Cricket 1905

284 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 20, 1905. Wesleyan Connexion speak of their great founder as “ Mr. Wesley.” Surely John Wesley has reached the eminence of shall we say Paderewski or C. B. Fry? Some interesting cricket was seen just after lunch at Brighton on Tuesday in the match between Sussex and Lanca­ shire. For some reason or other Maclaren did not declare the innings closed, although the total was 587 for eight wickets. He may have thought that the bowling at his disposal in the absence of Brearley was not strong enough to dis­ pose of Sussex twice, and therefore did not wish to tire his team more than he could help. Lancashire might, perhaps, have completed their innings, but when play was resumed, Fry put on Smith and Chapman with grubs, doubtless thinking that his regular bowlers had been quite sufficiently worked. The spectators began to laugh, and might have become dis­ agreeable, but with the total at 601 the innings was closed. C r ic k e t e r s who remember the palmy days when the fast “ daisy cutter ” flourished, must have been amused at the way in which C. B. Fry has been taken to task for putting on this style of bowling when Maclaren did not declare at lunch-time. The excellence of present- day wickets has killed the fast “ daisy cutter,” but on rough wickets it was a most effective weapon, for no two bounds were of the same height or length. Sometimes in a village match one would meet a powerful gamekeeper or black­ smith who bowled at a tremendous pace, and if the ball from one of these gentle­ men happened to keep on the ground all the way until, at what would be a good length for an ordinary fast ball, it suddenly rose shoulder high, some skill was required in dealing with it. Fast “ daisy cutters ” were by no means unknown in first-class cricket, and Mr. C. I. Thornton and many other well- known players were adepts at them. O n Tuesday, Dr.W. G. Grace celebrated his fifty-seventh birthday. He was born at Downend, Gloucestershire, on July 18th, 1848. He made his first hundred in a first-class match in 1866, viz., 224 not out for England v. Surrey at the Oval; his last hundred in a first-class match was in Jnly, 1904, for London County v. M.C.C. and Ground, at the Crystal Palace. Altogether he has made 126 hundreds in first-class cricket. In 1871, when there was much less first-class cricket than there is now, he scored 2,739 runs, a record which has only been beaten by Fry, Ranjitsinhji, Abel, Tyl­ desley and Hayward, with many more innings than the Doctor had. L a s t Saturday H. T. Richardson, play­ ing for Granville (Lee) against Richmond, took nine wickets for 11 runs, six of his victims being bowled. His analysis is as follow s:— 7 overs, 3 balls, 2 maidens, 11 runs, 9 wickets. S ily e r lo c k , the Monmouthshire pro­ fessional, made 206 not out for his county against Berkshire on July 17th and 18th. He went in first and the innings was closed with the total at 434 for seven wickets. He hit a 5 and thirty-five 4’s. I n the match between Sussex and Lancashire the Sussex team had the unusual and unpleasant experience of being in the field all day on Monday, uatil twenty minutes past three on Tues­ day, and from lunch time yesterday. This must bs something like a record for modern daj s since the closure was invented. Sussex had to field out against 903 runs. I t was stated last night that the team for the fourth test match, to begin at Manchester next Monday, has been chosen as follows :— Hon. F. S. Jackson (Yorkshire), A. C. Maclaren (Lancashire), C. B. Fry (Sussex), R. H. Spooner (Lancashire), Tyldesley (Lancashire), Hayward (Surrey), Hirst (Yorkshire), Rhodes (Yorkshire), Lilley (Warwickshire), Arnold (Worcestershire), W . Brearley (Lancashire), Reserves:— Lees (Surrey), Haigh. (Yorkshire). I f this list is correct, the match would remind one of the old days when Surrey or Notts, with given men, played Eng­ land, for it might be described as Aus­ tralians v. Lancashire and Yorkshire, with three given men—or, perhaps, only two. In this list the names of Bosanquet and Warren are replaced by those of Spooner and Brearley, while Lees agaiu comes in as twelfth man. LONDON & COUNTY BANK v. NATIONAL BANK.—Played at Norbury on July 8 . N ational B ank . J. H. Barnett run out 11 T. Barnes, b Hayward 6 H. B. Mole, c Tealby, b H ubbard................ 52 C. Roberts, c Hayward, b Feaver................. 8 A. D. Spencer, b Hub­ bard ........................ 0 E. A. Taylor not out ... 52 H. J. Underhay, b Feaver A. B. Clappe, c Gay- fer, b Robinson ... J. Archer, c Gayfer, b Robinson .......... E. G. Buckeridge, b Robinson................. L. Merryfield not out B 15, lb 2 ......... Total (9wkts)*171 *Innings declared closed. L. & O. B ank . J. A. Bienvenu, b Bar­ nett ........................23 E. G. Gayfer, c Merry- field, b Barnett ... 13 P. W. Hubbard, c Tay­ lor, b Barnett..........13 E. A. Tealby, b Taylor 19 A.A.Feaver, b Spencer 2 P. F. Allen, E. J. Stiff and J. S. Hayward did not bat. O. R. Trowell not out 24 E. F.Robinson,c Mole, b Spencer .......... 5 W. Sutton not out ... 4 B 10 ................. 10 Total (6 wkts) 113 QUEr n MORE SCHOOL (with Masters) v. GRAN- A. —Played at Quernmore on July 15. G ranville “ A .” A. J. Helder, b Sum- merfield ................. 3 E. M. Moss, run out... 2 Howard Morris, c Rey­ nolds,bSuramerfield 87 A. O. Rodwell, b Rey­ nolds ........................ 11 A. H. Pease, st Lopez, b Reynolds ......... 14 A.O.Taylor.bReynolds 15 M.Browne,|b Reynolds 10 O. O. Kenyon, c Har­ vey, b Summerfield H. E. Davisson, b Rey­ nolds ................. F. H. Hadcock, not out ........................ F. Gard, c Ashton, b Summerfield ......... Extras ..........: E.Patrickson, b Morris 6 A. M. Lewis, c Morris, b Browne................. 35 H.S.Pearsall.st Helder, b Gard ................. 1 P. Reynolds, not out 55 B.W.v.King, c Morris, b Browne................. 4 Q uernmorb , J. M. Bemauer, b Kenyon ................. 1 Summerfield, b Ken­ yon ........................ 6 B. O. Ashton, not out 2 Extras ... ... 14 Total (6 wkts.)124 W. C. D. Maile, W. L. Harvey and E. Lopez did not bat. Total ..183 YORKSHIRE v. HAMPSHIRE. Played at Bournemouth on July 17 & 18. Yorkshire won by an innings and 167 runs. For once Hampshire seemed likely to be able to place a really strong team in the field, about their strongest with the exception of Major Poore, but they had to take, the field without A. J. L. Hill and their fast bowler, H. W. Persse, who has been so useful to them this year. Still, if they had been fortunate enough to win the toss they might have given a good account of themselves. As it was Yorkshire, who were without the Hon. F. S. Jackson and Lord Hawke, kept at the wickets all day and ran up the large score of 491. Rudston and Rothery put up 67 for the first wicket, and then the bowling was completely collared by Rothery and Denton who put on 119 for the second wicket, most of the runs coming from the bat of Rothery, who made his 118 in an hour and fifty minutes, his hits including seventeen 4’s, After his dismissal the batting broke down for a time, although Denton continued to play a great game. But llliodes was in form and helped Denton to add 107 for the seventh wicket. Denton was at the wicket for three hours and a half for his fine innings of 165, and his hits included twenty four 4’s. Towards the end of the innings Myers and Hunter made a valuable stand. Rain fell in the night with the result that Hampshire were out of the running. Captain Wynyard and W. H. B. Evans made the best of a trying situation, and both of them played fine cricket. But despite their efforts Hamp­ shire had to follow on, and were all out again before the end of the day. Captain Greig distinguished himself. Y orkshire . Rudston, lbw, b Bald­ win ........................... 21 Rothery, c Greig, b Baldwin ..................118 Denton, c Wynyard, b Prichard..................165 Grimshaw, b Prichard 8 Tunnicliffe, c Stone, b Prichard.................. 1 Hirst,c Moyne,b Prich­ ard ...........................13 H ampshire . First innings. Capt. Greig, c Rhodes, b Hirst ............................... 1 Capt.E.G.Wynyard, c Hirst, b Ringrose........................34 E. M. Sprot, c Grimshaw, b Ringrose ........................ W.H.B.Evans,c Tunnicliffe, b Myers ........................58 Bowell, b Ringrose ..........13 D. M. Evans, b Hirst.......... 1 Stone, b Hirst ................. 0 Rhodes, c W. Evans, b Baldwin .................48 Haigh.cSprot, b Bald­ win ........................ 1 Myers, b D. Evans ... 54 Hunter, c Stone, b D. Evans .................38 Ringrose, not out ... 3 B 8 , lb 6 , nb 7 ... 21 Total ...491 Second innings, c Tunnicliffe, b Myers ..........51 c Denton,b Ring­ rose .................19 15 b Hirst... 15 S. M. Toyne, b Myers.......... 1 Hesketh-Prichard, b Myers 7 Llewellyn, not out ..........17 Baldwin, c and b Myers ... 12 B 6 , w 1, nb 6 ..........13 b Hirst................. 2 b Hirst................. 5 cRingrose,bHirst 2 c Grimshaw, b Myers ......... 25 c and b Myers ... 9 c Denton,b Myers 10 c Rhodes,b Myers 9 not out................. 1 B 1, lb 1,nb 2 4 Total .......... ...172 Total..........152 Y orkshire . O. M. R.W. O. M. R. W H.-Prichard 28 4 87 4 Greig ... 8 1 52 0 Baldwin ... 32 6 130 4 Wynyard 8 0 33 0 W.Evans... 22 4 820 BoweU... 3 1 6 0 D. Evans... 13’4 0 802 W. Evans delivered two no-balls and Hesketh- Prichard five. H ampshire . First innings Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hirst................. 15 3 40 3 ........... 13 2 42 4 Ringrose......... 14 163 3 ........... 7 0 34 1 Myers ......... 10*5 2 32 4 .......... 114 0 48 5 H aigh ......... 10 3 24 0 Rhodes ... 6 0 24 0 Hirst bowled one, Ringrose five, and Myers two no-balls. Ringrose also bowled a wide.