Cricket 1906

M ay 17, 1906. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 141 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY v. YORK- SHIRE. Played at Cambridge on May 14, 15 and 16. Defeat of the County Champions of 1905. Cambridge University won by 305 runs. Some very interesting play was witnessed on the opening day of this match, although the weather was always dull and cheerless. Lord Hawke re­ appeared vice Grimshaw, otherwise, the Yorkshire side was the same as that which defeated Hampshire. The feature of the day’s play was a large innings of 153by Eyre, theold Harrovianand present Cambridge captain. He cut well and was, as he has always been, very strong on the off-side, his driving being very clean and well-timed. Keigwin, who batted 95 minutes and hit half-a-dozen 4’s, assisted him in adding 97 for the second wicket in 70 minutes, whilst with Rattigan as a partner he added 83 for the eighth in three-quarters or an hour. Eyre reached 71 in 110 minutes, 100 in 150, and, altogether, scored 153 out of 292 obtained whilst in, in 210 minutes. He was let off twice, at 48 and 53, and hit fifteen 4’s and eleven 3’s. On no previous occasion had he made a hundred in a match of any importance. In 45 minutes York­ shire lost Rudston, Rothery and Denton against May’s fast bowling, and when, at six o’clock, the total had reached 43 for three wickets stumps were drawn owing to the bad light. On Tuesday Yorkshire continued to show poor form against their opponents, and, apart from Hirst and Tunnicliffe, who added 76 together for the fourth wicket, had nobody capable of withstanding the attack of May and Napier, who bowled unchanged throughout. The innings closed for the very poor total of 119, May having bowled seven of the wickets for 41. With the useful lead of 193, Cambridge lost three men for 36 when they went in the second time, and, although nobody scored heavily, the total reached 163, which was, perhaps, as much as could be expected, considering the state of the wicket. Yorkshire were set 357 to win, and, so badly did they commence, that, by the time stumps were drawn, three men—Rotheiy, Rudston, and Denton—had been sent back in 40 minutes for 36. Yesterday the County had to make 321 to win, and had only seven wickets in hand. That the task was far too great for them soon became obvious, May and Napier bowling with such effect that nobody reached double figures. Cambridge won by the great margin of 305 runs, but, whilst admitting that May and Napier per­ formed extremely well, it, must be acknowledged that it would be difficult to imagine Yorkshire giving so feeble a display in an inter-county match. Score and analysis C ambridge U niversity . First innings. R. P. Keigwin, c Rhodes, b H aigh...............................58 R. A. Young, c Ringrose, b Hirst ...............................10 C.H Eyre.c Rothery,b Hirst 153 O.O.Page,cDenten, b Myers 2 F. H. Mugliston,b Haigh... 14 .1. N. Buchanan, b Haigh... 6 H. Mainprice, b Haigh ... 4 A. D. Imlay, c Dolphin, b H aigh............................... 0 C. S. Rattigan, run out ... 42 P.R.May,cRotliery,bRhodes 13 G. G. Napier, not out.......... 0 B 8, lb 1, nb 1 ......... 10 Second innings. c Rhodes, b Hirst 12 c Tunnicliffe, b Hirst .......... 5 cDolphin.bMyers 17 Tunnicliffe, Rhodes ... . c Tunnicliffe, Rhodes ... . b Hirst.............. b Myers ... . Total................ 312 Y orkshire . c Dolphin,b Hirst 5 b Haigh ........... 2 b Myers ........... 4 not out.................. 3 B 9,1b 1 ... 10 Total......... 163 First innings. Rothery, b May ................. 3 Rudston, c Eyre, b May ... 8 Denton, c Imlay, b May ... 10 Tunnicliffe, c Page, b May 26 Hirst, b Napier .................30 Rhodes, c Keigwin, b May 3 Haigh, c Eyre, b May......... 0 Myers, run out ................. 3 LordHawke,cEyre,b Napier 12 Ringrose, b M ay................. 8 Dolphin, not ou t................. 0 B 9, lb 3, nb 4 ......... 16 Second innings, c May, b Napier 17 cBuchanan,bMay 1 c Napier, b May 9 cBuchanan.bMay c Eyre, b Napier c Eyre, b May ... c Mainprice, b Napier .......... b Napier .......... c Keigwin, b Napier .......... c Imlay, b May ... not out................. Extras ... Total.................119 Total C ambridge U niversity . First innings. O. M. R. W. Second innings. O. M. R. W. Hirst......... ... 18.1 4 54 2 ... ... 18 3 51 4 Ringrose... ... 11 1 38 0 ... 16 34 Rhodes ... ... 20 1 81 1 ... 5 2 Haigh ... 26 3 92 5 ... ... 15 2 32 1 Myers ... 13 3 37 1 ... ... 17.4 5 36 3 Ringrose delivered one no-ball. Y o rk sh irb . First innings. O. M. R. W. Napier .......... 21.5 7 62 2 ... M ay.................21 5 41 7 ... Second innings. O. M. R. W. 14.1 5 26 5 14 6 25 5 Napier bowled four no-balls. OXFORD UNIVERSITY v. MR. H. D. G. LEVESON-GOWER’S XI. Played at Oxford on May 14 and 15. Oxford won by four wickets. Good progress was made with this match on the opening day, nineteen wickets falling for 418 runs. Neither G N. Foster nor Udal could play for Oxford, owing to the schools, their places being filled by Hurst and Curwen. There was no outstanding feature in the innings of the visitors for, although Crawford and Key played well, and Kortright and Leveson-Gower each made over 30, the total did not exceed 204. Kortright’s 40 included a big hit for six off Branston, whilst Leveson-Gower obtained his runs in two minutes over the half-hour. The small total of the visitors was due chiefly to Branston, who bowled capitally, obtaining six wickets for 73. Ox­ ford quickly lost a couple of wickets against Kort­ right, and Payne, although he made only 27, rendered greater service to his side than his figures would lead one to suppose. The University would have fared very badly but for Gordon, the Winchester freshman, who scored 63 out of 100 without a mistake. His off-drives were well made, whilst his principal hits were a 5 and six 4’s. With Branston, who hit seven 4’s in his 37, he added 63 for the seventh wicket in 35 minutes. At the end of the day Barnes, a left-hander, hit up 43 not out in half-an- hour, the score, when stumps were drawn, being 214 for nine. On Tuesday'the University added only two more runs to their overnight score, but could point to a lead of a dozen on the first innings. In their second innings the visitors commenced very well indeed, having 168 up for five wickets. Then, however, four wickets fell for five runs, and, had not Berkeley and Brooks hit up 30 for the last wicket, the collapse of the tail would have been complete. Key and Crawford, as in the first innings, made useful scores, whilst Fane and Kortright again reached double figures. Set 192 to win, Oxford lost half their wickets for 95. Wright, however, played a splendid game for his side, adding 37 for the sixth wicket with Bird, and 61 without a separation being effected for the seventh with Branston in half-an- hour. Wright carried out his bat for 65, made in 80 minutes, it being clearly his innings at a critical time which enabled his side to win by four wickets. M r. H. D. G . L b v e so n -G o w er’s G en tlem e n o f E n g la n d XI. First innings. J.E.Raphael,cBird,bBames 11 R. T. Crawford, b Fyffe ... 35 K. J. Key, c Butterworth, b Fyffe ...............................29 F. L. Fane, c Bird, b Fyffe 15 F.B.Wilson,c Lyon, b Bran­ ston ...............................12 O. J. Kortright, b Branston 40 G. J. V. Weigall, b Branston 4 H.D.G.Leveson-Gower,lbw, b Branston...........................32 R. H. Fox, b Branston ... 17 G. F. H. Berkeley, not out 1 W. T. Brooks, lbw, b Bran­ ston ............................... 1 B 5, nb 1, w 1 .......... 7 Second innings, cWright,bBarnes 8 c Branston, b Fyffe.................41 cLyon, b Ourwen 39 lbw, b Branston 38 Total ...204 run out .......... b Branston.......... b Ourwen.......... c Barnes, b Bran­ ston ................. b Ourwen.......... b Barnes ......... notout B 5, lb 9 Total... 7 21 1 4 0 . 17 .. 13 .. 14 ..203 O xford U niversity . First innings. Second innings. H. M. Butterworth, b Kort­ right ............................... 2 b Crawford C.A.L.Payne, c Crawford, b K ortright........................27 O. S. Hurst, b Kortright ... 6 J.H. Gordon, c Fox, b Kort­ right ...............................63 E. L. Wright, b Kortright 0 W. J. H. Curwen, c Fox, b Crawford ........................ 3 W. S. Bird, b Berkeley . . 4 G.T. Branston, c Kortright, b Brooks ........................37 R.G. Barnes, c Kortright, b Crawford ........................43 A. H. Fyffe, b Berkeley ... 5 J. B. Lyon, not out .......... 8 B 13, lb 4, w 1 ......... 18 b Kortright ... 17 c Kortright, b Crawford ... 12 cFane,bKortright 12 not out.................65 lbw, b Kortright 8 b Brooks ..........14 not out.................23 12 M r. L ev eson -G ow er’s XI. Total B 8, lb 4 .216 Total (6 wkts) 193 First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W Barnes ... . . 9 3 27 1 .. ... 10 1 26 2 Lyon .. 10 0 46 0 .. ... 7 1 31 0 Fyffe .. 16 3 44 3 .. ... 12 2 38 1 Branston .. 20-5 0 73 6 .. ... 16 1 69 3 Curwen ... .. 3 1 7 0 .. ... 13 4 25 3 O xford U niversity . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W Kortright .. 19 1 92 5 .. ... 15 1 58 3 Crawford .. 17-5 8 23 2 .. ... 18 4 83 2 Berkeley... . . 8 0 45 2 ... ... 7 1 31 0 Brooks ... .. 6 1 38 1 .. ... 2 1 9 1 Crawford delivered one wide and one no-ball. BRIXTON WANDERERS (2) v. CYPHERS (2).— Played at East Dulwich on May 12. B rixton W anderers . Phillips, not A. J. Whyte, b Pullen 23 W. A. Gilligan, not out 91 A. V. Storey, c Pullen, b Adye .................38 C.Hogg,st —,b Pullen 1 O. W. out B 11,1b 1 21 12 Total (3 wkts.)*186 W. A. Mitchell, A. Harbert, J. W. Murray, O. J. Lain6, H. O. Edmonds, and H. Heron did not bat. ♦Innings declared closed. C yphers . E. O. Adye, not out... 2 Byes ......... 4 Total (2 wkts.)...202 G. Radcliffe, c Whyte, b Storey .................82 N. Blake, c Heron, b Mitchell .................90 C. E. Watson, not out 24 S. J. Murley, F. J. Adye, H. Cath, C. W. Pullen, H.Heppel,E. W.Pullen,and S.W.Heaton did not bat. ENFIELD v. HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COM­ PANY—Played at Finsbury on May 9. E nfield . 2 A. Minton, b Leggatt J. H. Douglas, b Adair- Thompson ..........16 R.F.Pritchard.bWatts 68 S. G. Edwards, not out 59 H. Leuw, b Collins ... 20 Chambers, W. Savage, W. Hiatt, and E. A. Smith did not bat. *Innings declared closed. H. A. C. W. Gifford, b Leggatt 39 G. W. Cranfield, not out ........................35 Extras ..........32 Total (5 wkts.)*271 H. J. Sharpe, not out...101 M. T. Engman, b Prit­ chard ........................ 0 F.C. Adair-Thompson, cPritchard,b Minton 11 S. B. Kembell, c Ed­ wards, b Pritchard 0 F. Fortescue, J. Collins, L. M. I^eggatt, J. F. Mitchell, and F. W. Leage did not bat. J.D.H.Watts, not out 30 T. Darke, b Pritchard 0 Extras..........16 Total (4 wkts.)... 158 THE MARLBOROUGH BLUES v. ABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY. Finsbury on May 5. M arlborough B lues . HONOUR- Played at O.H.M.Thring,cSharpe b Adair-Thompson 44 J. P.C. Coast, c Watts, b Bell........................34 M. S. Rogers, b Bell... 8 L. M.Rogers, not out...101 D. M. Black, b Adair- Thompson .......... 3 D. Muller, c Fletcher, b Bell........................ 4 M. O. Lewis, b Bell ... 0 H. A. O. A. M. Black, b Adair- Thompson .......... H. M. Rogers, lbw, b Adair-Thompson ... R. W. Foster, c Bell, b Smith .......... ... A. N. Rogers, not out pjXtras.. ... 12 Total (9 wkts.)246 A. D. Collins, not out 12 J. O. Hayden, not out 19 Extras .......... 2 Total (5 wkts.)142 H. J. Sharpe, retired... 66 A. R. Shield, run out 5 G. A. E. Smith, c and b M. S. Rogers ... 13 R. W. Neumegen, b Coast........................ 0 J. D. H. Watts, cD . M. Black,b M.S.Rogers 0 F. C. Adair-Thompson, H. W. Bell, L. L. Fletcher, and T. W. Leage did not bat. The AMERICAN CRICKETER. F ou n d ed 1877. Published by F. H. Clarke for The Associated Cricket Clubs of Philadelphia. An Illustrated Journal of Cricket, Association Football, Tennis, Golf, and Kindred Pastimes. No. 632, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A. p r ic e :— 10/- per annum, post paid anywhere. 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