Cricket 1903

296 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. J uly 23, 1903. JOHNWISDEN&CO. CRICKET BALL MAKERS, Supply all the Principal Counties and Clubs through­ out the world with their well-known JOHN W I S D E N ’S “ Special Crown” MatchBalls, Marvellous Testimony. The Inns of Court Hotel, 25th August, 1902, Messrs. J ohn W isden & Co. Dear Sirs,—I have much pleasure in stating that your “ S p e c ia l Crown” Cricket Balls were used in the five Test Matches played between All England and Australia this season. At the Oval the play was delayed on the first day until some of your “ S p e c ia l Crown ” Balls were procured, as both teams preferred them to any others in the market. Your “ S p e c ia l Crown’’ Balls gave every satisfaction in all the Test Matches, and all our team always want them in all other matches in England and Australia. Yours faithfully, J. D arling . London County Cricket Club, Crystal Palace, Oct. 27th, 1900. 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THURSDAY, JULY 2 3 r d , 1903. $a\nlton The abstract and brief chronicle o t the time.— Hamlet T h er e are those who think that RhodeB, as a bowler, is played out as far as hard wickets are concerned, but be this as it may, he must still be considered as the greatest bowler in the world when things are all in his favour. His bowling against Worcestershire on Friday and Saturday last was nothing short of won­ derful, but he almost invariably does something uncommonly brilliant when he has a difficult wicket to deal with. He would almost be worth playing in Aus­ tralia simply on the off-chance that in the course of the tour he might get three or four sticky wickets to bowl on. His analysis in the Worcestershire match is as follows:— O. M. R. W. First innings .......... 9 6 4 5 Second innings ... 21 16 8 3 T h e details of the analyses of Hirst and Rhodes in the first innings of Worcester­ shire are given below :— Hirst... 2 . w ’ 1 • . 4 1 . • 4 •• ■W : w Rhodes . 1 . . I .w lw .w T h e r e was quite a return to the days of the spring at the end of last week, and owing to thunderstorms and heavy showers all over the country hardly any matches were brought to a conclusion. At one time it looked as if Yorkshire v. Worcestershire might have a startling finish, for when put in a second time at half-past four against a balance of 52, Worcestershire lost four wickets for 8 runs. ------ I n the match at St. Albans between Hertfordshire and M.C.C. and Ground, Coleman, the Hertfordshire professional, took five wickets for 10 runs in the second innings of M.C.C., and White three for 11. The first five M.C.C. wickets fell for 5 runs. For the M.C.C., Tarrant, the young Australian bowler, dismissed C. T. Rudd, F. Escombe, and E. H. Wales with successive balls. M r. W. S. H o pso n writes:— “ I see on page 283 of this week’s Cricket that ‘ Hayward survived until, with the total