Cricket 1904

116 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, M ay 12, 1904. Arthur Shrewsbury and William Gunn. This is high praise, hut who is there would sug­ gest it was undeserved ? A friend who has had opportunities of seeing him perform on a few occasions this season does not hesitate to say that he has improved his play considerably. His defence is as sound as of yore, but he has learnt to exercise greater judgment in choosing which ball to hit. So those persons witha mathematical turn of mind can endeavour to solve the question, If Ire- monger obtains four separate hundreds in con­ secutive county matches when his judgment was occasionally at fault, what will his average for Nottinghamshire be in 1904 when he has learnt the right ball to hit ? The matter is an interesting one, recalling the Gentlemen v. Players match at Lord’s, in 1857, in which the late Reginald Hankey, after remarking to the Players, when going in to bat, that he was feeling far from well, and so would not trouble them much, played the innings of his life, scoring 70 in most brilliant fashion, and hitting the bowling of Wisden, Willshire, Jackson, Caffyn and H. H. Stephenson all over the ground. George Parr remarked that if that was Mr. Hankey’ s form when he was ill, he hoped he woul 1 never be in the field against him when he was well ! Iremonger’s per­ formances will certainly be followed with more than ordinary interest, for he cannot play football for more than another season or two, and then, if he still maintains his form, he might be induced to accompany one of the teams to Australia, where he would be almost certain to score largely. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK (2) v. HEATHEIELD “ A .” —Played at Wandsworth Common on May 9. L. & W . B ank (2). F. W . Newcomb, b Skelton .................18 H. E. Power, b Purdy 24 H. E. Muriel, b Purdy 8 T.H. Pritchard,uot out 27 A.M.Cockell,cSkelton, b Purdy ................ 1 W . E. Smith, b Purdy 0 C.F.G.Wellborne,lbw, b Purdy ................. 1 G.P.Rbodes, c Brigley, b Skelton................. W.Horncastle, c and b Brigley ................. W.H. Browne, c Brig­ ley, b Higgs .......... A .Podmore,cBigwood, b Higgs ................. Byes ................. H eathfield “ A .” Total A. Bigwood, c Horn- ca8tle, b Power ... 0 J.W. Barrow, b Power 17 E. A C.Thomson, c & b Rhodes ................. 1 Skelton, c Smith, b Rhodes .......... ... 21 J. H. Brigley, b Power 3 H A.Higgs,cBrowne,b Power ................. 0 J. F. Watson, c Well- borne, b Rhodes ... J. H. Denison, c and b Rhodes ................. T. T. Fitchie, not out. L. Mutter, c Smith, b Phodes ................. P. Purdy, b Power ... B 3, lb 1 .......... Total .......... KENSINGTON PARK v. EALING.—Played at Ealing on M ty 7. K rnsinoton P ark . J.G.Donaldson,not out 74 E.H.Seaton,b Mitchell 21 E. K.Thompson, c Peal b Mitchell................12 A. W . brown, c Dan- gar, b Mitchell ... 4 J F. Hope, b Squire... 11 H. D. Nicholas, b Bridges ................. 3 W . Wintle, c 8quire, b Bridges................. 0 E aling . D. R. Dangar, b E. Thompson ..........29 A. R. Littlejohn, b E. Thompson ..........42 E. S. Littlejohn, hit wkt, b Nicholas ... 0 H. Squire not out ... 73 H. D. Ruston, lbw, b Donaldson .......... 2 G. H. Longton, c and b Donaldson ... ... 0 W. 8. Wynn“ ,e Long- ton. b Bridges ... 13 R W.Brown, b Dangar 1 W . G. Thompson, b Mitchell ................. 8 B. H. Conr in absent.. 0 B 8, lb 2, n-b 3 ... 13 Total W . S. Mitchell did not bat. A YRES’ CRICKET COMPANION, 1904 (third year of issue). Full of interesting and valuable inlormation for cricketers of every clas?. Price 6d., obtainable of all newsagent*, or pest free 8d.—F. H. A ybes , 111, Aldersgate Street, London. (Advt. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY FRESH­ MEN’ S MATCH. Played at Cambridge on May 5, 6 and 7. Although Mr. F. B. Wilson’s side scored 394 runs in the first innings there was no very big score, L. A. Gilbert, who has played for Cambridgeshire with a fair amount of success, alone standing out with prominence. His 78 runs were made at about the rate of a run a minute, and his hits inoluded a 5 ajid twelve 4’s. The captain, who went in last, was in great form, scoring his first 40 runs in a quarter of an hour, 28 of them in two suc­ cessive overs. When within a run of his 50, he was hit on the knee by a fast ball and had to retire. On the next day Mr. Mann’s side, who had lost four wickets for 67 overnight, could do very little against the bowling of Napier and Morcom, and were 235 runs behind. Mr. Wilson’s side was captained by H. C. McDonell in the enforced absence of Mr. Wilson, whose knee troubled him. In the follow-on 77 runs were put up for the first wicket by Logan and Magnay, of whom the latter played with the utmost steadiness for three hours. When stumps were drawn, Mr. Mann’s side had a lead of 43 with one wicket in hand, but owing to heavy rain on the next morning no further progress could be made with the game. M r . F . B . W ilson ’ s S ide . .. 160 H. R. Bridges, c E. Thompson^Donald­ son ........................ 5 W . G. Peal, c Seaton, b W ynne................. 0 T. G. Jolly, b W. Thompson ..........13 A. S. Dornton not out 13 B 6, lb 5 ..........11 Total (8 wkts) 188 W.W .H. Nash (King’s School, Bruton, and Selwyn), c Logan, b Spilsbury.................] L. A. Gilbert (Pock- lington and St. Cath­ erine’s) b Scoular ... ^ N. C. Franklin-Smith (Uppingham and Trinity), b Spilsbnrv J. S. Jobson (Roxal & Sidney), c Bowman, b Magnay................. R. W. Craig (Shrews­ bury and Pembroke) c Stanefleld, b Spils­ bury ........................ I W.P.Harrison (Rugby and Jesus), c Mann, b Spilsbury ..........: A. L. Gorringe (Manor House School, Clap- ham, and St. John’s) b Magnay............... 38 A. F. Morcom (Repton and Clare) c De Sar^m, b Magnay ... 47 F. A. Marley (Dover CollegeandQueen’a) c Scoular,b Bowman 17 G. G. Napier (Marl­ borough and Pem­ broke), c and b Mathews.................27 L. M. Macleod (Fettes and Pembroke) not out ........................18 F. B. Wilson (Trinity) retired hurt ......... 48 B 8, lb 10, w 3 ... 541 .364 25 M b . E. W . M ann ’ First innings. H.Logan (Westminster and Trinity Hall),c Morcom, b Napier ......... .......... C. B. W. Magnay (Hairjw and Pembroke),cMorcom, b Napier ... ................. 8 M. W. Payne (Wellington and Trinity), b Morcom.. 27 W. M. Greenfield (Reading and Jesus), b Morcom ... 1 T.K. Mathews (Felsted and Clar'O, c Franklin-Smith, b M orcom ........................ S. de Saram (8t. Thomas’s College.Ceylon andCaius), b Napier ........................ A. Y. Stanfield (Wellington and Trinity Hall), b i*ior- com ...............................24 L. F. Spilsbury (Rugby and Emmanuel), st Franklin- Smith, b Morcom .......... 3 G. Aspinail (Eton and Trinity), c Madead, b Napier . ... ^.................23 T. Bowman (AMngdon and St. Catharine’s), c Nash, b Napier ........................ 0 J. G. Scoular (St. Bee’s and St. John’s), not out.......... 8 E.W. Mann (Trinity), c and b Napier ........................16 B 5, lb 1, nb 3 ........... 9 Total , S ide . Second innings. b McDonell ... 42 c Craig, b Napier 81 lun out ........... 4 b Macleod......S9 0 run out ......... 0 cMcI)onell,bMor- com ..............18 15 cFranklin-Smith, b Napier..........22 b Napier b Napier not o u t.. b Napier not out................ B 18, lb 3 ... 21 Total .................169 Total (10 wkts) 278 Mr. W ilson ’ s S ide . O. M.R.W. Spilsbury ... 25 3 82 4 Bowman ... 13 3 69 1 Mathews ... 7 1 28 1 Scoular M«gnay Logan O. M.R.W. ,21 2 9 )1 .18 2 74 3 7-3 1 25 0 Spilsbury, Magnay, and Logan each bowled one wide. M b . M ann ’ s S ide . First innings. O. M. R. W. Napier .......... 25 4 71 6 ........... 84 5 M orcom .......... 24 3 79 5 ........... 33 7 Macleod ... 12 3 McDonell . . 1 0 Harrison.., 6 1 N ash......... 3 0 Second innings O. M. R. W. 5 1 1 1 0 0 SURREY v. LONDON COUNTY C.O. Played at the Oval on May 5, 6 and 7. Surrey won hy 81 runs. Although the Surrey men had failed so completely to do themselves justice at the Crystal Palace in the first match against London County, they atoned for their short­ comings by giving an excellent account of themselves in the return match, against an equally strong team. Yet it cannot he said that the credit of this belongs so much to the team as a whole as to a few of the older hands, although Lord Dalmeny and Strudwick worthily represented the younger generation. Ahel and Hayward made a good commence­ ment of the Surrey first innings hy putting up 95 for the first wicket; both men played well, and although Ahel was not in his best form, it was quite like old times to see them taking charge of the bowling. After this partnership was broken up thero was a melancholy procession, which lasted until Lord Dalmeny and Lees came together, when the bowling was again kept under control. Thanks chiefly to the efforts of the four Surrey men, the total came to 200, of which seven men were only responsible for 39 between them. Brearley, the Lancashire amateur, was the chief cause of the moderate total made by Surrey, his fast bowling getting up inconveniently at times. It was not thought likely that a total of 200 would give much trouble to such a strong batting team as was possessed by the visitors, but despite the failure of Lockwood to take a wicket, Lees was in such fine form that with the exception of W . L. Murdoch and McGahey, no one could make any headway against him. The result was that the total was only about half of that which had been made by the home team. The innings came to a conclusion just before stumps were drawn, 308 runs having been made during the day’s cricket. On the next day Brearley was again in excellent form with the ball, and although Abel and Hayward put up 53 for the first Surrey wicket, six men were out for 83 runs. Then Lees and Lord Dalmeny, as in the first innings, had a productive partner­ ship, and put a much better appearance on the game. Lord Dalmeny played exceedingly well. Another good partnership followed, Lees and Strudwick putting on 50 runs in half-an-hour. Strndwick played really good cricket, while Lees showed very stubborn defence. When the innings came to an end Surrey had a lead of 277, and before stumps were drawn they had got rid of W . G., \V. L. Murdoch, and A. C. Maclaren (who failed in both ir.nings to do himself justice) for 76 runs. Poidevin was not out 18 and McQahey not out 32; total 76. On Saturday, owing to rain, play was not resumed until a quarter- past three. It was hardly anticipated that there would be any play, for the weather looked most unpromising, and the result was that the spectators were few and far between. In a bad light Lees at once made his presence felt with the ball. Half the side were out for 96, but during the next two partnerships the score was raised to 180. Sewell and W . Stuart put on 56 in a little over half an hour, the former hitting hard, and the latter playing sound cricket. J. H. Douglas and Stuart kept together for some time, but when