Cricket 1904

J u n e 16, 1904. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 197 S layed the same slow, careful game as he. The last ve wickets fell for twelve runs. Before stumps were drawn Kent made 61 for the loss of three wickets. Seymour broke through the spell which had been thrown over the batsmen and played a most attractive innings, of which the only fault was that it was too short. There was some remarkable cricket on Friday. Dillon, who was not out 22 overnight, played a very careful and cautious ianings, and, aided by good fortune, made 76 in two hours and three-quarters, but the rest of the Kent team did very little against J. T. Hearne. The wicket was helpingthebowlers so muchthat the lead of 36 on the first innings gained by Middlesex seemed likely to be particularly useful, but a great surprise was in store, and Middlesex broke down in a quite extraordinary manner. For once they seemed to have lost their pluck and their ability to play a good uphill game. When the total was 16 two men were out, including Beldam. At 20, Moon and Bosanquet were both dismissed, and although Littlejohn kept up his wicket for three-quarters of an hour, the batting on the whole was dispiriting. The resultwasthat Kent, instead of having to face a large total, had only to make 82 runs to win, and after they had lost Alec Heame at 15, Seymour and Humphreys played with such pluck and determination that by the time they were separated the match was nearly won. M iddlesex . First innings. Second innings. L.J.Moon,cMason,b Fielder 11 cMason,b Fielder 10 H. C. Pilkington, b Blythe 11 lbw, b Blythe ... 1 G.W.Beldam, cSeymour, b c Seymour, b Blythe...............................66 Blythe ............ 6 E. I. Littlejohn, c Mason, b Fielder..................................11 c Mason, b Blythe 13 B.J.T.Bosanquet, cFielder, b Blythe .......................... 53 cHuish, bFielder 0 C. P. Foley, b Mason......... 26 cHuish, b Fielder 1 J. H. Hunt, c Hearne, b Mason................................ 0 cBlythe,bFielder 0 G. MacGregor, b Fielder ... 5 cFielder,b Blythe 8 Trott, not out .................. 4 b Fielder ........... 0 B.W.Nicholls,cFairservice, b Mason ......................... 0 Hearne, b Fielder ........... 1 B 4, lb 1, w 2, nb 4 ... 11 Total.................199 run out not out.......... B 4, nb 2 Total ... 45 K ent . Hearne, c MacGregor, b Trott ................... 0 Humphreys,cHearne, b Hunt .................. 0 Seymour,lbw,bBosan­ quet ......................31 B. W. Dillon, c Little­ john, b Heame ... 76 H. Z. Baker, b Hearne 7 J. R. Mason, cTrott, b Total............163 Hearne ...............11 Second inningsHeam e, b Hearne, 7; Hum­ phreys, not out, 36; Seymour, b Trott, 26; E. W. Dillon, not out, 8 ; b 4, lb 1.—Total (2 wickets) 82. M iddlesex . C. H. B. Marsham, c andb Trott .......... 3 Huish, b Bosanquet... 13 Fairservice, cBeldam, b Heame................. 6 Blythe, not out.......... 2 Fielder, b Hearne ... 4 B 6, lb 4 ..........10 First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Fielder ... .. 34-1 9 (32 5 .. ... 14 6 25 5 Blythe ... .. 30 10 66 2 .. ... 13*1 6 14 4 Fairservice .. 11 2 35 0 Mason ... ... 13 6 20 3 Hearne ... . . 4 0 15 0 Fielder delivered six no-balls and Mason two wides. Hunt Trott Heame ... Bosanquet K ent . First innings. O. M. R. W . ........ 11 4 36 1 ... . ... 18 6 49 2 ... ... 25*5 13 88 5 ... ... 12 4 30 2 ... Second innings, O. M. R. W\ . . 6 2 14 0 . . 9 1 26 1 .. 14 5 20 1 .. 5 4 1 17 0 ESSEX y. SUSSEX. Played at Leyton on June 9 and 10. Essex won by an innings and 204 runs. Before this match began there would nothave been found many people who would have ventured to prophesy that Essex would be victorious, for, on f >aper, Sussex seemed by far the stronger team. But uck often plays a most important part in cricket matches, and Sussex never had the ghost of a chance of winning. On the first day Essex had the oppor­ tunity of batting on an easy wicket, and took such advantage of it that when stumps were drawn they had made 400 runs for the loss of only sevenwickets, and were thus pretty certain of escaping defeat. The batting of the team as a whole was sound, and Percy Perrin was in his very best form, which is say­ ing a great deal. He was at the wickets for four hours and a-quarter, and when stumps were drawn was still undefeated with 177 to his credit, having played cricket which was delightful to watch. He never seemed in any difficulties with the bowling. Another good innings was played by Sewell, who made his 64 runs in an hour, adding 103 runs to the total in partnership with Perrin. McGahey and Perrin made 100 runs in partnership in an hour and a-half, but McGahey never looked like making a big score. On Friday the conditions under which cricket was played were entirely altered, for after steady rain in the night, the wicket w»s so difficult that batsmen were very greatly handicapped. Relf, who had been unsuccessful on the previous day, took the remaining three Essex wickets for six runs in four overs and a ball, one of his victims being Perrin, who just failed to reach the second hundred. When Sussex went in Buckenham met with such success with the ball that the innings was brief, and Brann alone was able to offer any prolonged resis­ tance to the bowling. In the follow-on Fry played a fine game, which was cut short too soon to be of any use to his side, and Brann again played excellent cricket. In the course of the match he scored66, and was only out once, and his cricket was in its way as fine as anything seen in the match. In the Sussex second innings Buckenham, somewhat tired by his previous exertions, was ineffective, but Reeves and Tremlin did all that wasnecessary. Thiswasthefirst victory gained by Essex during the present season. E ssex . F. L. Fane, c and b T ate........................32 Carpenter, e Fry, b Relf ........................32 P. Perrin, candb Relf 190 C. McGahey, c New­ ham, b Killick..........33 G. Tosetti, b Killick ... 9 Sewell, b Tate ......... 54 Reeves, c Seymour, b Killick .................22 S u ssex . First innings. C. B. Fry, c McGahey, b Buckenham .................16 Vine, b Buckenham ..........10 Killick, b Buckenham ... 0 Relf, c Carpenter, b Buc­ kenham ........................ 8 W . Newham, c Russell, b Buckenham ................. 4 Seymour, st Russell, b Reeves............................... 0 G. Brann, c McGahey, b Tremlin ......... ..........36 Cox, cRussell,b Buckenham 7 Leach, not out .................10 Butt, c McGahey, b Buc­ kenham ........................ 0 Tate, b Buckenham .......... 1 Russell (E.), bLeach 5 J. W. H. T. Douglas, not out ............... 3 Buckenham, c and b R elf...................... 0 Tremlin, c Vine, b R e lf...................... 9 B 26, lb 8,nb 2...36 Total . ...425 Total....................... 87 Second innings. ciFane,bReeves .. 42 c Perrin,bReeves 17 b Reeves .......... 1 c McGahey, b Tremlin..........11 c Buckenham, b Reeves .......... 0 c Buckenham, b Reeves .......... 7 not out.................30 cFane, b Tremlia 0 st Russell, b Reeves .......... 1 b Tremlin.......... 5 c Douglas, b Tremlin.......... 9 B 9, lb 2 ... 11 Total.. ..134 Relf... Cox... Tate .. Leach O. E ssex . M. R. W. 36-1 9 85 4 28 4 91 0 .30 6 87 2 . 7 6 5 1 O. M. R. W. Killick ...16 5 54 3 Brann ...11 2 36 0 Seymour...1 0 9 0 Vine............ 5 0 22 0 Killick delivered two nc-balls. S ussex . First innings. O. M. R. W . Buckenham ... 18*2 6 33 8 ... Reeves .......... 163 47 1 .., Tremlin.......... 2 071 .., Second innings. O. M.R. W. ... 13 1 42 0 ... 21 4 62 6 ... 84 3 19 4 LANCASHIRE v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Played at Gloucester on June 9 and 10. Lancashire won by an innings and 43 runs. Bad fielding had something to do with the defeat of Gloucestershire in this match, but only excep­ tionally good fortune could have turned the scales in their favour. On the first day Lancashire scored 205 for the loss of four wickets against the Gloucester­ shire total of 134, and were thus in a splendid position. The wicket was not particularly good, but the Gloucestershire men, wiihthe exceptionof Jessop, played a lifeless sort of game. Jessop’s innings of 62 was played under difficulties, for his left hand is still very painful, and it was a great feat to play such a fine innings under the circumstances. Despite his handicap Jessop made his runs out of a total of 72 in a little over an hour. The Lancashire innings was chiefly remarkable for the display given by bpooner and Poidevin, who put on 109 runs in an hour and a quarter. Spooner met with unusual good fortune, and was missed several times during his innings; while Poidevin, who was not out 53 when stumps were drawn, was missed twice. The mistakes of the Thursday told very heavily on Gloucestershire, for owing to rain during the night the wickets was so difficult when the game was resumed on the next morning that the bowlers carried everything before them, Lancashire’s lead obtained overnight being most useful. The remaining six Lancashire wickets fell for an additional 51 runs, but Gloucestershire had to go in to make 122 before drawing level. On a wicket which suited Hallows exactly, this was found to be quite an impossible task. G loucestershire . First innings. E. Barnett, c Poidevin, b Cuttell............................... 2 Wrathall, b Brearley......... 0 Hale, b Cuttell .................17 Langdon,cHallows,bCuttell 8 G. L. Jessop, c Poidevin, b Hallows ........................ R. G. Godsell, b Cuttell ... C. E. Thomas, c Hornby, b Cuttell............................... Board, b Ballows .......... Spry, b Brearley ... Huggins, not out-.. Dennett, b Brearley Leg-byes ... Second innings. c Cuttell, b Hal­ lows ................. 0 cSharp,bHallows 14 cPoidevin,bHal­ lows ................. 0 cTyIdesley,bCut­ tell ... : .......... 1 c and b Hallows. 5 b Hallows.......... 0 18 b Hallows.......... c Spooner, b Hal­ lows ... ... ... st Worsley, b Hallows.......... not out................. b Hallows.......... Bye .......... Total .................134 L ancashibe . Total..........79 A.C. Maclaren, b Den­ nett ......................... 8 R.H.Spooner,c Board, b Wrathall .........101 Tyldesley, c Board, b Huggins ....................30 H.G.Garnett, b Jessop 12 L. O. S. Poidevin, b Huggins....................69 Hallows, b Dennett... 20 A. H. Hornby, c Bar­ nett, b Dennett ShaTp, not out .......... Cuttell, c sub., b Den­ nett ........................ Worsley, c Huggins, b Dennett ................. W.Brearley,bHuggins Bye ................. Total ...256 G loucestershire . First innings. O. M. R. W . Brearley.......... 22*5 2 71 3 Cuttell . ' Hallows . Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 20 ... 9 4 45 5 4 15 2 . ... 19 ... 20 8 41 1 9 37 9 L ancashire . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W . Huggins.. 30*2 7 87 3 Spry ... 3 0 18 0 Dennett... 34 3105 5 Wrathall 2 0 8 1 Jessop ... 9 0 37 1 M.C.C. AND GROUND y. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Lord’s on June 9 and 10. Derbyshire won by eight wickets. For this match the M.C.C. could only place a very weak team in the fleld, and as Derbyshire cricket has greatly improved, it was not surprising that the Club had the worst of the game. On the first day Derbyshire made 134 for two wickets against 318 by the M.C.C., and on Friday Storer played one of the best innings of his career. The Derbyshire innings was brought to an abrupt conclusion by Tarrant, who when he went on for the last time, took four wickets for 16 runs, the last three of them for two runs only. The M.C.C. batting broke down badly on a difficult wicket in the second innings, which lasted for less than an hour and-a-half. M.C.C. and G round . First innings. Thompson, c Humphries, b Warren .......... .......... 0 Tarrant, b Curgenven ... 59 King, b Curgenven ........92 C. C. T. Doll, b Warren ... 7 T. Horton, b Warren.......... 0 F. H. Bohlen, b Beatwick.. 32 Newstead, lbw, b Bestwick 0 East, not out........................55 Murrell, c Bestwick, b Cur­ genven ........................15 G.M.Buckston.stHumphries b Bestwick........................ 2 Coleman, c and b Storer ... 37 B 9, lb 6, w 2, nb 52 ... 19 Total .......318 Second innings, c Storer, b Best- c h !°I.'Wright,’b Warren.......... c L aw ton , b Warren .......... b Bestwick.......... c Humphries, b Bestwick......... c Storer,bWarren c Humphries, b Bestwick... ... c Humphries, b Warren .......... c Humphries, b Bestwick.......... not out .......... c Humphries, b Warren .......... > Bye .......... Total..........