Cricket 1904

380 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S ept . 1, 1904 THE SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM. T H E S U R R E Y M A T C H . TW E N TY-FO U RTH OF THE TOUR. A LAST W ICKET PARTN ERSH IP OF 129. Played at the Oval on August 29, 30 and 31. Abandoned. The visit of the South African team to the Oval on Monday attracted a large crowd, who saw some of the most interesting cricket imaginable. There was no fault to be found with the wicket, but when Surrey went in Kotze bowled so fast that he fairly beat many of the batsmen by pace alone. Surrey did not make a good beginning by any means, for at 22 Hayward was bowled by Kotze, at 27 Hayes was run out, while Nice was dis­ missed before he had settled down. In the meantime Raphael had been playing Kotze beautifully, seeming to find him quite easy. Crawford made a useful stand with him, and things seemed to be going very well when at 90 Raphael was bowled for a wonderfully good 56, which had taken him a little more than an hour to compile. Then disasters came thickly, and Tancred took four wickets for 10 runs in four overs. Nine wickets were down for 107 runs, when Stedman, the last man, joined Goatly, and from this moment the fortunes of the game changed. At lunch time the two men were still to­ gether with the total at 141, but although they had played the bowling easily enough no one dreamed of what was to follow. After lunch it gradually began to dawn on the spectators that the two batsmen, who continued to make runs, were really masters of the situation. This was no last wicket stand of the kind in which the batsmen pile up runs by sheer cheek and good luck. It was a stand in which the men picked out the right ball to hit, and hit it with the driving part of the bat. Runs came so quickly that when the partnership was broken after it had lasted for an hour and a quarter, the total had been increased by 129. The two men well deserved the loud applause which they received. But despite the unexpected addi­ tion to the Surrey total, the South Africans had to face such a small score that there seemed no reason to suppose they would not easily exceed it. Yet, thanks partly to a run out, and chiefly to some fine bowling by Nice, four wickets fell for 39; and, but for some brilliant hitting by Sinclair, who was in his very best form, and a stubborn resist­ ance by White, there might have been a bad breakdown. Sinclair made 41 runs out of 50 in half an hour, and a more attractive innings it would be impossible to imagine. Before stumps were drawn Halliwell was run out—a very near thing—and then Snooke and White laid themselves out to keep up their wickets. In this they succeeded with ease, both of them making some good hits in the last few minutes. It may be stated that, in the absence of Mitchell, on account of business, l l aliiwell acted as captain. On Tuesday there was some more remarkable cricket at the Oval. The interest began almost as soon as play was resumed, for McDonell at once broke up the partnership between White and Snooke. The two men had increased the score by 52 for the seventh wicket. With the next ball McDonell dis­ missed Horwood. Kotze was bowled by Nice directly afterwards, and Snooke was bowled by McDonell, who in the morning took three wickets for 2 runs. The last four wickets fell for 5 runs. Surrey, with a much longer lead than they could have antici­ pated then played the liveliest cricket. Hayward and Raphael put up 50 in thirty- five minutes, and Hayes helped Hayward to raise the total to 131 before the next wicket fell. Hayward, who was then joined by Goatly, was not out 94 at lunch time, and reached his hundred—his eleventh of the season—in less than two hours. He then began to hit brilliantly, making 22 off an over from White, by means of five 4’s and a 2, and went on in triumph until he only required three runs to complete his second hundred, when Sinclair succeeded in bowling him. Hayward was batting for three hours and ten minutes, but his last 97 runs were made in seventy-five minutes. Before he was out he brought his total for the season to more than 3,000 runs. Meanwhile Goatly, who had helped him to put on 181 for the third wicket in about an hour and a half, had been playing very well indeed. He sur­ vived until the total was ,329 ; he was batting for two hours, and there was no fault to be found with his cricket. Soon after five o’clock Raphael declared, leaving the South Africans to make 461 to win. Owing to the bad light stumps were drawn at twenty minutes to six, when 17 runs had been made without loss. There was no play yesterday owing to rain. S u r r e y . First innings. Hayward, b Kotze .......... 9 J. E. Raphael, b Tancred ... 56 Hayes, runout ................. 2 Nice, b Eotze ................. 8 J.N.Crawford,c Halliwell, b K o tz e ..............................18 Baker,cHalliwell.b Tancred 4 Davis.stHa'liwell.bTancred 3 H. C. McDonell, b Tancred 0 Goatly, lbw, b White..........76 b Sinclair ... Montgon^pry, b Kotze ... 0 Stedman, not ou t............................................ 41 Second innings, b 8 inclair ... .. 197 b White .......... 22 b Schwarz..........31 not ou t.. b Snooke b Snooke B 11, lb 5 .................16 Halliwell, Kotze B 10, lb 2 Total ................ 236 Total (7 wkts) 363 * Innings declared closed. S ou th A fricans . First innings. Second innings. L. J. Tancred, b Nice............. 9 not out................ 7 W . 8h*lders, run o u t..................................................25 M. Hathom, b Nice .................................................. 2 R. O. Schwarz, b Nice ... 0 J. H. Sinclair, b Nice......... 41 G. C. White, b McDonell... 27 not ou t................ 8 E. A. Halliwell, run out ... 0 S.J.Snooke,cMontgomery,b McDonell ........................23 S. E. Horwood, b McDonell 0 J. J. Kotze, b Nice ................................................. 0 J. Middleton, not out...................................................................... 0 B 6, lb 6 ................. 12 Byes .......... 2 Total ................. 139 Total ..........17 S u r r e y . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Kotze .......... 23 6 86 4 ... ... 14 2 45 1 Sine'air.......... 10 0 54 0 ... ... 14 1 85 2 Schwarz.......... 6 0 20 0 ... ... 14 2 49 1 Tancred.......... 11 2 43 4 ... ... 3 0 24 0 Snooke .......... 2 0 7 0 ... ... 9 1 89 2 White .......... 34 1 6 1 ... ... 14 0 69 1 Middleton ... 1 0 4 0 ... ... 10 1 40 0 S ou th A fricans First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R.W. N ice................. 22 7 43 5 ... ... 4 0 11 0 McDonell ... 15*1 6 46 3 ... Crawford......... 6 2 26 0 ... .*!! 3 1 4 0 Montgomery... 4 1 9 0 ... Davis .......... 1 0 3 0 ... C RICKET Report Sheets, lOd. per dozen, post free. Order of Going-In Cards, 7d. per dozen, post free. Cricket Score Books, 6d. and Is. each ; postage 2d. extra.—To be obtained at the Office of Cricket, 168. Upper Thames Street, London, B.C. THE BOURNEMOUTH FESTIVAL. SOMERSET v. HAMPSHIRE. Played at Bournemouth on August 29, 30 and 31. Abandoned. As the wicket on Monday was perfect it was anticipated that Somerset would make a large score against the weak Hampshire bowling. But on the whole the batting was disappointing, although three men, Major Hedley, Robson and H. Martyn, distinguished themselves. Hedley played a fine game at a time when his companions could do nothing with the bowling ; he was out just before lunch when the total was 119 for four wickets, his own score of 81 having been put together in an hour and fifty minutes by the best of cricket. Robson, who was only at the wickets for a little over three-qnarters of an hour, made some splendid hits in his 54, and Martyn was an hour and ten minutes in making his 58. Towards the end of the innings Johnston met with great success with leg-breaks. When Hampshire went in Sprot and Webb played excellent cricket after Bowell had been dismissed for two runs, but unfortunately for Hampshire Sprot was caught and bowled off the last ball o f the day. The total was then 99 for two wickets. Owing to rain cricket was only possible for two hours at Bournemouth on Tuesday, but although the conditions were greatly altered, Hampshire made the best of them, and when stumps were drawn their score was 241 for four wickets, so that they were only 39 runs behind. Webb and A. J. Hill both played splendid cricket. Hill made some magnifi­ cent hits, and he was only an hour and thirty-five minutes in making his 97. Webb, who was not out 79 at the end of the day, played careful cricket, and hardly made a serious mistake. Owing to rain there was no play yesterday. S o m e r se t . H. Martyn, c Baldwin, b Johnston ..........58 F. M. Lee, c and b Johnston.................25 H. 8 . Poyntz, b John­ ston ........................ 4 Hardy, n o to u t.......... 7 Leg-byes .......... 4 Total .. 280 L. C. H. Palairet, e Stone, b Baldwin ... 9 Major W. C. Hedley, lbw, b Johnston ... 81 J. Daniell, b Llewellyn 11 P. R. Johnston, run out ........................10 Braund, csub.,b Bald­ win ........................ 8 Robson, b Baldwin ... 54 S.M.J.Woods, c John­ ston, b Baldwin ... 9 H am psh ire . Webb, notout ..........79 i Capt.Wynyard,stMar- Bowell,c and b Braund 2 tyn, b Braund......... 1 E. M. Sprot, c and b A.C. Johnston, not out 2 Palairet .................61 B 8, lb 1 ........ A. J.L . Hill, b Braund 97 | __ Total (4 wkts) 241 Stone, Llewellyn, G. N. Bignell, Hesketh-Pri- chard, and Baldwin did not bat. S om erset . O. M. R. W. H.-Prichard 22 3 76 0 |Hill 5 81 4 ‘ 1 67 1 Baldwin ... Llewellyn 14 O. M. R. W. 8 I 28 0 Johnston 4-5 0 21 4 Wynyard 4 1 13 0 H am psh ire . Braund Hardy Robson O. M. R. W. 20 5 54 3 I Hedley . 15 5 61 0 Palairet , .13 4 49 0 O. M. R. W. .. 17 6 48 0 .. 5 0 20 1 SUSSEX y. KENT. Played at Hastings on August 29, 30 and 31. Abandoned. It can hardly be said that Kent made the best use of their opportunities on Monday, for they were all day at the wickets for a