Cricket 1905

340 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . IT, 1905. THE AUSTRALIANS. THE MIDDLESEX MATCH. ( t w e n t y - n in t h of th e t o u r .) Played at Lord’s on August 10, 11 and 12. Australians won by 132 runs. In the month of August Middlesex is usually found to be one of the very strongest of the counties, but this year the team does not seem able to get into working order, and no one could have been surprised when it was easily beaten by the Aus­ tralians. From the point of view of a Middlesex man the match was most disappointing, and neither in batting, bowling nor fielding did the county show to advantage. It has become a by-word that Australians who have settled in England as pro­ fessional bowlers never by any chance come off against their own countrymen, and although the Middlesex Australians had to work on a wicket which ought to have suited them they by no means distinguished themselves. If it had not been for the excellent form shown by the Middlesex bowler of long standing, J. T. Heame, the defeat would have been even more severe than it was. The Australians won the toss, and made 135before lunch on the Thursday, although their first three wickets fell for 8 runs, four of which were byes. Rain then fell, and there was no more play until Friday, when Noble, who was not out 56 on the previous evening, increased his score to 68. DufE played a pretty innings for 37, and Kelly and Cotter put up 46 for the last wicket in half-an-hour. Against a total of 261 Middlesex fared very badly. Their innings was only noticeable for the excellent batting of P. F. Warner, who seemed to find no difficulties whatever in the bowling, and played with a delightful ease. He made 82 out of 142 in an hour and three-quarters while he was at the wickets, although his almost perfect innings included only six 4's. The only man who gave him any assistance was Tarrant, who helped him to put on 41 for the third wicket. The Australians batted for a quarter of an hour before stumps were drawn, and scored 19 for one wicket, being 125 runs on. They made runs as quickly as possible on Saturday, DufE, Armstrong ana Trumper all distinguishing themselves, and the result was that Darling was able to declare the innings closed at lunch time, leaving Middlesex to make 312 runs in three hours and a quarter. Douglas showed excellent form and made 42 in an hour, and with 64 up for one wicket Middlesex seemed to have a good chance of making a draw. But afterwards Arm­ strong met with great success, and the side was out at half-past five for 179. E. A. Beldam made a fine effort to save the game for his side, and kept up his wicket for an hour and ten minutes. If he could have found anybody to stay with him Middlesex might have made a draw. A ustralians . First innings. V. T. Trumper, c Trott, b G. Beldam ........................ 0 A. J. Hopkins, c Trott, b Bosanquet........................ 0 O. Hill, b G. Beldam .......... 4 M.A.Noble, st MacGregor, b Tarrant ........................68 W. W. Annstrong, c Wells, b Hearne ........................ J. Darling, c Bosanquet, b Trott ............................... R. A. DufE, st MacGregor, b Trott ............................... 37 C. E. McLeod, b Tarrant... 18 F. Laver, c MacGregor, b Tarrant ........................ 0 J. J. Kelly, lbw, b Trott ... 34 A. Cotter, not out ... ...20 B 10, lb 1 .................11 Second innings. c and b Trott ... 3 st MacGregor, b Trott ..........1 b Hearne .......... lbw, b G. Beldam 0 55 notout... 14 b Hearne 50 b Heame .......... b Hearne .......... not out................. b Trott .......... c E. A. Beldam, b Hearne .......... B 5, w 1 ... Total .................261 Total (9 wkts)*195 ♦Innings declared closed. M iddlbsex . First innings. P. F. Warner, lbw, b Arm­ strong ...............................82 J. Douglas, c Hill, b Cotter 2 G. W. Beldam, b Cotter ... 8 Tarrant, c Kelly, b Laver... 20 B. J. T. Bosanquet, lbw, b Armstrong........................ 0 C.M. Wells, c Kelly, b Laver 0 E. A. Beldam, b Cotter ... 4 J. H. Stogdon. b Cotter ... 0 G. MacGregor, not out ... 6 A. E. Trott, c Kelly, b Arm­ strong ............................... 0 J.T.Heame.c Noble, b Laver 3 B 9, lb 4, nb 7 ..........20 Second innings. c and b McLeod.. 14 b Armstrong ... 42 cTrumper,bLaver 7 b Armstrong ... 8 b Armstrong ... b Armstrong ... n otou t................ st Kelly, b Arm­ strong .......... lbw,b Armstrong c McLeod,b Arm­ strong .......... lbw,b Armstrong B 17, w 1, nb 1 31 Total... .........145 Total .........179 A ustralians . First innings. Sacond innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. G. W. Beldam.. 7 1 23 2 ... ... 8 3 25 1 Bosanquet ... 8 0 39 1 ... ... 5 0 29 0 Tarrant......... 15 1 66 3 ... ... 4 0 24 0 Heame ......... 16 4 33 1 ... ... 16 6 34 5 Trott ......... 17.1 1 69 3 ... ... 15 0 60 3 Wells ........ 3 0 20 0 ... ... 4 0 17 0 G. Beldam bowled a wide. M iddlesex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cotter ......... 20 6 43 4 ... ... 14 2 42 0 M cLeod......... 10 2 23 0 ... ... 10 1 22 1 Armstrong ... 12 4 20 3 ... ... 21.4 8 50 8 Laver ......... 10.4 3 20 3 ... ... 13 1 46 1 Noble ......... 7 2 19 0 Cotter delivered six no-balls and Noble two, and Laver bowled a wide. LEICESTERSHIRE v. HAMPSHIRE. k n ig h t ’ s b e n e f it m a t c h . AN INNINGS OF 200 NOT OUT BY C. J. B. WOOD. Played at Leicester on August 10 and 11. Leicestershire won by an innings and 215 runs. On an easy wicket Leicestershire batted the whole of the first day, making 412 runs for six wickets. C. J. B. Wood went in first, and when the day’s play ended was not out 176, the result of steady batting for five hours and a-half. His partnership with Knight produced 201 runs in three hours. Knight, for whose benefit the match was played, was in splendid form, and showed faultless cricket for 96; his hits including a 5 and ten 4’s. On Saturday Leicestershire soon lost another wicket, and Wood was so slow in making runs that he seemed likely to fail to reach his sksond hundred. But Odell and Allsopp stayed with him for some time, and at last, just before the innings came to an end, he made his two-hundredth mn, having taken fifty minutes to make his last 24. His highest innings before this was 176 for Leicestershire against London County at the Crystal Palace in 1902. Hampshire had to go in against a total of 507. They began their innings at a quarter to one, and by six o’clock had been twice dismissed. Their team, which did not include E. M. Sprot, was ex­ ceedingly weak in batting. Llewellyn played well in the first innings, but with four wickets for 111 his side was not in a good position. Much worse was to follow, and with the total at 122 five wickets fell. In the follow-on Bacon and Bignell each kept up his wicket for an hour, the former making 32 and the latter 53. In the first innings Coe had the remark­ able analysis of 8 overs, 5 maidens, 5 runs and 4 wickets, and he bowled well in the second innings. L eicestbrshirb . O. E. de Trafford, Jephson, b Ede ... 4 C. J. B. Wood, not out 200 King, c Bacon, b Ede 14 Knight, lbw, b Bowell 96 V. F. S. Crawford, c Bowell, b Langford 18 Jayes, c Stone, b Ede 25 Coe, c Ede, b Baldwin 34 H ampshire . First innings. Rev. W. V. Jephson, c de Trafford, b Odell ........ 3 Bowell, lbw, b Jayes..........23 F. H. Bacon, b Jayes..........13 Llewellyn, c Whitehead, b Coe ........................... 51 Stone, c Crawford, b Coe... 16 G. N. Bignell, b Jayes ... 6 Norbury. b Coe .............. 0 Langford, b Jayes ....... 0 D. A. Steele, not out .......... 3 E. M. O. Ede, b Coe .......... 0 Baldwin, b Jayes............... 2 Byes ....................10 Total Whitehead, c Steele, b Ede .................17 W. W. Odell, c Bacon b Llewellyn ..........39 Allsopp, b Bignell ... 32 Whiteside, b Bignell 0 B 14, lb 7, w 5, nb 2 28 Total ...507 Second innings. b Jayes .......... 1 c Jayes, b Odell 18 c Knight, b Odell 32 c Whitehead, b Jayes .......... 1 c Whitehead, King b Jayes b Coe .......... c and b Coe mn out b Coe ......... not out.......... B 14, lb 3 E d e ..........43 Langford 21 Baldwin... 29 Bacon ... 6 Steele .............. 127 L eicestershire . O. M. R. W. 6 125 4 3 68 1 5 107 1 1 20 0 4 23 0 Total..........165 Norbury 11 Llewellyn 13 Bowell ... 13 Bignell... 2 O. M.R. W. 1 55 6 41 1 32 0 1 1 2 Ede bowled three wides and two no-balls, Langford and Steele each a wide. H ampshire . First innings. O. M. R. W. Odell ......... 8 3 21 1 .. Jayes.................17 1 71 5 .. Allsopp ......... 2 0 20 0 .. Ooe ................. 8 5 5 4 .. King ... Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 9 3 31 2 5 46 3 2 18 0 9.1 0 36 3 5 0 17 1 19 6 SUSSEX v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Brighton on August 10 and 11. Sussex won by an innings and 41 runs. The Derbyshire men were not seen to advantage in this match. They won the toss and batted on a wicket which played well enough, but half the side was out for 52, and but for a plucky innings of 49 not out by Warren, the total would hardly have exceeded a hundred. As it was, Sussex had an easy task, and before stumps were drawn theyhad made 194 for six wickets. Fry and Young reappeared in the team, and the former was in his very best form, making 50 out of the first 64, and 69 out of 101 before he was dismissed, after batting for an hour and arhalf. Young made a duck’s egg. A fine game was played by Killick, who, at the end of the day was not out 67. On Friday Killick increased his score to 81, his partnership with Chapman having produced 83 mns. Chapman’s 52 was an excellent innings. Sussex had a lead of 134, and as Derbyshire fell for 93 before the bowling of Cox and Killick, the match was over before the end of the day. D erbyshire . First innings. L. G. Wright, b R elf..........22 Cadman, c Butt, b Cox ... 5 Wright (J.), c Chapman, b Cox ............................... 0 E. M. Ashcroft, c Cox, b Relf 20 C. A. Ollivierre, c Goldie, b Cox ............................... Morton, lbw, b Killick F. C. Hunter, b Killick ... Warren, not o u t ................. Maltby, c Relf, b Killick ... Humphries, c Cox, b Killick Bestwick, st Butt, b Cox ... No-balls ................. Second innings, c Goldie, b Cox... 13 c Cox,b Goldie... 11 b Killick b Cox ... cOox,b Killick... mn out .......... c Goldie,b Cox... c Leach, b Killick not out................. c Leach, b Cox... st Butt, b Killick 16 B 4, w 2 Total .........146 S ussex . Total.. 93 C. B.Fry,c Ollivierre, b Bestwick.................69 Vine, run out ..........12 R.A.Young.cOllivierre b Hunter................. 0 Killick, b Bestwick ... 81 K.O.Goldie.b Cadman 10 Relf, b W arren.......... 9 P.II.Latham, b Morton 15 B. P. Chapman, c Cad­ man, b Bestwick ... Cox, c Humphries, b Warren ................. Leach, not out .......... Butt, b Bestwick B 4, w 1, nb 1 ... Total ...280 D erbyshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. C o x ................. 21.1 3 64 4 .......... 14 4 24 4 R e lf................ 15 2 43 2 ......... Killick .......... 14 136 4 ......... 8.4 0 33 4 Goldie.......... 5 1 30 1 Killick bowled two no-balls and Cox one, Goldie two wides. S ussex . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Warren ... 28 2 124 2 |Hunter ... 10 3 24 1 Cadman... 17 3 51 1 Morton ... 7 2 13 1 Bestwick.. 18.3 2 62 4 | Bestwick delivered one wide and one no-ball. SURREY v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Leeds on August 10 and 11. Yorkshire won by five wickets. When Surrey made 171 in their first innings at Leeds last Thursday they seemed to have a fairly good chance of winning the match, for the wicket was very decidedly in favour of the bowlers, and was likely to become more difficult as the match went on. But the Yorkshiremen played a slow wicket game almost to perfection, and, as Lees on account of an injury to his hand when batting was unable to bowl more than two or three overs, Surrey were severely handicapped. In addition to this, and the enforced absence of Smith owing to illness, they missed Denton twice before he could get into his stride, and these mistakes told heavily against them. Surrey began their innings badly enough by losing Hay­ ward at 3, and Hayes at 14, but Holland and Baker played good cricket, and things were looking fairly well when the former was caught and bowled by Rhodes. At lunch time the score was only 68 for five wickets, and the sixth wicket fell before another mn had been added. Then Lord Dalmeny and J. N. Crawford played a game which must have been an object lesson to the Yorkshiremen. The two bats­ men showed plenty of pluck, and went for the bowling with the happiest results. For the seventh wicket they put on 62 mns in a little over three- a uartera of an hour, Lord Dalmeny claiming 41 of lem by really brilliant play. Crawford survived until nearly the end of the innings, being ninth out