Cricket 1908

94 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A p r il 23, 1908. Matches played Not Highest in. H. Le Inns. <outs. Runs. A*rer. Score. Haldane 5 8 1 171 24 42 70 E. H. Leak 5 9 1 178 22.25 68 J. H. Pellew 7 13 0 287 22.07 87 F. Jarvis 20 W. F. 35 3 695 21,71 92 Giffen 13 A. H. 22 1 426 20 28 89 Jarvis 20 J. C. 35 4 608 19.61 91 Reedman 30 J. F. 54 1 1,002 18.90 113 Travers 14 C. B. 26 11 269 17.93 41 Jennings 8 15 0 265 17.66 52 J. Noel 11 H. 19 0 313 16 47 61 Blinman 11 19 2 280 16.47 50 E. Jones 19 J. M cKen­ 35 6 462 15.93 66* zie ... 10 16 4 181 15.08 32 F. K ing 6 A. E. H. 12 2 145 14.50 34 Evans 6 P. M. New- 11 1 141 14.10 39 land ... 7 13 4 115 12.77 37 W. Knill 5 J. E. 10 1 105 11.66 26 Gooden 7 13 Under five m atches: 1 101 8.41 27* E. R. Mayne 2 W. D. 4 0 194 48 50 75 Claxton 2 C. E. 4 0 154 38 50 73 Dolling 3 C. G. 6 0 250 38.16 93 Godfrey 4 7 0 233 33.28 80 R. H. Dyer 4 7 0 178 25.42 102 C. Kemp 3 6 2 93 23.25 38 W. W atling 4 7 0 158 22.57 58 W. Slight 3 6 0 134 22 33 70 J. Matthews 3 H. A. 6 1 100 20.00 79 Gooden 2 4 1 60 20 00 49 L. R. Hill 4 8 0 155 19.37 58 A. McBeth 2 H. P. 4 1 53 17.66 36 Kirkwood 3 6 0 96 16.00 44 A. E. Green 3 E. G. 6 3 47 15.66 33* Phillips 3 6 3 45 15.00 18 W. Bullough 2 P. W. 4 1 43 14.33 26* Stuart 3 6 1 60 12.00 23 J. Tardif 2 E. J. 4 0 44 11.00 25 Hiscock 3 5 0 54 10.80 39 J. Hide 4 B. T. R. 8 0 83 1037 48 Bailey 4 J. A. 7 0 70 1000 43 O’Connor 3 6 2 SO 7.50 15 G. Parkin 3 6 0 38 6 33 18 Y. Hugo 3 T. O. 6 0 35 583 11 Richards 4 A. W. 8 0 40 5 00 24 W right 4 P. H. 8 2 21 3 50 10 Coombe 3 5 0 9 1.80 4 The follow ing also played: In two m atches: H. C. Chittleborough, L. W. Evans, W. Jones, J. Quilty, J. N. Rundell, B. Y. Scrymgour, T. Turner and R. S. W igley. In one m atch: W. Amos, E. A. Bailey (23* and 0), J. Brideson, (52 and 0), A. J. Carracher, T. A. Caterer, L. W. Chamberlain (34 and 4), H. G. W.. Chinner (38* and 11), E. H. Coombe, R. F. Cowan (25 and 12), W. Delaney, T. M. Drew, J. J. Ferris, J. E. Goodfellow, H. Hay, C. W. H ay­ ward (27), W. A. Hewer, A. H ill (19 and 33), R. J. H ill, R. Homburg, G. Hutton, H. S. C. Jarvis, E. H. Kekwick, C. Martin, D. McRae (70 and 49), H. Moore, J. Musgrove (35), A. H. Pellew, E. A. Peters (18 and 6), A. M. Pettinger, R. B. Rees, A. Slight, H. W. Short, R. J. B. Townsend, A. E. Waldron, E. Walkley (20 and 8), R. W. Waters, G. W atsford and A Wilkinson (21 and 10). ( To be Continued.') ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. A. F. W ebber. — (a) The batsman is ou t; (6 ) The run would be given to the batsman. S.R.T. (New South W ales).—The extract you quote referred not to George IV ., but to his grandfather, Frederick Louis, a very great patron of the game in its early days. SURREY v. GENTLEMEN ENGLAND. OF Played at the Oval on April 20, 21, and 22. Surrey won by an innings and 41 runs. Although there had been a fall of snow early in the morning, it was found possible to make a start with the match at ten minutes past twelve. There was a cold wind but some sun, and during the day 2,375 persons paid for ad­ mission to the ground. Fry, who had been billed to play for the Gentlemen, did not appear, his place being taken by P. R. May. F. E. Smith, the old left-handed bowler, re­ appeared for Surrey after a long absence, whilst S. E. Busher, an all-round amateur be­ longing to the Barnes C.C., assisted the County for the first time. The third ball of the match bowled Hobbs, who opened the Surrey innings with Marshal, but Hayes and the last-named offered a fine resistance, and when, at a quarter to one, an adjournment, which lasted half-an- hour took place ow ing to a heavy fall of snow, the total was sixty-one for one wicket. Hayes, having made 56 out of 97 in an hour by fr cricket, was caught at the w’ick et: he hit as many as ten 4’s in his bright display, which proved very acceptable after his inability to get going in Australia. Marshal showed good form during the hour and three-quarters he was in, a feature of his display being his late cu ts: he hit a 5 and eight 4’s and made only one mistake, offering a catch in the slips off Cameron the ball before he was out. Craw­ ford and Holland added 65 by very bright cricket, the amateur, who batted an hour for 46, being responsible for the m ajority of the runs. Holland was in 90 minutes for 56—a careful and attractive display which was dosed by a fine left-handed catch on the boundary. Crawford, who took risks and was missed three times, made some big hits—one on to the Pavilion roof and another to the press-box. The brightest cricket of the day, however, was shown during the partnership of Busher and Lees, who put on 141 for the eighth wicket in 63 minutes. Lees reached 50 in 38 minutes, and scored his faultless 97 out of 141 in three minutes over the hour, his chief hits being fourteen 4’s and five 3’s. Busher, who carried out his bat for 50 after being in 70 minutes, showed good defence and drove well, but appeared rather stiff. On the easy wicket Surrey scored 381 for eight wickets in 250 minutes, play ceasing upon the dismissal of Lees. On Tuesday only two were added before Busher was caught and bowled for a patient and good innings of 52, which included six 4’s and eight 2’s : he batted 100 minutes and offered no chance. In the innings of 390 Cameron, the West Indian, took five wickets for 83 runs with his slows, successfully tempting the batsmen to take risks. When “ W .G. ” and Keigwin opened the innings for the Gentlemen against Lees and Smith play was very slow, the first seven overs sent down being maidens. Keigwin was then bowled without a run and, although Lawton made a few good hits, the total was only 21 when the third wicket fell. At this point rain caused an adjournment of half-an- hour, after which V. F. S. Crawford went in and scored readily off all the bow ling brought against him. Soon after his arrival an unfor­ tunate and serous accident happened to Mr. Leveson-Gower who, in endeavouring to stop a powerful drive off Lees, fractured the top joina of his thumb. It is not considered likely that the Surrey captain will be able to take the field again until June. (See Gossip.) “ W .G.” showed strong defence and ran well between the w ickets: he batted an hour for his first two runs and when he was fourth out, at 73, he had batted 90 minutes for 15. The fourth wicket added 52, but the association of the brothers Crawford proved even more remunera­ tive. During the fifty minutes they were together they added 84, “ Y.F.S. ” then being caught at third man for 91 made out of 136 in 100 minutes. He gave a most exhilarating display, putting much power into his strokes, and hit fourteen 4’s. “ R.T. ” was over­ shadowed by his brother, but he, too, playe* a fine game : he made his 55 out of 123 in an hour and a quarter. The others did little, and, upon the innings closing at twenty minutes to six for 219, play was abandoned *for the d ow ing to failing light. Yesterday, owing to effective bow ling by Crawford and Bushe>r, there was only a short day’s cricket, the Gentlemen, upon following-on,collapsing for 130. “ W.G. " again showed good form, but the highest score was made by W ilkinson, who had been bowled without a run in the first innings. Of the others only Staples, Keigwin, and Brearley reached double figures, and Surrey won by an innings and 41 runs, analysis :— S u r r e y . Score and Hobbs, b Brearley ... 0 Marshal, b Cameron 62 Hayes, c Staples, b Brearley ...............56 Holland, c Lawton, b Cameron .............. 56 J. N. Crawford, c V. Crawfcrd.bCameron 46 Hayward, c and b Cameron ............... 0 8. E. Busher, c and b Lawton .............52 O im iM R N H. D. G. Leveson- Gower, c Staples, b Cameron .............. 4 Ltes, b Lawton .. 97 Smith (F. E.), c Staples, b Brearley 5 Strudwick, not out ... 2 B 6, lb 2 nb 2 ... 10 Total of E ngi a n d . First Inni' gs. W . G. Grace, b Busher ... 15 H. D. Keigwin, b Smith 0 A. E. Lawion, b Smith... 19 C. T. A . W ilkinson, b Lees ... . ... 0 b Crawford V. F. S. Crawford, c sub., b Lees ...........................91 Second Innings. b Busher b Busher b Busher 25 11 4 39 R . T. Crawford, b Busher 55 J. J. Cameron, b Lees ... 0 R. M. Bell, b Busher ... 9 (J. V. Staples, b Marshal... 1 P. R. May, not out ... 17 W . Brearley, c Holland, b M arshal.......................... 5 B 4, lb 3...........................7 c Holland, b Bueher............. 9 b Craw ford............. 1 b Crawford ... 8 c Hobbs, b Smith... 2 c Busher, b Smith 14 c Smith, b Craw­ ford ............... 4 not out B ... 10 Total R. Craw­ ford... Bell ... Keigwin .. 219 Total S urrey . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . 35 4 132 3 May 10 4 20 0 Cameron 21 4 83 5 8 1 4* 0 Grace ... 2 0 5 0 4 0 24 0 Wilkinson 4 0 18 0 4 0 25 0 Lawton... 5 1 27 2 Crawford bowled two no-balla. G kktlbm bn of E n g lan d . First inuings O. M. R. W Lees ... 21 8 75 3 Smith ... ... 19 5 35 2 Ciawford ... 7 1 86 0 Busher ... ... 12 1 51 3 Marshal ... 4.1 1 1G 2 Sec ind innings. O. M. R. W . ... 7 0 32 0 ... 8.4 1 33 2 ... 11 3 21 4 ..._ 9 1 41 4 ESSEX XI. V . NEXT XVIII. Played at Leyton on April 20 and 21. Drawn. Cheerless weather was experienced on the Bank Holiday and it was not surprising to find only a small crowd present. There was a blizzard just before one o’clock and, in consequence, the start was delayed until 3.10 p m. Camp­ bell, of the Stoics, played a free game for 35, and with Murray put on 61 in 45 minutes. At the end of the day eleven wickets were down for 178, and on the following morning, owing to a good stand by East (height 6ft. 6in.) and Me* Gahey, the total was taken to 224. The Eleven showed unenterprising cricket and took two hours and a half to make 102. At the end of the day J. Russell, a son of T. M. Russell, hit well all round the wicket, scoring 62 not out in 75 minutes, and making a 5 and seven 4’s. Score and analysis :— 1st innings. K. G ibson, b Bucken- ham ............................. 11 H. F rancis, c D ouglas, b Reeves ................ 5 G. Sutton, b Reeves ... 0 Stew art R ichardson, o D ouglas, b Bucken- ham .............................11 Russell (J .), c and b Reeves ............................. Freem an (J .), 0 and b D ouglas ................ H. Mayes, b Y ou n g ... M urray, b Faviell P. Cam pbell, lbw , b M ead ............................. C. H. D ouglas, c Reeves, b M eston ................ A. Dale W om ersley, b Reeves ............................. Benham , 0 Reeves, b Freem an ................ K. D. Abbott, 0 Reeves, b Freeman ............... N ext X V III. 2nd innings, b Young Beeves 14 not out ... 15 1 b Douglas 35 b Beeves 7 4 b Beeves 35 not out 7 4 81