Cricket 1905

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AGENT8 ALL OVER THE WORLD. A T TH E SIGN OF TH E W IC K E T . By F . S. A s h le y -C o o p e r . FEATS, FACTS AND FIGURES OF 1904. (Continued from page 84). Sussex v. Hampshire, at Brighton, August 4th, 5th, 6th.—In the first innings of Hamp­ shire Bowell, A. (65) made his first 60 runs out of 67 added. Of the 40 runs added for the eighth wicket of Sussex by Leach, G. (64 not out) and Cox (G.), the latter made but one. Kent v. Surrey, at Canterbury, August 4th, 5th, 6th.—In the first innings of Kent, Fielder (A.), the last man in, made 29, those being all the runs obtained whilst he was in. Lancashire v. South Africans, at Man­ chester, August 4th, 5th, 6th.—On the second day play was suspended for half-an-hour during the funeral of Mr. Richard Gorton, a Lancashire ex-chairman of committee. Somerset v. Worcestershire, at Taunton, August 8th, 9th, 10th.—In the first innings of Somerset, S. M. J. Woods, in being bowled by Arnold (E.), had his leg-bail left supported on the middle stump. In the first innings of Worcestershire, the Rev. W. S. Caldwell, when batting, had his wicket hit without a bail being removed. H. K. Foster made 65 out of 82 in 25 minutes, in the first innings of Worcestershire. Notts v. South Africans, at Nottingham, August 8th, 9th, 10th.—II. A. Cursham made his first appearance for Notts since 1880. On the second day of the match 574 runs were made for ten wickets, the South Africans taking their score from 37 for 0 to 611 all out. S. J. Snooke and Middleton (J.) added 38 runs for the last wicket, all of which were obtained by the first-named. Gloucestershire v. Kent, at Bristol, August 8th, 9th, 10th.—In the first innings of Glou­ cestershire, G. L. Jessop made 77 out of 91 added for the fourth wicket in 40 minutes. Yorkshire v. Middlesex, at Sheffield, August 8th, 9th, 10th.—In the first innings of Middlesex, B. J. T. Bosanquet (141) and R. E. More (120 not out) added 128 runs for the ninth wicket in forty-eight minutes, making 50 in 20 minutes and 100 in 40 miuutes. During the stands for the ninth and 10th wickets of Middlesex, 200 runs were at one time added in 90 minutes. Somerset v. Kent, at Taunton, August 11th, 12th, 13th.—In the first innings of Kent, Blythe (C.) made 70 out of 98 added for the tenth wicket in 60 minutes, going in last. Notts v. Middlesex, at Nottingham, August 11th, 12th, 13th.—On the second day of the match, 537 runs were scored for twelve wickets, Notts making 43 for four and Middle­ sex 494 for eight. Hampshire v. Leicestershire, at Southamp­ ton, August 11th, 12th, 13th.—On the second day of the match 546 runs were scored for 15 wickets, Hampshire making 29 for six and Leicestershire 517 for nine. Essex v. Lancashire, at Leyton, August 11th, 12th, 13th.—Essex scored 559 for nine wickets in reply to Lancashire’s total of 505 for six (innings declared closed). Hampshire v. Sussex, at Portsmouth, August 15th, 16th, 17th.—In the first innings of Hampshire, E. M. Sprot (51) and A. J. L. Hill (47) added 60 runs in 20minutes, and, in all, 91 for the fourth wicket in 35 minutes. Llewellyn (G. C. B.) made 52 out of 68 in 50 minutes. Worcestershire v. Kent, at Worcester, August 15th, 16th, 17th.—Set 81 to win in 45 minutes, on a pitch which helped the bowlers somewhat, Kent made 82 for one wicket in 29 minutes, S. H. Day (33 not out) and R. N. R. Blaker (25) hitting up 47 to­ gether for the first wicket in 16 minutes, and Day and J. R. Mason (23 not out) adding the remaining 35 in 13 minutes. Sussex v. Yorkshire, at Brighton, August 18th, 19th, 20th.—On the last day of the match C. B. Fry gave a very wearying dis­ play, taking 2 hours and 20 minutes to add 69 to his overnight score, and 70 minutes to make his last 28 runs. By this means he had the personal satisfaction of beating his previous highest score of the season—226 v. Derbyshire, at Brighton—by three runs. Middlesex v. Kent, at Lord’s, August 22nd, 23rd, 24th.—Kent declared their first innings closed with the score 280 for 8 wickets, and were eventually beaten by one wicket, the scores being : Kent, 280 for 8 wickets (i. c.) and 83; Middlesex 229 and 135 for nine wickets. Kent v. South Africans, at Canterbury, August 25th, 26th, 27th. —In the second innings of the {South Afiicans, J. J. Kotze (27 not out) and S. E. Horwood (34) added 59 runs together in 17 minutes for the last wicket. In the same innings, Seymour (Jas.) made six catches at slip. Surrey v. South Africans, at the Oval, August 29th, 30th, 31st.—In the second innings of Surrey, Hayward (T.) made 22 runs (4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2) off an over delivered by G. C. White. South of England v. South Africans, at Hastings, September 5th, 6th, 7th.—In the first innings of the South of England, G. L. Jessop made 60 in 60 minutes, 100 in 75, 150 in 115 and, in all, 159 (out of 219) in 123 minutes. With Cox, G. (17) he added 125 for the eighth wicket, the first 56 of which were composed of 53 by Jessop, 2 leg-byes and 1 by Cox. In the first innings of the South Africans Llewellyn (G. C. B.) batted on each of the three days, for his score of 81, owing to rain. North v. South, at Hastings, September 8th, 9th, 10th.—In the second innings of the South, G. L. Jessop made 35 out of 46 in 12 minutes, 50 out of 69 in 28 minutes, and, in all, 58 out of 79 in 37 minutes. At one period he and Braund, L. C. (86) added 50 in 17 minutes. England v. Lancashire, at the Oval, Sep­ tember 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th. — In the secondinnings of Lancashire, A. C. MacLaren made 58 out of 66 in 40 minutes, reaching 53 out of 57 in 25 minutes. G. L. Jessop made 77 out of 118 in 55 minutes in the second innings of England. YOUNG SURUEY PROFESSIONALS. FIRST XI. v. SECOND XI. Played at the Oval on April 27. F ir s t XI. H. P. Webb, c Rushby, b Jacobs ................ Hendron, retired Keenan, run out Abel, R., Jun., retired Stare, retired ......... Irvin, b Parker........ Capon, b Parker Seaward, b Vallat .. Elliott, c Wybrow, Bedford .............. Crossley, not out Cooper, c Rusby, Vallat ... ... . Extras ... . 1 13 Total ...146 Second XI. Rushby, c Elliott, b Capon ................. Jacobs, c Irvin, b Capon ................. Atkinson, b Webb ... Vallatt, b Capon Wright, b Crossley ... Bedford, b Webb Giles, b Crossley Wybrow, c Irvin, 1 Elliott .............. Hector, b Stare ... . Whitcombe, c and Cooper ............... Parker, not out... . Extras... . Total fi i) 0 ... 0 .. 30 ... 75 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 Offices of “ Cricket,” 168, Upper Thames Street, London, E.C.