Cricket 1903

406 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e p t . 10, 1903. total at the end of the day was 332 for three wickets, Ranjitsinhji 66 and Brann 49. On Friday there were as many spectators as on the previous day, and they had an opportu­ nity of seeing Ranjitsinhji play one of his most brilliant innings. Everything that he did was graceful, and he timed the ball with perfect accuracy ; he seemed to do just as he liked with the bowling. Meanwhile his part­ ners for the most part played excellent and steady cricket, wisely contenting themselves with keepingup their end and allowing him to do most of the scoring. He and Brann put on 122 for the fourthwicket in anhour and three- quarters, and in about the same time Newham helped him to increase the total by 141. At lunch time, when it was thought that he would declare the innings closed he had made 160, with the total at 483 for five wickets. He decided not to declare, possibly reasoning that as Sussex could not go up a place in the championship table if they won, it was better to make absolutely certain of a draw, and possibly thinking that he might as well bring his own score up to 200 while he hadthe chance. Be this as it may he continued his innings until he had made his second hundred. He was at the wickets for just over four hours and a half and his hitss* included eighteen fours. With the total at 600 and the time a quarter to four the innings was at last closed. Surrey had been at the wickets for an hour and a quarter when owing to the bad light play was abandoned for the day with the score at 96 for the loss of one wicket. Dowson and Bush made 50 in half an hour and were not parted till the score was 59. Capt. Bush was not out 44 and Hay­ ward not out 11. Despite the heavy storm on Friday night it was found possible to resume thegame at aboutone o’clock on a veryslowbut not very difficult wicket. Both Hayward and Captain Bush played very well indeed, and it was not until the total was 161 that the latter was caught at the wicket for a most useful and well-played 78, which had taken him two hours and ten minutes to put together. Hayward followed him when 22 more runs were made, after playing an exceedingly good innings, Holland and Hayes made another fine stand, and it was evident that the game must end in a draw. Later in the day Lees and McDonell both played good cricket, and altogether the Surrey men greatly distinguished themselves. S u sse x . C. B. Fry, c Hayward, b Lees .....................................................................81 Vine, c Bush, b Mc­ Donell ................104 Killick, run out............................................................. 28 K. 8. Ranjitsinhji, c Richardson, b Mc­ Donell ...................................................................204Total(7wkts)*6C0 G. Brann, c Hayes, b L e e s ............................................................................54 * Innings declared closed. Cox and Tate did not bat. W.Newham,bRichard- son ........................60 Relf, Ibw, b McDonell 11 R. B. Heygate, not out 39 Butt, not out 2 B 1,1b 6, n b l ... 7 SUBBEY. Capt.H.8.Bush,cButt, b K illick .................78 E. M. Dowson, b Cox 35 Hayward,c & b Killick 64 Holland, c Newham, b Relf ........................39 Hayes, c Newham, b Relf ........................54 Lockwood, b Relf ... 6 S u ssex , O. M. R. W . Lees.c Heygate, b Relf 29 H .C MeDonell,stButt, b Belf ... ..........46 Strudwick, b Killick... 4 Richardson, run out .. 2 Rushby, not out.......... 3 B 10, lb 6 ..........16 Total ...365 O. M. R. W. Lockwood 14 0 McDonell... 37 9 99 3 Bushby ... 28 1116 0 Hayes ... 7 1 Bichardson. 47 4J68 1 Dowson ... 4 0 24 C Lees.......... 39 6109 2 Lockwood delivered one no-ball. S u b b b y . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W . Relf .......... 42 12123 5 I Killick ... 24 4 90 Cox .......... 30 7 75 1 I Brann ... 1 0 3 0 Tate .......... 19 6 59 0 L A N C A S H IR E v. S O U TH O F SCO T L AN D . P layed at Selkirk on September 4 and 5. Lancashire w on b y 131 runs. A strong Lancashire team, which included A . N . H ornby, the famous old Lancashire cricketer, as well as his son, A . H . H ornby, and K erm ode, the Australian, had m uch the best of the first day’ s play in this match, and w on easily on the next day. L ancashibb . A. C.Maclaren, c Blacklock, b D ickson.....................38 b Kyle.................. 82 Hallows, c Dickson, b Schofield ... ................ 4 c Linton, b Kyle 13 Ty:desley. lbw, b Kyle ... 17 c Kyle, b Dickson 18 A. H. Hornby, c Pryde, b Dickson ................ ... 7 b D ickson..........20 E. M. Wilkins, not out ... 29 n otou t........... 1 F. H. Hollins, c A. Grieve, b Harvey .......... ..........13 C. R. Hartley, b Kyle ... 10 st Blacklcck, b D ickson.......... 6 Cuttell, c J. Grieve, b Kyle £6 Kermode, c J. Grieve,b Kyle 0 A. N. Hornby, c Peader, b Harvey ........................ 8 Worsley, b Harvey .......... 0 Byes ........................ 2 E xtras........... 2 Total ...154Total (5 wkts)*142 * Innings declared closed. S outh of S cotland . A. Blacklock, st Worsley, b c Wilkins, b Ker- Cuttell ........................ 0 m ode...............11 T. Piyde, b Kermode ... 7 c Maclaren, b Kermode..........14 M. R Dickson, b Kermode 35 b Kermode........ 0 A. Linton, c Hallows, b Kermode ........................ 11 b Cuttell ........... 0 A. M. Grieve, run out ... 14 c Maclaren, b Cuttell ..........20 J. Pender, run out ........... 4 b Kermode........... 2 Schofield, not out....................13 c Hornby, b Hallows.........13 R.M. Thorburn,c Tyldesley, b Hallows ... ................. 0 b Cuttell ........... 3 J. Grieve, b Kermode.......... 0 b Cuttell ........... 4 R. Harvey, b Kermode ... 0 not ou t.......... 1 Kyle, c Cuttell, b Kermode 0c A. N. Hornby, b Cuttell.......... 3 Extras ................. 6 Extras............ 4 Total ... 90 Total ... 75 T H E IN C O G N IT I C L U B IN 1903. B y “ F. F .” Before commencing these few notes, I may mention that the late Robert Arthur Thoms had hitherto written the summary for many years, and his loss is very deeply felt by all the members of the club. He and his writings are so well known to all the members, for his con­ nection with the old club dated from its beginning 42 years ago. This old established and one of the most famous of wandering clubs has just concluded its card of matches. Sir William Bussell, the hon. secretary of the club, had provided a splendid list of fixtures numbering over fifty matches with clubs, colleges and schools. Com­ mencing at Bickley on May 1st, and terminating at Eastbourne August 26th and 27th—a very fine card, as the majority were two-day fixtures—during which time the Incogs have journeyed into all the home counties, also into Hants, Somerset, Dorset, Sussex, Glouces­ ter, Stafford, and the far west of Devon. The wins and losses are level, 13 each, drawn and abandoned games amounting to 24. What should have been a most success­ ful season was somewhat spoiled by Jupiter Pluvius, who put a damper on a number of fixtures. Drawn and aban­ doned games were very much in evidence in all cricket during the season. Even with the drawback of being the wettest seascn on record, the Incogs, showed up well in their batting, there being nine centuries scored for the club, twice near the 200. One of these, 174 by Major Fleming (who has been scoring very con­ sistently the past season), and over SO scores b3tween 50 and the century. In carrying out a card of fixtures of this dimension, it naturally entails a vast amount of work, time and trouble in getting teams together. This was most successfully carried through by Sir William Russell, with the assistance of Major Greenway, L. E. G. Abney, W. P. Carpmael, A. B. Cipriani, D. C. Lae, C. M. Tuke, W. G. Heasman, and J. E. Riven, who captained the midland tour, playing at Repton, Uppingham, and Lichfield. The list included visits to Charterhouse, Westminster, Aldershot, the two Military Schools, Woolwich and Sandhurst, also visits to Sir Daniel Gooch at Clewer Park, Windsor, Baron de Worms at Egham, and W. E. Harrison at Aldershaw, Lichfield. As the tours were under the management of Major Greenway (the Schools Tour, Sherborne, Lansdown, and Cheltenham), J. E. Riven (the Midland Tour as previously men­ tioned), W. P. Carpmael (Western Tour, Exmouth, Sidmouth, Seaton, Exeter and Taunton), L. E. G. Abney (Southern Tour, Portsmouth, Brighton, Worthing and Eastbourne), they were made most enjoyable. The principal scorers for the club were —Centuries: D .-C . Lee, 118; E. M. Crosse, 138; T. L. Etlinger, 128 and 100; W. G. Heasman, 118 and 104; W. G. M. Sarel, 193; Major Fleming, 174; Conway-Rees, 114 and 80 not out, who cime very near accomplishing that coveted feat of two centuries in one match. Those who knocked up over 50, and approaching the hundred are as follows : P. Northcote, L. H. W. Troughton (twice), F. W. Orr, Capt. C. E. Harring­ ton, R. R. Cruise, C. L. Townsend, B. P. Dobson, Capt. Andrus, G. B. Murray, N. D. C. Ross, H. G. Chaplin (twice), H. Lauri, J. J. Orman, T. L. Edinger, Major Greenway (twice), S. F. Peshall, Major Fleming (twice), G. R. Asprey, T. C. Bett, W. G. Heasman (twice), N. F. Wells, J. N. Martin, H. A. Fran­ cis, Conway-Rees (twice), C. J. Parton, Major C. E. Orman, L. C. R. Thring, and Capt. F. A. Jones (four times), who was most unfortunate in not getting the century. As regards the bowling the most effective were Sir William Russell, E. J. Hoare, P. Northcote, E. J. Dobson, L. C. R. Thring, L. E. G. Abney, M. H. Paine (eight wic’iets for 17 runs against E istbourne) and the Rev. H. W. Grey, who is a candidate for the chib, did a very fine performance in taking fifteen wickets for 18 runs against Chelmsford, nine wickets for 10 runs first innings and six for 8 second inniogs. Trusting that the weather next season may be more congenial to the game of cricket, and that the Incogs, will continue to pile up the scores in seasons to come as they have done in the past.