Cricket 1906

J uly 19, 1906. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 285 KENT v. ESSEX. Played at Tunbridge Wells on July 16, 17 and 18. Kent won by 72 runs. On the home side Mason and Fielder replaced Lord Harris and Woolley.whilst for Essex Gillingham and Freeman appeared vice Reece and Russell. Kent, who were without Dillon, lost Hearne at 7, Day at 43 and Humphreys at 67, but a long stand by Hutchings and Mason quite altered the aspect of the game. Together, by free and faultless cricket, they put on 146 for the fourth wicket in eighty-five minutes, and were eventually dismissed in con­ secutive overs from Buckenham. Hutchings, who drove with great power and hit eleven 4’s, reached 51 out of 70 in forty minutes, and, in all, batted only one hundred minutes for 90. Seymour, Marsham, Huish, and Fairservice all reached double figures, and the total reached 308. During the afternoon Douglas sent down a curious over, in the course of which Seymour played-on to a no-ball, Huish was caught off another, Seymour was missed by Perrin, and Huish bowled. Essex lost Fane and Carpenter for 10, Mason catching both off Fielder, but the position was considerably improved by Perrin and McGahey, who added 65 for the third wicket in forty minutes,'and by Gillingham and Turner, who, at the end of the day, put on 38 together without being separated after the fall of the fourth wicket. When play ended for the day, Essex had made 126 for the loss of four wickets. On the following morning the overnight not-outs remained togetheruntil their part­ nership forthe fifthwickethad realised 77,Gillingham then being sent back for a faultless innings of 50 which took sixty-five minutes to compile. Reeves failed, and shortly afterwards Turner, who reached his 50 in an hour and a quarter, was caught at the wicket off Fielder, who thereby obtained his one- hundredth wicket of the season. Douglas made 31 in fifty minutes, but was favoured by fortune, and the innings closed for 238, which left the home side with a lead of 70. In their second innings Keat commenced poorly, losing three wickets for 43, and Mason being out fourth at 64. At this point Sey­ mour, who had gone in first, was joined by Hearne, and the two men put quite a different complexion on the game, adding 134 for the fifth wicket in eighty minutes. Hearne was the first to go, having made an almost perfect 52, in which were eight 4’s. Sey­ mour soon followed, but not before he had scored 116 out of 220 in two hours and-a-half. He reached 51 out of 100 in 75 minutes, and hit twelve 4’s. When he had made 2 he was missed by Turner in the slips, and showed his appreciation by playing his highest innings of the season. The last wicket added 34 in a quarter of an hour, and Essex were set 361 to win. The visitors had half-an- liour’s batting, and in that time lost three wickets for 29. Yesterday morning Buckenham was sent back at 37 and Fane 4 runs later, half the side then being out for 41. At this point McGahey joined Perrin, and gradually the Kent attack was mastered. Many bowling changes were made, but none proved effectual until at 246 Perrin was caught at the wicket. The splendid stand for the sixth wicket lasted 170 minutes, and realised 205. Perrin, although he was missed when 26, and again when 70, played a very fine innings: he hit fourteen 4’s, the majority of them drives. Shortly afterwards McGahey also was dismissed by Hearne, having just equalled Perrin’s score. He gave no chance, and hit eleven 4’s. After the two great run-getters had been disposed of the remaining three wickets quickly fell, and Kent won by 72 runs. Fielder took six wickets for 79 runs. Score and analysis:— K ent . First innings. Hearne (A.), b Douglas ... 6 Humphreys, c McGahey, b Buckenham ..............28 A. P. Day, b Douglas.......14 K. L. Hutchings, c Fane, b Buckenham ............. 90 J. R. Mason, c Douglas, b Buckenham ..............66 Seymour (Jas.), c Fane, b Reeves............................ 27 C. H. B. Marsham, c Fane, b Buckenham ..............20 Huish, b Douglas..............13 Fairservice, b Douglas ... 22 Blythe, b Reeves.................. 0 Fielder, not out .................. 5 B 7, lb 3, nb 7 ............. 17 Total ...................308 Second innings. b Mead ......... 52 b Buckenham ... 8 c Buckenham, b Douglas..........17 lbw, b Douglas.,. 5 cFane,b Bucken­ ham ................. 7 c & b Buckenhamll6 c Buckenham, b Douglas..........13 c T u r n e r , b Douglas..........11 b Douglas.......... 9 b Mead ..........22 notout.................16 B 9, lb 4, nb 1 14 Total ..........290 E ssex . First innings. Carpenter,cMason,bFielder 2 F.L.Fane,cMason,b Fielder 4 P. A. Perrin, c Hearne, b Mason...............................41 C. H. McGahey, b Mason . 1 9 Rev. F. H. Gillingham, c Mason, b Fielder ..........50 W. M. Turner, c Huish, b Fielder ........................53 Reeves, b Blythe................. 0 J.WT.H. T. Douglas, c Huish, b Mason ........................31 Buckenham, c Humphreys, b Fairservice .................12 Freeman (J.), c Fairservice, b Mason ........................ 2 Mead (W.), not out .......... 5 B 8, lb 5, w 2, nb 4 ... 19 Total First innings. O. *' ...238 K ent . Second innings, c Hutchings, b Mason ......... 6 c Seymour, b Fielder .......... 0 c Huish .bHearne 101 lbw. b Hearne ... 101 c Marsham, b Fielder ......... 14 c Huish,b Fielder 17 c Fairservice, b Fielder .......... 4 notout................. 0 cHearne,bBlythe 12 b Fielder .......... 1 c and b Fielder 11 B 9,1b 6, nb 5,w 1 21 Total ......... 288 Second innings. O. M. R. W. R. W, Buckenham ... 28 4 104 4 .......... 22 1 93 3 Douglas......... 23.5 5 103 4 .......... 20 0 101 5 Mead ......... 14 4 51 0 ........ 13 5 32 2 Reeves .......... 9 1 33 2 ........ 8 1 40 0 McGahey ... 4 1 10 0 Douglas delivered seven no-balls and Buckenham one. E ssex . First innings. Fielder ... Blythe ... Fairservice Mason ... O. ... 24 ... 23 M. R. W. 3 100 4 ... 3 60 1 ... 2 25 1 ... 1 34 4 ... Humphreys Hutchings... Heame Second innings. O. M. R. W. 5 79 6 3 45 .... 23.3 ... 25 ... 9 ... 13 ... 4 ... 5 ... 13 1 31 0 2 46 1 0 20 0 0 21 0 2 25 2 Fielderand Blythe each bowled one wide and Fielder four no-balls. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v. WORCES­ TERSHIRE. Played at Northampton on July 16, 17 & 18. Worcestershire won by 21 runs. In taking the field without Burns, who had been showing such excellent form, the visitors were weakened considerably, but the absence of the amateur can by no means beheld wholly responsible for the poor form they showed on the opening day. Bowley was caught at the wicket at 15, and, with only one run added, Pearson, Foster and Hutchings were all sent back. It was only a partnership of 80 for the fifth wicket by Arnold and Cuffe that saved the side from collapse. The stand, which lasted an hour, was ended by Cuffe being bowled by a ball which sent a bail thirty yards from the wicket. Arnold was missed at the wicket when he had made 30, and, although he scored 55 out of 113 in two hours, he was not seen at his best. The last four wickets went down in half-an-hour for 15, the innings closing for 144. East bowled very well indeed, his half-dozen wickets costing a fraction over six runs each. Thanks to a stand of 67 for the first wicket, and a partnership of 43 for the third by Vials and Pool, the home side, when stumps were drawn, possessed a lead of 22runs and had half their wickets in hand. Kingston showed fine cricket for his 44, defending well, but hitting hard when opportunity occurred. On Tuesday Vials was soon out, and, the remaining wickets falling quickly, the innings closed for 195, or 51 ahead. Worcestershire, in their second innings, lost Bowley at 14, and Pearson at 55, but Arnold then joined Foster, and a capital stand was made. Each was favoured by the fielding side, Foster being missed by l’ool in the slips when 12, whilst Arnold was let off no less than four times. Each scored 95 and hit thirteen 4’s, their partnership for the third wicket realising 138. Foster, who made some deligliful on-drives and hit well to leg, was in for two hours, and Arnold half-an-hour longer. Hutchings played a useful innings, and with Arnold added 80 for tho fourth wicket in seventy minutes. The innings closed for 309, and Northamptonshire, who missed ten catches during the day, were set259 to win. Before stumps were drawn, 27 of the number had been obtained without loss. The close of the day’s play was marked by an unfortunate accident to Gaukrodger, who was so severely hurt over the eye by a ball bowled by Wilson that, after receiving medical attention in the pavilion, he was obliged to go to the hospital for further treatment. Yesterday Gauk­ rodger was unable to take his place in the field, and Wheldon, who kept wicket in his stead, made four catches. When 13 had been added Horton wes caught in the slips, at 54 Cox was sent back by Burrows, whilst at 56 Hawkins was caught by Wheldon. Pool and Vials put on 34 for the fourth wicket, but half the side were out for 92. All the later players, with the exception of East, reached double figures, but the innings closed for 237, Worcestershire being left winners of a well-contested game by 21 runs. Wells played a merry innings of 25, all but five of his runs being made in an over from Burrows. Score and analysis:— W orcestershire . First innings. Second innings. H. K. Foster, c Kingston, b East ................................ 9 lbw, b Wells ... 95 Bowley, c Smith, b East ... 6 c & b Thompson 10 Pearson, lbw. b Thompson 1 b East..................11 Arnold, b Thompson........ 55 c Wells,bThomp- W.E.C.Hutchings,cHorton, son .................... 95 b E ast............................... 0 b Thompson ... 35 ) c Smith, b East.. 7 Cuffe, b Hawkins.................40 Wheldon, c Horton, b Thompson........................15 Bird, lbw, b East................. 5 Burrows, c Smith, b East .. 0 Wilson (G. A.), c Kingston, b East............................... 2 Gaukrodger, not o u t.......... 0 B 2, lb 8, nb 1 ..........11 b East... . c Smith, b East.. cPool,bThompson 9 cPool,bTliompson 2 notout................. 4 B 8, lb 3,nb 6... 17 Total .................144 N orthamptonshire . Total ...309 First innings. W.H. Kingston, cBurrows, b Arnold ........................44 Cox (M.), b Burrows..........21 G.A.T. Vials, c Gaukrodger, b Burrows........................36 C.J.T.Pool, c Foster, b Cuffe 27 Thompson, c Gaukrodger, b Burrows........................ 2 East, run out........................11 T.E.Manning.cGaukrodger, b Arnold ....................... 12 T. Horton, c and b Arnold 5 H. Hawkins, b Burrows ... 4 Wells, c Burrows, b Arnold 9 Second innings, c Wheldon, b Wilson ......... 13 c and b Burrows 10 c Foster,b Arnold 13 19 B. C. Smith, not out B 10, lb 7, w 1 c B o w le y , Burrows ... . lbw, b Arnold . c Wheldon, Wilson ... . b Arnold ..........45 c Foster, bW’ilson 23 c Wheldon, b Wilson ......... 12 c Wheldon, b W ilson ......... 25 not ou t................21 B 6, lb 11, nb 2 19 Thompson E a st......... Hawkins... Wells ... Total .................195 Total... W orcestershire . First innings. O. M. R. W. 19.3 24 .237 Second innings. 11 6 3 58 3 . 8 37 6 . 4 21 1 . 1 17 0 Cox . O. ... 28 ... 31 ... 11 ... 11 ... 2 M. R. W. 5 133 5 9 77 4 1 45 0 1 30 1 0 7 0 Thompson delivered seven no-balls. N orthamptonshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. B ird.............. ... 2 1 2 0 ... Arnold ... ... 23.2 9 47 4 .. ’ 20.5 6 48 3 Wilson ... ... 8 1 35 0 .. . ... 28 7 71 5 Cuffe ... .,.. 11 1 32 1 ... , ... 2 0 6 0 Burrows... ... 24 5 61 4 ... ... 30 8 93 2 Burrows bowled one wide. LANCASHIRE v. SOMERSET. Played at Liverpool on July 16 and 17. Lancashire won by an innings and 143 runs. Owing to rain, play on the opening day was restricted to three liours-and-a-quarter, but during that time the home side made such good use of their opportunities that, when stumps were drawn, their total was 270 for seven wickets. A. F. Spooner and Mugliston were making their first appearance for Lancashire, and each reached double figures. The former, who opened the innings with his brother, made 16 of the 29 obtained for the first wicket. R. H. Spooner was out at 56, and Tyldesley two runs later, each of tho batsmen dismissed having, curiously enough, made 16. Poidevin and Sharp added 69 for the fourth wicket in an hour, but seven were down for 181 when Cuttell joined Findlay. So fine a resistance did the two last-named effect that, without being separated, they advanced the score to 270, adding 89 in fifty minutes ere play ceased. On Tuesday Cuttell and Findlay continued batting, and it was not until the eighth wicket had put on 121 in seventy minutes that a separation was effected. Cuttell batted for an hour and three-quarters for his 95, and hit thirteen 4’s. He hit freely and well, but was missed when 83. The innings closed for 373, made in two hundred and fifty-five minutes