Cricket 1905

J uly 20. 1905 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 277 ETON v. HARROW. ( a n e x c it in g f in is h .) Played at Lord’s on July 14 and 15. Drawn. Although there were not quite as many remarkable changes in the fortunes of the game as in that between Oxford and Cam­ bridge, there was sufficient interest in it on Saturday to satisfy the most blase spectator. On Friday the play was eminently respectable, and the boys seemed to take the first day’s cricket in Oxford v. Cambridge as their model, but on Saturday some of them played their natural game, with most interesting results. On Friday Harrow won the toss, and after making 199, allowed Eton to end the day with a total of 250 for eight wickets- Few of the Harrovians could do anything with Hatfeild, the Eton bowler who did so well in last year’s match, and after Brandt and Bird had put up 61 for the first wicket there was a succession of small scores. Hat­ feild bowled with great steadiness and accuracy, as his analysis of 23 overs and three balls 8 maidens 45 runs and 5 wickets will show. There was no long partnership in the Eton innings, but the play of Astor, Chinnery, and W. N. Tod, the captain, stood out prominently. Tod went to the wickets when the total was 128 for three, and was not out 75 when stumps were drawn, after playing sound cricket for nearly two hours. On Saturday, Tod, who had a possible chance of making his hundred, was out when he had increased his score by two runs, and the innings soon came to a close. Harrow had to face a balance of 78, and as they lost three wickets for 77 their chance of winning the match were not very bright. Baker played very well indeed for an hour for 57, but when he was out five wickets were down for 135 runs, so that Harrow were only 58 runs on. The sixth wicket fell at 154—77 runs on, and then came the turning point of the game. J. Reunert went in next and when lunch was taken the score was 182 for six, so that things were beginning to look a little brighter. But when Halliday was out immediately afterwards Harrow were once more in an unpromising position. Then Reunert, who had only made 7 runs up to this time, went for the bowling with the determina­ tion of a De Trafford, and although the next two men only made 6 out of 39, and nine wickets were down for 222, he received the most valuable assistance from Watson, who not only kept up his wicket but ran with as much judgment as Martin in the second innings of Oxford, allowing Reunert to get the bowling at the end of an over whenever it was possible. Meanwhile Reunert was com­ pletely demoralising the Eton bowlers, who did not know where to pitch the ball in order to keep him quiet. In the course of half an- hour the last wicket put on 71 runs, and when everybody was hoping that Reunert would have time to make his hundred he was caught in the slips for a splendid 92, which had only taken him an hour and a quarter to compile ; his hits included eleven 4’s. Only 124 runs were made during his stay at the wicket, and he claimed 84 out of 110 in the hour’s play after lunch. He played one of the most plucky innings ever seen in the Eton and Harrow match. Nor must the sturdy resist­ ance of his last partner, G. H. Watson, be forgotten, for it was a very useful effort indeed. Instead of having to make only a small total Eton had to score 216 to win. They went in just after four o’clock, and as the Eton and Harrow match is prolonged until half past seven if neccessary, they had three hours and a-half in which to get the runs—ample time for schoolboys, who are not generally given to very slow play. But apparently Eton made up their minds that the only thing to play for was a draw. In the first half hour H. S. Hatfeild and Astor only made 20 runs, which was behind time, and when Hatfeild was run out at 28 the innings had been in progress for three quarters of an hour. Astor was thrown out at the same total, and then Eton abandoned hope of winning. At the end of an hour and five minutes 44 appeared on the board andChinnery was caught at the wicket. Something might have been done to increase the rate of scoring if two men had succeeded in making a good partnership, but further disasters were in store. Tod was run out at 58, and before another run had been made Gold and Blackett were both dismissed. Thus six wickets were down. Finch - Hatton and Dunell played with pluck at this crisis, and put on 39 runs in a little over half an-hour, but they were both out, and eight wickets were down, when the total was 98 at twenty minutes past six. Long ago all idea for victory for Eton had dis­ appeared, but on the other hand it seemed certain that they would be defeated, for it was too much to hope that the last two wickets could save them. C. E. Hatfeild and Tufnell held out until five minutes to seven when the former was caught at the wicket. The Hon. P. A. Methuen had need of all his pluck when he went in, but although the light was very bad and the situation so desperate, he, as well as Tufnell, played with the coolness of a veteran, and at half past seven the game was saved. In its way the stand for the last Eton wicket was as good as that for Harrow. H arrow . First innings. D. R. Brandt, c H. Hatfeild, b Methuen........................45 M. C. Bird, lbw, b Chinnery 36 R. E. Eiloart, c Astor, b Methuen ........................16 C. V. Baker, c Gold, b Methuen ........................22 E. H. Crake, b C. Hatfeild 2 C. Reunert, run out ..........15 M. A. C. Halliday, b O. Hat­ feild ...............................11 J. Reunert, b C. Hatfeild... 20 G. Pike, b C. Hatfeild......... 12 R. O. Morris, not ou t.......... 0 G. H. Watson, b C. Hatfeild 0 B 11, lb 4, w 4, nb 1... 20 Second innings. b T o d ................. I c T u fn e ll, b Methuen..........21 c F. - Hatton, b Chinnery ... 31 lbw, b Tod..........5' b Methuen..........1 c Astor, b Tod ... 1' c Astor, b Tod ... 2 c F. - Hatton, b Chinnery b C. Hatfeild . c Astor, b Tod . not out... 92 Total ..199 B9, lb 4, w4, nb 9 26 Total..........293 E ton . First innings. H. S. Hatfeild, lbw, b Morris 11 J. J. Astor, b J. Reunert... 43 E. F. Chinnery, st Brandt, b Morris ........................40 C. A. Gold,cBrandt, b Pike 25 W. N. Tod, c and b Morris 77 B. J. Blackett, c Eiloart, b Morris...............................10 Hon. D. G. Finch-Hatton, c Bird, b C. Reunert......... 10 O. H. C. Dunell, lbw, b J. Reunert ........................10 C.E.Hatfeild,cMorris,b Pike 4 N. C. Tufnell, not out ... 16 Hon.P.A.Methuen,c Eiloart, b Morris ........................10 B 10, lb 8, w 1, nb 2 ... 21 Second innings, run out run out c Brandt, Reunert b Pike... run out b J. Total ...K7 b Morris .......... 0 c Pike, b C. Reu­ nert .................25 b O. Reunert ... 13 c Brandt, b Wat­ son ................. 6 notout.................20 not out................. 2 B 15, lb 1, w l,nb 3 20 Total (9 wkts) 136 H arrow . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. C.E.Hatfeild... 23.3 8 45 5 ........... 24 2 80 1 T o d ................. 17 2 51 0 ........... 23 3 103 5 Chinnery ... 8 1 45 1 .......... 6.2 1 22 2 Methuen......... 20 8 37 3 ........... 13 1 54 2 F.-Hatton ... 2 1 1 0 .......... 1 0 8 0 Chinnery and Methuen each bowled four wides and Tod ten no-balls. E ton . First innings. Second inmings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Pike............... 25 7 72 2 ........... 19 13 18 1 1 Morris .......... 31.4 7 82 5 .......... 18 6 29 lj J. Reunert ... 18 7 31 2 .......... 11 4 32 I f Watson ........ 6 1 23 0 ........... 10 6 8 1 C. Reunert ... 8 1 29 1 ........... 17 8 25 2 Bird............... 4 0 19 0 ........... 3 0 3 0 Halliday ... 4 3 1 0 Pike delivered four no-balls and one wide, Morris one no-ball and one wide. NOTTS, v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Trent Bridge on July 13, 14 and 15 Drawn. On the first day of this match Leicestershire scored 274 and dismissed A. O. Jones, the Notts score being* 55 for one wicket. For Leicestershire R. Joyce, who only came into the team as substitute for Gill, played fine cricket for three hours and ten minutes for his 102, while Hampson (who also came into the team as a substitute) and Jayes put up 75 for the last wicket in three quarters of an hour. Joyce made his runs when they were very badly wanted, for half the wickets were down for 104. On Friday Notts ended the day with 460 for nine wickets. J. Gunn scored 178 in four hours and a half, and Iremonger 130 in three hours and a half, the partnership between the two men producing 165 runs in a couple of hours. The innings was closed on Saturday morning, and Leicestershire were batting all day for 329. C. E. de Trafford and C. J. B. Wood put up 99 in an hour and five minutes, De Trafford’s share of the runs being 73. When an hour and a half remained for play, Leicestershire were only 86 to the good, but Jayes and Hampson, as in the first innings, then made a valuable stand. This produced 57 runs in three quarters of an hour, and when'the innings ended at a quarter to six Leicestershire were 143 runs to the good. As Notts could not possibly get the runs, stumps were then drawn. L eicestershire . First innings. Second innings. C. E. de Trafford, c G.Gunn, b Branston........................ 5 c sub., b Jones... 73 C. J. B. Wood, b J. Gunn... 1 c Oates, b Jones 68 Knight, c Oates, b J. Gunn 0 b D a y ................. 1 V. F. S. Crawford, c Jones, c Iremonger, b G. b J. G u n n ........................40 Gunn ............41 R. Joyce, c G., b J. Gunn...102 c Oates,bG.Gunn 9 King, runout ................. 0 c J. Gunn, b Day 18 Whitehead,cDay,b J.Gunn 18 c Oates, b Jones 5 Coe, b Day ........................21 c Branston, b J. Gunn ..........25 W.W.Odell,cDay, b J.Gunn 3 b Jones ..........10 Jayes, not out .................53 notout...................43 Hampson, b G. Gunn..........23 stOates.bJ.Gunn 17 B 6, lb 1, w 1 .......... 8 B 11, lb 4, w 4 19 Total .................274 Total..........329 * Innings declared closed. N otts . A. O. Jones, b King... 25 Iremonger, b Jayes ...130 Gunn (G.), lbw, b Coe 29 Gunn (J.), c Knight, b Whitehead ............178 Hardstaff, c de Traf­ ford, b Coe ........... 5 Day, c Whitehead, b Crawford.................... 24 R. E. Hemingway, c Hampson, b White­ head ............................10 L eicestershire . G.T.Branston,c b Whitehead.......... Oates, c & b White­ head ........................ Hallam, retired, ill ... Pennington, not out... Extras................. Total (9 wkts)*460 Branston... Gunn (J.) Hallam ... Jones D a y .......... Pennington Gunn (G.) First innings. O. ’ * 10 15 31 5 5 4 03 R. W. Second innings. O. , 5 29.4 31 17 13 37 M. R. W. 0 Branston bowled two wides, and Pennington, Jones, and G. Gunn one wide each. N otts . Jayes... Ottell ... King ... Coe ... O. . 37 . 26 25 18 M. R. W. 5 143 1 5 82 0 4 75 1 4 37 2 O. Joyce ... 3 Whitehead 18 Crawford... 10 M. R.W . 14 0 57 4 24 1 King bowled one no-ball. T ENT8 ! T E N T S ! — Suitable for Gardens, Cricket, or Camping-out purposes; 40ft. in circumference, pera, poles, mallet, and lines com­ plete (with tent bag included). I w ill send one complete for 80s. Can be sent on approval. Special arrangements can be made to customers requiring 10 to 20 tents. Price List of Marquees, any size. Post Free, from—H. J. GAS80H, Govern­ ment Contractor, Rye.