Cricket 1906

M a y 31, 1906. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 165 ESSEX v. KENT. Played at Leyton on May 24, 25 and 26. Drawn. In this match, which commenced on Thursday last, Kent were unable to place their full strength in the field, neither Blaker, Mason, Bumup, Dillon nor S. H. Day appearing. The opportunity was taken of giving another trial to J. C. Hubble, a promising young player attached to the ground staff at Ton­ bridge, who had previously assisted Kent on four occasions—three times in 1904 and once last season. In the match with Yorkshire, at Harrogate, the year before last, he scored 33 not out and 43, in his second innings being one of the victims of a hat-trick per­ formance accomplished by Haigh, whilst bowling leg-breaks. After a long absence, Young reappeared in the Essex team, Tremlin standing down. When the home side commenced batting, the wicket was slow after recent rain. McGahey and Carpenter made a capital start, scoring 79 for the first wicket in 65 minutes ere the latter was caught at cover- point for a very sound innings of 40. In the same over, and without any addition to the total, Perrin was disposed of by the third ball he received. Fane made 17, but, with four wickets down for 123, a great deal of the advantage gained by the opening part­ nership was discounted. Douglas, however, assisted McGahey to add 60 for the fifth wicket in 45 min­ utes, the latter being then dismissed for 89 made in 170minutes out of 183 obtained whilst in. It was a very valuable innings, but not one of his best. His chief strokes were a 5 and eight 4’s. Reeves was rather uncomfortable for some time, but, as soon as he had settled down, made many excellent and powerful strokes forward and to leg. With Douglas he added 56 for the sixth wicket in 35 minutes, and with Buckenham 48 for the seventh in 28 minutes. Altogether, he scored 75 out of 104 in 65 minutes, and hit a 5 and nine 4’s. He reached 50 in 40 min­ utes. Both Douglas and Buckenham played well, the former giving a very cautious display. Russell battedforty minutes for 4, and the innings eventually closed for 321—a total which might well have been smaller had the Kent fielding not been of a some­ what poor quality. In half an hour Kent scored 14 for the loss of Humphrey’s wicket, stumps then being drawn—at twenty minutes past six—owing to bad light. On Friday some curious cricket was seen, Kent scoring 446 runs during the day for the loss of eighteen wickets, the first nine of which realised 90 runs and the remainder 356 : fifteen men were dismissed for 228 runs, but the last three added 218 more. The first innings of Kent was noticeable only for a partnership of 27 by Hubble and Huish for the seventh wicket, the innings being concluded 85 minutes after the resumption for the poor total of 104. Buckenham and Young appeared to be the most difficult of the Essex bowlers, but Douglas obtained a couple of tail-end wickets cheaply. The visitors, 217 behind, were made to follow on, and again they started badly, losing Hearne with only 9 scored,and Humphreys at 41. Seymour, however, played an excellent game for 62, making his runs out of 106 obtained whilst at the wicket in 85 minutes. He made some beautiful late cuts, as well as many fine strokes on the leg- side. He hit a 6 (four overthrow) and seven 4’s. Five wickets were down at 124, and six for 138, the visitors being then still 79 in arrears. An innings defeat for Kent appeared by no means improbable at this juncture, but the Essex fielding suddenly deteriorated in a most marked manner, with the result that the remaining Kent wickets caused the score to increase by leaps and bounds. Huish and Marsham, both of whom played faultless cricket, added 86 for the seventh wicket in 65 minutes, the former claiming 55 of the runs. Fairservice, thanks to the faulty—one might almost say weird—fielding «f Essex, helped Marsham to put on 77 for the eighth wicket in 35 minutes ere the amateur was clean bowled for 73, made in 115 minutes -a most useful innings which contained eight 4’s and five 3’s. Blythe, to whom the fieldsmen also behaved generously, hit up 23 and, in partnership with Fair­ service, added 52 for the ninth wicket in 35 minutes, ere Reeves bowled him. When play ceased for the day Kent led by 139 runs, and had one wicket to fall. As tending to show how faulty the Essex fielding was during the two hours and a half, it may be stated that on no less than three occasions were both batsmen at the same wicket, and that each time Kent, instead of experiencing the loss of a wicket, had their score augmented by an overthrow. On the last day no play was possible, on account of rain, before a quarter to four. With ten runs added the innings closed, Faii-service being left to carry out his bat for a freely-got 61, made in 95 minutes. Set 150 to win, Essex fared badly, losing four wickets for 62 and, with fifty minutes still left, six for 83. At this point the result was still a very open question, and a victory for Kent by no means unlikely. But Turner and Buckenham successfully resisted the attack until the end, adding 52 and almost pulling off the match for Essex. When stumps were drawn the home side required 15 to win and had four wickets in hand. Too much praise could not be given to Turner and Buckenham for their splendid play at a most critical time. The latter, as will be seen, scored 63 runs in the match without being dis­ missed. Score and analysis:— E ssex . First innings. C. H. McGahey, c Fair­ service, b Humphreys .. 89 Carpenter, c Fairservice, b Humphreys .................40 P. A. Perrin, c Seymour, b Humphreys ............... 0 F. L. Fane, b Fairservice... 17 W.M.Turner.cand b Blythe 2 J.W.H.T.Douglas, b Hearne 11 Reeves, b Hardinge ............ 75 Buckenham, not ou t......... 41 Russell (E.), c Blythe, b Fielder ........................ 4 Mead (W.), b Fielder......... 0 Young, b Hardinge ......... 0 B 10, lb 1, w 1 ......... 12 Total .................321 K ent . First innings. Hearne (A.), b Bucken­ ham ... ... .................15 Humphreys, c Carpenter, b Buckenham ................. 1 C. H. B. Marsham, b Young 12 Seymour (James), c Fane, b Buckenham ................. 8 A. P. Day, b Young .......... 0 Hubble, run o u t .................30 Hardinge, c Turner, b Buckenham ................. 8 Huish, b Douglas................ 11 Fairservice, not out ......... 4 Blythe, c Mead, b Douglas 4 Fielder, c Turner, b Mead 5 B 5, lb 1 ................. 6 Second innings, c Humphreys, b Blythe ..........23 cIIubble.bBlythe 9 c Hardinge, b Blythe .......... 8 c Hardinge, b Fielder .......... 6 not out ..........47 b Fielder .......... 0 cHubble.bBlythe 16 not out.................22 B 2, nb 1,w 1 4 Total (6 wkts) 135 Second innings, c McGahey. b Young .......... 4 c Russell, b Buck­ enham ..........18 b Young ..........73 cRussell,bReeves 62 c Young,b Reeves 32 c Russell, b Buck­ enham .......... c Carpenter, b Mead .......... c and b Mead ... not out................. b Reeves .......... c Reeves, b Mead B10, lb 3 ... Total ...104 Total ...366 Fielder ... Blythe ... Fairservice Humphreys Hearne ... Hardinge E ssex . First innings. O. M. R. W. 33 30 13 12 . 8 11-2 6 89 4 77 3 38 1 50 0 31 5 24 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 1 ... 1 ... 3 1 2 18 23 2 56 2 6 51 4 1 24 0 Fielder delivered one no-ball and Hearne and Fair­ service one wide each. First innings K ent . Buckenham Young ... Mead Douglas ... O. 14 15 61 3 M. R. W. 2 43 4 ... 4 30 2 ... 1 13 1 ... 1 12 2 ... Reeves... McGahey Second innings. O. M. R. W. . 24 . 28 . 29 2 . 5 , 16 . 4 3 83 2 4 87 2 6 85 3 0 30 0 2 58 3 1 10 0 GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. NOTTING­ HAMSHIRE. Played at Bristol on May 24, 25 and 26. Abandoned. Batting first on an easy wicket, Notts, opened their innings disasterously, Iremonger being out at 1 and Jones at 24. The two Gunns then added 42 together in just under the hour, before John was bowled by Jessop. The play had been very tedious to watch, but the state of the game warranted careful tactics. George Gunn, who might have been caught when he had made 31, was in two hours and ten minutes for his valuable innings of 43. The best cricket of the day was shown by Hardstaff, one of the most promising young batsmen in the countiy. He scored well all round the wicket, and hit seven 4’s and six 3’s in his faultless 63, made out of 116 in 85 minutes. He reached 50 in 70 minutes, and in partnership with Payton added 39 for the fifth wicket in 20 minutes. When 183 had been made for five wickets, play was suspended (at twenty minutes past three) on account of the bad light. Ten minutes later rain began to fall, and it con­ tinued with such persistency that, at half-past four, it was decided to abandon play for the day. On Friday the wicket was found to favour the bowlers to such an extent that Nottinghamshire’s five out­ standing wickets went down in 45 minutes for 27, the innings terminating for 210, made in 215 minutes. When Gloucestershire went in, Wass and John Gunn were almost unplayable. Wrathall was out at 2, Barnett at 11, Hale at 13 and Jessop at 21. Board and Thomas then added 12 together for the fifth wicket ere the latter was stumped. Godsell was out at 50, and Robinson at 51, seven wickets then being down. Board made some good strokes in his 31, for which he batted an hour. So difficult were runs to obtain that, during the last twenty minutes Board was at the wicket, not one had been made from off the bat. By lunch time, John Gunn and Wass had got down eight wickets for 58 in 80 minutes, Gloucestershire still requiring three runs to save the follow-on. During the morning, so greatly did the conditions favour the bowlers, that thirteen wickets went down for 85 runs. During the interval rain commenced to fall, and, as it continued to do so, play was relinquished for the day at half-past four. On Saturday the weather conditions were still unfavourable, and at a quarter past one the match was officially declared abandoned. During the three days only four hoursand a-half were found available for cricket.Score and analysis:— N otts . A. O. Jones, b Huggins...........................23 Iremojger, b Huggins......................... 0 Gunn (G.), b H uggins...........................43 Gunn (J), b Jessop ...........................24 Hardstaff, c Robinson, b Huggins... 63 Payton, c Board, b Jessop ....................31 Day, c Board, b Dennett .................. 1 Alletson, st Board, b Dennett .......... 0 Hallam, not out ................................ 7 Oates, c Spry, b Dennett ................. 0 W'ass, c Barnett, b Jessop ................. 6 B 10, w 2 .........................................12 Total ................................210 G loucestershire . E. Barnett, c Jones, b Wass ... . Wrathall, c Jones, b J. Gunn ... . Board, b Wass................................... Hale, b Wass .................................... G. L. Jessop, b Wass ..................... F. E. Thomas, st Oates, b J. Gunn . R. T. Godsell, c Payton, b J. Gunn . D. Robinson, c G., b J. Gunn ... . Spry, not out .................................... Huggins, not out ............................ No-balls.................................... 3 0 31 0 8 4 3 0 4 58 Total (8 wkts) Dennett did not bat. N otts . O. M. R. W.l O. M. R. W. Dennett... 41 12 118 3 G.L.Jessop 114 29 3 Huggins... 31 16 51 4 J Huggins and Jessop each bowled one wide. G lou cestersh ire. O. M. R. W. I Wass ... 14 4 38 4 | J. Guna bowled three no-balls. O. M. R. W. J. Gunn... 14 5 17 4 LEICESTERSHIRE v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Leicester on May 24 and 25. Leicestershire won by 252 runs. C. J. B. Wood, as was expected, was unable to assist the home side in this match, and, in his absence, a trial was given to Capt. Challoner, who was formeily in the Sandhurst XI., and who has scored well abroad in military matches. The latter^ d6hut in inter-county cricket was a very promising one, for he timed the ball well, and, in the first inn­ ings, assisted De Trafford to put up 87 for the first wicket in an hour. The latter, who hit ten 4’s, made 62 of that number without a mistake, reaching 50 in 55 minutes. Challoner batted 80 minutes for 28, his innings, although slow,being a very serviceable one. King and Whitehead made a useful stand, but after lunch (when the score was 149 for four) Bestwick proved so deadly that the venture closed for 195, made in 160 minutes. Derbyshire fared badly upon going in, their first four wickets going down in half- an-hour for 32. Cadman and Needham, however, added 44 for the fifth partnership in 30 minutes, the first named, who opened the innings, and was ninth out, hitting nine 4’s in his valuable 63, made in 110 minutes. He was missed when 51, but made no other mistake. The later batsmen did badly against Jayes, with the result that Derbyshire were 6i behind on the first innings. In the 40 minutes available ere play ceased, Leicestershire added to their advantage by scoring 57 for the loss of but one wicket, De Trafford being 42 not out. When the game was resumed on Friday, the home side were 121 ahead, and had nine wickets in hand. De Trafford stayed in another half-hour, and hit a 5 and six 4’s in his faultless 65. Half the side were out for 91, but then a succession of useful stands placed Leicestershire in a strong position. First, Coe and Whitehead added 39 for the sixth wicket in lialf-an- hour, then the former and Jayes put on 68 together for the seventh in 50 minutes, whilst, later, the last- named and Gill, who hit well, added 67 for the ninth in three-quarters of an hour. Coe made 55 in 80 minutes, but the best batting was shown by Jayes who hit nine 4’s in his faultless 67, which took 115