Cricket 1903

332 CKICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g . 6 , 1903. H ampshire . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Bestwick ... 15’3 5 £5 1 ...........22 4 75 4 W arren......... 19 5 43 6 .......... 13 0 48 2 Btorer .......... 18 0 63 1 ... 4 2 0 18 1 Lawton.......... 9 2 27 1 ........... 2 0 6 0 Cadman.......... 4 0 16 1 ................. Gregory .......... 12 3 48 3 Bestwick delivered a no-ball and Warren two wides and six no-balls. D sbbybdire . O. M. R. W. H.-Prichard32 79 91 1 Steel . Llewellyn.. 21.2 2 97 2 Sprot ... Johnston ... 17 1 75 1 Webb ... S oa r..........38 13 98 4 Webb bowled a wide. O. M. R. W. MIDDLESEX v. SOMERSET. Played at Taunton on August 3, 4 and 5. Middlesex won by two wickets. The weather at Taunton on Bank Holiday was almost perfect for ciicket, and the crowd saw a most interesting day’s play, during which the fortunes of the game varied in a marked manner. L. C. H. Palairet, F. A. Phillips and Cranfield again took their places in the Somerset team, while Middlesex, the only undefeated county of the season, were at full strength. At the commencement of the Somerset innings Hunt, who went on as a first change, met with such success that it seemed likely that the Someiset total would be very small, and, although Braund batted with the utmost caution for an hour and ten minutes, six wickets were down for 68. But then the Somerset men pulled themselves together and for the rest of the innings the batting was most attractive. Palairet and Robson put on 46 for the seventh wicket, and when eight wickets were down for 127, Newton and Daniell were responsible for 35. Ihen came the great sui prise of the day, when Cranfield and Daniell got together for the last wicket. Daniell had been playing a beautiful game, and he now received the most valuable assistance from Cran­ fleld who, in the course of an hour, made 42, his highest and, perhaps, bis most useful score in first- class cricket. The wicket produced 91 runs, Daniell canying his bat for 64. Middlesex had 60 minutes’ batting before the day’s play ended, and they made the most of th*ir opportunities. In about SOminutes Warner and L. J. Moon put up 50 runs, and it was not until just before time that they were both out. The score was now 88 for tiro wickets. On Tuesday, Beldam and Douglas p’ayed a fine game, and Wells fhowed what a very useful man he is by making a beautiful 65 not out, while Hunt and Trott both did well, the iatter makiDg two drives out of the ground. Middlesex had a lead of 69, and when stumps were drawn Somerset had scored 229 for half their wickets, so that they were 170 runs on. Johnson, Phillips and Lee all played splendidly. Somerset were by no means done with yet, and yesterday morning Lee played a great game, while Woods, Robson and Daniell all m ;de very useful scores. The result was that Middlesex had to make 313, with only three hours and a half before them. But the wicket was good, and they set about trying to make the runs. Moon left with the total at 10, but after lunch Warner and MacGregor scored 57 in twenty-five minutes, both being out at 77. Bosanquet and Douglas were next on the scene. They made 52 in half an hour. Bosanquet and Beldam kept within time, putting on 67 in thirty-five minutes, and the game became intensely exciting. Bosanquet was batting for sixty-five minutes for bis brilliant innings of 74. Beldam, Wells, and Trott now carried on the good work, but after Trott went it began to be a question whether after all Somerset might not get the remaining wickets down. But with two wickets in hand Hunt and Wells proved equal to the occasion, and Middlesex won a most excitirg match after a display which was worthy of the highest possible praise. Nearly every man on the side gave useful help. Wells played with fine judgment at a critical time. S omerset . First innings. Second innings. Braund, c Douglas, b Hunt 19 e Nicholls, b Bos­ anquet ..........14 Lewis, b Hnnt .................17 c and b Wells ... 27 P.R.Johnson, c sub.,b Hunt 3 c Douglas,bWells 71 F. A. Phillips, b Hearne ... 7 c Hearne, b Bel­ dam .................45 L.C.H.Palairet,bBosanquet 21 c Trott, b Hunt .. 21 F. M. Lee, c MacGregor, b c Douglas, b Hunt ............................... 4 Hearne ..........83 S. M. J. Woods, run out ... 0 c Nicholls,b Hunt 28 Robson,cbosanquet,bHunt 35 notout.................13 J. Daniell, not out ..........61 bHunt.. ... 3> A.E. Newton, lbw, b Bosan­ quet ................................22 c and b Hearne... 8 Cranfield, b Wells ... ... 42 c Macgregor, b Hunt .......... o Extras........................19 Extras............26 Total ... ..263 Total......... 371 M iddlesex . First innings. Sec:nd innings. L. T.Moon,c Daniell,b Cran­ field ..................................42 b Cranfield.......... 1 P. F. Warner, c Braund, b Cranfleld ...........................36cNewton.bRobson 32 G.W . Beldam, c Palairet, b c Newion,b Cran- Cranfleld ........................... 61 field .................52 J. Douglas, b Robson , 45 b Rot son ............ 17 B.J.T.Bosanquet, b Robson 0 c Woods, b Pal­ airet...........74 C. M. Wells, not out.65not out . 59 R. W. Nichols,c Robson, b Cranfield ......................... 4 b Cranfield... 5 J. H. Hunt, c & b Braund.. 24 not o u t.............. 3 G. MacGregor, c Palairet, bst Newton, b Braund ......................... 0 Cranfield..............39 Trott, c Lewis, b Braund ... 40 c Cranfield, b Braund ............ 20 Heame (J, T.), c Daniell, b Braund ......................... 0 B 1, lb 4 .................. 5 Extras................14 Total .................. 312Tot.il (8 wkts) 316 S omerset . First innings. Second inniogs. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Beldam .......... 8 4 13 0 .......... 11 2 33 1 Hearne ........ 28 10 60 1 .......... 3i 10 71 2 Hunt... ... 29 10 60 5 .......... 28 4 5 1C2 4 Bosanquet ... 7 0 45 2 ........... 11 2 44 1 Trott ........ 5 0 25 0 .......... 10 1 42 0 Wells ........14 3 3 31 1 .......... 16 2 63 2 Bosanquet delivered three wides. M iddlesex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cranfield.........S9 7 V.7 4 .......... 22 3 114 4 Braund.......... 241 1 91 4 .......... 26 4 92 1 R obson.......... 18 0 68 2 ........... 21 3 69 2 Lewis ........ 4 1 11 0 .......... 4 1 12 0 Johnson......... 1 0 4 0 Paliaret.......... 2 0 11 1 Cranfleld bowled a wide. YORKSHIRE v. LANCASHIRE. JOHN TUNNICLIFFE’ S BENEFIT. Played at Bradford on August 3, 4 and 5. Yorkshire won by five wickets. About 20,000 people were preseat at this match on Bank Holiday, which produced some very even play. Against a total of 233 by Lancashire, Yorkshire put up 46 without loss, although there was a t-trong probability that they would have all their work on the morrow to equal the Lancashire score, for the wicket, which had been slow all day, promised to become more difficult. For Lancashire Maclaren and Spooner, not without often being in difficulties, put up 57 runs for the first wicket, after which the turn of the bowlers came, and at lunch time four men were out for 81. Thiogs were to grow even worse, for in the first over after the game was resumed Maclaren was bowled, and in a few minutes two more wickets fell. Total 97 for 7. Again there was a change in the fortunes of the game, and Heap, a left-handed colt who was played for his bowling, helped Eccles to add 33 for the next wicket. This was followed by a partnership of an hour between Cuttell and Eccles, producing 85 runs, so that in the end the Lancashire total was eminently respectable. Yorkshire had three-quarters of an hour’s batting, during which Brown atd Tunnicliffe scored 46 without being separated. Some rain fell early on the next morning, and for a time it made the wicket a little difficult. Brown was disposed of in the first over of tbe day, and Denton, afcer making a brilliant 23, was out to a fine one-hand catch at cover-point. Then Tunnicliffe, after showing the greatest patience for an hour and a-half, was well caught in the si ps for 14, and three wickets were down lor 98. Jackson and Hirst put on 33 in forty minutes, and Hirst and Ernest Smith 47 in 45 minutes. Hirst was out soon after lunch for 68, an innings which had taken him a couple of hours to compile. The tail, with the excep­ tion of Rhodes, did little, but Yorkshire ended with a lead of five runs. When Lancashire went in again they found that Rhodes knew how to make use of the wicket far better than their own bowlers, and although Garnett made some fine strokes, and Hornby hit well, the total when stumps were drawn was only 83 for 7 wickets, bo that Lancashire were 83 runs on. The first three wickets fell for 32, and the first five for 68, Rhodes taking six of the seven wickets which fell. Yesterday Cuttell was out from the first ball, and thus eight wickets were down for 88. The game seemed over but Sharp and Heap put on £9 in three quarters of an hour, the former playing brilliant cricket, and eventually Yorkshire had to make 164 to win. For a time it almost seemed that their task would prove too difficult, for Tunnicliffe, Denton, and Brown were all out for 48. But Jackson and Hirst added 30 for the fourth wicket, while Smith and Rhodes afterwards helped Hirst, who once more played an invaluable innings. L ancashibb . First inniDgs. Second innings. R. H. Spconer, c Hawke, b c Whitehead, b H aigh...............................33 Rhodes ........... 13 A. C. Maclaren, b Haigh ... 39 b Hirst................ 9 Tyldesley, b Haigh .......... 6 b Rhodes .......... 3 W. Findlay, lbw, b Rhodes 0 lbw, b Rhodes ... 3 H. G. Garnett, b Haigh ... 1 cDenton,bRhodes 24 A. Eccles, b Haigh ..........61 b Rhodes ... ...10 A. H. Hornby, c Hunter, b c Tunnicl ffe, b Rhodes.............................. 3 Rhodes ..........24 Sharp, c Denton, b Rhodes 0 b Jackson ..........66 Heap, b Rhodes .................16 c Hirst, b Rhodes 16 Cuttell, c Denton, b Rhodes 51 c Tunnicliffe, b Bhodes .......... 0 Barnes, notout ................. 4 notout................. 3 B 12, lb 7 .................19 Extras............ 7 Total ...233 Total ..........168 Y orkshibe . First innings. Brown,c Maclaren,b Cuttell 40 Tunnicliffe, c Maclaren, b Sharp ...............................14 Denton,c Spooner, b C uttell 28 Hon. F. S. Jackson, c Cut­ tell, b Barnes .................29 Hirst, b Barnes .................£8 E. Smith, lbw, b Cuttell ... 25 Rhodes, b Barnes.................80 Haigh, c Garnett, b Barnes 6 Lora Hawke, c Spooner, b Heap ........................ t„ 3 Whitehead, c Findlay, b Heap ............................... 0 Hunter, not o u t ................. 0 Lb 1, nb 4 ................. 5 c Maclaren, b Baraes ... .. 23 b Cuttell ... ... 2 c Maclaren, b Barnes ... ... 15 b Barnes ... ... 12 not out.......... ... 69 c Tyldesley b Barnes ... ... 11 notout.......... ... 13 Extras......... 19 Total ..........238 Total (5 wkts) 164 L anoasbire . First innings. O. M. R. W. Hirst .......... 18 5 39 0 ... R hodes.......... 31'4 6 91 5 ... Haigh .......... 26 7 66 5 ... Jackson.......... 14 6 28 0 ... Y orkshire . First innings. O. M. R. W. Barnes .......... 37 3 15 94 4 ... Cuttell ...............£8 11 78 3 ... Heap ............... 17 4 42 2 ... Sharp .......... 8 4 19 1 ... Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 18 3 69 1 ... 30 8 61 8 ... 8 128 8 ... 6*6 1 13 1 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 24 7 60 4 ... 25 10 44 1 !*.*. 14*1 1 41 0 Barnes delivered three no-balls and Cuttell one. TH E G E N T L E M E N OF PH ILADE LPH IA . THE LEICESTERSHIRE MATCH, [j ( fif t e e n t h o f t h e t o u r .) Played at Leicester on August 3, 4 and 5. Gentlemen of Philadelphia won by 101 runs. During Sunday night heavy rain fell at Leicester, but the match began on Monday morning, when, on a drying wicket, the Americans made a useful score. For this they had chiefly to thank Dr. Lester, who, going in first wicket down, carried his bat for 126, after a stay at the wickets of three hours, during which he showed great skill all round the wicket. His innings, which is his best of the tour, was quite faultless. King helped him a little, but for the most part he towered above his companions. Leicestershire did not do very well at first, but when stumps were drawn they had made 120 for the loss of six wickets, so that the game was in an even position. De Trafford made^30 out of 40 for the first wicket, some of his drives being delightful. Towards the end of the game King played excellent cricket, and carried his bat for 52, while Whitehead was not out 22. On Tue day King only added one run to his overnight total. Whitehead played finely, but the rest of the team could do very Jittle and the Americans had a lead of £6 runs. Graves and Sharpless, who went in first in the second innings, put up 97 for the first wicket, Graves making some splendid hits and scoring nearly all the runs. Afterwards Dr. Lester batted ex­ cellently for the second time in the match, and the visitors soon obtained a commanding lead. Lester was at the wickets for two hours for his admirable 67. Wood and Bohlen made good scores, and when stumps were drawn the Americans had just completed their second innings. Leicestershire had to make 234 to win. They made a good fight yesterday, Knight and Wood especially plajing well, but the task was too heavy for them.