Cricket 1907

A ug . 8, 1907. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 325 T H E SO U T H AFRICANS. 20 t h M a t c h . —v. LANCASHIRE. Played at Manchester on August 1 and 2. South Africans won by an innings and 165 runs. Reginald Spooner, much to the delight of Lanca­ shire enthusiasts, was able to assist his county for this important match, and, although it was only his second appearance of the season he played a splendid game, and certainly showed the best form of the side. The county, going in first, quickly experienced disaster, MacLaren treading on his wicket when only 7 runs had been made. As though this were not sufficient, Tyldesley almost immediately afterwards was bowled in endeavouring to pull a full-toss to leg, and Poidevin made only 9 before being caught and bowled after he had been missed at square-leg by Smith. The advent of Sharp brought about the much-needed stand, the two, by excellent cricket, adding 78 during the fifty minutos they were together. Spooner played superb cricket, giving no chance, and making several splendid drives: he hit eight 4’s and was caught off a half-volley. Sharp also did well, and made his 52 out of 118 in eighty minutes: Spooner scored 57 out of 104 in an hour and a-half. Schwarz puzzled the batsmen greatly, and took six wickets for 45 in the innings of 169. The visitors, like their opponents, made a bad start, Shalders being caught at the wicket before a run had been made, and Hathorn lbw at 14. Both wickets were taken by Kermode. The much-needed stand was made when Sherwell and Npurse became partners ; they remained together one hundred minutes and put on 116 for the third wicket. Sherwell, although he offered a difficult chance to the wicket-keeper when 43, played a capital innings, and at one period so monopolised the scoring, that he reached 52 out of 67 in seventy-five minutes : he hit well all round the wicket, made nine 4’s, and scored his 69 out of 130 in two hours. Nourse started his innings in a very unsteady manner, and was often beaten. Afterwards, however, he settled down to a good game, and made many fine strokes all round the wicket: he hit ten 4’s during the one hundred and forty minutes he was in. By the end of the day the South Africans were 4 runs on, and had six wickets in hand. On the following morning Faulkner played a valuable, though slow, game, but Vogler hit with great vigour, and reached his 50 in forty minutes. The pair were together seventy minutes, during which time they added 109, of which number Vogler, who hit ten 4's, claimed 69. After the dismissal of Schwarz, Smith proved so useful that he helped Faulkner to add 75 for the last wicket. On Friday Faulkner played a great innings, and, receiving excellent support, caused the. total to reach 429 before the last wicket fell. Snooke helped him to add 47, but the brightest cricket of the day was seen when Vogler went in. Hitting with great vigour the last named reached 52 in three-quarters of an hour, and, in all, claimed 69 of the 109 runs added with Faulkner for the eighth wicket in seventy minutes; he hit ten 4’s. Schwarz reached double figures, but Smith played so useful a game that as many as 75 were put on for the last wicket in fifty minutes. Smith was twice missed—when 11 and 24—but Faulkner, who carried out his bat for 106, made no mistake ; he hit ten 4’s, the majority of them powerful off-drivcs. It will be seen that in the innings of 429, Worsley allowed only five byes, and made as many as five catches. Taken altogether, the Lancashire fielding was poor, several catches being missed. In a minority of 260, the County lost Spooner at 23, Hornby at 32, and Tyldesley at 35. A little later MacLaren, Sharp, and Harry all fell in one over, six wickets then being down for 41. Of the other players only Stanning, who batted well for forty minutes, reached double figures, and the innings after lasting seventy-five minutes, closed for 95 on a good wicket. Nourse took half the wickets for 44 runs—his best performance with the ball during the tour. Score and analysis L an cash ire. S outh A fricans . First innings. Second innings. A. C. MacLaren, hit wkt, b Schwarz ........................ 2 c Nourse,bSnookc 3 R. H. Spooner, c and b Faulkner ........................ 57 b Nourse ... 9 Tyldesley, b Vogler .......... 1 b Nourse ... 7 L. O. S. Poidevin, c and b Yoltrer............................... 9 absent hurt 0 Sharp,c Hathorn,bSchwarz 52 b Snooke ... 1 A. H. Hornby, lbw, b Schwarz ........................ 9 b Nourse ... 18 H. D. Stanning, b Schwarz 0 c Schwarz, ”b Harry, b V olger................. 12 Nourse ... c Sherwell, b 35 Huddleston, b Schwarz ... 11 Snooke ... b Nourse ... 0 "i Kermode, b Schwarz......... 0 b Schwarz ... 8 Worsley, not out.......... ... 6 not out......... 3 B 4, lb 5, w 1 .......... 10 Lb 3, w 1 4 Total .................169 Total... 95 P.W.Sherwell,b Sharp W. A. Shalders, c Wors­ ley, b Kermode ... 0 M. Hathorn, lbw, b Kermode.................. 1 A. D. Nourse, c Wors­ ley, b Harry ....... 71 G. C. White, c Wors­ ley, b Kermode ... 17 G. A. Faulkner, not out ....................106 J. H. Sinclair, c Wors­ ley, b Kermode ... 2 L ancashire . First innings. O. M. R. W. Schwarz .......... 21 4 45 6 .. Volger................. 16*2 3 56 3 ., Sinclair Faulkner White... S. J. Snooke, c Wors­ ley, b Huddleston... 23 A. E. Vogler, b Ker­ mode ........................69 R. O. Schwarz, c Mac- Laren, b Harry ... 10 H. Smith, c Stanning, b Sharp .................31 B 5, lb 16, w 5, nb 4 30 Total ...429 Second innings. O. M. R. W. . . . . 1 0 1 1 0 25 0 . 1 27 1 . 0 6 0 . Snooke . Nourse 12 0 46 ... 12*3 0 44 Schwarz and Nourse each bowled a wide. S outh A fricans . O. M. R. W.O.M. R. W. Sharp......... 39 3 141 2 I Huddleston 20 9 59 1 Kermode ... 49 15 94 5 |Harry ... 32 3 105 2 Sharp bowled four wides and two no-balls, and Kermode one wide and two no-balls. YORKSHIRE v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Hull on August 1 and 2 . HAT TRICK BY HIRST. Yorkshire won by ten wickets. So greatly did the conditions favour the bowlers on the opening day that as many as 24 wickets went down for 192 runs during the four hours and a-half that play was in progress. Hirst proved all but irresistible, taking a dozen wickets for 36 runs. Coe, who batted sixty-five minutes for 21, showed the best form for the visitors, who were disposed of for 60 in one hundred minutes. When Yorkshire went in, Odell proved to be in fine form, and, like Hirst, took eight wickets in the innings. Bates, who went in second wicket down and was seventh out, made the highest score for Yorkshire, but was missed in the slips by Crawford when 24. Wilkinson showed the best form, though he made only 15. lt was certainly curious that Astill, who would in all probability have been well suited by the wicket, did not bowl during the innings. When Leicestershire went in the second time Hirst did the hat trick at the expence of Wood, King, and Knight, and when stumps were drawn four wickets had fallen for 18 in thirty-five minutes. On Friday, Hirst again did excellently, and made his record for the match fifteen wickets for 63 runs. Leicestershire just managed to save the innings defeat, setting York­ shire one run to win. Score and analysis L eicestershire . First innings. C. J. B. Wood, b Hirst ... 0 Whitehead, lbw, b Hirst ... 16 King, c Wilkinson, b Hirst 0 Knight, b H irst.................13 Coe, b H irst........................21 V. F. S. Crawford, c and b Hirst ............................... W. W. Odell, c Bates, b Rhodes ... ................. 1 Sir A. Hazlerigg, b Hirst ... 0 Benskin, b Rhodes ... ... 0 J. Shields, c and b Hirst ... 1 Astill, not out .................. 0 B 5, lb 2 ................. 7 Second innings. b Hirst .......... lbw, b Rhodes ... b Hirst .......... b Hirst .......... b Hirst .......... 1 b Hirst ......... b Hirst .......... c Smith, b Rhodes c R oth ery, b Rhodes .......... not out................. b Hirst .......... No-ball.......... Total ... 60 Shields, b Y orkshire . , 22 b 33 E. Smith, Odell........................ Wilkinson, c White­ head, b Odell......... Lord Hawke, b Odell Hunter, not out B 6 , lb 1 ......... Total Y ork sh ire. First innings. O. M. R. W. Odell................. 22-5 11 40 8 .. Benskin.......... 22 4 67 2 .. Crawford .. Second innings. O. M. R. \ GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. MIDDLESEX. Played at Bristol on August 1 , 2 , and 3. FOUR WICKETS IN FOUR BALLS. Middlesex won by an innings and 140 runs. The visitors made such good use of winning the toss that they occupied the wickets the whole of the first day, scoring 461 and having one wicket in hand. The first two wickets fell for 84, but Littol- john and Tarrant put on 180 for the third in two hours and a quarter. Each hit a dozen 4’s and batted almost the same time, the amateur being in two hours and a half, and the professional five minutes longer. Litteljohn, when 8 , might have been stumped off Dennett, whilst Tarrant was missed by Salter when 10, and by Roberts when 90. Upon the arrival of Murrell some very free hitting was witnessed. During the eighty minutes he was in he scored 89 out of 127 without a mistake, and hit eleven 4’s, the majority of them powerful off drives. Of the 96 added with Hendren for the seventh wicket he was responsible for 72, and at one time made 35 off his own bat in three overs. The wicket ‘ was quite unsuited to Dennett, and Huggins was 1 the bowler seen to the greatest advantage during the day. On the following morning^ the innings quickly closed for 483, and in response Gloucester­ shire made a capital start, Board and Langdon' making 113 together ere the latter was caught in the slips. Salter played on after scoring 8 , and Langdon, after batting one hundred and forty minutes and hitting nine 4’s, was caught and bowled for an excellent 68 . Jessop hit up 28 out of 31 in twenty minutes, and Winstone and Roberts added 62 for the seventh wicket in an hour. During Friday night there was a lot of rain, and when Gloucester­ shire followed on, 209 in arrears, they hald to bat on» a treacherous wicket. Langdon was bowled at 23, and Jessop fell to the ftrst ball he received.. Tarrant was admirably suited by the wicket, and disposed cf! Board, Morgan, Huggins, and Spry with consecutive balls. It seemed probable that he would obtain all the wickets in the innings, but Hearne, by dis­ missing Dennett, just prevented the performance. Tarrant took nine wickets for 41 in a total of 69, bowling his last six overs for 14 runs and seven wickets. Middlesex won by an innings and 140 runs. Score and analysis:— M iddlesex . Total..........54 Coe, b 15 5 5 .. 7 ..114 Myers, Odell.......... ... Rothery, b Odell Denton, c Crawford. Odell................. Bates, c Crawford Benskin ......... HirstjCKnight b Odell 11 Tunnicliffe, b Benskin 2 Rhodes, c Whitehead, b Odell ................. 1 Second innings : Myers, not out, 1 ; Rothery, not out, 0 ; extras, 0. Total (for no wicket), 1. L eicestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hirst ... .......... 14-4 4 25 8 .......... 10'2 1 38 7 Myers .......... 6 1 18 0 ........... Rhodes .......... 8 4 10 2 .......... 10 3 15 3 Hirst bowled one no-ball. P. F. Warner, c Board, b Huggins ........ J. Douglas, b Mills ... E.S.Litteljohn.cBoard, bDennett......... ... Tarrant, c Morgan, b H uggins............... M.W.Pavne c Morgan, b Huggins ......... C.O.Page, c Roberts, b H uggius................. 23 Murrell, b Langdon Hendren, c Dennett, b Mills ................. W.S.Bird, b Langdon Hearne, not out.......... Mignon, c Board, b Huggins................. B 15, lb 3, w 2 ... Total ...483 G LOUCESTKRSHIRE. First innings. Board,cHendren,b Tarrant 53 Langdon, c and b Mignon G 8 M. G. Salter, b Mignon ... 8 Winstone, b Hearne..........45 G. L. Jessop, c Tarrant, b Mignon ........................28 D. Morgan, b Hendren ... 2 IIuggin 8 ,c Payne, b Tarrant 1 F. B. Roberts, b Hearne ... 29 Spry, b Hearne ................. 9 Mills, b Tarrant . Dennett, not out . B 16, lb 10, nb 4, w 1 31 Total .................274 M iddlesex . O.M. R. W. O. Dennett... 51 14144 1 IRoberts 13 Huggins 44'1 8 158 5 |Spry ... 5 Milis ... 24 5 75 2 j Langdon 4 Huggins bowled two wides. G lou cestersh ire. First innings. O. M. R. W, Tarrant..........353 8 91 3 Hearne ..........27 ° n" " Second innings, c and b Tarrant 2i b Tarrant ... 1 ) b Tarrant ... '... i b Tarrant......... i c Hendren,b Tar­ rant ................. i b Tarrant ......... ' st Bird.b Tarrant I not out..................... c Mignon, b Tar­ rant ................. c Bird.b Tarrartt c Litteljohn, b Hearne ... ... 10 Total ... 69 M. R. W. 0 Cl 0 1 17 0 2 8 2 ... 23 ... 14 8 67 3 . 3 51 3 6 31 1 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 15 5 41 9 ... 14*2 5 28 1 Mignon . Hendren. Mignon bowled four no-balls and Tarrant one wide.