Cricket 1904

150 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 26, 1904 SUSSEX v. MIDDLESEX. Played at Lord’s on May 19, 20 and 21 . Abandoned. Both the teams taking part in the match were about as strong as they can be at this time of the year. Ranjitsinbji and Brann made their first appearance of the season for Sussex, who had a pretty good side. Middlesex batted on a fast wicket, on which the ball occasionally got up, and theirtotal of 339 was decidedly good under the circumstances. Warner and L. J. Moon played delightful cricket at the commencement of the Middlesex innings, and while they were together the Sussex bowling was made to look uncommonly easy. Nothing came amiss to the batsmen, who in the course of an hour and a quarter put up 123 for the first wicket. Warner was the first to leave, and then a sudden change came over the appearance of the game, for in the course of the next two or three overs two more wickets fell for only two more runs. G. W. Beldam was unfortunate. He started to run for an ov<?r-throw by Fry, and the ball was returned to thewicket-Keeper ty Brann, who is almost as quick as Je*sop when there is a chance of running a man out. Foley was bowled by Vine, who then got Moon lbw. Moon had played trilliant cricket. After these disasters Middlesex began to go ahead ag*in, for while Jfi. A. Beldam stuck firmly to his end, Hosanquet and Hunt made runs quickly, the latter making two 4’s and a 3 in his first over, and hitting up 65 in five minutes under the hour. E. A. Beldam’s stay at the wicket of two hours and a half produced 68 runs, and was of the utmost value to his side. Before stumps were drawn Sussex made 97 for the loss of Vine, Fry being not out 48. On the next morning things went very well with Sussex for a time, and afier Killick was out for agood 32Relf and Jjry played so well that a long scor* seemed in pros­ pect. But after Fry had been at the wiHcets for a couple of hours he was caught at midon for 87, his best innings this season. Raujitsinhji hardly Eeemed comfortable, but in making his36 he showed much of his old skill. The fine innings of Relf came t> a conclusion not long \ efore lunch ; he m tde his runs quickly and well. Whea only half the wickets were down the t(-tal was 260, but by lunch time three more men were out for an additional 16 runs, and the inn­ ings was completed for 312. With a lead of 27 rum Middlesex lost Moon at 16 and warner at 26, and although G. W. Beldam and Foley put on 66 for the third wicket, and Bosanquet made a useful score, the bowlers did so well that eight men were out for 144. « . W. Beldam’s innings was extremely useful. At this period of the game a victory seemed in store for Sussex, but Hunt and MacGregor add 44 runs in half an hour, and when stumps were drawn the total was 188 for nine wickets. Still the odds were greatly in favour of the Sussex men, who must have been keenly disppointed when rain caused the match to be abandoned on Saturday. M id d le se x . First innings. Second innings. P. F. Warner,lbw, d Killick 54 c Relf,b Cox ... 14 L. J. Moon, low, b Killick... 70 b Cox ............... 4 G. W . Beldam, run out ... 2 c Ranjitsinhji, b Cox..............4) C. P. Foley, b Vine .......... 0 c Butt,b Cox ... 30 B. J. T. Bosanquet, c Smith, b R elf............................... 47 bCcx ..............19 E. A. Beldam, b Cox..........58 c Butt,b Relf ... 5 Ti A. D. Bevington, c Cox, b Relf ............................... 5 b R elf.............. 9 J. H. Hunt, c Ranjitsinhji, b Cox .......... .................66 c Butt, b Brann..24 Trott (A. E ) c Butt, b Brann 3 b Relf.............. 4 G. McGregor, b Brann ... 7 notout.............21 Hearne (J. T.) not out ... 2 B 24,1-b 1 ....................25 B 16,1-b 2...18 Total... . 339 Total (9wkts) 188 StJSBRX. C. B. Fry, c Hearne, b Trott.......................87 Vine, b Bosanquet ... 10 Killick,c Trott,b Hunt 32 Relf, c Trott, b Hunt. t8 K. S. Kanjitsinhji, c Hunt, b Trott.........36 C.H.M.Ebdon,b Trott 22 C.L.A.Smith,b Bosan­ quet ........................ 2 M id d l e s e x . First inning *. O. M. R. W. G. Brann, c and b Bosanquet ..........18 Cox, lbw, b Bosanquet 4 Butt, c Moon, b Trott 14 Tate (F. W .), not out. 0 B 9 ,1-b 7, w 3 Total 19 .312 Relf ... Cox Kitlick... Vioe ... Brann... Tate ... 15 2 . 31*31 . 21 Second innings. O. M. R. W . 11 5 9 , 27 . 32 9 . 3 2 ■ 4 0 02 0 SUeBBX. O. M. R. W.| O. M. R. W. G. Beldam. 4 0 19 0 Bosanquet 18 3 64 4 Hnnt .1 8 7 47 2 Trott(A.E) 23'3 1 99 4 Hearne(J.T)l8 4 64 0 | Hunt bowled two wides and Bosanquet one. LONDON COUNTY C.C.v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at the Crystal Palace on May 19 and 20. London County won by an innings and 31 runs. The crioket ground at the Crystal Palace looks very pretty at any time during the season, but iii the spring it is absolutely charming, and during the Derbyshire match it was seen at its best. There was a most interesting display of all-round cricket on the first day, although when stumps were drawn the home team, with 111 for two wickets against a total of 271, had the best of the situation. The chief feature of the batting was the display of L. G. Wright, who followed up his fine innings against Surrey by making 139 out of 240 in thre^ hours, while nearly all the rest of his side were in difficulties with the bowling. He and Ollivierre made an excel­ lent beginning, and by the way in which both men took charge of the bowling it looked as if they might have beeu together for hours if an unfortunate misucd^standing about running had net led to the downfall of Ollivierre who had only himself toblame. N ) one else showed any signs of obtaining a mastery overthe 1 owling until towards the end of the innings Humphriesplayed fine cricket. When LondonCounty wentin W. G. andMurdochwere disposedof cheaply, but Hathorn and Poidevin then played out time, the former beingnot out25 andthelatternotout 51 when stumps were drawn. A fine display of battiag by Hathorn and Poidevin placed London Coun'y in an excellent position on Friday morning. Poidevin played a very pretty game, while Hathorn, the South African cricketer, was in great form and made 117 ia three hours, hishits including fifteen 4’s. Afterwards Braund and Sinclair made hay of the bo«liog and London County pa*-s°d the Derbyshire total. While Sinclair was in with Hathorn 7.3 runs were put on in half an hour, Sinclair’s hitting being very powerful. Sinclair was at the wickets for only thirty-five minutes for his 50. The innings was by no means over for Sewell ma<e some good drives, while L. Walker and W. Smith both made useful scores. Derbyshire had to wipe off 127 before they drewlevel, buthelped by a cross wind Braund bowled so finelythat no one could make anyheadway against him except Needham, and the result was a sur­ prisingly easy victory for London County. D e r b y sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. L. G. Wright, b Kotze ...139 c Board, b Kotze 10 C. A. Ollivierre, rua out ... 22 stBoard,bBraund 9 Storer, b Grace .................11 cKotze, bBraund 0 Dr.E.M.Ashcroft, b Braund 1 chathorn,bBraund 5 G. Curgenven, st Board, b Grace............................... 8 stBoard,bBraund 10 Needham, lbw, b Braund ... 14 runout ... 81 Morton, b Braund .......... 1 c Board, b Kotze 5 Warren, c Kotze, b Braund 5 cSmith,bBrauud 3 Humphries, c Sewell, b Kotze ........................44 not out............ 9 Stevenson, b Kotze .......... 9 b Kotza .......... u Bestwick, not out .......... 3 b Braund .......... 5 B If, lb 2 .................14 Lb 8, nb 1 ... 9 Total ... ...271 L ondon C o u n ty . Total W. G, Grace, c Hum­ phries, b Bistwick .. 15 W . L. Murdoch, c Wright, b Stevenson 19 M.Hathorn, c Morton, b Bestwick ............117 L. O. S. Poidevin, c Storer, b Warren .. 73 Braund, c Wright, b Storer........................... 40 J. H. Sinclair, b Best­ wick ........................... 50 D erbybh ibe First innings. O. M. R. W. Kotze ..........20 4 1 69 3 ... Braund.......... 23 1 87 4 ... Sinclair..........11 1 49 0 Grace .......... 16 2 52 2 Kotzi delivered a no-ball. L ondon C o u n ty . O. M. R. W. O. Bistwick.. ‘<9 6113 4 1Morton.. 9 Stevenson 17 279 1 Scorer ... 7 Warren ... 183 387 4 | Warren delivered a no-ball. Sewell, b Warren ... 30 Board, c Humphries, b Bestwick ........... 0 L. Walker, b Warren 19 W. Smith, not out ... 25 J. Kotze, b Warren ... 0 B 3, lb 6, nb 1 ... 10 Total..........398 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 12 3 47 '3 11*3 0 4a 6 M. R. W. 0 63 0 0 63 1 NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK v. FOREST HILL (“ A ” ).—Played at Perry Hill on May 21. F orest H il l . W. S. Halt, b Coss r.. 29 C.E. E. L^e, c Hughes, b King .................10 E. J. Riches, b King... 0 W. R. Bingham, c Aylen.bKing........ 3 C. G. Young, b King.. 0 C. H. Barham, b King 22 H. Btrham,c Griffiths, b Coster ................. 6 P. H. Russell, b King. 2 C. E. Hand,c &b King 13 C. H. Baskett, b King 3 P. Gibbon, not out ... 0 Byes ................. 4 Tot d .......... J. W. RicharJs,Ibw, b Young .................29 E. W . Armstrong, c Gibbon, b Barham.. 50 A. King b C. Barham 0 J. Price, b Young ... 4 A. D. Phillips, b Bas­ kett .......................31 N. P. B a n k . A.Moore.lbw, b.Young 9 H. S. Johnson, b Bas­ kett ........................ 3 C. Hughes, b Baskett. 4 G. A. Cosser not out .. 10 B 17, lb 1, w 4 ... 22 Total (8wkta) 162 A. F. Aylen and L. J. Griffiths did not bat. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK v. LLOYD’S BANK. — Played at Lower Sydenham on May 17,18 and 19. N. P. B a n k . E.W.Armstrong, cand b Smith .......... 35 G. A. Cosser, b Smith 7 A. Harrison, b Dunell 8 A D Phillips, bDunell 1 J.W.Richards.b Smith 16 H. E. Moore, b Dunell 6 J. Price............. . ... 0 C. Hughe?, c and b Dunell .................22 A. C. Purnell, c and b Smith ................. 0 W .H.Fear, cPenman, b Smith .................11 H.8. Johnson, not out 38 Extras .......... 11 Total ...165 J. H. Downward, Harrison.................21 A. S Taylor, b Moore 40 C.Melville, c Moore, b Harrison ... ... 12 W . Farquar-Smith, c Armstrong, b Cosser 46 C. S. Leigh Bennett, c and b Price .......... 2 C. Penman, b Cosser.. 3 I L loyd ’ s B a n k . A. G. Dunell, b John­ son ..................... 16 A.H. Wilson,stHughes, b Cosser.................. 8 W. A. Smith,c Harri­ son, b Johnson ... 4 H. Hone, not out ... 4 H. B. May, b Cos?er .. 0 Extras................. 3 Total ...168 v. OXTED.—Played at Oxted on S t r b a t h a m . STREATHAM May 21. C. M. Thomas, bKnox 0 A-E.Fortescue.b Knox 32 L. E. Gillett, c Bam- bridge, b Knox ... 81 J.L. Spicer, c Cobra, b Knox .................16 J.F.W.Hooper,c sub., b Knox ...............50 , N. Horncastle, E. B. Mi ler and H. Holmes did not bat. A. R. Wileman, b Knox....................... E.P.Pulbrook, not out O.S.Crawfurd, notout Byes ................. Total (6 wkts) *172 H.Gibson, b Fortescne 66 W.V.Timmis,bHolme8 20 N. Knox, b Fortescue 27 F. Sales, not out ... 1 *Innings declared closed. O x t b d . G. Ho’mwood,not out 8 B 9, w 1 ..........10 Total (3 wkts)...117 B. Gillett, E. C. Bambridge, Cobra, F. Timmis and R. H. Williams did not bat. J. C. LOVELL’S XI. v. CROYDON.—Played at Tulse Hill on May 21. J. C. L ovell ’ s XI. L. Lovell, run o u t........................18 W. fl. Golds, not out ................. 77 J. P. Candler, b Mabey................ 8 P. P. Tyacke, not out .................20 B 8, lb 3 ........................ 11 Total (2 wkts) ...*134 •Innings declared closed. C. H. Mountain, K. Robinson, J. S. Lovell, C. L. Ring, S. H. Flindt, E. D. Lovell and H. Tidy did notbat. C boydon . H. R. Groom, notout ........................25 G. F. Long,« Mountain, bCandler ... 24 F. W . Fifleld, not out ......................... 4 B 1, lb 1 ............................... 2 Total (I wkt).......... 66 H. M. Birton, W. H. Barley, C. K. Richer, J. H. Mabey, J. A. Archer, A. H. E. Phillips, E. H. Balch and C. T. Mabey did not bat. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK v. GLYN. —P*ayedat Catford on May 18 and 19. G ly n . W. L. Lagden, c New­ comb, b Rhodes .. 14 W. Legfleld, b Power. 12 P. R. Case c Coomber, b Power................. 3 A. S. Hoe, b Rhodes .. 21 J.G.Coulson.b Rhodes 0 J. N. Pinks, b Power.. 4 H. Love, c & bRhodes 3 L. &W. B a n k . F . W. Newcomb, b Legfleld ... .......... 4 R. S. Harker, run out 63 H. E. Muriel,b Knight 6 A. S. Tyte, b Legfleld. 25 J. J. Stevens,bRhodes A. E. Adams, not out. E. L. Power, lbw, b Rhodes ................. Knight, b Rhodes ... Extras................. Total .......... W. E. Smith, notout.. 32 G. Wellborne, not out 26 Extras................. 10 Total ...166 H. Crossley, S. E. Coomber, G. P. Rhodes, H B. Power, and A. Podmore did not bat.