Cricket 1906

116 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a t 10, 1906. with a considerable amount of success. C. J. B. Wood showed most emphatically that he is already in capital form, and how much that means to the side must be evident to everybody who has followed the doings of the team at all closely. For the fifth time during his career he carried his bat through the innings—last year he performed the feat twice—and, if he can but repeat his numerous successes of 1905, the county may be safely relied upon to make a capital fight with even the strongest sides in the country. The history of Leicestershire cricket contains many instances of exciting finishes, and even so far back as 1789 Leicester beat Nottingham at Loughborough by a single run, in a game which was always spoken of as the “ odd notch match.” On Monday next, Kent, in meeting M.C.C. and Ground at Lord’ s, will take part in their 866th fully-recorded match. [Of the 865 already played the County have won 328, lost 386, and (including three ties) drawn 151]. In all probability the Kent XI. will include Alec Heame, who would thus com­ mence his twenty-third season as a member of the side. Heame is now in his forty-third year and, judged by his doings of last season, may possibly still have some years’ cricket left in him. It is an interesting fact, and oiae which was quite overlooked at the time, that, during: the course of last season, he took his thousandth wicket for Kent, having a few years previously completed his ten thousand runs. Bearing in mind the relatively small number of matches played by Kent, Hearne’s feat, it must be admitted, is ample evidence of his great value to the side during the past two decades. His performances for the County may be briefly set forth thus :— Completed Inns. Runs. Aver. Y ear . Runs. Wkts. Aver. 15 ........ 101 6*73 1884 676 41 16-48 13 ........ 117 9-46 1885 928 64 14-50 14 ........ 137 9*78 1886 1,010 ... 52 19-42 27 ......... 422 1562 1887 935 37 25*27 14 ........ 106 7-57 1888 538 47 11-44 17 ........ 268 15*76 1889 446 19 23-47 31 ......... 563 18*16 1890 357 17 2100 27 ... .. 518 19*18 1891 767 47 16-31 20 ......... 626 31*30 1892 343 8 42-87 34 ........ 668 19-64 1893 1,477 82 1801 33 ........ 502 15-21 1894 616 40 1615 38 ......... 1,076 28*31 1895 1,529 74 20 66 29 ......... 779 2686 1896 1,142 66 17*30 30 ......... 595 19 83 1897 865 34 25-44 32 ......... 1,171 3659 1898 1,420 63 22-53 35 .......... 975 27-85 1899 1,522 54 28-18 30 ......... 688 ... 22-93 1900 1,373 58 23-67 36 ......... 1,022 28-38 1901 1,281 55 23-34 36 ... . 589 1636 1902 913 51 17-90 33 ... . 687 20-81 1903 848 51 16-62 3 ... . 40 13-33 1903f 69 9 7-66 31 ........ 908 29 29 1904 463 26 17*81 38 ... . 786 20-68 1905 799 35 ... 22-82 616 ... .. 13,344 2166 Totals... 20,350 t Signifies American Tour. ... 1,030 19*75 N o te . —The cricketer to most nearly approach this all-round feat by Hearne is Mr. J. R. Mason, who has scored 12,714 runs and taken 644 wickets. G. G. Heame’s figures are respectively 7,344 and 577. Followers of the game will have read with pleasure that Jessop is, thus early in the season, in capital form. In a trial match at Bristol on the 1st inst. he scored 60 not out in 25 minutes, hitting a six and eleven fours. Performances in minor cricket are no true guide to the amount of success with which a player will meet in first-class matches—for, as old William Clarke used to say, “ Playing in the ring is quite another thing ” —but, in Jessop’s case, the Bristol display would have given one a correct idea of the form he was afterwards to show in serious cricket. On Monday, at Lord’s, in the first innings of M.C.C. and Ground v. Yorkshire, he scored 63 out of 94 in 50 minutes, reaching 53 out of 84 in three-quarters of an hour, and in the second made 55 out of 71 in half-an-hour, obtaining 52 out of 68 in 25 minutes. Lord’s is evidently one of his favourite grounds, for he generally does well there, his best per­ formance being, of course, his innings of 233 for England against Yorkshire five years ago. The most remarkable of his batting displays at headquartersmay be summarised asfollows:— 57 runs out of 59 in 30 mins., England v. Yorkshire, 1901. 51 runs out of 57 in 30 mins., Gloucester­ shire v. Middlesex, 1900. 109 runs out of 120 in 67 mins., Gloucester­ shire v. Middlesex, 1900. 74 runs out of 88 in 35 mins., Cambridge University v M.C.C. and Ground, 1899. 233. runs out of 318 in 150 mins., England v. Yorkshire, 1901. For the Gentlemen against the Players, in 1897, he hit 67 out of 88 in 35 mms., his vis-a-vis being Mr. F. G. J. Ford, generally one of the fastest of rungetters, whilst for Gloucestershire v. Middlesex four years later he made 52 in 12 minutes, scoring 43 off three consecutive overs, of which he received 15 balls. The probable amount of success that will attend the efforts of Surrey this season has for some time been a very general topic of conversation amongst followers of the game, for in most quarters the opinion is held that if the County Championship is again to be I brought South, Surrey is the most likely side to achieve the distinction. The form shown by them against the Gentlemen of England, Hampshire and Northamptonshire has been good enough to lead one to believe that, with a fair share of luck, the eleven should easily improve upon their last season’s record. In Crawford, Knox, Lees and Smith the county possesses a very useful quartette of bowlers indeed, and, should one of them break down, there is either Rushby or Jackson to step into his place. That run-getting will not be a difficult matter is evident from the recent successes achieved by Hayward, Hobbs, Holland, and Lord Dalmeny. Hayward’s large innings at the expense of North­ amptonshire may be taken as an emphatic assurance that the Surrey champion is already in his very best form. About ten years ago it used to be said of Abel that, were he disposed of for a single-figure score, the whole side might well be dismissedfor leas than 150. Substituting Hayward’s name for Abel’s, the remark would almost hold good to-day, though the Surrey batting is now perhaps sounder, taken as a whole, than it was a decade ago. Hayward is certainly the strong man of the side, and therefore his pronounced success will have been1 most acceptable to all who have the welfare of Surrey cricket at heart. SOUTHGATE (2) v. ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S HOS­ PITAL (2).—Played at Southgate on May 5. &r. B a rth o lo m e w ’s H o s p ita l (2). E. H. Snowden, b Ford E. S. Marshall, c Saun­ ders, b Ford ..........22 A. J. Symes, b Ford... 44 G. Bowen, b Ford ... 0 B. A. Keats, b Ford... 0 A. W. D. Coventon, b F o rd ........................16 H. Rimington, b Ford 1 G. P. Lynn, st White, b Ford ................. H. O. Waldo, b Jonas F. J.Craddock,b Ford H. Lander, not out ... B 9, lb 1 .......... Total ...106 R. S. Dickson, c Lynn. b Craddock ..........31 J.H.Lewis, c Snowden, b Craddock .......... 0 B W. Sharp, c Keats, b Craddock ..........12 H. R. Ford, retired ...32 H. D. Jonas, c Snow­ den, b Coventon ... 24 E. W. Carter, c Keats, b Coventon ........... 6 S outhgate (2). E. H. Saunders, Snowden, b Coven­ ton ........................ J. Whitehead, b Crad­ dock ........................ C.S.Goule.b Coventon E. White, not out ... A. N. Other, absent... B 7, lb 1, w 1 ... Total ...126 SOUTHGATE v. KENSINGTON PARK.—Played at St. Quintin’s Park on May 5. K ensington P ark . E. H. Seaton, b Lewis A.P.Comyns, c Levick, b Paige .................30 H. L. Barker, b Paige 1 F.W Dilke.c &b Lewis 1 H. T.' Roberts, b Lewis 2 J.F.Hope, lbw, b Lewis 1 F. J. Mendl, b Paige... 2 SOUTHGATB. H. D. Nicholas, c Hey- gate, b Paige.......... 3 A. G. Lovell, b Lewis 4 T. Hare, c & b Lewis 17 R. W. Brown, not out 7 Byes .................10 Total , 82 F. S. Lewis, b Comyns 58 R.B.Heygate.cComyns, b Nicholas ..........14 A H. Jacob, b Dilke... 44 T. H C. Levick, b Nicholas .................22 S.Darlington,c Mendl, b Nicholas ..........23 R. E. Paige, b Dilke 3 E. P. Birch, not out... 0 B 4, lb 1 .......... 5 Total ..........169 R. S. Collard, H. G. Muriel, W .T. Ricketts, A. N. Other did not bat. GRANVILLE “ A ” v. BROMLEY II.—Played at Bromley on May 5. B ro m le y II. A. A. Fuller, b Morris O. W. Sharp, c Hodg­ son, b Morris..........45 O. Jones, b Levinson 20 L. E. Clark, b Gill ...19 B. Neame, b Gill ... 2 A. E. Brooks, b Gill... 10 W. Strudwick, b Mor­ ris ........................ Jasper, c Hadcock, b Morris ................. P. Neame, not out ... Extras .......... Total (8 wkts.)... 115 Jeffries and V. Cazeane did not bat. G r a n v ille “ A.” J. E. Heath, c Strud­ wick, b Sharp.......... 9 V. E. Thomson, c Brooks, b Sharp ... 11 H. Morris, b Neame ... 21 H.A. Levinson, not out 49 H. W. Gill, b Fuller... 10 H.L.Temple, b Neame 4 G. M. Hodgson and A. H. F. Hadcock, c Brooks, b Sharp ... C. L. Ryder, b Neame A. D. Spencer, lbw, b Neame Extras ... 24 Total (8 wkts.)...140 H. Pease did not bat. GRANVILLE “ A ” v. BEXLEY.—Played at Bexley on May 5. G ranville “ A .” W. Helder, c Ridpath, b Christmas .......... A. Helder, b Upton ... E. Gale, c and b Upton G. Helder, b Upton ... A. C. Taylor, c Platt, b Christmas .......... S. O. Burnett, lbw, b Upton ................. J. A. Johnston, b Ohristnas. P. C. Wood, b Upton 0 J. R. Hollingworth, not out .................20 S. A. Walker, b Rid­ path ........................11 A. C. Rodwell, b Up­ ton ........................ 0 Extras .......... 9 Total . 76 15 B exley . J. Upton, b Walker... 6 S. Platt, lbw, b G. Helder .................43 E. L.Downey, cTaylor, b Hollingworth ... 14 E. W. Cameron, c Johnston, b Walker 19 H. Ridpath, b G. Hel­ der ................. •• 1 L. Woton, c Burnett, b Walker.................15 G. P. Rodgers did not bat. J. W. Judd, b Gale 11 N. S. Christmas, not out ........................19 A. R. Potter, b Rod- well ........................10 P. Newton, b Burnett 35 Extras .......... 5 Total (9 wkts.)...178