Cricket 1904

156 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 26, 1904. LONDON COUNTY v. LEICESTER­ SHIRE. Played at Leicester on May 23, 24 and 25. Leicestershire won by 105 runs. Undeterred by failures in the past, Dr. Grace repeated the experiment cf putting his opponents in flist on winning the toss, and at thK end of the first day his polioy seemed justified, for against the Leicestershire total of 151 his side had made 191. For London County both Sinclair and Kotze, the two South African cricketers, bowled exceedingly well, while on the other side Odell was very effective. The best display of batting wa9 given by L. Walker, W . L. Greenlees and J. Gilman. On Tuesday it was not possible to play for some time owing to rain. Yesterday Coe, who had scored 51 not out overnight, resumed bis innings in partnersh p with Gill, ana so well did the t*o men play that whilst together they added 131 runs in *5 minutes. Coe was batting near’y two hours and bin best hits were 16 fours. London County, left with 193 to win, started \iith Grace and Sinclair against the bowling <f Odell and King. At lunch-t;me two wickets had fallen for 32 runs, and shortly after W.G. was caught after bat­ ting 50 minutes for 9. Run-getting was slow, the bowlers always having the upper hand. Apart from Foidevin and R. M. Bell nobody made double figures, and Leicestershire gained a well-deeerved victory by 106 runs. L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. C. E. de Trafford, c Bell, b Sinclair .......... ..........28 b Sinclair ............ 6 0. J. H. Wood, b Sinclair... 1 cBell,bKot*e ... 3 Knight, b Kotze .... ..........23 c Walker,bKotze 8 V. F. 8. Crawford, b Kotze. 8 cWalker,bSinclair 5 Whitehead, b Kotze..........29 b Kotze ... 12 King, bKotz-* ........ ... 4 cKathorn,bKotze 4 R. T. Crawford, b Sinclair... 1 bKotze ..........14 Coe, c Gilman, b Kotze ..13 c Shalders, b Bell 103 Gill, c Hathorn, b Sinclair.. 22 b B ell.................57 W . W. Odell, bKotze ... 0 notout .......... 8 Whiteside, not out .......... 0 lbw, b Bell.......... 1 B 12, lb 1 0 ........................ 22 Extras............11 Total .................151 L ondon C o u n ty . Total..........232 First innings. W. G. Grace, b Gill ... W. L. Murdoch, b Odell M. Uathorn, b Odell ... L. O. S. Poidevin, c White­ head, b Odell .................4 J. H . Sinclair, b Odell . 14 W. A. Shalders, lbw, b King 13 L. Walker, lbw, b Odell ... 43 W . L. Greenlees, not out... 39 J. Gillman, c Whiteside, b Gill ................. ..........34 R. M. Beil, b King ... ... 8 J. J. Kotze, c Whiteside, b King ............................... 2 B 3, lb 5, nb 5 ......... 13 Second innings, c V. Crawford, b King................ 9 c and d King ... 2 c R. Crawford, b King................ 1 c Wood, b King c Coe, b Odell ... st Whiteside, b Odell................. c V.Crawford, b King................ b Odell................. lbw, b King notout................ 18 b King.......... Extras... Total .. 0 ... 12 Total....................... 191 L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Kotze................. 18 4 56 6 ........... 22 5 98 5 Sinclair .......... 17-2 3 73 4 ........... 16 5 73 2 Bell . 7*2 1 41 3 Shalders ... 2 09 0 L ondon C o u n ty . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Odell ................. 20 4 60 5 ........... 26 13 42 3 Gill ................. 19 2 59 2 ........... King ................. 12 2 3 26 3 ........... 25*1 13 32 7 R. Crawford ... 3 1 8 0 ............ Coe ................. 8 0 25 0 .......... R. Crawford bowled one and Gill four no-balls. YORKSHIRE y . LANCASHIRE. Played at Old Trafford on May 23 and 24. The usual large Bank Holiday crowd attended at Old Trafford on Mondav, and saw some veryremark­ able cricket. The wicket was so good that when Yorkshire won the. toss the spectators settled themselves down to see them at the wickets all day; but when three wickWs fell for 16, seven for 105, and eight for 126, no one quite knew what to make of the situation. Up to this time the cricket had been only noticeable for the fine bowling of Brearley, who kept a splendid length, and for the wonderfully good batting of F. S. Jackson, who, as he has so often done before, defied the bowlers when his companions could do nothing with them. But after lunch an astonishing change came over the game. Brearley, as was only natural, had tired himself by his exertions in the morning, and was not as fast or as certain in his length as he had been before lunch, and no other bowler seemed capable of giving the batsmen any trouble. The result was that Rhodes and Haigh established themselves, and put on 162 runs for the ninth wicket by really good and some­ what lucky batting. Thanks to their two bowlers Yorkshire made a total which seemed likely to be large enough, for ram fell after the innings was concluded, and there was a prospect that the wicket would be by no means in favour of batsmen on the moriow. After an hour’s delay, Spoonerand Garnett began the Lancashire innings, and when stumps were drawn a quarter of an hour before the usual time on account of the bad light, 45 runs had been scored for the loss of Garnett’s wicket. Spooner was not out 25 and Tyldesley not out 19. Owing to heavy rain during the night it was not possible to begin play on Tuesday until a few minutes past one, when Lancashire continued their innings o-i a slow but fairly easy wicket. The ball travelled slowly, but Spooner and Tyldesley scored at a good rate and took the total to 77 before the latter was well caught in the s ips for a very pretty 42. Maclaren was in when lunch time came with the total at 84 for two wickets. The hundred went up when the innings had been in progress for about an hour and a half, Maclaren and Spooner being still together. The former did not btay much longer, but Hal'ows helped Spooner to bring the total to 134 for four. Spooner still continued to plav beautiful cricket, and another useful stand was made byhim and Slurp, who added 126 runs whilst together for the seventh wicket. Spooner was eventually dismissed for a score of 126, which, although it contained a couple of chances (at 16 and 73), was a meritorious display. Possessing a lead of 20, Yorkshire fared badly on going in the second time, losing threewickets for 34 before stumps were drawn. Yesterday, owing to heavy rain, play was out of the question, and tue match was reluct­ antly abandoned at 1.45 Y o r k sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. Tunnicliffe, c Garnett, b Brearley ...................... 9 b Cuttell ...........18 Rothery, b Brearley ........ 1 b Cuttell .......... 1 Denton, b Brearley ........ 5 c Spooner, b Hallows..........13 F. Mitchell, b Brearley ... 21 Hon. F. S. Jackson, c and b Cuttell............................49 Hirst, run out ..............14 Myers, b Brearley ........ 3 not out................. 0 Rhodes, not o u t..............94 Lord Hawke, b Brearley ... 7 Haigh, b Sharp ............. 84 Hunter, lbw, b Cuttell ... 1 B 3, lb 2 ........................ 5 Byes .......... 2 Total ..293 Total (3 wkts) 34 L an c a sh ir e . R.H.Spooner,c Tunni­ cliffe, b Jackson .. 126 H. J. Garnett, c Mit­ chell, b Hirst......... 0 Tyldesley, c Tunni­ cliffe. b Jackson ... 42 A. C. Maclaren, lbw, b Jackson Hallows, c Hirst, b Jackson ................. Sharp, c Hunter, b Myers ................. 11 Hirst, b I’Anson, Myers ................. A. H. Hornby, c Mit­ chell, b Jackson ... Cuttell, b Myers W . Frearley, c Tunni­ cliffe, b Jackson .. Worsley, not out B 11, lb 2, nb 1 ... Total .273 Y orksh ire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Brearley.. ... 30 3 110 6 ... ... 6 1 25 0 I’Anson .. ... 12 2 57 0 ... Cuttell .. ... 26-1 9 6E 2 ... ... 6 3 7 2 Hallows .. ... 3 0 27 0 ... • 1 0 0 1 Sharp ... 5 0 2{ 1 ... L a n c a sh ir e . O. M. R. W. O. M. R.W. Hirst... . . 21 6 46 1 Haigh .. 12 2 49 0 Jackson „ 26*3 1 91 6 Myers ... 6 2 9 3 Rhodes . .21 5 64 0 Hirst bowled one no-ball. NOTTS v. SURREY. Played at Trent Bridge on May 23, 24 and 26. Good bowling and irresolute batting on a by no means perfect wicket caused the total made by the Surrey men on Monday tobe very disappointing. So well did J. Gunn and Hallam bowl that it was not considered necessary to change them. Fromthe first they caused inconvenience to the batsmen, none of whom showed to great advantage, although Hayes, Holland and Lees all made useful scores. But Abel and Hayward both failed to distinguish themselves, and Surrey never recovered from their bad commencement of the innings. When Notts went in some very attractive batting was seen, for after playing himself in carefully for a fewminutes, Jones began to hit out brilliantly, and made 48 out of 58 for the first wicket. When Iremonger left him he continued to do nearly all the scoring until he had made 63 out of 75 in an hour, when he was caught in the slips. His fine cricket paved the way for W. Gunn and G. Gunn, who put on 72 for the third wicket by excellent batting. Before they were separated the total made by Surrey was passed, and when stumps were drawn Notts were 48 runs on with half their wickets still in hand. Some rain fell at Nottingham on Tuesday morning and there was no play until half-past twelve, when John Gunn, not out 9, and Day, not out 2, continued the Notts innings, with the total at 178 for 5 wickets. Day survived until the score was 204, and shortly after­ wards Anthony was run out. But Hardstaff and Gunn played excellent cricketand Notts took a long lead. Gunn was eventually disposed of for a lucky innings of 66, and whentheNotts, venture terminated Surrey were in a minority Of 164. The visitors, who had a very uphill task before them, commenced badly, losing Abel before he had scored, Hayes for 12 and Holland for 20. Yesterday Hayward played a great game for bis side, but only Chinnery, who scored 23, gave bim any assistance. Overnight he had made 65, and this he increased to 116 before returning a ball to Hallam. His innings—a most valuable one—was chancelets, and lasted three hours and a half. Set but 19 to win, Notts, won easily by nine wickets. S u rrey . First inning a . Second innings. Abel, c Anthony, b J. Gunn 3 run out ........ 0 Hayward,cJones.b.F. Gunn 13 c and b Hallam...116 Hayes, c Dixon, b llallam 29 c Gunn (W.), b Hallam ... ... 12 H. B. Chinnery, c Oates, b J. Gunn ................. 0 cGunn (J.),b Day 23 Holland, c Jones, b Hallam 26 lbw, b Authony 20 Moulder, cJones, b J. Gunn 15 c Gunn (W.), b Anthony.......... 2 R. A. Sheppard, c Oates, b c Gunn (J.), b Hallam ........................ 2 Anthony.......... 0 Lees, c W. Gunn, I J. Gunn 20 c Gunn (W.), b Hallam .......... 7 Strudwick,cJones, bHallam 6 b Gunn (J.) ... 0 Smith, not out .................13 b Hallam ............ 1 Richardson, b J. Gunn ... 2 notout................. 1 Leg-bye ................. 1 Total .................130 N o tts . A. O. Jones, cSmith,b Sheppard................63 Iremonger, b Richard­ son ........................10 Gunn(W.),cStrudwick b Smith .................39 Gunn (G.), c Hayes, b Richardson ..........42 J. A. Dixon, b Lees ... 12 Gunn(J.),lbw, bSmith 66 Total......... 182 Day, lbw, b Lees ... 15 Anthony, run out ... 4 Hardstaff, not out ...24 Oates, c Richardson, b Smith ....................14 Hallam, c Moulder, b Richardson ........... 0 B 4, lb 1 ........... 5 Total ...........294 Secondinnings Gunn (G.), retired hurt, 5; Day, c Holland, b Hayes, 3 ; Anthony, not out, 7; Hard- staff, not out, 4.—Total (1 wicket) 19. Gunn, J. Hallam . Lees.......... Hayes ... Richardson Sheppard Smith ... S u r r e y . First innings. O. M. R. W . ........ 33 4 14 75 6 .. ......... 33 15 64 4 .. Dixon ... Day......... Anthony Jones ... N o tts . O. M. R. W. ... 32 9 75 2 ... ... 6 1 21 0 ... ... 25*1 4 79 3 ... ... 15 2 42 1 ... ... 30 6 72 3 ... Chinnery ... Abel .......... Second iunings. 24 7 64 1 80-5 11 54 4 6 3 8 0 11 1 32 1 14 6 23 3 1 0 2 0 O. M. R. W . 2 1 3 1 3 0 11 6 1 0 4 0 *1 0 1 0 HAMPSHIRE v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Southampton on May 23, 24 and 25. Hampshire were batting during the whole of the first day, completing their innings just before stump8 were drawn. The best innings was the 111 of A. J. L. Hill who made some beautiful hits, including a 6 and thirteen 4’s ; he was only at the wickets for two hours. Sprott, Bowell, and Llewellyn all played excellent cricket, and e\ erybody made double figures except Steele. On Tuesday there was no play owing to rain. Yesterday the game was resumed on a sofc wicket at 3.16, but, as a result always appeared to be out of the question, notmuchinterest was attached to the play. Wright continued the fine form he had previously shown in London, and scored 33 by attrac­ tive cricket before being run out. The majority of the other players made useful scores, and the Derby­ shire total eventually reached 172. The match was then abandoned as a draw.