Cricket 1905

234 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. J une 29, 1905. secure a footing in the Surrey eleven. He has played from time to lime, and last year he scored 76 and 63 for Surrey v. South Africans at the Oval. Last week he scored 147 not out against Derbyshire, in the first innings. The value of bis innings was all the greater because when he went to the wickets his Bide was in a most unpromising; position, having lost five wickets for 94. He followed up his hundred by scoring a most useful 37 in the second innings. A lt h o u g h every cricketer is familiar with the saying that “ a game is never lost until it is won,” it required a special brand of Mark Tapleys on Friday after­ noon, to have faith in the chances of Sussex (without Fry) pulling off their match against Camoridge University. For iu their second innings Sussex, who had a balance of 41 runs to wipe off, had lost half their wickets for 42, bo that they were only a run to the good when the tail had to begin its work. Yet Sussex won the match by 65 runs. I n the above match Colbeck was out in a peculiar way in the first innings of Cambridge. He was bitting the bowling all over the field when C. L. A. Smith was given a trial. The first ball was a full pitch. Colbeck ran out, but missed the ball, which also beat the wicket­ keeper. Unfortunately for Colbeck, it fell on the wicket-keeper’s pads and thence on to the wicket, knocking off the bails. Result—L. G. Colbeck, st Burchell, b C. L. A. Smith, 67. T he next time that several Englishmen in succession fall before the Australian bowlers for a few runs they will probably escape with a caution, for it will be re­ membered in their favour that the Aus­ tralians themselves, in their first innings at Leyton, on a good and fast wicket lost five wickets in the course of four overs, and were let down very easily indeed. Duff was caught at cover point off Buck­ enham and Gregory was bowled in the same over. No wicket fell in the next over, which was by Tremlin, but when it came to Buckenham’s turn again Hopkins was caught at mid-on, and Gehrs bowled. In Tremlin’s next over McLeod was caught and bowled. This is a record which is hardly likely to be approached again this year by the Australians, but it may save a few unfortuuate Englishmen from being held up to scorn. K. J. Key, the old Surrey captain, still keeps up his cricket. On Thursday last, at Lord’s, he played for the M.C.C. against the R oja l Navy, and scored 48 in the attractive style which always made his batting so delightful to watch. For the same side Capt. Wynyard scored 151, and then retired. For the Royal Navy, Commander H. D. R. Watson dis­ tinguished himself by scoring 100. I n the match between Yorkshire and Warwickshire at Dewsbury, three bowlers took five wickets for 26 in the second innings; Santall for Warwickshire, and Rhodes and Haigh for Yorkshire. The analyses are as follows :— O. M. R. W. Santall ............. 19 10 26 5 Rhodes ............. 13 4 26 5 Haigh ............. 12 3 26 5 T he m o m e n t tbat the wickets settle down again after rain large scores appear here a n d there, and at t h e b e g in n in g of th is week there were three in d iv id u a l in n in g s of two hundred, viz., 250 by Tyldesley, 234 by G. L.Jessop, and 217 by Bowley. This b riD g s the t o ta l of two hundreds for the season to th irte e n , the c o m p le t e lis t b e in g as follows :—• May 4 and 5, Rhodes, Yorks v. Somerset.......... 201 May 8 and 9, P. F. Warner, M.C O. v. Sussex... 204 May 13, C. B. Fry, Sussex v. Notts ................. 201* May 19, W. W. Armstrong, Australia v. Gentn. 21S* May 18 and 19, Iremonger, Notts v. Essex ... 239 May 19 and 20, Hirst, Yorkshire v. Leicester ... 311 May 22and 23, C. McGahey, Essex v. Derbyshire 277 May 22 and 23, W. G. Quaife, Warwickshire v. Surrey ............................... .......... 255* June 1 and 2, J. F. Byrne, Warwickshire v. Lancashire ............................................. 222 June 5 and 6, C. B. Fry, Sussex v. Notts.......... 233 June 26 and 27, Tyldesley, Lancashire v. Notts 250 June 26 and 27, G. 1- Jessop, Gloucestershire v. Somersetshire ................. ................. 234 June 26, Bowley, Worcester v. Leicester.......... 217 * Signifies not out. S everal well-kno,vn Old Malvemians played against the School on June 23rd and 24th, and three of them made a hundred iu the first innings, their efforts accounting for 366 runs out of a total of 440 from the bat. These hundreds are as follows:— Capt. W. L. Foster, c Cornelius, b Alitchelson ...100 G. H. Simpson-Hayivard, c Mellin, b Mann..........107 G. N. Foster, c Clarke, b Cornelius........................ 159 R eferrin g to the match in 1899 in which Easex beat the Australians by 126 runs, F. A. Iredale, who took part iu the match, says in the Daily Mail, “ We made the nauie of You-jg famous by meekly giving him wickets after a rather tame display.” This shows how much always depends on the point of view. In the opinion of most people who saw the match the Australians, on a some­ what fiery wicket, were absolutely unable to cope with Young, who was in excellent form that year. T he record of Essex against the Aus­ tralians during the last three tours has been eminently satisfactory to the county. In 1899 they quite outplayed a very strong team, ana won by 126 runs. In 1902 the first match was ruined by rain, in the second Essex declared when only three wickets were down iu their second innings. In last week’s match they won by 19 runs. They have to meet the Australians again at Leyton this year on September 4th, 6th, and 6th. W ith reference to the five successive victories gained by Sussex in champion­ ship matches up to Saturday, Mr. A. J. Gaston s iys in the Brighton Argus :— The five Sussex victories in succession are not a record. In 1903 Yorkshire won seven county matches in the championship on con­ secutive days, viz., July 20th to August 12th, defeating Notts, Warwickshire, Gloucester­ shire, Surrey, Lancashire, Leicestershire and Middlesex. Surrey in 1887 likewise won seven county engagements in the champion­ ship right off the reel, viz., from 18th July to 11th August. In August, too, Surrey also had a wonderful “ haud of seven,” as from the 4th to the 27th August, the Ovalites on consecutive days claimed seven county wins, and, in June, 1896, Surrey were victorious seven times, from 3rd June to 26th June, in county engagements. It will he in memory, too, of many cricket enthusiasts, how that Middlesex in August, 1898, carried off all the county engagements from 8 th August to 30th August, winning seven matches in twenty- one consecutive playing days, while in 1889, Surrey, in eighteen days’ cricket, brought off six county wins. The Annual General Meeting of the Cricketers’ Fund Friendly Society will be held at Lord’s Hotel, St. John’s Wood, on Monday, July 10th, at 7.30 for 8 o’clock precisely. Mr. Henry Luff, 21, Cranbourne Street, W.C., is the secre­ tary, and Mr. W. E. Dennison, the President, has consented to take the chair as usual. The strange changes which so often occur in the fortunes of great batsmeu were well shown in the matches at the end of last week. Here is a very strong batting eleven with quite a remarkable record—all the scores were made on good wickets:— A. C. Maclaren, c Arnold, b Wilson... ..................... 1 b Wilson ......... 0 Humphreys, c McGregor, b c Moon, b Bosan- Tarrant ........................ 5 quet................. 0 Demon, b Moorhouse.......... 7 ht wkt, b Santall 9 P. Perrin, b Laver .......... 0 c Duff, b Laver... 0 Hirst, lbw, b Hargreave ... 1 lbw, b Santall ... 1 Davis, c Humphries, b Best- c Storer, b Best­ wick ........................... 8 wick ............... 4 H. J. Heygate, c Mann, b Napier............................... 2 b McDonell ... 0 J.R.Mason, c& b Bosanquet 9 h Trott ........... 0 S.E.Gregory, bBuckenham 0 c Carpenter, b Trem lin............ 0 M. W, Payne, b R e lf.......... 0 c Burchell, b Rell 0 D.R.A.Gehrs,bBuckenham 0 b Buckenham ... 2 33 16 I n the list of averages on Monday, C. B. Fry was standing on a pinnacle of his own far out of the reach of his rivals. He had scored 1,481 runs —nearly a third more than anybody else. His average was 92’56, which is again nearly a third more than that of anybody else, Hirst, who came next to him, falling to 63-00. On Monday, Denton, who only required a single run to make his total a thousand for the season, succeeded in scoring it off the first ball he received, and thus came second to Fry. He has been followed this week by M. A. Noble, Hayward, and Tyldesley. A n otew orth y performance in the way of all-rouud cricket, to which, as far as one can judge, no reference has been made, at all events ou this side of the Cnannel, was recorded in a match at Dublin in the early part of the month. The Phoenix Club aud Curragh District furnished the contending elevens, and J. W. F. Crawfurd, the old Merchant Taylor, who played for Surrey a few times, if I remember rightly, and got his double blue (cricket aud Rugby football), was the cricketer in question. In the second inniugs of Curia^h he got all ten wicke:s, aud when he went to open the