Cricket 1907

396 CRICKET ; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S ept . 5, 1907. out of 173 in 160 minutes before being caught at long-on by Hobbs. His chief strokes were a 5 and sixteen 4’s. The latter part of his innings was more vigorous than the first, seeing that he took only half- an-hour to increase his total from 50 to 100. He was third out, at 173, but after his dismissal such a collapse occurred that at 189 the seventh wicket fell. Jayes and Hazlcrigg then added 39, and the total eventually reached 243. Lees did excellent work in taking six wickets for 11 runs each, and would have gained an even better analysis with better luck. At the end of the day Hayward and Hobbs scored 20 together without being separated. Yesterday Hay­ ward was caught at mid-off when he had scored only 21, but Hobbs and Hayes made a good stand, the latter obtaining his 40 at the rate of one a minute. Interest centred chiefly in the doings of Hobbs, who reached his 50 in 75 minutes and afterwards completed his 2,000 runs for the season. Just when it appeared likely that he would make a hundred, he was caught at slip, having scored his 96 out of 207 in 155 minutes. He hit a 5 and eight 4’s, and was twice missed. At lunch time eight wickets were down for 221, and at that point the innings was declared closed, Leicestershire being left with 260 to win. Apart from Coe, who made 50, no one obtained any mastery over the bowling and the whole side were dismissed for 103, leaving Surrey easy winners by 156 runs. Lees bowled with much effect at the end of the innings, and made his record for the match ten wickets for 82 runs. Score and analysis:— S urrey . First innings. Hayward,cE. Wood, b Jayes 6 Hobbs, b Jayes ................. 4 Haye3,c Jayes, b Whitelieadl57 J. N. Orawford, b Jayes ... 0 Lord Dalmeny. b Odell ... 12 Marshal, cE . Wood,b Jayes 1 Holland,c Crawford, b King 25 Lees, b King........................25 Spring,c Hazlerigg. b Jayes 4 Strudwick, lbw, b King ... 7 Smith (W. O.), not out ... 34 B 5, lb 1 ................. 6 Second innings, c King, b Astill... 21 c Crawford, b King ..........96 stE.Wood.b King 40 c Odell, b Jayei c and b Jayes . c Whitehead, Odell ... . c Hazlerigg, King .. . c Coe, b Astill . not out............... notout.............. B 4, lb 4 . Total .................281 Total (8 wkts) *221 * Innings declared closed. L eicestersh ire. Second innings. b Orawford ... 10 c Lees, b Smith... 5 c Hobbs, b Smith 5 c Marshal,b Lees 50 First innings. O. J. B. Wood, c Strudwick, b Lees...............................18 Knight, c Hobbs, b Smith 109 Whitehead, b Lees .......... 5 King, c Hayward, b Smith 39 c Hayes, b Craw­ ford Ooe, c Hayes, b Smith ... 8 V. F. S. Crawford, st Strud­ wick, b Lees ................. 1 Jayes, not out .................34 W. W. Odell, c Orawford, b Lees ............................... 4 Sir A. G. Hazlerigg, run out 16 Astill. c Holland, b Lees ... 6 Wood (E.), c Holland, b Lees 1 Leg-byes ................. 2 c & b Smith n ... b Smith .......... c Holland, b Lees cHayward.b I^ees not out................. b Lees................. B 9, lb 1 ... T otal- First innings. O ' ...243 S urrey . Jayes Odell Astill Whitehead King M. R. W. 26 5 123 5 . 18 4 65 1 . 9 1 32 0 .. 2.1 0 10 1 13 2 45 3 . Total ...103 Second innings. O. ... 13 ... 16 ... 13 M. R. W. 0 57 2 5 63 1 0 41 2 18 2 52 3 Lees.......... Orawford Marshal ... Smith Hayes First innings O. ' L eicestershire . . 32.5 . 19 . 10 . 15 . 2 M.R. W 8 666 ........... .. 2 550 ........... 16 2 290 ........... 0 843 ........... 17 0 70 ........... Second innings. O. M. R. W 5 42 4 GENTLEMEN OF PLATERS OF being missed no less than three times in scoring 41. After his dismissal another collapse occurred, and the ninth wicket went down with only 146 on the board. When Moreom went in, Perrin hit out lustily, playing the correct game in the circumstances, and his policy proved so successful that in forty-five minutes the tenth wicket put on 65. Perrin played a very fine, though not faultless, innings. Driving with great power, he made 117 out of 188 in exactly two hours, and hit eighteen 4’s. When 89, he was twice missed in an over off Fairservice, offering a return to the bowler and a chance to Seymour in the long-field, whilst at 111 he was let off by Vine running from third man. Considering the extent to which he monopolised the scoring, however, these were but slight blemishes. On the following morning May found the wicket thoroughly to his liking, and the Players lost their first five men for 41. Board and Relf added 28 for the seventh wicket, and, although Butt made a dozen, the Players were 92 behind when the innings closed. May took eight of tho wickets for 49 runs, bowling at a fine pace. By lunch time the Gentlemen had lost three wickets for 25, but after the interval Jessop played awonderful innings, which will be found fully referred to in Gossip (page 394, col. 2). With McGahey he added 108 for the fourth wicket in thirty-five minutes, and with Blaker 77 for the fifth in similar time. Altogether he made 191 out of 234 in 90 minutes, hitting five 6’s and thirty 4’s, and giving only one chance—a diffi­ cult one—to Woolley at mid-on when 159. The Players were set 406 to win, and fared so badly that by the time stumps were drawn they had lost five of their wickets for 104, although Vine and Woolley made 49 together for the opening partnership. On Wednesday the Players never appeared in the least likely to evade defeat, and were handsomely thrashed by 233 runs. Morcom took seven wickets for 76 runs in the last innings. It was certainly a fine perform­ ance on the part of the amateurs to win by so large a margin, considering how little bowling they had at their command. Score and analysis :— G entlem en o f th e First innings. S. H. Day, c and b Dennett 13 R. A. Young, b Fairservice 15 P. A. Perrin, c Killick. b Dennett ......................117 C. P. McGahey, c Butt, b Fairservice .................. 0 G. L. Jessop, b Fairservice 0 R. N. R. Blaker, c Seymour, b Dennett......................... 3 C.L.A.Smith,c Humphreys, b Dennett........ .........41 H. L. Simms, c Relf, b Fair­ service................................ 0 J. W. Nason, c Seymour, b Fairservice ................. 1 P. R. May, c Seymour, b Dennett ........................ 6 A. F. Morcom, not out ... 13 B 1, lb 1 ................. 2 Total ..211 THE SOUTH v. THE SOUTH. Played at Hastings on September 2, 3, and 4. EXTRAORDINARY INNINGS BY JESSOP. The Gentlemen won by 233 runs. During the two hours and a-quarter that play was in progress on Monday, the Gentlemen completed their innings for 211. At one time it appeared un­ likely that even a hundred would be made, for in the first forty minutes five wickets went down before Dennett and Fairservice for 49. The turning point came when Smith joined Perrin, for the pair, during their association of three-quarters of an hour, added 89 for the sixth wicket. Smith was very fortunate, P la y e rs o f th e First innings. Vine, c Young, b May ... 0 Woolley, c Simms, b Jessop 11 Humphreys, c Perrin, b May ...............................19 Seymour (Jas.), c andb May 0 Killick, b May ................. 9 Langdon, c May, b Jessop.. 17 Relf(A. E.), c Perrin, b May 14 Board, not out .................26 Fairservice, c and b May ... 4 Dennett, c Young, b May... 4 Butt, b M ay........................12 Lb 2, nb, 1................. 3 S outh . Second innings. b Dennett..........18 cBoard,bDennett 3 c Butt, b Dennett 0 lbw, b Relf..........17 c Butt,b Woolley 191 c Relf, b Woolley 10 c L angdon, b Woolley .......... 0 c Relf, b Fair­ service ..........11 c Butt, bWoolley 10 c S e y m o u r b Woolley ..........39 notout................. 5 B 8, lb 1 ... 9 Total..........313 S outh . Second innings. •cYoung,bMorcom 28 c Blaker, b May.. 32 cYoung,bMorcom 6 c Blaker, b Mor­ com ................. 1 cSimms, b May... 21 c Blaker, b Mor­ com ................. 1 c Blaker, b Mor­ com .................31 c Young, b Mor­ com ................. 7 b Morcom ..........13 not out .......... 7 c and b May ... 18 B 4, lb 1, w 2... 7 Total ...119 Total G entlemen of the S outh . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W Fairservice ... 18 4 64 5 ......... 15 3 83 1 Dennett ... ... 24 3 120 5 .......... 7 0 36 3 Humphreys ... 5 0 17 0 . Vine .......... ... 1 0 2 0 . 5 0 41 0 Relf .......... ... 3 1 6 0 . ........ 7 1 63 1 Woolley ......... 11 ■3 1 81 5 P layers of the S outh . First innings. Jossop... May ... Morcom O. 10 15 . 5 M. R. W. 1 52 2 ... 5 49 8 ... 1 15 0 ... McGahey Simms ... Second innings. O. M. R. W. ! 16-1 1 69 3 21 4 76 7 6 0 20 0 1 1 0 0 YORKSHIRE v. M.C.C. & GROUND. Played at Scarborough on Sept. 2, 3, and 4. M.C.C. won by 44 runs. Although play was in progress only two hours and a-quarter on the opening day, twelve wickets went down for 104 runs, Yorkshire making 11 for two wickets in response to the M.C.C.’s total of 93. The visitors lost Spooner at 8 and Fane at 9, both to Hirst, but Hutchings effected an improvement by making 33 out of 45 in three-quarters of an hour before being out to a fine running catch in the long- field by Wilkinson, who took the ball low down. After lunch, however, Rhodes proved very effective, and the last eight wickets fell for 67. Hirst and Rhodes did excellent work on the slow and difficult wicket, the whole side being disposed of in a couple of hours for 93. When the County had lost Rhodes and Tunnicliffe for 11, stumps were drawn owing to the poor light. There was agood deal of rain during the night, and when play was resumed the following morning the wicket assisted the bowlers appreciably. Against Fielder and Cox the highest score was only 18 by Hirst, and, with the last four wickets all going down at the same total, the innings closed for 63. When they went in the second time, the visitors lost Fane and Spooner for 4, but Douglas stayed with Hutchings whilst 40 were put on for the third wicket. The last-named played a characteristic innings, and made his 56 out of 96 in an hour and a-half without a mistake.Bird and Leveson-Gower added 48 for theeighth wicket in 55 minutes, and Yorkshire were left 199 to win. Of this number the County had made four without loss by the end of the day. On Wednesday, Lord Hawke, Myers, and Tunnicliffe made a great effort to obtain the runs, but the visitors always had something in hand and eventually won by 44 runs. Score and analysis:— M.C.C. and G round. Second innings. b Hirst .......... 2 run out .......... 0 c Wilkinson, b Haigh .............15 ..172 First innings. R. H. Spooner, b Hirst ... 3 F. L. Fane, c Bates, b Hirst 6 J.W.H.T.Douglas,c Hunter, b Newstead ................. 8 K. L. Hutchings, c Wilkin­ son, b Rhodes.................33 A. P. Day, c Hunter, b Hirst 4 Thompson, c Haigh, b Hirst 1 W.S. Bird, c Rhodes, b Hirst 11 Cox(G.),stHunter, bRhodes 3 H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, c Wilkinson, b Rhodes ... 3 G. G. Napier, st Hunter, b Rhodes ........ ............... 18 Fielder, not out ................. 1 Leg-byes ................. 2 lbw, b Rhodes ... 56 b Haigh c and b Haigh ... c Haigh, b New­ stead .......... b Haigh ......... c Tunnicliffe, b Newstead 29 Total 93 not out .......... 5 b Haigh .......... 0 B 14, lb 4, nb 1 19 Total....... 168 May bowled a no-ball and a wide and Morcom a wide First innings. Rhodes, c Cox, b Fielder ... 7 Tunnicliffe, c Bird, b Cox... 2 Denton, c Cox, b Fielder ... 13 Wilkinson (W.H.),c Napier, b Fielder ........................10 Hirst, c Napier, b Cox ... 18 Lord Hawke, c Day, b Cox 1 Bates, b Cox........................ 4 Haigh, c Hutchings, b Fielder ........................ 5 Myers, c Napier, b Fielder 0 Newstead, b Fielder .......... 0 Hunter, not o u t ................. 0 No-balls........................ 3 Hirst Newstead Rhodes ... Total........................63 M.C.C. First innings. O. M. R. W. Second innings. b Fielder ..........13 c andb Fielder... 29 c Cox, b Fielder . 0 b Cox ................. 2 c Napier, b Cox... 1 c Fane, b Napier 30 b Fielder .......... 1 run out .......... 9 not out ..........42 c Napier, b Cox.. 7 b Douglas.......... 0 B 10, lb 4, nb6.. 20 ...154 Total 19 11 7-4 54 5 . 1 21 1 ... 1 16 4 ... Haigh... Second innings. O. M. R. W. 11 7 10 Haigh bowled one no-ball. Y ork sh ire. First innings. O. M. R. W. Fielder ......... 12*2 2 30 6 ... C ox................. 124 30 4 .. Napier Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 24 2 62 4 ... 20 7 41 3 7 1 19 1 Douglas ... 3’2 2 12 1 Fielder bowled seven no-balls and Napier two. C RIOKET Report Sheets, lOd. per dozen, post free Order of Going-in Oards, 7d. per dozen, post free; Oricket Score Books, 6d. and Is. each; postage 2d. extra.—To be obtained at the Offices of “ Cricket,” 168, Upper Thames Street, London, E.O.