Cricket 1906

244 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 5, 1906. a very characteristic innings, for, although he scored only 2 runs, he saw seven wickets fall. In the previous year he had made a capital score of 53 not out, and had the pleasure of being at the wickets during the whole time Mr. Reginald Hankey was play­ ing his historic innings of 70 against the bowling of "Wisden, Willsher, Jackson, Caffyn and Stephenson, which he hit to all parts of the ground. As Mr. Hankey went in for his innings, he said to the Players—“ I don’t think I shall trouble you long, as I am not feeling very well to-day.” When his magnificent display was over Parr observed—“ If that be his form when he’s ill, I hope I ’ll never have to field against him when he’s well! ” Between 1853 and 1865 the two sides met on 20 occasions, the Players winning 19 of the matches, and the remaining one being drawn. The Players were exceptionally strong during this period, but the Gentlemen were unable to utilise the services of several of their best men owing to their professions. In 1857 the first match at the Oval between the two sides was played, and four of the famous Walker brotherhood appeared for the Gentlemen, who were, however, beaten by 10 wickets. In 1865 “ W.G.” assisted the latter for the first time, and hia appearance may be said to mark the beginning of the modem history of the match. He was played more on account of his bowling than for his batting, and, as he took seven wickets and scored 23 and 12 not out, his debut may be said to have been successful. The end of the Players’ successes synchronised with the advent of “ W.G.,” and in future the superiority of the Gentlemen became almost as monotonous as that of the Players had been. His scoring in these matches may be summarised as follows :— Date of first High- appear- Not est Ground, ance. Mchs. Ins. out. score. Total. Aver. Lord’s ... 1865 ... 35 .... 62 ... 3 ... 169 .. . 2398 ... 4064 Oval ... 1865 ... 34 .. . 64 ... 5 .. 215 ... 2504 ... 4244 Prince’s 1873 ... 5 .. . 8 ... 0 ... 110 ... 281 .. . 35*12 Hastings 1889 ... 7 .... 12 ... 2 ., . 131 ... 356 .. . 35*60 Brighton J871 Scarboro’ 1885 ... 2 .. 2 ... 0 . .. 217 ... 217 .. . 108-50 ... 1 .. . 1 ... 0 ... 174 ... 174.. . 174-00 Totals ... 1865 ...84...,149. ..10. .. 217 ... 5930 .. . 42 66 In addition to his wonderful scoring he bowled in 73 matches, taking 270 wickets at acost of 18.77 runs each. In consecutive innings for the Gentlemen between 1871 and 1873 he scored 217, 77, 112, 117, 163, 158, and 70. No wonder the Players dreaded him ! During recent years, as was only to be expected, considering the hard, smooth pitches which have been played upon, the majority of the matches have been charac­ terised by heavy scoring, and many drawn games have resulted in consequence. To go into details would be wearisome for both the writer and his readers, but a few of the more noteworthy batting successes may be briefly alluded to. Abel’s triumphs, at the Oval especially, where he has made 168 not out, 105, 153 not out, and 247, were remarkable for aman of his years and physique, despite the run-getting propensities at modem wickets. Mr. R. E. Foster’s extraordinary success at Lord’sin 1900, when he made over 100 in each innings upon the occasionof his debut , curiously enough had an exact parallel four years later, when King scored 104 and 109 not out for the Players. In the 1900 match the Players were set 501 to win, and made them for the loss of eight wickets, whilst four years later the Gentlemen won by a similar margin, obtaining 412 in the last innings. In 1903 the latter were able to declare their second innings closed when 500 had been made for two wickets only, Fry (232) and MacLaren (168) putting on 309 together without being separated in just under three hours. In the last six matches played at Lord’s as m any as fifteen individual hundreds have been obtained— a fact which provides food for thought. During the past one hundred years as m any aa 162 matches have been played between the Gentlemen and the Players, as is shown in the short table appended givin g the R esults of A ll M atches . Won by Gentle^ Won by Where played. Played men. Players. Drn. Tnrf1,fl j XI. a-side ...73 ... 28 ... 37 ... 8 ^om s j Against odds. 17 ... 7 ... 9 ... 1 O v a l............................... 49 ... 14 ... 24 ... 11* Hastings........................ 7 ... 1 ... 2 ... 4 Prince’s ........................ 5 ... 4 ... 1 ... 0 Scarborough................. 7 ... 2 ... 2 ... 3 Brighton i XI. a-side... 2 ... 0 ... 1 ... 1 ungnton j Against odds x 0 ... 0 ... 1 Canterbury(ag’nstodds) 1 ... 0 ... 0 ... 1 Totals \ XI. a-side ...143 \ Against odds. 19 49 ... 67 ... 27* 7 ...9 ... 3 Grand Total .................162 ... 56 ... 76 ... 30* * Includes the tie-match at the Oval in 1883. It is pleasant at times to journey into fairy­ land, and students of the game will find it a genial task to select teams of Gentlemen and Players from all the men who have taken part in the great match during the past cen­ tury. The following teams would provide a capital game, and it would be difficult to say in whose favour the match would probably end:— Gentlemen. —W. G. Grace, V. E. Walker, A. Mynn, Hon. F. S. Jackson, K. S. Ranjit- sinhji, C. T. Studd, A. G. Steel, C. B. Fry, A. C. MacLaren, C. L. Townsend, and the Hon. Alfred Lyttelton. Players. —Abel, Hirst, Hayward (of Surrey), Lohmann, Shrewsbury, Freeman, Barnes, Ulyett, Alfred Shaw, William Lillywhite, and Lilley. Dwyer’s success against Middlesex, at Brighton, last week, is deserving of <‘ bold advertisement,” if only for the fact that..but once before—eighty years ago—had a player obtained as many as sixteen wickets in a match for Sussex. The feat has always been an extremely rare one; in fact, there are only thirteen instances of it having been performed in first-class inter-county matches. Brief particulars of these are appended :— 16 for * Lillywhite [(W.), Sussex v. Hants and Surrey, in Bramshill Park... 1826 16 „ * Clarke (W.), Notts v. Kent, at Nottingham ............................... 1845 16 „ 38, Emmett (T.), Yorks v. Cambs., at Hunslet ...................................... 1869 17 „ 103, Mycroft (W.), Derby v. Hants., at Southampton............................... 1876 17 „ 89, W. G. Grace, Glouces. v. Notts, at Cheltenham ............................... 1877 16 „ 114, Burton (G.), Middlesex v. Yorks, at Sheffield ............................... 1888 16 „ 111, Mold (A.), Lancs, v. Kent, at Manchester ............................... 1895 17 „ 119, Mead (W.), Essex v. Hants, at Southampton............................... 1895 16 „ 122, O. L. Townsend, Glouces. v. Notts, at Nottingham ........................ Hearne (J. T.), Middlesex v. Lancs, at Manchester............................... 1895 16 „ 114, 1898 17 „ 137, W. Brearley, Lancs v. Somerset, at Manchester............................... 1905 16 „ 69, Wass (T.), Notts v. Lancs, at Liver­ pool ............................................. 1906 16 „ 100, Dwyer (E. B.), Sussex v. Middlesex, at Brighton ............................... * No analysis kept. 1906 In other first-class fixtures (apart, that is, from inter-county matches) sixteen wickets or more have been obtained in a match by a bowler on seventeen occasions—four times by George Giffen, who, during the Australian tour of 1886, took 40 in five consecutive innings. All followers of the game will be interested to hear that the old painting which was reproduced in Cricket of May 3rd., and which was referred to at length in this column of the same issue, has been presented to the M.C.C., and thereby is assured of a perma­ nent home at the headquarters of the game. It is a most welcome addition to the Lord’s collection, and has naturally been honoured with a prominent position in the Pavilion— on the left-hand side of the Long Room as one enters it from the Committee-room end. STREATHAM v. NORBURY.—Played at Norbury on June 30. N orbury . V. Hammill, c Dent, b Hooper ......... W. H. Johnson, b Morgan O. W. Goddard, c Goggs, b Morgan ... P. F. Wilson, b Mor­ gan ........................ F. L. Johnson, c and b Hooper................. H. A. Plummer, Scott . H. K. Whiting, lbw, b Holmes.................64 W. E. Hobbs, b Morgan .................14 M. Reichart, not out 27 F. H. Knight, b Holmes ................. 0 J. J. Macaldin, c Tay­ lor, b Scott Byes... 25 S treatham . Total .154 B. W. Dent, c W. L. Johnson, b Knight 61 W. Taylor, b F. L. Johnson ................. 0 C. L. Morgan, run out 4 O. M. Thomas, b John­ son ........................ 2 H. H. Scott, b John­ son ........................ 4 J. F. W. Hooper, c Total (8 wkts) 95 Wilson, b Johnson 0 G. A. Goggs did not bat. R. G. Oandy, b Knight ................. T. Easterbrook, b Knight ................. F. G. V. Holmes, not out ........................ F. Simmons, not out B 6, lb 2 .......... LUDGROVE MASTERS v. BUTTERFLIES.— Played at Ludgrove on June 30. J. P. Heywood-Lons- 3y R.G.Franks, b Henley 16 i i dale, b Henle: l P. R. Selby, b Stari- B utterflies . F.H. Mitchell, c Smith, b Henley................. 71 R. W. Awdry, c Weatherhead, b Henley ................. 4 G. H. Drummond, b Olayton .................27 O. Grant-Peterkin, c and b Olayton.......... 0 J. H. Browning, b Total Olayton ................. 7 H.W.deZoete.bOlayton 0 L udgrove M asters . 1 brough .................48 F. D. H. Joy, b Henley 15 R. O. Hunter, not out 9 Byes .................17 ...215 W.P.Blore, b De Zoete 31 E. H. Bray, c Hunter, b Joy........................ 5 F. G. H. Olayton, Selby, b De Zoete... 12 F. Marchant, c Awdry, b Mitchell .......... 1 A. R. Severn, b Browning.................31 W. F. H. Stanbrough, T. C. Weatherhead and W. j. G. O. Smith, b Joy ...122 F. A . H. Hen’ey, not out ........................34 H.P.Hansell.c Franks, b Mitchell .......... 5 B 19,1b 6, nb 1... 26 Total ...267 Oakley did not bat. LUDGROVE v. SUNNINGDALE.—Played at Lud­ grove on June 27. SUNNINGDALB. First Innings. A. F. Grant, b Oprnegie ... W. E. Berridge, b Oamegie K. E. Gordon, b Eastwood E. H. Wenham, b«Eastwood C. J. Lambtrt, b Carnegie G.B.Parrington, b Carnegie K. R. Trailler, b Carnegie C.R. Ohandos-Pole, c and b Eastwood............... . G. Booker, b Carnegie P.Lawson-Johnson, b East­ wood ...................... M. V. Bagnall, not out Total Second Innings, c Nesbitt,b Dunn c Hoare,b Nesbitt b Dunn .......... b Nesbitt .......... c and b Nesbitt b Nesbitt .......... run out .......... b Dunn .......... b Dunn .......... cGwynne.bDunn not out................. B l,w 2 ... J. Forster, c Wenham, b Gordon.................29 G.S.Bailey, c Berridge, bParrington..........65 E.R.D.Hoare.cOhandos- Pole, b Gordon ... 4 F.M.Eastwood,bGrant 21 O.W Oornwallis,cPar- rington, b Grant 29 L udgrove . Total 18 H. W. Henderson, not ou t........................... 30 W. H. Beaumont-Nes- bitt, b Booker ... 0 G.G.B.Nugent,bBookerl6 J.H. M. Dunn, not out 19 B7, w 8, nb 1 ... 16 Total (7 wkts) 202 O. N. Carnegie and R. T. S. Gwynne did not bat.