Cricket 1905

356 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g . 24, 190B. THE AUSTRALIANS. THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE MATCH. (THIRTY-FIRST OF THE TOUR.) Played at Northampton on Aug. 17, 18 & 19. Australians won by an innings and 329 runs. Northamptonshire cricket has proved a little disappointing this year, and it was not anticipated that the county would be able to make a fight with the Australians. It will be remembered that the match was provisionally arranged in case there was no necessity to prolong the test match at the Oval beyond the third day. Northamptonshire won the toss, and had an excellent opportunity of showing their capabilities, for the wicket was excellent, and, moreover, Cotter, who is sometimes very effective against weak teams, was not playing. But the batting was weak and undecided, and Howell, who has not been very successful this year, was able to come out with the fine analysis of 11 overs 45 runs and six wickets. The only outstanding innings was the 40 of East. When the Australians went in against a small total of 149, Gregory and Gehrs found no difficulties in the Northamptonshire bowling, and they put up 157 for the first wicket in an hour and thirty-five minutes—the highest total made for the first wicket by the Australians during their tour. When stumps were drawn the total was 240 for three, Hopkins being not out 55. Rain interfered with the play on Friday, but the wicket remained easy, and the bowlers were continually handicapped by a wet ball, which also caused mis­ takes in the field. At the end of the day the total was 533 for six wickets. Hopkins was batting for three hours and ten minutes for his 154 and hit twenty-one 4’s. Armstrong, Darling, and Trumper all treated the bowling with severity. Trumper was in his most brilliant form, and made his 59 not out in thirty-five minutes, his unfinished partnership with Armstrong producing 90 runs in that time. Although they had a lead of nearly 400the Australians did not declare their innings closed on Saturday, and 76 runs more were scored before the side was dis­ missed. No new records were made, but Armstrong was enabled to place another hundred to his credit. Northamptonshire, who had to make 460 to save the innings defeat, failed to play out time. N ortham ptonshire . First innings. Second innings. E. M. Crosse, b Armstrong 1st Newland, b Armstrong ... 17 Thompson (G. J.), lbw, bc Darling,b Arm- Hopkins ........................20 strong ........30 Cox, b Hopkins ................. 7 b Laver ....... 7 A. R. Thompson, b Howell 29 b Armstrong ... 12 East, c Darling, b Howell... 40 b Armstrong ... 1 H. W. Hawtin, c Howell, b c Newland, b L a ver............................... 4 Howell ... ... 3 L. T. Driffield, b Howell ... 0 b Howell ....... 2 T. Horton, b H ow ell.......... 3 b Howell ...... 4 H. B. Simpson, b Howell... 25c Trumper, b Laver ..........44 H. Hawkins, lbw, b Howell 12 retired hurt ... 3 B. O. Smith, not o u t .......... 5 not out.......... 1 B 2, lb 1 ................. 3 B 4, lb 3 ... 7 Total .................149 A ustralians . Total ..........131 S.E. Gregory, c Smith, b Simpson ......... so D. R. A. Gehrs, b Cox 83 A.J. Hopkins, c Smith, b Driffield ..........154 F. Laver,c sub.,b Haw­ kins .......... .......... 3 W. Howell, b Thomp­ son ...........................10 J. Darling, b Thomp­ son ........................... 47 W. W. Armstrong, b Thompson ...........122 V. Trumper, c sub., b Driffield ................... 68 M.A. Noble, b Thomp­ son ......................... 2 C. E. McLeod, b Thompson .......... 5 P.M. Newland, not out 12 B 4, lb 1, nb 2 ... 7 Total .................609 N orthamptonshire . First Innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Hopkins.......... 15 1 56 2 ............. Armstrong ... 13 7 15 1 .... 18.5 3 64 4 Howell .......... 11.4 144 6 ........... 4 2 7 3 Laver- .......... 10 1 31 1 ............ 15 6 37 2 Trumper ... 2 1 4 0 N oble.......... 1 0 12 0 A ustralians . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Thompson 45.3 3 215 5 IHawkins... 16 2 69 1 Driffield... 29 5 125 2 Cox ......... 10 0 50 1 Simpson ...23 1 110 1 |Hawtin ... 7 0 33 0 Thompson delivered two no-balls. C RICKET Report Sheets, lOd. per dozen, post free. Order of Going-in Cards, 7d. per dozen, post free; Cricket Score Books, 6d. and Is. each; postage 2d. extra.—To be obtained at the Offices of “ docket,'’ 168, Upper Thames Street London, E.O. SURREY y . WARWICKSHIRE. Played at Edgbaston on August 17, 18 & 19. Drawn. On a perfect wicket Warwickshire batted the whole of the first day of this match, scoring 372 runs for eight wickets. Two men, Fishwick and Charles­ worth, reached the nineties, the former playing a very sound innings, and never missing an oppor­ tunity of making a hit during his stay of two hours and three-quarters at the wickets. Charlesworth’s innings of 91 was the most attractive of the day. He was batting for a little less than two hours and his hits included seventeen 4’s ; towards the end of his innings he hit with fine determination. Quaife’s innings of 78 was very useful to his side, and he kept up an end for two hours and a half. Heavy rain in the night had so much effect on the wicket that no play was possible on Friday till half-past five. Under these circumstances, Warwickshire declared their innings. Surrey had twenty minutes batting, during which they scored 13 without loss, and then stumps were drawn on account of the bad light. On Saturday Surrey, on a wicket greatly damaged by rain, had an uphill fight, and came out with great credit, being only 24 runs behind with nine wickets in hand when stumps were drawn. Hayward and Hayes were seen at their best in both innings; in the second innings they came together when a wicket was down for 25, and were undefeated at the end of the match, having in­ creased the score by 106. Crawford and Lees also distinguished themselves with the bat. W arwickshire . T. S. Fishwick, lbw, b Crawford.................95 Kinneir, c Smith, b Knox........................ 9 Devey, run o u t ..........36 Quaife, c Strudwick, b Smith .................78 J. F. Byrne, b Smith... 13 Charlesworth, c Dal­ meny, b Hobbs Field did not bat. 91 Santall, c Hayward, b Hayes ................. Baker, not out .......... Smith, b Crawford ... Hargreave, not out ... B 5, lb 6, nb 2 ... Total (8 wkts) *372 66 Hayward, b Santall... Hobbs, ht. wkt, b Har­ greave .................11 Hayes, b Santall ... 33 Baker b Santall.......... 0 J. E. Raphael, lbw, b Santall .................15 J.N.Orawford.cSmith, b Santall.................43 Innings declared closed. S u rrey. LordDalmeny,cSmith, b Quaife ..........11 Lees, c Fishwick, b Santall .................28 Smith, b Quaife ... 1 Strudwick, b Santall 0 N. A. Knox, not out... 0 B 6, lb 2, w 1 ... 9 Total ...217 Second inningsH ayw ard, not out, 66; Hobbs, c Fishwick, b Field, 9; Haves, not out, 55 ; no-ball, 1. Total (one wicket) 131. W arwickshire . O. M. R. W. O. 27 4 107 0 |Crawford 20 25 4 85 1 Hayes ... 15 22 7 53 2 IHobbs ... 2 Knox delivered two no-balls. Knox Smith M. R.W. 3 59 2 4 41 1 0 14 1 S urrey . First innings. O. M. R. W. Second innings. O. M. R. W. Hargreave . . 29 6 55 1 .. ... 4 1 13 0 Charlesworth 12 6 11 0 .. ... 8 1 29 0 Devey ... . . 1 1 0 0 .. ... 5 1 6 0 Field ... . . 7 0 31 0 .. ... 9 0 37 1 Baker ... . . 4 1 3 0 .. ... 7 2 33 0 Quaife ........ Santall ... . . 9 1 29 2 .. . 31.4 11 79 7 ... 7 1 12 0 Field bowled a wide and Charlesworth no-ball. delivered a LANCASHIRE v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Manchester on August 17, 18 & 19. Drawn. With the honours of the county championship in the balance, Lancashire men must have been greatly disappointed when they found that Maclaren and Brearley were taking a rest, and that Hornby was on the injured list and unable to play. In the absence of Brearley, the Lancashire bowling was not very effective, and on the first day Derbyshire made 379 runs for seven wickets. L. G. Wright and Cad­ man put up 50 for the first wicket and for the second wicket Wright and Ashcroft made 69, Wright’s fine innings of 76 being put together in an hour and three quarters. Morton and Ashcroft were both in excellent form, but half the wickets were down for 198 when Lawton, by brilliant batting, began to place Derbyshire in a good position. He found a most useful partner in Warren, who helped him to put on 104 runs in an hour and ten minutes. When Lawton was out for 101 he had been batting for about two hours, making his runs out of 160, and hitting eleven 4’s. Owing to heavy rain it was only B ossible to play for about two hours on the next day. 'erbyshire resumed their innings at half-past four, and at five o’clock Lawton decided to declare with the total at 387 for nine wickets. When only ten runs had been made by Lancashire, they had lost both Spooner and Garnett, and although Tyldesley and Poidevin then made a stand which produced 57, the former was out just before stumps were drawn and immediately after play had been ad­ journed for a few minutes on account of the bad light. The Iiancashire total was 67 for three, so that there seemed a strong probability that they would have to play hard to make a drawn game. But the wicket was not difficult on Saturday, and Poidevin, Sharp, Hallows and Cook all played so well that when the innings came to an end the total was only 48 behind that of Derbyshire, and a draw became a certainty, unless Derbyshire broke down completely. But they easily played out time. D erbyshire . First innings. Second innings. L. G. Wright, c Spooner, b Kermode ........................ 76 c and b Kermode 15 Cadman,cSpooner,b Cook 19 b Kermode ... 0 E. M. Ashcroft, b Kermode 57 b Cook... .......... 33 Morton, b Kennode .......... 69 not out ........... .A 1 O. A. Ollivierre, b Kermode 5 b Cook................. 8 Hogg, b Kermode .......... 1 cPoidevin,bCook 0 A. E. Lawton, c Sharp, b Poidevin ........................ 101 c and b Hallows 16 Warren, c Sharp, b Cook... 45 not out ..........24 F. O. Hunter, not out.......... 9 Humphreys, b C ook .......... 0 B 4, nb 1 ................. 5 B 3, nb 1 ... 4 Total (9 wkts) *387 Total (6 wkts) 101 Burton did not bat. * Innings declared closed. L a n ca sh ire. R.H.Spooner.bCadman 6 H.G.Garnett,cWarren, b Cadman ........... 0 Tyldesley, c Lawton, b Ollivierre....................40 L.O.S. Poidevin, c and b Cadman ........... 102 Heap, c Ollivierre, b Morton ....................33 Sharp, b Cadman ...44 Hallows, c Lawton, b Cadman ....................58 Cook, cWright, b Bur­ ton .....................46 I’Anson, lbw, b Bur­ ton ..................... 0 Kermode, b Cadman 1 Worsley, not out ... 2 B 2, lb 2,w 1,nb 2 7 Total ..... 339 D erbyshire . First innings. O. M. R. W. Kermode ... 31 5 117 5 Cook ... ... 261 5 88 3 Heap ... ... 12 5 20 0 I’Anson ... ,.. 17 5 50 0 Sharp ... ... 11 0 50 0 Poidevin... ... 19 3 57 1 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 8 1 28 2 ... 7 0 24 3 2 9 0 0 Gamett ... 1 0 o u Hallows ... 11 1 30 1 Kermode delivered two no-balls. Cadman... 34 Warren ... 12 Morton ... 9 Burton ... 16 L ancashire . O. M. R. W . 5 83 6 1 37 0 1 34 1 4 67 2 Ollivierre 18 O. M. R. W. Lawton ... Hunter 2 75 1 0 17 0 0 19 0 Hunter bowled a wide and Oadman two no-balls. SOMERSET v. KENT. R O B S O N ’ S B E N E F IT M A T C H . Played at Taunton on August 17, 18, and 19. Kent won by an innings and 7 runs. Although Somerset won the toss and batted on a splendid wicket, they did not take advantage of their opportunities, and at the end of the first day their position was anything but satisfactory, for against their total of 211 Kent had scored 166 for one wicket. The only point of interest about the Somersetshire innings was the delightful innings of 91 played by L. C. H. Palairet, who made his first appearance in the championship matches this season, although he was able to take part in the Somerset match against the Australians. Under ordinary circumstances he would probably have made his hundred, but finding that towards the end of the innings he could get no one to stay with him, he did the best for his side by trying to make mns as quickly as possible. His score was 85 when the last man joined him, and after increasing this by six he ran out to hit and was stumped. His fine innings lasted for two hours and twenty - five minutes. For Kent Dillon and Seymour, without being separated, put up 161 for the second wicket before stumps were drawn. Both men made their hundred on Friday morning, and their partnership produced 261 in a little more than two hours and a half; they were both missed before they had made double figures. J. R. Mason played a splen­ did innings, although he also was missed. He was at the wickets for only an hour and fifty minutes