Cricket 1907

214 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 2O,xI907. apiece. Derbyshire made a very fair start, Buckston and Wright scoring 30 for the first wicket, but the second fell at 46, and the third at 48. After six men had been sent back for 90, Morton and Oadman added 38 together, and the latter and Warren 40, but. the visitors had to follow-on 156 in arrears. In their second innings they collapsed badly, and in 80 minutes had been dismissed for 66, leaving Essex victorious by an innings and 90 runs. 1n the whole match Head obtained ten wickets for 75 runs. Score and analysis: — E s s ex . Freeman, b Warren .. 0 S. P. Meston, c Hum­ phries, b Cadman... 19 Buckenham, c Flet­ cher, b Morton ... 52 Russell (E.), not out... Mead (W.), b Morton.. F. L. Fane, c Hum­ phries, b Warren ... 43 J. W. H. T. Douglas, b C adm an.................40 P.A.Perrin,b Rickman 52 Reeves, c Wright, b Morton .................47 C. P. McGahey, c Cad­ man, b Warren ... 11 C.J.Kortright,c Hum­ phries, b Morton ... 46 D e r b y s h ir e . First innings. L.G. Wrght.c Fane,b Mead 18 G.M.Buckston, lbw, b Mead 23 Needham, c Douglas, b Buckenham ................. 4 Morton, c Kortright, b Douglas ........................47 C. A. O.livierre, b Mead .. 13 B 7, lb 2, w 2, nb 1 12 Total ........ 331 Second innings, b Buckenham ... 1 c Fane.b Bucken­ ham ................. 0 b Mead .......... 9 Humphries, b Mead .......... 2 R. B. Rickman,run out ... 0 Cadman,cPerrin.bMcGahey 41 Warren, b Mead.................19 Fletcher, c Russell, b Kort­ right ............................... 1 Bestwick, not out .......... 0 Leg-byes ................. 7 Total .................175 E ssex . O. M. R. W. Warren ... 31 4 92 3 1Cadman .. Bestwick... 10 1 45 0 Rickman . Morton ... 26.4 4 82 4 b Mead .......... c sub.,b Bucken­ ham ................. b Buckenham ... b Mead .......... b Mead .......... c McGahey, b Buckenham ... b Mead .......... not out................. B 4, lb 3 ... Total ... 66 O. M. R. W. 27 5 55 2 9 2 45 1 Warren and Bestwick each bowled a wide and Bestwick a no-ball. D e r b y s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Buckenham . . 17 3 57 1 ... ... 12.4 1 38 5 Douglas ... .. 10 1 38 1 ... Mead ... . . 24 3 8 51 5 ... 12 5 21 5 Reeves ... .. 2 1 4 0 ... Kortright .. 5 4 5 1 ... McGahey .. .. 3 0 10 1 ... CRICKET IN INDIA. C IV IL v. M IL ITARY . This match, played at Ootacamund on May 16, was won easily by the Civil. Major Dewing, c Sesh- achari, b Fremlin ... Major Milner, b Frem­ lin ........................! Mr. Leipmann, c Shiv- aji Rao, b de la Hey Major England, c Fremlin, b Rennie... i Major Annesley, c Fremlin, bRennie... Col. Mackenzie Ken­ nedy, c Fremlin, b Rennie ................. Mr.Hamilton, c Sesh- achari, b Rennie ... 35 Capt. Rice, c and b Rennie ................. 0 Major Pierce, not out 45 Mr. H. Kelly, b Mor­ rison........................20 Mr.Anderson,b Frem­ lin ........................19 Extras ..........10 Total ..223 C ivil . H. D. Taylor, b Hamil­ ton ........................ 7 R. H. Rennie, c H. Kelly, b Leipmann 25 K. Seshaehari, b Eng­ land ................ ... 35 W. M. Phillips, retired 87 C. Morrison, retired 61 F. Rennie, not cut ... 10 Prince Sivaji Rao, not out ........................ 17 Extras ..........18 Total (3 wkts) 260 NOTTINGHAM SH IRE v. SUSSEX. Played at Nottinghamon June 13, 14, and 15. Notts won by nine wickets. During the five hours that play was in progress on the first day, Sussex were dismissed for 168 and Nottinghamshire scored 67 for two wickets. The cricket was very slow, and during the ninety-five minutes before lunch three wickets fell and only 48 runs were scored. Vine batted for just under three hours, and stayed in until 130; his innings was very valuable, but rather tedious. In the after­ noon the last seven wickets added 120 in an hour and three-qnarters, Wass taking seven wickets for 62 runs during the innings. Before stumps were drawn, Notts had scored 67 for the loss of the two Gunns, Iremonger carrying out his bat for 45. Next morning Hardstaff was caught at 88, and Iremonger, having hit six 4’s and batted one hundred and thirty-five minutes, was fourth out at 101. Jones and Payton put on 38 in half-an-hour, but no other stand was made, and when the innings closed for 202 the captain was left not out 61 ; he hit three 4’s, batted an hour and a-quarter, and gave one chance— when 60. Wass and Hallam were at their best when the visitors went in the second time, and, bowling unchanged, dismissed them for 124. The innings calls for no description, the score-sheet telling its own tale. Left with 91 to win, Notts made 58 for the loss of Iremonger before play ceased for the day, aud on Saturday quickly obtained the few remain­ ing runs without further loss. Score and analysis:— Sussex. First innings. K. O. Goldie, c G. Gunn, b Wass ............................... 1 Vine, c Hallam, b Wass ... 44 Killick, c Hallam, b Wass 11 Relf (A.E.), b Branston ... 22 Relf (R.), c and b J. Gunn 11 Leach, b Wass .................23 C. L. A. Smith, b Hallam 5 Seymour ( John), c &b Wass 8 Cox (G.), b Wass................. 8 Dwyer, c Jones, b Wass ... 24 Butt, not out .................10 Nb ........................ 1 Total 168 Second innings. b Wass................. 2 lbw, b Hallam ... 9 bW ass............... 13 cOates, b Wass... 14 run out .......... 3 cJ.Gunn,bHallam 14 c Jones, b Hallam 27 b Wass................. 4 b Hallam ..........11 c Jones, b Hallam 24 not out .......... 0 B 2, w 1 ... 3 Total..........124 N otts . Iremonger, c Smith, b Cox ........................65 Gunn (G.), run out ... 4 Gunn(J.), cA. E. Relf, b Cox........................ 4 Hardstaff,c Butt,b Cox 21 A. O. Jones, not out .. 61 Payton, c Seymour, b Cox ........................18 G.T. Branston, b Cox Alletson, run out ... Oates, lbw, b Killick Hallam, b A. E. Relf Wass, c Seymour, b Dwyer ................. B 3, lb 3 ......... Total Second innings : Iremonger, c R. Relf, b Cox, 23 ; Gunn, (G.), not out, 34 ; Gunn (J.), not out, 31; B 2, lb 1, nb 1;—Total (1 wkt.), 92. C. de la Hey, R. W. Tumhill, F. Hammington, Minor Zemindar Kumara Mangalam did not bat. S ussex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Wass .. 28-2 10 62 7 . . ... 23 6 55 4 Hallam ... .. 33 13 68 1 . . ... 23 6 66 5 Gunn (J.) .. 11 4 24 1 . Alletson ... . 2 0 9 0 . Branston . 1 0 4 1 . Wass bowled one no-ball and Hallam one wide. N otts . C o x .......... .. 39 8 98 5 . . ... 13 5 22 1 Dwyer ... .. 14-4 5 36 1 . . ... 1 0 4 0 A. E. Relf . 16 8 21 1 . . ... 13 3 30 0 Killick ... .. 14 2 41 1 . Goldie. 4.2 0 23 0 Seymour ... 4 1 9 0 Goldie bowled one no-ball. BRIXTON WANDERERS (2) v. WALTON.—Played at Ashley Park, June 15. W alton . F. H. Coleman, b Mit- ;C. Kinder, b Harbert 7 e h e ll........................ 0 A. F. Cobbett, b Har- A. E. Gough, c Mit- 1b e rt........................... 0 chell, b Benge.......... 5 .G. Gaily, not out ... 2 J. C. Trigg, b Wright 38; B 18, lb 4 ..... 22 O. Wilmot, b Thurston 13 — W. Swan, not out ... 41 | Total (6 wkts)*128 •Innings declared closed. F. D. Beaumont, D. C. Gough and J. D. Paterson did not bat. B rix to n W an derers (2). W. A. Mitchell, not out ........................ A. Harbert, notout... Extras .......... A.Lee, c Gaily, b Swan 3 S. Thurston, b Trigg... 10 W. R. Caesar, c and b Trigg........................ 4 C. Hogg, b Trigg ... 40 C.W. Phillips, c Trigg, b Swan .................12 C. J. Laine, W. Wright, E. Bishop, and W. J, Benge did not bat. Total (5 wkts) 77 OBITUARY. M r . R. W . M c L eod . Mr. Robert W . McLeod, who died at Melbourne on Friday or Saturday last, was an elder brother of Mr. C. E. McLeod, who visited England with the Australian teams of 1899 and 1905. He was the fourth son of Mr. Norman McLeod, the owner of a large fleet of steamships, and was born at Port Melbourne on January 19th, 1868. His early education was received at St. James’ Grammar School, but he afterwards proceeded to the Scotch College, where he was in the Eleven for three years: at the age of 15 he scored 144 not out, the first three-figure innings of his career, for the former against K ing’ s College. As quite a lad he must have shown unusual ability, for he started playing in senior cricket—with Port Melbourne—as far back as 1882. His first noteworthy feat in the best company appears to have been when he took six wickets for 12 runs against South Melbourne, who included Slight, Walters, and G. H. S. Trott. At the early age of twenty he played his first match lor Victoria, and was in such fine all-round form about that time that he would have been a member of the team which visited us in 1890 had he been able to spare the time. In January of the year mentioned he to >k five wickets for 30 runs for his Colony against New South Wales at Sydney. Exactly two years later he played his first Test match —at Melbourne—and created something of a sensation by dismissing “ W . G .,” Abel, and A. E. Stoddart in five balls, his analysis for the innings being five wickets for 55; as he also scored 14 and 31 his debut in the great match may be considered a very suc­ cessful one. In the same week— on January 9th, 1892, to be precise—he played an in­ nings of 213 for Melbourne against Williams- town, and in partnership with C. H. Ross (216) added 421 for the fourth wicket : the total of the innings was 687. On February 27th he scored 324 against Essendon on behalf of the Melbourne Club, for whom his two following innings realised 98 against South Melbourne and 207 against Williams- town. In the Esaenden match his great score contributed largely to the total of 828 :— At M e l b o u r n e , Fi W. Bruce, b M. Morris 92 J. M’llwraith, c H. Christian, b M. Mor­ ris ........................25 C. H. Ross, c J. Morris, b Tandy .................70 R. W. McLeod, c W. Smith, b J. Morris...324 J. Curr, c Tandy, b M. Morris.................99 J. Phillips, cW. Smith, b M. Morris ..........10 e b r u a r y 27, 1892. H. Trumble, c Gor­ don, b J. Morris ... 63 J. Wilson, b J. Morris 3 M. F. Dawkins, b M. Morris .................54 P. G. Jennings, run out ........................12 J.M‘C. Blackham, not out ........................ 8 Byes, &c. ... 68 Total ..........828 McLeod batted five hours and a-half for his great score, and hit a 7 (4 from an over­ throw) and thirty-six 4’ s. In March, 1893, he played an innings of 101 for Victoria against South Australia, at Adelaide, when, in partnership with F. Laver (104), he put on 198 for the eighth wicket, which was at the time a record for that wicket so far as first-class cricket in Australia was concerned. In that year he visited England, but it cannot be said that he fulfilled expectations, scoring 638 runs with an average of only 17, and taking 47 wickets at a cost of 24 runs each. His highest score was 47 not out in the York­ shire match at Bradford, made against the bowling of Peel, Wainwright, and Hirst, whilst his best performance with the ball was when he took five wickets— those of A. E. Stoddard, E. A. Nepean, Flowers, F. Marchant, and Shacklock— for 29 runs