Cricket 1903

J uly 9, 1903. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 269 T H E G E N T L E M E N OF PH ILADE LPH IA . THE LANCASHIRE MATCH. ( e ig h th of t h e tour ). Played at Old Trafford on July 6, 7 and 8. Gentlemen of Philadelphia won hy nine wickets. The Lancashire eleven in this match was much weaker than usual, for Maclaren, Tyldesley and Brearley were all playing for tbe Gentlemen at Lord’s, while H. G. Garnett, R. H. Spoon°r, and E. E. Steel preferred to play for Liverpool and Dis­ trict against Cambridge University. But the match was of the greatest interest all through, for the scoring was very level, and not very hiph. The weather was wretchedly cold, and the Americans naturally felt this more than their opponents, for they have not yet become hardened to the vagaries of our remarkable climate. Bowling with a high wind behind him, King astonished the first three Lanca­ shire batsmen, but Radcliffe, an amateur, who plays for Stalybridge, and Eccles, stemmed the tide of dis­ aster for some time, while Sharp also did well. But with the exception of Kermode, who bit successfully at the end, the rest did next to nothing. The visitors could not make much headway against Cuttell and 1’Anson, and when stumps were drawn their total was 103 for five wickets, Bohlen bein$ not out 33 and Morris not out 0. On Tuesday morning everyone on the side, except the last man. who had not time to make runs, helped a lntle to swell the total, and there was a lead of 31 runs, which by the time that the second innings of Lancashire was over, seemed likely to be extremely useful. Lancashire began well enough with 38 for no wicket before lunch, but im­ mediately afterwards King took five wickets in three overs for 6 runs. Nor did his success end here, for although several men afterwards made useful scores, he took ev- ry wicket with the single exception of that of Radcliffe, who was run out. lt was quite a brilliant performance. When the innings ended the Americans had to go in to make 141, and it was by no means a certainty that they would accomplish their task. But so well did Sharpless and Groves bat that when stumps were drawn the total was 73 for no wickets, and after Sharpless v as dismissed yesterday GroTes hit so hard that he made 60 out of the next 7ft, and enabled his side to gain a brilliant victory. He was batting altogether for an hour and three-quarters and hit nineteen 4*s. G e n tlem en of P h il a d e l p h ia . L a n c a s h ir e . First innings. F.G. Maclaren, c Jordan, b King ............................... 0 F. H. Hollins, c and b King 3 I’Anson, b K in g ................. 0 G. Radcliffe, c Wood.b King 34 A. Eccles, b Le Roy ......... 62 Sharp, c Lester, b Le Roy... 23 Cuttell, b King ................. 0 Heap, c Morris, b Le Roy... 7 Littlewood, not out .......... 6 Worsley, run ou t................ 1 Kermode, c Le Roy, b Clark 23 B 2, lb 8 ................. 10 Second innings. b King... b King... b King... run out b King... b King... b King... notout... b King... b King .. Total .................158 c Jordan, b King 2 B 16, lb 4 ... 20 Total... 171 G e n tle m en o f N.Z.Graves,c Worsley, b l ’Anson.................19 F.C.Sbarpless,run out 19 J. A. Lester, lbw, b I ’Anson ................. 1 J.B.King,cLittlewood, b I*Anson................. 3 F.H.Bohlen,cWorsley, b C uttell.................43 A. M. Wood, b Cuttell 17 P h il a d e l p h ia . C. C. Morris, b Cuttell 11 R. D. Brown, lbw, b Kermode.................26 P.H.Clark, b Kermode 26 P.N.LeRoy,c 1’Anson, b Littlewood ......... 11 T. C. Jordan, not out. 0 Byes 4, lb 7..........11 Total .187 Second in n in g s N . Z. Graves, not out, 103; F. C. Sharpless, b Littlewood, 23; P. H. Brown, not out, 8 ; extras, 9.—Total (1 wicket), 143. L a n c a s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. King......... Clark ... Lester ... Sharpless Le Roy .., O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. 27 7 46 6 ... ... 26-5 3 62 9 81 2 27 1 ... ... 8 2 26 0 6 0 17 0 ... .. 3 0 14 0 4 0 20 0 ... ... 8 1 19 1 9 1 38 8 ... ... 11 0 K 0 Brown... ... 1 0 1 0 First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Littlewood .. 10*2 4 22 1 ... ... 1*2 6 39 1 Kermode .. 24 4 60 2 ... ... 16 6 26 0 1’Anson ... .. 22 4 42 3 ... ... 6 0 37 0 Cuttell ... .. 23 8 49 8 ... ... 6 2 25 0 Heap .. 4 0 18 0 ... ... Maclaren ... 1 0 7 0 WORCESTERSHIRE v. SOMERSET­ SHIRE. AN INNINGS OF 216 BY H. K . FOSTER. Played at Worcester on July 6, 7 and 8. Worcestershire won by an innings and 109 runs. The Somersetshire team did not show to advan­ tage on the first day of this match, for after they had scored 143 they allowed Worcestershire to put up 427 for the los* of only two wickets, so that they were no fewer than 284 runs behind when stumps were drawn. Woods was again absent from the eleven owing to a strain, and Palairet was also away. The only Somerset men who made a good score were O. M. Samson, the Oxford Blue, and F. M. Lee, the latter making runs when they were very badly wanted. The first Worcestershire wicket fell for 98, of which Bowley had made considerably more than half, and then began a long and productive partner­ ship between Bowley and H. K. Foster. The two men very quickly obtained a complete mastery over the bowling, and although many changes were made no impression whatever was made on them. It was not until they had put on 260 runs in an hour and fifty-five minutes that they were separated, Bowley being then finely caught in the long field. Foster was still at the wickets when stumps were drawn, having made 210out of 310 in two and a quarter hours. On the next morning Wheldon, who was not out 12 over night, was promptly missed, and then proceeded to make over a hundred, but Foster only increased his total by six runs in half an hour, a striking con­ trast to hb rate of scoring on the previous afternoon. He only gave one chance, and that not until he had scored 143; his innings included thirty-seven 4*s. Except for Wheldon’s batting there was little of interest in the rest of the Worcestershire innings. When Somerset went in again they redeemed their failure of the first innings, P. R. Johnson, Lewis, Robson and Hardy all playing very good cricket, but when stumps were drawn they still required 141 runs to save the innings defeat, and had only three wickets in hand. Yesterday half an hour's cricket sufficed to finish the match. S o m fb se t . First innings. O. M. Samson,c Gaukrodger b Wilson Lewis, o Gaukrodger, Wilson............................. P. R. Johnson, b Wilson . Robson, run o u t .............. Hardy, b W ilson.............. 26 Second innings, b Bird ... F. M. Lee, c Simpson-Hay- ward, b Bird .................41 J. Daniell, b Wilson ... ... 13 A. E. Newton, c 8impson- Hayw^rd, b Bird .......... 1 A. W. S. Patterson, b Bird 19 Cranfield, b Wilson North, not out ... Lb 1, w 2 ... . ... 16 c Wilson,b Martin 41 c Foster, b Bird .110 b S. Hayward ... 31 c Gaukrodger, b Martin ..........28 c and b Bird .. 28 c Brinton, b Bird 5i b Simpson-Hay- ward................. 0 c Simpson-Hay- ward, b Bird... 8 b Wilson .......... 6 not out................. 4 Extras..........12 Total .................143 WORCESTERSHIBE. Total... Bowley. c Robson, b Cranfield..................148 W. S. Caldwell, c New­ ton, b Robson............37 H. K. Foster, lbw, b Cranfleld ...........216 Wheldon, b North ...112 G. H. Simpson-Hay- ward, b Robson ... 16 Gaukrodger, b Cran­ fleld ......................... 6 O. M. R. W. 12 14 31*2 16 60 2 71 1 97 6 73 2 36 0 SOMEBSET. O. M. R. W. S.- Hayward ..10 0 60 0 ... Wilson ..........14 61 76 6 .. Bird......... ... 6 0 14 3 .. Martin Powys-Keck 10 Bird bowled two wides. WOBCESTEBSHIBK. O. M. R. W. O. M.R. W. Cranfleld... 60 8 171 6 |North ... 33 8 139 2 Robson ... 24 1 124 2 IJohnson 6 0 38 0 Lewis ... 18 6 67 0 |Hardy ... 6 0 37 0 Cranfleld bowled two wides and Robson and Lewis each one wide. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY v. LIVER­ POOL AND DISTRICT. Played at Aigburth on July 6, 7 and 8. Liverpool won by 194 runs. L iv e r p o o l a n d D istr ic t . First innings. H. G. Garnett, c Godsell, b M cD onell.......................43 R. H . Spooner, b McDonell 34 T. G. O. t.ole, b Keigwin ... 62 T. Ainscough, b Keigwin... 12 W .P . Barnes,lbw,bHoward- Sm ith............................... 7 E.E. Steel, b Howard-Smith 2 A B. Leather, b Howard- Smith ................................ 2 C. S. Hannay, not out . . i8 A. Stott, c and b McDjnell 14 F. H. Bowring, b McDonell 7 A. T. Kemble, b McDonell 6 Lb 1, nb 4 ................. 6 Second innings. cGodsell,bRo*erts 47 c and b Roberts 27 st Buckston, b McDonell ...116 b McDonell ... 12 lbw, b Roberts ... 4 st Buckston, b Keigwin..........62 c McDonell, Kei win ... lbw, b Ebden c Golsell, b Mc­ Donell ..........24 cWeaver,b Ebden 23 not out................. 0 B 8,1b6, w 5, nb 11 29 17 Total .................222 Total C a m b r id g e U n iv e r s it y . ...390 First innings. C. H. M. Ebden, b Steel ... 0 R. T. Godsell, b Steel........ 36 H H. Marriott, c Kemble, b Bowring ......................... 53 stKemble,b Steel 122 F. B. Wilson, c Kemble, b Bowring .......................2) c Stott, b Steel... 9 E. W. Mann, c Bowring. b Steel ..............................14 c Garnett, b Steel 19 R. P. Keigwin, b Bowxiog 7 H. C. McDonell, c Barnes, b Bowring ......................... 5 F. B. Roberts, c Kemble, b Steel ................................ 4 F. W. H. Weaver, not out... 11 cLeather.bBowrif g3 G. M. Buckston, b Steel ... 7 not out .......... 41 G. Howard-Smith, st Kem­ ble, b Steel........................ 0 Second innings. cSteel, b Bowring 2 b Steel................. 1 c and b Steel ... 0 lbw, b Steel ... 31 lbw, b Steel ... 13 c Barnes, b Bow­ ring ................. 7 Extras ... 4 B 6 ,lb 1 ................. Total .................166 Total .........252 L iv e r p o o l a n d D is t r ic t . First innings. Second innings. Keigwin H.-smith Roberts McDonell . O. M.R. W. .1 4 3 65 2 ... . 19 1 74 3 ... . 8 1 35 0 ... . 113 2 53 5 ... Mann ... Weaver... Ebden ... O. M. R. W. 16 1 12 2 16 4 16-1 2 8 0 3 0 4 1 0 3 3 0 0 12 2 61 Howard-Smith delivered five and Roberts ten no­ balls, and Keigwin two and Mann three widea. C a m b r id g e U n iv e r s it y . First innings. Second innings. Steel ... Bowring Stott ... Hannay Barnes O. M. R. W. 26 2 8 48 6 ... 28 5 8 8 O. M. R. W. 4J*1 8 95 7 33 13 77 3 0 ... 0 ... 7 1 30 19 82 21 R. 8. Brinton, c New­ ton, b Cranfield ... 8 Bird, b North ..........18 E. G. Martin, b Cran­ field ........................ 0 Wilson, c Lewis, b Cranfield................. 5 H. J. Powys-Keck, not out ................. 0 B 15, lb 5, w 4 ... 24 Total..........690 THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP. RELATIVE POSITIONS Plyd. Won Lost Drn. TO DATE. Per- Pts. centage. Middlesex 5 ,... 3 ... 0 ... 2 ... 3 .. 100 00 Essex................ 9 ,... 4 ... 1 .. . 4 ... 3 ... 60*00 Sussex .......... 11 ... 4 ... 1 .. . 6 ... 3 ... 60-00 Lancashire 13 ... 5 ..,. 2 .. . 6 ... 3 ... 42 85 Notts................. 11 ... 2 .. . 1 ... 8 ... 1 ... 33 33 Yorkshire.......... 18 .. 6 .. 4 ..» 3 ... 2 ... 20*0J Somerset.......... 7 ... 3 ... 3 ... 1 . — Warwickshire .. lo ... 2 .M2 ... 6 ....— .... — Worcestershire 11 ... 4 .. 3 ... 4 ...—1 ,.. 14’28 Surrey ......... 13 ... 4 .. 6 .... 4 ...—1. . — 1111 Derbyshire ... 9 ... 2 ... 6 ... 2 ...—3 .. — 42 85 Hampshire ... 4 ... 1 . .. 2 . ,. 1 ...—1..,. — 33-33 K en t................. 6 ... 1 . .. 3 . .. 2 . ..— 2 . . — 60*t0 Leicestershire... 11 ... 1 .. . 6 . . 5 ...- 4 ... — 6666 Gloucestershire 9 ... 0 . .. 5 . .. 4 . . —6 , ..ICO00 The matches between Surrey and Hampshire, which should have been played at the Oval on May 7th, 8th and 9th; Kent and Sussex, fixed for Tonbridge on June 16th, eto.; Middlesex v. Essex, at Lord’s, June 16th, etc.; and Somerset v. Hampshire, at Bath, June 16th, etc., were abandoned without a ball having been bowled, and are therefore not included in the above table.