Cricket 1907

172 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 30, 1907. T H E SOUTH AFRICANS . 3rd M atch .— v. M.C.C. AND GROUND. Played at Lord’s on May 27, 28. South Africans won by three wickets. Owing to the number of County matches being played, the M.C.C. were not able to placo as strong a side in the field as could have been desired, but their eleven was a very fair one. Oates, owing to an injury, was unable to play, his place being taken by Hubble, whilst there was no really fast bowler on the side. On account, perhaps, of the price of ad­ mission being raised to a shilling, the attendance was not so Targe as anticipated, but those who attended saw some excellent cricket. Warner was bowled at 8, and Foster run out three later; but Fane, who decided to assist the M.C.C. in preference to appearing for his county at Manchester, helped Tarrant to add 42 for the third wicket before th« latter, who batted an hour for 21, was caught at the wicket in Faulkner’s first over. Shortly afterwards Sinclair rendered his side good service by yorking Hill at 56 and bowling Fane a run later. Tne last- named batted an hour for 23. Collins and King then came together, and by careful play took the score to 99 without further loss by lunch tim e: altogether they added 59 in forty-five minutes before the former, who made some good cuts and powerful drives, was bowled at 116, after having made 37 out of 60 in an hour. King played a useful but lucky innings, and was eighth out at 134. Schwarz, who had been ineffective early in the game, finished off the innings quickly by taking the last four wickets in five overs for 6 runs. The South Africans fielded excellently, and did well to dispose of the M.C.C. for 142. The visitors, upon going in, met with a couple of early disasters, Tancred being'bowled at 2 and S. D. Snooke sent back at 9 by a good catch at cover. Hathom and Nourse then came together, and, playing steadily against Tarrant and Trott, tried to wear down the bowling. They added 37 for the third wicket in fifty minutes, ere Nourse was dismissed at 46 for a valuable 18. White then went in and soon settled down to confident cricket. Trott, who appeared to be kept on too long, was punished by the new-comer for three 4’s in an over, and soon afterwards Thompson and East took up the attack. At 88 Hathom was out to a fine catch in the slips, and upon Faulkner joining White the brightest cricket of the day was seen. The pair, during the fifty minutes they were together, put on 76, 50 at one period being added in twenty-five minutes. Both were dismissed at the same total, 164. White, who hit finely, made his 74 out of 118 in an hour and a half by excellent and faultless cricket. His play on the off-side and on-drives were very good, whilst his chief hits were two 5’s and eight 4’s. At the end of the day the South Africans, with four wickets in hand, were 25 runs on. Vogler was quickly out on Tuesday, and at 211 Sinclair, after making a few good hits, was out to a good catch at third man. Snooke and Sherwell reached double figures, and when the innings closed the South Africans could claim a lead of 85. Tarrant took six wickets for 73—a good performance in an innings of 227. The M.C.C. gave a most feeble display when they went in the second time, and readily fell victims to Vogler, who bowled admirably. Hill was bowled at 6, Warner played-on at 14, Fane was lbw at 18, whilst at 37 Foster and Collins were out to consecutive balls, and two runs later King and Trott succumbed. In this way Vogler took seven wickets at a cost to himself of only twelve runs. At lunch time the score, without further loss, had been advanced to 53, Tarrant having then been in 50 minutes for 5 runs. The player named and Thompson not only saved the innings defeat but put on 76 together for the eighth wicket—a most in­ valuable partnership. Hubble and Tarrant after­ wards added 43 for the ninth partnership, and the former and East 19 for the last. Tarrant, after bat­ ting very steadily, brightened considerably, and, altogether, made his invalvable 54 out of 150 in 135 minutes. The South Africans were left with only 93 to win, and it was generally thought that the runs would be made for the loss of a very few wickets. The sensations of the day, however, were not ended, and, before stumps were drawn owing to the poor light, six wickets had fallen for 58. S. D. Snooke and Hathorn were both sent back at 21 by Tarrant, and run-getting against the player named and Trott proved a difficult matter. Tancred batted fifty minutes for 4, and when play had been in progress an hour the score was only 42. Nourse and White were bowled by Trott at 48 and 49 re­ spectively, and seven later Tarrant got Vogler caught. At the end of the day the visitors, with four wickets in hand, still required 85 to win. Yester­ day Sinclair, after hitting three 4’s off Trott’s first over, fell to that bowler at 84, after which Sibley Snooke and Faulkner quickly obtained the remain­ ing few runs. Score and analysis :— M.C.C. and G round . First innings. P. F. Warner, b S. J. Snooke ........................ 6 Tarrant, c Sherwell, b Faulkner .................... 21 H. K. Foster, run out ... 3 F. L. Fane, b Sinclair ... 23 A. J. L. HUl, b Sinclair ... 3 L. P. Collins, b S. J. Snooke 33 King (J. H.), st Sherwell, b Second innings. b Vogler ......... 7 c S. D. Snooke, b Vogler ..........54 c White, b Vogler 16 lbw, b Vogler ... 3 b Vogler .......... 2 b Vogler .......... 0 Schwarz Trott (A. E.), st Sherwell, b Schwarz........................ Thompson, b Schwarz Hubble, b Schwarz .......... East, not out ................. B 4, w 2, nb 2 .......... 31 lbw, b Vogler c White, b Vogler b Sinclair ... ... b Faulkner.......... notout... Total .................142 S outh A fricans . B 8, lb 3, nbl 12 Total......... 177 First innings. L. J. Tancred, b Tarrant ... 0 S. D. Snooke, c Hill, b Tarrant ........................ 4 M. Hathorn, c Trott, b East 29 A. D. Nourse, lbw, b Trott 18 G. C. White, run out..........74 G. A. Faulkner, c and b Tarrant ........................27 A. E. Vogler, c Tarrant b Trott ............................... 4 J. H. Sinclair, c Fane, b Tarrant ........................19 S. J. Snooke, lbw, b Tarrant 12 P. W. Sherwell, not out ... 13 R. O. Schwarz, c Collins, b Tarrant ........................ 2 B 19, lb 6 .................25 Second innings, c Trott, b Tarrant 4 c Trott, b Tarrant 13 b Tarrant .......... 0 b Trott.................14 b Trott................. 4 notout.................14 c Foster, b Tar­ rant ................. 2 b Trott... not out... B 9, lb 8 ... 20 Total .................227 Total (7 wkts) 96 M.C.C. and G round . First innings. O. S. J. Snooke... 21 Schwarz......... 16 Sinclair..........12 Faulkner ... 7 M. R. W. 5 59 2 ... 3 27 4 ... 5 29 2 .. 1 19 1 ... Vogler Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 5 0 18 0 16 15 5*1 ... 31 4 25 0 2 43 1 3 12 1 8 67 8 Schwarz delivered two wides and Snooke three no-balls. S outh A fricans . Tarrant... Trott ... Thompson East First innings. O. M. R. W. ... 33*5 8 73 6 . ... 25 9 69 2 .. ... 7 1 35 0 . ... 9 2 25 1 . Second innings. o . -------~M. R. W. 28 8 36 4 23 13 43 3 YORKSHIRE v. HAMPSHIRE. Played at Bradford on May 27, 28 and 29. Drawn. Play was impossible before four o’clock on the second day on account of the state of the wicket after heavy rain. Hampshire lost Bowell at 19 and Jephson at 24. Llewellyn and Mead, both left­ handers, then offered so firm a resistance that in seventy minutes they added 81, the latter then being caught and bowled for a very praiseworthy effort of 37. Llewellyn was missed before he had scored, and again when he had made 46, but he batted capitally and at the end of the day, when Hampshire had made 111 for three wickets, carried out his bat for 61. Yesterday he remained in until he had scored 98 out of 140 in 135 minutes, it being due almost entirely to him that the total reached 209. Yorkshire fared badly against the Hampshire attack, and were 97 behind on the first innings—a very unusual event for them when playing Hampshire. In their second innings the visitors fared badly, and it was, perhaps, as well for them that the match did not last another day. Score and analysis:— H ampshire . First innings. Bowell, c Harrison, b Hirst Mead (P.), c and b Rhodes.. Rev. W. V. Jephson, run out ........................ Llewellyn, b Rhodes ... Stone, lbw, b Haigh ... M. Wood, st Hunter, Rhodes ................. Langford, b Haigh ... Badcock, c Denton, Rhodes ................. F. H. Bacon, b Rhodes Smoker, not o u t .......... Newman, lbw, b Rhodes B 8,lb 4, nb 2... Second innings. 6 lbw,b Harrison... 13 37 notout.......... ... 9 L 1 c Hirst,bHarrison 2 98 c and b Rhodes 1 . 14 not out................. 5 i . 5 c Hardisty, b Rhodes .......... 4 0 ! 26 c Tunnicliffe, b Rhodes .......... 0 . 3 . 2 b Haigh ... 6 . 3 . 14 B 4, lb 1 ... 5 .209 Total (6 wkts) 45 Y orkshire . Tunnicliffe,b Badcock 5 Denton, c& b Badcock 11 Myers, b Newman ... 16 H. Kaye, c Wood, b Langford.................11 Hirst, c Mead, b New­ man ........................20 Rhodes, c Mead, b Smoker .............. 25 Haigh, c Mead, Llewellyn.......... Hardisty, st Stone, b Smoker ................. Rothery, b Newman.. Hunter, b Smoker ... Harrison, not out ... B 4, lb 2, nb 1 ... Total ...112 ... 1 Hampshire. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hirst........ . ... 19 4 27 1 .. Rhodes ... ... 29.1 4 101 6 .. 8 2 15 3 Harrison.. . ... 7 0 24 0 ... ... 10 4 15 2 Haigh . ... 28 11 33 2 ... ... 4 3 1 1 Myers ... ... 5 2 9 0 Hirst bowled two no-balls. Y orkshire . O. M. R. W. O. M. R.W. Badcock... 9 1 31 2 1Lan*rford 5 2 11 1 Newman.. .17 3 43 3 SmoJ lev ... 7 4 4 2 Llewellyn 13 3 16 2 Newman bowled a no-ball. DERBYSHIRE v. KENT Played at Chesterfield on May 27, 28 and 29. Kent won by an innings and 100 runs. Owing to rain no play was possible on the first day nor until after four o’clock on the second. Derbyshire made a very poor start, losing Ollivierre and Buckston for 21, and only Wright, who made 25 out of 50 in forty minutes, made any resistance to the attack. The innings lasted but an hour and a-half and realized only 78. The low scoring con­ tinued when Kent went in, and Hardinge, Woolley and Seymour had all been dismissed and only 37 scored by the time stumps were drawn. Yesterday, however, Kent were at their best, Hutchings and Day when play was resumed batting so freely that their stand realized 99 in 55 minutes. Only Hum­ phreys and Fielder of the others reached double figures, but Kent secured a lead of 137. In their second innings Derbyshire collapsed in surprising fashion against Fairservice and Blythe, and by lunch-time had lost half their wickets for 12. After the adjournment the collapse continued, and Kent won by the handsome margin of an innings and 100 runs. Fairservice took six wickets for less than two and a-half runs each. Score and analysis]:— D erbyshire. First innings. L. G. Wright, c Hardinge, b Fairservice .............. 25 O. A. Ollivierre, b Fielder... 10 G. M. Buckston, c Hum­ phries, b Blythe ......... 6 Oadman, c Hutchings, b Fairservice..................... 14 Morton, b Blythe................ 1 Humphries, not out .......11 Warren, c Blythe, b Fair­ service ............................... F. O. Hunter, st Huish, b Blythe.............................. 7 Cooper, lbw, b Blythe ... 1 Bracey, b Fairservice......... 0 Bestwick, b Fairservice ... 2 No-ball...................... 1 Second innings, c Hutchings, b Fairservice ... 2 b Blythe .......... 2 b Fairservice ... 4 b Fairservice b Fairservice b Blythe ... 0 lbw,b Fairservice 5 run out .......... 2 notout................. 9 candbFairservice 2 b Blythe .......... 0 Byes .......... 4 Huish, c Warren, b Oadm an................. 8 Fairservice, not out... 9 Blythe, c Ollivierre, b Oadman................. 9 Fielder, b Bestwick... 18 B 3, nb 3................. 6 Total.................78 Total ............37 K ent . Hardinge, b Bestwick 4 Woolley, c & b Bracey 10 Seymour,c&bBestwick 6 IC.L.Hutchings, c Olli­ vierre, b Bestwick... 69 A. P. Day, b Morton... 54 Humphreys, c Buck­ ston, b Bestwick ... 22 Munds, b Bestwick ... 0 Total ..........215 D erbyshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Blythe ........ 15 5 27 4 ........... 105 3 19 3 Fairservice ... 10*1 0 25 5 ........... 10 3 14 6 Fielder .......... 5 0 25 1 ................ Fielder bowled one no-ball. K ent , O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W . Bestwick ... 23380 6 1F.O.Hunter Bracey ... 16441 1 I Morton... 50231 Oadman ... 11057 2 1 Morton bowled three no-balls.