Cricket 1904

J uly 7, 1904. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 253 GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS. THE MATCH AT LORD’S. TWO SEPARATE HUNDREDS BY KING. Played at Lord’s on July 4, 5, and 6. The Gentlemen won by two wickets. The teams for this match were hardly as representative of the full strength of English cricket as usual, chiefly because of accidents to well-known men, but for all that the sides were exceedingly strong, i’he wicket turned out to be bumpy at one end, and the flayers did exceedingly well to score 327 in their first innings. Hayward, the choice of the eleventh hour, was naturally selected as one of the men to go in first, and he and Iremonger seemed likely to make a big stand, when the latter ran himself out. Then fora time the bowlers carried everything before them, and four wickets were down for 62. Hayward, who had been playing admirable cricket, was now joined by J. Gunn, and the result was a partnership of 51 in lorty minutes. This was followed by a long staud by Hayward and King, who quite mastered the bowling. It was not until the total was 201 that Hayward was dismissed for a masterly innings of 88, which had taken him just over three hours to compile. He had certainly justified his in­ clusion in the team. Another long partner­ ship followed when Rhodes joined King ; it produced 83 runs in an hour and a quarter. King’s splendid innings then came to an end ; he had made 104 in two hours and a quarter. After this Rhodes hit very hard. It may be noted that the last five wickets added 214 runs to the total. Hesketh Prichard bowled well, and if it had been one of his lucky days he would have had a far better analysis. The Gentlemen had to bat for five minutes, and lost H. K. Foster before stumps were drawn with the total at 4. The prospect of seeing Fry and Jessop bat proved very attrac­ tive to spectators on Tuesday, although the weather was most unpromising. The Gentle­ men, however, played a disappointing game, and six of them fell victims to Braund for 50 runs. Fry played good cricket, but found Braund difficult to deal with, and was out after makiDg 32 out of 46. Kanjitsinhji was never quite comfortable, and was bowled by Braunu. at 60. Before another run hau been made Spooner, who had been playiug excellent cricket, was run out, and from that time Jackson alone was able to make any prolonged resistance to the bowlers; in nis usual determined way when things are going badly with his side, he played a great game, and held his own for an hour and fifty minutes. Most of his runs were made during the last wicket partnership, Hesketh-Pricharu holding out bravely while Jackson h it; this wicket put on 59 runs in forty minutes. Although the Gentlemen were 156 runs be­ hind, the Players decided to go in again themselves, since they had no desire to bat lourth on a wicket which was not only not improving, but likely to become worse. The ball kicked considerably, and Hesketh Prichard was so difficult to deal with that wickets fell rapidly. Hayward was caught at the wicket at 38, and at 42 three wickets fell, Braund andIremonger being finely caught in the slips, and Denton bowled. A further disaster happened at 49, when Knight, after twice being hurt by a bumping ball, had one of his lingers broken, and nad to retire. King and Gunn then made a much- needed stand, and afterwards Rhodes, as in the first innings, helped King considerably. King took his chances, and his hits might have occasionally been described as flukes, but the ball was bumping, and it was a splen­ did performance of his to score over a nun- dred for the second time in the match, more especially as nearly everybody else was in great difficulties with the bowling. When stumps were drawn he was not out 105, with the total at 247 for eight wickets, so that the Players were 403 runs on. The innings was soon over yesterday morning. King carried his bat for 109, for which he was batting for a little less than two hours and a half, never missing an opportunity of making a hit. The Gentlemen now required 412 to win, and few of the spectators can have thought that they had much chance of accomplishing their task. But the wicket rolled out well and the amateurs made the very most of their opportunity. Fry and Foster began the innings and in half-an-hour put 50 on the board; they were not parted until the total was 85, when Fry was caught and bowled after playing admirable cricket for an hour. But this good beginning was followed by disasters. Foster was caught at the wicket with the total at 100 after playing a beautiful innings for 52 runs ; and at 106 Spooner was finely caught and bowled with one hand by Braund. There did not seem much likelihood that the runs could now be made, but when Ranjitsinhji and Jackson came together some magnificent cricket was seen. It was pre-eminently a time when, if their side was to win, batsmen were required to show that they possessed grit. Ranjitsinhji has often proved that he has plenty of pluck, while Jackson is noted as being one of the most dangerous bats in the world when the situation is desperate, and the two men laid themselves out to wear down the bowling. For some time Ranjitsinhji scored faster than his partner, but when both men got fully into their stride they both played with delightful ease. Ranjitsinhji made his 50 in an hour, and Jackson reached the same number in an hour and a half. The score mounted quickly, and at the tea interval the total was 262 for three wickets, Ranjit­ sinhji being not out 97, and Jackson not out 60. The Gentlemen now required only 150 to win, so that the fortunes of the game had very decidedly veered round in their favour. With the total at 300 the splendid partner­ ship was at last broken, 192 runs having been put on in two hours and a half. Jack­ son was then caught at the wicket for a bril­ liant 80. When Jessop was dismissed for two and Ranjitsinhji’s famous innings came to an end soon afterwards, it seemed quite probable that the Players would win, despite the great stand by Ranjitsinhji and Jackson. But there were good men to follow, and Jones, Bosanquet, Payne and Hesketh- Prichard all deserved well of their side, with the result that the Gentlemen won a most exciting match by two wickets. Jones played a great game at a most critical time. P laybbs . First innings. Hayward(Surrey), at Payne, b Bosanquet .........88 Iremonger (Notts), run out 10 Denton(Yorkshire),cJes8op, b Prichard.......... Knight (Leicestershire), c Foster, b Prichard........... 7 Braund(Somerset), c Foster, b Prichard................... 0 Gunn, J. (Notts), lbw, b Bosmquet ... .............28 King (Leicestershire),c Mc- Donell. ii Jessop ........ 1(4 Rhodee(Yorkshire) c Payne, DBosanquet .............60 Arnold (Worcestershire), b Jessop............................... 8 Lilley(Warwickshire)(capt.), c Payne, b Jackson........... 4 Hearne, J. T. (Middlesex), not out................................ 0 B 18, H>3, w 3 .............24 Second innings. cPayne,bPrichard 14 cFoster,bPnch*rd 24 4 b Prichard......... 0 7 retired hurt ... 2 c Bosanquet, b Jackson........... 2 st Pttyne, b B > 5 sanquet .........17 not o u t..............109 b Jackson ... 31 c Bosanquet, b Prichard........ 14 b Jones .........17 c Jackson, b Prichard......... 2 Extras........ ‘23 Total . 827 Total ... .256 G bntlembn , First innings. H. K. Foster (Worcester­ shire), b Arnold .......... 0 R. H. Spooner (Lancashire), run out ... .................23 G.B. Fry (Sussex), b Braund 32 K. S. Ranjitsinhji (Sussex), b Braund ........ .......... 5 Hon. F. 8. Jackson (York­ shire; (capt.), b Braund... B8 A. O. Jones (Notts), c Lilley, b Braund ....................... 4 G. L. Jessop (Gloucester- thire), st Lilley, b Braund 12 B. J. T. Bosanquet (Middle­ sex), c Lilley, b Arnold ... 9 M. W. Payne (Cambridge University), c Lilley, b A rn o ld .......................... . H. C. McDonell (Cambridge University), b Braund ... 1 Hesketh Prichard (Hamp­ shire), not o u t .................10 B 16, lb 1 .................16 Second innings. c Lilley, b Hearne 62 c and b Braund 6 c and b Hearne 41 c Lilley,b Arnold 121 c Lilley, b Arnold 80 not ou t................66 cDenton.bHearne 2 c Lilley, b Arnold 22 1 run out ... 10 not out.................. 4 B 14,1b 1, w l,nb2 18 Total........ 412 Total .................171 P laybbs . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. McDonell ... 21 6 68 0 Prichard........ 39 12 102 3 ............ 24 4 80 5 Bosanquet ... 17 1 78 3 ............ 10 0 46 1 Jackson..........15‘6 4 31 1 .......... 21 6 67 2 Jessop ........ 10 0 34 2 ........... 6 0 31 0 Jones ... ... 2 0 8 1 McDonell bowled two wides and Jackson one, anri Jessop delivered one no-ball. G bntlbmbx . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hearne ......... 10 1 32 0 ........... 37 10 97 3 A rn old .......... 24 6 66 3 .......... 31*3 6 123 8 Braund .......... 20*6 6 60 6 ............ 30 4 106 1 R hodes ........ 3 0 8 0 ............ 13 3 32 O Gunn ... 12 0 37 o Arnold bowled a wide and a no-ball. YORKSHIRE v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Sheffield on July 4, 5 and 6. Yorkshire won by four wickets. Without F. S. Jackson, Rhodes and Denton the Yorkshire team for this match was much weaker th*n usual. The bowling was severely handled by Derby­ shire, whose first innings closed just lefore stumps were drawn on the first day. L. G. Wright was suffering from a damaged thumb, but nevertheless played a wonderfully good innings which lasted a couple of hours. Storer was playing a fine game when a rising ball hurt his hand so severely that he h »d to retire. He returned later but was caught and bowled almost immediately after he coutinued his innings. Morton and Needham hit the Yorkshire bowung all over the field, and increased the total by 132 runs in an hour and three-quarters during their p »rtnership. On Tuesday Yorkshire greatly missed J cison and Denton, and although the score stood at 73 for one wicket, four men were out for 91, and things did not look at all well until Mitchell and Haigh came together. Mitchell played a very careful game, but Haigh scored rapidly, and when he was out for 104 he had been at the wickets for two hours and a half. The tail played well, but in the eud York­ shire were 69 runs behind, and as the wicket was wearing badly these runs seemed likely to be of great use to Derbyshire, who lost five wickets in their s^-cond innings for 88 before stumps were drawn. Derbyshire were thus 146 runs on. Yesterday Storer went in to bat but, owing to his damaged finger, retired before he had scored. Yorkshire had to make 191 to win, and things were looking very bad indeed when Lord Hawke and Wainwright were both run out, when two runs were made. Hirst was missed before he had scored, and then made nearly a hundred, an innings which did a great deal towards winning the match. Mitchell also played a very fine inniDgs. D bbbyshibb . First innings. Second innings. L. G. Wright, b Hirst ... 86 b Hirst..................16 ^.A.Oilivierre.cTunnijliffe, c NVainwright, b b Oyston ........................29 Myers ...............82 Storer, o and b Haigh..........41 retired hurt ... 0 E. M. Ashcroft, c Hawke, b Hirst ............................... 10 c and b Hirst ... 3 G. Curgenven, b Hirst ... 2 b Myers ........... 4 Morton, b tiaigh.................65 c and b Myers ... 8 Needham, b Haigh .......... 7 i c Hunter, b Hirst 2y Warren, c Wiminson, b c Tunnicliffe, b Oyston...............................29 Myers ............... 1 Cadman, b Haigh ..........10b Haigh ...............14 Humphreys, not o u t ..........11b Hirst ............... 17 oeatwick, c and b Haigh ... 16 not out.................. 3 B 6, lb 12, w 2 ..........19 Extras............ 7 Total... ...378 Total ...134