Cricket 1907

118 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 9, 1907. His doings there may be summarised as follows Year. Runs. Aver. Wkts. Aver. 1903 ... 91 ... 11-37 ... ... 9 .. . 21-33 3904 ... 625 ... 36-76 ... ... 22 .. . 19-77 1905 ... 808 ... 50-50 ... ... 44 .. . 18-22 1906 ... 568 ... 37-86 ... ... 52 ... 13-57 Against Clifton he scored 50 and 110 not out in 1904, and 165 in the following year, whilst at Lord’s last season he made 132 against Haileybury. Like R. A. Young and J. N. Crawford, he plays in glasses. The whole time he was in the Cheltenham team he had as one of his companions M. G. Salter, of whose doings in the Freshmen’s match at Oxford to-day it will be interesting to learn. The latter during the five seasons he was in the College Eleven performed as follows with the ba t:— Times Most not in an Year. Inns. out. inns. Total. Aver. 19D2 .... 11 , ... 0 ... 89 ... 216 ... 19-63 1903 ... 10 . .. 0 ... — . .. 304 .. . 30-40 1904 ... 18 ... 3 ... 145* ... 993 .. . 66-20 1905 ... 17 ... 1 ... 131 ... (130 .. . 39 37 1906 ... 15 . .. 1 ... 61 ... 522 ... 37-28 In his great year of 1904 he scored 39 and 66 not out against Marlborough and 111 and 36 not out at the expense of Clifton, and obtained four centuries in succession for the College with a fifth, against East Gloucestershire for another team, inserted in the sequence. He was then only seventeen years of age. He had, however, given promise of great things four years earlier when, in one week, when playing for the Cheltenham College Juiiors, he scored 192 not out 8gainst Douglas School (Malvern) and 230 against Leconfield. Two such scores in succession must be considered quite remarkable for a boy of thirteen, though Gregor MacGregor, the Middlesex wicket­ keeper, played his first three-figure innings at the early age of nine. SURREY v. GENTLEM EN OF ENGLAND . Played at the Oval on May 2 and 3. Suirey won by nine wickets. In this, theopen'ng match of the Oval season, neither side was at full strength, although each included many of the leading players of the day. The Surrey team, which was led by Hayward, was composed entirely of pro­ fessionals. In the Gentlemen’s eleven J. J. Cameron was included at the last moment in place of C. B. Fry, for whose absence no reason was made public. The wicket was soft, but not difficult, but during the day fifteen wickets fell for 190 runs. A shower in the morning delayed the start for an hour and a half, and by lunch time the Gentlemen, who won the toss, had scored 26 without loss. The first run, as well as the first boundary- stroke, of the season fell to the lot of “ \V. G .,” who, despite his fifty-eight years, was one of the three on the side to reach double figures. The old gentleman appeared to be as keen on the game and as fine a judge of a run as ever. His was the first wicket to fall, at 36, but Wood’s was accounted for almost directly afterwards. Vivian Crawford and McGahey added 20 for the third wicket, the former, who made a big on-drive off Smith out of the ground, playing a very bright game. McGahey left with the sc^re 67 for three wickets, but so pronounced a collapse then occured that the whole side were out for 78, the last eight wickets thus falling for eleven runs. Smith obtained his four wickets in three overs for seven runs, and almost performed the hat-trick. He got Y. F. S. Crawford caught and Toidevin bowled with successive balls, whilst from his following delivery K. T. Crawford was missed by Hayes in the slips. Lees also bowled very well, and quite deserved his analysis of five for 29. Surrey commenced very badly, losing Hobbs and Hayes for five, but Holland and Hayward put on 32 for the third wicket, and the former and Davis -10 for the fifth in half an hour. Thanks mainly to these partnerships Surrey, when play ceased for the day, could claim a lead of 34 with half their wickets in hand. Holland, who cariied out his bat for 64, played a very valuable, watchful, and stylish game without a mistake of any kind. His on-play and driving were especially good. On Friday, owing to no rain having fallen during the the night, the wicket was faster than on the previous day, but, notwithstanding this, Surrey lost their last five wickets for 43 runs in 40 minutes, Brearley taking the mall for 20 runs in 38 balls. Holland, when he had made 64 out of 127 in 125 minutes, was caught at third man in trying to pull; he hit a 5 and five 4’s and played a faultless game. The innings amounting to 155, the Gentlemen, when they went in the second time, were 77 in arrears, and it soon became obvious that a victory for the County was assured. Wood made 26 out of 53 in 50 minutes, adding 27 for the fourth wicket with Poidevin, but very little other resistance was offered to the bowling. Lees again bowled well, and in the whole match took ten wickets for 64 runs. Surrey were set only 22 to win, and this num­ ber thoy easily obtained for the loss of Strudwick’s wicket. Score and analysis :— G entlemen of E ngland . First innings. W. G. Grace, b L ees..........16 C J.B.Wood,cGoatly.b Lees 19 V. F. S. Crawford, c Davis, b Smith ........................22 C.P.McGahey.cSmith,bLees 9 L.O. S. Poidevin, b Smith... 0 A. E. Lawton, b Lees.......... 2 R. T. Crawford, b Lees ... 1 J. J. Cameron, b Smith ... 0 W. W. Odell, b Smith ... 2 O. V. Staples, not out.......... 1 W. Brearley, run out.......... 5 Bye ........................ 1 Second innings. b Smith .......... 3 c Davis, b Lees... 26 b Lees... •) Smith b Lees... b Lees... b Lees ... b Smith b Rushby b Smith not out... Bye Total ..........78 Total... 98 S urrey . First innings. Second innings. Hayward, b Brearley..........18 Hobbs, b R. T. Crawford ... 2 Hayes,lbw,b R. T. Crawford 0 Holland,c Wood.bBrearley 64 Marshal, b Brearley .......... 3 Davis,c Cameron,b Brearley 22 notout................. 5 Lees, c V. Crawford, b Brearley ........................23 Strudwick, lbw, b Brearley 5 c Lawton,bBrear- ley ................. 0 Smith (W.C.), b Brearley... 8 notout.................16 Rushby, not o u t ................. 0 B 5, lb 3, nb 2 ..........10 No-ball ... 1 Total ..........155 Total(1 wkt) 22 G entlemen o f E ngland . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Lees .......... 12 4 1 29 5 .......... 14 4 35 5 R ushby.......... 3 0 10 0 ........... 3 1 7 1 Smith .......... 10 2 32 4 .......... 13*4 4 55 4 Hayes .......... 1 0 6 0 ........... S urrey . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Brearley..........27'2 3 71 8 .......... 2 0 12 1 R. Crawford ... 15 2 51 2 .......... Odell .......... 11 5 22 0 ........... 1-2 0 8 0 Lawton .......... 1 0 1 0 ........... Brearley delivered three no-balls. GENTLEMEN OF IRELAND v. YORK ­ SHIRE. Played at Bray on May 2, 3, and 4. H A T-TR IC K BY DEYES. Yorkshire won by an innings and 1 run. During the morning of the first day several showers of sleet and rain and a boisterous wind combined to make the con­ ditions very disagreeable. Play was restricted to less than three hours, during which time the County made 153 for the loss of four wickets. The match was played on the private ground of Mr. Stanley Cochrane, at Woodbrook, Bray, near Dublin, and the leadership of the home side was entrusted to Sir T. C. O’Brien. The feature of the day’s cricket was furnished by Denton, who batted an hour and a-half for 58 not out. Hirst, who was let off in the f-lips before he had made a run, scored only 13, much to the Disappointment of the spectators, who hoped to see him play one of his characteristic innings. In the early part of the innings, Rhodes, when he had made 8, received from Ross a ball whtch struck the stumps without displacing the bails. On Friday Denton took his score to 149, made in 275 minutes, ere being caught. He had given a chance- less and attractive display, and had hit a dozen 4’s and ten 3’s. Kelly was put on rather late, but, by taking three wickets for 9 runs, brought the innings to a close some­ what summarily. The home side gave a disappointing exhibition of batting, and were all dismissed for 102. Meldon, of Dublin University, alone showed any real mastery over the attack; his innings of 34 was a free and attractive display of sound cricket. On Saturday morning the home side followed-on, 190 behind, but, apart from O’Brien and Browning, who added 72 for the fifth wicket in halt'-an-hour, made little stand against the bowling. Deyes took six wicketsfor 62, and dismissed Ross, Harring­ ton, and Kelly with consecutive balls. Score and analysis:— Y orkshire . Haigh, c Meldon, b R oss........................12 Myers, lbw, b Ross ... 3 Lord Hawke, c Har- Tunnicliffe,b Harring­ ton ........................26 Rhodes, b Donovan ... 10 Denton, c Crawford, b Kelly .................149 Lieut. H. S. Kaye, b Lambert ... ......... 24 Hirst, b Harrington... 13 Wilson, c Browning, b Harrington......... 4 G entlemen of I reland . First innings. Second innings. J.W. F. Crawford, c Hunter, b Hirst............................... J. M. Magee, b Rhodes ... R. H. Lambert, st Hunter, b Rhodes ....................... G. P. Meldon, run out ... . F. H. Browning, b Hirst ... 12 man, b Kelly Hunter, not out... Deyes, b Kelly ... Extras ... Total ... 0 b Hirst... 12 b Haigh ... 24 ... 3 ... 0 ... 24 ...29c, .. 14 .. 14 13b Haigh ... . 31c and b Deyes . Rhodes, Deyes 0b Deyes. ... , ’ b Deyes* ... . W. R. Harman, b Hirst T. C. Ross.c Hirst, b Rhodes 11 G. W. F. Kelly, c Haigh, b Rhodes ........................ 0 b Deyes Sir T. C. O’Brien, b Haigh 10 notout.......... W. Harrington, b Myers ... 4 b Deyes E. J. Donovan, not out ... 3 b Hirst Extras ................. 3 Extras 1 9 ' 40 2 19 0 60 (i2 28 Totai ■102 Total ...189 O. M. R. W Lambert.. 20 4 71 1 Kelly ... 2.5 0 9 3 Y orkshire . O. M.R. W. Donovan ... 10 1 36 1 ! R oss.......... 25 5 64 2 Harrington 36 7 88 3 | G entlemen of I reland . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hirst............... 13 2 31 3 ... 47 4 ... 21 1 ... 0 1 ... Deyes’ ... 19 Hirst bowled two no-balls, and Myers and Deyes each three. Rhodes Haigh Myers 21 6 9 3 0.4 0 16.1 10 16 4 19 2 17 0 58 2 5 0 62 6