Cricket 1905

324 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 10, 1905. THE AUSTRALIANS. Played THE WORCESTERSHIRE MATCH. (TWENTY-SEVENTH OF THE TOUR.) at Worcester on August 3, 4 and 5. Drawn. The Australians must have viewed this match with some apprehension, since, with four Fosters in the opposing team, their weak bowling was in dangerof being severely handled if the weather held fine. Three of the Fosters have been in particularly good form of late in first-class matches, and Captain W. L. has made a great many runs in minor cricket. But with the arrival of heavy rain the conditions were changed. There was no play on the first day. On Friday, the Australians had the good fortune to win the toss. The bowlers were handicapped by a ball which was kept wet by frequent showers, but Worcestershire played through the rain without appealing to the umpires except on one occasion, when a heavy storm drove them to shelter. The ball cut through and the batsmen had much the best of the situation. Nevertheless, only three of them, Trumper, Noble and Armstrong, distinguished themselves at all. Trumper gaye an exhibition of cricket of the kind which used to delight crowds in 1902; he was batting for two hours and three- quarters, and his hits included fourteen 4’s, most of which were made by drives. Noble made 113, his seventh hundred of the tour, in three hours and 40 minutes, a thoroughly good innings. At one time the Australians had 300 up for the loss of three wickets, but Wilson came with a rush and the whole side was out for 330; Wilson taking five of the wickets for 31 runs after he went on to bowl a second time with the total at 258. He only just missed taking four wickets with successive balls, for after dismissing Noble, Gehrs and Laver in three balls, he completely beat Cotter with the next ball, which only missed the top of the wicket by a hair’s breadth. There was time for Worcester­ shire to bat when the innings came to an end, but rain again fell and play was abandoned for the day. Worcestershire now had a most difficult task before them, for, if the weather were fine on the next day, it was certain that the wicket would be very difficult, More rain fell in the night, and on Saturday the wicket was in such a condition that batsmen were hopelessly out of the running. But after play had lasted for ten minutes there was so heavy a down­ pour that the game was not resumed until a quarter past three, when Worcestershire found that Cotter was almost irresistible. If it had not been for a very plucky 31 by R. E. Foster, Worcestershire wouid in all probability have been beaten by an innings. As it was, Cotter met with his greatest success of the tour, but Worcestershire easily held out to the end, although of course they were hopelessly behind when stumps were drawn. In the match Cotter took twelve wickets for 34 runs. V.T.Trumper.bW ilsonllO R. A. Duff, c Cuffe, b Burrows .................14 C. Hill, c G. N. Foster, b Burrows .......... 5 M. A. Noble, c Hutch­ ings, b Wilson ...113 W . W. Armstrong, c Bowley,bR.E.Foster 55 A.J. Hopkins,bWilson 9 D.R.A.Gehrs, bWilson 1 A ustralians . F. Laver, b Wilson ... A.Cotter,c Hutchings, b R. E. Foster P. M. Newland, lbw, b Wilson ................. W. P. Howell, not out B 7, lb 1, w 3 ... 11 Total ...330 W orcestershire . First innings. Major W. L. Foster, lbw, b Armstrong.........................10 Bowley, lbw, b Armstrong 9 R. E. Foster, c Trumper, b C otter...............................31 G.N. Foster, c Hill, b Cotter 9 W.E.C. Hutchings, b Cotter 0 H. K. Foster, b Cotter ... 0 Pearson, lbw, b Armstrong 0 Ouffe, b Cotter ................. 4 Burrows, b Cotter .......... 5 Wilson (G. A.), not out ... 4 Ainsley, b Cotter............... 0 B 4, lb 1, nb 1 ........ 6 Total... Second innings. cNewland, b Cot­ ter ................. 0 not out ..........18 b Cotter .......... 4 c Howell,b Cotter 0 b Cotter ..........14 c Noble, b Cotter 0 notout... ..........12 B 1, lb 1, nb 1 3 Wilson Cuffe Pearson . .. 78 Total (5 wkts) 51 A ustralians . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 29’1 4 806 |Burrows 20 4 53 2 35 8 1060 1R.Foster 16 1 38 2 10 1 420 Foster bowled two wides and Burrows one wide. W orcestershire . Cotter ... Armstrong Laver First innings. O. M.R. W. ....... 64 2 15 7 ..........11 3 15 5 24 3 ......... 9 2 9 3 33 0 Howell ... 2 1 5 0 Cotter delivered two no-balls. Second innings. O. M. R. W. 19 5 24 0 RUGBY y. MARLBOROUGH. Played at Lord’s on August 2 and 3. Abandoned. On the first day of this match the weather was all that could be desired, but on the second day there was so much rain that the game had to be aban­ doned. Rugby won the toss. Play began at about 11 o’clock, and Gordon and Watson put up 74 runs in the first hour by resolute hitting. But the third wicket fell at 83 and, but for the fine play of Agnew, there might easily have been a break-down in the batting. Later, Hancock made an attractive 36, and at lunch-time the score was 184 for seven wickets. Afterwards the innings soon closed, Wyer having taken five wickets for 44. When Marlborough went in Goodwin scored 30 out of the first 31 runs, hitting very well indeed, but the rest of the innings was only noticeable for the excellent play of Wyer, who in an hour hit up a most valuable 70. Rugby, with a lead of 27, made 144 for four wickets before stumps were drawn and were thus 171 in hand. Agnew was at the wickets for an hour and twenty minutes for an admirable innings of 70, which included eleven 4’s. On the next morning there was little prospect of play on account of rain, and, although it was eventually decided to resume the game at half-past three, rain again fell, and the game was given up. R ugby . First innings. Second innings. J.E. Gordon, c Wyer, b Burt 27 c Wyer, b Pound 1 D. Watson, c Wyer, b Good­ win ...............................39 A. G. Agnew, b Wyer ... 40 G. N. Owen, b W yer........... 5 H.B. Roderick, lbw, b Good­ win ............................... 19 not out R. E. Hancock, c Goodwin, b Wyer ........................36 not out W.M. Burt-Marshall, b Burt 1 W. F. Hancock, c Goodwin, cGoodman.bBurt 36 b Pound ..........70 c Ireland,bJSand- fo r d .................16 b Wyer P. Gibb, not o u t.......... N. Eaton-Sliore, b Wyer C. L. Cole, b Wyer ... B 7, lb 5, w 1, nb 1 , Total 16 ... 9 ... 0 ... 0 ... 14 ...206 B 5,jib 2,wl,inb 1 9 Total (4 wkts) 144 II. J. Goodwin, b R. H ancock.................30 E.L.Goodman,cAgnew, b Watson................. 1 C. Singleton Evans, b Watson ................. 7 J.G.C. Scott, b Watson 16 J. F. Ireland, b Cole 9 C. R. Wyer, run out... 70 H. C. Burt, c Owen, b Watson ................. 2 M arlborough . T. F. Sandford, c R. Hancock, b Watson 8 A Patteson, b Eaton- Shore ................. 0 W.G.W.Pound,b Gor­ don ........................ 5 J. H. Greathead, not out ........................13 B 12, lb 6 ..........18 Total ...179 R ugby . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Wyer .. 125 0 44 5 ... ... 7 1 31 0 Goodwin... .. 21 4 61 3 ... ... 7 0 18 0 Goodman . . 7 2 13 0 ... ... 2 0 18 0 Pound ... . 9 3 18 0 ... ... 9 2 27 2 Burt.......... .. 15 4 35 2 ... ... 9 1 32 1 Sandford . . 3 0 19 0 ... ... 3 0 9 1 Ireland ... .. 1 0 2 0 ... Sandford and Burt each bowled a wide, and Pound Watson ... 12 R.Hancock 4 Cole.......... 5 and Wyer a no-ball each. M arlborough . O. M. R. W. 0 60 0 23 0 23 O. M. R. W. Eaton-Shore 6’1 0 32 1 Gordon 4 0 23 1 ESSEX v. MIDDLESEX. t . m . r u s s e l l ’ s b e n e f i t m a t c h . Played at Leyton on August 3, 4 and 5. Drawn. If the weather had been fine for this match Russell would in all probability have reaped a good harvest, for the recent startling victory of Essex over Middle­ sex, the return to form of Percy Perrin, and the general improvement in the Essex team, would have attracted a large crowd. But, as is often the lot of southern professionals when the first day of their benefit arrives, Russell had nothing but empty benches to gaze upon, for the weather changed on the Wednesday night, and it was quite impossible to play on the next day. The wind was very high at Leyton when play was commenced on Friday, and the weather was so unpromising that, unfortunately for Russell, there were very few spectators. Fane and Carpenter were soon out, and then a shower stopped play for a short time. Soon after the game was resumed Perrin was bowled by Hearne, and three wickets were down for 42. McGahey and Gillingham then made a most useful stand, taking the score to 112 before they were separated. The rest of the innings was chiefly noticeable for the determined play of Reeves, who batted for 80 minutes for his 84 without making a mistake. When Middlesex went in they soon found how greatly they missed Warner and G. W. Beldam, and in the absence of these men the team seemed weak in batting, although J. Douglas was playing again. For some time Page alone seemed able to cope with Buckenham, who, with the high wind behind him, bowled very fast and straight, but later Rawlin and Hearne somewhat spoiled his analysis. When stumps were drawn tile total was 112 for nine, so that 7 runs were still required to save the follow-on. These runs were not obtained on Saturday morning, and Essex, in the hope of finishing the match, made Middlesex follow on. But showers fell, and the bowlers were so handicapped by a wet ball that Middlesex had no difficulty in making runs, and when play ended they were leading by 218 with two wickets in hand. Tarrant was the hero of the day, making 162 not out in four hours and a-half by excellent cricket, his hits including twelve 4’s. A most useful innings was played by J. Douglas, and J. T. Hearne vastly distinguished himself by making 56 out of 98 for the ninth wicket, being still undefeated when stumps were drawn. At one time Essex seemed to have an outside chance of winning, for six wickets were down for 209, but Pearce and Tarrant then remained together for three-quarters of an hour, during which they put on 50 runs, and b3r the time that they were parted their side was placed out of danger. E ssex . G. Tosetti, b Hearne 6 F. L. Fane, c Bird, b Hearne ................. 8 Carpenter, c Douglas, b Hearne.................19 P. Perrin, b Hearne ... 7 C. McGahey, b Trott 39 Rev. F. H. Gillingham, c Bird, b Hearne ... 39 Reeves, b Rawlin .. 84 J. W. H. T. Douglas, lbw, b Hearne..........25 M iddlesex F irst innings. J. Douglas, c Russell, b Buckenham ................. 9 E. A. Beldam, c Douglas, b Buckenham ................. 9 Tarrant, lbw, b Tremlin .. 0 C. C. Page, c Russell, b Reeves...............................24 Trott, b Buckenham.......... 1 Russell (E.), c Bird, b Hearne ................. 0 Buckenham,b Hearne 19 Tremlin, not out ... 9 B 9, lb 3, w 1 ... 13 Total ... ,..268 Second innings, b Tremlin ... c Carpenter, 54 A. R. Littlejohn, b Bucken­ ham ............................... 0 H.E. Pearce, lbw, b Bucken­ ham ............................... 8 Rawlin, not out .................27 W. S. Bird, c Buckenham, b Reeves ................. ... 5 Hearne, b Buckenham ... 25 Mignon, c Tosetti, b Trem­ lin ........................ ... ... 3 B 5, lb 1 ................. 6 Buckenham ... 14 not out..................162 c Buckenham, b Douglas......... 13 c Russell, b Buc­ kenham ..........19 b Douglas.......... 5 st R u s s e ll, b McGahey ... 17 c T r e m lin , b Buckenham ... 6 c Carpenter, b McGahey ... 5 not out................... 56 Total ..117 E ssex . O. M. R. W. Rawlin ... 15 6 37 II Trott... Hearne ... 33.5 10 93 8 Mignon Tarrant... 16 6 41 0 | B 10, lb 6, nb 2 18 Total (8 wkts) 369 O. M. R. W* 20 8 52 1 5 0 32 0 Hearne bowled a wide. M iddlesex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O.M. R. W. Buckenham ... 18 5 43 6 ... ... 28 4 79 3 Tremlin .......... 14.3 5 37 2 ........... 19 4 47 1 Douglas .......... 5 270 .. 20 5 72 2 Reeves .......... 4 0 24 2 ........... 19 4 74 0 Carpenter ... 3 0 15 0 McGahey ... 13 1 55 2 Perrin .......... 2 0 9 0 Douglas delivered two no-balls. SUSSEX v. SOMERSET. Played at Bath on August 3, 4 and 5. Drawn. Sussex were without Fry, Goldie and Young, whose places were taken by Newham, A. F. Somerset, and J. Flowers. Owing to heavy rain, it was not possible to begin the match until four o’clock, when, on a very slow wicket, Sussex went in to bat. They remained at the wickets until about twenty minutes to six, when a heavy storm put an end to play for the day. The Sussex total was 76 for five wickets. Killick, who played a fine game, and at times hit with power, was not out 32, and A. F. Somerset, who hit Braund for 6 to leg off two successive balls, was