Cricket 1904

S ept . 8 , 1904. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 397 S o u th . Vine, lbw, b Gann ... 15 Humphries, b Hirst .. 21 C. L. Townsend, c Rhode, b Hirst ... 65 P. F. Warner,b Gunn .. 0 B. J. T. Bosanquet, c and b Gunn ........ 1 Belf, c Tunnicliffe, b Gunn........................81 Thompson, st Hunter, b Rhodes................ 28 H. D. G. Leveson- Gower, not out Huish, c Tunnicliffe, b R hodes................ B’ythe, c Wilkinson, b Rhodes................. Fielder, c Tyldesley, b Gunn ................. B 4, lb 10 .......... Total ...24? Second innings Humphries, b Hirst, 0 ; C. L. Pownsend, not out, 22 ; P. F. Warner, not out, 20.— Total (L wicket) 42. N o r th . First innings. Second innings. O. M.R. W . O. M. R. W. R e lf................ 12 7 15 1 ........... 10 3 2J 1 Blythe ........ 21 8 73 2 .......... 19 4 63 2 Bosanquet ... 22*2 0 89 5 ........... 15 0 69 3 Thompson ... 16 4 60 2 ........... 19 1 65 3 Fielder ... 25 2 92 0 Thompson delivered one no-ball. S o u th . First innings. Second innings. H irst......... . i6 7 59 2 ........... 6 0 19 1 Gunn...........26 3 7 88 5 ........... 6 0 *3 0 Rhodes ........ 15 3 47 3 .......... Haigh ........ 12 4 38 0 ........... SURREY V. LEICESTERSHIRE. TH E LAST COUNTY MATCH OF THE SEASON. Played at the Oval on September 5, 6 and 7. Surrey won by an innings and 206 runs. In beautiful weather, and on a good wicket, Surrey batted first on Monday, and ran up a score of 393. Hayward and Raphael put up 76 for the first wicket, while Hayes and Raphael made 38 for the second. Raphael, who was missed very early in his innings, played beautiful cricket, and seemed likely to make a hundred when he was caught and bowled by King. Nice batted in excellent form, but, when he had made 51 in an hour and a quarter, he was obliged to retire on account of a strain. Goatly failed, but J. N. Crawford was in good form, and later in the day Baker and Davis had a splendid partner­ ship, which in the course of an hour and fifty minutes realised 174 runs. Davis made the first hundred of his career in first-class cricket, and played a most promising game, which must have given Surrey men great hopes for his future. When stumps were drawn, Baker, who had shown very steady cricket, was not out 70. There was no play at the Oval on Tuesday, owing to continuous rain. The Surrey captain declared his innings closed on Tuesday, and yesterday Leicestershire had a formidable task. For once Surrey were in luck’s way, and yester­ day the wicket proved to be so difficult from the first that it soon became very doubtful whether Leicestershire would be able to make enough runs to save the innings defeat. J. N. Crawford met with great success at first, and when the total was 15 he claimed the three wickets which had fallen. He met with no further success during the innings, but by dismissing Wood and De Trafford he had done a great service to his side. Smith then took up the running, and was so difficult to play that Knight alone ever looked like making a long stand against him ; Knight hit very hard and was especially 6evere on Crawford. The innings was over before half-past one, and Leicestershire had to follow on against a balance of 273. They began badly, for J. N. Crawford bowled De Tratford first ball. But Wood and Joyce then kept together until lunch time, when the total was 24, of which 20 were claimed by Joyce. Their partnership was broken when the score was 28, at which total three wickets fell. Knight was well caught in the long field by Hobbs, who was fielding as substitute for Nice. Before another run was scored King was missed at the wicket and also at point off successive balls, but these mistakes made very little difference except to the bowler. Half the side were out for 41, but Whitehead made some fine hits. The tail could do nothing against J. N. Crawford and Smith, who both took the utmost advan­ tage of their opportunities. Crawford had the satisfaction of bowling his brother, V. F. S., for 2 runs. By a quarter to four Surrey had gained a fine victory. S u r r e y . Hayward,c Whiteside, b King .................28 J. E. Raphael, c and b K in g........................59 Hayes,c Joyce, b Odell 37 Nice, retired ......... 61 Goatly, c Crawford, b Odell........................ 0 J. N. Crawford, lbw, b K in g........................ 27 Paker, not out ..........70 Davis, c King, b Odell 102 Btedmin, not out ... 0 B 7, lb 6, w 1, nb 5... 19 Total (6 wkts)*393 Innings declared closed. Montgomery and Smith did not bat. L e ic e ste r sh ir e . First i icings. C. E. de Trafford, c and b Crawford ................. 8 C. J. B. Wood, c Davis, b Crawford ........................ 6 R. Joyce, b Crawfo r i.......... 0 King, c Crawford, b Smith.. 10 Kn;ght, c Davis, b Smith .. 3» Whitehead.c Davis, b Mont­ gomery ..............................19 V. F. S. Crawford, b Mont­ gomery...............................12 Giil, c Hayward, b Smith .. 19 W. W. Odell, b Smith ...11 Allsopp, c sub., b Smith ... 2 Whiteside, not out .......... 0 Byes ........................ 3 T otal......................120 S u rrey . O. M. R. W. Odell ...33 11 91 3 IKing . 2? 7 50 3 Allsopp ... 18 1 70 0 Whitehead 14 0 53 0 Gill .......... 18 0 86 0 1Wood ... 5 0 24 0 King bowled one wide. Gill delivered three, and Wood two no-balls. L e ic e ste r sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. O.-M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Smith .......... 16 5 6 43 5 ........... 11 3 33 4 Crawford ... 11 1 65 8 ...........Il l 3 28 6 Montgomery... 5 1 19 2 Second innings. b Crawford.......... 0 c Montgomery, b Smith .......... 4 c Hayward, b Crawford......... 21 c and b Crawford 2 c sub., b Smith... 0 c sub., b Smith . 32 bCriwford.......... 2 b Smith .......... 0 c and b Crawford 0 not o u t................ 0 b Crawford......... 0 B 3, lb 3 ... 6 Total.........67 O. M. R. W. THE HASTINGS WEEK. THE SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM. TH E SOUTH OF ENGLAND M ATCH . Played at Hastings on September 5, 6 and 7. Drawn. The absence of Dr. Grace from the South of England team was a great disappointment to everybody who took an interest in the Hastings Week, for the Doctor had previously taken part in every Week since the institu­ tion of the Festival sixteen years ago. There was some extraordinary cricket on the first day, for a strong but not representative South of England team had lost seven men on a good wicket for 80 runs, when an astonishing display by Jessop put an entirely different appearance on the game. Jessop went in at the fall of the third wicket with only 18 runs on the board. He was suffering from an attack of lumbago, and after he had been in for some time he had a man to run for him. But this did not prevent him from j umping in to hit, and while he was at the wickets for about two hours he scored 159, his hits including twenty-six 4’s. His first fifty runs were made in about an hour, his second fifty in fifteen minutes and the third fifty in forty minutes. His partnership with Cox changed the fortunes of the game: it lasted for about an hour and produced 125 runs. A t one tim e Cox only made a single, w hile Jessop was m aking 56. Chiefly as the result of Jessop’ s brilliant hitting the total made b y the South of E ngland was quite respectable. The South A fricans had to bat for an hour and fifty m inutes, and in the course of that tim e lost six wickets for 118 runs, so that their position was anything but satisfactory. Sinclair hit very finely, and tw ice drove Braund out of the g ro u n d : at another time a fine drive of his only just missed a lady in the crowd. On Tuesday, Llew ellyn, who was not out 29 overnight, was join ed b y W hite, and the two m en played excellent cricket until heavy rain put an end to play for the day. T h ey added 86 runs to the score, and thus very greatly im proved their side’ s position. Yesterday play was resumed in beautiful weather, but after T rott had bow led a maiden over, a heavy and unexpected rainstorm made the pitch so wet that there was no m ore play before tw o o ’clock, after an early lunch. Llew ellyn only survived tw o more overs, and was then out for his highest score o f the season. H e had played splendid crick e t, and his hits included eleven 4’s. W hite also played a very fine game. W hen the South went in again w ith a balance o f 18 against them , they tried to make runs quickly on the chance that they m ight be able to declare and snatch a victory. W ickets fell pretty quickly, and no one made much o f a stand except Payne. E ventually the South de­ clared their innings closed with six wickets down, and the South Africans had to make 108 in about an hour, a difficult but not impossible task. T he visitors made their position secure, and scored 38 for one wicket. S outh of E ngland . First innings. Second innings. Hearne (A ), b Schwarz ... 4 c Llewellyn, b Schwarz........11 Wrathall, c Tancred, b c Hathoin, b Schwarz ........................... 19 Llewellyn ... 19 Braund, c Halliwell, b Sin­ clair ................................... 2b Sinclair ............ 18 S. H. Day, c Mitchell, b cSinclair,b Llew- Schwaiz ..................... 1 eilyn.................13 G. L. Jessop, not o u t........ 159 Seymour, c James, b Sin- c Horwojd, b Sin­ clair .................................. 0 clair................. 8 Trott, b Schwarz ..12 c Mitchell, b Sin­ clair ................... 0 M. W. Payne, c and b Schwarz ........................... 2 notout..................41 Cox, b Kotze............................. 17 nut out..................13 Hearne (J. i\), c Mitchell, b Kotze .......... ................14 Hesketh Prichard, lbw, b Schwaiz ............................ 0 B 4, lb 2, w 1 .............. 7Extras .. 2 Total .....................23 1 Total (6 wkts) *1.6 * Innings declared closed. S outh A fricans . First innings. Second innings. L. J. Tancred, Ibw, b c A. Hearne, b Braund ............................ 3Wrathall................15 W. A. Shalders, b Braund 0 n otout.................li M. Hathorn, c J. T. Hearne b Braund ..............................20 not o u t............... 3 F. Mitchell, b Prichard ... 27 J. H. Sinclair, c A. Hearne, b Braund .............................27 Llewellyn,c Braund, b Trott 81 J. J. Kotze. run out ............. 0 G. C. White, c Wrathall, b Hearne ..............................47 R. O. Schwarz, not out ... 10 E. A. Halliwell, c and b Trott .........................................8 Horwood, c Braund, b Trott 16 Extras........................... 17 Extras........... 8 Total ..................255 Total (1 wkt) 38 S outh of E ngland . First inniDgs. Second innings. O. M.R. W. O. M. R. W. Sinclair........13 1 64 2 ...........13 1 48 3 Schwarz... ... 19'33b86 ... 6 0 18 1 White .......... 8 2 29 0 ............ 4 1 10 0 Kotze ... ... 80672 ......... Tancred.......... 1 0 12 0 ................. Llewellyn... 10 0 47 2 Schwarz bowled a wide.