Cricket 1908

132 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 14, 1908. sidered the thing for Colonial cricketers to qualify for a county, the M.C.C. should discourage them in their desire to become identified in any way professionally with English cricket. Many good judges have declared Vogler to be the finest bowler in the world at the present time, and mem­ bers at Lord’s would doubtless be only too glad for him to bowl to them at the nets. But, this notwithstanding, the fact remains that the South African will be occupying a position which might well have been offered to a home-born player and that his return to the ground-staff is a direct encouragement to other Colonials to hope to receive a similar appointment; When Vogler was at Lord’s two years ago he was a professional : last season, when touring England with the South African team, he was regarded as an amateur : and this year he will revert to the former status. It is cenainly curious that such procedure should be possible in the twen­ tieth century. Should Vogler and Noursc be identified respectively with Lord’s and the Oval in 1909, there would be litile interest attaching to the Tournament— provided it was decided to arrange one— for South Africa, lacking the services of their two greatest players, would have little, if any, chance of winning any of the Test matches and would be quite over­ shadowed by the Australians. Vogler, by the way, has been doing great things lately for the Transvaal team on tour. Against Port Elizabeth he took four wickets for 20 runs, against Grahamstown thirteen for 24 (eight for 16 and five for 8) and against Bloemfontein six for 37. The past week has been one of great success for bowlers, and it is very unlikely that any player during the season will surpass the recent remarkable feats per­ formed by Hirst, Haigh, and Marshal. Of the eighteen Northamptonshire wickets got down by the Yorkshire pair—Thomp­ son was absent in each innings—thirteen were clean bowled and four l.b.w., only one being caught: furthermore, Haigh must have had at least half-a-dozen ap­ peals for l.b.w. disallowed. Hirst’s analyses of six for 12 and six for 7 were phenomenal even for him, and have been surpassed only once in a first-class eleven- a-side match—by the late Fred Morley, who took thirteen wickets for 14 runs (seven for 6 and 6 for 8) for M.C.C. and Ground v. the University at Oxford in 1877, this being the occasion on which the latter collapsed for 12. Various Australian newspapers, owing to the publicity given to the matter in Cricket, have referred during our recent non-cricket season to the Ulster v. Mac- quaire game of 1874-5 wherein a total of 1,238 was said to have been made, but the authenticity of which I have always doubted. Mr. F. J. Ironside, who states that the game was played at Pyrmont, in support of his argument quoted Mr. Victor Cohen, who assisted his brother in com­ piling and publishing the New South Wales Cricketers’ Guide and Annual for 1877-78, wherein the score was set out in full and where the match was stated to have been played on Moore Park. Being personally unacquainted with Sydney, I had not unnaturally always imagined Moore Park to be situated in the Pyrmont district of Sydney, but The Arrow of October 12th last points out that this is not so. Therefore, Messrs. Ironside and Victor Cohen disagree on a very important point notwithstanding that the former claims to have copied the score “ from the original scoring-sheet” and that the latter states “ the Ulster v. Macquaire came to hand, not in the ordinary course of post, but was each week handed in to me.” The discrepancy is of so serious a nature as to destroy any hope that had remained of the whole affair being anything else than a hoax. ___________________ BLACKHEATH v. 8TEEATHAM . — Played at Blackheath on May 9. B lack h eath . A. P. Day. c Gillett, b Campbell ...............53 G.B.Manson,b Parton 27 8. E. Day, c sub., b Parton ............... 7 C. J. Robertson, run out ..4 1 H. G. Monteith, b Campbell ............... 4 H. Lyon, b N. Miller 20 Capt. H. F. Mont­ gomerie, c Feeny, b N. Miller ...............32 S tr e a th a m . C. W . Edwards, c White, b N.Miller 1 H.8.Bcmpas,c Gillttt, b White ..............27 E. W . Davis, c Parton, b White ... 6 M.Christopherson, not out ... ................................................4 B 7 ,1-b 3, w 2 T otal... N. Miller, b Monteith 12 H. L. Dawson, lbw, b Robertson ... ... 3 N. F. Feeny, run out 10 J. 8. Foster, c Lyon, b R ob ertson ................ 0 C. J. Parton, b Mon­ teith ............................ 1 G. V. Campbell, c Robertson, b Davis 39 L. E. Gillett, b A. P. Day ... ...........14 E. B. Miller, c Robertson, b Davis G. S. Steed, b A . P. Day ......................... F. S. White, c Mon­ teith, b Davis E. P. Pulbrook, out ... B 19, lb 1 not 103 Second innings H. L. Dawson c Monteith b 8- E. Day 11, W . F. Feeny not out 51, J. 8. Foster, not out 5, E. P. Pulbrook, b Montgomerie 7 : b 4.—Total (2 wkts.), 78. ___________________ SPENCER v. PADDINGTON.—Played at Wands’ worth Common on May 9. For Paddington Puddifoot took 6 wickets lor 39 runs; for Spencer Kirk took 8 for 24. S pencer . F. F. Boles, b Puddi­ foot ......................... 12 E. L . Downey, lbw, b W r e fo r d ............... 1 J. T. Gordon, b Puddi­ foot ............................ 2 F. M. Barton, b W re­ ford ........................... 1 W . D. Macbeth, b Puddifoot ............... 0 E. C. Kirk, c Lewis, b Wreford ...............25 Total... P addin gton . W. Wreford, run out 17 . . . . . 18 V. J. Woodward, b P u d d ifco t...............10 J. C. Larkin, b Puddi­ foot ...........................10 M. A. Neale, not out 6 G. M. Lloyd, b W re­ ford .. ............... 2 W . R. Featherston- haugh, b Puddifoot 1 Extras ... ... 6 77 G. F. Puckle, c Neal, b Kirk ............... W . P. Ward, b Kirk... L. O’Brien, c Neal, b K ir k .............. R. G. W ard, b Kirk... R. A . Riches, b Kirk C.W . W reford, c Neal, b Kirk ............... J. Puddifoot, b K irk... F. W ard, b Lloyd 8. R. Lewis,not out... F. J. Whalen, b Kirk Extra Total... N ATION A L PROVINCIAL BAN K v. LLO YD ’S REGISTER.—Played at Lower Sydenham on May 9. N a tio n a l P ro vin cial B an k . J. W . Richards Stotesbury............... 5 A.C.Purnell,c Stephen­ son, b Carey............. 0 A. King, c and b Carey 18 C. G. E. Jones, c W ood, bCarev ... 9 A . Harrison, c ooden, b Carey ............. 3 E. H. Stocks, b Powell 0 H . E. Moore, b Carey 0 Soden, c Jones, Harrison W ood, b Richards . A . S. Hill, b Cosser . Powell, not out Dyer, b Cosser Carey, b Cosser J. P. Kemble, b Carey 8. Dixon, c Soden, b Carey ............... J. Price, b Powell ... G. A. Cosser, not out L loyd ’ s R egister . Byes, &c. Total 8totesbury, b Dixon S. A. Hill, not out ... Byes, Ac. Total ..199 Stephenson, Browne, and Lawrence did not bat. A rmy T ents and M arquees , all sizes; lists free. —Thos. James Gasson, Rye, Sussex. LEICESTERSHIRE v. WARWICK­ SHIRE. Played at Leicester on May 9, 10, and 11. WEEK-END CRICKET. Leicestershire won by 173 runs. For tlie first time in the history of inter- coi nty cricket the experimnt of commencing a first-class match on a Saturday was accorded a trial. It was, however, impossible to obtain any definite idea of the merit of the scheme from the present macch as the weather was rather unsettled at the start, and may have kept many from being present who would otherwise have attended. In the aftern ion, when tho con­ ditions improved, there were quite 6,000 on the ground- Leicestershire went in first on a slow wicket and made a poor start against Santall and Hargreave, Knight being bowled at 9, Whitehea.i lbw at 10, King sent back at 22, and Wood caught at 40. Upon the fall of the fourth wicket, V. F. S. Crawford joined Coe, and, by vigorous cricket, added 101 together in 67 minutes. Both played the correct game in the circumstances, and it was not surprising that rach offered a chance—Crawford when a sn gle and Coe, who made 66 out of 114 in 110 minutes, when 12. The others did little, the innings closing for 173. By the time the visi­ tors went in the wicket had become difficult under the influence of the sun. Against Astill, who took seven wickets for 23 runs, and Odell! they collapsed in 80 minutes for 54, there being not a douUe-figure cantribut'on in the total. During the last 40 minutes of the day tbe home Bid? scored 34 for the loss of Wood's wicket, being then 153 runs on with nine wickets in hand. On Monday Leicestershire continued to have the best of the play, and, when stumps were drawn, Warwickshire, with five of their best required 263 to win. K in? and Whitehead early m the day put on 82 for the third wioket in an hour and three-quarters the former, who should have been caught at the wioket off Field before scoring, then being ? +T? £xftunl5 ed l or SS- Bot]l left at tie same total—139, and when, two runs later, Orawford was caught at mid-on, half the side were out. Coe was bowled off his pads, and Odell, Shields, and Jayes quiokly disposed of, so that nine wickets were down for 173. Astill and Hazlerigg then kept together for 40 minutes, in which time they put on a valuable 46, the total realising 219, and the visitors being set 339 to win. Field took six wickets for 66 runs, his analysis after the interval being three for 12. Warwickshire lost Kinneir and Street at 10, and both Charles- worth and Baker at 25 in K ing’s first over. Lilley and Quaife put on 23 in half-an-hour, and it was due chiefly to the former, who carried f * -0li I2’ i?hat the total was taken to 76 for five wickets by the end of the day. On Tuesday morning Lilley added only 2 ere bein^ caught and bow led: he had batted 70 minutes for his welcome 44. Stephens and Glover, and santall and Hargreave afterwards did fairly well, but the total reached only 165, leaving- Leicestershire victorious by 173 runs. Score and analysis :— L e icestersh ire . „ r First innings Second innings. C. J. B. W ood, c Charles- worth, b Hargreave ... 14 lbw, b Santall ... 10 J ^ reaLvea , 8 oK inneir.bField 18 Whitehead, lbw, b Santall 0 b Field 52 King lbw, b Santall ... 8 st Lilley,bSantail 55 Coe, b Santall ...............66 b Field 7 V. F. S. Crawford, b H ar- ............... w *rewV6™ „••• ••• » .4 2 cStephen, bField 1 W . W . Odell, c Street, b Hargreave ...........................3 c Kinneir, b Field 12 Jayes, notout ...............13 b Field ... 9 Sir A. Hazlerigg, lbw, b Santall ... ............... 0 notout ... 21 J. Shields, lbw, b Hargreave 0 b Santall... " ’ 1 Astill, lbw, b Hargreave ... 2 st Lilley, b ,, . Charlesworth... 27 Byes 16, lb 3 ...............19 Byes 2,1b 4... 6 Total........................... 173 Total... W a r w ic k sh ir e . „ Tr First innings. Second innini H. K. Street, b Astill ... 4 c Whitehead, Odell ... Kinneir, b Astill ............... 3 b Jayes ... Charlesworth, c King, b Astill •.. ............... 6 c J ayes, b K ing. Quaife, b Odell .............. 0 b Kino- Baker (C. S.), e Whitehead, b Astill ......................... 6 lbw, b King Lillny, b Odell ............... 7 c and b Jayes ., G. W . Stephen, b Odell ... 8 b King A. C. S. Glover, c Odell, b c Whitehead, Astill ................................3 Astill ... Santall, not out ................ 1 not Qut ..219 .. 14 0 44 .. 23 b ... 20 ... 2X