Cricket 1907

J une 20, 1907. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 213 T H E S O U T H AFRICANS. 8 th M a t c h —v. HAMPSHIRE. Played at Southampton on June 13,14 and 15. Drawn. The County, although handicapped by the absence of A. J. L. Hill, had all the best of the play on the opening day. Briefly, during the two hours and twenty minutes available for play, Hampshire dis­ missed their opponents for 82 and scored 44 for three wickets in reply. The South Africans collapsed un­ expectedly on a good wicket against Smoker, half their wickets going down in under the hour for 35. Vogler afterwards hit up 29 out of 41 in half an hour, but the batting generally was very weak, and the whole side were sent back in eighty-five minutes. Smoker, who owed his introduction to County cricket to Maurice Read, kept a splendid length, and, in addition to making the ball swerve, caused it to get up very quickly off the pitch. Hampshire, after scoring 13 for the loss of Mead’s wicket, were unable to continue their innings until five minutes to six, rain descending heavily. .With five runs added both Jephson and Sprot were bowled, after which Bowell and Llewellyn added 26 in the remaining twenty-five minutes without being separated. On the following morning the latter played a vigorous game, driving with much power, and, making ten off an over from Schwarz, he /scored his 61 out of 92 in one hundred minutes, his chief strokes being seven 4’s. When it appeared likely that the home side would obtain a comfortable lead Faulkner displaced Schwarz and took five wickets in eight balls for 29 runs, the innings closing for. 111. The South Africans opened their second innings with Shalders and Sherwell, and so well did the pair bat that together they made 133 in one hundred and ten minutes before the latter, who hit nine 4’s, was caught for a faultless innings of 74. Shalders, who completed his hundred in two hours and forty-five minutes, pulled and drove finely, and, hitting eight 4’s, scored 105 out of 198 in one hundred aud seventy-five minutes; he gave only one chance—when 103, to Badcock off Newman at point. None of the other players did very much, but when play ceased for the day the visitors, with a wicket in hand, were 300 runs on. No play was possible on Saturday, the match being abandoned as a draw. Score and analysis:— S outh A fricans . H am pshire. 3 Mead (C. P.), b Vogler Bowell, c S. D. Snooke, b Sinclair.................17 Rev. W. V. Jephson, b Schwarz ................. 0 E. M. Sprot,b Vogler... 4 Llewellyn, c S. J. Snooke, b Faulkner 61 Stone, c S. J. Snooke, b Sinclair................. 1 Total Langford, b Faulkner 10 Badcock, c Sinclair, b Faulkner ......... 1 Smoker, b Faulkner 0 Newman, c and b Faulkner ......... 0 Dean, not out ......... 3 B 8, lb 1, nb 2 ... 11 ..111 S outh A fricans . First innings. Second innings. Smoker Badcock ... Llewellyn... Newman ... O. M.R. W. 15 4 35 7 ........... 10-1 2 26 3 ........... 2 1 4 0 ........... 2 0 16 0 .......... Dean Langford... Mead 66 9 0 30 0 65 0 GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. WORCESTER­ SHIRE. Played at Gloucester on June 13, 14, and 15. Worcestershire won by eight wickets. On the Thursday twenty-two wickets fell for 247 runs, the conditions being wholly in favour of the bowlers. At the last moment a new wicket was prepared, that which had originally been intended for the match being found too wet for play. Gloucestershire lost Mackenzie at 9, but Wrathall, hitting brilliantly, and Board added 49 for the second wicket, the former making his 43 out of 58 in fifty minutes. Jessop played a more watchful game than is usual with him, taking an hour to make 41. The last four wickets added only 5 runs, the innings closing for 121 after a rather larger score had seemed probable. Against Parker, a left-hand medium- paced bowler, and Dennett, Worcestershire collapsed for 103 in an hour and three-quarters. Only Bur­ rows, who made 24, reached 20, and some of his strokes were somewhat lucky. Before stumps were drawn, Gloucestershire, upon going in the second time, lost Mackenzie and Wrathall and scored 23. On Friday play could not be resumed, owing to the wet, until twenty minutes to four, and the home side failed so completely against Arnold and Cuffe that the innings closed for 61, Worcestershire being set only 80 to win. Forty-one of the runs were made for a couple of wickets the same afternoon, and on the following morning the balance was quickly obtained without further loss, Worcestershire win­ ning by eight wickets. Score and analysis :— G lo u ce ste rsh ire . First innings. Second innings. W. A. Shalders, c Stone, b Smoker........................ 2 lbw, b Dean ...105 S. D. Snooke, b Smoker ... 4 not out................. 6 G. C. White, c Mead, b Badcock ........................ 4 lbw, b Smoker ... 5 A.D. Nourse, lbw, b Smoker 6 run out ......... 19 M. Hathorn, b Smoker ... 5 st Stone, b Mead 20 G. A. Faulkner, c Bowell, b Sm oker........................ 16 c and b Dean ... 8 J. H. Sinclair, c Stone, b Smoker ........................ 0 b Mead.................18 A. E. Vogler, c Langford, b Badcock ........................ 29 cDean, b Mead... 28 S. J. Snooke, b Smoker ... 4 not out ......... 24 R. O. Schwarz, b Badcock 7 c Jephson, b Sm oker.......... 7 P. W. Sherwell, not out ... 4 c Llewellyn, b Langford ... 74 Leg-bye ................. 1 B 8, lb 3, w l, nb3 15 Total ................. 82 Total (9 wkts) 329 O. M. R. W. Badcock delivered two no-balls and Newman one. Dean delivered one wide. H ampshire . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Vogler ... 8 3 25 2 I Sinclair... 11 1 33 2 Schwarz ... 13 3 34 1 Faulkner 4’5 0 8 5 Nourse ... 2 2 0 0 | Schwarz and Faulkner each bowled one no-ball. First innings. Wrathall, c Gaukrodger, b Cuffe ...............................43 R. T. H. Mackenzie, b Cuffe 6 Board, cH.K.Foster, b Cuffe 10 Langdon, c Bird, b Arnold 0 G. L.Jessop.c Burns,b Cuffe 41 E. Barnett, c S.-Hayward, b Arnold ........................ 7 Huggins, hit wkt, b Arnold 9 J. N. Horlick, b Arnold ... 1 Spry, b Arnold ... ......... 0 Parker, st Gaukrodger, b Cuffe .............. ................ 1 Dennett, not out................. 0 , Byes ........................ 3 Second innings. c Arnold, b Cuffe 2 c Pearson, b Ar­ nold ................. 2 c Arnold, b Cuffe 23 c Gaukrodger, b Cuffe ..........11 b Arnold .......... 3 b Arnold .......... c Cuffe, b Arnold c Burns, b Arnold lbw, b Cuffe st Gaukrodger, b Cuffe .......... not out................. Extras.......... Total .................121 W orcestershire . Total..........61 H. K. Foster, b Parker Bowloy, b Parker ... W. B. Burns, st Board, b Dennett .......... R. E. Foster, lbw, b Parker .................. Arnold, b Parker Pearson, st Board, b Dennett ................. G. H. Simpson-Hay­ ward, c Parker, b Dennett ................. 1 Cuffe, b Dennett ... 10 Burrows, b Parker ... 24 Gaukrodger, not out... 11 Bird, lbw, b Parker... 3 B 7, lb 6 ..........13 Total ..103 First innings. O. M. R. W. Cuffe ................. 23 8 66 5 . Arnold .......... 23-1 6 49 £ . Pearson ......... 1 03 0 . Second innings. O. M. R. W. . ... 22 5 35 5 . ... 21-1 9 26 5 W orcestershire . First innings. O. M. R. W. Dennett ......... 20 6 34 4 , Parker .......... 20 4 56 6 . Mackenzie . Second innings. O. M. R. W. ........ 11 1 41 1 ........ 10 1 32 1 . ... 0-3 0 4 0 twenty-five minutes he was in. At 166 he was bowled by Haigh, after batting three hours for 84— a very good, but not quite faultless innings, which contained six 4’s : his partnership with Hunt lasted altogether fifty-five minutes and realized 58. Page, who was unfortunate enough to hit down his own wicket, helped Trott to add 37 for the seventh wicket in thirty-five minutes, and, with MacGregor and Hearne putting on 20for the ninth, the total reached 244. Yorkshire, in response, lost Myers in Tarrant’s second over with only a single scored, but Denton and Tunnicliffe atoned for the early disaster by adding 61 for the second wicket in fifty-five minutes. The latter, who batted twenty minutes ere making a run, scored 13 out of 62 in an hour, playing very steadily: on the other hand, Denton hit well and, cutting and driving freely, made ten 4’s in scoring 48 out of 70 in fifty-five minutes. Both Wilkinson and Denton left at 71, and half the side were out for 79. Rothery and Haigh added 39 in half-an-hour for the eighth wicket, but when the innings closed the visitors were 81 in arrears. At the end of the day Middlesex batted for seventy minutes in a bad light, and during that time lost Warner and Litteljohn for 57. On Saturday no play was possible, the match ending in a draw slightly in favour of Middlesex, who, with eight wickets in hand, were 138 runs on. Score and analysis :— Second innings : H. K. Foster, not out, 33 ; Bow­ ley, b Parker, 4 ; R. E. Foster, not out, 40 ; Pearson, lbw, b Dennett, 0 ; bye 1, lb 1, w 1.—Total (2 wkts) 80. G loucestershire . M iddlesex . P. F. Warner, b Haigh 84 Tarrant, c Hunter, b Rhodes .................13 G.W. Beldam, cTunni­ cliffe, b Rhodes ... 5 E. S. Litteljohn, b Haigh........................ 6 R. V. Buxton, c and b Rhodes .................18 J. H. Hunt, c Hunter, b Haigh .................24 Second innings : P. F. Beldam, not out, 20 ; E. J. H. Hunt, not out, (2 wkts.), 57. Y orkshire . C. C. Page, hit wkt, b Rhodes .................25 Trott, c Denton, b Rhodes .................23 G.MacGregor, b Haigh 15 Hearne, c Hawke, b H aigh................. 7 Mignon, not out ... 1 B 6, lb 14, n b 3... 23 Total ..244 Warner, b Hirst, 3 ; G. W. S. Litteljohn, b Hirst, 9 ; 12 ; Leg-byes, 3. Total Tunnicliffe, b Tarrant 13 Myers, b Tarrant ... 1 Denton, b Tarrant ... 48 Wilkinson (W. H.), c and b Mignon......... 4 Hirst, b Mignon......... 4 H.S.Kaye,c Litteljohn, b Trott .................19 Rothery, c MacGregor, b Hearne.................28 Rhodes, lbw, b Tar­ rant ........................11 Haigh, c Trott, b Tar­ rant ........................24 Lord Hawke,b Hearne 2 Hunter, not out ... 0 B 6, lb 2, nb 1 ... 9 Total ..163 M iddlesex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hirst .......... 19 3 40 0 ... ... 10 1 30 2 Haigh .......... 33-4 8 84 5 ... ... 9 4 20 0 Myers .......... 2 2 0 0 ... Rhodes .......... 39 5 97 5 ... 4 2 2 0 Wilkinson ... 3 1 2 0 Parker bowled one wide. MIDDLESEX v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Lord’s on June 13, 14, and 15. Drawn. On the opening day play was restricted to two hours and a-half, heavy rain descending just before noon andagain during the luncheon interval. During the time available, however, Middlesex scored 147 for four wickets, Warner playing an admirable inninsrs of 78 not out. On the slow wicket he gave a very sound display, driving and hitting to leg well, and playing Rhodes with much skill. With Tarrant he made 54 for the first wicket in an hour, with Buxton 37 for the fourth, and, at the end of the day, 39 without loss with Hunt for the fifth in half-an- hour. On the following morning Warner started very slowly, obtaining only 4 during the first Hirst deliverd two no-balls and Myers one. Y ork sh ire. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Tarrant ... 27'5 8 66 5 j Hearne ... 7 3 14 2 Trott............ 8 0 29 1 IMignon ... 12 2 45 2 Tarrant delivered one no-ball. ESSEX v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Leyton on June 13 and 14. Kssex won by an innings and 90 runs. On the opening day rain caused the match to start an hour and a-half after the scheduled time, but during the day good progress was made, Essex scoring 287 for eight wickets in 230 minutes. The total would probably not have been so large had Bestwick not strained his leg and been compelled to retire. Douglas, playing skilfully to leg and driving well, helped Fane to make 75 for the first wicket in 65 minutes, and, after his dismissal, Perrin, who was rather unsteady at first, settled down to his best form and made some beautiful drives. Fane played a steady and valuable innings, scoring 43 out of 103 in 1U0minutes, and was caught at the wicket by the ball lodging between Humphries’ pads. After lunch there was another delay of half-an-hour, following which Reeves, who was sent in second wicket down, hit so successfully that he made 47 out of 83 in 45 minutes. Perrin batted an hour and a-half for his faultless 52, and made his runs out of 113 obtained whilst in. Kortright and McGahey added 50 for the fifth wicket in 25 minutes, but three men were afterwards sent back quickly, and at the end of the day eight wickets were down for 287. On the Friday, Buckenham remained in until his score had reached 52 in an hour and a-quarter, and was then caught. Morton bowled best during the inn­ ings of 331, but his four wickets cost over 20 runs