Cricket 1907

262 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u ly 11, 1907. T H E S O U T H AFRICANS. 13 t h MATCH.—v. SUSSEX. Played at Brighton on July 4, 5, and 6. AN UNUSUAL DISMISSAL. The South Africans won by 39 runs. The visitors took the field without Sherwell, Kotze, and Shalders, whilst on the Sussex side Fry and Nason deposed Scott and Ohaplin. There had been heavy rain during the previous night, but it was possible to commence, on a soft and difficult wicket, after a delay of only half-an-hour. The visitors commenced batting with Tancred and Vog­ ler, but only 11 had been made when the latter was caught at long-off. Two runs later Hathorn was out to a skyer in the slips, and at 18 Tancred was held at the wicket. Nourse, who was almost bowled by the first ball he received, was sent back at 19, and with­ out any addition White was caught by Butt, half the side having then been sent back in less than half- an-hour. At 24 Snooke furnished the wicket-keeper with another victim, but.Faulkner, who showed the best batting on the side, helped Sinclair to put on 25 for the seventh wicket in 25 minutes before being out to a fine catch at mid-on. The total when he left was 49, and, as it happened, no further addition was made to the score, the last four wickets falling at the same total. Sinclair was caught at long-off, and Schwarz and Smith were bowled by Cox with successive balls. The innings—the smallest of their tour- lasted only 80minutes, Cox and Dwyer bowling unchanged throughout. During the luncheon inter­ val rain fell heavily, and it was not until a quarter past four that Sussex could commence their innings- When the County went in the wicket still assisted the bowlers, runs always being difficult to obtain. Vine fell to Vogler at 10, but Killick helped Fry to put on 43 for the second wicket in 40 minutes, and the elder Relf and Nason remained in whilst 27 and 16 were added for the third and fourth respectively. Both Fry and Nason were hent back at 96, the former having made his valuable and faultless 45 in 95 minutes: he hit six 4’s and off an over from Schwarz obtained ten runs. R. Relf and Smith added to the County’s lead by contributing 31 for the sixth wicket in half-an-hour, the latter being out to the last ball of the day. On Friday, Leach made a couple of good boundary strokes, but was out with only ten added, whilst Relf, having made 20 out of 67 in an hour and a quarter, fell to Nourse’s first delivery; with Cox he added 27 for the eighth wicket. The innings, having lasted 200 minutes, closed for 186, the County thus establishing a lead of 137. When the South Africans went in the second time, Sinclair accompanied Tancred to the wicket, and the former hit so well that 50 went up in three- quarters of an hour and 100 in 75 minutes. After making 134 together in 100 minutes, Tancred was bowled by Dwyer for a very useful, but not very meritorious, innings of 38. Sinclair, hitting twelve 4’s, made 92 out of 135 in an hour and three-quarters and was then bowled by a full-pitch. He reached his 50 out of 67 iu 50 minutes, making some very big on-drives, aud when 69 was missed by Nason. Nourse failed for the second time in the match, being given out for handling the ball; he played a ball from the elder Relf on to the ground, aud, thinking it would roll on to his wicket, knocked it away with his hand. Hathorn was seventh out at 144, when the visitors, with six wickets in hand, were but 7 runs on. Faulkner and White then remained together for an hour, playing a steady and valuable game, and adding 28. Snooke failed, and Faulkner, having batted an hour and a-half for 35, was seventh out at 219. At the end of the day the visitors, with three wickets in hand, were 94 runs on, their total being 231 for seven. On Saturday Butt, owing to a bruised thumb, did not keep wicket, his place being taken by Leach. In the first over of the day,Vogler, when 22,was missed by A. E. Relf at mid-off off Dwyer, and with only four added Schwarz was bowled. Vogler, at 260, was sent back after batting an hour for 38, but the last pair—Smith and Robinson - offered so sturdy a resistance that they put on 67 in 60 minutes, the former at the finish carrying out his bat for 40, made in an hour and a-half. Sussex were left with 191 to win, and by lunch-time had made 31 without loss, Killick and Vine in. It was not until 50 had been made in 40 minutes that the first wicket fell. Tne fine start, however, was not maintained, and by the time the score had reached 95 six men were out. Leach and Smith added 41 in 35 minutes, but when the end came the County were 39 behind. The South Africans played capitally in the second half of the match, and thoroughly deserved their success. Score and analysis S outh A fricans . First innings. L.J.Tancred,cButt,bl)wyer 8 E.A.Vogler, c Smith, b Cox 9 M. Hathorn, c Cox, b Dwyer 0 A. D. Nourse, b Dwyer ... 0 G. C. White, c Butt, b Cox 1 G. A. Faulkner, c Nason, b Dwyer................. ... 11 S.J.Snooke, c Butt, b Dwyer 0 •T.H.Sinclair,cVine,b Dwyer 17 R. O. Schwarz, b Cox ... 0 H. E. Smith, b Cox .......... 0 Rev. C.D. Robinson,not out 0 B 1, lb 2 ................. 3 Second innings. b Dwyer ..........38 b Cox .........,38 lbw, b Dwyer ... 6 handled ball ... 1 c Vine, b Killick 17 c Butt, b Cox ... lbw, b C ox........ b Dwyer .......... b Cox ................. not out .......... c Cox, b A. Relf B 13, lb 4... 17 Total ... ......... 49 S ussex . First innings. C. B. Fry, b Faulkner ... 45 Vine, b Vogler ................. 8 Killick,cVogler.b Faulkner 19 Relf(A.E.),c and b Faulkner 14 J. W. Nason, c Vogler, b Sinclair........................ 4 b Sinclair Relf (R.), c Robinson, b Nourse..............................20 C. L. A. Smith, b Schwarz 16 Total ...327 Second innings. Ibw, b Sinclair... 26 c White, b Sin­ clair ................. 18 st Robinson, b Schwarz......... 31 b Schwarz.......... 0 Leach, b V oider................. 9 Cox (G.), b Sinclair ............ 18 Dwyer, not out .................12 Butt, b Nourse ................. 2 B 11,1b 3,w3, nb 2 19 runout b Vogler ... b Vogler . . b Schwarz b Vogler ... notout B 3, lb 3 Total................. ..186 Total. S outh A frica . First innings. O. Second innings C o x .......... .. 13 4 21 4 ......... 44 18 93 4* Dwyer ... .. 12-3 4 25 6 ......... 35 6 122 3 Killick ... 12 5 33 1 Relt (A. E ) 31*2 12 52 1 Relf (R.) ... 3 0 10 0 S ussex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Vogler ... .. 21 7 52 2 .......... 11 2 41 3 Schwarz ... .. 11 3 31 1 .......... 17 5 42 3 Sinclair ... .. 9 3 25 2 ......... 16 6 34 3 White ... . . 4 0 16 0 .......... 7 1 28 0 Faulkner .. 22 9 37 3 ......... Nourse ... .. 3 1 1 6 2 .......... Faulkner bowled two wides, WThite one wide,and Schwarz two no-balls. The following are the results of the matches to date:— Played, 13; won, 9 ; lost, 0; drawn, 4. v. Leicestershire, at Leicester, May 20, 21 and 22.— Won by 98 runs. v. Essex, at Leyton, May 23, 24 and 25.—Won by an innings and 99 runs. v. M..C.C. and Ground, at Lord’s, May 27 and 28.— Won by three wickets. v. Oxford University, at Oxford, May 30, 31, and June 1.—Drawn. v. Cambridge University, at Cambridge, June 3, 4 and 5.—Drawn. v. Northamptonshire, at Northampton, June 6, 7 and 8.—Won by 83 runs. v. Middlesex, at Lord’s, June 10, 11 and 12.—Won by 278 ruus. v. Hampshire, at Southampton, June 13, 14 and 15.—Drawn v. Warwickshire, at Edgbaston, June 17, 18 and 19.—Won by 276 runs. v. Derbyshire, at Derby. June 20, 21 and 22.—Won by an innings and 108 runs. v. Kent, at Catford, June 24, 25 and 26.—Won by 2 runs. v. England, at Lord’s, July 1, 2 and 3.—Drawn, v. Sussex, at Brighton, July 4, 5 and 6.—Won by 39 runs. DERBYSHIRE v. SURREY. Played at Derby on July 4 and 5. Surrey won by an innings and 16 runs. Crawford and Hayward reappeared in the Surrey eleve i in place of Goatly and Hitch, whilst Bestwick was included in the home side. Derbyshire com­ menced batting on a soft and slow wicket, and lost Ollivierre to Crawford’s second ball and Morton at 9. Neitlier Needham, Wright, nor Hallam stayed long, and half the side were out for 33. Cadman and Warren, however, added 26, but the innings, after lasting two hours aud five minutes, closed for 79. Crawford and Smith bowled unchanged, the former taking four wickets for 30 and the latterfour for 42. Hayward and Hobbs had made 21 without loss for Surrey when rain came down so heavily that no further play was possible during the day. On Friday the innings was resumed at noon, and Hobbs was the first to retire, being finely stumped when he looked like settling down to a good innings. Crawford followed in, and remained with Hayward whilst 40 were added for the second wicket: he hit a 6 off Morton, out of the ground, and was once caught at square leg off a no-ball. Hayward was third out for a steady and useful innings, and Dalmeny’s wicket—the fourth—fell at 107 The latter part of the innings was marked by a good display by Holland, who scored 36 in 55 minutes and was the last to leave. Surrey tatted just the same time as their opponeuts, but made 61 more runs—a useful lead. Derbyshire gave a most disappointing display when they went in the second time, for, although Wright and Ollivierre made 25 together for the first wicket the whole side were out in 70 minutes for 45, Surrey accordingly wiuning by an innings and lb runs. On a damaged wicket Smith and Crawford proved almost irresist­ ible, and had the satisfaction of bowling unchanged through the match. Smith’s analysis in the second iunings was somewhat unusual. Score and analysis : D erbyshire. First innings. Second innings. L. G. Wright, b Smitli 16 c Dalmeny, b Smith ......... 13 C. A. Ollivierre,b Crawford 2 b Smith .......... 10 Morton, c Rushby, b Smitli 1 lbw, b Smith ... 0 Needham, run out .......... 1 run out .......... 2 Cadman, c Smith, b Craw­ ford ............................... 26 lbw, b Crawford 0 Hallam, lbw, b Smith 8 c Hayward, b Crawford......... 7 Warren, c Hayward, b c Dalmeny, b Sm ith............................... 17 Smith .......... 1 R. B. Rickman, b Crawford 1 c Dalmeny, b Smith .......... 9 Humphries, run out.......... 0 b Smith ... ... 3 Bracey, not out ................. 5 lbw, b Smith ... 0 Bestwick, lbw, b Crawford 0 not out .......... 0 Leg-byes ............... 7 Extras .......... 0 Total ................. 79 Total ......... 45 S u rrey Hajward, b Morton ... 27 Hobbs, st Humphries, b Bestwick ..........12 J. N.Crawford, c Hallam, b Bestwick 28 Lord Dalmeny, b Rickman.................26 Holland, c Ollivierre, b WTarren.................36 Baker(A.),lbw, b Rick­ man ........................ 0 D erbyshire . First innings. O. M. R. W. Crawford ... 18.3 5 30 4 ... Smith ........ 18 5 42 4 Marshal, c Bestwick, b Warren................. Hayes, run o u t .......... Strudwick, c Need­ ham, b Warren ... Smith, c Needham, b Bestwick................. Rushby, not out B 1,1b 1, nb 1 ... Total .140 Second innings. O. M. It. W. .. 10.1 2 22 2 ... 10 4 23 7 Bracey Rickman . Cadman . S urrey . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 2 0 15 0 Bestwick 16 3 41 3 4 115 2 Morton... 10 2 31 1 5 0 1 9 0 | Warren... 2.4 0 13 3 Bracey bowled a no-ball. WARWICKSHIRE v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Coventry on July 4, 5, and 6. Warwickshire won by eight wickets. Lilley, owing to an injured hand, was unable to play for Warwickshire, who nevertheless won easily by eight wickets. It was found that, after the heavy rain, the wicket was too soft to allow play to start at the usual hour. When the visitors went iu a deplorable start was made, Wood, Whitehead, King, and Coe being all sent back for two, made by Knight, who twice hit the ball out of the ground ere being brilliantly caught in the long-field. Knight and Crawford added 40 together—an invaluable stand in the circumstances- but at lunch-time six wickets were down for 56. During the interval rain fell heavily, and at a quarter past three it was decided to draw stumps for the day. On Friday play could not be resumed until half-past twelve. Jayes was bowled at 75, and the latter part of the innings was brightened by some free hitting by Odell, who made his 39 in thirty-five minutes. In response to a total of 101, Fishwick and Kinneir gave Warwickshire a good start by making 33 together for the opening partneiship. The former scored his 21 out of 45, making some good hits before being out to a fine catch. CharJesworth afterwards continued the good work, batting an hour and a-quarter for 45 and adding 64 for the sixth wicket with Baker. The last-named and Devey fell to con-