Cricket 1903

380 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g . 27, 1903. CRICKET IN SOUTH AFRICA. CORINTHIANS (FOOTBALL TOURING TEAM) v. M r . J. H. SINCLAIR’S XI. Played at Johannesburg on July 27. C orinthians . First innings. Second innings. F.H.Bryant,c Chalders, b J. Sinclair ................. ... 26 S.H. Snell, st Halliwell, b J. Sinclair ........................14 O. T. Norris, c Schwarz, b J. Sinclair ........................ 9 S. F. Peshall, b J. Sinclair 0 c D.,b J. Sinclair 17 W.J. H. Curwen, cTancred, b Faulkner....................... 4 J. E. Balfour-Melville, st Halliwell, b Faulkner ... 0 b Grey ... G. L. Mellin, c Halliwell, b Schwarz ........................14 A.F.Leach-Lewis,bFaulkner 0 c V. Tancred, Halliwell... not out............... J. G. Birch, b Schwarz ... 13 W . U. Timmis, b J. Sinclair 14 J. S. D. Rider.bD. Sinclair 1 notout... C. Wreford-Brown, not out 5 Byes ........................ 5 Byes ... 15 10 , 8 12 12 Total .................105 Total (3 wkts) 114 M b . J. H. S in cla ir’ s X I. G. Simpson, b Timmis 2 L.J.Tancred,bCurwen 5 W .A.8halders,bNorris 21 R. O. Schwarz, b Bal- four-Melville.......... 0 J. H.Sinclair,cPeshall, b Norris .................60 E.A.Htlliwell, notout 19 A. Faulkner, not out 29 B 2, lb 3 ................. 6 Total (5 wkts)*14l •Innings declared closed. Y. M. Tancred, F. W . Grey, J. H. Piton, D. Sinclair, and C. M. Neustetel did not bat. THE STANDARD ATHLETIC CLUB (PARIS) TOUR. FIRST MATCH v. UNITED SERVICE. Drawn. Played at Portsmouth on Augus. 24 and 25. Owing to heavy rain the comt mencement of this match was delayed until Tuesday. S tandard A thletic C lub of F rancs . T.H.Jordan,b Gaubert 1 R. Roques, run out ... 0 W.D. Barnes,cCurteis, b Hubbard .......... 2 H.A.Clarke,cSheward, b Foster .................23 E.A.Cawdron,bStrong 4 E. Gould, c Curteis, b Strong ................. 4 E. Smith, c Little, b Total ... 66 Gaubert .................19 Second innings.—T. H. Jordan, b Hamilton, 4; Roques, c Sheward, b Hubbard, 9; Gould, not out, 7 ; extras, 7. Total (2 wkts.), 27. U nited S ervice . Capt. Atchison, b H. Jordan, c Foster, b Strong ................. W. Parry, b Foster .. P. H. Tomlain, jun., b Gaubert .......... P. H. Tomlain, sen., not out ................. Extras .......... Lieut. Piggott. c Caw- dron, b Clarke ... 0 Capt. Liddie, b Caw­ dron ........................12 Capt. 8trong, b Clarte 6 Col Curteis, b Gould 18 Major Hamilton, b Cawdron.................30 Lieut. Hubbard, c Smith, b Boques ... 1 Barnes Lieut. Foster, c Smith b Roques.................19 Capt. Lainson, c Jor­ dan, b Cawdron ... 21 Dr. Sheward, b Clarke 9 Sergt Gaubert,not out 2 Extras ................. 6 Total ..125 KENT v. MIDDLESEX. Arranged to he played at Lord’s on August 24, 25, and 26. Abandoned without a ball being howled. The wicket at Lord’s was in such a terribly bad condition on Monday morning that play was out of the question. Nor was it possible to make a com­ mencement on Tuesday, and on Wednesday the game was abandoned. M id d le se x : G. MacGregor, P. F. Warner, L. J. Moon, J. Douglas, R. W. Nicholls, B. J. T. Bosan­ quet, C. M. Wells, G. W . Beldam, E. A. Beldam, Hearne (J. T.) and Trott (A. E.). K e n t : C. J. Burnup, J. R. Mason, K . L. Hutch­ ings, S. H. Day, R. N. R. Blaker, E. W. Dillon, Hearne (Alec), Blythe, Huish, Fairservice, and Seymour. SURREY V. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. AN EXCITING FINI8H. Played at Bristol on August 24, 25 and 26. Gloucestershire won by 18 runs. Although there was no play on the first day of this match until a quarter past four, Surrey managed to get rid of six of the Gloucestershire team for 95 before stumps were drawn at six o’clock. It was thought advisable to use a new wicket instead of that which had been specially prepared for the match. There was nothing very remarkable about the bat­ ting, except a short and delightful innings by Jessop, who in the course of a quarter of an hour made 28, including a hit for six off Lockwood. Board and R. W. Rice came together when five men were out for 71, and were not separated ; the former was not out 8, and the latter not out 10. Surreyhad to take the field without Hayward, whose eye again troubled him, and Moulder was telegraphed for to take his place. On Tuesday great progress was made with the game. Rain had fallen in the night, and as for a time the wicket was not difficult, the Gloucestershire tail were able to increase the total considerably, both Brownlee and Spry batting well. For the entire innings McDonell had the excellent analysis of five wickets for 36, while Lees took two for a run apiece. In the absence of Hayward, Holland was accom­ panied to the wicket by Hayes when Surrey went in, and for a time things went well enough for the visitors. Holland hit out boldly, and when he was dismissed he had made 23 out of 29 in twenty minutes After this misfortunes came, neither Dowson nor Hayes staying very long. Captain bush did well, but half the wickets were down for 58, while at lunch time the total was only seventy- two for seven. The three remaining wickets fell for the addition of 15 runs, so that Gloucestershire went in a second time with a comfortable lead of 56. After C. O. H. Sewell an i Wrathall had made a fairly good commencement wickets fell quickly, and with 30 runs on the board, four men were out. From this time Lees and McDonell were almost masters of the situa­ tion, the only man to offer them any effective resist­ ance being W. S. A. Brown, who carried his bat for a capital innings of 32. Surrey were now left to make 138 to win on a wicket which was anything bat promising. Only twenty minutes remained for play, but in that short time Surrey were unfortunate enough to lose Holland, Hayes and Dowson for 12 runs, so that with seven wickets in hand they still required 126 to win Yesterday, when Lockwood was out at 16 and Walker at 28, the outlook seemed quite hopeless. But Captain Bush and Lees played a plucky game, and when at half-past twelve rain stopped play the total was 41. It was not possible to resume the game until about four o’clock. The total had reached fO when Lees was out, and six wickets were down. There was hardly a glimmering of hope left, but each man who came in played nobly for his Bide, and the struggle was continued to the bitter end, when the last two men were playing so well that it was quite on the cards that^Surrey might win after all. Too high praise cannot be given to Captain Bush for his fine defensive innings. G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings, C. O. H. Sewell, c Lees, b st Strudwick. b McDonell ........................ 3 McDonell 16 Wrathall, run out ......... 11 c Dowson, b Lees 12 G. L. Jessop, c Lees, b McDonell ........................ 28 run out .......... 0 W.S.A. Brown, b Lockwood 7 c Strudwick, b Richardson ... 32 Langdon,c Lees.b McDonell 18 b L ees................. 0 Board, lbw, b McDonell ... 10 b Lees................. 5 R. W . Rice, b Lockwood ... 13 b McDonell 2 L. D. Brownlee, lbw, b Mc­ Donell ............................... 15 run out .......... 4 Spry, st Strudwick, b Lees 12 cStrudwick.bLees 4 Roberts, not o u t................. 6 b McDonell 3 Dennett,c Strudwick,b Lees 0 not ou t................ 0 B 8, lb 1, nb 1 .......... 10 B 2, w 1 ... 3 Total ..........138 Total.......... 81 S urret . First innings. Holland,st Board,b Dennett 23 Hayes,c Brownlee,bDennett 10 E. M. Dowson, c Brown, b Roberts ........................ Capt. H. S. Bush, c Rice, b Dennett ........................15 Lockwood, b Roberts.......... 1 L. Walker, lbw, b Dennett 3 Lees, c Dennett, b Roberts 1 Moulder, not out................. 5 H. McDonell, b Roberts ... 0 Strudwick,lbw, b Roberts.. 0 Richardson, b Bennett ... 10 Extras........................ 0 Total ... Second innings. cJessop,bDennett 3 b Roberts .......... 2 9 c Spry, b Dennett 5 cJessop,bDennett 30 stBoard,bRoberts 3 cSewell.bRoberts 7 b Roberts ..........10 cJessop,bDennett 13 cBoard.b Roberts 11 not out ..........15 b Roberts ..........16 Extras ... 4 . 77 Total ...119 I G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. McDonell ... 24 9 36 5 ........... 20 7 25 3 Lockwood ... 23 2 85 2 .......... 4 0 12 0 Lees .......... 2 1 2 2 ........... 14 3 41 4 Richardson.. 1*4 1 0 1 Lockwood delivered one no-ball, and McDonell a wide. S urrey . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Roberts.......... 14 3 41 5 ........... 26*1 7 52 6 Dennett.......... 13*1 2 36 5 ........... 26 6 63 4 SUSSEX v. YORKSHIRE. A SPLENDID STRUGGLE. Played at Brighton on August 24, 25, and 26. Sussex won by four wickets. So heavy was the rain on Sunday night and the early hours of Monday, that play in this important match did not begin until just after four o’clock. Even then it was only possible because of a high and drying wind, and the well-known quickness of the Hove ground to recover from the effects of wet. The Yorkshiremen won the toss, and played such a deliberate game that when a storm broke over the ground after the game had teen in progress for fifty- five minutes, only 2 1 runs had been scored. The rain put an end to play for the day. Ernest Smith was not out 6, and Tunnicliffe not out 11. There was a full day’s play on Tuesday, of which Sussex bad decidedly the best. For a time Ernest Smith and Tunnicliffe were in ouch good form that, although the pitch was very difficult, they each seemed quite likely to run up a big score. But when once they were parted the end came with startling rapidity, not a single man except Whitehead, who made 8 runs, being able to make anything of Cox or Tate, the latter having the fine record of six wickets for 31 for the innings. From the way in which the Yorkshire bowlers made the batsmen uocomfort­ able when Sussex went to the wickets, it did not seem at all likely that the Yorkshire total would be exceeded. So difficult were they to play that Fry and Vine took twenty minutes to score the first half-dozen runs between them, while Killick was in for twenty minutes withoutscor.ng. When play was adj ourned on account of the bad lightthe total was only 17. Lunch was then taken, and when play was resumed Rhodes dismissed Vine at 24, and Ranjit- sinbji at 25; Vine was at the wickets an hour for his nine luns. With four wickets down for 25, P. H. Latham and Brann came together, with en- couragiog results for Sussex, for before they were separated they had increased the total by 59 runs in an hour and five minutes. Both played splendid cricket, Brann occasionally making a fine drive. Eventually he was bowled by Haigh after playing an invaluable innings of 43 in an hour and a half. Relf also played well, and the last two men, Tate and Butt, put on 21 runs. Yorkshire had to go in against a balauce of 63, and lost Brown for six runs before the day’s play ended, so that their prospects of suc­ cess were by no means great. Yesterday Cox and Tate were again in great form, and before Yorkshire drew level, Tunnicliffe, Denton and Hirst were all out. Then Wilkinson was bowled, and five wickets were down for 63. Meanwhile Ernest Smith had been playing a great game, and he received very use­ ful help from Rhodes, but when the innings cameto an end Sussex only had to make 37 to win. The task seemed almost ridiculously easy, but when Fry was bowled without scoring, and Killick dismissed with the total at 6, things did not look very well Ra^it- sinhji and Vine brought the score to 13 by lunch time, so that only 24 runs were now required. When Ranjitsinhji was bowled at 25, Sussex seemed to have the game in hand, but the Yorkshiremen never despaired, and it was not until six wickets had fallen that Sussex could claim the victory. Vine’s innings effort Wa8’ er circumstances, a magnificent Y orkshire . First innings. Brown, c Butt, b Tate ... 2 Tunnicliffe,cHeygate,lTate 26 Ddnton, run o u t ................. 3 E. Smith, c Latham, b Tate 27 Hirst, c Killick, b Tate H. Wilkinson, c Heygate, b Cox ............................... 1 Rhodes, c and b Tate.......... 0 Haigh, not out ................. 5 Lord Hawke, b Cox .......... 0 Whitehead, b Tate .......... 8 Hunter, c Butt, b Cox ... 0 Extras........................ 0 Total .......... ... 72 * . 4 . 16 . 48 . 0 Secondinnings, c Ranjitsinbji, b Oox .......... st Butt, b Cox b Tate.......... b C o x .......... b Cox .......... b Tate.......... b T ate......... b Cox .......... b Tate.........’ b Cox .......... not out Extras... Total 11 0 . 1 , 4 . 1 . 5