Cricket 1903

268 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 9, 1903. then disposed of Gunn, and in a few overs after the game had been resumed he dismissed both Arnold and A. E. Trott, so that it seemed highly probable that the innings would not last out the day. Then came a great and welcome surprise, for Barnes, who has never been seriously regarded as a bats­ man, came in to partner Knight, and finding the worn out bowling of the Gentlemen to his liking, made hay of it. The two men became complete masters of the situation, and in abDut an hour and a half before stumps were drawn increased the total by 111 without being separated. Knight had been batting for three hours and a quarter. Total, 387 for seven wickets. There was a most disap­ pointing display of cricket on the part of the Gentlemen on Tuesday. Their bowlers could make no more use of the wicket than on the previous day, but when their turn came to bat they found that it was another pair of sleeves, and they could make no headway against Braund, Hargreave and Trott. The last three wickets of the Players added very nearly a hundred runs to the overnight total, although Barnes was out after increasing his score by 1 run. But Knight and Hunter put on 57 for the ninth wicket before the former was out after batting for four hours and a half without making a serious mistake ; his excellent innings included a 5 and eighteen 4's. Even now the innings was not ended, for the last two men quickly made 27 runs. In a very few minutes the Gentlemen had suffered two very serious losses, from which they never recovered. Barnes tegan the bowling, but at the end of his over he was seen to limp, and soon left the field. Slowly enough 14 runs had been made when Fry was bowled for 5, while Ranjitsinhji was mag­ nificently caught just after lunch by Har­ greave on tbe boundary at square leg off a fine hit. The total was now 39 for two wickets. After this misfortune none of the Gentlemen except Warner ever managed to feel comfortable, and although Dowson, Bosanquet and Evans each made between ‘20 and 30, one felt that they would not last for very long. Warner made most of the runs while he was in, and when, with the total at 86, he was caught at the wicket he had scored 51 in an hour and a quarter by very plucky cricket. For the most part the Gentlemen made their runs very slowly. They were so far behind that they had to follow on, and by the time that play ended they had made 74 for the loss of Warner, Fry being not out 41, and Raniitsinhji not out 6. It did not seem at all likely that anything exciting would happen yesterday, for the Gentlemen had still 218 runs to make before they were level with the total of the first innings of the Players. But, as often used to happen in the days when a side had to follow on if it were a certain number of runs behind, the second innings was in marked contrast to the first. Fry and Ran­ jitsinhji became settled, found that the work of the previous day had taken something out of the bowlers, and took advantage of their opportunity. What would have happened if Ranjitsinhji had not been so lame that heaps of runs were lost is only a matter for speculaflton, but as it was, the wicket added 142 runs in a couple of hours to the overnight total of 74. Ranjitsinhji was then out for a brilliant innings of 60. By this time the Players had had almost enough of it, and they are not likely for some time to forget the experiences through which they had now to go. For when Maclaren joined Fry, their bowling was made to look even more simple than that of an or­ dinary weak club on a good wicket, and runs came with almost amusing rapidity. Changes were in vain. The bats­ men had got the upper hand and knew how to keep it. In a couple of hours the score had been increased by 200, and still the two famous cricketers went on, until when Fry had passed his second hundred and Maclaren his 150, the unfortunate Players were allowed to go in again. The partnership had produced 309 in about three hoursand a half. Forhis 232 not out Fry was batting for five hours and three- quarters, and his hits included thirty-two 4’s. Naturally the latter part of his innings was easy work, but at the commencement of it his side was in an almost hopeless position, with the Playera’ bowlers in high feather. His innings was the highest ever made at Lord’s in a match between Gentlemen and Players. There was no chance whatever of dismissing the Players, but they were doubtless glad enough to have a rest. P laters . Hayward, b Dowson... 61 Braund, c Maclaren, b Dowson ................69 Tyldesley, run out . . 6 Denton,c Ranjitsinhji, b Bosanquet .........63 Knight, b Dowson .139 Gunn (J.), c Warner, b Brearley .........28 Arnold, b Brearley ... 1 Trott(A.B.),bBrearley 0 Barnes, c Evans, b Brearley................ 66 Hunter, b Dowson .. 17 Hargreave, not out ... 22 B 16, lb 13, w 1, nb6 36 Total ...478 Second innings.—Hayward, b Dawson, 19; Braund. not out, 22 ; Tyldesley, not out, 13; nb 1. Total (1 wkt) 65. G e n t l e m e n . First innings. Second innings. C- B. Fry, b Hargreave .. 6 notout ......... 232 P. F. Waroer, c Hunter, b c Hunter, b Har- Hargreave........................6i greave ............27 K. 8. Kanjiteinbji,c Tyldes­ ley, b Braund ................. 9 c Hunter, b Gunn 63 G. J. Burnup, lbw, bBraund 11 A. C. Maclaren, c&bBraund 9 not out ........... 168 E. M. Dowson, c Denton, b Braund ........................ 29 B. J. T. Boeanque^ c Trott, b Hargreave ................. 26 W. H. B. Evans, c sub., b Trott ................. ..........21 H. Mirtyn.c Knight,bTrott 7 Hesketh Prichard, not out.. 1 W. Brearley, b T rott.......... 0 B 13, lb 3 .................16 B 8, lb 2, nb 3 18 Total .................185 Total (2 wkte) *600 *Innings declared closed. P l a t e r s . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. 0 . M. R. W. Brearley.......... 32 7 93 4 ... ... 4 0 18 0 Prichard... .. 31 11 91 0 ... ... 5 2 9 0 Evans ......... . 24 « 5 2 0 ... ... 8 2 17 0 Bosanquet .. 17 2 SO 1 ... Burnup ... ... 4 0 18 0 ... Dowson .. .,,. 36 2 4 97 4 ... 6 1 12 1 Ranjitsinhji ... 2 0 11 0 ... Dowson delivered six no-balls and Evans a no-ball and a wide. G e n t l e m e n . First innings Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W . Barnes ... . .. 1 1 0 0 ... Hargreave .. 25 7 59 3 ... ’.!! 46 12 96 1 Braund ... ... 26 6 67 4 ... ... 26 4 107 0 Gunn ... 6 0 26 0 ... ... 18 4 68 1 Trott ... 4 1 17 3 ... ... 20 2 120 0 Arnold ... 22 2 74 0 Denton ... 4 0 22 0 Arnold delivered one no-ball, and Gunn two no-balls. DERBYSHIRE v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Leicester on July 6, 7 and 8. Leicestershire won by 126 runs. There was an interesting day’s cricket in this match on Monday, although rain came at six o’clock and stopped play. Againut the Leicestershire total of 126 Derbyshire had then scored 178 for the loss of seven wickets. The Leicestershire batting was very disappointing, but although the wicket looked good enough it was found to help the bowlers con­ siderably. For Derbyshire Wright did not do very much this time, but Ollivierre was in fine form, and after being missed he hit six 4’s off successive balls. His partnership with Cadman produced 70 runs in an hour, and his own innings of 72 wa* one of the best he has played in England. The innings did not last long on Tuesday, but the Leicestershire men when they went in again gave a splendid display of batting. In three quarters of an hour 60 runs were scored, and at luncheon the total was 143 with all the wickets in hand. This pleasant state of affairs was brought about by Wood and King. The former was out immediately after luncheon, but King and Whitehead then became partners and again the bat had the advantage over the ba 1. When the latter was run out the total had been increased by 143, and Leicestershire now had a very good cnance of winning. King was out soon afterwards for an ex­ cellent innings of 167, made in four hours and a quarter. When stump* were drawn, Leicestershire were 337 runs on with three wickets in hand, and yesterday they were able to give Derbyshire the task of making 370 in five hours, and although there were times when their opponents seemed likely to play out time, victory at last rested for the firot time this season with Leicestershire. L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . First innings. C. J. B. Wood, c Hulme, b Bestwick ........................10 Whitehead, c Needham, b Warren ........................ 18 King, o Ellis, b Warren ... 14 E. T. Crawford, b Bestwick 28 V. F. 8. Crawford, c Hum­ phries, b Hulme ..........16 Davis, b Hulme ................. 1 Haywood, c Lawton, b ~ Hulme ....................... Brown, not out .......... Cobley, b Warren......... W. W . Odell, run out .. Allsopp, b Warren ... Lb 3, w 1, nb 1 ... Seoond innings. e Humphries, b Warren ... ... 78 runout................. 66 c and b Cadman 167 b Forester..........15 c Ellis, b Best- ... 33 b ... 33 b ... 14 .. 0 22 Total ..........126 wick., c Humphries, Warren ... c Ollivierre Bestwick... b Cadman ... b Warren ... c Ellis,b Bestwick 6 not out.................. 1 Extras .......... 9 Total....... 439 DERBYSHIRE. First innings. L. G. Wright, c Davis, b < Odell ..................................20 Ellis, b Allsopp .................. 7 C. A. Ollivierre, c King, b R. Crawford .............72 Cadman, c Davis, b White­ head ..................................26 Warren, b H aywood........... 0 A. E. Lawton, run out ... 17 Needham, b Allsopp ........... 23 Second innings. c Whiteheid, b Odell.................14 b Odell................38 c Whitehead, b Crawford..........81 Humphries, c V. Crawford, b Whitehead ................ T. Forester, lbw, b Allsopp Hnlme, b Allsopp .......... Bestwick, not out .......... B 6 ,lb 4 ................. Total .................1 c Davis, b King .. 89 b Odell................. i b Odell............. 63 st Davis, bWhite- head...............33 n otou t................ 3 b Whitehead ... 0 b Odell................ 1 c R. Crawford, b Odell ......... 1 Extras.......18 Total ...... 248 L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W . Warren ... ... 17 4 4 42 4 ... .... 36 6 117 3 Cadman ... ... 4 0 18 0 ... ... 16 4 40 2 Bestwick... ... 11 3 29 2 ... ... 30 5 93 8 Hulme ... ... 16 5 32 8 ... .... 19 2 81 0 Lawton ... 7 2 35 0 Forester ... 22 4 62 1 Beatwick delivered a wide and a no-ball. DBRBTSHIRE. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M.K. W. Allsopp.......... 13*3 134 4 ........... 14 2 30 0 Odell .......... 17 3 39 1 ........... 25 2 5 74 6 R. Crawford...12 2 46 1 ........... 6 0 15 0 Whitehead ... 181 632 .............. 20102 Haywood ... 6 2 15 1 .......... King ................. 22 7 68 1 V. 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