Cricket 1906

388 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e p t . 6, 1906. but a great batsman also. Hirst’ s numerous triumphs have been even more invaluable to Yorkshire than Hayward’ s large scores to Surrey, and greater praise than that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to bestow. What position the county would have occupied in the Championship Table had he not been available, it is impossible to say, but it would assuredly not have been so high as the second. It is quite possible to say that Hirst was the Atlas of the Yorkshire teamwithout in any way underestimating the value of the services of the other members to the side. For some years past he has been generally acknow­ ledged as the finest all-round player in the world, but this season he has been better than ever before. His record of over two thousand runs and more than two hundred wickets is unique for a single season’ s work in first-class cricket. In minor matches, however, the double feat has been often performed. In 1863 Dr. E. M. Grace made 3,074 runs and took 339 wickets in all kinds of cricket, and in two other seasons—in 1881, when his figures were 2,770 and 253, and in 1883, when 3,166 and ‘250—did he take 250 wickets and score 2,500 runs. When “ E .M .” and “ W .G .” were in their prime first-class matches were far fewer than they are nowa­ days, so in order to fill up their time they had to participate in second-rate contests. In 1874 “ W .G .,” in all matches in which he took part, obtained 267 wickets and made 2,847 runs, whilst in the following year his figures were 330 and 2,684 respectively. BATTING AVERAGES. No. Times Most of not Total in an Inns out. runs. inns. Aver. Baker .................. ... 5 .. 0 .. 192 .. 84 . . 38-4 Ducat ................... ... 10 ... 0 .. 371 .. 81 . . 371 T. Bowring... ... ... 13 ... 1 .. 425 .. 118*. . 35-41 I>avis ................... ... 18 ... 2 .. 562 .. 171 . . 3512 S prin g.................. ... 13 ... 2 .. 333 .. 77 . . 30-27 Stedman ........... ... 18 .. 1 .. 423 .. 64 . . 24-88 Moulder ........... ... 15 ... 0 .. 357 .. 72 . . 23-8 M eads................... ... 16 .. 2 .. 249 .. 56 . . 17-78 F. L. Nightingale ... 14 ... 2 .. 198 .. 44 . . 16*5 C otton................... ... 5 ... 0 .. 78 .. 48 . . 15-6 Nice ................... ... 12 ... 2 .. 148 .. 43 . . 14-8 Platt ................... ... 5 ... 0 .. 62 .. 27 . . 12*4 G ooder.................. ... 12 ... 1 .. 103 .. 35 . . 936 J. S. Brocklesby ... 7 ... 0 .. 54 .. 31 . . 771 Smith (W .C .) ... ... 4 ... 1 . 13 .. 12*. . 4-33 Jackson .......... ... 5 ... 2 .. 11 .. 6*. . 3-66 SURREY (2 nd X I.)—A L L MATCHES. The following will show the results of the matches played by Surrey 2nd X I. this season, with the batting and bowling averages of the various members of the side :— RESULTS OF MATCHES. Second Division Championship Matches:—Played, 10; won, 5; lost, 2; drawn, 3. M atches W on . v. Yorkshire (2nd XI.)—Surrey, 222 and 68 for two wickets; Yorkshire, 103 and 184. W on by eight wickets, v. W iltshire—Wiltshire, 151 and 266; Surrey, 239 and 179 for six wickets. W on by four wickets, v. Glamorganshire—Surrey, 352; Glamorganshire, 57 and 62. Won by an innings and 233 runs, v. Glamorganshire—Surrey. 74 and 209 ; Glamorgan­ shire, 98 and 73. W on by 112 runs, v. Lancashire (2nd XI.)—Lancashire, 105 and 146; Surrey, 337. W on by an innings and 86 runs. M atches L ost. v. Yorkshire (2nd XI.)—Yorkshire, 178 and 303* for seven wickets; Surrey, 131 and 92. L ost by 258 runs. v. Staffordshire—Surrey, 86 and 284 ; Staffordshire, 202 and 169 for four wickets. Lost by six wickets. M atches D rawn . v. Staffordshire—Surrey, 198 and 256* for three w ickets; Staffordshire, 253 and 42 for two wickets. v. Wiltshire—Wiltshire, 114 and 162; Surrey, 174. v. Lancashire (2nd XI.) -Lancashire, 121 and 309 ; Surrey, 245 and 150 for seven wickets. Matches not in Second Division Championship :— Played, 2; won, 1; lost, 0 ; drawn, 1. M atch W on . v. K ent (2nd XI.)—Surrey, 481; Kent, 251 and 131. W on by an innings and 99 runs. M atch D rawn . v. Kent (2nd XI.)—Surrey, 446 for four wickets. Kent, 200 and 305 Innings declared closed. The following batted in three innings only:— Goatly, 21-10-205; Rushby, 7-17-1*. The following batted in two innings only:—C. F. Reiner, 8-27* ; J. E. Raphael. 0-1; R. M. Bell, 10*-0*. The following batted in one innings o n l y S . S. Harris, 53; Vigar, 37* ; Gamble, 17; Harrison, 9*; Millership, 5 ; Blacklidge, 8*. •Signifies not out. T. Bowring ... . D avis................... F. L. Nightingale R i c e ........................ Rushby ........... . Gooder ........... Moulder ........... Meads ........... Smith (W. O.)... Spring ........... Jackson ........... P la tt................... BOW LING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. ..... .. 53.4... 14 ... 153 ... 17 .. ....... 137 ... 20 ... 384 ... 30 .. 26 ... 4 ... 92 ... 6 .. 195.3... 35 ... 487 ... 30 .. 125*1... 23 ... 383 ... 21 .. 162.3... 47 ... 407 ... 22 .. 332... 2 ... 114 ... 6 .. 181.3... 40 ... 401 ... 21 .. 94 ... 22 ... 203 ... 9 .. 194 ... 67 ... 409 ... 18 .. 119.5... 27 ... 354 ... 13 .. 39.5... 6 ... 132 ... 4 .. Aver. . 9 . 128 . 1533 . 1623 . 18 23 . 18-5 . 19 .. 19-09 . 22-55 ,. 22-72 .. 27 23 ,. 33 The following bowled in two innings on ly:— Gamble. 7 for 78; Millership, 2 for 92. The following bowled in one innings only :— R. M. Bell, 1 for 15; Blacklidge, 0 for 1; Harrison, 0 for 24; Ducat, 0 for 8. CRICKET IN CANADA. The following score, which gives par­ ticulars of a match between the St. Cyprian’s and Parkdale Clubs, played on the Saint’s ground at Toronto, on August 11, is of special interest for a noteworthy bowling perform­ ance by Holt for the former. In seven overs he took nine Parkdale wickets (eight cleaned bowled) for ten runs, doing the hat trick with his last three balls. As Packer was run out, he got all the wickets which fell to the bowlers in the innings. St. Cyprian’s. c sub., b Ferguson, Jackson .................. t> Holt, c Durrant, b Denison .................. 14 Colborne, b Abrahams 12 F. J. Davis, b Denison 5 Baker, c Durrant, b Abrahams ........... 1 Reed, b Denison... Durrant, b H olt... . Packer, run o u t... . Hamilton, not out . Abrahams, b Holt . Denison, b H olt... . Jackson, b H olt... . Pratt, c Colbome, Holt ................... , Jones, b Denison .. Neville, not out......... Wood, b Jackson .. E. Davis, b Jackson.. Turrell, b Jackson .. Extras ......... Total ... .. 1 P ar k d a le . .. 2 Smallman, b Holt . . 0 .. 2 McAdams, b Holt . . 1 .. 9 Hewitson, b Holt ... 0 .. 0 Goodchild, b Holt . . 0 .. 1 Extras ... .. 4 .. 2 — b .. 0 Total ... ... 21 CRICKET IN INDIA. BOMBAY GYMKH ANA v. H INDU GYMKHANA. This match, played on the former’s ground on August 12, had been looked forward to with great interest. Unfortunately, rain in the early morning had made the wicket sticky, and the Hindus, using it to better advantage, had an easy victory in the end by 108 runs. Score :— B om bay G y m k h a n a . R. E. A. Elliott, c and b Baloo ........... ... J. Monteath. st Dhar- galkar, b Mehta ... S. N. Powell, st Dhar- galkar, b Baloo ... i H. Cheetham, b Shiv- ram .......................... H.R.Hackney,st Dhar- galkar, b Baloo E. A. Wodehouse, c Agaskar, b Baloo ... P. R. Cadell, c Mehta, b Shivram ............ 0 E. Priestley, not out... 12 C.G.Stileman.c Mehta, b Date .................... 3 E. E. Coombs, c and b Baloo........................... 6 J. F. Pooley, st Dhar- galkar, b Date ... 0 Extras ............ 8 Total , 76 H in d u G y m k h a n a . R.V. Agaskar, b Stile- man .......................... 0 P. R Telang, c and b Pooley ..................29 P. Baloo, c Elliott, b Stilem an..................45 G.E.Khote, c Hackney, b Pooley .................. 9 N. G. Prabhakar, b C o om b s..................14 C.V.Mehta, c Priestley, b Pooley ..................29 K. A. Date, b Coombs 15 D. Telang, lbw, b Coombs .................. 20 W. G. Shete, c and b Coombs .................. 0 Shivram, c Priestley, b Stileman ...........12 P.Dhargalkar.notout 0 Extras... .......... 11 Total ...184 HAMPTON W ICK (2) v. BRIXTON W ANDER­ ERS (2;.—Piayed at Hampton Wick on August 25. B r ix t o n W an d er ers (2). J. Faulkner, c Daws, b Spearing.................. 33 A.Lee.c & b Farquhar- son .......................... 4 D.McD.Dickson.cLau- renoe, b Barry ... 9 A. Harbert,b Barry... 2 C.Hogg, c and b Barry 30 C. J. Larne, b Barry... 17 R. O. Headon, st Laur­ ence, b B arry.......... 4 L. Lewis, run out ... 6 J .F . Godrich, b Barry 20 E Preston, b Daws ... 0 W. J. Benge, notout 1 B 23, lb 2 ... 25 Total ...151 H am pto n W ic k (2). E.Gardner, c Dickson, b B e n g e .................. 12 W . Farquharson, c Dickson, b Godrich 14 L. D. Grayson, run out 5 S.E.Laurence,b Benge 1 E. T. Spearing, b God­ rich ... .................. 0 D.G.W illiam s,notout 28 J. W. B igg,b Benge... 0 A. E. Hulland, c God­ rich, b B en ge........... 1 H. O. Smith, run out 1(1 P. Daws, not out ... 7 B 4, lb 3 ........... 7 Total (8 wk'is) 91 W . G. Barrie did not bat. LONDON & WESTM INSTER BANK (2)v.IVAN - HOE.—Played at Norbury on September 1. IVANHOE. O.M.Champion.bW ill­ son ..........................29 O. H.Ware,c Logan, b Bailey .................. 15 H. S. Champion, c Logan, b Smith ... 9 L. Evans, not out ... 78 N. C. Starr, c W . E. Smith, b Bailey ... 1 A.J. Sargeant, cTyte, b Willson ...........30 B 9, lb 6, w 2 ...17 Total (5 wkts) *179 U. Willan, F. C. Berry, C. H. Barber, G. S. Arrow- smith and C. Clarke did not bat. * Innings declared closed. L. & W . B a n k (2). S. Bennett, b Berry ... 32 H. O. Willson, b Sar- S.G.Tyte, b Champion 0 G. Logan,b Champion 14 A.W.Stevenson,notout 54 E. W. Bennett, c W il­ lan, b Champion ... 0 i geant... F. Ralls, not out Byes ........... 35 0 7 Total (5 wkts) 142 A. Podmore, W. E. Smith, J. Smith and F. Bailey did not bat. THE DANGERS OF CRICKET. WORCESTERSHIRE’ S BlO COLLAPSE. C h am pain ’ s L eg B r e a k s . Sheffield Daily Telegraph. Thank Heaven the casualities were so slight.— Punch .