Cricket 1905

164 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u n e 1 1905’ KENT v. NOTTS. Played at Gravesend on May 25 and 26. Notts won by an innings and 85 runs. The wicket at the Bat and Ball ground at Graves­ end proved to be so fiery that several of the Notts team were severely hurt. Jones was hit on the elbow badly, and had to retire, but, acting against the advice of the doctor who attended him, he resumed his innings later. Both the Gunns re­ ceived hard knocks. Iremonger and George Gunn played well, but the best innings of the day was that of J. Gunn, who in the course of three hours made a faultless 108 not out. Everything went well with Notts until the total was 337 for six wickets, and then the remaining wickets fell without another run being added to the total. All four wickets fell to Humphreys in seven balls. Kent had to bat for forty minutes, and met with two misfortunes, for Humphreys was run out through a mistake by his partner, who then ran himself out. No more wickets fell, and Burnup and Seymour played out time. As Fielder had made the ball get up considerably on the first day, it was not to be wondered at that Wass was very difficult on the second. The Kent batsmen, with the exception of Seymour, were completely at sea with him in the first innings, and he took eight wickets for 67. Seymour played a great game for a couple of hours. In the follow-on he again did well, but no one else except Dillon could play Wass and Hallam, and at half-past four Kent were beaten. On account of the blow which he received on the previous day, George Gunn was unable to field, and Jones and John Gunn still felt the effects of their injuries. N otts . A. O. Jones, b Humph­ reys ........................39 Iremonger, b Blythe 59 Gunn (G.) c Seymour, b Fairservice..........35 Gunn (J.), not out ...108 Hardstaff, b Fielder... 0 R. E. Hemingway, b Fielder .................15 H.Staunton, c Fielder, b Fairservice..........44 K ent . First innings. E. W. Dillon, run out.......... 4 Humphreys, run ou t.......... 4 Seymour, c Oates, b Wass 81 C. J. Burnup, c Hardstaff, b Wass ........................ 6 Hearne, b Wass ................. 7 A. P. Day, b Wass ..........15 Hubble, c Hallam. b Wass 0 Huisli, c Jones, b Wass ... 1 Fairservice, c Oates, b Wass 3 Blythe, c Anthony, b Wass 4 Anthony, b Blythe ... 25 Hallam, c Hearne, b Humphreys .......... 0 Oates, st Huish, b Humphreys .......... 0 Wass, b Humphreys 0 B 9, lb 2, nb 1 Total 12 ...337 Second innings, c Jones, b Hallam 44 b Wass .......... 6 c Oates, b Wass 26 b Wass .......... 0 c & b Hallam ... 5 cHardstaff.bWass 4 c Oates, b Hallam 18 Fielder, not out Byes ... Total ...141 c & b Wass c & b Hallam c Staunton, Hallam ... not out B 3,1b 1 ... Total ...111 Notts. 0. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Fielder ... 28 6 110 2 Humphrys 7.1 2 25 4 Blythe ... 24 5 77 2 Hearne ... 11 2 37 0 Fairs’rvice 25 11 76 2 • Fielder bowled one no-ball. K ent . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W.O. M. R. W. Gunn (J.) ...20 5 4L 0 ............ 4 0 li d Wass .......... 27.2 7 67 8 ........... 23 8 55 5 Hallam .......... 8 1 29 0 .......... 19.4 7 11 5 T H E AU STRA L IANS . THE FIRST LANCASHIRE MATCH. SEVENTH OF THE TOUR. Played at Manchester on May 25, 26, and 27. Australians won by 244 runs. For the fifth time since the tour began, although this was only the seventh match, Darling won the t >88. By doing so he had a decided advantage over t je Lancashire men, whose bowlers after a long day in the field against Worcestershire, had for some t me to bowl with a wet ball. Until the rain came runs had always to be fought for, but afterwards they were easy to obtain. Trumper played what was for him quite a remarkable innings. lie seemed very uncomfortable with the bowling for some time, and he was at the wickets for half ah hour before he scored his second run. He was only just getting into his stride when he was caught off his glove at the wicket for 36 out of 105, after batting for an hour and a quarter. Meanwhile Duff hit brilliantly, and his example was so well followed by Hill and Noble that when lunch time came the total was 161 for three wickets So far Lancashire had no reason to be dissatisfied with the state of the game, for 161 was not a large score with Duff, Trumper and Noble all out. The score had been carried to 210 without further loss when play was stopped on account of the bad light, and rain then fell heavily. Play was resumed after about fifty minutes, and although Gregory was at once out, the bowlers, with a wet ball, had a bad time of it. A further delay of an hour and ten minutes owing to rain made matters worse for the bowlers, and at half-past six the total had been raised to 309 with half the wickets down. Hill w'as not out 146, a splendid innings, which had taken him only two hours and a half to compile. On Friday the wicket always helped the bow’lers a little, and under equal conditions the Lancashire men did better than their opponents, making 221 for ten wickets against 147 for eight. Brearley, who bowled exceedingly well, soon took four of the remaining five wickets, and then MacLaren and Tyldesley played so well that it was a great dis- appointmant to the crowd wrhen they were dis­ missed. Spooner was not happy in his treatment of the bowling, and only scored 13 after a stay of thirty-five minutes. When things wrere going badly against Lancashire Sharp came to the rescue of his side, and played a most useful not out innings, while Kermode hit with great vigour. The Aus­ tralians, with a lead of 152, batted for an hour and lost Trumper, Duff, and Hill for 83, so that they were 235 runs on with seven wickets in hand, an impregnable position. Noble was not out 20. On Saturday another wicket soon fell, and then Gre­ gory and Noble put on 52 for the fifth wicket, batting very well indeed under difficulties. But when Sharp went on to bowl again the Australians could do nothing with him, and the last four wickets fell for 18 runs, an ominous sign that the wicket was breaking up. Lancashire had to make 319 to win, and on a crumbling wicket were all out for 104, McLeod and Laver meeting with remarkable success with the ball. A u stra lia n s . First innings. Second innings. V. T. Trumper, c Findlay, b Kermode....................36 b Brearley.......... 14 R. A. Duff, b Kermode ... 48 b Kermode ... 37 C. Hill, c Tyldesley, b Brearley ....................149 b Brearley.......... 2 M. A. Noble, c and b Brear­ ley...................................28 b Sharp .......... 52 S. E. Gregory, b Brearley... 12 c Garnett, b Ker­ mode ......... 34 D. R. A. Gehrs, c Hornby, b Brearley..................... '..16 b Sharp ..........13 A. J. Hopkins, c Poidevin, b Brearley.....................11 b Sharp .......... 5 F. I,aver,c Sharp, b Hallows 16 b Sharp .......... 4 C. E. McLeod, not out ... 30 b Kermode.......... 8 J. J. Kelly, b Brearley ... 8 notout................. 0 W. P. Howell, b Brearley ... 1 c Hornby, b Ker­ mode ......... 11 B 9, lb 7, nb 2 ......... 18 B 12, lb 3, nbl 16* Total ..373 Total 196 L ancashire . First innings. Second innings. A. C. Maclaren, b McLeod 28 c sub, b 1,aver ... 23 11. H. Spooner, c Kelly, b Howell...............................13 b Laver ........... 0 Tyldesley, c Noble, b Mc­ Leod ............................... 4 5 c Laver,bMcLeod 14 H. G. Garnett, b Laver ... 16 b Laver ...........19 L. O. S. Poidevin, c Laver, b M cLeod........................ 0 c Howell, b Laver 5 Hallows, c Kelly,b McLeod 8 c Laver,bMcLeod 3 Sharp, not out ..........52 b M cLeod........... 0 A. H. Hornby, c Duff, b L a ver............................... 8 b M cL e)d ........... 0 W. Findlay, c Gehrs b Mc­ Leod ............................. 0 notout..................10 Kermode, c McLeod, b Hopkins ........................21 b Laver ...........14 W. Brearley, c Gregory, b L a ver...............................17 c Laver,bMcLeod 7 Byes ........................13 B 8, lb 1............ 9 Total ...221 Total......... 104 A u str a lia n s . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. K. W. Brearley......... 32.4 2 115 7 .......... 16 2 74 2 Hallows......... 31 5 129 1 .......... 4 1 15 0 Kermode ... 21 3 83 2 ........... 21.1 2 64 4 Sharp ......... 4 0 28 0 .......... 10 1 27 4 Brearley delivere .l three no-balls. L ancashire . Fm t i iningF. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. Li. W. Laver ......... 17.5 3 62 3 .......... 12 2 44 5 Howdl ......... 12 1 54 1 .......... 6 0 35 0 McLt o d ......... 21 6 49 5 ........... 6.3 1 16 5 Hopkins......... 6 0 26 1 .......... Nolle ......... 6 0 17 0 ........... M ID D L E S E X v. SU S S E X . TWO SEPARATE INNINGS OF A HUNDRED BY BOSANQUET. Played at L ord’s on M ay 25, 26, and 27. JM iddlesex w on b y 324 runs. Again without C. B. Fry, who split his hand on the day before this match began, Sussex were very greatly handicapped. They had to field all through the first day, but succeeded in dismissing the last of their opponents just before stumps were drawn. There was nothing at all remarkable about the Middlesex batting, except during the partnership between Bosanquet and Field, when for the only time during the day the bowling was mastered. Field played a very cautious game, but Bosanquet was in brilliant form, and made his 103 out of 149 in an hour and fifty minutes. Field was nearly two hours and a quarter in reaching his fifty, and when, at the close of the innings, he carried his bat for 107 he had been at the wickets for four hours and ten minutes. His innings was uninteresting in the extreme, but most useful to his side. Sussex made a plucky fight on Friday, but by the time that stumps were drawn their position was not very favourable, for Middlesex, with eight wickets in hand were 284 runs on. Warner and Beldam both played fine cricket in the second innings of Middle­ sex, putting on 146 for the second wicket in an hour and a half. At the end of the day Beldam was not out 72. On Saturday Beldam just failed to reach his hundred, although he was at the wickets for an hour and ten minutes. But as his partner, Bosan­ quet, was hitting with power and frequency, he was wisely content to keep up his wricket. The partner­ ship produced 136 runs. So rapidly did Bosanquet score that it was possible to declare the innings closed after play had taken place for about an hour and a half, during which he had made 100 runs out of 142, his second hundred in the match. His bril- innings included sixteen 4’s. He followed up his fine innings by some very successful bowling, and in about an hour and a half Sussex were all out eight wickets falling to Bosanquet for 53 runs. M iddlesex . •First innings. Second innings. P. F. Warner, c Goldie, b Tate ...............................49 b Leach ............86 E. A. Beldam, b Tate..........26 lbw, b Relf............10 G. W. Beldam, c Butt, b Goldie............................... 3 c Butt, b Cox ... 94 E. Field, n otout.................107 B.J.T. Bosanquet, b Goldie 103 not out.................100 G. MacGregor, b Goldie ... 0 J. H. Hunt, b Goldie.......... 1 E. S. Litteljohn, b Vine ... 3 PI. D. Wyatt, c Butt, b Cox 13 Trott (A. E.), c Cox, b Golnie...............................20 not out................... 5 Hearne (J. T.). c Butt, b Relf ...............................27 B 4, lb 11, w 2 ..........17 B 15, lb 1,w4, nbl 21 Total ................. 369 Total (3 wkts) *316 * Innings declared closed. S ussex . First innings. Second innings. K. O. Goldie, b G. Beldam 19 c and b llunt ... 9 Vine, c Bosanquet, b Hunt 4 st MacGiegor, b Bosanquet ... 31 Killick, c Hearne, b Hunt 32 candb Bosanquet 9 Relf, c Trott, b H unt.......... 2 st MacGregor, b Bosanquet ... 5 A. L. Gorringe, b Hearne... 16 bHunt................. 0 Cox, c MacGregor, b Trott 38 b Bosanquet ... 8 P. B. Chapman, c G. Bel­ dam, b Bosanquet......... 42 lbwr, b Bosanquet 0 C L. A. Smith, b Bosanquet 41 b Bosanquet ... 12 lieach, c Field, b liearne ... 35 b Bosanquet ... 5 Butt, not out........................ 7 c & b Bosanquet 0 late, c sub., b Bosanquet ... 4 not out.................16 B 13, lb 6.................. 19 B 4, lb 2, w 1... 7 Total ..259 Total... .102 M id d le sex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. K. WT, Relf ................ 20 4 53 1 .......... 17 3 49 1 Cox ................. 27 9 60 1 .......... 14 5 32 1 Goldie .......... 33 10 80 5 .......... 10 0 50 0 Tate ................. 25 5 81 2 .......... 11 2 46 0 V in e ................ 15 4 51 1 .......... 10 0 42 0 Killick ......... 6 3 24 0 .......... 11 1 43 0 L each.......... 8 0 33 1 Relf and Leach bowled two wides each, Cox and Goldie one each, and Goldie a no-ball. S u ssex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. G. Beldam ... 8 1 29 1 .......... Hunt ......... 19 3 63 3 ........... 14 5 42 2 Bosanquet ... 24.3 2 75 3 ........... 13.2 1 53 8 Hearne ......... 18 5 38 2 ........... Trott ......... 13 3 35 1 ........... Bosanquet bowled a wide, _ . ... .