Cricket 1904

M a y 26, 1904. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 157 H am psh ire . D. A. Steele, c Hum­ phries, b Bestwick... 9 "Webb, c Needham, b Bestwick.................13 E. M. Sprot, c Hum­ phries, b Cadman ... 62 Llewellyn, c Wright, b Bestwick.................33 A. J. L. Hill, b Storer 111 Rev. W. V. Jephson, c Storer, b Warren ... 26 D erbysh ire , Bowell, b Storer ... 52 T. A. Chignall, b Bestwick... ......... 19 Langford, not out .. 32 Stone, c Wright, b Bestwick.................15 Hesketh Pritchard, c Ollivierre, b Storer.. 10 B 7, lb 4, w 1 ... 12 Total ...884 L, G. Wright, run out C.A.Olivierre, c Chig- nell, b Llewellyn ... 10 Btorer. c Hill, b H. Prichard .................10 Dr. E. M. Ashcroft, c Jephson,b Llewellyn 24 G.Curgenven,c Stone, b Llewellyn ..........21 Needham,cH.Prichard bChignell... Warren, not out ... 22 Cadman, c Jephson, b Llewellyn.................20 Humphries, c Sprot, b Prichard................. 2 Bestwick, c Sprot, b Prichard................. 0 Extras................. 2 To'al .172 O. Bestwick ... 41 Gregory ... 14 Cadman ... 28 H am psh ire . M. R. W. 10 133 5 2 32 0 5 99 1 O. Warren .. 12 Curgenven 5 Storer ... 17 M. R. W. 1 51 1 2 10 0 2 47 3 Bestwick bowled one wide. D erbysh ire . O. M. R. W. O. M. R.W. Llewellyn 26 6 52 4 [H ill........... 2 0 14 0 Prichard .. 20*4 5 61 8 Chignell ... 11 2 33 1 Langford 7 2 20 0 | SUSSEX v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Played at Brighton on May 23, 24 and 25. After a most uneven display of battingon Monday, Sussex managed to secure a total of 309, while Gloucestershire lost a wicket for 32 runs. At the beginning of the game Fry and Vine put up 109 runs on a slow but easy wicket, the former scoring 73 of them by cricket which was as attractive as ever. After he had been dismissed there was a temporary break down which was arrested when Ranjitsinhji arrived to partner Vine for the 5th wicket. Although the day was cold Ranjitsinhji was in brilliant form and helped Vine to put on 145 runs in an hour and fifty minutes; his score of 82 included ten 4’s. As ■oon as he had been disposed of a startling change came over the game. Vine survived RaDjitsinhji but a few minutes, having played beautiful cricket for four hours for his 124, and the tail broke down badly againgt Huggins and Dennett. The last five wickets fell for 10 runs, bo much rain fell at Brighton on Monday night and ihe next morning, that no play was possible on Tuesday. Yesterday the game was resumed at 11.40, the ground being still very heavy from the recent downpour. To the disappointment of the spectators Jessop was in for but a quarter of an hour ere being dismissed by a splendid one- handed catch at long-off. Wrathall, being favoured by the field, scored 85—a very valuable contribution. He was fourth out at 153, but to poorly did the later men bat, that the innings closed for 171, or 138 in arrears. Run-getting proved a difficult mat­ ter, and the Sussex wickets tumbled dowu almost as quickly as those of the visitors. Vine batted patiently, his innings of two lasting forty minutes. When seven wickets were down for 74, the innings was declared closed, leaving Gloucestershire 213 to win. Neither KitCat nor Godeell, who opened the innings, obtained a run, and so much.was ihe wicket in favour of the bowlers, that half the side were out for only 18, and when stumps were drawn tight wickets were down for 35. Had a few moreminutes' play been possible, Sussex would have gained an easy victory. S u ssex . First innings. C. B. Fry, c Spry, b Dennett 73 b liuggins Vine, c Thomas, bHuggins 124 c Godsell, b Den­ nett Killick, b Huggins ........... 8 Relf,b Huggins ... ... ... 0 C. L. A. Smith, c Thomas, b Huggins........................ K.S.Ranjitsinbji,cThomas, b Dennett........................ G. Brann, b Huggins.......... Second innings. b Dennett ... b Huggins ... 3 c and b Dennett.. Cox, b Dennett ................. Seymour, cDennett,bHug­ gins ............................... Butt, b Huggins................. Tate, not out ................. B 10, w 1 nb 1 ... ... Total ................£ not out................. st Board, b Den­ nett .......... .. c Board, b Hug­ gins................. 18 Extras.......... 7 Total..........*74 *Innings declared closed. G lo u cbsterph ire . First innings. S.A.P. Hitcat, cButt, b Relf 5 R. T. Godsell, b Tate . ..17 Wrathall, c Smith, b Relf .. 85 G. L. Jessop, c Relf, b Tate 26 Langdon, b C o x ................ 17 F. E. Thomas, c Butt, b Cox 1 Board, run out ... . ... 8 Huggins, c Killick, b Cox .. 0 Sellick, not out .............. . 3 Spry, c Tate, b Cox .......... 0 Dennett, b Cox ................. 3 Extras........................ 6 Se ond innings. b C o x ............... b Tate . ... ... 1 c Tate, b Cox ... 1 st Butt, b Tate ... c Cox, b Tate ... not out ......... c Smith, b Cox ... b Cox ................. b Tate................. not out................ B 2, lb 3 .......... Total ..........171 S u ssex . Dennett., Huggins.. lE a s V Langdon First innings. O. M. R. W. 35 10 80 3 ... 38-3 10 102 7 ... 10 1 47 0 ... 17 4 50 0 ... 8 2 18 0 ... Total (8 wkts) 35 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 14 14 3 37 3 Thomas bowled one wide and one no-ball. G lou cestersh ire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. w . Relf.......... ... 20 8 27 2 ... ... 2 2 0 0 Cox ... , ... ...28.1 7 63 5 ... ... 19 15 6 4 Tate . ... 17 4 47 2 .. ... 20 10 21 4 Killick ... ... 6 2 18 0 ... Seymour ... 4 0 10 0 ... Brann... !.’! 2 2 0 0 WARWICKSHIRE v. WORCESTER­ SHIRE. Played at Edgbaston on May 23, 24 and 2o. On Bank Holiday the Warwickshire men gave an attractive exhibition of batting, scoring 369 runs for the loss of only seven wickets, which shows a much faster rate of scoring than is usual with them Fish- wick and Kinneir put up 113 for the firstwicket, both men playing a delightfullybriskgame. They would, without doubt, have been together much longer if Fishwick had not broken his bat when trying todrive a ball from Arnold, with the result that the ball was turned out of its course into the hands of point. Byrne played well, and helped Kinneir to put on 72 for the second wicket. Kinneir was at the wickets for three hours and a quarter for his fine innings of 105. Later in the day diariesworthand Lilleyhelped Willie Quaife considerably, and Quaife himself only failed to reach his ltO by 4 runs. Rain delaytd the continuation of this match on Tuesday morning until half-past twelve. The Warwickshire innings soon came to a conclusion, and then Worcestershire, on a difficult wicket, had a bad time. H. K. Foster and Bowley played a cautions game, and in half an hour only nine runs were made. Foster was then out, and a series of disasters followed. Half the wickets were down for 39, and bowley alone could make any stand against the bowling until joined by Gaukrodger. The two players gradually obtained a mastery over the bowling, ana added 123 runs together before Gaukrodger was dismissed for a valuable innings of 50. Ye^erday the visitors just saved the follow-on, a result due almost wholly to Bowley, who was nit dismissed until he had taken his individual score to 163. He gave three chances during the three hours and forty minutes he was batting. But for his display, Worcesterehire would have cut a sorry figure. Going in a second time, Warwickshire scored 118 for five wickets and then declared. The Worcestershire batsmen did not faro so badly at their Becond attempt as they had done previously, and a drawn game was always assured. WARWICK8IIimE. First innings. T. S. Fishwick, c Bowley, b Arnold...............................70 Kinneir, c Foster, b Bird ...105 J. F. Byrne, b Keene .. ... 25 Quaife, c Foster, bCaldwell 94 Charlesworth, b Bird........ 28 Lilleyy c Burns, b Caldwell. 24 A.C.b.Glover,cBurns,b Bird 12 Moorhouse, b Bird .......... 0 Whittle, not out................. 8 Hargreave, c Foster, b Bind 12 Field, b Bird........................ 3 B 6, lb 2, w 3 ..........21 Total .................392 Second innings. b Arnold ..........34 not out................ 0 b Keene ..........25 not out.................17 c Bowley, b Bird. 28 c Burn, b Keene.. 3 c Caldwell, b Arnold .......... 6 Extras.......... 5 Total ...118* •Innings declared closed. W o r c e ste r sh ir e . H.K. Foster, c Glover, b Hargreave ... ... 2 Bowley. c Whittle, b Moorhouse ........ 153 W. 8. Caldwell, c Fish­ wick, bCharlesworth 4 Arnold,bCharle8worth 0 Wheldon, c Glover, b Hargreave .......... 3 W. B. Burns, b Har­ greave ................. 0 Pearson, c and b Har­ greave ........................ 0 Gaukrodger, c Pish• wick, b Hargreave .. 50 Bird, c Fishwick, b Moorhouse ........ 0 Wilson, c Whittle, b Moorhouse ..........80 Keene, not out ......... 0 Extras................. 7 Total ...249 Seoond in n in gsH . K. Fostei, c Lilley, b Charles- worth, 22 ; Bowley, not out, 30; Caldwell, c and b Charlesworth, 9 ; Arnold, b Whittle, 1; Wheldon, not out, 3; wide, 1.—Total (three wickets), 66. W ar w ic k sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. . R. w . O. M. R. w, Arnold ... ... 35 8 99 1 ... ... 12 1 55 2 Wilson ... ... 18 3 41 0 ... Keene ... 21 7 62 1 ... 11 2 27 2 Bird.......... ... 431 6 124 6 .. ... 9 2 23 1 Pearson ... ... 10 3 32 0 ... ... 1 0 8 0 Caldwell .. ... 6 0 23 2 ... ... Arnold delivered three wides. W o rcestersh ire . Firstinnings. O. M. R. W. Second innings. O. M. R. W. Hargreave ... 36 8 128 5 ... Moorhouse . 13*4 6 30 3 ... Charleswoith . 21 7 59 2 ... .7. 12 3 36 2 Whittle.........., 8 3 ?5 0 ... .. 12 3 36 2 Field ... . . 1 1 0 0 ... ESSEX y. KENT. Played at Leyton on May 23, 24 and 25. Drawn. On a soft but not very difficult wicket Essex, who went in first were not seen to great advantage on Monday either in bowlin «■and oatting, and few of the team did themselvei justice. From the way in which Fane and Carpenter set to work at the beginning of the game it looked as if Essex would make a fine total, but after the two men had put up 7it for the first wicket in au hour and ten minutes the bowlerd began to gain the upper hand. Both Carpenterand Faneplayed good cricket,and tfcGahey played a particularly useful innings, but Perrin, bewell and Douglas were only able to m*ki a single run between thtm. Kent began their innings well enough. At one time the total on the board was 100 for one wicket, and things locked very promUing, but when 36 more runs had been added six more wickets had fallen. Humphreys played a very determined innings, scoring 65 in an hour and ten minutes. Towards the end of the day Biker and Fairservice did very well, and when stumps were drawn the total was i05 for ninewickets. OnTuesday there was no play owing to rain. Yesterday the Kent score was increased to 217, and a lead of 47 on the first innings thus secured. Run-getting proved no tasymatter when Essex went in a second time, and although Perrin made 44, and four other players scored double figures, the innings closed for 162 (including 17 extras). Kent had an hour and three- quarters to bat, and required 116 to win. As the wicket was now very difficult, it was anticipated that some exciting play would be witnessed, and such proved to be the case. In twenty-five minutes Hearne, Seymour and Humphries were dismissed for 25 runs, and when seven men were out for 66 it appeared likely that E-sex would win. Amid much excitement, however, the last two batsmen played out time, keepi g up their wickets for seven wicket*, and Essex had to be content with a moral vie.ory. E sse x . First innings. F. L. Fane, c Murrell, b Fielder....................... .. 32 Carpenter,cSeymour.bFair- service............................... 50 b Fairservice ... P. Perrin, c Blythe, b Fair­ service ............................... 1 b Fairservice ... C.McGahey, bFairservice... 88 c and b Blythe ... G. Tosetti, c Humphreys, b Fairservice........................ 2 cHuish, b Hearne Sewell, c Baker, b Fielder... 0 cSeymour,b Fair­ service .......... J. W. H. Douglas, cHearne, b Fielder ........................ 0 c Baker, b Blythe Rus8ell,cHardinge,b Blythe 11 c Huish, b Fair­ service ... Buckenham, b Blythe.......... 4 Second innings, i Seymour, d Fielder ..........s 19 Reeves, not out ................. Young, c Hardinge, b Fair­ service ............................... Byes .......... Total ... ... ...170 c Fairservice, Blythe 16 not out.......... c Seymour, Hearne ... Extras ... 5 ... 11 ... 3 19 b ... 9 ... 17 Total ...163