Cricket 1903

374 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g . 27, 1903. LONDON COUNTY v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Derby on August 20, 21 and 22. Derbyshire won by eight wickets. There was continuous rain at Derby on Thursday and no play was possible, but on the next morning the wicket had dried so well that the game began soon after the usual time. W . G., who had a strong team, won the toes, but the wicket was anything but easy and thecricketwasslow. Knight piayed anexceediDgly good and patient innings which lasted for two hours. No one else could do anytbirg against the Derbyshire bowlers except C. J. B. Wood and Dr. brace, L. G. Wright was again unable to take his place in the Derbyshire team, which, however, did well before the day’s play ended, for with seven wickets still in hand Derbyshire were only 43 runs behind. This happy position of affairs was chiefly due to an excellent all-round display by Storer, who in the course of an hour and a-half compiled 58, and was still uncocquered. He was out on Saturday after increasing his score by five ; his entire innings lasted for an hour and three-quarters. Towards the end of the innings Lawton made 65 in the course cf an hour’s brill ant batting, and Derbyshire had a had of 56. In their second innings London County found themselves in difficulties, and al'hough the Doctor, as well as W. Smith, Knight and W. G. Grace, jun., all made useful scores, Derbyshire had the easy task before them of putting together 70 runs. L ondon C ounty . Second innings. 8 b Gregory..........20 c and b Lawton.. 1 .. 28 .. 11 b .. 17 b .. 0 .. 21 b .. 1 7 First innings. WG.Grace.jun.,c011ivierre, b Bestwick....................... C. J. B. Wood, c Byder, b Lawton ... .................... 19 Knight, run o u t ................ 41 Sewell, b Bestwick ........... 3 W . Smith, c and b Lawton. 7 Board, b Lawton................. 5 Dr. W . G. Grace, b Lawton 20 Murch, run out ................. 5 T. T. Brewer, b Bestwick... 0 W . W . Odell, not out..........1! P. B. May, b Bestwick ... 5 B 2, w 1, nb 3 .......... 6 b Warren b Lawton ... c Bestwick, Warren ... st Humphries, Gregory ... lbw, b Lawton c Ollivierre, Bestwick........ not out................. c Lawton, b Eest- w ick.................16 b Eestwick......... 0 Byes ......... 2 Total .................133 D ebbybhibe . Total ..124 First innings. C. A. Ollivierre, b Odell R. T. Ryder, b Odell ... Storer, b Odell E. M. Ashcroft, b May Second innings. 3 b Grace, jun. ... 0 10 63 4 c Smith, b Grace, jun....................18 G.R.Gregory.cGrace.b Odell 23 Needham, b Grace, juu. ... 3 A.E.Lawton,c Grace, jun., b Odell ........................ ...55 notout.. Warren, c Grace, b Odell ... 12 not out.. Humphiies, c Smith,b Odell 4 Green, b Smith ................. 0 Bestwick, not out................. 2 B 2, lb 8 .................10 Leg-byes 2 Total ................189 Total (2 wkts) 70 L ondon C ounty . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W Bestwick.......... 22*1 5 45 4 .......... 15*5 7 28 3 Law ton.......... 25 6 62 4 ............ 17 5 41 3 Storer .......... 10 2 13 0 ............ 1 0 2 0 Green .......... 4 2 7 0 .......... Gregory ... 7 0 27 2 Warren ... 9 2 26 2 Bestwick delivered three no-balls and Storer bowled one wide. D erbyshirk . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R .W . 0 . M. R. W. Odell .. ... 37-2 17 €9 7 ... ... 6 0 46 0 Grace, jun. ... 28 10 59 1 ... . .. 61 0 22 2 M ay.......... ... 12 5 33 1 ... . Sewell ... ... 5 2 12 0 ... . Smith ... ,.. 3 1 6 1 ... . SURREY v. SOMERSET. Played at Taunton on August 20, 21 and 22. Drawn. When Surrey were at the height of their power they often had occasion to fear their tour in the tVest, the Somersetshire men being particularly likely to upset their chances of gaining the championship. Just at present a defeat more or less makes no very great difference to Surrey, who are experiencing their turn of unfavourable fortune, so that although it was not unlikely that the team might experience a reverse at the hands of Somerset, the result could be regarded with some approach to equanimity. On the first day there was only an hour’s play, after which rain came down heavily. During that hour Somerset made the most of their opportunity, for, after Braund had been dismissed for a duck’s egg, L. C. H. Palairet and P. R. Johnson did so well that when play ended for the day they had brought the total to 67 without further loss, the former being not out 2S and the latter not out 37. On the next morn­ ing the two not out batsmen continued to play a very fine game on a wicket which had teen rendered easy, though soft, by more rain in the night. The partner­ ship was broken when it had added 120 to the total for the second wicket. Johnson was the first to go; he had played beautiful cricket for an hour and thirty-five minutes. Palairet did not survive him for long, his entire innings lasting for two hours, during which he hardly made a bad* stroke. For a time Lockwood was now nearly irresistible, but Lewis and Daniell were in good form, and with Cranfield helped to put od 33 for the last wicket. Daniell was batting very patiently for an hour and twenty min- utes for his most useful innings of 43. It was thought that Surrey would have great difficulty in making runs and, although they batted, well they were 73 runs behind when their innings came to a close just before the time for drawing stumps. Hayward, whose eye still troubled him, played an excellent game for 37, while Dowson’s 35 was a first-class innings. A very good game was played by Lock­ wood, who, however, was fortunate enough to be missed before be had scored, ty Braund of all people in the world. Later, McDonell and Lees both played well. Just as Lockwood had been the only Surrey bowler who was at all efiective, so Cranfield alone of the Somerset bowlers could make any impression on the Surrey men. On Saturday Braund was disposed of with the total at 59, after he had played a very careful innings of 17. Woods and Palairet added 43 in twenty minutes for the third wicket, and Robson, who went in next, hit 14 off an over from Lees. The Somerset men were evidently anxious to make runs as quickly as possible, and when lunch time came 168 had been put on in the two hours. Palairet, who had played a magnificent game, was then not out 86. He afterwards increased this by 28, and his entire innings of 114 lasted for two hours and a quarter. Soon after he left the innings was declared closed, and Surrey had to score 285 to win. with no reason­ able chance of accomplishing the task. But Hay­ ward and Holland played very attractive cricket, and the fifty went up in half-an-hour. Eventually Holland was caught when the total was 87, of which he was responsible for an excellent 40. Hayes came in and helped Hayward to raise the score to 145 when the latter was out for a beautiful innings of 79. which had been put together in an hour and forty minutes. At a quarter to five, when 133runs were still required, the rain came and there was no further play. S omerset . First innings. L. C. H. Palairet, c Bush, b McDonell ........................67 Braund, b Lockwood.......... 0 P. B. Johnson, c and b McDonell ........................63 F. A. Phillips, lbw, b Lock­ wood ............................... 2 S. M. J. Woods, lbw, b Lockwood........................ 3 F. M. Lee, c Hayes, b Lock­ wood ...............................15 Lewis, c Holland,b Richard­ son ...............................20 J. Daniell, c Hayward, b Lockwood........................43 Robson, c Strudwick, b Richardson....................... 0 O. M. Samson, c Hayes, b Lockwood........................12 Cranfield, not out................11 B 5, lb 3 ........................ 8 Second innings. c Lees, b Mc­ Donell ..........114 c Hayward,bLees 17 b Richardson ... 15 b McDonell.........15 st Strudwick, b Hayes ..........23 cHayward,b Lees 7 not out... ... .. 1 c Holland, b Mc­ Donell ..........16 No-ball .......... 1 Total ........................244 Total (7 wkts)#209 SUBBEY. Hayward, at Palairet, L. Walker, c Lewis, b b Cranfield .......... 87 Braund ................. 8 Holland, c Johnson, b Lees, c Lee, b Cran­ Cranfleld................. 2 field ........................ 18 Hayes, c Robson, b H. C. McDonell, b Cranfleld................. 1 Braund ................. 21 M. Dowson, c Strudwick, not out ... 2 Braund, b Cranfleld 35 Richardson, b Braund 0 H. S. Bush, lbw, b JByes ................. 13 Cranfleld................. 0 Lockwood, c Johnson, Total.................171 b Cranfleld ... ... 34 Second innings : Hayward, c Lee, b Lewis, 79; Holland, c Palairet, b Robson, 40; Hayes, not out, 13; E. M. Dowson, not out, 4 ; Byes 13.—Total (2 wickets) 149. S omebset . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W Lockwood . 28 4 3 95 6 ... ... 7 2 27 0 Lees......... .1 4 4 46 0 ... ... 7.2 2 21 2 Richardson . .17 5 55 2 ... ... 15 2 68 1 McDonell .. 12 1 31 2 ... ... 13 0 61 3 Dowson ... . . 2 0 9 0 ... Hayes... *.*.*. 6 1 31 1 Lockwood delivered a no-ball. SUBBEY. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W Cranfleld .. 25 4 89 7 ... ... 183 2 54 0 Braund ... .. 17 2 1 48 3 ... ... 10 1 43 0 Robson ... . . 7 3 21 0 ... ... 9 4 17 1 Woods ... ... 6 1 19 0 Lewis .. ... 1 0 3 1 SUSSEX v. MIDDLESEX. Played at Lord’s on August 20, 21 and 22. Drawn. After the heavy rains the wicket at Lord’s on Thursday last was found to be in such a state that play at the usual time was out of the question. It was decided to wait until four o’clock in hopes of better things, but soon after one o’clock a heavy shower put play out of the question. On Friday the weather was perfect, but the wicket was so exceed­ ingly soft that another postponementhad to be made. The rain kept off on Saturday, and it was considered that by one o’clock the turf was in such a condition that play was advisable although despite the sun­ shine of the previous day it whs still very wet. The advantage of winning the toss fell to Sussex, but Banjitsinbji decided to put Middlesex in. The result could hardly have seemed satisfactory to him, for Middlesex made 152 for half their wickets, and were able to declare with the comfortable feeling that they were at least quite safe from defeat. L. J. Moon played a very useful and careful innings, and all the men who went in, except Warner, made useful scores. Sussex began their innings so badly that spectators laid themselves out for something in the nature of a scnsation, but after Vine and Kiliick had been disposed of for four runs between them, Fry and Ranjitsinhji came together, and by excellent cricket made their side secure. They were together for an hour and three-quarters, and although as runs were of no use neither of them made any attempt to hurry, they put on 108 runs during their partnership. Their cricket was in every way excellent, although it did not please the crowd, who wanted to see some big hitting. M iddlesex . P. F. Warner, c Butt, b Relf........................ 1 L. J. Moon, st Butt, b Cox ........................57 J. Douglas, c Heygate, b R e lf...................... 19 W . P. Robertson, c Killick, b Cox..........13 B. J. T. Bosanquet, c Tate, b Cox ..........26 C. M. Welle, not out 8 Trott, not out ..........21 B 5, lb 1, nb 1 ... 7 ITotal (5 wkts)*152 G. W. Beldam, G. MacGregor, E. A. Beldam, and Hearne (J. T.) did not bat. * Innings declared closed. S ussex . C. B. Fry, not out ... ................. 55 Vine, b Trott ............................... 0 Killick, b Trott ........................ 4 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, not o u t..........51 Byes...................................... 2 Total (2 wkts) ..........112 G. Brann, R._B. Heygate, Relf, C. L. A. Smith, Cox, Butt, and Tate did not bat. Belf Cox Hearne Trott........ Wells........ G.Beldam.. M iddlesex . O. M. R. W. 22 5 48 2 ITate.......... 23 4 63 3 | Relf delivered a no-ball. S ussex . O. M. R. W . 10 3 12 0 10 1 33 2 9 5 12 0 8 3 11 0 Moon........ Bosanquet. Robertson.. O. M. R. W . 9 1 34 0 O. M. R.W. 3 0 11 0 5 0 21 0 2 0 10 0 C RICKET SYEAR BOOK, 1903. Price One Penny. Contains portraits and biographies of celebrities Laws, Fixtures, Records, and a mass of useful infor­ mation. 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