Cricket 1905

390 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S ept . 7, 1905 THE SCARBOROUGH FESTIVAL. YORKSHIRE y. M.C.C. & GROUND. Played at Scarborough on August 31 and September 1. Yorkshire won by three wickets. The M.O.C. were able to put in the field a much stronger team than usual, and although it included few bowlers of note, it gave an excellent account of itself on the first day. The wicket was always difficult. For the M.C.C. the best batting was shown by De Trafford, who made his 20 out of 31 for the first wicket, and Raphael, who was an hour at the wickets for his 41. Rhodes and Haigh bowled exceedingly well for Yorkshire. It was anticipated that Yorkshire would easily beat the M.C.C. total of 108, but they lost their first three wickets for 17, and although Jackson and Hirst greatly improved matters, the two bowlers, Mead and Thompson, came out with a fine analysis, the last five wickets falling for 35 runs. When the M.C.C. went in again with a balance of two runs against then, Hirst and Haigh were so formidable that five wickets fell for 44, and Yorkshire seemed to have the best of the game. On Friday Hirst and Haigh soon dismissed the remaining five batsmen, and Yorkshire only required 97 runs to win. Their first wicket put up 29, and at lunch time the score was 37 for one wicket. But afterwards Napier and Mead bowled so well that when five wickets were down 41 runs were still required. Ernest Smith made 8 and Haigh 11, but when Lord Hawke joined Rhodes for the eighth wicket 9 runs were wanted. These were made by Rhodes, who had played a fine game at a critical time, and the match was won by York­ shire with three wickets in hand. M.C.C. First innings. R. H. Spooner, c Denton, b .7apVonn C. E. de Trafford,'c Denton, b Rhodes ...................... 20 King, c Myers, b Rhodes ... 0 J. E. Raphael, c Hawke, b Rhodes........................... 41 C. L. Townsend c Jackson, b Rhodes ...................... 0 Thompson, lbw, b Haigh... 10 THE CHELTENHAM WEEK. F. B. Hutchings, b Haigh... W. Findlay, c Tunnicliffe, b Rhodes ...................... 1 run out H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, c Hunter, b Rhodes ......... 6 G. G. Napier, b Haigh ... 3 Mead, not out ................ 5 B 5, lb 2 ................ 7 Second innings. b Haigh .........11 c Hirst, b Haigh 13 c Rothery, b Hirst 5 b Hirst............... 1 b Hirst................ 0 cRothery,bHaigh 16 b Hirst............... 4 Total ................108 Y o r k s h ir e . notout................ 6 b Hirst............... 4 c Smith, b Haigh 29 Total.........98 First innings. Rothery, run out................ 0 Tunnicliffe, b Thompson ... 7 Denton, b Thompson.........10 Hon. F. S. Jackson, b Thompson...................... 20 Hirst, b Thompson .........29 Rhodes, b M ead................ 6 E. Smith, c Leveson-Gower, b Mead............................. 8 Haigh, lbw, b Thompson... 2 Lord Hawke, not out......... 9 Myers, b Mead ................ 1 Hunter, b Thompson......... 1 Lb 2, nb 15................17 Total...................... 110 M.C.O. First innings O. M. R. W. Rhodes ......... 15 3 53 6 Jackson......... 9 3 Myers ......... 4 1 Haigh ......... 8.3 1 Second innings, c Findlay,b King 21 c Thompson, b Mead .........25 c Findlay, b Napier ......... 2 b Mead ......... 5 c Spooner, b Napier ......... 0 notout................ 22 b Thompson ... 8 c De Trafford, b Napier .........11 not out................ 0 Lb 1, nb 2 ... 3 Total (7 wkts.) 97 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 28 1 ... 8 0 ... 12 3 ... Hirst 15 3 4 15.5 3 60 5 Y o r k sh ir e . Mead Thompson First innings. O. M. R. W. ......... 21 5 48 3 ... . 20.2 4 45 6 ... . Kin£ Napier Second innings. O. M. R. W. .. 16 4 45 2 5.5 0 27 1 3 1 3 1 9 4 19 3 GLOUCESTERSHIRE MIDDLESEX. Thompson delivered fifteen and Napier twono-balls. Played at Cheltenham on August 31 and September 1. Gloucestershire won by 174 runs. The ball very decidedly beat the bat on the first day of this match, and before stumps were drawn twenty-two wickets fell for 300 runs. For Middlesex R. O. Schwarz, the South African bowler, made his first appearance of the season, and took two wickets for 28. Tarrant was in fine form with the ball, and the only Gloucestershire batsmen who seemed at home with him were Board and W. S. A. Brown, of whom the latter made 44 in an hour by the best of cricket. Middlesex found Dennett even more diffi­ cult than Tarrant had been, and they were dismissed for 100 in the course of an hour and a half, Dennett taking seven wickets for 44. Gloucestershire, with a lead of 48, made 52 for two wickets before the day’s play ended. Sewell was in great form on Friday morning, and at onetime made 33 to Board’s 5. The partnership between these two men was not broken until it had produced 101 in seventy miuutes. Towards the end of the innings Wratliall, who was missed five or six times, made 57 in an hour and twenty minutes, and although Schwarz came out with an excellent analysis the Gloucestershire total came to 231. Middlesex had therefore to make 288 to win, but Dennett bowled finely, and by half-past four the match ended in a very easy victory for Gloucestershire. G lo u cester sh ire . First innings. E. Barnett, c Payne, b Hearne............................ 0 Wrathall, c Schwarz, b Tarrant ......................17 C. O. H. Sowell, c Payne, b Tarrant ...................... 6 Board, c Payne, b Tarrant 28 G. L. Jessop, st Payne, b Tarrant ...................... L. D. Brownlee, c Little­ john, b Tarrant............... 6 W. S. A. Brown, lbw, b Rawlin............................ 44 R. T. Godsell, b Schwarz... 14 Langdon, lbw, b Rawlin ... 4 Huggins, b Schwarz......... 7 Dennett, not o u t................ 3 B 9, lb 8 ................17 Total......................148 M id d le sex . First innings. J. Douglas, b Jessop......... 1 M. W. Payne, c Board, b Dennett ......................26 Tarrant, c Board, b Dennett 24 Hendren, b Jessop ......... 0 C. Palmer, c Board, b Den­ nett ............................ 0 It. O. Schwarz, c Brown, b Dennett ...................... 13 A. R. Littlejohn, b Jessop 2 Trott.c Brownlee, b Dennett 20 Rawlin, c Wrathall, b Den­ nett ............................ 4 Hearne (J. T.), c Barnett, b Dennett ...................... 0 Mignon, not o u t............... 0 Second innings, c Trott, b Tarrant 13 57 b Rawlin ... st P ayne, Schwarz... run out 2 b Schwarz... 65 0 c Trott,t Tarrant 8 c Douglas, b Schwarz......... 4 b Tarrant......... 0 b Schwarz......... 6 b Trott... notout... B 3, lb 7 ... 10 B 12, lb 1, w 1 14 Total.........231 Second innings, c Board, b Jessop 12 b Dennett......... 7 run out .........15 run out ......... 7 b Huggins......... 0 c Jessop, b Den­ nett ............... 29 c Sewell, b Den­ nett ............... 10 b Huggins......... 1 c Brown, b Den­ nett ............... 2 notout............... 12 c Barnett, b Den­ nett ............... 5 B 4, nb 1 ... 5 Total ............... 100 Total ... ..105 G lo u cester sh ire . First innings. _ _ Second innings. Hearne Tarrant . Schwarz . Trott... . Rawlin O. M. R. W. 8 15 5 2 33 1 ... O. M. R. W. 6 0 25 0 1 41 5 ......... 23 2 82 3 0 28 2 ......... 13 2 39 4 3 22 0 ......... 9 1 28 1 ... 5 2 7 2 ......... 14.3 4 24 1 Mignon ......... 4 1- 19 0 Schwarz bowled one wide. Dennett Jessop M id d le sex . First innings. O. M. R. W. 18.5 7 44 7 ... 185 46 3 ... Huggins.. Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 18.2 4 46 5 ... 8 0 35 1 ... 10 5 19 2 Huggins bowled one no-ball. C RICKET Report Sheets, lOd. per dozen, post free Order of Going-in Cards, 7d. per dozen, post free; Cricket Score Books, 6 d. and Is. each ; postage 2d. extra.—To beobtained at the Offices of “ Cricket,” 168, Upper Thames Street, London, E.C. th e f ir s t - class c o u n t y SEASON. Despite the gloomy prophecies which were made at the beginning of the season that first-class county cricket of 1905 would be absolutely without interest because of the visit of the Australians and the drain caused by the Test matches, the matches in the Championship have been followed by cricketers with as much enthusiasm as ever. It seems useless to try to persuade the man in the street that he ought not to excite himself about matches which are deprived of all their virtues because one or two players are away. It was a little curious that the two counties which provided the greatest number of men for the Test matches ended the season at the head of the Championship Table. Two of the most noticeable points about this year’s county cricket were the vast improvement of Surrey and the number of victories gained by Sussex. Last year Surrey were eleventh in the Championship Table with a dozen games lost and only half a dozen won ; this year they won fourteen and lost only six. With thirteen victories Sussex hare far exceeded their previous record, although they never had the services of Ranjitsinhji, and often had to do without C. B. Fry. To take the counties in alphabetical order, D e b b y sh ir e have not eojoyed a good season, and their record for 1905 is not to be compared with that of the previous year. Downright bad luck was not by any means the least of the causes why the county suffered. The victories were obtained over Yorkshire, Warwick­ shireand Northamptonshire, and although the value of the victory over Yorkshire was discounted by the fact that four of the Yorkshiremen could not assist their county, owing to the Test match at Lord’s, it was a great feat for Derbyshire to win by nine wickets. L. G. Wright has had a wonderfully good season, and E. M. Ashcroft, A. E. Lawton and Cadman have all distinguished them­ selves. But C. A. Ollivierre has fallen off very considerably, although he will probably find his form again next year. In bowling Derbyshire are anything but strong, and while Bestwick has kept up his reputation, Warren, who was hurt early in the season, has not been at his best, although he was once chosen to play for England. Some of the younger members of the team show promise, and the outlook is not altogether discouraging. E ssex , like Derbyshire, could only win three matches, but they have reason to be satisfied with their record, poor as it looks on paper. Their brilliant victory over Middlesex, after P. F. Warner had declared, leaving them to make 254 to win in two hours and forty minutes, caused a nine days’ wonder. They completely out­ played both Lancashire and Yorkshire at Leyton, and time alone prevented them from winning. Even if they had not won a match in the county championship, their splendid victory over the Austra­ lians in the first match at Leyton would