Cricket 1905

J une 8, 1905 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 181 HAMPSHIRE v. WORCESTERSHIRE. TWO SEPARATE HUNDREDS BY CAPT. GREIG. Played at Worcester on June 1, 2 and 3. Drawn. The return of Captain Greig has greatly strength­ ened the Hampshire batting. On Thursday last the Captain made his first appearance for the county after an absence of three years in India and played a delightful innings of 115, showing all the skill and resource which had made him famous. He and E. M. Sprot completely mastered the bowling and put up for the second wicket. Captain Greig’s innings of 115 included ten 4’s and lasted for two hours and fifty minutes; Sprot’s innings of 141 included 23 4’s and lasted the same time. After Greig and Sprot had been dismissed there was a startling change in the fortunes of the game and in the course of half-an-hour five wickets fell for 15. But Baldwin and D. A. Steele then made a remark­ able stand, which produced 87 in 50 minutes for the last wicket. When stumps were drawn Worcester­ shire had lost a wicket for 35. On Friday, the innings of G. N. Foster was by far the most notice­ able feature in the Worcestershire batting. He scored 26 off the first 11 balls that he received and then settled down to play steady cricket until luncheon, after which he hit out with such vigour that when he was dismissed for 152 he had only been batting for two hours; his splendid innings included an 8 (4 for an over-throw) and 29 4’s. Cuffe, H. K* Foster and Burn all played fine and attractive cricket, making runs with rapidity. Bums, helped G. N. Foster to put on 75 runs in about 25 minutes, and only just missed his hundred in the end. The result of the rapid scoring by Worcestershire was that Hampshire had unexpectedly to face a balance of 41 when they went in again. But as Captain Greig and Bowell put up 63 before stumps were drawn wifhout being separated, they were in a good position when the game was resumed on ►Saturday, although they had very little chance of winning. On Saturday, Captain Greig for the second time in the match made 100 by beautiful cricket, and although he received little support, his county was able to set Worcestershire an impossible task, and with a little luck Hampshire might even have won. Captain Greig was batting for four hours and a quarter. H ampshire . First innings. Second innings. Capt.J.G.Greig, c G. Foster, b Arnold ..115 run out ................................ 130 Bowell, st Gaukrodger, b Simpson-Hayward.26 c and b Burrows 42 E.M.Sprot,cCuffe,bBurrowsl41 c Arnold, b Cuffe 4 Llewellyn,cCuffe,bBurrows 1 D.Katinakis,c Gaukrodger, b Arnold ...................... 5 Stone, lbw, b Burrows ... 0 Langford, b A rnold ...... 19 H.M^Persse, st Gaukrodger, b Arnold ... ............... 0 Norbuiy, b Burrows...... 13 D.A.Steele,cG.Fo8ter,bBird 23 Baldwin, not out.............55 B 14, lb 8, w 3 ...... 25 Total ............ 423 c Gaukrodger, b Pearson 20 b Cuffe .......... 5 b S.-Hayward ... 10 b S.-Hayward ... 9 b Simpson-Hay­ ward.................10 st Gaukrodger, b S.-Hayward ... 19 b Cuffe ..........11 not out .......... 6 B 5, lb 8 ... 13 Total ... 271 W orcestershire . First innings. Bowie}7, lbw, b Persse Pearson, c Langford, b Llewellyn........................; Cuffe, c Greig, b Persse ... ' H. K. Foster, c Langford, b G reig............................... G. N. Foster, c and b Llew­ ellyn ................................152 Arnold, b Baldwin ............ 13 Gaukrodger, cLlewellyn, b Baldwin .................. 4 W. B. Burns, c Steele, b Baldwin ...........................92 G. H. Simpson-Hayward, c Steele, b Baldwin ............ 18 Bird, not out......................... 0 Burrows, b Persse .......... 5 B 3, lb 3, w 1 ........... 7 64 Second innings. cPersse.bBaldwm 13 cSprot.b Baldwin 37 b Peisse .......... 7 cSprot,b Baldwin 44 c Longford, b Baldwin..........14 not out.......... b Persse ... not out.......... B 4, w 1 ... 13 ... 9 ... 13 ... 5 Total ..........464 Total (9 wkts) 155 H ampshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Arnold .......... 29 5 86 4 ... ... 12 3 37 0 Burrows.......... 28 5 122 4 ... ... 21 3 61 1 S.-Hayward ... 9 0 29 1 ... ... 23 0 82 4 Bird................. 7*2 1 38 1 ... ... 8 1 15 0 Cuffe .......... 10 3 46 0 ... ... 20-4 5 45 3 Pearson.......... 15 1 78 0 ... ... 8 3 18 1 .. .. .. .. ..i I . .................... « o ±o j Cuffe bowled two wides and Pearson one wide. W orcestershire . C Persse ... Baldwin... Llewellyn Langford Sprot Greig Norbuiy... Katinakis Steele Llewellyn and Persse each bowled a wide. O. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W 311 13 56 3 ... ... 18 2 69 2 31 5 101 4 ... ... 24 6 52 4 20 3 77 2 ... ... 4 1 10 0 13 2 52 0 ... ... 5 1 18 0 5 0 24 0 ... ... 3 2 1 0 8 0 43 1 6 0 53 0 3 0 27 0 10 1 24 0 THE AUSTRALIANS. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY MATCH. (n in t h o f t h e t o u r ) . Played at Cambridge on June 1, 2, and 3. Australians won by 169 runs. After heavy rain the wioket was soft and very easy until late in the afternoon of the first day of this match, and the Australians, who won the toss, seemed to have a very easy tiling on. But there was nothing remarkable about their batting until Hopkins went in and showed that he is as good a batsman as ever when he gets into form. Twice he hit the ball out of the ground, but for the greater part of his innings he exercised care and caution; he was at the wickets for an hour and thirty-five minutes. The other members of the team were not quite at their best, and even Armstrong was a long time—an hour and ar-half—in making his 46, while Duff took nearly an hour to make 36. Gehrs was again unfortunate, being out first ball. Cambridge had to bat for three-quarters of an hour, and lost two wickets to Hopkins for 37, the entire day’s cricket only producing 293 runs. On the next day Cambridge had "reason to be pleased with their performance, for on a wicket which was always difficult they did very nearly as well as the Aus­ tralians, each side losing eight wickets — the Australians for 146and Cambridge for 131. Colbeck, who was appearing in a first-class match for the first time, played a remarkably good innings of 52 not out, and he shaped so well that if he could have found anyone to stay with him he might very likely have maae a hundred. He was batting for an hour and a-half, and played well all round the wicket. He received valuable assistance from Harrison, who helped him to increase the total by fifty-nine runs in an hour. Harrison played with ^plenty of determination. Towards the end of his innings Colbeck was badly hit in the face by a ball from Cotter, and was obliged to retire for a few minutes, but he pluckily returned. With a lead of 88, the Australians found great difficulty in making runs in their second innings, and no one showed to advan­ tage. The commencement of the innings was disastrous, for when three runs had been made Darling and Gehrs attempted one of the short runs for which the Australians are famous, but for once chose the wrong man on whom to experiment. The ball was played gently in front of the wicket, but Hopley, who was bowling, was too quick for Gehrs. When stumps were drawn the Australian total was 146 for eight, Hopkins being not out 20, an innings which had lasted more than an hour. Thus the Australians, with two wickets in hand, had a lead of 234. On Saturday the innings soon came to an end, Napier having an excellent analysis. Cambridge had to make 285 to win, and, as stumps were to be drawn at four o’clock, only three hours and a-quarter remained for play. But after the first wicket fell at 30 there was never any question of making the runs or of saving the match. McLeod met with very great success with the ball. Itmay be added that E. W. Mann, C. H. Eyre,and P. R.May were unable to play for Cambridge, and that the Austra­ lians gave a rest to Laver, Noble, and Kelly, while Trumper was perforce an absentee owing to the injury to his back. A ustralians . First innings. Second innings. W. W. Armstrong, c Mc­ Donell, b Napier ...... 46 b Hopley ........... 4 J. Darling, c Payne, b McDonell .....................38 csub., b Napier.. 16 C. Hill, c Mainprice, b McDonell .....................31 b Napier ...........13 D. R. A. Gehrs, c and b Napier............................. 0 S. E. Gregory, c Mainprice, b Napier .....................12 R. A. Duff, c McDonell, b Morcom .....................36 A. J. Hopkins, not out ... 75 A. Cotter, c Napier, b Mor­ com ............................. 3 C. E. McLeod, run out ... 4 P. M. Newland, lbw, b Napier............................... W. P. Howell, c Harrison, b M orcom ........................ B 2, w 2, nb 2 .......... Total ... ...256 run out............... 2 c Hopley, b Napier ..........32 c Hopley, b Napier ..........26 c sub., b Napier... 41 c Payne, b Main­ price.................20 c Payne, b Main­ price.................10 c McDonell, b Napier ..........14 not out.................14 B 1, lb 2, nb 1 4 Total........... 196 C ambridge U niversity . First innings. R. P. Keigwin, c and b Hop­ kins ............................... 7 R. A. Young, b Hopkins ... 9 C. C. Page, c Gregory, b Hopkins ........................ A. F. Morcom, c and b Armstrong........................16 M. W. Payne, b Hopkins ... 4 W. P. Harrison, c McLeod, b Cotter ........................30 L. G. Colbeck, not out ... 52 H. C. McDonell, b Howell... 0 H. Mainprice, b Howell ... 0 F. J. V. Hopley, b Howell... 8 G. G. Napier, c Newland, b Cotter ........................ 0 B 18, lb 1 .................19 Total ..........168 Second innings. b M cLeod..........19 lbw,b Armstrong 19 23 b Armstrong not out................. 0 b Duff.................18 cHill, b McLeod 26 b Armstrong ... 8 b Armstrong ... 2 c and b McLeod 2 b M cLeod.......... 0 b M cLeod.......... 8 Byes .......... 5 Total..........115 A ustralians . . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Napier ... 30 3 96 4 .......... 29 6 85 6 Morcom ... ... 20-2 2 49 3 .......... 9 1 26 0 Keigwin ... ... 5 0 28 0 ......... McDonell ... ... 11 0 44 2 .......... 5 0 27 0 Mainprice'... ... 4 0 33 0 .......... 6 0 26 2 Hopley ... 8 0 28 0 Napier bowled two no-balls and one wide, and Mor­ com one wide and one no-ball. C ambridge U niversity . Hopkins ... McLeod ... Armstrong Howell ... Cotter First innings. O. M. R. W. 20 " 1 10 15 12.5 7 64 4 ... 23 0 ... 18 1 ... 24 3 ... 20 2 ... Duff Second innings. O. M. R. W. . 11.3 5 13 5 . 27 10 44 4 . 10 4 15 0 . 6 2 15 0 .10 2 23 1 SURREY v. ESSEX. Played at Leyton on June 1, 2 and 3. Surrey won by five wickets. Although Essex men cannot have derived much satisfaction from the performance of their team on Thursday last, they could at least rejoice because Per­ rin at last returned to form. He played an admirable innings of 45 on a wicket which was in favour of the bowlers. Essex would, without much doubt, have done better if they had not batted first when they won the toss, but no one could blame their captain for taking first innings. As things turned out, no one of his side except Perrin and Reeves could do much with the bowling, and Surrey had to face a small total. Surrey began badly enough by losing Hayward in the second over, but Hobbs and Hayes then played splendid cricket, and it was not until just before the time for drawing stumps that the former was out for a wonderfully good innings of 102, made in less than two hours ana a half. Hayes also played an admirable game, and was not out 105 at the end of the day when the Surrey total was 219 for two wickets. On Friday Baker and Hayes were both out in the first two overs, and things did not look so well for Surrey. Hayes did not add to his score, which had taken him two hours and twenty minutes to compile, and included ten 4’s. Holland and Davis put on 43 for the fifth wicket, and Lord Dalmeny and I^ees 65 for the sixth wicket in a little over half an hour. Lord Dalmeny played a firstrclass game, his driving at times being very powerful; he was at the wickets for an hour and ten minutes for his most useful 73. Essex had to go in against a balance of 232. Perrin again went in first, but was bowled by Knox with the total at 12. Carpenter and Fane greatly improved matters, both playing sound cricket, and towards the end of the day McGahey played a great game, being not out 73 when stumps were drawn, with the total at 197 for three wickets, Essex thus being still 35 runs behind. Turner was not out 20. Essex played a splendid uphill game on Saturday. McGahey and Turner dia not remain long at the wicket, but Gillingham and Tosetti made 53 in a little over half an hour for the seventh wicket, and when Gilling­ ham was out just before luncheon for a remarkably good innings of 95, made in two hours without a chance, the total was 400. Afterwards Reeves, who had been playing a very determined game, hit hard, and had the satisfaction of making his first hun dred in county cricket; he hit fourteen 4’s, and his runs were made in an hour and a half. While he was in partnership with Gillingham 112 runs were put on in an hour. When the innings came to an end it was a question whether Surrey could make the runs, for they had to score 212 in a little less than two hours and three quarters. Hayward and Hayes did well, but when tnree wickets were down for 79 Surrey were behind time. Lord Dalmeny then came in and played brilliant cricket, while Hayward hit whenever there seemed any chance of making runs. In fifty-five minutes the two men increased