Cricket 1903

A ug . 20, 1903. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 365 MIDDLESEX v. LANCASHIRE. Played at Lord’s on August 17, 18 and 19. Abandoned. Owing to heavy rain early on Monday morning, it was found necessary to postpone the commencement of this match until the next morning, although there was nearly a full day’s cricket at the Oval. On the Middlesex side G. W. Beldamwas not able to play, his place being taken by W . P. Robertson. During Mon­ day night more rain fell, and although there was a strong wind, the ground was not fit for play until half past two, when Lancashire went in. Maclaren, alone of all the team, played a long innings, and even he was continually in difficulties. His 31 was a more useful display than many of his innings of a hundred. Heame and Trott were unchanged through the in­ nings, but the latter was hit about a good deal. Findlay played a very valuable and steady innings of 19 not out. Middlesex did not do at all well at tirst, and both Warner and Douglas were out when the total was 3i. Moon played steadily, and when stumps were drawn the total was 63 for three wickets. Yesterday, after rain in the night, there was no further play. L a n c a s h ir e . A. C. Maclaren,c War­ ner, b Trott ..........31 R. H. Spooner,c Moon, b Trott ................. 6 Tyldesley, c Eeldam, b Hearne ................11 H. G. Garnett,c Wells, b Trott .................14 A.H Hom ly,b Hearne 0 M id d l e s e x . P. F. Warner,b Barnes 14 W.P.Robertson,notout 0 L. J. Moon, not ou t... 28 Lb 2, w 1 .......... 3 J. Douglas, c Sharp, b — Barnes ................. 8 Total (2 wkts) 53 B. J. T. Bosanquet, C. M . Wells, E. A. Beldam, G. MacGregor, R. W . Nicholls, Trott (A. E.), and Hearne (J. T.) did not bat. L a n c a s h ir e . O. M. R. W . 0. M. R. W Heame ... 28 4 36 6 |Trott ...27*5 5 69 4 M iddlesex . O. M. R. W. 13 6 18 2 1Hallows ... 10 2 23 0 | Barnes delivered one wide. W . Findlay, not out.. 1& Sharp, b Hearne Hallows, b Hearne ... Cuttell,Ibw, b Hearne Heap, b Hearne ... Barnes, b Trott.......... B 2, lb 8 ......... Total ..........1 Barnes Cuttell O. M. R. W . 3 0 9 0 THE CHELTENHAM WEEK. GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. WORCESTER­ SHIRE. Played at Cheltenham on August 17,18 & 19. Gloucestershire won by 100 runs. After their famous victory over Kent on Saturday, Gloucestershire gave an excellent account of them­ selves on the first day’s play against Worcestershire. During the previous night and early morning there was a lot of rain, and the pitch was very slow. For the time being it was not so very difficult, but as the day wore on it became more and more in favour of the bowlers. Gloucestershire made a good start after Wrathall had been dismissed fora duck’s egg, and C. L. Townsend and Bice put on 69 for the first wicktt in about an hour and ten minutes. In differ­ ent styles both men played admirable cricket. Jessop had a livelystay at the wickets of twenty minutes,dur­ ing which he knocked up J6 runs, chitfiy by means of five consecutive hits to the boundary. Rice was fifth out, his innings] of 32, which lasted two hours and a quarter, being of tbe greatest value to his side. At one time Gloucestershire had 120 on the board for only tWo wickets,but Wilson suddenly began to meet with great success and took his last six wickets for 15 runs, the last four of them with five balls. This fine bowling quite altered the appearance of the game, but although Worcestershire had now to face a very much smaller total than they had anticipated, they found it far too big for them owing to a brilliant bowling feat by the young Gloucestershire profess­ ional, Dennett. He and Roberts were unchanged throughout the innings, which only lasted for an hour and ten minutes. The flrst two Worcestershire men took twenty minutes to make 7 runs, and then W. L. and H. K. Foster brought the total to 20, when Dennett began a remarkable performance by di;-posing of H. K. Foster. From this moment he was irresistible, and when the innings came to an end it was found that he had taken five wickets for six. runs in 13 overs, of which nine were maidens. This unlooked-for good fortune gave Gloucestershire a lead of 102, and before stumps were drawn they had increased it by 16 without losing a wicket. Thus they seemed to have a first-rate chance of placing another victory to their credit. After heavy rain in the night the wicket was very soft when the game was resumed at a quarter to one, but for a time it was not very difficult. Rice and Wrathall took the score to 61 in an hour before the former was out for an invaluable innings of 13. After he left, the bowlers at once got the upper hand, and although at lunch time the total was 88 for two wickets, the sun dried the wicket so much that the batsmen were in difficulties and wickets fell rapidly. Wrathall was out after batting for an hour and three-quarters for a wonderfully good 73. No one else did anything against Wilson and Arnold, but thanks to their useful lead on the first innings, Gloucestershire were able to give their opponents the task of making 217 to win. So well did Arnold bat that the task seemed almost easy of accomplishment, but by the time that stumps were drawn half the wickets were down for 85. Accordingly, when the game was resumed after a shower yesterday morniog, Worcestershire still re­ quired 132 runs. Two wickets fell for 12, and then another shower interrupted play for half an hour, afttr which the remaining wickets fell quickly. G lou cestersh ire . First innings. R. W . Rice, b Keene..........32 Wrathall, b Arnold .......... 0 C. L. Townsend, b Wilson 52 C. O. H. 8ewell, c Arnold, Second innings. b Arnold ..........13 b Wilson ......... 73 c Keene, b Arnold 0 b Keene ... . G. L. Jessop, b Wilson . Langdon, b Wilson ... . W. B. A. Brown, not out . Spry, c Gaukrodger, Wilson............................ Board, lbw, h W ilson... , Dennett, b Wilson ... . Roberts, b Wilson ... . B 3, lb 2 .............. b Wilson ... b Arnold .. lbw, b Arnold lbw, b Wilson Total .................148 b W ilson .......... 0 c and b Arnold... 11 b Wilson .4. ... 0 not out................. 2 Byes................. 3 Total.........114 W o rcestersh ire . First innings. Second innings W. L. Foster, c Brown, b c Brovin, b Den­ Dennett ................. 14 nett ................. 15 Bowley, b Roberts 5 b Jessop .......... 18 H. K. Foster, c Langdon, b c Wrathall, b Dennett ................. 8 Roberts ... ... 2 Arnold, b Roberts 2 lbw, b Roberts... 40 G. E. Bromley-Martin, c Rice, b Dennett......... 0 b Roberts .......... 0 Wheldon, c Townsend, b Dennett ................. ... 0 b Roberts .......... 11 G. N. Foster, b Roberts 0 notout.........». ... 13 Gaukrodger, c Dennett, b Roberts ................. , 1 c Board,bRoberts 0 Bird, not out..................... 0 b Roberts .......... 2 Wilson (G.), c Jessop, b Roberts ................. , 4 cJe3sop,b Roberts 6 Keene, b Dennett ... ... 2 b Roberts .......... 5 B 2, lb 8 .......... 10 Extras .......... 4 Total .............. 46 Total..........116 G lou cestersh ire . O. M. R. w . O. M. R. W. Arnold ... ... 16 6 31 1 ... ... 18 2 8 36 5 Wilson ... ... 21 8 51 7 ... ... 11 4 88 5 Keene ... 16 3 50 2 ... ... 12 5 25 0 Bird 6 2 11 0 ... ... 4 0 18 0 W o rcestersh ire . First innings. O. M. R. W. Roberts.......... 134 30 5 ... Dennett.......... 13 96 5 . . Jessop Second innings. O. M. R. W ... 25*4 10 64 8 ‘ ... 29 9 39 1 . . . 4 1 9 1 SURREY V . KENT. Played at the Oval on August 17, 18 and 19 Kent won by 292 runs. More fortunate than most of the other counties, Surrey and Kent were able to play cricket for four hours and a half on Monday, during which time much progress was made with the match. After the heavy rain the wicket was very soft when the game began half an hour late, and for a time Kent, who won the toss, fared very badly indeed. Before arun had been scored, Burnup misjudged the pace and break of a ball from Clode, skied it, and was caught and bowled. At 7 Seymour was caught at mid-ofi. Hearne was disposed of by a catch in the slips at 15, and at 20 Hayes c tught Dillon very cleverly at slip. Thus four wickets were down. Then, however, came a change in the fortunes of the game, and Day, after being twice missed, settled down to play a determinedgame with Mason as a partner, and for the rest of the day things weot badly for Surrey. Mason played a beau­ tiful game, and his partnership with Day produced 69 runs in five minutes less than the hour. Another fine stand was made by Blaker and Day. This ac­ counted for 87 runs in fifty minutes, and then Day, a*tempting to make a short run for his partner, had his wicket thrown down by Strudwick. He had played a great game, taking risks at times, but always showing command over the bowling; he was batting for two hours and a quarter. Blaker’s fineinnings of 60 was put together at about the rate of a run a minute. Disasters were in store for Surrey when their turn came to bat, and with the exception of Hayward, who played as finely as ever, no one could make any stand against the bowling. At five minutes past six the light Decsme to bad that there was no more play. Four wickets were down for 62. When the game was resumed on Tuesday morniDg, Surrey were in anything but an enviable position. But it was possible for things to be even worse for them, and the remaining six wickets fell fur an addition of but 27 runs. This remarkable result was brought about by some very successful bowling by Blythe,who in twenty-seven balls took five wickets for 13 runs. Kent had a lead of 133, and Buroup took Alec Hearne to the wickets with him, and contented himself with looking on while his partner hit. Out of the first 24 runs Hearne scored 20, a remarkable proportion for him. At £6 Hearne was bowled by Lockwood. When two wickets were down a great stand was made by Dillon and Burnup, who were together at lunch time, the former with 31, and the latter with 43. The partnership was broken after lasting an hour, during which 90 runs were put on, Dillon, who was the first to go, making 55of them. Burnup kept up his end un­ til he had been at the wickets for two hours and a half for a faultlcss 64. The rest of the Kent batsmen went in for a bold game, with the result that Burnup felt justified in closing his inning*, for on such a ticket Surrey were hardly likely to make the 345 required to win, while if his side went on with their innings there might not be time to win before raio stopped the match. The macoeuvre was most successful, and al­ though when Surrey went in it was a quarter-past four, they were all out before the end of the day. Unfortunately Hayward had an inj ury to his eye, and was unable to go in, and in his absence the team fared very badly against the bowling of Blythe and Alec Hearne, who each met with great success. K en t . First innings. C. J. Burnup, c and b Clode 0 Hearne (A.), c Hayes, b Clode ...............................11 Seymour, c Clode, b Lees... 1 E. w. Dillon, c Hayes, b Clode ............................... 6 S. H. Day, run out .............91 J. R. Mason, b Lockwood .. S3 K. L. Hutchings, c Strud­ wick, b Richardson.........11 R. N. R. Blaker, c Lock­ wood, b Lees |.................60 Huish, b Lockwood .......... 0 Blythe, not out ................. 0 Fielder, b Lockwood.......... 0 B4, lb l, n b l ........... 6 Second innings, c Lockwood, b Richardson ... 64 b Lockwood ... 26 b Lockwood ... 0 c sub., b Lees ...55 b Lockwood ... 0 b Lockwood ... 15 c Walker, bLock­ wood ................18 not ou t................13 st Htrudwick, b Lockwood ... 4 B 14, lb 2 ... 16 Total .................222 Total (8 wkts) *211 •Innings declared cloied. S u b r e y . First innings. Holland, b Hearne .......... 0 Hayward, c Mason,b Blythe 37 Hayes, c Huish, b H earne .. 9 E. M. Dowson, b Blythe ... 3 Capt. H. S. Bush, b Blythe 6 Lockwood,cHearne.bBlythe 3 L. Walker, c Seymour, b Blythe.. ........................ 2 Lees, not out........................ 4 Clode, c and b Hearne ... 0 Strudwick, b Blythe .......... 4 Richardson, b Blythe..........11 B 4, lb 6 .......... ... 10 Total Second innings, c Hutchings, b Blythe ..........18 absent, i l l .......... 0 cSeymour,bBlythe 8 cSeymour,bBlythe 1 b Hearne ..........10 cBlythe,b Hearne 2 cSeymour,bBlythe 0 cBlaker, bHearne 7 not ou t................ 3 cBurnup,bBlythe 0 b Hearne ... ... 0 Byes .......... 3 Total..........52 K e n t . First innings. O. M. R. W. Clode ........... 29 6 97 3 ... Lees.................. 24 11 65 2 ... Lockwood ...14‘3 3 29 3 ... Richardson ... 8 1 35 1 ... Second innings. O. M. R. vV. ... 13 3 36 0 ... 12 2 51 1 ... 25*2 6 69 6 ... 9 1 39 1 Lockwood delivered a no-ball. S urrey . First inniDgs. O. M. R. W. Blythe .......... 18*3 3 41 7 .. H earLe......... 18 4 38 8 ., Second innings. O. M. R. W . ... 12 3 26 5 ... 112 8 23 4