Cricket 1904

278 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u ly 21, 1904 WARWICKSHIRE y. LONDON COUNTY. A FINE FINISH. t'layed at Coventry on July 14, 15 and 16. Drawn. A strong London County team fared badly on the first day of this match until, when half the side -were out for 99, Relf played such a fine game, and was later backed up so well by Davis and Bale that the total was fairly large. Keif was batting for two hours and three-quarters for 154, amongst his hits being twenty-two 4’s ; off an over from Whittle he scored twenty-two runs. Warwickshire made 125 for five wickets before stumps were drawn, and had thus the worst of the game. Quaife, when well set. gave a chance to Jayaram, who, dropping the ball, picked it up quickly and ran bis man out. On Satnrday Byrne, who was not out 16 overnight, played a patient game, and Whittle bit hard, while Santail and Moorhouse made useful scores, with the result that Warwickshire were only 33 runs behind. In the second innings of London County,Wood, De Trafford, Relf, Dr. Grace, Nicholson and Davis all did so well that when stumps were drawn the total was 271 for seven, that is to say, 304 runs on. Davis was not out 41, and Nicholson not out 30. The<e two men and Odell made runs quickly on Saturday morning, and Dr. Grace declared the innings closed an hour before lunch, leaving Warwickshire to make 390 to win. Warwickshire set about their task in a determined way. Fishwick, Glover and Quaife all making runs so quickly that when four wickets were down the total was 300. There was always j ust a chance that the runs T’ould be made, but the task was just a little too hard, and the game ended in a draw amidst great exritem?nt, for two or three lucky hits at the end would have brought about a victory for Warwickshire. Quaife, after a steady beginning, made runs quickly and his score of 123 was put together in three hours. L ondon C ounty . First inning*. C. J. B. Wood, b byrne ... 25 W. L. Murdoch, c Santall, b Whittle .......................36 C. E. de Trafford. b Byrne.. 0 Relf, lbw, b Quaife 154 Sewell, c Glover, b Whittle. 7 W. G. Grace, c Loveitt, b Moorhouse....................... 1 T. B.Nicholson ^Moorhouse 2 B. Jayaram, b Santill ... 5 Davi>*, lbw, b V\hittle........ 34 W. W . Odell, b Byrne ... 0 Bale, not out........................ 26 Lb 1, w 1 ........................ 2 Second innings. b Whittle ..........37 c Harris, b Moor­ house ... . 15 c Byrne, b Quaife 54 cHarris,bWhittle 36 c Loveitt,b Mo jr- house .......... 7 b Quaife ..........22 not out.................73 b Santall ..........19 c & b Moorhouse 51 not ou t............... JO B 11, nb 1 12 Total ................ 292 Total (8 wkts)*356 * Innings declared closed. W arw ickshire . First innings. Second innings. T. S. Fishwick, c Relf, b Odell ....................... .... 13 c Sewell, b Bale.. 65 F. R. Loveitt, b Relf ,.. 4 b Odell............... 81 A. C. S. Glover, b Davis ... 46 b R e'.f................ 67 Quaife, run out ... 24 c Relf, b Odell ...:123 J. F. Byrne, c Murdoch, b Relf ................................ 60 ran out .. 20 Lillev. c Gra^e, b Davis .. 16 c Murdoch, b Relf 21 W. H. Harris, c Odell, b Divis ........................ , ... 0 Whittle, lbw, b Odell... , ... 51 not ou t................ 27 J .H . Phillips, b Odell, ... 0 Haniall, not o u t .............. 21 not ou t................ 4 Moorhouse, c Nicholson, b Davis ........................ ... 12 B 10,1b 1, w 1, nb 1 ... 13 B 16,lb 2,w3,nb 1 22 Total.......... ...259 Total (6 wkts) 380 L ondon C ounty . First innings. Second innings. Santall Phillips Byrne.......... Moorhouse... Whittle Qa&ife. O.M. P. w . ... 22 6 61 1 ... 1 25 0 ... 1 58 3 ... 2 75 0 1*1 1 6 ... 13 ... 18 ... 11 2 . 71 3 . 0 1 O. M. R. W. ... 23 3 55 1 ... 6 0 21 0 ... 6 0 40 0 ... 20 3 73 3 ... 19 3 2 104 2 .11 2 61 2 Quaife bowled one wide. Byrne delivered one no-ball W arw icksh ire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. Relf ................. 30 10 72 2 Odell .................?6 8 94 3 D a vis.......... ... 14-4 2 61 4 .......... 9 0 Sewell................. 4 0 12 0 ........... 4 0 Grace ................ 4 0 17 0 .......... 6 l Wood . 2 1 Bale ... 2 0 O. M. R. W. 7 137 2 7 126 35 Grace bowled two wides, Odell one wide, and Wood one no-ball. Relf bowled one wide and one no-ball. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY v. GENTLEMEN OF IRELAND. Played at Dublin on July 14, 15 aud 16. Gentlemen of Ireland won by an innings and 41 runs. On the first day of this match Cambridge lost three wickets for 26 runs against a total of 291 by the Gentlemen of Ireland, for whom S D. Lambert played a biilliant ianings. while F. H. Browning an I fcL d . Corhy also distinguished themselves. Th°re was only a coup’.e of hours* play on Friday owing to run, and in that time Cambridge completed their innings for 1 5, thus being 189 runs behind. On Saturday they followed on aud could do very li'.tle on a difficult wicket. G entlemen of I reland . A.D. Comyn, st Payne, b Keigwin .. ... 20 G. Meldon, c Eyre, b Napier ................. 5 F. H. Browning, lbw, b Keigwin ... 67 S D. Lambert, c May, b Keigwin ......... 0 T. C. Ross, c Eyre, b Napier ................. 5 R.H.Lambert,bMann 100 S. C. Smith, run out.. 1 H.H.Corley, c Napier, b Eyre ... ... ... 59 W.Harrington,cMann, b Napier................ 30 E.J. Donovan, not out 4 G. W.F. Kelly, c and b E yre........................ 4 Extras................ 9 Total .. 291 C ambridge U niversity . First innings. J. F. Marsh, b Harricgtoa 11 E. W. Mann, run out..........10 C. H. Eyre, 0 Harrington... 0 R.P.Kei^win, c Harrington, b Ross.............................. 13 J. W. W. Horne, c Kelly, b Barrington . .......... 2 M. W. Payne, b R oss........ 4 K. R. B. Fry, c Browning, Harrington.......................36 E S. Phillips, c R. H. Lam­ bert, b Ross .......... 7 F. h . Wilson, c Corley, b Harrington ................ 7 R. May, not out ................ 2 G. G. Napier, c S. Lambert, b Harrington .................12 E x tra ........................ 1 .1C6 Second innings, b R. Lam tert ... 30 c and b Kelly ... 6 c R. Lambert, b Kelly ..........22 c Ross, b R.Lam- b e r t ................21 c Meldon, c R. Lambert.. ... 12 b K o '8 ................. u b Harrington ... 33 b Boss.................17 c Browning, b Kelly .......... 0 cBrowning,bRoss 3 not ou t................ 1 Extras......... 4 Total ...148 Total ... G entlkmbn of I reland . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Keigwin.. 18 4 58 3 IMann ... 12 2 43 1 Napier ... 26 4 71 3 |Wilson . . 3 0 26 C M ay......... 16 1 63 0 j Eyre 4 0 25 2 Napier bowled one no-ball, May two, Mann one and Eyre one. C ambridge U niveesity . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W . 21 8 43 3 .. 201 4 «1 6 .. R. Lambert K elly......... Harrington delivers Ross.......... Harrington 66 24 1 21 0 6 f7 8 3 32 3 THE SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM. THE MATCH AGAINST AN ENGLAND ELEVEN. ( t h ir t e e n t h o f t h e t o u r .) Played at Lord’s on July 14, 15 and 16. South Africans won by 189 runs. The team which opposed the South Africans in this match was strong in its way, but most unrepresentative of the strength of England, and was particularly weak in bowling. But for all that it might have made a good fight with the strong eleven of the South Africans if the fielding had been even moderately good on the first day. The South Africans have so greatly improved since they have become acclimatised, and accustomed to turf wickets, that their victory can have surprised nobody. On the first day they were batting until a few minutes from time. Shalders and Hathorn played a fine game after Tancred was dismissed for a duck’s egg, and Mitchell showed all his old skill. These three men gave the visitors an excellent send off, and ihe third wicket did not fall till the total was 138. When 186 appeared on the board half the wickets were down, but Schwarz and Mitchell added 75 to the score, and then Schwarz, who hit with great power, received such useful assistance from Shepstone and Halliwell that the score began to mount rapidly. Schwarz eventually made his first hundred of the tour after batting for about a couple of hours ; his hits included seventeen 4’ p , and his innings was decidedly the moat attractive of the day, although it was a little lucky. Before stumps were drawn the home team lost MacGregor and the total was eight. On the next day they gave a most uninterest­ ing display of batting, King alone making over fifty. Schwarz seemed to puzzle every­ body by the peculiarities of his bowling, and Sinclair was in excellent form with the ball. With a lead of 185 the South Africans seemed to have an easy victory in prospect, but most of them did not shine much in their second innings. Hathorn played with great steadi­ ness and caution for two hours and a half, while at the end of the day Halliwell made a most useful 39 not out. When play ended the total was 176 for eight wickets, so that the South Africans had a lead of 361. On Saturday morning they increased their over­ night total by 41, the ninth wicket partnership producing 59 runs. Halliwell batted very well indeed for his 57 not out. The England eleven had now to make 393 to win, and again gave a most disappointing display of batting. King, for the second time in the match, played excellent cricket, but neither Ranjit­ sinhji, or Jessop on whom so much depended, did anything of note. On the other hand Sinclair and Schwarz both bowled uncommonly well, and tLeir share in the success of their side was considerable. The wicket-keeping of Halliwell was greatly admired in both innings, and many good judges of the game consider him to be the best wicket-keeper in the world at the present time. The South Africans are to be greatly congratulated on their well earned victory, and the only thing that is to be regretted is that it was not gained over a stronger team, but this is not their fault, for they would much have preferred to meet the full strength of England. S outh A fricams . Second inniogs. 0 b Gunn................ 2 46 0 MacGregor, b First innings. L. J. Tancred, b Gnnn W. A. Shalders, b King M. Hathorn, c Jessop, b King ........................... F. Mitchell, c Ranjitsinhji, b Wass .......... ... 76 G. C. White, c Ranjitsinhji, b King...............................19 J. H. Sinclair, c and b Hearne............................... 6 R. O. Schwarz, c Wass, b Hearne...............................102 G. H. Shepstone, b Gunn... 13 E. A. Halliwell, b Evans .. 12 S. J. Snooke, c Gillingham, b Hearne ........................ 3 J. J. Kotze, not out .......... 2 B 8, w 2, nb 6 .. ..1 6 Hearne 59 c Jessop, b King < b Gunn .......... 1 c Ranjitsinhji, b Heame .......... 7 cJessop,bHeame 8 c Evans, b Wass 26 b Wass................. 0 not out.................57 c MacGregor, b Hearne ..........23 c King, b Hearne 0 Lb 1, w 1 ... 2 Second innings. not ou t................ c Kotze, b Sin­ clair ................. c White, b Sin­ clair ................. 6 0 4 ... 72 b ... 29 Total ................ 852 Total ............. 207 A n E n g lan d XI. First innings. G. MacGregor (Middlesex), c Snooke, b Kotze ... 0 Yine (Sussex), b Sinclair ... 23 Hearne, J. T. ^Middlesex), lbw, b Schwarz................... 6 King (Leicestershire), b Sinclair ......................55 bSinclair ... K. S. Ranjitsinhji (Sussex), st Halliwell, Ibw, b Schwarz.................b Schwarz G w . Beldam (Middlesex), c Tancred, b Sinclair ... 10 b Sinclair .......... 3 G. L. Jessop (Gloucester- c Halliwell, b shire), b Schwarz ..............11Sinclair ... ...34 W. H. B. Evans (Oxford st Halliwell, b Univer.), lbw, bSchwarz 0 Schwarz...........20 Rev. F. H. Gillingham c Shalders, b (Essex), run out ........... 6 Sinclair ...................3 Gunn, J. (Notts), b Sin- c Mitchell, b clair ................................ 7 Schwarz...........id Wass (Notts), not out ... 2bSchwarz............. 0 B 11, lb 9 ............20 Byes........... 18 167 Total ............ 203 Total