Cricket 1903

A ug . 6, 1903. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 325 T H E G E N T L EM E N OF PH ILADELPH IA . THE GLAMORGANSHIRE MATCH. ( fourteenth of th e tour .) Played at Cardiff on July 30 and 31. Gentlemen of Philadelphia won by 10 wickets. This match was over by lunch time on the second day. There had been so much rain at Cardiff that the wicket was greatly in favour of the bowlers, and the only batsman whose performance stood out very promineutly was N. Z. Graves. He made his 96 runs in a couple of hours, and although he played exceed­ ingly well at times and frequently made splendid drives, he met with a great amount of luck, being missed at least half-a-dozen times—twice off success­ ive balls ; his hits included a six and 15 fours. King was in great form with the ball in the Glamorganshire first innings, and nobody except H. E. Morgan could withstand him for any length of time. "When stumps were drawn, Glamorganshire, with a wicket down in their second innings, were bl runs tebind. On the next morning they just managed to knock these runs off, but could only give the Americans the task of making tix runs, Lester had a very fine analysis. As the match was over so soon the visitors good-naturedly arranged to play a second match. G lam o rg an sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. A. Peatfieid, lbw, b King ... 0 c Morris, b King 20 N. Riches, c Wood, b Clark 7 c Lester, b Clark 27 V. T. Hill, c Morris, b King 17 c Clark, b Lester 0 J. H. Brain, lbw, b King ... 1 b Lester .......... 6 H. E. Morgan, b Lester ... 35 c Kirg, b Lester.. 5 A. Osborne, b King .......... 0 c and b King ... 2 Russel, c Bohlen, b King ... 2 lbw, b Lester ... 24 W.H.Brain, cWood, b King 13 b Clark .......... 0 Creber, c Clark, b Lester ... 3 b Lester .......... 2 Nash, st Jordan, b King ... 2 notout.. ... 1 Poole, not out ................. 2 run out................. 0 B 4, lb 4, w 2 ..........10 B 1, lb 1 .. 2 Total .................92 G entlemen of E.M.Cregar,c Morgan, b C reber................. 8 N. Z. Graves, lbw, b Osborne ................ 93 J.8. King, c Russel, b Osborne .................25 J. A. Lester, lbw, b Osborne ................. 4 F.H.Bohlen,cW.Brain, b C reb er................. 1 A. M.Wood, b Osborne 10 J.H.Clark,lbw,bCreber 21 Second innings H. A. Haines, not out, 4; T. C. Jordan, not out, 4.—Total (no wicket) 8. G lamorganshire . Total ... 88 P hiladelphia . C.C.Morris, c Morgan, b Osborne .......... 1 F.C.8harples8,cRiches, b Creber ................. 2 H. A. Haines, n o t out ........................ 3 T.C. Jordan, c Riches, b Creber................. 0 B 1, lb 1, w 1, nb 2 6 T ota l........175 Second innings. King ClarK Lester Creber Poole Nash O. M ... 10-2 2 ... 11 ... 18 2 R. W. 30 2 28 2 5 0 3 8 23 0 5 First innings. O. M. R. W. .......... 22 1 11 38 7 .. , .......... 8 0 28 1 ... .......... 14 4 16 2 ... Cregar King bowled two wides. G entlemen of P hiladelphia . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W ... 15 1 68 6 I Russel ... 7 1 27 0 ... .0 3 23 0 |Osborne..14 2 48 5 4 0 14 0 Creber delivered a wide and Osborne two no-balls. SUPPLEMENTAL MATCH v. GLAMOR­ GANSHIRE. Played at Cardiff on July 30 and August 1. Drawn. G entlemen of P h iladelphia . First innings. Haioes, st W. H. Brain, b Creber............................... 26 Graves, b Creber.................25 Lester, st W . H. Brain, b Creber ............................... 0 Bohlen, c Nash, b Creber ... 16 King,stW.H.Brain,bCreber 0 Leroy, c Nash, b Creber ... 24 Morris, c Morgan, b Creber 0 Clarke, b Nash .................45 Cregar, c Peatfieid, b Creber 2 Sharpless, lbw, b Creber ... 1 Jordan, not out ................. 0 B 5, lb 1 ................. 6 Total........................145 G lamorganshire . First innings. Second innings. Riches, b Lester .................52 not out................... Morgan, b Leroy................. 1 c Lester, b King Russell, b Lester.................18 A.E.Peatfieid,c and b Lester 44 stGraves,bLester V. T. Hill, b Cregar .......... 7 c Bohlen, b Kii g J. H. Brain, b C lark.......... 7 not out................. W. H. Brain, b Clark......... 14 A. Osborne, c King, b Clark 17 Creber, not out ................. 0 Nash, c Jordan, b Clark ... 0 A. Gibson, b Lester .......... 1 B 10, lb 3, w 4, nb 1.. 18 Total .................179 Total (3 wkts) 4 G entlemen of P hiladelphia . Second innings. c Peatfieid, b Russell ..........24 lbw, b Osborne... 5 st W . H. Brain, b Creber .......... 3 b Osborne.......... 2 lbw, b Kvssell ... 37 c W. H. Brain, b Osborne .......... 0 c Hill, b Osborne 17 lbw, b Osborne... 6 st W. H. Brain, b Osborne.......... 4 not ou t................ 4 b Russell .......... 2 B 2, lb 1, nb 5 8 Crebfr Nash First innings. O. M. R. W. ... 20 ... 241 3 91 9 ... 7 48 1 ... Osborne Russell Second innings. O. M. R. W. 9 . 4 14 . 10’S 0 22 1 0 15 0 2 40 6 5 26 3 Osborne bowled five no-balls. G lamobganshire . First inniogs. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. Clark ... ... 17 3 4 43 4 ... Leroy ... 4 0 18 1 ... King ... 3 0 9 0 ... 4 3 1 2 Lester ... ... 24 7 60 4 ... . . . 3 1 3 1 Sharpless ... 5 1 13 0 ... Creger .. ... 6 0 28 1 ... Clark bowled one no-ball and King two wides. Total ..111 SURREY v. YORKSHIRE. Played at the Oval on July 30th and 31st. Yorkshire won by an innings and 97 runs. This match afforded another convincing proof that on a bowler’s wicket Hirst and Rhode3 are the two most dangerous bowlers in the world. They know how to take advantage of a difficult pitch to the fullest extent, and any team which is opposed to them under these circumstances is placed at an immers8 disadvantage, for its own bowlers, how­ evergood, cannot compete with the two Yorkshiremen. Surrey won the toss, but they had, perhaps, better have lost it, for the wicket played somewhat easier towards the end of the firtt day. From the first the two Yorkshire bowlers were found to be in brilliant form, and the batsmen did not know how on earth to begin to play them. If they tried to hit, a ball did something absurd and they fell; if they tried mere defence they were beaten. The only man who made any real resistance to the bowling was Hayward, who defied it for forty minutes, when he was bowled by Hirst, after making 21 out of 27. It was decidedly Yorkshire’s day in the field, and some of the most trilliant things imaginable were done. Everything came off. The catch by which Hirst disposed of Captain Bush, caught and bowlecl, was one of those which bnng down the house, for the bowler dashed in and caught the ball close to the ground with his right hand, falling over in makiog the effort. Another fine catch was that by which Lord Hawke secured Strudwick. When the Yorkshiremen Went in Brown waspromptlybowled by Lees,and Tunnicliffe gave a chance in the long field before he had scored. If this had been taken there might possibly have been a break down even more pronounced than ihat of Surrey. But Tunnicliffe etcaped, and before he gave another chance the Surrey total had been passed for the loss of one wicket, and the score had been taken to 92, when he was well caught at long off for an excellent 35. Meanwhi'e Denton had been playing a brilliant game; indeed both the Yorkshiremen had shewn a lot of dath and enterprise. The partnership produced 89 runs in an hour and gave Yorkshire a splendid send off. Wilkinson did not long survive, but Hirst played a most useful innings, making 22 out of 28 during his partnership with Denton. At the end of the day the Yorkshire score was 167 for 5 wickets, Denton being not out 82. It may be stated that play began three quarters of an hour late owing to previous rain, and that after lunch the game was interrupted for about half an hour by rain. Ernest Smith was making his first appearance this season for Yorkshire, but was bowled by Lockwood just before stumps were drawn. On Friday morning the re­ maining five wickets put on 87 runs in an hour and a quarter, the entire innings of 254 having lasted f jr three hours and a half. Denton continued to play beautiful cricket, and when at last he was bow ed by Lockwood he had just completed bis hundred after batting for two hours and a half ; his first fifty runs were made in fifty-five minutes. It was a great innings for such a difficult wicket. Lord Hawke and Whitehead both played exceedingly well. It was one o’clock when Surrey had to face their task of facing an adverse balance of 170 runs on a wicket which was drying in the wind and becoming more and more in favour of the bowlers. Under such circumstances what could be done against Hirst and Rhodes ? For the second time in th* match they bowled through the innir gs unchanged, and at no time was there a glimmering of hope that any of the Surrey men would be able to rise superior to the situation; it could not have been done even by the Australians. A quarter of an hour after the luncheon interval the match was over, the second innings having lasted for seventy-five minutes. S u rrey . First innings. Second innings. Holland, c Rhodes, b Hirst 1c Hunter, b Hirst 4 Hayward, b Hirst...............21 b Rhodes ...........15 Hayes, c Brown, b Rhodes 1b Hirst.................. 0 Capt. H. S. Bush, c and b Hirst ...............................12 Lockwood, b Hirst ..........12 L. Walker, c Tunnicliffe, b Hirst ................................ 3 Lees, c Denton, b Rhodes... 9 Moulder, c Hunter, b Hirst 5 Smith (W . C.), c Tunni­ cliffe, b Rhodes .......... Strudwick, c Hawke, b Rhodes.............................. Richardson, not out .......... Leg-byes ................. c Whitehead, Rhodes ... . b Hirst.............. b Rhodes ... . st H u n te r , Rhodes ... . b Rhodes.... 1 b Rhodes.... 8 lbw, b Hirst 5 not out.......... . 6 B 2, lb 1 13 11 5 Total .................81 Y o rk sh ir e . Total ... 73 3 22 Brown, b Lees Tunnicliffe, c Holland, b Richardson......... 35 Denton, b Lockwood 104 H. Wilkinson, b Lees 5 Hirst, c and b Smith E. Smith, b Lockwood Rhodes, c Lockwood, b Smith........................ 6 Haigh,c Lees, b Lock­ wood ........................ 5 S urrey . First innings. O. M. R. W. Hirst .......... 17-3 5 35 6 Rhodes .......... 17 3 43 4 Lord Hawke, b Rich­ ardson .................20 Whitehead (Lees), not out ........................22 Hunter, c Hayes, b Lees........................ 1 B 19, nb 4 ..........23 T otal.........254 Second innings. O. M.R. W. ... 12*4 4 32 4 ... 2 1 38 6 Y orkshire . O. M. R. W . O. M. R.W. Smith ... 23 3 90 2 1Richardsonl9 2 59 2 Lees ... 17*1 5 45 3 |Lockwood 11 2 37 3 Lockwood delivered three no-balls and Richardson one no-ball. LANCASHIRE v. GLOUCESTERSHI RE AN INNINGS OF 204 BY A. C. MACLAREN. Played at Liverpool on July 30, 31 and August 1. Drawn. For the third time in succession Gloucestershire not only lost the tcsa, but had to field out to a big innings, although in this match the rain faved them from defeat. It was a wretched day at Liverpool on Thursday last when the match began, but the wicket was good enough. After the first few minutes the Gloucestershire bowliog was collared and Maclaren and Spooner put up 368 for the first wicket. Jessop changed his bowling frequently, but it did not matter in the least to the batsmen who was put on. At length when the partnership had lasted for three hours and a half, Maclaren was caught at the wicket for a brilliant 204, which included twenty-seven 4’s. Spooner followed him ten minutes afterwards, his innings included twenty-four 4’s. Tyldesley now played beautiful cricket, and found no difficulty what­ ever in dealing with the worn out bowling. When stumps were drawn he was not out 57, with the total at 474 for 3 wickets. The weather was so bad on the following day that play cid not begin until ten minute3 past five, when Gloucestershire went in, Maclaren having declared his innings closed. Gloucestershire had a bad time on a wicket which was rapidly drying in the sun, and when stumps were drawn they had lost half their wickets for 49, of which Wrathall, who played very well indeed, was responsible for 35. It was not until half-past four that there was any play on Saturday, and then the remaining five Gloucestershire wickets held out for an hour and a half, and thus the county escaped defeat. Brownlee played an excellent innings. L ancabhibe . A. C. Maclaren, c Board, b Huggins ...204 R. H. Spooner, c Mills, b Huggins................168 Tyldesley, not out ... 67 H. G. Garnett, c Spry, b Mills .................23 Sharp, not out ..........13 B 3, lb 2, w 1, nb 3 9 Total (3 wkts)*474 W. Findlay, A, H. Hornby, Harry, Heap, Cuttell and Barnes did not bat. *Innings declared closed.