Cricket 1905

SaPT. 14, 1905. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 407 TH E AUSTRAL IANS. THE MATCH AGAINST ME. THORN­ TON’S x r. ( t h ir t y - se v e n t h o f t h e t o u r .) Played at Scarborough on September 7, 8 &9. Abandoned. Although it is a long time since Mr. C. I Thornton, the great hitter, played regularly in first-class cricket, his name is still familiar to every lover of the game. It is very seldom indeed that when he arranges to put a team in the field his opponents can complain that it is not strong enough to make them go all the way, and for the match against Ihe Australians he had managed to persuade nine men who have played for England this year to come to his assistance. To fill the two vacant places he engaged Thompson and Hunter, so that the Australians had to meet an exceedingly powerful team. But they are in better form now than at any other time during the tour, and they gave a splendid account of themselves. There was heavy rain at Scarborough on the Wednesday night and also on the morning, and although the wicket had been protected it was found that the water had found its way underneath in patches. This made it difficult, but Jackson, who won the toss, could hardly help going in first. All through the day the batsmen, with the exception of the captain himself, found themselves in difficulties with the bowling. Cotter managed to dispose of Maclaren, Spooner and Tyldesley before they had time to make themselves quite at home, and half the wickets were down for 88. The sixth wicket fell at 108 and the seventh at 120. Meanwhile Jackson had been playing a great game, and after lunch he soon became settled again. Thompson gave him valuable help for nearly an hour, and when the ninth wicket fell things looked better, for the score had been raised to 213. When Jackson was joined by Hunter for the last wicket he was still a long way off his hundredth run ; but, hitting with great determination, while Hunter resolutely kept up his end, he succeeded in bringing his score to 123 before he was caught in the slips. His innings was one of the very best that he has ever played, and no one else on the side succeeded in making over 24. He was an hour and three- quarters in making his first fifty, but his remaining 73 were made at the rate of about a run a minute. Altogether he was at the wickets for three hours, and among his hits were thirteen 4’s. The Australians had to bat for a little more than half-an-hour, and scored 30 for the loss of Trumper’s wicket. On Friday the prepared wicket was much faster and better than it had been on the previous day, and the Australians made the best of their opportunities. The first three wickets fell for 54, but the hundred went up without further loss at the end of an hour and forty minutes. Hill was in brilliant form. He met with good fortune in the way of dropped catches, and his batting was not always sound, but his play was exceedingly attractive, and he succeeding in making 181 in four hours and a-half—his highest score of the tour. He and Armstrong put up 98 runs for the fourth wicket in an hour and a-half. Towards the end of the day Cotter hit hard and Laver played a steady game, carrying his bat for 39. When stumps were drawn the Australians, with 387 for nine wickets were 105 runs on. A very high wind on Saturday made cricket unpleasant. The innings of the Australians was soon brought to an end, and the home team went in again to face a balance of 110, with about four hours before them, so that unless their batting broke down a draw was a certainty. Spooner played a splendid innings, and during his partnership with Tyldesley 68 runs were put up. The balance was knocked off for the loss of three wickets, and at lunch time the total was 112 for three. Afterwards, with heavy rain threatening, Hirst and Denton were disposed of, but Jackson, who had been playing a fine defensive game, was unconquered, when a storm broke over the ground, and the match was abandoned. A n E n g lan d XI. First innings. Second innings. A. C. Maclaren, c Howell, b Cotter............................ 22 c and b Cotter ... 6 R. H. Spooner,c Trumper, b Cotter............................ 9 c andb Laver ... 59 Tyldesley, c Trumper, b Howell.............................19 c& b Armstrong 37 Denton, c Kelly, b Cotter... 11 b Armstrong ... 23 Hon. F. S. Jackson, c Hop­ kins, b McLeod .........123 notout................ 31 Hirst, c and b Laver.......... 4b Armstrong ... 6 B. J. T. Bosanquet, c and b Laver................................18not out................ 5 Rhodes, b Laver................. 4 Thompson, c Duff, b Arm­ strong ................................24 Haigh, b Cotter ................. 3 Hunter, not out ...................17 B 11, lb 9, nb 8 .........28 B 5, lb 1, nb 3 9 Total .............282 Total (5 wkts) 176 A u st r a lia n s . V. T. Trumper, lbw, b Rhodes ............... 9 J. Darling,c Denton, b Rhodes ............... 31 W. P. Ilowell, b ITirst. 7 C.Hill,cDenton,bHirst 181 W. W. Armstrong, c Spooner,bBosanquet 48 R. A. Duff, c Hirst, b Bosanquet ......... 6 A n E n g l a n d XI. A.J.Hopkins.eDenton, b Bosanquet .........13 C. McLeod, b Hirst ... 12 A. Cotter, c Denton, b Jackson ............... 23 F. Laver, b Hiret ... 43 J. J. Kellj’, not out ... 3 B 1, lb 6 , w 4, nb 5 16 Total .392 O. M. R. W Cotter .. 27 1 107 4 Armstrong ‘>2 4 51 I Laver 18 5 36 3 Howell ... .. 14 4 38 1 McLeod ... ... 2.3 0 9 1 Hopkins ... 2 0 13 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 19 11.3 7 8 72 1 20 3 31 1 20 0 24 0 Cotter delivered eleven no-balls. A u st r a lia n s . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hirst ... 25.4 4 70 4 Haigh ... 14 2 52 0 Thomps’n 22 1 68 0 Jackson.. 12 3 18 1 Rhodes ... 27 2 86 2 Bosanq’t. 12 0 82 3 Thompson delivered five no-balls, and Hirst three wides and Haigh one. and Woolwich; also to the charming residences of Baron de Worms, at Egham; W. E. Harrison’s, at Lichfield; G. Wil­ der’s, at Stanstead Park ; W. H. Palmer’s, at Wakenham; J. H. Balfour’s at Moor Hall; and J. Oolman’s, at Gatton Park. The club, although on the wrong side in the matter of wins and losses, had a most enjoyable and interesting season. The weather has been on its best beha­ viour, as very few matches were spoiled by wet. The scoring has been well up to the mark, twelve centuries being scored for the club, two over 200 and 36 innings of over 50 and approaching the century. Sir William Russell was ably backed up in getting the teams together by the following gentlemen, Major C. E. Green­ way, G. E. Winter, A. B. Cipriani, W. B, Martyn, D. C. Lee, C. M. Tuke, R. H. Dillon, W. G. Heasman, E. C. Lee, L. H. W. Troughton, T. A. Rawlinson, H. E. Sich, G. R. Joyce, W. P. Carpmael, and J. E. Riven. The last-named cap­ tained the Midland Tour, playing at Repton, Uppingham, and Lichfield (where, by the way, he came out quite in his old style, getting six wickets for 46 runs), during Whit Week. The tours were under the management of Major C. E. Greenway, The Schools’ Tour (Sherborne, Cheltenham, East Glou­ cester, and Tewkesbury) ; G. E. Winter, Cambridge Week; J. E. Raven, The Midland Tour, as previously mentioned; W. P. Carpmael, The Western Tour (visiting Plymouth, Newton Abbot twice, Exmouth twice, Sidmouth twice, Seaton, and Exeter); W. G. Heasman, South Coast Tour (Southampton, Portsmouth, Stanstead Park, Eastbourne, and Bexhill- TH E INCOGN IT I CLUB IN 1905. B y “ F.F.” This club, which dates from 1861, has now been on the go for more that 40 years, and can justly lay claim to being one of the oldest and most famous of wandering clubs. The fixtures appear to increase each year, and the club has just finished its card of matches. The honorary secretary of the club, Sir William Russell, had provided a most excellent card for the season, comprising 56 matches with clubs, colleges and schools, commencing at Bickley on May 1st and terminating at Bexhill on August 31st—a splendid list of fixtures, mostly two-day matches. During this time the Incogs, journeyed into all the home counties, also Derbyshire, Rutlandshire, Staffordshire, Hampshire, Dorsetshire, Gloucestershire, Sussex and Devonshire. Also the colleges of Oxford and Cam­ bridge ; thence to the public schools of Uppingham, Repton, Sherborne, Chel­ tenham, Westminster and Charterhouse; also to the military centres of Aldershot The principal scorers for the club were Capt. F. A. Jones (229 and 116), G. E. Winter (202), L. H. W. Troughton (102), H. E. Sich (107 not out), B. P. Dobson (102), Major C. E. Greenway (103), C. J. May (101), E. C. Lee (125 and 106 not out), H. L. Havers (105) and W. H. T. Watts (149). Those who knocked up over 50 and approaching the hundred are as follows : P. Northcote (twice), L. H. W. Trough­ ton (twice), J. H. Balfour, C. M. Tuke, G. E. Winter (three times), 8. H. Haynes, Captain Andrus (twice), G. F.Wells-Cole, R. Handcock, D. C. Lee, F. Pawle, R. Collins, W. G. Heasman, Rev. F. D. Browne, E. E. Winter, Captain F. A. Jones (twice), E. J: Dobson (twice), B. P. Dobson (four times), Captain Airez (twice), F. W. Orr, P. W. Stout, Rev. H. B. Cummins, G. G. M. Bennett, T. B. C. Piggott and P. Morniment. In the bowling, those who did good service were Sir William Russell, P. Northcote, G. T. Branston, P. Nesbitt, G. G. M. Bennett, Captain G. N. A. Harris, R. Handcock, G. Zinn (who at Wokenham captured nine wickets and caught the tenth) and E. J. Dobson, who bore the brunt of the bowling all through the season, and kept his end up to good purpose, three times taking eight wickets in an innings. Trusting the Incogs, may continue to flourish for many years to come.