Cricket 1907

148 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 23, 1907. bowled in. Overs.Runs.Wkts.Aver. D. Paton (T.) .......... 1 ... 40 3 ... 115 ..,. 4 ... 28’75 J. C. Minnett (N.) .... 2 ... 57 ..,. 165 ... Jb ... 33-00 F. Chancellor (T.) ... 1 .... 10 ... 42 .,.. 1 ... 42*00 W. B. Hays (Q .)........ . 2 ... 47-3 ... 240 ..,. 5 ... 48-00 L. P. Vernon (V.) . 1 .. 28 ... 100 .,.. 2 ... 50-00 A. J. Bowderi (N.) .. . 2 ... 43 3 ... 150 ... 3 ... 50-00 —. Barstow(Q.) ... .. . 1 ... 27 ... 115 .... 2 ... 57-50 F. Laver (V.) ........ . 2 ... 42 ... 131 .... 2 ... 65*5® T. Horan (V.) ........ . 2 ... 23 ... 68 .. 1 ... 68-00 —. Evans (W.) ........ . 2 ... 15 ... 70 .... 1 ... 70-00 T. H. Hogue (W.) . 2 ... 27 ... 72 .,.. 1 ... 72-00 E. K. Armstrong (Q.) 1 . .. 18 ..,. 85 .. .. 1 .. . 85-00 F. Timbury (Q.).......... 2 ... 64 ... 262 ... 3 ... 87*33 C. E. Simpson (Q.) ... 2 .... 20 ... 101 .. . 1 .. .101-00 M. F. McCaffrey (Q.) 1 .. .. 28 ... 132 .. . 1 .. .132-00 The following did not take a wicket N. S. W. S. A ustralia . O. R. O. R. E. L. Waddy ... 1 0 J. H. Pellew ... 3 12 M H. Blaxland 0-4 5 D. R. A. Gehrs 3 13 R. N. Hickson... 6 21 J. F. Travers ... 12 50 S. J. Redgrave... 10 34 N H. Claxton... 36 117 A. Sullivan 6 46 T asmania O. R. Q ueensland . F. Hanson.......... 6 23 V ictoria . O. R. 0. R. E. R. Crouch ... 2 6 T. Desmazures 4 9 G. B row n .......... 2 10 B. Grant .......... 4 10 W T. Evans ... 3 28 W est A ustralia . J. Thompson ... 10 37 O. R. M F. Dunn 10 59 J. Chamberlain 1 17 R. Hartigan 26 102 C. M unro.......... 21 46 N.—New South Wales ; Q.--Queensland ; S.—South Australia; T.—Tasmania; V.—Victoria; W.—West Australia. J. N. P. O B ITU A RY . M r. J. B. A ix is o n . Mr. James Barnett Allison, who was bom at Monaghan, Ireland, in 1880, died of pneumonia at Montreal on March 30th. He was educated at Campbell College and Queen’s College, Belfast, and Edinburgh University. He com­ menced to play cricket in Canada in 1904, with the Lacin C.O., and last year headed the bowling averages of the Club. He had also represented Ireland at football. F.F.K. C o l . A. T. C o x . Colonel A. T. Cox, C.B., for many years a member of the Break-o’-Day Club, died at Hobart on April 6th. It was once written of him While the Colonel is not possessed of any particu­ larly brilliant battiDg form, he has very great patience, and his obstinate defence is most galling to bowlers. Oa two or three occasions his patient, waiting game has done wonders for his side, and often pulled a game out of the tire. He is a useful man at point, to o ; he never drops a catch, and stops some very hard-hit ones.” MB. F. A. OLDAKbK. Mr. Francis Allcock Oldaker died at his residence at Epsom on Saturday last after a short illness ia his sixty-third year. He was one of the founders of the Epsom C.C., and was a useful player in his younger days. His son, Mr. F. A. Oldaker, jun., was captaiu of the Epsjiu College Eleven about eighteen years ago, and subsequently made sime very good scores for the Epsom and Dorking Clubs. MIDDLESEX v. HAMPSHIRE. Played at Lord’ s on May 16th, 17th, and 18th. Drawn. In dull, ungenial weather, and in a cold wind, these two counties met last week for the first time since 1865. Warner played a very useful, though slow, innings on the first day, scoring 73 out of ‘227 in 195 minutes and hitting six 4’s. He made 65 in 55 minutes with Tarrant, 32 in 40 with Beldam, and 130 in 95 with Litteljohn. The last-named was seen to great advantage. He scored 94 out of 159 in 115 minutes without a mistake, and hit a dozen 4’s, the majority of them drives. Murrell and Baker after­ wards added 52 in 25 minutes, the total reaching the respectable proportions of 367. Hampshire responded in fine style, Bowell, who hit nine 4’s, making 69 of the 113 runs scored in partnership with Mead for the first wicket in 110 minutes. The left-hander was in nearly three hours for his 65, and was not dismissed until 186 were scored. Hill gave a bright and con­ fident display, hitting very well to the off and leg, and batted an hour and-a-half for 52. Five wickets were down for 210, after which Sprot and Langford put on 59 in 45 minutes, before both were sent back at 269. Badcock afterwards made 32 out of 39 in 20 minutes, but the last wicket fell at 318, the visitors thus being 49 behind on the innings. Warner was soon out when Middlesex went in the second time, but Beldam and Tarrant added 59 for the second wicket, and the former and Litteljohn 106 for the fourth in 105 minutes. Beldam played a very good innings—he made his 125 out of 240 in 220 minutes—his cutting being especially fine. He hit fifteen 4’s and made only one mistake—a chance in the slips off Badcock when 87. Litteljohn again showed excellent form, and promises to be of great assistance to the County, provided he canplay regularly. When the Middlesex innings was declared closed v<ith seven wickets down, Hampshire were left 175 minutes in which to obtain 299. Mead was soon out, but, although Bowell and Hill added 85for the second wicket in an hour, and the former and Sprot 69 for the third in 40 minutes, a draw always appeared probable. Bowell hit well all round and showed good defence ; he hit seventeen 4’s and made his 108 out of 224 in two hours and a-half without a mistake. Score and analysis:— M iddlesex . First innings. Second innings. P. F. Warner, c Llewellyn, b c Stone, b Lang- Langford ........................73 fo rd ................... Tarrant, c Pritchard, b Langford ........................43 G. W. Beldam, b Llewellyn 23 H. A. Milton, b Llewellyn 0 S. Litteljohn, c and b * ' 94 b 11 28 H ampshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Mignon .......... 40 9 108 4 ... ... 12 2 42 1 Trott ......... 33 12 65 2 ... ... 18 4 73 2 Hearne ......... 19-2 3 66 3 ... ... 15 4 39 1 Tarrant ......... 15 2 42 0 ... ... 6 0 19 0 Beldam ......... 6 2 17 0 ... Litteljohn ... ... 3 0 14 0 Murrell ... 2 0 16 0 Langford Trott (A. E.) c Bowell, Llewellyn................. C. V. Baker, b Newman 1 c Langford, b Newman.............33 not out ........... 125 cStone,bNewman 4 cStone, bBadcock 54 c and b Badcock c Langford, b Newman.......... c Langford, b Newman Murrell, c Stone, b New­ man ...............................36 G. MacGregor, b Llewellyn 29 not out Hearne (J. T.) b Newman 5 Mignon, not o u t................. 6 Byes 14, lb 3, nb 2 ... 19 B 8, lb 5, nb 2 15 Total ................ 367 *Total (7 wkts) 249 ♦Innings declared closed. H ampshire . First innings. Second innings. Bowell.c MacGregor,b Trott 69 notout ..........108 Mead (C. P.), c Tarrant, b c MacGregor, b Trott ...............................65 Mignon ............ 6 A. J. L. Hill, c Beldam, b Mignon ........................52 lbw, b Hearne ... 36 E. M. Sprot, c Trott, b Mignon ........................46 b Trott...................40 Llewellyn, b Mignon.......... 0 b Trott................. 5 Stone, c Baker, b Mignon 2 not out .......... 8 Langford, lbw, b Hearne... 19 H. W. Persse, lbw, b Hearne 12 Badcock, c Milton,b Hearne 32 H. Hesketh Prichard, run out ............................... 1 Newman, not out .......... 0 Byes 16, lb 4 ..........20 Byes 16, lb 5 ... 21 Total , Total (4 wkts)224 M iddlesex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Badcock ... ,... 13 1 38 0 . ... 21 3 78 2 Llewellyn 20-3 5 69 4 ... ... 8 0 28 0 H.-Prichard ,... 12 0 58 0 .. . '... 7 2 17 0 Langford... ... 19 4 53 3 ... ... 19 6 42 1 Newman... ... 20 1 75 3 ... ... 20 5 62 4 Persse ... ,... 17 2 39 0 ... ... 2 0 7 0 Mead.......... ... 4 1 16 0 .. Newman and Badcock each delivered two no-balls. KENT v. SOMERSET. Played at Tonbridge on May 16 and 17. Kent won by eight wickets. Kent lacked the services of Marsham, owing to Yeomanry practice, whilst other well-known players were also absent from the side. Fielder opened in startling fashion, sending back Braund and Lewis with consecutive balls in his first over, and having Montgomery missed by Huish off his next delivery. The latter, however, was bowled at 3, following which came a couple of useful partner­ ships, Palairet and Robson adding 44 for the fourth wicket in 40 minutes, and the former and Woods 44 for the fifth in 20. Palairet reached his 50 out of 71 in 50 minutes, and, in all, made 116 out 192 in two hours and a half. He hit seventeen 4’s, and was last man out. His driving, especially to the off, was excellent, but he was twice missed—at 42 and 52. Fielder took eight wickets for 63, again giving evidence of being in his best form. The first Kent wicket realised 25, but five were down for 74, and the whole side dismissed for 131. Seymour played the best innings, but the County’s form was very disappointing. Mordaunt, who took four wickets for 14, is a slow medium-paced bowler. Ere play ceased for the day, Somerset, going in the second time lost Braund, Mongomery, and Hardy for 7, twenty-three wickets thus falling for 330 runs. On the Friday morning, on a good wicket, Somerset lost their seven outstanding wickets for 65, Palairet being out to a superb running catch by Hutchings from mid-off about a foot from the ground. Kent were left 134 to win, and made the runs for the loss of a couple of wickets. Hardinge made 58 of the number, playing a capital innings. With Woolley he made 23 for the first wicket, and with Seymour 42 for the second, whilst with Hutchings he put on 70 without being separated in 25 minutes, the last 27 runs being made in five minutes. In the whole match Fielder took 14 wickets for 96 runs. Score and analysis:— S omerset . First innings. L. O. H. Palairet, b Fielder 116 Second innings, c Hutchings, b Blythe ... b Blythe ... b Fielder ... b Fielder ... b Blythe ... Braund, b Fielder .......... 2 Lewis, c Huish, b Fielder... 0 Montgomery, b Fielder ... 0 Robson,c Hubble, b Fielder 8 S. M. J. Woods, c Woolley, b Fielder ........................24 c Day, bBlythe . Hardy, b Fielder................. 7 b Fielder ..... F.M.Lee,cSeymour,b Blythe 10 b Fielder ........ O. O. Mordaunt, b Fielder 3 b Fielder ........ Rev.A.P.Wickham,b Blythe 2 b Fielder ........ Bailey, not out ................. 6 not out .......... B 7, lb 6, nb 1 ..........14 B 2,nb2 .. Total ... ...192 Total ... 72 38 K ent . First innings. Second innings. ITardinge,cBraund,bLewis 10 notout.............. 58 Woolley, b Lewis.................22 b Mordaunt ... 14 Seymour (Jas.), c Robson, b L ew is...............................23 c and b Braund.. 19 K. L. Hutchings, c Bailey, bLewis ........................ 3 notout... A.P.Day, c Palairet, b Lewis 14 Humphreys, lbw, b Moi- dau n t...............................20 Hubble, b Mordaunt..........16 Huish, c Wickham, b Lewis 13 Fairservice, c Palairet, b Mordaunt........................ 4 Blythe, not out ................. 2 Fielder, c Lee, b Mordaunt 0 Lb 1, nb 3 ................. 4 Total . ...131 S omerset . First innings. Fielder ... Blythe ... Fairservice Humphreys Bailey Lewis Braund Mordaunt O. . 23 21 4 3 O. 14-4 14 M. R. W 5 63 8 4 84 2 0 17 0 0 14 0 .......... Fielder delivered three no-balls. K ent . First innings. O. M. R. W. ........ 10 1 33 0 . ........ 20 8 42 6 . 12 2 38 0 . 84 3 14 4 B 2, lb 4 ... 6 Total (2wkts) 135 Second innings. M. R. W 3 33 6 3 35 4 Lewis delivered three no-balls. Second innings. O. M. R. W. 2 28 0 0 21 0 0 46 1 11 10 34