Cricket 1903

AtJG. 20, 1903. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 357 SOMERSET y. WORCESTERSHIRE. Played at Taunton on August 13, 14 and 15. Somerset won by 4 wickets. On the first day of this match the play was so even that an interesting finish was to be lookel for. Against a total of 186 Somerset scored 148 for the loss of 7 wickets. By far the most noticeable feature of the day’s cricket was the splendid batting of L C. H. Palairet, who was in brilliant form on a difficult wicket. He was batting for an hour and fifty minutes for his 97, which included twelve 4’s. When he left the total was only 147; he made 70 out of the first hundred. While he was in with Lee some very attractive cricket was shown, and in the course of thirty-five minutes the pair iucreased the total by 61 runs. On the Worcestershire sid9 H. K. Foster played a fine game, and the tail did very well indeed, notably Pearson. On Friday it was not possible to begin play until three o’clock, and then the three remaining Somerset wickets fell for an addition of 6 runs, so that Worcestershire had a lead of 32. But Cranfield and Braund were in great form with the ball when Worcestershire went in a second time, and, with the exception of Caldwell, who carried his bat nearly through the innings, which lasted about an hour and a half, nobody could play them. In the end Somersetshire had to make 105 to win, and in the course of the forty-five minutes which remained for play they lost three wickets for 39. On Satur­ day they had some anxious moments, but succeeded in pulling off the match with some ease. W orcestershire . First innings. Second innings. H. K. Foster, c Phillips, b c Phillips, b Cran- Robson.......... ... ... 42 field.................12 Bowley, st Newton, b Braund ... .................. 2 b Braund .......... 2 W . S. Caldwell, c Samson, b Cranfield................. ... 0 not out.......... ... 25 Arnold, b Robson................ 7 c Lee, b Cranfleld 8 Wheldon, c Lewis, b Cran- c Newton,b Cran­ field ........................ ... 16 field ................. 0 G. N. Foster, lbw, b Braund 7 c Lee, b Braund... 3 Gaukrodger, b Cranfield ... 17 cNewton.bBraund 8 Pearson, not o u t ...............36 lbw, b Braund ... 0 Burrows, c Braund, b Cran­ fleld ..............................19 Bird, lbw, b Cranfleld........ 5 Keene c Lewis, b Cranfield 12 B 16, lb 7 .................23 Total......... 186 SOMBBSET, First innings. L. C. H. Palairet, b Keene 97 Braund, b Arnold ... ... 4 Lewis, c Gaukrodger, b Arnold............................... 0 F. A. Phillips, b Arnold ... 10 Robson, b Arnold................. 6 F. M. Lee, c Caldwell, b Bird 21 O. M. Samson, c Wheldon, b Arnold ........................ 8 Hardy, b Bird ................. 0 S. M. J. Woods, c and b Bird ............................... A. E. Newton, c Arnold, b Bird ............................... 0 Cranfield, not out................. 0 B 2, lb 1 ......... ... 8 cRobson,bBraund 0 c Hardy, b Cran­ field ................. 0 c Robson, b Cran­ fleld .................11 Byes .......... 3 Total ... 72 Second innings, c Pearson, b Bird 17 not out.................17 b Keene ..........10 runout.................27 c and b Arnold... 11 b Arnold .......... 9 not out................. 5 2 c Wheldon,b Bird 2 B 5, lb 4 ... Total ...154 Total (6 wkts) 107 Cranfleld Braund . Robson . Lewis ... ... ... ... avm Auuai wjvus, jlv W orcestershire . innings. Second innings. r» itr t ? w o M ^ w 17*1 8 28 5 First O. M. R. W, ... 27 1 87 6 ... 31 7 62 2 ... 7 3 10 2 ... 2 1 4 0 ... 17 5 41 5 SOUBRSBT. First innings. O. M. R. W . Arnold .......... 18-1 4 58 5 ... Keene .......... 9 1 26 1 ... Burrows......... 7 0 41 0 ... Bird................. 10 2 26 4 ... Second innings. O. M.R. W. ... 19 8 34 2 ... 8 2 26 1 18 9 38 2 SUSSEX y. HAMPSHIRE. Played at Portsmouth on August 13, 14 & 15. Sussex won by an innings and 20 runs. With a weak team Hampshire could do very little a**mst the Sussex bowlers tn a slow and not easy wicket. Except that Llewellyn helped Sprot to add 42 to the total, and that Bowell kept in with his cap­ tain forsome time, Sprot received very little assistance ' He sturdily kept up his end for three hours, a might have Deen invaluable if anyone a.^ave stayed a long time with him and done a uttle hitting. Sussex soon lost Vine and Killick and ought to have lost both Fry and Ranjitsinhji as well before either of them had got into his stride, but Langford, the new bowler, who was puzzling them both a little, was not in luck’s way, and had the misery of seeing both these famous players missed off him. These two mistakestold severely on Hampshire, for the partnership produced 65 runsin an h ur, while Ranjitsinbji kept up his wicket until the close of play, when his score stood at 56. Sussex were now within 14 runs of ths Hampshire total with only three wickets down. On Friday there was only an hout’s play. Sussex continued their innings at five o’clock, but after a quarter of an hour there was an interruption from rain. Eventually, after both Brann and Ranjitsinhji had been badly missed, the partnership was broken. Brann played very well indeed and helped his partner to put on 65 runs. When the day’s play ended Ranjitsinhji was not out 89 and the total was 195 for four wickets. It rained on Friday night, but the wicket, under the itfluence of a strong wind, dried quickly and soon became very difficult. After tatting for three hours, Ranjitsinhji was dismissed by Langford when within five runs of his hundred. Hampshire were 71 runs behind, and after Steele and Bowell had put up S3 for the first wicket their batting broke down c mpletely. Half the side were out for an addition of four more runs and at lunch time nine wickets were down for 42. H ampshire , First innings. D. A. Steele, b Relf ........... 5 Stone, c Cox, b R e lf..........- 8 E. M. Sprot, not out ... ... 61 A. C. Johnston, b Killick... 7 Llewellyn, c Fry, b Relf ... 21 Bowell, c Smith, b Relf ... 23 F. H. Bacon, c Cox, b Re'jf 0 E. G. Read, b Bean ... ... 4 Langford, c Cox, b Bean ... 0 Soar, lbw, b Killick ........... 0 Smoker, b Killick .......... 0 B 18, lb 2, nb 3 .......23 Second innings, c Bean, b Cox .. 10 c Fry, b Cox ... 0 b R e lf................. 2 b R e lf................. 0 c Heygate, b Cox 1 c Brann, b Cox .. 14 st Butt, b Cox ... 12 run out.......... ... 0 b R e lf................. 3 b R e lf................. 3 not out................. 0 B 5, nb 1 ... 6 Total... C. B. Fiy, b Soar ... 43 Vice, ltw, b Langford 4 Killick,cSteele,bLang- ford ........................11 K. S.Ranj itsinbji, lbw, b Langford ..........95 G. Brann, b Langford 30 Relf, c Steele, b Soar,. 9 . ... 152 S ussex . Total , 51 R.B. Heygate, not out C.L.A.Smith, b Lang­ ford .......... .......... Cox, b Langford Butt, b 8oar .......... Bean, b Langford B 1, lb 11, w 1 ... 13 Total , ...223 Belf ... Cox ... Bean Killick H ampshire . First innings. O. M. R. W. 34 32 8 7 13 47 5 . 18 46 0 . 2 19 2 1 17 3 Second innnigs. O. M. R. W . ... 14 2 19 4 ... 13*1 5 26 5 Bean delivered three no-balls and Relf one no-ball. O. S ussex . M. R. W. Langford. 3V5 12 84 7 Soar.......... 34 14 63 3 Llewellyn. 18 3 50 0 Soar bowl Sprot Steele ed a wide. O. M. R. W. 4 1 13 0 1 1 0 0 YORKSHIRE v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Harrogate on August 13,14 and 15. Abandoned. Every match played by Yorkshire and Middlesex has now become of particular interest to the vast number of cricketers who are anxiously waiting the struggle for supremacy between the two counties. It wa,s naturally thought that Yorkshire would almost certainly place another victory to their credit, but although the match, as far it was played, was in their favour, their chances of winning were completely spoiled by the rain, which allowed play on the first day only. Yorkshire won the toss, and batted on what seemed a perfect wicket. But the Derbyshire bowlers were nevtr mastered, except perhaps when Ernest Smith was in, and the Yorkehiremen found the greatest difficulty in making runs. They btgan by ioeiog Tunnicliffe for a duck’s egg and Denton for 16, and at lunch time four wickets were down for 91. Ernest Smith was missed when he had made five runs, but afterwards^ played a delightful game. Later Rhodes and Haigh put on 50 in three-quarters of an hour for the seventh wicket. A very useful innings was played by Wilkinson, who kept up his end for an hour and twenty minutes. It was Dy no means a large total that Derbyshire had to face, but unfortu­ nately for them they had to do withautthe services of L. G. Wright, who was taken ill, and obliged to go to his hotel. In his abse* ce the team began badly, losing the first three wickets for 25. But in the last half-hour before stumps weie drawn, Ashcroft and Needham played a good defensive game and kept up their wickets, the former being hot out 20. There was no play either on Friday or Saturday owing to rain. Brown, b Cadman Tunnicliffe, bBestwick 0 Denton, c Ollivierre, b Best t ic k .................16 H.Wilkinson,bWarren 24 Hirst, c Humphrie3, b Bestwick .......... 5 E. Smith, st Hum­ phries, b Storer ... 47 Y orkshire . Rhodes, c Warren, b Cadman......... ... ^8 Haigh, b Bestwick ... ?6 LordHawke,b Lawton 1 Ringrose, c Ollivierre, b Cadmin Hunter notout... W 2, nb 3 ... Total 5 .. 18 ... 5 ..220 G. R. Gregory, c Den­ ton, b Hirst .......... C. A. Ollivierre, cHun- ter, b Hirst ... .. Storer, c Haigh, b Rhodes ................. D erbyshire . E. M.Ashcroft,not out 20 Needham, not out ... 5 B 1, lb 2, nb 2 ... 5 Total (3 wkts) 53 O. M. R. W. 0 12 0 9 0 17 A. E. Lawton, L. G. ‘Wright, Warren, Cadman, Humphries and Bestwick did not bat. Y obkshibe . O. M. R. W. Bestwick .. 30-5 8 65 4 IGregory Wairen ..22 5 64 1 |Lawton ... Cadman ...20 3 48 3 |Storer ... Bestwick delivered one wide and one no-ball, Warren one wide and two no-balls. D erbyshire . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hirst ... ll 1 27 2 IRingrose...3 0 10 0 Rhodes... 9 3 10 1 |Brown ...2 1 1 0 Ringrose bowled two no-balls. NOTTS v. MIDDLESEX. Played at Trent Bridge on Aug. 13, 14 & 15. Abandoned. As far as tatting is concerned Middlesex did not have the best of luck in this match, for after Notts had been at ihe wickets until within a few minutes of time on the first day, the visitors lost Warner in the mauvais quart d'heure before stumps were drawn, and to add to their misfortunes it rained heavily during the next morning. On the other hand, when any probable chance of gaining a victory had been taken away from them, while tney had reason to fear a defeat, the rain came to their assistance and caused the match to be abandoned on the third day. The tatting on the Notts side was most uneven. Two men, Iremonger and J. Gunn, vastly distin­ guished memselves, but the rest did very little. During the partnership between Iremonger and J. Gunn the ecore was increased from 83 to 224 in an hour and a half, both men making brilliant hits. Their driving wasespecially noticeable. Iremonger’a innings of 100 lasted for two hours and twenty minutes, while J. Gunn was at the wickets ten minutes longer for his 109. When stumps were drawn Midd.esex had lost Warner, and the total was 38. Owing to rain on the next morning play did not begin until after lunch, when Middlesex had a soft but not absolutely difficult wicket to bat upon. The innings was chiefly remarkable for the fine batting of L. J. Moon, and for the generally expressed opinion tbat some of the decisions of one of the umpires, for and against batemen, were wrong. Moon had a g)od deal of luck in his innings, but he wisely took risks and was rewarded for hia pluck by making 104 in about three hours. Beldam, J. Douglas, Bosanquet (who made two or three big drives) and Nicholls all made useful scores. The innings ended just before the time for drawing stumps, and Middlesex had a balance against them of 122. But all fear o f a possible defeat was banished on Saturday, for the rain caused play to be abandoned. N otts . A. O. Jones, c and b Hearne ................... 38 Iremonger, c Beldam, b Hearne ..................100 Gunn (W .), lbw, b Bosanquet........................7 Gunn (J.), c Douglas, b G. Beldam ........ 109 W. B. Gocdacre, c MacGregor, b G. Beldam ....................26 G. T. Branston, c Moon, b Trott.. ..1 5 Gunn ( j Q v ), b Boras* q u et................. .... 12 Hallam,c MacGregor, b Bosanquet .............ll Oates, not out ........... 9 Chambers, c Wells, b Bosanquet ........... 4 Wass, c G. Beldam, b Trott......................... 8 B 9, lb 6, w 1... ...16 Total ..355 P. F. Warner, lbw, b J. Gunn ................... 7 L. J. Moon, c G., b J. Gunn..........................104 G. W. Beldam, lbw, b Hallam ..........27 J. Douglas, c Jone?, b W ass...........................21 B. J. T. Bosacquet, c Branston, b J. Gunn 36 C. M. Wells, c Cham­ bers, b Wass ......... 5 M iddlke ex . G, MacGregor.run out 0 E. A. Beldam, c and bWaes ".......... ... l Trott, c Hallam, b J. Guun........................ 5 R. W. Nicholls, not out ........................20 Hearne (J. T ), c Oates, b J. Gunn ... 1 B 6, w 1 ................. 6 Total ..233