Cricket 1904

S ept . 15, 1904. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 411 was a dead heat between Munro and J. T. Ash in the final of the Hundred Yards Handicap, and in running off the tie the result was the same, so that each man was given a prize. The cricket team won the Relay Race. T h o u g h they were in a very consider­ able minority at the finish, the All Holland team showed at least some fairly good batting in the second innings of their match against the St. Lawrence Club at the Hague last week. W . N. C. Leith, A. A. Kool, and C. J. Posthuma, the chief rungetters, have all been over here with teams representing the Gentle­ men of Holland, and will be well remem­ bered b y cricketers of Greater London. Posthuma, an all-round cricketer, dis­ tinctly above the average, was in London pretty well all last summer, and played regularly for the London County C.C. with success, particularly as a bowler. T h e r e was some curious cricket at the Crystal Palace on Tuesday in the match between Norwood and London County. The former made 106, and of the 98 runs from the bat, 95 were claimed by three men, E. P . Kay (35), W . Tough (36), and H . Batchelor (24). London County scored 418 for five wickets, R. Kenward scoring 109, P. G. Gale 132, and Murch 119. The score of the Norwood innings ia worth reproducing as a curiosity. N oew ood . E. P. Kay,c Kenward, b Budden.................J G. J. Gillespie, lbw, b Bell ........................ W. G. Smith, b B ell.. G. Dawdrey, b Bell ... F. Hodsell. b Bell ... W . Tough, c Murch, b Hayward.................i P.A.W ith.b Haywood B. Batchelor, c Murch, b Haywood ..........24 H. H. Le May, b Haywood................ 3 C. A. Briggs, b Gale ... 0 J. H. Richardson, not out ........................ 0 Extras............... 8 Total .. 106 R . H . L am bert, the well-known Irish cricketer, played a remarkable innings on the second day of the match between Leinster and County Kildare, on the ground of the former club. On the first day County Kildare scored 232 for six wickets, but the innings was soon finished off on the next morning. Then, for the second wicket of Leinster, R. H . Lambert and N . Peterson put on 172 runs, and from the time that the latter was out for a vigorous 63, Lambert kept nearly all the bowling to himself, and hit tremendously hard, with the result that when the closure was applied at 370 for six wickets, he was not out 256, an inniDgs which had only taken him two hours and three-quarters to compile. His hits in­ cluded thirty-eight 4’ s. This is his sixth innings of over a hundred this season. R e a d e r s of Cricket may be reminded that on September 17th a benefit match will be played at Mitcham on behalf of Tom Sherman, the famous old Surrey professional, who in his old age, finds the times very hard indeed. Sherman will be very glad to receive a subscription towards his benefit from any old Surrey cricketer who may remember him. THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP CORRECTED RESULTS. Owing to an oversight, Surrey was not moved above Somersetshire in the table as given in last week’ s Cricket, although the percentage was given accurately. The com­ plete record is as follows :— Per- Plyd. Won Lost.Drn.Pts. centage. 1 Lancashire... 26 ...16 .. 0 ..10 .16 . 1C000 2 t Yorkshire... *17 .. 9 .. 2 ..16... 7 . . 63*63 3 +Kent.......... 21 ...10 .. 4 .. 7... 6 . . 42-85 4 Middlesex... 18 .. 9 .. 4 .. 5 .. 5 . . 38 45 5 N otts.......... 20 .. 7 .. 4 . . 9... 3 .. 27*27 6 8ussex........ 24 .. 5 .. 4 ...15 .. 1 ... 1111 7 Leic’st’rehire 20 .. 6 .. 6 .. 8... 0 . . — 7 Warw’kshire 16 .. 5 .. 5 .. 6... 0 . — 9 Gloucestersh. 18 .. 5 .. 6 .. 7 ..—1 . — 909 10 Derbyshire.. 18 .. 5 .. 8 .. 5 . —3 . — 23 07 11 Surrey......... 28 .. 6 ..12 ..10 ..-6 . . — 3333 12 Somerset ... 18 .. 5 ..11 ... 2 ..—6 . — 3750 13 Worcestersh. 18 .. 3 .. 8 .. 7.. —5 . — 45*45 14 E ssex.......... 20 .. 3 ..10 .. 7 ..-7 .. . — 53-84 15 Hampshire .. 18 .. 2 ..12 .. 4...-10... — 71*42 Accoiding to the rule laid down by the M.O.G., “ One point shall be reckoned for each win ; one deducted for each loss; unfinished games shall not be reckoned. The county which during the season shall have, iu finished matches, obtained the greatest proportionate number of points shall be reckoned champion county.” + The Yorkshire and Kent match, played at Harrogate on July 7 and 8, was abandoned, and is not included in the above records. LANCASHIRE (CHAMPION COUNTY) v. REST OF ENGLAND. L AST MATCH OP THE S E A SO N . Played at the Oval on September 12,13 & 14, and to be continued to-day (Thursday), September IS. The proceeds of this match are to be divided between the Cricketers’ Fund Friendly Society and the London Playing Fields Society, but owing to the miserable weather only two or three hundred spectators were present at the Oval on the first day. Four days were, if necessary, to be devoted to the match in order that a finish should be made almost certain. The Rest of England team did not include Fry, Ranjitsinhji or A. O. Jones, but it was the strongest team available at the time. From the Lancashire team Brearley and Sharp were absent, so that the county was by no means at full strength. On the first day there was very little cricket. Rain fell steadily until about half-past one, and the match did not begin until three o’clock, when the Rest of England went to the wickets. The game was even then inter­ rupted by bad light, and altogether the time during which cricket was played only amounted to an hour and ten minutes. Hay­ ward played a good and careful game, but Warner was not at his best and was missed at slip off I ’Anson before he had scored, and afterwards at cover-point off the same bowler. The first - wicket partnership S roduced 52, and when stumps were rawn the total was 72 for the loss of Warner. Hayward was not out 31, and Denton not out 12. When the game was resumed on Tuesday the wicket was very difficult, and runs came slowly for some time. Denton only added 4 to his overnight total, and Hirst and Bosanquet made 6 runs between them. Meanwhile Hayward was playing very well, but was bowled by Cuttell when he had added 13 runs. There was some lively cricket when Jessop and Ernest Smith were together for a little over half an hour, and the partnership produced 69 runs, of which Jessop was responsible for 47. At lunch time the total was 213 for eight wickets. The innings came to an end soon afterwards for a total which seemed likely to give Lancashire some trouble. When Lan­ cashire went in Maclaren hit in brilliant style, scoring 54 runs in half an hour out of 58 before he was dismissed. The other bats­ men found Rhodes and Smith very hard to play, and half the wickets were down for 111. But H. G. Garnett, who only came into the team at the last moment, played splendid cricket, and as he received sufficient help from Hallows and Cuttell, the total was taken to 173 for six wickets before the day’ s play ended. Garnett was not out 46, and Cuttell not out 14. Thus everything pointed to an interesting game on the next day. Unfor­ tunately there was a steady rain, which put cricket entirely out of the question, so that even with four days allotted to it the match may not be finished. Present score:— Rest of England. Hayward, b Cuttell...................................44 P. F. Warner, b Kermode ...................... 24 Denton, lbw, b Cuttell.............................16 Hirst, c Poidevin, b Kermode ................ 6 B. J. T. Bosanquet, c Poidevin, b Cuttell.. 0 G. L. Jessop, c and b I’Anson ................47 E. Smith, c I’Anson, b Cuttell................22 Rhodes, run out ................................... 29 Arnold, bKermode...................................11 Lilley, c Findlay, b Cuttell...................... 8 Lord Hawke, not out ............................. 3 B 22, lb 2, w 1 ................................... 25 Total „ ................ „..............235 L ancashire . A. C. Maclaren, c Hayward, b Smith R. H. Spooner, b Rhodes ......... ... Tyldesley, c Hayward, b Smith......... L. O. S. Poidevin, c and b Rhodes ... H. ti. Garnett, not out...................... A. H. Hornby, b Smith...................... Hallows, b Birst ......... ............... Cuttell, not out................................... B 1, lb 4, w 1 ............................. Total (6 wkts)............................ 173 I’Anson, W. Findlay and Kermode to bat. Rest of England. O. M. R. W. I O. M. E. W. 7 1 21 0 Cuttell... 28 3 6 78 5 11 1 36 1 |Kermode 26 7 75 3 Kermode bowled one wide. 68 5 10 6 46 18 10 14 6 Hailows . I’Anson , ABDINGLY COLLEGE AVERAGES, 1904. BATTING. No. Times Most of not Total iu an inns. out. runs. inns. Aver. H. B. Crewe......... ... 13 . 2 ... 304 . .103*.. 2763 A .H .T . Smith ... ... 13 .. 0 .. 322 . . 80 .. 24-76 W. A. Warren ... ... 7 .. 2 .. 92 . . 33 . 18-4 C. Streat .......... ... 13 .. 3 ... 161 . . 72*.. 16*3 F. Cartwright ... ... 13 .. 1 ... 178 . . 37 .. 1483 8. R. Evans.......... .. 7 .. 3 ... 57 . . 21 .. 14*25 H. J. Hosband ... .. 10 .. 0 ... 100 . . 39 .. 1000 H. R. Hefford ... ... 9 . 0 .. 67 . . 16 .. 6-3 S. Bristowe ... ... ... 11 .. 0 ... 62 . . 24 .. 5-63 F. C. Howell ... 10 . . 2 ... 41 ... 20*.. 5-6 A. J. C. Huke ... ... 12 .. 5 ... 27 . . 14 .. 3-85 The following also batted;—H. Blackman, F. W . Gothard, H. B. Talbot, C. R. Monckton, F. Muller, H. J. Halcrow and F. C. Martin. ^Signifies not out. BOWLING. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. A H. T. Smith ... I ll . . 13 . . 372 . . 24 . . 15-5 F. Cartwright... ... 147 . . 21 . . 541 . . 31 . . 15 91 F. C. Howell ... ... 46 . . 2 . . 208 . . 13 . . 1600 H B. Crewe ... ... 110 . . 13 . . 479 . 19 . . 26-21 C. Streat .......... ... 56 . . 4 . . 264 . . 8 . . 33 0D The following also bowled:—H. Blackman, C. R. Monckton, F. Muller and F. C. Martin. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. M r . A. J. J ones , Fishponds.—The umpire was moBt certainly wrong; you were not out.