Cricket 1904

S ept . 1, 1904. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 373 THE SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM. THE KENT MATCH. T W E N T Y - T H I R D O F T H E T O U R . Played at Canterbury on August 25, 26 & 27. Kent won by 104 runs. Thera was eome most interesting cricket on the first day of this match, but the South Africans were unfortunate to have to bat at the end of the day in an exceedingly bad light for 40 minutes, during which they lost four wickets for 45. Alec Hearne and Humphreys put up 72 runs in a little over three- quarters of an hour for the first wicket, although the ball from the fast bowlers got up very awkwardly at times. The most attractive cricket of the day was seen during the partnership of J. R. Mason and Cap­ tain Livesay, who made 70 runs in half-an-hour, >itting the South African bowling all over the field. Livesay, who came into the team because Blaker was unable to play, was in brilliant form, and his innings of 78 was not only the highest but the best of the day. The total made by Kent was quite large for the wicket, which was never easy. With a heavy leeway to make up, the South Africans on Friday played a plucky uphill game, but when the day’s play ended thcre did not seem much chance that they would be able to pull the match out of the fire. With four of their bent batsmen out for 45 they were heavily handi­ capped, and although Hathorn, Schwarz, Mitchell and Snooke all played excellent cricket, the total of the first innings was nearly a hundred behind that of their opponents. When Kent went in again nearly every man on the side made a useful score, but the bowling was never collared and the visitors struggled desperately to put a better appearance on the game. White met with £reat success with the ball towards the end of the innings, doing the hat trick and taking five wickets for 46 runs. For the second time in the match the South Africans had to go in to bat at the end of the day for about forty minutes, and as in the first innings they fared badly, although they only lost two wickets instead of four. When stumps were drawn they still required 260 runs with eight wickets in hand. Although8chwarz batted well four more wickets fell on Saturday for the addition of 45 runs, so that the position of the South Africats seemed hopeless. But White and Halliwell made such a plucky and stubborn resistance that they put a far better appearance on the game, and then Kotze and Horwood by most vigorous cricket made 59 runs in a quarter of an hour, but the efforts of the tail were unavailing. Blythe bowled with great success. K e n t . First innings. Hearne, b Schwarz ..........37 Humphreys, b Snooke ... 49 Seymour, c and b Schwarz 0 S. H. Day, b Snooke......... 21 J. R. Mason, b Kotze... 39 Capt. R. O’Hara Livesay, rim out ...........................78 C. H. B. Mareham, b Sin­ clair .................................. 22 Hui8h, c and b Sinclair ... 7 Fairservice, not out ............ 14 Blythe, c Snooke, b Sinclair 4 Second innings. b Schwarz..........2 b Kotze ..........l b Kotze ..........l st Halliwell, b White .......... 4 st Halliwell, b White .......... K en t . First innings. O. M. R. W . Second innings. O. M. R. W. Koize ... 23-1 5 79 2 .. ... 11 4 39 2 Sinclair ... ... 21 3 73 3 ... ... 3 0 24 0 Schwarz ... ... 13 1 55 2 ... ... 13 1 46 3 White ... ... 4 0 21 0 ... ... 15 1 2 46 5 Snooke .. ... 8 2 33 2 ... ... 5 1 16 0 Tancred ... ... 3 0 10 0 Kotze delivered one no-ball and Snooke one wide. S outh A frican s . Fielder ... . Blythe ... . Fairservice . Mason ... . Humphreys Fielder delivered three and Mason one no-ball. inning?. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 13 4 68 2 ... ... 13 3 53 3 21 2 67 3 ... .. 24 5 5 76 6 8 3 17 0 ... ... 7 1 32 1 11 1 28 1 ... ... 2 0 5 0 12 6 19 4 ... ... 7 2 19 0 c Kotze.bSchwarz 1 Fielder, b Kotze B 13, nb 1 Total . ..285 b White .......... b Schwarz.......... not out .......... c M itch e ll, b White .......... b White .......... B 19, lb 5, w 1 25 Total .. 196 S o u th A fr ic a n s . First innings. L. J. Tancred, st Huish, b Blythe............................... 9 W. Shalders, c Hearne, b Fielder............................... 6 F. Mitchell, not out ......... 39 M. Hathorn, b Humphreys 41 G. C. White, b Fielder ... 7 c J. H. Sinclair, b Blythe ... 12 c R. O. Schwarz, c Hearne, b Mason...............................46 E.A .Halliwell,cFairservice, b Humphreys ................. 0 S. J. Snooke, b Blythe ... 11 S.E.Horwood,c Fairservice, b Humphreys ................. 8 J. J. Kotze. b Humphreys.. 4 B 3, lb 1, nb 1 .......... 6 Second innings, c 8eymour, b Fielder .......... c Huish,b Fielder c and b Blythe .. c Seymour, b Fielder ... ... < c Seymour, b Blythe .........‘ Seymour, b Blythe .......... c L iv e s a y , b Blythe ... j c Seymour, b Blythe ... b Fairservice c Seymour, Blythe ... not out.......... B 1, nb 3 G lo u c e ste r sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. THE CHELTENHAM W EEK . SURREY v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Played at Cheltenham on August 25 and 26. Surrey won by 119 runs. For the first time since July 2nd, when they beat DerJ yshire at Derby, Surrey succeeded in winning a match in the county championship, outplaying the Gloucestershire team from the first. For once their captain had a perfectly easy task in managing his bowling, for there was not the slightest necessity to change Crawford and McDonell in either innings. On the first day Surrey had much the best of the game, for they scored 206, and then dismissed their opponents f«.r 79. They began badly enough on a slow wicket by losing Davis and Raphael for 11 runs, but Nice then joined Hayward, and both batsmen hit so vigorously that when their partnership ended 95 runs had been put on in an hour and a-quarter. Nice played particularly attractive cricket, while Hayward played quite1the right game for his side. So far so good. But at lunch time six wickets were down for 121, and shortly afterwards eight for 135. Then once more Lees came to the assistance of his side, and hit with much energy, while he found a moat valuable partner in Baily, who contented him­ self with playing a quiet game. The two men put up P4 runs during their partnership of thirty-five min -ites, and quite altered the appearance of the i'ime. But for their useful stand Dennett would Have had a fine analysis, and even as it was he bowled exceedingly well. The Gloucestershire bat­ ting broke down so badly before Crawford and McDonell that just before the time for drawing stumps the side was out. The first five wickets fell for 62 , while the tail could do nothing with the Surrey bowling. Barnett played a fine defensive game, and, going in first, was last man out after staying at the wicket for about an hour and three quarters for his 15. On Friday the wicket was very difficult after heavy rain in the night followed by powerful sun­ light in the morning. With a useful lead of 127 Surrey began badly enough in their second innings by losing four wickets for 18, but, as in the first innings, Nice played resolute cricket, and scored a very plucky 44, which put a better appearance on the game. The rest of the team found it impossible to do much with Mills and Dennett, but thanks to their lead on the first innings Surrey were able to give Gloucestershire the task of making 219 to win. It was generally anticipated that this would be far too great for the home team, and as things turned out Crawford and McDonell again bowled so finely that no one except Jessop and Langdon could make any resistance against them. It is worthy of notice that McDonell and Crawford bowled unchanged through both innings, and that they each took ten wickets, seven in one innings, and three in the other. S urrey , First innings. Second innings. Hayward, c Wrathall, b Brown...............................53 Davis, c Barnett,b Dennett 5 J. E. Raphael, b Dennett .. 0 E.Barnett, c Montgomery,b M cD onell........................ 15 b Crawford 6 Wrathall, c McDonell, b cRaphael,bCraw- Crawford ........................ 7 ford ................. 4 W. S.A. Brown, c Stedman, b McDonell ................. 3 b Crawford.......... 6 C. O. H. Sewell, c Baily. b c Raphael, b Mc­ M cD onell........................ 21 Donell .......... 9 G. L. Jessop, st Stedman, b c McDonell, b McDonell ........................ 20 Crawford 23 F.H. B. Champain, b Craw­ ford ............................... 0 b Crawford 5 L-mgdon, lbw, b McDonell 4 c McDonell, b Crawford .. 23 Board, c and b McDonell... 5 cStedman,bCraw- ford ... 2 L. D. Brownlee, c Lees, b c Raphael, b Mc- McDonell ....................... 4 Donell .......... 1 Mills, b Crawford .......... 0 not ou t................ 2 Dennett, n->t ou t................. 0 c Hayward.b Mc­ Donell .......... 7 Extras........................ 0 B7, lb 2, w 1, nb 1 11 Total ................. 79 Total .......... 99 S u rrey . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Dennett.......... 36*5 9 117 7 ......... 20 Mills .......... 16 5 38 0 .......... 19 Jessop .......... 19 7 36 1 Brown .......... 3 1 11 1 Dennett bowled two wides. 62 38 G l o u c e ste r sh ir e , First innings. O. M. R. W. Crawford ... 176353 ..................... McDonell ... 162 3 44 7 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 17 16-4 Crawford delivered a no-ball and one wide. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK (2) v. I HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK.— Played at New Beckenham on August 27, L. a n d W . B a n k . F.W.Newcomb,b Rice 1 R. S. Hartree, run out 24 C. J. Crossley, c Covie, b Whistler ..........22 G.P.Rhodes,b Whistler 5 H. E. Muriel, b Thurs- field ........................ 9 W .E.RedingtoncCook, b Rice .................20 S. G. Tyte, b Rice ... 0 H. H. G. Wellborne,b Thursfield ..........23 H. E. Power, run out 7 A. M. Cockell, b Rice 0 A. Podmore, not out 3 B 10, lb 2, w 1, nb 1 14 Total ...128 H ong K ong & S h an g h ai B an k . First innings. M. A. Murray, b Power ... 0 T. H. Covill, b Rhodes ... 0 H. M. Cantrell, c Power, b Rhodes............................... 0 R. R. Whistler, b Rhodes... 8 H.R.C »ok,cHartree,bPower 1 K. F. Gordon, c Power, b Rhodes................................ 1 C. R. Rice, b Power ..........11 M. Grayburn, b Power ... 3 W.R.P.Thurefield, b Power 2 M. B. Lendrum, b Rhodes 0 T. M. Knott, not o u t......... 0 Byes ......................... 3 Total.......... Second innings. not out................. 6 run out................. 2 b Power b Power ..........21 c sub., b Hartree 13 not ou t................ 6 c Tyte, b Hartree 11 B 3, lb 1 ... 4 29 Total (5 wkts) 66 Nice, c Mills, b Jessop ... 51 Hayes, c Jessop, b Dennett 2 run out ......... 10 c Brown, b Mills 3 c Wrathall, b M ills................ 4 c Brown, b Mills 44 c Brownlee, b Mills................. 0 J. N. Crawford, c Mills, b Dennett ........................ 3 b M ills.................11 H. C. McDonell, c Jessop. b Dennett ........................12 lbw,b Dennett... 10 R. H. Baily, run o u t..........32 Total ...188 Total ...189 Montgomery, c Langdon, b Dennett ......................... 0 Lees, c Sewell, b Dennett... 42 Stedman, not out.................. 2 B 1,1b 1, w 2 ........... 4 Total...................... 2C6 lb b e c Wrathall, b D ennett.......... b Mills................. c Jessop, b Den­ nett ................. not out................. Leg-bye Total......... LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK (3) v. FOREST HILL (3).— Played at Forest Hill on August 27. L. & W . B a n k , A.S.Harton, b Baskett 8 J.L.Challis, b Baskett G. Logan, b Baskett W , H. Browne, b Bas­ kett ........................ C. F. G. Wellborne, b Baskett ................. S. Wood, b Jacobs ... W.J.Smith, c Roberts, b Sykes ................. C.H. Chapman, b Bas­ kett ........................ 0 W .Horncastle,c and b Sykes........................15 T. C. Sampson, b Sykes....................... 2 V. E. Thomson, not out ........................13 B 14, lb 4, w l,n b 1 20 Total . ...138 F orest H il l . J. G. Trotter, b Wood S.F. Trotter, b Harton C. Moore, b Wood ... H.Sykes, c Horncastle, b H arton................. C. Barham, b Wood... W . Frowd,b Wood ... F. Roberts, not out ... T.Vernon .retired hurt C. Balkwill, b Wood H. Jaoobs, c and b Harton ................. L.H .Baskett,bHarton B 7, lb 2 .......... Tota .........