Cricket 1903

246 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 2, 1903. Relf... Bland Cox ... Leach Killick Vine... O x f o r d U n iv e r s it y . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . ------------------ , 30 32 , 16 . 6 . 8 , 5 O. M. R. W. 15-4 5 31 4 17 5 40 3 13 6 7 88 4 7 22 0 3 13 0 1 16 0 2 5 0 Relf delivered a wide and three no-balls, and Bland two no-balls. 3 17 3 0 33 1 M.C.C. AND GROUND v. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. Played at Lord’s on June 25 and 26. M.C.C. won by an innings and 161 runs. It cannot be said that the University distinguished itself on tbe first day of this match, for no man on the side could make any headway whatever against Trott, who had a remarkable analysis, while, on the other hand, the bowling seemed exceedingly weak while Ranjitsinhji and Marriott were together. There is really nothing to be said about the first innings of the University except that the wicket had not quite recovered from the previous rains, and that it just suited Trott. The M.C.C. lest a wicket for 64, of which Ranjitsinbji was responsible for 45, made in three quarters of an hour, and then, until Ranjitsinhji had to retire on account of his leg giviug way, he and Marriott had a complete mastery over the bowling, the latter being not out 73 when stumps were drawn. Ranjitsinhji retired when his score was 83. At the close of the day’s play the total was 227 for 4 wickets, so that the M.C.C. were in a strong position. OnFiiday Ranjitsinhji resumed his innings but after adding five to his overnight score, he was caught, and the rest of the innings m as only remarkable for the fine display of Marriott, who showed great command over the bowling; when his innings came to an end he had been Datting for three hours and three quarters, and had made twenty hits for four. Cambridge went in just before luncn against an adverse balance of 278 runs, and before the end of the day they were a badly beaten team. This time Young and Hearne were the bowlers who did the most damage, and it was only while Penn was on that any resistance was offered to the bowling. £bden batted carefully for fifty minutes, and Roberts played well at the end, but there was never a time when Cambridge seemed to have the slightest chance of making a good score. C a m b r id g e U n iv e r s it y . First innings. Second innings. C. H. M. Ebden, b Young... 4 R. T. Godsell, b T rott......... 7 F. B. Wilson, b Young ... 19 Ju V. Harper, b Trott ... 0 E. M. Dowson, b Trott ... 8 K. R. B. Fry, b Trott......... 8 R. P. Keigwin, c Young, b Trott ............................... 15 H. C. McDonell, b Mead ... 19 F. B. Roberts, c Ranjit­ sinhji, b T ro tt................. 9 G. M. tfuckston, c Headlam, b Trott.......... ................. 0 G. Howard-Smith, not out 4 B 8, lb 2 ................. 10 Headlam, . Young ......... b Young ......... c sub, b Trott .. b Young ......... b Trott................. c Gilman,bYoung c Hearne, bYoung lbw, b Mead c Headlam, b Hearne .......... b Heame not out,.. Byes... Total........................103 Total. M.C.C. a n d G r o u n d . K. 8. Ranjitsinhji, c , K. E. M. Barker, b ... 7 ... 5 ... 12 ...117 McDonell, b Howard Smith.......................... 88 G. J. V. Weigall, b McDonell.................... 15 H. H. Marriott,b Dow­ son ..........................144 Trott (A. E.), c Fry, b Keigwin................. 4 E. F. Penn, c Harper, b Roberts.................... 10 J . Gilman, b Howard- Bmith............................14 M cDonell........ ... 18 Young, c and b Mc­ Donnell .................32 Hearne (J. T.), c Eb­ den, b Keigwin......... 17 Cecil Headlam, not out 6 Mead,b Dowson.......... 2 B 17, lb 1, w 8, nb 5 31 Total . 381 C a m b r id g e U n iv e r s it y . First innings. _ _ __ Second innings. O. M. R. W. Heirne ... 10 4 13 0 .......... 1*4 Young ... 17 5 34 2 .......... 15 Trott 15*2 5 28 7 .......... 4 Mead ... ... 8 2 18 1 .......... Penn .......... 6 15 M.C.C. a n d G r o u n d . O. M. R. W. O. Keigwin .. , 22 4 69 2 1McDonell 22 lOberta ..,. 23 7 78 1 Dowson 10*3 H.-Smith 24 3 98 2 1 R. W. 6 2 30 5 15 2 1 14 4 40 39 2 Keigwin bowled one wide, Roberta two wides and one no-ball, Howard-8mith one wide and three no­ balls, and Dowson four wides and one no-ball. THE GLOUCESTER WEEK. GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. SOMERSET. Played at Gloucester on June 25 and 26. Somerset won by an innings and 72 runs. By the end of the first day’s play Gloucestershire were almost hopelessly out of the running,and nothing but a magnificent innings by Jessop could have saved them. In their first mnings on a difficult wicket they were powerless against Cranfleld and Brauad, while on the other hand their own bowlerscould mike very little impression on O. M. Samson and Martyn, chiefly througn whose efforts the Somerset total was reasonably large. 8amson made the flrst hundred of his career in first-class cricket; he was at the wickets for three hours and twenty minutes, during which he played beautiful cricket. His partnership with Jtlar- tyn was the turning point of the game, for when the two men came together, the total was only 114 for five wickets; 116 runs were put on. Of these Martyn claimed 73 by the most vigorous cricket; at one time during his innings he scored a 6 and three 4’s off an over from bpry. Whea stumps were drawn, Glouces­ tershire had lost a wicket in their second innings for 8 runs, and were thus 20J runs behind. They did a little better on the next morning, Wrathall playiug brilliant cricket for thirty minutes, during whicn he made 54 out of 68 runs. After his dismissal Thomas made a useful stand, but the tail, with the exception of Roberts, made ducks' eggs to a man. G l o u c e s t e r s h ir e First innings. Wrathall, c Lee, bUranfield 1 S. A. P. Kitcat, b Cranfleld 7 Langdon, st Martyn,bUran- field ................................ 2 F. £ . Thomas, c Samson, b Cranfield ......................... 0 G. L. Jessop, b Cranfield ... 4 T. H. Fowler, lbw,bBraund 14 Board, c Samson,bCranfleld 4 G. Romans, not out ..........10 Huggins, lbw, b Cranfleld... 2 Spry, c Braund, b Cranfleld 4 Roberts, b Braund .......... 7 B 4, lb 2 ................. 6 Total........................61 Second innings. b Braund b Cranfield... c Cranfield, Braund ... b Braund ... 54 ... 3 b ... 16 , 29 stMartyn,bBraund 4 b Cranfleld... not out................. 0 b Cranfleld ... ... 0 cLee, b Braund .. 0 c Barrington, b Cranfleld.......... 0 c Robson,b Cran­ fleld .................18 B 10, lb 2 ... 12 Total..........136 Spry ... J. Daniell, not out . Cranfield, b Spry fci. T. Barrington, Langdon, b Spry , J b l,n b l ... , Total. S o m e r se t O. M. Samson, b Hug­ gins ..........................105 Lewis, c Wrathall, b Roberts .....................32 P. R. .Johnson, c Jes­ sop, b Roberts............. 16 Braund, c Romans, b S p r y .......................... 3 Hon. M. Herbert, c Jessop, b Roberts ... 0 Robson, c Thomas, b H uggins................. [ G l o u c e s t e r 3Hi b e . First innings. O. M. It. W. . ... 14 3 39 8 ... ., . ...131 5 16 2 ... . S o m e r se t , O. M. R. W. ,23 4 68 3 I Spry .24 4 46 2 | Jessop . Jessop delivered a no-ball. H. Martyn, c Kitcat, b Bpry .................73 F. M. Lee, c Jessop, b Cranfleld . Braund j.. Roberts Huggins . ...209 Second innings. O. M. R. W. . 21-2 6 63 5 . 21 7 61 5 O. M. R . W. . 29*3 1 126 5 ,. 11 2 27 0 T H E G E N T L E M E N OF PH ILADE LPH IA . THE KENT MATCH. ( s ix t h op t h e to u b ). Played at Beckenham on June 25, 26 and 27. Gentlemen of Philadelphia worn by 62 runs. The present American team is certainly giving a most excellent account of itself. On the beautiful Beckenham ground they defeated a strong eleven of Kent, after a really good match in whicn each side strove nobly for victory. As things have gone this season it was a good performance for the visitors to put up 310 run« for nine wickets in the flrst day’s play, and although the wicket was playing very well indeed, it often happens that on grounds where little first-class cricket is played the turf does not last at its best for three days. The team gave a good all­ round display, not owing ita position at the end of the day almost entirely to one or two men as has happened tefore, but to one good innings after another. Undoubtedly the best display of the day was that of Lester, wno, in partnership with King, helped to put on 97 for the second wicket. Both men played a strictly defensive game, the former’s 70 taking two hours and a quarter, while the latter made 47 in two hours. Nor did the batsmen who followed snow any great command over tae bowling, and Bohlen stayed in for an hour for his 34, Wood an hour for 27, while Sharpless was even less aggressive until towards the end of the day ; he was at the wickets half-an-hour before he made a run. On the next morning the innings was very soon brought to a conclusion. For a time it seemed probable that Kent were going to make as big a score as their opponents, for after Browne had been dismissed cheaply, Humphreys and Seymour made a flue stand, the latter scoring his 60 in an hour and a quarter, and frequently maxing flne drives, flearne and DiUon played well, but when four wickets were down for i61 things did not look at aU bad for Kent. But King aud Clark then carried everything before them, and to the general surprise the last six wickets only produced 25 runs. Tnus the Americans began their second iutungs with a very useful lead of 135 runs—a lead whicn by the end of the day seemed likely to be invaluable, for in their second innings they gave by no means as good a display a* ia their first. Everything went wrong with them for a time, and when the total was only 42 six wickets were down. But Clarx then came to the rescue of his side, and in ha.f-an-hour made 25 out of 30, wnile Cregar followed his example by getting 30 in twelve minutes, among his hits Deing five 4’s. Kent had fire minutes’ catting, and lojt a wicket for 10, so that when play began on Saturday they still required 242 to win. They made a plucky fight, but never seemed to have much chance of pulung off the match, for allhough several men playel g jod cricket, not one of them ever settled down to play a really confident game. F. D. Browne stayeu in for over an hour and a-half for his 30, and if only another man or two had been able to make a big stand with him victoiy might have been gained. At it was Kent had made only 120 runs at luncn time with six wickets down, and after this the result was never in doubt. G e n t l e m e n o f P iiil a d e l f h ia . First innings. J. B. King, b Hearne..........47 C. C. Morris, b Blythe ... 2 J. A. Lester, c Huish, b Fielder............................... 7J F. H. Boh.en, bFairs:rvlce 31 A. M. Wood, lbw, b Fair­ service ............................... 27 N. Z. Graves, c Fairservice, b Fielder ........................31 F. C. Sharpless, not out ... 89 P. H. Clark, c Huish, b Fielder............................... 0 R. D. Brown, b Burnup ... 34 E. M. Cregar, b Burnup ... 0 T. C. Jordan, c Huish, b Fielder............................... 8 B 11, lb 2, w 6 ..........19 Total ........................ 311 K e n t . First innings. F. D. Browne, b Clark ... 3 Humphreys, b Sharpless ... 31 Seymour, b King.................60 C. J. Burnup, c Cregar, b ‘ 12 •23 Second innings, c and b Blythe ... 7 b Burnup .......... 4 c Huish, b Fielder 11 b Blythe ..........16 lbw, b Fielder ... 0 c H e a rn e , b Fielder .......... 0 b Fairservice ... 8 b Fairservice ... 25 c B ly t h e , b Hearne .......... 9 c Humphreys, b Fairservice ... 30 not out......... Leg-byes . Total .. ...116 Clark Hearne (A.), b King ... E. W. Dillon, c King, Clark ............................... 28 Huish, b King . ................. 0 C. H. B. Marsham, c Sharp­ less, b Clark ................. 1 Fairservice, b King .......... 1 Blythe, not out ................. 0 Fielder, b King ................. 3 B 7, lb 6, w 1 ... ..........14 Second innings, c Graves,b Cregar 30 c King, b Cregar 17 c Lester, bCregir 6 c Graves, b Lester 24 b King.................14 c Graves, b Clark 25 c Brown, b King 16 c Graves, b King 21 b Clark................ 7 c Jordan, b King 20 not out................. l B4, lD 3 ,w l,n b l 9 Total... ... 176 Total ...189 G k n t lb m e n c f P h il a d e l p h ia . First innings. O. M. R. W. Second innings. O. M. R. W. Fielder .......... 27 4 9 51 4 .,.. ... 13 5 21 3 Blyth s .......... 30 8 82 1 ... ... 13 6 31 2 Fairservice 17 6 35 2 ... ... 8 2 29 3 Humphreys ... 9 1 36 0 .. Hearne .......... 30 16 31 1 ..’. 10*2 5 19 1 Dillon .......... 3 0 10 0 . Burnup .......... 19 6 47 2 ..7 ... 2 0 12 1 Burnup bowled four wides and Fielder ani Blyth e one each. K e n t . First innings. O. M. R. W. .......... 25 1 6 58 6 ., .......... 22 8 57 4 2 1 4 0 . 12 2 22 1 . 7 King Clark Lester ., Sharpless Cregar . King delivered a no-ball and .Sharpless and Clark each bowled a wide. 1 21 Second innings. O. M. R. W . ... 2d 5 3 73 4 ... 16 2 42 2 ... 13 6 19 1 ... 4 1 15 0 ... 11 0 31 3