Cricket 1905

310 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 3, 1905 put together in four hours. When Somerset went in again Blythe was in great form with the ball, and there was never much chance that the innings’ defeat would be saved. S omerset . First innings. Braund,cSeymour,bHearne 36 H. S. Burrington, c Blaker, b Blythe ........................ 3 Robson, c Day, b Hearne... 26 Capt. H.S. PojTntz, b Blythe 31 Lewis, lbw, b Hearne.......... 1 H. Martyn, b Fairservice ... 14 Hardy, b Fielder................. S. M. J. Woods, c Huish, b Fielder ........................ F. M. Lee, not out .......... Cranfield, b Fielder .......... Bailey, b Fielder................. B 10, w 2, nb 1 .......... Second innings, b Blythe ..........16 lbw, b Blythe ... 5 c Dillon, b Blythe 8 b Blythe .......... 0 b Fairservice ... 16 c Humphreys, b Blythe .......... 0 b Fairservice ... 19 Total 39 33 . 4 3 13 ...207 c and b Blythe... 22 b Fielder ..........19 notout.................21 b Fielder .......... 0 B 3, lb 5 ... 8 Total ...134 K ent . Heame (A.), c Lewis, b Hardy ................. 41 E.W. Dillon, c Poyntz, b Braund. Seymour, st Martin,1 Braund ............... A. P. Day, b Bailey . Humphreys, c and Bailey .............. O. H. B. Marsham, Martyn, b Bailey .. .102 30 R.N.R.Blaker.cPoyntz, b Cranfield .......... Huish, b Robson Fairservice, not out... Blythe,cBailey,b Rob­ son ........................ Fielder, b Braund ... B 14, lb 3, w 6 ... 23 Total ...457 S omerset . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Fielder .......... 212 3 96 4 .......... 0.4 0 0 2 Blythe .......... 19 7 59 2 ........... 24 6 76 6 Fairservice ... 9 4 13 1 ........... 24 7 50 2 Hearne ..........11 1 26 3 Fielder bowled awide and a no-ball, and Fairservice a wide.) K ent . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cranfield 16 1 61 1 Lewis ... 2 0 9 0 Braund ... 22‘2 0 135 3 Woods... 4 1 15 0 Robson ... 19 1 110 2 Lee ... 2 0 6 0 Bailey ... 20 1 71 3 Burringtonl 0 10 0 Hardy ... 7 1 17 1 Cranfield bowled four and Hardy two wides. WARWICKSHIRE v. NORTHAMPTON­ SHIRE. Played at Coventry on July 27 and 28. Warwickshire won by four wickets. N orthamptonshire . First innings. Second innings. Thompson, c Fishwick, b Field ............................... 0 b Field .......... C. J. T. Pool, c Lilley, b c Santall, b Har- Charlesworth .................43 greave ............ L. M. Crosse, c and b San- c Fishwick, b tall......................................23 Santall ............ East, lbw, b Santall .......... 0 b Field .......... W. H. Kingston, b Har­ greave ............................... 17 b Santall ............ A. E. Worsley, b Hargreave 23 c ^Hargreave, N. F. Norman, c Lilley, b Charlesworth ................. 0 H. B. Simpson, b Hargreave 5 T. Horton, not out ..........21 H. Hawkins, c and b Har­ greave ............................... B. C. Smith, lbw, b Har­ greave ............................... B 4, lb 3, w 4 .......... Field b Hargreave b Santall ... c Fishwick, Santall ... 4 c andb Santall.. not out.......... B 2, lb 5 Total... ...155 Total ...148 W arwickshire . First innings. J. F. Byrne, c Thompson, b East ............................... 7 Kinneir, c Pool, b East ... 44 Charlesworth, b Thompson 20 Quaife, c and b Hawkins... 23 Hargreave, b Thompson ... 14 T. S. Fishwick, b East ... 8 Lilley, c Thompson, b East 30 Baker, not out .................12 F. R. Loveitt, run out.......... 6 Santall, c Norman, b East 2 Field, c Worsley, b Haw­ kins ............................... 27 B 8, lb 1, nb 2 ..........11 Second innings. b East................. < b Thompson ... I run out ..........1< notout.................li b East.................35 lbw.ib Thompson 8 cSmith,bThomp- son ................. 1 not out .......... 1 B 14, lb 4 ... 18 Total .................204 Total (6 wkts) 100 N orthamptonshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. F ie ld ................. 4 1 7 1 .......... 9 2 29 3 Hargreave.......... 31 4 50 5 ........... 24.3 1 72 2 Santall ......... 19 4 52 2 ........... 17 6 40 5 Charlesworth ... 16 5 35 2 ........... Field bowled three wides and Charlesworth one. W arwickshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Thompson ... 33 11 78 2 ........... 13 5 17 3 East ................. 27 8 80 5 ........... 12.1 1 52 2 Simpson ......... 6 4 23 0 ........... Hawkins ......... 4 0 12 2 ........... 1 0 3 0 Thompson delivered two no-balls. THE AUSTRALIANS. THE RETURN MATCH AGAINST SURREY. ( t w e n t y - f if t h of th k t o u r .) Played at the Oval on July 27, 28, and 29. Australians won by 22 runs. To the first match against Surrey there was a most interesting finish, the Australians trying to make 220 runs in two hours and ten minutes, and getting within 21 of them for the loss of six wickets. In the ordinary run the Australians, when they oppose a county, have to meet its very strongest eleven, but for various reasons Lees, Knox, Raphael. Baker, and Strudwick were all absent from the Surrey team, which was, on paper, the weakest put in the field by the county this year. There was nothing the matter with the wicket, and therefore when the Australians won the toss, for the thirteenth time in twenty-five matches, it was anticipated that they would make a very large score, since the Surrey bowling, without Lees, Knox, and Crawford, can hardly be regarded as formidable. But whether the excitement of the recent test match had put them off their game, or whether they could not accommo­ date themselves to bowling to which they are not accustomed, the Australians gave a disappointing display before a crowd which was not as large as is usually seen at the Oval when an important match is in progress. The hero of the day was W. C. Smith, the Surrey bowler, who has had so chequered a career, at one time heading the averages of the whole country towards the end of the season, at another not considered good enough to play at all. But on the. first day of the Australian match he puzzled thel batsmen considerably, his slow ball taking many of them by surprise, and, although he is supposed to be useless on a good wicket, he gave a splendid account of himself, to the surprise of players and spectators alike. The Australians left out Gregory, Hopkins, Laver, and Newland. When they began their innings to the bowling of Rushby and Nice there was the usual brilliant opening on the part of Trumper, who was,however, bowled when his score was 13. On the other hand, Armstrong played a very cautious game for thirty-five minutes; when, with the total at 47, he was bowled by Rushby. At 63 Noble was bowled, and then at last came a decided stand. Hill and Duff made runs quickly, and the score was taken to 113, when Smith was put on to bowl. He did not meet with immediate suc­ cess, but just before lunch he had Hill lbw. Hill had played a fine game for an hour and thirty-five minutes for his 89, and his hits included a 5 and eleven 4’s. During his innings he was seen almost, but not quite, at his best. At lunch time the total was 150 for five, and when the game was resumed Rushby and Nice began the bowling. But when the total was 199 the happy thought occurred to Lord Dalmeny to give Smith another trial. The result was startling. At 203 Darling was caught off him for a careful innings of 33, which had lasted for an hour and .a-half; at 213 McLeod was bowled by him after a* stay at the wickets of an hour and twenty minutes for 35, and almost before the crowd could realise what was happening the innings was over, the last three wickets falling to Smith, whose record was six wickets for 27, five of them falling after lunch for 18. Surrey, who had to face a much smaller total than they anticipated, made 23 without losing a wicket, and then on account of the bad light there was no more play. Hayward was not out 13, and Hobbs not out 9. On Friday Surrey were seen to advantage. Hayward and Hobbs soon settled down, and seemed to find no difficulty what­ ever in the bowling. They had made over a hundred in partnership, and there seemed no reason why they should not reach the second hundred, when Hayward, just after making some brilliant hits, was out. He had played a beautiful game for about an hour and three-quarters for his 70. The moment that he had gone Hobbs seemed to lose his command over the bowling, and he was nearly an hour in making his next 6 runs. He was then "well taken in the slips by Trumper for 58, an innings which was admirable in every way until it reached fifty. Hayes was uncomfortable, and was soon out, but Holland and Stedman played a great game, putting on 54 runs in partnership. They both made some delightful hits. Stedman made his 62 runs in eighty- five minutes, while Holland took half-an-hour longer to make his 61. At the end of the innings Lord Dalmeny played a most attractive game for half-an- hour, during which he scored 31 runs. The Aus­ tralians had to face a balance of 116 runs, and with forty minutes to bat, lost Gehrs just before stumps were drawn, when the total was 29, so that they were still 87 runs behind. On Saturday Hayward dis­ missed McLeod by an extraordinary catch in the slips, taking the ball high up with his right hand, dropping it, and securing it with his left hand at the third attempt. Armstrong did not stay long, and four wickets were down for 66. Then Noble and Hill began a long partnership which by lunch time seemed to have made their side practically safe from defeat, for the score was then 203 for three wickets, Hill not out, 102, and Noble not out, 43. But directiy after lunch the fortunes of the game changed in a remarkable way. Hill was bowled by Rushby, and Noble by Smith. The partnership produced 140 runs in an hour and fifty minutes, Hill’s admirable 104 taking him two hours and twenty-five minutes to put together. Noble, who had played with the sole object of placing his side in a secure position, was two hours at the wickets for his 45. From this time the bowlers gained the upper hand, Smith meeting with great success, and to the general surprise, the innings was over for 271. This left Surrey to make 156, with two hours and a quarter before them. Naturally Surrey did. not content themselves with trying to play for a draw ; it was worth the risk to endeavour to make the runs at all hazards. Hayward went in with Holland at a quarter-past four, and in forty minutes 50 went up. When the total was 72, which had been made in less than an hour, Holland was out for a fine innings. Then Hayes played an excel­ lent game, but Hayward was out at 96for a splendid 52. Lord Dalmeny went in, and he and Hayes were doing so well that, with eight wickets in hand, the total was 115, and only 41 runs had to be made in three-quarters of an hour. If ever a team seemed certain to win, or, at the very worst, to make a draw, it was that of Surrey at this moment. But the rest of the history of the match is a tale of disaster from the point of view of a Surrey man. Hayes was run out, and Surrey fell. Six minutes before time the Australians gained an extraordinary victory, for which they had largely to thank Arm­ strong. It was naturally a vast disappointment to Surrey men, with victory within their grasp, to find it snatched away from them at the last moment, but, after all, it was a fine thing for a team which was without so many of its best men to make such a good fight. If Smith and Hobbs had been more experienced cricketers they would not have been run out; it is only a seasoned player who can keep quite cool and collected at such a critical time. A ustralians . Second innings. First innings. V. T. Trumper, b Nice ... 13 lbw, b Smith W.W.Armstrong,b Rushby 9 b Smith C. Hill, lbw, b Smith..........89 b Rushby ... M. A. Noble, b Nice .......... 2 b Smith R. A. Duff, b Hayes ..........22 b Smith J.Darling,cHobbs,b Smith 33 runout C. E. McLeod, b Smith ... 35 c Hayward, Rushby ... D. R. A. Gehrs, not out ... 11 A. Cotter, c Holland,bSmith 8 J. J. Kelly, c Davis, b Smith W. P. Howell, c Holland, b Sm ith............................... B 2, lb 8, w 2,nb 1 ... Total ... b Smith c Hayward, Hayes b Smith 35 .. 13 ..104 .. 45 .. 4 .. 14 b .. 17 .. 9 b . 6 . 0 3 ........ 241 S urrey . First innings. Hayward,c Gehrs, b Howell 70 Hobbs, c Trumper, b Cotter 58 Hayes, c Trumper, b Noble 9 Stedman, c Duff, b Arm­ strong..................... ;. ... 62 Holland, c Armstrong, b McLeod ........................61 Goatly, b Howell.................14 Davis, c Kelly, b McLeod... 19 Lord Dalmeny, c Gehrs, b McLeod ........................31 Nice, b Cotter .................15 Smith (W. C.), b Cotter ... 1 Rushby, not o u t ................. 1 B 9,1b 2, w2, nb 3 ... 16 notout... . B 10,lb7,wl,nb 3 21 Total ......... 271 Second innings, c Duff, b Arm­ strong ......... run out .......... run out .......... c Hill, b Arm­ strong ......... c Hill, b Arm­ strong ......... not out................. b Armstrong ... b M cLeod.......... c Duff, b Arm­ strong .......... run out................. b Armstrong ... B 3, lb 4 .......... Total ...357 A ustralians . Total......... 133 First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Rushby ......... 17 0 85 1 ........... 21 4 76 2 N ice................. 23 470 2 ........... 9 2 21 0 Hayes ......... 14 2 46 1 .......... 18.5 4 56 1 Smith ......... 13.5 4 27 6 ........... 31 5 97 6 Rushby delivered four no-balls, and Smith bowled three wides.