Cricket 1907

350 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 15, 1907. E ssex . F. L. Fane, b Kermode 8 J. W. H. T. Douglas, b Kermode.................55 P. A. Perrin, lbw, b Poidevin................. 7 C .P. McGahey,cSharp, b Poidevin .......... 4 Freeman (E. J.), b Kermode................. 6 Buckenham, c Wors­ ley, b Poidevin ...124 L a n ca s h ire . First innings. S. P. Meston,bCook...130 A. P. Lucas, c Worsley, b Cook Reeves, b C ook......... Russell, b Dean......... Mead (W.), not out .. B 11, lb l, n b l.. Total ......... Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Buckenham ... 17 0 68 5 ... ... 10 0 54 1 Douglas .......... 14 1 56 4 ... ... 16 0 67 6 Mead ... .......... 2-1 0 13 1 ... ... 16 7 31 3 Reeves .......... 5 Douglas delivered two no-balls. Essex. 0 11 0 O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Dean... ...25 5 105 1 1 Poidevin ... 25 2 80 3 Cook ... ... 29 5 117 3 Bird ... ... 10 1 41 0 Kermode ... 22 4 82 3 | Cook delivered one no-ball. SUSSEX v. SURREY. Played at Brighton on August 12, 13, and 14. Drawn. Sussex in this match played Fry and Goldie in place of Nason and C. L. A. Smith, whilst Surrey left out Rushby and included Smith (W. C.). After Vine had made 4, Fry was caught in the slips with­ out scoring, after which Killick claimed 32 of the 46 added for the second wicket in half-an-hour with Vine. Young, after making 4, was caught at point, but Relf showed bright cricket and scored 33 of the 41 made duting the forty minutes he was in. Vine batted two hours and a-half for 48, and was fifth out, at 144 ; he gave only one chance—off the ball pi-evious to that which dismissed him. Rain limited the day’s play to two hours and three-quarters, during which time the home side made 157 for five wickets. On Tuesday morning a capital stand, which realised 100 in an hour and a-quarter, was made by Goldie and the elder Relf. The batting of the former was most attractive. He hit seventeen 4’s during the three hours he was in, made his runs by strokes all round the wicket, aud offered no chance. Leach, Cox, and Dwyer made double figures, and it was not until 375 that the last wicket fell. Before Surroy could go in, rain caused a delay of an hour. Hobbs, like Fry, was caught without a run with only 4 scored, and the side fared so badly that the fourth wicket fell at 43. Lord Dalmeny, who was missed when 6 , and Crawford then added 32 without being separated in twenty- five minutes, the score, when stumps were drawn owing to the poor light, being 75 for four wickets. On Wednesday the overnight not-outs remained together until the fifth wicket had put on 88 in 70 minutes, Dalmeny, who hit well, being then bowled off his pad. Against Vine, who took three wickets in an over, the last five wickets went down for 47, and the visitors were called upon to follow-on. Their second innings was interrupted by bad light, rain, and sea mist at various times, and to this circum­ stance must be attributed their escape from defeat. Hayward and Hobbs made 62 for the first wicket, and Crawford was again seen to advantage. Score and analysis:— S ussex . C. B. Fry, c Hayes, b. Knox ... ........... 0 Vine, c Dalmeny, b Smith ....................48 Killick, b K n ox........ 32 R. A. Young, c Hay­ ward, b Crawford... 4 Relf (II.), c Marshal, b. Knox .............. .33 K O. Goldie, c Strud­ wick, b Lees ........ 131 Relf (A. E.), lbw, b. Marshal .................45 Leach, c Hayes, b Crawford.................20 Cox ((J.),c Strudwick, b Lees .................23 Dwyer, c Marshal, b Smith .................15 Butt, not out ........... 0 B 11, lb 11,nb 2 ... 21 Total ...375 S urrey . First innings. Hayward, Ibw, b A. Kclf ... 10 Hobbs, c Butt., b C.»x 0 Hayes, c I.inch, b A. Ilelf .. 18 Holland, c Butt, b Dwyer 2 J. N. Crjwfoid, c It. Reif, b Vine ... ..........37 I.ord Dalmeny, b Vine ... (17 Marshal, b Vine ................. 6 Lees, b V in e ........................ 0 Strudwick,c Leach, b Dwyer 11) bmilh(\V.C),cYoung,bVine 3 N. A. Knox, not out .......... 0 B 4, lb 3 ................. 7 Second innings, c and b Leach ... 38 b Leach ..........31 b Leach ..........19 b Vine................. 0 not out.............. b Leach ... . c Butt, b Vine b Leach ... . not out.............. S ussbx . O. M. R. W.l O. M. R. W Lees ... 25.3 5 90 2 !rrawford 22 5 GO 2 Knox ... 22 3 93 3 !Smith ... 8 1 22 2 Marshal... 12 3 37 1 IHayes ... 14 3 49 0 Cox .. . A. E. Relf Vine ... . Killick .. Dwyer Leach Knox delivered two no-balls. S u rrey. First innings. O. M. R. W, 1 31 1 7 40 2 2 25 5 0 16 0 Sccond innings. . 9 . 22 . 9 . 2 „ « . . 14.1 3 38 2 . . 5 1 21 0 O. M. R. W 3 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 28 6 74 2 30 6 108 5 HAM PSH IRE v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Southampton on August 12, 13, and 14. Drawn. On the opening day rain caused a delay of an hour and a-half, but so much progress was made with the game that Hampshire responded to Leicester­ shire's total of 143 by making 93 for the loss of a single wicket. The visitors were still without Wood, who was much missed, whilst Hampshire lacked the services of Smoker and Badcock, who were on the injured list. Whitehead made 17 of the first 19 runs scored, and was then caught and bowled. Wickets then fell rapidly, and only Knight made any stand against the attack. The" best partnership of the innings was the 68 added by Knight and Astill for the last wicket in forty-five minutes. The former, who was first in and last out, batted two hours and a-half for 74 ; he played a great game and hit eight 4’s, the majority of them fine cuts, but was missed by Langford when only 11. For Hampshire Bowell and Mead made 48 together for the opening partner­ ship, and the former and Sprot 45 without being parted for the second by the end of the day. On Tuesday the last-mentioned pair remained together until they had added 73 in an hour, after which Bowell and Stone put on 76 in eighty minutes for the third wicket. The former, who hit a 6 and eleven 4’s, was then stumped for 86 made out of 197 in 170 minutes ; on the first evening he played a ball on to his wicket without removing a bail. Stone batted very well during the hour and three- quarters he was in, and Bacon and Lawson put on 100 together for the ninth wicket in ninety minutes. The latter was missed when 11, and the former when 53 and 69. Bacon hit well all round the wicket, and made eleven 4’s during the 160 minutes he was in : in partnership with Newman he added 80 for the last wicket in an hour. With arrears amounting to 284 Leicestershire had just under an hour’s batting at the end of the day, and in that time lost White­ head, Knight, and R. T. Crawford for 43. Yesterday play was much interrupted by rain, and the match was drawn. The feature of the day’s cricket was the batting of King, who played a capital not out innings of 80. Score and analysis:— L eicestershire . First innings. Whitehead, c and b Lang­ ford ...............................17 Knight, c Mead, b rersse .. 74 King, c Mead, b Persse ... 0 R. T. Crawford, run out ... 0 Coe, c Stone, b Persse ... 0 V.F.S. Crawford, c Stone, b W. W. Odell, c Llewellyn, b Persse ..................... 0 SirA.Hazlerigg.bLangford 1 J. Shields, c Langford, b Persse.............................. 8 Benskin, lbw, b Mead ... 8 Astill, not out ........24 B 5, lb 1 ......... 6 Total .......143 H am pshire . Second innings b Newman.......22 c Stone, b I^ng- fo r d ................ 5 notout..............80 b Langford ... 1 c Llewellyn, b Persse .......17 c Bacon, b Law­ son ..............36 c Bacon,b Pers^e 32 notout..............17 Lb 2, nb 3 ... 5 Total (6 wkts) 215 Total... ............... 178 Byes 4, lb 7... 11 Total (7 wkts) 197 Mead (P.),c Shields, b Astill........................24 Bowell, st Shields, b K in g ........................ 86 E. M. Sprot, b Benskin 42 Stone, c Benskin, b Odell........................71 Liewellyn,cHazlerigg, b King ... ... 5 II.W.Persse. cV.Craw- ford, b Odell .......... 4 F. H. Tacon, c Coe, b Astill........................ 110 Langford, c and b Odell........................ 2 J. H. Gunner, c Ben­ skin, b Odell......... 2 B. M. Lawson, b Odell 36 Newman, not out ... 21 B 11,1b 6 , w 4 ... 21 Total ...427 First innings. L eicestershire . Second innings. O. M. R. W. 90 2 30 2 17 0 O. ~M. R. W Persse ......... 21.5 2 64 6 Langford ... 15 7 32 2 ........... 20 Mead .......... 6 1 13 1 ........... 6 Newman......... 3 0 17 0 ........... 11 Lawson ......... 1 0 7 0 ........... 4 . _ Llewellyn ... 2 1 4 0 ........... 11 2 33 0 Newman bowled two no-balls, and Persse one. H am pshire. O. M. R. W. O. M. R.W. King ... 31 8 61 2 Whitehe’d 8 0 31 0 roe ... 3 2 1 0 Hazlerigg 4 0 21 0 Odell bowled one wide, Astill one wide, and Benskin two wides. Odell......... 33 10 85 5 R.Crawf’rd 22 Astill ... 23 Benskin ... 17 77 0 66 2 64 1 TH E SOUTH AFRICANS. 2 3 r d M atch .— v. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Played at Nottingham on August, 1 2 , 13, 14. Notts won by five wickets. The county, who were without Hallam (injured), N. V. C. Turner, and Branston, were not at full strength, whilst the South Africans put their strongest team into the field. The wicket was dead after heavy rain, and it was found necessary to make use of a plentiful supply of sawdust. The bowling at the start was shared by Wass and John Gunn, and only 31 had been made in half an hour before Sherwell was out to an easy catch at short slip. White made 9 of the next 14, and Tancred, having batted an hour, was third out at 49 for a careful 16. At this point Faulkner joined Nourse, and the character of the game changed. The former drove well, and, although runs did not come quickly, the cricket was very interesting. Iremonger dis­ placed Wass at 67, and a little later George Gunn went on for John. When the pair had been together one hundred and fifteen minutes, and added 121 for the fourth wicket, both were dismissed at the same total—170, and almost immediately afterwards both Hathorn and Sinclair were sent back. Vogler hit up 32 out of 47 in twenty-five minutes, and after a somewhat uneven display the innings closed for 258. The county lost Iremonger and John Gunn at 12, but G. Gunn and Payton, without being parted, had taken the score to 56 by the end of the day. On Tuesday morning, however, the latter was stumped with the total unchanged. Hardstaff and Gunn added 35 in thirty minutes, the latter making his 41 out of 91 in eighty-five minutes. Turner, who hit five 4’s, helped to add 54 in forty minutes for the fifth wicket, but Jones was quickly sent back by means of a brilliant catch in the slips by Schwarz. The sixth wicket fell at 151, and the position of affairs was slightly in favour of the visitors. James then joined Hardstaff, and the run-getting became so brisk that at one period 50 were added in twenty- five minutes : in all, the stand for the seventh wicket realised 109 in an hour and a quarter. Hard­ staff reached 50 in seventy-five minutes, and com­ pleted his 100 out of 181 in two hours and five minutes. When the innings closed for 296—a lead of 38—he carried out his bat for 124, made out of 240 in one hundred and ninety minutes. He hit nine 4’s and gave only one chance—to Vogler in the slips when 25. When the South Africans went in the second time Wass soon rj et with success, disposing of Tancred and Sherwell before the arrears of 38 were cleared off. Faulkner and White played well, but the total was only 85 when the seventh wicket fell. Snooke and Shalders added 24 for the eighth wicket, but were both caught at 109, the South Africans then being only 71 runs on with a wicket to fall. At this point Vogler and Schwarz became associated, and, playing with great determination, put on 48 without being parted by the time play ceased for the day. Yesterday Vogler and Schwarz continued their sturdy resistance, and remained together until their stand had altogether realised 90 in an hour; it was a splendid effort on the part of the pair, and characteristic of the side. Notts were left 162 to win, but lost G. Gunn at 12 and John at 24. Payton remained with Iremonger whilst the score was taken to 56, and at lunch the total wss 72 for three. In the afternoon playwas interfered with by rain,but not sufficiently to prevent Notts winning by five wickets. Hardstaff again did well and helped to add 109 for the fourth wicket, but he was somewhat overshadowed by Iremonger, who was undefeated at the finish with 92 to his name. The last-named was missed when 41, but none the less played a fine innings. There was a scene of much enthusiasm at the finish, Notts being only the