Cricket 1905

J u n e 29, 1905. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME 233 It will be noticed that Denton and Warren come in for the first time, and that A. O. Jones has been left out. Lees, despite his continued and pronounced success with the ball, is not again chosen; and to the unmistakable astonishment of cricketers at large the name of Jessop does not appear on the list which includes five Yorkshiremen. I t seems a most unwise move to leave out Jessop, for he is so brilliant a field that he saves more runs in any match than most men make, and whatever may be his form with the bat, he generally makes a few runs, while there is always the possibility that, like Bosanquet, he may completely change the fortunes of a game. Besides, he has now regained his form. ------ In last week’s match between Essex and the Australians, Tremlin had the unusual distinction of bowling unchanged through both innings of the Australians, and the odds are ten to one that no one else will do the same thing during the present tour. His analysis is as follows: 0. M. E. W. First innings................. 11 1 54 4 Second innings ... 33 10 814 On the eleventh birthday of Prince Edward, a match was played on the new cricket ground in Windsor Park, between teams captained by him and his brother Prince Albert. Prince Edward carried his bat for 17, “ a comparatively substantial total,” as it is described by a special correspondent. His brother made 9. I f the Cambridge captain, E. W.Mann, is at all superstitious, he must be crying “ Save me from my friends.” One of his team, writing in the Daily Mail on Friday, spread himself about Mann’s consistent scoring, and said:—“ At present the former (Mann) cannot fail. He has not failed to obtain double figures onany occasion he has gone to the wicket this year.” Whereupon Mann is lbw, b Relf, 1, in the second innings, and at Lord’s this week he makes a duck’s egg in the second innings. One wonders more and more what the Australians would have done if Laver had not so unexpectedly turned out to be the bowler of the team. It is nearly always Laver who does the work when there is any real fighting to be done. Cotter does not seem to improve (unless his perform­ ance against Warwickshire on Monday is a sign that he has found his feet at last) and Hopkins has, so far, given no signs of the brilliancy which, according to some of the mem­ bers of the M.C.C. Australian team, was to make him a worthy successor to Trumble. McLeod, Howell, and Noble have all done well at times, but they all seem to require a wicket which suits them properly if they are to do themselves justice. It is noticeable that Duff, who had no sort of a reputation as a bowler in Australia, has often been called upon of late, and that he has done as well as most of his companions. A victory against England next week would do much to set the team firmly on its feet again; at present it seems to be tottering a little. I t is not only in the bowling but in the batting that there is something wrong with the Australian team. Where of late have been the hundreds which are usually made by Australians in ordinary county matches ? Neither Trumper nor Duff has scored a single hundred during the tour. Hill has not been himself of late, and the team as a whole may be said to be no­ where in the averages. Surely, then, things must change for the better soon. It would be the very worst possible thing which could happen to the game if Australian cricket were to begin to shew signs of falling off. One could almost wish to see the Test Match, next week, end in favour of our visitors—it is quite certain that no Englishman would, under the circumstances, grieve very much if they were to pull off the match. But it looks as if they will want a great deal of luck if they are to do so. I n the match between the Australians and Essex two bowlers, for the first time this season, dismissed the Australian team without being changed. These were Buckenham and Tremlin, who, when eight Australian wickets were down for 49, had the following analyses :— 0. M. E. W. Tremlin ............. 7 1 253 Buckenham............. 7 1 235 I t may be noted that Buckenham was the twelfth man of the Essex team, and it was only decided at the last moment to include himin the eleven—an extremely happy thought as things turned out. It is remarkable how often the twelfth man, when his chance has come to play, has turned the fortunes of the game. Without Buckenham in the Australian match Essex would, without any doubt, have been quite outclassed. I t is perhaps fortunate that there is no law in the land by which bowlers may be severely punished when they do not come up to expectations; otherwise Rhodes would surely have had to put up with something in the way of boiling oil when he failed to dismiss the Australians in the Test Match at Lord’s for about 25 runs, on a wicket which was said to be made for him. As things are it was only possible to rebuke him for having com­ pletely lost his form. But now that he has sat on the penitent stool and partly atoned for his conduct, he will, doubt­ less, be forgiven. Since the Test Match he has had the following analyses, which are really not at all bad :— Yorkshire v. Notts— O. H. R. W. First innings.......... 15 1 43 2 Second innings ... 14 7 15 4 Yorkshire v. Warwickshire— First inning*......... 30 9 48 5 Second innings ... 13 4 26 5 Yorkshire v. Sussex— Firstinnings.......... 44 8 102 3 Second innings ... 8 0 25 0 T he occasions on which a batsman has scored a hundred with no other innings over a single figure on the side must be few, and I do not think such a record has ever been made in first-class cricket. Whether this is the case or not, Captain Sheppard, who played for the King’s Regiment against Royal Field Artillery (N camp) at Aldershot, last week, may congratulate himself that in scoring 156 out of 166 from the bat, with a next highest score of 4, he has a record which is unique in its way. The whole match was of unusual interest. The R. F. A. made 117, to which the King’s Regiment replied with 169, and then after dismiss­ ing their opponents again for 65, lost 7 wickets in scoring the 14 runs required to win, Major Nicholson making 10 not out, while there were seven extras, the other men who batted each scoring a duck’s egg. The scores of these two re­ markable innings are appended. T he K ing ’ s R egiment . First innings. Second innings. Capt. Harrington, c and b Holloway .......................... 1 Capt. Sheppard, c Hollo­ way, b Dyke .156 c Dyke, b Hollo­ way ................. 0 Lieut. Gunner, c Holloway, b R ich............................... 1b Dyke .......... 0 Major Edridge, b Holloway 3 b Holloway ... 0 Col. Evans, c Dyke, b Hollo­ way ............................... 0 Major Nicholson, c Dyke, b Holloway ........................ 0 not out .......... 10 Lieut. Marshall,b Holloway 0 e Clarke, b Hcdlo- „ way ................. 0 Corpl. Phillips, b Dyke ... 0 notout ........... 0 Corpl. Nield, b Dyke............. 4 b Holloway ... 0 Lieut. Uniacke, not out ... 1 b Holloway ... 0 Lieut. Brook, b Dyke............. 0 b Dyke .......... 0 Extras.............. . ... 3 Extras........... 7 Total .................169 Total (7 wkts) 17 I t is a little curious that at about the same time that Captain Sheppard was scoring his hundred, while no other man on his side made double figures, Mr. G. Hillyard - 8winstead, the well-known artist, was doing almost the same thing. He scored 113 not out at Moor Park, Harlow, for his own team against Moor Hall, going right through the innings, while the next highest score on his side was 10. Some years ago Mr. Swinstead, in a match against Mr. J. M. Barrie’s X I., scored 106, b S. S. Pawling, when the next highest score on the side was 6, but, at the moment, I cannot lay my hand on the record of the match. The best all-round performance of the past week wasundoubtedly that of L. O. S. Poidevin, who for Lancashire made 76 out of 193 in the first innings against Worcestershire; followed up his fine play by taking 8 wickets for 66; and then in •his second innings made 168 not out. This is a performance which has very seldom been surpassed. A CURIOSITY .-—The last three Sussex men in the match against Cambridge University were dismissed for one run in the first innings, all of them being lbw. Thus the score sheet reads as follows:— G. Brann, lbw, b Hopley ........... 0 Leach, lbw, b M’Donell................... 0 Burchell, lbw, b M’Donell ........... 1 A lthough he has for some time made a great many runs in club and ground matches Goatly has neverbeen able to