Cricket 1906

118 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, Mat 10, 1906, wickets lost by his opponents in their second innings. Score and analysis :— M r. E. L. W r ig h t ’s Side. First innings. Second innings. E. F. Chinncry (Eton and c Morris, b Smy- Brasenose), b Raynor ...43 tliies................... 46 A. O. L. Clarke (Winchester c Jamieson, b and University),b Raynor 19 b Smythies ... 5 C.J. Barnardo (Repton and Balliol), b Smythies ... 11 not out................... 38 J. H. Gordon (Winchester and Magdalen), c Morris, b Smythies.....................97 not out..................103 O.U.Campbell (Royal Navy and Hertford), b Bleadon 11 H. Howell-Jones (Leather­ head and Hertford), b c Walters, b Smy- Jamieson .......... ......23 thies................. 0 H. Teesdale (Winchester and Oriel), b Drysdale ...44 lbw,bBleadon... 1 A. Wimbush (Cooper's Hill and Oriel), b Smythies ... 22 D. H. Peel (Bedford and Balliol), not out............... 6 E.B. Carpenter (Winchester and University), b Smy- thies 9 C. H. A. Gilbert (Charter­ house and Christchurch), b Drysdale...................... 5 E.L.Wright(New),(captain), b Drysdale...................... 8 Byes ........................40 Byes ............11 Total .................338 Total (4 wkts) *204 ' * Innings declared closed. M r. W. S. B ir d ’s S id e. O. S. Hurst (Upping­ ham and Exeter), c Wright,b Carpenter 50 O. M. Walters (West­ minster and Christ­ church), lbw, b Car­ penter .................12 W.B.Blatcli (Brighton and Queen’s), c Peel, b Campbell .......... 9 K. Raynor, (Ipswich andSt.John’s),bPeel 35 A.C.Drysdale(Welling­ ton and University), c Peel, b Carpenter 22 H.C.Dunell (Eton and Trinity), b Peel ... 12 C S. Evans (Marlboro’ and Hertford), lbw, b Peel .................22 Second in n in g sH u rst, b Peel, 17 ; Walters, not out, 13; Blatch, b Peel, 0; Raynor, not out, 9; extras, 0 —Total (two wickets),39. M r . W righ t ’ s S ide . J. P. Jamieson (Mer­ chant Taylors and St. John’s), b P eel... 1 W. H. Bleadon (St. Edward and Brase- nose), lbw, b Peel... 0 E. A. Smythies (Chel­ tenham and Balliol), b Peel .................13 R. O. Morris (Harrow and New), b Car­ penter .................33 W. S. Bird (New Col­ lege), (captain), not out ........................ 1 Byes ... ......... 10 Total ... ..226 First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Smythies... ... 39 6 109 4 ... ... 13’ 0 56 3 Drysdale... ... 23.5 5 55 3 ... ... 11 1 39 0 Bleadon ... ... 24 12 49 1 ... ... 12 1 54 1 Morris ... 13 2 29 0 ... ... 4 0 27 0 Raynor ... ... 10 4 16 2 ... ... 2 0 15 0 Jamieson... ... 8 2 23 1 ... Hurst . . . 2 0 7 0 ... l 0 2 0 B ird .......... ... 2 0 10 0 ... M r . B ir d ’s Side, O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Gilbert ... ... 21 5 48 0 ... Wimbush ... 14 5 43 0 ... Carpenter H.-Jones ... ... 17.5 4 50 4 ... 6 1 19 0 ... 5 1 18 0 ... Campbell ... 4 0 23 1 ... P e e l.......... ... 18 4 31 6 ... 6 2 20 2 SURREY v. HAMPSHIRE. Played at the Oval on May 3, 4 and 5. Surrey won by 337 runs. On the first day of this match scoring ruled low, twenty wickets falling for 251 runs, although the wicket was not altogether in the bowlers’ favour. Surrey commenced well, Hayward and Hobbs scoring 46 together for the first wicket before the former was bowled. Hobbs showed admirable defence in his 79, and hit well to leg. He made his runs out of 126 obtained whilst in, hitting a 5 and eight 4’s, and made no mistake during the two hours he was at the wicket. Mr. E. M. C. Ede, an old Etonian, obtained five wickets for 49 with his left-hand slows, and bids fair to prove of as much service to the county as his father, Mr. E. L. Ede, has done. The Hampshire batsmen appeared quite unable to cope with Knoxes fast bowling, and were all out for 68, Surrey thus leading by 110 on the first innings. Knox did not bowl until 22 runs had been made and one wicket lost, but, so successfully did he then perform, that his analysis was six for 13. Strudwick displayed capital form behind the wicket, catching three and stumping one, and allowing only one ball to pass him. On the second day Surrey found little difficulty in making runs, the weather being brighter, the wicket faster, and the Hampshire fielding attimes decidedly faulty. Hobbs again proved the highest scorer, making 69 in 95 minutes, but being missed three times—at 9, 29 and 56. His chief strokes were a 6 and six 4’s. With Crawford, he added 95 runs for the fifth wicket in an hour and a quarter. The good work was continued by Dalmeny and Holland, the two increasing the score by 67 in thirty minutes, 29 being at one period obtained off two overs delivered by Ede. Holland batted 75 minutes for 52, and Lord Dalmeny, who made some fine drives, half- an-hour for 46. Hampshire were eventually set 442 to win, but fared so badly against Knox and Crawford that, by the time stumps were drawn, eight wickets were down for 83. Wynyard showed stubborn defence, batting nearly an hour for 22, whilst Hill made some fine strokes, although he scored but 23. When play was resumed—at 11 o'clock, by arrangement—on the Saturday morning, Hampshire were 358 runs behind, and had only two wickets in hand. A quarter-of-an- hour was sufficient to complete the match, Surrey proving successful by 337 runs. To Hobbs, who was the highest scorer in each innings, and Mr. Knox, who took eleven wickets for 64 runs, the Surrey victory was primarily due. In this match Hampshire gave a trial to three new bowlers—Hopkins, Badcock and Mead. Hopkins is aslow right- handed bowler, who, when playing a few years ago for Warwickshire, was no-balled for throwing; so far as one can see, however, his action is now perfectly fair. Badcock, a fast right-handed bowler, was formerly a member of the Kent nursery at Tonbridge, whilst Mead (slow left) at one time belonged to the Oval staff. Score and analysis:— S urrey . First innings. Hayward, b Hopkins..........25 Hobbs, c Bow ell, b Mead ... 79 Hayes, lbw, b Badcock ... 10 J. N. Crawford, b Mead ... 8 Holland, c Llewellyn, b Ede J. E. Raphael, c Bowell, b Ede ............................... Lord Dalmeny, hit wkt, b Mead ............................... Lees, c Jephson, b Ede ... Smith, c Bowell, b Ede ... N. A. Knox, not out .......... Strudwick, c Bowell, b Ede Wide ........................ Second innings, c Llewellyn, b Hopkins.......... run out ..........i b Hopkins......... st vStone, b Llewellyu 1 c Ede, b Badcock 52 19 c and b Ede c and b Hill not out............... b H ill................ b Mead ........ hit wkt, b Ede.. Lb 5, w 2 .. Total.................178 H am pshire. First innings. Mead (P.), c Hayes, b Lees.. 0 Bowell, b Knox ................. 6 E. M. Sprot, c Hobbs, b Knox ...............................17 A. J. L. Hill, c Strudwick, Capt. E. G. Wynyard, c Hayward, b Knox ..........14 Llewellyn, c Hobbs, b Knox 1 Rev. W. V. Jephson, c Strudwick, b Lees ... ... 0 Stone, c Hayes, b Knox ... 9 Total ... ...331 S urrey , First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . M ead................. 26 10 50 3 .......... 17 4 53 1 Hopkins ......... 18 0 51 1 .......... 18 1 66 2 Hill ............... 1 0 5 0 .......... 5 0 24 2 Badcock ......... 7 1 22 1 ........... 13 3 49 1 Ede ................. 11.4 1 49 5 ......... 17 2 87 2 Llewellyn 10 0 45 1 Mead bowled one'and Ede two wides. H am pshire . First innings. O. M. R. W. .... .......... Lees................. 12.4 3 35 4 ................. 83180 Smith ......... 4 2 14 0 ... ... Badcock, c Strudwick, Ib Knox ............................... E. M. C. Ede, not out......... Hopkins, st Strudwick, b Lees ............................... 1 B 4, lb 2 ................. 6 Total... ..: ... 68 Second innings. b Knox .......... 3 c Smith, b Knox 6 c Crawford, b Knox ..........21 b Knox ..........23 c Hayes, b Craw­ ford .................22 b Crawford ... 1 b Crawford ... 0 c Crawford, b Smith .......... 3 cHayward.bKnox 10 b Crawford ... 2 notout................. 0 B 5, lb 8 ... 13 Total..........104 Knox Second innings. O. M R W. 8 3 18 0 * £ X± V .......... 3 1 4 1 ... 9 4 13 6 .......... 13.4 2 51 5 Crawford 9 2 18 4 o b i t u a r y . G eorgk A t k in s o n . George Robert Atkinson was born at Ripon, September 21st, 1830. Until quite recently he was a hale old man, but anxiety as to the fate of his son in the San Francisco catastrophe induced a stroke, to which, after a temporary rally, he succumbed. He was a square-armed fast medium bowler, and for some years prior to the formation of the Yorkshire Club had bowled with successor Twenty- twos against the England Elevens. The great secret of his success lay in his persistently accurate length and pitch ; indeed, his living contemporaries speak of him as the most accurate fast medium trundler of their time. His first great match was for Durham and Yorkshire against Notts in 1858, when in the two innings of his opponents he captured 6 wickets for 72 runs. His introduction to Lord’s took place in 1859, when for the “ United” against All England (a fixture in which he participated for several years) he achieved a notable success. All England took the fourth innings, requiring 90 for vietory, but were dismissed by Atkinson and Caffyn on an easy wicket for 52. Atkinson bowled 9 maidens in succession, his full analysis showing 36 overs, 27 maidens, 17runs and 5 wickets. Atkinson’s bat­ ting developed towards the latter part of his career, and in the fixture of 1865 he made 43 and 20, while in the following year he again did well with the ball capturing in two innings 7 wickets for 68 runs. In 1863, at the Oval, he represented the Players for the only time in his career against the Gentlemen, but his highest score in first-class matches was a well hit 66 for the United North against Daft’s X I. in September, 1870. He frequently represented the North against the South. One of his greatest feats outside County matches was at Newmarket in October, 1864, for Cam­ bridgeshire and Yorkshire v. Nottingham­ shire and Kent, when, on the third morning, he sent down 10 overs for 1 run and 5 wickets. Unfortunately the com­ plete analysis cannot be traced, but he was the recipient of a handsome donation. In theYorkshire and Nottinghamshire match of the same year he was the victim of an ugly accident, being completely knocked out of time by a return hit from Daft, and having to be conveyed to his home at Middlesbro’ . For the North against Surrey at Broughton in 1863 he took 11 wickets for 45 runs; and now a word as