Cricket 1905

268 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 13, 1905. at one time it was thought the proper thing for everybody to put £5 on one’s school or University. Now he never heard of such a thing. A lt h o u g h Derbyshire lost their match against the Australians it is by no means certain that the policy of the captain, E. M. Ashcroft, in putting his opponents in first, was a failure. Derbyshire had to do without the services of Warren, by far their best bowler, and A. E. Lawton, one of their best bats, and when two such men are away from a weak county team, their side is handicapped enor­ mously. Under the circumstances Derby­ shire did not do at all badly in the match. O f the Players who took part in the match at Lord’s on the first three days of this week only five were in last year’s match, v iz.: Hayward, Denton, Rhodes, Arnold and Lilley. On the other hand six of the Gentlemen played last year, viz. Spooner, Fry, Jackson, Jessop, Bosanquet, and Prichard. THE COUNTY CHAM P ION SH IP . RELATIVE POSITIONS TO DATE. Per- Plyd.Won. Lost. Drn.Pts. centage. Lancashire........14 ... 9 ... 1 ... 4... 8 ... 80‘00 Surrey ..........13 ... 8 ... 2 ... 3 ... 6 ... 60-00 Sussex ..........15 ... 7 ... 2 ... 6 ... 5 ... 55.55 Yorkshire..........15 ... 9 ... 3 ... 3 ... 6 ... 50*00 N otts.................11 ... 5 ... 3 ... 3 ... 2 ... 25-00 Middlesex........... 7 ... 4 ... 3 ... 0 ... 1 ... 14*28 Leicestershire... 12 ... 4 ... 3 ... 5 ... 1 ... 14'28 Gloucestershire.. 9 ...4 ...4...1 ...—...— K e n t................. 8 ...4 ...4...0 ...—...— North’mpt’nsh’e 7 ...2 ...3...2 ...—1...—2000 Warwickshire... 11 ...1... 3 ... 7 ...—2 ... — 50*00 Essex................. 9 ...2 ...7...0 ...—5...—55.55 Worcestershire... 9 ...1... 4 ... 4 ...—3 ... — 60 00 Hampshire ... 10 ...1... 5 ... 4 ...—4 ... - - 66.66 Somerset ..........11 ...1... 7 ... 3 ...—6 ... — 75.00 Derbyshire ... 11 ...1... 9 ... 1 ...—8 ... — 80*00 The match, Surrey v. Lancashire, June 5, etc., was abandoned without a ball being bowled, and is not included in the table. GATTON PARK v. INCOGNITI.—Played at Gatton Park on July 8. G atton P ark . C. F. Broad, b Barring­ ton ........................20 R. E. Simpson, b Stout 7 H. C. Tufnell, run out 9 R.'S. Pringle, c Barring­ ton, b Harris ..........83 T. H. G.Welch, b Harris 23 J. N. Waggett, c sub, b T uke........................ 6 J. Colman, jr., c Ingall, b Stout ................. 4 H. B. Walters, c sub, b Stout..................... 13 H. Greenfield, notout 28 S. C. Watney, c Bailey, b Stout ............... 2 C. Jackson, c Bailey, b Harris ............. 25 B 2, lb 2, nb 1... 5 Total ...220 I ncogniti . First innings. P. Stout, b Greenfield......... 12 H. S.Barrington,b Greenfield 20 Townsend Shaw, b Simpson 12 Capt. G. N. A. Harris, lbw, b Greenfield........................ 2 A. L. Ingall, b Tufnell.......... 8 C. M. Tuke, c J. Colman, jr., b Simpson........................ 3 A. Sich, c Walters, b Simpson 26 J. Colman, sr., not out.......... 1 L. D. Bailey, absent .......... 0 B 2, lb 3, wb 1 .......... 6 Second innings. cWalters.b Pringle 7 cWatney,b Pringle 15 b Colman, jr. ... 0 b Broad .......... 2 b Colman, jr. ... 0 b Pringle .......... 4 not out................. 0 b Pringle .......... 0 b Pringle ..........15 Nb 4 .......... 4 Total 90 Total... 47 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. R ed R osb .— Many thanks. For Notts read Worces­ tershire. GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS. THE MATCH AT LORD’S. Played at Lord’s, on July 10, 11 and 12. Players won by 149 runs. At the last moment H. K. Foster, who had been chosen to represent the Gentlemen, was unable to play, and his place was taken by G. W . Beldam. The Gentlemen’s side was strong, although A. C. Maclaren was absent, but one could have wished to see A. E. Morcom in the team after his exceedingly clever and accurate bowling in the Oxford and Cambridge match. To the general sur­ prise Lees was left out of the team which had been chosen by the M.C.C. to represent the Players, but on account of the inability of Warren to appear he gained his place. It will be remembered that last year Hayward, although he was at the top of his form, was the last choice. The Players won the toss and batted on a wicket which had been made soft by the thunderstorms of Sunday. It was not a wicket which was calculated to suit Brearley, but happily for the Gentlemen he bowled very well indeed; otherwise they might never have been able to dismiss half the Players on the first day. As things were the Players ended their innings in time to send the Gentlemen in for twenty minutes, but on account of the bad light only two overs were bowled, Warner and Beldam each scoring two runs. The Players’ innings was opened by Hayward and Bowley, who batted so well that they took the score to 76 in about an hour before the latter was caught in hitting round to leg. He had clearly shown that he was worthy of his place in the Players’ team. Hayward by turns was enterprising and cautious in the extreme, but he always seemed to find the bowling easy. Towards the end of his innings he was nearly half-an-hour without making a run, and altogether he was at the wickets for an hour and forty minutes for his 32. A t lunch time Tyldesley and Hayes were together, the former with 27, and the latter with 11. Their partnership produced 55 in half-an-hour of the most attractive cricket of the day. The third wicket fell at 152, and then Brearley met with so much success that six men were out for 178. But after Rhodes had made 20 Arnold and Lilley played a great game for an hour and five minutes, during which they increased the score by 105 runs. Lilley’s 52 was a fine innings, and Arnold in making his 89 showed himself in better form than he has been for a long time. Brearley took seven wickets, and was the only bowler on the side who seemed to cause the batsmen any serious trouble. On the whole the innings of the Players was a fine performance, and it seemed not at all unlikely that the Gentlemen might find it difficult to make as many runs. But when the game was resumed on Tuesday, Warner and Beldam played such good cricket in their different ways, that a long score seemed a certainty. Beldam was dismissed with the total at 54 for a most useful 22, and then a startling change came over the game. Fry began well enough, but was bowled by Rhodes when he had made 9, and Spooner, Jackson and Evans were all disposed of very quickly, five wickets being down for 72. Meanwhile Warner was steadily making runs. He found a valuable partner in Bosanquet, who remained with him until just before lunch, when, with the total at 148, he was out for a well played 38. Warner was not out 59. In the first over after lunch Warner was stumped without increasing his score. He played a very fine innings indeed) and while so many of his companions were in difficulties, he seemed master of the situation, although he could not get the ball away. He was at the wickets for two hours and a-half. Jessop did nothing, but Martyn made some delightful hits in his 21, and Prichard’s 17 was a useful innings. Arnold and Lees both bowled well, and Rhodes for a time was nearly irresistible. The Players with a lead of 171 decided to go in again, as the weather looked unpromising, and before stumps were drawn they placed themselves in an impregnable position, scoring 245 runs for 4 wickets, thus being 416 runs on. But the commencement of their innings was most unpromising, for Brearley promptly dismissed Bowley and Tyldesley when 19 runs had been scored. Hay­ ward and Hayes then came together, and these two Surrey men quite mastered the bowling. In an hour and a quarter they increased the total by 129 runs, of which 73 came from the bat of Hayes, whose cricket was perfect in every way. His drives were hard and well placed, and the spectators were delighted with his cricket. He was dismissed with the total at 148, and, after Denton had made 10, Hirst and Hayward played out time, the former being not out 30 and the latter not out 106. Hayward’s innings was character­ istic of the player; it hardly had a fault, and during its progress the bowling was made to look quite simple and easy. Hayward made his runs at a quicker rate than usual, and he was only at the wickets for two hours and forty miuutes. Mindful of last year’s match, in which the Gentlemen won by two wickets when they had to make 412 to win, Lilley, the Players’ captain, decided yesterday to continue the innings. Hayward and Hirst added 48 without undue hurry, and the innings was closed at 293 for four wickets. Altogether Hayward was batting for four hours and forty minutes for his 123 not out; he hit fourteen 4’s. The Gentlemen had to make 465 to win, and, as play was to be prolonged until 7 o’clock if necessary, they had five hours and a half before them. If Lees had met with ordinary luck, the com­ mencement of the innings would have been sensational, for after bowling Fry at 19—a feat which probably had a great deal to do with the victory of his side—he completely beat both Spooner and Warner, missing their wicket by a hair’s breadth. After their escape Warner and Spooner settled down to play splendid cricket, and as long as they were together their side seemed certain to avoid defeat, and even had an outside chance of victory. When the two hundred went up they were still together, and 265 runs were required to win in a little less than three hours. But at 202 Spooner was out, and when 17 more runs had been made Warner followed him. The partnership had produced 189 runs, and both men covered themselves with glory. Their dismissal was the begin­ ning of the end, and thenceforth the Players were always winning. Second innings. notout.................. 123 b Brearley........... 4 P layers . First innings. Hayward, lbw, b Jackson... 32 Bowley, c sub., b Prichard.. 47 Tyldesley, c Spooner, b Prichard ........................53 Hayes, b Brearley ..........29 Denton, b Brearley .......... 2 Hirst, c Evans, b Brearley... 4 Rhodes, b Brearley ..........22 Arnold, c Evans, b Brearley 89 Lilley, c and b Brearley ... 52 Haigh, b Brearley .......... 6 Lees, not out........................ 6 B 4, lb 6, w 1, nb 3 ... 14 b Brearley.......... 0 c Spooner, b Jessop ..........73 cMartyn,bJessop 10 notout.................58 Extras... 25 Total .................356 Total (4 wkts) *293 ♦Innings declared closed.