Cricket 1905

246 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 6, 1905 THE AUSTRALIANS. THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE MATCH. SEVENTEENTH OF THE TOVR. Played at Bristol on June 29, 30 and July 1. Drawn. l#The Australians had the pleasure of batting on a perfect wicket against the weak Gloucestershire bowling, and showed that they appreciated their good fortune by scoring 502 for nine wickets on the first day. Their batting was exceedingly attractive. For a few minutes Trumper and Duff were very careful with Dennett, but when they had once taken his measure they hit him all over the field. For the first wicket these two men put up 132 in an hour and ten minutes, while Hill and Trumper made 42 before the latter was caught at the wicket for 108,his highest innings of the tour. He was the Trumper of old, making all his inimitable strokes, and being completely master of the situation; his runs were made out of 163 in a couple of hours, and his hits included fifteen 4’s. At lunch time the board showed 175 for two wickets, so rapid had been the scoring. For a time after lunch, Dennett, who had been severely punished, met with great success, and took three wickets so quickly that half the side were out for 223, by no means a large total against such bowling as Gloucestershire possessed on so easy a wicket. But Gloucestershire has to rely so much on two or three men that when they were tired runs came with rapidity. Hopkins hit with great energy and frequency, while Darling played carefully, the partnership producing 132 runs in an hour and ten minutes, Hopkins making 92 of them. He was in brilliant form, and some of his hits delighted the crowd. Off two consecutive overs from Dennett he made thirty-five runs—4, 4 and 6 off the first over, and 6, 4, 6, 4, 1 off the second. His innings was worthy of Jessop himself at his best. Darling con­ tinued for a short time longer to play sound cricket, and his 56 runs were made in an hour and forty minutes. Towards the end of the day Cotter quickly made 33, and Kelly and Laver put on 87 in the last forty minutes without being separated, the former being not out 69, and the latter not out 23. There was a startling change in the weather on Friday and the game was resumed under depressing con­ ditions, for heavy rain had fallen and the day was dull and gloomy. Laver and Kelly brought their unfinished partnership to 112 after it had lasted altogether for an hourand five minutes. Gloucester­ shire, who had to bat on a soft wicket, seemed to have very little chance of making a draw. They lost two wickets before a run had been scored, but Sewell and Board then raised the total to 26 in half- an-hour, when rain stopped play. At a quarter-past three the game was resumed, but when in the next half-hour the total had been taken to 69 for three rain again fell, and no more play took place until the next day. Sewell played admirable cricket for 45. On Saturday morning there was more rain, and the game was not resumed until after lunch, when Gloucestershire on a ruined wicket fell before Arm­ strong. Board played a fine innings. Gloucester­ shire followed on with a balance against them of 411 runs, and with unexpected ease accomplished their task of making a draw. Godsell’s stubborn resistance to the bowling was worth much to his side, and Board by making 59 put a much better appearance on the game. The two men remained together for an hour and a-half, and put up 87 for the first wicket, thus making it pretty certain that the Australians would be deprived of victory. At half-past five the hundred went up with one wicket down, and then with the game practically saved Townsend played very attractive cricket. Thus Gloucestershire, despite their hard fortune, came out of the match with credit. A ustralians . R. A. Duff, c Board, b Brown ... ..........49 V. T. Trumper, c Townsend, b Brown 108 C. Hill, c Brownlee, b Dennett ............. 41 C. E. McLeod, lbw, b Dennett .............12 W. W. Armstrong, b Dennett ............. 7 J. Darling, c Godsell, b Townsend ..........56 G loucestershire . A. J. Hopkins, c Jes­ sop, b Townsend ... 93 D. R. A. Gehrs, b Townsend .......... 6 A. Cotter, c Board, b Dennett .................33 J. J. Kelly, not o u t... 74 F. Laver, b Brown ... 43 B 3, lb 2 ................. 5 Total ..527 O. L. Townsend, Armstrong, b Laver 0 Wrathall, b McLeod... 0 C. O. H. Sewell, b Armstrong ..........45 Board, c Kelly, b Laver........................46 G. L. Jessop, c Duff, b Arm strong......... 0 R. T. Godsell, c Duff, b Armstrong .. "... 0 W. S. A. Brown, c McLeod,bArmstrong 4 D. Robinson, b Arm­ strong ................. 0 L. D. Brownlee, c Hop­ kins, b Armstrong 0 Huggins.bArmstrong 14 Dennett, not out......... 5 Leg-byes .......... 2 Total ...116 Second innings:- C. L. Townsend, not out, 45, Board, b Hopkins, 59; R. T. Godsell, not out, 35: B 5, w 2, nb 2.—Total (I wkt) 148. A ustralians . O. M. R. W. Dennett... 43 8 217 4 Huggins... 30 7 92 0 Brown ... 24.3 3 88 2 ... 20 5 66 0 O. M. R. W. Brownlee... 2 0 2 0 Sewell ... 2 0 16 0 Townsend.. 8 0 41 3 G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. M cLeod......... 21 4 61 1 .......... 9 2 16 0 Laver ......... 12 2 37 0 .......... 8 0 20 0 Armstrong ... 12.2 4 16 7 .......... 11 2 28 0 Duff ......... 5 2 12 0 Hopkins ... 12 5 25 1 Hill ........ 7 1 16 0 Gehrs........ 3 0 12 0 Darling ... 2 0 10 0 Armstrong delivered two no-balls and Darling two wides. WARWICKSHIRE v. HAMPSHIRE. Played at Leamington on June 29, 30 and July 1. Drawn. The chief feature of the batting on the first day of this match was the 169 of W. G. Quaife who was last out, after batting for nearly four hours and a half. His partnership with Lilley produced 125 runs for the fifth wicket. When stumps were drawn Hamp­ shire had made 4 runs without loss against a total of 357. On Friday there was no cricket owing to rain, but on Saturday, after a delay until nearly lunch time, Hampshire could do very little on a damaged wicket in their first innings against the bowling of Hargreave and Santall. Sprott and Captain Greig, doing their best to bring about a drawn game, played with the greatest caution, and it was not a little due to their stubborn resistance to the bowling that their county came out of the match with credit. In the follow-on Captain Greig played a great game and the situation was saved W arwickshire . Baker,cStone,b Evans 22 Santall, b Prichard ... 13 Moorhouse, b Baldwin 0 Hargreave, c Greig, b Prichard.................11 Field, not out ..........17 B 12, lb 5, nb 1... 18 Total ...357 T. S. Fishwick, b Bald­ win ........................ 4 Kinneir, c Bowell, b Prichard............... 15 J. T. Byrne,b Prichard 0 Quaife, c Sprott, b Evans .............. 169 Whittle, b Langford... 13 Lilley, c Prichard, b Greig ............... 75 H ampshire . First innings. Second innings. Hesketh-Prichard, c Fish­ wick, b Hargreave.......... 4 Stone, c Byrne, b Hargreave 6 E. M. Sprott, c Fishwick, b Whittle ........................28 c & b Hargreave 4 Capt. Greig,b Hargreave... 16 notout............. 48 W. H. B. Evans, c Fishwick, b Hargreave .................24 c Quaife, b Baker 18 Bowell, st Lilley, b Whittle 6 c Fishwick, b Santall ......... 2 Llewellyn,stLilley.bWhittle 0 notout............... 7 Capt. Byng, c Fishwick, b Santall............................... 2 Rev.W.Y.Jephson,b Santall 4 Langford, b Santall .......... 0 Baldwin, not out................. 1 B 2, lb 2 ................. 4 Byes .......... 6 Total 95 Total (3 wkts) 85 W arwickshire . O. M.R. W. O. M. R. W. H. Prichard 34 3121 4 I I^angford 7 0 26 1 Baldwin ... 36 12103 2 Llewellyn 4 1 12 0 Evans ... 12.4 1 50 2 1Greig ... 3 0 27 1 Prichard bowled one no-ball. H ampshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hargreave .. 22 9 43 5 .. ... 13 6 37 1 Santall ... .. 12.5 5 16 3 .. ... 12 6 12 1 Moorhouse . . 4 2 6 0 .. ... 6 3 9 0 Field . . 2 0 19 0 .. Whittle ... .. 3 1 7 2 .. !.'! 3 0 12 0 Baker .. ... 5 0 9 1 T E N T 8! TENTS ! — Suitable for Gardens, Cricket, or Camping-out purposes; 40ft. in circumference, pegs, poles, mallet, and lines com­ plete (with tent bag included). I will send one complete for 80s. Can be sent on approval. Special arrangements can be made to customers requiring 10 to 20 tents. Price List of Marquees, any size, Post Free, from— H . J. GA880N, Govern­ ment Contractor, Rye. NOTTS v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Leicester on June 29, 30 and July 1. Abandoned. Leicestershire batted nearly the whole of the first day of this match, scoring 315 runs. They then disposed of Iremonger, and Notts ended the day with 23 for one wicket. Knight, who made 100 not out, played with very great care until he had made his fifty in a couple of hours, but he scored his second fifty at the rate of a run a minute. C. J. B. Wood, King, V. F. S. Crawford and Jayes all made useful scores. Owing to heavy rain there was no play on Friday or Saturday. L eicestershire . C.E. de Trafford,cDay, b Wass ............... 13 C. J. B. Wood, b Wass 56 King, c Hemingway, b Day...................... 29 Whitehead,c G. Gunn, b Day.......................19 Knight, not out....... 100 Coe, b J. Gunn.......... 5 V. F. S. Crawford, b Wass........................25 Jayes, c Wass, b Jones 40 W. W. Odell, run out. 5 Gill,stOates,b J. Gunn 5 Whiteside, st Oates, b J. Gunn...................12 Lb 5, w 1 .......... 6 Total ..315 N otts . A. O. Jones, not out... 14 Iremonger, c King, b GiU ........................ 0 Gunn (G.), not out ... 5 B 2, w 2 ........ 4 Total (1 wkt)... 23 Gunn (J.), Day, Hardstaff, R. E. Hemingway, Rev. H. J. Staunton, Oates, Hallam and Wass to bat. L eicestershire . O. M. R. W. Wass ... 24 2 103 3 Gunn (J.). 34.1 6 82 3 Day........... 17 3 46 2 Hallam... 12 Jones ... 13 Gunn(G.) 7 O. M. R. W. 2 27 0 2 38 1 4 13 0 Jones bowled one wide. N otts . O. M. R. W.i O. M. R. W. Gill .......... 3 0 4 1 I Jayes ... 2 0 15 0 Gill bowled two wides. OXFORD UNIVERSITY v. GENTLE­ MEN OF ENGLAND. Played at the Crystal Palace on June 29, 30 and July 1. Drawn. Owing to rain there was no play on the first two days of this match. Early on Saturday morning there was rain again, but at about a quarter past twelve the wicket was sufficiently dry for cricket of a kind, and from that time the game was uninter­ rupted. Oxford won the toss, but on the slow wicket they were all out for 114 after batting for a couple of hours. The only man on the side who could do anything with Beldam and R. T. Crawford was the Oxford captain, who kept up his wicket for an hour and a-half and made an excellent 42. There was not the remotest chance of finishing the match when the Gentlemen went in, but some very interesting cricket was seen, Dr. Grace and Ashcroft playing a brilliant game. The latter made 51 out of 85 in three-quarters of an hour. On the other hand G. W. Beldam showed the utmost caution, and was two hours and twenty minutes in compiling his 57. J.E.Raphael,c Brewer, b Crawford ..........18 A. E. Worsley, b Beldam ................. 0 O. T. Norris, b Beldam 5 K. M. Carlisle, b Craw­ ford ........................42 G.T.Branston, run out 1 G.N.Foster,c Ashcroft, b Crawford ..........14 O xford U niversity . E. L. Wright, c Ash­ croft, b Crawford... W. S. Bird, not out ... F.A.H. Henley,c Craw­ ford, b Beldam E. G. Martin,b Beldam R.C. W. Burn, run out Leg-bye .......... Total ...114 G entlemen of E ngland . Dr.W .G. Grace, c Mar­ tin, b Branston ... 26 G.W.Beldam,c Norris, b Branston ..........57 A.Marshal, c Carlisle,b Henley .................27 E.M.Ashcroft,cMartin, b Foster .................51 F. W. James, not out. B 12, nb 1 ..........13 Total (4 wkts) ...185 R. Raw, R. T. Crawford, H. D. Keigwin, T. T. Brewer, R. M. Bell, and R. H. Darke did not bat. O xford U niversity . O. M. R. W. I O. M. R. W. Beldam ... 25 5 51 4 Crawford. 24 4 62 4 Burn Henley .. Martin .. Branston G entlemen of E ngland . O. M.R. W. 13 4 32 0 Worsley.. 13 1 58 1 Foster ... 10 0 28 0 Norris ... 10 3 24 2 Martin delivered a no-balL O. M. R. W. 3 0 10 0 1*4 0 18 1 1 0 2 0