Cricket 1907

A p r il 18, 1907. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 77 home and home matches with first-class counties shall rank as a first-class county.” Mr. Mallett, speaking on behalf of the Minor Counties, pointed out that it would not assist those counties in the way desired in their efforts to obtain promo­ tion, nor would it be altogether fair to Bome of the first-class counties. After discussion, the resolution, was put to the vote and lost. The second notice referred to the regis­ tration of county cricketers. The result, after considerable discussion, was that it was agreed that for the present the matter should be dropped. The scheme drawn up some little time back by the M.C.C. did not meet with general approval when submitted to the counties, ard the M.C.C. had passed a resoluli in “ That the M .C.C. should not introduce a system of registration in county cricket until the counties are fairly unanimous, and that the matter be referred hack to the Advisory Committee.” The third notice on the agenda was to discuss, at the request of Gloucestershire, “ The question of each first-class county giving a percentage of the gate money in their matches to the visiting team.” This gave rise to a good dealcf discussion, but no formal resolution was moved tn the subject. The tourth, aud lost, notice was by Mr. G. L Jessop, who proposed “ That in the first-class county champion­ ship the method of proportioning points shall h e : Five for a win and two deducted for a loss—drawn games not to count.” This was, rather unexpectedly, carried uuanimously, and will come before the M.C.C. Committee for confirmation. THE BOARD OF CONTROL. The meeting of the Board of Control was held subsequent to that of the Advisory Committee. Each of the first six counties in the championship list for 1906 sent a delegate, whilst the M.C.C. had six representatives. Those present on behalf ot' the counties were Mr. J. E Mason (Kent), the Hon. P. S. Jackson (Yorkshire), L rd Alverstore (Surrey), Mr. J. Hornby (Lancashire), Mr. T. S Pearson-Gregory (N >tts ), and Mr. H. W. Bainbridge (Warwickshire). Tne repre­ sentatives of the M.C.C. were Lord Harris, who »g*in took the chair in the absence of the Kight. Hon. W. H. Long, the Duke of Butland, the Earl of Lich­ field, Mr. C. E. Green, Mr. W. H. Pater­ son, and Mr. P. P. Warner. Mr. F. E. Licey (Secretary, M. C. C.) was also present. The first notice was to consider the following resolution from Gloucester­ shire :— “ That the Board of Control he asked to reduce the percentage of payment to the grounds where the Test matches are played.” This matter was deferred for future consideration, it being pointed out that the arrangements already made in con­ nection with the Test matches with the South Africans this season could cot well be interfered with. Kent, however, gave notice that they will bring the matter up again in the autumn. (At present the proportion of profits paid to the club on whose ground a Test match is played is 40 per cent.) The other business before the Meeting was to appoint a Selection sub-Committee for the Test Matches against the South Africans, and to appoint trustees and accountants. Lord Hawke, Mr. C. H. B. Marsham, and Mr. H. K. Foster were selected to act as the sub-Committee, and they will, in accordance with previous u«age, have power to co-opt any two amateurs who have been picked for the England eleven. Mr. A. J. Webbe and Mr. F. E. Lacey were appointed trustees, and it was decided to ask the firm of Messrs. Fitch Kemp to act as accountants of the Test Match Fund. THE M.C.C. TEAM IN NEW ZEALAND. (Continued from page Gl.) 12th MATCH, y. X I. OF W ELL INGTON . Played atWellington, February 15,16 and 18. Drawn. As the wicket bad been affected somewhat by rain, the M.C.C. found a watchful game necessary when they went in. A good start was made, for, after Johnson and Fox had made 50 together for the first wicket, the former and Harrison added 48 for the second. Afterwards Upham, varying his pace with good judgment, met with little resistance, and during the innings took seven wickets for 78 luns. The fielding was good through­ out, and the home side did well to get rid of their opponents for 201. On the second day no play was possible on account of heavy rain, and when play was resumed on the Monday it was on a lifeless wicket. Cobcroft plaved a steady game, but Laws, who was rather fortunate, hit out well, and, after making 47, was run out through a misunder­ standing. After his dismissal the wicket began to become difficult under the influence of the sun, and Simpson-Hayward’ s lobs proved effective. The last wicket quickly added 25, of which McDermid made 20, and Wellington were only 10 behind on the first innings. During the remaining hour the M.C.C. altered their order of going in with disastrous results, four wickets falling against Laws and Monaghan for 17. When the match ended, by no means unfavourably to Wellington, the visitors had lost half their wickets for 48 runs. Score and analysis :— M.C.C. First innings. Second innings. P. R. Johnson, c Laws, b Upham ........................... 50 b Laws.................. 0 R. H. Fox, c Laws, b Monaghan............................19 W. P. Harrison, e Laws, b Upham ........................... 49 b Monaghan ... 11 W. B. Burns, c Richardson, b Upham ........................... 29 not out..................32 J. W. H. T. Douglas, b Upham ......................... 0 C. C. Page, c Williams, b Laws ......... .................. 9 G.T. Branston,c McDermid, b Upham ......................... l G. H. Simpson-Hayward, c Monaghan, b Laws.............13 C. E. de Trafford, b Up­ ham .................................. 11 b Laws.................. 4 A. A. Torrens, c Williams, b U pham ......................... 1 lbw, b Monaghan 1 N. C. Tufnell, not out ... 6 c\Villiams,b Laws 0 Extras .................... 13 Extras ... 0 Total .201 Total (5 wkts.) 48 L. T. Cobcroft., c De Trafford, b Simpson- Hayward .................44 D. Collins, run out ... 7 A. B. Williams, b Branston.................. 3 F. Laws, run out ... 47 A. Hawthorne, b Simpson-Hayward.. 0 H. Beechey, b Simp­ son-Hayward .......... 0 C. A. Richardson, b Branston....................25 W ellington . E.Monaghan, c Brans­ ton, b Simpson- Hayward................. !) S. Hickson, not out... 17 E. F. Upham, c John­ son. b Torrens ... 2 W. McDermid, b Branston.................20 Extras ..........17 Total ..191 M.C.C. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Upham..........23 2 78 7 .......... 4 0 12 0 Laws ..........23 10 38 2 .......... 9 3 20 3 Monaghan ... 10 2 43 1 .......... 5-2 0 16 2 Beechey ... 3 0 22 0 .......... Cobcroft ... 2 0 7 0 ......... W ellington . Douglas ... 14 2 38 0 1S.-Hayward 14 3 28 4 Torrens ... 20 5 42 1 Harrison ... 3 0 14 o Branston.. 18 4 52 3 1 13 th M A T C H , v . XV. O F W A IR A R A P A . Played at Masterton, February 19, 20. M .C .C . won b y an innings and 87 runs. A lthough lacking the services of several of their best bowlers, the M .C.C. experienced no difficulty in beating the W airarapa XV. by an innings and 87 runs. D e Trafford won the toss, and put the home side in. The only good stand of the innings was by Beechey and W aters (a left-hander), who put on 49 for the fifth w icket. F ox’s medium- paced bow ling met with rather unexpected success, and the innings closed for 120. The M .C .C . found run-getting an easy matter, and, when they had established a lead of 150, declared their innings closed w ith three wickets in hand. W airarapa collapsed badly when they went in the second time, Torrens and F ox proving irresistible. Score and analysis :— W airarapa . First innings. Second innings. T. E. Mauhsell, b Torrens.. 3 c Johnson, b Tor­ rens ................. 0 H. C. Swan, run o u t.......... 2 b Douglas......... 6 D. Parton, b Curwen.......... 1 b F o x ......... 0 H. Beechey, lbw, b Douglas 24c Williams, b Tor­ rens 11 F. W. Fish, b Torrens ... 2 c Williams, bTor­ rens ................ 8 J. Waters, b Douglas..........28 b Torrens .......... 0 C. Perry, b Douglas .......... 0 b Torrens .......... 7 J. McGurk, lbw, b Fox ... 25 b Torrens .......... 8 W. Redmond, b Torrens ... 13 b Torrens ......... 0 A. E. Esson, c Page, b Cur­ wen ............................... 0 b Curwen .......... 11 C. J. MacKcllar, c Johnson, b F o x ................. .......... 3 cTufnell,bCurwen 8 T. Prow, b Fox ................. 0 not out .......... 0 A. Bewley, not out .......... 9 b Torrens .......... 0 J. Carroll, c Page, b Fox ... 3 b Fox .......... 3 T. Hoar, c Curwen, b Fox 2 b Fox .......... 1 B 3, lb 2 ................. 5 Extras.......... 2 Total ..120 Total... (35 M.C.C. P. R. Johnson,bMaun- sell ........................72 R. V . Fox, c Bewley, b Ht>ar .....................26 W.P. Harrison,cProw, b Maunsell ..........33 W. B. Bums, not out 64 J. W. H. T. Douglas, b Prow.......................... 3 W. J. H. Curwen, A. A. Torrens, and N. C. Tufnell did not bat. *Innings declared closed. W airarapa . First innings. O. M. R. W. Fox ................ 4-2 1 10 5 .. Douglas ......... 13 8 11 3 . Torrens .......... 21 6 35 3 ........... 21 10 36 8 Curwen .......... 17 6 47 2 ........... 1 0 1 2 Harrison......... 6 0 12 0 ........... C. C. Page, b Maunsell 10 C. E. de Trafford, c Parton b Maunsell 45 P. F. C. Williams, c Fish, b Carroll ... 6 B 7, lb 6 ............13 Total (7 wkts.)*272 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 9-1 3 14 3 ... 13 9 12 1 Maunsell... 18 Prow ... 5 0 21 Carroll ... 2*2 0 7 Hoar.......... 8 2 Fish.......... 5 1 M.C.C. O. M. R. W. 1 93 4 1 1 38 1 11 0 Parton .. Swan Waters .. Redmond O. M. R. W. 4 0 13 0 3 0 17 0 10 0 25 0 3 0 34 0