Cricket 1904

M ay 19, 1904. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 133 M.C.C. AND GROUND v. SUSSEX. Played at Lord’s on May 12, 13 and 14. M.C.C. won by 241 runs. It.was not a particularly powerful team that the M.C.C. put into the field against Sussex, but the county, who had the worst of the wicket, were not by any means in good form. They depend so much on Fry and Ranjitsinbji that, with the latter absent and the former unable to make one of his big scores in either innings, they were outclassed. The M.C.C. first innings was chiefly remarkable for tbe consis­ tency of the batting, for although Captain Wynyard and Wrathall, who put up 73runs for thefirstwicket, were the only two men who made over twenty, seven others made double figures. Sussex badto bat foran hour and a-half before stumps were drawn, and lost half their wickets for 82. Fry’s inniDgs of 30 was a capital display against good bowling. On the next morning tne tail did fairly well and kept up their wickets for more than an hour, but the M.C.C. had a lead of 68. Again Captain Wynyard played a fine innings, and again most of the M.C.C. tatsmen made double figures. A. F. Somer'et was at the wickets for an hour and a-half for his 55, and in the course of his innings he made some fine drives, his hits including ten 4’s. While he was in partnership with Trott, tbe bowlers hardly knew where to pitch the ball, Trott hitting out with great vigour. With a balance against them of 312 runs Sussex lost two wickets for 7 before stumps were drawn. Fry naturally reserved himself for the next morning, but he^was not able to make a long stay at the wicket, and Killick, who played excellent cricket for his 36, was thife only man on the side who could make a prolonged resistance to Hearne and Allsopp, who both bowled finely on a difficult wicket. Three men were run out, and one was absent—hurt. M.C.C. and G rou nd . First innings. Capt.E.G. Wynyard, cVine, b Cox ............................... 44 Wrathall, b Tate................. 2 5 Tarrant, run out.................18 C. P. Foley, c Tate, b Cox... 6 Newstead, b Tate.................13 A. F. Somerset, run out ... 13 Trott(A.E.),cMarlow,bTate 15 Board, c Bland, b Relf ... 19 C. C. T. Doll, c Seymour, b Eillick............................... 15 Allsopp, b Killick .......... 6 Hearne (J. T.), not out ... 10 B 18, lb 1 .................19 Second innings. b Killick ..........45 b C ox.................25 c Cox, b Relf ... 29 b Bland ..........15 cRelf, b Seymour 0 b Relf.................55 b Tate.................22 b Seymour.......... 6 notout.................19 b Seymour.......... 4 c Relf, b Tate ... 8 B 12, lb 5 ... 17 Total.......................213 S u ssex . First innings, C. B. Fry, b Hearne..........30 Vine, b Allsopp ................. 1 Killick,cSomerset, b Hearne 2 Relf, c Board, b Hearne ...14 C. L A. Smith, cWrathall, b Allsopp ........................14 Marlow,cSomerset,bHeame 19 Cox, b Hearne .................24 Seymour, not out.................17 Butt, c Wynyard, bHearne 2 Tate, b Hearne ................ 1 Bland, b Hearne................. 2 Byes ........................19 Total .. 245 Second innings. b Hearne ..........13 run out ..........12 b Allsopp..........36 c Trott, b Hearne 0 run out .......... b Hearne .......... c Trott, b Allsopp b Alleopp .......... absent hurt......... not out................ run out .......... Byes .......... Total ..145 Total..........72 M.C.C. an d G ro u nd . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Relf.......... , 14 4 27 1 ... ... 21 8 49 2 Tate........... ,... 29 5 74 3 ... ... 21*4 4 78 2 Cox ................. 31 11 48 2 ... ... 14 2 46 1 Bland ... .,.. 6 3 11 0 ... ... 13 7 16 1 Seymour... . Killick ... . ,.. 6 0 17 0 ... ... 12 4 25 3 .. 9 4 17 2 ... S u sse x . ... 3 1 14 1 First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hearne ... ... 27*5 8 53 8 ... ... 16 4 34 8 Allsopp ... ... 14 5 38 2 ... ... 154 6 35 3 Tarrant ... .,.. 9 2 15 0 ... Trott ... .. . 8 1 20 0 ... ... OXFORD UNIVERSITY v. SOMERSET. Played at Oxford on May 12 and 13. Oxford University won by an innings and 45 runs. It was such an exceedingly weak team which represented the county in this match that even if all the luck that was going had come their way they could hardly have hoped to beat Oxford. But what with dropped catches, inferior bowling, and spirit­ less batting, Somerset were quite out of the running. Under the circumstances, it was not remarkable that Oxford made i91 on a difficult wicket, but the innirga of W . H. B. Evans was a finepiece of cricket. The wicket had improved by the time thst Somerset went in, but the countywere all out for 78 and lost a wicket for 7 runs before stumps were drawn, so that their task on Friday wai hopeless. O xford U n iv e r sit y . G. T. Branston, c Braund, b Whately 39 G. V. Goodliffe, b P. Weatherby, c Rob­ son, b Braund . ... 24 J. E. Raphael, c New­ port, b Lewis......... 7 C.D.Mclver, cBraund, b Lewis ................. £9 W . H. B. Evans, c Whately, b Braund 78 K. M. Carlisle, lbw, b Lewis........................ 0 R.W. Awdrey,c Hardy, b Braund................ 35 L.D.Brownlee,cMont­ gomery, b Lewis ... 5 S o m erset . Lewis .......... ... 0 E. G. Martin, cLewis, b Hraund................32 R. C. W. Burn, c Braund, b Whately 1 H. tomford, not out 16 B 12, lb 1, w 2 ... 15 Total .. 291 Second innings. Lewis, c Bomford,b Martin 7 cEvans, bMartin 2 G. Hodgkinson, b Evans ... 8 st Bomford, b Goodliffe.. ... 23 Hardy, c Brownlee, bEvans 23 b Martin ... ... 12 E. G. Whately, c Bomford, b Martin ........................ 13 b Evans ... 20 Robson.c Branston, b Evans 2 lbw, b Evans ... 9 Braund, c Weatherby, b Evans............................... 2 b Burn........ ... 9 H. F. Montgomery, b Evans 4 c Awdrey, b Mar­ tin .......... ... 34 S.M. J. Woods, c Brownlee, c Goodliffe. b b Martin ........................ 5 Evans ... 5 G. Newport, run out.......... 0 c Bomford, b Evans ... 0 C. M. Alison, not out.......... 6 b Burn.......... ... 20 H. G. Wheeler, c Jtoelver, b b Branston........................ 3 b Evans ... 6 G. D. Barne, c Branston, b Goodliffe ........................ 1 notout.......... .. 9 Byes ........................ 4 B 16, lb 4, W 1 20 Total.......... .......... 78 Total ... ...168 O xfo rd U n iv e r sity . O .M . R.W. O . M. R. W. Lewis........ 26 8 70 5 1Robson ... 6 0 20 0 Braund ... 31.5 4 124 4 Woods ... 1 0 5 0 Whately ... 8 0 60 2 |Hardy ... 1 0 7 0 .Whately and Robson each bowled a wide. S o m erset . First innings. O. M. R.W. Bum .......... Martin Evans Goodliffe ... Branston ... 4 0 ... 13 4 ... 10 3 27 ... 2.5 2 ... 2 1 5 0 . 35 3 . 5 . 0 1 . 7 1 . Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 19 3 39 2 ... 30 13 44 3 ... 12 4 83 5 ... 6-1 2 21 1 ... 4 1 11 0 Burn bowled a wide. SURREY v. ESSEX. Played at Leyton on May 12, 13 and 14. Surrey won by 125 runs. In the absence of A. P. Lucas, Mead, C. J. Kort- right, and F. H. Oillingham, the new Essex captain, F. L. Fane, had but a weak side at his disposal. As the courte of the game ran Essex had much the worst of the slowwicket on the first day, for whereas during most of the time that Surrey were batting the pitch was not particularly difficult, it was greatly in favour of the bowlers towards the end of the day, and Essex, who had about an hour and a quarter's batting, fared badly. After Abel had been dismissed for a single, the play was not attractive for some time, and in the course of the first half-hour only 16 runs were put up. Hayward was playing with the utmost cauiion, but fortunately for Essex, he was not allowed to make a big score. Hayes brightened up after lunch, and he and Holland made matters much more lively, putting on 69 runs in three- quarters of an hour while they were together. Hayes was out to a good catch in the slip*. _Some fine hitting wasseen when Lees and H. B. Chinnery were together, and the two men played the right sort of cricket for a pitch which was becoming difficult. The tail did not do much, tut Smith made a useful score. Essex had to go in for seventy minu es. Accidents began to happen at once, and continued to happen until stumps were drawn, when six wickets were down for 38, Mcttahey, who alone had scored double figures, beiDg not out 11. Lees and Smith both bowied exceedingly well, and took advantage of their opportunities. Thehopes thatwereentertained that feewell would play a big innings were ais- appoin'ed, for although he stayed in for more than half-an-hour, he only made 11 runs. Meanwhile McGahey had been plajing a great game, hitting whenever he had the least chance, and thanks chitfly to him the Essex total was not insignificant, as it had seemed likely to be. Altogether McGahey was at the wickets for a couple of hours for bis 53 not out. W ith a lead of 98, Surrey again did well, and when stumps were drawn victory seemed easily within their grasp, for Essex with four wickets down in their second innings still required nearly 200 runs to win. Hayes, Holland and Lees again played fine cricket, and while they were in the batting was decidedly interesting to watch, for they all made some good hits, and as they were taking risks, there was always some excitement for the spectators. Towards the end of the innings Lockwood and Smith put on 43 runs for the ninth wicket. Essex had to make 312 runs to win, and their chances of pulling off the match were small. The chief feature of their battirg on Friday afternoon was the delight­ ful innings played by Carpenter, who in the course of an hcur and a-half made 75 out of a total of 115 while he was at t^e wicket. He has seldom played a better innings. The total at the end of the day was 115 for four wickets. On Saturday there was never any hope that Essex would pull off the match, and although Toeetti batted well for an hour, and the tail put some life into the game, Surrey had an easy victory. In the course of the match Strudwick accounted for eight men at the wicket. S u r r e y . First innings. Abel, b Young ................. 1 Hayward, cReeves,bYoung 13 Hayes, c Tosetti, b Bucken- ham ............................... 48 Holland, b Tosetti ..........32 Lees, c Tosetti, b Reeves ... 28 H. B. Chinnery, c&b Young 29 Lord Dalmeny,cBuckenham b Reeves ........................ 9 Lockwood, c and b Reeves .. 8 Strudwick, lbw, b Douglas.. 2 Smith (W.C.) b Buckenham 14 Second innings, c Sewell,b Reeves 16 lbw, b Douglas... 9 cPerrin, bReeves 46 c Fane, b Reeves. 40 b Reeves ..........27 c Russell,bReeves 6 Rushby, not out B 7, n-b 6... Total.. . ...201 E ssex . First innings. F. L. Fane, c Strudwick, b Smith ............................... 1 Carpenter, run out .......... 9 P. Perrin, c Lees, b Smith 6 C. McGahey, not ou t..........53 G. Tosetti, c Lees, b Smith 7 J.W.H.T. Douglas, cStrud­ wick, b Lees ................. 1 Sewell, c and b Smith .. .. 11 Russell (E .), c Lees, b Smith 0 Buckenhim, c Strudwick, b Rushby ........................ 6 Reeves, c Dalmeny, b Smith 6 Young, c Chinnery, b Lees 0 B 1, lb 1, nb 1 .......... 3 Total......... Reeves ... Young ... Douglas ... Tosetti ... Buckenham ...103 S u r r e y . First innings. O. M. R. W. 22 18 , 7 . 6 46 70 8 19 1 31 22 b Douglas.......... 0 b Carpenter ... 26 lbw, b Douglas... 1 c Buekenham, b Reeves ..........23 not out................ 4 B 13, lb 1, n b 1 15 Total ..........213 Second innings. c Lees, b Smith 6 c Strudwick, b Lockwood .. 75 b Smith .......... 0 st Strudwick, b Rushby ..........14 c Strudwick, b Lockwood b Lockwood c and b Smith ... notout., c Strudwick, b Rushby .......... b Smith ......... c Strudwick, b Lees................. B 6, lb 3, nb 2 ... Total ......... 186 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 3 107 23 2 14 4 2 40 14 8 Smith Lees... , Rushby 0 0 Carpenter... 4*4 1 18 Young delivered seven no-balls. E sse x . O.M. R. W . O. M. R. W. . ... 26 6 66 6 ............ 26 7 74 4 , ... 22 12 31 2 ............ 15-1 3 42 1 ... 3 2 3 1 ........... 8 4 21 2 Lockwood ... 15 3 35 3 Hayward ... 1 0 3 0 Lees delivered one, and Lockwood two no-balls. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY v. YORK­ SHIRE. Played at Cambridge on May 12 and 13. Yorkshire won by an innings and 118 runs. On a slow but not difficult wicket the University found Haigh and Myers far too good for them, although Rhodes was not successful against them. Long before stumps were drawn the Yorkshiremen were in a commanding position and they ended the day with a total of 224 for three wickets, and thus had a lead of 131 runs. Every man who went in showed good foira, and Denton andHirst both batted exceedingly well, the latter being not out 74 when stumps were drawn. On Friday morning Hirst and Rhodes were both seen to great advantage with the