Cricket 1903

Sept. 3, 1903. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 389 T he BOURNEMOUTH FESTIVAL. HAMPSHIRE V . KENT. Played at Bournemouth on August 27 & 28. Kent won by an innings and 17 runs. In this match Capt. Wynyard and C. Robson ag»in appeared for Hampshire, but although E. M. Sprot took his place in the team, Hesketh-Prichard and A. J. L. Hill were once more absent. Hampshire won the toss, but most of the best men failed, the ex­ ceptions being Capt. Wynyard and E. M. Sprot, who by very good cricket put on 48 runs for the second wicket. The tail did very well, so that the total was not as bad as it seemed likely to be when half the side were out for 67. Kent lost Alec Hearne and Burnup for a run between them, but Seymour and Day made a useful stand, and later Dillon and Day put an excellent appearance on tbe game. When rain put a stop to fur her play for the day, Dillon was not out 15 and Day not out 41. with the total at 83 for three wickets. Rain fell in the night, but the Kent batsmen did very well. Day increased his score by 20, and Dillon made a few runs, but the finest innings of the day was played by Hutchings, who was In brilliant form. He made his first 50 runs in 40minutes and his entire innings of 84 was put together at about the rate of a run a minute. This tine innings and useful scores by Blythe and Blaker gave Kent a lead of nearly 100, and as none of the Hampshire men except Capt. Wynyard couldmake any stand against Blythe and Alec flearne in the second innings the result was a very easy victory f >r Kent. Half the wickets were down for 38. Wynyard was playitg in excellent form when he was thrown out. H ampshire . First innings. D. A. Steele, b Blythe .. 4 Capt. E. G. Wynyard, st Huish, b Blythe ...... 22 E. M. Sprot, b Blythe ... 30 Bowel1, b Blythe............... 0 Llewellyn, c and b Blythe .. 7 A. C. Johnston, b Blythe... 0 F. H. Bacon, b Hearne ... 18 Rev.W. V. Jephson, b Fair- aervice.......... ............. 19 C. Robson, c Huish, b Fair­ service ..........................18 Langford, b Hearne ......15 Soar, not out....................11 B 6, lb 3, nb 1 ......10 Total ...154 Second innings, b Heame .......... 2 runout... ... 27 st Huish,b Blythe 1 b He'trne .......... 8 b Blythe .......... 0 b Hearne .......... 0 runout .. ..1 3 cHeame.b Blythe 1 c Day.b Blythe... 18 not out................. 4 b Hearne .......... 0 Extras.......... 0 Total......... 74 Hearne (A.), c Robson b Soar ................ i C.J.Burnup, c Robson, b Soar ................. 0 Seymour, c Steele, b Soar ........................23 S.H.Day, st Robson, b Llewellyn................ 62 E. W. Dillon, c Bowell, b Langford ..........31 K. L. Hutchings, not out ........................84 H ampshire . First innings. O. M. R. W. 25 3 80 6 ... 18 8 7 K ent . R.N.R.Blaker,cSprot, b Llewellyn ..........10 Blythe ... Fairaervice Hearne .. Fielder ... Huish, run ou t.......... Fairservice, c Robson, b Soar ................. 0 Blythe, c and b Lang­ ford ..........................28 Fielder,c and b Lang­ ford ........................ 0 B 4, lb2 .......... 6 Total ...245 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 16 1 13 3 4 35 2 . 2 19 2 . 4 10 0 Fielder delivered a no-ball. K ent . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Langford. 19’4 6 65 31 Steele ... 8 1 18 0 Soar ... 23 5 71 4 |Wynyard 3 0 11 0 Llewellyn 14 2 74 2 | SURREY y. MIDDDESEX. MIDDLESEX WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. Played at the Oval on August 27 and 28. Middlesex won by an innings and 94 runs. It was only natural that with the result of the championship depending on this match, it should be viatched by a much larger crowd than this miserable season has been generally able to produce. Middle­ sex had only to make a drawn game or to win in ordtr to gain the championship, and as on the first day they scored 230 for seven wickets on a pitch which was not at all likely to improve, while it might very easily become much more difficult, their position was pretty secure. At the beginning of the game there was not much to encourage them, for Warner was out at 3; Moon went at 13 after batting with patience for nearly three-quarters of an hour for one run; while at 34 Douglas was caught at the wicket. From the first scoring was almost painfully slow, and at the end of an hour only 20 runs were on the board. When Bosanquet came in there was a period of really bright cricket, and although he did nothing very remarkable, he made eighteen runs out of 21 in the twenty minutes during which he was at the wickets. It was an inning3 which spectators thought of with pleisure at the end of a wearisome day. Bosanquet. was out at 55, and then G. W. Beldam, who had all this time been batting with the steadi­ ness and certainty of a machine, was joined by Wells, and the turning point of the innings came. Wells was not in an aggressive mood by any means, but rather took Beldam as his example. Slowly, how­ ever, runs came, until the partnership had pro­ duced 57 in an hour and a quarter. There were next two Beldams at the wicket. The younger player, as usual, batted with extreme steadiness, and showed the utmost patience, together with considerable skill, for an hour and twenty-five minutes, during which 70 runs were put on. Six wickets for 182. Trott joined G. W. Beldam and looked like getting out neirly every ball, but he survived to play a very useful innings. Still G. W. Beldam went method­ ically onwards, never lookiog in the least like getting out andgivicg haidly a glimmer of hope to the unfor­ tunate Surrey bowlers until he passed the hundred, when at last, with the total at 225, he failed to get hold of a ball properly and skied it between the wickets, Strudwick bringing off a good catch—his fourth of the day. For fifteen minutes less than five hours he had withstood all the wiles of the bowlers, hardly making a mistake of any kind; he was two hours and a half in scoring his first 50 runs. But his steady play meant a very great deal to his county— much more than its mere total—for but for his deter­ mined effort, the innings would very likely have come to a conclusion for something like 100 runs. Trott anl Macgregor played out time, the former being not out 25 and the latter not out 2. Total, 230 for seven wickets. On Friday morning these two men were together until the total had beenincreased by 24, when Trott after batting an hour for 40 was well caught with one hand at third man. MacGregor was thrown out for a very useful 33. The Surrey innings opened in a manner very different from tbat of Middlesex, for Holland and Hayward put on 33 in the flrst twenty minu'es. But from this moment Surrey looked liked being a beaten tejm. At this total Holland was out to a brilliant one-handed catch in front of the pavilion, and with only another run on the board Bay ward and Dowson were both out. Disasters did not end here; on the contrary, they increased with alarming rapidity. With the total at 37 Hayes w ts caught at cover p )int off Trott, who then bowled Lockwood, while with the total still unaltered, he dismissed Walker and Lees in his next over. Thus seven wickets were down. Meanwhile Captain Bu>li was playing the same game which the Beldams had found so successful, and when lunch time came he wasstill unconquered with 13to his credit, and the total at 53. When the game was resumed only a quarter of an hour was required to finish the innings. Both Hearne and Trott met with great success with the ball, Trott’s analysis being quite remarkable. Surrey had to follow on at ten minutes to three in the hopeless minority of 224. They did much better than in the first innings, but there was only one long stand. This was between Captain Bush and Dowson, who between them increased the total by 67 in an hour and five minutes. For the second time in the match Captain Bush played a splendid innings, and Dowson also played very fine cricket. But it was all to no purpose, and before the time for drawing stumps Surrey were all out again. M iddlesex . P. F. Warner, lbw, b Richardson .......... 3 L. J. Moon, b Lees ... 1 G. W.Beldam, c Strud­ wick, b McDonell ...112 J. Douglas, c btrud- wick, b Richardson 9 B. J. T. Bosanquet, c Strudwick, b Mc­ Donell .................18 C.M. Wells,cHayward, b Lees .................30 E. A. Beldam, c fetrud- wick, b Lee3 ..........25 Trott, c Holland, b Richardson ..........40 G MacQregor, run out 33 J.H . Hunt, lbw, b Mc­ Donell ................. 2 Hearne (J.T.), not out 3 Byes 3, nb 2 ... 5 Total ...281 S urrey . Holland, c Hunt, b Hearne 10 Hayward, b Trott ..........14 Hayes, c Wells, b Trott ... 2 E. M. Dowson, c Hunt, b Trott ............................... 0 Capt. H. Si Bush, cWells, b Hearne ........................15 Lockwood, b Trott .......... 0 L. Walker, c MacGregor, b Trott ............................... 0 Lees, lbw b Trott................ 0 H. C. McDonell, notout ... 2 Strudwick, b Hearne......... 0 Richardson, c Douglas, b Hearne............................... 2 B10, lb 2 ..........- ... 12 Total ..........57 b Hearne ..........11 b Hearne .......... 5 c Wells, b Trott 10 b Hearne ..........36 c Hearne, bWells 42 st MacGregor, b Wells .......... 0 not ou t................ 9 st MacGregor, b Wells .......... 0 c MacQregor, b Wells .......... 0 cWarner, b Welle 0 run out Byes M iddlesex . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Rich’rds’n 39 1193 3 1Lockwood 16 4 45 0 Lees.......... 26 651 3 Hayes ... 6 0 15 0 McDonell 26 772 3 | Richardson and Lockwood each delivered a no-ball. Hearne Trott... S urrey . First innings. O. M. R. W. .......... 12*4 3 26 4 ... ... 125 19 6 ... G. W . Beldam Hunt .......... Wells .......... Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 27 13 54 3 ... 17 6 27 1 ... 4 0 8 0 ... 6 4 8 0 ... 12 4 26 5 WORCESTERSHIRE v. GLOUCESTER- SHIRE. Played at Worcester on August 27, 28and 29. Worcestershire was by 10 wickets. On the first day of this match there was only a short time available for play, during which Worces­ tershire scored 28 without loss. On Friday H. K. Foster and W. L. Foster were both in splendid form, and by beautiful cricket put up 113 for the first wicket. H. K. Foster’s fine innings—he only just missed tbe hundred—was put together in two hours and a half, his driving to the off being brilliant. Afterwards there was a break down, but Bromley- Martin and Wilson saved the situation, the latter hitting very hard, and scoring 55 out of 69 while he was at the wickets. Gloucestershire made a very bad commencement of their innings, Wilson disposing of the first three men in three overs for 6 runs. Later Jessop and Board did better, and when play ended ended for the day at a quarter past five on account of the bad light the former was not out 27, and the latter not out 18, the total being 68 for four wickets. On Saturday the last six wickets fell for 24 runs, so that Gloucestershire had to follow on with a balance of 189 against them. They did much better in the second innings, but although several men made good scores, the most that could be done was to save the inuings defeat. 'W orcestershire . H.K Foster, b Roberts Capt.W .L. Foster, run out ...................... Arnold, c Brownlee, b H uggins................ Bowley, c Board, b Huggins ................. Wheldon, b Roberts .. W.S.Caldwell,cBoard, b Dennett............... Second innings.—H. not out, 12; extras, 1 G. Bromley-Martin, c Jessop, b Dennett .. 31 Gaukrodger,b Dennett 2 Bird, ruu out ..........11 Wilson, c Fowler, b H uggins.................56 Keene, not out .......... l B4, lb 3, w 3 ... 10 Total . 271 K. Foster, not out, 17 ; Bowley, Total (no wicket), 30. G loucestershire . First innings. Wrathall, c Gaukrodger, b Wilson............................... 3 R. W. Rice, b W ilson........ 1 Langdon, c Gaukrodger, b Arnold............................... 1 W. S. A. Brown, c Gauk­ rodger, b Wilson .......... 0 G. L. Jessop, c Gaukrodger, b Wilson ........................36 Board, b A rnold......... ... 18 L. D. Brownlee, b Arnold... 0 T.H.Fowler, c W. L. Foster, b Arnold ......................... 0 Huggins, b Wilson .......... 5 Roberts, b Wilson .......... 0 Dennett, not out.................. 5 Extras ....................13 Second innings. b B ird.................30 c Bird, b Wilson 36 b Arnold ..........27 c Gaukrodger, b Wilson ..........18 c Gaukrodger, b Arnold ..........21 b Wilson .......... 0 b Wilson ..........15 b Wilson .......... 3 c H. K. Foster, b Wilson ..........15 b Wilson ..........21 not out................. 0 B 22,1b5, nb 4,w 1 32 Total .................82 Total ...218 W orcestershire . Roberts ... Dennett... Huggins.. Brown ... First innings. O. M. R. W. 28 6 64 2 ., 7 106 3 . , 23 . 4 4 77 3 . 1 14 0 . Brownlee . Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 30 16 0 ... 3*10 13 0 Huggins bowled three wides. G loucestershire . ... 10 ... 7 First innings. O. Arnold ..........17 Wilson ..........16 Keene .......... 1 M. R. W. 8 37 4 ... Second innings. O. M. K. W. ... 40 19 64 2 81 6 .......... 33 1 14 85 7 0 1 0 ... Bird 0 14 0 1 23 1 Total ...130 Arnold bowled four no-balls, and Wilson one wide.