Cricket 1907

A ug . 29, 1907. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 381 L ancashire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Warren .......... 11 4 27 0 ... . ... 11 4 35 3 Bestwick......... 17-4 4 53 4 ... ... 19 8 48 0 Cadman ......... 13 6 21 5 .., ... 23 8 40 2 Bracey .......... 4 0 16 0 ... Rickman.......... 2 0 11 0 .. ! 5 2 16 0 Purdy ... ... 9.3 4 16 4 Warren bowled one no-ball and one wide, Bestwick four wides, and Purdy one wide. M IDDLESEX v. KENT. Played a L o r d ’ s on August '26, 27, and 28. Drawn. Early on Monday morning there was very heavy rain, and later in the day there were so many showers that at three.o’clock it was decided to give up all thoughts of play until the following morning. On the Tuesday, when Warner and Douglas opened the Middlesex innings, the wicket was slow. Twenty runs were made by bright cricket and then the latter played a ball from Mason on to his wicket. With Payne in, the play was very attractive, both he and Warner making some very fine strokes and bringing on a double change of bowling. The second wicket realised 51 in forty minutes, and Warner completed his half-century after batting eighty-five minutes. After Tarrant and Trott had been caught for single­ figure scores, Warner, after batting just over an hour and a-half, was sent back for an excellent 58, in which were eight 4’s. After the fall of the seventh wicket at 114, Wells and Pearce added 51 for the eighth in thirty-five minutes, and, with 18 being put on for the last, the total eventually reached 183. Humphreys, with four wickets for 33, was the most successful bowler. Kent lost Humphreys in the long-field at 22, and Seymour, who followed in, took a long time to settle down, being in twenty-five minutes ere making his first run. Woolley was bowled at 50, and after his dismissal, Hutchings stayed with Seymour for fifty-five minutes whilst 67 were added for the third wicket. Day helped to put on 38, and Mason kept Seymour company until the end of the day, when the score was 181 for four wickets. Seymour, who carried out his bat for 61, played attractive cricket when he had settled down, and made no mistake. On the third morning Mason kept Seymour company until the partnership for the fifth wicket had lasted 65 minutes and realised 54. Blaker failed to reach double figures, but Marsham played a useful innings, though he soon lost Seymour, who was bowled by Wells afterbatting for 200 minutes. The professional, who played fault­ less cricket, made strokes all round the wicket, and made his 82 out of 215. The last three wickets did not give much trouble, and Kent’s lead was restricted to 82. Warner and Douglas, who opened the second innings of Middlesex together, commenced slowly, and in forty minutes before luncheon scored only 25. After the interval the play was more brisk, and it was soon found necessary to try a double change of bowling, Mason and Humphreys displacing Blythe and Fielder. The first two wickets, Warner’s and Douglas’, fell at 106, the former player having hit five 4’s and the latter seven. Neither Payne, Trott, nor Murrell did much, and when the fifth wicket fell the score was only 128. Pearce played steadily, batting just under an hour for 18, but it was chiefly owing to Wells, who played a very fine game for 61 not out, that Middlesex escaped all danger of defeat. When the close of innings for 273 stumps were drawn. Score and analysis : M iddlesex . First innings. P. F. Warner, c Seymour, b Fielder...............................58 J. Douglas, b M ason......... 8 M. W. Payne, c Seymour, b Humphreys ....................28 Tarrant, c Huish, b Hum­ phreys............................... 1 Trott (A. E.), c Blaker, b Fielder ......... ... 8 Murrell, c Seymour, b Hum­ phreys ................................ 6 L. G. Oolbeck, lit. wkt., b Humphreys .................. 2 II. E Peaice, st Huish, b Blythe .. ...........................18 O. M. Wells, c Woolley, b Fielder ..........................27 Hearne (J. T.;, c Blaker, b B lythe............................... 4 G. G. Napier, not out.......... 8 li 4,1b 3, w 1, nb 7 ... 15 Total ...18:5 Second innings. b Mason ......... 50 st lluish, b Hum­ phries ......... 43 b Fielder ... . 6 c Seymour, b Fielder ......... 12 b Blythe ......... 5 cHuish.b Fielder 0 c Humphreys, b Blythe ......... 3 c Humphreys, b Blythe ......... 18 not o u t...............61 c Seymour, b W oolley.........32 b W oolley.........12 B 19,1b 4,w l, nb7 31 Total ...273 Woolley, b Tarrant ... 24 Humphreys,c Douglas. b Tarrant.................11 Seymour(Jas ),bWells 82 K. L. Hutchings, c Douglas, b Wells ... 31 S. H. Day, b Wells ... 23 J. R. Mason, c Trott, b Napier ......... 28 R.N.R.Blaker, c Doug­ las, b Napier ... ... 4 O. H. B. Marsham, c Douglas,b Napier... 30 Iluish, st Murrell, b Wells ................. 7 Blythe, c Trott, b Napier ................. 0 Fielder, not out......... 0 B 16, lb 3, nb 3... 22 Total ...265 M iddlesex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. II. W. Blythe ... ... 16.1 4 46 2 .......... 23 2 60 3 Mason ... 8 2 31 1 .......... 18 7 29 1 Fielder ... ... 21 6 58 3 .......... 27 7 til 3 Humphreys ... 13 5 33 4 ......... 11 3 39 1 Woolley 5T 0 35 2 Marsham ... 3 0 18 0 Fielder bowled thirteen no-balls and two wides, and Humphreys one no-ball. K ent . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. w . Hearne ... 19 7 87 0 1Napier ... 151 2 52 4 Tarrant ... 23 3 62 2 |Trott ... 3 0 15 0 Wells 29 5 77 4 | Napier delivered three no-balls. SUSSEX y. YORKSH IRE. Played at Brighton on August 26, 27, and 2S. Yorkshire won by five wickets. Although Sussex made only 186 in their first innings, they were indebted very greatly to fortune. Thoy lost Vine at 16, but Killick and Fry, who proved the greatest run-getters on the side, were both missed, the former when 3 off Hirst and again when 37 off Deyes, and the latter when 7 also off Hirst. Killick, however, played really well, despite his two chances, and made his 68 out of 112 in two hours ; he hit four 4’s. After lunch eight wickets fell for 83, and the innings closed for 186. Notwithstanding the catches missed off him, Hirst secured half the wickets at less than nine runs apiece. Tunnicliffe made 24 of the 49 scored for the first wicket in forty minutes, and three runs later Rhodes was brilliantly caught and bowled by Vine for a precisely identical score. At the end of the day Yorkshire had three wickets down for 69, Wilkinson and Hirst being the not outs. On Tuesday the former was caught when 17 had been added, but Hirst played good cricket and added 40 in partnership with Lord Hawke, being sixth out at 145 for a capital innings of 51, contained in which were seven 4’s. Bates and Myers put on 74 for the seventh wicket in ninety-five minutes, the former, who was slow at times, but afterwards brightened and hit well all round the wicket, making his 69 out of 115 in two hours and a-half. Newstead made a useful 21, and the innings, after lastiug five hours and a quarter, closed for 273. Sussex went in the second time 87 in arrears, and lost Young with only twelve scored, Vine at 25, and Robert Relf immedi­ ately afterwards. Killick played-on to Newstead at 37, but Goldie and the elder Relf remained together until the finish, when Sussex, with six wickets to fall, were still 18 behind. Yesterday the two over­ night not outs played confident cricket, but at 107 Goldie was l.b.w. to Rhodes for a very attractive 46, which took an hour and a-half to make. The fifth wicket had added 70in 80 minutes. Fry then joined A. Relf, but commenced very slowly. With 26 added the latter was bowled, but, with Fry, Cox, and Leach making useful scores, the innings realised 215. Fry, who had held himself back on the previous evening, being last out for a laborious 41, the second highest score on the side. Yorkshire, set 129 to win, lost Tunnicliffe at 4, whilst Denton, after making 14, was leg-before-wicket to Cox. Upon the fall of the fourth wicket at 42 Lord Hawke joined Hirst, and played such a stubborn game that of the 77 added for the fifth wicket in 75 minutes he made only 4. Hirst carried out his bat for a flawless 69, made out of 94 in 105 minutes : he hit a dozen 4’s. Score and analysis:— S ussex . First innings. Second innings. C. B. Fry, c Tunnicliffe, b Rhodes ....................... 32 Vine, c Myers, b Hirst ... 1 Killick, b Nevvstead ......... 68 It. A. Young, c Hunter, b Newstead ....................... 3 K. O. Goldie, c Bates, b Newstead ........................23 Relf (R. R.),c Myers, b Hirst 9 Relf (A.. E.). lbw. b Hirst... 15 H. L. Simms, b Hirst......... 17 Leach, c Hunter, b Hirst 4 Cox (G.), lbw, b Newstead 0 Butt, not out....................... 0 B 4, lb 6, nb 4 ......... 14 Total ... ...186 b Hirst................. 44 b Hirst................ 10 b Newstead ... 19 c Wilkinson, b Newstead ... 5 lbw, b Rhodes 46 c Wilkinson, b Newstead ... 0 b Rhodes ... ... 36 b Rhodes ... ... 5 run out ... 14 lbw, b Uhodes .. 17 n otout........ ... 6 Lb 11, nb 2 .. 13 Total... ...215 Y orkshire. First innings. Tunnicliffe, c A. Relf,b Vine 24 Rhodes, c and b Vine ... 24 Denton, c Goldie, b A. Relf 0 Wilkinson, c R. Relf, b Oox 15 Hirst, cButt, b Leach ... 51 Lord Hawke, b V ine......... 11 Bates, c and b A. E. Relf ... 69 Myers, b Leach ................26 Newstead, b V in e...............21 Hunter, not out ................. 6 Deyes, b Vine ...............12 B8, lb 1, w 1, nb 1 ... 11 Second innings. b A Relf ......... c Leach, b Cox .. lbw, b Cox......... c Fry, b Cox ... notout................ c Young,bSimms notout... ... ... B9, lb 2, w l,nb3 15 Total................273 Total (5 wkts) 131 S ussbx . First innings. O. M. R. W. Hirst ..........23 Newstead ... 25 Rhodes ..........10 Deyes .......... 7 Myers .......... 4 44 5 . 7 74 4 . 3 23 1 . 0 17 0 . 1 14 0 . Second innings. O. M. K. W. ... 32-5 6 74 3 ... 19 6 ... 20 2 ... 7 1 36 2 63 4 29 0 Hirst delivered five no-balls and Deyes one. Y ork sh ire. First innings. O. M. R. W. Leach .......... 26 6 62 2 ... C o x ................. 21 10 54 1 ... Relf (A .).......... 42 21 62 2 ... Vine................. 31.2 15 58 5 ... Killick .......... 10 2 26 0 ... Simms ... Second innings. O. M. R. W. 0 15 0 9 20 3 9 30 1 7 19 0 3 14 0 2 15 19 12 6 22 0 18 1 Oox bowled two wide, and Leach, Vine, Killick, and Simms one no-ball each. t h e c o u n t y c h a m p i o n s h i p , 1873-1907. Appended will be found a list of the Champion Counties since the year 1873, when the Champion­ ship Competition was inaugurated :— Champion Matches. Year. County. Won. Lost. Dwn. Total. 1873. -j Nottinghamshire.. 5 .. 0 . ... 1 6 Gloucestershire .. 4 ... 0 .... 2 6 1874. Derbyshire ........ . 3 ... 0 ... 1 4 1875. Nottinghamshire.. 6 ... 1 ... 3 ... 10 1876. Gloucestershire .. 5 ... 0 ... 3 ... 8 1877. Gloucestershire .. 7 ... 0 .... 1 8 1878. Middlesex.............. 3 ... 0 ... 3 6 1879 . f Nottinghamshire.. 5 ... 1 ... 6 ... 12 Lancashire .,. .. 5 .. 1 ... 4 .. 10 1880. Nottinghamshire.. 6 ... 1 ... 3 ... 10 1881. Lancashire ........ . 10 ... 0 ... 3 ... 13 1882. | Nottinghamshire... 8 ... 1 ... 3 ... 12 Lancashire ........ . 10 ... 1 . 3 14 1883. Nottinghamshire.. 4 ... 1 ... 7 ... 12 1884. Nottinghamshire.. 9 ... 0 . ... 1 ... 10 1885. Nottinghamshire.. 6 ... 1 , 5 ... 12 1886. Nottinghamshire.. 7 .. 0 ... 7 ... 14 1887. Surrey ............... . 12 ... 2 .. 2 ... 16 1888. Surrey ............... . 12 ... 1 . ... 1 ... 14 Surrey ................ . 10 ... 3 ... 1 ... 14 1889 .) Nottinghamshire.. 9 .i.. 2 ... 3 ... 14 I Lancashire ........ . 10 ... 3 ... 1 ... 14 1890. Surrey ............... 9 .... 3 ... 2 ... 14 1891. Surrey ............... . 12 . 2 2 ... 16 1892. Surrey ............... . 13 . 2 ... 1 ... 16 1893. Yorkshire ........ . 12 . !! 3 ! ... 1 ... 16 1894. Surrey ................ 13 .. 2 , ... 1* ... 16 1895. Surrey ............... . 17 ... 4 ... 5 ... 26 1896. Yorkshire ........ . 16 ... 3 ,... 7 ... 26 1897. Lancashire ........ . 16 ... 3 7 ... 26 1898. Yorkshire ........ . 16 ... 3 . 7 ... 26 1899. Surrey ............... . 10 ... 2 !” 14 ... 26 1900. Yorkshire ........ . 16 . ... 0 . ... 12 ... 28 1901. Yorkshire ........ . 20 , ... 1 ... 6 1902. Yorkshire ........ . 13 . .. 1 . ... 11 ::: 11 1903. Middlesex ........ . 8 . .. 1 ... 7 ... 16 1904. Lancashire ........ . 16 . .. 0 . ... 10 ... 26 1905. Yorkshire ........ . 18 ... 3 7 ... 28 1906. Kent....................... . 16 .. 2 ... 4 ... 22 1907. Nottinghamshire... 15 , ... 0 ... 4 ... 19 M ethod of R eckoning in C ounty C hampionship M atches . 1873 to 1886.—The smallest number of lost matches decided the order of merit. 1887 to 1889.—A win counted one point, a draw half- a-point. 1890 to 1894.—Losses were deducted from wins, and drawn games ignored. 1895 to date.—One point counted for each win ; one deducted for each loss ; unfinished games ignored. Championship decided by the greatest propor­ tionate number of points in finished games.