Cricket 1905

196 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u n e 15, 1905 THE AUSTRALIANS. T H E M . C . C . M A T C H . ( e l e v e n t h o f t h e t o u r .) Played at Lord’s on June 8 , 9 and 10. Abandoned. The Australians were fortunate in having three days of dry weather in Yorkshire last week, when in most other parts of England there was persistent rain, but they struck the South of England at its worst on Thursday last. After the heavy rain of the three previous days the wicket at Lord’s was so soft and waterlogged that it was impossible to begin the M.C.C. match until four o’clock, when the English­ men, having won the toss, began their innings. The day itself was fine, with a drying wind, and cricketers generally considered that in winning the toss the M.C.C. had gained a great advantage if no more rain should come, inasmuch as the wicket would almost certainly become more and more difficult as the match went on. At the end of the day the M.O.O. had scored 121 for the loss of five wickets in the course of two hours and a half, and thus seemed in an excellent position. Naturally the bowlers had a pull over the batsmen, who had to hit very hard to make the ball reach the boundary, and for a time it looked as if the score would be very small indeed. As there were half a dozen first wicket batsmen in the M.O.C. team, spectators were somewhat surprised when H. K. Foster was seen to be the partner of Maclaren for the first wicket. Maclaren was out before a run had been scored, and as Foster and Spooner could not get the ball away, a quarter of an hour passed before the first run of the match was scored. The second wicket fell at 20, and Fry then played a capital game. He was the only man who went, in during the day who did not act almost entirely on the defensive, and everybody was disap­ pointed when he was splendidly caught with one hand at extra mid-on by Noble for 27 out of 37. Four wickets were down* for 57, and at 62 'Warner ran himself out. Jackson, who took fifty-five minutes to score his first 10 runs, and Braund, who was forty minutes before he made his second run. then played out time, Jackson making some very fine hits towards the end of his innings. He was not out 48, and was batting for nearly an hour and three-quarters. Braund was in for an hour for 13. There was no play on Friday owing to rain, which was so persistent that there seemed little chance of any play on Saturday. But at a quarter past twelve the game was resumed. Braund was caught in the slips after increasing his overnight score by asingle, but Jackson continued to play fine cricket, until when he only required fifteen to make his hundred he was beautifully taken at short-leg by Darling. His runs were made in the course of two hours and three-quarters. With the total at 183 for eight the innings was declared closed, and the Australians went in to bat live minutes before lunch. J. T. Hearne bowled the first ball, which broke through Duff’s defence, and as things turned out this was the only ball of the innings, for during the luncheon hour rain fell so heavily that the match was abandoned. M.C.C. and G round . P. F. Warner, run out Braund, c Laver, b McLeod ................. King (J. H.), b Noble Thompson, not ou t... Huish, not out .......... B 3, lb 1, nb 2 ... A.C.Vaclaren, b Laver 0 H.K.Foster, c Darling, b McLeod.................11 It. H. Spooner, c Hop­ kins, b Laver..........13 C. B. Fry, c Noble, b 1.aver .................27 ,Hon. F. S. Jackson, c Darling, b Noble ... 85 * Innings declared closed. Hearne (J. T.) did not bat. A ustralians . R. A. Duff, b Hearne .............. J. Darling, not o u t..................... 14 Total (8 wkts)* 183 M. R. W. 4 21 2 1 4 0 3 11 0 Total (I wkt) ... 0 C. Hill, M. A. Noble, W. W. Armstrong, S. E. Gregory,!). 1?. A. Gehrs, A. J. Hopkins, C. E. McLeod, F. Laver, and J. J. Kelly did not bat. M.C.C. and G round . O. M. R. W. O. McLeod ...32 9 64 2 1Noble ... 10 Laver ...32 13 55 3 Hopkins... 2 Armstrong. 5 2 22 0 1Duff.......... 8 Noble delivered two no-balls. A ustralians . O. M. R. W. Heame........................ 0.1 0 0 1 T E N T S ! T E IM T 3 ! — tfuitable for Girdena, Cricket, or Campmg-out purpi sea ; 40ft. in circumference, pen, poles, mallet, and lines com­ plete (with tent bag included). I will send one complete for 30s. Can be seat on approval hpeci>tl arrangements c+n be made to customer* requiring 10 to 20 tents. Price List of Marque*t, anv mijw. Post Free, from—H. J. GASSON, Govern­ ment Contractor, Rye. OXFORD UNIVERSITY v. NOTTS. Played at Oxford on June 8 and 9. Notts won by 88 runs. The wicket at Oxford was slow, but dried quickly, when this match was begun on Thursday last, and the bowlers always had the best of the situation. W. H. B. Evans distinguished himself for Oxford, and going on as second change he took six wickets for 25 runs, including three with successive balls. For a time Notts did as well as could have been expected. Jones and Iremonger put up 53 for the first wicket in a little more than three-quarters of an hour, and 105 runs had been made when the fourth wicket fell. But, chiefly owing to the bowling of Evans five men were dismissed when the total was standing at 113. Oxford began badly by losing three wickeLs for 13, but Evans and Foster made a very useful stand, and Norris, Henley and Snowden did well, so that when stumps were drawn the total was 102 for seven wickets. On Friday the match was finished. Notts had a lead of 18 on the first innings, and although they lost four wickets for 28, they afterwards did so well that they were able to set Oxford the task of making 217 to win. For this they had chiefly to thank George Gunn and Heming­ way, who increased the score by 113 in an hour and 25 minutes. Martin bowled well but met with bad luck. Oxford began so badly that they lost six wickets for 52, and although Foster played a splendid game and Snowden made a very useful stand, the University never looked like making the runs. After the match Foster was awarded his blue. N otts . First innings. A.O.Jones,cHenley.b Evans 27 1remonger,cNTorris.bHenley 35 Gunn (G.). b Evans ... .*.13 Gunn(J.),c Henley, b Evans 15 Hardstaff.cWright,bMartin 12 R.E.Hemingway, c Bennett, b Martin ........................ 4 Chambers, b Evans ......... 0 Hallam, not out ................. 7 Wass, c Carlisle, b Martin 0 J. D. Barnsdale, b Evans... 0 Pennington, b Evans......... 13 B 4, lb 2, nb 1 .......... 7 Second innings, c Norris, b Evans 0 b Martin ......... 1 c Henley, b Bran­ ston .................62 b Martin .......... 5 b Martin .......... 1 b Branston......... 64 b Martin ..........30 b Burn.................15 c and b Branston 1 c Foster, b Burn 10 not out................. 1 B 4, w 1, nb 3 8 Total ... ...133 Total .198 O xford U niversity . First innings. E. L. Wright, b Wass ... 8 G. G. M. Bennett, b Wass... 0 K. M. Carlisle, b Wass ... 0 W. II. B. Evans, b J. Gunn 22 G. N. Foster, b Pennington 24 G.T. Branston,c Iremonger, b Pennington ................. 0 O. T. Norris, st Barnsdale, b Pennington .................19 A.O.Snowden.bPennington 13 F. A. H. Henley, not out ... 24 E. G. Martin, cHemingway, b Pennington ................. 5 R. C. W. Burn, b Wass ... 0 Extras........................ 0 Second innings, c Hemingway, b Pennington ... 0 c Hemingway, b Wass ..........21 b Wass ......... 13 b Wass ......... 11 lbw, b Hallam ... 47 Total ...115 runout ... . b Wass ... . b Hallam ... . lbw, b Hallam . b Wass ... . not out.............. Leg-byes . Total ... ...128 Burn Martin Branston.. Evans Henley N otts . First innings. O. M. R. W. . 18 15 . 5 13.1 11 6 22 0 3 42 3 1 19 0 5 25 6 3 18 1 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 0 29 2 7 17.1 6 17 4 5 55 4 0 28 3 4 58 1 1 20 0 Martin bowled four no-balls and one wide. O xford U niversity . Wass Gunn (J.) Pennington Hallam ... First innings. O. M. R. W. 17.4 5 49 4 .. 9 2 28 I .. 13 1 30 5 .. 5 2 80 .. Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 20 5 60 5 15 6 35 1 ... 4.4 0 28 3 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v. SUSSEX. Played at Northampton on June 8 , 9 and 10. Sussex won by an innings and 31 runs. The absence of C. B. Fry from the Sussex team and of Thompson from Northamptonshire made matters fairly equal, for although Thompson cannot be compared to Fry as a batsman, his county relies on him largely for his bowling. Sussex won the toss, and batted all day for 322, losing nine wickets. The wicket was slow but not difficult, and without Thompson Northamptonshire were greatly handi­ capped in bowling. Vine and Cox put up 55 for the first wicket in an hour and ten minutes, and the total was taken to 111 before the latter, who played as careful a game as Vine, was dismissed after batting for two hours for his 42. Killick and Relf then took charge of the bowling, and their partnership produced 144 in about two hours. Killick was eventually bowled when hewaswithin two runs of his hundred; his attractive innings had lasted for three hours. The total was 255 for four wickets, but afteiwards the bowlers had somewhat the best of matters. On Friday the wicket was very difficult, and Northamptonshire fared badly against the bowling of Cox and Relf. But Pool played a fine defensive innings, and kept up his wicket for three hours and a-half, during which he scored 59. East was the only other man who made a stand. He also played slow cricket, taking an hour and a-half to make his 44. Northamptonshire had to follow-on, and before stumps were drawn lost six wickets for 86, so that they still required 75 to save the innings defeat. On Saturday Worsley, who was not out 23 overnight, increased his score by 10, his entire innings lasting for an hour and twenty minutes; but no one else except B. E. Smith offered any resis­ tance to the bowling and Sussex won with ease. S ussex . Vine, lbw, b East ... 34 Cox, c H. Kingston, b E a s t........................42 Killick, b Pool ..........98 Relf, c Burgess, b Pool 75 P. B. Chapman, b Cox 7 C. L. A. Smith, b Pool 6 K. O. Goldie, b Cox... 0 Leach, c and b East... 29 P. Cartwright, c Cox, b Pool ................. 0 Seymour (John), not out ........................15 Butt, c Smith, b East 10 B 9, lb 1 ..........10 Total......... 326 N orthamptonshire . First innings. W. H. Kingston, b Cox ... 6 C. J. T. Pool, c Cartwright, b R elf............................... 59 Cox, b Relf ........................ 1 E. M. Crosse, b Cox .......... 1 East, b Seymour.................44 H. E. Kingston, run ont ... 9 A. E. Worsley, c Goldie, b Cox ............................... 5 T. Horton, c Goldie, b Cox 15 H. Burgess, b Relf .......... 9 B. C. Smith, c Butt, b Cox 1 Allen, not out ................. 0 B 5, lb 7, w 2, nb 1 ... 15 Second innings, c Relf, b Cox ... 15 c Smith, b CJox... 12 not out.................32 b R elf.................12 Ibw, b Relf......... 4 lbw, b Relf......... 1 c Seymour, b Cox 33 b R e lf................. 0 b R e lf................. 1 b Killick ..........13 b R e lf................. 0 B 2, lb 5 ... 7 Total ...165 Total... ..130 East... . C ox........ Allen Burgess. S ussex . O . M . R. W. O. M. R. W. 333 11 46 4 H.KingstonlO 1 27 0 10 79 2 Worsley... 4 2 63 0 j Pool... 1 32 0 i Horton 1 12 0 20 3 53 4 1 0 4 0 N orthamptonshire . First innings. O. M. R. W. C o x ................. 29-3 9 56 5 R e lf................. 20 10 33 3 Killick .......... 9 6 4 0 Goldie .......... 7 2 22 0 Vine................. 11 4 25 0 Seymour.......... 4 1 10 1 Leach Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 36 16 57 3 ... 31.2 11 50 6 . . . 3 2 3 1 1 9 0 4 0 Relf delivered one no-ball and Goldie two wides. SURREY v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Played at the Oval on June 8 , 9, and 10 . Abandoned. Naturally, after the recent very heavy rains the wicket at the Oval on the first day of this match was very slow, and it helped the bowlers so much that before stumps were drawn each side completed an innings, with only four runs between the totals. Gloucestershire had the good fortune to bat first, but none of their hitters came off, and but for the stubborn resistance of their two steady players, Godsell and Barnett, things would have gone badly for them. Godsell kept up an end for two hours and Barnett for an hour and five minutes. At lunch time 54 was up for two wickets, but afterwards disasters occurred, and between the totals of 61 and 68 four wickets fell. Surrey were trying a new bowler in Meads, who plays by residence; he is a right hand medium paced bowler, and he met with considerable success. The Surrey men, with the exception of Hayward and Davis, could not make much of the bowling of Dennett, and half the wickets were down for 53 runs. Davis then played a very determined game, which, fortunately for Surrey, was most successful, and in three-quarters of an hour he scored 46 out of 73, many of his hits being powerful and well judged. When the innings came to an end Surrey had a lead of four runs. Owing to the persistent rain there was no play on Friday, but on Saturday there seemed a reasonable prospect of finishing the match. When Gloucester­ shire had made three runs in their second innings Wraihall was caught at square leg, and Jessop then