Cricket 1903

348 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 13, 1903. various sources he has collected together a series of amusing anecdotes, many of which are not commonly known (and this is saying a good deal as things go nowadays, when the most antique of anecdotes are trotted out remorselessly as having reference to “ a recent match.” ) TBE COMPASSIONATE CAPTAIN TO HIS FRY. Come go with me, and be my Star, My ace of trumps, my motor car, In Australasia, where the Hills And Duffs and Trumpers put on frills. There shalt thou pick up all the crumbs, And see the bowlers bite their thumbs, At Melbourne and fair Sydney, too, And Adelaide, where Giffen grew. There will we go in first together, And thou shalt have the fairest weather, A crop of hundreds, and a wicket Enamelled, made for fancy cricket; A run of luck of rarer brand Than e’er thou had’st in thine own land; Trippers shall cheer thy smallest hit With voices loud, and ready wit; The England team shall sing and dance, When thou escapest from a chance : If these delights enticing are, Then go with me, and be my Star. W. A. B. SUSSEX v. LANCASHIRE. Played at Brighton on August 10, 11 and 12. Drawn. Ranjitsinbji did a fine thing for his side when he won the toss in this match on Monday, for the wicket was in first rate order, while the weather was so un­ promising that the odds were considerable that Lancashire would have to bat on a spoiled wicket. Sussex kept in the whole of the first day, scoring 343 runs for the loss of four wickets. Fry was once more in splendid form, and once more he and Vine made an excellent beginning. They put up 141 for the first wicket, and Fry who bad scored 98 of these runs was the first to go. He had played almost fault­ less cricket for two hours and a half. The Lancashire bowlers had very little rest, for Eillick went ia and played a splendid game, while after Vine was out Ranjitsinhji was in great form, although he took a very much longer time than usual to settle down. But after he had been at the wickets for thirtv-flve minutes without scoring, he made a two off Maclaren, who had put himself on to bowl, and then began to play with all his ioimitable skill. When stumps were arawn he was not out 83. Heygate was not out 3. When the game was resumed on Tuesday morning Ranjitsinhji was in his finest form, and with Heygate acting almost as a sleeping partner, he scored at a great pace. Heygate was dhmiesed at 413 after batting for an hour and twenty minutes for 18. The partnership produced 83 runs. After Heygate was out rain twice interrupted play, and when the game had been in progress for an hour and twenty-five minutes during which the overnight total had been increased from 343 to 422, no more cricket was possi­ ble for the day. Yesterday Ranjitsinhji at once declared the innings closed; his own inoiogs had lasted for four hours. For Lancashire Maclaren, Spooner and Tyldesley made a splendid beginning, but the tail could do very little against Relf, and a follow on was necessary. Again Maclaren and Spooner commenced the innings with a valuable partnership, and the upshot was that Lancashire very easily played out time. S u ssex . C. B. Fry, c Hallows, b Cuttell ................... 98 Vine, c Maclaren, b Barnes ...................52 Killick, b Cuttell ... 86 K. 8. Ranjitsinhji, not out .........................144 G. Brann, b Cuttell... 4 R. B. Heygate, c Find­ lay, b Cuttell.. .. 18 C.L. A. Smith, not out 2 B 12, lb 1, nb 5 ... 18 Total (5 wkts) *422 * Innings declared closed. L an ca sh ire . First innings. Second innings. A. C. Maclaren, c Cox, b Killick............................... 59 notou t.................43 R. H. Spooner, c Butt, b Ranjitsinbji ................. 73 b C o x ..................26 Tyldesley, c Smith, b Ranjitsinhji ................. 61 H. G. Garnett, b Relf........ 5 A. H. Hornby, c and b Relf 0 W. Findlay, not out ..........18 Sharp, b Relf........................ 1 Hallows, c Smith, b Relf ... 0 Barnes, c Ranjitsinbji, b Bean ............................... 5 Cuttell, c Cox, b Relf.......... 2 W. Brearley, c Butt, b Relf 0 Extras .................14 b Bean... not out... Total. Hallow . Brearley Cuttell ., Barnes .................... 211 SU8SEX. M. R. W. 5 41 0 3 45 0 31 93 4 12 147 1 B 8, lb 5, nb 4 ... 17 Total (2 wkts) 108 Spooner Sharp ... Maclaren Hornby... L an c a sh ir e . First innings. M. R. W. 1 33 2 22 0 6 1 14 O. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W Bean ......... .16 2 54 1 .. ... li 3 20 i C o x ............... 13 8 11 0 ... ... 12 4 22 i Killick ......... 21 6 50 1 ... ... 7 3 8 0 B elf................ 20 3 9 38 6 ... ... 12 2 33 0 Ranjitsinhji...15 2 44 2 ... ... 4 3 8 0 T H E G E N T L EM E N OF PH ILADELPH IA . THE MATCH AGAINST SCOTLAND. SEVENTEENTH AND LAST OF THE TOUK. Played at Edinburgh on August 10 and 11. Drawn. Although the members of the American team had promised to play at Grantham after the match against Scotland, they were really playiog the last game of their tour as a team when they appeared on the Raeburn Place Ground at Edinburgh. The Scot­ tish eleven was not as strong as it might and ought to have been, but it included two Gloucestershire professionals, Pepall and Dennett, who have engage­ ments in the country. On the first day there was no cricket until after three o’clock, but the visitors then made the best possible use of their time, scoring 302 runs, and ending their innings just before the time for drawiDg stumps. Graves, who went in first, played a very fine innings, and was not dismissed until the total was 200. Bohlen also played a great game. The Scottish bowlers were handicapped during the greater part of the day by having to use a wet ball. In unsettled and unpleasant weather the Scotsmen did badly on Tuesday. They lost half their wickets for 36 runs, but Anderson pluckily kept up his end, and was going very strong when he was hurt, and had to retire; he continued his innings later. Webster and J. T. Anderson played good cricket towards the end of the innings. There was no time to finish the match, which is not regarded as first-class. G entlem en of P h ila d e l ph ia . N. Z. Graves, c Cairns, b Dennett..................107 F. C. Sharpless,bWeb- ster ...........................24 J. A. Lester, b Web­ ster ......................... 4 J. B. King, c Dennett, b Webster................... 14 F. H. Bohlen,c Ander­ son, b Cairns.............80 P. H. Clark, c Cairns, b Pepall .................. 0 S co tt ish X I . First innings. J. Anderson, c Graves, b Lester............................... 51 J. H. Orr, c Lester, b King 4 G. L. D. Hole, b King F. Hoggarth, lbw, b Lester A.Blacklock,cMorris,bKing A. S. Cairns, b K in g .......... B. Ferrier, b King .......... W . Webster, c Morris, b Lester ................................ J. T. Anderson, not out ... Pepall, c Sharpless, b King 7 Dennett, c Graves, b Clark 6 Extras........................11 C. C. Morris, c Web­ ster, b Pepall..........15 E. M. Cregar,cCairns, b Dennett .......... 2 P. N.Leroy,c Dennett, b Ferrier.................25 H. A. Haines,bCairas 1 F. C. Jordan, not out 8 Extras.................22 Total ..302 Second innings. b Lester b Clark... notout... 12 0 0 0 6 16 notout......... ... 38 c Graves, b Clark 28 Extras. , 15 G entlem en of P h il a d e l ph ia . O.M. R. W . O. M. R. W Pepall ... 23 2 55 2 I Cairns ... 5 2 9 2* Dennett ..25 0 98 21 Ferrier... 3 0 16 1 Webster... 13 1 61 3 1 Anderson 8 0 41 1 S cott ish X I, First innings. Second innings. King Clark Leroy Lester ... Sharpless Cregar ... 0. M. R. W. O. M. R. w. 30 10 49 6 ... ... 9 4 17 0 20 2 46 1 ... ... 11 7 8 2 3 1 11 0 ... 15-3 7 19 3 ... *.!! 8 4 8 1 5 3 22 0 ... 2 0 7 0 ... 4 3 10 0 Jordan .. ... 3 0 17 0 Bohlen ... ... 2 0 8 0 LEICESTERSHIRE v. WORCESTER­ SHIRE. AN INNINGS OF 2 29 NOT OUT BY KNIGHT. Played at Worcester on August 1 0 ,1 1 , and 12* Drawn. On the first day of this match Leicestershire were batting for the whole of the day and scored 419 for the loss of seven wickets. The second wicket fell at 43 and the third at 193, King and Knight having put on 150 runs in pirtnership in an hour and fifty-five minutes. V. F. S. Crawford helped Knight con­ siderably, playing a much m^re cautious game than usual, and each of the other men who went in made useful scores, while Knight was steadily increasing his total until it had reached exactly 200, when stumps were drawn. On the next morning he played carefully, and received useful help from Allsopp for the last wicket. Eventually he carried his bat after beiDg at the wickets for five hours and forty minutes ; his innings included twenty-five 4’s. Worcestershire began their innings with slowness, but at lunch time they had made 81 for the loss of Bowley. The first ball after the game was resumed dismissed H. K. Foster who had played flee cricket for 49. Caldwell was in great form and when hewas joined by Wheldon, runs came steadily. At the close of play Caldwell was not out 99, with the total at 235 for six wickets. He only increased his score by 2 yesterday, his entire innings, which saved his side, lasting for four hours and twenty minutes Gaukrodger and Bird played well, but could not save the follow on. In the second innings things went very badly with Worcestershire until Bowley and Arnold got together, and by excel­ lent cricket remained until the close of the match. Rain stopped play for a time. L e ice ster sh ir e . C. E. de Trafford, c H. R. T. Crawford, b Foster, b B rd.......... 22 Keene ................. 18 3. J. B. Wood, c G. Foster, b Arnold ... Gill, b Arnold .......... 37 1 Coe, b Wilson .......... 4 King, c Bowley, b Whiteside, c R.Foster, Keene....................... 72 b Arnold................. 1 Knight, not ou t..........229 Allsopp, run out 11 V. F. S. Crawford, c B 5, lb 15, w 1 ... 21 R. Foster, b Wilson 32 Whitehead,c R.Foster, Total ..........465 b A rnold................. 17 W o r c e ste r sh ir e . First innings. 2nd innings. H. K. Foster, c Whiteside, ................... b K ing..............................49 Bowley, lbw, b K in g.......... 3 W. S. Caldwell, c White­ head, b Gill .................101 R. E. Foster, b Allsopp ... 5 Arnold, c Whitehead, bGill 16 G. N. Foster, c Whitehead, bGill ............................... 0 Wheldon, c Whiteside,b Gill 46 Gaukrodger, not o u t ..........39 Bird,c Whitehead,b Allsopp 18 Wilson, run out ................. 4 Keene, b Gill........................ 6 Extras........................ 7 Whitehead, G ill................. not ou t................ c R. Crawford, b Gill ................. b G ill................. not out................. Extras. Total Total ...145 Total (3 wkts) 83 Arnold Wilson Bird... .. 294 Total (3 wkts.) 98 L e ice ster sh ire . O. M.R. W . O. M. R. W . .34 3 96 3 I Keene ... 29 7 79 2 .33 2 148 3 R.Foster 10 0 45 0 . 27*1 5 76 1 | R. Foster bowled a wide. King G ill. Allsopp W o r c e st e r sh ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W. ......... 39 17 47 2 . 2S-5 7 68 5 . „ ......... 32 R.T.Crawford 14 9 7 4 C oe.......... Whitehead Wood ... 13 61 2 ... 2 48 0 .. 4 16 0 ... 1 14 0 ... 0 19 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 5 22 0 3 30 3 3 17 0 12 17 7 3 6 2 18 V .F. Crawford 4 0 14 0