Cricket 1907

318 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 1, 1907. splendid total of 390, Middlesex lost Hearne for 18 runs before stumps were drawn. On Tuesday the home side gave an excellent display, and, after obtaining a lead of 237 on the first innings, set Middlesex 482 to win. The visitors lost Mignon with one added, and the only stands of any im­ portance were by Litteljohn and Warner who added 32, and by Tarrant and Page who put on 42. The fifth wicket fell at 83, but the total eventually reached 153. Warner showed the best form of the side, but Litteljohn also did well. Hampshire, instead of making Middlesex follow-on, went in again, and after scoring 244 for seven wickets declared their innings closed. Mead and Bowell made 49 for the first wicket and Stone, hitting ten 4’s, scored 68 in an hour and a-half. When play ceased for the day, Middlesex had made 29 for the loss of Payne’s wicket. On the third day Warner played-on to Smoker at 52, but upon Tarrant joining Litteljohn a determined stand was made, the two adding 78 in an hour and a-quarter, the amateur then being caught for a most valuable 71, which took 140 minutes to compile. Page afterwards helped Tarrant to put on 108 for the fourth wicket, the former hitting freely, but the latter playing a very stubborn game. The professional batted three hours and three-quarters for 56—a most useful inn­ ings—and after his dismissal only Trott did much against Badcock and the home side won by 161 runs eight minutes before time. Score and analysis :— Hampshire. First innings. Mead (C.P.), lbw, b Tarrant 13 Bowell, c Murrell, b Hearne 78 F j . M. Sprot, c Warner, b Tarrant ........................... 32 A. J. L. Hill, b Trott.............116 Stone, c Payne, b Hearne... 38 H. W. Persse, c and b Trott 0 Llewellyn, b Trott ..........16 R. W. Jeason, b Hearne ... 13 Badcock,c Murrell,bTarrant 74 Langford,stPayne.bTarrant 1 Smoker, not o u t ................. 0 R 1, lb 5, w 2, nb 1 ... 9 Second innings. cPayne,bTarrant 26 c and b Tarrant 20 c Tarrant, b Mig­ non ... ..........36 cPayne, b Hearne 28 c Hearne, b Mig­ non ................. 68 st Payne, b Hen- dreh.................29 c Hearne, b Mig­ non ................. 1 not out................. 2 notout.................18 B 4,1b 10, w 2 16 Total ................ 390 Total (7 wkts) 241 * Innings declared closed. M iddlesex . First innings. Second innings E. S. Litteljohn, c Mead, b c Persse, b Lang- Smoker ........................27 fo r d ..............71 Hearne, c Sprot, b Persse ... I notout............ 7 Mignon,c Sprot,b Badcock 2cStone.b Badcock 0 P. F. Warner,lbw,b Smoker 24 b Smoker .........35 Tarrant, c and b Persse ... 38 b Persse .........56 M. W. Payne, c Smoker, b f Mead ............................... 15 J5Smoker ........ 4 C.O.Page,c Stone,b Smoker 27 Jesson, b Lang­ ford .................74 Trott, c Sprot, b Smoker ... 0 Murrell,cSmoker.b Badcock 3 Hendren(lik),c Persse,bBad­ cock ............................... 9 O. A. Gold, not out ... 0 B 4, lb 1, w 1, nb 1 ... 7 c Bowell, b Pers&e 42 b Badcock ... 17 c Llewellyn,b Hill 0 cMead.b Badcock 0 B 4.1b 6 ,w2, nb 2 14 Total... ..............153 H ampshire . Total ..320 o. M. R. W. O. M. R,. W. 15 0 75 0 ... ... 13 1 50 3 211 6 88 4 ... ... 21 4 74 2 29 8 96 3 ... ... 2 1 6 0 32 10 85 3 ... ... 25 7 58 1 4 0 26 0 ... 4 0 11 0 ... 13 3 40 1 Mignon . Tarrant . Trott Hearne . Payne Hendren Mignon bowled one no-ball, Tarrant three wides and Payne one. Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 20 6 58 2 ... 24 6 66 2 ... 14 2 56 0 ... 17-3 9 21 3 14 5 19 0 1 8 0 M iddlesex . First innings O. M. R. W . Smoker ... ... 19 0 68 4 .. Persse ... 14 3 37 2 .. .1 esson ... 2 1 5 0 .. Badcock ... ... 5-5 2 12 3 .. Mead ... 9 3 24 1 .. Llewellyn I>angford ... 23 Hill ......... 6 Smoker and Persse each bowled a wide and Badtyck a wide and three no-balls. ^ 7 1 2 \ 1 i «>< 1 KENT v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Maidstone on July 29 and 30. Kent won by an innings and 146 runs. With Lawton and Bestwick still away, Derbyshire were not at full strength, but it was nevertheless a very poor performance on their part to be dismissed in a couple of hours for 66 . Blythe was at Leeds, playing in the Test Match, but Fielder and Hum­ phreys proved fully equal to coping with the visitors. The latter commenced by sending down seven maiden overs in succession, during which time he obtained a couple of wickets. Wright was sent back by the second ball of the innings, and nobody proved equal to making any serious resistance to the attack. The collapse was the more remarkable owing to the fact that it was not due in any way to the wicket. The first Kent pair, Dillon and Hardinge, made 76 together, after which Seymour played a very fine innings. The last-named added 51 for the third wicket with Troughton, and 78 (in three-quarters of an hour) for the fifth with Day. Seymour scored his 77 out of 148 in an hour and three-quarters, and hit ten 4’s. Near the end of the day some excitement wascaused by Warren bowling Seymour, Humphreys, and Marsham in five balls, but, this notwithstanding, Kent, when stumps were drawn, were 185 runs on with three wickets in hand. On the following day, Day and Huish remained together until their partnership had lasted an hour and realised 76. Day made his 68 in an hour and three-quarters and hit six 4’s, whilst Huish scored 53 in seventy minutes, and made seven 4’s. The innings, after lasting four hours and five minutes, closed for 335. Derbyshire never appeared likely to save the innings defeat, and the result was practically a foregone conclusion when the fourth wieket fell at 32. Fielder, on the soft ground, again bowled admirably, aud made his record for the match fourteen wickets for 95. Score and analysis :— D erbyshire . Second innings. 0 c Huish, b Fielder 23 First innings. L. G. Wright, c Huish, b Fielder ........................ C. A. Ollivierre, run out Needham, c Troughton, b Humphreys ................. Cooper, b Humphreys Humphries, c Marsham, b Fielder ........................ Cadman, c Huish, b Fielder Warren,cMarsham.bFielder R. B. Rickman, c Marsham, b Fielder ........................ Carlin, b Humphreys Slater, c Woolley, b Fielder Bracey, not out ... B 4, lb 1 ... Total 18 11 0 10 5 66 b Fielder c Seymour, b Fielder ......... not out .......... c Seymour, b Fielder .......... c Hardinge, b Fairservice ... c Huish, b Fielder c Woolley, b Fair­ service .......... c and b Fielder... c Seymour, b Fielder ......... c Huish, b Fielder B 4. lb 1 ... Total ...123 K ent . E.W. Dillon, c Wright, b Rickman ..........42 Hardinge, c Bracey, b Rickman ..........36 Seymour(Jas.), b War­ ren ........................77 L. H. W. Troughton, b Cadman ......... 24 Woolley, c Warren, b Cadman ................. 0 A. P. Day, c Wright, b Bracey ... .......... 68 D erbyshire . First innings. O. M. R. W. Fielder ........... 22 6 35 6 ... Humphreys ... 21 3 14 26 3 ... Fairscrvicc Humphreys, b Warren 0 C. H. B. Marsham, b Warren ................. 4 Huish, st Humphries, b Rickman ..........53 Fairservice, not out... 15 Fielder, c Cooper, b Bracey ................. 4 B 9, lb 1, nb 2 ... 12 Total ..........335 Second innings. O. M.R. W. ... 23 3 60 8 ... 2 0 16 0 ... 20 6 42 2 Warren Cadman Rickman K ent. O. M. R. W. 25 1 115 3 26 10 60 2 21 5 63 3 O. M. R. W. Bracey ... 16 2 58 2 Carlin... 4 0 27 0 Warren and Bracey each delivered a no-ball. SURREY v. WORCESTERSHIRE. Played at the Oval on July 29, 30, and 31. Drawn. Neither side was at full strength for this match, Surrey being without Hayward, Crawford,and Knox, and Worcestershire lacking the services of R. E. Foster and Arnold—all being at Leeds for the Test match: furthermore, the visitors were without Simpson-Hayward. After H. K. Foster had been disposed of by Lees at 13, Bowley and Pearson added 74 in an hour and a quarter, but the former, who made his 51 out of 94 iu one hundred minutes, was twice let off by Strudwick at the wicket—when (5 and again when 26. G. N. Foster and Cuffe put on 38 together, and were both sent back at 132, after which Hunt—who was let off when he had made a single by Holland at slip—and Bums added 27 for the sixth wicket. Hunt played a useful game, and with the last two men reaching double figures, the total was taken to 212. Surrey made a fair start, the first wicket not falling until 47 ; but Pearson, going on at 42, then bowled six overs for 11 runs and five wickets, so that at the end of the day half the side were out for 73. Baker, who carried out his bat for 24, was missed by H. K. Foster at slip off Pearson’s first over. On Tuesday the innings was resumed upon a wicket which gave the bowlers some assist­ ance, and Pearson continued his suceess. Baker, after batting an hour and a half, was sixth out at 95, and the total was only 119 when the last man went in. Holland and Rushby improved the situation by adding 31 in fifteen minutes, but the innings closed for 150, leaving the visitors with a lead of 62. Pearson had much to do with the state of things, taking eight wickets for 42 and also throwing out Spring. (His performance will be found referred to in “ Gossip.”) When Worcestershire went in the second time, Pearson and H. K. Foster added 101 in an hour and a-half for the second wicket after Bowley had been bowled at 14. The amateur played a steadier game than is his wont, claiming only 44 of the 115 runs made whilst in. Pearson and G. N. Foster put on 51 together in thirty-five minutes, and it was not until he had scored 84 out of 166 in one hundred and forty minutes that the former, who hit a five and eight 4’s, was caught in the slips. Ho drove and pulled well, but was rather fortunate, being missed by Holland before he had scored, and again by Hayes when he had made 28. The wet grass and easy wicket combined to handicap the Surrey men considerably, but the visitors none the less played a good game. Cuffe batted an hour and a-quarter for 30, and at the end of the day Worcester­ shire had made 258 for seven wickets. On Wednes­ day Burrows played a very bright game, making his 57 in 80 minutes, and in partnership with Gaukrodger adding 51 in 40 minutes for the eighth wicket. After his dismissal the innings quickly closed, leaving Surrey the great task of making 371 to win in just over five hours. Surrey made a good effort to obtain the runs, thanks to Hobbs, who scored 143 for the first wicket with Baker and 123 for the second with Hayes. Hobbs hit a 5 and thirteen 4’s and offered no chance. The match was drawn. Score and analysis:— W orcestershire . First innings. H. K. Foster, lbw, b Lee 3 ... 9 Rowley, run o u t ................ 51 Pearson, run ou t.................29 G.N.Foster,cHolland,b May 23 OufFe, c Rushby, b l.ees ... 16 W.B.Burns,cRushby,b Lees 14 Hunt, c and b Lees ... ... 38 Burrows, b Hayes ........ 0 Days, c Dalmeny, b Hayes.. 2 Gaukrodger, not o u t..........10 Bird, b L ees........................10 B 5, lb 3, w 2 ..........10 Total ....... 212 S urrey . Second innings. b Hayes ..........44 b M ay................. 9 c Holland, b Rushby ......... 84 c and b Rushby.. 24 b Hayes ..........30 c S p r in g , b Rushby ..........17 b Lees ... _.......... 6 c Marshal, b Lees 57 b Lees................. 5 not out.................14 b Hayes .......... 1 B 12, lb 3, nb 2 17 Total ...308 First innings. Baker (A.), b Burrows Hobbs, c Burns, b Pearson. Hayes, b Pearson................. Lord Dalmeny, c Burrows, b Pearson........................ Marshal, c Burrows, b Pearson ........................ Strudwick. b Pearson Holland, c G. N. Foster, b Pearson ........................ Lees, b Pearson ................. Spring, run o u t ................. P. R. May, c Gaukrodger, b Pearson ..................... . Rushby, not o u t ................. B 3, lb 6 , w 2, nb 1 ... Second innings, c Burrows, b Bird 60 not out... b Cuffe .. 3 b Ouffe . 10 0 36 not out . 6 6 1 13 12 ...166 42 19 Total... B 11, w 3, nb 1 15 ...150 Total (3 wkts) 310 W orcestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. Lees.................32.5 M ay.................22 Rushby ......... 16 Hayes ......... 11 Spring ... ... 2 M. R. W. 6 77 5 ... 8 60 1 ... 3 43 0 ... 3 21 2 ... 1 1 0 ... Hobbs O. 35 11 31 17 M. R. W. 8 105 3 1 47 1 6 85 3 4 47 3 0 0 May bowled two wide 3 and Rushby two no-balls. S urrey . First innings. O. M. R. W. Ouffe Burrows......... 23 Bird................. 1 Pearson..........15.2 3 12 0 . 2 82 1 0 2 0 2 42 8 Hunt , Second innings. O. M. R. W. 40 11 106 2 4 51 0 ... 13 ... 16 ... 32 ... 3 3 43 1 5 85 0 1 10 0 Cuffe bowled four wides and a no-ball, and Pearson a wide anti one no-ball.