Cricket 1904

J u n e 2, 1904. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 165 SUSSEX v. SOMERSET. Played at Brighton on May 26, 27 and 28. Sussex won by ten wickets. Although this match wag greatly interrupted by the weather Sussex had the good fortune to be able to bring it to a conclusion. On the firstday Tate and Cox proved too good for the Somersetshire men on a difficult wicket, and Sussex made an excellent score. Pry was in great form and played an innings which Was worthy of his great reputation. He made bis runs so rapidly that he was only at the wickets for an hour and three-quarters; his innings included nineteen 4’s, most of which came from fine drives. Eillick played a very usefulinnings, andRanjiteinhji, who was more cautious than usual, was at the wickets for an hour and twenty minutes for his 48. The tail did not distinguish itself, but thanks to the good play of Fry, Killick and Ranjitsinhji Sussex had a lead of 202, and as Somerset lost a wicket in their second innings before stumps were drawn with the total at 5, the visitors had an uphilltaskbeforethem. On Friday there was no play, but on Saturday Somerset made a determined though unsuccessful attempt to save the game. Tate was absent from the Sussex side on account of an injured band, and in his absence some of the Somersetshire men did very well indeed. Montgomery was in for an hour and a-half for a very attractive innings of 50, and with Robson as a partner, put on 50 for the second wicket. Then Palairet and Braund were together for an hour and five minutes during which they scored 60 runs, and there were yet hopes for their side. But although when only half the wickets were down the total was 170the remaining wickets were so quickly disposed of that Sussex had only 14 runs to make to win. S o m e r se t . First innings. Second innings. L. C. H. Palairet, b Tate ... 2 c Butt, b Relf ... 23 Braund, b Tate ... ........... 2 c Cox. b Relf ... 58 P. R. Johnson, b Tate ... 26 c Smith, b Relf... 3 Robson, b Tate ................. 3 c Brann, b Vine 26 S.M. J.Woods, c Fry, b Cox 1 run out ..........10 F .M. Lee, c Killick, b Cox 25 run out .......... 0 H. Martyn, b Tate .......... 9 c sub., b Relf ... 0 H. F. Montgomery, c Cox, b Tate ................................ 0 b C ox...............50 A. E. Newton, b Cox.......... 0 b C ox................11 Craniield, c Butt, b Cox ... 5 not out.................17 North, not out .................. 2 c sub., bCox ... 0 Bye ........................ 1 B9, lb5, nb 2 , w1 17 Total C. B. Fry, c Newton, b Palairet ...............120 Vine, b Cranfleld ... 8 Killick, c Martyn, b Palairet ................46 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, o Johnson, bCrantleld 48 Relf, oand b Cranfleld 15 G. Brann, c Braund, b Cranfleld.................. 2 76 S u s s e x . Total......... 215 C.H.M.Ebden, c Mar­ tyn, b Cranfield ... 2 C.L.A Smith, cMont­ gomery, b Cranfield 14 Cox, c Montgomery, b Cranfleld .......... 3 T*utt, not out .......... 6 Tate, b Cranfleld ... 0 B 12, lb 2, w 1 ... 15 Total ... .278 Second inningsEbden, not out, 10; Vine, not out, 6 ; extras, 0.—Total (for no wicket), 16. S o m e r se t . First innings. O. M. R. W. Tate................. 17 2 40 6 .., Cox................. 16*3 4 35 4 .. Killick.. Relf .. Vine .. Killick bowled one wide and one no-ball and Cox one no-ball. S u s s e x . First innings. O. M. R. W . Cranfleld.......... 23 6 67 8 Braund ..........19 1 78 0 North .......... 3 0 23 0 Robson .......... 10 0 50 0 Montgomery ... 2 0 12 0 Palairet .......... 11 3 33 2 Martyn......... 2 0 7 0 Woods.......... 1*2 0 9 0 Cranfield bowled one wide. Second innings. O. M. R. W . 3 1 3 0 41-3 10 104 3 14 2 27 0 23 9 41 4 10 2 23 1 Second innings. O. M. R. W. GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. MIDDLESEX. Played at Lord’s on May 26, 27 and 28. Drawn. This was a most disappointing match. On the first day stumps had to be drawn at half-past five on account of the bad light, and a few minutes later rain fell. On the next day it was not possible to continue the game until late in the afternoon, and on Saturday there was never any chance of finishing the match. The Gloucestershire innings on the Thurs­ day was chiefly remarkable for the batting of Jessop, who met with more good fortune than a batsman usually experiences. For the greater part of his innings he scored in his usual rapid way, although he was not quite as aggressive as he is sometimes, but just before lunch he suddenly played a quiet game, and was half-an-hour in making six runs. His score at lunch time was 75 out of a total of 148, the first50runs'havingbeenmade in 40minutes. His entire innings of 87 lasted for an hour and 40 minutes. During his partnership with Wrathall, who played excellent cricket, 88 runs were put on in a little over three-quarters of an hour. After Jessop was dismissed, Thomas and Huggins played well, and the Gloucestershire men had reason to be satis­ fied with the total, for if they had good luck they could look forward to a victory, since the wicket was hardly likely to be in favour of the batsmen on the next day. Before stumps were drawn Middlesex made 44 for the loss of one wicket. On the next day 49 runs were added without further loss in the short time available for play. On Saturday the game was not resumed until two o’clock, when Warner and Beldam, the two not outs, were at once dismissed, and then more wickets soon fell. At this stage of the game there w-s just a chance that Gloucester­ shire might win, but Foley, Hunt, and Bevington all made useful scores, and when the innings came to an end Gloucestershire only had a lead of 63 runs. The remainder of the match was quite without interest, and Warner took the opportunity of giving his change bowlers a chance of distinguishingthemselves. The game was given up half-an-hour before time. G l o u c e s t e r s h ir e . Huggins,stRobertson, b Bosanquet ..........32 Board, c Robertson, b Hunt........................10 Spry, not out .......... 2 Dennett,c Robertson,b R. T. Godsell, b Trott 2 Wrathall, c Hearne, b Beldam ..............39 G.L.Je8sop,lbw,bTrott 87 Langdon, c Beldam, b Trott......................... 5 L. D. Brownlee, lbw,b Hearne .................. 6 F.E.Thomas, b Bosan­ quet .....................48 S. A. P. Kitcat, bTrott 3 Second innings S. A. P. Kitcat, c Bosanquet, b Foley, 31; Board, c Bosanquet, b Warner, 20; Spry, not out, 24 ; b 6, lb 1, 7.—Total (2 wkts), 82. M io d l e s e x . Bosanquet B 18,lb 9 Total ...263 P.F.Warner,b Thomas 47 L.J.Moon,c Dennett,b Huggins................. 0 G.W. beldam,cKitcat, b Dennett.................46 W .P.Robertson, cKit­ cat, b Thomas........ 0 B. J. T. Bosanquet, b Brownlee. .......... 7 Trott(A .E.),cDennett, b Thomas................ 8 C. P. Foley,cBoard, b Dennett .................23 J.H.Hunt, cGodsell, b Brownlee.................32 T. A. D. Bevington, b Brownlee.................27 R.W.Nicholls,c Lang­ don, b Dennett .. 0 Hearne (J. T.) not out 2 B 14, lb 4 ..........18 Total ...210 G l o u c s s t e r s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Heame .......... 19 4 51 1 ....... Trott .......... 24 7 70 4 ....... Beldam.......... 10 0 55 1 ....... 6 2 12 0 Bosanquet ... 16 3 45 3 ....... 13 7 14 0 Hunt .......... 9 5 15 1 ....... 3 2 2 0 Bevington... 8 1 27 0 Foley........ 5 0 14 1 Moon ... ... 1 0 2 0 Warner ... 0‘4 0 4 1 M id d l e s e x . O. M. R. W. Huggins.. 238 38 1 Dennett... 36 13 64 3 Brownlee. 15*2 2 40 3 Laugdon 3 1 3 0 O. M. R. W. Thomas.. 9 4 22 3 Jessop ... 10 3 25 0 LANCASHIRE v. KENT. Played at Old Trafford on May 26, 27 and 28. Lancashire won by an innings and 128 runs. It was only possible to play cricket for two hours and three-quarters at Manchester on the first day of this match, but Lancashire made such good use of their time that when stumps were drawn they had made 244 for four wicket?. The chief credit for this excellent performance belongs to Tyldesley and Hallows, who, during a partnership which lasted for about two hours, put on 190 runs on a soft wicket. There was no play on Friday. When the game was resumed on the following morning the innings was not declared closed, tince Kent would have had only to make 94 to save the follow-on. But therest of the Lancashire batsmenmade runs as quicklyas possible, and most of them, including Tyldesley, lost their wickets in trying to carry out this sensible plan. Tyldesley’s splendid innings of 146 included twenty 4’s, and lasted for two hours and three-quarters. It was now a question whether Kent would play out time. The wicket was difficult, but although Cuttell and Hallows were both in great form the first few batsmen did so well that a drawn game seemed almost a certainty. At lunch time Kent had lost one wicket for 35, and afterwards Marsham and Huish played so well that despite the failure of the tail only an hour and a-half remained for play when Kent had to follow-on. Humphreys and Alec Hearne began the second innings, and for some time kept their wickets intact without troubling in the least about runs, and a little later Humphreys and Seymour kept together for twenty minutes. But then the end soon came, and Humphreys alone could stand against Cuttell and Hallows, who both bowled exceedingly well, while the fieldsmen worked splendidly. The result was that Lancashire gained a brilliant victory about twenty minutes before time. L a n c a s h ir e . R.H. Spooner,bBlythe 16 H. G. Garnett,b Blythe 0 Tyldesley, c Baker, b Blythe ... ..........146 A. C. Maclaren, c Huish, b Fielder ... 13 Hallows, b Hardinge 85 Sharp, c Humphreys, b Blythe ... ■ ... 0 A. H. Hornby, cBaker, b Fielder................. 5 K e n t . First innings. Hearne, b I’Anson .......27 Humphreys, b Cuttell ... 2 Seymour,cCuttell,bl’Anson 32 C. H. B. Marsham, b Cuttell 21 Huish, c Worsley, b Hal­ lows .............................23 Hardinge, st Worsley, b Hallows ......................... 0 H. Z. Baker, b Cuttell ... 3 Murrell, run out.................. 3 Fairservice, b Cuttell........... 3 Blythe, not out .................. 5 Fielder, c and b Cuttell ... 0 Byes ......................... 3 W. Brearley, c Hum­ phreys, b Blythe ... I’Anson, c Marsham, b Fielder................. Cuttell, c Hardinge, b Blythe ................. Worsley, not out B 9, lb 7, nb 1 ... Total................5 Second innings. b Hallows......... I b Hallows..........24 b Hallows.......... 6 c Cut',ell, b Hal­ lows ................. 0 c Sharp, b Hal­ lows ................. 0 b Cuttell .......... b Cuttell .......... c Hornby, b Hal­ lows ................. c Tyldesley, b Cuttell ... ... c Garnett, b Cut­ tell ................. not out................. Byes................. Total... ........ 122 Total ..........42 O. M. R. W. L a n c a s h ir e . O.M. R. W , Blythe ... 20 0 129 6 1 Fairservice 8 1 34 0 Hearne ... 10 3 31 0 Humphreys 5 1 17 0 Fielder .. 15.4 1 61 3 |Hardinge 1 1 0 1 Hardinge delivered a no-ball. K e n t . First innings. O. M.R. W . Hallows......... 27 5 68 2 Cuttell ........242 13 31 5 Brearley.......... 6 2 12 0 I’Anson.......... 8 5 8 2 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 14 5 34 6 ... 10.2 7 3 4 4 3 3 0 SURREY v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Leicester on May 26, 27 and 28. Abandoned. This match was so completely spoiled by the weather that play was only in progress for an hour and a quarter. On the first day, Leicestershire made 77 for the loss of four wickets. Three men were out for 20, but V. F. S. Crawford and Whitehead added 51 in three quarters of an hour before the latter was dismissed. Strudwick had a hand in the dismissal of each of the four batsmen. On Friday and Saturday no play was possible. L eicestershire . C. E. De Trafford, run out.................12 C. J. B. Wood, c Strudwick, b Smith 2 Knight, c Strudwick, b Smith .......... 6 V. F. S. Crawford, not cut ....................22 Whitehead, c .'Strudwick, b Sheppard 32 Knight, not out ................................ 3 Total (4 wkts) ..........77 R. T. Crawford, Coe, Gill, W. W. Odell, andWhite­ side did not bat. S urrey H. B. Chinnery, R. A. Sheppard, Abel, Hayward, Hayfs, Holland, Moulder, Lees, Strud­ wick, 8mith, and Richardson. L eicestershire . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W . Smith ... 12 3 28 2 |Sheppard 4 2 10 1 Lees ... 8 1 89 0 M ARQUEE3 AND TENTS of everydescription on SALE or HIRE. 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