Cricket 1907

S ept . 12, 1907. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 413 T H E SOUTH AFR ICANS. 31 st MATCH.—y. ME. C. I. THORNTON’S ENGLAND X I. Played at Scarborough on September 9, 10, and 11. Drawn. Great interest was centred in this match, for it was the last of the South African tour, and Mr. Thointon had got together a very powerful team. The England side, winning the toss, took first innings, and only 17 had been scored (against Schwarz and Kotze) when Hayward, as usual, was dismissed by Sherwell. When Tyldesley partnered Hobbs, a fine start took place, for by cricket of a very bright description the pair put on 99 for the second wicket in 50 minutes. Hobbs reached 50 out of 93 in ten minutes under the hour, and, in all, batted 80 minutes for his faultless 78, being third out at 152 ; he hit eleven 4’ s, the majority of them very powerful drives. Following his dismissal, Hirst and Spooner continued the good work, adding 88 for the fourth wicket before the latter was caught for a flawless innings of 73 out of 124 in 80 minutes. The Old Marlburian cut and off- drove in his best form, hit eleven 4’s, and, like Hobbs, reached his 50 out of 93. Hirst made a useful 38, but Bird failed. When Haigh was dismissed a curious thing hap­ pened, for Faulkner broke the middle stump and, as it was found difficult to replace it o^ ing to the temporary absence of the groundman, it was decided to take the tea interval rather earlier than was originally intended. The eighth wicket fell at 311, and then the end seemed in sight, for only Hallam and Knox were left to go in. As at the Oval against {Surrey, however, Hallam played a ustful game, and, although he scored only 22, helped .Rhodes to add 75 for the ninth wicket, and Knox eleven for tbe last. Rhodes played carefully until he had made 26, when, having completed his thousand runs for the season, he hit out freely and obtained his 81 in an hour and three-quarteis. When 66 he offered a very hard chance, but made no oiher mistake : he was, however, run out in attempting an absurdly short run. The total of i>97 ia the second largest hit against the South Africans during their tour. During the last few minutes of the day, Sherwell and Kotze made three together without being separated. On Tuesday, Sinclair, who fielded for only a few overs on the Mon­ day was too unwell to take further part in the match, and, by the courtesy of the England X I. captain his place was filled by Hathorn. The score had been advanced to 12 only when Sherwell was out l.b.w. to Hirst, and, although Tancred and Snooke reached double figures, chief interest centred in the doings of Kotze. The fast bowler, who generally goes in last, was on this occa­ sion sent in first in order to play out time on the first evening, and, after being missed by Haigh at cover-point before he had made a run, hit 60 successfully that it was not until he had scored 60 out of 110 in an hour and 40 minutes that he was driven on to hi* wicket by lihodes. He drove with much power and hit ten 4’ e, but was somewhat lucky. Neither Faulkner, White, nor Hathorn did much, and when the sixth wicket fell at 164 it appeared doubtful whether the follow-on would be saved. Shalders and Nourse, however, then made an invaluable stand and, by faultless cricket, put on 85 for the seventh wicket in an hour. Nouise made his 70 out of 139 in 100 minutes without a mistake of any kind, and was sent back by a fine catch at slip. He made nine 4’s, and hit w ell all round the wicket, but especially to leg. Shalders found another good partner in Schwarz, with whom he put on 57 for the ninth wicket, and was last out for a most valuable innings o f 76. H e made his runs out of 152 in 115 minutes and hit ten 4’s, the m ajority of them fine drives. He was missed just before being bowled, but the chance detracted little from his play. The South Africans played a splendid up-hill game and deserve every credit for m aking as many as 319 against such good bowling. W ith the useful lead of 78, the England Eleven lost H obbs at 7, but H ayward and Tyldesley put on 75 together without being separated in 50 minutes, and at the end of the day the home side were 1(30 runs on with nine wickets in hand. Yesterday m orning the game was rather slow for somo time, but both Hayward and Tyldesley played attrac­ tive cricket. The latter reached 50 after play had been in progress 15 minutes, and Hayward did the same when he had been in 95 minutes. Continuing to play excellent cricket, the latter reached three figures after being in 160 minutes, but shortly afterwards Tyldesley ran himself out badly in trj ing to complete his hundred. Tyldesley hit thirteen 4’ s during the tw o hours and forty minutes he was in, and at his departure the innings was declared closed, leaving H ayward to carry out his bat for a splendid 103. T he second wicket put on 225—the largest stand made against the South African bow ling during the year. Left with 311 to win in three hours and a-half, the visitors made a highly creditable draw by scoring 192 for five wickets. T an­ cred was chiefly responsible, seeing that he scored 84, but Schwarz showed fine form in making 49. Score and analysis :— An England XI. First innings. Second innings. Hayward, c Sherwell, b K o tz e .............................. 13 notout................105 Hobbs, c While, b Schwarz 78 b Kotze .......... o Tyldesley, st Sherwell, b Vogler ........................40 run out ............99 It. 11. Spooner, c Ncurse, b Schwarz.................... 73 Hirst, lbwr, b V «'gler.......38 Rhodes, run o u t.............. 8 L W. S. Bird, b Schwarz ... 1 Haigh, b Faulkner ......23 H. I). G. Leveson-Gower, b Faulkner ...................... 6 Hallam, c Faulkner, b Vogler...........................22 N. A. Knox, not out ...... 1U 13 4, lb 6 , w 1, nb 1 ... 12 B 12, lb 9, nb 2 23 T o ta l. 397 Total (2 wkts) *232 *Innings declared closed. fc’ouTii A fricans . Firbt innings. Second innings. P. \V.Sherwell, lbw, b Hirst G J. J. Kotze, hit wkt, b Khodes .....................60 L. J. Tancred, b Knox S. J. Snooke, c Spooner, b Rhodes ........................ A. D. Nourse, c Rhodes, b llirst ............................... G.A Faulkner,c Hayuard, b Knox ............................... G. U. White, b Rhodes ... M. Haihorn, b K nox.......... W. A. olialdeis,cTyldesley, b Hallam ........................ R. O. Schwarz, b Hallam ... A. E. Vogler, not out......... B 3, lb 4, nb 4 .......... Total................ 319 Total (5 wkts) 192 A n E ngland XI. First innings. Second innings. O. Al. R. W. O. M. R VV. Kotze ..........18 2 101 1 . ... 17 1 74 l Schwarz ... 25 3 96 3 ............ 4 1 II 0 White .......... 17 0 73 0 .......... 6 1 23 0 V ogler.......... 17*4 1 74 3 .......... 5.5 2 18 0 Faulkner ... 11 1 41 2 .........2i 7 43 0 Nourse ... 2 0 6 0 Snooke ... 9 0 34 0 Schwarz bowled one wide and one no-ball, and Snooke and Faulkner a no-ball each. 16 cHayward, h Knox 81 24 c Hallam, b Hirst 2 70 b Rhodes 8 2L c Tyldesley, b llallam .......... 21 7 not out................. 9 0 76 24 run out ........ 49 4 It B 9,lb3,w l,nb3 16 S outh A fricans . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O M. R. W. Knox ........... 14 3 105 3 ........... 10 3 39 1 Hirst................. 15 2 55 2 ......... 9 1 31 I Rhodes .......... 20 2 74 3 ........... 15 2 41 1 Hallam ......... 123 1 51 2 ............ 93 3 35 I Haigh ......... 8 2 23 0 ........... 7 0 24 0 Knox delivered five no-balls and one wide, and Hirst two no-balls. T H E M I N O R C O U N T I E S . THE FINAL MATCH. G L AM O R G A N SH IR E v. L A N C A SH IR E 2 nd X I . Played at Cardiff on September 9, 10, and 11. Lancashire 2nd X I . won by 108 runs. L ancashire 2 nd XI. First innings. Second innings. A. Hartley, c Gibson, b Creber............................... 2 lbw, b Preedy ... 24 Heap, b Creber .................81 b Preedy ............38 Harrison, c J. II. Brain, b Creber............................... 19 run out ............14 Radcliffe (G.), lbw, b Nash 1 b Preedy .......... 0 T. A. Higson, run out ... 65 b Nash................. 3 Tyldesley (W.), b Nash ... 20 run out .......... 4 V. Hope, c Morris, b Creber 6 st J. H. Brain, b T. Ainscougli, c Letcher, b Nash.................. 11 Morris...............................IS lbw, b Nash ... 5 Williams, b Preedy ..........1(5 run out ............ 14 Blomley, not out................. 0 notout................. 4 Rowlands, b Nash .......... 2 b Preedy .......... 1 B 9, lb 4 .................13 Lb 1, nb 2 ... 3 Total ...................243 Total.......... 121 G lamorganshire . First innings. Second innings. J. H. Brain, c Blomley, b Rowlands........................10 c and b Heap ... 80 Bancroft, b Heap .......... 0 c Ainscough, b Williams.......... 2 N. V. H. Riches, b Heap ... 17 b Higson .......... 8 Percy Morris, c Blomley, b Heap .............................. 7 run out ..........22 E. R. 3weet-Escott, c Blom­ ley, b Rowlands .......... 3 b Hope................. 1 A. Gibson, c Blomley, b Heap ... ........................ 0 lbw, b Heap ... 24 H. B. Letcher, b Heap ... 0 notout.................18 W. H. Brain, c Higson, b Heap ................. ......... 14 run Out ........... 0 Creber, c and b Rowlands... 11 lbw, b Higson ... 1 Preedy, obstructing field ... 1 lbw, b Heap ... 18 Nash, not out ................. 0 b Higson .......... 4 Byes ........................11 Nb 3, w 1 ... 4 Total ....................74 Total..........182 L ancashire 2 nd XI. First innings. Second innings. O. M. It.W. O. M. R. VV. Nash ................. 33-1 7 69 3 ............. 249 41 3 Creber................. 29 4 104 4 .......... 8 2 23 0 Preedy .......... 13 3 35 1 .......... 18-4 4 54 4 Morris................ 3 22 1 ......... Nash delivered five and Preedy one no-ball. G lamorganshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Heap .......... 25 14 23 (3 ........... 33 11 64 3 Rowlands ... 24#5 9 40 3 ........... 9 4 18 0 Williams... 6 2 20 1 Higson ... 35.1 9 58 3 Hope ... 6 2 18 1 Heap bowled one wide and Hope one no-ball. ALLEYN (2) v. BRIXTON WANDERERS (2).— Played at Dulwich on September 7. A lleyn (2). J. P. Cutler, b Harbert 4 A. Wood, b Godrich... 11 C. Pethebridge, b Har­ bert .......... ........... 0 C. W. 13. Bolton, c Phil­ lips, b Harbert ... 0 C. Hudson, run out... 0 J. P. C. White, b God­ rich ........................ 2 E. Johnson, c Hogg, b Harbert ................. 1 R. Green, c Harbert, b Godrich ................. L. S. Emms, b God­ rich ........................ D. Thompson, notout A. Barnes, b Godrich Byes ................. Total .......... C.W.Phillips,cBarnes, b Green .................23 H. E.Williams, c John­ son, b Wood ......... 102 L. D. Looker, b Green 9 C. Hogg, c Emms, b Cutler .................24 W. A. Mitchell,bGreen 34 A. Lee, st Pethebridge, b Wood .................31 B rixton W anderers (2). A. Heron, c Emms, b Wood........................ J.W.E.Murray,cPethe­ bridge, b Wood W. J. Benge, not out... J. Godrich, c Green, b Cutler ................. A. Harbert, b Wood... Byes ................. Total ..........2