Cricket 1906

140 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M at 17, 1906. M.C.C. AND GROUND v. KENT. Played at Lord’s on May 14, 15 and 16. M.C.C. won by 69 runs. When this match started at noon on Monday the weather was ideal, and the wicket in splendid con­ dition for run-getting. As is usual in the early part of the season, several of the chief Kent amateurs were unable to appear, only A. P. Day and C. H. B. Marsham assisting. The opportunity was taken of giving another trial to Munds, a left-hander, who had on three previous occasions—in 1896,1902 and 1904- represented the county. The M.C.O. opened in moderate form, losing Foley at 32 and Board two runs later. Tarrant, however, played bright cricket and, when 50 went up at the end of 35 minutes, claimed 38 of that number. He punished Fielder for three 4’s off consecutive balls in one over, and reached 50 out of 83 in an hour. With Thompson he added 52 for the third wicket in 40 minutes, and with Wynyard 59 for the lifth in a precisely similar time. The last-named played a careful and useful innings, whilst Jessop, who received eleven balls, quickly knocked up 16 before being bowled. Tarrant, who cut and drove well, was dismissed for a faultless 74, made of 168 in five minutes under two hours. His chief strokes were ten 4’s and nine 2’s. Liebenrood and Drummond made some good hits, but the total amounted to 238 only, which was certainly less than had been expected on the true pitch. Blythe bowled well on the fast wicket, but was not very well sup­ ported in the field. In the afternoon the weather became dull, cold, and overcast, the change from the conditions which prevailed in the morning being most pronounced. Hearne and Humphreys made a capital start for Kent, scoring 72 together for the opening partnership in 40 minutes, but, when 9, Humphreys was missed in the slips by Thompson off Hesketh-Prichard. Hearne played a sound and careful game, and when, at five minutes to six, play was discontinued owing to the bad light, he had made 63 out of 152 for five wickets in 110 minutes,and was still undefeated. On Tuesday Hearne remained in long enough to carry his score to 88, eie being caught at point by Hesketh-Prichard. He made his runs out of 198 obtained whilst in, in 140 minutes, and made many good cuts and drives. His chief hits were ten 4’s and five 3’s, and, except just before he was out, when he was let off in the slips, he made no mistake. With Hardinge, who played a service­ able innings of 27, he added 47 for the sixth wicket. The tail fared badly, and, when the innings closed, Kent were three runs behind. Tarrant kept a fine length, and got a good deal of work on the ball: he only just missed performing the hat trick, getting Fairservice and Blythe out with successive deliveries, and all but bowling Fielder with the next. Cyril Foley played a bright, but v&ry lucky, innings when the M.O.O. went in again, being missed three times ere running himself out. He scored 47 out of 62 in 50 minutes. Board and Thompson added 69 together for the third wicket in 45 minutes, and Jessop, who made four boundary hits in one over from Fairservice, obtained 42 in half-an-hour. At lunch time the M.O.O. led by 86, and had only two wickets down, but the later batsmen failed to main­ tain the form shown by their predecessors, with the result that Kent were set 236 only to win—aby no means impossible task. Humphreys, however, was out at 5, and had it not been for Seymour, who made 62 out of 85 in 50 minutes, the county would have made a very poor show indeed. As it was, five wickets had gone down in 70 minutes for 92 when, at ten minutes past six, stumps were drawn owing to the bad light. Seymour’s display was without blemish, and his most remunerative strokes were an 8 (4 for an overthrow) and seven 4’s. Yesterday, when play was resumed, Kent required 137 to win with five wickets to fall. It was soon apparent that the runs would prove difficult to make, for A. P. Day alone made any serious resistance to the bowling. The last few men made a few good hits, but the M.O.O. always held the advantage, and eventually won an interesting game by 69 runs. M.O.O. an d G rou n d . Second innings run out ..........47 c Hearne, b Fair­ service ..........18 c Day, b Fair­ service ..........45 st Huish, b Hum­ phreys ..........36 c Seymour, b Blythe ..........42 b Fielder .......... 6 b Blythe ..........17 c Huish,b Fielder 4 b Fielder ..........10 c Seymour, b Blythe .......... 0 2 not out............ 0 16 B 1, lb 6 .......... 7 First innings. C P. Foley, b Blythe.......... 8 Tarrant,cSeymour,bFielder 74 Board, b B ly th e................. 2 Thompson, c Seymour, b Fairservice........................24 G L. Jessop, b Humbpreys 16 Oapt. E.G. Wynyard, c Sey- mour, b Blythe.................33 F. H. Liebenrood, b Fielder 17 G. II. Drummond, b Blythe 20 East, b Blythe ................. 9 H .H esk eth -P rich ard ,ru n ou t 17 Hearne (J. T.), not out B 13, lb 3 ........ Total................ ,..238 Total ...232 K ent . First innings. Second innings Hearne (A), c Prichard, b c Wynyard, b East ........................ ... 88 Thompson ... 19 Humphreys, b Hearne ... 11 c East, bPricliard 0 Seymour, b Tarrant ... .. 2 b Hearne .......... 62 A. P. Day, c Board, b Hearne........................ ... 5 b Tarrant.......... 32 Munds, b Prichard ... ... 19 c Tarrant, b East 0 C. H. B. Marsham, b Prichard ................. ... 17 c East,b Prichard 2 Hardinge, st Board, b Tarrant ................. ... 27 cBoard,bPrichard 5 Huish, c Prichard, b c Wynyard, b Tarrant ................. ... 14 Prichard......... 0 1 airservice, c Wynyard, b c Tarrant, b Tarrant ................. ... 8 Thompson ... 11 Blythe, b Tarrant ... 0 cJessop.bTarrant 14 Fielder, not out ......... ... 5 not out................. 13 B 4, lb 1, nb 4 ... ... 9 B 4, lb 2, nb 2 8 Total .......... ...235 Total .......... 166 Fielder ... Blythe ... Fairservice Humphreys M.O.O. an d G rou n d First innings. O. ........21 211 11 10 M. R. AV. 2 100 2 ... 5 55 5 ... 2 30 1 ... 0 37 1 ... Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 17.1 1 73 3 ... 19 3 57 3 ... 9 0 45 2 ... 12 1 50 1 K ent . First innings. O. M. R. W. Second innings. O. M. R. W* Prichard... ... 16 1 75 2 ... ... 18 2 61 4 Thompson ... 4 0 29 0 ... ... 14 1 55 2 Hearne ... ... 18 4 54 2 ... ... 5 2 11 1 Tarrant ... ... 15 2 44 5 ... ... 32 0 18 2 E ast.......... ... 12 2 24 1 ... ... 4 0 13 2 Thompson bowled six no-balls. SURREY v. ESSEX. Played at the Oval on May 14, 15 and 16. Reappearance of Mead for Essex. Drawn. Glorious weather prevailed when this match opened on Monday morning, but in the afternoon a cold north-east wind sprang up, and robbed the proceedings of a very great deal of enjoyment. Still, the play was most interesting throughout and, moreover, of a very even nature. Mead made his first appearance for Essex in this match after an absence of over two years, and was accorded a very hearty reception by the crowd. He met with almost immediate success, dismissing Hayward without scoring at 9, and Hayes at 3-3. Crawford then joined Hobbs, who was playing confident but quiet cricket. Fifty was reached in as many minutes but, when the pair had added 61 for the third wicket in 65minutes, the amateur was caught in the slips. No further disaster befel the home side prior to lunch, when the total had been advanced to 123, of which Hobbs claimed 72. The scorewas taken to 141 (made in 130 minutes) ere the last-named was disposed of for a chanceless innings of 80. He gave a very sound display, being especially at home on the on-side, and hit a 5 (a cut off Mead), eight 4’s and five 3’s. He reached 52 out of 100in 100minutes. Holland played steadily for an hour and a-half, adding 47 for the fourth wicket with Hobbs, and 65 for the fifth with Lord Dalmeny. The latter’s well-judged hitting was the brightest display of the whole day. He reached 31 out of 40 in 20 minutes, and, in all, made 52 out of 65 in 37 minutes, obtaining his runs in 22 hits, the chief of which were a 5 (an off-drive off Buckenham) and seven 4’s. His timing was excel­ lent. Lees made a useful 19, and Knox and Strud­ wick hit up 37 for the last wicket in 27 minutes. The innings closed for 287 which, bearing in mind the early dismissal of Hayward and Hayes, was by no means a poor total. The Essex fielding was of a high standard throughout. The visitors lost Car­ penter with only a single on the board, but when stumps were drawn just before six, on account of the bad light, Perrin and Douglas had taken the score to 63 without further loss. In bright and clear, but very cold weather, Perrin and Douglas resumed the Essex innings on Tuesday before a fair number of spectators. The former was in quite his best form, whilst the latter, although by no means so attractive as his partner, played very useful cricket. When the partnership tor the second wicket had realised 99, Douglas was dismissed for 35, made in an hour and a-half. Mc­ Gahey was soon out, but Gillingham, after starting unsteadily,settled down and made many fine strokes. When the luncheon interval arrived, the two were still together, and the score 243 for three. Soon after the resumption, however, Perrin was bowled for a splendid innings of 133, made out of 250 in 195 minutes. Itwas a chanceless effort, which contained many pretty leg-strokes and powerful off-drives. He reached 50 out of 86 in 70 minutes, and 101 outof 183 in 155, and hit twenty 4’s. His play against the fast bowling of Knox was especially brilliant. The partnership for the fourth wicket resulted in 123, made in 80minutes. Gillingham,like Perrin,reached three figures, but immediately afterwards was yorked by Lees. He gave no actual chance, and made his runs out o f 196 obtained whilst in, in 140 minutes, reaching 50 in 65 minutes. He hit twelve 4’s and three 3’s. Essex had done so well that, when the fifth wicket fell, their score was only one behind that of Surrey. The feature of the latter part of the visitors’ innings was the batting of W. M. Turner, who hit up 79 in 105 minutes. He showed good defence, and hit with great power when opportunity occurred. He and Tremlin scored 41 for the last wicket very quickly, one of his hits realising 7, six of which were due to overthrows (for five and one). The innings closed for 429, of which number Perrin, Gillingham and Turner were re­ sponsible for as many iis 314. A glance at the analysis will show that during the long innings Crawford sent down only eight overs, and Gamble five, and that Hobbs and Davis did not bowl at all. With the fall of the last wicket of Essex play ended for the day, the light being too bad to allow* Surrey to go in. Yesterday morning lain prevented the home side from commencing their task of obtaining 142 to save the innings’ defeat until after lunch. Hayward and Hobbs played watchful cricket, the light being very poor and the state of the game not warranting liberties. When he had made half-a- dozen the latter was missed in the slips off Bucken­ ham, and, as things turned out, the mistake proved somewhat expensive. When the total had been taken to 37 without loss, the light was so bad that play was suspended for an hour. The score was advanced to 51 before the first wicket fell, when a good catch in the slips disposed of Hobbs for a very useful 31. Hayes, after being missed when he had scored a couple, just failed to reach double figures, whilst, three runs later, Holland was sent back without scoring. Hayward quickly followed, having played a most valuable innings at a critical time. Four wickets were now down for 89, and the Essex men, realising that there was just a possibility of pulling off the game, exerted themselves to the utmost. No more successes fell to their lot, how­ ever, for Lord Dalmeny, after being missed, hit with great vigour, scoring 58 not out of the next 75 runs in 45 minutes. When stumps were drawn Surrey were 22 ahead and had five wickets in hand. Score and analysis S u rrey . First innings. Hayward,st Russell.b Mead 0 Hobbs,cTremlin,b Bucken- ham ...............................80 Hayes, lbw, b Mead ..........20 J. N. Crawford, c Carpenter, b Trem liu........................23 Holland, c Buckenham, b Douglas ........................34 Lord Dalmeny, b Douglas 52 Davis, lbw, b Douglas ... 0 Lees, c Carpenter,bDouglas 19 Gamble.cRussell,b Bucken- ham ............................... 1 N.A.Knox,c Turner, b Mead 22 Strudwick, not out ..........20 B 9, lb 7 .................16 Total ... Second innings, b Douglas ... c Carpenter, Mead c McGahey, Douglas ... notout.......... c Carpenter, Mead not out.......... 16 9 18 0 , 58 ..287 Total (4 wkts) 161 E ssex , Carpenter, b Knox ... 1 J. W. Douglas, b Knox 35 P. Perrin, b Knox ...133 O.McGahey,cHolland, b Knox ................... 10 Rev.F. H. Gillingham, b Lees ..................102 Reeves, c Lees,b Knox 17 W. M. Turner, b Lees 79 Russell (E.), cHolland, b Lees ................. 0 Buckenham, c Hayes, b Lees ..........' ... 19 Mead, c Strudwick, b L e e s........................ 2 Tremlin, not out ... 11 B 3,1b 10, nb 7... 20 Total ...429 S urrey . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Buckenham ... 27 4 100 2 ... ... 13 1 55 0 Mead ... 29-1 7 78 3 ... ... 21 3 68 2 Douglas ... ... 18 2 50 4 ... ... 7 2 18 2 Tremlin ... ... 10 0 28 1 ... ... 3 0 10 0 McGahey .. 3 1 6 0 ... . ... 1 0 11 0 Reeves ... . .. 1 0 9 0 .. Essex. Lees Knox........ Crawford... O. M. R. W. ... 43 4 155 5 40 5 168 5 8 1 32 0 O. M. R. W Hayes ... 11 1 34 0 Gamble ... '5 0 20 0 Knox delivered seven no-balls.