Cricket 1906

S ept . 6, 1906. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 389 SURREY v. M IDDLESEX. Played at the Oval on August 30, 31, and September 1. Drawn. For this match Surrey were without Lord Dalmeny and Strudwick, whilst Middlesex lacked the services of Warner, Napier and Harrison. The visitors made a very promis­ ing commencement, James Douglas and Tarrant scoring 50 for the first wicket in 50 minutes, Beldam and Litteljohn 63 for the third in similar time, and the latter and Trott 116 for the fourth in 80 minutes. The last- named, hitting thirteen 4’ s. made his 75 in 80 minutes, whilst Litteljohn, who gave a steady display and hit eleven 4’ s, scored 87 out of 228 in three hours and a quarter. W ells was out to a splendid catch ere settling down, and Palmer made only 17. By the end of the day 1V1iddlesex had scored 315 for nine wickets, a total which was increased the next morning to 322. Rushby did well to take half the wickets for 82. When Surrey went in Hayward was seen at his best. W ith Hobbs he made 80 for the first wicket in 75 minutes, with Hayes 27 for the second in 25, and with Crawford 65 for the fifth in 50. Altogether he scored 110 out of 223 in three hours and a half without a mistake, making his thirteenth three-figure innings of the season, and establishing a fresh record for the largest individual aggregate obtained dur­ ing a season. He hit two 5’ s and sixteen 4’s. The last five wickets fell for 37 in 35 minutes, leaving Surrey 70 in arrears on the first inn­ ings. In the three-quarters of an hour re­ maining before play ceased for the day James Douglas and Tarrant scored 64 for the first wicket, Middlesex, at drawing of stumps, being 134 runs on with nine wickets in hand. On Saturday Tarrant was bowled ere another run had been made, but W ells and Beldam improved matters a little by adding 41 for the third wicket, after which Trott and Murrell put on 26 together for the fifth, and S. Douglas and Palmer 46 for the eighth in half-an-hour. When 196 had been made for eight wickets the innings was declared closed, leaving Surrey 267 to get in 185 minutes. Only 47 had been made before Hayward, who was missed in the long-field by Trott when he had made 12, rashly threw his wicket away. Hayes was soon out, but Hobbs and Baker •put on 125 for the third wicket, which fell at 176. Hobbs, who reached 50 out of 83 in 50 minutes, made no mistake whilst scoring 103 out of 176 in an hour and three-quarters. He made sixteen 4’s, and drove and hit to leg in fine style. A t this point a victory for Surrey still appeared probable, but, against Trott and Wells, five wickets went down in the last 70 minutes for 70 runs, and, when time arrived, Surrey, with eight wickets down, still required 21 to win. Owing to a sun­ stroke, Holland was unable to bat in the second innings. Murrell was seen to advan­ tage behind the wicket. Score and analysis : M iddlesex , First innings. J. Douglas, b Rushby ... 28 Tarrant,cStedman ,bRushby 14 E. A. Beldam, c Stedman, b K nox ..................................28 E. S. Litteljohn, b Rushby 87 Trott, b Crawford .............. 75 C. M. Wells, c Knox, b Crawford. .......................... 4 O. Palmer, c Hayes, b Knox 17 S. Douglas, c Stedman, b Rushby .......................... 14 Murrell, b Rushby ............ 7 Hearne (J. T.), b Knox ... 15 Mignon, not o u t .................... 3 B 18, lb 11, w 1 ..............30 Second innings, st Stedman, b Hayes ...........31 b R u sh b y ...........28 c Baker, b Craw­ ford ...................28 c Hayes, b Craw­ ford ................... 8 b Knox .............22 e Stedman,b Lees 11 notout.....................28 b Lees... b Knox not out.., B 3, lb 4,nb 3, w 2 12 Total ..................322 Total (8wkts)*196. •Innings declared closed. S orbet . First innings. Hayward, c S. Douglas, b Tarrant .......................... 110 Hobbs, c Trott,b Tarrant... 27 Hayes, c Beldam, b Tarrant 20 Baker (A.), lbw, b Hearne... 8 Hoi land,c Murrell, b Hearne 0 J. N. Crawford, c Hearne, b Trott ..................................38 Goatly, c Tarrant, b Wells... 11 Lees, c J .Douglas, b Tarrant 17 Stedman, c Tarrant, b Wells 8 N.A..Knox,c Mignon,bWells 3 Rushby, not o u t ................... 5 Byes .......................... 5 Second innings. st Murrell,bWells 22 c and b Wells ...103 run out ........... 3 notout...................59 c Murrell,b Trott 1 stMurrell.b Wells 17 c Murrell,b Wells 22 c Murrell, b Trott 0 b Trott ........... 0 not out................... 3 B 12,1b 4 ... 16 Total..................252 Total (8 w kts) 246 M id d le se x . First innings, Second innings. O. M. R. W. O . M . R. W . Lees ... .......... 27 8 70 0 ... ... 13 4 30 2 Knox ......... 26.4 6 88 3 ... ... 11 0 61 2 Rushby ..........2P 4 82 5 ... ... 12 1 50 1 Crawford ... 14 2 41 2 ... ... 12 1 42 2 Hayes ......... 2 0 11 0 ... ... 2 1 1 1 Rushby bowled three wides and Knox three no-balls Surrey. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Mignon ... ... 10 2 29 0 ... ... 5 0 20 0 Wells ... ... 18.3 4 37 3 ... ... 30 2 92 4 Trott........... ... 14 3 54 1 ... ... 16 3 49 3 Tarrant ... ... 30 7 73 4 .. ... 10 0 48 0 Hearne ... ... 20 2 54 2 ... ... 6 2 21 0 R. R. Relf at 9, Killick at 23, and Vine at 29. Simms then joined Latham, and the 50 went up in 45 minutes. The fourth wicket added 56 in three-quarters of an hour. Latham played a very sound game for his 32. The result was put beyond doubt by Cox and A. E. Relf, who added 37 for the sixth wicket in 20 minutes, the latter making three 4’ s in an over from Dennett. Sussex won by four wickets. Score and analysis:— G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings. E. Barnett, c Butt, b Cox... 48 b C o x .................. 4 Wrathall, c Butt, b Dwyer 4 c Simms,b Dwyer 0 Board, c Butt, b A. Relf ... 20 b V in e.................52 R. T. Godsell, c and b Vine 28 F. II. B. Champain, b Vine 14 F. E. Thomas, b C o x ........... 9 G. L. Jessop, b V in e ............ 9 W. H. Naish, b Cox ........... 1 F. B. Roberts, b Vine........... 2 P. H. Ford, b Cox ........... 3 Dennett, not o u t ................... 2 B 3, lb G, w 1, nb 2 ... 12 Total................152 S u ssex . First innings. P. H. Latham, c Board, b Jessop.................................. 0 Vine, b Jessop ................... 7 run out ...........33 c sub., b A. Relf 87 b Vine... b Leach ... . c Butt, b Vine . c Vine, b Cox . b Dwyer ... . not out................ B 12, lb 5 . 13 54 2 1 5 13 17 SUSSEX v. GLOUCESTERSH IRE. Played at Brighton on August 30, 31 and September 1. Sussex won by four wickets. From the very start the visitors, who were without C. O. H . Sewell and C. L. Townsend, were playing an uphill game. Wrathall was caught at the wicket at 10, and. although Board and Barnett added 45 for the second wicket and tbe latter and Godsell 40 for the third, three wickets were down by lunch-time for 101. Barnett made his 48 out of 95 in an hour and three- quarters, whilst Godsell was in 75 minutes for 28. After the interval the last seven wickets fell for 51 in 50 minutes against Cox and Vine, the innings closing for 152. Sussex lost Latham in the first over, and Vine at 16, and, although Killick and Albert Relf added 62 for the third wicket in 45 minutes, half the side were out for 100. The left-hander hit well all round the wicket, and made his 54 out of 78 in 70 minutes without a mistake. Leach, who hit seven 4’s, put on 43 for the sixth wicket in half-an-hour, Sussex, at the end of the day, being nine runs on with four wickets in hand. On Friday morning 137 were added in 70 minutes before the last wicket fell. Simms made 71 out of 99 in 40 minutes, driving with great power and hitting fourteen 4’s, whilst Robert Relf, when the innings closed for 298, was left to carry out his bat, after being in an hour and three- quarters, for 71, in which were thirteen 4’s. Simms was missed when 30, and the younger Relf when 44. W ith arrears amounting to 146, Gloucestershire lost Barnett and Wrathall for 8, but Godsell and Board added 50 for the third wicket in 75 minutes, and the latter and Jessop 77 for the fourth in 45. Jessop made 54 out of 77 in three-quarters of an hour, hitting eleven 4’s, five of them in one over off Dwyer. Board played a much steadier game, taking two hours and a-half to obtain his most valuable 52. W hen the eighth wicket fell the total was only 202, but, thanks chiefly to Champain, who made 27 in 80 minutes, the ninth wicket added 29 and the tenth (Dennett in) 52 in 25 minutes. Champain hit fourteen 4’s, and it was largely due to him that the home side were set as many as 136 to win. The task was com­ menced on the Saturday, and Sussex lost Killick, c Thomas,b Roberts 54 Relf (A. E.), c Thomas, b Roberts .......................... 17 Cox (G.), c Board, b Roberts 9 Leach, c Board, b Jessop ... 39 Relf (R. R.), not out ...........71 C. L. A. Smith, c Wrathall, b Jessop ..........................20 II. L. Simms, b Champain 71 Dwyer, b C h am pain........... 1 Butt, c Thomas, b Cham­ pain .................................. 8 Bye .......................... 1 Total............281 Second innings. lbw, b Dennett... 32 st Board, b Den­ nett ................... 0 b R ob erts..............10 n otou t..................... 32 c Wrathall, b Roberts ..............11 not out................... 8 c Ford, b Den­ nett .................... 6 c Nash, b Ford... 27 B 9, nb 1...........10 Total (6 wkts) 136 Cox .. ., Dwyer... . Relf (A. E.) Smith ... . Leach ... . Vino ... . Jessop Dennett .. Roberts .. F ord ......... Champain O. M. R . W 27 10 71 2 15 0 86 4 9.5 32 Total .................. 298 G l o u cester sh ibe . First innings. Second innings, O. M. R. W. ...... ......... 22 8 43 4 ... . 12 1 37 1 ... . 10 4 11 1 ... . 4 1 16 0 ... . 3 0 8 0 . . . . 9 2 25 4 ... Killick, Smith bowled a wide and Cox two no-balls. S u ssex . First innings. O. M. R. W. 23 4 101 4 1 72 0 2 80 3 3 29 0 ... 2.5 0 15 3 ........... Roberts bowled one no-ball. , 7 . 23 , 3 32 1 35 3 8 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W . . 15 . 17 . 12 ... 4 ... 19-4 ... 10 ... 5 0 9 0 5 62 3 1 34 2 0 21 1 HAMPSH IRE v. KENT. Played at Bournemouth on August 30, 31 and September 1. Kent won by an innings and 37 runs. More interest attached to this match than would have been the case ordinarily, for Kent had to escape defeat in order to obtain the Championship : a victory for Hampshire, on the other hand, would have caused premier honours to rest with Yorkshire. The home side, winning the toss, had first use of a good wicket, and fared so badly that they lost eight wickets for 75 in an hour and a-quarter. Blythe, when he bowled Hill, socured his one hundredth wicket of the season. Lang­ ford and Badcock added 60 for the ninth wicket in half-an-hour, and the former and Wyatt 28 for the last in 20 minutes, the total eventually reaching 163. Badcock hit two balls out of the ground in an over off Blythe, who took six wickets for 67. Before play ceased for the day Kent, in just over two hours and a-half, scored 302 for the loss of