Lives in Cricket No 27 - CB Llewellyn

39 ‘Not Quite As Sharp As He Used To Be’ these defeats being interspersed with a couple of rain-spoiled draws. This was a ‘lean period’. Even when he was taking wickets, he was not bowling economically; his six wickets against Warwickshire in their first innings cost him 83 runs from 27 overs, followed by none for 53 from 11 overs. On the other hand his opposite number, Sam Hargreave, returned figures of twelve wickets for 113 from 50 overs, and had the leading role in the home side’s victory by 132 runs. By the end of August 1903, if not earlier, Buck may have been injured; he bowled only in the second innings against Somerset at Dean Park, Bournemouth and his seven overs cost 39 runs. The great Somerset all-rounder, Len Braund, top-scoring in each innings with 34 and 132, returned match figures of eight for 95, and had the leading share in his side’s victory by 109 runs, as the match ended in two days on 1 September. Buck finished the season with a festival match at Dean Park, when the Players of the South drew with the Gentlemen, scoring 31 and bowling a dozen overs in the match, to take two wickets for 63. The Players of the South side which drew with the corresponding Gentlemen’s eleven at Dean Park, Bournemouth in September 1903. Standing (l to r): J.Stone (wk), E.G.Arnold, E.H.D.Sewell, C.B.Llewellyn, A.E.Knight, W.Richards (umpire). Seated: G.A.Wilson, E.Robson, L.C.Braund (capt), F.L.Bowley, S.Hargreave. On the ground: H.Wrathall. Buck appeared in eight end-of-season Festival matches in his career.