Cricket 1907

212 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 20, 1907. at 16 ! Kinneir played for Wiltshire as an amateur before representing Warwickshire as a professional. Frank Harry was born in Devonshire; but he never played for the county. Are there others P There may be, but I cannot recall them. Major Trevor’ s description (p. 169) of what Ranjitsinhji had to endure from the cricket “ populace 99 of Australia is surely more than a little overcoloured. I read everything that I could lay hands on about the tour at the time (1897-8), and I do not remember so much as the faintest hint that it was the Prince’s big innings a-t Sydney that spoiled his popularity. His newspaper articles, and his (in Australian eyes) somewhat indiscreet confidences to reviewers were held to be responsible at the time. The Major dislikes the test matches, and has some scathing strictures on them. I do not think many people will agree with him in his contention that “ a test match implies in its essence a trial of skill at a particular time and at a particular place—a simple single struggle for victory.” S ta y; everyone will agree to that! The match must certainly be at a particular time and place, and a simple single struggle for victory ; but why it should not also be one of a series it is difficult to see. Personally, I hold three test matches better than one such match, and five better than three. In a single match one side may have an overwhelming amount of luck, but a series levels up this element. I admit that one may advance the argument—if five, why not seven, eleven, twenty-five, thirty-seven ? But that is mere pedagogy. Five is a reason­ able number. The public enjoys them, the counties benefit by them, and they mean much to the players. Not one of the Major’s arguments has gone an inch towards convinc­ ing me that they are unnecessary and un­ desirable. A glance back at what I have written shows me, however, that I may have devoted too much space to setting forth mv differences of opinion with the author. This is hardly fair to the book. Perhaps a brief reference to the subjects of some of the chapters on which I have not touched—as, for instance, the Position of the M .C.C., the Right of the Spectator, the Fieldsman (his sins !), the Lob Bowler, the Captain, Influence of the Press, Order of Batting, the Left-hander, L .B .W ., the Umpire, the Pooling of Gates, Point Scoring in tho Championship—will serve to show how wide Major Trevor’s range of sub­ jects is, and to convince those who read this tbat they ought to get—and read—and keep —his book ! J. N . P. WANDERERS v. SURREY CLUB AND GROUND. —Played at Kennington Oval 011 June 18. W a n derers. S. Colman, e Sted­ man, b Meads..........25 Dr. H. C. Pretty, b Smith .................13 V. F. S. Crawford, c Stedman, b Smith .. 54 R. Kenward, run out.. 13 T. J. Wheeler,not out..100 L. S. Wells, c Sted­ man, b Franklin ... 25 D. L. A. Jephson, not out ........................18 B 5, lb 1 .......... (5 Total (5 wkts.)*252 Hon. S. R. Beresford, P. P. Lincoln, G. R. Blades, and A. H. Behrend did not bat. * Innings declared closed. S urrey C lub and G round . P. H. Slater, st Beh­ rend, b W ells..........58 Goatly, lbw, bWheeler 1 Ducat, c Pretty, b Wells........................35 Spring, st Behrend, b Wells........................ 2 Stedman, b Pretty ... 23 Meads, st Behrend, b Wells........................ 3 Edwards did not bat, F. Odell, b Wells ... Smith, not o u t.......... G. P. Franklin, b Wells ................. F. P. Francis, not out ........................ B 1, lb 2 .......... Total (8 wkts.)l56 LANCASH IRE v. SURREY. Played at Manchester on June 13 and 14. Lancashire won by 76 runs. Lancashire gained an advantage in winning the toss, but nevertheless did well to score as many as 192. The wicket became more and more difficult as the day advanced, and on the second was altogether in favour of the bowlers. Makepeace and Hornby scored 53 together in just under the hour for the first wicket, and Tyldesley and Poidevin added 31 for the third. Stanning afterwards played very well indeed for 70 minutes, showing strong defence but hitting hard whenever opportunity occurred. Knox took seven of the wickets for 87 runs, but Orawford bowled equally as well, but without luck. In a poor light at the end of the day, Surrey lost Hayward, Hayes, Hobbs and Crawford for 44 runs in an hour, and would have fared even worse had not Hayward and Orawford each been missed twice. On Tuesday morning Marshal was soon out to a fine catch, and Baker played a very steady game, taking three-quarters of an hour to make three. When Lees was bowled seven wickets were down for 77, but Lord Dalmeny afteiwards made a few good hits and obtained the highest score on the side before being out to a splendid catch in the long-field. The last six wickets fell for 56 runs, and the innings, after lasting a couple of hours, closed for 100. With a lead of 92, Lancashire went in the second time in a poor light. Makepeace was sent back at 7, and two runs later Tyldesley was out to a capital catch in the slips. Hornby made some fine strokes, and drove a ball over the Jadies’ pavilion. The innings realised only 65, and Surrey were set the almost impossible task, taking the state of the wicket into considera­ tion, of making 158to win. Against Huddleston and Dean half the wickets fell for 27, and only Hayes, who batted 70 minutes for his admirable 31, showed any ability to make runs. The innings closed for 81, and Lancashire won by 76 runs. Score and analysis L ancashire . First innings. A. H. Hornby, b Knox 27 Makepeace, c Dalmeny, b K n o x ...............................32 Tyldesley, b Crawford ...32 L. O. S. Poidevin,b Knox... 8 Sharp, b Crawford ......... 27 Harry, c Hayward, b Knox 18 H. D. Stanning, not out ... 35 Huddleston, c Rushby, b Crawford ........................ 0 Cook, c Crawford, b Knox 0 Dean, c Marshal, b Knox ... 3 Worsley. b K n ox............... 1 B 6, nb 3 ................. 9 Second innings, st Strudwick, b Orawford........22 c Lees, b Knox... c Hayes, b Craw­ ford ................. b R ushby......... lbw, b Rushby... c Baker, b Craw­ ford ............... b Crawford b Rushby ........ b Crawford notout................. b R ushby......... No-ball Total ..........192 S urrey . Total ... 65 First innings. Hayward, c Sharp, b Dean Hobbs, lbw, b Huddleston Hayes, b Dean ................. Baker (A.), c Makepeace, b Dean ............................... J. N. Crawford, c Tyldesley, b Dean........................ ... Marshal, c Makepeace, b Huddleston ................. Lord Dalmeny, c Tyldesley, b Huddleston ................. Lees, b Huddleston .......... Strudwick, c Huddleston, b Dean ................. ... 12 N. A. Knox, c Harry, b Hud­ dleston .............................. 3 Rushby, not o u t ................. l B 4, lb 4, nb 1 .......... 9 Second innings, b Huddleston ... 8 b Dean ........11 c Tyldesley, b Huddleston ... 31 run out ......... 0 b Huddleston ... 0 b Dean ......... 0 b Huddleston ... 3 cPoidevin.bHud- dleston ... . 6 c Oook,b Huddle­ ston .................10 c Dean, b Hud­ dleston ......... 6 not out................. 0 B 1, lb 5 ......... 6 Total... ...100 Total , 81 Rushby . Crawford Knox Lees... . L ancashire . First innings. O. M. R. W. ... 14 3 33 0 .. ... 32 ' 9 61 3 ... 21 2 1 87 7 . 12 0 . Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 10.2 4 16 4 ... 15 3 34 5 ... 4 0 14 1 Knox bowled four no-balls. Dean Huddleston S urrey . First innings. O. M. R. W. ... 20.2 6 51 5 . ... 20 3 40 5 ... ... * Dean bowledone no-ball. Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 15 4 33 2 , 14.5 2 42 7 OXFORD UN IVER S ITY v. GENTLE ­ MEN OF ENGLAND . Played at Oxford on June 13, 14 and 15. Drawn. Excellent progress was made 011 the first day, fifteen wickets falling for 369 runs, the visitors, when play ceased, being 75 behind with half their wickets in hand. Oxford lost Bruce to the first ball sent down, but Wright, who played a very good innings, helped Bowring to put on 59 for the second wicket. Talbot, who was played for his fast bowling, showed promising form in making 26, and, with Gilbert and Lowe adding 47 at the end of the innings, the total reached 222. After losing four wickets for 74, Lawton and Marsham put 011 68 in an hour, the former, at the end of the day, being not out 49. On Friday the outstanding wickets went down in an hour and a-quarter for 58 runs, Lawton being caught when he had reached 58, included in which were a 6 and six 4’s. The second innings of the home side was marked by a fine partnership of 119 for the third wicket in seventy minutes by Foster and Wright. The former made some beautiful hits, and obtained as many as thirteen 4’s in his 69 ; Wright played a quieter, but not less valuable, game for 51, batting one hundred minutes and hitting eight 4’s. The innings closed for 204, the Gentlemen being left with 222 to win. Before stumps were drawn, two dozen had been made for the loss of a couple of wickets, and, as play on Saturday was out of the question, the match was drawn, the visitors, with eight wickets in hand, being 198 runs behind. Score and analysis:— O xford U niversity . First innings. Second innings. Hon. C. N. Bruce, b Craw­ ford ............................... 0 lbw, b Crawford 6 T. Bowring, b Crawford ... 38 c Marsham, b Crawford......... 13 E. L. Wright, b Brearley... 40 b Brearley......... 51 G. N. Foster, c Lawton, b c Martin, b Law­ Brearley ........................ 1 ton ................. 69 C.V.L. Hooman, b Crawford 17 c Lawton,bBrear- ley ................. 6 J. H. Gordon, b Brearley... 18 b Brearley......... 20 R. G. Barnes, b Brearley ... 8 cBrearley,bCraw- ford ................. 0 K. Raynor, c Brearley, b Crawford ........................ c Lawton,b Craw­ 17 ford ................. 6 N. S. Talbot, c Raphael, b c Hutchings, b Crawford ........................ 26 Brearley......... 4 J. C. Lowe, not out .......... 13 not out .......... 6 H. A. Gilbert, c Raphael, b c Lawton, b Craw­ Lawton ........................ 21 ford ................. 1 B 13, lb 5, w 1, nb 4... 23 B 16, lb 6... 22 Total... :..204 G entlemen of E ngland . R. T. Crawford, st Wright, b Gilbert... 5 G. J. V. Weigall, c Wright, b Talbot ... 7 H. D. G. Leveson- Gower, not out ... 10 E. G. M a r tin , b Barnes ................. 6 B 8, lb 1, w 3, nb 1 13 ...205 H. B. Chinnery, c Gor­ don, b Lowe ..........21 J. E. Raphael, b Lowe 22 E. W. Elliot, c Foster, b Gilbert.................15 K. L. Hutchings, b Gil­ bert ........................ 0 A. E. Lawton, c Hoo­ man, b Gilbert ... 58 C. H. B. Marsham, c Foster, b Lowe ... 29 Total W. Brearley, c Barnes, b Gilbert.................19 Second innings : H. B. Chinnery, c Wright, b Tal­ bot, 3 ; J. E. Raphael, lbw, b Talbot, 6 ; E. W. Elliot, not out, 10; C. H. B. Marsham, not out, 5. Total (2 wkts) 24. O xford U niversity . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 31 7 69 5 . 29*2 7 77 5 3 0 11 0 .......... 29 3116 4 .......... 27 1 -1 0 3 1 ........... 5 Hutchings........... 5 Brearley delivered one wide and four no-balls. G entlemen of E noland . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Barnes.......... 10’1 122 1 .......... 2 Talbot......... 10 3 26 1 .......... 7 Gilbert......... 22 7 575 ... ... 6 Lowe ......... 25 3 77 3 .......... 1 Bowring ... 3 0 10 0 .......... 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