Cricket 1905

r 124 OtllcKET: A WEEKLY RECOfel) OP THfi GAME. M a t 11, 1905. freely smiting, and defying all and sundry from dislodging him, but all this sadly lacks the feeling of reality which is produced and engendered when one is face to face with a real opponent. True. But on the other hand, when the busy lawn tennis player has only a quarter of an hour or so to ppare he is practically debarred from playing, for if he begins a match he must finish it, even if it becomes fo dark that he can hardly tell the ball from the net. And after all I wonder how much thrill is experienced by a player in an ordinary club game, unless perhaps it is a Mixed Doubles. The totals made by Leicestershire and Lancashire in the first inDiogs of their match at Leicester on Monday amounted to 240. Eighteen men accounted for 55 of these runs, the other four made 168 between them, and there were 17 extras. I t is not very often in the^e days that a new edition of a cricket book is re­ quired, but Mr. Warner’s book, “ How we Recovered the Ashes,” has just been issued in a new edition at a shilling net, by George Newnes, Limited. The book was reviewed in Cricket on its first appearance, and there is nothing new to be said about itexcept that certain uncon­ ventional remarks which gave offence in Australia have judiciously been omitted, and that the scores made in the Inter­ state matches in Australia during the past season and the scores of the New Zealand tour have been added. The book is well printed on good paper, which is not of the shining variety which makes reading so unpleasant. B y scoring 154 and 106 for Sussex against M.C.C. at Lord’s, C. B. Fry has made a record which he is very likely to retain. He had previously scored two separate hundreds in a first-class match three times, thus being on an equality with Dr. W. G. Grace and R. E. Foster. Now he stands alone. His previous record was:— 108 and 123 not out. Sussex v. Middlesex at Brighton. July, 1898. 125 and 229. Sussex v, Surrey at Brighton. July, 1900. 138 and 101 not out. Sussex v. Kent at Brighton, August, 1903. T he infrequent feat of scoring a hun­ dred against an Australian team has been accomplished already this season by Mr. A. O. Jones, who made 103 yester­ day for Notts in the second innings, after a score of 72 in the first innings. Thus he was not very far short of scoring two separate hundreds against an Australian team, a feat which has never yet been performed. As far as can be seen at present it looks as if batsmen will never have a better chance of placing this desirable record to tbeir credit than during the present season. ANSWERS TO A lan S outh (Grahamstown).—Many thanks. “ Gossip.” CORRESPONDENTS. See YORKSHIRE v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Played at Bristol on May 8 and 9. Yorkshire won by an innings and 55 runs. In beautiful weather Yorkshire batted first on a good wicket. They did not begin at all well, and their first four Avickets fell for 83 runs. But when Hirst and Wilkinson came together, the fortunes of the game changed, and the score was taken to 185 before the tAvo men Avere separated. Aftenvards Haigh made three sixes off Dennett, and his 69 also included five 4’s. Lord IlaAvke again played a most useful innings. When stumps Avero drawn York­ shire had made 317 for nine wickets. For Glouces­ tershire, Dennett bowled very finely, and the Avhole team fielded Avell. On Tuesday the Gloucestershire team broke down in the most unexpected manner against the bowling of Rhodes and Hirst. When the total Avasonly seAre n Wrathall, Barnett, Langdon and Jessop Avere all out, and although a stand was made by Thomas and Brownlee, the fifth Avicket fell at 51, and the sixtli at 60. The tail did very little, except Board, av I io played a plucky innings, and Glouces­ tershire were made to folloAv on with a balance of 212 against them. In this innings Jessop Avas seen at his best for fifty minutes and then ran himself out. Y o r k sh ir e . Rothery, run out ... 3 Grimsliaw.cBrownlee, b Dennett ............13 Denton, c Jessop, b H uggins................... 27 Tunnicliffe, c Bumett, b Dennett ............12 Hirst, b Huggins ...86 Wilkinson, b Dennett 47 Rhodes, st Board, b Dennett ................. 6 Haigh, c Brownlee, b Dennett .................69 I;ord Hawke, stBoard, b Dennett Myers, not out ... . Hunter, c Barnett, Dennett .............. Bye 1,1b 1... . Total 15 ..338 G LOUCESTERSHIRE. First innings. E. Barnett, b Rhodes.......... 0 Wrathall, b Hirst ......... 2 Langdon, c Tunnicliffe, b Hirst ............................... 1 Hale, b Hirst........................ 7 G. L. Jessop, b Rhodes ... 1 F. E. Thomas, b Rhodes ... 15 L. D. Brownlee, c Hunter, b H aigh...............................31 Board, not out .................29 Huggins.c Hunter,bRhodes 1 Dennett, b Haigh................. 5 Roberts, c Grimsliaw, b Rhodes ........................ 3 Leg-bye ................. 1 Second innings, c and b Haigh ... 14 c Denton, b Hirst 22 c Rhodes, b Hirst 1 cHunter,bRhodes 0 run out ..........60 b Myers ......... 29 cDenton.b Haigh lbw, b Rhodes ... b Myers .......... b Haigh ......... Total ... ..........96 Y orkshire . not out.................11 B 4, lb 7, nb 2, av 2 15 Total ...187 O. M. R. W.J O. M. R. W. Roberts... 259 44 0 Huggins. 51 15 124 2 Dennett... 53 11 158 7 I Hale ... 5 2 10 0 G LOUCESTERSHIRE. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. Hirst, .......... 15 5 29 3 ........... 14 Rhodes .......... 19.2 6 36 5 .......... 16 Wilkinson ... 10 5 14 0 ........... Haigh ......... 9 3 162 ........... 13.3 Myers......... 11 O. M. R. W. 4 40 2 4 59 2 3 36 3 2 37 2 Myers bowled two no-balls and Rhodes two wides. SURREY v. HAMPSHIRE. Played at the Oval on May 8, 9 and 10. Surrey won by 30 runs. The Surrey men ivere not seen to great advantage in the first innings of this match, and after being dismissed for 192 on a good Avicket, they saAv Hamp­ shire make 139 for five Avickets before the day’s play ended. Hobbs did not repeat his success of Friday last, and Holland and Nice Averethe only men besides Hayward Avho made tAventy. HayAvard played a most patient game, waiting for someone to stay a long time with him ; he was at the Avickets for two hours and forty minutes for his 58, an inningswhich might have been of inestimable valueto the side if one or two others of the team could have given him any considerable assistance. Hampshire tried a new bowler, H. S. Persse, a member of the Trojans O.O. at Southampton. He is somewhat above medium pace, and seems to have control oA'er the ball. His debut was quite a success. When Hampshire went in Sprot played beautiful crick et for ail hour and ten minutes for 67, his first 50 runs being made out of 73 in three-quarters of an hour. The Hampshire tail played up nobly on Tuesday, and the result AV'as a lead of 41 on the first innings. Ten men on the side made double figures, but Sprot was the only man who made over 20. Hayward did very little w h en Surrey Avent in again , b u t H o b b s played m ost attractiA;e crick et, an d a t lu n ch tim e h e h ad m a d e 27 ou t o f 47. A qu arter o f an h o u r after the ga m e Avas resu m ed th e score w as d ou b led , Hayes a n d H ob b s m a k in g som e sp len d id hits, b u t a t 99 H ob b s ivas ca u g h t at th e Avicket fo r 43. B ak er p la yed a slow er gam e, b u t Hayes con tin u ed to sh ew attractive crick et, an d Avhen he\vas boAvled at 117, h e h a d o n ly b een ba ttin g three-qu arters o f an h o u r fo r his 60. After th is there Avas a series o f u sefu l in n in g s, Ix?es in par­ ticu lar d o in g Avell.but Avhen th e sid e w as o u t H am p ­ sh ire h a d th e m od erately easy task o f m a k in g 205 to Avin. B u t w h en stu m p s w ere draAvn th eir ch an ces o f victory seem ed sm all, fo r th ey h a d lost fo u r m en fo r 56, in clu d in g S prot, Avho h a d a g a in p la yed fine crick et. Y esterd ay th e fifth Avicket fe ll at 63, a n d the sixth a t 73, an d the ga m e seem ed o\’er. B u t F. H. B a con a n d L lew ellyn th en m ad e su ch a sp le n d id sta n d that th ey b ro u g h t th e score to 140 b efore the fo rm e r Avas out. H am p sh ire th en h a d still an ou tsid e ch a n ce o f w in n in g , b u t a lth ou g h P ersse p la y ed w ith p lu ck , the e n d ca n ie Avlien 30 ru n s Avere still req u ired . S urrey . First innings. Second innings. Hayward,cPersse.bBaldwin 58 c Stone, b Persse 10 Hobbs, lbw, b Persse.......... 6 cStone.bBaldivin 43 Hayes, c Stone, b Persse ... 8 cHill.b Langford 60 Baker, b Langford ......... 11 cBaldwin.bPersee 33 Holland,cPersse,bLangford 28 cSprot,bJohnston 19 Davis, c & b Persse ..........11 I>ees,c Llewellyn,b Baldwin 4 Nice, c Hill, b Langford ... 20 Lord Dalmeny, run out ... 11 Stedman, b Llewellyn ... 14 N. A. Knox, not out ..........18 Byes .........'. .......... 3 Total........ . ...192 H am pshire . First innings. Bowel1, c Hayes, b Lees ... 10 G. D. Katinakis, c Hayes, b Lees ...............................15 E.M.Sprot,c Stedman,bLees 67 A. J. L. Hill, b Hayes... ... 18 A. C. Johnston, lbw, b Lees 14 '* ' ' 20 . 17 . 20 20 14 . 7 . 11 Ibw, b Persso ... 12 Ibw, b Llewellyn 37 b Llewellyn ... 10 cBowell,bBaldwinl6 b Persse .......... 1 not out .......... 0 B 2, lb 1, av 1 4 Total ..........215 Second innings. cHayward,bKnox 6 Llewellyn, b Lees Stone, c Hayes, b Lees F. H. Bacon, b Lees ... Langford, b Hayes ... H. S. Persse, not out ... Baldwin, b L ees.......... B 9, lb 1, av 1 ... Lleivellyn Persse .. Baldwin .. Langford Hill ........ Total........................233 S urrey . First innings. O. M. R. W. 15*4 1 35 1 . 56 3 .. c Stedman.b Lees c Hobbs, b Lees b Lees................. b Iiees................. b Knox .......... b Knox .......... b Hayes .......... b Hayes .......... cStedman,bKnox 12 not out ........... 3 N-b ........... 1 Total...........174 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 0 50 2 4 59 4 6 24 2 1 44 0 4 11 20-2 14 18 1 Knox Lees... Nice .. Hayes 22 10 40 2 .24 8 48 3 2 0 10 0 Johnstone ... 8 0 60 1 Langford bowled one Avide. H ampshire . First innings. O. M. R. W. .......... 13 1 51 0 .............. 31*3 7 91 8 .............. 10 0 53 0 .......... 1 0 10 0 .......... 10 3 27 2 .......... 8 2 22 2 Nice boAvled one Avide and one no-ball. Second innings. O. M. R. W. 4 4 17 5 2 78 27 7 63 LANCASHIRE v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Leicester on May 8 and 9. Lancashire won by nine wickets. Against the bowling of Kermode, the Leicester* shire men broke doAvn rather badly in the first innings, the great pace at which the ball left the ground seeming to beat them completely. But for a splendid innings of 90 by Maclaren, Lancashire Avould not have fa red much better. They lost four Avickets for 65, and then Sharpe and Maclaren increased the score to 130 before the latter was out, when Avitliin ten of his hundred; he had been batting for an hour and forty minutes, and was in his very best form. Thanks chiefly to him and Sharpe, Lancashire had a lead of 96 runs on the first innings, but 69 of these were knocked off for the loss of a Avicket before stumps ivere draAvn. C. J. B. Wood Avas not out 31 and King not out 13. On Tuesday Wood played a great game, and when he Avas dismissed for six less than a hundred, he had been at the wickets for two hours and fifty minutes. Y. F. S. Crawford and Gill both played useful innings, but most of the tail did next to nothing, and Lancashire only had to make 134 to win. Maclaren and Garnett set about the task with such determination that, before the former was out, the total was taken to 86. The remaining runs Avere quickly hit off by Tyldesley and Maclareu.