Cricket 1906

A ug . 16, 1906. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF TtTE GAME, 347 N ORTHAMPTONSHIRE. R. F. Knight, c Hum­ phries, b Purdy ... 17 T. Horton, not out ... 32 Wells, c W right, h Bestw ick...................30 B. C. Smith, c Hum­ phries, b Purdy ... 0 B 11, lb 4, nb 3... 18 0. J. T. Pool, b Warren 0 Cox (M.), c Morton, b Warren ...................36 Dr. H. C. Pretty, c Ashcroft, b Purdy.. 200 R. W. Hawtin, lbw, b Purdy ...................41 Thompson, c Morton, b Warren...................17 East,c Hallam,bPurdy 10 W. H. Kingston, c W right,b Purdy ... 32 D e rb ysh ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W. Thompson ... 34.3 8 76 3 . East.................. 30 13 49 4 . Hawtin ........... 3 0 7 0 . C o x ................... 8 1 22 3 . Wells . Total ..433 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 27 ... 18 ... 5 ... 7 6 . 68 5 6 46 1 1 16 1 1 28 2 2 12 0 Thompson bowled three no-balls. N o rth am pto n sh ire . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Warren ...3 3 6 132 3 IM orton... 16 4 45 0 Bestwick... 28 4 92 1 Purdy ... 37.3 10 81 6 Oadman ... 15 1 43 0 |Dr.Ashcr’ft2 0 19 0 Purdy bowled twono-balls and Warren one. innings. Total .f. ...303 b Buckenham ... 1 b Douglas ... ... 1 b Douglas ... ... 14 c Carpenter, b Douglas ... ... 3 b Douglas ... ... 9 b Douglas ... ... 5 b Douglas ... ... 11 b Douglas ... ... 15 c McGahey, b Buckenham ... 4 not out.......... ... 23 b Douglas ... ... 10 B 10, lb 1 ... 11 Total ... ...107 E sse x . First innings. F. L. Fane, b R. T. Orawford 21 J. W. H. T. Douglas, c and b R. T. Crawford..................52 P. A Perrin, lbw, b Odell... 91 O. P. McGahey, c V. Craw­ ford b Odell ..................11 W . M. Turner, c and b R. T. Crawford ..........................12 Carpenter, c W ood.b Odell 33 Reeves,c Whitehead.b Odell 21 Buckenham, b Benskin ... 3 Benham, not o u t..................12 Russell (E.',c R.Crawford, b Benskin .......................... 0 Mead,cWhiteside,b Benskin 0 B 18, lb 5, nb 1 .......... 24 ESSEX v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Southend-on-Sea on August 13, 14 and 15. HAT-TRICK BY BENSKTN. Essex won by five wickets. On Monday last, for the first time in the history of the game, a first-class match was commenced at Southend-on-Sea. The ground being small, and the outfield rough, it was not an ideal spot upon which to decide a County Championship game, but it is certainly a place with great possibilities. The feature of the opening day’s play was a superb dis­ play on the part of W ood, who, batting for two hundred and five minutes, carried his bat through the innings for 105, made without a chance. His placing on the leg-side was excellent, and his chief hits ten 4’s. W ith Whitehead, who was twice missed, he made 74 for tho first wicket in three-quarters of an hour, with V. F. S. Crawford 60 for the fourth in twenty minutes, and with Jayes, who was missed by Douglas before he had scored, 83 for the fifth in fifty-five minutes. Jayes pulled and drove in capital style, and showed how expensive a matter it can prove to miss him. In the last eighty minutes of the day Essex scored 77 for the loss of Fane. On Tuesday Perrin and Douglas remained together until the score had reached 141, the second wicket having put on 98 in one hundred minutes. Douglas was then caught and bowled, having batted for one hundred and forty-five minutes for a faultless innings of 52, in which were many fine strokes obtained all round the wicket. Perrin made his 91 out of 218 in twe hours and a-half without a mistake, hitting eleven 4’s, the majority of them off-drives. Carpenter and Reeves added 23 for the sixth wicket, shortly after which Benskin, a fast, right-hand bowler, who was making his dibut for Leicester­ shire, dismissed Buckenham, Russell and Mead with consecutive balls, those being, curiously enough, the only wickets he obtained during the innings. W hen the visitors went in the second time they fared so badly against Douglas and Buckenham that seven wickets went down in an hour for 54. .layes and Benskin made a few hits, but Essex were set only 131 to get to win. Douglas bowled superbly, combining accuracy of length with spin, and took eight wickets for 33. By the time stumps were drawn for the day the home side had scored 54 for the loss of Douglas’ wicket. Yesterday Essex won by five wickets. Score and analysis:— * L e ic estersh ire . First innings. Second i C. J. B. W ood, not out ...105 Whitehead, lbw, b Douglas 42 Knight, b Douglas .......... 0 Coe, b Douglas ..................10 V. F. S. Crawford, c Perrin, b B en ham ..........................37 R. T. Crawford, b Benham 16 King, c Russell, b Benham 9 Jayes, c Fane, b Mead ... 54 W.W.Odell,cBenham,bMead 9 Benskin, b M ead.................. 9 Whiteside,cTurner,bReeves 0 B 8, lb 4 .................. 12 Second innings, b Odell ...........28 b Odell ...........19 c Whiteside, b Odell ...........29 b Jayes ...........23 c Whiteside, b Odell ...........15 not out.................. 7 not out.................. 6 .... 4 B 3, nb 1. Total..................280 Total (5 wkts) 131 Buckenham Douglas ... Mead Benham ... Reeves L eic estersh ire . First innings. O. M. R. W. 18 . 16 . 14 . 14 . 2 0 90 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W . ... 13 ... 13.5 ... 1 1 62 2 33 8 1 0 Jayes R. Orawford Odell Benskin ... King. E ssex . First innings. O. M. R. W. 16 16 28 14.3 0 49 2 47 2 102 2 34 . . 8 1 24 0 ........... K ing delivered one no-ball. 0 ... 3 ... 4 ... 3 ... Second innings. O. M. R. W, ... 7 0 32 1 8 4 12 0 17.3 0 62 4 4 0 21 0: NOTTINGHAMSHIRE v. WEST INDIANS. Played at Nottingham on August 13, 14 and 15. Drawn. Play on the opening day was restricted to three hours and-a-hali on account of rain, but during that time the home side scored 254 for five wickets. Payton had the satisfaction o f obtaining his first tliree-figure score in important cricket, scoring 113 out of 194 in two hours and-a^quarter by faultless cricket. He scored freely all round the wicket, hit sixteen 4’s, and, in partnership with Iremonger, put on 123 for the third wicket in eighty minutes. The last-named, who was missed when 11, made 76 out of 164 in one hundred and forty minutes, but was quite overshadowed by Payton. On the following morning the remaining five wickets fell in fifty-five minutes for 42, the innings closing for 296. The visitors commenced disastrously, losing both Challenor and Constantine in Wass’ first over. Smith and Austin added 55 for the fourth wicket, and, although Harragin made some good hits, the innings closed for 149, the follow-on being just saved. At the end of the day the County lost three wickets in their second innings for 65, Gunn being not out 43. During the day eighteen wickets fell for 256 runs. Yesterday Gunn took his score to 112 before being got rid of, and it was owing almost solely to him that the County’s total reached 180, no other player on the side making as many as 20. He reached 100 out of 129 in two hours, and, in all, batted 130 minutes and hit fourteen 4’s. The W est Indians were left nearly four hours in which to get 328 to win. uliallenor and Layne gave the side a splendid start, the former being seen at his very best. The visitors gave a capital display, but at no time did a definite result appear likely. Score and analysis: — N otts . First innings. N.C. V. Turner, c Goodman, b Ollivierre ... ... ... 13 Iremonger (J.), c Ollivierre, b Smith ..........................76 Gunn (J.), c Harragin, b Ollivierre ..........................10 Payton, b Cumberbatch ...113 R.H. T. Turner, c Goodman, ‘ b Layne .......................... 6 James, st Constantine, b S m ith ..................................28 Day, c Harragin, b Smith... 17 Stapleton, c Ollivierre, b Layne .................................. Hallam, st Constantine, b S m ith .................................. Taylor, not out W est I n d ia n s . Second innings, st Ollivierre, b Smith ......... 9 c Layne, b Smith 8 c Cumberbatch, b S m ith ......112 b Ollivierre ... 0 c Cumberbatch, b Ollivierre ... 15 c Constantine, b Layne ......... 2 b Ollivierre ... 8 6 notout.. uuu ...................... ■* Wass,cConstantine,b Layne 10 Leg-byes ... Total b Morrison... b Morrison... c Cameron, Ollivierre Lb 1, w 2 11 First innings. G. Ohallenor, c Taylor, b Wass .................................. 0 L.Constantine, c R. Turner, b Wass .......................... 2 O. H. Layne, run out...........15 S. G. Smith, c Stapleton, b Wass .................................. 43 P. A. Goodm an,b Hallam... 11 H.B.G.Austin,lbw,b Hallam 30 R. A. Ollivierre, b Hallam... 10 A.E.Harrigan.c Et.Turner, b Wass . . .. 26 O. P. Oumberbatch, b Wass 0 C. S. Morrison, c James, b Hallam .......................... 2 Dr. J. Cameron, not out ... 5 Lb 2, nb 3 .................. 5 Second innings. b Hallam ...........108 c Stapleton, b Ire­ monger .......... 15 c T a y lo r , b Gunn .........: 4 st Stapleton, Hallam 10 lbw, b laallam ... 18 b Hallam b Hallam not out... not out... 20 19 ... 43 ... 13 Total First innings. ...149 N o tts . Byes ........... 2 Total (7 wkts) 292 Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Ollivierre . 14 0 68 2 ... ... 19.5 5 60 4 Smith ........... 39 5 122 4 ... ... 22 0 90 3 Cumberbatch. . 13 0 51 1 ... Lane.................. . 23.2 7 53 3 ... !.'! 6 1 20 1 Morrison......... . 3 0 6 0 ... ... 3 0 7 2 W est I n d ia n s . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Wass ... 23 2 89 5 ......... 17 2 80 0 Hallam ... ... 20.4 7 44 4 ......... 25 10 39 5 Taylor ... ... 3 0 8 0 ......... 12 0 72 0 Gunn ... 1 0 3 0 ......... 13 2 47 1 Iremonger.. 12 2 52 1 ...296 Total ...180 Wass bowled three no-balls. YORKSHIRE v. MIDDLESEX. Played at Leeds on August 13, 14 and 15. Drawn. Owing to rain play on tho opening day was limited to half-an-liour, during which time Douglas and Warner scored 25 together without being separated. On the following morning Douglas was bowled in the first over of the day, whilst at 48 both Tarrant and Buxton were disposed of. Seven later Warner, after being in seventy minutes for 17, was caught at the wicket, but then a fine stand by Trott and Wells quite altered the complexion of the match. Coming together at a time when a complete collapse might well have taken place, the pair added 97 for the fifth wicket in eighty-five minutes, the partnership being invaluable. Wells played a plucky game, but was overshadowed by Trott, who, hitting seven 4’s,scored 83 out of 125 in one hundred and fifteen minutes by faultless cricket. He reached 50 out of 76 in sixty-five minutes, and played an innings of which it would be difficult to speak too highly. Off an over from Haigh he scored two 4’s, a 3 and a 2. Colbeck made his third duck in suc­ cession, but the latter part of the inning3 was brightened by some attractive hitting on the part of Murrell who, hitting eight 4’s, the majority of them big drives, scored 63 out of 88 in sixty-five minutes. W iih Harrison he added 50 for the eighth wicket in thirty-five minutes. After lasting four hours and a-quarter the innings closed for the satis­ factory total of 276. in response to which the home side lost Tunnicliffe and scored 14 ere play ceased for the day. Yesterday, on a bowler’s wicket, the home side found runs terribly hard to get, Tarrant especially proving very difficult to play. The last- named went on when 32 had been obtained, and broueht so great a change over the game that when the fifth wicket went down the score was onfy 42. During this period he took four wickets in three overs for 8 runs. Rhodes took an hour and a-half to score 28. When it appeared likely that the whole side would collapse, and the follow-on not be averted, Hirst and Taylor came together, and, by watchful cricket, put on 57 for the sixth wicket—a partnership the value of which could scarcely be over-estimated. Wilkinson and Hardisty also played a good game, and the total eventually reached 144. During the innings Tarrant took nine wickets for 57, bowling splendidly on the soft ground. G oing in again the visitors quickly lost four wickets for 23—Colbeck, for the second time in the week, obtaining a “ pair” i —and, then declaring, left Yorkshire 156 to win. Only 4 runs, however, were made before rain came