Cricket 1903

J uly 30, 1903. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 309 SURREY v. HAMPSHIRE. Played at Portsmouth on July 23, 24 and 25. Surrey won by 9 wickets. Last year at Southampton Hampshire beat Surrey by ten wickets, outplaying the visitors at all points of the game, but last week the positions of the two counties was almost exactly reversed. Surrey were again without Abel, and Dowson was not playing; Hampshire had about their stroDgest available side, although when one thinks of the number of fine Hampshire players in various parts of the world, the strongest side by no means represents the actual streDgth of the county. This match was supposed to be the return, but in the first match, at the Oval, not a ball was bowled. Hampshire v on the toss, and in the course of an hour’s play before lunch they lost four wickets for 51. Rain then fell and there was no more play for the day. On the next morniDg the sun came out and dried the wicket enough to make it very difficult after a ehort time. There was a very useful stand by Rowell and Webb, but when Smith went on to bowl with the total at 76 for 5 there was quite a breakdown, and the remaining wickets all fell to the new bowler. I?aeon, the Hampshire Becretary, played an excellent game when his com­ panions were almost helpless against Smith. Surrey began pretty well, and of the first four men three distinguished themselves, viz. Hayward, Hayes, and Miller, the latter playing a fine defensive game for an hour and ten minutes. 3 hen came a sudden change, and for the rest of the innings, except during the last wicket partnership of Moulder and Richard­ son, the bowlers had the upper hand. Richardson played an uncommcnly useful and vigorous innings, and Moulder kept steadily on, eventually carrying his bat; the two men quite altered the appearance of the game. Hampshire were twenty-seven runs behind, and as they lost half their wickets ia their second innings for 66, the outlook for them was pretty bad. Rut Hill greatly improved matters by making an attractive 39, and when stumps were drawn his county were 74 runs on with three wickets in hand, so that there was still an outside chance that if the wicket continued to be difficult the match might be pulled out of the fire. But on Saturday the last three wickets only added 14 to the total, and Surrey had no difficulty in making the 89 runs required to win, Hayward and Holland both playing admirable cricket. H ampshire . First innings. Second innings. D. A. Steele, c Hayes, b Lees 16 c _Steudwick, b Stone, b Richardson .......... 2 E. M. Sprot, c Hayes b Richardson........................12 A. J. L. Hill, c Hayward, b Lees ................................ 4 Llewellyn, run out ..........10 Webb, c Strudwick, b Smith 9 Bowell, b Smith .................27 F. H. Bacon, not o u t..........32 Smoker, c Walker, b Smith 7 Soar, b Smith ................ 2 K. Hesketh - Prichard, b Sm ith............................... 12 Leg-byes ................. 2 Richardson b Lees................. st Strudwick, b Lees................. b Lockwood c Hayward, b Richardson ... b Richardson ... b Lockwood not out................. cWalker, b Lock­ wood ................. b Lockwood b Lockwood B 3, w 1.......... SUSSEX v. LEICESTERSHIRE. 99 AND 127 n o t ou t b y c . b . f r y . Played at Brighton on July 23, 24 and 25. Drawn. Although Leicestershire held their own fn th's match until the last innings, in all probability a very few more minutes play would have given Sussex an easy victory. When play came to an end on the first day Sussex were in a splendid position, for they had scored 184 for the loss of only two wickets, and as a great deal of rain fell in the morning and again at five o’clock, it seemed hardly likely that the batsmen on the next day would have much chance of distinguishing themselves. Fry was in magnificent form, and oompletely master of the situation. All the bowling seemed easy to him, and his innings of 99, made in two hours and a half, was faultless. He and Vine put up 170 for the first wicket, and he was the first man out. Vine kept on until stumps were drawn at five o'clock, when he was not out 73, after batting for the two hours and a half during which play lasted. On the next morning the bow’ers promptly began to come to the front, and after Vine had been dismissed without adding to his score, there was a series of disasters, and the last eight wickets only added 48 to the total. Both R. T. Crawford and King bowled finely. When Leices­ tershire went in their chances of makiDg anything like a good score seemed small, but the ground recovered very quickly, and the advantage of having a hitter in the team soon became manifest. For De Trafford upset all calculations. In the course of the first twenty-five minutes he scoied 47 out of 50, and when his brilliant innings came to a close he was responsible for 72 out of 88, made in fifty minutes. His partnership with C. J. R. Wood produced 75 for the first wicket. After his dismissal King and Whitehead took advantage of the bowlers being a little bit rattled, and the result was that when stumps were drawn Leicestershire were 28 runs ahead with two wickets still to fall, a most satisfactory state of affairs. King and Whitehead put up 122 for the fifth wicket in an hour and fifty minutes, and the latter waa unconquered at the close of the day with 77 to his credit. He did not add to his score on Saturday, and the last two wickets only produced ten additional runs. Still Leicestershire had a lead of 88. But Fry again played brilliant ciicket, and again Vine was successful in his obstinate defence. Fry made most of the runs, being responsible for 50 out of the first 76, and for 65 out of 100 for no ticket at lunch. The partnership lasted until the total was 179, Vine being then out for a second most useful innings which had lasted for about three hour*. With one wicket down for 216 the innings was closed. Fry being still at the wickets with 127 to his credit, a splendid innings which had taken him three hours and a half to compile. The second innings of Leicestershire began at ten minutes to five. They had no possible chance of making the 175 runs required 10 win, but here again the value of a hitter like De Trafford is evident, for because of the fear that he might again come off, Sussex dared not declare before. As it was Leicestershire were hard put to it to save themselves from defeat. S ussex . First iniings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. KiDg......... .. 27 7 57 5 ... .. 17 4 35 0 Allsopp ... .. 12 3 34 0 ... ... 19 9 40 1 R. Crawford .. 17 6 40 5 ... .. 15 4 36 0 Odell ... .. 9 3 15 0 ... .. 17 4 50 0 G ill............... .. 5 0 41 0 ... .. 9 2 24 0 Whitehead .. 3 0 12 0 ... .. 6 0 15 0 V. Crawfoid .. 3 0 23 0 ... . King delivered ore wide and Gill three no-balls. L eicestershire . First innings Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Tate.......... .. 26 7 72 5 ... .. 18 5 44 5 C o x .......... .. 26 4 9 79 3 ... .. 9 7 6 2 Killick ... .. 12 4 26 0 ... Ranjitsinhji .. 15 3 45 2 ... R elf.......... .. 4 0 10 0 ... H 3 26 0 B’and ... .. 4 1 15 0 ... F r y .......... ... 4 1 9 0 ... Vine ... ... i 1 0 0 Total... ..........135 S urrey . Total..........115 Lees, b Prichard Moulder, not out Smith, c Stone, b Soar Strudwick, c Sprot, b S oa r........................ Richardson,c Llewellyn b Prichard Extras... . 30 23 Total..........162 Hayward, c Sprot, b Llewellyn................21 Holland, c Smoker, b Prichard ................. 9 Hayes, c Hill, b Llew­ ellyn ........................ 27 N. Miller, c Steele, b Soar .......... ..........43 Lockwood, b Prichard 1 L. Walker, c and b Prichard .................. 1 Second innings.—Hayward, not out, 45; Holland* c Soar, b Hill, 88; Hayes, not out, 4; Byes 3. Total (1 wkt) 93. H ampshire . First innings. S< O. M. R. W. 18 5 49 2 .......... 13 3 34 2 .......... 8 5 0 35 5 .......... 4 0 15 0 .......... Lees bowled a wide. S urrey . First innings. O. M. R. W . 21 3 75 2 .......... , 19*5 6 67 5 .......... . 3 0 8 0 .......... , 3 1 7 0 .......... 8 5 15 3 .......... Steele ... ... Sprot .......... NOTTS y . GLOUCESTERSHIRE. AN INNINGS OF 296 BY A . O. JONES. Played at Trent Bridge on July 23 and 24. Notts won by an innings and 257 runs. Four hundred and fifty ruts were scorel by Notts in this match on the first day fur the loss cf three wickets, and the weak Gloucestei shire bowling was tried to the uttermost. The wicket was in spitn. id condition, and from the first the batsmen had their own way, Jones and Iremonger putting up 107 in an hour and a half for the first wicket. By the time that this partnership ended there was not much in the bowling, and W . Gunn and Jones proceeded to take advantage of this. In two hours and a half they scored 235 runs in partnership, and during the last hour cf the day Jones and G. Gunn put on 90 runs. It was a veritable case of fi gging worn- out bowling. When stumps weie drawn Jones was still unconquered, with 280 runs to his credit; G. Gunn was not out 33. In the night heavy rain fell, and Gloucestershire’s chances of coming out of the match with credit was very small indeed. Jones did not add many runs to his overnight scoie, and was out just when a boundary hit would have brought bis total to 300. He was batting for a little less than six hours. The remaining wickets fell qu ckly, and then Gloucestershire entered on a hopeless task. Jessop and Wrathall made a fairly good start, and Spry played a sound not out innings. For the rest theie is nothing to be said. In the follow on Jessop made 26 out of 28 in twenty miuutes, and M. Townsend, a younger brother of “ C. L .,” scored 28 by excellent ciicket. But by far the best innings of the day was the 76 by Spry, who withstood the Notts attack for two hours and a quarter. N ottb . S ussex . C. B. Fry, c V., b R. Crawford.................99 Vine, c Davis, b King 73 Killick, lbw, b R. Crawford................. 5 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, c Whitehead, b R. Crawford................. 3 Relf, lbw, b R. Craw- , ford ........................ 0 G. Brann, lbw, b R. Crawford................. C. L. A. Smith, c R. Crawford, b King... 6 Cox, c Davi?, b King 14 Rutt, st Davis, b King 11 Tate, not out .......... 0 Bland, c Knight, b K ing........................ 0 B 6, lb 4 ..........10 11 Total ..232 Richardson Lees.......... Smith Lockwood Llewellyn Prichard... Smoker ... H ill.......... Soar.......... econd innings. O. M. R. W 16 4 45 3 18 5 37 2 5 1 10 0 7*4 0 19 5 Second inninffs O. M. R. W 3 0 19 0 6 0 15 0 2 0 8 1 11 2 24 0 2 0 12 0 1*5 0 9 0 Second innings.—C. B. Fry, not out, 127; Vine, c Gill, b All8opp, 59; Killick, not out, 15; B 11, w 1, nb 3,15. Total (1 wkt) *216. * Innings declared closed. L eicestershire . First innings. Second innings. C. E. de Trafford, c Fry, b A. O. Jone?, c Towns­ end, b Huggins ...296 Iremonger, run out ... 44 Gunn (W.), lbw, b M ills............................76 Gunn (J.), c Brown- , lee, b Spry ........... 9 Gunn (G.), c Langdon, b Mi Is ....................33 Rev. H. Staunton, b M ills......................... 8 Anthony, b Mills ... 18 Hallam, c Langdon, b Huggins.................10 Oates, c Mills, b Hug­ gins Taylor, c Huggins ... Wass, not out B 6, w 2 ... Total ... Mills, b 1 0 0 .. 8 .503 Fry, b 72 Cox C. J. B. Wood, Ranjitsinhji .......... Knight, c Ranjitsinhji, b Cox ............................... 6 King, b Tate........................61 V. F. S. Crawford, c Vine, b Ranjitsinhji ................. 4 Whitehead, b Tate ..........77 R. T. Crawford, lbw, b Tate 0 A. E. Davis, b Tate .......... 0 Gill, b Tate ........................ 9 W . W . Odell, b Cox Allsopp, not out ... Byes .............. c Ranjitsinbji, b Tate.................] G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings. G. L. Jessop, c Oates, b Wass .. ... 27 Wrathall, c Hallam, b j. Gunn ............................... 18 F. D. Brownlee, c J. Gunn, b Wass............................... Langdon, c Iremonger, b J. Gunn ........................ M. Townsend, b J. Gunn... L. E. Thomas, c Hallam, b Wass c J. Gunn,b Wass 25 c Anthony, b J. Gunn .......... 7 7 c Taylor, b Wass 7 b Wass................. 0 c Oates, b Hallam 28 15 b Tate . Total ... 10 ... 3 ... 14 ..270 lbw, b Tate not out........ b Tate................. c Smith, b Tate... b Cox ................. b Cox ................. not out................. 7 13 9oi 24 : 0 4 11 Spry, not o u t................ Board, b Wass .......... Huggins, b Wass.......... Mills, b Wass................. Roberts, absent, hurt... No-balls .......... Total................. c Taylor, b Wass 10 c J.Gunn,bWass 76 lbw, b J. Gunn... not out................. c W., b J. Gunn absent, hurt B 6, nb 1 .......... Total 0 0 0 0 6 .159 N otts . Byes... ., Total (7 wkta) 87 Roberts ., Huggins. Spry... . Mills O. M. R. W. 20 6 65 0 39 5 10 111 4 . 28 1 110 1 .28 6 97 4 O. M. R.W. Townsend.. 13 1 81 0 Langdon... 4 0 20 0 Wrathall... 2 0 11 0 Roberts and Mills each bowled a wide.