Cricket 1907

374 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g . 29, 1907. DERBYSHIRE v. ESSEX. Played at Derby on August 22, 23, and 21. Essex won by 222 runs. The home side commenced this match in capital style, Bestwick and Warren bowling with such effect that Essex lost their first five wickets for 33 runs. Freeman and Perrin, who was missed when 3 by Bestwick at mid-on, then put on 55 together, the former batting one hundred and five minutes for his valuable 07, included in which were seven 4’s. Young continued the good work and, in the course of his hard hit 41, sent the ball eight times to the boundary. If the Derbyshire fielding had been up the mark so large a total as 194 would not have been made, for Freeman was twice missed and Young was let off early in his innings. During the latter part of the day the home side fared badly, their first seven wickets going down for 57. The light was certainly poor at times, but not bad enough to account altogether for the collapse. At the end of the day Needham and Warren put on 27 without being separated, and when stumps were drawn the total was 84 for seven. In all, the pair added 45 for the eighth wicket, and it was due very largely to them that the innings realised 119. Mead, who bowled 94 balls, took six wickets for 21 runs. The second innings of Essex was marked by a fine display on the part of Perrin, who made 73 out of 133 in one hundred and thirty minutes ; he hit seven 4’s, and was missed just before he was out. At the end of the innings there was some successful hitting by Russell and Mead, who, in half-an-hour, put on 53 for the last wicket. Derbyshire, set 321 to win, lost Carlin, Fleming, and Humphries on the Friday night for 15, and on the following morning had half their wickets down for 20. Needham and Cadman added 35 at a critical time, but in the end Essex were left with the easiest of victories by 222 runs. Score and analysis:— E ssex . First innings. Second innings. J. W. H. T. Douglas, b Best­ wick ............................... 11 b Bracey .......... 37 R. P. Keigwin, lbw, b Bestc Wright, b War­ wick ............................... 1 ren ................. 9 P.A.Perrin,lbw,b Bestwick 33 c and b Cadman 73 C.P.McGahey,c Humphries, c Wright, b War­ b Bestwick ................. 3 ren ................. 14 Buckenham, c Carlin, b c Humphries, b Warren ................. ... 1 Bracey .......... 14 S. P. Meston, b Warren ... 2 c Humphries, b Bestwick 23 Freeman (E. J.), b Bestc Warren, b Cad­ wick ............................... 67 man ................. 9 Reeves, c Needham, b Bestc Carlin, b Cad­ wick ............................... 11 man ................. 0 Young, b Warren................. 41 b Bestwick.......... 0 Russell (E.), not o u t.......... 11 not out................. 19 Mead(W.),cWright,bWarren 1 c Bestwick, b Bracey .......... 33 B10, lb 2 ................. 12 B 7, lb 5, nb 2 14 Total ...................194 Total............245 D erbyshire . First innings. Second innings. L. G. Wright, c Perrin, b Douglas ........................ 1 b Mead................. 3 Morton, lbw, b Buckenham 22 c Mead,b Douglas 8 Carlin, c Russell, b Bucken­ ham ...............................13 bMead................. 1 C. B. Fleming, b Bucken­ ham ............................... 2 b Buckenham ... 3 Needham, c Russell, b Mead 24 c Russell, bYoung 39 Humphries, b Mead ......... 1 bMead.................. 3 Cadman, b Mead................. 0 lbw, b Reeves ... 11 R. B. Rickman, c Russell, b Mead ............................... 0 c and b Young .. 9 Warren, b M ead.................38 not out..................11 Bracey, not out ................. 8 bMead.................. 8 Bestwick, b Mead ......... 0 cRussell, bYoung 1 Lb 8, w 1, nb 1...........10 Leg-bye ... 1 Total ..................119 Total..............98 E ssex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Bestwick ... 30 10 55 6 ........... 32 12 69 2 Cadman........... 22 6 62 0 ........... 28 8 66 3 Warren..........16’1 9 37 4 ............ 15 5 45 2 Rickman . . 6 3 15 0 ........... 1 0 3 0 Bracey ........... 3 0 13 0 ........... 18 3 4 38 3 Morton.......... 3 2 10 0 Bestwick and Warren each bowled a no-ball. D erbyshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W Buckenham ... 18 1 65 3 ........... 12 3 21 1 Douglas .......... 6 1 16 1 ........... 8 1 15 1 M ead................. 15*4 7 21 6 ........... 20 5 45 4 Reeves ......... 4 1 7 0 ........... 2 0 13 1 Young .......... 3*3 1 3 3 Buckenham bowled a wide and a no-ball. KEN T v. YORKSH IRE. Played at Canterbury on Aug. 22, 23, and 24. Drawn. On the opening day Yorkshire scored 147 in three hours and a-quarter on a rather slow wicket, and Kent replied with a total of 91 for three wickets, play ceasing at ten minutes to six on account of bad light. Tunnicliffe made 45 out of 116 in two hours and a-half, and Denton 39 out of 59 in forty-five minutes. With the total 74 for two Mason went on to bowl, and, maintaining a fine length and getting plenty of spin on the ball, took five wickets for 30. Except from Myers and Newstead, who added 26 for the eighth wicket, he met with little resistance. Kent 108 1 Humphreys at 21, and, before stumps were drawn, Hutchings and Woolley had also been dismissed. On Friday morning Seymour and Day added 42 in fifty minutes, and the latter and Mason 56 in an hour, and, although the tail collapsed, Kent could claim a lead of 62 on the innings. In their second innings Yorkshire made 179 for five wickets before stumps were drawn, being then 117 runs on with half their wickets in hand. Rhodes played a delightful game, hitting fourteen 4’s, and scoring his 95 out of 144 in one hundred and twenty-five minutes. On Saturday rain prevented the game being resumed until ten minutes to one. At 208 Myers was caught at slip, and 4 later Newstead was held at cover, Woolley taking both wickets. Hirst reached his 50 out of 66, and altogether batted two hours and a-half. He hit fourteen 4’s, and credited himself with his highest score of the season. Kent were set 217 to win, and played such a slow game that at the end of an hour the total was only 16 for three wickets. Shortly after half-past five, with the score 66 for four wickets, the game was left drawn. Score and analysis :— Y orkshire . First innings. Second innings. Tunnicliffe, c and b Mason 45 c Marsham, b Blythe ......... 4 Rhodes, c Seymour, b c Humphreys, b Blythe ... ................ 3 Mason ........ 95 Denton, c Fielder, b c Woolley, b Humphreys .................39 Blythe .........13 Wilkinson, (W.H.),b Mason 15 c Fielder, b Mason 29 Hirst, lbw, b Fielder.......... 0 not out ..........91 Bates, c Seymour, b Mason 0 b Mason .......... 5 Myers, c Seymour, b Mason 24 c Hutchings, b Woolley......... 7 Newstead, b Mason ..........16 c Marsham, b W oolley......... 0 Lord Hawke, c Humphreys, c Seymour, b b Fielder ........................ 0 Woolley ........ 16 Hunter, not o u t ................. 0 c Humphreys, b Woolley.......... 7 Deyes, b Fielder................. 4 c Marsham, b Blythe .......... 1 Wide ........................ 1 B 6, lb 1, nb 3... 10 Total .................147 Total .......... 278 K ent . First innings. Second innings. Woolley, b Rhodes ..........37 c Bates, b New­ stead .......... 1 Humphreys, b Deyes..........10 c Hirst, b Rhodes 22 Seymour (Jas.), c Denton, b Newstead........................52 c Bates, b Hirst... 3 K. L. Hutchings, b Rhodes 5 c Deyes, b New­ stead .......... 7 S. H. Day, lbw, b Myers ... 51 not out ...........25 J. R. Mason, b Deyes ... 29 not out .......... 6 R. N. R. Blaker, c Bates, b Myers............................... 4 C. H. B. Marsham, b Hirst 1 Huish, b Hirst .......... ... 9 Blythe, c Rhodes, b Hirst 3 Fielder, not o u t ................. 0 B 4, lb 2, nb 2 .......... 8 No-balls............. 2 Total ......... .. ...209Total (4 wkts) 66 Y orkshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Fielder .......... 24-5 5 66 3 ........... 18 8 41 0 Blythe ......... 14 5 24 1 ........... 31 6 94 3 Humphreys ... 10 1 26 1 ........... 6 2 18 0 Mason................. 20 8 30 5 ........... 19 8 31 3 W oolley......... 20 3 84 4 Fielder bowled one wide and two no-balls and Woolley one no-ball. K ent . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. H irst................. 24*54 54 3 ........... in 5 23 1 Deyes................. 15 3 42 2 ... ... 3 1 5 0 Rhodes .......... 18 1 56 2 ........... 14 4 21 1 Newstead.......... 15 5 33 1 ........... 17 14 3 2 Myers................. 8 1 16 2 ... ... 3 0 11 0 W ilkinson.............................. 4 3 1 0 Hirst bowled one no-ball and Deyes three. M ID D L E S E X v. S U S S E X . Played at L ord’ s on A ugust 22, 23, and 24. Middlesex w on by 11 runs. Runs were not obtained at all easily on the first day, only 301 being made during the five hours play was in progress, and thirteen wickets going down. Middlesex had MacGregor and Bosanquet away, but Sussex were at full strength. Against Leach and Vine, Middlesex lost their first four wickets for 45 runs, but Tarrant and Murrell effected an improve­ ment by adding 45 for the fifth. The last-named, driving with great power and hitting eleven 4’s, made his 63 out of 105 in an hour and a-half. At lunch the total was 133 for four wickeis, but after the interval there was a collapse, the last six men being disposed of for 30. Vine bowled his leg- breaks with much skill, his four wickets costing nine runs apiece. Sussex lost Fry—caught and bowled by Wells low down with the left hand—at 10, but Vine and Killick put on 95 in 85 minutes, the former, playing a slightly brisker game than usual, reaching his 50 out of 91 in that time. Killick cut and off- drove very well, and by the end of the day Sussex, with seven wickets to fall, were only 15 runs behind. There was rain in the night, and on the Friday 23 wickets fell for 275 runs. The Sussex lead amounted to only 59, and would not have been so much as that if there had not been an abnormal number of extras allowed. Vine, batting four hours, carried his bat through the innings for 78: he hit eight 4’s and played a splendid game. Hearne took six wickets for 25 runs, being in quite his old form. So badly did Middlesex fare when they went in the second time that Warner, Douglas, and Tarrant had all been sent back by the time the total had reached 25. Payne played a delightful innings, cutting and driving with much power, and hitting seven 4’s in his 58; with Trott he added 36, and with Murrell, who hit six 4’s in his 28, 49. Sussex were left only 96 to win, and, despite the state of the wicket, the task did not appear to be a severe one. Murrell kept wicket instead of Payne, who had allowed so many extras in the first innings, and the change proved a very beneficial one. Only 10 had been made when Vine was out to a very fine catch at the wicket, and three later Fry also was sent back. Tarrant was bowling splendidly, and during the hour and a-quarter before stumps were drawn Sussex lost six wickets for 37. On Saturday Leach was bowled at 42, but the elder Relf and Cox raised the hopes of the visitors by adding 32 for the eighth wicket in 40 minutes. The eighth wicket fell at 74, and the ninth ten later, and when Butt went in, last man, 12 runs were still required. The new-comer proved unequal to keeping his wicket up, and, being bowled second ball without a run, left Middlesex victorious by 11 runs. Score and analysis: — M iddlesex . First innings. Second innings. P. F. Warner, b V in e........ 16 b Leach ............ 1 J. Douglas, c Fry, b Leach 2 c A. E. Relf, b Leach M. W. Payne, b Leach ... 21 c Butt, b Oox ... 58 Tarrant, c Young, b Vine 37 c and b A. E. Relf 5 Trott (A.E),c Cox, b Leach 1 b Vine.................17 Murrell, c Young, b Leach 63 c Leach, b Killick 28 O.M.Wells, cR. Relf,b Vine 8 c R. Relf, b Cox... 12 L. G. Colbeck, b Leach ... 1 notout.................16 Hearne (J. T.), not out ... 7 b Leach .......... 6 G. G. Napier, b Vine.......... 0 c A. E. Relf, b Leach .......... 4 Mignon, run o u t................. 0 c Young, b Cox 1 B 1, lb 5, nb 1 .......... 7 Lb 4, nb 1 ... 5 Total .................163 Total ...154 S ussex . First innings. Second innings. O. B. Fry, c and b Wells ... 6 c Murrell, b Tar­ rant ................. 5 Vine, not out........................78 c Murrell, b Tar­ rant ................. 5 Killick, st Payne, b Trott... 44 c Trott, b Hearne 9 R. A. Young, c Napier, b c Napier, b Tar- Trott ............................... 8 rant................. 6 Relf (R.), c and b Hearne... 15 b Hearne .......... 0 K. O. Goldie, b Hearne ... 9 b Tarrant . ...10 Relf(A.E.),cTrott,bHearne 15 notout.................22 Leach, b Trott ................. 8 b Tarrant .......... 3 Cox (G.),c Murrell,b Hearne 1 c and b Tarrant 15 Dwyer, c Napier, b Hearne 5 c Napier, b Tar­ rant ................. 7 Butt, c Trott, b Hearne ... 1 b Tarrant.......... 0 B 31, nb 1 ....................32 Leg-byes ... 2 Total ..................222 Total ... 84 M iddlesex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W Leach ..........20 5 2 78 5 . ........ 13 2 51 4 Relf (A. E.) ... 6 1 15 0 .......... 7 2 15 1 Vine................. 20 9 36 4 .. ... 5 0 26 1 C o x ................. 8 3 22 0 ......... 12 4 25 3 Dwyer .......... 2 0 5 0 . ........ 4 1 15 0 Killick ... 7 1 17 1 Leach bowled two no-balls.