Cricket 1906

A u g . 23, 1906. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF.cTHE GAME, 363 regularity fo r the Surrey C lub, and his inniDgs o f 80 for the G entlem en of Surrey against the Gentlem en o f H ollan d at the Oval on M on d ay was one o f the very best on the side. Just lately he had quite a remarkable run o f success, scoring a hundred six times w ithin seven days. A t a m eeting o f the Y orkshire C om ­ m ittee held in the pavilion at Sheffield on Tuesday, under the presidency o f L ord H awke, the hom e fixtures fo r next season w ere allocated to the various grounds in the coun ty as follow s :— At Sheffield, Sussex, Middlesex, Warwick­ shire and Derbyshire ; at Leeds, Lancashire, Kent, Somerset; at Bradford, Surrey, W or­ cestershire, Hampshire, South A fricans; at Hull, Leicestershire ; at Huddersfield, Notts ; at Dewsbury, Essex ; at Harrogate, Glouces­ tershire, if matches be arranged with the western county, about which there is a doubt owing to the inability of Gloucestershire to fix a match in the West in May. It was agreed to support the proposition of Kent with regard to the qualification of county cricketers. It was resolved that the following be sent round to the various counties, the same to be submitted to the advisory board for consider­ ation : “ That a player qualified by residence shall have such qualification approved and registered by the M.C.C., and notified in the daily Press before he is entitled to play in a county championship match.” Further, it was decided that David Denton be given his benefit next season in the match with Lancashire at Leeds. The Test match between England and South Africa in Yorkshire’s next season will take place in Leeds. R u s e b y , Surrey’s new bow ler, w h om I see the cheap press has already taken to sufficiently to call him fam iliarly “ T om ,” is now ju st com pletin g his tw enty-fifth year. H e was born at C obham , w hich is, I m ay add fo r the inform ation of the un­ initiated, in Surrey, and what cricket he had before he came to K en nington and has had since, outside the Surrey C lub, was for his native village. H e came on to the b ow lin g staff at the Oval three years a g o, bu t this is practically his first real season in the C ounty side, though he did play, very occasionally, in 1903, as w ell as the tw o follow in g years. Ju st lately, ow in g to the un­ certainty about M r. K n ox , he has had m ore opportunity, and on M onday last at B ram all Lane, he took fu ll advantage o f it w ith a fine analysis o f five wickets fo r seventeen runs in Y orksh ire’ s first innings. Otherwise, perhaps, his best perform ance this season has been his eleven w ickets fo r 79 runs fo r the S ix ­ teen against the E leven at the O val in the opening m atch. F o r the Second E leven he took five wickets fo r 58 in the first innings o f K en t’s 2nd| at T ow n M ailing early in June, and thirteen wickets o f Lancashire’s 2nd in the m atch at A sh ton -u n der-L yn e in the m iddle o f that m onth. A t the instance o f K en t the A dvisory C ounty C ricket Comm ittee w ill meet presently to consider the question o f the length o f residence necessary to qu alify cricketers com ing from any country ou t­ side the B ritish Isles. The idea, so I understand, is to p rolon g to some extent the period for qualification at present necessary under the coun ty qualification rules. I f report speaks tru ly, other matters o f im portance to the counties are also to be brou gh t forw ard. The A dvisory C omm ittee w ill have plen ty o f w ork before them presently. I came across the follow in g in a paper the other day. U nfortun ately I had no means o f id en tifyin g the particular journal so that it must remain anonym ous as far as I am concerned. I give it, of course, as it appeared, “ without p reju d ice” My attention has been called to some re­ markably curious cricket that occurred at Crouch End last Saturday. In the Edmon­ ton II. and Highgate II. match one of the latter had his stumps hit with the last ball of an over without the bails being removed. The wicket-keeper knocked the wicket down and the umpire gave him out as stumped. The other umpire, however, said he had called “ O ver” prior to the stumping, and the batsman resumed. Marvellous to relate, the same bowler hit the same batsman’ s stumps in the next over, and again failed to shift the bails. Fventually the batsman, who must have had a very exciting time, broke his bat in trying an off-drive and was caught at cover-point. It sounds like a fairy tale, but I am assured that it is true. T h e follow in g w ill show the relative positions o f the various com petitors in the 2nd D ivision o f the C ounty Cham ­ pionship up to Saturday la s t : — cc 'd ^3 I £ §& i o P h ® ,Q <D .9 ■§03 o5bO03 "5 oPk a fl.S 1 "cn a § c3 £ o £ I I g ft 8 PM ’o A h <D P h Bedfordshire.. 8 . . 5 .. 2 .. 1 . . 24 ..20 .. 8333 Staffordshire .. 10 . . 6 .. 3 .. 0 . . 30 . 24 .. 80-00 Devon .......... 8 . . 5 .. 1 .. 0 . . 24 ..17 .. 7083 Hertfordshire.. 10 . . 5 .. 2 .. 0 . . 30 ..19 . . 63*33 Surrey (2nd) .. 10 . . 5 .. 2 .. 0 . . 30 ..19 . . 63-33 Berkshire 9 . . 4 .. 2 .. 0 . . 27 ..16 .. 59-25 Monmouthshire 8 . . 2 .. 4 .. 0 . . 24 ..14 .. . 58-33 Yorkshire (2nd) 9 . . 5 .. 0 .. 0 . . 27 ..15 . . 55-55 Glamorgansh’e.ll . . 6 .. 0 .. 0 . . 33 ..18 . . 54-54 Dorset .......... 7 . . 3 .. 1 . 0 . . 21 ..11 . . 52-38 D urham ......... 9 . . 4 .. 0 .. 0 . . 27 ..12 . . 44-44 Norfolk ......... 6 . . 2 .. 0 . . 0 . . 18 .. 6 . . 33 33 Suffolk ......... 8 . . 2 .. 1 ... 0 . . 24 .. 8 . . 33 33 W iltshire......... 9 . . 3 .. 0 .. . 0 . . 27 .. 9 . . 33 33 Buckinghmsh’e 7 . . 2 .. 0 .. 0 . . 21 .. 6 .. . 28-67 Oambridg’shire 5 .. 1 ... 0 . . 0 . . 15 .. 3 . . 20-00 Oxfordshire .. 6 . . 1 .. 0 .. 0 . . 18 .. 3 . . 16-66 Lancashire(2nd) 8 . . 0 .. 1 . .0 . . 24 .. 2 . . 8 33 Northumb’rl’nd 7 . 0 .. 0 . . 1 . . 21 .. 1 . . 4-76 Cornwall......... 7 .. 0 .. 0 . . 0 . . 21 .. 0 . • — The method of scoring is as fo llo w s T h r e e points shall be scored for a win in a completed m atch; should the match not be completed, the side leading on the first innings shall score two points; one point shall be given to each side in a drawn match ; i.e., a match in which no result on the first innings is attained; in the event of a tie in a completed match, or in a match decided on the first innings the points shall be divided. LANCASH IRE v. M IDDLESEX. Played at Manchester on August 20, 21 and 22. Middlesex won by 31 runs. Owing to rain play on the opening day lasted only two hundred and fifteen minutes, but during that time as many as twelve wickets went down for 196 runs. After Douglas had been caught and bowled at 28, Litteljohn and Tarrant added 52 for the second wicket in seventy minutes, but not without luck, for each was missed. Tarrant batted very steadily, scoring 27 out of 69 in one hundred and ten minutes. After lunch the last seven wickets, thanks chiefly to Heap, fell for 68 runs in sixty-five minutes, the innings closing for 165. Lancashire, who were without Cuttell and MacLaren, lost Spooner from the third ball of the innings, after which Tyldesley made 24 out of 28 before being sent back. At the end of the day the home side had lost two wickets for 31. Rain on the second m orning delayed the start for half-an-hour, and, when play was resumed, the wicket was in favour of the bowlers. From the second ball sent down Makepeace was dismissed, but Poidevin, who made 30 out of 60 whilst in, and Sharp then put on 38 together in three-quarters of an hour. Hornby, Findlay and Heap failed, but Harry and Dean added 30 for the ninth wicket, and, when the innings closed, Lancashire were only 41 behind. Tarrant bowled splendidly, his analysis of nine for 54 recalling his recent triumph against Yorkshire at I.eeds. The visitors found run-getting a very difficult matter when they went in a second time, and were all disposed of in an hour and a half for 76. Trott, hitting at everything, scored 28, and was the only one on the side to meet with much success. Huddleston, who went on at 56, took four wickets for ten runs. Set 118 to win, Lancashire lost half their wickets for 35, and, by the time stumps were drawn, had seven down for 56, being then 61 behind with three wickets to fall. Yesterday m orning less than half-an-hour’s play proved suffi­ cient to enable Middlesex to win by 31 runs. Score and analysis M iddlesex . C RIC K E T Report Sheets, lOd. per dozen, post free Order of Going-in Cards, 7d. per dozen, post free ; Oricket Score Books, 6d. and Is. each; postage 2d. extra.—To be obtained at the Offices of “ Cricket/* 168, Upper Thames Street, London, E.O. First innings. J. Douglas, c and b Dean... 14 Tarrant, c Huddleston, b S h a rp ..................................27 E. S. Litteljohn, c Harry, b Huddleston ...................39 R. V. Buxton, c Huddleston, b Heap .......................... Trott, b Heap ................... W . P. Harrison, b Huddles­ ton .................................. Murrell, b H e a p ................... C. Palmer, b Heap ........... Hearne (J.T.), c Findlay, b Huddleston ................... G. G. Napier, c Hornby, b H a rry .................................. Mignon, not o u t ................... B 6, lb 5 ................... Second innings, b Harry ........... c and b Harry ... lbw, b Heap c Makepeace, b Huddleston b Huddleston c Spooner,b Dean c Findlay, b Dean b Huddleston ... c Makepeace, b Huddleston ... 13 , 28 b Harry not out Total ...165 Byes ... 3 Total ... 76 Second innings, b Hearne ........... 2 L ancashire . First innings. R. H. Spooner, b Tarrant... 0 Makepeace, c Napier, b Tar­ rant .................................. 5 b T a rran t........... 0 Tyldesley, c Hearne, b Tar­ rant .................................. 24 L. O. S. Poidevin, b Tarrant 30 Sharp, c Murrell, b Tarrant 18 A. H. Hornby, b Trott ... 1 Harry, c Harrison, b Tar­ rant .................................. 30 b Tarrant ... ... 7 b Hearne ...........18 c Murrell, b Tar­ rant ................. 6 cPalmer,bHearne 13 c Buxton, b Hearne ...........12 Tarrant ........... 0 notout ...........18 Heap, b T arran t................... 0 c Douglas, b Tar­ rant ... ,.......... 3 Dean, not out ...................13 run out ........... 1 Huddleston, c Douglas, b Tarrant ................... 3 run out ........... 1 Extras ................... 0 Extras........... 5 T o t a l...................124 T o t a l...........86 M iddlesex . First innings. Second innings. O. M . R. W. O . M . R. W. Harry ........... 17 5 50 1 .. . ... 102 1 28 3 Dean ........... 12 4 21 1 .. ... 4 0 10 2 Huddleston ... 22 3 47 3 ........... 5 2 10 4 Heap ........... 12 4 28 4 .. . ... 10 2 25 1 Sharp ........... 2 0 8 1 . ......... L ancashire First innings. Second innings. O . M . R . W . O. M . R. W. Tarrant......... . 30 10 54 9 .......... 14 3 34 4 Napier ........... 2 0 14 0 . Hearne ........... 15 6 26 0 . ;■.! 13*4 2 47 4 Trott ........... 12 4 30 1 .„ ...