Cricket 1907

J u ly 18, 1907. CKICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF 1HE GAME. 277 SUSSEX v. LANCASHIRE. Played at Eastbourne on July 11, 12, and 13. Drawn. Beautiful weather and a good wicket combined to make the cricket in this match very attractive. Some bright play was shown by MacLaren upon Lancashire going in, he helping Hornby to make 22 for the first wicket in twenty minutes, and Tyldesley 75 for the second in seventy: he made his 42 out of 97 in an hour and a half. Tyldesley played a very useful game, hitting nine 4’s and claiming 03 of the 116runs made during the hour and three-quarters he was in. Makepeace and Sharp put on 40 for the fourth wicket, and Poidevin and Stanning the same number for the sixth. Eight wickets, however, were down for 202 when Kermode joined his fellow Australian, Poidevin. As it turned out, their stand for the ninth wicket quite changed the course of play, for, far from the innings closing for 280 or so, as appeared probable, the two offered such a fine resistance that the ninth wicket put on 142 in eighty minutes, the result being that a total of 404 was reached. Chief credit for this belongs, of course, to Poidevin, who made 128 out of 220 in two hours and a-half with only one chance—to Dwyer at mid-on when 52 : he hit very well on the off-side, and made thirteen 4’s. Kermode showed much restraint in the early part of his innings, but after­ wards made some excellent hits, including six for 4 each. It is worthy of mention that Worsley was bowled by the eighth ball of an .over ! At the end of the day Sussex made 4 runs without loss, but on Friday lost the younger Relf at 18 and Killick at 28. Vine played a steady game and received good support from Fry, who was responsible for 47 of the 85 runs added for the third wicket in sixty-five minutes, and from Young, who made 49 of the 7G added in eighty minutes for the fourth. Vine, when he had made 88 was missed at point by Kermode off Sharp, but very soon afterwards was bowled for 93 made out of 222 in two hours and thirty minutes: he hit ten 4’s, and played an in­ valuable game. Sussex succeeded in saving the follow-on, but their arrears amounted to 142. Harry bowled admirably on the hard ground, taking seven wickets for 20 runs and at one time sending down eight maiden overs in succession. At the end of the day Lancashire lost four good wickets for 40 runs, llornby being sent back at 18, MacLaren at 24, and Poidevin and Tyldesley at 30. When stumps were drawn Lancashire, with six wickets in hand, were 182 runs on. On Saturday the seventh wicket went down at 93, but Makepeace and Dean, by adding 132 without being separated pulled the game round for their side, and enabled the closure to be brought into force during the luncheon interval. Makepeace, who was missed when 0, hit eleven 4’s during the one hundred and fifty-five minutes he was in, it being due largely to him that Sussex were set as many as 308 to win. The home side lost both Vine and Killick at 22, but Fry and Young added 81 for the third wicket and the former and Relf (A. E.) 95 without being parted for the fourth. Fry, playing faultless cricket and hitting eleven 4’s, made his 102 out of 170 in one hundred and forty-five minutes, the match being given up when he had entered tliree-figure land. Score and analysis:— L an cash ire. First innings. Second innings. A. C. Maclaren, c Vine, b Leach...............................42 b Dwyer ............ 7 A. H. Hornby, b Dwyer ... 14 b A. E. Relf ... 12 Tyldesley, c Young, b Cox 03 c Fry,b A. E.Relf 0 Makepeace, c R. Relf, b Cox 35 notout ... ... 99 Sharp, c Vine, b C o x ......... 27 L. O. S. Poidevin, not out...128 L ancashire . First innings. Second innings. II. D. Stanning, b Cox ... 19 Harry, b A. E. Relf ......... 3 Dean, b A. E. Relf .......... 5 Kcrmode, b C o x .................52 Worsley, b Cox ................. 0 B 11, lb 5 .................10 b Dwyer ......... 20 c Young,b Dwyer 2 b A. E. Rclf ... 21 b C o x ................. 0 not out ......... 40 B 7, lb 5 12 Total ................404 Total (7 wkts)*22£ * Innings declared closed. S ussex . First innings. Vine, b Sharp ................. Rclf (R.), b Kermode......... Killick, st Worsley, b Poid­ evin ............................... C. B. Fry, b Harry ......... R. A. Young, c Makepeace, b Harry ........................ Relf (A. E.), c Poidevin, b H arry............................... C. L. A. Smith, c Stanning, b Harry ........................ Leach, c Stanning, b Harry Cox, not ou t........................ Dwyer, c Poidevin, b Harry Butt, b Hairy ................. B 1, lb 2, nb 3 ......... 10 .. 0 ..102 Second innings. 93 b Sharp ... . 13 c W orsley, 0 Sharp 47 notout 49 b Poidevin... 11 not out O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cox.............. 45 9 130 0 ... ... 13 2 45 1 Dwyer ........ 20 8 74 1 ... ... 21 4 70 3 Relf (A E.) . 25 10 05 2 ... ... 29 12 51 3 Leach ... . . 15 1 50 1 ... ... 7 2 20 0 Killick ... . . 14 2 50 0 ... ... 4 0 17 0 Relf (R.)... . . 2 0 13 0 ... Sm ith .. S ussex . ... 2 0 4 0 First innings. Second innings O. M. R. W. O. M. R. w. Dean ... . . 20 11 50 0 ... ... 17 7 41 0 Kcrmode . 22 5 58 1 ... ... 10 4 20 0 Poidevin . 10 2 52 1 .. ... 8 0 38 1 Harry ... . . 29-4 10 20 7 .. ... 19 5 45 0 Sharp ... . . 17 0 04 1 .. ... 9 1 30 2 Stanning .. 2 0 3 0 Sharp bowled three no-balls and Stanning one wide. LEICESTERSHIRE v. HAMPSHIRE. Played at Leicester on July 11 and 12. Leicestershire won by an innings and 72 runs. The wicket on the opening day was so very soft after the previous heavy rain that no play was possible until a quarter past three. Hampshire were giving a trial to Kennedy, a young professional on the ground-staff at Southampton: he is a medium-paced right-handed bowler, aged nineteen, and gives much promise of future excellence. Stone and Mead made 33 together for the visitors’ first wicket in forty minutes, the latter then being bowled. Half the side were out for 47, and, although Langford made a few good hits, the innings, after lasting a couple of hours, closed for 89, Odell bowl­ ing very successfully at the close, and, with Astill, being unchanged through the innings. Wood and Whitehead made 59 in fifty-five minutes for Leices­ tershire’s first wicket, Kennedy, who was put on at 45, dismissing both men, after the amateur had been missed off him. At the end of the day two were down for 83. On Friday Kniglit was finely caught at square-leg at 106, but Coe was soon out. Vivian Crawford was in good form and hit seven 4’s in his bright 40. Jayes also hit well, and Leicestershire were able to claim a lead of 130 on the innirigs. When they went in the second time, Hampshire gave a very sorry exhibition, only Mead and Sprot, w’ho claimed 39 of the 58 scored, reaching double figures. Astill took half the wickets for 15 runs, taking three in his last three overs for a single. Score and analysis H ampshire . First innings. Mead (C.P.), b Astill.. Stone, c Astill, b Odell E. M Sprot, c and b Astill.. 2 Bowell, c Hazlerigg, b Odell 2 R. W. Jesson, st Shields, b Odell ............................... H. W .Persse, c Hazlerigg, b Odell ............................... J. H. Gunner, b Odell Langford, c Whitehead, b OdeH ............................... Badcock,st Shields,b Astill Newman, lbw, b Odell Kennedy, not out................. Byes ........................ Total ................. L eicestershire . Second innings 14 c and b King ... 22 25 b Odell ......... 0 b Astill ......... 17 c Whitehead, b Astill .......... 6 4 b Astill .......... 3 2 b Astill ......... 5 6 c Crawford, b Jayes ......... 0 23 stShields, b Astill 0 1 notout................. 2 7 c and b Jayes ... 1 0 b Jayes ......... 0 3 B 1, lb 1 ... 2 89 Total ... 58 Jayes, c Sprot, b Ken­ nedy ........................ 0 W.W. Odell, c Stone, b Badcock .................37 Sir A. Hazlerigg, b Badcock .................13 J. bhields, b Jesson... 2 Astill, not out ......... 0 B 5, lb 1, w 2, nb 3 11 Total ..219 Total ...202 B 5, lb 3, w 1 9 Total(3 wkts)198 C. J. B. Wood, b Ken­ nedy ........................27 WJiitehead, c Lang­ ford, b Kennedy ... 28 King, c Langford, b Kennedy................ 45 Knight, c Gunner, b Newman................ 15 Coe, b Newman......... 1 V. F. S. Crawford, c Badcock,bLangford 40 H ampshire . First innings. O. M. R. W. Odell .......... 24 10 43 7 ... Astill ......... 23 12 43 3 ... Jayes ... King ... L eicestershire . O. M. R. W.l O. M. R. W. Newman... 15 4 53 2 Kennedv 15 4 33 4 Mead ... 19 4 58 0 I Jesson. .3 0 15 1 Langford. 15 2 41 1 i Badcock. 2.4 1 8 2 Newman bowled three no-balls, and Langford and Kennedy each one wide. Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 4 0 12 1 ... 12 4 15 5 ... 55 1 12 3 ... 10 3 17 1 KENT v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Played at Dover on July 11, 12, and 13. Gloucestershire won by 96 runs. For the first time in the history of Kent cricket, a county match took place at Dover. The experiment, from a financial point of view, proved very success­ ful, but it witnessed the defeat of the home side by the broad margin of 90 runs. Hutchings was still too unwell to play, but Burnup reappeared and Blaker also. Kent won the toss and put Gloucestershire in, and for some time the policy appeared a good one, but, in the light of the visitors’ success, it may be doubted whether it did not con­ tribute in some measure to Kent’s undoing. Lang­ don and Barnett made 39 together in 40 minutes for the first wicket of Gloucestershire, the former, who hit six 4’s and was missed when 33 by Hardinge, being fourth out at 82 for 55, which took an hour and three-quarters to make. No one else on the side made 30, and the inninps closed for 165, Blythe after luncheon, taking five wickets for 19. Kent lost Burnup very quickly, and Woolley at 35, but Sey­ mour and Hardinge added 78 in 55 minutes, the former carrying out his bat for 70 at the close of the day, when the total was 135 for three wickets. On Friday, the bowlers performed so well that the last seven wickets went down for 47 in 55 minutes, the innings closing for 182. Seymour, who failed to increase his overnight score, made 12 4’s, chiefly oft- drives, during the hour and a-half he was in. Gloucestershire lost Barnett in their second innings at 27, but Langdon again played well, and made his 67 out of 12S in just over two hours: his partnership with Board for the second wicket lasted 55 minutes and realised 60. The rest of the innings was note­ worthy for a faultless and characteristic display by Jessop, who, hitting 13 4’s, scored 74 out of 105 in 65 minutes: his partnership with Champain realised 55 in 25 minutes. Luce played a useful game, and Kent were set 233 to win. In 50 minutes they lost Woolley and Seymour, and by the time stumps were drawn had half their wickets down for 53. On Saturday, Marsham was bowled at 60, and at 71 both Burnup and Humphreys were sent back by Hug­ gins. Hardinge and Blaker put on 30 for the sixth wicket in as many minutes, and although Huish made a few good hits, the innings closed for 126, leaving Gloucestershire successful by 96 runs. Huggins bowled excellently during the innings, his six wickets costing but 47 runs. Score and analysis G loucestershire . First innings. E.Barnet,cFielder.b Blytlie 4 Langdon, b Fielder ..........55 Board, b B lythe................. 4 F.H. B. Champain, run out 13 G. L. Jessop, c Fairservice, b Blythe ........................ 2 F. M. Luce, b Fairservice... 7 Winstone, b Blythe ........ 28 Huggins,st Huish, b Blythe 10 Mills, c Huish, b Blythe ... 2 P. H. Ford, b Blythe......... 19 Dennett, not ou t.................11 B 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 2 ... 10 Total........................165 Second innings. b Fielder ......... 2 b Fielder ..........67 b Fielder ........ 32 c Humphreys, b Blythe ........ 10 lbw,b Fairservice 74 not out.................26 st Huish,b Blythe 3 b Blythe ......... 6 b Fielder ......... 4 b Blythe .......... 8 b Fielder .......... 0 B10, lb l,w4, nb2 17 Total... .249 K ent . First innings. C. J. Burnup. b Ford Woolley, b M ills......... Hardinge, b Mills Seymour (Jas.), b Ford ... 70 Humphreys, st Board, b Ford ...............................21 O. H. B Marsham, c Luce, b Dennett........................ 4 R. N. R. Blaker, c Barnett, b Dennett........................12 Fielder, c Dennett, b Hug­ gins ............................... 5 Fairservice, c Winstone, b * Dennett ........................ 8 Huisli, b Dennett................. 2 Blythe, not out ................. 0 B 3, nb S Total ... ...182 Second innings, c and b Huggins 25 lbw, b Huggins 19 c Jessop, b Den­ nett .......... ... 26 c Board, b Ford 7 c Huggins, b Board .......... 0 b Huggins......... 5 c Board, b Hug­ gins ................. 9 not out................. 7 c Mills, b Dennet t 1 b Huggins......... 23 c Winstone, b Dennett......... 0 B 12, nb 2 ... 14 Total ...136 G loucestershire . Blythe ... Fairservice Humphreys Fielder ... First innings. O. M. R. W. 41 1 20 62 7 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 22 5 57 1 3 0 5 0 16 5 31 1 Woolley... 3 1 5 0 Fielder bowled five wides and two no-balls and Fairseivice two no-balls. 34 . 8 2 284