Cricket 1904

A ug . 18, 1904. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 349 THE SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM. THE DERBYSHIRE MATCH. (TWENTY-FIRST OP THE TOUR.) Played at Derby on August 15, 16, and 17. Abandoned. The South Africans had to do without the assistance of J. H. Sinclair in this match on account of his marriage on Monday. The wicVet was slow when they batted. but they did not seem to understand its pace, and although heavy showers kent the wicket wet the bowlers had always the best of the situation. Not one of the visitors ever got really going, and they were all out for 120. There was no more cricket during the day owing to rain. On Tuesday the wicket was slow and not very easy, but most of the Derby­ shire men made runs. Wright, and Ollivierre began well, and later Ashcroft and Storer played very fine cricket, the latter scoring his 93 runs in two hours. With a balance against them of 163, the South Africans began badly by losing Shalders and Hathom for seven runs between them, but Tancred and Mitchell then made a fine stand. They seemed cer­ tain to play out time, but with the last ball of the day Mitchell was out for a well-played 34. The total was then 90 for three wickets. Tancred not out 44. There was no play yesterday owing to rain, S outh A fbicahs . Firet innings. Second innings. L. J. Tancred. run out ... 16 W . A. Shalders. h Cadman. 19 M.'Hathorn, b Warren ... 18 F. Mitchell, c Humphries, b Cadman .......... ... 1 G. C. White, c Humphries, b Warren ... .................11 R. O. 8cbwarz, b Bestwick. 12 S. J. Snooke. b Warren ... 19 E. A. Halliwell, not out ... 4 8. E. Horwood, c Lawton, b W arren ........................ 0 J. J. Ko»ze, c Ollivierre, b Bestwick .......... 5 J.Middleton, b Warren ... 1 B 7, w 5, nb 8 .......... 15 not ou t.. b Bestwick... c Needham, Storer c Needham, Cadman ... .. 44 ... 5 b Total ... ...120 B 4, w 1 .......... 5 Total ..........90 D kbbybhire . L. G. Wright, c and b Schwarz .................82 C.A.Ollivierre. cHalli­ well, b Middleton ... 25 Storer, b Kotze E. M. Ashcroft, b Bnooke A. E. Lawton, b Kotze Warren, c Mitchell, b Middleton .......... 63 11 Humphries, b White.. 14 Needham, b White ... 7 Cadman, c Halliwell, b Snooke ... .......... 6 Morton, not ou t........ 14 Bestwick, c Schwarz, b White ................. 4 B 1, lb 2, w 2 ... 5 Total...............283 Warren Bestwick Cadman... Second innings. O. M. R. W. 5 20 0 14 35 1 6 1 24 1 0 0 S outh A fricans . First innings. O. M. R. W . 19 5 3 60 5 ... 18 2 34 2 ... 6 111 0 ... Storer... Lawton Warren bowled one wide, and Bestwick four wides and three no-balls. D erbyshire . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W . Kotze .. 24 6 73 2 |Schwarz .. 13 0 86 1 Middleton.. 18 1 68 2 Snooke ... 7 2 14 2 White ... 11*2 0 47 3 | Middleton and Schwarz each bowled one wide. WORCESTERSHIRE v. KENT. Played at Worcester on August 15,16 and IT. Kent won by nine wickets. The Worcestershire batsmen did not distinguish themselves on Monday, for although the wicket was not difficult the wind came to the assistance of Fielder, who took six wickets for 40 runs. Huish was in fine form at the wicket, making four catches. For a time Kent fared just as badly as their opponents, but after they had lost three wickets for 26 runs, J. R. Mason and Humphreys played out time, increasing the total by 126 runs. Mason was not out 72 and Humphreys not out 65. Arnold was bowling for nearly two hours without a rest, although both batsmen scored freely. On Tuesday morning Mason was soon out, but Humphreys continued to play a great game, ancj, with Marsham as a partner, put on 147 for the fifth wicket. Marsham was out with the total at 306, and at 310 Humphreys left after playing splendid cricket for four hours. Towards the end of the innings Blaker played a brilliant game for an hour, and Blythe made a useful score, so that Worcestershire had to go in again against a balance of 267. Bowley and Wheldon began the Worcester­ shire second innings and put up 114 for the first wicket, but both, as well »s Caldwell, were out before stumps were drawn, with the total at 156. H. K. Foster was not out 30. Yesterday Foster played beautiful cricket on a wicket which was slow but easy after heavy rain during the night, we was not very well backed up, but Pearson and Bird played well, and the innings defeat was saved before lunch. There was no play after lunch until half-past four owing to another heavy downpour. Eventually Kent had to make 81 runs to win in about three-quarters of an hour. Blaker and Day, who can both hit. made a victory just possible, and Mason accomplished the rest. It was a splendid finish. W orcestershire . First innings. Bowley, b Blythe.......... 8 Pearson, b Fielder ..........18 H. K. Foster, b Humphreys 23 W. S. Caldwell, c Huish, b Fielder...............................33 Arnold, c Mason, b Fielder 21 Wheldon, c Huish,b Fielder 10 W . B. Burns, c Huish, b Fielder...............................14 Bird, c Huish. b Mason ... 16 ^ ilson, c Blaker, b Fielder 0 Mortimer, b Mason ......... 4 Keene, not out ................. 3 B 3, lb 1, w 2, nb 2 ... 8 Total ... ...153 Second innings, c Mason, b Hum­ phreys ... . 66 c Mason.b Fielder 26 cHuish,b Hearne 119 b Hearne .......... 0 b Hearne ..........11 c Mason, b Hum­ phreys ..........50 b Blythe .......... 1 b Hearne ..........28 c Mason,bHearne 24 b Blythe .......... 7 not out................ 4 B 1, lb 8, w 2 11 Total .........347 Hearne, b Arnold ... Humphreys, c and b Wilson .................143 Seymour, b Wilson ... 1 S. H. Day, c Foster, b Arnold ... ......... 6 J. R. Mason, b Arnold 76 G. H. B. Marsham, b Bowley .................73 K ent . 4 R. N. R. Blaker, Wilson .......... Huish, b Wilson Fairservice, not out Blythe, c Bowley, Wilson .......... Fielder, b Arnold B 8, lb 1 ... Total ... b ... 66 ... 7 ... 25 b ... 10 ... 0 Second innings.—Blaker, c Pearson, b Arnold, 25; Day, not out, 83: Mason, not out, 23; w 1. Total (1 wkt), 82. Fielder ... Blythe Mason Fairservice Humphreys W orcestershire . First innings. O. M. R. W . ... 25 11 44 6 ... Second innings. O. M. R .W . 27 8 2 7 8 67 1 , 3 20 2 ... 1 4 0 ... 4 10 1 ... Hearne . 24 , 36 , 20 , 21 . 22 7 62 9 70 4 47 7 52 7 34 28 2 10 71 Fielder bowled two wides and one no-ball, and Mason one no-ball. Fairservice and Blythe each bowled a wide. K ent . First innings. O. M. R. W. Arnold ..........44’4 10 112 4 , Wilson .......... 39 6 143 6 Keene .........: 9 I 27 0 Bird................. 13 1 54 0 . Pearson.......... 9 0 56 0 . Bowley .......... 6 0 19 1 . Second innings. O. M. R. W. 0 0 0 4 4 C*5 34 14 Arnold bowled one wide. MIDDLESEX v. LANCASHIRE. Played at Lord’s on August 15, 16 and 17. Abandoned. The conditions under which cricket was played at Lord’s on Monday were anything but pleasant, for a high and gusty wind, blowing from the pavilion end, was so unpleasant that players and spectators alike were inconvenienced. Middlesex were batting all day, and lost nine wickets for 312 runs. The men on the side who usually make runs quickly were none of them comfortable with the bowliDg, and it was left to the two Beldams, both batsmen whose methods are very cautious, to make most of the runs. The cousins were together for an hour and fifty minutes, during which the total was increased from 76 to 191 by sound and careful crioket. Things went well with the home team until the last half hour, when several wickets fell. G. W. Beldam's fine innings lasted for four hours, and he hardly made a mistake while he was *t the wickets. He scored exactly half of the runs while he was batting. Palmer, the Uppingham boy, played one of the brightest innings of the day. On Tuesday the last wicket was not taken until the partnership had produced 66 runs in fifty-five minutes, and Lanca­ shire had to face a much higher total than had been anticipated. Things did not go at all well with them, and although Maclaren played steadily for an hour, and Poidevin played a fine game, Trott and Wells bowled so finely that when the innings came to an end Lancashire were 189 runs behind, and were made to follow on. Two very serious disasters soon happened, and Wells disposed of both Spooner and Maclaren. The light was bad. and twenty minutes after the innings began an adjournment was necessary. The players turned out again, but in twenty minutes another adjournment was made and there w^s no more play. The total was 42 for two wickets, and thus Lancashire still required 147 to save the innings defeat. Yesterday it rained steadily all the morning, but eventually it was decided to play at four o’clock. But it was not until five o’clock that any attempt to resume the game was possible, and then with five runs added the game was abandoned. M iddlesex . P. F. Warner, c Ker­ mode, b Sladen ... 36 J. Douglas, c Findlay, b cJladen............... 80 G.W. Beldam, b Heap 119 E.A.Beldam,b Cuttell 48 B. J. T. Bosanquet, c Poidevin, b Kermode 16 C. M. Wells, c Findlay b Kermode ..........11 C. Palmer, b Heap ... 26 R. E. More, run out .. 3 A. E. Trott, b Ker­ mode . ................. 9 G MacGregor, c Ker­ mode. b Sladen ... 36 J. T. Hearne, not out 19 B 13, lb 3, w 1 ... 17 T o ta l.........869 L ancashire . First innings. Second innings. A. C. Maclaren, c Mac­ Gregor, b T rott................26 c and b Wells ... 1 R.H. Spooner, st Macgregor b Bosanquet .................15 b Wells Tyldesley,b Trott ......... 15 notout... L. O. S. Poidevin, c Douglas 14 . 20 b Trott Heap, c Hearne, b Trott ... Sharp, b Wells ................. A. H. Hornby, b Trott Cuttell, c Douglas, b Wells W. Findlay, lbw, b Wells... Sladen, c Palmer, b Trott... Kermode, not out .......... B 21, lb 3, w 2 .......... 40 notout... Total........................180 Total (2 wkts) 47 M iddlesex . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Heap... 28 12 53 2 1Kermode 42 11 107 3 Cuttell ... 40 11 115 1 |Sladen ... 29*3 6 77 3 Kermode bowled a wide. L ancashire . First inniDgs. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. G. W . Beldam 3 1 9 0 ... Bosanquet ... 12 0 46 1 ... Trott .......... 31*4 10 59 6 ... 13 5 Hearne .......... 11 5 10 0 ... ... 3 3 Wells .......... 11 3 30 3 ... ... 11 5 Bosanquet bowled two wides. SOUTHGATE v. HAMPSTE AD.—Played at South- gate. H abipstead . H. H. Walters, b J. C. Toller, c Vint, Lewis .......... ... 17 b Lewis ................. 15 F. J. Potter, c Paige, H. G. Dunkley, not b Lews ..........* ... 1 out .......... .......... 23 F. R. D. Munro, b A. Reid, st Bevington, Lewis.......... 13 b H. R. Ford .......... 18 H. 8. Maclure.c Paige, H. Freeman,st Beving- b Lewis ................. 11 ton, b Lewis .......... 3 R. G. Hebert, c Vint, L. Brnchi, b Lewis ... 12 b Lewis ................. 48 Byes ................. 2 J. H. Ash, b H. R. F ord ........................ 3 Total ..........149 S outhgate . J. C. Bevington, c Hebert, b Brachi ... 40 F. S. Lewis, lbw, b Brachi .................39 J. C. Ford, b Brachi... 29 E. S. Vint, c Toller, b M unro................ 21 H. R. Ford, b Brachi is R. S. Dickson,bBrachi 12 R. E. Paige, c Keid, b Dunkley .......... 6 8. W . Scott, lbw, b Brachi .................. 9 B. W. Sharp, b Hebert ....................21 H. G. Rowley, nut out ......................... o H. J. Ricketts, not out ......................... o Extras .......... 0 Total...........196