Cricket 1907

230 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 27, 1907. H a m p s h ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W. Fielder........ 31*5 3 100 6 . Blythe .......... 21 10 67 2 . Mason .......... 14 0 41 1. Humphreys ... 14 2 45 1 . Woolley.......... 3 0 8 0 .......... Hutchings ... 3 0 15 0 ......... Fielder bowled five no-balls and Humphreys a wide. K e n t . Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 23-3 6 56 6 :S 1 3 2 1 0 24 . 2 O. Badcock ... 17 Smoker ... 15 Llewellyn.. 1 Newman ... 11 M. R. W. 1 76 1 1 76 1 0 2 0 0 85 1 O. Persse ... 20 Langford. 31 Mead ... 13 Bowell ... 6 M. R. W. 2 100 4 6 124 3 0 69 0 0 32 0 Persse bowled three wides and Newman and Lang­ ford one each. Badcock delivered four no-balls and Newman one. MIDDLESEX v. SURREY. Played at Lord’s on June 20, 21 and 22. Drawn. Lees, owing to an injury sustained in the match with Cambridge University earlier in the week, was unable to appear for Surrey, and the preference given to Hitch over Rushby was, unfortunately for the visiting side, not justified. Payne and Harrison were included in the Middlesex Eleven instead of Litteljohn and E. A. Beldam. The home side made the most of a run-getting wicket on the opening day, .scoring 361 for five wickets. Warner and Payne made 53 for the first wicket in forty minutes, and the former and Beldam 79 for the second in ninety- five. Warner played a slow but very useful game, and hit nine 4’s whilst scoring 68 out of 132 in one hundred and thirty-five minutes without a mistake ; he was bowled by a ball from Knox which broke the centre stump. Beldam made 41 out of 91, and was then outto the simplest of catches. Tarrant, like Warner, played a steady game, but Buxton was very attractive and claimed 76 of the 150 added with the former for the fourth wicket in one hundred and ten minutes; he made some capital strokes to the on and hit ten 4’s. The professional was at one period batting three-quarters of an hour for two singles, and although he, like Buxton, hit ten 4’s, he took one hundred and forty-five minutes to make his 74 out of 171 added whilst he was in. In the last half-hour of the day Page hit well, and carried out his bat for 44 ; with Harrison he put on 58 without being separated for the sixth wicket in the time named. On the following morning, although play was slow for a time, the last five wickets added 97 to the score in seventy minutes. Page, who was missed by Marshal at mid-off when 47, helped Harrison to increase the stand for the sixth wicket to 87 in an hour, and, driving powerfully, hit a dozen 4’s during the eighty minutes he was in. Hayward and Hobbs, upon facing the total of 457, gave Surrey a splendid start, making over a hundred together for their County’s first wicket for the third time in succession during the week. They reached 50 in thirty-five minutes, and it was not until 147 had been made in one hundred minutes that Hobbs was out lbw. for a capital 70, which included nine 4’s. Hayes succumbed to the following ball, and Holland was lbw. at 152, three wickets then being down. Upon Crawford joining Hayward some very attractive cricket was seen. The amateur was in his very best run-getting vein, and somonopolised the scoringthathe completed his 50 out of 69 in sixty-five minutes, and of the 115 nins added for the fourth wicket with Hayward in an hour and a-half he claimed 86 ; his chief hits were fourteen 4’s. Hayward remained until 312, when, having scored 119 in two hundred and thirty-five minutes without giving a chance, he was out to a fine catch by MacGregor wide on the leg-side. He hit a five and fifteen 4’s, but he was very slow during the latter part of his innings. Lord Dalmeny after­ wards enlivened matters very considerably, and hit eight 4’s whilst making 34. At the end of the day Surrey, with two wickets in hand, were 105 runs behind. On Saturday morning Leveson-Gower, not without considerable luck, made 29, and the total was advanced to 383 ere the innings closed. When Middlesex went in the second time, Payne, by means of a splendid catch in the slips, was sent back with only two scored, but Warner again played well, and, with Beldam added 26, with Tarrant 74, and, alter Buxton and Harrison had fallen to successive balls, with Page 73 for the sixth wicket in forty-five minutes. The Old Rugbeian, who gave a very hard chance to Hayward at short-leg when 47, scored his 98 out of 201 In one hundred and sixty-five minutes, and hit fourteen 4’s. With the total 217 for seven wickets the innings was declared closed, and Surrey were left one hundred and thirty-five minutes in which to obtain 292 to win. Knox was unable to bowl more than four overs in the second innings of Middlesex, Surrey being severely handicapped in consequence. In the time available 144 were made for one wicket, Hayward and Hobbs scoring 105 together in an hour and a-half, thereby making over a hundred for the first wicket of Surrey for the fourth time within a week. Score and analysis :— M id d l e s e x . First innings. Second innings. P. F. Warner, b Knox ... 68 b Crawford ... 98 M. W. Payne, c Hitch, b Crawford .....................23 c Hayes, b Knox 2 G. W. Beldam, c Strudwick, b Hayes .....................41 b Crawford...........11 Tarrant, b K nox..............74 c Hayes, b Craw­ ford .................34 R. V. Buxton, b Knox ... 76 c Marshal, b Crawford ... 11 W. P. Harrison,lbw, b Knox 36 lbw, b Crawford 0 C. C. Page, run out .......65 c Holland, b Hayes ..........30 Trott, c Crawford, b Knox 1 not out............... 8 G. MacGregor, b Hitch ... 34 not out ........... 4 Hearne (J. T.) run out .. 5 Mignon, not ou t............... 5 B 9, lb 14, w 3, nb 3 ... 29 B 15, lb 4 .........19 Total ....... 457 Total (7wkts) *217 * Innings declared closed. S u r r e y . Hayward,c MacGregor, b Mignon.................119 Hobbs, lbw, b Beldam 70 Hayes, b Beldam ... 0 Holland,lbw,b Hearne 4 J.N. Crawford, run out 86 Marshal, c MacGregor, b Mignon................. 5 Lord Dalmeny, b Tarrant ... ..........34 H.D.G.Leveson-Gower, c Hearne, b Tarrant 29 Strudwick, b Mignon 4 Hitch, c MacGregor, b Mignon .............10 N. A. Knox, not out... 1 B 13, lb 4, w 1, nb 3 21 T otal.................. 383 Second innings : Hayward, c Tarrant, b Harrison, 50 ; Hobbs, notout, 65; Marshal, notout, 24; B 2, lb 1, w 1, nb 1. Total (1 wkt.) 144. M id d l e s e x . First innings. O. M. R. ... 39 Knox Hayes ... Crawford Hitch Hobbs ... Marshal... 5 122 37 22 21*3 2 4 Second innings. O. 4 26 R. W. 16 1 69 1 80 5 33 0 Hitch bowled two wides, Hobbs one wide, and Knox three no-balls. S u r r e y . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Mignon.......... 29*4 2 120 4 ........ 5 2 15 0 Tarrant.......... 27 6 85 2 ........... 2 0 6 0 Trott ......... 15 3 58 0 ........... H earne.......... 13 3 28 1 ........... 11 5 24 0 Payne .......... 4 0 28 0 ........... 2 0 9 0 Beldam.......... 12 5 43 2 ........... 12 4 36 0 Harrison ... 7 0 34 1 Buxton.......... 3 0 15 0 Harrison and Trott each bowled one wide, and Mignon four no-balls. LANCASHIRE v. SUSSEX. Played at Liverpool on June 20, 21, and 22. AN INNINGS OF 29 BY SUSSEX. Lancashire won by 307 runs. No play was possible on the first day owing to rain, but on the second capital progress was made with the match, twenty-five wickets falling for 300 runs. Lancashire commenced by losing three wickets for 13 runs, and, although Tyldesley and Sharp added 49 togeth r for the fourth in half-an- hour, half the side were out for 60. Tyldesley made his meritorious 42 out of 60 in 45 minutes, and it was due largely to him that the innings realised as many as 116, made in just over two hours. Sussex lost Vine off Dean's first ball, whilst with only two runs scored Fry was bowled by a ball he did not attempt to play. The bowlers were able to impart much break to their deliveries, and the score was only 21 when the fifth wicket fell. Smith and Seymour—the former was missed three times and the latter twice—added 49 together, but Sussex were 38 behind on the innings. Lan­ cashire lost their first two wickets for 21 in their second innings, whilst Poidevin was caught at 54, and Sharp lbw very soon afterwards. When stumps were drawn Lancashire had made 106for five wickets, Tyldesley having then scored 52 not out out of 85 in ninety minuteB. On Saturday the player named found an excellent partner in Stanning, the pair putting on 131 for the sixth wicket. Tyldesley made his 117 out of 159 in 165 minutes, and hit a dozen 4’s ; when 93 he might have been caught by Vine at short-leg off Dwyer, but made no further mistake. Stanning batted two hours and ten minutes for 56, this being his record score for the County. Harry afterwards hit up 50 in as many minutes, but was somewhat lucky, inasmuch he was missed by both Fry and Smith. When the total had reached 298 for nine wickets the innings was declared closed, Sussex being left with 337 to win. Against the Lancashire attack on such a wicket, the task would have been impossible for any team. Sussex collapsed com­ pletely against Dean and Huddleston, and were all sent back for 29 in fifty minutes. The wickets fell as follows :— 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 0 4 12 26 27 Second innings. Lancashire accordingly won by 307 runs. Score and analysis :— L a n c a s h ir e . First innings. A. H. Hornby, c R. Relf, b Dwyer............................... 3 Makepeace, lbw, b Dwyer.. 0 Tyldesley, c Vine, b Killick 42 L. O. S. Poidevin, c Vine, b C o x ............................... 0 Sharp, c Seymour, b A. Relf 17 Hoap, b A. R e lf................. 8 J. W. Stanning, c Smith, b A. Relf ........................15 Harry, b Cox .................12 Phillips, b Cox ................. 0 Huddleston, b A. Relf ... 11 Dean, not out ................. 7 Leg-bye ................. 1 Total .................116 Total (9 wkts)298 * Innings declared closed. S u s s e x . c Cox, b A. Relf.... 14 lbw, b Cox ... .,.. 7 b Dwyer ... ,...117 c A. R e lf, b Dwyer ... ... 9 lbw, b A. Relf . .. 1 b A. Relf ... ,... 8 b Dwyer ... ,... 56 cR .,b A . Relf ... 50 not ou t......... ... 16 b Leach ... ... 4 B 15, lb 1 ... 16 First innings. C. B. Fry, b Huddleston ... Vine, c Sharp, bDean Killick, c Hornby, b Dean.. Relf (A. E.), c Tyldesley, b Huddleston ................. Relf (R.), c Sharp, b Dean.. Leach, c and b Huddleston Cox(G.), lbw, b Huddleston C. L. A. Smith, b Hud­ dleston ........................ Seymour(John), c Poidevin, b Harry ........................ Dwyer, run o u t ................. Butt, not out Second innings. run out ......... b Dean................. c Phillips, b Dean c Makepeace, b Dean................. b Huddleston ... b Dean................. b Huddleston ... not out .......... lbw, b Huddle­ ston ................. b Huddleston ... run out .......... B 6, lb 1 ................. 7 B 7, lb 1 ... 8 Total .................78 Total.......... 29 L a n c a s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. C ox................. 13-4 2 34 3 ... ... 24 6 71 1 Dwyer ......... 5 0 20 2 ... ... 21 2 83 3 Relf (A. E.)... 14 4 39 4 ... ... 31 10 52 4 Killick ......... 6 1 22 1 ... ... 12 2 40 0 Seymour ... 1 0 4 0 Leach ... 5 0 30 2 Sussex. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Dean .......... 11 3 32 3 ... ... 6 2 9 4 Huddleston ... 12 3 35 5 ... ... 5*4 1 12 4 Harry .......... 1’4 0 4 1 ... YORKSHIRE v. ESSEX. Played at Dewsbury on June 20, 21, and 22. Yorkshire won by five wickets. On the first day play was so greatly interfered with by rain that its duration was only about a couple of hours, in which time the visitors lost eight wickets for 82 runs. The Yorkshire fielding was often at fault, or scoring would have ruled even lower. On Friday Rothery was so unwell that he was obliged to retire from the match. At the end of the Essex innings Russell and Mead indulged in a very useful partnership, adding 47 together in forty minutes. In response to the total of 142, Yorkshire, by lunch time, had made 47 without loss. After the adjourn­ ment, however, wickets fell rather fast. Rhodes, after batting a hundred minutes, was fourth out at 72for a valuable 30, whilst at 88 the fifth wicket went down. Hirst played a characteristic game during the hour he was in, and hit five 4’s, and, although Myers scored 37, the innings, after lasting three hours and a-half, closed for 160. At the end of the day Essex, in a light which was none too good, lost four wickets for 49, Douglas being out ere a run had been made, Perrin bowled at 21, Fane bowled at 25, and Freeman meeting with a similar fate from the last ball sent down. On Saturday morning only McGahey, who was lame .and batted one hundred and forty minutes for 32 not out, made much resistance to the bowling, the innings closing for 109, and Yorkshire being left only 92 to win. When Tunnicliffe fell at 6, people began began to wonder whether the event fore­ shadowed a collapse. Rhodes, however, made a useful 19, and when the third wicket fell—Denton’s —the score had reached 50. Haigh and Hirst were both sent back ere the runs were made, and York*