Cricket 1904

A ug . 11, 1904. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 325 YORKSHIRE y. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Leicester on August 4, 5 and 6. Drawn. Owing to a storm there was about an hour’s inter­ ruption on the first day of this match after luncheon, and in the remaining four hours and a quarter York­ shire scored 275 for five wickets by cricket which was not very attractive. Rudston, who went in first, was not out 119 at the end of the day. For the second wicket he and Denton put up 108, of which 85 was claimed by the latter. On the next monrng there was nothing remarkable about the Yorkshire batting, except that Myers hit splendidly, and that Rudston continued on his way slowly and steadily until, after he had been at the wickets for five hmrs and a quarter, he brought his score to 164. Myers was bat­ ting for an hour, and in his brilliant 73 there were nine 4’s and a 6. Leicestershire did well when they went to face a total of 414. and when stumps were drawn their score was 290 for five wickets. Wood played exceedingly well. There was a fine partner­ ship between Knight and Coe at the end of the day, wh ch produced 119 runs in an hour and five minutes, and was still uubroken; Knight, who app-ared in the Leicestershire team for the first time since his acoident in the Gentlemen and Players match at Lord’s, was not out 78, and Coe not out 63. On Saturday morning the five remainiog Leicestershire wickets fell for the addition of *i0 runs in half an hour. When Yorkshire went in again with a lead of 104 the play was at first slow, but eventually the inn­ ings was declared with the total at 147 for three, which left Leicestershire with 252 to make. Rudston again batted finely. Y orksh ire . First innings. Second innings H.Wilkinson.c Whiteside, b c Whitehead, b Allsopp ........................8 Odell ....... 4 Rudston,c Whiteside, b Coe 164 ht wkt, bKing .. 69 Denton, c Wood, b AJlsopp 85cWhiteside,bOiell 1 Tunniclitfe, c Whiteside, b Odell ..............................10 Hirst, c Wood, b Allsopp .. 11 Rhodes, c Crawford, b Gill E. Smith, b Odell............... Haigh, b A llsopp............... Lora Hawke, d Odell........ Myers, c Wood, b Gill Hunter, not o u t ................ B 10, lb 2, nb 1 ......... 10 28 3 3 73 6 13 not out... not out.. B 6, nb 1, w 1 8 Total .................414 Total (3 wkts)* 147 • Innings declared closed. L e ice ste r sh ir e . First innings. C.E. de Trafford,c Denton, b Rhodes.......... ..........IS C. J. B. Wood, b Smith ... 71 King, b Rhodes .................30 Whitehead,cHunter,bMyers 15 Y. F. 8. Crawford, c sub., b Hi'st ................................ 2 Knight, b H aigh ................80 Coe, c Hunter, b Hiigh ... 70 Gill, c Denton, b Rhodes ... 7 Allsopp, b tthodes .......... 2 W . W. Odell, not o u t.. .. 1 Whiteside,c dmith,b Rhodes 0 B 12, lb 1, w 4 ..........17 Bye Second innings. c and b Rhodes... 8 cHuuter,btthodes 2 1 b H irst................17 c Hunter,b Haigh 4 c and b Myers ... 13 b Myers .......... 2 not ou t................20 b Myers .......... 0 not ou t................ 7 Total .................310 Total (7 wkts) 94 Y o r k sh ir e . O. M. R. W. O. Odell ... ... 49 13 160 3 ... ... 19 King ... 30 10 0 ... ... 13 Allsopp ... ... 30 8 87 4 ... ... 10 C o e .......... ... 12 2 29 1 ... ... 4 GU I.......... .. 15 5 49 2 .. ... 10 41 l 21 0 16 Gill bowled two no-balls and Coe one wide. L e ic e ste r sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. Hirst Myers Rhodes Haigh Smith ... 27 ... 16 ... 30 ... 21 ... 8 3 64 1 , 5 84 5 7 53 2 . 1 33 1 . ... 19 ... 11 ... 2 O. M. tt. W. 13 3 37 1 7 4 lo 3 8 30 2 5 15 1 1 1 0 Myers and Smith each bowled one wide,, and Rhodes two. MIDDLESEX v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Played at Bristol on August 4, 5 and 6. Gloucestershire won by 60 runs. Heavy rain fell at Bristol on the night before this match began and although the wicket was not very difficult before lunch, afterwards, under the influence of a powerful sun, it tecame verv greatly in favour of the bowiers. Before luncn oloucestershire hirdly made the best use of their opportunities, but they scored 108 for three. Townsend and Sewell put on 70 for the third wicket. When the game was resumed Jessop was allowed to escape, the ball dropping between two fieldsmen who each left the catch to the other, but he only made 7 runs, and the rest of the team failed so badly that the last seven wickets could only account for 19 runs. Hearne was so well suited by the wicket after lunch that he took five wickets in four overs and two balls for lo runs. At one time five Gloucestershire wickets fell for one run. The Middlesex batsmen were as hopelessly at sea as the home team, and when a storm stopped play for a time four of them were out for 17. Afterwards they doubled the score without loss before a heavy thun­ derstorm at half-past f >ur put an end to play for the day On the next morning Huggins and Denoett soon deposed* f the remainiog six wickets, and Gloucester­ shire had a lead of 66 when they began their second innings. Jessop and Wrathall, who went in first, set about their work in such a determined way that they made 20 runs in the first two overs, and when Jessop was di-missed he had made 27 out of 34. Townsend and Brown added 38 for the fourth wicket, but Hearne and Trott dismissed the last five men for 7 runs. Townsend played an invaluable defensive inni >igswhich lasted for an hour and a half. Middlesex had to make 195 to win, and went in two hours and five minutes before the time for drawing stumps. With the idea that the pitch might be considerably better on the next morning, they contented them­ selves with keeping up their wickets and at the end of the day their score was 85 for three. If the fielding of the Gloucestershire men had not been exceedingly bad Middlesex might have been nearly all dismissed, but Warner, who made 47 out of the 85 runs, was missed five or six times, and might have been run out two or three times. Beldam served his side admirably by keeping up an end for an hour and forty minutes for 14not out. But despite his stubborn resistance on the Friday and a further flue effor: on the nextmorniog, the Gloucestershire bowlers had the upper hand, and their county gained a brilliant victory. G lo u cestersh ire . First innings. Wrathall, b Hearne .. 16 J. Board, b Hearne ... C. L. Townsend, Douglas, b Hearne .. .. C. O. H. Sewell, c Beldam b Napier ... .......... 41 G. L. Jessop, c Warner, b * Wells ..............................7 F. Thomas, b Hearne......... 0 W . 8. A, Brown, b Hearne. 0 F. H. B. Champain, o Bel­ dam, b Wells ................. L. D. Brownlee, c Trott, b Hearne............................... Huggins, not ou t................ Dennett, c and b Hearne ... Byes................ .......... 45 Second innings, c J. Douglas, d Hearns .......... 6 b Hearne .......... 2 b Trott................46 b Hearne .......... 5 st Payne, b Wells 27 c Payne.b Hearne 17 c Payne, b Napier 15 0 lbw, b Trott 0 lbw, b Trott 4 b Trott.......... 0 notout . ... 7 Byes ... Total ... ...127 M id d l e s e x . Total ...128 First innings. P. F. Warner, b Huggins... 4 J. Douglas, c Bjard, b Dennett ... . 0 G. W. Beldam, st Board, b Dennett ... ................. 0 R. N. Douglas, b Huggins.. 16 Trott, c rhumaa, b Dennett 3 t;. M. Wells, c Townsend, b Huggins . ... ... 15 J. H. Hunt, c Sewell, b Denne t .......................12 M. W. Payne, b Dennett ... 3 R. W. Nicholls, o Brown, b Dennett ........................ 0 G. G. Napier, c Jessop, b Dennett ........................ 2 Hearne (J.T.), not out ... 1 B 4, w 1 ...................... 5 Second innings. bTownsend ...47 lbw, b Dennett... 7 ht wkt, b Dennett 25 cJessop.bDennett 12 lbw, b Dennett .. 7 cJessop.bDennett 0 lbw, b Dennet1' c Brownlee, Dennett ... , b Jessop ... . c Huggins, Dennett ... not out Total................. ... 61 B9, lb 2, nb2... 13 Total ...134 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 15 5 36 4 2 30 4 0 22 1 3 35 1 ... 10 ... 6 ... 11 G lou cestersh ire . First inniogs. O. M. R. W. Hearne ..........202 9 41 7 ... Trott ........... 17 8 27 0 ... Napier .......... 6 1 18 1 ... Wells .......... 11 0 34 2 ... M id d le s e x . First innings. O. M. R. W. Huggins ... 21 9 28 3 .......... Dennett.......... 21 5 28 7 ........... Townsend... Brown Jessop......... Dennett bowled one wide, and Huggins delivered two no-balls. Second innings. O. M. R. W. 24 14 18 0 40-1 16 68 8 4 1 6 3 8 2 19 0 3 0 13 1 TH E C A N T E R B U R Y W E E K . SURREY v. KENT. Played on the St. Lawrence Ground on "August 4, 5 and 6. Kent won by six wickets. When Surrey won the toss in this match there seemed reason to suppose that they would run up a fine score, for the wicket looked perfect, as indeed it ‘ proved to be. But things went badly for them, and they lost Hayward, Raphael, Hayes and Abel for 73. At lunch tim- five wickets were down for 112. and the first ball after the game was resumed was fatal, so that the outlook was about as hopeless as it could well be. At this stage of the g*me Lees joined J. N. Crawford, and the two men made a most plucky stand which produced 64 runs in three- quarters of an hour, a'id as Leveson-Gower and Strudwick both made useful scores, the totil was not actually bad after all. Crawford made a most promising ditut, making his ?4 runs in an hour and three-quarters in excellent style In the hour and a-hilf which remained for play Kent made 110 runs for the loss of one wicket, Dillon and Humphreys both playing delightful cricset. The latter was not out 50. and Seymour not out 7. It was anticipated that there would be a very heavy storm during the night, but the little rain which fell hardly affected the wicaet, and the rate of scoring was mucn more rapid on fcriday than on the previous day. Seymour and Humphreys batted so well that at one time the score was 210 for one wicket. But at this total Humphreys was out for i04, which had taken him two hour* and a-half to compile. At 279 Day was stumped, and at 307 Seymour’s fine innings came to a conclusion; he was at the wickets for two hour* and a-quarter. During his partnership with Hum­ phreys 113 runs were made. Nearly all the otner Kent batsmen did well, and Surrey had to face a deficit of of 219. Agnin things went so badly with them that when stumps weredrawn they still required 68 runs to save the innings defeat, with only four wickets in hand. Hayward was not out 84, and as long as he survived anything was possible. He and Aoel both p>ayed very fine cricket, and during their partnersnip for the third wicket put on luO runs in an hour and a-half. On Saturday, Crawford, who was not out 7 overnight, was badly run out, but Davis played good cricxet, and helped Hayward to put on 9 1 for the sixth wicket. Meanwhile, Hay­ ward was playing a brilliant game, making runs rapidly, and shoring a complete command over the bowlmg. In an over from Fieldei he made five 4’s, and when lunch time came he was getting very near his second hundred. But unfortunately there was then only one wicket in hand, and this fell soon after the game was resumed. But Hayward had played a magnificent innings for Snrrey, and it was a great feat to carry his bat through the inning*, scoring 188 out of 321, at a time when nis Bide was in such a detperate position. He was batting for five hours, and his hits included a 5 and thirty-one 4’s. Despite his brilliant effort, Kent had ouly to make 103 to win. S u rrey . First innings. Second innings. Havward, c Seymour, b Blythe............................... 24 not out...................188 J. E. naphael, c Dillon, b Mason ... .. ... 9 b Mason ..........18 Hayes, cBlaker, b Mason... 14 Abel, c Mason, b Fairservice 18 Holland, c and b Mason ... 12 J. N. Crawford, c Blaker, b airservice .................51 Davis, c Huish, b Fielder... 8 Lees, lbw, b Fairservice ... 83 Nice, b Fairservice .......... 1 H. D. G. Leve.son-Gower, c Seymour, b Fielder.........19 Strudwick, not out ..........11 B 7, lb 4, w 1, nb 1 ... 13 Total........................216 K e n t . E. W . Dillon, c Hayward, b Crawford .......... ... 52 Humphreys, c Hayward, b Nice ... ................ 104 Seymour (James), c Hayes, b Crawford........................105 S. H. Day, st Strudwick, b D a v is................................26 J. R. Mason, c Crawford, b Lees ................................29 R. N. R. Blaker, b Crawford 20 C. H. B. Marsham, b Nice 35 " ’ ‘ * ' 14 13 . 1 , 29 , 7 c Seymour, b Mason .......... 1 b Fielder ..........38 c Mason,bFielder 0 run out ..........13 c Mason, b Dillon 34 c Marsham, b Blythe ......... 16 c Mason, b Blythe 2 c Mason,b Fielder 3 b Blythe .......... 0 B 2,lbl,w l,nb4 8 Total ..........321 c Lees, b Nice ... 13 lbw, b Nice c Leveson-Gower, b Lees .......... not ou t................ c Leveson-Gower, 37 b Nice not out... 4 21 Huish, c Hayes, b Lees Fairservice, not out ... Blythe, o Lees,b Nice... Fielder, b Nice .......... B 4, lb 3 .......... B 6 , lb 1 ... 7 Total .................435 Total (4 wkts) 107