Cricket 1907

A u g . 1, 1907. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 309 T H E SO U T H AFRICANS. 18 t h MATCH.—v. DURHAM. Played at Sunderland on July 25 and 26. The South Africans won by an innings and 29 runs. The result of the match was practically determined by the close of play on the opening day, when the County, in response to a total of 358, lost half their wickets for 75. Shalders played a capital game and hit eight 4’s, but, despite his fine effort, half the side were out for 140. At the end of the innings Smith and Robinson by hard hitting quickly added 95, and the total reached 358 ere the innings closed. The County, when they fo!lowed-on 233 behind, gave an improved display, but could not save the innings defeat. The best form shown was by Elliot, who, driving and cutting well, hit six 4’s in his capital innings of 53. Score and S outh A fricans . L. J. Tancred, c Thac­ keray, b Stoner ... 15 W. A. Shalders, lbw, b Thackeray ......... 65 GO. White, st Kirtley, b Stoner.................36 A. D. Nourse, c and b Stoner .......... .. 7 G.A.Faulkner,c Turn­ bull, b Stoner........ 10 S. J. Snooke, b Stoner 43 D urham . First innings. C. Adamson, b Vogler ... 15 Stoner, b Faulkner ..........13 E. W. Elliot, b Faulkner ... 2 1*. W. Sherwell, b Stoner .................18 A.E.Vogler,st Kirtley, b Stoner................ 33 S.D. Snooke, b Stoner 1 H. E. Smith, b Morris 83 Rev. O. D. Robinson, not out ................38 Extras................ 9 Total ..358 Second innings, c Robinson, b Vogler .......... 1 b Vogler ......... 7 st Robinson, b Faulkner ... 53 T. Kinch, c S. J. Snooke, b W h ite...............................12 b Vogler .......... 0 R.C.Cumberlege, c Smith, b Faulkner ........................ 4 b S. J. Snooke ... 4 Turnbull, b White ..........36 H. Heavisides, c Robinson,b W hite............................... 4 T. Coulson, not out ..........15 J. Thackeray, b White ... 0 J. T. Kirtley, run out.. ... 14 Morris, b Faulkner .......... 2 Extras......................... 8 Total .................. 125 c Robinson, b White ..........48 b Faulkner „. 6 b Voeler ..........12 c S. D Snooke, b Faulkner ... 38 c Smith, b Faulk­ ner ................. 9 not out................. 3 Extras..........23 Total ...204 S outh A fricans . O. M. R. W. Turnbull.. 10 0 45 0 Morris ... 18.4 2 80 1 Thackeray 19 2 69 1 Stoner ... 23 Adamson 4 Elliott .!. 5 O. M. R. W. 2 100 8 0 35 0 1 20 0 Thackeray bowled a wide. D urham , First innings. O. M. R. W. Nourse .......... 5 0 19 0 Faulkner ... 16.1 2 52 4 Vogler .......... 4 116 1 White .......... 7 0 30 4 S. J. Snooke ... 16 3 33 1 Faulkner bowled one no-ball and Snooke four. Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 4 0 23 0 ... 7.3 0 44 4 ... 15 0 47 4 ... 7 0 34 1 HAMPSHIRE v. SURREY. Played at Southampton on July 25, 26, and 27. Surrey won by five wickets. During the 230 minutes that play was possible on the first day Hampshire scored 276 for six wickets, Sprot playing an admirable and faultless innings of 125 in three hours, and Hill scoring 63: Sprot hit a 6 and twenty-two 4’s, and with Hill added 110 for the third wicket in 95 minutes. On Friday Badcock and Langdon made a few good hits, and the total was taken to 345 before the last wicket fell. Surrey, in response, lost Hayward, Hayes, and Holland for 66 , but the appearance of Lord Dalmeny quickly changed the aspect of the game. Hitting with great vigour the last-named reached his 50 out of 74 in half-an-hour, and, in all, claimed 92 of the 119 added for the fourth wicket with Hobbs in 50 minutes. He hit two 6 ’s and fifteen 4’s in his faultless display, and hit both Orr and Newman over the main pavilion: he made 19 off an over from the latter, including successive hits for 4, 4, 4 and 6 . Hobbs, hitting seventeen 4’s, batted 205 minutes for 13o, being seventh out at 349: he might have been run out when 37, but gave no actual chance. Hamp­ shire, 43 in arrears, lost Bowell at 9, Stone at 30, Mead at 34. Sprot (who batted an hour for 13) at 72, and Hill at 80 . Sun had followed the night’s rain, and the pitch assisted the bowlers. An easy victory for Surrey appeared in view at this point, but Persse and Jesson added 59 together and, with Langford hitting well, Surrey were left only 135 minutes in which to make the necessary 173. Hayward played splendidly, and, scoring whenever opportunity offered, was chiefly responsible for his County’s success by five wickets a-quarter of an hour before time. The last 92 runs were obtained in an hour. Score and analysis:— Hampshire. First innings. Mead(C. P.), c Strudwick, b H itch ...............................19 Bowell,c Strudwick,b Hitch 24 E. M. Sprot, b Spring ...125 A. J. L. Hill, b Hayes......... 63 Stone, c Marshal, b Smith... 32 R. W. Jesson, b Spring ... 5 Badcock,c Marshal, b Hayes 23 H.W.Persse, c Hayes, b Lees 6 Langford, c Spring, b Lees 22 Newman, not out................ 9 H. J. Orr, c Hayes, b Lees.. 3 B 12, lb 1, w 1 ..........14 Total ............... 345 S urrey . First innings. Hayward, c Langford, b Persse.............................. 8 Hobbs, c Mead, b Jesson ...135 Hayes, c Langford, b Orr... 21 Holland,c Langford, b Bad­ cock ............................... 0 Lord Dalmeny, c Stone, b Badcock ....................... 92 Marshal, c Stone, b Mead... 28 Lees, c Orr, b Persse..........37 Second innings. c Holland, b Lees cHolland,b Hitch b Hayes .......... c Hobbs, b Lees.. b Hayes ......... b Hayes .......... c Dahneny, b Hayes ......... b I,ees................. not out................. lbw, b Lees c Marshal, b Lees B 1,1b 7, nb 1 ... Total......... 215 Spring, c Mead, b Jesson .. 46 Hitch, hit wkt, b Jesson ... 4 Smith (W .C.).b Jesson ... 0 Strudwick. not out .......... 4 B 4, lb 2, nb 4 ..........10 Total .................388 Second innings. notout.................85 c Newman, b Orr 11 c Jesson,b Persse 27 cLangford,bBad­ cock.................18 c Hill, b Badcock 5 notout.................16 c Bowell, b Bad­ cock ................. 2 B 1, lb 3, w l,nb 4 9 Total (5 wkts) 173 H ampshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Lees......... ... 32.5 10 76 3 ... ... 35.5 8 75 5 Hobbs ... . ... 1 0 1 0 .. . ... 3 0 20 0 Hitch ... ... 19 4 95 2 .. . ... 11 6 19 1 Smith ... ... 18 5 58 1 ... ... 2 0 8 0 Hayes ... ,... 20 5 48 2 ... ... 30 12 75 4 Marshal ... ... 6 1 40 0 .. Spring ... , 10 3 13 2 ...' .*!! 3 0 9 0 Smith bowled one wide and Hitch a no-ball. Langford S urrey . First innings. O. M. R. W. Jesson ... Badcock ... Orr ......... Newman... Mead 21 . 13.2 16 12 0 27 0 1 92 2 ... 2 47 4 ... 0 90 2 ... 1 65 1 ... 0 28 0 ... 1 29 1 ... Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 1 0 6 0 ... 13.4 0 35 1 3 0 22 0 11 6 0 58 3 1 26 1 0 17 0 Badcock bowled six no-balls, Jesson two no-balls, and Persse a wide. MIDDLESEX v. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Played at Lord’s on July 25, 26, and 27. A GREAT MATCH. Nottinghamshire won by 13 runs. With both sides unbeaten in the County Cham­ pionship Competition.a keen strugglewasanticipated and such proved to be the case, Notts winning a closely-contested came on the third aft-ernoon by 13 runs. Bosanquet reappeared for Middlesex, who were, however, without Napier, whilst Notts took the field without Oates, who was still suffering from an injury to his finger. The visitors, going in first, made a poor start, Jones and Iremonger both being out for 20, John Gunn at 61 and George Gunn at 87. There was a change for the better, however, when Hardstaff and Branston came together, the pair adding 71 for the fifth wicket in an hour and a quarter before the former was out to a good catch low down at mid-off. Branston, who was missed when 35, was sixth out at 181: he hit well and showed good defence. The second part of the visitors’ innings was marked by some fine batting on the part of Turner, who hit capitally all round the wicket, but especially to the off. With Payton, lie put on 73 in 50 minutes, and at the end of the day, when seven wickets were down for 263, carried out his bat for 61. At half-past four there was a heavy shower which delayed the game for an hour and a-half, and those who stayed until play was resumed were rewarded by seeing Turner’s fine innings. On the Friday the innings, after lasting four hours and a half, closed for 292, Turner, who hit sixteen 4’s and nine singles, carrying out his bat for 73. Hearne’s bowling—he kept a fine length and made the ball turn quickly — and MacGregor’s wicket-keeping were quite features of the Notts innings. Payne commenced hitting as soon as Middlesex went in, and, making five 4’s and a single, claimed 21 of the 26 realised for the first wicket. Warner and Tarrant put on 21 for the second, and at times played so slowly that the crowd became ironical. At one period seven maiden overs were bowled in succession, and only a single was scored in 20 minutes, but the bowling was very true. The stand of the innings was made when Bosanquet joined Warner. The former was seen at his best, and, hitting seven 4’s, claimed 56 of the 100 added for the third wicket in an hour and a quarter. When he was disposed of, Wass was credited with his 100 th wicket of the season. Warner was fourth out at 155, after batting two hours and a half for 66 , Jones sending him back by means of a fine catch at slip. Warner made his runs without a chance, and hit six 4’s, playing a most valuable game. Litteljohn afterwards scored a very useful 36, adding 37 with Page and 31 with Trott, but when the innings closed the visitors led by 35 runs. The fielding was of a high standard throughout, and Hallam and Wass bowled very steadily. In a poor light at the end of the day Jones and lremonger made 41 without loss, Notts, when stumps were drawn, being 76 runs on with all their wickets in hand. On Saturday morn­ ing, on a drying wicket, tlte bowlers proved very effective. With a single added to the overnight score. Iremonger was out to a fine catch in the slips by Trott, who took the ball low down with the left hand. At 42 Jones was caught in the same place off the same bowler, but then the two Gunns made a much-needed stand, and during the 65 minutes they were together put on 48 for the third wicket. John Gunn was very fortunate, being missed by Payne at long-on when 3 and by Page running from mid-on when 4, both the chances being offered off Tarrant. Geo. Gunn, hitting five 4’s, made 37 of the 48, and once punished Tarrant for three boundaries in an over. The last seven wickets fell for 27in 45minutes, and Middlesex were set 153 to win. Tarrant bowled admirably and took his last seven wickets for adozen runs in 32 balls. Despite the poor support accorded him by the field he took nine wickets far 59 in an innings of 117. Middlesex, set 153 to win, lost six wickets for 89, notwithstanding a first-wicket part­ nership of 44 by Warner and Tarrant. Then, when a complete collapse appeared by no means unlikely, Page and Warner put on 34 in an hour, but after the former’s dismissal nobody proved equal to staying with Warner, and, amid much excitement, the visitors pulled off the match by 13 runs. Warner, who carried his bat through the innings, played a fine game, but might have shown a little more enter­ prise, especially at the finish, when wickets were tailing fast at the other end. Hallam,.keeping an admirable length, took eight wickets for 67 runs—his last four for 5. Notts certainly deserved to win, for they had the worst of the wicket on the last day, and Middlesex gave many runs away by poor fielding. The victory was very popular, and there was much enthusiasm at the finish. Score and analysis:— N otts . First innings. A. O. Jones, lbw, b Trott... 10 Iremonger (J.), b Mignon... 5 Gunn (G.), c MacGregor, b Hearne...............................38 Gunn (J.), c Payne,b Bosan­ quet ............................... 20 Hardstaff, c Buxton, b Hearne...............................44 G.T.Branston,c MacGregor, b Hearne ........................46 N. V. O. Turner, not out ... 73 Payton, c Buxton, b Hearne 28 Stapleton.c Trott, b Tarrant 7 Hallam, b Tarrant ..........10 Wass, b M ignon................. 1 B 3, lb 6 , w 1 ..........10 Second innings, c Trott, b Tarrant 19 c Trott, b Tarrant 23 b Trott.................37 not out... b Tarrant .......... c Bosanquet, b Tarrant .......... st MacGregor, b Tarrant ... ... Ibw, b Tarrant... c Trott, b Tarrant c and b Tarrant c Trott, b Tarrant 23 Total... ...292 Total ...117