Cricket 1903

A u g . 27, 1903. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 373 YOKKSHIRE v. KENT. AN EXCITING FINISH. Played at Canterbury on August 20, 21 & 22. Drawn. In the most miserable weather imaginable this match was begun last Thursday; it was cold and wet. and in addition there was a high wind, which made things very unpleasant. The turf was so wet in the morning that it was found impossible to begin play until after luncheon, and even then rain put a stop to the game after an hour and fifty minutes. It was thought that Yorkshire had been fortunate in winning the toss, and that the wicket would, in all probability, prove fairly easy for a time, after which it ■would become exceedingly difficult. But the Yorkshirtmen from the first were all at sea with Blythe who, in the dim light, with no screen behind his arm, was not by any means easy to follow. In the course of the short time during which there was any play he took six wickets for 31 runs cf the nine wickets which fell. Ernest Smith and Birst made a bold attempt to put some life into the game, and while they were together for just over a quarter of an hour twenty-five runs were put on. For the rest the bowlers always held the upper hand, and when play ended Yorkshire could only show 73 runs for the loss of nine wickets. On Friday there was bright sunshine, but so much rain had fallen during the night that the ground was in a shocking state and no play was possi le. The weather on Saturday was all tbat could be desired, but the pitch was ex­ tremely soft when play was resumed. It had been previously agreed upon by the two captains that play should begin three-quarters of an hour earlier than usual, and the stumps should be drawn at a quarter past five, but the weather prevented the first past of tbe arrangement from being carried out. After lunch it became more and more difficult until by the time that Kent declared Yorkshire had a most unenviible task. The last Yorkshire wicket fell through a fine piece of fielding by Burnup, who ran out Lord Hawke. On the soft and easy wicket Burnup and Alec Hearne made a most promising b (g in n iD g fo r Kent, and when lunch time came they were still unparted, with the total at 95. Off the second ball after lunch Hearne was caught at slip, after batting for an hour and forty minutes. When nine more runs had been made, Burnup ran himself out. The order of the day was now to make runs as quickly as possible, and although two or three wickets were lost in doing this, Mason and Day managed to put together a most useful 50, at the rate of two runs a minute. The result was that Kent were able to declare leaving Yorkshire to make 102 runs before saving the single in nin gs defeat. But the wicket was now particularly diffi­ cult, and it soon became a question whether York­ shire would not be easily defeated by an innings and a good many runs. In a little more than a quarter of an hour Brown, Denton, Tunnicliffe and Hirst were all out, and the total was only 13. Things looked very t ad indeed. Ernest Smith was the next victim—five for 16. The Kent bowlers were natur­ ally elated, and were at the very top of their form, while the fielding was as close as could be. But Rhodes and Wilkinson made a steady resistance, and it was their stand which practically saved the game. Y orkshire . First innings Brown, lbw, b Blythe........ Tunnicliffe, c Seymour, b Blythe............................... '* Dtnton, c Mason, b Blythe 0 E. Smith, c Day, b Ely\he 22 Hirst, b H earne.................16 lbw, b Blythe H. Wilkinson, b Blythe ... 0 b Blythe Rhodes, c Blaker, b Hearne 2 not out.. Haigh, c Mason, b Fair­ service ............................... Lord Hawke, run cut Whitehead, b Blythe.......... Hunter, not o u t ................. Extras........................ 9 Second innings, c Heame,b Blythe 0 b Fairservice ... 0 lbw, b Blythe ... 6 b Blythe 8 cSeymour,bBlythe 0 11 b Blythe ......... 4 1 not out................ 2 4 0 B 9, lb 3 ..........12 Total .. ... 79 K en t. C. J. Burnup, run out 45 Hearne, c Smith, b Bhodes .................51 K. L. Hutchings, b H irst........................ 3 J. R. Mason, not out £6 R. N. R. Blaker, c and b Bhodes................. 4 Total (8 wkts) 51 S. H. Day, b Hirst ... 28 Seymour, c Haigh, b Bhodes ................ 6 E.W. Dillon, b Rhodes 2 Huish, not o u t.......... 0 Lb 6, nb 1 ... ... 7 •Total (7 wkts) 181 * Innings declared closed. Fairservice and Blythe did not bat. Y obkshibe . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R7 W. Blythe ..........21*8 5 P5 6 ........... 18 8 26 7 H earne.......... 15 2 37 2 .......... 6 5 0 0 Fairservice ... 6 2 7 1 .......... 15 12 9 1 Mason ... . 4 3 4 0 K ent . O. M. R. W. O. Hirst ... 213 53 2 I Haigh.. 11 Rhodes ... 284 91 4 | Hirst delivered one no-ball. M. R. W. 1 30 0 HAMPSHIRE y . WARWICKSHIRE. Played at Edgbaston on August 20, 21 & 22. Warwickshire won by 139 runs. As the ground at Edgbaston was almost flooded on Thursday there was never any chance that play could begin. On Friday each side completed an innings, Warwickshire having a lead of 49. Warwickshire went in first, and the most noticeable feature of their innings was the batting of Lilley, who was at the wickets for an hour and twenty minutes without making any mistake of importance. He and Loveitt put on 80 runs in partnership. Sprot played another invaluable innicga for Hampshire. He went in first wicket down and carried his bat for 56 after a stay of an hour and three-quarters. In the course of his fine innings he made four boundary hits in succession off Hargreave and in trying to make a fifth he was mifsed at de p mid-on—the only mistake in his innings. Bowell and D. A. Steele put up 44 for the first Hampshire wicket. On Saturday, when War­ wickshire tegan their sec<nd innings, Quaife was out with the total at five, but after this there was some rapid scoring, in which Devey, Fishwick, Lilley and Kinneir all distinguished themselves. Kinneir, who can hit as hard as most people when the need for action arrives, was in great form, and in partnership with Lilley helped to put on 97 runs in 55 minutes, a performance which had not a little to do with War­ wickshire’s success. After this, Loveitt and Moor­ house adopted an entirely different method, and runs came with extreme slowness. Nevertheless War­ wickshire were able to declare, and although D. A. Steele played a fine innings for Hampshire and was fairly well backed up, the home team succeeded in gaining the victory. W arw ickshire . First innings. Devey, c Bowell, b Langford 17 Quaife, c Sprot, b Langford 19 T. S. Fishwick, st Stoue, b Llewellyn........................19 Kinneir,c Stone, b Langford 1 Charlesworth, hit wicket, b Llewellyn ........................16 Lilley, c Frederick, b Soar 57 F. R. Loveitt, c Frederick, b Llewellyn .................30 Moorhouse,stStone,b Llew­ ellyn ............................... 9 Santall, lbw, b Llewellyn ... 2 Whittle.c Frederick,bLlew­ ellyn ............................... 0 Hargreave, not out .......... 3 B 1, lb I ................. 2 Second innings, lbw, b Frederick 25 lbw, b Langford 0 b Langford b Sprot b Langford lbw, b Soar.. not out ... not out B 3, lb 1 ... Total .................175 Total (6 wkts) *195 •Innings declared closed. H ampshire . First innings. D.A.8teele, c& b Hargreave 18 Bowell, b Hargreave........ 24 E. M. Sprot, not o u t ............56 Llewellyn,cLoveitt.bSantall 1 A. C. Johnston, b Santall... 3 F. H. Taeon, b Santall ... 0 Rev. W .V. J<phson, b Har­ greave ............................... 1 Stone, b Hargreave ........ 19 Langford, b Moorhouse ... 0 E.B.Frederick, b Hargreave 0 Soar, b Moorhouse .......... 0 Leg-byes ................. 4 Total . Fecond innings, c Lilley, b Moor­ house ..........42 b Bargreave ... 15 lbw, b Hargreave 4 b Santall ..........12 c Kinneir,bMoor- house ..........10 b Hargreave ... 3 c & b Hargreave 0 c Lilley, b Har­ greave ......... 0 c Whittle, b Har­ greave .......... 0 not out................. 2 c Fishwick,bHar- greave ......... 13 B 9, w l,n -b l 11 . .. 126 W a - w ickshibe. First innings. Total ...112 Langford Frederick Llewellyn Soar.......... 0 . M. R. W. O. 19 2 47 3 ... ... 12 4 1 13 0 ... ... 10 27 5 83 6 ... ... 11 12 2 30 1 ... ... 18 Sprot .. 4 M. R. W. 3 22 3 Second innings. O. M. R. W. H ampshire . First innings. O. M. R. W. Hargreave ... 28 10 65 5 ......... Santall .......... 19 3 41 3 ......... Moorhouse .. 9 2 3 16 2 ......... Charlesworth Charlesworth bowled a wide and a no-ball. 22 5 48 10 3 20 12 9 12 6 1 21 LANCASHIRE v. NOTTS. Played at Old Trafford on Aug. 20, 21 and 22. Lancashire won by five wickets. There was so much rain in Manchester on Thursday last that it was found impossible to begin this match. It was known that Iremonger would not play for Notts, being obliged to attend a practice of his foot­ ball club. Nor were Dixon and W . Gunn available. On the other hand Sharp was unable to play for the same reason as Iiemonger, while Garnett was also absent from the Lancashire side. On Friday when Lancashire, having lost the toss, took the field it was seen that they were without Barnes as well as Garnett and Sharp. On a slow wicket Notts did not dis­ tinguish themselves against Hallows and Cuttell, the former being in great form. Jones and G. Gunn opened the innings well by scoring 55 in an hour for the first wicket, and the second wicket fell at 97, but after this there was a bad break down, Goodacre alone offering any resistance to the bowling. The last eight wickets fell for 30 runs. For Lancashire both Maclaren and Spooner made runs as quickly as possible, and when Maclaren was dismissed they had put on 50 runs in less than half an hour, Maclaren claiming 38 of them. Spooner stayed until the total was 99, when he was dismissed for an admirable 44. Tyldesley never became comfortable, and his 10 runs took nearly three quarters of an hour to compile. Hornby did well, and Mallows and Harry put on 43 for the seventh wicket, while at the end Cuttell hit hard and well. When stumps were drawn the total was 225 for nine wickets, so that Lancashire now had a lead of 98. On Saturday morning the last wicket added 9 runs to the total. In forty minutes G. Gunn and Jones hit up 54 runs for the first Notts wicket, but before the arrears were wiped out four wickets were down. Meanwhile J. Gunn played excellent cricket. At lunch time the total was 139 for seven wickets, so that Notts were only 32 runs on. But Hallam offered a sturdy resistance afterwards, and chitfly to him Notts were able to give Lancashire the task of making 56 to win. This was by no means as easy of accomplishment as it looked on paper, and before they could claim a victory Lancashire lost five wickets. N otts . First innings. A. O. Jones, c Littlewood, b Hallows ........................£0 Gunn(G.), c Findlay, b Hal­ lows ............................... 32 Gunn(J.),cEccles,bHallows 25 W. B. Goodacre, c Findlay, Hallows ........................19 G. T. Branston, c Hornby, b Hallows ........................ 2 Dexter, lbw, b Cuttell ... 4 Day, c Harry, b Hallows ... 1 Anthony, c Littlewood, b Cuttell.............................. 0 Oates, b Cuttell ................. 1 Hallam, lbw, b Hallows ... 4 Wass, not out ................. 4 B 3, lb 2 ................. Second innings, lbw, b Littlewood 34 b Heap.................18 c Eccles, b Cuttell 50 c Hornby, b Hal­ lows .................15 b Cuttell .......... 0 b Cuttell .......... 6 lbw, b Hallows... 3 c Heap.b Hallows 2 lbw,b Hallows ... 1 not out ..........24 c Maclaren,bHal- lows................. 0 B 8, lb 1 ... 9 Total ... ... 127 Total ...162 L ancashire . First innings. Second innings. A.C.Maclaren,lbw,bHallam 38c Oates, b Hallam 6 R. H. Spooner, lbw, b Wass 44c Oates, b Wass... 13 Tyldesley, c Dexter, b Wass 10 b Hallam ... ... 13 A. Eccles, b H allam .......... 3 b Hallam ...... 9 A. H. Hornby, c J. Gunn, b Wass ......... .................24 W . Findlay, b W ass.......... 0 Hallows, b J. Gunn ..........41 Harry, b D ay.......................13 Cuttell, notout .................42 Heap, b Wass ................. 3 Littlewood, c Oates, b Wass 6 B 7, lb 4 .................11 c J. Gunn, bWass 13 not out................. 0 not out................. l Bye Total First innings. .................234 N otts . Total (5 wkts) 56 Second innnigs. Cuttell .. ... 15 3 26 3 ... ... 20 Littlewood ... 8 2 16 0 ... ... 6 Harry ... ... 6 1 13 0 ... Hallows ... 16*3 6 46 7 ... !!. 17 3 Heap ... ... 5 0 21 0 ... ... 8 L ancashire . First innings. Second O. M. R. W. O. Wass ... ... 23 5 61 6 ... ... 9 Gunn (J.) ... 26 4 85 1 ... Hallam... ... 18 2 52 2 ... 8-1 Day ... 8 1 25 1 ... 1 42 2 1 13 3