Cricket 1904

342 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g . 18, 1904 E ssex . F.L.Fane, c Findlay, b Kermode................. 0 Carpenter, c Hallows, b Kermode ..........67 P. Perrin, b Kermode 143 C.McGahey,cPoidevin, b Hallows.................44 Rev.F. H. Gillingham, cPoidevin, b Cuttell 28 A.P.Lucas, b Kermode 0 L ancashire . [O. M. R. W . McGahey A.J. Turner, b Heap .. 72 R.P. Keigwin. run out 75 J.W.H.T.Douglas,not out Buckenbam, c and Spooner .......... Reeves, not out.. B 9, lb 2, w 1 36 b .. 25 .. 67 ... 12 Total (9 wkt-) 559 Perrin Carpenter O. M. R. W . 7 1 16 0 2 0 22 0 3 0 16 0 Reeves ... 34 5 1R6 1 Buckenham 42 3 189 4 Douglas .. 7 0 41 0 Keigwin ... 12 1 52 1 Reeves bowled two wides, Buckenham two no-balls, and Douglas one no-ball. E ssex . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W- .13 5 51 II Cuttell ... 46 12 119 1 47 11152 4 |Spoon*r ... 19 0 110 1 28 15 36 i I Hornby ... 1 0 7 0 17 1 68 0 I Tyldesley..1 0 4 0 Cuttell bowled one wide. Hallows Kermode Heap ... Sharp... . THE SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM. THE M.C.C. RETURN MATCH. ( t w e n t i e t h o f t h e t o u r .) Played at Lord’s on August 11, 12 and 13. South Africans won by ten wickets. The South Africans have been ^insularly unfortu­ nate of late in finding unrepresentative teams oppo-ed to them, and the difficulties in the way of getting together a strong eleven for this match by the M.C.C. proved insuperable. All the first-class counties except Derbyshire had engagements, and conse­ quently the side which played for the club was excep­ tionally weak. On the first day it was decided that no play was possible. On Friday considerable pro­ gress was made with the match, each side completing an inniDgs, and the South Africans haviDg a lead of 103. The wicket was not eat-y, and there were very few men on the M.C.C. side capable of making much resistance to the South African bowlers, even under the most favourable circumstances. As it was, Kotze and Schwarz had a good time with the ball, and the only men who made any stand against them were Page and Weigall. The bowliDg at the disposal of the M.C.C. was not much stronger than the batting, but runs were diffcult to make, and the South Africans did well to score 223. The only long inn­ ings was the 60 not out of F. Mitchell, who kept up an end for two hoars and a quarter out of the three hours and a quarter during which the entire innings of the South Africans lasted. Be played a very fine game, and none of the bowlers seemed to cause him much uneasiness. Un Saturday Tarrant played a fine defensive game for the M.C.C., and he and Wei­ gall put on 63 in forty minutes, but the South A fricans only had to make 90 to win, and in a little more than three-quarters of an hour Shalders and Tancred hit off the runs without being separated. M.C.C. & G round First innings. A. Page, b Kotze ... Tarrant, st Halliwell, b Sinclair ........................ Storer, c Kotze, b Schwarz Newstead, b Schwarz.......... Wainwright ( vv.), st Halli­ well, b SchwaTz................ Murrell, b Schwarz .......... G. J. V. Weigall, b Kotze .. T. A. Higson, b Sinclair ... Rawiin, b K otze ................. Young, b Kotze ................. R. W . Fox, not out .......... Byes........................ Second innings. 45 b Kotze ... 3 7 b Kotze ... 61 8 st Halliwell, b Sinclair ... ... 14 0 b Schwarz ... ... 0 4 b Snooke .. ... 0 28 c Sinclair, b Schwarz ... .. 12 27 b Snooke .. ... 40 6 b Sinclair ... ... 4 2 b Sinclair ... ... 16 2 not out.......... ... 16 0 b Kotze ... 0 7 B 20,1b 7, w l 28 Total ... ...120 Total.................192 S outh A fricans . L.J. Tancred, b Young 21 W . A. Shalders, b Hig­ son ........................ 18 M. Hathorn, b Higson 23 F. Mitchell, not ou t.. 60 J.H.Sinclair, b Higson 0 G. C. White, c Storer, b Rawlin .................18 R. O. Schwarz, c and b Newstead................. 28 Second innings.—Tancred, not out, 45; Shalders, not out, 80; extras, 15. Total (no wickets), 90. S.J.Snooke,bNewstead 0 E A.Halliwell, c and b Tarrant ................. 5 S. E. Uorwood, c Page, b Tarrant... ... 23 J. J. Kotze, b Rawlin 8 Byes ..............19 Total ...223 M.C.C. & G round . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Kotze .......... 19-1 6 32 4 ........... 13’2 1 30 3 Sinclair.......... 14 3 322 ... ... 20 2 45 3 White ........... 6 1 19 0 .......... 2 0 16 0 Schwarz.......... 9 1 30 4 .......... 14 2 53 2 Snooke .......... 5 0 20 2 Sinclair bowled a wide. S outh A fricans . First innings. O. M .R .W . Rawlin ..........25‘3 7 53 2 Tarrant.......... 22 6 67 2 Higson .......... 18 7 42 3 Young ........... 7 2 24 1 Newstead ... 8 1 18 2 Second innings. O. M . R . W . ... 4 0 20 0 .. 64 1 17 0 ... 4 0 13 0 ... 7 0 25 0 HAMPSHIRE V. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Southampton on August 11, 12 & 13. Leicestershire won by an innings and 95 runs. For this match Hampshire had to do without Hesketh Prichard and A. J. L. Hill, but on a soft and not difficult wicket they scored 215 for four wickets on ihe first day, although play did not begin until three o’clock owing to rain. Webb and Bowell made a good beginning, and Sprot and Webb added 87 runs for the second wicket. Webb was going strong for his hundred when Major Poore called him for an impossible run. The Major after­ wards kept up his wicket until stumps were drawn, when he was not out 27. He and Johnston, who made a very pretty 53, were together from five o’clock until the last ball of the day. On Saturday Gill bowled very fast, and made the ball get up so much that nobody except Stone could make any resistance to him, and the innings came to an end for an addition of 29 runs. Hampshire had no bowler who could take equal advantage of the state of the wicket, and before stump* were drawn Leices­ tershire made 517 for the loss of nine wickets. King played a brilliant innings for four hours and a quarter, and was within easy reach of hi* second hundred when he was dismissed. Whitehead helped him to put up 155 runs for the third wicket, and Knight 106 for the fourth. The catch by Johnston in the long field which disposed of Gill was loudly applauded, for Johnston had to run a long way, and judged the flight of the ball to a nicety. On Satur­ day the Leicestershire captain declared his innings closed, and thus Hampshire, who required 273 to avoid defeat by an innings, had the whole day before them. Sprott played a splendid innings, but the bowlers always had the best of the situation, and the match was over soon after lunch. H ampshire . First innings. Second innings. Webb, run out .................63 cCrawford, bCoe 21 Bowell. c Coe, b Odell ... 30 c Gill, b Coe ... 24 E. M. Sprot, c King, b Gill 37 b Gill .................63 Major R. M. Poore, c Whitet-ide, b Gill ......... 27 b Allsopp . 0 A. C. Johnston, c Crawford b Gill .......... .............58 Llewellyn, b Odell ........ 1 Jbayter, b Gill ............... 0 Stone,c Whiteside, b Gill... 22 Langford, c Whitehead, b Gill ............................. 0 T. A. Chignell, not out ... 5 Baldwin b Odell.............. 1 B 3, lb 1, nb 1 ........ 5 lbw, b C oe.......... 4 stWhiteside,bCoe 34 b Odell................. 9 c Crawford, b Coe 4 b O dell............... o c Whitehead, b Odell .......... 8 not out................. 1 B4,lb4, w l, nb 1 10 Total..........244 Total ...178 L eicestershire . C. E . de Trafford, c Poore, b Sprot ... 42 C. J. B. Wood, b Llewellyn....................30 King, c Llewellyn, b Baldwin .................. 186 Whitehead, c Sprot, b Chignell ....................82 Koight, run out.............60 Y. F. S. Crawford, c Poore, b Chignell ... 22 Coe, c Sprot, b Lang­ ford ........................34 Gill, c Johnston, b Langford.................13 W. W . Odell, c Llew­ ellyn, b Langford ... 2 Allbopp, not out......... 23 Whiteside, not out ... 10 B 11,10 1, w l ... 13 •Innings declared closed. Total (9 wkts) *517 Odell Allsopp King Gill ... Coe ... H ampshire . First innings. O. M. R. W. . ...32*2 13 72 3 ... ........ 12 3 36 0 ... . ... 17 4 44 0 ... .. .. 19 4 57 6 ...... 12 2 37 1 . . . 9 3 30 0 ..... 19 6 61 4 Gill delivered two no-balls and Allsopp one wide. L eicestershire . O. M. K. W. Baldwin ... 42 6 177 1 Sprot Langford... 26 2 93 3 1Cnignell ... Llewellyn... 19 2 87 1 I Sprot bowled one wide. Second innings. O. M. R. W. . 18-2 5 45 4 , . 7 2 25 1 O. M. R. W. 16 2 68 1 13 0 79 2 SOMERSETSHIRE v. KENT. Played at Taunton on August 11, 12 and 13. Kent won by 210 runs. In this match Somerset won the toss, but thinMng that the wicket would be very difficult at first, S. M. J. Woods put his opponents in. For a time his policy seemed likely to be successful, for half the Kent wickets fell for 40, and when nine were down the total was only 80. But Blythe and Fairservice then upset all calculations, and in the course of an hour, by some brilliant hitting, added 98 runs for the last wicket, so that when the innings came to an end it did not seem that anything had been gained by Somerset in sending their opponents in. In the time remaining for play Somersetshire at first did very badly, losing half their wickets for 84, but Robson and Woods then made a determined stand, and without being separated brought the total to 109. Thus on paper there seemed very little to choose between tne two sides at the end of the day. But on Friday Woods, who had made 40 overnight, was soon disposed of, and alfhourh Robson continued to play a fine game, the bowling of Mason was fatal to the tail. Kent, with a 1-ad of 16. lost Humphrey with the total at 3, but 8eymour and Hearne brought the score to 49 for the second wicket, and then Kent began to go ahead, thanks to splendid play by Hearne, Day, Mason, and Marsham, and when stumps were drawn the score was 331 for five wickets. Day and Hearne put on 74 for the third wicket, and Day and Mason 56 for the fourth ia half an hour, while later, Marsham and Mason, without being separated scored 137 while together for an hour and forty minutes, Mason being not out 100, and Marsham not out 50. Mason’s splendid innings came to an end immediately after the game was resumed on Saturday, and Marsham did not long survive him, but Hu >ble made a very useful 39' Somersetshire, who had to make 418 to win, began by losing four wickets in half an hour for 20 runs, and although they to some extent recovered from this bad t-tart, anu made a plucky effort to bring about a drawn game, the match was over shortly after half-past five. Palairet played a beautiful innings, and Braund held out for three hours for his faultless 78; the two men between them scored 162 out of 201 made from the bat during the innings. K ent . First innings. Hearne, c Lee, b Cranfield 20 iiumphreys, c Phillips, b Cranfield ....................... 1 Seymour, b Robson ..........14 S. H. Day, b Robson.......... 0 Second innings, lbw, b Palairet .. 60 c Martyn,bCran- tield................. 8 b Palairet ..........26 c Johnson, b Pal- airet.................71 c Lee, bLewis ...10J J. R. Mason, b Cranfleld ... R. N. R. Blaker, c Braund, b Cranfleld........................28 b Braund C. H. B. Marsham, c Braund, b Cranfleld..........12 Hubble, c Lee, b Braund ... 0 Huish, lbw, b Braund .. 0 Fairservice, not out ..........26 Blythe, b Robson................70 B 1, lb 3, w 2.......... 6 10 Total.. ...178 c Lee, b Lewis .. 68 not out.................39 b Robson .......... 7 c Palairet,b Cran­ field .................10 st Martyn,bCran- field................. 2 B10, lb 2, nb 1, w 3 16 Total ..........401 S omerset . First innings. L. C. H. Palairet, b Blythe 8 Braund, c Blaker, b Mason 8 P. R. Johnson, run out ... 14 F. A. Phillips, c Hearne, b Blythe............................... 0 b Mason Lewis, o Huish, b Mason ... 0 b Blythe Robson, c Hubble, b Blythe 58 b Mason S. M. J. Woods, c Huish, b Mason...............................46 b Blythe H. Martyn, c Fairservice, b Mason........ . ................. 6 F. M. Lee, b Mason .......... 1 Second innings, c Huish, b Mason 79 c Mason, b Hum­ phreys ..........78 b Mason .......... 8 J. Daniell, not out Cranfield, b Mason B 7, lb 3, w 1 Total ... 3 ... 7 ... 11 ...162 not out................. c Huish, b Hum­ phreys .......... b Humphreys ... b Humphreys ... B4, lb 1,nb 1... Cranfield .. Braund .. Hobson ... Lewis Palairet ... K ent . First innii gs. O. M. R. W, 25 6 87 6 12 11*3 8 2 2 35 4 83 4 0 Lee Phillips 13 4 2 ... 3 ... 0 ... 0 ... Total ..........207 Second innings. O. M. h. W. ...26 1 4 72 3 ... 82 7 90 1 3 78 1 10 70 2 4 1 0 19 27 20 3 2 6J 3 6 0 14 0 Cranfleld bowled two wides, Palairet one, and Lewis two wides and one no-ball.