Cricket 1911

M a y 0, 1911. C E ICK ET : A W EEKLY EECOBD OF THE GAME. 127 STAFFORDSHIKE v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Stoke-on-Trent on May 1, 2 and 3. Drawn. Raiu during Sunday night was followed by bright sunshine, the consequence being that runs were so difficult to obtain on Monday that during the day eighteen wickrts went down for 273 runs. By far the best display was given by Denton, who scored 62 just when it appeared likely that Barnes and Deyes might get his side out for a small score. Even with his line innings, however, Yorkshire led by only 19 runs at the drawing of stumps and had eight wickets down. Rain prevented a ball being bowled on Tuesday or Wednesday. Score and anah sis :— S taffo rd sh ire . P. Briggs, b Haigh ......................... 20 H. E. Bourne, b Booth .................. 5 Barnes, b Drake................................ 34 Vost, b Bayes ................................ 22 Nicholls. not out................................ 13 W. H. Wood, lbw, b Drake .......... 11 Sedgwick, b Drake ......................... 3 H. I). Stratton, b Drake ... Bueknell, b Drake .......... J. Poole, b Haigh .......... Deyes, c Booth, b Haigh .. B 4 , lb 2, w 1, nb 3 Total... Y o rk sh ire . Rhodes, b Barnes ......................... 12 Wilson, lbw, b Barnes ................. 9 Denton, c Stratton, b Deyes.......... 62 Hirst, b Deyes ................................ 15 Drake, Ibw, b Barnes ................ 15 Oldroyd, b Deyes ......................... 0 Bayes did not bat. Booth, b Deyes .......... Haigh, lbw, b Deyes... E. J. Radcliffe, not out Dolphin, not out B 3, nb 1.......... 6 1 2 10 127 Total (8 wkts).. S taffo rd sh ire . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hirst ... .......... 8 2 12 0 |Haigh ... 11-5 2 23 3 Booth ... .......... 6 1 17 1 Drake ... 15 3 34 5 Rhodes... .......... 9 3 20 0 |Bayes ... 6 2 11 1 Bayes bowled one wide and Drake delivered three no-balls. Y o r k sh ir e . Barnes ................. 19 6 41 3 1Deyes.......... 39 0 ! Sedgwick ... ... 12 2 39 5 Bucknell .......... 11 3 ... 4 0 23 0 Sedgwick delivered one no-ball. M.C.C. AND GROUND v. NOTTS. Commenced at Lord’s on May 3. [To be continued.) So much progress was made in this match, the first game of importance of the season, at Lord’s on Wednesday that during the afternoon twenty wickets went down for 189 runs. The wicket was rather soft after rain, and the bowling was good and supported by keen fielding. The county lost their first six wickets for 37, and it was only a stand of 41 by Lee and Jones that enabled the total to reach 90. Buckenham, as will be seen, obtained six wickets for less than four runs each. The Club’s innings was marked by a sound, if somewhat slow, display by Snowden, who scored 35 and was easily the largest rnn-getter on the side. Riley obtained six wickets for 35 and the M.C.C.’s lead was restricted to 4. When the county had made 5 without loss in their s-econd innings rain caused stumps to be drawn for the day. Present score and analysis :— N otts . Gunn (G.), c Tarrant, b R e lf.......... Whysail,cB. S.Foster,b Buckenharn Hardstaff, b Buckenham................. Uunn (J.), b Buckenham................. Payton, b Buckenham ................. Iremonger, b Relf ......................... Lee, st Tufnell, b Tarrant .......... Second innings : Gunn (G.), not Total (no wkt) 5 . A. C. Johnston, c Wass, b Riley ... Tarrant, c Riley, b Wass................. A. O. Snowden, c Lee, b Riley Rolf (A. E.), lbw, b Iremonger G. N. Foster, c Oates, b Iremonger D. C. Collins, c Oates, b Hiley Thompson, c Iremonger, b Riley ... Buckenham... J elf (A. E.) ... Wass ............... Iremonger ... O. 13 O. 9 21 M. 4 2 R. 15 34 THE OXFORD SENIORS’ MATCH. Played at Oxford on May 1, 2 and 3. Drawn. As the result of some very level play on Monday, when each side completed an innings, Mr. Altham’s XI. gained a lead of six. Mr. Crutchley, after taking four wickets for 39 runs with his medium-paced bowling, showed the best batting of the day in scoring 32. Cheeseman, in making 59, hit e:ght 4’s during the 65 minutes he was iu. Rain restricted Tuesday’s play to uoder half- an-hour, and very little could be done on Wednesday. Score and analysis:— Mr. II. B iiouoiiam ’ s S id e . 10 A. O. Jones, run out... 25 ii Oates, lbw, b Buckenham 2 7 Riley, b Buckenham... 0 7 Wass, not out 5 8 1 23 B 1, nb 1 2 Total 90 out, 1; Whysall, not out, 4; byes, &c., 0 . - M.C.C. 15 B. S Foster, c and b Riley 0 1 R. P. Keigwin, c Iremonger, b Riley 2 85 N. C. Tufnell, b Gunn (J.) 3 7 Buckenham, not out... 5 0 B 3, lb 4 7 4 15 Total 94 N otts . W. O. M. R. W. 6 Tarrant ......... 10 2 33 1 2 Thompson......... 6 0 15 0 bowled a no-ball. M.C.C. W. O. M. R. w. 1 Riley ................ 17 4 35 6 2 Gunn (J.) ......... 4 2 3 1 First innings. R. V. Bardsley, b Lord ... . F j . W. Foljambe, b Crutchley H. Brougham, b Cartwright W. I. Cheesman, c Womersley, b Cartwright 59 b Gravell Second innings. 32 c Cartwright, b Crutchley 2 b Gravell ......................... 8 c Gilroy, b Gravell .......... C. L. Bruton, c Whittall, b Crutchley A. L. Hutt, b Whittall ......................... A L. Hosie, b Crutchley................. ... K. C. Raikes, b Crutchley........................ G. Forrester, not out................................ M. E. Coxhead, c Gilroy, b Cartwright R. Rudall, b Cartwright........................ Byes....................................... b Cnitchley.......... 9 c and b Crutchley 6 not o u t................. 0 not out................. 8 Total M r . H. S. A ltham ’ s S ide . 0 B 8 , lb 2 ................. 10 Total (6 wkts) ... 126 A. J. Boyd, b Rudall.. G.E. V. Crutchley, c Bruton,bRaikes 32 A. D. Womersley, c Bardsley, b Coxhead ....................................... 17 G. F. Gravell, c and b Coxhead ... 0 H. S. Altham, b Coxhead .......... 1 F. B. Burr, c Cheesman, b Raikes 30 J. E. Comberbatch,c Hosie,b Bruton 4 M r . B ro iw h am ’ s S id e . F. G. Whittall, not out ................. G. H. Cartwright, c Brougham, b Hosie ....................................... W. F. Lord, c Hosie, b Coxhead ... G. B. Gilroy, b Hosie ................. B 17,lb 1 .................. Total First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Crutchley . ... 14 2 39 4 ................. ... 13 1 45 3 Cartwright ... ... 9-5 2 22 4 ................. 7 2 30 0 Lord................ . ... 6 I 32 1 ................. ... 3 0 9 0 Comberbatch .. ... 3 0 27 0 ................. ... 3 0 lii 0 W hittall......... . ... 3 0 13 1 ................. Gravell ................. 6 1 16 3 Mr. A lth am ’ s S ide . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Coxhead ......... ... 14 2 43 4 | Bruton......... . ... 3 0 20 1 Rudall .......... ... 5 1 24 1 Hosie ......... . ... 4 0 10 2 Raikes .......... ... 8 3 29 2 1 © b t t u c m r . G. SPILLMAN. George Spillman, who played occasionally for Middlesex a quarter of a century ago, died at Brighton on April 18th, aged 53. As he did not take part iu county cricket until 1886, he was rather late in coming to the front, for he was born, in London, on October 24th, lfr57- His appearances for Middlesex were limited to ten matches, in which he scored 430 runs with an average of 23*88. At Lord’s in June of the year mentioned he scored 86 and 14 v. Yorkshire, 63 and 39 v. Gloucestershire and 87 v. the Australians. He was also a wicket-keeper above the aveiage, and at one time a good boxer. His early cricket was played in Sussex, chiefly with the old Brighton, Lewes Priory, Chichester and Hastings clubs. In those days he was an auiateur, and his name will be found occasionally iu Gentlemen of Sussex and United South of England teams. Later he assUted many clubs in the London district, and, on the recommendation of Robert Thoms, was tried for Middlesex. For some seasons he was engaged as cricket coach at a school in Jersey, and it was whilst going out there eight or nine years ago that he fell down the cabin stairs of a passenger steamer. The accident, inasmuch as it necessitated the amputation of his right leg, brought his connection with the game to a close. Spillman was educated at a Kensington school—which has also been attended by Messrs. Bernard Pauncefote and A. O. Whi:iug, both old blues—and King’s College, London. It was well after his father’s death that he made cricket a profession. N O W R E A D Y ! THE DERBYSHIRE CRICKET GUIDE. — Season 1911.- Compiled by L. G. Wright and W. J. Piper, Jun. (Sixteenth year) Contains portrait and biography of Arthur Morton; First-class cricket in 1910 (by L. G. W .); Derbyshire Records and Statistics ; the laws of the game ; Fixtures of the leading Counties and M.C.C. and over 100 local clubs ; Secretaries’ names and addresses; and other useful and interesting information. 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