Cricket 1907

326 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 8, 1907. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE v. NORTH­ AMPTONSHIRE. Played at Nottingham on August 1, 2, and 3. Notts won by 239 runs. The innings of the home side was opened by some good.hitting on the part of Jones, who, making six 4’s, scored his 56 out of 77 in seventy minutes : he was, however, twice missed. The best batting of the day was by George Gunn, who, by faultless and stylish cricket, made 52 out of 79 in an hour and three quarters. Payton and Alletson hit up 85 for the seventh* wicket in sixteen minutes, and the innings closed for 234. The total was certainly not a large one, and the visitors, who bowled and fielded in good style, did well to dispose of the home side for that number. When Northants went in, Hallam was at his best, and the total was only 43 when the sixth wicket fell. At that point the bowler named had taken his last four wickets for 5 runs. The seventh wicket went down at 54, but during the last hour of the day Norman and East defended their wickets successfully, and added 33 without being separated. On the second day the pair added nine more, but, after lasting two hours and a-half, the innings closed for 120, or 114 in arrears. Wass and Hallam each took five wickets, the latter having the better analysis. Notts, when they went in the second time, had Iremonger caught at the wicket at 2, but Jones, hitting admirably, reached 52 in three-quarters-of-an-hour, and, in all, scored 73 in 70 minutes, hitting eleven 4’s. The stand of the innings, however, was made when the Gunns came together, the pair adding 107 in partner­ ship for the third wicket in eighty minutes. George, hitting a dozen 4’s, batted two*and-a-half hours for his flawless 84, but John, who carried out his bat for 107, was fortunate, inasmuch as he was missed at point by Cox when 27. The last-named hit thirteen 4’s during the two hours he was in. With five wickets down for 319, tbe Notts innings was declared closed, leaving the visitors 434 to win. Cox and Hawkins were both out for 5, and, although Kingston and Pretty made a useful stand, four men were out for 52 by the end of the day. There was heavy rain in the night, and play could not be resumed on Saturday until a quarter past one. Kingston, who batted an hour-and-a-half for 43, left at 74, and it seemed likely that the side would be out for less than a hundred. Buswell and Thompson, however, put on 41 for the seventh wicket, and Cross and Driffield 40 for the last, but, this notwithstanding, Northants suffered a very severe reverse by 239 runs. Wass bowled excellently, taking eight wickets for ten runs each, but it was curious that, on such a wicket, Hallam should have proved ineffective. Score and analysis:— N otts . First innings. O. M. R. W. Second innings. O. M. R. W. Driffield ... .. 20-4 3 66 1 ... ... 15 1 72 0 Thompson .. 24 2 84 6 ... ... 20 2 94 3 East.......... .. 10 1 43 1 ... ... 16 4 48 1 Hawtin ... .. 7 1 18 1 ... ... 12 1 48 0 Pretty ... .. 3 1 16 0 Cox ... 4 0 2V 0 Pool ... .. 2 0 16 1 N otts . First innings. A. O. Jones, b East ..........56 Iremonger, b Thompson ... 3 Gunn (G.), b Thompson ... 52 Gunn (J.), b Thompson ... 5 Hardstaff, run out ..........33 N. V. C. Turner, c Orosse, b Hawtin ........................17 Payton, c Pretty, b Thomp­ son...................................... 34 Alletson.c Hawtin,bThomp- son...................................... 22 Oates, b Thompson .......... 4 Ilallam, not out ................. 0 Wass, b Driffield................ 1 R 3, lb 2, w 2 .......... 7 Second innings, c Buswell, b Thompson c Buswell, Thompson b E a st......... not o u t......... c Buswtll, Thompson b P ool... not o u t.. Thompson delivered four no-balls and East two. Hawtin bowled three wides, Driffield two, and Pool one. N orthamptonshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Wass ..........25 4 5 67 5 .......... 30 5 8 80 8 Hallam ..........29 11 46 5 .......... 29 11 71 0 Gunn (J.) ... 4 4 0 0 .......... 11 1 40 2 Wass delivered two no-balls and one wide. 73 b ... 2 ... 84 ...107 b ... 10 ... 27 ... 4 B 2, w 4, nb 6 12 Total.................234 Total (5 wkts)*319 * Innings declared closed. N orthamptonshire . First innings. R. W. Hawtin, c Oates, b Ilallam ........................17 Cox (M.). cTurner,b Hallam 4 Dr.II. O. Pretty,c Hallam, b Wass .............................. 14 W. H. Kingston, b Hallam 0 N. F. Norman, b Wass ... 30 C. J. T. Pool, c Jones, b Hallam ........................ 2 Thompson, lbw, b Hallam 0 E. M. Crosse, b Wass.......... East, not out........................ L. T. Driffield, c G. Gunn, b Wass ........................ Buswell, b Wass .......... B 1, lb 5, w 1 .......... Total .........120 Second innings. c Oates, b Wass 1 b Wass .......... 4 cJones,bJ Gunn 20 c Oates, b Wass 43 c Oates, b Wass 1 c Oates, b Wass 8 c Iremonger, b J. Gunn ..........23 c Payton, b Wass 22 cG.Gunn,bWass 4 notout.................18 c Turner, b Wass 47 B 1, nb 2 ... 3 Total ...194 K ent . First innings. E. W. Dillon,b Pearson ...45 Humphreys, cR . E. Foster, b Cuffe ................. 15 Seymour (Jas.), c G. N. Foster, b Arnold ..........23 K. L. Hutchings, b Bird ...109 Woolley,c Straw, b Burrows 13 A. P. Day. b Burrows..........43 L. H. W. Troughton, b Burrows ........................13 Huish, c Straw, b Burrows 0 Fairservice, c and b Arnold 31 Blythe, c Straw, b Burrows 11 Fielder, not out ................. 1 B 12,1b 1 .................13 Second innings, b Burrows.......... 5 lbw, b Arnold ... 21 notout.................109 Lb 6 , nb 1 . Total .................317 Total (2 wkts)208 W ORGESTERSHIRE. WORCESTERSHIRE v. KENT. Played at Worcester on August 1, 2, and 3. TWO SEPARATE HUNDREDS BY HUTCHINGS. Drawn. When Fielder bowled Bowley at 27, and Pearson a run later, it seemed quite possible that the home side would not make a great score, but H. K. and R. E. Foster quickly settled down, and during the three hours and a-quarter they were together put on 303 runs for the third wicket by faultless cricket. H. K., who had severely strained a muscle in his thigh in the Surrey match, retired when he had made 123. He hit two 5’s and eleven 4’s, and during the greater part of his innings had Bums to run for him. R. E., driving and hooking balls in great style, reached his 100 in two-and-a-half hours, and 150 in three : altogether he batted three hours and thirty-five minutes for his flawless 174, contained in which were a 5 and fourteen 4’s. G. N. Foster, who was unfortunate enough to be bowled by the last ball of the day, afterwards gave a fine display: he completed his 50 in three-quarcers of an hour, and hit eleven 4’s during the eighty-five minutes he was in. During the day Worcestershire made 456 for six wickets. The Kent men bowled and fielded very well indeed throughout. On the second day Burrows hit hard, scoring 57 in sixty-five minutes, and, with Bird and Straw adding 23 for the last wicket, the innings closed for 567 after lasting six hours and fifty minutes. In response to this huge total, Kent lost Humphreys at 24 and Seymour at 83, the latter helping Dillon to add 59 for the second wicket. The last-named, who was missed in tho slips by G. N. Foster when 34, was third out at 125, for a most useful 45. During the rest of the day everything was subordinated to the batting of Hutchings, who, driving with great power, reached 50 in forty-five minutes, and, when stumps were drawn at the end of the day with four wickets down for 190, carried out his bat for 72. H. K. Foster, who found it impossible to take any further part in the match on account of his injury, had a substitute to field for him, but the Kent captain (Dillon) was not willing to allow one to appear for Bowley, who had injured his knee, unless it was agreed that Bowley did not bat again. This attitude on the part of the visiting captain naturally caused much comment, and Bowley did not have a substitute to field for him. During Friday night there was very heavy rain, but the wicket dried so readily under the sun the following morning that play was resumed at twenty minutes to one. On the Saturday it was found that Bowley would be unable to take any further part in the match, and so a substitute appeared for him. Hutchings quickly completed three figures, making altogether 109 out of 177 in two hours, and hitting a six and nine 4’s. Fair­ service made over 30, but when the innings closed Kent had to follow on 250 in arrears. When two wickets had fallen for 41, Hutchings went in and, scoring freely, reached 52 out of 74 in fifty minutes. Afterwards he hit with even greater vigour, obtain- his second 50 in twenty-five minutes, and making 101 out of 136 in seventy-five minutes. With Hum­ phreys he added 167 for the third wicket without a separation being effected, and for the second time in the match had the pleasure of making a hundred. Considering the state of the wicket, Kent did excellently to save the game as they did, but they owed practically everything to Hutchings. Score and analysis:— W ADnpcTonaiiTDD Bowley, b Fielder ... 13 |W.B.Burns.bFielder 33 O. M. R. W, Fielder ... 52 6 151 6 Blythe ... 38.23 143 1 Humph’ys 10 1 35 0 iroiKi’pvma 99 Seymour. Woolley.. Day Dillon ... Fairs rvice 22 2 78 Fielder bowled five wides. tf. R. W. 2 30 0 1 41 0 0 34 0 0 19 0 K ent . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cuffe .. 24 4 82 1 ... ... 13 4 35 0 Arnold ... .. 31.3 7 85 2 ... ... 14 6 26 1 Burrows ... ... 17 8 78 5 ... ... 14 3 55 1 Pearson ... ... 6 0 32 1 ... ... 5 0 32 0 Bird.......... ... 7 0 27 1 ... ... 8 2 29 0 Burns.......... ... 3 0 21 0 Foster, R. E. ... 2 1 3 0 Pearson, b Fielder ... 11 H K. Foster, retired.,.123 R. E. Foster, b Fielderl74 Arnold, b Fielder ... 0 G. N. Foster, b Fair­ service .................78 Ouffe, b Fielder.. .. 10 Burrows, c Hum­ phreys,b Fairservice 57 Bird, b Blythe ......... 18 Straw, not out ..........14 B 22, lb 9, w 5 ... 36 Total ...56 Pearson bowled a no-ball. ESSEX v. SURREY. Playedat Southend-on-Sea onAugust 1,2, &3. Surrey won by 352 runs. Despite the absence of Crawford, Surrey did very well on tho opening day, completing an innings of 331 in four and three-quarter hours, and then dis­ missing two Essex men for 28. At the beginning of the day the wicket had not quite recovered from the previous heavy rain, and for some little time the bowlers received some slight assistance. Hobbs was lbw. at 11, and, with Hayes and Hayward failing to settle down, three wickets had fallen by the time the score was 76. The association of Baker and Holland, however, improved the game greatly from the spectator’s point of view, the pair adding 151 together in two hours and a quarter. Baker, who hit eighteen 4’s, and was missed at the wicket off Buckenham when 29, made 111 out of 227 in three hours and a half—a most useful display. Holland made several fine cuts and drives, but should have been stumped when 50, and caught in the long-field two later : he hit seven 4’s. Lord Dalmeny played a merry innings, and drove a ball from McGahey out of the ground: his stand with Strudwick realised 48 in forty minutes. In the last twenty-five minutes of the day Essex lost Keigwin and Russell for 23. On Friday Douglas was dismissed by the third ball sent down, but Fane and Reeves added 41 for the fourth wicket in eighteen minutes. The last-named, who hit ten 4’s, scored his 52 out of 76 in an hour. After the fifth wicket had fallen at 86 , Perrin and McGahey put on 35 in half-an-hour, but the last few men did little, and the innings closed for 151. Knox took six wickets for 74 in thirteen overs. Although leading by 180, Surrey did not enforce the follow-on, preferring to go in again themselves. The early part of the innings was marked by a fine innings by Hobbs, who, hitting eight 4’s, and making strokes all round the wicket, scored 52 in an hour: with Holland he made 30 for the first wicket and with Hayes 64 for the second. The last-named hit bril­ liantly, forward and to leg, and hit a 6 and seven 4’s during the eighty-five minutes he was in : his association with Lord Dalmeny lasted three-quarters of an hour and realised 95. The captain drove with great power, and hit six 4’s during the seventy minutes he was in, but was missed by Reeves in the long-field when 52. Hayward, who batted an hour and a-half for 52, added 63 for the fifth wicket with Lees in 40 minutes, aud in the end Essex were left a whole day in which to make 531 to win. Baker was unable to bat owing to a blow he received over the heart on the first day, but, as it proved, his assist­ ance was not required. After heavy rain in the night, it was found impossible to resume play until 12.25. On a wicket affected by rain, only two players-Douglas and McGahey—met with much success. The former, who might have been caught by Lord Dalmcny when ho had made 30, scored his 42 out of 71 in seventy-five minutes, hitting a 6 and five 4’s, whilst McGahey made 82 out of 130 by faultless cricket in ninety-five minutes. The latter