Cricket 1903

S ept . 3, 1903. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 397 EASTBOURNE v. INCOGNITI.—Played August 26 and 27. I ngoqniti . First innings. Second innings. L. C. R. Thring, b Shoo- c Shoosmith, b Sm ith ............................... 68 Nixon .......... 4 W. Jardine, c Shoosmith, b N ixon ............................... 16 b Shoosmith ... 3 J. J. H. Orman, lbw, b Nepean ........................ 13 b Nixon .......... 3 W. C. Collins, b Nixon ... 6 not ou t............... 11 Major C. E. Orman, b c Thurston, b Shoosmith........................ 9 Shoosmith ... 0 M. H. Paine, b Nixon......... 8 c Nepean, b Shoo­ smith ..........20 F. T. Paine, c Haldane, b N ixon............................... 5 b Nixon ..........13 R. S. Paine, b Shoosmith ... 1 b Shoosmith ... 0 C.B.H.Knight, b Shoosmith 0 b 8hoosmith ... 2 A. G. Bell, b Nixon ......... 6 b Nixon .......... 0 L. E. C. Abney, not out ... 7 b Shoosmith ... 13 Extras ................. 0 Extras......... 3 Total ..........156 Total.........72 E astbou rn e . G. L. Whatford, b Thring 0 lbw, b M. Paine Nixon, b Abney .................19 b M. U. Paine G. E. Medcalf, c& b Thring 4 b Thring ... J. Shuter, b Abney ......... 0 b Thring ... B. Neame, b M. H. Paine .. 24 b M. H. Paine A. F. Nepean, b Thring ... 12 b M. H. Paine H. C. Haldane, b Thring ... 0 b Thring ... H. E. Ward, lbw, b Paiae .. 0 not out......... J. A. Shuter, b Paine......... 0 b M. H. Paine Shoosmith, c J. J. H. Orman, b Thring ......... 4 b Thring ... E. W. P. Thurston, not out 0 b ThriDg ... Extras ................. 9 Extras... H. ... 16 ... 7 ... 1 ... 0 ... 1 ... 0 ... 7 Total.................72 Total..........45 QUIXOTICS v. NORTH DEVON.—Played at Instow on August 22. Q u ixotics . B. G. Pearce, b Pepall 8 W. G. Clowes, b Pepall 0 W . H. Prosser, c and b Spring ................. 3 J. Williams, b Spring 10 W . N. Bernard, b Pepall ............... 7 H. D. Banning, c and b Pepall ................. 4 P. D. Campbell, b Pepall ................ S. M. Grier, b Pepall Rev. G. N. Price, c Spring, b Pepall... F. C. W. Grigsbn, not out ........................ W. N. Auld, b Spring B 15,lb 4 ......... N orth D evon . R. Leigh-Ibbs, not out ... R. D. Slater, not out Byes ... Total 48 , 89 Total (no wkt) 90 T. Millar, Pepall, T. C. Spring, Hon. 0. Scott, R B. Rickman, Hon. D Scott, Capt. F. M. McConaghey, Capt. E. C. Alexander, and Rev. R. W. Sealy did not bat. M .C .C . T E A M F O R A U S T R A L I A . THE FIXTURE LIST. The following fixtures have been arranged for the M.C.C. Team in Australia :— NOVEMBER. 7-11, v. South Australia, at Adelaide. 13-17, v. Victoria, at Melbourne. 20-24, v. New South Wales, at Sydney. 27-30, v. New Zealand, at Brisbane. DECEMBER. 2-3, v. Newcastle, at Newcastle. 4-5, v. West Maitland. 11-15, First Test Match, at Sydney. 18-22, not arranged. 26-28, v. Bendigo. JANUARY. 1-5, Second Test Match, at Melbourne. 8-9. v. Ballarat 15-19, Third Test Match, at Adelaide. The team then goes to Tasmania FEBRUARY. 12-16, v. New South Wales, at Sydney. 19-22, not arranged. 26 to March 1, Fourth Test Match, at Sydney. MARCH. 5-8, Fifth Test Match, at Melbourne. 12-16, v. South Australia, at Adelaide. The team will leave Adelaide on March 17 and Freemantle on April 4. It will be noticed that at present the dates for the return match with Victoria do not appear. SURREY v. LEICESTERSHIRE. AN EXCITING FINISH. Played at the Oval on August 31 and September 1 and 2. Surrey won by three wickets. On Monday it was really for once a pleasure to watch a game of cricket, and spectators would have vastly enjoyed themselves at the Oval if the cricket had been a little more inspiriting in the ear.y part of the day. For nearly the whole of the day Knight was at one ead. He went in at the fourth ball of the match, playing almost perfect cricket in its way, but not cricket of a kind which is popular, for, how­ ever enthusiastic one may be, one gets a litt e tired before the end of a long day of seeiug a inin play like a machine, not even making a mistake to pro­ duce a moment’s excitement. In the onrse of the five hours during which play lasted he made 143 runs, and was still at the wickets when stumps were drawn. From the first play was slow, and in the hour and a half before luncheon, which was taken durii g this match at half-past one, only 61 runs were scored, o f these Knight had made 35. In the course of the afternoon the spectators had some welcome excitement, for C. E. de Trafford was in excellent form, and, as long as he was in, the game was as lively as could be wished ; he made 36 in Half an hour. Again, during the partnership of Gill and Knight there was some very interesting cricket, and 81 runs weie put on in an hour and ten minutes. When stumps were drawn, Leicestershire had scored 3C3 for eight wickets, and were thus hardly likely to be beateu. On Tuesday Knight only increased his score by one, and the innings was over in a few minutes. Surrey did not begia at all well, tiolland and Hayward had put up 21 fur the first wicket, when the former was lbw. At 38 Hayward was run out, at 46 Bush was lbw, at 72 Hayes was caught in the slips, and at 81 Dowson was lbw—thus five men weie out, three of them lbw, and another run out. Lunch was then taken, and better things were afterwards in store for Surrey while v\alker and Lockwood were together. These two men played very cautiously at first, but whentheyhad f=lt their way tney played very attractive cricket, and in the course of an Hour and a half, during which their partnership lasted, they put on 91 luus, and saved the follow-on. But the next four wickets fell for 16 runs, so that Leicest rshire had a lead of 124, which, before close of play, they increased by 53 for the loss of three wickets. Yester­ day Knight again pi AyeJ a tine ame for his county, and if he had found someone able to stay with him, or had been able himself to play a dashing game for a time, he would iu all probability have had the dis­ tinction of making two separate hundreds in the match. As it was, he carried his bat through the inniD gs, which lasted for three hours and a half. It was a great display, and was all the more noticeable because the other batsmen could make but little of the bow liD g. Surrey had three hours and three-quarters to bat, and the not impossible task of making 280runs. They had then to score at the average rate of 74rj runs per hour to win. Iu the first hour they were a third of a run in advance of time, and as Hayward and Holland were still both going strong for the first wicket things luoked well. Tne hundred went up in an hour and a-quirter, but at 1 8 Hay­ ward had the hardest of luck in being run out, the ball, driven back by Holland, rebounding off the bowler when Hayward was out of his ground. Bayward had played a splendid innings. With Hayes and Hoi and together Surrey began co get well ahead of time, and the score was taken to 152 before Holland was out for a splendid innings of 66, for whicti he had been batting since the commencement of the innings, that is to say for an hour and fifty minutes. After this it was always an exciting race both as to time and wickets, but thanks chiefly to brilliant cricket by Hayes, Surrey won just before time, and only just. Bo close was the finish that five minutes before time Surrey still required six runs to win. L eice ste r sh ir e . First innings C. J. B. Wood,bRichardson 0 Whitehead, c strudwick, b Richardson... .................18 Knight, c Hayward, b Lees 144 King, c Strudwick, b Lock­ wood ...............................23 V. F. 8. Crawford, b Mc­ Donell ...............................12 C. E. de Trafford, c Slrud- wick, b Richardson . ... 36 R. T. Crawford, b Richard- soa .............................. 2 Gill, st Strudwick, b Hayes 40 W. W . Odell, c Bush, b Dowson ........................9 Alisopp, not o u t................. 4 Whiteside, b Lees .......... 6 B 11, w 2, nb 5 ..........18 Second innings, absent hurt ... 0 c Hayward,b Lees 1 not out., c Lockwood, Richardson c Strudwick, Richardson .. 91 b ... 14 b 6 Total ...312 c& b McDonell... 28 st Strudwick, b McDonell ... 6 b McDonell ... 10 cStrudwick,bLees 0 b McDonell ... 2 c Hayes, b Lees .. 0 Total ... S u r r e y . First innings. Holland, lbw, b G ill.......... 6 Hayward, run out ..........16 Hayes, c R. T. Crawford, b King .............................. 31 Capt H. S. Bush, lbw, b Odell ............................... 3 E. M. Dowson, lbw, b King 18 Lockwood, not out ..........60 L. Walker, c King, b R. T. Crawford ........................36 Lees, b R. T. Crawford ... 0 H. C. McDonell, b R. T. Crawford ... ... .......... 3 notout... Strudwick, b King .......... 1 Richardson, b R. Crawford 4 B 3, lb 3, nb 4 ..........10 Second innings, c V. Crawford, b Odell ............66 runout..................55 not out................. 105 cWhitehead b Gill 19 c King, b Gill ... 0 c and b Gill............13 runout................. 2 c R. Crawford, b Gill ....................10 Total ..188 B 3, w 2, nb 2 Total (7 wkts) L e ic e st e r sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Richardson ... 25 7 69 4 ........ . 24 5 62 2 Lees.......... ... 28 1 8 57 2 ........ ,. 17 3 51 3 McDonell ... 21 0 63 1 ........ . 24 2 42 4 Lockwood ,.. 18 3 78 1 ... .. Hayes ... . . 6 2 16 1 ........ Dowson ... .. . 5 0 21 1 ......... S u r r e y . O. M. R. W. O. M. R W. R. Crawford .. 13-5 3 43 4 .......... 10 2 37 0 G i l l ................ 15 4 42 1 .......... 20 2 88 4 Odell ... ... 15 4 39 1 ........ . 2> 6 73 1 King ... ...15 5 26 2 .. ... 11 2 44 0 Alisopp ... .. . 8 2 21 0 ........ . 5 1 18 0 Whitehead .. . 6 2 7 0 .......... 4 0 13 0 T h e B O U R N E M O U T H F E S T IV A L . ( second match .) HAMPSHIRE v. SOMERSET. Played at Bournemouth on August 31 and September 1. Somerset won by 109 runs. In this match Captain Wynyard’s valuable services were again available f r Hampshire; but, on the other hand, A. J. Hill and Hesketh-Prichard were again absent On the first day Hampshire had decidedly the best of the game, for whe.i play ended Somersetshire, with L. C. H. Palairet out in the second innings, were still 38 runs behind. Braund alone in the first innings of Somerset played up to his reputation on a wicket which helped the bowlers ; he was ta.tiog for an hour. Nor was the Hampshire innings at all remarkable, except for the fine cricket played by Captain Wynyard, who was content to play a defensive game. He was at the wickets for a couple of hours, and was out by stepping on the wicket. The cricket on Tuesday was chiefly notice­ able for the very fine innings played by Braund, and for the breakdown of the Hampshire men when they went in for the second time. Braund, who was in his very best form all round the wicket, made his first fifty in three-quarters of an hour, his hundred in a little more than an hour and a-half, while his entire innings of 132 was put together in two hours and a-half. With Phillips as his partner 66 runs were put on, and with Banks 75 runs were made in less than three-quarters of an hour. In the course of his innings, which included a six and thirteen 4’s, Braund made 17 runs off an over from Llewellyn. Thus Somerset had retrieved their position, and had an excellent chance of winning when Hampshire went in to make 216. It was decidedly Braund’s day, for in addition to making his big score he was very successful with the ball, especially at first. Captain Wynyard was run out before he had a chance of getting settled, and wicket after wicket fell for in­ significant totals. S. M. J. Woods finished off the innings in a startling manner by taking four wickets for 9 runs. S om erset . Second innings. 1 c Sprot, b Soar ... 17 c Llewellyn, b 5 Langford.......... 3 7 c Steel,bLangford 29 12 lbw, b Sprot ... 21 34 c Wynyard, b Sprot ...........132 Llewellyn, b Wynyard ... 27 F. M. Lee, c Sprot, b Soar 15 lbw, b Wynyard 0 S. M. J. Woods, c Sprot, b Langford ........................ Robson, c Steele, b Soar .. R. B. Porch, b Soar .......... Cranfleld, not out .......... First innings. E. A. Cresswell, b Soar ... L. C. H. Palairet, c Jeph­ son, b Langford .......... P. R. Johnson, b Langford F. A. Phillips, b Soar......... Braund c and b Langford D. A. Banks, c Stone, b Soar 0 B 3, w 1 Total 7 b Langford.......... 3 6 c Langford ,b Soar 14 0 not out................. 9 0 st Stone, b Wyn­ yard .................22 4 B 5, lb 1 ... 6 ... 91 Total..........283