Cricket 1906

300 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE, GAME J uly 26, 1906. Huggins Dennett Spry *ord Jessop N otts . First innings. O. M. R. W . . 33 . 36 . 8 . 6 . 12 91 Second innings. O. M. R. W. . 25 1 101 0 . 24 15 18 5 4 0 84 2 1 61 0 4 53 0 0 35 0 0 13 0 0 17 0 3 „ 6 ... 17 0 ... 11 0 ... 9 1 ... Thomas Meston ... 2 17 Huggins bowled a no-ball and Dennett a wide. G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Gunn (J.) ...32 6 87 5 ............46 7 174 7 Hallam .......... 235 10 41 2 ............. 24 8 66 2 Wass ............. 21 12 21 ... 46 „ w ... 2210 59 1 SURREY v. WORCESTERSHIRE. Played at the Oval on July 23, 24 and 25. Surrey won by six wickets. On the opening day some curious cricket was seen, fifteen wickets going down for 302 on a fast wicket. Surrey were without Knox, who was resting in preparation for to-day’s match, but, when Lees and May had dism issed the visitors for 190, it was generally thought that Surrey would soon establish a commanding lead. So far from such proving the case, however, the home side lost half their wickets for 112, and were 78 behind when play ended for the day. There was nothing remarkable about the batting of Worcestershire, except that, after eight wickets had fallen for 119, W ilson and Burrows, hitting hard, added 36 in a very short time, succeeding where better men had failed. During the innings May t<x)k six wickets for w , and Lees obtained his nundredtli for the season. Surrey lost Hayward at 26 and Hayes two runs later, and, although Crawford and H obbs put on 48 for the third wicket in forty minutes by very good cricket, five wickets were down for 112 at tho end of the day. On Tuesday, although Gordon made some good hits and Lees and Dalmeny added 26 for the eighth wicket, the innings closed for 179, Smith, who was unable to bat, being absent owing to a slight sun­ stroke. The second innings of Worcestershire was marked by some capital batting by Bowley and Arnold, the former, by faultless cricket, scoring 88 out of 203 in one hundred and sixty-five minutes, and the latter, who gave only one chance, making 83 out of 148 in two hours and-arhalf. Bowley, whose cutting was extremely fine, took part in several useful stands, m aking 47 for the first wicket with W . L. Foster, 62 for the second with II. X . Foster, and 91 for the third with Arnold. This fine start, however, was not maintained, and at one period six wickets fell for 21 in 50 minutes, W. B. Burns obtaining a “ pair.” When the innings closed for 274, stumps were drawn, Surrey, with a whole day before them, requiring 286 to win. Yesterday Surrey commenced their heavy task in disheartening fashion, Hayward being clean bowled at 36 and Hayes dismissed nine runs later. Craw­ ford stayed in for forty minutes and helped Hobbs to add 32 for the third wicket, and Baker, after the fourth partnership had realised 35, was yorked by Burrows. With four wickets down for 112, the out­ look was certainly not bright, and Surrey’s hopes centred almost entirely in Hobbs, who was playing a splendid innings for his side. In Gordon the latter found an excellent partner, and gradually the score mounted until at lunch time it had reached 170 without further loss. After the interval the two succeeded in winning the game without being separated, their unfinished partnership of 174 being one of the finest things seen during the season. Gordon, for so young a batsman, played a wonder­ ful innings, making no mistake whatever and keeping the ball down in capital style Hobbs, to whom the victory was chiefly due m ight have been caught by Wheldon at mid-on when 95, but made no other mistake. Gordon hit a o and five 4 s, and Hobbs a five and sixteen 4 s. Surrey won by six wickets. Score and analysis : W orcestershire . First innings. W . L. Foster, c Crawford, b May ........... •• •• v? Bowlev, c Strudwick, b Lees H.K.Foster, c Baker, b Lees Arnold, c Smith, b Lees ... W . B. Burns, b M a y ........... Pearson, b May ... ........... Ouffe, c Hayes ,b May........... W heldon,b Lees ... ... ... W ilson(G.A.),cStrudwick,b May ................................... Burrows, b May ................... Ainsley, not out •••••• ■■ B 1 , lb 2 ,w l,n b 7 ... Second innings. b Lees ...........23 b Crawford ... 88 c Lees, b May ... 32 c Dalmeny, b May 83 c Crawford.bLees 0 run out ........... 0 cStrudwick,bLees 13 b M a y ................... 1 Total ... ...190 b L ees.................... 0 n o to u t....................14 b Crawford ... 2 B 11, nb 7 ...1 8 Total ...274 S urrey . First innings. Hayward ,c W. L. Foster, b Arnold .......................... 18 Hobbs, c and b W ilson ... 36 Haye 3 , c Ainsley, b Arnold 1 J. N. Crawford, b Burrows 34 Baker (A.), b W ilson ...........16 Strudwick, c Pearson, b W ilson .......................... 2 J. H. Gordon, b Burrows ... 22 Lord Dalmeny, b Burrows 9 Lees, c Wheldon, b W ilson 14 P. R. May, not out ............10 Smith (W . C.), absent ill ... 0 B 6,1b 11 ...................17 Total.......................... 179 Total (4 wkts) 286 W orcestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M R. W L ees.................. 31 9 M a y .................. 25.3 3 Second innings. b Burrow s............. 14 notout ........... 162 c H Foster, b B urrow s........... 4 c Arnold, b Bur­ rows ...................... 11 b Burrow s............. 13 B 9,1b 1, w I, nb 2 13 34 11 74 4 ... 29 6 91 3 ... 21.5 3 69 2 ... 6 1 19 0 4 ... 6 ... Crawford ... 5 2 13 0 ... Hayes ... Lees bowled one wide and a no-ball, and May thirteen no-balls. S urrey . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Arnold ........... 18 6 34 2 .......... 29 5 88 0 W ilson .......... 21.5 3 8 i 4 ........... 17 4 50 0 Cuffe .......... 4 0 14 0 ........... 8 0 27 0 Burrow s.......... 11 2 31 3 ........... 23 3 85 4 Pearson ... 4.2 0 23 0 Arnold bowled one wide and Burrows two no-balls' MIDDLESEX v. LANCASHIRE. Pltycd at Lord’s on July 23 and 24. Middlesex won by nine wickets. On a wicket somewhat overwatered, as many as sixteen wickets fell on the first day for 318 runs, the bowling never being really mastered. Although Bosanquet was not playing, Middlesex placed a strong side in the field, whilst for Lancashire Mac- Laren, after a long absence, reappeared. The visitors quickly met with disaster, for, with only 2 runs scored, Spooner was bowled by Napier, whilst Tyldesley, with only a single to his credit, was caught at the wicket at 25. MacLaren, though not scoring very quickly, almost monopolised the run-getting, and had made 35 out of 42 in forty- five minutes before sharing Tyldesley’s fate. He hit five 4’s. Sharp was sent back at 66 and when Poidevin, after batting an hour for 33, was unluckily run out, half the side were out for 91. With only 6 added Hornby was caught at point, and at lunch time seven wickets were down for 114. After the interval Findlay played a useful innings of 25 and Harry made 17 out of 19 whilst in, whilst Kermode scored 11 in three hits off Napier, whose last over vielded 11 runs and two wickets. Tho innings closed for 158, made in one hundred and sixty minutes. Upon Middlesex .zoing in Payne hit 18 out of the fiist 23, but Tarrant, Warner and E. A. Beldam were all disposed of cheaply, four wickets going down for 53. Had G. W. Beldam, when he had made only 1, not been badly missed by Mac- Laren in the slips, half the side would have been out for a very small score. As it was, Beldam remained to score 30 out of 81 in ninety-five minutes, and, with H unt,puton 51 for the fifth wicket. Hunt made a very useful 40, but it was Trott’s hitting at the end of the day that gave Middlesex the better position. When stumps were drawn the home side were 8 runs on and had four wickets in hand. On Tuesday the last few Middlesex wickets gave con­ siderable trouble, the seventh not falling until 54 had been put on in fifty-five minutes and the eighth realising 55 in similar time. Trott batted just under an hour for his excellent 53, and hit eight 4’s, whilst Bird,who made nine 4’s, was in for a couple of hours. The innings closed for 246, giving Middlesex the useful lead of 88 . Kermode took three wickets for 40, but Dean, who bowled really well, deserved a better analysis than 3 for 91. In theirsecond innings Lancashire commenced well, rubbing off the arrears for the loss of only one wicket, but, a collapse then taking place, the whole side were out for 168. MacLaren made 32 for the first wicket with Spooner, and 58 for the second with Tyldesley, but when he had scored 38 out of 9 ) in an hour was magnificently caught and bowled by Trott, who shortly afterwards disposed of Poidevin in a similar manner. Tyldesley, who hit eight 4’s, batted for an hour and fifty minutes for 64. It was not a faultless innings, but was a very fine one notwithstanding. Set only 81 to win, Middlesex obtained that number for the loss of one wicket. Evidently thinking that the runs were certain to be obtained at a small cost, MacLaren made no atttempt to keep down the scoring, letting Poidevin bowl unchanged to the end—a faint-hearted policy which accepted defeat as inevitable. Score and analysis :— L ancashire . First innings. R. H. Spooner, b Napiar ... 2 A. C. MacLaren, cB ird, b Mignon ...........................-35 Tyldesley, c Bird, b Mignon 1 L. O. S. Poidevin, run out 33 Sharp, b Mignon.................. 2 A. H. Hornby, c G . Beldam, b Trott..................................22 W.Findlay,cTrott.,b Napier 25 Cuttell, b Tarrant ........... 3 Harry, c Tarrant, b Napier 17 Dean, c Tarrant, b Napier 1 Kermode, not out ...........11 Lb 4, nb 2 .................. 6 Second innings, b Napier ...' ... 23 c and b Trott ... 38 c Trott,b Mignon 61 c and b Trott ... 19 c Bird, b Mignon 0 Total ............... 158 M idddlesex . b Mignon ........... 0 b Mignon ... 0 lbw ,b Trott ... 0 not out ........... 14 sbBird, b Trott 7 c Hearne, b Trott 0 Lb 1, w 1, nb V 3 Total ...168 Trott(A.E.), c Findlay, b Dean ...................53 W .S Bird,cTyldcsley, - b Kerm ode ...........57 Hearne (J. T.), b Dean 25 G. G. Napier, b Dean 4 Mignon, not out B 2, lb 3 Total ..246 M.W.Payne.cPoidevin, b Kermode ... 18 Tarrant, c Findlay, b K erm ode................ 4 G. W . Beldam, c Mac- Laren, b Cuttell ... 30 P.F. Warner,c Findlay, b Sharp ................ 9 E A. Beldam,- c Mac- Laren, b Sharp ... 1 J. H. Hunt, b Cuttell 40 Second innings M. W . Payne, c Harry, b Dean, 13; Tarrant, not out,38 ; G. W. Beldam, not out, 26 ; bye, 1, leg-byes 3.—Total (one wicket) 81. L ancashire . Napier Mignon . Trott Hunt Tarrant . Napier delivered three no-balls and Trott a wide. M id d lesex. First innings. 0 . M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 19 3 58 4 ... 7 1 23 1 21 4 63 3 ... ... 18 5 68 4 7 2 16 1 ... ... 19 6 46 5 2 0 11 0 2 0 4 1 Ilearne ... 7 1 28 0 O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Kermode ... 17 3 40 3 ... Dean ... 32*3 13 91 3 ... !!! 8 3 27 1 Sharp ... 15 1 43 2 ... Cuttell ... ... 11 3 28 2 ... Poidevin... . 2 0 7 0 ... 8 0 50 0 Harry ... 11 2 32 0 ... WARWICKSHIRE v. SOMERSET. Played at Edgbaston on July 23, 24 and 25. Warwickshire won by 139 runs. After losing the toss ten times in succession, Warwickshire’s luck changed, and the side made such good use of their opportunity that they scored 364 in two hundred and sixty minutes, and after­ wards got down two of their opponents’ wickets— those of Martyn and Johnson—for 43. Somerset had certainly only themselves to blame for theirpositibn at the end of the day, for they missed at least half-a- dozen catches. Fishwick, who scored 68 out of ,116 in seventy minutes, was let off by Cranfield when 24; Byrne was missed three times whilst making 60; Devey should have been sent back when he had made 31; and Quaife, who helped the last-named to put on 92 for the third wicket in an hour and-a- quarter, was let off before he had made a run'. Devey, who hit well, batted for one hundred and twenty-five minutes for his 96—he made 50 out of 74 in seventy-five minutes, and hit sixteen 4’s. Lilley scored 50 in as many minutes, making no mistake and hitting a 6 and seven 4’s. At the end of the day Somerset were 321 behind with eight wickets in hand. On the following morning the remainder of the visitors’ innings was remarkable only for a capital display on the part of Braund, who, after- batting two hours and three-quarters, carried out his bat for a faultless 54, made out of 146 obtained whilst in. Moorhouse, who bowled only sixteen overs, took four wickets for 36. The home side, leading by 169, preferred to go in again to making Somerset follow-on, but for a time the policy proved somewhat disastrous, four wickets going down for 65. Fishwick and Baker, however, put on 199 together for the fifth wicket in one hundred and ten minutes, quite pulling the game round again for their side. The amateur made several excellent drives, and obtained his 129 in a couple of hours. He hit nineteen 4’s and gave only one chance—when 109. At the end of the day Warwickshire, with three wickets in hand, were 45-3 runs on. Yesterday