Cricket 1906

F eb , 22, 1906. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 29 AN INTERESTING ANNU AL * In its fifth year of issue Ayres’ Annual is a very neit little book which contains much interesting letterpress besides several excel­ lent photographic reproductions. Each year the Annual has contained an article about a well-known school, and the present number includes some appreciative notes about Sher­ borne, the school of W. H. Game, F. E. Lacey, A. O. Whiting, E. W. Bastard, E. A. Nepean, A. H. Delme-Radcliffe and other cricketers of note, as well as the never-to-be- forgotten Alfred the Great, who, says the old Shirburnian who writes the article, “ was doubtless a cricketer—such a good sportsman must have been.” One or two of the illustra­ tions which accompany this article are unusually good specimens of process work. The book also contains notes about several public school cricketers of 1905, with photo­ graphs, a review of 1905 week by week, records of the Australian team and the Test matches, centuries of 1905, individual scores of over 300 runs, and many other useful tables and articles. The Annual improves with each issue. ♦“ Ayres’ Cricket Companion for 1906.” Edited by \V. 11. Weir. F. II. Ayres, 111, Aldersgate Street, E.C. 6d. THE NOTE BOOK.* First issued in 1900, John Wisden’s “ Cricketers’ Note Boon ” at once became popular, and it is now regarded as an almost indispensable adjunct to Wisden’sAlmanack. Of a convenient size for the waistcoat pocket, it contains information of great value to cricketers, who find it useful both as a diary and as a miniature cyclopaedia of cricket. Among the contents of the book are curi­ osities of first-class and minor cricket, long stands for each wicket, fixtures for 1906, two separate hundreds in a match, etc., etc. Last year the editor gave some notes about missed catches in 1904, and these proved to be so acceptable that he has commented on the missedcatches of 1905. He certainly hits the nail on the head when he says “ The mere statement that a player exceeded the hundred on ten occasions during the season gives one but little idea of his true worth, but, if we add that, for catches missed by members of the opposing sides, he would have played only five, or perhaps even four, such innings —as the case might be—we can at once estimate his skill far more readily than we could otherwise have done.” * John Wisden’s “ Cricketers’ Note Book, 1906.” Edited by F. S. Ashley-Cooper. Johd Wisden and Son, Cranbourn Street, London. 6d. THE M.O.O. TEAM IN SOUTH AFRICA . th e MATCH AGAINST PRETORTA AND DISTRICT. ( n in t h o f th e t o u r ). Played at Pretoria on January 6 and 8. M.C.C. won by an innings and 80 runs. The scores of this match appeared in Cricket on January 25, but the bowling analysis was not quite complete. The analysis is as follows :— Meldon ... 21.5 4 Cook ... 23 6 Williams.. 10 1 45 Nel ... ... 14 2 M.C.C. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 4 INiemeyer 16 3 44 0 47 1 Graham ...11129 2 1 Zulch ... 3 1 7 1 63 1 | Graham bowled one and Nel four no-balls and one wide. R e lf.......... Wynyard Hartley ... Crawford P retoria . First innings. O. M. 4 11 6.1 R. W. 6 48 4 ... 2 2 1 ... 2 27 0 ... 3 6 5 ... Denton Warner Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 7 3 14 0 23.4 5 61 4 ... 20 11 54 6 ... 5 2 16 0 0 13 0 Crawford bowled four no-balls. THE MATCH AGAINST MIDDLES- BURG AND DISTRICT (EASTERN TRANSVAAL). ( t e n t h of t h e t o u r .) Played at Middlesburg on January 10 and 11. M.C.C. won by an innings and 119 runs. E astern T ransvaal . First innings. Eadie, st Board, b Hartley... 19 Griffin, b Crawford .......... 1 Dowson, c and b Crawford 20 Goodwin, b Crawrford ... 0 Leggett,st Board,b Hartley 0 Robertson, b Crawford ... 1 Moffat, c Moon b Crawford 3 Home, b Haigh ................. 1 Jenner, b H aigh.................23 Magniac.st Board, b Hartley 4 Mortimer, b Haigh ......... 3 Best, b Haigh ................. 0 Ogilvie, b Hartley .......... 0 Manning, b Hartley .......... 0 Barnes, c and b Hartley ... 0 Triggol, c Relf, b Hartley... 0 Humfrey, not out................. 0 Parsons, b Haigh................. 0 B 5, lb 6 .................11 Second innings, c Hartley, b Rolf 24 c Levesou-Gower, b H aigh..........11 b Haigh .......... 2 c Board, b Craw­ ford ................. 2 b Haigh .......... 4 b R elf.................22 b Crawford ... 16 b Lees................. 7 c Warner, b Relf 25 c Board .bllartley 2 c Board, b Lees 8 cI)enton,bHartley 14 b Lees................. 4 c Board, b Haigh 0 not out ..........21 b Crawford ... 0 b Lees................. 0 run out ..........10 B 8, lb 5, nb 2 15 Total.. ........86 M.C.C. Total ... P.F. Warner, c Robert­ son, b Barnes...........128 J. N. Crawford, c Man­ ning, b Barnes ... 56 Denton, c Manning, b Barnes .................. 4 Board, b Magniac ... 14 F. L. Fane.c Mortimer, b Barnes....................68 L. J. Moon, c Home, b Best ...........................46 J.C.Hartley.cMagniac, b Barnes.................20 Haigh, lbw, b Parsons 3 Relf, c Robertson, b Barnes ................. 7 H. D. G. Leveson- Gower, b Parsons... 15 Lees, not out ..........17 B 9, lb 4, w 1..........14 Total ...392 E astern T ransvaal . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Crawford ... 10 4 18 5 ... ... 9 2 25 3 Lees........ . ... 6 1 15 0 ... ... 13 7 26 3 Hartley .. . ... 13 2 25 7 ... OO 1 25 2 Haigh .... ... 8 5 17 5 ... ... 14 8 20 4 Relf.......... ... 18 6 60 5 Moon ... 4 1 17 0 M.C.C. O. M. R. W. O. M. R.W. Magniac... 20 3 74 1 1Griffen ... 13 0 46 0 Jenner ... 6 1 22 0 |Barnes ... 21 0 121 6 Ogilvie ... 6 0 20 0 Eadie ... 8 2 14 0 Parsons ... 20.4 4 61 2 |Best... ... 3 0 20 1 THE MATCH AGAINST THE ARMY. ( e l e v e n t h o f t h e t o u r ). Played at Pretoria on January 12 and 13. M.C.C. won by an innings and 218 runs. A few notes about this match appeared in Cricket of January 25. The full scores are as follows:— T h e A rmy . First innings. Capt. Mitford, not out ... 65 Lieut. Davenport, c Hartley, b Blythe ........................ 6 Major Macfarlane, b Haigh 0 Capt. Isaac, b Blythe.......... 0 Sergt.-Major Carter, b H aigh............................... Capt. Leggett, c Leveson- Gower, b Haigh .......... 4 Capt. Higginbotham, b Hartley ........................ 1 Capt. Sykes, b Haigh ... 0 Lieut. Edwards, st Board, b Hartley ........................ 4 Capt. Magniac, run out ... 1 Lieut. Scarlett, b Warner... 4 B 7, lb 2 ................. 9 Second innings, st Board, b Hart­ ley ................. 9 b Crawford ... 32 b Haigh ..........68 b Blythe .......... 8 b Blythe .......... 0 c Crawford, b Fane................14 b Haigli b Haigh b Haigh .......... 0 c Blythe, b Fane 14 notout................ 4 B 15, lb 1 ...16 Total .................97 Total... M.C.C. Board, c ^Mitford, b Magniac ....................39 L. J. Moon, c Daven­ port, b Scarlett ... 80 Denton, c Mitford, b Macfarlane ...........130 Haigh, b Magniac ... 23 J. C. Hartley, c Leg­ gett, b Scarlett ... 29 H. D. G. Leveson- Gower, not out ... 67 F. L. Fane and Blythe did not bat. * Innings declared closed. .165 J. N. Crawford, c Mitford, b Scarlett 54 Sir G. Lagden, st Davenport, b Mac­ farlane .................21 P. F. Warner, not out 10 B 17, lb 8, nb 2 ... 27 Total (7 wkts.)*480 T he A rm y . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Blythe . ... 14 2 28 2 .......... 6 0 1*1 2 Haigh . ... 17 6 34 4 ......... 5 2 9 4 Hartley. ... 6 1 9 2 .......... 10 1 39 1 Warner ... 3 1 17 1 .......... 5 0 19 0 Crawford ... 3 0 14 1 L.-Gower ... 6 1 28 0 Fane .......... 2.4 0 17 2 Lagden 1 0 1 i) Moon .......... 1 1 0 0 M.O.O. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Sykes... ... 18 1 71 0 1Magniac ... 23 3 103 2 Scarlett ... 27 4 191 3 Mitford ... 10 0 57 0 Cartei- ... 19 3 58 0 |Macfarlane 14 3 63 2 Mitford and Macfarlane each bowled one no-ball. THE MATCH AGAINST EAST LONDON. ( fo u r te e n th o f th e t o u r .) Played at East London on January 27 and 28. On the first day the home team made 120, and dismissed six of the M.C.C. for 121. On the Monday the M.C.C. innings ended for 206 (Board 57). In their second innings East London made 72, Lees taking five wickets for 19, and J. N. Crawford four for 6. THE MATCH AGAINST KING WILLIAM’S TOWN XV. Played at King William’s Town on February 2, 3 and 5. The M.C.C. went in first and scored 415 for eight wickets before stumps were drawn on the first day, a Friday. Denton scored 147, and F. L. Fane 111. On the Saturday there was heavy rain, and no play was possible, but the game was continued on the Monday, when the M.C.C. innings was closed, and the home team could only put up 74 and 44. In the first innings Relf took eight wickets for 12 runs, and in the second Hayes took five for 17. THE MATCH AGAINST QUEENS­ TOWN XVIII. Played at Queenstown (Cape Colony) on February 6 and 7. The M.C.C. won the toss and made 376 for eight wickets on the first day. When stumps were drawn J. N. Crawford had a total of 197 to his credit, and was still unconquered. On the next day he increased his score to 212,