Cricket 1906

166 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a t 31, 1906. minutes to compile. Derbyshire were set 357 to win, but at no time appeared likely to make anything like that number. Cadman, who had played so well in the first innings, was out at 3, Ollivierre and Macdonald at 6, and Warren at 11. Wright and Needham then put on 53 for the fifth wicket in 35 minutes, but, just before six o’clock the innings closed for 104, made in 115minutes. Wright carried his bat through the innings for 50 without making a mistake of any kind. A feature of the match was the excellent all-round form shown by Jayes. Leicestershire won with great ease by 252 runs. Score and analysis:— L eicestershire . First innings. Second innings. O.E. de Trafford, c Oadman, b Rickman........................62 b Warren ............65 Capt. E. L. Challoner, c c Wright, bRick- Humphries, b Warren ... 28 m an................ 9 King, c Cadman, b Warren 4b W arren.............15 V. F. S. Crawford, c Hum­ phries, b Warren ..........14 Knight, b Warren ..........24 Whitehead, c Ollivierre, b Warren ........................28 Coe, b Bestwick................. 1 Jayes, c and b Bestwick ... 8 W. W. Odell, b Bestwick ... 11 Gill, not o u t ........................ Whiteside, c Morton,b Best­ wick ............................... Lb 3, nb 1, w 1 .......... lbw, b Bestwick c Warren, b Best­ wick ................. b Rickman.......... b Bestwick.......... b W arren.......... c Cadman,bBest- wick................. not out................. c Humphries, b Bestwick.......... B 9, lb 5 ... Total ..........195 Total ..........292 D erbyshire, First innings. L. G. Wright, b Odell ... 3 Cadman, b Odell.................63 C. A. Ollivierre, lbw, b Gill 3 J. H. Macdonald, b Gill ... 0 Warren, c Jaycs, b Gill ... 0 Needham, b Jayes ..........27 A. E. Lawton, c Whiteside, b Jayes ........................ 2 R. B. Rickman, b Jayes ... 11 Morton, b Odell ................. 5 Humphries, not out .......... 6 Bestwick, b Jayes ........... 0 B 6, lb 5 .................11 Second innings. notout................. b G ill................. c Coe, b Odell ... b G ill................. c Challoner, b Odell .......... b Jayes .......... b Jayes .......... b King .......... b Jayes .......... lbw, b Jayes ... b Odell .......... B 2,lb2,w l,nb 1 Total........................131 L eicestershire . Total..........104 Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Lawton ... ... 4 0 19 0 ... Bestwick... ... 17 3 54 4 ... 25.1 4 78 5 Cadman ... ... 6 1 15 0 ... ... 15 1 63 0 Warren ... ... 19 2 69 5 ... ... 25 2 90 3 Rickman... ... 9 3 33 1 ... ... 10 1 25 2 Morton ... ... 3 0 22 0 Lawton bowled one wide and Bestwick one no-ball. Gill . Odell Coe . Jayes D erbyshire. First innings. O. M. R. W. Second innings. O. M. R. W. 3 27 1 21 1 33 3 ........... 9 10 1 43 3 ........... 8.2 6 0 22 0 .......... . 7.5 1 22 4 ........... 9 1 34 King ......... 9 3 16 King bowled one wide and Jayos one no-ball. LAIS'CASHIRE v. SURIIEY. Played at Manchester on May 24, 25 and 26. Abandoned. Surrey had a very strong side for this match, but Lancashire were somewhat weakened by the absence of Poidevin, whose place was taken by Hartley. Winning the toss, Surrey, who went in first, gave a very poor exhibition on the slow and soft wicket, the form they showed affording a strong contrast to what they had previously, been displaying on a succession of hard wickets. At 9 Hobbs was caught at square-leg, 4 later Hayward was bowled off his legs, whilst at 25 Crawford, Holland and Hayes were all sent back, half the side being then disposed of. At 35 Dalmeny was well caught by Spooner at cover- point, and Lees then joined Raphael. Together, the two last-named added 29 for the seventh wicket in an hour and five minutes, both playing very watch­ ful cricket. Raphael batted 85 minutes for 19, and Lees, entirely forsaking his ordinary game, 90 for eleven. After lasting 160minutes, the innings closed for 72, Kermode and Cuttell obtaining the wickets between them. The Australian took six for 42, and Cuttell, who at one period had only 3 runs scored from him in 75 minutes, three for 17. Lancashire, upon going in, passed the Surrey total in under the hour with nine wickets in hand. On the faster ground Spooner and MacLaren gave the side a capital start by making 67 for the first wicket in 55 minutes. Four men, however, were out for 90, and six for 111. Then Hallows joined Sharp, and, whilst the latter hit, the new-comer played so patiently that, when stumps were drawn at a quarter past six, he had made only 4 runs during the 43 minutes he was in. Sharp hit well, obtaining six 4’s, and scoring 45 not out whilst only 14 other runs were made. The partnership of the two men was of great value to Lancashire, who, at the cessation of play, were 75 runs ahead with four wickets in hand. Owing to rain, no play was possible on Friday or Saturday, the decision to abandon the match being come to at half-past three on the concluding day. Score and analysis:— S urrey . Hayward, b Kermode ........................10 Hobbs, c Hallows, b Cuttell .......... 2 Hayes, run ou t...................................... 6 J. N. Crawford, b Kermode ......... 6 Holland, c Harry, b Kermode .......... 0 Lord Dalmeny, c Spooner, b Cuttell... 6 J E. Raphael, b K erm ode.................19 Lees, b Outtell......................................11 Strudwick, b Kermode........................ 0 N. A. Knox, c Tyldesley, b Kermode 0 Gamble, not out ............................... 5 B 3, lb 3, nb 1 ........................ 7 Total ............................... 72 L ancashire . A. C. MacLaren, b Crawford ..........38 R. H. Spooner, lbw, b Lees.................35 Tyldesley, c Strudwick, b L ees..........15 O. R. Hart.ey, b Crawford ................. 2 Sharp, not o u t ......................................45 Harry, lbw, b L ees............................... 2 A. H. Hornby, c Raphael, b Lees ... 4 Hallows, not out ............................... 4 B 1, lb 1 ...................................... 2 Total (6 wkts) .................147 W. Findlay, Cuttell, and Kermode to bat. S urrey . O. M. R. W. O. M. R.W. Kermode... 25 12 42 6 I Harry ... 4 2 6 0 Outtell ... 29.1 19 17 3 | Kermode delivered one no-ball. O. Crawford 20 Gamble ... 8 Knox ... 3 L ancashire. M. R. W. 4 42 2 I Lees... 2 23 0 Hayes 0 18 0 O. 14 4 M. R.W. 2 53 4 1 7 0 MIDDLESEX v. SUSSEX. Played at Lord’s on May 24, 25 and 26. Middlesex won by four wickets. In their opening match of the season Middlesex had to take the field without Bosanquet: his place was filled by J. H. Hunt, who proved of very great value indeed to the side. In not very genial weather, Sussex started with Fry and Vine, who put up 60 together for the first wicket in an hour. Fry, who was missed in the slips when he had made only 2, made some good drives and placed the ball well on the leg-side. He scored 67 out of 100 in 80 minutes, and hit twelve 4’s. No very serious resistance was made to the bowling before Smith and Cox came together and added 63 in partnership for the sixth wicket in 50 minutes. Smith made many powerful drives, whilst Cox obtained the majority of his runs by cuts. The tail-end batsmen did not give much trouble, and the innings after lasting 215 minutes, closed for 264. The weather was cold, and the light poor, when Middlesex went in. Tarrant was out at 30, made in 35 minutes, but Beldam, although he made but 6, helped Warner to add 40 without further loss in three-quarters of an hour before stumps were drawn at 6.15, owing to bad light. On Friday Beldam again played a stubborn game, and it was not until the second wicket had added 102 that he was disposed of, at 132, for a most tedious innings of 30, made in 110 minutes. Warner played a very good game, his success after his failures on the matting wickets in South Africa being very pleasing. He obtained his runs all round the wicket, his cutting being especially good, and made no mistake. He reached 100 in 155 minutes, and, in all, scored 137 out of 242 in 245 minutes, hitting fourteen 4’s and eight 3’s. When the innings closed, Middle­ sex led by 9 runs only, this result being in a great measure due to the fine bowling of the elder Relf, who took seven wickets in an innings of 273 for 76 runs. When Sussex went in the second time, the score had been taken to 54 when Fry, in starting quickly for a run off Heame, damaged the tendon Achilles of his left leg, fell, and was run out. He was assisted into the pavilion by the Middlesex men, and will probably be kept out of first-class cricket for some time to come. Although Vine, who made some capital strokes on the leg-side during the two hours he was in, and Smith, who again hit well, made useful scores, Sussex, when play ceased, had lost eight wickets for 115. The Middlesex bowling was very true, and Tarrant dismissed Vine and Cox with successive balls. On Saturday, owing to rain, no play was possible until twenty minutes past three, when Sussex, 106 runs ahead with two wickets in hand, resumed batting. Leach was out with four more added, and, with Seymour bowled without scoring, the inning3 closed for 120, Middlesex being left 112 to win. Tarrant’s four wickets cost him only 13 runs. Upon going in, the home side found run-getting a difficult matter, the wicket being in favour of the bowlers. Tarrant was out at 13, Warner at 19, and Beldam, who, repeatedly beaten, survived to score a single in 25 minutes, at 23. After four wickets had fallen for 30, Hunt and Field added 36 for the fifth in 25 minutes, Hunt then being stumped for a very plucky, but somewhat fortunate, innings of 25. Field and MacGregor after­ wards added 21 for the sixth partnership in lialf-an- hour, and then Trott assisted his captain in obtain­ ing the few necessary runs remaining. Middlesex won by four wickets. Score and analysis First innings. C. B. Fry, lbw, b Hunt Vine, b Trott................. S ussex . . 67 22 Killick, b Hunt .................13 Relf (A. E.), b Hunt ..........24 Relf (Ft. R.), run o u t ......... 13 C. L. A. Smith, b Hearne... 44 Cox (G.), b Hearne ..........30 H. L. Simms, b Hunt... Leach, c Field, b Hunt Seymour (John), c Warner, b Hearne ......................... 8 Butt, not out......................... 0 B 2, lb 4, w 2 .......... 8 Total ..................264 M iddlesex. First innings. P. F. Warner, b Relf (A. E.)137 . Second innings. run out ......... c Warner, b Tar­ rant ................. b Hunt................ lbw, b Hunt lbw, b Hearne b Trott c MacGregor, Tarrant ... b Tarrant ... c MacGregor, Heame ... 36 33 . 1 .. 11 .. 0 .. 28 b ,.. 0 .. 4 b .. 4 b Tarrant ... not out.......... Lb 2, nb 1 Total......... 120 Tarrant, b Relf (A. E.) ... 13 G. W. Beldam, c Butt, b Killick ................. ... 30 J. H. Stogdon, run out ... 2 E. Field, b Relf (A. E.) ...11 J.H.Hunt,cButt,bRelf(A.E.) 11 O. C. Page, b Relf (A. E .)... 0 G.MacGregor,cFry,bKillick 32 not out C. Palmer, b Relf (A. E.) ... 7 Trott (A. E.), c Fry, b Relf (A .E .)............................... 3 Hearne (J. T.), not out ... 5 B 17, lb 3, nb 2 ..........22 Second innings, c Butt, b Relf (A. E.) ..........10 b Killick ......... 8 c Relf (A. E.) b Killick .......... 1 cButt,bRelf(A.E.) 10 c sub., b Killick 19 st Butt, b Relf (A. E.) ..........25 ... 18 not out ..........13 Lb 4, nb 4 ... 8 Total.................273 Total (6 wkts) 112 S ussex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hunt ... .,.. 23.3 4 93 5 ... ... 15 5 44 2 Beldam ... ,.. 10 1 35 0 ... ... 6 2 17 0 Hearne ... ... 16 2 53 3 ... ... 14 6 38 2 Tarrant ... ,... 19 7 49 0 ... ... 9.3 2 13 4 Trott ... ,... 8 2 26 1 ... ... 3 2 5 1 Hunt and Beldam each bowled a wide and Hearne one no-ball. M iddlesex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. C o x ................. 24 5 65 0 ... ... 3 1 4 0 Relf (A. E.) ,.. 37 12 ^ 7 ... ... 23.1 6 70 3 Killick ... .,.. 31 7 61 2 ... ... 20 9 30 3 Leach ... ,. . . 4 2 9 0 ... Seymour . . . 3 1 9 0 ... Vine......... ... 7 1 19 0 ... Relf (R.) ... ... 3 0 12 0 ... Killick delivered four no-balls, and Cox and Relf (A. E.) one each. WARWICKSHIRE v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Edgbaston on May 24, 25 and 26. Abandoned. Although no play was possible on the opening day until one o’clock, owing to rain, good progress was made with the game, fourteen wickets going down for 168 runs before stumps were drawn. Warwick­ shire, in winning the toss, gained an advantage, for the wicket became more difficult as the day went on. Devey, who helped Kinneir make 37 for the first wicket, scored his 48 in 100 minutes out of 87 obtained whilst he was in. Lilley forced the game well, but the majority of the Warwickshire players found Haigh’s bowling far too good for them, the innings closing for 133, made in 150 minutes. Haigh took five wickets for 21. The yorkshiremen also found run-getting no easy matter, for Hawke was out at 1, Rothery at 7, and Wilkinson at 12. Denton, when he had made eight, was almost caught and