▁his ▁financial ▁concerns ▁through ▁journal ism ▁and ▁writing , ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁cr icket . ▁Like ▁the ▁previous ▁season , ▁cr icket ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 3 ▁was ▁badly ▁affected ▁by ▁weather , ▁resulting ▁in ▁many ▁difficult ▁batt ing ▁pitch es . ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁scored ▁ 1 , 9 2 4 ▁runs ▁at ▁ 5 6 . 5 8 ▁to ▁achieve ▁second ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁national ▁batt ing ▁aver ages , ▁but ▁his ▁consist ency ▁never ▁matched ▁that ▁of ▁his ▁earlier ▁years ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁fr ustr ated ▁by ▁his ▁form . ▁He ▁played ▁more ▁regularly ▁for ▁Sus sex ▁and ▁missed ▁just ▁two ▁matches ▁but ▁displayed ▁a ▁reduced ▁commit ment ▁to ▁the ▁club ▁and ▁res igned ▁the ▁captain cy ▁in ▁December , ▁F ry ▁assuming ▁the ▁role . ▁After ▁a ▁slow ▁start , ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁found ▁his ▁form ▁and ▁made ▁large ▁scores ▁against ▁the ▁leading ▁count ies ▁until ▁a ▁pulled ▁mus cle ▁affected ▁his ▁form ▁in ▁July . ▁The ▁difficult ▁pitch es ▁forced ▁him ▁to ▁play ▁more ▁def ens ively ▁than ▁usual ▁and ▁on ▁a ▁couple ▁of ▁occasions , ▁crow ds ▁je ered ▁him ▁for ▁slow ▁scoring . ▁The ▁press ▁also ▁critic ised ▁his ▁decision ▁to ▁prolong ▁one ▁Sus sex ▁inn ings ▁until ▁he ▁had ▁completed ▁his ▁own ▁double ▁century , ▁advers ely ▁affect ing ▁his ▁team ' s ▁ch ances ▁of ▁victory . ▁In ▁separate ▁matches , ▁Len ▁Bra und ▁and ▁Walter ▁M ead ,