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Lees................ 11-4 3 12 4 ........... 7 1 27 2 Lockwood ... 15 5 37 2 llichardson ... 20 3 8) 3 Nice................. 6 1 32 0 Clode ... 6 1 25 1 Nice delivered a no-ball. NOTTS v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Trent Bridge on June 25, 26 and 27. Yorkshire won by an innings and 68 runs. Although Yorkshire still had to take the field without several of their best men, the presence of Hirst in the team simply made all the difference in the world. The first day’s cricket may be said practically to have decided the result, for against the Notts total of 132, Yorkshire had scored one more run for only three wickets, Hirst being not out 33 and Wilkinson not out 38. The Notts innings was dis­ appointing, although this was really not at all surpri­ sing, for there had been very heavy rains which had rendered the wicket very difficult, a state of affairs of which Rhodes availed himself in the most marked manner. On the other hand Hirst (who did not bowl by any means as fast as usual), Baigh and Kingrose were all more or less ineffective. Misfortunes came soon to Notts, for after W. and O. Gunn had played steadily for a time, there was a breakdown, and al­ though Anthony, who made 20, was missed twice off Rhodes in the long field, half the team were out for 69. G. Gunn, who had all the time been acting entirely on the defensive, brought the total without further loss to 93 before lunch, and afterwards in­ creased it to 117. The innings then was brought to an abrupt conclusion. The Yori- shiremen batted very strongly, and of the five men who went iu before stumps were drawn, four made over 20. Brown and Tunnicliffe scored 50 in forty minutes for the first wicket, and when Hirst and Wilkinson got together, the bowliog was mastered. On the next day there was a succession of good innings. WilkiDson and Hirst continued their partnership until it had pro­ duced 143 runs in two hours and a half, when Wilkin­ son was out for 64, which had taken him three hours to compile. Hirst was within a single run of making his hundred when his fine inniogs came to a conclu­ sion ; he had been at the wickets for a little more than three hours, and had made his runs out of 163; he had taken an hour to score his last twenty runs, and to his over-caution may be ascribed his downfall. The innings was t»y no means over, for Rhodes played splendid cricket for a couple of hourc, while Wain­ wright showed excellent form for 41. Notts had to go in agaiost a balance of 232, and when stumps were drawn had made 45 for the loss of two wickets, so that they were still 187 runs behind. G. Gunn was not out 21. On Saturday Gunn was only able to increase his score by 6, and after this the Yorkshire bowlers always held the upper hand, no one being able to make any prolonged resistance to them. N otts . First innings. Gunn (G.), c Denton, b Ringrose ................. ... 36 Iremonger, c Tunnicliffe, b Bhodes............................... 1 Gunn (W.), lbw, b Rhodes 20 Gunn (J.), c Tunnicliffe, b Hirst ............................... 6 A. O. Jones, run o u t .......... 6 Anthony, c Hirst, b Rhodes 20 Dexter, c Haigh, b Bhodes 22 Hardstaff,cHunter.bRhodes 0 Oates, not out ................. 7 Hallam, c Hirst, b Rhodes 6 Taylor, st Hunter, b Rhodes 0 B 3, nb 5 .................. 8 Total.. ..............132 Y orkshibk . runout................. lbw, b Rhodes ... c and b Hirst ... b Haigh .......... b Haigh .......... b Brown .......... c Brown, b Ring­ rose ................. not out................. B 1, lb 2, nb 5 Total... ..169 Brown, b Hallam ... 34 Tunnicliffe, c Oates, b Hallam .................23 Denton, c Hardstaff, b T a y lor.................. 2 Wilkinson, c G. Gunn, b Hallam......... . 64 Hirst, st Oates, b J. Gunn........................99 Smith, c Oates, b Tay­ lor ........................ 13 Rhodes, c G. Gunn, b Hallam .................63 Haigh, c Jones,b Tay­ lor ......................... 2 Wainwright (W .),o G. Gunn, b Hallam ...41 Hunter, not out.......... 5 Ringrose,lbw,bJ.Gunn 12 B 1,1b 4, nb 1 ... 6 Hirst Rhodes ... Haigh ... Ringrose... Wainwright N otts . innings. Second innings. O K w 3 O. M. R. W . ... 12 1 29 1 ... ... 23 7 56 2 ... 29 3 11 40 7 ... ... 25 9 32 2 ... 8 4 21 0 ... ... 11*4 3 18 2 ... 12 4 32 1 ... ... 16 6 38 2 . . . 2 1 2 0 ... Brown ... *.*.*. 2 0 17 1 Hirst delivered two no-balls, Ringrose seven, and Rhodes one. Y obkbhirb . M. R. W. O. 13 97 2 1Taylor ... 50 O. Gunn (J.) 41 Anthony... 12 Hallam ... 59 Second innings. b Rhodes ..........27 b Ringrose..........22 c Hunter, b Hirst 22 4 36 0 IIremonger 7 22 101 5 | Taylor delivered a no-ball. M. R. W. 17 108 3 1 16 0 Total.. ...364 S U S S E X V. O X F O R D U N IV E R S IT Y . (12 a side.) P layed at B righton on June 25, 26 and 27. Sussex w on b y 117 runs. If there had been a great deal of rain at Brighton it would have been easy to understand why the batting on the first day of this match was so inferior to the bowling, but as the wicket was fast and true it is difficult to account for the small number of runs scored—228—during the day. With hardly an ex­ ception the batting was tame and uninteresting. Only two men made over 30, Fry and Evans, who was not out 32 when stumps were drawn, and of these Fry was twice missed. Martin and Bland bowled very finely. On Friday much better cricket was seen, but only on the part of four men, Evans, Martin, Vine, and Killick. Evans played a very painstaking innings for two hours and three quarters. But the most noticeable feature of the day’s cricket was the stand made by Vine and Killick in the second innings of Sussex, after Fry had been bowled for 2 . They came together when only three runs were on the board, and were in partnership for two hours and three quarters, during which they increased the total by 169 runs. When stumps were drawn the score was 2C8 for four wickets, so that Sussex were now 134 runs on. On Saturday Newham played a good game, while Butt hit hard, and when Oxford went in they had to make 241 to win. This did not seem a very formidable task, but they proved quite unequal to it, showing very little confidence. Raphael alone distinguished himself ; he was at the wickets for two hours and a quarter. S ussex . „ _ _ First Second innings. C. B.I*ry.c 8 ub.,b Whately 31 bBurn.. . 2 Vine, c Wvld, b Martin ... 11 c and b Burn !!! 80 Killick, b Martin................. 4 b Whatelv .. 94 Relf, c Whately, b Eras- thausen ........................n c Evans b Burn 20 C. L. A. Smith, c Bomford, b Ernsthausen................. 1 c and b Burn ... 0 C. D. Fisher, b Ernsthausen 2 c Bomford, b „ Whately..! ... 14 G. Brann, cEvans,bMartin 14 b Ernsthausen ... 2 W . Newham, st Bomford, c Ernsthausen b b Carlisle ............... 15 Whately... ’ ...33 Leach, b M artin................. 0 oWhatelv.bEvans 8 Cox, not o u t... ... ..........17 lbw, b Evans ... 0 Butt, c Pawson, b Whately 17 not o u t.. 36 Bland, st Bomford, b Martin 0 st Bomford,b Burn 6 B 8 , nb 2 ................. 10 Bl0,lb3,w 4,nb2 19 Total .............. 133 Total .......... 314 OxfOBD UNIVEB 8 ITY. First innings. Second innings. Brownlee, c Newham c Newham, b Kil- b R e lf..............................n hck ... i 8 J. E. Raphael, b Bland ...17 b Bland ‘ " 6 5 H. J. Wyld, c Cox, b Bland 12 c Leach, b Relf.'." 0 K. M. Carlisle, b Bland ... 7 b Relf n W . H. B. Evans, lbw, b Relf ...............................96 c Vine, b Bland . 7 B. L. Peel, c Butt, b Bland 16 c Newham b Cox 0 A. C. Pawson, run out ... 6 c Leach, b Cox 5 E. G. Whately, c Leach b Relf ............................... o b R e lf................ in E. G. Martin, not out..........28 c Butt, b Relf . ’ o A. C. von Emsthausen, b Relf ................................ i not out.......... 4 H. Bomford, b Relf ......... o c Butt,b Bland!!! 6 R. C. W . Burn, run out ... 3 runout.. 6 B 5, lb 1w 1 nb 3 ... 10 No-balls ..’ '** 2 Total... Total ...123 ........ 207 S u ssex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. H. W. E/ans .......... 2 0 8 0 .......... 21 3 72 2 Martin .......... 23 1 10 31 5 .......... 21 5 46 0 g?™ ........... 12 1 27 0 .......... 42-2 5 82 5 Whately.......... 8 2 14 2 .......... 24 5 57 3 Ernsthausen... 20 7 35 3 .......... 12 5 24 1 Carlisle .......... 2 1 8 1 ............ 3 0 14 0 Emsthausen delivered four no-balls, Burn two, and Martin and Whately each one wide.