Cricket 1903

A u g . 6 , 1903. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 331 SURREY v. NOTTS. Played at the Oral on August 3, i and 5. Notts won by 118 runs. Despite the unfavourable weather on Monday morning there was a big crowd, numbering nine or ten thousand, to watch the early stages of the match, and in the course of the afternoon this was increased to about 16,000. Heavy rain had fallen in the early morning, and for the most part the bowlers had the upper hand. Holland was not well enough to play for Surrey, while J. A. Dixon and W. Gunn came in on the Notts side. It was a stroke of luck to win the toss, for later in the day the wicket dried under a powerful sun, and became very difficult when Surrey were batting. Nearly all through their innings the Notts men kept up the reputation which they have gained this season for quick sooriog, and in the course of three hours and three-quarters they made 218 runs, although the ball travelled slowly. This score would not have be?n so large if it had not been that Surrey were greatly at fault in the matter of catches, of which they missed at least half-a-dozen, some of them very easy ones. The chief feature of the innings was the fine batting of Iremonger, who made his 63 out of 104 in an hour and a quarter. Most of his runs were made in front of the wicket by powerful drives. Receiving two or three lives, John Gunn played a very useful innings of 46, while G. Gunn made a patient 33. At one time duriDg the innings the total was 160 for four wickets, tut after this run-getting became more and more difficult, and the last six wickets only produced 68 runs. Surrey began their inniDgs at ten minutes to five, and realising that their only chance of success was to try to make runs quickly in the same way as the Notts men who went in before lunch, Hayward, Dowson and Hayes played a bold game. That it was not attended with success was their misfortune rather than their fault, for it was obviously the best game to play. But on a wicket which suited him J. Gunn was in splendid form, and when only 17 runs had been made off him, he had taken five wickets, the total at this stage of the game being 5- . Lockwood and Moulder then tried what caution would do, but the result was not entirely satisfactory, and when stumps were drawn seven wickets were down for 86, Moulder being not out 15. The game on Tuesday went greatly in favour of the visitors, although Lees and Moulder batted so well for Surrey that Notts only had a lead of 52 on the firbt innings. The partner­ ship between these two men produced 68 runs in forty minutes, Moulder’s display Doing excellent in every way, while Lees played most attractive cricket. In the second innings of Notts Iremonger and Jones put up 49 in 40 minutes for the first wicket, and the former and W. Gunn then made 61 for the second. Iremonger s fine innings lasted for an hour-and-a half. Afterwards J. Gunn and Dixon made useful scores and several of the men did so well that when the innings ended Notts had a lead of 295. In the course of the last quarter of an hour which remained for play Walker and Dowson made 27 without teing separated. During the afternoon there was an interruption of play for three-quarters of an hour owing to rain. Surrey had an uphill task yesterday, and at no time did they seem likely to accomplish it, for the wicket still helped the bowlers and no one had time to get comfortably settled. For all that, there was some excellent cricket, notably by Captain Bush and Hayes, who put on 43 runs during a partnership which lasted for 20 minutes. The tail also played up finely but it was too late then to hope for success, and the Notts captain did not even thiuk it necessary to change his bowling. N otts . First innings. Second innings. A.O.Jones,cDowson.bSmith 7 lbw, b Hayes ...12 Iremonger, c Hayward, b Lockw ood........................63 b Lockwood ... 70 Gunn( W.),cDowson.bLock- wood ............................... 18 S u r r e y . Gunn(J.),c Dowson, b Rich­ ardson .............................46 G.T. Hranston, c Strudwick, b Richardson ...............12 J.A.DIxon, c Hayes, b Rich­ ardson ................................. 6 Gunn (G.), c and bDowson 33 Anthony, b Lockwood ... 12 Hallam, b Smith...............14 Oates, b Smith Wass, not out B 4, nb 1 Total ... 0 .. 2 ... 5 ...218 o Strudwick, b Richardson ... 60 c Bush, b Smith . 32 b Richardson ... 0 b Smith ..........21 c and b Smith ... 12 run out ..........19 c Bush, b Lock­ wood................. 0 c Bush, b Smith. 7 not out.................17 Lb 2, nb 1 ... 3 Total ...243 First innings. E.M.Dow8on,c Gunn (G.), b Gunn (J.) ........................ 8 Hayward ,cJones,bGunn(.J.) 22 Hayes, lbw, b Gunn (J.) ... 14 Capt.H.S.Bush, b Gunn^J.) 7 Lockwood, st Oates, b Gunn (J.) ........................19 L. Walker, c Gunn (W .), b Gunn (J.) ........................ 0 Moulder, c Gunn (W.), b Gunn (J O ........................ 48 Smith, b Wass ................. 0 Strudw ck, b Wass .......... Lees, not out........................ Richardson, c Branston, b Gunn (J.) ........................ B 2, nb 1 ................. 3 Second innings. c Jones, b Wass.. 29 c Oates, b Wass.. 5 b Gunn (J.) ... 25 cBranston,bWass 41 c Jones, b Wass.. 1 b Gunn (J.) ... 25 lbw, b Gunn (J.). 9 c Gunn (G.), b Gunn (J.) ... 12 cOates,bGunn(J.) 14 c H a lla m ’, b Gunn (J.) ... 11 9 not out................. 5 Total .........166 N otts . Total ...177 First inn iDgs. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. H. W. Smith ... ... 26 4 73 3 ... ... 20 4 73 4 Lee*.............. .. 8 0 29 0 ... ... 3 1 8 0 Lockwood .. 18 1 53 8 ... ... 16 1 61 2 Richardson ... 18 0 51 3 ... ... 26 8 69 2 Dowson ... ... 43 2 4 1 ... ... 3 0 16 0 Hayes... ... 6 2 20 1 Dowson delivered two no-balls. S u r r e y . First innings. O. M. R. W. Wass Gunn (J.) Hallam ... ... 20 5 67 2 . ... 31*2 12 63 8 . ... 12 3 33 0 . Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 25 1 108 4 ... 24*3 1 69 6 Gunn (J.) delivered one no-ball. WARWICKSHIRE v. WORCESTER­ SHIRE. Played at Birmingham on August 3 and 4. Worcestershire won by nine wickets. There was some remirkable cricket in this match on Bank holiday, twenty-four wickets falling for an aggregate of 184 runs. Arnold was in splendi 1form for Worcestershire wrh the ball, taking 7 wickets in the flrst inniogs for 48, and all the four which fell in the second innings before stumps were drawn. He also made 25 runs, which was the highest inning* of the day. From first to last the bjwlers held the upper hand, and Devey and Charlesworth were the only men besides Arnold who could make more than 20 runs. Hargreave and Moorhouse bowled ex­ ceedingly well for Warwickshire, who on the day’s play had rather the worst of the game, for although they were 31 runs ahead on the flrst innings they had lost four of their best men for 11 in the second innings. On Tuesday W. G. Quaife played a fine defensive innings, his stay at the wickets lasting for two hours and a half, but Arnold was in great form with the ball, and the rest of the Warwickshire side could do but little. The fortunes of the game changed entirely when Worcestershire weat in to make the 126 runs required to win, and in about a couple of hours H. K. Foster and Bowley placed the issue beyond doubt. W a rw ic k sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. T.S.Fishwick, lbw, b Wilson F. R. Loveitt, st Gauk­ 0 c and b Arnold ... 5 rodger, b Arnold .......... 10 c and b Arnold ... 0 J. F. Byrne, lbw, b Arnold 8 lbw, b Arnold ... 0 Quaife, b Arnold................. 1 b Keene ... ,... 27 Devey, b Arnold................. 22 b Arnold ... ... 0 LilUy, c Bird, b Keene ... Charlesworth, c Martin, b 16 b Arnold .. ,... 10 Keene............................... 21 run out.......... ... 6 Moorhouse, b Arnold.......... 0 c Gaukrodger, b Keene ..........12 Whittle, lbw, b Arnold ... 5 b Arnold ... ... 12 Santall, not out ................. Hargreave, c Bowley, b 1 b Keene ... 4 Arnold............................... 13 not out.......... ... 6 B 2, lb 1, nb 2 .......... 5 B 5, lb 7 ... ... 12 Total .................102 Total... ... 94 W orcestershire . Bowley, lbw, b Moor- Gaukrodger, lbw, b house .. ................. 9Hargreave ................ 8 W. S. Caldwell,c Lilley G. H. Simpson-Hay- b Moorhouse .......... 3 ward, b Santall ... 0 G. Bromle/-Martin, b Bird, not out ........... 2 Moorhouse .......... 4 Wilson, b Hargreave 0 Arnold, c Lilley, b Keene, b Hargreave .. 2 Hargreave ..........25 Byes ................. 2 Wheldon.c Hargreave, — b Moorhouse .......... 1 Total..........71 H. K. Foster, c Byrne, b Hargreave ..........15 Second innings.—Bowley, not out, 57; Arnold, not out, 7; H. K. Foster, b Charlesworth, 56 ; Byes 4, lb 4. Total (I wkt) 128. W arw ickshire . First innings. O. M. R. W . Arnold....264 12 48 7 . Wilson ... 16 9 20 1 . Keene........ 10 2 29 2 , Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 23 3 12 31 6 ... 19 10 23 0 .. 25 12 28 3 Arnold delivered two no-balls. W o r c e s te r sh ir e . Second innings. O. M. R. W. 7 45 0 4 33 0 1 18 0 2 9 0 First innings. O. M. R. W. Hargreave... 25*1 14 33 6 Moorhouse 17 6 21 4 Santall ... 9 4 12 1 Whittle ... 21*2 ... 14 .. 7 ... 4 Charlesworth... 8 1 15 1 DERBYSHIRE v. HAMPSHIRE. Played at Derby on August 3 and 4. Derbyshire won by an innings and 59 runs. Although Hampshire had the choice of innings they had not the best of the wicket, and by the time that stumps were drawn they seemed to be almost out of the running, for against their total of 185 Derbyshire had scored 190 for the loss of five wickets. The only big innings on the Hampshire side was 61 by E. M. Sprot, who was at the wicket for an hour and twenty-five minutes, but towards the close F. H. Bacon and A. C. Johnson made a most valuable stand. For Derbyshire, Olliviere was in great form. His fine innings of 68 only lasted for 35 minutes, and his hits ioclutied thirteen 4’s. E. M. Ashcroft was not out 36 when stumps were drawn, and Needham not out 17. These_ two men played steady cricket on the next morning and wei e not separated until their partnership had produced 79 runs. Another big partnership followed, Needham and Warren putting on 71 runs. When Cadman joined Needham, who was playing a first-class game, the Hampshire bowling was hit ail over the field. Towards the end of his innings Needham hit out with [determination and eventually made 131, the highest total of his cireer in first-class ciicket and also his first hundred. He was batting for three hours and a half. His partnership wi h Cadman produced 108 runs in an hour. Hampshire were 261 tuds behind, and lost seven wickets in their second innings for 115, so that although Bacon afterwards played a good game, for the second time in the match, and Llewellyn and Bowell batted well, the result was never in doubt. H ampshire , First innings. D. A. Steele, c Humphries, b Warren ........................ 0 Stone, c and b Storer..........14 E. M. Sprot, c Humphries, b Warren ........................ E. G. Read, c Warren, b Lawton ........................ Webb, b Warren................. Llewellyn, c Warren, b Cadman ........................14 Bowell, b Warren .......... 7 A. C. Johnston, c Needham, b Bestwick........................36 F. H. Bacon, c Humphries, Warren ........................30 Soar, b Warren ................. 0 H. Hesketh-Pritchard, not out ................................ 0 B 1, lb 3, w 2, n-b 5 ... 11 Second innings, st Humphries, b Bestwick........ 31 c Warren, b Best­ wick .................. 8 51 b Gregory..........29 9 b Bestwick.......... 0 13 b Gregory......... 0 st Humphries, b Gregory.............26 not out.................39 b Bestwick......... 9 c Humphries, b Warren .............31 b Warren .............21 b Storer ........... 1 Leg-byes 5, n-b 2 7 Total .........202 Total .................185 D erbyshire . Warren, c Llewellyn, L. G. Wright, c and b Llewellyn... .......... 0 Storer, b Soar ..........31 C. A. Ollivierre, c Prichard,b Johnston 68 G. R. Gregory, run out 7 E. M. Ashcroft, c and b Soar .................67 A. E. Lawton, c Sprot, b Pritchard ..........27 Needham, c Johnston, b Soar .................131 Bacon, b 31 b Webb Cadman, S oa r.................’ 65 Humphries, not out... 8 Bestwick, c Steel, b Llewellyn................ 3 B 7, lb 10, w 1 ... 18 Total ...446