Cricket 1907

334 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 8, 1907. GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. ESSEX. Played at Bristol on August 5, 6 , and 7. Gloucester won by 197 runs. On a good wicket fourteen wickets fell for 357 runs on the opening day, Essex replying to a total of 258 by making 99 with four out. The home side started well, Langdon and Board making 65 in fifty-five minutes for the first wicket, but neither Salter nor Winstone did much, and Jessop played on when only 4. Goodwin, ere being sent back by a fine catch on the boundary, helped Langdon to put on 57 for the fifth wicket in thirty-five minutes, after which Brownlee stayed in forty minutes whilst 51 were added for the seventh. Langdon, who played a most valuable game, was ninth out for 97, after batting ninety minutes : he was missed when 77 by Perrin, and hit eleven 4’s. During the two hours remaining, Essex lost four wickets for 99, Perrin, who carried out his bat, playing very steadily for 41. On the sccond day no play was possible before half-past one, owing to a heavy shower. Essex quickly lost Free­ man and Buckenham, but Perrin played capital cricket, and batted one hundred and fifty minutes for his invaluable 64, included in which were six 4’s. When the innings closed, Essex were 85 in arrears, the last few wickets falling very quickly. When they went in the second time, Gloucestershire lost Brownlee at 7, but Langdon and Jessop put on runs so quickly that 50 was reached at the end of twenty- five minutes: the latter, however, was missed by Edwards when he had made only 14. The mistake proved expensive, as he survived to score 85 off thirty-one of the fifty-two balls he received, hitting a 6 , thirteen 4’s, two 3’s, six 2’s, and nine singles. Of the 141 added for tbe second wicket in fifty-five minutes—at one period 48 were made in a quarter- of-an-hour—Jessop claimed 85. Langdon also hit freely and well, and off an over from Reeves hit four successive 4’s. Winstone and Salter rendered excel­ lent service in a quieter way, and at the end of the day 291 had been made for seven wickets. On Wed­ nesday the three outstanding wickets added only 8 runs, leaving Essex 385 to win. The only thing the visitors could hope for was a draw, but the bowling was never mastered, especially Dennett’s, and in the end Gloucestershire won comfortably by 197 runs. Score and analysis :— G loucestershire . First innings. Board, lbw, b Mead ..........29 Langdon, c Gillingham, b Buckenham .................97 M. G. Salter, b Mead.......... 13 Winstonc, b Mead .......... 1 G. L. Jessop, b Mead.......... 4 H. S. Goodwin, c Gilling­ ham, b McGahey ..........34 F. B. Roberts, b Mead ... 1 F. D. Brownlee, lbw, b Buckenham .................29 Huggins, b Buckenham ... 7 Mills, b Mead .................20 Dennett, not out................. 7 B 7. lb 7, nb 2 ......... 16 Second innings, c Edwards, b McGahey ... 50 b Mead.................£7 c Freeman (E. J.), b Mead ..........29 b Mead ..........39 c Gillingham, b Mead ..........85 b Mead................ 5 c Benham, b McGahey ... 6 lbw,bBuckenham 6 b Buckenham ... 0 c E. Freeman, b Buckenham ... 14 notout................. 0 B l, lb 6 , n b l... 8 Total ..258 Essex. Total... ..299 First innings. J. W. H. T. Douglas, b Den­ nett ............................... S Reeves, b P. A. Perrin, c Board, Jessop........................ C. P. McGahey, c Jessop, Dennett ...................... Rev. F. H. Gillingham, Jessop, b Dennett ... . Freeman (E. J.), lbw, Dennett ... ............. Buckenham, b Mills ... . G. J. Edwards, b Jessop . 64 Second innings. cBoard,bHuggins 24 c Brownlee, b Dennett..........15 c Board, b Den­ nett .................28 Freeman (J.), b Jessop .. 9 Benham, c Langdon, b Den­ nett ............................... 3 Mead (W.), not out ..........10 B 2, lb 5 ................. 7 6 c Mills,b Dennett 6 b Dennett..........19 c Roberts, b Den­ nett .................15 c and b Dennett 31 c Jessop, b Den­ nett ................. 21 absent ill .......... 0 not out ..........16 b Huggins.......... 8 B 2, w 2 ... 4 Total .................173 Total G loucestershire . ...187 First innings. Second innings. O. ~ M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Buckenham ... 22 3 82 3 ., Douglas.......... 41 17 0 . Mead .......... 34-3 7 89 6 .. McGahey ... 15 0 54 1 . Reeves .. Benham Douglas delivered three no-balls. 13 4 51 3 8 0 38 0 31.4 3 118 5 9 1 56 2 2 0 19 0 3 0 9 0 Jessop .. Donnett... Huggins Langdon Mills E ssex . First innings. O. M. R. W. Second innings. O. M. R. W. 35 13 2 13 Roberts 47 24.2 10 12 20 94 7 61 5 13 0 Roberts and Huggins bowled one wide each. LEICESTERSHIRE v. NORTHAMPTON­ SHIRE. Played at Leicester on August 7, 8 and 9. Leicestershire won by one wicket. Play was very slow on the Bank Holiday, fourteen wickets producing only 280 runs. The visitors lost their first four wickets for 56, after which Poole and Thompson put on 92 together for the fifth. The former batted an hour and a-half for his faultless 65, and, although East played a useful game, the innings closed for 212. Before play ceased for the day Leicestershire had made 68 for four wickets, all taken by Driffield. Rain fell during the night, and runs proved difficult to obtain on Tuesday. At 82 Crawford and Coe were out to consecutive balls, and at 90 Odell was bowled. Driffield had then taken all the seven wickets which had fallen for 30 runs. Upon Hazlerigg joining Jayes, the only stand of the innings wasmade,thepairadding amostvaluable 64in three-quarters of an hour before heavy.raindescended and stopped play. But, this notwithstanding, the home side were 25behind on the innings. Northants, when they went in the second time, quickly lost their advantage, their first four wickets falling for 16. Kingston and Pool added 64 in forty minutes, but only East of the other players reached double figures. When stumps were drawn Leicestershire were left with 163 to win with an innings to play. Yesterday runs were always difficult to obtain, and Whitehead and Knight were out by the time the total had reached 20. Coe, however, gave Wood capital help, their partnership lasting an hour and yielding 61. At lunch-time half the side were out for 124, and after the interval a great finish was seen, Leicestershire eventually winning with the last two men in. Wood batted a couple of horns for his invaluable 44,but the victory was primarily due to the number of extras allowed. Score and analysis; NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. First innings. R. W. Hawtin, bOdell ... 18 Cox (M.), b Astill.................17 Thompson, c King, b Odell 38 N. F. Norman, c and b Odell 1 W. H. Kingston, b A still... 8 C. J. T. Pool, c and b Coe... 65 East, b Odell........................25 E. M. Crosse, st Shields, b Coe ............................... 9 Buswell, c Wood, b Odell... 9 L. T. Driffield, b Jayes ... 2 Wells, not out ... .......... 6 B 8 , lb 4, nb 2 ..........14 Second innings, c Shields, b Astill 0 run out .......... 2 c Whitehead, b Odell .......... 3 b Odell................. 3 c Jayes, b King... 41 c Crawford, b Coe 41 c and b King ... 21 not out.......... c Whitehead, Odell b Odell run out B 11,lb 1 Total .................212 L eicestershire . Total..........137 First innings. C. J. B. Wood, c Buswell, b Driffield........................ Whitehead, b Driffield King, b Driffield................. Second innings, c Thompson, b 10 Driffield..........44 16 c Pool, b Thomp­ son ................. 3 0 c Norman, b Driffield......... 0 17 b Driffield.......... 5 17 cand bThompson 29 Knight, b Driffield .......... Coe, b Driffield ................ V. F. S. Crawford, c Haw­ tin, b Driffield.................13 b Thompson ... 23 Jayes, not out ...............49 b East..................15 W. W. Odell, b Driffield ... 4b Thompson ... 9 Sir A. Hazlerigg, b East ... 32 n otout................. 1 J. Shields, st Buswell, b East ............................... 8 b Thompson ... 5 Astill, run out ... ....... 1notout.................. 1 B 10, lb 6 , nb 4..........20 B 9, lb 2, nb 17 28 Total ...187 Total (9 wkts)163 N orthamptonshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Jayes ... ........... 19 5 63 1 . ........... 1 0 3 0 Odell ... ......... 33 14 58 5 ......... 15 3 48 4 Astill ... ......... 25 7 65 2 ..........15 3 41 1 King ... ......... 3 1 2 0 . ........ 4-3 2 9 2 Coe ... ......... 8 5 10 2 .......... 6 0 Jayes delivered two no-balls. L eicestersh ire. 24 1 Thompson ... 19 4 53 0 ... ... 29 11 77 5 Driffield ... ... 30 7 78 7 .. ... 14 . 3 36 3 Wells......... . ... 5 1 12 0 .. . ... 1 0 4 0 E ast......... . ... 6 2 24 2 ... ... 16.4 7 18 1 SOMERSET v. MIDDLESEX. Played at Taunton on August 5, 6 , and 7. FAST SCORING. Middlesex won by an innings and 176 runs. . During the two hundred aud seventy minutes play was in progress on the opening day, Middlesex played an innings of 552, play ceasing when their last wicket fell. Douglas and Warner made 110for the first wicket in fifty minutes, the latter then being dismissed for 77, which included as many as seventeen 4’s, eleven of which were successive scoring hits obtained off Braund in five overs. Milton, who gave a couple of chances, saw 200 chronicled in ninety-five minutes, and helped Douglas to add 103 for the second wicket in fifty-five minutes. At lunch the score was 225 for two wickets, and in the first over after the adjourn­ ment Douglas completed his 100. With Tarrant he put on 155 for the third wicket in an hour, and, in all, scored 180 out of 368 in one hundred and seventy minutes ; he hit well all round the wicket, made a 6 and thirty 4’s, and was twice missed—when 66 by Johnson at mid-off, and when 110 by Robson at long- off. Tarrant also played freely, and with Payne added 72 in forty minutes, and with Page 76 in half an hour. He gave no chance, cut and drove well, hit twenty-five 4’s, and made his 147 out of 314 in one hundred and forty-five minutes. The last few wickets went down quickly, and play ceased for the day when the innings closed. On Tuesday the weather was dull, and the cricket far less attractive than qn the previous day. Somerset lost Braund at 26, Lewis at 85, and Palairet at 46. Johnson and Phillips then made a welcome stand, the former monopolising the scoring to such an extent that he completed his 50 out of 71 in an hour and a quarter; altogether, he made 54 out of 86 in ninety minutes, hitting seven 4’s. Tarrant afterwards bowled with much effect, and, despite a useful partnership at the end of the innings, Somerset were called upon to follow on 402 in arrears. When they went in tho second time the home side lost Johnson, Lewis, and Palairet for 67, being then still 335 behind. On Wednesday they quickly lost Phillips and Lee, but Braund and Woods made a determined resist­ ance and in an hour and a-quarter added 91, of which number the latter, who hit six 4’s, made 54. New­ ton and Tyler obtained double figures, but Middle­ sex won easily by an innings and 176 runs. Braund who carried his bat for 67showed admirable defence, but was missed at the wicket when 30. Score and analysis:— M iddlesex . J. Douglas, c John­ son, b Whittle ...180 P. F. Warner, c Tyler, b Braund....................77 H. A. Milton, c Woods, b Tyler ................... 45 Tarrant, c Palairet, b Tyler... ..................147 M. W. Payne, c and b Tyler.......................... 22 Murrell, b Phillips ... 2 S omerset . First innings. P. R. Johnson, c Hearne, b Tarrant ........................54 Braund, c Page, b Napier... 7 Lewis, b Tarrant................. 4 L. C. H. Palairet, c Payne, b Napier ........................ 8 F. A. Phillips, c Payne, b Napier............................... 19 F. M. Lee, b Tarrant.......... 0 Robson, c Hearne, b Tar­ rant ............................... 2 S. M. J. Woods, c Wells, b Tarrant ........................ 0 Whittle, not o u t.................28 A. E. Newton, b Tarrant... 9 Tyler, run out ................. 17 B 1, nb 1 ................. 2 C. C. Page, c Woods, b Tyler........................48 C. M. Wells, run out... 6 Hearne, not out.......... 7 C. G. Napier, lbw, b Tyler.......................i 4 Mignon, c Lewis, b T yler....................... 0 B5, lb 6 , w 1, nb2 14 Total ...552 Second innings. c Milton, b Wells 15 not out ..........67 c Tarrant, b Wells 11 c Tarrant, b Heame ..........21 c Milton, b Wells 8 c Hearne, b Wells 0 c Tarrant, b Na­ pier ... .......... 3 c Murrell, b Na­ pier .................54 c sub, b Napier ... 7 lbw, b Wells ... 18 c Milton, bNapier 10 B 6 , lb 1, nb 5 12 Total ..........150 M iddlesex . Total... ...226 O. M. R. W. Lewis ... 37 7 146 0 1 Whittle . Tyler ... 36 '2 4 157 6 Robson . Braund... 17 2 115 1 | Phillips O. M. R. W. 11 0 75 1 4 2 9 0 5 0 36 1 I1UU11U XI 4 i I liuiipo ... •> V OU Whittle bowled one wide and Lewis two no-balls. Thompson bowled fifteen no-balls and East six. S omerset . First innings. O. M. R. W. Napier .......... 25 4 69 3 .. Tarrant .......... 28, 6 67 6 ., Hearne .......... 3\ 1 6 0 ., W ells................. 1 0 6 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W. . ... 15-5 2 69 4 . ... 22 7 42 0 . ... 15 6 36 1 . ... 29 6 75 5 Mignon ... 1 0 2 0 Napiei# bowled six no-balls. 1