Cricket 1904

S ept . 8, 1904. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 389 THE SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM. THE SCARBOROUGH FESTIVAL. THE MATCH AGAINST YORKSHIRE. ( t w e n t y - f if t h of t h e t o u r .) Played at Scarborough on Sept. 1, 2 and 3. Drawn. The South Africans were unfortunate in winning the toss, for as things turned out the wicket was very difficult before lunch on the first day, whereas it improved rapidly afterwards. The visitors began very badly by losing Tancred, Shalders and Mitchell for 11 runs, while Sinclair went at 27. White then played a determined and plucky game, but despite his efforts six wickets were down for 44. Halliwell made a most useful stand with White, and although he only made 11 runs, his innings was of considerable value to the side. But before lunch the last wicket fell. Afterwards the Yorkshiremen found runs very difficult to make at first, and Jackson served his side well by holding his own for an hour, by which time the wicket had become easier. Tunnicliffe and Denton then came together, and after mastering the bowling, proceeded to make runs at a great pace until their partnership had produced 181 runs in about two hours. Denton was dis­ missed just before time for a brilliant innings of 119, while Tunnicliffe carried his bat for 64. On Friday Tunnicliffe increased his overnight 6core by 16, and as most of the Yorkshiremen made runs, the total was 387, so that Yorkshire had a lead of 285. Of these the South Africans knocked off 115 before stumps were drawn, losing two wickets in the process. Tancred played a great game and was not out 64. On Satur­ day there was so much rain in the morning that no play took place until ten minutes to three, when it was found that the wicket was very soft, but not difficult. Of course the South Africans had nothing to hope for but a draw, and they laid themselves out with determination to play out time. Tancred played exceedingly well, and remained at the wickets until his side was very nearly safe, and Mitchell and Schwarz afterwards accom­ plished all that was necessary. Mitchell’s innings of 57 not out was invaluable, and he and Tancred pulled the match out of the fire. S outh A frican s . First innings. Second innings. L. J. Tancred, b Hirst ... 4 c Tunnicliffe, b Rhodes ......... 1C1 W. A. Shalders, b Hirst ... 3 c Hawke, b Hirst 17 M. Hathorn, c Tunnicliffe, b Rhodes ........................ 11 c Hunter, b Hirst 10 F. Mitchell, c Hirst, b Rhodes ........................ 4 not ou t................57 J. H. Sinclair, c Denton, b Rhodes.............................. 8 c Hirst,b Jackson 10 G. C. White, b Jackson ...49 c D e n to n , b „ _ _ . Rhodes ............ 12 R. O. Schwarz, c Tunni­ cliffe, b Rhodes................ 0 notout.................12 E. A. Halliwell, b Hirst ... 11 S. J. Snooke, not o u t.......... 9 Wallach, b Hirst................. 3 J. J. Kotze, b Hirst .......... o B 7, lb 5, nb 1 13 S outh A frican s . First innings. _____ Second innings^ Total. ..102 Total (5 wkts) 232 Y o r k sh ir e . Hon. F. S. Jackson, c Shalders, b Sinclair 38 H. Wilkinson, b Sin­ clair ........................ 7 Denton, b Schwarz ...119 Tunnicliffe, b Schwarz 80 Hirst, c and b Schwarz 31 Rhodes, b White ... 19 Haigh, st Wallach, b White........................ 6 E. Smith, b White ... 14 Myers, lbw, b Schwarz 41 Lord Hawke, st Wal­ lach, b Schwarz ... 6 Hunter, not out ... 10 B 6, lb 9, w 1, nb 1 17 Total ..387 Hirst ... Rhodes Haigh .. Jackson Kotze... Sinclair Schwarz O. 131 14 , 6 . 5 O. M. R. W. ... 27 7 38 2 ... 35 12 73 2 13 3 35 24 8 47 2 26 M. R. W . 3 28 5 .. 5 41 4 1 25 0 .. 1 8 1. Myers ... 11 Haigh delivered a no-ball. Y o r k sh ir e . 2f) 6 48 0 1White . 3 95 2 Pnooke . 3 101 5 I Halliwell Snooke delivered a no-ball and Halliwell bowled a wide. 25 , 31 20 5 1 69 3 24 0 13 0 SURREY v. KENT. Played at the Oval on September 1, 2 and 3. Abandoned. In this match there was no play on the first day owing to heavy rain. On Friday Kent won the toss, but they hardly made the best use of their opportunities, for although the wicket helped the bowlers to some extent, it was not really difficult for some time. Lees was to have played for Surrey, but owing to indisposition his place was taken by Mont­ gomery. For a couple of hours Kent did well enough, scoring 100 runs, of which Humphreys was responsible for 49 by excellent cricket, but from this time there was such a surprising breakdown that the last six wickets fell for about 60 runs. Smith, who was put on as first change, met with remarkable success with the ball. The wicket was much more difficult when Surrey went in, and it suited Blythe admirably, although for a time he did not meet with much success. But Hearne was bowling well, and the first four wickets fell for 44 runs, three of them to Hearne. From this moment Blythe was almost irresistible, and he took five of the remaining six wickets for a very few runs. Davis played a very plucky innings. With a lead of 46, Kent lost a wicket in their second innings for 18, and were thus 64 runs on with nine wickets in hand. An arrange­ ment was made to begin play at eleven o’clock on Saturday, but so much rain had fallen that it was decided to take lunch at one o’clock in the hope that something might be done afterwards. But after another heavy shower it was necessary to abandon the match. K e n t . Humphreys, c Goatly, b Montgomery ... 49 Seymour (Jas.), b Smith ................. 1 S. H. Day. b Smith ... 8 E. W. Dillon, c Davis, b Montgomery ... 14 Hearne (A.), b Smith. 25 J. R. Mapon, c and b Crawford.................22 Capt. R. O’ H. Livesay, c Hayes, b Smith .. 1 R.N.R.Blaker. b Smith 15 Huish, b Smith ... Fairservice, not out Blythe, c Nice, Smith................. Byes .......... Total .. ...1E4 Second in niD gs.— Humphreys, notout, 6; Seymour* c Hayes, b Smith, 12 ; J?airservice, not out, 0—total (1 wkt) 18. SUBREY. Baker, b Blythe.......... J. N. Crawford, st Huieh, b Blythe ... Montgomery, c Mason, b B ly th e................. Smith, not out .......... No-ball................. Total ...102 Hayward, c Blaker, b Blythe .................12 J.E.Raphael,b Hearne 17 Hayes, c & b Hearne.. 6 Nice, b Hearne.......... 9 Stedman,cFairservice, b Blythe .................13 Goatly, c Mason, b Blythe ................. 1 Davis, b Humphreys... 20 K e n t . First innings. O. M. R. W. Crawford .. 22 7 49 1... Montgomery... 10 2 24 2 ... Smith .......... 20-2 7 53 7 ... Hayes .......... 4 0 14 0 S u r r e y . O. M. R. W. Blythe ... 21 4 58 6 I Hum- Hearne ... 16 5 37 3 1 phreys.. 4 2 6 1 Humphreys delivered one no-ball. Second innings. O. M. R. W. . . . 5 1 8 0 .. 1 0 4 0 . . . 5 3 6 1 O. M. R. W. THE BOURNEMOUTH FESTIVAL. GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND v. PLAYERS OF THE SOUTH. Played at Bournemouth on September 1, 2 and 3. Gentlemen won by 94 runs. As two strong teams had been got together for this match, a fairly large crowd went to see the first day’s play, which turned out to be greatly in favour of the bowlers. The Gentlemen’s team included Fry and Ranjit- sinhji, who alone were sufficient attraction to induce spectators to put in an appearance in large numbers. Play began late owing to the heavy rain of the previous day. The Gentlemen’s eleven, which might have been termed “ Gentlemen of the South (with Mr. Brearley),” won the toss but could make very little progress at first, and six wickets were down for 58. Captain Wynyard played well and Jessop seemed to be quite comfortable when he stepped on his wicket while watch­ ing the result of a chance ia the slips. Fry, who played splendid cricket, received great help from Johnston, and when the innings seemed almost over Robson, the old Hamp­ shire amateur wicket-keeper, knocked up a most useful 28 not out. Trott bowled well all through the innings. After losing Vine for a duck the Players of the South did so well that when stumps were drawn the total was 125 for three wickets, so that they were only 46 runs behind with seven wickets in hand. Wrathall played a most brilliant innings and both he and Sewell hit finely ; they put on 84 runs for the second wicket. Wrathall survived until the last over, when he was out for an excellent 66, which had taken him about an hour to put together. On Friday, Brearley bowled so finely on a slow wicket that the last seven wickets of the Players fell for 54 runs and the Gentlemen had a lead of 8 runs. When the Gentlemen w’ent in again they chose a fresh wicket, according to arrangements which had been made before the match began that a new wicket might be chosen for each innings. Beldam and Jessop were the only two men who could take the measure of the Players* bowling, Fry and Ranjitsinhji both failing. Beldam occasionally hit very hard and occasionally played slow cricket, while Jessop hit vigorously as usual. The last five wickets ' fell very quickly. Before stumps were drawn the Players, with 188 to win, lost three wickets for 21, all to Hesketh-Prichard’s bowling. There seemed more than a proba­ bility that a desperate struggle for victory would be seen on Saturday, but as things turned out, the Players could make no fight at all. So much rain fell during the morning that it was not possible to resume the game until nearly three o’clock, and although Vine and Butt raised the score from 21 to 67 before they were parted, the wicket was always becoming more difficult, and the rest of the team could do nothing with More and Jessop. The last six wickets fell for 26 runs. G entlem en of E n g lan d . First innings. Second innings. W . G.Grace, b T rott.......... 2 notout................. 6 G.W.Beldam,c Butt,b Trott 6 b Trott ..........60 Capt.E.G.Wynyard,run out 20 b Llewellyn ... 8 G.L.Jessop,ht.wkt.,b Cran­ field ............................... 10 c and b Braund ... 68 R.E.More, c Sewell, b Cran­ field ................................ 0 b Braund .......... 4 C. B. Fry, c Butt, b Braund 61 c Relf, b Trott... 7 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, b Trott 1 b Trott .......... 6 A.C. Johnston, lbw, b Trott 13 st Butt, b Trott 14 C. Robson, not out .......... i8 c Sewell, b Llew­ ellyn................. 4 Hesketh-Prichard, b Trott 9 b Llewellyn ... 4 W.Brearley, c Butt, b Trott 1 b Llewellyn ... 4 B 13, lb 7 ................. 20 B 19,1b 1 ... 20 Total .........171 Total ...195