Cricket 1907

204 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 13, 1907. T H E S O U T H AFRICANS. 7 t h M ATCH .—v. M IDD LE SEX . Played at Lord’ s on June 10, 11 and 12. The South Africans won by 278 runs. Except that Middlesex were without MacGregor and Bosanquet, both sides, hitherto unbeaten during the season, were at full strength. Not s° many spectators were present as had been antici­ pated, but this may perhaps be partly attributed to the fact that the charge of admission had been raised to a shilling. Winning the toss, the South Africans took first innings, but lost Shalders, who hit a couple of 4’s, at 11, and Hathorn, from a simple return, at 18. The scoring was very slow, and Tancred batted 25 minutes ere making a run ; at the end of 45 minutes he had scored 7, Trott bowling six maidens in succession. At 33 the third wicket fell, White, in endeavouring to drive, turn­ ing the ball into his wicket. When Nourse arrived, play became a little brighter, the new comer hitting a couple of 4’s off Trott in an over. When 28 had been added Mignon and Hearne went on for Tarrant and Trott, but no success attended the change, the pair being still together at lunch-time, when the score was 79 for three wickets. Play had then lasted an hour and three-quarters, so it can be understood that the batting had been sedate. After the ad­ journment Nourse and Tancred remained together until their partnership for the fourth wicket had lasted 80 minutes and realised 94. The latter was then caught low at second slip for a very slow, but valuable, 49. He batted for two hours and a quarter, and made his runs out of 127 obtained whilst in. Twenty-two runs later Nourse, having scored 58 out of 116 in 95 minutes, was caught at short leg: he made nine 4’s, hit well all round the wicket, but played rather a fortunate innings. Sinclair after­ wards made one fine hit, and Vogler (who hit three 4’8) and Schwarz punished Tarrant for 15 in an over. Little else of interest happened, and the innings, after lasting 205 minutes, closed for 212. Tarrant took six wickets for 97 runs, and always required careful watching. Middlesex collapsed like a house of cards against Schwarz and Kotzd, whose methods and pace formed an admirable contrast. Litteljohn was lbw. at 7, Beldam bowled at 26, and Warner, after being hit on the hand by a ball from Kotze, was caught in the slips off that bowler at 28. So complete an ascendency did the bowlers then obtain that the next five wickets fell for 27 runs, the score being only 55 when the eighth man was sent back. Schwarz’s methods were obviously too puzzling for the majority of the batsmen, but, when it appeared not improbable that the follow-on would not be saved, Tarrant rose to the occasion, and, receiving good support from Hearne, took the score from 55 to 97 in half-an-hour without any further disaster occurring. Tarrant played a fine defensive in­ nings, and, although twice hit by Kotze and having, later, to employ the services of a runner, on account of a strained leg, he carried out his bat at the end of the day for 31. On Tuesday the pair remained together until 102, when, having helped to add 47 for the ninth wicket in 35 minutes, Heame played- on. Tarrant was last man out, caught in the slips, for an invaluable 42, which took 80 minutes to com­ pile. The batting of the side was very feeble, and during the innings of 112 Schwarz obtained half-a- dozen wickets for 27. With a lead of 100 the South Africans lost Tancred when only a single had been made, but the disaster was atoned for by White and Shalders, who added 122 for the second wicket in 80 minutes. The latter, after being in 50 minutes for five singles, brightened considerably, and helped to take the score from 50 to 100 in 25 minutes. At one period of his innings he made six 4’s in successive scoring strokes, and, in all, scored his 45 out of 135 in 110 minutes. He was missed by Mignon when two, but made no other mistake. White cut and drove finely, and, hitting nine 4’s, obtained his 68 out of 122 in 80 minutes. Nourse afterwards hit well all round the wicket, his off-drives especially being good. The later members of the side played very bright cricket, forcing the game well, and when 404 had been made in just under five hours for nine wickets, the innings was declared closed, Middlesex being set 505 to win. In the three overs at the end of the day, Heame (21) and Litteljohn made 26 without being separated. Yesterday Hearne was out with 4 added, Litteljohn caught a run later, and Tarrant run out at 34. Beldam and Warner then came together, and, playing carefully, added 65 for the fourth wicket. Beldam was out to a fine catch at 117, but the seventh wicket went down at 147. Hunt and Page put on 55 for the eighth wicket in 40 minutes, both playing very well. The innings closed soon afterwards, the visitors winning by 278 runs. Score and analysis :— S outh A fricans . First innings. L. J. Tancred, c Hunt, b Mignon ........................49 W . A. Shalders, lbw, b Tar­ rant ...............................10 M. Hathorn, c and b Trott 3 G. O. White, b Tarrant ... 11 A. D. Nourse, c Beldam, b Tarrant ....................... 58 G. A. Faulkner, c Mignon, b Tarrent........................11 J. H. Sinclair, c Page, b Tarrant ........................13 A. E. Vogler, b Mignon ... 18 R. O. Schwarz, c Heame, b Mignon ........................ 9 P. W. Sherwell, not out ... 5 J. J. Kotze, b Tarrant ... 5 B 12, lb 3, nb 5 ..........20 Second innings. b M ignon.......... 0 cBird, b Mignon 45 b Mignon ......... c Warner, b Tar­ rant ................. c Bird, b Hunt... 34 lbw, b Tarrant... 26 b Mignon b Hearne notout................ 51 b Hearne ......... 14 not out................. 2 B 23, lb 5 ... 28 Total.................212 Total (9 wkts)*404 * Innings declared closed. M iddlesex . First innings Second innings. P. F. Warner, c Schwarz, b c Schwarz, b K o tze ...............................14 Sinclair............25 E. S. Litteljohn, lbw, b c Sherwell, b Schwarz ........................ 3 Schwarz.......... 7 G. W. Beldam, b Schwarz... 6 c and b Vogler... 41 R. V. Buxton, b Schwarz ... 5 b Vogler ..........20 Tarrant, c Vogler, b Kotze 42 ran out ......... 1 Trott (A. E.), b Kotze ... 3 c Shalders, b Vogler ..........15 J. H. Hunt, b Schwarz ... 2 b Nourse .........38 O. O. Page, st Sherwell, b c Hathorn, b Schwarz ........................ 1 Kotze ..........31 W.S.Bird,c Nourse, b Kotze 0 c Sinclair,bKotze 7 Hearne (J. T.), b Schwarz... 8 cSherwell,bKotze 23 Mignon, not o u t ................. 2 not out................ 5 B 17, lb 1, nb 8... * ... 26 B 4, lb 5,nb 4... 13 Total .................112 Total ..........226 S outh A fricans . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Tarrant.......... 31.5 8 97 6 .......... 32 5 108 2 Trott .......... 19 9 39 1 .......... 10 1 52 0 M ignon.......... 15 1 41 3 .......... 27 4 96 4 Heame .......... 3 0 15 0 .......... 15 3 53 2 Beldam.......... 7 1 25 0 Hunt .......... 9 0 42 1 Mignon delivered five no-balls. M iddlesex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Kotze .......... 17 1 48 4 .......... 16.5 3 48 3 Schwarz.......... 16 5 27 6 .......... 14 3 36 1 White .......... 2 1 5 0 .......... 1 0 4 0 Vogler ......... 2 1 6 0 .......... 13 2 58 3 Sinclair .......... 10 2 47 1 Faulkner.......... 1 0 5 0 Nourse .......... 5 1 15 1 Kotze and Schwarz each delivered six no-balls. GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. NORTH ­ AMPTONSH IRE. Played at Gloucester on June 10, 11 and 12. A TOTAL OF 12. HAT-TRICK BY DENNETT. Drawn. Each side gave a trial to a couple of new men in this match, Beasley and King making their first appearance for Northants, and the two old Chel- tonians, Salter and Mackenzie, for the home side. Play was possible for fifty minutes only on the opening day, and during that time Gloucestershire fared so badly against Thompson, that they lost four wickets for 20 runs. On the following morning, on a soft wicket, the innings was continued just after noon. Mackenzie was out ere a run had been added, and, although Jessop and Langdon added a dozen for the sixth wicket, the whole side were disposed of for 60, Thompson taking five wickets for 29, and East five for 26. When the visitors went in the wicket was at its worst, and Dennett made such use of it that in farty minutes the innings had closed for 12—the smallest aggregate ever recorded in a first-class inter-county match. The wickets fell as under:— 1 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 8, 9, 10_ V 11 ’ 12 Dennett, after being hit for 6 runs without meeting with any success, took eight wickets for 3, his analysis for the innings being therefore eight for 9. He kept a good length, and made the ball turn considerably, but the batting was very weak. Mackenzie and Langdon made 17 for the first wicket of Gloucestershire in their second innings, but afterwards only Jessop reached double figures, the venture closing for 88, and the visitors being set 137 to win. At the end of the day Dennett again performed admirably, the score at the close being 40 for seven wickets, all taken by the left-hander at a cost of but 11 runs. During the day, therefore, he obtained fifteen for 20, which is quite a record of its kind. In the second innings he performed the hat-trick at the expense of Hawtin, Beasley and Buswell. Yesterday no play was possible owing to the condition of the ground. Score and analysis :— G loucestershire . First innings. E.Barnett,lbw,b Thompson Wrathall, b Thompson ... Board, b Thompson .......... M.G.Salter,cBuswell, b East G. L. Jessop, b E a st......... R. T. Mackenzie, b East ... Langdon, b East................. Huggins, c Crosse, b East- Spry, lbw, b Thompson ... Parker, not out ................. Dennett,cPool, b Thompson B 2, lb 3 ................. Total ................. N orthamptonshire . First innings. Second innings. E. M. Crosse, c Board, b Dennett ........................ 4 c and b Dennett.. 0 Cox (M.), lbw, b Dennett... 2 c Barnett, b Den- 3 Second innings, b East................. 0 4 b Thompson ... 7 3 lbw, b Thompson 5 3 c and b East ... 3 22 c Hawtin, b East 24 0 c King, b East... lbw, b Thompson 21 4 4 8 c Buswell, b East 3 6 b East................. 4 2 not o u t................ 8 0 b East................. 0 5 Byes .......... 9 60 Total ... 88 R. W. Hawtin, lbw, b Den­ nett ... 12 0 lbw, b Dennett... C.J.T.Pool,cSpry,b Dennett 4 st Board, bDen­ nett 9 Thompson, b Dennett ... 0 not out............... 5 R. N. Beasley, b Jessop ... 1b Dennett........ 0 Buswell,stBoard, b Dennett 1c Langdon, b Dennett........ 0 East, st Board, b Dennett... 0 lbw, b Dennett... 2 S. King, not o u t ................. 0 not out............... 1 Wells, c Parker, b Jessop... 0 L. T. Driflield, b Dennett... 0 Byes ...... 3 Total .................12 Total (7 wkts) 40 G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Thompson ... 16*5 7 29 5 .......... 15 2 43 3 East.............. 16 5 26 5 ........... 142 4 36 7 N orthamptonshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Dennett.......... 6 1 9 8 .......... 15 8 12 7 Jessop .......... 5’3 4 3 2 .......... 10 3 20 0 Parker ... 5 2 5 0 YORKSH IRE v. SURREY. Played at Bradford on June 10, 11, and12. Drawn. Owing to the loss of a child, Holland was unable to appear for Surrey, but, apart from that, there was no notable absentee from either side. No play was possible on the opening day until just before one o’clock, and showers prevented the game being in progress for more than a little over three hours. Tunnicliffe, after making 18 of the first 25 rims, was caught at third man off Rushby, who, at the end of an hour, when the total was 39 for four wickets, had also disposed of Denton, Myers and Wilkinson at a cost to himself of only 17 runs. Kaye fell to the same bowler 8 runs later, half the side then being out for 47. Following this series of disasters came a timely stand by Hirst and Rhodes, who, in three- quarters of an hour, put on 41 together for the sixth wicket. Hirst played a most useful, but somewhat fortunate innings of 36, making many of his runs from unintentional strokes, and being missed when 34. Rhodes showed the best form of the innings, and Rothery, obtaining the second highest score of the side, helped to. add 18 for the last wicket. Rushby bowled at a capital pace, and got up quickly off the pitch, his record of eight wickets for 65 being admirable in a total of 134. Surrey opened their innings with Hayward and Hobbs, but before Hirst could complete his first over rain drove the players to shelter, not a run having been scored. In dull weather, play was recommenced on the following day just after noon. Hardisty, who had injured a finger the day before, did not field, his place being taken by Sedgwick. Hobbs was lbw with only 6 runs scored, but Hayes, who then came in, played a fine game, claiming 33 of the 52 added for the second wicket with Hayward in forty minutes. He was somewhat fortunate, and was missed when 15, but ho played the right game. One of his hits, off Rhodes, sent the ball over the football pavilion.