Cricket 1904

358 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g . 25, 1904 the wicket had vastly improved. On the whole the total made by Surrey in the first innings was good under the circumstances, and it was not at all surprising that only a few batsman were equal to the occasion. Davis played an attractive innings, making thirty out of 45 in three-quarters of an hour, but half the side were out for 93, and at lunch time six wickets were down for 106. Meanwhile Hayes had been playing a bold game, taking risks as was necessary if runs were to be made, but hitting with much judgment. He survived until the total was 141. He made fifty-six out of 85 in an hour and twenty minutes, and hia fine batting bad a great deal to do with the excellent position held by Surrey at the close of th« day. The over in which Hayes was bowled by He*me was unfortunate for Surrey, for off the next ball (the third of the over) Lees was caught in the long field, and with the fifth Mont­ gomery was boiled, so that Hearne took three wickets in four balls. Nice and Stedman made a very useful 38 for the last wicket. The Middlesex men who batted were very uncomfortable with Lees and Cranford.' None of them looked like making runs, and when the day’s play ended at a quarter- past six, owing.to the bad light, four wickets were down for 69. On Friday the wicket was faster, snd the ball travelled more quicMy than on the previous day, but the bowlers always had the best of the situation. The fifth Middlesex wicket fell without any addition to the score ; seven men were out when the total was 83, and at 84 the eighth wicket fell. In the ei d Surrey had the very useful lead of 70. In their second innings Surrey soon lost Davis, but Hayward and Raphael played fine cricket, and at lunch time the score was 66 for one. Afterwards the bowlers, more especially Bosanquet, began to make themselves conspicuous, and when Hayward was stumped at 78 tor a beautiful innings of 83, and .Raphael left for an equally good 49, no one except Hayes could do anything with the bowling. Fortunately for burrey Hayes was again in brilliant form, and in the course of an hour’s delightful batting he made 61 out of 87, and for the second time in the match played an inning i which was of vast assistance to his side. Middlesex, with 260 to make, l^st Douglas and Warner before a run was soored, and before five minutes past six, when stump* were drawn on account of the bad light, Field and Bosanquet were both bowled by Crawford, who, si far, had taken three wickets for 11 runs in this innings. Unfortu­ nately for Surrey the wicket was greatly improved on Saturday, and after a splendid fight they were defeated. Wells and Beldam made a stubborn resistance to the lowlmg. and they were not separ­ ated until their partnership had produced 68 runs in a little less than two hours. Wells was then dis­ missed for 88, having helped to put a far betcer appearance on the game. M i Gregor came in and pUyed the slowest of cricket, and when he had been in tor an hour his score was only 17. Meanwhile Beldam was steadi y plodding on, and at lunch time he and iiacQregor were still together, with the score at 172. Thus Middlesex only required 78 to win with five wickets in hand. But soon after lunch Be'dam was caught and bowled when he had brought his total to 98, after playing the most patient cricxet for more than four hours. Of course his inninga was of the utmost value to his side, and ha 1 a great deal to do with its ultimate success. After Beldam’s dismissal tbe hopes of Surrey men rose, for Palmer and More were promptlv disp xsed of, and with only two Wickets in hand Middlesex still required runs to win. The game lecame extremely exciting, but MacGregor was playing a perfectly safe game, while Trott did not seem uncomfortable, and the score rapidly mounted until when three runs were required to wio MacGregor was missed in the slips off Lees, wuo had been exceedingly unlucky, beating his man time afcer time, only to see the ball just miss the wicket by a fraction of an inch. It was the last straw, and Middlesex won a splendid victory without further loss. Trott and MacGregor put on 64 runs in fifty minutes, and played the only attrac­ tive cricket seen during the day. MacGregor was tatting for two hours and three-quarters for his most valuable innings of *3, and once more proved himself to be one of the best men in England for a tight place. S ubbey . First innings. Second innings. Hayward, c Beldam,b Trott 14 st MacGregor, b Bosanquet ... 83 Davis, c Douglas, b Hearne 80 c Douglas,b Trott 6 J .E Raphael, c MacGregor, b Hearne ........................ ® lbw, b Bosanquet 49 Abel, c Beldam, b Trott ... 8 b Bosanquet ... 2 Hayes, b Hearne................. 66 c Douglas, b Bosanquet ... 62 J. N. Crawford, b Trott ... 7 c Palmer,bBosan- quet.................11 H olland, c Beldam , b Trott 1 b Uosanquet ... 0 M ontgom ery, b Hearne ... 10 c and b Wells ... 12 Lees, c Douglas, b Hearne. 0 not out............. 6 Nice, c Wells, b Bosanquet 26lbw, b Wells ... 6 Stedman, not out ..........10 lbw, b Wells ... 0 B 10,1b 2 .........................12 B 1, lb 2 ........... 8 M iddlesex . First innings. P. F. Warner, c Raphael, b Lees ........................ 14 J. Douglas, lbw, b Crawford 20 G. W. Beldam, b Lees 4 E. Field, b Lees ................. 6 B. J. T. Bosanquet, c Sted­ man, b Crawford ..........13 C. M. Wells, b Lees ..........26 C. Palmer, b Crawford ... 1 R. E. More, b Crawford ... 3 Trott (A. E.), b Lees......... 6 G. MacGregor, c Raphael, b Nice Second innings. b Lees................. 0 c Stedman, b Crawford....... 0 c and b Nice ... 98 b Crawford........ 7 b Crawford........ 1 c Hayes, b Nice.. 38 b N ice................ 0 b Crawford....... 3 not out ..........26 9 not out ... 63 Hearne (J. T.), not out ... 0 Byes .......... ................. 8 B9,lb2,wl,nb2 14 Total .................109 SORREY. Total (8wkts) 250 First inning3. Second innings. O. M. R .W . O. M. R. W. Hearne .......... 80 13 50 5 ... . . 8 1 20 0 Trott .......... 38 13 84 4 ... ... 18 2 42 1 Wells .......... 10 2 31 0 .. ... 65 0 22 3 Bosanquet ... 1-2 0 2 1 ... ... 19 0 75 6 Beldam ... 8 0 10 0 More ... ... 4 2 7 0 M iddlesex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O M. R .W . Lees................. 33 17 40 6 ... ... 83 5 13 60 1 Crawford 25 8 61 4 ... ... 36 11 72 4 Nice................. 7-3 3 10 1 ... ... 23 6 66 3 Montgomery 9 2 38 0 D-ivis ... ... 4 O 16 0 Hayes... ... 4 0 6 0 E ssex . Total ...179 Total . 179 Lees bowled one wide and two no-balls. ESSEX v. LEICESTERSHIRE. L’layed at Leicester on Aug. 18, 19 and 20. Essex won by nine wickets. There was some interesting cricket on the first day of this match. Essex making 46 for one wicket against a total of 814 by their opponents. Most of the Leicestershire men played good cricket, but by far the best inning* of the day was the 103 by A. E. Knight, who was at the wickets for two hours and a-quarter. His partnership with King produced 101 runs in an hour and twenty minutes. McGahey’s bowling proved very useful to Essex. On Friday McGahey and Turner took charge of the bowling, and put on 189 runs for the fourth wicket. McGahey was then run out after playiog almost perfect cricket for two hours and three-quarters. Turner was three hours in compiling his splendid innings of 102. After this partnership was broken there was a sur­ prising breakdown in the tatting against the bowling of Gill, who, after lunch, took five wickets for 84 runs, while in the course of the innings he took eight wickets for 91, a very fine performance indeed. The sudden downfall of the Essex batsmen was followed by an equally surprising collapse when Leicestershire went in again, and although De Trafford and Wood batted well, six wickets fell for 7#»fcefore the day’s piay ended. Thus Leicestershire with only four wickets in hand, were 96 runs on. The last four men made a splendid effort on Saturday to put a better appearance on the game, and although the effort came too late, it enabled Leicestershire to give their opponents the task of making 2C4 to win. Fane and Carpenter played a beautiful game, and put up 133 for the first wicket in less than an hour and three quarters, Carpenter making some brilliant hits. When Fane left, Perrin joined Carpenter, and the two men played out time. Carpenter was batting for two hours and twenty minutes for his excellent innings of 108 not out, and among his hits were seventeen 4’s. L eicestershire . First innings. Second innings. C. E. De Trafford, cCarpen- c Perrin, b Me­ ter, b Benham... 26 Gahey ............................ 20 C. J. B. Wood, c Reeves, b Keigwin .......................21 c Sewell, b Reeve 1 21 K. Joyce, c Fane, b Benham 32 st Littlehales, b McGahey........... 6 King, lbw, b Reeves........ 46 b McGahey............ 2 Knight, b McGahey ....... 103 c Turner, b Reeves ... .6 Whitehead, b McGahey ... 4 c Littlehales, b Reeves .............13 Coe, b M cGahey................. 9b Reeves ............ 7 Gill, c Perrin, b Reeves ... 7b Reeves ............36 W. W. OJell, not out .. 29 c and b Reeves ... 41 Allsopp, c Littlehales, b Mcutahey .......................18 b Benham ... ... 21 Whiteside, lbw, b Reeves ... 1 not o u t............... 4 B 10, lb 9 ..............19 B 7, lb 1 .............. 8 Reeves, c and b Coe... 7 Rev. C. G. Littlehales, not out .................19 Buckenham, b Gill ... 7 Benham, b G ill........ 10 B 10, lb 1, nb 3, w 1 16 F. L. Fane, b Gill ... 4 Carpenter, b Gill .. 27 P. A. Perrin, c King, b Gill........................18 C.H McGahey, run ont 88 A. J. Turner, c White­ head. b Gill ..........102 R. P. Keigwin, b Gill 0 Sewell, c Whiteside, b Gill ......................... 0 Second in n io g a F . L. Fane, c Whiteside, b Odell, 45; Carpenter, not out, 108; P. A. Perrin, not out, 32 ; B 16, nb 2, w 1.—Total (1 wkt) 204. L eicestershire . Total .. 297 Total.. :..814 Total First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Reeves ... 87.3 7 97 3 ... ... 26 8 83 6 Benham ... ... 26 1 92 2 ... . . . 4 0 9 1 Keigwin ... Buckenham ... 8 1 26 1 .. ... 3 0 9 0 .. .’ 9 1 24 0 Sewell......... ... 2 0 3 0 .. McGahey ... ... 14 1 68 4 .. !!! 30 13 62 3 E8SEX. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Gill .......... ... 34.1 6 91 8 .,........ 10 0 66 0 Oiell .......... ... 18 4 52 0 .. ,. ... 8 0 35 1 K in g .......... ... 12 3 20 0 .. . . . . 7 6 2 0 Allsopp ... 9 2 3) 0 .. . ... 11 4 35 0 Coe .......... ... 22 2 66 1 .. . ... 10 0 *26 0 Whitehead ... 4 1 19 0 .. ........ 7 0 32 0 Joyce.......... ... 3 0 11 0 . Gill delivered five no-balls, and Odell two wides. LANCASHIRE v. NOTTS. Played at Old Trafford on August 18, 19 & 20. Drawn. On the first day of the match Notts had the best of the game, and when stumps were drawn their score was 115 for two wickets against a total of .22 by Lancashire. Tyldesley was playing fine cricket when he was run out through a misunderstanding, and Spooner was in brilliant form for an hour and ten minutes, during which he scored 56. Later, Hornby and Sharp made a good stand, the former hitting finely and maWiog bis 60 in an hour. For Notts, Jones and Iremonger both seemed well set when the former was run out, and afterwards Iremonger and J. Gunn played steady cricket. On Friday Iremon­ ger played a careful game, his innings of 72 being put together in two hours and three-quarters, while G. Gunn played strictly defensive cricket for nearly four hours, carrying his bat in the end for 78. The only relief from the tedium of the slow play was the innings of Branston, who by very bright cricket made 33 out of 48 in half an hour. Lancashire made 36 for the lossof Maclareo before stumps were drawn. Tyldesley and Poidevin played fine cricket on Satur­ day morning, puttingon 116 runs in two hours during their partnership. But the rate of scoring was slow throughout the innings, and it soon became almost certain that the match must be drawn. The innings was declared at 286 for five wickets on the off chance that Notts might break down badly. LANCA8HIBE. First inninga. Second innings. A. C. Maclaren, b J. Gunn 18 b J. Gunn.......... 1 R.H. Spooner, c Jones, b J. Gunn ............................... 56 cBranston,bWass 18 Tyldesley, run out ......... 32 c and b Wass ...88 L.O.8. Poidevin, c Heming­ way, b Hallam................. 0 not out.............100 Heap, c Barber, b Wass ... 6 b Jones ........36 A. H. Hornby, b J. Gunn... 60 b Hallam ....... 23 Sharp, st Barber, b Hallam 22 not out................ 6 Cuttell, b Hallam................ 1 W . Parker, b J. Gunn ... 6 Kermode, b Hallam .......... 0 Worsley, not ou t.................18 B 7, nb 1 ................. 8 B 8 ,lb 4 ,w l,n b 1 14 Total ................ 222 Total (5 wkts) *286 •Innings declared closed. N otts . First innings. Second innings. A. O. Jones, run o u t ......... 18 Iremonger, c Spooner, b Heap ... .......................72 bKermode......... 3 Gunn (J.), b Heap ..........28 c Poidevin, b Parker ........16 Gunn (G.), not out ..........78 not ou t.............17 R.E. Hemingway,cSpooner, b Heap ........................ 4 not o u t.............. 0 Rev. H. Staunton, b Cuttell 2 Hardstaff, st Worsley, b Spooner ........................ 17 G. T. Branston, c Worsley, b Heap ........................83 W. D. Barber, b Poidevin... 7 Hallam, c Worsley, b Heap 0 Wass, c Hornby, b Heap ... 3 B 6, lb 3 ................. 8 Leg-bye •180 Total ...270 Total (2 wkts) 86