Cricket 1906

M a y 24, 1906. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 157 OXFORD UNIVERSITY v. M.C.O. AND GROUND. Played at Oxford on May 21, 22 and 23. M.C.C. won by 134 runs. Judging from the number of spectators present on the opening day, this match quite failed to attract the public. Tarrant and Warner, by very quiet and uninteresting cricket, scored 122 together for the first wicket in 75 minutes, the latter being then bowled by Udal for a faultless effort of 61 made in 95 minutes. Tarrant, who left soon afterwards, played a useful innings, but might have been caught at the wicket off the first ball he received. Trott and Butterworth, who played for the M.O.C. instead of K. J. Key, added 58 in partnership for the third wicket in 23 minutes. Marsham also did well, but, although the fourth wicket did not fall until 214, the whole side were dismissed for 242, the latter batsmen failing before Branston and Udal. The lastrnamed took six wickets for 69, and bowled really well. Oxford fared badly upon going in, losing Ourwen at 1,and Payne and Foster at 7. Gordon and Wright then came together, and, by close of play, had taken the score to 59 without being separated. Upon play being resumed on Tuesday, four wickets quickly fell for 30 runs, Raynor who had done so well in College cricket, being bowled first ball. Gordon, who alone'played the bowling with any confidence, was in two hours for ;his faultless 63. He hit five 4’s and six 3’s. The- M.O.O. commenced their second innings with the vefy useful lead of 121, and soon lo3t Tarrant and Butterworth. Trott, however, atoned somewhat by getting 30 in a quarter of an hour. Warner made 42 without a mistake, and had the satisfaction of obtaining the highest score in each innings of his side. Marsham made a useful 27, and the University were eventually set 278to win, the M.O.O. innings closing for 156, made in 150 minutes. Before play was stopped, owing to bad light, Bird and Barnes had been sent back for 33. Yesterday four wickets fell for the addition of 47, and, although Udal and Branston made some good hits, the M.O.C. won easily by 134 runs. Score and analysis :— M.O.O. AND First innings. P. F. Warner, b Udal......... Tarrant, c Branston, b Udal H.M.Butterworth,c Gordon, b Udal........ ................. Trott, c Wright, b Udal ... O.H.B. Marsham, c Foster, b Branston ........................ O. V. Baker, b Udal ......... Vogler, c Bird, b Udal Hon. D. O’Brien, c Udal, b Branston ........................ F. B. May, not out ......... O. Headlam, b Branston ... Mead (W.),c Bird,bBranston B 10, lb 1, nb 1 ......... G round . Second innings. 61 c and b Barnes... 42 55 c Lyle, b U dal... 7 31 b Udal................. 9 36 c O u rw en , b Barnes ..........30 29 c Gordon, b Udal 27 14 b C urw en......... 3 1 b Ourwen......... 10 0 b Branston......... 4 0 cBranston.bUdal 7 3 b Branston.......... 2 0 notout................. 3 12 B 10,1b 2 ... 12 Total ...242 O x fo r d U n iv b rsity . Total... ..156 First innings. O. A. L. Payne,c Headlam,b Tarrant ........................ W. G. H. Curwen, c Trott, b Tarrant ................ i J. H. Gordon, c Tarrant, b Trott ...............................63 G. N. Foster, b Mead......... 2 E. L. Wright, c Mead, b Tarrant ................19 K. Raynor, b Mead ......... 0 N. R. Udal, st Headlam, b Tarrant ................ 8 G. T. Branston, b Tarrant.... 4 W. S. Bird, c and b Vogler 8 R. G. Barnes, not out.......... 1 A. M. P. Lyle, cMay,bVogler 0 B 11, lb 1 ................12 Second innings. c and b Trott ... 15 C Headlam, b Vogler .......... 0 c O’Brien,b Mead 0 b Vogler ......... 14 b Vogler ... b Vogler ... notout b Trott b Trott c T a rra n t, Vogler ... b Tarrant ... Extras... ... 2 ... 5 ... 37 ... 21 ... 10 b ... 13 ... 10 ... 16 Total .................121 M.O.O. and G rou n d . First innings. O. M. R. W. O. Udal ... 25 9 69 6 ... ... 21 Barnes ... ... 9 2 32 0 ... ... 17 Branston... ... 17 2 86 4 ... ... 10.5 L yle.......... ... 3 0 13 0 ... Curwen ... ... 9 1 31 0 ... 6 Total ...143 Second innings. M. R. W. 12 54 4 5 40 2 3 27 2 1 23 2 Udal bowled one no-ball. O xford U nivbrsity . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Mead ........... 23 5 35 2 .......... 10 2 19 1 Tarrant.......... 22 7 40 5 .......... 4 1 14 1 Trott .......... 6 2 18 1 .......... 12 3 26 3 Vogler .......... 4.3 1 16 2 .......... 16 2 68 5 SURREY y. WORCESTERSHIRE. Played at Worcester on May 21, 22 and 23. , ^ Abandoned. In the absence of Lord Dalmeny and N. A. Knox, whose places were taken by Smith and Baker, the Surrey elevenwere captained by Raphael. Worcester­ shire- were able to place a strong side in the field, H. K. Foster, Simpson - Hayward, and Pearson appearing in the places of Burns, Brinton, and Solly. Hayward and Hobbs were seen to great advantage upon opening Surrey’s innings, runs coming fast upon the good wicket. Fifty went up in forty-five minutes, and at the end of an hour the score had reached 84. The hundred was completed after play had been in progress seventy minutes, and it was not until the total had been taken to 176 that a separation was effected, Hayward then being caught at third man for a stylish and faultless innings of 68, made in one hundred minutes. He hit a 5 and seven 4’s. Hayes batted very steadily, making but 5 during the first fifty minutes he was in, but Hobbs continued to score fast, and had made 125 out of 191 in one hundred and ten' minutes ere he was disposed of. He reached 50 out of 89 in . sixty-five minutes, and 101 out of 158 in ninety-five,- hitting a 5 and twenty-one 4’s and obtaining ail his ;runs before lunch. Although he, executed -many daring and brilliant strokes, he made not the slightest mistake. Baker wa3 in a couple of hours for 63, and hit nine 4’s, whilst Haye3, Holland, and Crawford also"made useful scores. The last few men, however, fared badly against Burrows and Arnold, the result being that the whole side were but for 395. Worcestershire had only a few minutes’ batting, and scored 3 runs without loss from the only over sent down. Without any addition to the score, Bird was dismissed off the third ball delivered on Tuesday, but Pearson and Bowley played watchful cricket, and it was not until the innings had been in progress an hour that the 50 was sent up. The feature of the day’s play was Pearson’s batting. The player named reached 50 out of 90 in an hour and a-half, his off-driving being very good : in all, he scored 83 out of 142 in one hundred and sixty minutes. Crawford puzzled all the batsmen, but was kept on too long, bowling at one period for two hours and ten minutes without a rest. It appeared as though Surrey would lead by over a couple of hundred on the first innings, but Burrows and Wilson, by free hitting, put on 45 for the last wicket in twenty minutes. Worcestershire followed on 177 behind, and soon lost Pearson. Bowley and Foster, however, settled down to good cricket and had almost rubbed off the deficit ere the latter was disposed of for a very bright innings of 96, made out of the 148 put on for the second wicket. He batted 95 minutes and hit fifteen 4’s and two 3’s. When stumps were drawn Worcestershire were 9 runs on and had eight wickets in hand, Bowley being not out with a very useful 54 to his name. Yesterday, when an interesting finish was in pros­ pect, not a ball could be bowled owing to heavy rain, the decision to abandon the match being come to at half-past one. Score and analysis :— Hayward, c Wilson, Arnold ................. Hobbs, b Burrows ... Hayes, c Wheldon, b Ouffe........................ Baker, b Wilson Holland, b Burrow's... J. N. Crawford, c Bow­ ley, b Burrows S urrey . J. E. Raphael, c and b Burrows ................. 8 Lees, not out ..........12 Smith, b Arnold ... 4 Strudwick, b Burrows 4 Gamble, b Arnold ... 3 B 5, lb 1, nb 4 ... 10 Total ..395 W OROESTERSHIRE. First innings. Bird, c Strudwick, b Craw­ ford ............................... Pearson, b Crawford.......... Bowley, c Hayward, b Gamble ........................ H. K. Foster, c Holland, b Crawford u iu n u /iu ............................... i,) D i IK d J Cuffe.c Hayward, b Gamble 0 not out Arnold, b Crawford ... 17 Wheldon, b Orawford ... 10 G. H. Simpson-Hayward, c Strudwick, b Orawford... 11 Gaukrodger, b Smith ... 0 Burrow’s, c Strudwick, b Crawford ........................32 Wilson, not out .................14 B 1, lb 5 ................. 6 Second innings. 0 83 c Gamble, b Lees 10 30 not out.................54 15 c Baker, b Smith 96 ------- ... 20 Total ..........218 S urrey . Leg-byes ... 6 Total (2 wkts) 186 Arnold .. Burrows Ouffe O. M. R. W 39.1 11 88 3 32 5 133 5 15 1 41 1 O. S.-Hayw’d 6 Wilson... 12 Bird ... 12 M. R. W. 0 25 0 1 50 1 0 48 0 Arnold bowled four no-balls. W orcestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Lees ...*?.......... 18 7 28 0 ................. 151601 Orawford ... 36.1 9 109 7 ... G am ble.......... 16 2 21 2 ... Hayes .......... 2 1 1 0 ... Smith ..........12 1 50 1 .. 12 ” 4 25 0 7 1 20 0 1 38 0 2 37 1 7 10 HAMPSHIRE v. WARWICKSHIRE. Played at Basingstoke on May 21, 22 and 23. Warwickshire won by 107 runs. It was unfortunate for the local authorities that very cold weather was experienced-during this match, for doubtless many more spectators would have otherwise put in an appearance. On a dead ' wicket Warwickshire gave a very poor display, being' dismissed for 126, of which number Devey, who hit eight 4’s, made 52 out of 107 in one hundred minutes without making amistake. Hampshire, upon going in, also found run-getting a difficult matter, their first three wickets going down for 38. Then, how­ ever, Greig, who might have been stumped when 27, found'a useful partner in Jfcphson, who helped hjm to put on 85 for the fourth widket; in fortjh'I minutes. When play ended Hampshire, with five wickets in hand,-led'by 17 runs, Greig being not out 76. On the following morning Moorhouse and Hargreave took the five outstanding wickets for 23 rans in thirty-five minutes,!the'Hampshire le&l being thus limited to 40. Greig was dismissed at ■ 151 for a capital innings of 79. He hit twelve 4%/ and, in partnership with Bowell, added 55 in fifty' minutes for the sixth wicket. Warwickshire’s second innings was noteworthy for a large score by Kinneir, who played a great game for his side. Devey heloedr him to put up 44 for the first wicket, whilst blfan&g- worth assisted him in adding 58 for the seconcLraadcr George 110 for the fourth in sixty-five mmutegj. The last-named, although lie was twice missed, iife.j well, reaching 50 out of 81 in fifty minutes, au,djV{ji all, scoring 71 out of 110 in five minutes over i^her*! hour. His chief hits were two 6’s and ten 4’s. .Off an over from Ede he made twenty runs by means- of, two 6’s and a couple of 4’s. Another long partner- v ship took place when Baker went in, he and.Kenneir putting on 127 together for the sixth wicket in exactly 100 minutes. Kinneir, who made many good cuts and drives, was at length dismissed after a stay of four hours and a half. He reached 50 in 110 minutes, and 100 in three hours and a quarter. When he had made 134 he might have been caught, whilst just afterwards he escaped being stumped. He hit eighteen 4’s and two 3’s in his very steady and valuable innings. At the close of play War­ wickshire were 332 ahead, with a wicket in hand. Yesterday 20 more were added before the innings closed. Upon going in Hampshire lost Mead at z8, but Sprot assisted Greig to add 67 for the second wicket in 40 minutes, and, later, the latter and Jephson put on 83 together for thefourth in an hour. Langford made a few good hits, but nobody else reached double figures, and Warwickshire eventually won by 107 runs. Capt. Greig for the second timo played a fine innings, and will have good cause to look back to the match with much personal satis­ faction. Score and analysis:-- W arwickshire . First innings. Second innings. Kinneir, lbw, b Langford... 0b Greig ............171 Devey, run out .................52 c Greig, b Lang- Charlesworth, c Badcock, b ford .....................15 L angford........................20 b Badcock.............41 Quaife, c Badcock, b Lang­ ford ............................... 0 George, c Greig, b Ede ... 0 Lilley, lbw, b Langford ... 10 Baker, c Robson, b Badcock 13 Santall, c and b Badcock ... 12 Whittle, b Llewellyn.......... 7 Moorhouse, not out .......... 1 Hargreave, b Llewellyn ... 0 - B 8, w 1, nb 2 ......... 11 4 71 7 Total........................126 b Badcock... b Mead b Johnston st Robson,bGreig 36 notout.................17 lbw, b Greig ... 0 b Greig .......... 0 ' Cand b Greig ... 11 B 11, lb4, wl, nb3 19 Total ..........392 HAMP3niRE. Capt. J. G. Greig, c and b Hargreave... ...• ..........79 b Hargreave ...98 Mead rC. P.), c Hargreave, b Moorhouse......... .......... 6 b Hargreave ... 13 E. M. Sprot, b Moorhouse... 4 b Hargreave ... 42 A. O. Johnston, lbw, b Har­ greave ................. ..........11 b Oharlesworth... 1 Rev.W. V. Jephson, c Lilley, b Santall ................. ... 22 Llewellyn, b Santall.......... Bowell, b Moorhouse.......... Langford, b Hargreavo ... Badcock, c Kinneir, b Har­ greave ............................... C. Robson, not out .......... E. M. O. Ede, c Kinneir, b Hargreave........................ Extras........................ Total... ...166 b Moorhouse ... 47 b Hargreave ... 1 c & b Hargreave 6 c & b Hargreave 14 st Lilley,b Santall 4 b Santall .......... 0 not out................. l Extras ..........18 Total ..........245