Cricket 1906

M a y 31, 1906. ORICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 173 M.C.C. AND GROUND v. LEICESTER­ SHIRE. Played at Lord’s on May 28 and 29. Liecestershire won by 16 runs. So much was the wicket against run-getting on the opening day that as many as 30 wickets fell in two hundred and ninety minutes for 299 runs. The county had precisely the same side that beat Derby­ shire so decisively the previous week, Wood being still unable to appear. De Trafford and Ohallenor made 31 together in twenty minutes for the first wicket, whilst the former and King added 20 for the second. Thanks chiefly to Orawford, who made 20 out of 30 in twenty minutes, the third wicket added 23, but, so effectually did Mead and Vogler then bowl, that the innings closed for 87 made in eighty minutes. Mead, who took six wickets for 26, obtained his last five for 7 runs only, and his last four for a single. It was generally thought that the M.O.O. would prove equal to establishing a lead on the first innings, but, so far from such proving the case, they were left as many as 30 in arrears, Greig batted 55 minutes for 16, and, had it not been for his stand with Vog’er, which realised 31 for the fourth wicket in a quarter of an hour, the collapse would have been complete. The innings lasted only seventy minutes, Odell, who took his last six wickets for half-a-dozen runs, accounting altogether for eight for 20. A feature of the innings was the very fine catch by King at long-on, which dismissed Trott. In Leicestershire's second innings De Trafford fell to the first ball sent down, but Ohallenor made 21 in 50 minutes, whilst Whitehead and Gill added 30 together for the ninth wicket. Whitehead played a very useful innings, scoring 32 not out in an hour and a quarter, but he was missed by Mead when he had made 23. The innings closed for 104, made in 100 minutes, and Mead and Vogler, who bowled unchanged throughout, each obtained ten wickets in the match. Set 135 to win, the M.O.O. scored 5 1 ------Hearne and Greig i n -------without loss in forty minutes before stumps were drawn, and then had decidedly the best of the game. On Tuesday, when the wicket appeared better than at any previous time, Leicestershire played so well that they eventually pulled off the match by 16 runs. The M.O.O. had 90 up for the loss of a couple of wickets, but, during the day, all their ten fell for 67, in 90 minutes, their last seven adding but 25 to the score. It was a most praiseworthy performance on their part, Gill, who took six wickets for 22, especially doing well: on the Tuesday he took all his six wickets for 16 runs. It will be seen that, in a very low scoring game, the M.O.O. allowedtheir opponents twenty-two byes. Score and analysis :— L e ice s te rs h ire . First innings. Second innings. O.E.deTrafford, c Reeves, b Vogler...............................21 b Mead ............ 0 CapCE.L.Clialloner, bMead 16 b„Vogler ..........21 King(J.H.),c Reeves,b Mead 9 b Mead ......... 5 V. F. S. Crawford, b Mead 20 c Stuart, b Mead 2 Knight, lbw, b Vogler ... 0 b Vogler ......... 4 Whitehead, b Vogler......... 5 not out.................32 Coe, b Mead ... ................. 0 b Vogler ......... 1 Jayes, b Mead ................. 0 b Vogler ......... 2 W. W. Odell, b Mead......... 1b Vogler ......... 4 Gill (G.), b Vogler ........ 1b Vogler ......... 19 Whiteside, not out .......... 0 b Mead ......... 0 B 13,lb 1 .................14 B 9, lb 5 ...14 Total ... ... 87 M.O.O. First innings. A. Hearne,lbw, b Odell ... 3 Capt. J. G. Greig, b Odell 16 Tarrant, b Odell................. 0 R. H. Fox, b Jayes .......... 0 Vogler, b Odell .................20 P. W. G. Stuart,b Odell ... 1 Trott, c King, b Odell ... 8 Reeves, b Jayes ................. 2 Capt. O. Disney Roebuck, b Odell ............................... 0 II. D. Stratton, not out ... 0 Mead, b Odell ................. 2 Byes ........................ 5 Total .................57 Total ...104 Second innings. b Jayes.................14 b Jayes.................40 c Crawford, bGill 21 b G ill................. 0 b G ill................. o cWhiteside,bGill 2 bG ill ................. 0 c Whitehead, b Odell .......... 1 not out.......... bG ill .......... c Whiteside, Jayes B 2, lb 5 Total ..........118 L bicbstbrshirb . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Mead .......... 13 8 26 6 ............. 17 1 3 47 4 Vogler .......... 12*3 2 47 4 ............. 17 3 43 6 M.O.O. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Odell ..........102 2 20 8 ............. 17 4 35 1 .......... 10 0 32 2 ........... 131 2 40 3 K in g .......... 5 2 4 0 Gill ......... 9 3 22 6 Ooe .......... 3 0 10 0 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY v. NORTH­ AMPTONSHIRE. Played at Cambridge on May 28 and 29. Cambridge University won by an innings and 78 runs. By their play in this match the University again gave evidence of possessing a very good all-round side. On the opening day they outplayed their opponents at all points, disposing of them for 57 and then scoring 312 in response for the loss of seven wickets. May and Morcom, who was making his first appearance of the year in a great match, bowled unchanged through the County’s innings, which lasted but 100 minutes. Bailey and Young hit up 37 together for the University’s first wicket, but the feature of the innings was Buchanan’s display. The old Carthusian, who, by-the-way, was born in South Africa, batted two hours and a-half for his 118, during which time he made no mistake and hit fifteen 4’s. He reached three figures in 115 minutes, and in partnership with Colbeck, who was let off when 1 and again when 48, added 84 for the fifth wicket in three quarters of an hour. North­ amptonshire, 348 behind, were not seen to advantage upon going in a second time, although May was unable to bowl owing to an injury to his ankle When seven wickets had gone down for 194, Buswell and Thompson added 69 together for the eight, but at no time did the innings defeat look like being evaded. Thompson, who went in first, carried his bat right through the innings for 103, made in 200 minutes, and hit fourteen 4’s. When he had made 46, he might have been caught at the wicket, but, apart from that, made no mistake. Smith was unable to bat, owing to a damaged hand, so only nine wickets fell in the second innings of the County. It will be seen that Morcom again bowled successfully, and that for the entire match his record was twelve wickets for 98. Score and analysis:— N orthamptonshire . First innings. Thompson, c Buchanan, b Morcom ........................ 9 W. H. Kingston, b Ma}r ... 2 Cox (M.), b Morcom .......... 5 M.Orosse,cBailey,b Morcom 2 G. A. T. Vials, b Morcom... 1 East, c Goodwin, b Morcom 0 Stocks, c Buchanan, b May 13 H. E. Kingston, c Eyre, b Morcom ........................ 0 Buswell, b May ................. 0 T.Horton,cBuchanan,b May 4 B. O. Smith, not o u t .......... 9 B 4, lb 6, nb 2 ..........12 Second innings. not out..................103 b Morcom ..........21 b Morcom..........16 c Goodwin,bMor- c o m .................20 ht wkt.bGoodwin 28 c Buchanan, b Morcom ..........19 cEyre,b Rattigan 3 lbw?b Morcom... 8 cBailey.bMorcom 26 b Goodwin.......... 3 absent hurt ... 0 B 14, lb 5, w 4 23 Total .................57 Total ...270 C ambridge U niversity . R. A. Young, c Horton, b E ast..........24 R. E. H. Bailey, c W., b H. Kingston. 41 O. H. Eyre, b Thompson ................. 6 O. C. Page, c H. Kingston, b East ... 37 J. N. Buchanan, b East ................ 118 L. G. Colbeck, c Cox, b Thompson ... 50 F. H. Mugliston,c Smith, b Thompson 8 H. J. Goodwin, c H. Kingston, b East 11 O. S. Rattigan, b Cox ........................34 A. F. Morcom, c Vials,b Thompson... 21 P. R. May, not o u t ...............................34 B 12, lb 3, nb 6 ........................21 Total........................ N orth a m p ton sh ire. First innings. ...405 May ... Morcom . 13.5 13 Second innings. R. W. 20 4 ... . O. M. R. W. 25 6 ... .!!! 34 9 73 6 Rattigan ... 24 5 75 1 Buchanan... 11 5 27 0 Goodwin ... 17.1 4 45 2 Mugliston... 3 0 13 0 Page ... ... 4 2 14 0 May delivered two no-balls and Morcom and Rattigan each one wide and Page two wides. C am bridge U n iv ersity . O. M. R. W. Thompson 44 11 111 4 East......... 38 8 129 4 H.Kingst’n 11 0 79 1 Thompson bowled two and East four no-balls. O. M. R. W. Stocks ... 70 37 0 Oox ... 4.3 0 28 1 WORCESTERSHIRE v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Stourbridge on May 28, 29 and 30. Yorkshire won by nine wickets. On a soft wicket, only 249 runs were scored on the opening day in this match for the loss of fourteen wickets. The outstanding feature of the Worcester­ shire innings was H. K. Foster’s innings of 67 not out, made in one hundred and forty minutes, out of 128 obtained whilst in. It was entirely without blemish, oontained eleven 4’s, and was marked by some very fine drives. The total amounted to only 141,Hirst obtaining half-a-dozen wickets for 70. The wicket was easier when Yorkshire went in, but llawke was out at 13 and, Denton at 28. Rothery and Wilkinson then played very carefully and, by watch­ ful cricket, added 71 together for the third wicket before the latter was dismissed. Rothery played very well indeed, and after taking an hour to obtain his first 14 runs, had made 52 not out in one hundred and twenty-five minutes, out of 108 obtained whilst in, by the time stumps were drawn, when Yorkshire, with six wickets in hand, were only 33 behind. On Tuesday the wicket was good, despite some heavy showers during the night. The Yorkshire score was advanced slowly, however, Grimshaw especially, who was in one hundred and five minutes for 28, being very painstaking. Rothery, altogether, was in.for one hundred and ninety-five minutes, and scored 89 without making a mistake, his back play being very strong. He hit fifteen 4’s and, with Grimshaw, added 63 for the fifth wicket in seventy-five minutes. The brightest cricket on the side was shown by Rhodes, who made 51 in one hundred minutes and hit five 4’s. He was last out, at 254. Worcestershire, 113 behind, lost Pearson at 26, but Bowley and’Foster by adding 93 together for the second wicket in ninety- five minutes, rubbed off the arrears beforo being separated. Bowley was in for one hundred and thirty-five minutes for his 74, and showed capital defence. He hit seven 4’s. When stumps were drawn, the home side were 8 runs ahead and had seven wickets in hand. When play was resumed yesterday, Worcestershire fared badly against Hirst and Haigh. The former at once bowled Arnold, whilst the latter, after sending back Hutchings, clean bowled Burns, Gaukrodger and Bird in four balls. During the morning Haigh took five wickets for 27. Yorkshire easily obtained the 73 runs required, winning the game for the loss of Hawke’s wicket. Score and analysis W oro estb rsh irb . First innings. Second innings. Bowley, lbw, b Haigh ...24 b Haigh .......... 74 Pearson, c Rhodes, b Hirst 2 b Myers ..........11 H. K. Foster, not out...... 67 c Rhodes, b Hirst 31 Cuffe, c Myers, b Hirst ... 1 b Haigh ..........32 Arnold, b H aigh............... 0 b Hirst.................. 1 W. E. O. Hutchings, c Grim­ shaw, b Hirst ................ 9 b Haigh .......... 10 W. B. Burns, b Hirst...... 24 b Haigh ..........13 Gaukrodger, b Haigh........ 0 b Haigh .......... 0 Bird, b Hirst...................... 4 b Haigh .......... 0 Burrows, b Haigh ........ 1 c Myers, b Hirst 3 Wilson, b Hirst ................. 0 notout.......... ... 2 B 4, lb 4, nb 1 ......... 9 B 3,lb2,w l,nb2 8 Total ..........141 Y orkshire . Total........ .185 First innings. Second innings. Lord Hawke, b Arnold ... 7 b Wilson ............ 23 Rothery, b Bird .................89 not out.............38 Denton,cBowley,bBurrows 6 notout............. 0 W ilkinson (W. H.),c Hutch­ ings, b Bird .................30 Hirst, c Hutchings, b Ouffe 4 Grimshaw,c Pearson,b Bird 28 Rhodes, b Burrows ..........51 Haigh, b A rnold................. 0 Wilson, lbw, b Bird ......... 8 Myers,c Gaukrodger, b Bird 11 Dolphin, not o u t................. 0 B 8, lb 7, nb 5 ..........20B6,lb5,nb 1 ... 12 Total ... ... ...254Total (1 wkt) 73 W orcestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hirst................. 28.5 7 70 6 .......... 25 7 59 3 Myers .......... 4 1 11 0 ........... 12 2 27 1 Haigh ......... 24 8 51 4 ........... 25.4 8 48 6 Wilson ... 9 1 30 0 Grimshaw... 4 1 13 0 Hirst delivered two no-balls and Myers one; \Vilijon bowled one wide. Y orkshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M.R. W. O. M. R, W. Arnold .......... 28 12 49 2 ........... 8’4 0 34 0 Ouffe .......... 21 9 401 ... Burrows........... 22.3 6 51 2 ........... Wilson ........... 17 8 18 0 ........... 9 1 27 1 B ird................. 33 12 76 5 ........... Arnold delivered five no-balls and Ouffe one. The AMERICAN CRICKETER. F ound rd 1877. Published by F. H. Clarke for The Associated Cricket Clubs of Philadelphia. An Illustrated Journal of cricket, Association Football, Tennis, Gilf, and Kindred Pastimes. No. 632, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A. PBIOB .— 10 /- per annum, post paid anywhere. Specimen copies mailed on request.