Cricket 1905

M a t 25 , 1905. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 157 , T H E AUSTRAL IANS . THE FIRST YORKSHIRE MATCH. SIXTH OF THE TOUR. Played at Sheffield on May 22, 23 and 24. Australians won by 174 runs. It was a very great advantage to the Australians to win the toss in this match -it, is generally a greater advantage to win the toss at Sheffield than on most other grounds—for on Monday the weather was bitterly cold, and the fieldmen had a very trying time, while in addition to this, there were three in­ terruptions from rain and the Yorkshiremen had the handicap of bowling with a wet ball. The wicket, at lirst, good, shewed signs of wearing before the day’s play ended, and as the Australians made 315 for eight wickets they had reason to congratulate them­ selves. A brilliant beginning was made by Duff and Trumper, who were still together at lunch time, when the score was 122 (Duff 61 and Trumper 54). Unfortunately for Yorkshire, Hirst was only able to bowl a very little on account of an injured foot, and in his absence the Yorkshire bowlers, meeting with nothing in the way of good luck, were not very effective for some time. The first ball after lunch dismissed Duff who had played very well indeed. Trumper continued to make runs with ease and grace, and although he perhaps was not quite at his best, there was little fault to be found with his innings of 85, which lasted for an liour-and-a-half and included thirteen 4’s. Hill was seen to great advantage and his innings of 50 was most attractive, he was only at the wickets for an hour. Noble did not remain long, and with four wickets down for 215, the Australians were not doing quite as well as had been expected. But Gregory made a useful 25 and Darling played fine cricket for 54, and although Laver and McLeod did very little, the total at the end of the day was satisfactory from an Australian point of view. The two last wickets only added 7 runs and it was seen that the wicket would be difficult. But Yorkshire began very well indeed- Jackson was in splendid form and played a masterly innings, while Grimshaw, who helped him to put on (>8 for the first wicket, played a steady and sound game. Jackson, who was the first to go, made his 48 in a little over a quarter of an hour, and his hits included seven foul’s. Denton and Tunnicliffe both made a fine effort, but as the wicket was beginning to help the bowlers considerably they had to do all they knew to keep up their wickets. After this, matters began to go badly with Yorkshire, for Laver was making the ball come back six inches and keeping a splendid length, and he became more and more difficult. Hirst, who was very lame, was hurt two or three times from rising balls from Cotter, and wickets began to fall fast. At the end, Lord Hawke made a most plucky attempt to put a better appearance on the game, but the Australians were able to begin their second innings with a lead of 125. It was soon seen that this lead would be of immense use to them, for they fared badly against the Yorkshire bowling. Duff was out when a single had been scored. Hill left at 26 and then there was a breakdown which equalled that of the Gen­ tlemen on Saturday at Lord’s. At 31 Trumper was caught in the slips, at 42 Gregory was bowled, and Noble was l.b.w. at 43. Howell and Kelly then seemed likely to play out time, but at 59 Rhodes bowled Howell, and thus six wickets were down when stumps were drawn. With four wickets in hand the Australians now had a lead of 184, and with the wicket becoming more difficult, they seemed to have an easy task before them on the morrow. Yesterday the tail added 68 to the score, and then, on a crumbling wicket, Yorkshire fell. A u str a lia n s . First innings. V.T.Trumper,c Tunnicliffe, b Jackson........................85 R. A. Duff, b Rhodes..........61 Second innings. 12 lbw, b Rhodes ... 25 b Rhodes ......... C.Hill,cHunter,bHaigh... 50 M. A. Noble, c Jackson, b H aigh............................... S.E.Gregory,c Tunnicliffe,b Ringrose ........................ J. Darling, c Tunnicliffe, b Rhodes ........................54 F. Laver, b Ringrose..........10 C. E. McLeod, c Tunnicliffe, b Rhodes ........................ 3 b Haigh J. J. Kelly, c Ringrose, b H aigh............................... 5 b Haigh A. Cotter, run out W. 1*. Howell, not out B 3, lb 1, nb 5 cRhodes,b Haigh 8 c Grimshaw, b Myers .......... 1 c Hunter,b Haigh 17 b Myers not out... Total .................322 c Denton,b Myers 10 b Rhodes ...‘ ... 16 Extras............10 Total ...127 Y orkshire . First innings. Hon. F. S. Jackson, c Trum­ per, b Laver .......... ... 42 Grimshaw, b Laver ..........24 Denton, c Duff, b Laver ... 31 Tunnicliffe, c sub., b Laver 52 Hirst, c Trumper, b Laver.. 9 Rhodes, b Cotter................. 0 Haigh, c Cotter, b leaver ... 1 Myers, b Laver ................. 8 Lord Hawke, lbw, b Laver. 15 Ringrose, b Howell .......... 0 Hunter, not out ................. 0 B 11, lb 3, nb 1 ..........15 Second innings. b Howell .......... 3 b Howell ..........11 lbw, b Howell ... 9 c Howell,b Laver 2 b Howell ........ 12 c Noble, b Laver 22 b Laver not out.......... b Laver b Howell ... c Trumper, Howell ... Extras... Total ...197 Hirst... Myers Ringrose Rhodes Jackson Haigh First innings O. “ ......... 18 A u st r a lia n s . ... 12 ... 21 ... 17 ... 10.4 M. R. W. 1 51 0 . 0 33 0 . 1 36 2 . 1 84 3 . 0 74 1 . 1 35 3 . Total........78 Second innings. O. M. R. W. . 8.5 . 1 . 12 .20 3 64 4 Hirst delivered four no-balls and Ringrose one. Cotter Laver McLeod Noble Howell Y o r k sh ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W. ... 15 ... 35 ... 5 ... 11 2 46 1 11 75 8 2 9 0 3 39 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 5.1 2 13 1 . 15.5 35 4 38 6 Noble delivered one no-ball. OXFORD UNIVERSITY v. GENTLE MEN OF ENGLAND. Played at Oxford on May 22, 23 and 24. Oxford won by 49 runs. At the end of the first day the Gentlemen, going in against a total of 349 by Oxford, had lost six wickets for 104, Henley accounting for four of them. Nearly all the Oxford men played well, and Norris, Branston, Snowden, and Bird, especially distinguished them­ selves. But the Gentlemen’s team was by no means strong either in batting or bowling. When the Gentlemen went in for the fourth innings of the match they had to make 441 runs to win, and so well did they begin with Dr. Grace and A. Marshal that when stumps were drawn they had scored 143 with­ out loss, the Doctor being not out 55, and Marshal, the Queensland cricketer, not out 82. Yesterday the Doctor brought his score to within 29 of 100. He had played faultless cricket for three hours. Marshal also failed to reach his hundred after playing a brilliant innings. Martyn made a fine effort to save the game. O xford U n iv e r sit y . First inniugs. K. M. Carlisle, c Knox, b G race...............................12 E. L. Wright, b Knox ... 24 G. T. Branston, b Bell ... 62 A. B. Worsley, run out ... 1 A. O. Snowden, c Kenward, b Knox ........................54 O. T. Norris, lbw, b Grace 72 W. S. Bird, not out ..........51 E. G. Whately, c Bell, b G race...............................11 N. R. Udal, b Grace ..........24 F. A. H. Henley, st Stow, b Marshal ........................15 R. C. W. Burn, b Marshal 4 Second innings. b B e ll.................13 c Weatherby, b B e ll.................67 c Martyn, b Knox 21 Kenward, Marshal......... b B e ll................ b B e ll................ lbw, b Marshal.. B 11, lb 7, w 1 Total... ... 19 ...349 c Stow, b Marshal 0 notont..............49 c Leveson-Gower, b Marshal ... 9 c Knowles, b Marshal...... 25 B 8, lb 2 ... 10 Total ......273 G en tlem e n o f E n g l a n d . First innings. Dr. W. G. Grace,c Branston, b Udal................. ..........12 II. D. G. Leveson-Gower, c Bird, b Henley.................23 H. Martyn, b Udal ..........27 C. Kenward, b U d al..........43 W. L. Knowles, b Henley... 5 F. W eatherby, b Henley ... 1 A. Marshal, b Henley ... 0 G. J. V. Weigall, c Bird, b Udal ...............................24 B. S. Stow, run out ..........23 R. M. Bell, st Bird, b Burn 11 N A, Knox, not o u t .......... Q B 9, nb 3.................12 Total ...181 Second innings. b Branston.............71 b Whately.............21 cBird,b Branston 76 b Henley .......... 4 run out .......... 8 c Norris, b Bran­ ston ....................14 b Udal....................94 b Branston.............36 not out................. 0 c Udal, b Henley 10 c Udal, b Henley 21 E x t r a s 37 Total...........392 O xfo rd U n iv e r sit y . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W, O. M. R. W. Grace.................. 28 2 121 4 ........... 8 0 56 0 K n ox................. 25 5 119 2 .......... 12 0 61 1 Marshal .......... 10 1 37 2 .......... 12.1 1 50 5 Bell ................. 11 2 53 1 .......... 16 1 96 4 Marshal bowled ohe wide. G e n tlem e n o f E n g lan d . Burn.......... Udali.......... Henley ... Whately... O. M. R. W. 9-5 2 29 1 . . 22 13 5 5 90 4 .. 2 39 4 ... 1 11 0 ... Norris ... Branston Snowden ... 28 ... 27 O. M. R. W. 71 0 80 ... 29.2 5 96 ... 15 7 19 2 2 45 0 13 0 6 41 0 9 Udal and Henley each delivered one no-ball. GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. NOTTS. Played at Bristol on May 22, 23 and 24. Gloucestershire won by eight wickets. For once A. O. Jones failed to distinguish himself when Notts went in on an excellent wicket, and his early departure had the effect of making the men who followed him very cautious. Iremonger played very steadily for two hours and twenty minutes for his 71, and J. Gunn, who was splendidly caught by Brownlee, played an equally patient game. Staunton and Hemingway made matters much more lively, but Dennett was bowling very well indeed, and met with but little resistance from the tail. When stumps were drawn, Gloucestershire seemed to have a decided advantage, for with only two wickets down, and Jessop to go in, they had scored 87 runs. But on Tuesday the team did not do much better than Notts had done on the previous day, and the lead on the first innings was only 55. Godsell was the only man who made any prolonged resistance to the bowling. He played steadily and well, and carried his bat through the innings, missing his hundred by only two runs. In their second innings Notts soon lost Iremonger, and when stumps were drawn they had lost four men for 139, thus being only 84 runs on. Yesterday Dennett bowled very well indeed, and Gloucestershire had a fairly easy task before them. Thanks chiefly to a fine innings by Wrathall, they accomplished it with the loss o f two wickets. N otts . First innings. “ “ “ b A. O. Jones, c Godsell, Huggins ........................11 Iremonger, not out ..........71 Gunn (G.), b Brown ..........11 Gunn (J.), c Brownlee, b Dennett ........................30 Hardstaff, lbw, b Brown ... 1 R. E. Hemingway, c Jessop, b Dennett........................ Rev.H.Staunton,c Wrathall, b D ennett........................ 22 Day, c Brown, b Dennett... 1 Hallam, not out .................15 Oates, c Jessop, b Dennett 8 Wass, c Dennett, b Huggins 2 B 6, lb 4, w 2 '..........12 Second innings, c Huggins,bDen- nett..................50 b Dennett.......... 3 c Board, b Jessop 28 cLangdon.bHug- gins.................48 b Spry................. 2 28 b Huggins... 31 c and b Dennett 18 cBoard.bDennett 8 b Dennett..........14 c Brownlee, b Dennett.......... 0 not out .......... 0 Extras..........17 Total .............212 Total ............219 G lo u cester sh ire . R. T. Godsell, not out ... 98 c G.Gunn, b Hal­ lam .................25 Wrathall, b Wass ..........17 not out..................80 Board, b Gunn (J.) ..........30 c Gunn (J.), b Hallam ..........10 .S.A.Brown, c Iremonger, b Wass.............................. 28 G. L. Jessop, b Gunn (J.)... 14 notout..................38 F. E. Thomas, c Oates, b Gunn (J.) ................. ... 5 Langdon, b Gunn (G.) ... 34 L. D. Brownlee, c Day, b Hallam ........................11 Spry, b Hallam .................21 Huggins, c Oates, b Hallam 8 Dennett, run out................. 0 B 1, lb 1, w 1 ......... 3 Extras...............10 Total Dennett ... Huggins... Spry.......... Brown ... . ...269 N otts . First innings. O. M. R. W. 34 9 91 5 . 34 16 68 2 ... 2 24 0 ... 6 17 2 ... Total (2 wkts) 163 Second innings. O. " ’ 11 10 M. R. W. 50 16 99 6 33 17 53 2 4 1 17 1 5 2 15 0 6 18 1 Gunn (J.) Wass Hallam .. Jones Gunn (G.) Dennett bowled two wides. G lo u cester sh ire . First innings. Second innings. O. M.R. W. O. M.R? W 46 10 123 3 ........... 14 1 51 0 27 8 69 2 ........... 9 1 25 0 32 18 34 3 ........... 22 2 7 77 2 ~ 0 80 ... i r 32 1 ... ... 12 Gunn (G.) bowled onewide.