Cricket 1906

M a y 17, 1906. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 133 SURREY v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at the Oval on May 10, 11 and 12. Surrey won by an innings and 270 runs. The Leicestershire team arrived in London fresh from their great light with Lancashire, but were very far indeed from giving Surrey a close game. The home side went in first on an easy wicket, and it very soon became apparent that Hayward was in his best and brightest form. He seemed to obtain the measure of the bowling at the very start of his innings, and he hit so freely that, when 74 had been made in 50 minutes, his own share was 50. He quite overshadowed Hobbs, who was, however, playing a very bound game. Hayward timed the ball excel­ lently, and off-drove in his veiy best style. Of the first hundred runs obtained, he claimed 66, whilst 20 minutes later he made his own score 101, the total then being 145, made in 85 minutes. At luncheon no wicket had fallen, Hayward then having reached 125, and the total being 184. Soon after the resump­ tion, and with the score 208 (made in two hours and a quarter), he was caught by Whitehead for a most dazzling innings of 135. He neither made a false hit nor gave a chance, and from first to last played most delightful cricket. His chief hits were one 5 and twenty 4’s. Just after three o’clock play was suspended on account of the bad light, and it was quite an hour ere the game was resumed. When Hobbs appeared well set for his hundred, he was brilliantly caught in the slips bv Crawford, who took the ball low down with the leit hand. He gave achanceless and careful display, scoring 79 out of 266 in 165 minutes, his principal strokes being a 6 (2 overthrow) and eight 4’s. When two wickets had fallen for 266 Hayes and Crawford became partners, and, when play ceased at ten minutes to five, owing to the bad light, were still together, the total then being 276, made in about three hours. Hayes, who made a pull off Odell for which 7 were run, ought to have been caught in the slips when he had made 1. On Friday the score was carried to 397 before Craw­ ford was dismissed, the third wicket being responsi­ ble for 131in ninety minutes. Hayes made many very line strokes, but his innings was not one of his best. He reached 50 in 55 minutes, and 100 in 115, and, in all, made 155 out of 267 obtained whilst in in 170 minutes before being out to amiss-hit. In addition to the chance already mentioned, he should, when 75, have been caught at the wicket. His most productive hits were a 7, a 5, and nineteen 4’s. When the fifth wicket fell the score had mounted up to 469, but the tail, playing a very unselfish game, made no en­ deavour to score large.'y, with the result that the venture closed for 483, made in 320 minutes : Jayes took four wickets in nine balls for 6 runs. The Leicestershire men batted feebly on the good wicket, for, although Knight stayed in nearly an hour for 19, Crawford hit freely for 26, and Joyce and White­ head added 35 for the sixth wicket, the innings realised only 127, Surrey thus possessing a lead of 356. Lees, Knox and Crawford were in their best form with the ball, and were well supported in the field. A feature of the innings was the dismissal of King for hitting the ball twice. He played a ball from Knox, and then, in order to prevent it from rolling on to the wicket, struck it towards cover- point, and, leaving his crease, called Knight for a run. Hayward naturally appealed, and the umpire (Millward) had no choice but to decide against the batsman, although, before giving his verdict, he consulted West, his colleague at square-leg. During the day Lord Dalmeny motored to the Commons to record his vote in a division, but returned to the ground in time to see several Leices­ tershire wickets fall. During his absence the cap­ taincy was taken over by Raphael. The visitors again fared badly when they went in the second time, losing Wood before a run had been made, King and Odell at 21, and De Traftord at 25. When play ceased they required 331 runs to save the inn­ ings defeat, and had six wickets in hand. On Saturday 70 minutes proved sufficient for Surrey to dismiss the remaining batsmen for an additional 61 runs. Seven wickets were down for 44, and it seemed likely that the visitors would experience a defeat by an innings and 300 runs. Joyce and Whiteside (who was twice missed) added 28 for the last wicket, and Surrey eventually won by an innings and 270 runs. Knox obtained seven wickets during the inn­ ings for 58, his bowling on the perfect wicket being very meritorious. Surrey had now played three inter-county matches, and had won them all, their successes being by 337 runs against Hampshire, an innings and 214 runs against Northamptonshire, and an innings and 270 runs against Leicestershire. Score and analysis S u rrey . L eicestershire . Hayward,cWhitehead, T b Odell ..................135 Hobbs, c Crawford, b Odell.......................... 79 Haves, c Knight, b Jayes.........................155 J .N.Crawford,cWhite- side, b W o o d ............43 LordDalmeny.cW liite- head, b Crawford ... 7 Holland, c Crawford,b Joyce .................24 J.E. Raphael, b Jayes 0 Lees, run out Gamble, not out N. A. Knox, b Jayes Strudwick, b Jayes... B 18, lb 5, w 4 Second innings. c Hayes, b Knox c Hayes, b Knox b Lees................. c Holland,bKnox b Lees... . b Knox b Knox b Knox ... 24 ... 7 ... 0 First innings. C. E. de Trafford, c Hayes, Q .V a Wood.'b Knox 8 King, hit ball tw ice..............13 Knight,c Hayward, b Craw­ ford .................................. 19 V. F. S. Crawford, b Lees 26 R.Joyce, c Raphael, b Craw­ ford ..................................25 Whitehead, b K n o x ............. 13 Coe, not o u t ......................... 8 W. W. Odell, c Crawford, b Knox ................................ 1 Jayes, run out .................. 5 Whiteside, b Crawford ... 0 B 8, nb 1 .................. 9 Total ...................127 S urrey . O. M. R. W. O. M. R.W. Odell ... 27 3 91 2 ! Whitehead 1 1 3L 0 Jayes ... 27 3105 4 Joyce ... 6 0 27 1 King ... 21 4 58 0 Crawford 8 0 52 1 C oe.......... 18 2 56 0 ! Wood ... 8 1 36 1 Odell bowled three wides and Wood one. L eicestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Lees................ 20 10 39 2 ........... 13 5 26 3 Knox ........ 12 2 36 3 ........... 13 1 58 7 Crawford ... 133 2 13 3 Knox delivered three no-balls. b Lees.................. 0 c Hobbs, b Knox 17 notout...............10 No-balls ... 2 Total....... 86 Total ...483 M.C.C. AND GROUND v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Lord's on May 10 and 11. M.C.C. and Ground won by five wickets. Not many spectators were present to witness the commencement of this match on Thursday last, the cheerless weather and a cold north-eastwind no doubt being largely responsible. Derbyshire had by no means their best side, neither Ashcroft, Curgenven nor Lawton playing The wicket rendered con­ siderable assistance to the bowlers, and during the opening day twenty-three wickets went down in just under five hours for 392 runs. Derbyshire commenced fairly well, for, although Wright, Cad- man and Ollivierre were out by the time the score had reached 50, the hundred was made for the loss of only one Lmore wicket, Warren and Morton adding 50 together for the fifth partnership in half- an-liour. By the time the score reached 120 six men were out, but so successfully did Mead then bowl that the whole side was disposed of in an hour and three-quarters for 127. Bowling from the Nursery end, Mead kept an admirable length, and got con­ siderable spin on the ball. With the last 17 balls he delivered he obtained five wickets without a run being made off him, the last four wickets of the county falling with the score unaltered. His success, which certainly augurs well for Essex, recalls the bowling by Pougher in the first match between the M.C C. and Ground and the Australians in 1896, when the Leicestershire player sent down 15 balls for five wickets and no run. At one time, when seven wickets were down for 95, it appeared possible that the M.C.C. would be in arrears on the first innings, but the last few men on the side rose capitally to the occasion. Of the earlier batsmen, only Board, who hit well, met with any success; he made 53 out of 80 in an hour. Wynyard, who hit six 4’s, played a sound game for 65 minutes, and with Trott added 40 for the eighth wicket in 25 minutes. The good work was continued by Mead and Vogler, who hit up 59 in twenty minutes for the last partnership, both making some fine drives; from one over of Bestwick they scored 19, of which number Vogler claimed all but three. After lasting two hours and a-quarter, the innings closed for 199. Ollivierre made some good hits when Derbysliire went in a second time, but, when stumps were drawn, the county, with seven wickets in hand, were still six runs behind. During the day Vogler strained the muscles of a thigh, and had Board to run for him, and Relf to field, whilst Board, owing to a damaged finger, did not keep wicket in the second innings of the visitors, his place being taken by Somerset. On Friday the seven outstanding wickets of Derbyshire realised 97, this being chiefly due to Buckston, the old Cambridge wicket-keeper, who, playing good but quiet cricket, made 51 out of 115 in 100 minutes. He made some fine strokes on the on-side, and hit five 4’s. With Hunter, who was very brilliantly caught and bowled by Trott, he added 39 for the sixth wicket, this being the most productive partner­ ship of the innings. The M.C.C., whose fielding had been of a high standard throughout, were set 92 to win. They began badly, Wynyard being yorked before a run had been made, Jessop, who received twelve balls, off which he made 17 (including an on- drive for 5 off Warren), caught at the wicket at 27, and Bray clean bowled at 32. Alec Hearne, however, gave a g^od, sound display, and carried out his bat for 38, made in 75 minutes. At 3.30 the M.C C. bad won by five wickets. Bad batting and faulty field­ ing must be accounted the cause of the county’s defeat. Score and analysis: - D erb y sh ire. First innings. Second innings. L. G. Wright, c Trott, b Vogler...............................13 c sub., b Cox ... 14 Cadman, c Jessop,b Vogler 12 c and b Mead ... 14 G. M. Buckston, c Cox, b Mead ...............................14 cSomerset,bTrott 51 C. A. Ollivierre, c & b Cox 10 b Trott.................23 Morton, c Board, b Mead ... 26 c Liebenrood, b C o x ................. 8 Warren, c Trott, b Mead ... 39 c Trott, b Mead 0 F. C. Hunter, b Mead......... 3 c and b Trott ... 10 W. A. Wallis, b Mead.......... 6 b Hearne ...........11 Humphries, b Mead .......... 0 not out..................10 Green, c Jessop, b Mead ... 0 cSomerset.bTrott 0 Bestw'ick, not out................. 0 lbw, b Hearne ... 9 B 2, lb 1, w 1 ......... 4 B 11, lb 1,w 1 13 Total ... ...127 Total ... .163 M.C.C. an d G rou n d . First innings. E. H. Bray, c Humphries, b G reen............................... 6 Hearne (A.), b Bestwick ... 13 Board, b Warren............... 53 Cox (G.), c Humphries, b Warren ........................ 0 G. L. Jessop, c Cadman, b Bestwick ........................ 5 Capt. E. G. Wynyard, c Hunter, b Bestwick..........39 A. F. Somerset, b Warren... 4 F. H. Liebenrood, b Warren 0 Trott (A. E.), c Wallis, b Warren ........................17 Vogler, not out .................26 Mead, b Green .................33 B 1, w 2 ................. 3 Second innings. b Warren ......... 5 notout.................38 lbw, b Warren ... 7 c Humphries, b Bestwick......... 17 b Warren .......... 0 lbw,b Cadman. .. 8 not out................. 9 B 8, lb l,w 2 11 Total .................199 Total (5 wkts) 95 D erbyshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W Vogler .......... 7 0 27 2 .......... Mead ......... 16.5 5 29 7 .......... 19 2 59 2 C o x ................. 5 1 30 1 .......... 11 2 40 2 Trott ......... 4 0 29 0 .......... 16 7 28 4 Liebenrood ... 2 0 8 0 .......... Wynyard 3 0 9 0 Hearne... 81 2 14 2 Vogler and Trott each bewled a wide. M.C C. and G rou n d . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Bestwick.......... 18 2 85 3 ........... 10 2 19 1 Green ......... 7.2 0 31 2 .......... Warren .......... 15 0 68 5 ........... 8 0 46 3 Cadman......... 4 0 12 0 ........... 3 0 9 1 Morton 1.2 0 10 0 Bestwick bowled four wides. LANCASHIRE v. WARWICKSHIRE. Played at Manchester on May 10 and 11. Lancashire won by eight wickets. On a soft wicket which assisted the bowlers twenty-four wickets fell for 208 runs in four hours and tliree-quarters on the opening day. As Byrne and Fisliwick were absent owing to injuries, Lilley captained the visitors, who did not have a single amateur in their ranks. Warwickshire commenced well, scoring 50 for two wickets, but, so poorly did the later players bat, that the whole side was disposed of for 91 in two hours and five minutes. Frank Harry and Cuttell bowled unchanged, the former, who was born at Torquay on December 22nd, 1878, taking six for 26. Quaife was the only one to meet the attack with any confi­ dence, and his 32 was a really good innings, his back play being very strong. Small as the Warwickshire toUvl was, it was nevertheless one which the Lancas­ trians failed to equal by 15 runs. The home side, after losing half their wickets for 37, were disposed of by Hargreave and Moorhouse in 100 minutes for 76, Sharp and MacLaren alone exceeding a dozen. In their second innings Warwickshire, before stumps were drawn, lost four wickets—all taken by Harry for 19 runs--and, at the close, led by 56. During the luncheon interval MacLaren received a presentation as arecognition of his services to cricket in general, and to Lancashirecricket in particular. On Friday Warwickshire’s remaining six wickets fell for 72 runs in seventy-five minutes, Kinneir’s 48 being a very good display. During the innings Harry took nine wickets for 44, his record for the whole match being, therefore, fifteen for 70. He is a medium- paced, right-handed bowler, who breaks from the off, and gives promise of proving of great use to the