Cricket 1907

364 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 22, 1907. T H E SOUTH AFR ICANS. 2 5 th M a tc h o p t h e Tour. ENGLAND v. SOUTH AFRICA . ( t h i h d t e s t m a t c h .) Played at the Oval on August 19, 20, and 2 1 . Drawn. As each of the two previous matches between England and South Africa had been very seriously interfered with by rain, the wish was unanimous that the third meeting of the sides would take place in splendid, cricket-like weather. Such, unfortu­ nately, failed to be the case, however, and when Foster won the toss for the third time in succession, the South Africans would have had ample reason to complain of their luck, had they wished to do so. Crawford was given the preference over Rhodes for the eleventh place in the England side, and when the match started there was an excellent attendance. During the day 16,680 persons paid for admission, so there must have been considerably over 20,000 altogether on the ground. The start was as sensational as it could have been, for to the first ball delivered —by Vogler — Hayward was lbw. Tyldesley went in and made a few good strokes, but with only 19 scored was bowled in trying to place a ball from Faulkner round to leg. The appearance of Foster at this critical point was warmly greeted by the ring, who showed their appreciation “ in the usual way.” With but 10 runs added, Fry, when 13, was bowled by a no-ball from Faulkner, but no importance can be attached to the occurrence. The two old Oxonians played a bright game, but the advent of Schwarz at 56 checked the rate of run- getting. Foster, without seeming to be altogether at his ease, played very well, and passed Fry’s score at 27. The pair remained in partnership eighty minutes, during which time Foster claimed 51 of the 86 added for the third wicket in an hour and twenty minutes: he made his runs in all directions, and hit four 4’s. Braund, who followed in, had made only a couple when rain came down and caused play to stop five minutes before the time arranged for lunch. The score was then 112 for three wickets, Fry being not out 45. For half an hour the down­ pour was extremely heavy, and, although the sun afterwards shone brightly, it was not until twenty minutes past four that it was found possible to re­ sume play. On the wet wicket Fry scored more freely than in the morning, but it was not until he had been in a couple of hours that he completed his 50. At 154, Braund, who had remained in whilst 49 were J mt on for the fourth wicket, was bowled by Schwarz or a steady 18, in which were some good off-drives. Hirst made a boundary, and was then out to an easy catch, half the wickets being down at his dismissal for 170. Jessop and Crawford were out to well- judged catches by S. D. Snooke in the long-field after making a couple, the former being caught off Sinclair at 177, and the latter off Schwarz at 181. This series of disasters caused Fry to play a steadier and more watchful game, and, with Lilley in, the cricket, if at times a little slow, was always interest­ ing. Fry, with a hit to square leg, completed his 100 after batting three hours and forty minutes, and, when stumps were drawn with the total 226 for seven, carried out his bat for a faultless and most praiseworthy innings of 108. He hit as many as forty singles, but missed no opportunity of scoring. The bowling was very good and true throughout, and was well supported by the field. On Tuesday a very heavy rainfall was experienced just before ten o’clock, and so affected the wicket that it was not until a-quarter past one that the game could be pro­ ceeded with. Fry and Lilley made a good stand, but after 31 more had been added in 25 minutes rain again descended and stopped the play. The delay, fortunately, was not serious, being less than half-an- hour, but only one run was added after the resump­ tion when Fry was caught-and-bowled off a long-hop from Faulkner. The stand for the eighth wicket had realised 90 in an hour and a-half, and the Sussex captain made his 129 in fourhours and three-quarters. His driving and pulling were excellent throughout his faultless display, whilst he hit a 5 and seven 4’s. Lilley, shortly afterwards, was bowled by a ball he did not attempt to play, having batted 95 minutes for his valuable 42. Blythe and Knox quickly added 21 for the last wicket, the innings, when the former was bowled, closing for 295. Schwarz, who kept an excellent length, did the best bowling on the side for the visitors, his three wickets costing only 45 runs. The South Africans commenced with Sherwell and Faulkner, and only eight runs had been scored when the latter was cleverly caught-and-bowled— low down, right-hand—by Hirst, and Shirwell bowled by Blythe. With Nourse and S. J. Snooke together the much-needed stand was effected. The new­ comer quickly settled down, and hit Blythe for 9 in one over, and, with Snooke also playing freely, the cricket was good to watch. At the end of an hour 50 went up, but shortly afterwards the left-hander, when 28, was almost caught in the slips off Craw­ ford. The mistake, however, was not very expensive, for at 69, when the stand had realised 61, Nourse was caught at the wicket off Knox. Sinclair, who followed in, hit up 22 out of 36 in twenty-five minutes, but was then out to a simple catch in the slips. In this way the fourth wicket fell at 105, and Shalders, soon after his arrival, saw S. J. Snooke, when 41, let off in the slips by Braund off Blythe. The batsman then completed his 50, after a stay of one hundred and five minutes, and when it appeared likely that he would carry his bat out, was caught at mid-off off the last ball of the day for a capital 63, which lasted two hours and a quarter, and contained a 5 and seven 4’s. The total was then 149 for five wickets, the stand after the fall of the fourth wicket having realised 44. During the day 11,210 paid for admission. On the third morning the South Africans fared badly, for in the third over, with only eleven runs added, Vogler was yorked by Blythe, whilst three later Schwarz was caught at point off Hirst. Eleven were then quickly added, after which the innings rapidly concluded, for at 174 Shalders was out to a good catch low down at cover-point by Jessop, a run later White was finely stumped, and at 178 S. D. Snooke was caught by Foster at silly point. The collapse had been com­ plete, the hist five wickets falling for 29 in fifty minutes. Blythe and Hirst bowled admirably, and thoroughly deserved their success. As at the com­ mencement of the match, the England innings was opened by Hayward and Fry, and again a disastrous start was made. With only six scorcd Hayward was caught at the wicket and Fry bowled leg stump, whilst at 20 Tyldesley was caught at cover-point. With Braund and Foster together some very careful play was seen, and at lunch time the total had been taken to 65 without further loss, England then being 182 runs on with seven wickets in hand. After lunch the pair remained together until they had added 69 for the fourth wicket, Foster then being caught and bowled for a flawless 35. Jessop, who followed in, received 8 balls off which he scored two 4’s, a 2, and a single, and was then stumped. Braund was out very soon after, having batted 85 minutes for his valuable 34. Crawford at 118 was caught off a skier, both Hirst and Blythe were sent back at 131, and at 138 Knox was bowled, the South Africans being set 256 to win in two hours and three-quarters. In the Englishmen’s second innings Schwarz took three wickets for 21 and Vogler four for 49. The visitors opened their innings with Sinclair and Faulkner, and it soon became evident that an attempt would be made to obtain the runs. Knox and Hirst were the bowlers, and each missed the wicket more than once by a hair’s breadth. The pair by free hitting put on 61 in 35 minutes, Sinclair then being bowled for a hard-hit 28. Eleven later Faulkner met with a similar fate, whilst at 76 White also fell to Hirst. At the end of an hour 87 had been made, and it was not until 110 that the fourth wicket—Vogler’s—fell. S. J. Snooke made a most useful 36 before being caught off Dlythe, whilst Shalders was seen to advantage in making his 24. When five wickets had fallen for 159, the light became so bad that it was decided to stop the match. Considering how wickets had fallen earlier in the day, the South Africans did very well to make so good a fight. During the three days 40,722 persons paid for admission. Score and analysis:— E ngland . S outh A fricans . First innings. Second innings. P. W. Sherwell (Transvaal), b Blythe ........................ 6 G. A. Faulkner (Transvaal), c and b Birst ................ 2 b Hirst................. 42 S. J. Snooke (Western Pro­ vince), c Jessop, b Hirst 63 c Foster,b Blythe 36 A.D.Nourse (Natal),c Lilley, b Knox ........................31 notout.................. 0 J. H. Sinclair (Transvaal), c Crawford, b K n o x ..........22 b Hirst . W. A. Shalders (Transvaal), c Jessop, b B lythe..........31 notout . A. E. Vogler (Transvaal), b Blythe............................... 5 b Blythe R. O. Schwarz (Transvaal), c Blythe, b Hirst ... 2 Q C. White (Transvaal), st Lilley, b Blythe .......... 4 b Hirst... S. D. Snooke (Western Pro­ vince), c Foster, b Blythe 0 M. Hathorn (Transvaal), not out ... ................. 3 B 3,1b 1, nb 2 .......... 6 R 5,lb3,nb I 28 24 1 First innings. Second innings. C. B. Fry (Sussex), c and b Faulkner ........................129 b Vogler .......... 3 Hayward (Surrey), lbw, b c Sherwell, b Vogler............................... 0 Nourse .......... 3 Tyldesley (Lancashire), b Faulkner ........................ 8 c White,b Nourse 11 R. E. Foster fWorcester­ shire-', lbw, b Vogler 51 c &b S. J. Snooke 35 Braund (Somerset), b c Schwarz, b Schwarz ........................ 18 Vogler .......... 31 Hirst (Yorkshire), c S. J. Snooke, b Schwarz 4 ht wkt,b Schwarz 16 O. L. Jessop (Gloucester­ shire), c S. D. Snooke, b st Sherwell, b Sinclair ........................ 2 Schwarz.......... 11 J. N. Crawford (Surrey), c S. D. Snooke, b Schwarz.. 2 c Nourse,bVogler 2 Lilley (Warwickshire), b Nourse............................... 42 notout................. 9 Blythe (Kent), b Nourse ... 10 b Schwarz.......... 0 N. A. Knox (Surrey), not out 8 b Vogler 3 B 6, lb 12, w 1, nb 2... 21 B 3, lb 6, nb 2 11 Total..................... 295 Total......... 138 Total- First innings. ..........178 Total (5 wkts) 159 E ngland . Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Vogler ... ... 31 7 86 2 ........ . 14.3 2 4!) 4 Faulkner ... 27 2 78 2 ........ . 3 1 6 0 Schwarz... ... 27 8 45 3 .. ... 14 7 21 3 White ... 9 2 28 0 .................. Sinclair ... ... 14 4 27 1 .. .. Nourse ... ... 4 1 10 2 ........ .' 18 6 43 2 s . J. Snooke.. 5 3 8 1 Faulkner and S. J. Snooke each bowled two no-balls, and Schwarz a wide. S outh A fricans . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O M. R. W. Plythe •• ... 20.3 5 61 5 ........ . 12.3 3 36 2 Hirst ... 22 7 39 3 ........ . 13 1 42 3 Crawford ... 11 2 33 0 .......... 6 3 11 0 Knox ... 10 2 39 2 .......... 8 0 53 0 Braund . .. 1 0 5 0 Hirst bowled three no-balls. HAM PSH IRE v. SOMERSET Played at Portsmouth on August 19, 20, & 21. Hampshire won by 10G runs. During the three hours and-a-half available for cricket on the opening day, Hampshire completed an innings for 262, stumps being drawn when the last wicket fell. After Bowell’s dismissal for 21, Sprot and Mead made the stand of the innings, adding 99 for the second wicket in sixty-five min­ utes. The amateur, who made 54, was missed when 26, whilst Mead, who hit thirteen 4’s in his 88, was let off when 11 and again when 34. On a pitch which assisted the bowlers the last five wickets went down for 25 runs. On a tricky wicket, Somerset­ shire commenced well by making 48 for the first wicket, and Bisgood and Robson made useful scores. The last seven wickets, however, fell for 49, and Hampshire were left with a lead of 99. Mead supplemented his fine innings by taking six wickets for 55. In their second innings Hampshire lost Mead before a run had been made, whilst Sprot and Llewellyn had also been sent back by the time the total had reachcd 53. Persse, hitting eleven 4’s, made 56 in a trifle over an hour, but the others did little, and when Somerset had obtained five runs, without loss, of the 268 required to win play ceased for the day. On the third morning wickets fell quickly and at no time did it appear likely that the runs would be made. Robson, however, played a fine game and Woods made 26 in characteristic fashion, but Hampshire had no difficulty in winning by 106 runs. Score and analysis:— H ampshire . First innings. Mead (O. P.), b Lewis... Bowell, b Mordaunt ... 21 F-.M. Sprot,c Lewis, b Tyler 54 Llewellyn, b Lewis ......... 24 Stone, c Palairet, b Robson 27 II. W. Persse. b Lewis ... 12 F. H. Bacon, b Lewis.......... 0 Langford, not out .......... 9 R. W. Jesson, b Lewis ... 4 B. M. Lawson, c Woods, b Lew is............................... 2 Smoker, b Robson .......... 4 B 12, lb 3, nb 2..........17 Total .................262 Second innings. cBisgood.bLewis 0 c Deane, b Mor­ daunt ..........16 c Newton,b Tyler 27 c Palairet.b Tyler 4 b Lewis ..........14 c Deane, b Lewis 56 b Lewis ..........15 c Poyntz, b Lewis 17 b Lewis .......... 0 st Newton,b Mor­ daunt ..........13 n o to u t................ 0 B 4, lb 2 ... 6 Total ...16§