Cricket 1907

198 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 13, 1907. Woolley, wlio, by a series of fine pulls and drives, made 62 out of 86 in 55 minutes. He made only one mistake—when 38, being missed at mid-off by New­ man off Langford. 9 After lunch the wicket became tricky, and Seymour played a great game for his side, scoring 60 out of 152 in 155 minutes without a mis­ take of any kind: in partnership with Fairservice he added 32 for the eighth wicket in half-an-Jiour. In response to a total of 196, Hampshire lost Bowell and Mead for 21, and, although Jephson and Sprot put on 48 in three-quarters of an hour, four wickets were down for 78. Afterwards, however, Hill and Llewellyn put on 55 together iu 25 minutes without being separated, Hampshire, when play ceased for the day, being only 63 runs behind with six wickets in hand. On Friday the two batsmen remained together until their partnership had lasted 70 minutes and had realised 98. Stone afterwards made a few good hits, and Hampshire could claim a lead of 17 on the innings. Kent, when they went in the second time, quickly lost Hardinge. Woolley played confidently and had made 27 when he was given out caught at the wicket as the result of an appeal by Hill at short-slip. Seymour was caught at 76, but Humphreys played a c:ood game, adding 37 with Hutchings and 92 in 70 minutes for the fifth wicket with Blaker. Near the end of the day Hubble and Marsham put on 77 together for the seventh wicket, Kent, when stumps were drawn, being 281 runs on with three wickets to fall. On Saturday the three outstanding wickets added 24, Smoker coming out with the capital analysis of six for 63. Hubble played very good cricket, and obtained his 57 in an hour and a-quarter. Left with 306 to win, Hamp­ shire lost Bowell and Jephson for 13, and a sub­ stantial victory for Kent appeared probable. Sprot, however, played a very great game and received excellent support. Mead assisted him to add 129 for the third wicket in a couple of hours, whilst with Hill he put on 41 in thirty minutes. Altogether, he batted two hours and a-half for his faultless 111: he hit nineteen 4’s, and obtained eighteen runs (four 4’s and a 2) from an over delivered by Hardinge. After his departure Hill continued the good work, and when the game was won by five wickets carried out his bat for 84 made out of 164 in 130 minutes. He drove with great power, and hit a 6 and twelve 4’s. With Llewellyn he put on 62 for the fifth wicket and, in the final stage of the game, 61 without loss in 40 minutes with Stone. It was a splendid perform­ ance by Hampshire. Score and analysis:— K ent . First innings. Second innings. Woolley, c Sprot, b Llewellyn ..........62 c Stone, b Langford... Hardinge, c Bowell, b Langford.................10 lbw, b Newman............ Seymour (Jas.), c Stone, b Smoker .................(50 c Jephson, b Badcock K. L. Hutchings, c Langford, b New­ man ........................11 c Sprot, b Smoker ... Humphreys, st Stone, b Llewellyn .......... 5 c Mead, b Smoker ... R. N. R. Blaker, c Jephson, b Llewel­ lyn ........................ 5 b Smoker .................. Hubble, c Stone, b Newman .................11 c Jephson, b Smoker Huish, c Mead, b N ewm an................. 4 not out........................ Fairservice, b Smoker 14 b Smoker ... ......... Fielder, c and b New­ man ........................ 6 b Smoker .................. C. II. B. Marsham, not out ................. 0 b Bowell .................. B 4, lb 1, w 2, nb 1 8 B 7, lb 1, w 1, nb 3 Total..................106 Total ... H ampshire . First innings. Second Innings. Bowell, c Hutchings, b Fielder................. 8 Mead (C.l\),lbw, b Hard­ inge ........................ 11 Rev. W. V. Jephson, c Seymour, b Hard' inge b Fielder ................. 1 c and b Fairscrvicc ... 43 26 c Blaker, b Fielder ... 2 27 run out........................ Ill 57 not out........................84 E. M. Sprot, c Huish, b Hardinge .......... A. J. L. Hill, b Fair­ service ................. Llewellyn, c Blaker, b Fielder.................40 c Huish, b Hutchings 24 Stone, b Fairservice ... 20 notout.........................22 Badcock, b Fairservice 2 Langford, c Blaker, b Fielder ................. 0 Smoker, c Fairservice, b F ielder.................10 Newman, not out ... 0 B 1, lb 6 , w 2, nb 3... 12 Total ...213 B 7, lb 3, w 4, nb 5... 19 Total (5 wkts) 306 K ent . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. Wr. O. M. R. W. Badcock ... 12 2 45 0 ......... 11 0 53 1 Newman ... 21-2 3 66 4 ......... 19 8 54 1 Langford ... 8 1 28 1 ......... 11 1 37 1 Llewellyn ... 15 3 38 3 ......... 25 6 76 0 Smoker... ... 6 3 11 2 ......... 24-1 5 63 6 Bowell ... 4 0 27 1 Smoker, Llewellyn and Langford each bowled a wide, and Newman four no-balls. H ampshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Fielder......... 23 4 75 4 ... ... 32 10 75 2 Hardinge ... 19 2 68 3 ... ... 17 7 53 0 Fairservice... 16-3 5 37 3 ... ... 19 4 62 1 Humphreys 2 1 9 0 ... ... 12 1 31 0 Woolley . 9 3 12 0 ... ... 10 3 21 0 Hutchings ... 11 3 31 1 Marsham ... ... 1 0 8 0 Seymour ... ... 0-4 0 6 0 Fielder bowled three wides and five no-balls ; Fairservice and Hutchings one wide ; Humphreys one wide and one no-ball; Hardinge and Woolley each one no-ball. WORCESTERSH IRE v. LANCASH IRE. Played at Stourbridge on June 6, 7 and 8. A BRILLIANT VICTORY. Worcestershire won by ten wickets. The wicket was rather difficult on the first day, and twenty-three wickets went down for 234 runs. Poidevin was bowled at 5 and Tyldesley at 19, but Makepeace, who took an hour and three-quarters to make 34, put on 41 for the third wicket with Stan­ ning. Near the end of the innings Kermode hit vigorously for 22, and the score was 138 when the last wicket fell. Cuffe, who got much work on the ball, took seven wickets for 81 runs. Only II. K. Foster, of the home side, played with any con­ fidence, and even he found difficulty in gettiug the ball away ; he made his 21 out of 55 in 70 minutes. Bums was in for lialf-an-hour and Southall, whose first appearance it was, twenty-five minutes, each scoring 11. The last three wickets fell without a run, Harry taking five wickets for 14 runs and the whole side being out for 87. In the last half-hour of the day, Lancashire lost Huddleston, Dean, and Makepeace for nine runs. Friday’s play saw the majority of the Lancashire men helpless against Burrows and Cuffe, only Sharpe, who scored 64 out of 97 in 95 minutes, and hit eight 4’s, playing with any confidence. Poidevin, however, played a defensive game, and during the forty minutes he was in with Shaii) saw 48 added for the eighth wicket. The home side were left with 170 to win, and it was generally thought that the task would prove beyond thejr powers. The wicket, however, had become easier, and H. K. Foster and Bowley practically put the result beyond doubt by putting up 119 together without being separated. On the Saturday morning the pair remained in partnership to the end, making altogether 170 in a couple of hours. Bowley hit a 5 and eleven 4’s, and Foster eleven 4’s also. It was a remarkable success considering that Lancashire had obtained a lead of 51 on the first innings. Score and analysis:— L ancashire . First innings. Makepeace, c R. E. Foster, b Cuffe ........................ 34 L. O. S. Poidevin, b Arnold 3 Tyldesley, b Cuffe ..........12 H. 1). Stanning, b Arnold... 24 Sharp, b Cuffe ................. 0 Harry, b Cuffe ......... ' ... 21 Huddleston, b Cuffe.......... 0 Dean, b Arnold ................. 8 Cook (L.), c Gaukrodger, b C u ffe ...............................li Kermode, not out ..........22 Worsley, b Cuffe................. 0 Lb 2, w 1 Total 3 Second innings. b Burrows.......... 1 b Arnold ..........14 b Arnold .......... 2 b Burrows.......... 4 c Gaukrodger, b Cuffe ..........64 b Burrows.......... 2 b Cuffe................. 7 b Burrows.......... 0 b Burrows.......... 5 not out ..........10 c It. E. Foster, b Cuffe ... ... 3 Lb 4, nb 2 ... 6 ..138 Total..........118 H. K.Foster, c Worsley, b Harry ................ Bowley, c Tyldesley, b Dean ................. Pearson, b Dean......... It. E. Foster, b Dean... Arnold, b Harry......... W.B.Burns, c Worsley, b Cook ................. WORCESTERSHIRE. 21 Cuffe, b H arry.......... H. Southall, c Tyldos- ley, b Cook .......... Gaukrodger, lbw, b Harry ... ......... Burrows, not out ... Bird, c andb Harry... B 1, lb 3 .......... Total .......... L ancashire . First innings. O. M. R. W. Arnold ......... 28 12 53 3 ... Cuffe.................. 28-5 5 81 7 ... Burrows ........ 1 0 1 0 ... Bird Second innings. O. M. 11 4 15*4 5 20 4 2 0 R. W. 21 2 21 3 58 5 12 0 Arnold bowled one wide and Burrows two no-balls. W orcestershire . First innings. Second innings. Dean .. . Kermode . Harry... Cook (LJ . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W . 13 2 41 3 .......... 16 4 54 0 . 8 3 13 0 ... ... 3 0 20 0 . 11-3 5 14 5 ... ... 9 0 41 0 . 7 5 15 2 ... ... 11 1 38 0 Huddleston... 5 1 14 0 Makepeace,. .. 3 0 1 0 Second innings: H. K. Foster, not out, 73; Bowley, not out, 95; nb 2. Total (no wicket), 170. Dean bowled two no-balls. OXFORD UN IVER S ITY v. M .C.C. AND GROUND. Played at Oxford on June 6, 7 and 8. M.C.C. and Ground won by two wickets. On a slow wicket, 21 men were disposed of on the opening day for 231 runs. Wright batted an hour for his 32, and with Raynor, who showed very good cricket in making his 17, put on 36 for the sixth wicket. The innings, however, lasted only a couple of hours and realised but 97. The visitors did little better, Gilbert, a medium-paced bowler, who got up quickly off the pitch, taking the first eight wickets off the reel for 31 runs. Warner batted very steadily for his 31, and although one or two others made useful scores, the total reached 120 ouly. At the end of the day, the University, going in the second time, lost Bruce, caught in the slips, for 14. On Friday, everything was dwarfed by G. N. Foster’s brilliant hitting. Without making a mistake of any kind, he scored 163 in two hours and a half, completing his hundred in 90 minutes, and hitting twenty-one 4’s and five 3’s. With Bowring lie added 56 for the second wicket in 25 minutes and with Wright 152 for the third in 75. No-one else on the side obtained 40, but the M.C.C. were set 281 to win. The visitors commenced their task well, for, although Lawton made only 7, Collins and Braund took the score to 84 by the end of the day without further loss. On Saturday the partnership for the second wicket was not dissolved until it had reached 130, Braund being then caught at mid-on. Collins, hitting a dozen 4’s, batted an hour and a-half for his faultless 82. Tarrint and Warner put on 48 for the fifth wicket, and, Baker and Simpson-Hayward making useful scores, the runs were made with a couple of wickets to spare. Score and analysis :— O x fo rd U n iversity. First innings. Hon. C. N. Bruce, lbw, b Tarrant ........................19 T. Bowring, b Tarrant ... 3 E. L. Wright, st Hum­ phries, b Trott.................32 G. N. Foster lbw, b Braund 0 C. V. L. Hooman, c Baker, b Tarrant........................ l J.H.Gordon,st Humphries, b Tarrant........................ 7 K. Raynor, not out ..........17 J. C. Lowe, c & b Braund 0 Hon. J.B. Lyon, c Lawton, b Tarrant........................ 0 H. A. Gilbert, b Braund ... 1 C. F. Younger, absent ... 0 B 8, lb 3 .................11 Total Second innings. : Simpson-Hay- ward,b Tarrant 9 Burton, b Tar­ rant ................. 20 b Trott... b Tarrant ... 37 ...163 ..........97 M.C.C. First innings. Braund, c Younger, b Gil­ bert ............................... 8 Tarrant, c Hooman, b Gil­ bert ............................... 1 £ L. P. Collins, b Gilbert ... I R. V. Buxton, st Wright, b Gilbert ........................16 P. F. Warner, not out ... 31 A. E. Lawton, c Gordon, b Gilbert ........................ 5 G. H. Simpson-Hayward, b Gilbert ........................ 0 Trott, b Gilbert .................10 C. V. Baker, c Raynor, is Gilbert ........................ 0 Hon. D. O’Brien, b Lyon... 13 Humphries, c Hooman, b Lyon ............................... 6 B 14, lb 1 ....................15 b Trott................. 0 lbw, b Braund ... 24 c Tarrant, b Trott 0 b Braund .......... 0 not out................. 8 c Lawton, b Tar­ rant ................. 3 c Baker,b Tarrant 27 B 10, lb 2... 12 Total ...303 Second innings, c Younger,b Bow­ ring .................38 not out.................44 b B ow ring......... 82 c Hooman, b Gil­ bert ................14 c and b Bowring 42 c Foster,bGilbert 7 c and b*.Younger 15 b Younger......... < cHooman,b Lowe 15 not out .......... 0 Total ...120 B 12, lb 2, w 4 18 Total (8 wkts)282