Cricket 1903

358 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 20, 1903. N o tt s . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . G.W.Beldam 13 7 18 2 1Wells ... 12 0 62 0 Bosanquet... 19 0 96 4 Trott ... 31*2 6 94 2 Hearne ... 24 6 79 2 | Beldam bowled a wide. M id d l e s e x . R. W . O. M. R. W. 92 3 Chambers.. 8 3 13 0 69 6 Branston... 2 0 13 0 40 1 | Wass bowled a wide. O. M. Wass ... 25 6 Ounn (J.) 33*2 8 Hallam ..1 4 4 T H E C H E L T E N H A M W E E K . GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. KENT. Played at Cheltenham on August 13,14 & 15. Gloucestershire won by 219 runs. For once the Gloucestershire team ended the first day’s play with more than a reasonable prospect of gaining a victory, although the members of the team must be so used to defeat that they could hardly have felt very confident. Cheltenham had escaped the rain which fell in most parts of England, and the wicket seemed a good one. Thanks to steady play by Rice and Wrathall and a useful innings by C. L. Townsend, Gloucestershire began well enough, and when C. O. H. Sewell was joined by Jessop for the fourth wicket the total was 87. Jessop was iu bril­ liant foim, and in the course of twenty minutes before luncheon the score was increased by 41, of which Jessop claimed 32. After lunch Jessop still continued his brilliant play, while Sewell took every opportunity of scoriog. It was not until the partner­ ship had put on 102 runs in a little lees than an hour that Sewell was dismissed for an excellent innings. Jessop was out for 62, when only two more runs had been made. He scored his first fifty out of 81, and his 6 ! out of 102, and he was batting less than an hour. Just before Sewell was out the score stood at 189 for three wickets, but when eight were down it was only 228. Roberts and Dennett added 80 for the last wicket, the former m ak iD g two-thirds of the runs. When Kent went in Roberts followed up his useful batting by bowling so well that the total was only 49 when half the men were out, Roberts taking the whole of the wickets in eleven overs for 1ft rtns. Afterwards Day and Hutchings put a better appear­ ance on the game, and without being parted added 38 runs to the total. When the day’s play ended Kent had made 87 for five wickets. On Friday no one except Day and Hutchings did much for them, and the innings ended 127 behind. Before stumps were drawn Gloucestershire had increased their lead by 146 for the loss of four wickets, and were thus in a very strong position. Wratba l was dismissed before a ran had been scored, but Rice and C. L. Town<»end then brought the total to 67. Rice, as usual, played a strictly defensive game, and was half- an-hour before he made a run. Nor did Townsend seore very rapidly, and when he was dismissed he had been at the wickets for an hour and three-quarters. But both men played good cricket, and their stand was most useful. Jes>op and Langdon stayed tigether until stumps were drawn, the formtr being not out 4>, made in three-quarters of an hour, and the latter not out 11. On Saturday Jessop was out almost as soon as play began, and Langdon did not last long. But W. S. A. Brown and Board made useful scores, and when th* innings came to an end Kent, with four hours and a quarter before them, had to make 348 to win. At lunch time the total was 37 for two wickets, and afterwards there was some slow cricket. But Gloucestershire always seemed to have a fair chance of getting the Kent team out in time, they were able, comfortably enough, to claim their first victory of the season. Burnup played a very sound not out innings. G l o u c e ster sh ire . First innings. R. W . Rice, c and b Blythe 27 Wrathall,c Mason, b Fielder 42 C. L. Townsend, b Blythe .. 17 C.O.H.Sewell, c Hutchings, b Mason ........................ 39 G.L.Jessop.c Day, b Fielder 62 Langdon, c Dillon, b Blythe 30 W. S. A. Brown, c Huish, b Fielder.............................. 5 Board, c Mason, b Blythe .. 1 L D. Brownlee, c Blaker, b Fielder............................... 0 Dennett, not out................. 7 Roberts, c Huish, b Mason. 22 B 6, nb 1 ................. 6 Second innings. cBurnup.bBlythe 13 b Blythe .......... 0 c Day, b Mason.. 53 c Blythe, b Mason 16 b Mason ......... 48 c Day, b Blythe.. 17 c B u rn u p , b Hearne ..........36 b Hearne ..........20 Total ...258 b Hearne ... b Blythe ... not out.......... B 10, lb 2 Total ... K e n t . First innings. C. J. Burnup, c Board, b Roberts ........................ 6 Hearne (A.), c Brownlee, b Roberts ........................12 Seymour, c Townsend, b Roberts ........................ 7 E. W . Dillon, c Brown, b Roberts ........................ 14 S. H. Day, c Townsend, b Dennett ........................41 J. R. Mason, c Dennett, b Roberts ......................... 0 K.L Hutchings, c Wrathall, b R oberts........................ 31 R. N. R. Blaker, c Jersop, b Dennett ........................11 Huish, c sub., b Dennett ... 1 Blythe, c Board, bRoberts. 0 Fielder, not out ................. 0 B 6, lb 1, w 1 .......... 8 Second innings, c Sewell,bRoberts 56 lbw, b Dennett... 0 b Dennett ... b Dennett ... b Dennett ... b Jessop ... st Poard, b Den­ nett .................12 b Dennett.......... 1 run out .......... 1 b Roberts .......... 4 not ou t................ 1 B 13, lb 1, w 1 15 Total .........131 G loucester sh ire . First innings. Total..........128 Second inniegs. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Fielder ... ... 23 6 92 4 ... ... 2 0 5 0 Blythe ... ... 24 6 68 4 ... ... 27 4 4 €6 4 Mason ... ... 15 2 2 77 2 ... ... 20 4 74 3 Hearne ... ... 4 1 15 0 ... ... 23 7 58 8 Burnup ... 4 2 3 0 Dillon... ... 2 0 2 0 Blythe delivered a no-ball. K en t . First innings. Roberts . Dennett . Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. ... 25*1 5 53 7 ........... 2 /6 11 29 2 ... 26 5 70 3 ........... 33 8 66 6 Jessop ... 13 6 18 1 Roberts bowled two wides. ESSEX v. LANCASHIRE. Played at Leyton on August 13, 14 and 15. Lancashire won by 119 runs. The Essex men have struck a bad patch just now, and they can do nothing right. It was certaiuly a great advantage to Lancashire to win the toss in this match, but, on the other hand, they played a much more enterprising game in both innings than their opponents, and deserved their victory. The wicket was difficult all through the match, and when Lanca­ shire went in they were only saved from disaster by the success of Garnett and Tyldesley. Garnett played excellent cricket for an hour and a half, but Essex had only themselves to thank that he was allowed to make bo many runs, for he was twice missed. But he played the right game, and was bound to take risks. If one or two of the Essex men had been able to follow his example thirgs would have gone much better for their side, but as it was, Perrin and McGahey alone could do anything with Barnes, who took all the first six wickets that fell, as well as the last two. Lancashire had a lead cf 97, and after Spooner had been dismissed at 32, Maclaren played very attractive cricket until stumps were drawn with the total at 84 for one wicket. Maclaren was not out 62, and Tyldesley not out 20. Lancashire were thus 181 runs on. There was no play on Friday owing to heavy rain, hut on Saturday, because of a very high wind, the wicket dried sufficiently to allow the game to be resumed at about twenty minutes past four, when Maclaren, of course, closed the innings, leaving Essex to make 182 in two hours and ten minutes. Essex began very badly, and were always fighting against fate, although they very nearly succeeded in playing out time. Barnes again met with very great success with the ball. It will be remembered that in their first match against Lancashire this season Essex were victorious by two wickets. L an ca sh ir e . First innings. A. C. Maclaren, c Lucas, b Tremlin ........................ 6 R. H. Spconer, b Mead .. 17 Tyldesley,cSewell,bDouglas 26 H.G.Garnett,cLuca8,bMead 78 A. H. Hornby, b Mead ... 8 Sharp, b Mead ................. 8 Hallows, c and b Tremlin... 6 Heap, c Russell, b Tremlin 4 Cuttell, st Russell, b Mead 1 Barnes, not out ................. 5 Worsley, b Mead................. 0 Byes ........................ 10 Second innings, not o u t................52 lbw, b Douglas... 7 not out.................20 Byes.. Total .................168 Total (1 wkt)* 84 *Innings declared closed. E ssex . First innings F.L.Fane,cWorsley,bBarnes 0 Sewell, c and b Barnes ... 5 P. Perrin, c Heap, b Cuttell 35 C. McGahey, st Worsley, b Barnes...............................17 C. J. Kortright, c Hornby, b Barnes ........................ 0 J. H. Douglas, c Maclaren, b Barnes ........................ 6 A. P. Lucas, b Barnes ... 0 Buckenham, c and b Cuttell 4 Tremlin, c Heap, b Barnes 0 Russell, T., not out ... ... 0 Mead, c Hornby, b Barnes 2 Leg-bye................. 2 Second innings. cSpooner.bBarnes 6 cWorsley,bBames 5 cWorsley,bCuttell 3 cHomby,bBarne8 0 c Sharp. b Barnes 9 c Hornby, b Hal­ lows ... ... ... 5 cHomby.bBarnes 0 cBarnes,bHallows 12 lbw, b Barnes ... 6 not o u t............... 3 b Hallows..........11 B 2, nb 2 .......... 4 Total ... 71 L ancashire . First innings. O. M. R. W . Mead ..........22 2 5 55 6 ... Tremlin.......... 15 2 69 3 ... Douglas.......... 6 0 34 1 ... Kortright ... E ssex . First innings. O. M. R. W. Total ..........62 Second innings. O. 12 4 5 3 M. R. W . 3 14 0 0 22 0 0 23 1 0 20 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W . Cuttell .......... 18 4 32 2 ........... 11 6 10 1 Barnes .......... 18 5 37 8 ........... 20 6 83 6 Hallows.......... 8*1 0 16 3 Barnes delivered two no-balls. LONDON COUNTY v. LEICESTER­ SHIRE. Played at the Crystal Palace on August 13, 14 and 15. Drawn. A8everybody knows, Dr. Grace is rather fond of trying experiments in his mature age, and when he won the toss in this match he decided to put Leicester­ shire in, with results which he could hardly have anticipated. For although the wicket was anything but easy, the visitors gave a very good display of batting, several men making most useful scores. At the beginning of the g^me. Leicestershire seemed likely to make a large total, for the hundred went up for the loss of only two wickets, but after this matters went much better for London County for a time, and seven wickets were down for 154. King and Knight both played excellent cricket of a somewhat methodi­ cal kind. For the eighth wicket Odell and Knight put on 49 runs in forty minutes, so that after all the total came to more than two hundred. The innings came to a dose just before the end of the day. On Friday it was impossible to play, and on Saturday there was no cricket until half past two. The Doctor made some interesting experiments in the order, but they were not altogether attended with success, for the wicket had become very greatly in favour of the bowlers. But although four men were out for 84, W. G. Quaife was not to be moved, and he received valuable assistance from Hayes. The Doctor, like his son, was out before he had scored. Quaife still con­ tinued to play a sound defensive game, and was out eighth for a wonderfully good innings of 75. There was now no time to finish the match. L e ice ster sh ir e . C. E. De Trafford, c Posthuma,'b Bradley C. J. B. Wood,b Brad­ ley ........................ King, b Grace, jun. ... Whitehead, b Grace, jun.............................24 Knight, not o u t..........63 V. F. S. Crawford, run out ........................ 2 R. T. Crawford, b Grace, jun................. 23 47 Coe, b Grace, jun. ... 0 W . W . Odell, c Grace, jun., b Lees ..........£0 Alisopp, c Quaife, b Lees ................. l Whi. eside.bPosthuma 7 B 6, lb 1 .......... 7 Total ...221 Second innings:—De Trafford, c Robson, b Poa- thuma, 6 : Odell, not out, 11; R. Crawford, not out, 10.—Total (one wkt), 26. L ondon C oun ty . W. G. Grace, jun., b Alisopp ................. 0 Quaife, c Whiteside, b R. Crawford ..........75 G. Gordon Black, c W hitehead,b Odell... 1 L. Walker, b King ... 12 L. O. S. Poidevin, b O dell........................ 0 Hayes, b R. Crawford 30 W. G. Grace, sen., c & b Whitehead .......... 0 Lees, c Whiteside, b R. Crawford.......... 18 C. Robson, not out ... 2 C. J . Posthuma, c Knight, b R. Craw­ ford ........................ o W . M. Bradley, c Whiteside,bR. Craw­ ford ........................ o B 10, lb 2 ..........12 Total ...160