Cricket 1905

J uly 20, 1905. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 285 GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS. THE MATCH AT THE OVAL. Played on July 17, 18 and 19. Players won by 128 runs. Although the most determined efforts have been made for some years by some of the critics to belittle this match in the eyes of cricketers, it still goes on in triumph, and still with a shilling gate attracts its four or 5,000 spectators on the first day when the weather is good. On Monday the usual large crowd assembled and saw some very interest­ ing cricket. In the course of the day 409 runs were made for eleven wickets, but although the wicket was good and the bowling of the Gentlemen weak on paper, none of the professionals ever obtained a mastery over the ball. Indeed the only time during the day when the bat easily beat the ball was when Hayes and Iremonger were together, and when L. G. Wright and C. J. B. Wood put up 76 for the first wicket of the Gentlemen in the evening. At the last moment Lees, on account of an injury to his foot, was obliged to give up the idea of playing, and his place was taken by Thompson. Hayward was for once dismissed for fewer than double figures, but Hayes and Iremonger scored 49 for the second wicket, both men playing a most attractivegame. Iremonger was only just over half-an-hour in making his 42. At lunch time the total was 157 for four, Quaife not out 34 and Knight not out 27. After lunch Quaife was soon disposed of, but Knight remained with J. Gunn while 99 runs were put on, his entire innings lasting for two hours. He and J. Gunn were both out at the same total, 261, Gunn having made his 52 in seventy minutes. There was some bright batting by Lilley before the innings closed, but the total of 330 was by no means large for the wicket. The Gentlemen had a little more than an hour’s batting, and L. G. Wright played a capital innings ; he was stumped.by Lilley a fewminutes before stumps were drawn. C. J. B. Wood was not out 24, and W. ?*. A. Brown not out 0. Total 79 for one wicket. On Tuesday, after rain, there was some interesting and occasionally curious cricket. Warren made the ball rise consider­ ably and all the batsmen found it difficult, to deal with him. McGahey, who sometimes plays a very attractive game when he is free from the responsibilities of county cricket, made some delightful hits, and everybody was sorry when he was dismissed for 17. Byrne was out just when he seemed to be getting dangerous. Mean­ while Beldam was playing a steady but con­ fident game, and it was hoped, when he was joined by Jessop, that he would find a partner who could make runs while he kept up the other end. But Jessop was not him­ self, and although he made 19, he did not take charge of the bowling as he used to do. Beldam reached his fifty after batting for a couple of hours, but when he had made one more run he was bowled by Warren. At the end of the Gentlemen’s innings Odell and Bird made useful scores, the latter playing very well indeed, and the total was 276. The Players thus had a lead of 54. When they went in again Hayward and Iremonger put up 29, of which 26 came from the bat of Iremonger, and then the batting broke down badly for a time. At 34 Hayes was bowled by Hunt, at 39 Quaife fell to Odell, who also dismissed Hayward at 56. But King and Knight put a better appearance on the game, and at the close of play the score had been taken to 137 for five wickets. Knight was not out 30 and Gunn not out 15. Yesterday the ball easily beat the bat. The remaining five wickets of the Players only produced 63 runs, and it was seen that the Gentlemen had a most difficult task before them. They required 254 runs to win. They lost their first wicket at 11, their second at 39, the third at 40, and the fourth at 54. Meanwhile Beldam was playing a careful game and waiting for someone to help him. But no one else could stay for long, and Thompson had a fine harvest. Beldam was out eighth for 43, an innings which would have been invaluable if he could have found anyone to stay with him for some time. P layers . First innings. Hayward,c Morcom, b Odell 5 Iremonger, b Odell .......... Hayes, c Odell, b Hunt ... Quaife, b Odell ................. King, b Beldam ................. Knight, b Brown................. Gunn (J.), c McGahey, b Thompson, b Morcom Lilley, c Bird, b Odell Warren, b Morcom ... Dennett, not o u t......... B 6, lb 4 .......... ... 14 ... 1 ... 10 ...330 Second innings. b Odell ..........19 42 b Odell ..........26 23 b Hunt .......... 1 38 b Odell .......... 2 19 b Beldam ..........39 74 b Hunt ..........30 52 b Odell ..........34 19 c Hunt, b Odell 2 33 c Odell, b Hunt 17 b Odell .......... 9 not out.......... ... 12 B 5, lb 4 ... 9 Total ... G entlemen , First innings. C. J. B. Wood, c Lilley, b W arren........................28 L. G. Wright, st Lilley, b Dennett ........................51 W. S. A. Brown, b Warren 13 G.W.Beldam,c & b Warren 51 C.H.McGahey.c & bDennett 17 J. F. Byme, b G unn..........24 G. L. Jessop, b Warren ... 19 J. H. Hunt, b Warren ... 5 W. Bird, b Thompson ... 28 W. W. Odell, c Lilley, b Thompson........................22 A. F. Morcom, not out ... 1 B 15, lb 2 ............... 17 Total..........200 Second innings, c Dennett, b Warren .......... 2 c Dennett, b Thompson ... 26 cKing, b Tliomp- ... 0 b ... 43 ... 0 ... 10 b ... 15 ... 4 son c Warren, Thompson b Thompson b Gunn c Knight, Warren ... , b Thompson b Thompson b Warren ... . not out.............. B 4, lb 3 . Total ... ......... 276 Total......... 126 P layers . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Morcom ... .. 17.5 0 84 2 .. ... 8 0 32 0 Odell ... .. 23 4 84 4 ... ... 26.5 8 54 6 Hunt .. 20 5 74 1 .. ... 19 5 69 3 Beldam ... .. 7 1 22 1 .. ... 5 0 20 1 McGahey .. 3 0 11 0 .. Brown ... .. 13 3 33 1 .. Jessop ... .. 5 1 12 1 .. Byrne.. 4 0 16 0 G entlemen . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Warren ... .. 40 4 105 5 .. ... 18 5 52 3 Gunn .. 13 2 42 1 .. ... 2 0 8 1 Thompson .. 16.5 4 45 2 .. ... 17.3 2 59 6 Dennett ... .. 21 6 55 2 ... King .. 3 0 12 0 .. M.C.C. AND GROUND v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Lord’s on July 17, and 18. M.O.C. won by an innings and 252 runs. The prospect of seeing a very weak M.C.C. team oppose Derbyshire did not largely appeal to cricketers, and when play began in this match, only about a hundred and fifty spectators were present. But the weak teams which are put in the field by the M.C.C. generally seem to have a way of distin­ guishing themselves more than the stronger teams. On paper the team which represented the M.C.C. on Monday seemed to have very little chance of winning, although Derbyshire were without Warren, Ashcroft, Lawton, L. G. Wright and Storer. But so good was the batting of Sir T. C. O’Brien and C. A. L. Payne, last year’s Charterhouse captain, that the side scored 480 for 9 wickets. The partnership between these two men produced 180runs in an hour and fifty minutes. Payne made his first hundred in first class cricket by excellent batting. Sir T. C. O’Brien was out third at 365. He was at the wickets for nearly four hours for his 153, and although he did not score quite as quickly as in the days when he was at his best, he showed all his old mastery over the bowling. Tarrant, Weigall and Board all made useful scores; and when stumps were drawn the total was 480 for nine wickets. The innings was soon finished on Tuesday, and then with their weak batting team Derbyshire was twice dismissed for small scores on a wicket damaged a little by rain. M.O. Sir T. C. O’Brien, lbw, b Carlin ..................153 Carpenter, c Hum­ phries, b Morton ... 43 C. A. L. Payne, b Cadman ..................101 Tarrant, c Ollivierre, b Morton................... 46 C. G. E. Farmer, c Ollivierre, b Morton 9 G. J. V. Weigall, b Hunter ....................37 D erbyshire . First innings. C. A. Ollivierre, b Hearne... 4 Cadman, lbw, b Hearne ... 8 Morton, run o u t .................39 F. C. Hunter, c Tarrant, b Trott ............................... 8 G. M. Buckston, b Hearne 0 G.D.Wilson,c sub, b Hearne 2 G. G. Walkden, c Heame, b Trott ............................... 2 Humphries, not out ..........13 Carlin, lbw, b Trolt .......... 4 Bestwick, c Tarrant, b Yogler............................... 4 Marples, b Vogler .......... 1 .C. Major F.G.Guggisberg c Ollivierre, b Carlin 0 Board, b Bestwick ... 46 Trott (A. E.), c Cad­ man, b Bestwick ... 5 Vogler, lbw, b Best­ wick ........................ 9 Heame (J.T.), not out 11 B 12, lb 12, w 2, nb 2 28 Total ...488 B 20, lb 1 Total ... 21 ...106 Second innings, c Board, b Trott 0 c Tarrant, b Trott 8 c Board b Trott... 0 c Farmer, b Trott 45 lbw, b Hearne ... 10 b Hearne .......... 1 b Vogler ..........33 notout.................11 c Board, b Trott 6 b Trott................. 4 c Guggisberg, b Weiga ll.......... 4 Byes .......... 8 Total... .130 Bestwick Cadman Morton .. Marples M.C.C. O. M. R. W. 31.4 3 134 3 37 3 113 1 23 3 76 3 11 0 34 0 Carlin . Hunter . Wilson . O. 11 17 3 M. R. W. 1 53 2 4 47 1 2 3 0 Bestwick delivered two no-balls and Marples and Carlin a wide each. D erbyshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Heame .......... 17 7 29 4 .......... 9 3 34 2 Tarrant.......... 8 2 13 0 .......... Trott .......... 12 3 31 3 .......... 12 Vogler .......... 3.4 0 12 2 .......... 3 Guggisberg .......... 1 0 Weigall ................. 0.3 0 1 66 6 1 10 1 8 0 4 1 SUSSEX v. LANCASHIRE. Played at Brighton on July 17, 18, & 19. Drawn. The Lancashire team gave an excellent account of itself on the first day of the match, scoring 361 for 5 wickets. Maclaren was in great form and although he was an hour and three quarters in scoring his first fifty his entire innings of 92 only lasted two hours and twenty minutes ; he hit a 5 and thirteen 4’s. Another fine innings was that of Tyldesley, who played a faultless game. Sharp, like Maclaren, only just missed his hundred, after batting for an hour and fifty minutes. When stumps were drawn Radcliffe was not out 37 and A. H. Hornby not out 18. On Tuesday Hornby and Hallows hit the bowling all over the field, the former making his 70 in an hour and 40 minutes and the latter his 130 in about ten minutes more. On the other hand Rad­ cliffe took two hours and three quartern to make 60. At lunch time the score was 587 for eight wickets, and as this total was large enough in all conscience, it was generally anticipated that Maclaren would close his innings. But, possibly because he had no hope of getting Sussex out twice, he preferred to let his side continue to bat, and accordingly Findlay and Hallows, the two not outs, resumed their innings. On the other hand, Fry seemed to think that his regular bowlers had done as much as could be expected of them, and accordingly he gave the ball to Chapman and Smith, who bowled under­ hand “ daisy-cutters ” until the innings was closed at 601. Findlay played with extreme caution, although his side was hardly in a critical position. It was not until twenty minutes past three that, Sussex began their innings. They made 231 for the loss of three wickets, before stumps were drawn, so that their chance of defeat was very small. Young, the Cambridge blue, made his d^but for Sussex, and played a splendid game, he and Vine putting uj) 122 for the first wicket in an hour and forty minutes. Vine was notout 110 when stumps were drawn, and C. L. A. Smith not out 26. Fry did not bat. Yesterday substitutes took the place in the field of Maclaren and Hallows, who were indisposed. With the total at 254 Vine was bowled by Kermode for 124, a fine innings, which lasted for three hours and a half. Kermode speedily met with further