Cricket 1907

J uly 18, 1907. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 285 T H E S O U T H AFRICANS. 15 t h MATCH.—v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Bradford on July 15 and 16. The South Africans won by five wickets. Yorkshire were weakened by the absence of Lord Hawke, who had just before played so well at Leyton. Winning the toss, they took first innings on a soft wicket upon which runs were always rather difficult to obtain. Tunnicliffe, with only six scored, was yorked, Denton played-on at 13, and at 15 Grim­ shaw succumbed to a fast ball. Hirst then went in, and in partnership with Rhodes put on 53 for the fourth wicket in forty minutes, the latter batting steadily and well for seventy minutes. White took three wickets in three overs for 3runs, Rhodes being caught at third man, and Hirst and Kaye lbw. Hirst hit half-a-dozen 4’s in his valuable 35, and Bates and Rothery added 30 together for the seventh wicket. Myers was also seen to advantage in making the second highest score of the innings, and when the last wicket fell the score was 150. The South Africans’ fielding was of a very high standard, and runs never came easily. Against Hirst and Rhodes the visitors made 21 for the first wicket, but the following few men fared badly, the fourth leaving at 5G. Nourse and Faulkner, however, added 28 for the fifth wicket in forty minutes and the former and Snooke 32 without being separated for the seventh in three-quarters of an hour, the score when stumps were drawn for the day, being 117 for six. On Tuesday only a single had been added before Nourse, who had batted two hours and ten minutes, was run out. Snooke and Schwarz were bowled by Hirst, and when Myers made a fine catch at short- leg the innings closed for 148. The county com­ menced fairly well when they went in the second time, the first wicket (Rhodes’) falling at 18 and Schwarz being hit for a dozen before meeting with success. Denton, at 20, was run out through back­ ing up too far, at 33 Hirst was bowled, and at 41 Tunnicliffe was caught at short-leg for a very useful 20. On the fast wicket Schwarz was almost irresis­ tible, not anybody facing him with the least con­ fidence : when the sixth wicket fell at 52, he had taken five wickets for 19 runs. Rothery and Bates, as in the first innings, again rendered useful aid, putting on 29 for the seventh wicket in half-an-hour, whilst Haigh and Hunter added 23 for the last. Schwarz’s half-a-dozen wickets cost only 38 runs, and it was due almost entirely to him that the South Africans were set only 116 to win. Sherwell and Tancred remained together until, at 24, the former was caught in the slips off Hirst. A run later Tancred met with a similar fate, but White and Nourse improved matters by adding 32: the last- named batted an hour for his 27 and was fourth out at 76. Owing to Sinclair’s fine hitting the next 40 runs were made in twenty minutes, and the South Africans won with five wickets to spare. Score and analysis :— Y orkshire . First innings. Tunnicliffe, b Vogler......... 5 Rhodes, c Shalders,b White 24 Denton, b Faulkner ......... 5 Grimshaw, b Faulkner ... 0 Hirst, lbw, b White ......... 35 H. S. Kaye, Ibw, b White... 2 Bates, b Schwarz............... 16 Rothery, c Nourse, b White 13 Myers, c and b Faulkner ... 25 Haigh, b Schwarz ......... 7 Hunter, not out ................. 0 B 10, lb 6, nb 2 ..........18 Total........................150 South A frica First innings. P. W. Sherwell, c Hirst, b H aigh........................ L. J Tancred, b Hirst M. Hathorn, b Haigh... A. D. Nourse, run out J. H. Sinclair, b Hirst G. A. Faulkner, c Hirst, b Rhodes ....................... G. O. White, b Rhodes ... S. J. Snooke, b Hirst.......... W. A. Shalders, not out ... R. O. Schwarz, b Hiret ... A.E.Vogler, c Myers,b Hirst 4 B 13,1b 6, w 1, nb 1 ... 21 Second innings cWhite.bSchwarz 20 b Schwarz run out b Schwarz... b Schwarz... b Schwarz... b White ... b White ... cHathorn,bWhite 2 b Schwarz..........20 notout................. 3 B 6, lb 2, nb 3.. 11 Total ... .113 28 3 2 ' 35 1 11 1 31 11 0 Total Vogler ... Faulkner Sinclair ... White ... Nourse ... Schwa z ... 148 Yorkshire. First innings. O. 1 .......16 12.4 4 12 1 6 Second innings. c Myers, b Hirst.. 7 c Myers, b Hirst.. 15 notout................ 5 lbw, b Myers ... 27 notout.................37 cHunter,bRhodes 9 c Kaye, b Haigh 12 B 2, lb 2 ........ 4 Total (5 wkts) 116 Second innings. R. W. O. M. R. W. 44 1 ... ... 1 0 4 0 *8 3 ... ... 10 2 17 0 11 0 .. 34 4 .. ! 9 1 29 3 0 0 ... ... 6 2 14 0 15 2 .. . ... 23.2 9 38 6 Vogler bowled one no-ball and Schwarz four. S outh A fricans . S ussex . First innings. O. M. R. W. Hirst................ 26.5 10 54 5 .. Rhodes ......... 12 3 23 2 .. Haigh ......... 27 8 48 2 .. Myers .......... 2 0 2 0 .. Second innings. O. M. R. W. 14 4 0 18 8 I 22 9.2 1 46 Hirst bowled a no-ball and a wide. GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. SUSSEX. Played at Bristol on July 15, 16, and 17. A Big Innings by Jessop. Gloucestershire won by 5 wickets. Sussex took the field without two of their greatest run-getters, Young assisting the Gentlemen at the Oval, and Fry resting. The visitors lost Scott in their first over, but it was not until 69 that the second wicket—A. E. Relf’s—fell. Robert Relf assisted in adding 20 for the third wicket in half an hour, and Vine batted very steadily, making his 45 out of 133 in two hours and a-half. Simms, by entirely different methods made 47 in twenty-five minutes, and in partnership with Vine added 59 in twenty minutes. Killick, who batted for two hours without amistake,hit nine 4’s, and the innings, after lasting four hours, closed for 300. Langdon and Board made 44 for the first Gloucestershire wicket in half-an-hour, but by the end of the day three had fallen in seventy minutes for 61. On Tuesday every­ thing was dwarfed by Jessop’s wonderful hitting. Going in at the fall of the fourth wicket at 68, he scored 240 out of 337 in two hundred minutes without a mistake of any kind, hitting a 6 and thirty-three 4’s. He hit well in all directions, and at one time made 45 in a quarter-of-an-hour. With Champain he added 41 in twenty-five minutes, with Huggins 105 for the eighth wicket in an hour, and with Ford 55 for the ninth in twenty minutes. He was last man out, at 405, his side having established a lead of 105. Sussex lost Scott in their second innings with only 8 runs scored but the poor start was com­ pensated for by Vine and A. E. Relf during a partnership which lasteda hundred minutes. When stumps were drawn four wickets were down for 156, Vine being not out 87. During the day 500 runs were made for eleven wickets, Gloucestershire scoring 344 for seven and Sussex 156 for four. On Wednesday, Simms hit freely, and Vine completed his first hundred of the season, batting altogether three hours for 112, in which was only one chance— when 52. Dennett finished off the innings in sum­ mary fashion, and Gloucestershire were set only 144 to win. Langdon was bowled without a run at 5, but the score had reached 50 ere the second wicket (Board’s) fell. Luce played a most useful innings, and, with Winstone, Robinson, and Champain all exceeding 20, Gloucestershire proved successful with half their wickets in hand. Score and analysis S ussex . First innings. Vine, c Jessop, b Mills ... 45 J. G. C. Scott, c Board, b Dennett ........................ 0 Relf (A. E.), c Champain, b Ford ...............................45 Relf (R), c Robinson, b Huggins ................ 7 Killick, c Board, b Mills ... 81 II. L. Simms, c Winstone, b Dennett ........................47 O. L. A. Smith, b Winstone 38 Leach, b Dennett................ 10 Cox (G.), b M ills................ 0 Dwyer, b Mills ................ 15 Butt, not out........................ 5 B 6, lb 1 ................. 7 Second innings, c Winstone, b Dennett..........112 b Huggins.......... 6 c Champain, b Dennett............ 51 st Board, c Den­ nett ................. 2 b M ills................ 3 c Board, b Mills.. b M ills............... b Dennett.......... b Dennett.......... b Dennett.......... notout................. B 2, lb 3, w 1, nb 1 Total ...300 Total.. ...248 G loucestershire . First innings. Board, b Cox ......... Langdon, lbw, b Cox F. M. Luce, b Cox Winstone, b Cox......... Mills, b C o x ................. G. L. Jessop, c Simms, Leach............................ Capt C. E. B. Champain, Smith, b Cox .............. F. G. Robinson, run out . Huggins, b Dwyer ... . P. H. Ford, b Killick... . Dennett, not ou t.............. B 15,1b 9, w 2 ... . T otal............. .. 24 .. 40 .. 3 .. 0 .. 6 b ...210 Second innings. cA.Relf, b Dwyer 19 b Cox ................. 0 b Dwyer ..........42 st Butt, b Dwyer 27 not out.................22 c Vine, b Dwyer 21 not out................. 5 .2 6 B 6, lb 2 ... 8 .405 Total (5 wkts) 144 First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W Dennett ... ... 33 9 107 3 ... ... 37.2 8 101 6 Huggins... ... 25 7 75 1 ... ... 17 5 77 1 Ford.......... ... 14 3 46 1 ... Mills......... ... 13.2 0 53 4 ... 21 5 56 3 Winstone ... 3 1 12 1 ... ... 1 0 7 0 Winstone bowled one wide and Mills a no-l>all. G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. M.. R. W. O. M. R. W Dwyer ... ... 18 2 106 1 ... ... 16.5 1 (il 4 C o x .............. .. 40 9 141 6 ... ... 9 1 29 1 Relf (A.E.) .. 20 8 48 0 ... ... 6 3 16 0 Vine .. ... 2 0 13 0 ... Leach ... ... 8 1 31 1 ... 4 1 3 0 Killick .. .... 10 1 37 1 ... ... 13 3 27 0 Cox and Dwyer each bowled a wide. KENT v. WORCESTERSHIRE. Played at Tunbridge Wells on July 15, 16, and 17. Kent won by eight wickets. Kent, who were still deprived of the assistance of Hutchings, included Dillon in their side, and com­ menced the Tunbridge Wells week by placing a strong side in the field. After play had lasted twenty minutes Bowley was caught in the slips at 8, and at 47 H. K. Foster was also sent back. Pearson played a useful innings, and batted an hour and a quarter for his 30, but half the side were out for 52. Burns then helped to pull the game round, adding 52 in forty-five minutes with G. N. Foster, and 42 in twenty-five minutes with Cuffe ; when he retired he was given out to a very doubtful catch by the bowler. CufTe, too, hit well, and when the innings closed for 219 carried out his bat for 55. During the innings Blythe took his one hundredth wicket of the season. Kent, after losing Dillon at 16, had made 77 in an hour and a quarter without further loss by the end of the day. Altogether the partnership for the second wicket realised 125 in one hundred minutes, Burnup, after batting just over a couple of hours, being second out at 141. Seymour, who played an attractive game, made his 66 out of 129 in one hundred and twenty minutes and hit five 4’s, but Woolley made only 8 and was fourth out at 154. Humphreys and Hardinge added 54 in forty minutes, and the former and Huish (who batted an hour and a half) 43. The last few men did little against Burrows, but Kent were able to claim a lead of 55 on the innings. When Worcestershire went in the second time Fairservice disposed of Bowley, Pearson, and R. E. Foster in quick succession, and but for a stand of 52 by H. K. Foster and Arnold the visitoi-s might well have collapsed. As it was, with half their wickets down, they were only 100 runs on at the end of the day. With only a single added on the third morning Arnold was caught at point, Burns was finely caught at slip 12 later, and at 183 Burrows was sent back. Cuffe made some good hits, but Kent were left with only 153 to win. With but 11 scored Burnup was out to a splendid catch in the slips, but Dillon and Seymour calmed any doubts which may have existed as to the result by adding 125 for the second wicket in just under an hour and a-half. Kent won by eight wickets. Score and analysis:— W ORCE8TERSBIRE. First innings. H. K. Foster, c Seymour, b Fairservice........................ Bowley, c Dillon, b Fielder Pearson, c Woolley, b Fair­ service... ................. R.E.Foster, c Huish, b Fair­ service ............................... Arnold, c Fielder, b Blythe G.N Foster,cHuish,b Blythe 30 W. B. Burns, c & b Blythe. 46 Cuffe, not out .................55 Burrows.cSeymour, b Hum­ phreys ........ ................23 G. H. Simpson-Hayward,c Dillon, b Fielder .......... 5 Gaukrodger, b Blythe ... 4 Lb 2, nb 2 ................. 4 Total ........219 Second innings, c Seymour, b 19 Humphreys ... 48 1 c Huish, b Fair­ service .......... 9 30 lbw,b Fairservice 20 b Fairservice ... 7 c Fairservice, b Fielder ..........36 cFielder,b Blythe 19 c Dillon,b Fielder 8 not out. c Marsham, b Blythe ......... c Seymour, b Blythe .......... b Fielder 32 Lb 6, w 1, nb 3 10 Total ......... 207