Cricket 1904

A ug . 4, 1904. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 309 MIDDLESEX v. ESSEX. Played at Leyton on July 28, 29 and 30. Middlesex won by ten wickets. In the absence of Perrin, Gillingham, and Russell the Essex eleven was greatly weakened, although Turner kept wicket very well in Russell’s place. The Beldams and Hunt were not playing for Middlesex, but on the other hand C. M. "Wells and J. and R. N. Douglas made their re-appearance in the team. The wicket gave the bowlers considerable assistance when Essex went in, but there was little life in the battiog, for the cnly hitters in the team were dismissed for small scores, 'ihe best innings of the day was the 28 by Freeman, who seems more and more likely to be of great use to the county in the future. McOahty played a good and careful innings. A great contrast was shown ly the Middlesex men when their time came to bat, for although Warner was bowled for 4, the other men who made runs scored so rapidly that when stumps were drawn the total was ‘287 for eight wickets. The firnt four wickets fell for 79 runs which were put together in a little less than three-quarters of an hour, and then Bosanquet and Wells hit the fowling all over the field while they were together for an hour, during which 123 runs were put on. While these two men were together the Essex total was passed when the innings had only been in progress for an hour and twenty minutes. Wells hardly seemed comfortable at first, and a few of his bits were fiuhes, but he played fine cricket after he had become accustomed to the play, and Bosanquet played with the ease of a master. At the end of the day More and Napier hit hard. The last two wickets added 49 runs on Friday, Hearne making some excellent kits in his £0. Essex had to go in against a balance of 197, and at half-past three six wickets were down for 14**. McGahey had played a splendid innings for an hour and a half, his stubborn defence being relieved every now and then by a brilliant hit; but despite his good play and useful totals by Carpenter and Fane, the match seemed almost over. When things were in this position Douglas and Keigwin came together, and played such a plucky game that not only was the innings defeat s<*ved beiore they were separated, but Essex had gained a small but useful lead. Both men played the best of cricket, and it was a thousand pities that the wicket of Douglas was thrown away. In the end Middlesex had to m*ke 64 to win, but »efore they could go to the wickets rain stopped play for the day. There was heavy rain during the night, and it was not until one o’clock that it was possible to resume the game on Saturday. The wicket was soft and easy, and from the tlrBt Bosanquet and J. Douglas, who began tbe Middlesex innings, took charge of the bowling. In a little over half an hour they knocked off the runs. E sse x . First inni« gs. F. L. Fane, c Trott. b Wells 16 Carpenter, c J. Douglas, b Trott . . . .. 11 Sewell, c Wells, b Hearne .. 5 C. McGahey. b flearne .. 39 A. J. Turner, c Napier, b Hearne ......... ... 18 Freeman (E. J.), not out .. i8 R. P. Keigwio, b Tiott ... 4 J. W. H. T. Douglas, b Hearue............................. 5 Reeves, c Payne, b Trott .. 0 Inns, b Troit... .......... 3 Buckenhmn b Trott .......... 0 Byes ............................... 10 Second innings, lbw, b Wells ... 22 c Payne, b Bosan- qu et................ 36 Ibw, b Wells .. 1 run out ..........61 st Pajne.b Bosan­ quet ......... ll lbw, b Bosmquet i b Bosanquet ... 32 run out b Hearne b Hearne not out B 14, lb £ , 55 11 .. . 6 W1.. 24 M id d le se x . First innings. Total ... ...139 Total .. .. 2C0 M id d le se x . P. F. Warner, b Reeves 4 J. Douglas, c Turner, b Keigwin.. ... ‘.3 R. N. Douglas, c Inns, b Keigwin ......... 17 M.W.Payne,c Bucken­ ham, b Keigwin ... 21 B. J. T. Bosanquet, b Reeves .................74 C. M. Wells, c Bucken­ ham, b Reeves ... 75 Trott, bt Turner, b Reeves ................. 4 R. E. More, c Sewell, b Reeves ..........40 R. W.Nicholls.cSeweil. b huckenham.......... 9 G.9.Napier.bMcQahey 25 bearne (J. T.), not out 30 B 12, w 2 ..........14 TotBl ...336 Second innings.—Douglas, not out, 26; Bosanquet’ not out, 40—total (for no wicket), 66. E ssex . First innings. Second innings. Hearne O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. .......... 24 6 45 4 ... ... 15 3 41 2 Trott .......... 24 4 7 49 6 ... .. 10 3 23 0 Wells .......... 7 1 18 1 ... ... 19 6 45 2 Napier ............. 6 2 17 0 ... ... 10 6 16 0 More ... ... 13 3 34 0 Bosanquet... 26'3 0 75 4 Wells delivered one wide. Reeves ... Keigwin ... Buckenham Douglas .. Freeman .. McGahey O. 28 14 4 8 M. R. W. 2 169 6 . 1 74 3 .. 0 20 1 ., 0 35 0 1) Second innings. O. M. R. W. 36 0 17 0 13 0 6*5 0 3 0 2 0 35 0 24 1 Keigwin and Buckenham each delivered one wide. THE SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM. THE YORKSHIRE MATCH. ( s ix t e e n t h o f t h e t o u r ). Played at Hull on July 28, 29 and 30. Abandoned. The South Africans won the toss, but on a soft wicket which was not as difficult as the batting seemed to make it appear, tley made a small tcore against the Yorkshire bowler* Sinclair played the lest and most attractive innings of the side, and his 39 runs were made in a little over half-an hour ; some of his drives were particulxrly good. Vvhen Myers went on a second time he took two wickets with successive balls, and Haigh with the first ball of the next over took another wicket—the lenth. All the Yorkshire' men who batted, except Jackson, played very well indeed. Rudston, a local professional, helped Denton to raise tbe score from 17 to 106, showing excellent f>rm. The highest and best inning <of the day was the 66 of Denton, who took an hour and three- quarters to hcrre his runs. Tunnicliffe also played well. Wh*»n stumps were drawn York*bire had made 206 for four wicket* and were thus 67 runs on. Hirst was not out 17 and Rhodes not out 11. The six remaining Yorkshire wickets increased the sc re by 166, Wilkinson making 60 in two hours and ten minutes, while Bhodes, Lord Hawke and Myers all played floe cricket. 'Ihe South Afri ans had to go in against a balance of 2/2, and when tumps were drawn they had made I£8 for eight wickets, so that theystill required «4 runs to have defeat ly an in»in?s Tnncred, Mitchelland Shalders all played well, but no one was able to do much against the bowling of Myern. On Saturday the South Africans, who were in a hopleless p >sition, were saved from defeat by the weather, and the match was abandoned. SOUTH A eb ICAMS. Second innings. b Rhodes ...........33 b Myera ............21 First innings. L. J. Tancred, c Denton, b B aigh ........................ ... 7 W. A. Sbalder.«, c Hunter, 20 b Bbodes M. Hathorn, c Hirst, b M yers...............................23 F. Mitchell, rnn o u t ........ 0 J. H. Sinclair, b Jackson .. 39 G. C. White, c Rhodes, b H aigh...............................2> R. O. Schwarz, b Haigh ... 22 S. J. Snooke, b Haigh... . E. A Halliwell, b Myers . J. J. Kotze, b Myers . . J. Middleton, not ou t.. . B 3, lb 1, w 1 .. . Total 2 5 0 0 5 ...148 Y orksh ire . fl s .. H u n te r , b Rhodes .......... 0 b Jackson 42 c Hawke,b Haigh 11 b Myers ..........16 st Hunter, b Mytrs ........ 0 not o u t................18 b Myers ..........10 B 4, lb 3, w l 8 Total (8 wkts) 158 Hon. F. S. Jackson, c Tancred, b Sinclair 8 Rudston, c Mitchell, b Middleton . 41 Denton, c White, b Sinclair .................66 Tunnicliffe, b Sinclair 40 Hirst, c Mitchell, b Sinclair ................31 Rhodes, lbw, b Mid­ dleton........................31 H. Wilkinson.b Kotze 60 Haigh. b Sinclair ... 12 L<*rd Hawke, c Ha thorn, b Sinclair Myers, not out Hunter, c White, Kotze ............... B 11, lb 12... . Total S outh A frican s . First innings. O. M. R. W. _______ . .2 7 14 54 1 Haigh ......... 21.1 6 68 4 .1 0 2 23 1 . 5 1 8 3 Second innings. O. M. ».. W. ... 2 8 29 2 ... 8 1 23 1 . 22 8 ... 21*4 4 1 9 Rhodes Jackson . Myers .. Rhodes and Myers each delivered a wide. Y o bk sh ib e . O. M. R.W. O. M. R. W. Kotze ..26.2 6 69 2 IWhite 6 0 16 0 Sinclair ... 43 11 134 6 |Middleton 18 2 51 2 Schwarz.1 7 2 52 0 |Snooke ... 5 0 26 0 SURREY y . HAMPSHIRE. w e b b ’ b b e n e f it m a t c h . Played at Southampton on July 28, 29 & 30. There had been heavy rain at Southampton before this match began, but the wicket, although it was slow, was not very difficult. Surrey were batting nearly the whole of the first day. Hayward and Abel made a good beginning, and seemed completely set when the former was bowled by Baldwin, who made his re-appearance in the Hampshire team after an absence of two or three years. Abel continued to play well, although he had some luck. Three wicket* were down soon, but Hayes and Holland improved matters very much before tbe next wicket fell. Holland was slow in settling down, but when he had once played himself in he •■bowed splendid form, and had the pleasure of malting his first hundred of the season. Altogether he was batting for a little over three hours. The most attractive inniD gs of the day was played by Haves, who made his 76 in an hour and a half; during his partnership with Abel 65 runs were put on. Afterwards the three amateurs all made useful scores. Hamsphire had to go in for about five and twenty minutes before stumps were drawn, and scored 22 runs without losing a wicket. On Friday there was no play owing to heavy storms, and on Saturday.after so muchrain, it seemedhighly probable that Hampshire would once more have to submit to a severe defeat, but Webb and Bowell, playing with preatcare, put on 83 runs for the first wicket, and after Fprot had made a useful 18, Major Poore and Webb kept up their wickets nntil lunch time when the score was 1.-8for two. Afterwards these two men steadily increa^d the score, and when rain Btopped play they had got within a little distance of saving the follow-on. The total was then 176. Major Poore played a very steady game. Afterwards Hayter helped Webb consideratly, aid when the match enutd Webb was not out 162 after batting for four hours and a half. It was a great pity that the weather was so bad as to spoil his benefit match so seriously. S u r r e y . Fayward, b Baldwin 26 At el, b Llewellyn ... 43 Baker, b Langford ... u bay*s. c neseltire, b Langford............... 76 Holland, c Sprot, b Baldwin .......... 112 R.A.8heppard,cP ore. b Prichard .............26 L. V.Harper, c Stone, b Poore .......... . 23 H a m p sh ir e Webb, not out............................... Bowell. c Hayward, b Lees E. M. Sprot, lbw, b McDonnell Major tt. M. Poore, b N ice........ Llewellyn, c Strudwick, b Nice .. Hayter, b Nice ........................ Stone, not o u t.............................. B 13, lb 6, nb 2 .......... Lees, c Poore, b Lle­ wellyn ................ g H. C. McDonnell, c Hayter, b Prichard 23 Nice, not out 0 btrudwick, b Baldwin 6 B 3, nb 1 ......... 4 Total .. 346 162 34 18 32 20 297 Total (5 wkts) Langford, C. Heseltine, Hesketh-Prichard, and Baldwin did not bat. S u r r e y . O. M. R. W. O.M.R. W. 8 0 31 0 1Langford.. 13 3 40 2 34 6106 3 Llewellyn.. 17 2 t2 2 31 984 ‘2 |Poore ... 8 1 20 1 Prichard delivered a no-ball. H am psh ire . O.M. R. W. O. M.R. W. McDonell... 35 19 66 1 IHayes ... 6 3 14 0 L e e s .......... 27 11 70 I 8beppard 8 1 34 0 N ice .......... 16 4 69 3 IHayward 7 1 24 0 Hayward and Nice bowled one no-ball each. Heseltine Baldwin Prichard LANCASHIRE v. WORCESTERSHIRE. Played at Old Trafford on July 28, 29 & 30 Lancashire won by 192 runs. Lancashire had much the best of the first day’s cricket, for on a wicket which was very slow they scored 276 and got rid of three Worcestershire men for 75 runs. For once, Spooner and Maelaren both failed, but Hornby played a great game and Tyldes­ ley vas again seen to great advantage, scoring 91 runs in two hours and a quarter. Duriog Me part­ nership with Ha’lows 72 runs were put on in 60 minutes. The rate of scoring was even more rapid when Poidevin and fyldesley came together, for during their partnership the total was increased by 58 runs in 25 minutes, both men playing a brilliant game. Sharp made a useful 36. On Friday Burns played exceedingly well on a wicket which helped the bowlers a great deal, but most of the team could