Cricket 1905

J uly 6, 1905. ORICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 253 and his analyses are worthy of a place in Gossip:— First innings .. Second innings.. O. M. R. W. ... 12.4 2 47 9 ... 23 5 90 8 I n each of the three test matches this year there has been a somewhat similar position at the end of the second day. Thus:— At Nottingham. England was leading by 293, with five wickets in hand. At Lord’s. England was leading by 252, with five wickets in hand. At Leeds. England was leading by 276, with eight wickets in hand. Six individual innings of a hundred have now been hit against the Austra­ lians, v iz .:— A O. Jones, for Notts ................................ 103 Hayward, for Surrey..........................................*129 “ A .C . Maclaren, for England (atNottingham) 140 fc Denton, for Yorkshire ............................... *153 i F. S. Jackson, for England (at Leeds) ... *144 g, Tyldesley, for England-,at Leeds) ........... 100 * Signifies not out There was nearly a month’s interval between Jackson’s 144 and Denton’s 153 —June 7th to July 3rd. In 1893 seven hundreds were made against the Austra­ lians, in 1896 three, in 1899 thirteen and in 1902 six. T he Australians have made seven hundreds this year, v iz .:— I M. A. Noble, v. Gentlemen (Crystal Palace)... 162 [ W. W. Armstrong, v. Notts ........................112 W. W. Armstrong, v. Gentlemen (Lord’s) ... 248* i, J. Darling, v. Gentlemen (Lord’s ) .................117* ; O. Hill, v. Lancashire...................................... 143 ^ M. A. Noble, v. Warwickshire........................125 t Victor Trumper, v. Gloucestershire ..........108 ♦Signifies not out. There was more than a month’s interval between Hill’s 143 and Noble’s 125— May 25 to June 27. In 1893 the Aus­ tralians made twelve hundreds; in 1896 eighteen ; in 1899 twenty-five; and in 1902 twenty-four. W h e th e r the Australians win the next two of the five test matches or not, they have been outplayed in the first three of the series, which is after all some conso­ lation to Englishmen. We are still one up, which is another consolation. P a r t VI. of the “ Empire’s Cricketers ” contains reproductions from Mr. Cheval- lier Tayler’s crayon drawings of Clement Hill, H. Martyn, G. H. Hirst, and W. Lees. Hill is very good and character­ istic, and Hirst, who looks youthful, is excellent; Martyn is somewhat sunburnt. On the whole, Part V I. is a very good number indeed. M.C.C. AND GROUND v. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. Played at Lord’s on July 3 and 4. Drawn. As usual this match was confined to two days, on account of the University match which begins to-day (Thursday). The Oxonians, who have not set the Thames on fire this vear, met a much stronger bowl­ ing side than the M.C.O. usually puts in the field, but nearly every man on the side distinguished himself. The great, innings of the day was the 139 of Evans, who at lunch time was not out 129. He then retired in order to sit for an examination, but returned by permission of the M.C.O. captain, when nine wickets were down, and brought his total to 139, still being unconquered. He was at the wickets for a little more than two hours, and shewed a great command over the bowling from the first; his hits included twenty 4’s. Nine other men on the side made over twenty, and the M.C.C. had to face a total of 459, making 23 for the loss of a wicket before stumps were drawn. The M.C.C. team was by no means strong in batting and it was not surprising that it was disposed of for 180. Oxford then had a lead of 279, and as this match was limited to two days it might have been thought that the M.C.C. would be ordered to follow on. But, apparently, the Oxford captain had no wish to win the match, and he sent his side in again, although when only an hour and twenty-five minutes remained for play he declared — a somewhat absurd position of affairs, for the M.C.O. had to make 378 to win. O xford U niversity . First innings. Second innings. I W. H. B. Evans, not out ..139 K. M. Carlisle, c A., b J. Hearne...............................39 notout................. 45 G. T. Branston, c Cox, b Relf ...............................20 notout..................32 G. N. Foster, c sub, b A. Heame...............................44 J. E. Raphael, c sub, b Relf 44 c A. Hearne, b R e lf................. 0 E. L. Wright, c Charles, b Hartley ........................51 A. O. Snowden, b Hartley 4 c J. Heame,b Relf 0 A. E. Worsley, c C. Marsham, b Hartley ........................27 b R e lf.................. 2 N. R. Udal, c Hartley, b Relf 26 F. A. H. Henley, lbw, b Hartley ........................20 R. O. W. Burn, c Hartley, b J. H earne........................39 Byes ........................ 6 B 18, w 1 ...19 Total.................459 Total (3 wkts) *98 * Innings declared closed. M.C.O. First innings. C. H. B. Marsham, c and b Henley...............................38 Lord George Scott, b Udal 11 Hearne (A.), b Udal .......... Relf, b B um ........................ R. E. More, b Burn .......... Cox, b Evans... ................. J. C. Hartley, b Udal.......... Capt. E. G. Wynyard, c Evans, b Worsley .......... F. W. B. Marsham, b Bum Col. S. F. Charles, not out Hearne (J. T.), c Raphael, b Henley............................... B 17, lb 5, nb 5 .......... 27 Second innings. b Burn................. c Wright, b Hen­ ley .................4 c Burn, b Udal... b Udal................. notout................. 1 not out................. b Henley .......... c Foster, b Burn b Branston........ B 8 , lb 1, nb 2 11 Total .................180 Total (7 wkts).. 83 O xford U niversity . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M.R. W. R e lf................. 31 4 99 3 ........... 8 3 16 3 Hearne (J. T.) 31.3 8111 2 ......... 8 2 18 0 C o x ................. 16 2 53 0 ........... 5 1 10 0 Hartley .......... 19 0 89 4 ........... 2 0 10 0 Heame (A.) ... 13 1 65 1 ........... Wynyard ... 3 0 36 0 .......... More .......... 8 2 25 0 More bowled a wide. M.C.C. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Burn ..........16 4 40 3 ........... 6 1 16 2 Udal................. 13 4 29 3 ........... 5 2 9 2 Snowden ... 7 0 16 0 .......... Henley .......... 13.3 3 32 2 ........... 7 0 20 2 Evans .......... 30 18 1 ................ W orsley.......... 61 18 1 ................ Branston .......... 7 1 27 1 Henley delivered four no-balls and Udal, Evans, and Worsley one each. LANCASHIRE v. SOMERSET. Played at Old Trafford on July 3 and 4. Lancashire won by an innings and 150 runs. Although Lancashire were without Maclaren, Tyldesley, and Kermode, they out-played Somerset so completely on Monday that they had the match in their hands at the end of the day. They dismissed Somerset for 65, and then made 424 for 8 wickets. Brearley was the main cause of the downfall of the Somersetshirebatsmen. He bowled at a great pace and was almost irresistible ; it was a great feat to take nine wickets for 49 mns even against Somerset on one of their “ off days.” At the other end Heap kept down the runs in a remarkable way, bowling 12overs for 15. The last five Somerset wickets fell for 19 mns. For Lancashire, Spooner and Cuttell put up 125 in an hour and ten minutes, and although neither Poidevin nor Gamett distinguished himself, all the rest of the team, except Eccles, were in great form. When seven wickets were down for 285, with forty minutes remaining for play, A. H. Hornby, who was acting as captain in the absence of Maclaren, went in and hit with so much vigour that he scored 93 before stumps were drawn, and was still undefeated. He and Heap put on 40 runs in twelve minutes, and when Findlay became his partner the score was increased by 99 in twenty-five minutes. On Tuesday, Hornby soon increased his score to 106, and his entire innings only lasted for three-quarters of an hour—a brilliant effort which has hardly been rivalled by anything done even by Jessop. He and Findlay put up 113 mns for the ninth wicket in half- an-hour; his hits included eighteen 4’s. Somerset had a hopeless task when they went in again, and when Brearley bowled Martyn and Hardy with suc­ cessive balls they seemed certain to be defeated very badly indeed. But Robson, Poyntz, Sturt, and Brown all played up manfully, and the result was a good score. Brearley again bowled finely, taking 17 wickets in the match for 137 runs. S omersetshire . First innings. Second innings. H. Martyn, c Spooner, b Brearley ........................ 6 b Brearley........... 0 Braund, b Brearley .......... 1 cHomby,bBrear- ley .................16 Hardy, b Brearley .......... 1 b Brearley........... 0 Robson, not out .................15 cSharp,bHallows 61 S. M. J. Woods, b Brearley 10 c Garnett, b Brearley......... 1 S. M. Poyntz, b H eap......... 21 b Poidevin...........32 M. A. Sturt, c Cuttell, b c Gamett, b Brearley ........................ 4 Brearley..........35 C. E. Brown, b Brearley ... 0 c Findlay, b Brearley..........53 Sellick, c Cuttell, b Brearley 2 c Cuttell,b Brear­ ley ................. 0 Cranfield, b Brearley.......... 2 cFindlay,b Brear­ ley .................13 Bucknall, b Brearley.......... 0 not out.................. 5 B 2,lb 1 ................. 3 B6,lb 3,nb 2... 11 Total .............. LANCi R.H.Spooner,cRobson, b Braund.................80 Cuttell, b Robson ... 45 Hallows, c Cranfield, b Braund.................47 L. O. S.~ Poidevin, st Martyn, b Robson... 17 H.G.Garnett.c Poyntz, b Braund................ 12 Sharp, c Martyn, b Bucknall.................34 65 Total ......... 227 Ileap,cSturt,bBraund 52 A. Eccles, c Martyn, b Bucknall................. 6 A.H.Hornby, c Brown. b Robson.............. 106 W. Findlay, not out... 31 W. Brearley, c Woods, b Braund................. 0 B 8 , lb 4 ........12 Total .442 Brearley ... Heap S omersetshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. " " " 12 4 2 47 9 ........... 23 12 6 15 1 ........... 3 Sharp.......... 9 Hallows ... 6 Poidevin ... 10 Brearley and Sharp each bowled one no-ball L ancashire . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cranfield ... 5 0 40 0 1Robson.. 3 Braund ... 40.2 2 227 5 |Bucknall 16 4 69 w M. R. W. 5 90 8 0 12 0 1 35 0 0 35 1 0 44 1 D E R B Y S H IR E v. L E IC E S T E R SH IR E Played at Che terfield on July 3 and 4. Leicestershire won by an innings and 135 runs. Without Warren, A. E. Lawton, and Curgenven, Derbyshire were most severely handicapped in this match, but this would not account for their complete debacle against the bowling of Odell and Jayes, who in twenty-two overs between them dismissed the side for 36. Leicestershire shewed some good batting and thanks largely to the steady playing of Wood, who made a hundred in two hours and three- quarters, scoring his last fifty in an hour, they had a lead of 215 on the first innings. Before stumps were drawn Derbyshire made 15 for the loss of a wicket. On Tuesday the Derbyshire batsmen again failed against the bowling of Odell and King, but Cadman played a very plucky innings. D erbyshire . First innings. Second innings. L. G. Wright, b Odell ... 12 b King ..........13 C. A. Ollivierre, c and b Jayes ............................... 8 b King ........... 8 Cadman, b Jayes................. 7 h Odell ...........39 E. M. Ashcroft, b Jayes ... 0 b King ........... 1 F. C-. Hunter, b Odell ... 0 b Odell ........... 8 J. Dearnaley, b Odell.......... 0 b Odell ........... 0 Cooper, b Odell ................. 0 b Odell 0 Morton, b Odeil ................. 2 c DeTrafford, b King ......... 0 Humphries, not out .......... 3 b King ........... 1 Peach, b Jayes ................. 0 b Odell ...........10 Bestwick, b Odell .......... 0 notout................. 0 Byes........................ 4 Total... 36 Total..