Cricket 1904

M ay 12, 1904. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 125 O xfo rd U n iv e r sity . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W S.-Hayward ... 19 0 61 2 ... Knox .. ., ,. 30 4 113 5 ... 14’3 2 51 3 Hartley ... .,.. 13 2 68 0 ... Wyatt ... ... 30 2 104 3 ... 15 4 55 1 Knox bowled three no-balls. THE M.C.C. AUSTRALIAN TEAM v. REST OF ENGLAND. Played at Lord’s on May 9, 10 and 11. Although the weather was very cold and cheerless, it was somewhat surprising that there was only a small crowdat Lord’s whenthegame began. vvithout any doubt the absenceof Fry and Ranjitsinhji made peoplefeelthatstrongaswastheRestof England team, it was not representative. In the courseof the after­ noonthe increase inthenumberofspectatorswas con­ siderable. As there wasevery prospect of rain before many hours, both sides were anxious to win the toss, for the wicket looked very easy. The advantage of going in first fell to the tourists, who thereupon kept at the wickets for nearly the whole of the day. Their total of 300 was not large for the wicket, more especially as it was so bitterly cold that the fieldsmen and bowlers were greatly handicapped, but from the appearance of the sky inthe evening it was long odds that rain would fall, and that the Rest of England would not be able to make anything like 8 0 runs. As usual, Warner and Hayward opened the innings, and for a time played the game which made them famous in Australia, although towards the end of his stay Warner hit out boldly. He had a piece of good fortune such as does not often fall to a batsman, for with his score at 13 he skied a ball on the off-side in such apositiontea: itfell into-and outof- -the hands of Jessop, who ran from cover point. It was by no means a difficult catch, but it was a very cold day. The first partnership produced 49, and then Tyldes­ ley played a superb game, while Hayward kept steadily on his way. The two men were together until the total was 121, by which time the Rest of Eogland team looked like having a long outing. Hayward was stumped off the wicket-keeper’s pads after batting for about an hour and three-quarters. Tyldesley fcurvived until the total was 16u, when, having made 76 out of 132 while he was at the wicket, he was beautifully caught and bowled. His innings was the best of the day. Foster, Knight, and Braund all made useful scores, Braund being at the wickets for an hour for his 16. A very attractive innings was played by Hirst, who did not use the pull quite as often as is customary with him ; he was batting for an hour and a quarter for his 51. All the other members of the team except Rhodes made double figures, and when the innings ended there was only an hour’s batting in store for the Rest of England. As he often did in Australia, Maclaren adopted an order of going in which was unexpected, and as things turned out this policy answered well, although before stumps were drawn two wickets had fallen for 27. Owing to heavy rain in the early part of the day it was decided at a quarter to three on Tuesday that it was impossible to play. Yes'erday morning it looked as if the Rest of England team would have a very difficult task in avoiding defeat, for much rain had fallen and the light was very bad, so bad that it was not possible to resume the game until twenty minutes past twelve. But the unexpected happened ; the wicket was soft and did not help the bowlers as much as had been anticipated, although run getting was more difficult than it was on Monday. The Rest of England made a mostplucky and credti- able fight, and it was a really fine performance to make as many as 247 runs under discouraging cir­ cumstances. Forsometime, withQuaife and Jackson together,thecricketwasslow, andRhodes wasbowling for over half-an-hour without having a runscored off him. But at last things began to brighten up. and Jacksonplayed a verypretty game,while Quaife stuck to his end pluckily enough. At 59 Quaife was caught at the wicket, and just as Perrin came in an adjourn­ ment was made on account of the bad light. After lunch Jackson and Perrin both playedmostattractive cricket, and the Yorkshiremen’s scoreof 41 was worth many an innings of ahundred, asit pavedthe way for Denton’s fit e innings. Perrin was seen at his very best, and perhaps his innings was the best seen during the match. At times hehit with great power, and his 65 included eleven 4’s. Long before he was out all question of defeathad beenput aside. Jessop did nothing, but Denton played a delightful game, making his 67 runs in a little more than an hour. By the time that the innings came to an end it was but the manoeuvre was not altogether successful, for half-past five o’clock. The M.C.C. wentin again, and when the match ended was 87 ruus on, with nine wickets in hand. M.C.C. T eam . P. F. Warner (Middlesex), b Lockwood..........27 Hayward (8urrey), st Hunter, b Hargreave ... 43 Tyldesley (Lancashire), c and b Hargreave ... 76 R. E. Foster (Worcestershire) b Hargreave ... 18 Knight(Leicestershire),c Hargreave,b Jackson 19 Braund (Somerset), lbw, b Lockwood ..........16 Hirst (Yorkshire), c Maclaren, b Lockwood ... 51 B. J. T. Bosanquet (Middlesex), c Perrin, b Lockwood .....................................................12 Arnold (Worcestershire), not out Lilley (Warwickshire), b Hargreave.. Rhodes (Yorkshire), bHargreave B 4 ,lb 4 ..................................... Total........................ ................300 Second innings : P. F. Warner, not out, 22; Hay­ ward, not out, 1; R. E. Foster, b Jackson, 11.—-Total (1 wicket), 34. R est of E n gland . Gunn (J.) (Notts), lbw, b Arnold ................. 3 Quaife (W. G.) (Warwickshire), c Lilley, b Rhodes ............................................................24 Hunter (Yorkshire), c Lilley, b Hirst ..........11 Hon. F. 8. Jackson (Yorkshire), b Arnold .. 41 P. A. Perrin (Essex),c Hayward, b Bosanquet 65 Denton (Yorkshire), c Warner, b Rhodes .. 57 G.L.Jessop(Gloucestershire),cHirst,b Braund 4 A.C.Maclaren (Lancashire).c Foster,b Rhodes 19 Lockwood (Surrey). b Arnold ........................ 2 Hearne (J. T.) (Middlesex), not out................. 1 Hargreave (Warwickshire),c Braund,b Arnold 3 Extras............................... ........................ 17 Hargreave Lockwood Hearne .. Gunn (J.) Jackson .. Hirst Arnold Rhodes Total............................... M.C.C. T eam . O. M. R. W. ... 39-2 9 106 5 ......... ... 22 4 71 4 ......... , ... 17 3 48 0 ........ ... 6 0 26 0 ......... . ... 18 5 41 1 ......... K est of E n gland . O. M. R. W. 18 5 37 1 31 7 80 4 31 13 62 3 , Arnold bowled one wide. ...247 O. M. R. W. 3 6 1 O. M. R. W. Braund... 6 0 29 1 Bosanquet 6 0 22 1 SURREY CLUB AND GROUND v. SUTTON.- Played at the Oval on May 4. S o r r e y C lub an d G bo u n d . First innings. Holland, c J. G. M. Bell, b Sheppard ........................50 Montgomery, b Hadfield ... 3J c Sheppard, b R. M. Bell .......... 4 F. P. Francis, c Blades, b Sheppard ........................ 6 F. H. Bryant, c R. M. Bell, b Hadfield........................ 0 H. B. Chinnery, run out ... 23 Second innings, st J. G. M. Bell, b Sheppard ... 6 c Blades, b R. M. B ell.................14 C. C. Smith, cJ.G.M . Bell, b Sheppard........................ W. T. Graburn, c Dagg, b Roberts ........................ F. Odell, cStrachan,b Shep­ pard ............................... Stedman, c R. M. Bell, b Sheppard ........................ Rudd, bSheppard .......... Rushby, not o u t................. Extras........................ b Roberts .......... 8 c Sheppard, b Roberts .......... 4 st J. G. M. Bell, b 7 Sheppard..........131 1 c and b Sheppard10 c R. M. Bell, b 5 Sheppard......... 3 c sub.,bSheppard 0 not out .. .......... 4 8 not out... 3 Extras Total.. R.M, Bell, b Rudd .. R. A. bhepp*rd, b Rushby .................18 A. L. Sloper, bRusljby 15 C. campiell-Rooerts, b ftuahby................ 5 G. H. Hadfield, c Stedman, b Rushby 0 J. G. M. Bell, c Mont­ gomery, b Ruahby... 12 G. R. Blades, b Rudd 1 ...139 S u tto n . Total (9 wkts) 201 C. F. Reiner, st Sted­ man, b Rudd.......... C. B. Nicholls, c Smith, b Rudd N. Strachan, c Rudd, b Rushby................. A. R. Dagg, notout .. Extras ................. Total ................. LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK v. BECKEN­ HAM.—Played at Beckenham on May 7. L. J. S. B an k . P.G. Rsading, b Simp­ son ........................18 F. Gibbons, c Simpson 3 F. M. Randall, c May 4 A. M. Hughes, c May 0 R. B. Bird, c Miay ... 0 N ew B eck en h am . C. J. Allen, b May ... 10 D. D. Manley, not out 3 A. J. Horn, not out... 19 Total (0 wkts) ... 61 R. H. Hurnell, cMan­ ley, b Browne......... 20 C. J. Hill, b Browne 6 J.E.08mond,bRandall 30 A.E. Simpson, b Man­ ley ........................ 6 W.L.Townsend,c Gib­ bons, b Randall ... 23 M.E.Goldsmith, cGib­ bons, b Browne E. Cooper, not out ... F. Cooper, not out ... Extras ................. T H E METROPOL ITAN CLUBS IN 1904. The tour of the G o ld sm ith s ’ I nstitu te C.C., is in the Dorking district. H . Joanes, 335 and 337, New Cross Road,is the honorary secretary, with W. H. Joanes as assistant. The captain of the first eleven is W . H . Manley, and H. Fentiman is the ground man. London County C.C. and Bexley are among the opposing clubs. The club runs five teams, and altogether has arranged 114 matches. APRIL. 23. New Cross, Opening M*tch 30. New Cross, v. Bromley Town Total (6 wkts) ...110 MAY. Honor Oak, v. Pearl Assurance New Cross, v. Oxford House New Cross, v. Crofton Park Bromlev, v. Bromley Town Honor Oak, v. Honor Oak Charlton, v. Old Charlton New Cross, v. Sidcup Collage JUNE. Crystal Palace, v. London Couuty Dulwich, v. Lloyd’s Register New Cross, v. Mr. Birley’s XI. New Cross, v. Bexley New Cross, v. South Kensington v. Warnham \ v. Mr. Falkner’s XI. ( Home v. Stanley | Week, v. London Hospital ) New Cross, v. Lloyd’s Register New Cross, v. Oxford House JULY. Reigate, v. Re gate Priory West Clandon, v. West Clandon Champion Bill. v. Stanley Quintin Park, v. South Kensington New Cross, v. Reigate Priory New Cross, v. North of Thames Sidcup, v. Sidcup College New Cross, v. Stanley AUGUST. 1. Oekley, v. Ockley 2. Warnham, v. Warnham 3. Guildford, v. Guilford 4. Rusper, v. Rusper 5. Dorking, v. Dorking 6. Holmwood, v. Holmwood 13. New Cross, v. Bexley Heatn iO. New Cross, v. Pearl Assurance 27. Crofton Park, v. Crofton Pirk SEPTEMBER. 3. Bexley Heath, v. Bexley Heath 10. New Cross, v. Chelsea 17. New Cross, v. London County 21. New Cross, Club Match Annual Tour. Five teams are run nearly every week by the L. & W . B a n k C.C. Tne hon. secretary is G. Sire, 41, Lothbury, E.C., with C. J. Bowman as his assistant. AmODg the teams which will be en­ countered are Gentlemen of the M.C.C., London County, Kensington Park, Rom­ ford, Brixton Wanderers, Granville, and Blackheath, while evening matches will will be played against other B*nks. APRIL. 23. Home, First Eleven v. Next Sixteen 30. Home, y. Old Citizens MAY. 7. Hampton Wick, v. Hampton Wick 9. Home, v. National Provincial Bank* 14. Home, v. Forest Hill 17. Home, v. London and County Bank* 21. Home, v. London County Club *3. Home, v. Uentlemen of the M.C.C. 24. Beckenham, v. London Joint Stock Bank* 28. Forest Hill, v. Forest Hill JUNE. 1. Home, v. London and South Western Bank* 6. Eastbourne, v. Eastbourne 11. Blackheath, v. Blackheath 13. Ilford, v. Ilford* 18. Kensington Park v. Kensington Park 22. Norwood, v. London and South Western Bank* 25. Streatham, v. Streatham