Cricket 1907

124 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a t 9, 1907. public •would witness real struggles for promotion, or to avoid relegation, in which the contestants were of about equal strength, instead of farcical pre­ tences to be striving after a face-odds-15- to-l-against unattainable Championship. The best of the Second Grade bunch this year would have the opportunity of flying at the highest game next season, and if one of the very lowest clubs sud­ denly developed phenomenal form it would naturally earn promotion and be able to attain its ambit ion in the following year. If it couldn’ t last two seasons would it be worth the honour ? And, even if so, ought the competition to be messed up for such a contingency ? “ Friendly ” or exhibition games could still be played between clubs of different Grades ; the above tables show that they have been little else in reality all along. All such matches would be reckoned first- class, just as many non-county matches are at present, and those of the newly promoted counties were in 1894 though “ not in the championship.” The Surrey- Cornwall bogey would not necessarily appear at once to impose bankruptcy on the Oval authorities, and, above all, that Todhunter could be returned to “ Henry” ! But will the greedy boys in the Cham­ pionship object to standing awhile in the back rows and so spoil the game for the others? Or, will the M.C.C.—F These who live the longest will see : say about 1970. O B ITU A RY . T h e H on . M . G . K . R o lle . The Hon. Mark George Kerr Rolle died at Angeles, France, about April 28th, from congestion of the lungs. He was born at Heanton, North Devon, on November 13th, 1835, and was in the Eton Eleven in 1853 and 1854. Scores and Biographies (vi.-319) describes him as “ a good and steady batsman, while in the field he is generally wicket-keeper. In and about 1864 he was captain and manager of the Devonshire County Eleven, doing his utmost to keep that body together, and was a great patron and supporter of the ‘ noble game,’ especially in his own locality. . . . Height 6 ft. 1 in., and weight 11 stone.” For several years he was a Master of Foxhounds in his native county. He had been a member at Lord’s since 1863. J. D. B. Mb. J. T. P a r r y . Mr. John Theodore Parry died suddenly of pericarditis, at Stoke House, Stoke Poges, on the 29th ult., at the early age of 19. He ws s educated at Charterhoute, but did not obtain his colours, although in 1905 and again in 1906 he was con­ sidered good enough for inclusion in the Buckinghamshire X I. He was, however, captain and centre-forward of the school football team. In a match at Stoke House in August, 1905, between Stoke Place and Stoke House, he took part in a notable run-getting performance. The former, after making 366 for six wickets in 145 minutes, declaied their innings closed, and Stoke House, iu the remain­ ing 125 minutes, hit up 406 for five wickets, the chief scorers being the late J. T. Parry (189 not out) and Y. C. Agnew (154), who made 281 together for the first wicket. In the whole match 772 runs were thus obtained for eleven wickets in 270 minutes. Mr. E. H. Parry, the father of the deceased, was in the Charterhouse Eleven in 1871 and three following years. M r . H. G. B i g n i l l . Mr. Hugh Glennie Bignell died of enteric fever at Rawal Pindi, on Monday last, at the early age of 24. He assisted Hampshire a few times in 1901 and 1902, but did not do much, scoring only 99 runs in seven innings, but he made 49 not out and 22 not out against Somerset at Portsmouth in the former year. He was bora on October 4th, 1882. S knor A . B . d e L u go . Senor Anthony Benitez De Lugo, Marquis de Santa Susana, died in Spain a few weeks ago. He had been a member of the Surrey County C.C. since 1886, and had published three very interesting books dealing with that county’s cricket. “ Surrey at the Wicket: 1844—1887” was issued in 1888; “ The Surrey Cham­ pion : A complete record of W. W. Read’s Performances, 1873—1894” in 1895; and “ A Summary of Surrey Cricket, 1844— 1899 ” in 1900. All were printed, for private circulation, in Madrid. Rumours of his death had been current for some time, but it was not until the present week that the Surrey County C.C. received authentic news. The deceased was about fifty years of age. SURREY v. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Played at the Oval on May 6, 7 and 8. Drawn. As at Lord’s, run-getting on the opening day proved no easy task, fifteen wickets fall­ ing for 253 runs. Surrey were without Knox, whilst the visitors lacked the services of Pool. Hobbs was bowled at 20 and Hayes at 43, whilst Marshal, although never at home on the slow wicket, remained in until 79. Hay­ ward proved to be in fine form, and reached 50 out of 89 in 80 minutes ; in all, he scored 68 out of 118 in an hour and three-quarters, and hit eight 4’s. Holland played with con­ fidence, but Crawford shared the batting honours with Hayward. The amateur timed the ball admirably, and, when he found that wickets were falling fast at the other end, hit out in determined fashion. He hit six 4’s, and made his 46 out of 81 in 85 minutes. In response to the home side’s total of 199, made in 195 minutes, Northants lost their first two wickets for 3, but, owing to a useful little partnership by Kingston and Crosse, had made 46 when the third fell. By the end of the day, however, half the side had been dis­ posed of in an hour and a-half for 54, Lees having bowled 13 overs for 7 runs and three wickets. On Tuesday morning rain descended so heavily that no play was possible during the day. On Wednesday morning Crawford and Lees quickly finished ofi the innings for 102, the former altogether taking five wickets for 39 runs and the latter four for 27. In their second innings Surrey lost Hayward at 13, but Hayes, who then partnered Hobbs, played a confident game and helped the second wicket to put on 99 in an hour. The innings was then declared closed, hut during the luncheon interval rain came down and con­ tinued to fall so heavily that the match had to be abandoned. Score and analysis.— S urrey . First innings. Second innings. Hayward,c Kingston,bEast 68 st Manning, b G. Thompson ... 5 Hobbs, b G. Thompson ... 8 notout................ 51 Hayes, b Driffield .......... G lbw, b Wells ... 46 Marshal,c Manning,b Wells 11 Holland, b East .................28 J. N. Crawford, not out ... 46 Lord Dalmeny, b Driffield 1 Lees, lbw, b Driffield.......... 0 Smith, b Driffield .......... 8 Strudwick,hitwicket.b East 2 Eushby, c Manning, b Thompson (G. J.) .......... 4 B 11, lb 2, nb 4......... 17 B 4,1b 4, w l, nb 1 10 Total .................199 Total (2wkts) *112 * Innings declared closed. N orthamptonshire . E. M. Crosse, c Hay­ ward, b Crawford... 18 Cox, b Smith .......... 1 G. A. T. Vials, b Lees 1 W.H.Kingston.cStrud- wiclc, b Lees ..........22 Thompson (G. J.) c Hayes, b Lees... ... 4 East, st Strudwick. b L e e s ........................ 5 T.E.Manning.cStrud- wick, b Crawford... 11 A. R. Thompson, b Crawford.................20 Wells, b Crawford ... 0 L. T.Drifiield, not out 4 H. Hawkins, b Craw­ ford ...................... 8 B 6, lb 2 ................. 8 Total ...102 S urrey . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. E. W. Thompson (G.) 17.5 4 40 2 .......... 10 1 41 1 East................. 21 9 42 3 ........... 5 3 2 0 Driffield.......... 22 7 72 4 ........... 5 0 23 0 Wells .......... 8 0 28 1 ........... 4.5 0 20 1 Cox .......... 3 0 12 0 Hawkins... 1 0 4 0 Thompson delivered three no-balls and East two, and Cox one wide. N orthamptonshire . O. M. E. W. O. M. E.W. ... 20 9 274 1 Orawford 15.3 4 39 5 ... 9 6 6 1 IEushby... 6 2 22 0 Lees Smith M.C.C. AND GROUND v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Lord’s on May 6, 7 and 8. Drawn. Monday’s play was most interesting throughout, batsmen always having to fight hard for their runs, and twenty wickets going down for 276. Sherwell and S. J. Snooke were included in the M.C.C. side, hut Lord Hawke was absent from the Yorkshire Eleven, who were captained by Tunnicliffe. The County made a very inglorious start, Tunni­ cliffe and Rhodes being bowled ere a run had been made, and Denton and Hirst sent back by the time the total had reached 18. A timely stand of 37 by Kaye and Rothery for the fifth wicket improved matters somewhat, but when the former was bowled by Trott, after being in for an hour, seven wickets were down for 70. At this point it appeared unlikely that a total of a hundred would be made, but Wilson and Myers made a plucky resistance and in an hour and ten minutes increased the score by 71. The innings was brought to a close by Trott bowling Myers and Deyes with consecutive balls. Trott kept a fine length and varied his pace well, and, in addition to taking six wickets, made two catches. The County batted 155 minutes for their total of 142. Although the M.C.C. lost their first two wickets for 29, the score, thanks to Warner and Snooke, was up to 73 when the third wicket fell. Hardstaff, Sher­ well, and Day, however, failed, the sixth wicket going down at 78. Warner continued to play well and, altogether, scored 58 out of 124 without a mistake in two hours, hitting six 4*8. Hirst and Rhodes were always difficult, the former especially so. With the