Cricket 1904

284 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. J u ly 21, 1904 YORKSHIRE v. SURREY. Played at the Oval on July 18, 19 and 20. Drawn. When Yorkshire won the toes on Monchy spectators at the Oval naturally expected that they would be battirg throughout the day, for the wickets at the Oval are notoriously good, atd the Surrey bowling this year may be described as variable. But for once everybody was wrong. It was one of Nice’s days, and he was master of the situation. There was nothing the matter with the wicket, although, as is only natural, all sorts of theories are given to explain the breakdown of the Yorkshiremen. Four of them “ played on,” a method of gettii g out which is often descri* ed as fheer bad luck, although batsmen know well enough that when they have played on they have failed to judge the ball properly ; in other words, it has teen just a little too good for them After Rhodes had be*n dismiss-ed, with the total at 8, Denton and Wilkioson took tbe score to 49,but after­ wards Nice, bowling very fast and well, carried everything before him. That there was nothing wrong with the wicket was evident when Hayward, Baker and Raphael played the bowling easily enough. Hayward and Raphael put on 95 in partnership for the second wicket in an hour and a quarter, and Hayward was within easy reach of his hundred when he was caught at the wicket five minutes before time. He played splendid cricket for two hours and ten minutes. "When stumps were drawn the Surrey total was 161 for three wickets—only a single run behind the Yorkshire score. Hayes was not out 2, and Holland not out 10. On Tuetday these two men increased the score to 2( 9 before Holland was finely caught at slip. Hayes played a splendid game, but although the score mounted rapidly, wickets fell much too quickly to please Surtey men. Hayes sur­ vived until the total was 331, when he was well caught at loDg off for a brilliant inniDgs of 104, made out of 172 in two hours and twenty minutes. York­ shire were 187 behind, but they began so well that the runs were knocked <ff for the loss of only two wickets. Wilkinson and Rothery put up 66 for the first wicket, and Denton and Wilkinson 93 for the second, and then Denton (91) and Tunnicliffe (V6) played out time. Wilkinson played an exceedingly steady game for two hours and a quarter; he was an hour in making his last 10 runs. When stumps were drawn the total was 206 for two wickets, so that Yorkshire were now 19 runs to the good. Ye»terd%y the York­ shiremen made up for their poor display in the first innings. All danger of defeat was soon done away with, but there never was much chance that victory would come in their way. Denton, for the first time this season, brought his score to over a hundred, and then H rot aud Tunnicliffe followed his example, their partnership yielding 180 runs. Suirey had the nearly impossible task of making 803 to win in two hours and forty minutes, and it was soon evident that the result would be a draw. Hayward (who brought his total for the season to over two thousand) again played splendid cricket, and was well backed up by Baker and Raphael. Y obkshibk . First innings. H. Wilkinson, b Nice..........21 Rhodes, b Nice ................. 8 Denton,c Hayward, b Hayes 44 Tunnicliffe, b Nice .......... 1 Hirst, b L ees.................... Wainwright, c Stedman, b Nice .............................. Haigh, b Nice ......... Rothery, b Nice ................. Lord Hawke, b N ice .......... Myers, not out ................ Hunter, b Nice ................. B 9, lb 6 ................. 37 Second innings, c Hayes,b Qooder 51 b N ice.................14 b N ic e ................105 not o u t................139 c Nice, b Gooder 108 not o u t................24 b Gooder ..........23 14 B 19, lb 8, w 1 .. 28 Total... ..........162 Total (6 wkts)* 492 •Innings declared closed. S ubbky . First innings. Hayward,cHunter,b Rhodes 88 Baker, b Rhodes.................16 J. B. Raphael, c Tannicliffe, b Hirst............................... 89 Holland, c Wainwright, b M yers............................... 28 Hayes,cWilkinson,bRhodesl04 Lees, c Tunnicliffe, b Haigh 13 Lord Dalmeny, b Haigh ... 18 Davis, c Hunter, b Hirst ... 6 Nice, run o u t....................... 0 Ktedman, lbw, b Myers ...11 Gooder, not out ................. 8 B 17, w 1, nb 1 ..........19 Second innings, c Rhodes,bWain- wrigbt ..........76 c Tunnicliffe, b Myers ..........26 b Denton ..........21 not out................. 1 not out................. 7 Total ................349 Total (3 wkts) 131 Y orkshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Lees... ..........2< 10 47 1 ... ... 16 4 45 0 N ice.. .......... 27-5 8 83 8 ... ... 47 6 182 2 Hayes .......... 3 0 12 1 ... ... 9 5 7 0 Gooder ... ... 5 2 6 0 ... ... 40 7 112 3 Davis.......... ... 10 0 47 0 Hayward ... ... 6 0 22 0 Holland ... ... 6 0 32 O Raphael ... .. 8 4 17 0 Lees delivered one wide. S ubbry . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Hirst ..........?4 7 105 2 ... ... 11 4 32 0 Myers 25 4 2 79 2 ... ... 12 2 4f* 1 Rhodes .......... 34 10 70 3 .. ,... 7 1 13 0 Haigh .......... 19 3 76 2 ... ... 10 3 17 0 Wainwright 4 1 15 1 Denton ... ... 3 1 8 1 Wilkinson ... 3 2 1 0 Rothery 2 1 4 0 Myers delivered a no-ball, and Eirat a wide. THE SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM. THE MATCH AGAINST SCOTLAND. ( f o u r t e e n t h of th e t o u r .) Played at Edinburgh on July 18 and 19. South Africans won by an innings and 188 Fresh from their easy victory over the England X I. at Lord’s last week the South Africans gave such a good account of themselves on the first day of the match against Scotland, that when stumps were drawn they had scored 257 for the loss of a wicket, against a total of 128, and wer* thus 129 runs on. The skill of the Scotsmen was inadequate to cope with the bowling of Koi ze and Sinclair. Tancred and Shalders put up 132 for the first wicket, and soon after the latter was out Tancred reached his hundred for the third time during the tour. He was not out 167 at the end of the day, and Hathorn not out 34. The Scottish bowlers had a bad time again on Tuesday. Tancred increased his score to 250, which he had put together in three hours and three-quarters. Scotland could do very little in the second innings and experi­ enced a severe defeat. It may be stated that in the second innings of Scotland a substitute was allowed to bat in place of Gowans, who had batted in the first innings. S cotland . First innings. Second innings. J. Anderson (Perthshire), b K o tz e ............................... 8 b White ........... 0 W . R. Sharp (Forfarshire), b Kotze . ................. 32 b Schwarz ........... 16 C.T.Mannes (Drumpellier), lbw, b Sinclair................. 5 b Schwarz........... 7 W . G. Cobb (Edin. Univ.),c Shalders, b Kotze .......... 8 b White ........... 7 G. W. Jupp (Carlton), lbw, b S in clair..................... . 0 bSchw arz........... 3 A. S. Cairns (Leith Cale- st Wallach, b donian).c White, b Kotze 0 White ...........14 Henson (Dunfermline), c Tancred, b Sinclair..........13 cWallach.bWhite 0 M. R. Dickson (Grange), c cWallach, b Tancred, b Sinclair..........26 Snooke ........... 69 Pepall (Grange), not out ... 12 b White ........ 4 F. Gowans(Grange), c Halli­ well, b Sinclair.............. 0 absent.................. 0 Nicholl (Pollok), b Schwarz 16 cTancred,cSnooke 6 Maxwell(sub),not out ................. 4 Extras ........................ 9 Extras .. ..1 8 Total.......... ...128 Total ...148 W . A.Shalders, b Jupp 44 L.J.Tancred, c Ander­ son, b Cairns...........250 M. Hathora, st sub., b Cobb ....................81 S.E.Horwood,cMannes, b Cobb ....................28 S outh A fricans . J.H.Sinclair, b Cairns 26 G. E. White, b Cairns 1 S. J. Snooke, not out 4 Extras.................30 Total (6 wkts) 464 R. O. Schwarz, E. A. Halliwell, B. Wallach and J. J. Kotze did not bat. S cotland . First innings. O. M .R .W . Second innings. O. M. R. W. Schwarz.......... 3 Kotze ..........19 Sinclair..........18 0 1 1 ... 1 60 4 5 68 6 ... 7 2 19 3 White... ... 12 2 43 5 Tancred ... 3 1 9 0 Shalders ... 4 0 24 0 Snooke ... 6 0 36 2 Tancred delivered four wides. Henson Nicol .. Pepall 8 ou th A fbicanb, O. M. R. W. 22 2 90 0 13 1 71 0 23 5 99 0 Jupp Cairns , O. M. R. W. 22 2 78 1 Cobb Cairns bowled one no-ball. 1 28 3 0 68 2 M.C.C. AND GROUND v. LONDON COUNTY. Played at the Crystal Palace on July 18, 19 and 20. London County won by an innings and 81 runs The M.C.C. team which took the fi^ld on Monday was exceedingly weak on paper, and it as not sur­ prising that a small total was made, although Dr. Grace had not much bowling at his command. It was the Doctor’s fifty-sixth birth 'ay, and he celebrated it by playing an excellent innings of 61 not out, batting in a style with which no fault could be found. With another veteran, W. L. viurdoch, as partner, he was at the wickets from a quarter past four until the day’s play ended with the total at 117. Murdoch was not out 61, and the two men gave an exhibition of cricket which was as gool as anyone could wish to see. On Tuesday Murdoch was out without increasing his score, but the Doctor went on and on, playing the bowling with consummate ease until such time as age began to tell on his muscles. During the latter part of his fine innings he was obviously nearly tired out, and tut for that he might have made a record if he could brave found men to stav with him. He was at tbe wickets for five hou»s and ten minutes, and his hits included fourteen 4’s. Tbe M.C.C. had a few minutes battingbefore the day’s play ended, and scored 9 for the loss of a wicket. Yesterday they fared badly against the bowling of Braund and May. M.C.O. & G round. First innirgs. Second ianings. Hearne (A.), c Braund, b Kanjitainbji .................42 b M ay................... « C.C.T.Doll.b Kanjitsinhji .. 85 oBale, b Braund 4 Capt. A. D. Legard, Ibw, b c Moulder, b b Grace ^ ... . ... 0 Braund ...........17 Belf.cRanjitsinhji.bBraund 24 b Braund ...........15 G. J. V. vveigall, c Bale, b Ranjitsinhji 0 c Bale, b May ... 36 A. Worsley, t> Ranjitsinhji 2 b M a y.................10 W. P. Harrisoa.jun., c Ran­ jitsinhji, b May ........ 37 b M ay................... 42 R. E. Lambert, run out ... 80 b Braund ..........22 Butt, c and b May .......... 4 o Brauod, b May 0 Fielder, c and b M a y .......... 2 not out................. 13 Mead, not out ................. 5 b Braund .......... 2 B 6, l b l ,w 2 .......... 8 Extres ...18 Total .................182 Total L ondon C ounty . W.G. Grace, c Fielder, b Lambert .........166 W .L. Murdoch, c Relf, b Lambert ... 61 Moulder, c Butt, b Hearne .............. 41 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, b Hearne .......... T.B.Nicholeon, c Butt, b Fielder . .......... B.Jaya Ham, b Hearne M .C.C. Sc G round. 8 . 186 P. G. Gale, c Relf, b Lambert.......... ... 15 L. S. Wells, run out... 29 Braund, not out..........11 P. B. May, b Hearne .. 22 Bale, c Meid, b Hearne 16 B 10, lb 2, w 6 ... 18 Total ...392 First innings. Braund May.......... Ranjitsinhji Grace O. M. R. W. 19 6*4 25 , 16 8 43 1 , 0 31 8 , 4 1 44 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 20.1 26 2 3 50 5 , Relf Fielder Mead.. 4 ... 1 ... Murdoch ... 1 1 0 0 W ells.......... 6 1 23 0 Ranjiteinhji bowled two wides. L ondon C ounty O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. .3 9 4 101 0 1Hearne ... 36 8 101 6 ,. 19 1 49 1 Lambert... 23 7 53 3 ..30 6 60 0 1Legard ... 3 9 7 0 Lambert bowled four wides and Fielder two. MIDDLESEX v. LANCASHIRE. Played at Old Trafford on July 18,19 aud 20. Lancashire won by eight wickets. Although Middlesex batted first on an excellent pitch, they did so badly for some time agai- st the bowling of Kermode that half their wickets were down for 36. When things were in this desperate position, Stogdon and Trott considerably altered the appearance of the game, the former playing thj