CRICKET

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXV, Issue 5008, 4 July 1903, Page 7 (Supplement)

CRICKET

(By "The Jahnsite/’) The Notts-Gloucestershire fixture at one stage of the game looked a certainty for the latter team, and eventually restilted in a draw. The southern county' scored 250 in its only innings, Jessop proving the top scorer by Ms nsual display of '‘fireworks/ 1 which realised 77. The Midlanders were disposed of for 143 (J. Chinn 48, W. Gunn 37), and in the second venture lost seven wiokets for 126. Iromonger (6-1) was the principal contributor. the remaining six wickets falling for 63 runs. The Torkahiro-Gloucesterahire match proved a very easy matter for the northsrn county by an innings amd 142 runs, f. 0. Brown, the hero of the final test match, of ‘9a in Australia, was responsible , for a score of 125, marked by brilliant .Jutting. Gloucestershire was unable to cope with the bowling of Rhodes and Haigh, and were dismissed for 101 and 70. ■ Thanks to Barnes’s howling (14 for 50), Lancashire "downed'’ 1 Oerbrshi re by ten wickets. The figures were: Lancashire, 120 and 17 for no wick cl a; Derbyshire, 65 and 71. At • Birmingham, 'Warwickshire gained a victory over Leicestershire oy an innings and 48 runs. The latter team obtained 92 and 116, and the former 251 (Qnaife 130). Surrey suffered its second' defeat this season in the match with Essex, which scored ! a decisive triumph by 260 rune. The 'scores were as follows Essex. 187 amd 256 for six wiokets (declared); Surrey 107 and 78. On the last day’s play ! the Surrey flag was flown at half-mast m» a tribute to the memory of the late Arthur Shrewsbury. The Notts-Snsaex match at Brighton was abandoned when the news of Arthur Shrewsbury’s death was announced. The figures at this stage were: —Sussex, 199 (Fry 48); Notts, 207 (W. Gunn 81) and 199 for six wiokets (J. Gunn 95). M.C.C. defeated the London County Club in one day by nine wiokets. Rain affected the wicket, which assisted the bowlers. The score sheet disclosed M.C.C. . 150 and 10 for one wicket; London . County. 72 and 87. The London County Club was to have played the Gentleman of Ireland at Cork on the 15th of last month. At the inquest on the late Arthur Shrewsbury, Mr Josiah Love, the deceased's brother-in-law, gave evidence of identification, gating that deceased, who had been residing with him for the past . twelve or thirteen weeks, was forty-seven years old. He had consulted many doctors lately, -being in indifferent health . and in a very depressed state of mind, act so far as witness knew he had never threatened to take bis own life. No let- : ter or paper, relating to the fatal act bid been left by ham. Miss Qertrudf,

Scott deposed that deceased had been keeping company with her for some year.?. She saw him at Mr Love's house, and ho appeared then to bo in rather an excited condition. Ho wont upstairs, and told her ho would like a cup uf cocoa. Sho went to prepare it, and shortly after heard a sound, but did not recognise it as a revolver shot. Sho shouted upstairs to ask what he was doing, and lie replied ‘‘Nothing.” A minute later deceased ohot himself, and running upstairs, she found him bleeding from a wound in tho head. On the previous afternoon ho had said to her: ‘‘l shall bo in tho churchyard before many days are up.” She told him not to think of sx:ch a thing, bat he replied, "It's quite correct.” Dr Knight, who had been in attendance upon deceased, said Shrew*bury bad suffered from a malady of which ho had always thought too much. Ho had become hypochondriacal, and took altogether boo pessimistic a view of his case. On the morning previous deceased complained to him of pains in his head, and said hit* brain was giving way. Witness tried to comfort him, assuring him he had no disease of the brain. The jury found that deceased committed su*cide whilst in a state of temporary insanity, .

, During tho Som<K.jet-Yorkshiro match, which-wns unfinished when the last mail left Hirst, the well-known Yorkshire player, .knotted a ligament of his leg and had to leave the field. . Thp Vivian Club was satisfied the Third class Championship Committee's decision waa a just verdict, and withdrew their protest. I write without any fear of contradiction that a third-class committee has never since the contest was inaugurated given a decision without thoroughly lifting" the facts before them. In face of what occurred l lari; Monday evening, tho Association should have a rule compelling clubs which are eager to dispute the Association cormnitteci’s decisions to deoosit a fee with the secretary when sending in their appeal. I congratulate Messrs Vance, Salmon and Robertson on corning out of the ordeal unscathed and 1 am ’pleased l to think that the Association hate come round so far to support itw^-sub-cornmitte© instead of "jeering” at them, as was the case two seasons ago. The matches, Gentlemen v. Players, are to bo played at Lord's (Monday)’ and at the Oval (Thursday) of next week.