Cricket 1906

420 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S ept . 20, 1906. The three leading Counties in the Cham­ pionship Competition were Kent, Yorkshire and Surrey, in the order named. By com­ bining Tables 2and 3we findthat Surreycan point to an advantage of 10-13 runs per wicket over their opponents, Kent of 8-38, and Yorkshire of 5*44. These figures, itmust be remembered, referto all matchesplayedby those sides during the season, andnot merely to inter-County contests. T ab le N o. 4.—TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF TOTAL SCORES OF 400 OR MORE HIT IN FIRST-CLASS MATCHES DURING THE SEASON. Total For. 701-4 Leicestershire (>34 Surrey .......... Worcestershire K en t................. North .......... Kent .......... Kent.......... ... Surrey .......... Somerset.......... Lancashire 033 610 590 576 568 562 r,15 531 523 522 510 509 Against. Ground. Worcestershire Worcester Warwickshire Oval Warwickshire Worcester Hampshire Bournemouth South ..........Scarboro’ Worcestershire Worcester Sussex ..........Canterbury Warwickshire Edgbaston Worcestershire Taunton Kent.................Manchester Gloucestershire Worcestershire Cheltenham Essex ..........Sussex •Warwickshire Surrey ......... Derbyshire ... Leicestershire 501-9 Warwickshire Sussex ...... 493 Warwickshire Hampshire .. Worcestershire Lancashire .. 492 489 483 483 483 479 479 471 471 460 456 Sussex Surrey Surrey Yorkshire Lancashire K ent.......... Essex K ent.......... Middlesex Lancashire 450-8 Hampshire 449 “ ‘ ' , Hampshire .. . Leicestershire Oxford Univ... . Leicestershire . Somerset........ Lancashire Middlesex . West Indians W ’rc’stershire Sussex .. Warwickshire.. Northants 439 Worcestershire Oxford Univ. 433 Northants ... Derbyshire 430 N’ttingh’mshire Sussex ... 429 Surr,ey ...........Northants 429 Essex ... ,.. Surrey .... 427-8N’ttingh’mshire Northants 427 Sussex ...........Derbyshire Essex................Gloucestershire Leyton Surrey ..........Leicestershire Leicester Leicestershire .. Yorkshire . ... Leicester Worcestershire. Warwickshire Edgbaston 426 425 425 422 421 419 418 418 ■117 417 415 414 410 410 Leyton Edgbaston Glossop Edgbaston Edgbaston Manchester Portsmouth Oval Oval Leicester Bath Canterbury Lord’s Catford Lord’s WQrcester Chichester Peterboro’ Worcester ... Chesterfield ... Nottingham ... Oval ... Oval ... Nottingham Derby Yorkshire. Surrey .......... Northants Somerset........ Leicestershire... Yorkshire Surrey ........ Kent................. Kent................ Hampshire ... 409-9 Surrey ......... 406 Worcestershire Somerset... 405 Cambs. Univ.... Northants Hampshire ... Southampton Middlesex ... Lord’s Worcestershire Worcester Gloucestershire Bristol 1183 , 30 1181 , 28 1176 , 38 1171 , 30 1157 , 33 1157 , 37 1152 , 31 1131 , 40 1124 40 1122 , 36 1114 , 39 1109 30 1100 34 1096 ,3 5 1077 25 1077 , 40 1074 , 40 1071 , 32 1065 , 36 1063 , 26 1061 , 35 1060 , 40- 1058 , 27 1053 , 30 1052 , 40 Warwickshire Edgbaston Somerset..........Huddersfield Sussex. •••. ... Oval Sussex ..........Brighton Leicestershire Maidstone Kent... ... Bournemouth Gloucestershire Bristol Taunton Cambridge During the season 53 such scores were hit, compared with 76 in 1905, 78 in 1904, 42 in 1903, 43 in 1902, 93 in 1901, 57 in 1900, and 79 in 1899. It is curious that the highest total of the year, which was 67 more than the next largest, shouldhave been made for the loss of only four wickets. Two of thethree greatest aggregates of the season were made on the run-getting wicket at Worcester. T a b le N o. 5.—TABLE SHOWING THE NUM­ BER OF MATCHES IN WHIOH 1,000 OR MORE RUNS WERE SCORED DURING THE SEASON. Runs.WTkts. Match. Ground. 1425for 16 .... Worces. v. Leices. ... Worcester 1371 „ 28 .... Somerset v. Worces. ... Taunton 1293 „ 32 .... Gents, v. Players ... ... Scarboro’ 1276 „ 27 ... Middlesex v. Essex . Lord’s 1274 „ 34 .... Sussex v. Hants ... .. Chichester 1252 „ 39 .... Worces. v. Ox. Univ. ... Worcester 1236 „ 39 ..,. Kent v. Middlesex. ... Tonbridge 1235 „ 37 .... Gents, v. Players .. Oval 1231 „ 23 .... Warks. v. Surrey .. Edgbaston 1221 „ 38 .... England v. Kent .. Oval 1206 „ 30 .... Surrey v. Warks. ... Oval 1205 „ 39 .... Worces. v. Hants. .. Stourbridge 1204 „ 25 ... Worces. v, Kent... ... Worcester 1191 „ 39 ..., Worces. v. Glouces. ... Worcester 11,91 „ 24 ..., Worces. v. Warks. .. Worcester 1051 „ 32 , 1049 „ 40 . 1040 „ 30 , 1038 „ 31 . 1037 1025 1023 1016 1016 1005 1003 40 . 37 . 35 . 36 40 30 39- . Hants, v. Kent ... , Sussex v. Essex ... .’ Leices. v. Surrey ... Lancs, v. Kent' ... . Yorks, v. M.O.C. & G. . Warks. v. Somerset ... . Surrey v. Ox. Univ. ... . Essex v. W. Indians ... . Kent v. Essex .......... . Ox.Univ. v. Camb.Univ. . Leices. v. Essex .......... . North v. South .......... . Notts, v. Essex ......... . Derby v. Sussex .......... . Leices. v. Yorkshire ... . Essex v. Notts............... . Middlesex v. Somerset .. Notts, v. Glouces. • ... .. M.O.O. & G. v. C. Univ. .. Surrey v. Notts............. . Essex v. Northants. ... . Leices. v. West Indians . Warwks. v. Worces. ... .. Essex v. Sussex .......... Sussex v. Oxford Univ. .. Surrey v. Cam. Univ.... . Hants, v. Derby ... ... .. Notts v. Lancashire ... ,. Hants, v. Northants ... .. Glouces v. Lancashire... .. Yorkshire v. Kent .. M.O.O. & G. v. Worces. .. Surrey v. Middlesex ... .. Essex v. Surrey .......... .. Kent y. Sussex ... ... .. Lancs, v. Sussex .......... Boumem’th Hastings Leicester Manchester Scarboro’ Edgbaston Oval Levton T. 'Wells Lord’s Leicester Scarboro’ Nottingham Derby Leicester Leyton Lord’s Nottingham Lord’s Oval Leyton Leicester Edgbaston Leyton Eastbourne (Saffrons) Oval Southampton Nottingham Southampton Gloucester Sheffield Ix>rd’s Oval Leyton Canterbury Manchester During the season 51 suchmatches were played, compared with 50 in 1905, 56 in 1904, 28 in 1903, 26 in 1902, 69 in 1901, 37 in 1900, and46 in 1899. The largest aggregate recordedat Brighton was 986 for 38 wickets in the Sussex v. Cambridge University match. This is the first time since 1892 that a seasonhas passed without a four-figure total being recorded at Hove. The aggregate of 1,425 for 16 wickets in thematchbetweenWorcestershireandLeices­ tershire, at Worcester, has been exceeded only twice in the whole history of first-class cricket inEngland. Only threematches wereplayed duringthe seasonat Scarborough, but each yielded over 1,100 runs:— Yorkshire v. M.C.C. & Ground... 1,157 for 33 wickets The North v. The South ..........1,109 for 30 wickets Gentlemen v. Players................. 1,293 for 32 wickets In the ninematchesplayedat Worcesteran aveiage of over 1,080 runs was obtained in each, five of six consecutive yielding more than 1,100apiece. (Fordetailsseenote appended to Table I.) Three consecutive matches played at the Oval resulted in more than 1,000 runs being scored in each:— Surrey v. Cambridge University Surrey v. Warwickshire .......... Gentlemen v. Players... .......... . 1,051 for 32 1,206 for 30 . 1,235 for 37 At Lord’s, Nottingham, the Oval and Worcester six successive matches produced over 900 runs each. T a b le N o . 6.— TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF COMPLETED MATCHES OF FOUR HUNDRED RUNS OR LESS. Runs.Wkts. Match. Ground. .. Lancs, beat Notts..........Liverpool .. Leices. beat M.O.O. &G. Lord’s . Yorks, beat Leices. ... Leeds Northants. beat Derby... Northampton 260 for 40 366 for 40 385 for 29 386 for 30 T ab le No. 8.—TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF MATCHES IN WHICH CLOSE FIN­ ISHES WERE WITNESSED DURING THE SEASON. (a) TWO MATCHES OR LESS. Margin. Match. Ground. 1 wicket... Kent beat Surrey........................Oval Nineteen runs were required when the last man went in. (b) THIRTY RUNS OR LESS. 1 run ... Lancs, beat Leicestershire ...Leicester 1 run ... Gloucestershire beat Yorks. ...Bristol 13 runs ... Lancashire beat Essex ..........Leyton 16 runs ... Leicester beat M.O.C. & G. ...Lord’s 18 runst... M.C.O. & G.beat Oxford Univ...Lord’s 21 runs ... Worcester beat Northants. .. Nrthmptn 24 runs ... Leicester beat West Indians ...Leicester 25 runs ... Notts, beat Yorkshire ..........Dewsbury t Within five minutes of time. (c).—O ther I nstances . Warwickshire beat Somerset, at Edgbaston, by 139 runs one minute before time. The following matches, although drawn, produced some exciting cricket at the close, when the state of the game was as follows:— 1 wkt. to fall and 21 to win, required by Surrey v. Middlesex, at the Oval. (Nominally Surrey had two wickets to go down, but Holland, who was injured, was not on the ground.) 1 „ „ and 23 to win, required by Worcester­ shire v. Gloucestershire, at Worcester. 1 „ „ and 39 to win, required by Kent. v. Middlesex, at Tonbridge. 1 „ „ and 84 to win, required by Hampshire v. Worcestershire, at Stourbridge. (The last wicket had already added 57 in 35minutes, Stone (41) and Badcock (24)in.) 1 „ „ and 104 to win, required by Northam- tonshire v. Essex, at Leyton. 4 „ ,. and 15 to win, required by Essex v. Kent, at Leyton. 7 „ „ and 17 to win, required by Leicestershire v. Hampshire, at Leicester. T able No. 7 .- TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF SCORES OF FIFTY OR LESS IN COMPLETED INNINGS IS FIRST-CLASS MATCHES DURING THE SEASON. Total. 25 34 48 50 For. ■ Worcestershire . Leicestershire . . Warwickshire , Notts. ... ... . . Yorkshire ... . Against. Ground. . Yorkshire ... Hull . Yorkshire ... Leeds . Somerset ... Taunton Lancashire... Liverpool . W.Indians... Harrogate a Signifies for nine wickets. Field, who had put his elbow out whilst bowling, was unable to bat. 389 runst ■ t . T able N o . 9.- TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF HEAVY DEFEATS EXPERIENCED IN FIRST-CLASS MATCHES DURING THE SEASON. (a).—Innings and 100 or more runs. Margin. Match. Ground. Inns. & 270 runs...Surrey beat Leics. ...cOval Inns. & 230 runs.. Gloucs. beat Worces.. Cheltenham Inns. & 229 runs...Notts beat N’rthants. Northants. Inns. & 214 runs...Surrey beat N’rth’nts. bO val Inns. & 195 runs . Kent beat Lancs. ...«C’nterbury Inns. & 151 runs...Somerset beat Hants...Portsmouth Inns. & 143 runs...Lancs, beat, Somerset .Liverpool Inns. & 131 runs...Kent beat Sussex ...dCanterb’ry Inns. & 117 runs...Kent beat Sussex ...Brighton Inns. & 106 runsf§Yorks. beat Ox. Univ..Oxford Inns. & 103 runs...Yorks, beat Leices. ...Leeds Inns. & 101 runs...Sussexbeat Middl’s’x..Brighton (b).—2 00 runs or more. Yorks, beat Somerset ... g Bath Kent beat Somerset ... / Taunton Surrey beat Hants. ... o Oval Middlesex beat Somerset Lord’s ... O. Univ. beat Yorkshire Cambridge tt •• Surrey beat Sussex ... Oval j ... Yorks, beat Middlesex... Lord’s t§ ... Lancs, beat Sussex ... Manchester ... Surrey beat Essex... § ... W. Indians beat Yorks. * ... England beat Kent ... Leices. beat Derby ... W. G.’s XI. beat W.’ Ind. Crystal Palace ... Leices. beat Northants... Leicester ... Somerset beat Glouces. Bristol ... Essex beat D erby......... Leyton ... Lancs, beat Glouces. ... Gloucester. , b, c denotes consecutive Surrey matches, signifies successive Kent matches, and f, g, consecutive Somerset matches, t After declaring with 9 wickets in hafid, with 7, $ with 5, § with 4, *with 2, and |§ with 1. (To be continued.) CRICKET YEAR BOOK, 1906. O N E P E N N Y . P o st F r e e , l id . Contains photo groups of Yorkshire, Lancashire, Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Notts, Leicestershire, Middle­ sex, Somersetshire, Warwickshire, Essex, Gloucester­ shire, Northamptonshire, and the Australians; the Batting and Bowling Averages and Chief Perform­ ances of 1905; Laws of the Game. 354 n 337 n 320 f) 305 tt 289 H 281 tf 281 M 268 262 251 » 252 247 224 212 * 209 201 » a d, e l Leyton Harrogate , Oval Leicester Copies may still be obtained from “ C rick et.” O ffice , 168, U pper Tham es S treet, E.O.