Cricket 1906

150 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M at 24, 1906. SOMERSET v. WARWICKSHIRE. Played at Taunton on May 17 and 18. Somerset won by eight wickets. Lionel Cranfield, who had just become qualified— he had twice previously appealed for Gloucester­ shire—and Maxwell, a very fast but erratic local bowler, made their first appearance for Somerset in this match. Warwickshire opened badly, Kinneir and Devey being out with only a single on the board, but Charlesworth and Quaife, who both played well, added 81 together for the third wicket. Of the others, only George, who made 60 out of 77 in 75 minutes, and hit six 4’s and five 3’s, played with any confidence. The whole side were out for 182 in 155 minutes, Bailey claiming five wickets for 59. Braund and Johnson scored 53 for Somerset’s first wicket, but, by the time 64 runs had been made, both the players named, as well as Robson and Martyn, had been sent back. Lewis, Hardy and Lee then played useful cricket, and, at the end of a very even day’s play, Somerset found themselves twenty runs behind with three wickets in hand. Field, whilst bowling, had unfortunately dislocated his elbow, and, of course, could take no further part in the match. There was much rain during the night, and run-getting was found no easy matter when play was resumed on Friday. Still, Somerset succeeded in establishing a lead of 14 ere the innings termi­ nated for 196, made in 190 minutes. Hardy again played well, and his innings of 52 lasted two hours and ten minutes. Warwickshire’s second venture will be long remembered on account of the extraordinary collapse of the side befere the slow, left-handed bowling of Bailey. The visitors had scored nineteen for two wickets, but so pronounced was the break­ down that, by the time the seventh fell the total was only 26. At the end of an hour the eighth wicket went down at 42, and theninth, which, in the absence of Field, was also the last, two runs later. The total of 41, made in 65 minutes, ranks as the lowest ever made by Warwickshire in a first-class match. Every player, it will be seen, was caught out. The fall o f the wickets was as follows 1 2 3 4, 5, 6 78 9 1 19* 23 25 ’ 26 42* 44 Bailey’s success commenced in his third over, when he had already had four runs made off him. He dismissed Santall, Charlesworth and Lilley in four balls, seven wickets at one period going down for six runs, and Martyn making three catches at the wicket in succession. Bailey, there­ fore, at one time took six wickets whilst only two runs were made off him. The ground rendered him assistance, and his bowling got up very quickly off the pitch. Somerset, whose fielding waa maintained at a high level throughout, were set 31 to win, and these they obtained for the loss of a couple of wickets after a storm had caused an interruption lasting an hour and a half. Score and analysis W a r w ic k s h ir e . First innings. Devey, c Braund, b Lewis 0 Kinneir, b Lewis................. 0 Charlesworlh, b Bailey ... 49 Quaife, b Bailey.................36 Second innings, c and b Lewis ... 0 c Woods,b Bailey 2 c Martyn,b Bailey 19 c Martyn,b Lewis 2 T.S. Fishwick,cLee,b Lewis 13 cJolinson.bBailey 11 Lilley, c Braund, b Bailey 5 c Hardy, b Bailey 0 George, b Maxwell ..........60 c Martyn,b Lewis 0 Santall, b Lew is................. 0 c Braund,bBailey 0 Moorliouse,cRob3on,bBailey 2 cWoods, b Bailey 7 Hargreave, c Maxwell, b Bailey...............................12 not out................. 1 Field, not out ................. 0 absent.................. 0 B 2, lb 1, nb 1, w 1 ... 5Nb 1, w l ... 2 Total ....................182 Total ..............44 S omerset . First innings. Second innings. P. R. Johnson, c Lilley, bcsub.,b Charles- Moorhouse...........................39 worth ..........11 Braund,run o u t .................17 notout.................. 6 Robson, run out ................ 0 run out ........... 4 Lewis, b Moorhouse..........35 not out................. 9 H. Martyn,c Kinneir, b Har­ greave ............................... 1 Hardy, c Hargreave, b Moor­ house ...............................52 S.M.J.Woods, b Moorhouse 2 F. M. Lee, c and b Charles­ worth ...............................23 Cranfield (L.), c Santall, b Moorhouse........................13 Maxwell, c Lilley, b Har­ greave ............................... 0 Bailey, not out ................. 9 B 4, lb 1 ................. 5 Wide .......... 1 Total .................. 196 Total (2 wkts) 31 W arwickshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W . Lewis .......... 18 3 45 4 ........... 9 2 28 3 Braund .......... 8 0 30 0 ........... 1 0 8 0 Bailey .......... 22 4 59 5 .......... 8 4 5 6 6 Maxwell..........10'2 0 43 1 Maxwell bowled one wide and Bailey one wide and two no-balls. S omerset . First innings. Second inning. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hargreave ... 25 8 652 .............. 1 0 30 Moorhouse ... 27*2 5 705 .............. 1 0 60 Quaife ....... 1 0 5 0 ........... 4 1 17 0 Charlesworth 3 0 8 1 ............ 3 2 4 1 Field ......... 41 0 34 0 Santall ......... 4 1 9 0 Oharlesworth bowled one wide. L. O. S. Poidevin, c and b Barnes...............................37 Sharp, b Curwen................. 1 A. C. MacLaren, c and b Fyffe ............................... 8 Harry, c Curwen, b Fyffe ... 19 A. Eccles, b Fyffe................. 9 W. Findlay, b Branston ... 11 Kermode, c Foster, b Bran- ston ...............................23 Dean, not out........................ 2 B 2, nb 2 ................. 4 49 c Foster, Barnes... c Branston, b Barnes .......... 6 c Curwen, b Barnes .......... 2 absent................. 0 c Foster, b Fyffe 29 c Curwen, b Foster ..........79 c Butterworth, b Fyffe................. 7 c and b Barnes... 1 not out................. 6 B13,lb2,w3,nb2 20 First innings. H. M. Butterworth, b Kermode ........................ 0 C. A. L. Payne, c Poidevin, b Harry ........................11 G. N. Foster, b Harry.......... 5 O xford U niversity -. Second innings, b Dean................. 6 OXFORD UNIVERSITY v. LANCA­ SHIRE. Played at Oxford on May 17, 18 and 19. Lancashire won by 141 runs. Lancashire took down a strong side to Oxford for this match, whilst the University were also well represented. For the latter G. N. Foster played instead of Hurst, and, at the last moment, Fyffe took the place of Udal, who had a twisted ankle. The county, batting first, lost Stanning for 1, and Spooner at 15. Poidevin and Tyldesley then came together and, by good, sound cricket, added 68 for the third wicket, the first 50 of the partnership being made in 20 minutes. Poidevin batted five minutes under the hour for his 37, his innings being a valuable one. Sharp and MacLaren were soon out, and, after Harry had quickly scored 19, Tyldesley was caught at point. The latter batted 100 minutes and made his 70 out of 122 obtained whilst in, reaching 50 out of 98 in 85 minutes. He hit eleven 4’s and, apart from a chance of being caught and bowled just before his dismissal, made no mistake. Thanks in a great measure to Ker- mode’s hitting, the last two Lancashire wickets added 36. Oxford gave a very sorry exhibition when they went in, losing their first five wickets against Kermode and Harry for 25 runs in 50 minutes, but, when stumps were drawn at half past five on account of the Eights, the total had been taken to 42 without further loss. On the Friday disasters continued to overtake the University, who lost 8 wickets for 66. Bird, who was playing very careful cricket, was then joined by Lyon, a senior, who helped him to add 49 for the ninth wicket in three- quarters of an hour at a time when runs were much needed. Bird batted very well, and, at the end of the innings, had the satisfaction of carrying out his bat for 39, made in 100 minutes. During the day MacLaren was called away, owing to the illness of one of his children, and could take no further part in the game. With the useful lead of 69, Lancashire went in again, and lost Stanning at 20. Tyldesley and Spooner then carried the score to 70, when the latter was bowled. Three wickets then fell quickly, including that of Tyldesley, who was in 65 minutes for his runs. The feature of the innings was the display given by Eccles, who hit 79 out of 126 in an hour and a quarter without giving a chance His driving, late cutting and hits to square-leg were very well executed, whilst his chief strokes were thirteen 4’s. With Harry as a partner he added 46 in 40minutes for the sixth wicket. Oxford were set 305 to win, and, when stumps were drawn, had made 13 of them for the loss of Butterworth and Payne. On Saturday Foster made some good strokes ere being caught at the wicket off Kermode, who clean bowled Wright with his next ball. The Australian was in fine form, and in his next over bowled both Barnes and Gordon. Branston and Curwen added 52 together in 35 minutes, but the best partnership was seen when Fyffe joined the first-named with the score 106 for nine. Together, they hit up 57 for the last wicket in 15 minutes, Fyffe making five 4’s off one over from Kermode. Branston showed some good all-round cricket in the match. Score and analysis:— L an cashire . First innings. Second innings. R. H. Spooner, c Wright, b Branston ........................ 8 b Barnes ............ 27 H. D. Stanning, c and b c Gordon, bBran- Branston ........................ 1 ston............ 9 Tyldesley, c Curwen, b Branston ........................70 J. H Gordon, b Kermode... E. L. Wright, b Dean.......... R. G. Barnes, b Harry W. S. Bird, not out .......... G. T. Branston, c Poidevin, b Dean............................... W. J. H. Curwen, b Dean... J. B. Lyon, c Tyldesley, b Dean ............................... A. H. Fyffe, b Dean .......... B 4, lb 1, w 2 .......... b Dean................. c Findlay, b Ker­ mode................. b Kermode.......... b Kermode.......... b Kermode.......... b Dean................. notout.................39 b Kermode..........29 b Kermode... b Dean.......... B 4, lb 2 Total ..........124 L ancashire . Total . 0 39 ... 6 ...163 First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Branston ... ... 21.3 4 81 5 ... ... 9 1 48 1 Fyffe.......... ... 18 6 31 3 ... ... 18 3 68 2 Curwen ... ... 12 1 55 1 ... ... 2 0 8 0 Barnes ... 8 3 19 1 ... ... 15 4 48 5 Lyon ... 9 1 35 0 Foster ... 2 0 8 1 Fyffe delivered two wides and four no-balls, and Barnes one wide. O xford U n iversity . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Kermode.......... 6 4 5 2 ........... 21 8 68 6 Harry .......... 23 7 38 3 ........... 5 2 34 0 Dean................. 21.5 4 59 5 .......... 15.4 5 55 4 Poidevin.......... 5 0 15 0 Kermode bowled two wides. Total ...193 Total ...235 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v. ESSEX. Played at Northampton on May 17 and 18. Essex won by eight wickets. A cold and cheerless day marked the opening of the county season at Northampton on Monday last. For the visitors, Fane replaced Gillingham; other­ wise the side was the same that played so well against Surrey earlier in the week. Northampton­ shire, who gained nothing by winning the toss, lost W. H. Kingston at 1, Thompson at 13, and Pool at 37. Cox, the young left-hander, who had performed so well at Worcester, then found a useful partner in H. E. Kingston, the two adding 50 together for the fourth wicket ere the latter was sent back. Bucken- ham then met with much success with his fast deliveries, and, when Smith, the last man, joined Cox the score was but 103. Together, however, they added 35 for the tenth wicket before Cox, who had. gone in first wicket down, was caught and bowled by Tremlin. The professional had given an excel­ lent exhibition, scoring 65 without a mistake in 150 minutes, and hitting ten 4’s. His driving and cut­ ting were the most noticeable features of his display. Carpenter and McGahey ran up 33 for the first wicket of Essex, whilst the latter and Perrin added 24 for the second. Perrin and Fane took the score to 82, but then wickets fell so quickly that six men were out for 99, the game being then in an even state. Buckenham came in and supported Fane so well that the seventh wicket realised 57 in three- quarters of an hour. The last-named batted 110 minutes for his faultless 57, in which were eight 4’s. On his dismissal stumps were drawn for the day, Essex being then 39 ahead, with a couple of wickets in hand. During the day eighteen wickets fell for 315. On Friday the Essex lead was increased to 61 before the innings was completed for 199, made in 18J minutes. Northamptonshire commenced their second venture in promising fashion, W. H. Kings­ ton and Cox, who was missed when 4, making 47 together for the first wicket ere Mead dismissed the latter whilst trying to drive. With the total 55, Buckenham disposed of W. II. Kingston and Thompson in one over. The arrears were rubbed off in an hour and a quarter for the loss of three wickets. H. E. Kingston and Pool added 38 for the fourth wicket, and the latter and Vials 35 for the fifth. Pool made many beautiful strokes, and scored 46 in 85 minutes, but the best cricket on the side was shown by Vials, who made 52 out of 83 in 90 minutes without a mistake. He showed good defence, but made some nice hits when the oppor­ tunity occurred. His chief strokes were seven 4’s. Buckenham was again seen to advantage, his record for the match being ten wickets for 129. Set 116 to win, Essex lost Carpenter at 5, but Perrin and McGahey, by adding 79 for the second wicket in ten minutes over'the hour, placed the result beyond doubt. Perrin hit well, his driving being very fine, as usual. Essex won by eight wickets. It will be seen that Bussell allowed only one bye in the two innings of his opponents. Score and analysis