Cricket 1908

140 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 14, 1908. SURREY v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at the Oval on May 11, 12, and 13. Surrey won by 10 wickets. REMARKABLE BOWLING. Lord Dalmeny made a very welcome re-appear­ ance for Surrey on this occasion, and, in the absence of Leveson-Gower, led the Eleven. Neither Crawford, Bush, nor Smith (W . C.) took the field, but the side nevertheless proved fully equal to the task before it. Runs did not come easily during the first day : in fact during the 265 minutes play was in progress thirteen wickets went down for 245 runs. At the start the wicket was soft and favoured the attack, notwithstanding which the visitors had 91 on the board for the loss of only two wickets. Then, however, a remarkable change was effected by Marshal, who had had three catches missed off him before taking a wicket. In 13 balls he took five wickets without a run being made from them—one of the most remarkable feats in the history of first-class cricket. (See “ Gossip,” page 138, col 3.) In this way the seventh wicket fell at 95. W right was eighth out, at 116, after batting 130 minutes for a plucky but lucky 56 : he hit five 4’s, but was missed three times off Marshal—when 24 by Strudwick, when 38 by the bowler (a hard chance), and when 42 by Lord Dalmeny at cover-point. Lees took the last two wickets, both lbw, in one over, and the innings, after lasting two hours and a half, closed for 129. Marshal, who was assisted by the state of the pitch, took seven wickets for 41 runs : he varied his pace excellently and broke in con­ siderably from the off. Surrey lost Hayward at 33 and Hobbs, who made some good strokes, at 50. W ith the score 53 for three wickets play was stopped by rain for 50 minutes, after which, with the bowlers handicapped by having to use a wet ball, Marshal and Holland put on 63 w ith­ out further loss in the remaining 55 minutes, the total when stumps were drawn being 116 for three wickets, Marshal 44 not out. During the night there was heavy rain, but eo well had the pitch recovered that the game could be resumed at the usual time. The wicket was soft and in favour of the attack. W ith 5 runs added Holland was caught in the slijis, the stand for the fourth wicket having lasted 70 minutes and put on 71 runs, of which number Holland made only 15. Marshal remained until 146, when he was caught by Hitch (substitute) at mid-off for a sound innings o f 59 out of 96 in an hour and three- quarters : he hit six 4’s. The rest of the Surrey innings was marked by a capital display of hitting on the part of Lord Dalmeny, who scored 53 out of 85 in 65 minutes : he hit well all round the wicket, hit six 4’s, and forced the game admirably. Considering the state of the wicket, Surrey’s lead of 79 meant a great deal. Derby­ shire made a wretched start when they went in the second time, W right being bowled in the first over and Needham being caught at short leg with only 2 scored. Cadman and Morton put an 38. The latter played a very slow game, batting 40 minutes for his first two runs, and making only 7 of the 40 during the 57 minutes he was in. Cadman was out fourth, at 47, for a very useful 32, but eleven later Lawton was bowled, half the side then being out for 58. Humphries was well thrown out at 63 by Lees from mid-on, and at 79 Rickm an was bowled. Warren made a few hits, but the innings closed for 106, leaving Surrey only 28 to win. Marshal took five wickets for 32 runs, m aking his record for the match twelve for 73. Surrey made light of their task and won by ten wickets. Score and analysis :— D erbyshire . First innings. L. G. W right, b Marshal ... 56 Morton, c Hayes, b Rushby 20 Needham, c Holland, b Mar-bal .......................... 2 Cadman, c Strudwick, b Marshal ... ... 18 Humphries, b Marshal ... 0 A. E. Lawton, b Marshal... 0 Howcroft, c Hayes, b Marshal .........................1 R. B. Rickman, c Holland, b Marshal ... .............. 0 Warren, not out ........... 22 Bracey, lbw, b Lees ... 1 Behtwick, lbw, b Lees ... 0 B 3, lb 4, w 2............. 9 Total .........129 Second innings, b Rushby ... 0 c Strudwick, b Lees ............... 7 c Goatly, b Mar­ shal ............... 1 c Ru«hby, b Lees 32 run o u t ............... 7 b Lees ... ... 7 c Hobbs, b Mar­ shal ...............19 b Marshal c Hayward, b Marshal not o u t ............... cHolland, b Marshal B 4, lb 2, w 1... Total ...106 S urrey . First innings. Second innings. Hayward, c Warren, b Bestwick ............................ 5 Hobbs, b Bestwick..............38 Hayes, c Warren, b Best­ wick... ................ 3 Marshal, c sub., b Warren. 59 Holland, c Cadman, b Warren ..........................15 not o u t ..................10 Lord Dalmeny, c Cadman, b Bracey ..........................53 Davis, run out ................ 0 Goatly, c Humphries, b Cadman ... 15 noto u t ................15 Lees, c Howcroft, b Bracey 2 Strudwick, c and b Cad­ man .......................................1 Ruphby, not out ................ 0 Byes 8 ,1-b 4, n-b 5 ... 17Byes 2, 1-b 1, w I 4 Total ............ 208Total (no wkt.) 29 D erbyshire . First innings. 8 econd innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Lees ................ 18 6 42 2 ... 15 6 35 3 R ushby............... 9 2 22 1 ... 15 4 31 1 Marshal............... 18 7 41 7 ... 12.3 4 32 5 ............. 4 0 15 0 Goatly ... 1 0 1 0 Marshall bowled three wides. S urrey . First innings. Second innings. O. M. K. W . O. M. R. W . W arren............... 18 4 60 2 Bestwick ... 26 6 63 3 . . . 5 090 Cadman............... 16 5 23 2 B ra cey ............... 6.2 0 27 2 ... 5.3 2 16 0 M orton............... 3 0 18 0 Bracey bowled three no-balls and Warren and Morton one eich, and Bracey a wide. SOMERSET v. LANCASHIRE. Played at Bath on May n , 12, and 13. Lancashire won by an innings and 1 run. Brearley, after a long absence, re-appeared for Lancashire in this match, whilst Daniell, after an absence of four years, again played for Somerset, who placed a very unfamiliar side in the field. Braund played a capital game when the home side went in, defending strongly whilst wickets were falling—the first three fell for 21—and hitting out well later, when part­ nered by Daniell. He made 59 out of 90 in an hour and three-quarters, during which time he made some fine on-drives and turned the ball to leg skilfully. Daniell kept his wicket up for 100 minutes, whilst making 31 out of 95 obtained whilst in : when 5 he m ight have been caught at slip by Poidevin, but it was a difficult chance. Robson and Whittle made a few good hits, but the latter was decidedly fortunate, being missed when 16 by Hartley, and when 20 by Stanning. Banks gave a prom ising display and showed himself possessed of a good style, and Amor, after batting 40 minutes, carried out his bat for 17. Brearley maintained a great pace and an excellent length, and took half the wickets for 92 runs in the total of 198. Lancashire found no difficulty in making runs on the easy-paced wicket, Hornby and Hartley scoring 83 without loss in 70 minutes. All bowlers came alike to the pair, and Hornby made 51 out of 81 in an hour. The next morning the total was taken to 94, and then Hornby was bowled for 55, which took 80 minutes to compile. Tyldesley played bright cricket, making his 49 out of 74 put on for the second wicket in 50 minutes : he hit well on both sides of the wicket, and commenced his display by driving Cranfield over the ring for 6. But the feature of the play was the innings of A. Hartley, who was born at New Orleans in 1879, and is a younger brother of Mr. C. R. Hartley. He commenced slowly, taking over two hours to reach 50, but later he opened out and had the satisfaction of making a hundred on his fourth appearance for his county. He showed himself strong on the on-side, offered no chance, and hit thirteen 4’a during the 220 minutes he was in. Apart from Brearley, who made some fine hits, including a 6, the others did little, and, although the Somerset total was passed with eight wickets in hand, the innings closed for 309. Cranfield took six wickets, but at a rather heavy cost. During the remaining two hours Somerset, fared badly, six wickets going down before Brearley and Dean for 69, the home side being still 42 runs behind at the drawing of stumps. Yesterday the home side gave a poor display and suffered defeat by an innings and one run. The batting calls for no comment beyond stating that Banks again showed promising form and carried out his bat for 14. Brearley took six wickets for 55 runs, making his record for the match eleven for 147. Score and analysis :— S om erset . First innings. Second innings. Braund, b Brearley..................59 c Hornby, b Brearley ... 8 A. J. Crowder, b Brearley... 9 b Dean ................. 1 Lewis, b Brearley ............... 1 c Worsley, b Brearley ... 5 C. G. Deane, run out ... 1 b Brearley ... 16 J. Daniell, b D e e n ................. 31 b Dean ... 8 Robson, c Worsley, b Brear- c Worsley, b ley ......................................20 Brearley ... 19 Whittle, c and b Cook ... 30 c Cook, b Brearley 9 R. E. Hancock, b Brearley 0 c Stanning, b Brearley ... 15 P. d’A. Banks, b Cook ... 22 notout ..............14 S. Amor, not out ...............17 b Dean ... ... 0 Cranfield, b Cook ............... 6 run o u t ................. 8 Byes .............. , . 2 B3, lb 2, nb 1, w l 7 A . H. Hornby, Cranfield ................. 55 A. Hartley, c Amor, b Cranfield .............109 Tyldesley, c Robson, b Brand ................. 49 L. O. S. Poidevin, c Braund, b Lewis ... 18 Sharp, lbw, b Lewis... 18 H. D. Stanning, lbw, Cranfield Total ...198 Total ... L ancashire . ..110 Harry, b Cranfield ... 11 Dean, c Whittle, b Cranfield ................ 0 Cook, not out ... 4 W . Brearley, b Cran- fiera........................23 Worsley, run out ... 2 Byes 7, nb 1, w 7... 15 Total Dean Brearley Harry Cook Lewis Cranfield Robson Second innings. O.M. R. W . ... 21 9 31 8 ... 344 10 55 6 .. 11 5 17 0 S omerset . First innings. 0 . M. R. W . 20 5 45 2 32 6 92 5 14 4 30 0 15.4 1 29 2 Brearley bowled a wide and Harry a no-ball L ancashire . O. M. R. W f O. 41 11 2 Braund... 10 37.2 4129 6 Whittle .. 7 8 416 0 [ Braund bowled a ^ide and Lewis 6 wides and 1 no-ball. M . R. W . 1 46 1 1 16 0 M.C.C. a n d GROUND v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Lord’s on May 11, 12, and 13. Yorkshire won by an innings and 10 runs. The M.C.C. placed a good side in the field to oppose Yorkshire after the latter’s phenomenal success at Northampton, and had three capital bowlers at command in Hearne, Trott, and Tarrant—all of the Middlesex Eleven. The wicket was slow and always caused the ball to be watched carefully, and, although scoring was never brisk (only 211 runs were made for 13 wickets during the day) the play was always interesting. De Trafford was bowled in H aigh’s first over by a ball which kept very low, and with only eight scored Bird played a ball on to his wicket from Hirst. Hardstaff and Tarrant effected an improvement, and with 30 on the board Rhodes and Newstead took up the attack. Altogether the stand for the third wicket lasted 50 minutes and realised a valuable 29. At lunch time the total had been taken to 68 without fur­ ther loss, play having then lasted 115 minutes. Hardstaff and Warner after the interval remained together until 93, when the latter, having helped to add 55 in 70 minutes, was bowled by Haigh for 31—a capital display and the brightest piece of batting of the day. A run later Jephson was brilliantly thrown out by Rothery from shart-leg and HardstafE bowled by H irst with a swerving ball. Hardstaff batted two hours and a half for his 38, which were made by excellent cricket against fine bowling and keen fielding: he made some fine strokes on both sides of the wicket and well deserved the applause accorded him upon his return to the pavilion. No one else reached double figures, and the innings, after lasting three hours and ten minutes, closed for 111. The last six wickets fell in three- quarters of an hour for 18, H irst and Haigh keeping a fine length and being thoroughly mas­ ters of the situation during that time. Of the 26 overs delivered by the last-named in the innings 16 were maidens, and his four wickets cost only six and a half runs each. Rhodes and Rothery gave the home side a very good start, though the latter offered a couple of chances with his score at 5. The pair remained together 50 minutes and scored 56 in partnership. With Denton in rain came down and stopped play for a quarter of an hour. The newcomer just reached double figures before being bowled, and at 79 Hearne disposed of Rhodes, who made some fine strokes on the off-side, for 40 scored in 70 minutes. At the end of the day the total had been taken to 100 without further loss. On Tuesday owing to heavy rain during the night,