Cricket 1903

J uly 16, 1903. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 283 know it ; the Marylebone Cricket Club (officially) does not, and does not want to. In the second place, Mead must not sit down to the same table to eat with his betters, the “ gentlemen,” although before lunch time and after he may be permitted to play with them. When the luncheon interval arrives the “ players ” on both sides engaged in the match will eat together, and the amateurs, the “ gentlemen,” will do the same in another room. And presently, having eaten well, one of the “ gentlemen” will write a letter to ihe London Times extolling the true democracy of sport and saying nice things about “ the backbone of the British Empire.” L a s t week, Mr. H . E . Pearson, who first played for Yorkshire in 1878, died at Sheffield. H e was for a long time a member of the Sheffield Wednesday C.C., and several years ago often captained the Yorkshire Colts teams. A t the conclusion of their tour in En g­ land, the Gentlemen of Philadelphia will lay Scotland at E ieb um Place, Edin- urgh, on Monday and Tuesday, August 10th and 11th. B a n c r o f t , the famous old Welsh R u gby Union international footballer, who has for so many years met with great success as a cricketer for Glamor­ ganshire, scored 207 for the county against Berkshire. E . W . Jones also made 152, and as there were 20 extras in the total, the tw o men scored 359 out of 469 from the bat. F or Royston v. Herts Club and Ground last Thursday W . Coote took five wickets with successive balls, his analysis for the innings being 7 for 42. T he follow ing are the names of the Indian X I . so far selected b y ’ the com ­ mittee :— P a r sis . 1. Dr. M. E. Pavri, captain (all-round man). 2. Mr. K. E. Mistry (all-round man), 3. „ E. P. Meherhomji (batsman). i. „ H. D. Kanga (batsman). M a h o m e d a n s . 5. i, Ahsan-ul-Hak (batsman). 6. ,, Ali Hasan (bowler). 7. ,, Shafkat (bowler). H indus . 8. „ Baloo (bowler and batsman). 9. „ Jayram (all-round man). 10. ,, Seshachari(wicket-keeper &batsman) 11. ,, Telang (batsman). As A. H . Mehta (Parsi bowler) has be­ come a professional to the Lancashire county club, a question has been raised whether he could be one of the team or not, as the committee have resolved to keep up the “ Amateur Status ” of this team. 12. D. D. Kanga(wicket-keeperandbatsman). 13. B. Billimoria (all-round man). 11. Bunda (all-round man). Ranjitsinbji and Sing are asked to assist the team for a few matches. “ O l d U p p in g h a m ia n ” writes : — “ I note that in your issue of last week you state in 4Pavilion Gossip * that Hugh Rotherham came out in the Ru gby School X I . at the same time as A. P . Lucas and D . Q. Steel. This, however, is incorrect, as all the above-mentioned players were in the Uppingham School X I . I should be very much obliged if you could find space to insert this correction. As a con­ stant reader of your excellent publication, I must say that it is only on very rare occasions that I have been able to detect any error in your statements.” SURREY v. MIDDLESEX. Played at Lord’s on July 13, 14 and 15. Middlesex won by 221 runs. There can be no doubt that this match attracted far more attention than any other at the beginning of this week, for although Yorkshire v. Somerset might have been very interesting under ordinary circumstances, the absence of so many good men from the team of the latter acted as a wet blanket. The Surrey team, to the surprise and regret of the spectators, took the field without Abel when they won the toss, but otherwise they were at their strongest, while Middlesex had nothing to complain of in the composition of their team. There was some very pleasing cricket on the first day, as well as some surprises, for the battiog was uneven on both sides. Warner played a somewhat lucky innings, and Beldam was teen at his very best after his brilliant success at the Oval at the end of last week. The two fine innings which he played for the Gentlemen seemed to have given him confidence, and almost from the flrst ball that he received he was quite a different man. Throughout his innings, which very nearly reached the hundred, and which lasted for two hours and twenty minutes, he made not the slightest mistake, and while most of his companions were decidedly uncomfortable against Lockwood, he was always master of the situation. Botanquet was somewhat at tea when he flrst went in, but afterwards played a sound innings, and helped Beldam to put on 8*2 for the fourth wicket in five minutes under the hour, his own share being 52. After he left Middlesex had a bad time, and when eight wickets were down the total was only 214. Then came a wonderfully good stand by Rawlin and Hunt, which quite altered the appear­ ance of the game ; they added 74 to the total in 55 minutes by most attractive cricket. Lockwood bowled nearly all through the innings and was never easy, while Strudwick covered himself with glory at the wicket by dismissing five men, some of them by brilliant catches. After losing Hayward for seven, Surrey did very well indeed until just.before time, for Hayes and Holland by pretty cricket brought the score from 13 to 93 in a little over an hour. But just when the two men seemed almost certain to carry their bats, Holland was well caught in the slips by Trott, who almost immediately afterwards bowled Walker and Mil.er, so that when stumps were drawn the total was only 117 for fourwickets—a few minutes before it had been 93 for one wicket. Hayes was not out 44. On Tuesday, Surrey men who were looking on at the match had to undergo some unpleasant experiences. It is true that Hayes increased his overnight total to 77, and that he again played excel­ lent cricket; also that Dowson, after taking 40 min­ utes to make his firstseven runs, played an admirable innings of 52 and carried his bat, but Trott and Hearne accounted for the rest for single figures. The total which at one time seemed likely to be so satis­ factory came to 220; that is to say, 80 runs behind. Middlesex soon increased their lead veiy considerably. Warner did not do much, but Nicholls played well, and Bosanquet and Beldam were again in splendid form, putting on 137 during their partnership in seventy minutes. Throughout this time the batting of Bosanquet was brilliant in the extreme, and it was a gTeat feat to compile 97 out of 137 in such a short time. In one over from Dowson during this partnership Bosanquet hit four 4’s, while Beldam made a three—nineteen for the over. Meanwhile Beldam was plajing perfect cricket. By the lime that Bosanquet was out the Surrey bowlers were tired out, and for the rest of the day runs came quickly, although Hunt was the only man who made a big score; his partnership with Beldam produced 77 in just over half an hour. Beldam was out seventh for a faultless innings of 118, which had lasted for three hours and three-quarters. When stumps were drawn the total was 369 for eight wioketa, so that Middlesex were now 449 rune on. Macgregor did not at once declare, as had been anticipated, but allowed the innings to be finished. Surrey h*d now to make 457 runs in five hours and three-quarters. Holland was out with the total at 6, and then Hayward and Hayes made a stand, the latter being out at 4'. Hayward survived until, with the total at ICO, a ball rebounded off the wicket­ keeper’s pads when he was just out of his ground. He had played a beautiful innings. Dowson, who had helped Hayward to put on 61 runs in fifty minutes, was the fourth man out, and from this time Middlesex had the match in hand, although Lees, Miller and Walker made a fine effort to save their side. The match was over at about half-past four. M id d l e s e x . First innings. Sicond innings. P. F. Warner, c Bichardson, b Lockwood .................47 c Strudwick, b Lees.............. 25 L. J. Moon, c Strudwick, b Lockw ood........................ 0 c Hayes, b Lees.. 2 G. W . Beldam, c Hayward, b Lockwocd .................89 b H olland...118 R.W . Nicholls, c Strudwick, b Richardson ................. 3 b Bichardson ... 35 B. J. T. Boeanquet,b Lock- wood ... ...........................52 b Miller ....97 F.H.E Cunliffe,b Lockwood 5 c Lockwood, b Clode .......16 Trott (A. E.), c Strudwick,b c Holland,bDow- Lockw ood........................ 2 s o n ..........10 G.MacGregor,c Strudwick,b Lees ............................... 8 lbw, b Lees ... 22 J. H. Hunt, c Strudwick, b L jckw ood........................28 c Lees, b Holland 45 Rawlin, c Dowson, b Lock­ wood ...................................51 run out ............ 0 Hearne (J. T.), not out ... 6 not out ........... 2 B 3, lb 1, nb 5 ........... 9 Extras........... 4 Total ..................300 Total ........... 376 SUBEEY. First innings. Second innings. Holland,cTrott bBosanquet 60 c Trott, b Hearne 4 Hayward, c Bosanquet, b st MacGregor, b Beldam ........................ 7 Beldam ................. 68 Hayes, cMacGregor,bTrott 77 c Moon, b Trott.. 13 N. Miller, b Trott .......... 7 c Trott, b Bosan­ quet .................... 59 L. Walker, b Trott .......... 6 cWarner,bBosan­ quet 45 E. M. Dowson, not out ... 52 c Cunliffe, b Bel­ dam 27 Lees, b Trott........................ 0 b Bosanquet ... 23 Lockwood, b Hearne.......... 5 b Bosanquet ... 19 Clode, b H earne................. 2 cBeldam,bBosan­ quet 10 Strudwick, c and b Trott ... 1 notout.............. 1 Richardson, b Trott .......... 5 cBeldam,bBosan­ quet 0 B 4, lb 4, w 1 ............. 9 B 4, w 2 ... 6 Total ........................... 220 Total ............235 M iddlesex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. Lockwood ,. 25*3 2 110 8 ... ... 18 3 41 0 Richardson ... 19 2 72 1 ... ... 12 1 61 1 Lees.............. .. 24 4 75 1 ... ... 21*2 3 69 3 Hayes ... ... 3 0 8 0 ... , ... 4 0 29 0 Clode ... . .. 6 1 26 0 ... ... 13 1 62 1 Dowson ... 11 3 45 1 Miller... ... 4 0 28 1 Holland ... 4 0 37 2 Lockwood delivered seven no-balls and Dowson one. S ubrey . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Hearne .......... 21 9 66 2 .......... 28 6 57 1 Beldam .......... 6 2 24 1 ........... 8 3 23 2 Hunt .......... 5 0 17 0 .......... 3 0 13 0 Trott .......... 21-3 2 66 6 ........... 25 4 76 1 B oB a n q u et ... 8 0 39 1 .......... 20 5 5 46 6 C unliffe.......... 2 0 9 0 ........... Rawlin ... 6 0 14 0 Beldam bowled two wides and Bosanquet one. C RICKET Report Sheets, lOd. per dozen, post free. Order of Going-In Cards, 7d. per dozen, post free. Cricket Score Books, 6d. and Is. each : postag 3, Sd. extra.—To be obtained at the Office of Cricket, 168, Upper Thames Street, London, E.C. F OR BALE.—M.C.C. “ Cricket Scores and Bio­ graphies ” in 15 volumes from 1746 to 1878, complete, good as new, uniformly bound in crimson cloth with gilt lettering, with official index by J. B. Payne. Price £10 10s. Apply, Robert R. Parke, the Mount, Maiton, Yorkshire.