Cricket 1905

S ept . 7, 1905 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 389 S u ssex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Buckenham ... 11 5 22 0 ... ... 3 1 15 0 Tremlin ... ... 18 3 54 0 ... ... 26 9 51 3 Douglas ... ... 5 0 25 0 ... Reeves ... ... 16.5 3 55 1 ... 24.3 2 81 5 Benham ... ... 21 7 42 3 ... ... 11 3 28 0 McGahey ... 25 6 58 5 ... ... 6 1 13 1 Perrin . . . 4 1 9 0 ... Reeves and Benham each bowled one wide, Tremlin delivered three no-balls, and Douglas one. E sse x . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. C ox......... ... 23 4 63 2 ... ... 17.2 9 43 6 R elf......... ... 20 9 46 3 ... ... 12 5 25 1 Killick ... ... 22.1 4 70 4 ... ... 5 1 21 2 Simms ... ... 1 0 6 0 ... Vine......... ... 5 1 16 0 ... Goldie ... ... 10 3 30 1 ... Relf delivered three no-balls. SURREY v. KENT. A TIE MATCH. Played at the Oval on August 31, Sept. 1&2. The game ended in a tie after Surrey had put their opponents in first. Among many other things for which the Oval has become famous not the least noticeable is its record of tie matches in first-class cricket. The latest of the seriesisone of themostinteresting. Aftermuch heavy rain the wicket at the Oval,when the game began on Thursday last, seemed likely to be very difficult, and Lord Dalmeny on winning the toss decided to put his opponents in first, a manoeuvre which at the end of the day seemed to have been a complete failure. But when stumps were drawn on Friday evening there was a strong probability that Surrey would win after all, for with six wickets in hand they only required 46 runs. Again early on Satur­ day morning, still with six wickets in hand, Surrey only wanted 27 runs. Then came the turn of the tide, and when the last two men came together Surreywere seven runsbehind—eight towin. With the game at a tie the last partnership was broken. Kent played a remarkably good game on the first day, and although the bowling was good and the wicket by no means easy they ran up a total of 202 . Several men made useful scores, but the only out­ standing innings was the 61 by S. H. Day, who during a stay at the wickets of an hour and forty minutes played delightful cricket. By the time that stumps were drawn Kent seemed to have an over­ whelming advantage, for they had dismissed six Surrey menfor 88 . At the commencementof the inn­ ings things looked even worse for Surrey,for Holland and Hayes were out off successive balls with the total at 13, andHaywardwas caughtand bowled by Blythe when only four more.nms had been added. At 41 Hobbs was caught bellind the wicket, and half the side were out for 51. Lord Dalmeny and Crawford improved matters, but the latter was out just before stumps were drawn. On Friday the innings ended for 125. Kent thus had a lead of 77, which, as the wicket was getting more difficult, was quite formid­ able. But after the first three wickets had produced 52 Lees became almost irresistible. After lunch he bowled eight overs and four balls, three maidens for 12 mns and five wickets. Alec Heame kept up his wicket for an hour and three-quarters for his 20 , but the only man who could help him was S. H. Day, who made avery useful 26. Surreyhad now tomake 162to win, and although, from the way in which the Kent batsmen had been atfault, this seemed likelyto be avery difficult task, Hayward, Hollandand Baker played so well that 116of the mns were hit off before stumps were drawn. Hobbs was not out 10 and Crawford not out 8 . On Saturday morning the two not outs played well, and with the score at 135 for four wickets Surrey seemed to have the game in hand. But Blythe was beginning to make both batsmen very uncomfortable, and after theyhad been beaten by him two or three times Crawford was caught off a rising ball. Five for 135. The sixth and seventh wickets both fell at 137, and 25mns were still required. The situation was becoming critical. When Surrey were within 18mns of victory Hobbs wasbowled by Blythe. Eight for 144. Smith played with great pluck and Stmdwick helped him to put up another 10 mns before the latter skied the ball to Mason at short-slip. Nine wickets for 154. Thus eight mns were wanted when Knox, the last man, joined Smith. Knox survived the last two balls of Blythe’s over, and in the next over Smith made a 4, a 2 and a single off Hearne. Thus the game was a tie, and Knox had to face Hearne, whohad two more balls in his over. These were played carefully, and then Smith had to face Blythe who brought all his field close to the wicket. Smith hit out atthesecond ball of the over but skied it and was caught by the wicket-keeper. Ten for 161, and the result a tie. K e n t . First innings. E. W. Dillon, c Hayward, b Smith............................ 19 Hearne (A.), lbw, b Hayes... 28 Seymour, c Hayes, b Smith 3 S. H. Day, b Crawford ...61 J. R. Mason, b Knox.........20 Humphreys, b Smith.........15 A. P. Day, c and b Smith ... 24 C. H. B. Marsham, c Hayes,b Smith............................ 0 Murrell, c and b Knox ... 11 Huish, not out ............... 11 Blythe, c Dalmeny, b Knox 0 Byes ......................10 Total......................202 S u r r e y . First innings. Hayward, c and b Blythe... 8 Holland, c and b Mason ... 5 Second innings. b Lees............... 9 cBaker, b Lees... 20 b Knox ......... 1 b Smith .........26 cHayward,b Lees 1 cHayward.b Lees 10 lbw, b Smith ... 6 b Lees............... not out............... b Lees............... b Lees............... B 3, w 2, nb 1 Total... 84 Hayes, c Dillon, b Mason ... 0 b Blythe Baker, c Mason, b Hum­ phreys............................ 23 Hobbs, c Mason, b Blythe... 6 J.N.Crawford.bHumphreys 31 LordDalmeny,lbw,bHearne 16 Lees, c Huish, b Blythe ... 4 Second innings, c and b Mason ... 40 c Mason, b Hum­ phreys ......... 21 ......... 2 Smith, b Blythe ..............15 Stmdwick.cDillon, b Blythe 2 N. A. Knox, not out ......... 1 Byes .................... 14 Total ............. 125 K en t . First innings. O. M. R. W. Crawford ... 24 7 55 1 .. Smith ......... 22 5 63 5 .. Lees............... 4 0 12 0 .. Hayes ......... 6 1 14 1 .. Knox .........16.3 5 48 3 .. stHuish.bHeame 28 b Blythe .........20 c Mason, b Blythe 14 cMurrell.bBlythe 0 c Marsham, b Hearne ......... 0 cMurrell.bBlythe 21 c Mason, b Blythe 1 not out............... 0 B 11, lb 2, nb 1 14 Total .........161 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 3 0 15 0 ... 12 6 17 2 ... 24.4 10 29 7 9 1 17 1 Knox delivered one no-ball and Lees two wides. S u r r e y . First innings. O. M.R. W. Mason ......... 17 8 51 2 . Blythe ......... 21.3 10 45 5 . Humphreys ... 7 4 11 2 . Hearne ......... 2 0 4 1., Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 11 1 36 1 ... 26.2 10 47 6 ... 19 9 28 1 ... 19 7 36 2 Humphreys delivered one no-ball. BEXHILL-ON-SEA v. INCOGNITI.—Played at Bexhill on August 30 and 31. B e x h ill - on -S ea . First innings. P. Reynolds, lbw, b Moody 60 J. Ware, c Moody, b E. J. Dobson ............... R. G. Cowley, c Havers, Stont ...................... A. F. Bryan, lbw, b E. Dobson ...................... 8 A. Howard, c Moody, b Stout ............................ 2 A. Clark, c Olivier, b Stout 11 C. C. Bryan, b E. J. Dobson 18 N. Montgomery, b Moody... 19 W. Montgomery, c Stout, b Moody ...................... 4 C. S. Skarratt, b Moody ... 0 E. W. Smith, not out......... 5 Extras.........12 Second innings, c Stout, b E. J. Dobson ......... 0 11 b E. J. Dobson... 76 27 absent... . 0 b E. J. Dobson... c E. J. Dobson, b Moody ........._ c Olivier,b Moody 21 c Hill, b Moody b Moody ... . 13 c Stout, b Moody not out ......... st Hill, b Moody Extras......... Total.........177 I n c o g n it i . First innings. H. L. Havers, c Reynolds, b Smith ...................... 0 T. B. C. Piggott, b Smith... 3 R. Macandrew, b Smith ... 1 Capt. Olivier, b Reynolds... 8 P. W. Stout, b Smith......... 9 W. G. Heasman, c Smith, b Reynolds ...............28 not out B. P. Dobson, c W. Mont­ gomery. b Smith ......... E. J. Dobson, b Smith Capt. Moody, c Ware, b Reynolds ...................... E. G. Hill, not out ......... S. W. Thornton, b Rey­ nolds ............................ Extras... Total (9 wkts) 150 Second innings, c Smith, b Skar­ ratt ............... 21 c Ware, b Skar­ ratt ............... 23 c Ware, b Smith 2 c Montgomery, b Skarratt ‘ ... 19 not out .........42 0 0 4 15 Extras... 43 11 Total. 81 Total (4 wkts) 161 LANCASHIRE v. AN ENGLAND XI. Played at Blackpool on August 31 and Sep­ tember 1 and 2. Drawn. A REMARKABLE FINISH. A better title for the team which opposed Lanca­ shire in this match would have been “ A North of England Eleven, with Bowley.” But it was fairly strong, although on the first day’s play it had the worst of the game, Lancashire scoring 140 for two wickets against a total of 193. J. Gunn played a sound innings for the England Eleven, making his 50 mns in an hour and a half. But by far the best cricket of the day was played by Maclaren, who hit two 6 ’s and thirteen 4’s in his brilliant innings of 93. The first wicket put up 94 in an hour, and Maclaren was only batting for half an hour longer. The remainder of the innings of Lancashire was chiefly remarkablefor the vigorous batting of Cook, who went for the bowlingwith great determination; among his hits were two 6 ’s and five 4’s. Lancashire had a lead of 60, but Wood and Kinneir put up 70 for the first wicket of the England Eleven, and when stumps were drawn the score was 175 for three. G. Gunn being not out 43 and Bowley not out 16. There was quite a remarkable ending to the match on Saturday, for after the England Eleven had declared at 228 for six wickets, leaving Lancashire to make 169 to win, time came to the rescue of the England Eleven when one mn was required to win. The commencement of the Lancashire innings was disastrous, four wickets being down for 25, but Higson, Hallows, Harry and Cook all hit with such determination that there was no longermuch danger of defeat. In the last over of the day the totals made by the two sides were exactly level, but in trying to make the winning hit Cook was caught. A n E n g lan d First innings. C. J. B. Wood, b Cook ... 38 Kinneir. b Harry............... 13 Gunn (G.), c Gamett, b Higson.............................17 Knight, b Cook ................ 0 Bowley, b Hallows .........17 A. O. Jones, lbw, b Hallows 10 Gunn (J.), b Brearley.........50 A. E. Lawton, b Hallows ... 18 Warren,cBrearley.bHallows 1 Humphries, not out .........15 Hallam, b Brearley ... 0 B 9, lb 4, nb 1 .........14 XI. Second innings, c G a r n e tt, b Hallows .........34 cWorsley,bllarry 35 lbw, b Brearley 48 c Worsley,b Cook 28 b Harry .........31 notout................23 not out................ 3 b Harry ......... 7 B 12, lb 2, nb 5 19 Total ................193 Total (6 wkts)*228 * Innings declared closed. L a n c a sh ir e . First innings. A. C. Maclaren, lbw, b G. G u n n .............................93 H. G. Gamett, b Hallam ... 31 Tyldesley, b G.Gunn......... 6 L . O. S. Poidevin, b Warren 26 T. A. Higson, b Hallam ... 0 Hallows, st Humphries, b G. Gunn ...................... 9 Harry, b J. Gunn................34 Cook, notout......................45 Clarke, b Warren............... 0 W. Brearley, c Warren b J. G u n n ............................. 0 Worsley, c G. Gunn, b Warren ...................... 0 B 6, nb 3 ......... Second innings. lbw, b Hallam ... 11 b J. Gunn.......... 0 b J. Gunn.........10 c Humphries, b Hallam ........ 0 b G. Gunn........... 20 c Lawton, b Hal­ lam .................. 30 notout...................64 c Warren, b J. Gunn ............ 29 9 B 3, nb 1 ... 4 Total ...253 Total (7 wkts.) 168 A n E n g lan d XI. First innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Brearley ... ... 9.5 1 35 2 ... ... 15 5 53 1 Hallows ... 22 8 55 4 ... ... 11 5 20 1 Clarke ~6 1 20 0 ... ... 6 1 L5 0 Cook......... ... 12 4 25 2 ... ... 14 3 46 1 Harry ... 12 3 26 1 ... ... 19 5 17 3 Higson ... ... 10 2 18 1 ... ... 6 3 11 0 Poidevin ... ... 6 1 15 0 Garnett ... 1 0 2 0 Brearley delivered three nd-balls, Higson two, and Gamett one. L a n c a sh ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W. Gunn(J.)............10 Warren ............ 19 Hallam ............ 29 Gunn (G.) ...20 0 59 2 2 55 3 . 6 81 2 . 6 49 3 . Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 24.4 9 51 3 ... 18 ... 7 2 77 3 0 36 1 Warren delivered three no-balls and John Gunn one.