Cricket 1907

A u g . 22, 1907. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 359. SOMERSET y. KENT. Played at Taunton on August 15, 16, and 17* Kent won by an innings and 103 runs. The result of this match was practically decided on the first day, when, in response to a total of 110 , Kent scored 153 for the loss of only four wickets, Seymour being 58 not out. Somerset had the worst of the wicket, and, with the ground drying, lost seven wickets for 46 runs in 50 minutes after lunch. Johnson and Lewis added 36 for the third wicket, and Deane and Newton 23 for the eighth. Blythe, well suited by the pitch, took seven wickets in the innings for 45, the last five for 21. Kent quickly lost Humphreys, but VVooUey and Seymour put on 99 for the second wicket in an hour and a-quarter, the former, who ought to have been caught and bowled when 3, cutting and driving excellently. In the last 20 minutes of the day Seymour and Mason added 32 without being separated, and on Friday added runs so quickly that their partnership altogether realised 2.30 for the fifth wicket in 10J minutes. On the second day rain divided their siand into three parts; in the first they made 20 in 15 minutes, in the second 91 in 35, and in the third 87 in 30. Seymour scored his 164 in three hours and a quarter without a chance, made his runs all round the wicket, and hit a 6 and twenty-seven 4’s. Off the last over he received—from Lewis—he made live 4’s in succession, but was caught off the last ball. Mason, who carried out his bat for 119 when tli* innings was declared closed, drove with great power and hit twenty-three 4’s ; he was, however, missed by Palairet in the slips when 30. Somerset, 268 in arrears, lost Braund at 16, but Palairet played a fine innings of 62 and hit seven 4’s during the two hours and a-quarter he was in ; he added 67 for the third wicket with Johnson, and 32 for the fourth with Lewis. The last six wickets, however, went down for 11, and Kent were left with the easiest of victories. Huish, in the whole match, caught six and stumped one. Score and analysis S om erset. First innings. L. O. H. Palairet, c Mason, b Fielder ........................18 Braund, b Blythe .......... 0 P. R. Johnson, c Seymour, b Blythe ........................14 Lewis, c Huish, b Blythe ... 21 B. L. Bisgood, c Seymour, b Blythe ........................ 5 G. O. Deane, c Mason, b Blythe...............................14 Robson, st Huish, b Blythe 8 Montgomery, c Mason, b Fielder............................... 0 A. E. Newton,b Fielder ... 11 Tyler, c Fairservice, b Blythe............................... 6 Bailey, not out ................. 5 Lb 4, nb 4 ................. 8 Second innings. cHuish,bFielc’ er 62 c Woolley, b Blythe ..........12 b Mason c Woolley, Faireervice c Huish,b Fielder 3 c Huish, b Fair­ service .......... 0 c Huish,b Fielder 17 c Huish, b Fair­ service .......... 8 c Woolley, b Fielder .......... 0 c Fairservice, b Fielder .......... 0 not out .......... 0 Lb 1, w 1......... 2 Total ... Humphreys, c Lewis, b Tyler .................. 2 Woolley, b Lewis ...58 Seymour, c Bisgood, b Lewis .................. 161 K. L. Hutchings, c Lewis, b Braund ... 8 S. H. Day, lbw, b Braund .................. 6 .110 Total ..........165 J. R. Mason, not out 119 O. H. B. Mai'sham, c Montgomery,b Rob­ son ........................ 0 Huish, not out ..........10 B 8 , nb 2, w 1 ... 11 Total (6 wkts)*378 Fairservice, Blythe, and Fielder did not bat. * Innings declared closed. Som erset. First innings. O. M. R. W. Fielder .......... 19 5 57 3 . Blythe ..........18.1 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 22 6 79 5 45 Mason Woolley Fairservice 5’4 14 7 4 29 1 0 27 1 1 16 0 2 12 3 Fielder delivered four no-balls and one wide. K en t. O. M.R. W. O. M. R. W. Tyler..........15 1 75 1 . Lewis ... 31 8 136 2 Robson ... 12 1 30 1 Braund ... 17 2 65 2 Bailey ... 15 1 61 0| Bailey and Lewis each bowled a no-ball and Lewis a wide. R ICHARD DAFT’S “ Nottinghamshire Marl.”— Particulars apply, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Notts. TA dvt . WORCESTERSHIRE v. SUSSEX. Piayed at Worcester oa August 15, 16, & 17. AN EXCITING FINISH . Drawn. Sussex, who were without Fry, batted first on a wicketrendered softby rain, and lost the younger Relf with only 16 scored. Killick fell at 48, but following his dismissal Vine and Young added 118for the third wicket, the latter especially playing very good cricket. Vine, who was the first to leave, scored 66 out of 166 in one hundred and seventy minutes, whilst Young made his 74 out of 156 in one hundred and forty minutes. Smith and Dwyer put on 50 for the ninth wicket, and the innings closed for the use­ ful total of 254. In the last seventy minutes of the day, the home side scored 52 without loss. On the second day the cricket was very interesting although more than once interfered with by rain. Everything was dwarfed by the batting of Pearson, who, by scor­ ing 139 out of 284 in three hours and a-half, played his highest innings for the county. He hit three 6 ’s and twelve 4’s, and made only one mistake, being missed by Young when 81. H. K. Foster, hitting a 6 and eight 4’s, made his 46 out of 69 in thirty-five minutes, and G. N., in precisely similar time, made eight 4’s also. Cuffe, Burrows and Crowe all made useful scores, the result being that Worcester­ shire could claim a lead of 143 on the innings. At the end of the day Sussex, represented by Smith and Dwyer, went in again, but before «‘i run had been scored play was postponed until the Saturday on account of bad light. On the third morning, after five wickets had fallen for 117, Vine and the elder Relf saved the side by adding 124 together. Vine batted two hundred minutes for 88 , and hit eleven 4’s, whilst Relf’s 75 included nine 4’s. Worcestershire, left 148 to win in eighty minutes, had a race throughout with the clock, several wickets being lost through eagerness to obtain runs. When time arrived, the home side, with two wickets in hand, required only 3 runs to win. Score and analysis :— S ussex First innings. Vine, b Burrows................. 66 Relf (R.), Ibw, b Cuffe ... 9 Killick, c G. N. Foster, b Cuffe ...............................27 R. A. Young, c Pearson, b Burrows ........................74 Relf (A. E.), run ou t......... 4 K. O. Goldie, c R. E. Foster, b Pearson........................ 9 Leach, c Straw, b Burrows 1 C. L. A. Smith, b Burrows 23 Cox (G.), lbw, b Burrows... 0 Dwyer, not out .................27 Butt, c G. N. Foster, b Burrows ........................ 0 B 9, lb 3, w 2, .............14 Second innings. b Pearson .......... b Arnold .......... c H. K. Foster, b Pearson ......... c R. E. Foster, b Arnold .......... b Cuffc................. Total ...254 b Pearson ..........22 c Crowe, b Cuffe 11 c R. E. Foster, b Pearson.......... 1 not out .......... 21 b Pearson ......... 23 c Straw, b Cuffc 8 B 12 , lb 2 ,nb 2 ,w 2 18 Total..........290 WORCESTERSHIRE. First innings. Pearson, c Vine, b Killick...139 Arnold, b Vine .... ..........29 H. K. Foster, b Cox ......... 46 R.E.Foster, c Butt, b A. Relf 15 G. N. Foster, c Leach, b Vine 43 W. B. Burns, c A. E. Relf, b Killick ........................ 7 Cuffe, c Smith, b Dwyer ... 28 Burrows, b Dwyer ..........41 Capt. J. V. Isaac, b Leach... 5 G. L. Crowe, b Dwyer ... 27 Straw, not out ................. 4 B 8 , lb 5 .................13 Second innings. b Leach .......... 2 c R. Relf, b Leach 24 c Young, b A. Relf 52 b A. Relf 0 c and b A. Relf... 34 not out ......... 6 b Killick ......... 16 c Dwyer, b A. Relf 10 b Leach ... ... 1 Total ...397 Arnold Cuffc .......... Pearson Burrows ... R. E. Foster Bum s... S ussex . First innings. O. M. R. W. .......... 24 6 43 0 .. 22 5 14 3 18-4 3 1 0 1 0 04 48 76 1 Byes, etc. ... i Total (8 wkts)14; Second innings. O. M. R. W. . ... 24 8 54 2 . ... 24*5 5 68 3 . ... 30 6 84 5 . ... 18 4 43 0 Arnold and Burrows each bowled two wides and Pearson and Burrows each a no-ball. WoRCESTERSII IRE. Lcacli......... Dwyer Cox ........ Vine ........ Relf (A. E.) Killick First innings. O. M. R. W. .............. 23 2 107 1 .......... 8-4 1 38 3 10 1 37 1 34 11 110 2 16 4 60 1 10 1 32 2 , Second innings. O. M. R. W. . ... 5 1 34 3 ... 70 43 1 ...12-4 1 68 4 GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. HAMPSHIRE. Played at Cheltenhamon August 15, 16, & 17. Gloucestershire won by 83 runs. On the opening day the start was delayed owing to the late arrival of the Hampshire men through ;i railway accident. Bacon, who captained the visitors in the absence of Sprot, sent Gloucester­ shire in upon winning the toss, and for some time the policy seemed to be a successful one. Chanipain, cutting and driving well, made his 39in half-an-hour and showed the best cricket on the side. " By the time Hampshire went in the wicket had improved, but when stumps were drawn for the day the visitors had lost half their wickets for 85. Bowell was batting almost an hour and a-half for 19, whilst White, who carried out his bat for 35, was missed when 6 . On Friday the latter remained undefeated to the end, he and Persse adding 7ti for the sixth wicket and being chiefly responsible for the lead of 34 obtained by their side. In the afternoon rain caused an interruption of three hours, and it was not until a quarter past five that the game could be resumed. The bowlers were handicapped by having to use a wet ball, and Jessop, seeing his opportunity, made 53 not out in a quarter of an hour : altogether he made 73 of the 101 added for the fourth wicket that day in thirty-five minutes, scoring off thirty of the forty-one balls he received, and making five 4’s off an over from Persse. His merry innings quite changed the aspect of the game, three wickets being down for 161 at the end of the day. On the third morning the pair remained together until the fourth wicket had realised . Jessop, who made 92of the number, batted sixty-five minutes and hit thirteen 4’s ; Cliampain, who was last out, made eight 4’s and was at the wickcts eiglity-five minutes. Hampshire, set 204 to win, made 79for four wiekets before lunch, and were eventually beaten by 83 runs. Dennett took fourteen wickets in the match for 111 runs. Score and analysis :— G lou cestershire . First innings. Board, c Mead by Persse ... 19 Langdon,run out................. 8 F. H. B. Chanipain, c Lang­ ford, b Persse .................39 H. S. Goodwin, c Stone, b Jesson...............................19 L. D. Brownlee, b Mead ... 14 G. L. Jessop, c Llewellyn, b Persse ........................12 Winstone, b Persse .......... 0 C. Barnett, b Mead ... 9 F. B. Roberts, not out ... 4 Mills, c Langford, b Mead.. 0 Dennett, c Stone, b Persse 0 B 3, lb 1, w 1, n b 2... 7 Second innings. b Newman..........25 c Stone,b Lawson 15 c L a w s o n , b Llewellyn ... 70 b Llewellyn ... 0 c and b Lawson .. 15 c Stone, b Persse 92 b Llewellyn ... 0 c Langford, b Persse .......... 1 b Llewellyn ... 0 b Llewellyn ... 6 not out ......... 0 Lb 2, w 1, nb 4 7 Total ..........131 H am psh ire . Total ...237 First innings. Mead (C. P.),b M ills...........13 Bowell, hit wkt, b Dennett 19 Capt. W. N. White, not out 63 Llewellyn, b Mills ... ... 11 Stone, c Goodwin,b Dennett 0 Newman, lbw, b Dennett... 2 H. W. Persse, c Brownlee, b Dennett ..................50 F. H. Bacon, c Roberts, b Dennett ................... 5 R. W. F. Jesson, b Dennett 0 M. B. Lawson, b Dennett... 1 Langford, b Mills ........... 0 Bye .................. 1 Second innings. b Mills... .......... c ... Goodwill, b Mills................. st Board, b Den­ nett ................. c Goodwin, b Dennett.......... b Mills................. not out .......... st Board, b Den­ nett .............. c Barnett, b Den­ nett ................. b Dennett......... st Board, b Mills c and b Mills ... Byes 5, lb 2... Total... ...165 Total ..........120 GLOUCESTERSIIIRE. First innings. . Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Persse.......... ... 15-1 8 12 5 ... ... 17 3 75 2 Newman ... ... 12 2 49 0 ... .. 11 0 60 1 Llewellyn ... ... 4 0 13 0 ... ... 73 0 21 5 Mead .......... ... 11 3 27 3 ... ... 6 2 14 0 Langford ... ... 2 0 18 0 ... ... 6 4 15 0 Jesson........ . ... 2 0 5 1 ... Lawson ... 8 0 .45 2 Persse delivered five no-balls, Newman one wide and one no-ball, and Mead one wide. H am psh ire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Dennett .......... 42 18 68 7 ........... 17 4 43 5 Mills .............. 25 8 63 3 ........... 7 2 70 5 Roberts .. ...10 5 25 0 Jcssop .......... 40 ' 8 0 Langdon .......... 1 1 0 0