Cricket 1907

J u ly 18, 1907. CKICKET : A WEEKLY KECOKD OF THE GAME. T 275 gives the batting and bowling averages of all the many players who have been happy enough to do Kent service. The achieve­ ments of the seventy-four wicket-keepers who have “ kept ” for Kent are stated, and in the “ Match Results ” the reader has a summary and tables showing the results, year by year, of all the 954 matches known to have been played by the county. It is a capital book on an interesting subject. The popularity of Kent cricket was shown by the generous applause given when in 1906 the county, for the first time in modern conditions, won the championship. That triumph we can hardly expect to see often repeated. The ama­ teurs are too essential, and too often unable to play. The long grind of the ‘ ‘ championship,” through a summer of unbroken cricket, wiil generally be best performed by teams of professionals always at call. But at least Kent has played cricket as cricket should be played. In that year of victory it sugges*ed the best things the game can give: the vitality of Hornby, the zest of Lohmann, the graceful style of Daft, the accuracy of Alfred Shaw, the daring of Ulyett, the victory- compelling skill of Dr. Grace. None of these great men belonged to Kent, but the Spirit of Cricket which inspireI them touched the Kent Eleven of 1906. If the County’s motto, “ Invicta,” be one no team can hope always to bear unchallenged as regards results, it can be borne—and long may Kent bear i t !—unchallengeable as regards devotion to the game and loyalty to its best traditions. E. B. Y . C h r is t ia n . * The History of Kent County Cricket. Edited by Lord Harris. London : Eyre and Spoltiswoode. 1907. One Guinea. YORKSHIRE 2 n d XI. v. STAFFORD­ SHIRE. Played at Wakefield on July 10 and 11. ALL TEN WICKETS IN AN INNINGS. Drawn. The feature of thismatch was the bowling of Barnes, who took all thewickets in the first innings of Yorkshire 2nd XI. for only 20 runs. Score and analysis:— Y o r k sh ir e 2 nd XI. Hayley, not out ... 6 Smith (E.), b Barnes 0 Deyes, b Barnes ... 0 Plowright, c Pike, b Barnes . 4 Byes, &c. 7 12 Rudston, b Barnes Wilkinson, b Barnes... 27 Wilson, b Barnes ... 20 Leyland, lbw, b Barnes 0 Booth, c E. W. Page, b Barnes .................10 Turner, b Barnes ... 0 Roebuck, st Winser, Total ..........86 b Barnes ................ Sccond innings: Rudston, not out, 25; Wilkinson, b Barnes, 2; Wilson, c Hollowood, b Pike, 26; Roe­ buck, not out, 2 ; Byes, &c., 8. Total (2 wkts.) 63. S taffo rd sh ire . Fike, b Deyes .......... Nicholls, c Turner, b Leyland................. C. L.Winser,c Hayley, b Sm ith................. Mee, not out .......... Byes, &c. ... %. E. W. Page, b Deyes 12 Brown, b Booth......... 38 Fereday, b Deyes ... 6 R. C. Page,c Plowright, b Deyes ................ 9 Hollowood, run out ... 0 H. D. Stratton, b Ley­ land ... .................21 Barnes, c Turner, b Total Smith ................. 15 Y o r k sh ir e 2 nd XI. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. Barnes .......... 16-1 8 26 10 ... Mee ................ 15 5 34 0 ... Nicholls ......... 2 0 19 0 ... Fereday Pike S taffo rd sh ire . M. R. W. Leyland .. Smith Wilkinson O. 10 2 33 2 I Deyes 13-1 5 24 2 Booth 10 5 21 0 I 0. M. R. W. 10 5 15 1 7 3 9 0 4 0 16 0 5 1 13 0 1 0 2 1 O. M. R. w. 16 4 47 4 7 5 12 1 T H E S OU T H AFRICANS. 14 t h M a tc h .— v. SURREY. Played at the Oval on July 11, 12, and 13. FIRST DEFEAT OF THE TOUR. Surrey won by 85 runs. In this, their fourteenth match, the South Africans at last experienced some real cricket weather, the conditions being much more genial than at any time since Easter. The South Africans placed their full strength in the field, but Surrey were without Lees, who had not yet recovered from his accident. The County went in first on a wicket soft after rain, the bowling being entrusted to Snooke and Schwarz. When 36 had been made Hobbs was leg-before-wicket to Vogler, who had just relieved the last named, and with only 16 added Hayes was bowled, the first two wickets thus going down for 52 in three-quarters of an hour. Holland followed in, and helped Hayward to put on 53 in 40 minutes, after which the latter and Crawford settled down to fine cricket, the pair being still together at lunch-time, when the score was 150 for three wickets. Hayward reached his 50 out of 94 in eighty minutes, but was caught at the wicket when he had made 61 out of 157 in two hours and a-quarter. His innings, though most valuable, was not perfect; it contained four 4’s. After Hayward’s departure, Crawford and Marshal added 52 in forty minutes ere the former, who hit hard and played a very bright innings, was caught: he made his 69 out of 104 in eighty minutes, and hit as many as eleven 4’s. Twenty-two later both Marshal, who gave an attractive display, and Lord Dalmeny were bowled, and, with none of the tail-end making any resistance, the innings closed for 239. The last six wickets actually fell for 30 runs in twenty-five minutes, Vogler, who took seven wickets for 92, being very deadly in the latter part of the innings. When the South Africans went in the wicket was faster than at the beginning of the day, and it was generally thought that runs would come somewhat easily. Sherwell put the first ball through the slips for a couple, but had his off-bail removed by the second, at which he played much too late. Tancred was out to an easy catch at 13, and at 21 Nourse was bowled, all three wickets having been taken by Knox. Hathorn, after batting fifty minutes for 25, was bowled off his pads at 39, whilst Faulkner obtained 24 by good cricket, but was perhaps just a trifle fortunate. The early successes of Surrey had caused the side to field splendidly, and by the end of the day seven wickets had fallen for 122. Sinclair hit hard for a little time, and, making three 4’s and a single off an over from Crawford, scored 25 in fifteen minutes. On Friday morning Knox bowled Shaldcrs with four added, and at 140 Schwarz played-on to Crawford. The last wicket put on 22, but when the innings closed the tourists were 77 behind. Knox bowled splendidly, and took six wickets for 54 runs, whilst Strudwick was in his very best form behind the wicket. The County opened their second innings very well, Hayward and Hobbs making 64 together in forty minutes before the latter overbalanced himself in playing forward and was stumped. Hayes continued the forcing tactics but had only made 16 when given out lbw to Sinclair. Upon the arrival of Holland, the play slowed down a little, but it was always well worth watching and never became at all tedious. The pair remained together seventy minutes, during which time they caused many changes in the bowling and put on 82, the third wickct falling at 172. Crawford failed to reproduce his form of the first innings, being bowled by Faulkner at 199 for 16. Five later Marshal succumbed to Nourse, and without any addition Hayward was stumped for a faultless and admirable effort of 85 made out of 206 in one hundred and seventy minutes : he made six 4’s, hit well all round the wicket, and reached his 50 out of 119 in an hour and a-half. Strudwick failed to score, Lord Dalmeny was sent back at 211, and Knox was yorked without a run. The last six wickets went down in six overs for 26 runs against Nourse and Faulkner, but the South Africans were left the large number of 303 to win. People who remembered their up-hill play in the matches with Kent, Sussex, and England, thought the runs might perhaps be made. Tancred, however, was caught by Strudwick at 11, and 20 later Sherwell, as in the first innings, was clean bowled, both wickets being taken by Knox. Hathorn and Nourse endeavoured to stem the tide, but at 63 the former and White were both sent back, whilst at 71 Faulkner was bowled and Nourse finely caught one-hand low down by Marshal in the slips. After all these disasters Snooke and Sinclair added 18 together without being separated when, with the score 89 for six wickets, stumps were drawn for the day on account of bad light. On Saturday morning, the visitors appeared likely to experience their first defeat of the tour by a heavy margin, seeing that they still required 213 to win and had only four wickets to fall. With only 7 added Snooke was lbw to Crawford, but following his dismissal came a very useful partnership by Sinclair and Shalders, who put on 57 for the eight wicket in fifty minutes before the latter was run out through no fault of his own. The loss of this wicket must have been a great blow to the tourists, for at the time—153—the pair were playing a very confident game and looked set for large scores. With Schwarz in 41 more were added, and then Sinclair, in endeavouring to makeone of his big hits, was finely caught in the long-field. The latter had played a most valuable game during the hour and three-quarters he was in, and showed him­ self strong on the leg side: he gave two difficult chances—to Smith running from cover-point when 15, and to Holland in the slips when 56. The last wicket put on 23, and Surrey won by 85 runs. The South Africans played a characteristically plucicy game on the last morning, but their task was a very difficult one. It will be seen that in neither innings did Strudwick allow a bye : the manner in which he took leg-bails from Knox was worthy of all praise. Score and analysis:— S urrey . First innings. Hayward, c Sherwell, b Snooke ........................61 Hobbs, lbw, b Vogler..........18 Hayes, b V ogler.................14 Holland, lbw, b Vogler ... 16 J. N. Crawford, c Snooke, b Vogler ........................69 Marshal, b Schwarz ..........34 Lord Dalmeny, b Vogler ... 8 Strudwick, c Hathorn, b Schwarz ........................ 4 Smith (W. C.), Ibw, b Vogler 4 N. A. Knox, not o u t .......... 0 Rushby, b Vogler ........... 0 B 8, lb 2, nb 1 .......... 11 Second innings, st Sherwell, b Faulkner..........86 st Sherwell, b Vogler ..........41 Ibw, b Sinclair ... 16 b Sinclair ..........34 b Faulkner..........16 b Nourse .......... 4 lbw, b Faulkner 5 b Nourse .......... 0 c White, b Nourse 12 b Faulkner.......... 0 not out .......... 2 B 8, lb 1 ... 9 Total ......................239 S outh A fricans . Total..........225 First innings. P. W. Sherwell, b Knox ... 2 L. J. Tancred, c Marshal, b Knox ............................... 7 M. Hathorn, b Crawford ... 25 A. D. Nourse, b Knox ... 1 G. A. Faulkner, c Crawford, b Knox ........................24 S. J. Snooke, lbw, b Craw­ ford ........................ ... 12 G. C. White, not o u t ......... 27 J. H. Sinclair, c Strudwick, b Knox ........................25 W. A. Shalders, b Knox ... 9 R. O. Schwarz, b Crawford 5 A. E. Vogler, b Crawford ... 18 Leg-byes 6, nb 1 ... ... 7 Total .................162 S urrey . First innings. Second innings. b Knox ..........15 c Strudwick, b Knox .......... 4 b Crawford......... 22 c Marshal,bSmith 15 b Crawford.......... 6 lbw, b Crawford 10 c Hayward, b Crawford ... 0 c Marshal, b Knox 64 run out ..........26 c Crawford b Rushby ......... 30 not out ..........11 Lcg-byes 7,nb 7 14 Total 217 O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Snooke ... ... 15 5 33 1 ... ... 5 2 15 0 Schwarz... ... 11 2 43 2 ... ... 10 0 43 0 Vogler ... ... 24-3 3 92 7 ... ... 14 2 48 1 White ... 3 0 10 0 ... ... 2 0 6 0 Sinclair ... ... 7 2 26 0 ... ... 19 3 55 2 Nourse ... ... 2 1 2 0 ... ... 10-2 2 29 3 Faulkner ... 5 0 22 0 ... ... 7 3 20 4 Schwarz bowled a no-ball. S outh A frica n s. First innings. Second innings. Knox Rushby ... Crawford Hayes O. M. R. W. O. M. R; W. 19 3 54 6 ... ... 22 3 86 3 9 0 29 0 .. ... 3*4 2 4 1 18 3 66 4 ... ... 25 4 79 4 2 0 6 0 ... Smith .. 10 0 34 1 Knox bowled eight no-balls. The AMERICAN CRICKETER. F ounded 1877. Published by H. H. Cornish on behalf o f The Associated Cricket Clubs of Philadelphia. An Illustrated Journal of Cricket, Association, Football, Tennis, Golf, and Kindred Pastimes. No. 632, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A. p r ic e :— 10/- per annum, post paid anywhere. Specimen copies mailed on request.