Cricket 1908

CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 7 , 1908 . SURREY V. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Played at the Oval on May 4, 5, and 6. Drawn. Neither side was at full strength for this match, which opened the County Championship season, Surrey lacking the services of Mr. J. N. Crawford, and Northants being without Pooi and East, who was suffering from lumbago. The Rev. F. N. Bird, who was making his debut for the visitors, showed good form in batting an hour for 24, but Knight was very slow, i.nd at one period of his innings batted 40 minutes without adding to his score. K ing­ ston, just as he looked like settling down, was out to a very fine catch by Bush at mid-off, and, when Beasley was bowled, half the side were out for 55. Thompson, although handicapped by lumbago, played a very valuable game for a couple of hours, scoring 25 and helping Buswell to add 41 for the eighth wicket in 40 minutes. The innings, after lasting 200 minutes, closed for 140—an unenterprising display. In the remaining 80 minutes available—stumps were drawn at 5.40 owing to rain—Surrey scored 09 for two wickets, Hayward carrying out his bat for 27. Hobbs batted well for an hour, and lost his wicket through a brilliant return by Simpson at mid-off. Hayes made only a single, and at the end of the day Marshal (7) was in partnership with Hayward. On Tuesday no play was possible on account of rain, and on Wednesday a start could not be made until a quarter past two. Then Hayward and Marshal made so good a stand that the total was taken to 132 before the next wicket fell, <the pair adding 73 altogether. Marshal played-on at 104, after which three wickets fell quickly. With a lead of 47 the innings was declared closed, but there was not sufficient time to arrive at a definite result. Score and analysis':— N o r th a m p to n s h ir e . First innings. Rev. F. N. Bird, b Marshal 24 Cox, c Lees, b F. E. Smith 2 R. F. Kniaht. b Lees ... 14 W . H. Kingston, c Bush Second innings. b Marshal Thompson, c Strudwick, L e e s.......................... R. N. Beasley, b Lees 11 b W . C. Smith ... 11 25 0 and b Strudwick. b W . C Smith ... 9 b W . C. Smith . H. B. Simpson, Marc-hal T. E. Manning, c F. E. Smith, b W . C. Smith ... Buswell, c Hayes, b Marshal 28 not out L. T. Driffield, notout 12 Wells, c Bush, bW . C. Smith ............... 0 B 6, lb 3 ................ 9 B 1, lb 1 Total .. 140 S u r r e y . Total (3 wkts.) 30 Davis, lbw, b Wells ... 5 Lees, lbw, b Wells ... 0 Capt. H. S. Bush, b W ells......................... 3 B 3, nb 3 ............... 6 Total (7 wkts) *187 Hobbs, run out . 33 Hayward, st Buswell, b Driffield .. . 5 2 Hayes, c Beasley, b Driffield ................ 1 Marshal, b W rlls ... 63 Holland, not out ... 24 *Innings declared closed. Smith (F. E.), Smith (W . C.) and Strudwick did not bat. N o rth am pton sh ire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R .W . Smith (W.C.) 19 9 20 2 Smith (F.E .) 16 4 40 1 L e e s.............. 22 8 37 3 Marshal ... 21 11 34 4 S u r r e y . O. M. R. W.l Thompson 16 2 33 0 Wells Driffield 20 2 79 2 Cox Simpson 19 1 38 0 [ Thompson bowled two no-balls and Cox one. O. M. R. W . 4 1 8 3 5 3 5 0 4 1 7 0 5 2 8 0 O. M. R. W . 13 6 22 4 2 0 9 0 CAMBRIDGE SENIORS’ MATCH. M r . R. E. II. B a ily ’s XII. v. M r . C. E. L u c a s ’ XII. Played at Cambridge on May 4, 5, and 6. Mr. Baily’s XII. won by 61 runs. Neither side was at full strength, the most noticeable absentee being the Hon. C. F. Lyttelton. The conditions favoured the bowlers to such an extent 011 the opening daj that in just over five hours twenty-two wickets went down for 264 runs. The best display on either side was given by Burton, who, hitting five 4’s, scored his 32 out of 45 in half-an-hour. Play on Tuesday could not be resumed until after lunch, when Pink, a slow to medium left- handed bowler, took four wickets in three overs without a run and got the first six down for five runs. The seventh wicket fell at 16, but Grimson and Priestley added 60 ere the latter fell to Lucas. Maltby assisted Grimson to put on a further 42, when the latter was bowled for a hard-hit and most serviceable 61. Set 194 to win, Lucas’ X II. quickly lost four wickets to Reunert, and at the end of the day had five men cut for 71. Yesterday Reunert and Lucas added 29, but then the former and Bancroft fell to successive balls and Lucas afterwards found no one to stay with him. Lucas hit eight 4’s during the hour he was in. Score and analysis : Mr. R. E. H. B a il y ’ s X II. First innings. Second innings. C. Reunert, run out 10 c PiDk b Mac­ kenzie............. 3 G. S. Bryan-Brown, c Lucas, b Pink ............... 5 b P in k ............... 0 P. T. Rawlings, c Pink, b Macleod ... ... ... 18 b P in k .............. 1 D. C. F. Burton, c and b M a c le o d ........................... 32 c C. H. Cole,b PinkO C. E. Brisley, c C. H . Cole, b Macleod 31 c C. H. Cole, b P iD k ............... 0 C. M. Bottome, st Ban­ croft, b Pink ............... 1 b P in k .............. 6 R. E. H. Baily, lbw, b Pink 9 b P in k ............... 4 H. W . Priestley, b Pink ... 0 b Lucas.............. 17 C. Gimson, not o u t............. F. E. Maltby, st Bancrofc, 30 c Pigg, b P.eu- nert .............. c and b Reu­ 67 b M acleod.......................... 4 nert .............. 14 P. H. Mellor, c Reunert, b Mackenzie 12 not o u t ............... 14 L. H. Adams, c Pink, b Mackenzie ............... t b Mackenzie ... 4 B 2, n-b 1 ............... 3 B 4, n-b 3 ... 7 Total ............... 159 Total ... 139 M r . G. E. L ucas ’ s X II. Fiist inniD gs. G. L Cole, b Reunert C. H. Cole, c Bottome, b Adams ........................... J. Reunert, c and b R e u n e r t.......................... K. G. Macleod, run out ... 16 Sccond innings, c Maltby, b Reunert c Bailey, b Reunert c Brisley, b Gim- son ............... c Burton, b Reunert 6 b Gimson 7 b Reunert 18 not out ... 0 cMellor,bGimson 0 R. T. H. Mackenzie, c Burton, b Reunert C. H. Pigg, c Bris-ley, b R e u n e r t.......................... C. E. Lucas, b Mellor E. L. Goodman, c Priestley, b Adams ........................ C. K. Bancroft, c Priestley, b Mellor ..........................18 b Gimson ... 0 A. A. Tyer, b Adams ... 5 b Gimson 0 L. R. A . Shuter, b Maltby 11 c Priestley, b Gim­ son ............... 1 H. S. Pink, not out............. 7 b Gimson ... 0 Byes, &c. ................4 Byes .................. 3 In the opening natch of the season on the Granville (Lee) ground on Saturday, A. S. Johnston (54) and C. E. C. Kendle (41) put on 100 runs for the first wicket, the innings eventu­ ally totalling 172. Johnston also took chief honours with the ball, capturing 6 wickets for 29. OXFORD SENIORS’ MATCH. M r .W . W. H o s k in ’s XI. v. H o n . J. B. L y o n ’s XI. Played at Oxford on May 4, 5, and 6. Drawn. On Monday Mr. Hoskin’s XI. punished the weak bowling brought against them so effectu­ ally that by the end of the day they had made 261 for four wickets. Salter and Teesdale added 135 for the second wicket in 100 minutes, the latter, who was very slow at the start, playing a faultless game. Salter was distinctly lucky, being missed twice very early in his innings .and again just before reaching 50: he batted 140 minutes for his 114, hit nine 4’s, and showed himself strong on the on-side. Rayner, who was missed when 32, batted 50 minutes for 46. Play was out of the question on Tuesday before lunch, and it was well on in the after­ noon before the game could be resumed. Seitz and Howard made a productive stand, and had put on 137 without being separated for the fifth wicket, when the innings was declared closed. The Hon. J. B. Lyon’s XI. fared badly after the tea interval, H atfeild taking their first four wickets for eight runs. Wigan and Drysdale then played out time, taking the total to 33 without further loss. Rain interfered sadly with play yesterday, it being found possible only to complete Lyon’s innings. Apart from Wigan, who hit well for 41, 110 one did much, the whole side being out for 121. Hatfeild took eight wickets for 52 runs. Score and analysis : — M r . W . W . H oskin ’ s X I. H. Teesdale, b P eel... 62 D. H. Walter?, b Peel 15 M. G. Salter, b Drys­ dale .........................114 K.Raynor,b Molineux 46 J. A. Seitz, not out 74 A. Howard, not out 69 Byes 12, 1-b 10, w 1 23 Total (4 wkts.) *393 *Innings declared closed. R. W . Jesson, W . W . Hoskin, R. L. Robinson, C* E. Hatfeild, and A. C. Houlder did not bit. H on . J. B. L yon ’ s X I. b D. H. Peel, lbw, b Jes- A . C. L. Clarke, Hatfeild ... ... 7 P. Pearson-Gregory, c Robinson, b Hat­ feild ...........................6 C. V. L. Hooman, c Raynor, b Hatfeild 3 G. C. Tatham, c Ray­ ner, b Hati'eild ... 0 Sir R. W igan, c Seitz, b Howard ............. 41 G. C. Drysdale, c Te s- dale, b Hatfeild ... 4 A. V. Morris, c Ray­ nor, b Hatfeild ... 5 son ... . ... 9 G. K. Melineux, c Robimon, b nat- fe ild ...........................18 J. W. Blencowe, b Hatfeild .............. I Hon. J. B. Lyon (capt.), not out ... 16 Byes... Total ... 11 ...121 Total .........................105 Total . 132 M r. B a il y ’ s X II. First innings. Second innings. O. M. r . w . O. M. R.W . Mackenzie 7.2 1 16 2 9.1 3 22 2 Pmk ... 19 0 70 4 ... 17 6 40 6 Macleod ... 17 3 52 4 9 0 37 0 Lucas ... ... 5 1 18 0 4 1 13 1 Reunert 11 5 20 2 Pink bowled two no-balls and Macleod and Lucas one e ^ch. M r . L ucas ’ s X II. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Adams .. ... 18 4 33 3 ... 3 2 1 0 Reunert... ... 15 4 42 4 ... 11 1 36 4 Maltby ... ... 3.5 0 14 1 4 0 23 0 Hellor ... ... 6 1 12 2 ... 7 0 40 0 Gimson ... 11.3 2 29 7 Mb. H o skin ’ s X L O. M. R. W . O .M . R.W . M olineux... 28 7 76 1 Drysdale ... 16 0 fc5 1 Peel .. 33 2109 2 Blencowe... 12 0 52 0 Lyon ...1 6 0 68 0 | Molineux delivered one wide. H on . J. B. L yon ’ s X I. O. M R. W .j O. M. R . W. 8 2 10 0 I Raynor 4 0 7 0 Robinson Hatfeild Hoskin 28 10 5'i 9 4 10 0 Howard Jesaon 1 0 1 1 7 0 E0 1 M.C.C. AND GROUND v. NOTTS. This match should have commenced yesterday at Lord’s, but there was no play on account of rain. At Kingston yesterday Surrey Club and Ground (186) beat Kingston Town (45) by 141 runs, Meads taking six wickets for 19 runs and Myers five for 21. Mr. G. T. Branston, the old Carthusian and Oxford cricketer, has annouuced his intention of assisting Notts this season as regularly as possible. THE DERBYSHIRE CRICKET GUIDE. Season 1908. Comp,led by L. G. 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