Cricket 1906

J u l y 26, 1906. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 299 To C. B. Fry’s Magazine for August the editor contributes a very interesting article entitled “ Feats in Fielding,” in which he comments upon the methods employed by several well-known fields­ men in bringing off catches, etc. The article is well illustrated. A l b s e t T r o t t covered himself with glory in the match at Lord’s between Middlesex and Lancashire. Iu addition to playing a fine innings of 53, and bowl­ ing exceedingly well in both innings, he brought off a coupleof wonderful catches off bis own bowling, falling at full length to secure each of them. He missed a third catch off his own bowling, but the ball was driven back so hard that it was rather a clever thing to avoid being hurt by it. B i l o w will be found the score of the second innings of Dove Leys (U itoxeter) v. Wootton Lodge in tbe natch played at Dove L'sys on July 17th and 18th. It will ba noticed that one man scored 30 and that the others who batted did not make a run, among them being H. Mainprice, the Cambridge Blue, and G. M. Buckston, the Derbyshire county cricketer. Major G. E. Stockdale, b W right ... 0 F. R. R. Brooke, not out .................. 30 G. M. Buckston, c Nesbit, b Tillard 0 G. F. D. Yelf, b Tillard........................ 0 G. Mainprice, b Tillard........................ 0 L E. Parsons, b W right .................. 0 W . W . Jelf, not out .......................... 0 Extras .......................................... 3 Total ... 33 O n Tuesday last the Bight Hon. W. H. Long, M.P., occupied the chair at a meeting of the Board of Control, held at Lord’s, when it was decided that: — (1) Three Test matches shall be played in 1907. ( 2 ) If when the second match has been com­ pleted neither side has secured the advantage, the third match shall be played to a finish. (3) The dates and grounds for the three matches are:—First match, at Lord’s, July 1, 2 and 3. Second match, in Yorkshire, July 29, 30 and 31. Third match, at the Oval, August 19, 20 and 21 . It was agreed with regard to the second match that Yorkshire should have the option of playing it on July 25, 26 and 27. (4) Subject to one or two minor alterations, the arrangements which were made with regard to the Test matches with Australia should hold good for the matches with South Africa. The appointments of the Selection Sub­ committee and Auditors was left over. C RIOKET Report Sheets, lOd. per dozen, post f roe Order of Going-in Oards, 7d. per dozen, post free ; Oricket Score Books, 6 d. and Is. each; postage 2d. extra—T o be obtained at the Offices of “ Cricket,” 168, Upper Thames Street, London, E.O. T E N T S ! TENTS !! Suitable for Gardens, Oricke t or Camping-out Purposes. 40ft. in circumfer­ ence. Pegs, Poles, Mallet and Lines complete (with tent bag included). 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Alter lasting two hundred and twenty minutes the innings closed for 212, Cox taking four of the last five wickets at a cost of only 26 runs. The visitors quickly lost a couple of wickets, Vine being bowled by the third ball sent down, and Cox bowled ofl his arm at 8 . Killick and the elder Relf, both of whom were missed by Rhodes —the former before he had scored, and the latter when he had made 13—then succeeded in remaining together until the end of the day, when the score was 54 for two wickets. On Tuesday morning the two men made so sturdy a resistance that they were not E arted until the third wicket had put on 148 in two ours and a quarter. Relf hit ten 4’s in his capital 62, his driving being a feature of the innings. Simms failed to score, but in the younger Relf K illick found another most useful partner, who assisted him in adding 139 for the fifth wicket in a hundred and five minutes. The left-hander played a most useful innings, but was let off on four occasions—before he had scored, and when he had made 34, 62, and 149. He reached 50 out of 71 in an hour, 100 out of 178 in three hours, and, in all, scored 164 out of 296 in four hours and a half. R. Relf batted faultlessly for a hundred and ten minutes, and hit nine 4’s. W ilkinson afterwards bowled with success, and the innings closed for 340. W ith arrears amounting to 128, Yorkshire fared so badly against the elder Relf when they went in the second time that, by the end of the day, they had lost Rhodes, Rotliery, Denton, and Tunnicliffe for 88 runs,being then 40runs behindwith six wickets to fall Yesterday the home side made a stubborn stand, and, if the cricket were slow, it was certainly interesting. Taylor remained in for half-an-hour, but when he was sent back Yorkshire were still 10 runs behind with half their wickets down. Haigh, after being missed before he had scored, put on 26 with Hirst, who played a fine game, batting 150 minutes for 42. A fine stand was made by Hunter and Lord Hawke, who put on 75 for the ninth wicket in 90 minutes, and in all probability saved their side from defeat. Sussex were set 123 to get in 110 minutes, but fared so badly against Hirst that, when time arrived, they had lost half their wickets for 45. The match was drawn. Score and analysis: — Y orkshire . First innings. Second innings. Rhodes, c R., b A. E. Relf 19 b A. E. Relf ... 13 Rothery, run out..................31 lbw, b A. E. Relf 27 Denton, c Butt, b Dwyer ... 9 b A. E. Relf ...17 Tunnicliffe, b Dwyer........... 1 b A. E. Relf ... 12 Hirst, c R., b A. E. Relf ...1 4 b Dwyer ...........42 T. L. Taylor, b V in e ...........29 lbw, b Dwyer ... 18 Wilkinson(W.H.), c Butt, b Cox ..................................67 st Butt, b Dwyer 3 Haigh, b C o x .........................13 lbw, b Dwyer ... 12 Lord Hawke, c Seymour, b Cox ..................................12 c Butt, b Cox ... 34 Hunter, not out .................. 6 not out...................34 Deyes, b C ox.......................... 4 lbw, b Dwyer ... 8 B 4, lb 2, w 1 ............ 7 Extras.............30 Total .................. 212 Total ...250 S ussex . First innings. Second innings. Vine, b Hirst.......................... 0 c Rhodes, b Hirst 5 Cox (G.), b Deyes ........... 0 not out ...........11 Killick,c Rothery, bW ilkin­ son ..................................164 c Hunter, b Hirst 2 A. E. Relf, c Tunnicliffe, b H aig h ..................................62 b Hirst..................... 0 H. L. Simms, b Hirst........... 0 b Haigh ...........14 R. R. Relf,cTaylor,bRhodes 70 b Hirst ........... 7 O. L. A. Smith, c Hawke, b Rhodes ..........................22 notout..................... 6 Leach,cHunter,bWilkinson 2 Seymour, John, not out ... 7 Dwyer,cHunter.bWilkinson 7 Butt,c Hunter, b Wilkinson 0 Byes .......................... 6 Total ....................340 Total (3 wkts) 45 Y orkshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Dwver ........... 30 12 83 2 ............48.5 13122 5 Relf (A. E.) ...27 9 702 .............. 54 29 49 4 Leacli ... ... 3 0 90 ............................... 9 2 290 V ine...................12 5 17 1 ............15 10 11 0 C o x ...................I l l 4 26 4 ............ 10 5 9 1 Relf bowled a wide. S ussex . First innings. Second O. M. R. W. O. Hirst.................. 29 0 115 2 ......... 13 Deyes ...........14 2 42 1 Rhodes ...........18 0 86 2 Haigh ...........21 3 64 1 .......... 13 W ilkinson (W .H .) 9 1 27 4 Hirst delivered a no-ball. 4 21 4 4 21 1 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE v. GLOUCES­ TERSHIRE. Played at Nottingham on July 23, 24 and 25. Nolts won by 151 runs. The opening of this match was marked by some free hitting by Jones, who, scoring 52 out of 70 in forty minutes, completed his thousand runs for the season. Just before he was out he had the curious experience o f being missed three times off con­ secutive balls. Iremonger, who batted for one hundred minutes for 35, was not seen at his best, but both Goorge Gunn and Branston played good cricket, and, with Wass hitting hard at the end of the innings, the score was taken to 235, made in two hundred and ten minutes. Dennett took six wickets for 89, and bowled capitally. By the end of the day Gloucestershire had lost half-a-dozen wickets for 92, despite the fact that Jessop hit up 53 out of 59 in forty-five minutes. John Gunn took four of the wickets whilst bowling slows. During the day sixteen men were sent back for 327 runs. Apart from a stand by Barnett and Ford which put on 41 for the eighth wicket, and a few good hits by Spry and Dennett, there was no special feature connected with the latter part of Gloucestershire’s innings, which closed for 158. When Notts went in again Iremonger played a great innings, and, by the time stumps were drawn, had scored 186 out of 338 in about four hours, giving only one chance—when 170. With Jone 3 he made 68 for the first wicket, in .half- an-hour, with G. Gunn 117 for the second in 95 minutes, and with J. Gunn 153 for the third in one hundred minutes without a separation being effected. It was chiefly owing to Iremonger’s innings, which quite dwarfed everything else seen during the day, that, when stumps were drawn, Notts were 415 runs on with eight wickets in hand. On the third day the not-< uts continued together until they had added 191 in 115 minutes, and Ire­ monger had reached 200. The last-named gavo a couple of chances and hit a 5 and twenty-one 4’s during the 255 minutes he was at the wickets. Set 454 to win, with 320 minutes to bat, Gloucestershire made so poor a resistance against John Gunn that by lunch time six wickets were down for 99. After the interval Thomas hit freely, but could find nobody to give him much support, with the result that Nottinghamshire won by 151 runs. John Gunn took seven wickets for 174, and made his aggregate for the season a three-figure one. Score and analysis:— N otts . First innings. Second innings. A. O. Jones, c Ford, b Den­ nett ...............................52 b D ennett............34 Iremonger, c Thomas, b Huggins .......................35 not out ............200 Gunn (G.), b Dennett ... 36 lbw, b Dennett... 46 Gunn(J.), c Board, b Hug­ gins ................................. 0 notout....................87 Hardstaff, c and b Dennett 16 Payton, bDennett ......... 4 G. T. Branston, b Huggins 35 Day, lbw, b Dennett ......... 1 Oates, lbw, b Dennett ... 13 Wass, not out ...............21 Hallara, b Jessop................. 4 B 11 , lb 5, w 1, nb 1 ... 18 B 3,lb 4,w J, nb 1 9 Total ..................235 Total (2 wkts) *376 •Innings declared closed. G LOUCESTERSHIRE. First innings. E. Barnett, cOates,bJ.Gunn 8 Wratliall, c Oates, bJ. Gunn 22 Board, c Wass, b J. Gunn 0 F. E. Thomas, lbw, b J. G u n n .................................. 1 G. L. Jessop, b Wass...........53 S. P. Meston, b Wass........... 0 C. Barnett, c Jones, b Hal- 32 Jones, b J. lam Huggins, G u n n ................................... 0 P. H. Ford, b Hallam ... 13 Spry, not out.........................12 Dennett, run out..................11 B 2, lb 4 ................... 6 Total ...............158 Second innings, c Oates b J Gunn 3 c Oates, b Wass 29 c G. Gunn, b J. Gunn ...........32 st Oates, b Hal­ lam ...................138 c Jones,b J.Gunn 4 lbw, b J. Gunn... 2 b J. G u n n ........... 11 c Payton, b Hal­ lam ...................27 stOates,bJ.Gunn 17 cJones, b J.Gunn 23 notout................... 13 Lb 1, nb 2 ... 3 Total ... 302