Cricket 1905

JuiY 27, 1905. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME 297 minutes before time the runs were knocked off with four wickets in hand. A fter the most disheartening experi­ ence all through the summer Percy Perrin has at last made a score of over ■fifty in a first-class match, and it will be altogether oontrary to precedent if his 74 not out for Essex against Sussex is not followed by a series of brilliant innings. With Perrin and Fane again in form Essex would be a very powerful team. In their matches with Essex Sussex have not come out well since 1897, and the following table from the Brighton Argus shows but one victory :— Date. Ground. Result. 1897 ............Leyton Drawn. 1897 ............... Hove 'Drawn. 1898 ............Leyton Drawn. 1898 ............... Hove Essex won by 5 wickets. 1899 ............Leyton Essex won by 1 wicket. 1899 ............... Hove Drawn. 1900 ............Leyton Drawn. 1900 ...Eastbourne Drawn. 1901 ............Leyton Essex won by 171 runs. 1901 ...............Hove Drawn. 1902 ............Leyton Drawn. 1902 ...............Hove S u ssex won by 110 runs. 1903 ............Leyton Drawn. 1903 ...Eastbourne Essex won by'6 wickets. 1904 ............Leyton Essex won by inns. & 204 runs. 1904 ...............Hove Drawn. 1905 ............l^eyton Drawn. I t is a little curious that bolli Lan­ cashire and Surrey, the two counties at the head of the championship table on Thursday last, should have experienced almost the same fortunes on the first day of their matches at the end of last week, both of which were played in London. Surrey dismissed four Yorkshiremen for 63, Lancashire four of the Middlesex playera for 33. Then two Yorkshiremen, Hirst and Jackson, meeting with remark­ ably good luck, increased the total by 177 for the fifth wicket, while two Middlesex men, Page and Stogdon, with equal good fortune, made 196 for the fifth wicket. At the end of the day three more Yorkshire wickets fell for 74 runs, and five Middlesex wickets for 86. Yorkshire made 314 for eight, and Middlesex 315 for the whole team. A t the end of last week there were seven county matches, and each side which was fortunate enough to win the toss made over three hundred runs, the highest total being 430 by Hampshire for seven wickets, against Worcestershire, and the lowest 303 by Notts against Kent. Also in each innings on the first day (except in Leicestershire v. War­ wickshire) there was an individual score of over a hundred (there were two hun­ dreds by Middlesex against Lancashire), ranging from 195 by L . G. Wright and 187 (retired hurt) by Captain Greiir, to 100 by F. L. Fane. T he totals made during the day were as follows :— Hants v. Worcestershire, 430 for 7 wickets. Essex v. Sussex, 403 for 8 wickets. Derbyshire v. Northamptonshire, 375 for 10 wickets. Middlesex v. Lancashire. 365 for 12 wickets. Leicestershire v. Warwickshire, 333 for 7 wickets. Notts v. Kent, 325 for 11 wickets. Yorkshire v. Surrey, 314 for 8 wickets. In a minor match at Lord’s, Herts made 452 for five wickets Against M.C.C. A t the end of last week Hirst made 232 not out for Yorkshire against Surrey at the Oval, while at Leyton R. A. Young made 220 for Sussex against Essex. The second hundred would most likely have also been reached by Captain Greig for Hampshire against Worcester­ shire, but when his total was 187 he hurt his foot badly, and was not able to resume his innings after he had retired. L. G. Wright was within five runs of his second hundred fir Derbyshire against Northamptonshire. In the seven matches there were fifteen innings of over a hundred, and four over ninety. Y otjn g’s performance at Leyton was the more noticeable because he had to go in against a total of 453, after being on the field for nearly the whole of the previous four days of the week. He seemed just a little tired at the end of his innings, but not half as tired as many a man who has made a hundred and fifty after very little work in the field for days. But unfortunate batsmen who wend their fad way to the pavilion after making a small score, may derive com­ fort from the fact that Young was missed in the slips before he had scored, and again with his total at 13. I t is not often that there is so remark­ able a similarity in the analyses of two successful bowlers as in the case of Warren and Bestwick—both fast- in the first innings of Northamptonshire v. Derbyshire. The analyses were as fol­ lows :— O. M. R W. Warren .......... 8.3 1 23 5 Bestwick.......... 8 1 23 5 Su ssix have beaten their record for successive drawn matches, which, until Saturday, numbered five, in 1889, 1900, 1902 and 1904 (twice). When the Essex match closed on Saturday they had drawn seven matches in succession. I do not know whether any other county has done anything more remarkable in this way, but Warwickshire may have done so, and I remember that Notts some years ago began the season with a victory and a great many drawn matches. Up to the present the following men have played for England in this year’s Test matches:— ALL FOUR MATCHES. At At At At Nottingham. Lord’s. Leeds. Manchester. Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Hayward Hayward Hayward Hayward Tyldesley Tyldesley Tyldesley Tyldesley Lilley Lilley Lilley Lilley THREE MATCHES. Bosanquet Bosanquet Bosanquet — Rhodes Rhodes — Rhodes Arnold Arnold , — Arnold Maclaren Maclaren — Maclaren — Fry Fry Fry TWO MATCHES. Jones Jones __ __ — Haigh Haigh — — — Hirst Hirst ONE MATCH. Jessop — Denton Spooner J. Gunn — Warren Brearley — — Blythe — F o r an all-round performance it would be hard to beat that of Hirst for York­ shire against Surrey at the Oval. He made 232, and then, beginning the York­ shire bowling, took five wickets for 43 in 15 overs. In the second innings he again began the bowling, dismissed Hayes, and then was given a rest; his analysis read­ ing 5 overs, 3 maidens, 6 runs, 1 wicket. In the Elstree School Old Boys match (Lord Athlumney’s X I. v. Mr. E. M. Lawson-Smith’s X I.) L. C. V. Bathurst, the old Middlesex and Norfolk cricketer and Oxford Blue, scored 20 not out and 79, and took nine wickets in the first innings of Mr. Lawson-Smith’s team. G o l d in g , the Hertfordshire profes­ sional, made 223 for his county against the M.C.C. at St. Albans on July 20th, out of a total of 462 for five wickets. N eedham , the Derbyshire cricketer and international footballer, who had his arm broken in the match between Essex and Derbyshire last May, has recovered sufficiently from his accident as to be able to play in local matches. Among well - known cricketers who have recently made good scores in club cricket are A. C. S. Glover, 96 for Leamington v. Handsworth Road; G. D. Katinakis, 116 for Hampshire Hogs v. Stubbington House; B. D. Bannon, 103for Harlequins v. R .A .; H. B. Hayman, 82 for Hampstead v. Mr. W. P. Harrison’s X I .; E. J. Diver, 159, and Silverlock 123, for Monmouthshire v. M.C.C. and Ground; F. G. J. Ford, 124 for Devon­ shire Club (Eastbourne) v. Sutton; A. J. Webbe, 57, J. W. F. Crawfurd, 160, and H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, 63, for Harle­ quins v. Royal Engineers. D e sp ite his duck’s-egg against Lanca­ shire C. B. Fry was still at the head of thebattingaverages on Monday, although Hirst, thanks to his 232 not out for Yorkshire against Surrey, was close upon him with 68-77. Armstrong, who was second on the previous Monday, had fallen back to third with 64-27. Quaife was fourth with 59 60, and Captain Greig fifth with 50-26. Noble, who was second among the Australians, was seventh in the list. L. G. Wright, Poidevin, Warner, C. J. B. Wood and Trumper added their names to the list of men who have scored a thousand runs this season. In bowling Haigh was at the head of the list with 92 wickets for 14-98 runs apiece. He was followed by Thompson 83 for 15-0 4 ; G. G. Napier, 56 for 17-07 ' Hirst, 62 for 17*41; Rhodes, 100 for 17'47. Laver, the first of the Australians, was seventh on the list, and Armstrong tenth. Five men had taken 100 wickets up to Monday, viz. : Lees 121, Brearley 118, Cox (Sussex) 107, Dennett 101, and Rhodes 100. Rhodes required 35 runs to enable him to accomplish the feat of scoring a thousand runs and taking a hundred wickets. It would not be very surprising if he were the only man to make this record this year.