Cricket 1904

A u g . 25, 1904. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S57 SUSSEX v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Brighton on August 18, 19 and 20. Drawn. The chief features of the first dav’s cricket in this match were the mistakes in the field made by Sussex, a good but exceedingly lucky innings by Hirst, steady bowling, and batting of such a tedious kind that spectators began to wonder whether the Yorkahire- men had not made up their minds from the first to play for a draw. The wicket was quite easy, but in the course of four hours and a quarter, duriDg which the game was in progress, only 264 runs were made. Every batsman who made runs was missed with the exception of Ernest Smith, who played by far the most attractive innings of the day. Haigh was atthe wickets for nearly half an hour before he made a run; When stamps were drawn at a quarter past five owing to the bad light, followed by rain, seven wickets were down, and Hirst was not out 95. On Friday the rate of scoring was as slow as on the previous day, although Hirst was not loDg about the 36 runs which completed his innings. Altogether he was batting for three hours and a half. When Sussex went in there were hopes that some bright cricket would be seen, for in the first half hour Fry and Yine made 45 runs. But afterwards flaigh and Rhodes, following the example of the Sussex men, bowled wide of the wicket, and the batsmen declined to hit. In the first hour and a half after lunch Vine only made 10 runs. But Fry, despite the number of balls which he would not hit, played a splendid game, and was only two hours and a half in reaching his hundred. It looked as if the two men would play out time, but after batting for three hours and ten minutes Vine was tempted and fell, having helped Fry to put up 186 for the first wicket. The Yorkshiremen still continued their tactics of playing for a draw, and Killick, who succeeded Vine, was as obstinate as his predecessor in declining to take any ri-ks; hence, whence stumps were drawn, he had only scored 10 after being at the wickets for nearly three-quarters of an hour. The total was 231 for one wicket, of which Fry claimed 160; he had been at the wickets for three hours and fifty minutes, during which he hardly made a mistake. It was quite a foregone conclusion that the match would end in a draw on Saturday, and the only remaining interest in it was whether Fry would be able to raise his score to two hundred. He accomplished this feat easily enough, without any indecent hurry, for the third time this season. His innings lasted for six hours anda quarter, and includedtwenty-seven 4's and sixty-four singles. It was a fine innings, in which patience was a predominant feature. After Fry left the cricket was still slow, but the innings eventually came to an end. Sussex had a lead of 85, and the Yorkshiremen methodically played out time. In some ways the match was one of the most uninterest­ ing ever seen at Brighton. Y orkshire . First innings. Second innings. H. Wilkinson, c Butt, b Cox 3 lbw, b Relf......... 7 Grimshaw, c Cox, b Relf ... 7 not out................32 Denton, b Killick.......................................... 49 b Vine............... \.. 26 Tunnicliffe, c Leach, b Cox 34 Hirst, c Heygate, b Cox ...121 Rhodes, b Cox ......................................................... 8 E. Smith, c Latham, b Relf 29 Haigh, c Fry, b Killick ... 22 b Vine................10 Lora Hawke, c Butt, b Cox 6 Myers, c Ranjitsinhji, b Cox 0 Hunter, not out ......................................................... 3 B 8, lb 4, w 1, nb 2 ... 10 Total........................292 S ussex . B P, lb 4, nb 1 1 Total. (3 wkts) 86 C. B. Fry, b Myers ...229 Vine, c Tunnicliffe, b Rhodes .................53 Killick, c Hunter, b H irst.......................10 K. 8. Ranjitsinhji, c Tunnicliffe, b Hirst 19 R.B.Heygate, b Smith 14 P. H. Latham, c Hun­ ter, b Hirst .......... 1 Relf, c and b Myers ... 21 C.L.A.Smith,cHunter, b Myers ... ... 11 Leach, c Tunnicliffe, b Myers ... .,. ... 0 Cox, b Myers ........ 0 Butt, not out ........ 3 B 6, lb 4, w2,nb4 16 Total ...377 Y orkshire . First innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. w . 44-5 16 103 6 ... ... 11 4 26 0 29 14 46 2 ... .. 10 2 14 1 37 11 83 2 ... ... 6 2 14 0 10 2 40 0 ... ... 3 0 13 0 2 0 10 0 ... ... 81 5 8 2 Cox .. R elf........ Killick .. Leach Vine........ Killick bowled one wide, Cox two no-balls, and Leach one no>ball. S ussex . O. M. R. W. Hirst ... 27 4 76 3 I Rhodes Myers ... 81-46 77 5 Smith Haigh ... 29 13 43 0 1 Smith bowledtwo wides, Myers two no-balls, and Hirat and Haigh one no-ball each. O. M. R.W . 66 23 92 1 30 6 73 1 WORCESTERSHIRE v. GLOUCESTER­ SHIRE. Played at Worcester on August 18, 19 & 20. Drawn. To the general surprise of the Worcestershire men, Jessop, on winning the toss, decided to put his opponents in, although when play began three of his men, including Dennett, had not arrived. The wicket was easy enough, and Worcestershire ran up a good score. H. K. Foster and Bowley gaye the side a useful send off by scoring 73 in forty minutes for the first wicket, and although after Foster was dismissed three other men were soon out, Arnold played a great game and was well backed up. He made his first hundred of the season after batting for about three hours, and his hits included fourteen fours and a seven (four for an overthrow). Glou­ cestershire had to bat for twenty-five minutes, and made 37 without loes, Wrathall being not out 23 and E. Barnett not out 10. These two players brought the total to 89 on Friday morning before they were separated, Wrathall making 60 of them by excellent cricket in an hour and a quarter. Barnett played an exceedingly steady and careful innings, and was batting for three hours and three quarters for his 76. Nearly all the rest of the team played good cricket. Jessop made 42 in thirty-five minutes, and Champain, who, when stumps were drawn with the total at 387 fcr 8 wickets, was not out 82, was in splendid form. As things went on Friday it seemed that in putting Worcestershire in first Jessop had been well-advised. On Saturday Champain was not on the ground when the match was resumed, and the innings came to an end in a few minutes. Worcestershire had to go in against a balance of 69 runs, and it soon became evident that the game must end in a draw, for nearly all the batsmen were in good form and made useful scores. W orcestershire . First innings. H.K. Foster, cBoard,bHug- gins ............................... 43 Bowley, b Jessop............... 53 W.S. Caldwell, c Brownlee, b Jessop ........................ 5 Pearson, c Barnett, b Den­ nett ............................... 7 Arnold, c Brownlee, b Spry 111 Wheldon, c Barnett, b Hug­ gins ....................... ... 18 W.B.Burn8,c Board, b Spry 42 Gaukrodger, c Champain, b Spry...............................24 Bird, not out........................10 Wilson, c Brownlee, b Spry 3 Keene,c Champain, b Jeseop 0 B 3, w l ................. 4 Second innings, c Champain, b Dennett.............62 b Jessop ..........60 c Brownlee, b Spry.................37 c JesBop, b Den­ nett .................16 c Champain, b Wrathall............86 b Spry................... 26 st Board, b Den­ nett ... ............ 12 run out .......... 8 not o u t................ 4 c Barnett, b Den­ nett ................. 6 c Spry, b Dennett 2 B 14, w 4, nb 1 19 Total.. ...320 Total G l OUCEBTERBHIRE. ...327 Wrathall, c Gaukrod­ ger, b Bird ....... 60 E. Barnett, c Bowley, b Peaison.............73 Sellick, b Wilson ... 15 C.O.H.Sewell.b Keene 32 G.L.Jes8op,cWheldon, b A rnold ..............42 * F. H. B. Champain, retired ..............82 Board, c Wheldon, b Pearson ................. L D.Brownlee,b Pear­ son ........................ Spry, c and b Pearson Huggins, b Wilson ... Dennett, not out B 14, lb 6, w4, nb 2 26 Total..........389 Second innings E. Barnett, not out, 20; Sellick, not out, 14; Board, lbw, b Bowley, 36; b 4, nb 1.— Total (one wicket) 75. •Champain arrived on the ground too late on the third day to continue his innings. W orcestershire . First innings. O. M .R .W . 32 6 117 2 . 27*5 16 69 3 . 60 16 94 1 11 2 364 , Wrathall . Huggins bowled one wide and one no-ball, Spry three wides and Dennett one wide. Huggins... Jes8op ... Dennett... Spry.......... Second innings. O. M .R .W . 8 56 0 8 16 1 7 124 5 4 46 2 0 , 26 14 . 39-5 17 17 G loucestershire . Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Keene ..........,16 2 64 1 .......... 4 1 17 0 Pearson...........35 9 71 4 .......... 2 0 15 0 Arnold .. ....40 9 94 1 W ilson ........... 291 2 96 2 B ird............... .10 4 45 1 H. K. Foster .. 2 0 4 0 Caldwell .......... 5 1 17 0 Bowley .......... 4 0 21 1 Pearson bowled two wides and two no-balls.. H. K. HAMPSHIRE v. KENT. Played at Tonbridge on August 18 and 19. Kent won by eight wickets. Throughout this match the bowlers had much the best of matters, and the game was very nearly finished in one day. With the exception of Johnston, who went in at the fall of the second wicket with the total at 19, and carried his bat, none of the Hamp­ shire men could make any resistance to the bowling of Blythe. Kent found Hesketh-Prichard and Baldwin almost as difficult as Blythe had been, and the only men who could play them with confidence were Seymour and Mason. Hampshire went in a second time with a 1alance of 23 against them, and again fared badly. The only long stand during the innings was made by Bowell and Katinakis, an Isle of Wight player, who increased the total by 46 in half an hour. Bowell made some splendid hits in his 42, among them being a drive out of the ground and five fours; Katinakis remained at the wickets for an hour for his 16 not out, and showed a strong defence. The innings closed just before the end of the day, and Kent were left to make 63 to win. This they did without difficulty on the next morning. H ampshire . First inningB. Webb, b Blythe ... ... .;. 7 Bowell, b Fielder i. .. ..I 2 Major R. M .Poore, st Huish b Blythe ........................ 7 A. C. Johnston, not out ... 37 Llewellyn, b Blythe ..........11 Stone, b Blythe ... ... ... 0 G. D. Katinakis, c Seymour b Blythe ........................ 2 D. A. Steele, lbw, b Blythe 0 Langford, c Huish, b Blythe 2 H. Prichard, b Blythe ... 0 Baldwin, c Fairservice, b Blythe .......... ..........10 B 8, lb 4, w 1 ..........13 Total..; .......... ... 91 Second innings, c Humphreys, b Blythe .......... 8 b Humphreys ... 42 c Huish, b Blythe 2 lbw, b Mason ... 0 b Blythe .......... 0 b Blythe .......... 4 not out.................16 lbw,b Humphreys 0 c & b Humphreys 8 b Blythe .......... 1 c Humphreys, b Blythe .......... 0 Byes .......... 4 Total ..........85 Llewellyn, Prichard... b Baldwin ... not oat.......... Foster two wides and Caldwell a no-ball. K ent . First innings. Second innings. Hearne (A.), b Baldwin ... 6 not oat................. Humphreys, c Katinakis, b Prichard ........................ 13 Seymour, b Baldwin..........38 S. H. Day, b Prichard ... 1 J. R. Mason, c and b Llewellyn........................ 20 '< t C. H. B. Marsham, b Pri- * ch ard ................................ ti- 6 R. N. R. Blaker, b Baldwin 0 Huish, st Stone, b Baldwin 12 Fairservice. lbw, b Baldwin 3 Blythe, b Prichard .......... 6 Fielder, not out .......... 0 B 9. w 1 ... .........10 Wide Total w. 8.........114 Total (2 wkts) 65 H ampshire . Fielder ... Blythe ... Hearne ... Fairservice Prichard... Baldwin ... Langford Llewellyn First innings. O. M. R. W. ....... 9 2 18 1 ... ....... 22*4 14 30 9 ... . 7 1 18 0 ... , . 7 4 12 0 ................ Mason ......... ... Humphreys.......... I Fielder bowled a wide. K ent .' First innings. O. M. R. W . 14*4 6 37 4 ., 20 7 49 6 .. 1 . 1 0 0 „ 6 0 18 1 ., Johnston Second innings. O. M .R .W . 15*3 3 46 6 4 16 1 2 19 3 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 2 ... 9 ... 10 26 27 1 0*1 Llewellyn and Prichard each bowled a wide. SURREY v. MIDDLESEX. AN E XCITIN G FIN ISH . Played at Lord’s on August 18, 19 and 20. Middlesex won by two wickets. There was no advantage in winning the toss in this match. On the one hand the wicket was perhaps a little less difficult before lunch on the first day than it was afterwards; on the other hand the ball travelled much more quickly in the afternoon than in the morning, while on the second day the conditions were about the same for either side, and on Saturday