Cricket 1904

182 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 9, 1904 SURREY v. LANCASHIRE. Played at Old Trafford on June 2 and 3. Lancashire won by an innings and 113 runs. According to the old proverb misfortunes never come singly and Surrey men must just now be inclined to think that there is “ something in it.” Nothing goes well for the once famous eiJe. The result of the match at Old Trafford went with the toss, and the toss was in favour nf Lancashire, whose batsmen had a soft but not difficult wicket to deal with, while their bowlers were not required until it had become wretchedly bad. For all that it cannot be denied that Surrey did not fight with the despera­ tion wbich sometimes saves aside when circumstances are altogether against it. *-y the end of the flrst day it was pretty clear that unless something like a miracle happened, 8urrey would be badly beaten, for against a Lancashire tottl of 251 they had only put up 24 for the loss of half their wickets. Spooner played another beautiful innings for Lancashire, and he is rapidly becoming one of the finest batsmen in England. Unless his form greatly deteriorates in the next few weeks he cannot ne left out of the match between Gentlemen and Players. He was at the wickets for two hours and his batting was of the soundest description. Tyldesley and Garnett both played fine cricket, and Poidevin, the old Australian, made a most successful dtbut for the county. His batting was the more noteworthy because by thetime thathe went to the wicketit had beguntoget difficult, and three menhad been dismissed in the course of a few minutes. Poidevin played excellent cricket for an hour and three-quarters. Afterwards A. H. Hornby, who, like his famous father, is an adept at making short runs, made a most valuable 47, and when the innings closed Lancashire men had reason to consider that their chances of winning the match were great. The unfortunate Surrey men went in to bat at half-past five in a terribly bad light, but although an appeal was made it elicited no sympathy from the umpires, and, before stumps were drawn Abel, Bayward, Hayes, Holland and Chinnery were all out, and the scorewasonly 24. The situationwas about as hopeless as it could well be when the game was resumed on Friday morning. Of the remaining batsmen Lees alone managed to make any runs to speak of. He played a wonderfu’ly good game, and his innings of 33 was one of the test in the whole match. The last two wickets produced 49 runs, otherwise the total would have been insignificant. Surrey had to follow on with 169 runs to hit off before they drew level. But the bowlers could make the ball do what they liked, and wicket after wicket fell for a very small addition to the total. Seven men vere out for 30, but the score was nearly doubled when the tenth wicket fell. L a n c a sh ir e . B.H.Spooner, cStrud­ wick, b Lees ..........54 H.G.Gamett, c Strud­ wick. b Lees ..........22 Tyldesley, c Chinnery, b Hayward ......... 40 L.O.S.Poidevin,bHay- ward Hallows, c Hayes, b Smith........................ Sharp, b Lees .......... A.H.Hornby, b Smith 47 I’Anson, c Strudwick, b Lockwood ..........19 Cuttell. st Strudwick, b Smith ................. 9 W. Brearley, not out 0 Worsley, c Hayes, b Smith ................. 0 Lb 1, w 3 .......... 4 Total , . 251 S u r r e y . First innings. Second inniogs. Atel,c Tyldesley, bHallows 1 c Spooner, b Hal­ lows ................. 0 Hayward, stWoreley.b Hal­ lows ............................... 4 b Hallows.......... 3 Hayes, c Garnett, b Cuttell 5 st Worsley, b Hallows.......... 1 Holland, c Hornby, b Hal­ lows ............................... 2 b Cuttell ... ... 4 H.B.Chinnery, c Garnett, b Cuttell............................... 3 b Cuttell .......... 3 H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, b st Worsley, b Cuttell.......... ......... 5 Hallows..........18 Moulder, c Cuttell, b Hal­ lows ............................... 7 b Cuttell .......... 0 Lockwood, b Cuttell.......... 0 b Cuttell .......... 8 Lees, b Cuttell ................. 33 b Cuttell .......... 10 Strudwick, c Tyldesley, b Hallows ........................ 8 not out................. 0 Smith, not out ................. 8 run out .......... 6 Byes ........................ 6 Byes .......... 3 Total ................. 82 Total .. 56 L a n c a sh ir e . O. M. B. W. O. M. B. W. Lees Smith 27 303 3 |Lockwood 14 4 IJ 78 •Bayward.. 11 Lees delivered three wides. S u r r e y . First innings. Second innings. O. M. B. W. O. M. B. W. Cuttell .......... 21 1 6 315 ........... 12 4 20 5 Hallows.......... 21 7 38 5 ........... 12 4 33 4 I’Anson.......... 1 0 7 0 ESSEX LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Leyton on June 2, 3, and 4. Leicestershire won by six wickets. The batting of the Essex menin the first inninars of this match was disappointing, for although three men played good cricket, the majority of the team failed pretty completely. Perrin showed excellent form, and might havemade a hundred or two but for a brilliant return by Knight who threw his wicket down from cover point. Beeves played very well indeed, and Tosetti’s stay of a couple of hours at the wickets might underhappiercircumstances have been invaluable. On an improving wicket De Trafford, after being missed before he had scored, played brilliant crieket for about fifty minutes, and with C. J. B. Wood put up 91 for the first wicket. Just before stumps were drawn. Wood and Knight were both out, the former having played fine cricket for an hour and twenty minutes. The total was 128 for three wickets. On Friday things went well with the visitors. Nearly all the batsmen who went in made double figures, King, b. T. Crawford, Whitehead and Odell each making a very useful score. Crawford played a most attractive game. With a balance against them of 154, Essex did not rise to theoccasion in their second innings; although Fane. McGahey and Douglas deserved well of their side. When stumps were drawn the total was 177 for eight wickets, and early on Saturday morning the game was brought to an end. E ss e x . First innings, F. L. Fane, c Odell, b B. T. Crawford .......... .......... 7 Carpenter, c Whiteside, King ..................... P. Perrin, run out C. McGahey, b K ing.......... G. Tosetti, lbw, b Odell Beeves, b Allsopp................. Sewell, b Odell ................. J. W. H. T. Douglas, lbw, b Odell ............................... Bu8eell (E.) b Allsopp Second innings. b King .. ......... c Whiteside, b Allsopp ......... 51 b Allsopp .......... 1 c King, b Odell... 35 b Odell................ 45 b King............... 9 c Knight, b Odell 10 Buckenham, lbw, b Cdell... 0 Tremlin, not out . B 11, nb 3 b King................ 38 c De Trafford, b King................. 3 c Whitehead, b King................16 notout................ 0 B 10, lb 5, wl 16 Total.. ..185 Total.........................181 L e ic e ste r sh ir e . First innings. Secondinnings. C. E. de Trafford, c Perrin, b Douglas................. 52 b Beeves .......... C. J. B.Wood, lbw, bReeves 63 c Carpenter, b Buckenham ... Knight, b Beeves................ 19 b Keeves .......... 1 V. F. S. Crawford, cTosetti, b Beeves ....................... 12 notout................ "Whitehead, b Tosetti......... 30 b Beeves .......... King, c Tremlin,bCarpenter 41 notout................. B. T. Crawford, c Douglas, b McGahey........................ 40 Coe, c Tremlin, b Reeves ... 19 W. W . Odell, c Perrin, b Douglas ........................ 33 Allsopp, not out ... .......... 5 Whitetide, b Beeves.......... 2 B 23, lb 6 .......................... 29 Total... ...335 Bye .......... 1 Total(4wkts) 34 E sse x . First innings. Second innings. O. M. B. W . O. M. B W. Odell................. 27 12 48 4 ........... 26 10 50 3 K ing................. 34 8 61 2 .......... 32 4 13 65 5 B.T.Crawfurd... 19 7 Vb 1 ... ... fi 0 11 0 Allsopp ..........19 3 9 32 2 .......... 19 6 41 2 Coe ................. 4 3 1 0 Whitehead... 1 0 12 0 R. T. Crawford delivered one wide. L e ic e ste r sh ir e . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Buckenham ... 18 5 68 0 ... ... 4 0 19 1 Reeves ... 28 4 111 5 ... ... 3-3 0 14 3 Tremlin ... ... 16 2 61 0 Douglas ... ... 10 3 18 2 Tosetti ... 9 0 28 1 Perrin ... 3 0 3 0 McGahey... .. 4 0 13 1 Carpenter... ... 4 0 14 1 SUSSEX v. NOTTS. Played at Trent Bridge on June 2, 3 and 4. Notts won by 226 runs. On the first day of this match the Notts men covered themselves with glory. They put together a total of 313 on a slow and easy wicket, whicn never dried, and then got rid of three of the best Sussex bats, including C. B. Fry, for 47. They had chiefly to thank A. O. Jones and Iremonger for this happy state of affairs, for the two men put on 173 for the fir.'t wicket in a little over two hours by really brilliant cricket. But Iremonger was badly missed with his score at 13. After this good beginning the bowlers began to meet with better fortune, and although J. Gunn, Anthony and Oates ail made use­ ful scores, the total fell short of what had been anticipated. On friday morning Sussex began their uphill game badly, for Belf and Barjifoinbji were both disposed of when they seemed set, but Newham, as usual when he reappears in the team, played a fine dfensive game, and was ninth out after batting for two hour- and a quarter for an invaluable 69, the highest and best innings of the day. Notts went in again with a lead of 135, and when stumps were drawn they had made 225 for the loss of six wickets, so that they were 360 runs on, and had a remarkably good chance of winning the match. Jones and Iremonger again played a fine game, putting up 66 for the first wicket, while J. Gunn and Anthony kept together for a little more than an hour. Fry made a brilliant running catch behind the bowler, disposing of HemiDgway. When Notts had added 43 on Saturday morning without further loss, the innings was decared closed, and Sussex had to make 404 to win. Unfortunately for them, neither Fry nor Banjitsinhji did anything big, and although Belf played a fine game, while Newham again did well, the resultwas never in doubt. N o tts . First innirgs. A. O. Jones, c Fry, b Cox .. 97 Iremonger, c Rat-jitsinbji, b B elf............................... 75 Gunn (J.), st Butt, b Cox 27 Second innings, b Leach ..........45 b C ox................. 35 st Butt, b Sey­ mour................58 c Killick, b Sey­ mour....................50 c Butt, b Cox ... 11 c Fry, b Seymour 4 not out.................24 not out....................20 Anthony, c Seal, b Relf ... 28 Day, b Cox ........................ 1 B. E. Hemingway, lbw, b Cox ............................... 4 C. R. Morris, lbw, b Cox ... 4 Bardstaff. not out ..........16 Oates, c Butt, b B elf..........23 Hallam, c Vine, b Belf ... 0 wass, b Cox........................ 3 B 20, lb 13, w 1, nb 1 ... 35 Total.......................313 Total (6 wktB)*268 * Innings declared closed. S ussex . First innings. C. B. Fry, b Anthony......... 26 Vine, c Oates, b Wats ... 0 Killick, c and b J. Gunn ... 8 Relf, cIremonger,bJ. Gunn 22 B 13, lb 8 .. 21 K. S. EanjitBinhji, c Jones, b J. Gunn........................13 W. Newham, b J. Gunn ... 69 Cox, run out........................19 Leach, b Hallam................. 0 Butt, c Hallam, b J. Gunn 6 Seymour, not out................. 5 Second innings. cMorris,bJ.Gunn 39 b Wass...............7 c Jones, bHallam 50 c Hallam, b J. Gunn ..........14 Seal, run out... B 7, lb 3 c Hall, b J. Gunn 10 c Jones,bj. Gunn 26 b Wass... bWass... not out... st Jones, Gunn .......... cJones, bJ.Gunn B 7, nb 1 ... b J. Cox ... Belf ... Leach Vine .. Killick Total.......................178 N o tts . First innings. O. M. R. W. Total... 35*1 39 9 5 6 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 99 6 . 94 4 . 46 0 . 13 0 . 26 0 . Seal . Seymour >3 18 11 10 5 8 1 Cox bowled a wide and Leach delivered a no-ball. S u sse x . Firot innings. Second inniogs. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Wass................. 29 7 72 1 ........... 31 10 82 3 Gunn (J.) ... 34 10 65 5 ... ... 31.3 5 (7 6 Hallam .......... 16 4 17 1 ........... 5 2 6 1 Anthony.......... 10 3 14 1 ........... 5 1 14 0 0. Gunn delivered a no-ball. SOMERSETSHIRE v. GLOUCESTER­ SHIRE. Played at Bath on June 2, 3 and 4. Somersetshire won by 105 runs. There was not much to choose between these two teams as far as the first day’s play was concerned. Play began at two o’clock on a wet wicket after an early lunch, and for the most part the Gloucester­ shire bowlers had the best of matters. But Lewis played a fine game for a little over an hour and a half, while Braund helped him to put on 59 for the second wicket, and Major Hedley 49 for the third.