Cricket 1903

310 CfelC&ET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. JulY 30, 1903. G louce ster sh ibe . First innings. __ Second innings. O .'M . R. W . O. Wass .......... 13*5 2 53 6 .......... 21 Gunn (J.) ... 13 3 32 3 ........... 11*5 Hallam... 14 Anthony. 5 Gunn delivered four no-balls. M. R. W . 3 71 5 2 37 3 4 29 1 1 16 0 YORKSHIRE v. WARWICKSHIRE. Played at Hull on July 23, 24 and 25. Yorkshire won by 69 runs. The Warwickshire team made a really fine effort to win this match, and it reflects the greatest credit on them that, after losing the tofs and having the wcr^t of the wicket, they should be able to run Yorkshire so close. They were 70 runs behind on the first innings, and this decided the result. F. S. Jackson made his reappearance in the Yorkshire team, and although he did not score many runs, his bowling was of the greatest service to bis side. Warned by the weather prophets, the Hull com­ mittee had taken the precaution to roll an extra wicket, and it was on this that the ihatch was played. A t fiist this wicket played pretty easily, and as Brown was comfortably set before it became difficult, he was able to give his tide a start which was invaluable to them. He scored his 92 in two hours out of a total of 152. None of the other bats­ men seemed happy except F. 8. Jackscn, who played a masterly innings. Wben stumps were diawn Warwickshire had lost tvo wickets for 39 runs. Owing to rain play did rot begin until one o’clock on the next day, and Warwickshire for a time bad a fairly easy wicket to bat on. But four wickets were down when the total was 48, and things looked pretty bad. W . G. Quaife then once more came to his side’s assistance, and played a most useful innii gs, while Lilley upheld his reputation; the partnership between these two men produced 68runs. Charlesworth made 20 in a few minutes. In their second innings the Yorkshiremen could do veiy little agairst the bowling of Moorhouse and Bargreave, and they lost six wickets for 81 before stumps were drawn. But with their lead <n the first innirgs they were now 151 runs on. Hunter, who was sent in just before time, kept up his wicket on Saturday morning for over an hour and made a welcome i7, but no one else could do anything of importance. When the innirgs came to an end Warwickshire had to make 211 to win, and it was generally felt that this task would prove far too difficult for them. But they made a gallant attempt to win, Fishwick, Quaife and Cbarlesworth all doirg veiy well. Quaife’s innings was worthy of all praise, and if he could have found anybody to slay long enough with him his county might have won pretly easily; he defied the Yorkshire bowlers for two hours and thiee-quarters, and was still undefeated when the game ended. Y g reeh ib e . First innings. Brown,cLilley,b Hargreave 92 Tunnicliffe,c & b Hargreave 16 Denton,cHargreave,bMoor- hou se................................11 Hon. F. S. Jackson, b Moor­ house ....................... ... 30 Hirst,cFishwick,bHargreave 15 Smith, c Moorhouse, b Bar- gieave.. ... #.................10 Lord Hawke, c Field, b Har­ greave ....................... ... 8 Rhodes, c Charlesworth, b Moorhouse........................... 13 Haigh, b Moorhouse........... 5 Hunter, not o u t ................. 0 Ringrose, run out... .......... 2 B 8, lb 6, w 1 ................... 15 Second innings, c Lilley, b Mocr- house ... ... 18 c Santall, b Har­ greave ..........10 c Fishwick, b Moorhouse ... 20 cCharlesworth, b Meoihouse ... 0 b Moorhouse ... 15 st Lilley, b Har­ greave .......... 5 c Lilley, b Moor­ house ..........18 c Kinneir, b Har­ greave «. ... 7 not out................. 9 b Moorhouse ... 27 b Moorhouse ... 4 Byes..........12 Total ..140 First innirgs. F. S. Fishwick, lbw, b Hirst 26 F. R. Loveitt, b Rhodes ... 1 Total ................217 W a rw ic e sh ib e . Second innings, lbw, b Haigh ... 20 st Hunter,bJeck- son .................11 b Haigh .......... 6 rot out.................65 lbw, b Jackson... 11 b Jackson.......... 0 cBrown,b Rhodes 21 b Hirst .......... o b Jackson .......... 7 b B aigh .......... 2 c£mith,b Jackson 1 Byes .......... 7 J. F. Byrne, b H irst.......... 4 Quaife, c Hunter,b Hirst... 31 Kinneir, c Brown, b BhodeB 6 Lilley, b Birst .................37 Charlesworth, lbw, b Hirst £0 Moorhouse,c Brown, b Hirst 0 Santall, not o u t ................. 7 Bargreave, b Jackson ... 9 Field, c Hawke, b Jackson 2 B 3, nb 1 ................. 4 Second innings. O. M. R. W . ... 22 4 70 3 ... 3 2 5 0 ... 24-2 7 53 7 Y o bk sh ibe . First innings. O. M. R. W . Hargreave ...44 2 10 96 6 .., Santall ....... 18 5 42 0 ... Moorhouse ... 25 4 61 4 ... Field ........ 1 0 3 0 ........... Moorhouee bowled a wide. W a bw ic k sh ir e . Second innings. Hirst Rhodes ... Ringrose... Jackson ... Haigh ... 0. M. R. W . 0 . M. R. W. 33 12 61 6 ... ... 16 6 29 1 30 15 35 2 .. ... 18 9 22 I 5 0 19 0 ... ... 45 2 7 2 ... ... 27*3 11 53 5 6 2 21 0 ... ... 19 9 30 3 Hirst delivered a no-ball. Total .........147 Total ...141 KENT y. SOMERSET. Played at Gravesend on July 23, 24 and 25. Kent won "by 130 runs. A thunderstorm, which lasted for an hour, cameon at Gravesend in the mornirg of the first day of this match, with the result that at midday the ground was almost under water, and it was decided to begin the match on the morrow. Rain fell heavily in the night, but cn Friday it was found possible to begin play at two o’clock after an early lunch. The wicket was soft but easy, and the Kent batsmen found no diffi­ culty in scoiing. Burnup. who seems to have quite recovered his form, played a beautiful innings, which lasted for about three hours, and his chief hits were a big drive off Tyler over the pavilion, and ten 4’s. He received most useful assistance frcm Alec Hearne and HardiDge, his partnership with the latter pro­ duct g 169 in an hour and forty minutes. Hardinge had brought his score to 62 by first-class cricket when Burnup declared the innings closed in order to give Somerset the chance of losing a few valuable wickets before stumps were drawn. As it happened, Somer­ set lost Darnell and Lewis and scored 37, so that ihey began play on Saturday at a disadvantage. Natur­ ally the wicket was much more difficult when they continued their innings, and they could only make 121, F. M. Lee playiug excellent cricket for 35 not out. Kent went in again and did even worEe than their opponents, but their useful lead was now of the utmost service, and they were able to give Somerset the task of making 213 to win. 1 his, on a wicket which was gettirg worse was next to an impossibility, and although the first two men made a good begin­ ning, the bowlers afterwards carried eveiything before them, and at a quarter to five Somerset were all out. K ent . First innings. E.W.Dillon, cand b Braund 4 Hearne (A.), b Rot son .. 33 Seymour, c JLewis, b Braund 8 C. J. Burnup, Ibw, b Tyler 134 ------------ - - • o 0 62 4 0 0 0 20 £. M. Mann, b Robson R. N. B. Blaker, b Robson Hardinge, not out .......... Huish, not out ................. Fairservice, did not bat ... Blythe, did not bat .......... Fielder, did not bat .......... B 19, w 1 ................. Second innings. b Bobson ..........14 b Braund .......... 1 b Braund ..........29 Ibw, b Robson ... 0 c and b Braund... 11 b Braund ......... cWoods.bBraund lbw,b R obE on ... not out... .......... b Robson .......... b Braund .......... B 4, lb 2 ... Total (6wkts)*265 Total •Innings declared closed. S om er set . First innings. Braund, Ibw, b Blythe ... 17 J. Daniell,stBuish,b Blythe 6 Lewis, c Fielder, b Hardinge 14 Robson, b Eearne .......... 1 P. R. Johnson, c Blaker, b Hearne ........................ 1 F. M. Lee, not out .. ..« 35 S. M. J. Woods, b Hearne 7 O. M. Samson, c Huish, b Hearne ........................ 8 Hardy, b B lythe.................13 A. E. Newton, st Huish, b Blythe............................... 4 Tyler, run out ................. 10 B 4, lb 1 ................. 5 Braund Robson Lewis Tyler Hardy Total .................121 K en t . First innings. O. M. R. W . 7 83 2 Second innings. b Blythe ..........26 notout.................24 b Blythe .......... 1 c Blaker, b Blythe 3 b Hearne .......... 6 c Seymour, b Blythe .......... 3 c Blaker, b Blythe 7 c Blaker,bHearne 6 c Dillon,b Hearne 4 c Hearne,bBlythe 0 b Blythe .......... 0 Byes................. 2 . 82 Total ... 28 ... 13 ... 13 3 9 50 3 ... 1 47 0 ... 2 69 1 ... 0 6 0 Second innings. O. M. I*. W 2 5 1 , 141 . 14 . 1 41 21 0 S om e r se t . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Fielder ... .. . . 8 1 5 0 ... ... Blythe ... ... 20 4 57 4 ... ... 165 6 41 7 Fairservice ... 5 2 12 0 ... ... Hardinge .. 1 0 5 1 ... ... Hearne .. ... 14 4 37 4 ... ... 16 3 39 3 LANCASHIRE v. ESSEX. BENEFIT MATCH OF C. SMITH AND W . CUTTELL. Played at Old Trafford on July 23, 24 and 25. Essex won by two wickets. AN EXCITING FINISH. In this match the ups and downs of fortune were very marked, and when six wickets had fallen in the Lancashire second innings on Saturday there did not seem the least chance that Essex would have a most desperate struggle before they could claim a victory. Essex had much the best of the gsme in its earlier stages, but the turnirg points of tbe game were a fine partnership in the Lancashire second innings between Hornby and Tyldesley, and some very plucky play by Sharp. On the first day Essex had by far the best of matters, for against the Lancashire total of 190 they had put up 116 for the loss of four wickets. Tyldesley and Eccles were the only two Lancashire men who particularly distinguished themselves, although most of the side made double figures. Essex lost Sewell and Fane quickly, but Perrin and McGabey once more came to the rescue of their side, and by very steady cricket wore down the bowling. When stumps were drawn McGahey was not out 32. On Fridby morning he was in great firm, although he had some luck, and after batting altogether for fours and fifty minutes, he carried his bat for 144; he was two hours and a half in making his flrst 50. Several of his side helped him. notably Douglas and Mead, but for all that, his innings had not a little to do with the ultimate success of his side. With arrears of 133 to wipe off, Lancashire made a good start in their second innings, and when stumps were drawn were 26 runs to the gocd, with seven wickets in hbnd, and although this was hardly a winning position, it was by no means a desperate one. Tyldesley and Hornby put on 103 runs in partnership, the latter being not out 61. On Saturday morning Tyldesley’s innings was soon brought to a conclusion, but Sharp, who was not out 6 overnight, proved a thorn in the side of the Essex men. He played a very fine innings of 72, and received most valuable assistance from several of his partners, especially Barnes ard Cuttell. Essex had to make 199 to win in three hours and a quarter, and it was by no means certain tbat the runs would be made in the time, for few of the team are remarkable as being fast scorers. But in Sewell the county possesses the sort of man who is wanted on an occa­ sion like this, and he set about the task of making the runs with deteimination, end as Perrin also entered into the sp rit of the thing after Fane had been dismissed, the batsmen were always ahead of time. 7 hey put on 105 together in an hour and a half, and then Sewell’s brilliant innings was brought to a conclusion; he had been batting for an hour and three-quarters, and when he left the game seemed nearly won. But with Perrin and McGahey together the rate of scoring fell off, and although as long asthe two men were in partnership Essex seemed bound to win, the turn of the Lancashire men came soon after­ wards, and it was seen that a keen fight was to be locked for. Lancashire fielded smartly, and their bowlers were on their mettle, so that runs came slowly, while wickets fell all too fast. It was thought tbat Douglas would be unable to bat, as he had injured his hand severely, but no doubt he would have gone in if called upon to do so, and as time went on, and the rate of scoring no longer kept pace with it, while every now and ihen a wicket fell the situation became intensely exciting. With ten minutes to go, and practically the last two men in— Mead and Young-Essex sti 1 required nine runs to win. But the issue was only left in doubt for three minutes, during which the required runs were made, and a splendid finish brought a victory for Essex by two wickets. L an ca sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. H. G. Garnett, b Mead ... 13 lbw, b Mead ... 4 R. Spooner, b Douglas ...17 bMead.................27 Tyldesley, c Perrin, b Kort­ right A. Hornby, b Kortright A. C. Maclaren, b Mead A. Eccles, b Mead Cuttell, c and b Douglas Sharp, b Douglas.......... , Barnes, lbw, b Mead ... , 13 W. Brearley, not o u t.......... Worsley, c Lucas, bMead... 0 B 8, lb 4, nb 1, w 1 ... 14 Hardy bowled one wide. Total ...190 b Mead ..........64 b Young ..........60 st Bussell,bKort- right.................14 b Kortright ... 2 b Kortright ... 22 b Young ..........72 c Russell, b Kort­ right.................85 cRussell, b Mead 13 not out................. 8 B 8, lb 17,w l,nb 4 25 Total ...881