Cricket 1907

J une 27, 1907. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 229 T H E SO U T H AFRICANS. 10 th M a tc h , —v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Derby on June 20, 21, and 22. South Africans won by an innings and 108 On Thursday play lasted only about three hours, owing to rain, and during that time the home side did fairly well to make 196 for eight wickets on a firm pitch. Buckston played-on at 14, but Morton and Ollivierre added 40 for the second wicket, and the former and Deamaley 37 for the third in forty minutes. Needham made 22 out of 35, and Warren 15 out of 39. Morton played admirably for his 72, driving and cutting well, and making no mistake dur­ ing the two hours and a-half he was in. On Friday the innings closed for 222, made in 205 minutes: there were 39 extras. The South Africans commenced by losingSherwell and Shalders for25, after which Nourso and Hathorn puton 98in anhouranda-half, the latter, who hit eight 4’s, batting a hundred minutes for his 54. White was soon out, but another productive stand took place when Snooke joined Nourse, the pair adding 180 for the fifth wicket in two hours ere the left-hander was sent back by a fine catch at point. Nourse reached his 50 in ninety minutes, completed his 100 in a hundred and sixty, and, in all, scored 148 out of 306 in two hundred and thirty. He was missed at the wicket when 17 and at mid-on when 139, and early in his innings played a ball on to his wicket without removing a bail. He cut and drove excellently, and hit seventeen 4’s. Snooke, who made some big drives, made 114 out of 225 in a hundred and sixty minutes, and hit seventeen 4’s : he was, however, missed when 39, 50, and 109. The last five wickets fell in forty minutes for 45, the day’s play ending when the innings, having lasted three hundred and ten minutes, closed for 376. On Saturday, on a good wicket, the County collapsed ienominiously, and were all dismissed for 46, Vogler taking six wickets for 17 and Kotze four for 23. Score and analysis D e r b y s h ir e . First innings. G. M. Buckston, b Kotze... 7 C. A. OllivieiTe, b Vogler... 27 Morton, st Robinson, b Vogler...............................72 J.Deamaley, c and b Vogler 2 Needham, c and b Sinclair 22 L. G. Wright, run out ... 4 Warren, b Kotze.................15 R. B. Rickman, b White ... 10 Humphries, lbw, b Vogler 9 Bracey, b Sinclair .......... 7 Bestwick, not out .......... 8 B 25, lb 10, w 1, nb 3 39 Second innings, lbw, b Vogler ... 10 b Kotze .......... 8 c Kotze, b Vogler 0 c White, b Vogler 0 cSherwell,bVogler 9 cRobinson,bKotze 2 not out.................11 cRobinson,bKotze 0 b Vogler ... .. 0 b Vogler ....... 0 b Kotze ....... 0 B 5, lb 1 ... 6 Total 222 Total..........46 S o u t h A f r ic a n s . W.A.Shalders.bWarren 16 L.J.Tancred,b Bracey 0 P.W.Sherwell,bWarren 1 A. E. Vogler, b Morton 0 M. Hathorn, b Bracey 54 Rev. C. D. Robinson, A. D. Nourse, c Wright, b Bracey................ 4 b M orton.................148 J. J. Kotze, c Dearna- G. C. White, b Braccy 8 ley, b Bestwick ... 10 S. J. Snooke, not out 114 .B 7, lb 3, w 6, nb 2... 18 J. H. Sinclair, c Dear- — naley, b Bracey ... 3 Total ..........376 D e r y s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Kotze ... Vogler ... Nourse... Sinclair White ... 14 3 38 ... 18-3 4 79 ... 8 2 11 ... 20 4 43 13 ... 11 ... 10 23 4 17 6 Kotze bowled one wide and three no-balls. S o u t h A f r ic a n s . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Warren... 25 3 94 2 Rickman... 9 0 55 0 Bestwick 24*5 11 49 1 Morton ... 25 4 58 2 Bracey ... 29 7 102 5 Bestwick bowled six wides and Bracey two no-balls. WORCESTERSHIRE v. {SOMERSET. Played at Worcester on June 20, 21 and 22. A REMARKABLE FIRST APPEARANCE. Drawn. This match was rendered remarkable by the batting of Bisgood, who, making his debut for the visitors, scored 82 in his first innings and 116 not out in his second. He has for some years been known in connection with the Richmond C.C., in Surrey, for which he has made good scores and kept wicket well. In the first innings of Somerset he went in when Palairet had been bowled for a single, and in two hours and a-quarter helped Braund to add 152 for the second wicket, his own share of the runs being 82, made without a mistake. He made several excellent strokes, chiefly off-drives and strokes to the on, and hit eleven 4’s. Braund also batted skilfully, but was twice missed—when 41 and 101—and had scored 103 not out by the time stumps were drawn, when he and Hodgkinson, an old Etonian, had put on 71 together without being separated for the sixth wicket. Owing to rain, play for the day ceased at five o’clock, when the Somerset score read 254 for five wickets, made in two hundred and twenty-five minutes. On Friday morning Braund was bowled with only a single added. He had played a steady and valuable innings, and hit a dozen 4’s whilst making his 104 out of 255 in two hundred and forty minutes. Hodgkinson, after batting an hour and a-quarter, was caught at mid-on for 49, and at the end of the innings Mordaunt and Bailey put on 21 together, the total eventually reaching just 300. In response, Worcester­ shire commenced badly by losing both H. K. Foster and Bowley at 22. R. E. Foster and his other brother, W. L., made amends, however, by adding 110 for the third wicket in seventy minutes, the former, who drove well and hit nine 4’s, claiming 68 of the number. Arnold and Pearson put on 78 together in fifty-five minutes for the sixth wicket, but no one else did much, and the innings closed for 294. Arnold batted two hours for his sound 79 not out, in which were included a 5 and nine 4’s. Lewis, bowling really well, took seven wickets for 84 runs. In the last hour of the day, Somerset obtained 62 runs for the loss of a couple of wickets. On Saturday Hodgkinson was sent back at 77, whilst Deane followed 4 later. Poyntz made 16, but no real resistance to the bowling was made until Lewis joined Bisgood. This pair, during the hour and fifty minutes they were together, put on 165 runs without being separated, Bisgood having the rare distinction of making a hundred in his first inter-county match. He made his 116 out of 253 in a hundred and ninety-five minutes, and hit sixteen 4’s. He made only one mistako whilst in—offering a chance to the wicket-keeper when 18. Ab the end of the match R. E. Foster again showed to advantage, and hit a 6 and ten 4’s in his 67. Score and analysis:— S o m e r s e t . WORCESTERSHIRE. First innings. L. C. H. Palairet, b Cuffe... 1 Braund, b Cuffe.................104 B. L. Bisgood, lbw, b Pear­ son ...............................S2 Lewis, b A rnold................. 6 C. G. Deane, b Pearson ... 4 Capt. H. S. Poyntz, c Gauk­ rodger, b Arnold .......... 0 G. W. Hodgkinson, c Solly, b Cuffe ........................49 S. M. J. Woods, c Burrows, b Pearson........................ 1 E. S. M. Poyntz, b Pearson 0 O. C. Mordaunt, c Burns, b Cuffe ............................... 23 Bailey, not out ................. 2 B 13, lb 13, nb 2 ... 28 Second innings, c Gaukrodger, b Solly .......... b Cuffe................. notout...............116 notout............... 82 st Gaukrodger, b Solly ......... 2 c Burrows, bCuffe 16 b Solly................. 8 B 4, lb 2, w 2 8 Total .................300 Total (5 wkts)*280 * Innings declared closed. W ORCESTERSHIRE. First innings. H. K. Foster, b Bailey ... 4 Bowley, c Palairet, b Lewis 18 Capt. W. L. Foster, c Bailey, b Lewis ........................31 R. E. Foster, b Lewis ... 68 Arnold, not out .................79 W. B. Burns, c Palairet, b Lew is............................... 0 Pearson, c E. S. M. Poyntz, b Mordaunt .................41 Cuffe, c Deane, b Mordaunt 4 Burrows, c Bailey, b Lewis 15 Gaukrodger, c Braund, b Lew is............................... 4 Solly, c Bisgood, b Lewis... 0 B 15, lb 3, nb 12 ... 30 Second innings, c Woods, b Bailey 18 c sub.,bMordaunt 21 notout.................14 c Hodgkinson, b Bailey ..........67 not out................. 7 B 4, lb 2 Total . 294 Total (3 wkts)133 S o m e r s e t . Cuffo ......... Arnold........ Burrows Solly ........ R. E. Foster Pearson First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 22*2 3 65 4 . 26 , 17 . 4 25 6 54 2 59 1 26 0 21 57 2 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 4 ... •J.i 20 9 17 13 1 57 0 Fisst innings. O. M. R. W. L ew is................. 24*4 4 84 7 Bailey................. 26 1 73 1 Mordaunt ..........15 1 45 2 Braund ... 17 3 62 0 ... Second innings. O. M. R. W. ........ 8 2 29 0 ........ 21 5 34 2 ........ 8 1 27 1 10 2 37 0 Lewis bowled twelve no-balls. Pearson bowled two no-balls, and Arnold two wides. KENT v. HAMPSHIRE. Played at Tonbridge on June 20, 2 1 , and 22. A RECORD FOR KENT. Kent won by an innings and 190 runs. Kent’s form in this match was in direct contrast to that which they showed when meeting Middlesex on the same ground earlier in the week. On the first day, however, a level game was seen, Kent, who played Burnup in lieu of Hardinge, dismissing their opponents for 292, and scoring 88 for three wicketa in an hour at the end of the day. Sprot played a very good innings for Hampshire, scoring 69 out of 116 in eighty minutes without a mistake : he drove and pulled well, hit a dozen 4’s, and, with Stone, put on 72 for the third wicket in fifty minutes. The eighth wicket fell at 186, but Smoker and Newman, though lucky to start with, settled down to good cricket, and added 81 for the last wicket in an hour. Fielder took six wickets for 100 runs in the inniDgs of 292. When Kent went in Burnup was content to leave the run-getting to Woolley, the con­ sequence being that the latter completed his 50 out 66 in thirty-five minutes. Altogether, he scored 60 out of 86 in fifty-five minutes, both batsmen retiring at 86. Woolley hit seven 4’s. During the day Stone was not able to keep wicket, as he received an injury from Fielder whilst batting, but he resumed his place on Friday, when, however, Llewellyn was unable to field owing to a sprained muscle in his right leg. Marsham was bowled at 94, but following his dismissal Seymour and Hutchings played such free cricket that their stand for the fifth wicket realised 185 in eighty-five minutes, the amateur, who drove with great power, hitting seventeen 4’s and making 101 of the number without a mistake of any kind. Mason scored only a single, but when Humphreys went in another long partnership re­ sulted, he and Seymour putting on 157 for the seventh wicket in an hour and a-half. Seymour played a great innings in more senses than one. He completed his 100 out of 218 in two hours, and, alto­ gether, scored 204 out of 355 in one hundred and ninety minutes. He hit well all round the wicket, made thirty-three 4’s, and gave only one chance— when 169, to Bowell at cover-point. His innings is the highest ever made for Kent (see “ Gossip ”). Humphreys, hitting well to the on, and making a 6 and seven 4’s, scored 80 out of 251 in one hundred and thirty-five minutes, and at the end of the innings Huish and Fielder put on 61 in twenty-five minutes. The innings, after lasting 390 minutes, closed for 596—the highest total of the season. In the remaining hour and a-half Hampshire lost half their side for 59, Mason taking a couple of wickets in the last over of the day. During Friday, 567 runs were made for a dozen wickets, Kent scoring 508 for seven and Hampshire 59 for five. On Saturday the match was quickly finished, the innings closing for 114, and Kent winning by an innings and 190 runs. Score and analysis H ampshire . First innings. Mead (C. P.), b Fielder ... 9 Bowell, b Fielder .......... 2 |E. M. Sprot, b Fielder ... 69 Stone, c Hutchings, b Hum- i phreys...............................33 c Huish,b Fielder 24 Llewellyn, c and b Blythe... 9 F. H. Bacon, b Fielder ... 17 Langford,c Woolley,b Mason 45 H. W. Persse, b Fielder ... 4 Second innings. b Fielder .......... 7 b Blythe ..........18 c Blaker,bFielder 15 Badcock, c Hutchings, b Blythe............................... 4 Smoker, not out .................39 Newman, c Hutchings, b Fielder............................... 45 B 10, lb 4, nbl, w 1... 16 absent.. b Mason .......... c Huish, b Mason c Hutchings, b Fielder .......... c Marsham, b Fielder .......... c Huish,bFielder 26 Total ..292 not out .......... 1 Lb 2, nb 4 6 Total.......... 114 K e n t . Woolley, c Badcock, b Persse ... .............60 C. J. Burnup, c and b Langford....................19 C. H. B. Marsham, b Persse .................. 6 Blythe, b Persse........... 0 Seymour (Jas.), c Smo­ ker, b Langford ...204 K. L. Hutchings, b Persse ...................101 J. R. Mason, c Persse, b Langford .......... 1 Humphreys, c Lang­ ford, b Newman ... 80 R. N. R. Blaker, b Badcock.................20 Huish, lbw, b Smoker 56 Fielder, not out ... 17 B 19, lb 3, w 5, nb 5 32 Total ...596