Cricket 1908

M ay 14, 1908. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 1 4 1 no play was possible until shortly after four o’clock. The wicket was too soft to be difficult, and Hirst pulled and drove finely until dismissed by a fine running catch from mid-off at 136. Bates failed to score, but Kaye made some good strokes, and, with Haigh and Newstead putting on 53 for the ninth wicket in 35 minutes, the total eventually reached 216. Tarrant t«ok half a dozen wickets for 75 runs, and bowled better than his analysis would suggest. In the last 25 minutes of the day the home side lost Bird’s wicket, for 13 runs, and at drawing of stumps required 92 to save the innings defeat. Yester­ day’s cricket, was noteworthy for a very fine innings on the part of Warner, who alone of all the batsmen on the side reached double figures. Haigh bowled with great effect and only Warner, who punished his first over for 10, faced him with any confidence. It was due mainly to him that half the wickets were down for 42. Warner, continuing to almost monopo­ lise the run-getting, reached 51 out of 77 in 105 minutes, and when the innings closed for 95 was left to carry out his bat for a splendid effort of 64. Going in first, he made all but 30 of the runs obtained from the bat on the difficult wicket. He batted two hours and a quarter, offered no chance, and hit five 4’s. Haigh took seven wickets for 44 runs, and Yorkshire won by an innings and 10 runs. Score and analysis:— M.C.C. an d G round . First innings. Second innings. C. E. deTrafford, lbw, b Haigh ........................ 1 c Newstead, b Hirst ............... 9 M. C. Bird, b Hirst ... 4 st Hunter, b Rhodes ... ... 6 Hardstaff, b Hirst ...3 8 lbw, b Haigh ... 3 Tarrant, lbw. b Rhodes 16 c and bHaigh ... 0 P. F. Warner b Haigh ... 31 notout ...............64 Rev. W . Y. Jephson, run out ..........................O b Hai.'h ................... 6 C. H. B. Marsham, run out ......................... 4 lbw, b Haigh ... 1 Clayton Palmer, not out 5 b Haigh ................. 0 Trott, b Hirst ...........0 b Haigh ................ 1 Oates, b Haigh ............. 6 c Myers, b Haigh... 0 J. T. Hearne, b Haigh ... 2 st Hunter, b Rhodes ............... 4 B 1, lb 2, n-b 1 ... 4 Lb ............... 1 Total ...111 Y o r k s h ir e . Total ... 95 Rothery, b Heame ... 25 Rhodes, b Hearne ... 40 Denton, b Trott ... 10 Wilkinson, c Trott, b Tarrant ...............27 Hirst, c Hardstaff, b Tarrant .............30 Bates, lbw, b Tarrant 0 B 15, lb 2 ... H. S. Kaye, st Oates, b T a rr a n t..............16 T otal. Haigh, c Oates, b Tar­ rant ..........................31 Myers, lbw, b Hearne 0 Newstead, c Jephson, b Tarrant ...............20 Hunter, not out ... 0 17 M.C.C. a n d G rou n d . First innings. Second iniiings. Hirst ... H aigh... Rhodes Newstead 0 . M. R. W . O. M. R. W. 25 8 44 3 ... 14 1 33 1 26.2 16 26 4 ... 21 5 44 7 10 4 IS 1 ... 8.1 2 13 2 8 2 19 0 1 0 4 0 Hearne .. Tarrant . Hirst bowled a no-ball. Y orksh ire . M. R. W . 35 13 68 3 I Trott ... 28.3 5 75 6 I Bird O. O. M. R. W . 14 3 47 1 2 0 9 0 OXFORD UNIVERSITY TRIAL MATCH. F ir s t XI. v. N e x t XVI. Played at Oxford on May n , 12, and 13. The Eleven won by 8 wickets. This match was brought forward ten days, in view of the meeting with Lancashire to-day. Pearson-Gregory and Walters gave the Sixteen a fair start, but the total was only 26 when the third wicket fell. Leslie and Raynor added 56 for the fourth wicket, but after the latter had been caught in the slips Seitz, Clarke, Brougham, and Howard were sent back without a run be­ tween them. Leslie, although not very com fort­ able at the start of his innings, played a good game during the 80 minutes he was in, and gave no chance. The best batting of the side, however, was by Braddell, who made some fine off-strokes and scored his 34 in three-quarters of an hour. The innings closed for 148, Hatfeild and Robinson (fast right) being the most suc­ cessful bowlers. The Eleven lost Bowring with- Qut a run, but Teesdale and W right remained together without further loss until the close, when 61 had been scored. On Tuesday the members of the Eleven scored well on the whole and obtained a lead of 139 on the innings. W right was soon out, but Teesdale and Salter took the score to 132 before the latter was held in the long-field for 38. Teesdale made 63 out of 150 in 155 minutes, but Hurst played a bright game and scored his 62 in an hour and a half. Lowe and Robinson played lively cricket, the latter making a huge drive into an adjoining field among several good hits. At the end of the day the XVI'. lost the wickets of Pearson, Gregory, Walters and Leslie, all taken by Hat­ feild for 38. Yesterday Seitz and Leese added 73 in an hour, the latter playing a flawless innings of 51 before being yorked. Then fol­ lowed a collapse, after which Raynor and Braddell put on 51 in under an hour. The Eleven, however, were set only 69 to win, and that number they obtained for a couple of wickets. Score and analysis :— N e x t X V I. First innings. Second innings. P. Pearson-Gregory, c H'irst, b Robinson... 12 b Hatfeild .. 11 O. H. Walters, b Robinson 11 b Hatfeild ... 10 C. P. Leese, c Brandt, b Gilbert ..........................3 J. Leslie, b Hatfeild ... 41 K. Raynor, c Wright, b Lowe ... ... 19 J. A. Seitz, b Hatfeild ... 0 A. G'. L. Clarke, b Hatfeild 0 H. Brougham, lbw, b Hat­ feild ......................................0 A. Howard, b Lowe ... 0 R. L. Braddell, c Bowring, b Gilbert ..........................34 R. W . Jesson, lbw, b Robinson .............. ... 7 A . G. Pawson, c Bowring, b Gilbert .......................... 3 G. K. Molineux, b Robinson 3 M. K. Mackenzie, not out .. 0 D. H. Peel, b Robinson ... 4 G. W . Blenc©we, b Robin­ son ......................................0 Byes 9, lb 2 ...............11 b Robinson ... 51 c Brandt, b Hat­ field .............. 4 b Gilbert.............. 36 c W right, b Robinson ... 32 b Robinscn ... 12 b Robinson ... 0 b Robinson ... 0 c Teesdale, b Bowring .. 42 c Brandt, b Bow­ ring ............. 3 b Robinson b Robinson notout ... absent c Robinsm, Lowe Byes 9, lb 8, w 1 18 Total... Total ...253 .............148 F irst X I. T. Bowring, b Mac­ kenzie ............... 0 H. Tee^dale, run o u t.. 63 E. L. W right, c Ray- noi, b Braddnll ... 33 M. G. Salter, c Brandt, b Leslie .............38 C. S. Hurst, c and b H. A. Gilbert, nut out 0 Jtlencowe .. ... 62 J. M. C. Lowe, c Brandt, b Mac­ kenzie ............. 29 R L. Robinson, lbw, b Leslie ....................... 35 C. E. Hatfe 11, c Clarke b Braddell... C. L. Hooman, c Paw­ son, b 3£olineux ... D. R. Brandt, c and b Molineux B 13, lb 4, w 3 ... 20 Total ...287 Second innings : T. Bowring, b Leslie, 3) ; M. G. Salter, not out, 23; C. L . Hooman, c Pawson, b Leslie, 2 ; byes 5. Total (2 wkts.), 69. N e x t X V I. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. R obin son........... 16.5 2 36 6 ............ 17 2 58 7 Hatfeild ........... 18 4 33 4 ............ 25 8 48 3 Gilbert ........... 15 3 40 3 ........... 24 7 61 Lowe ........... 12 2 28 2 ............18.4 0 17 0 Bowring 9 0 Bowring bowled a wide. F ir s t X L First innings. Second innings. O. M.R. W . O. M. R. W . Mackenzie . . 2 0 4 41 2 ............. 7 1 24 0 M olineux... 30 11 62 2 ............ 6 0 21 0 Leslie 19 3 68 2 ............ 2 5 0 7 2 Braddell ... 12*1 4 31 2 ........... 4 1 12 0 Peel................. 11 2 32 0 Jesson ... 3 0 16 0 Blencowe... 4 1 19 1 GRANVILLE v. W H ITG IFT WANDERERS.— Played at Lee on May 9. The latter played four short. W h itg ift W a n d erers . W . G. Smith, b Charl­ ton ..........................I) C. Pegg, lbw, b A. S. Johnston ..............11 H. Groom, b Charlton 0 F. Benton, b Charlton 14 P. Scrivener, b A . S. Johnston .............. 1 G ran ville . W . Groom, b Charlton 8 G. Scrivener, not out 0 Total 36 R. E Lincoln, b Pegg 18 Roy Johnston,b Smith 10 M. S. Mason, b Smith 5 H. Smith, lb w,|bSmith 37 V. B. Longworth, b H. G ro o m .............. 47 H. E. Thomson, c Ben­ ton, b Smith ... 19 C. E. C. Kendle, b P. Scrivener ..............30 H. L. Temple, b P. ScriveDer ............. 0 P.C. Charlton, c Pegg, b Smith .. 25 W . E. Dedrick, b P. Scrivener .............. 6 A . S. Johnston, not out 2 Extras .............. 5 Total ..204 OBITUARY . T . W . G u n n . Thomas William Gunn, who died at Croydon on the 4th inst., played for Surrey three times in 1863 and three times in 1869. Scores and Biographies (viii-45) says of him :—“ As a batsman he possesses an ex­ cellent style, hitting well to all parts, especially forward and to leg, being a pupil of the late Tom Lockyer. . . . In the field he is generally mid-wicket off or cover point, and bowls rather slow round armed. When about 17 years of age he was first engaged as a bowler to the Surrey Club, remaining there four seasons, then missing one, he was re-engaged one more. In 1875 he was residing in his native town, at 31, Surrey Street, where he kept a cricket warehouse and tobacconist’s shop.” He was born at Croydon on July 10th, 1843, and was therefore in his sixty-fifth year at the time of his death. He’ was of very small stature, being only 5ft. i^in. or 5ft. 2jin, ; according to another account he was even shorter, for in an old poem he is referred to as “ Little Tommy Gunn, five feet one.” He was a very useful club cricketer, but did practically nothing for the^County, scoring only 52 runs in eleven innings, three of which were incompleted, and not being tried with the ball. His highest score was 13 against Sussex at the Oval in 1869. A . P ayne . Alfred Payne, who had kept wicket for Leicestershire on a few occasions, died at Leicester, his native place, on the 7th inst., of consumption. Prior to joining the ground-stafif of the County Club he played with the South End C.C. for several sea­ sons. His first appearance for .Leicester­ shire was against the West Indians in 1906; altogether, he assisted the County on five occasions, catching six and stump­ ing one. He was only a moderate bat. NORWOOD v. BRIXTON WANDERERS.—Played at Yorwood on May 9. N o rw o od . F. W . Robarts. c Good- all, b Mitchell ... 27 F. R. W arr n, c Glan- vill. b C. G. Smith .. 23 C. J. Hewitt, b M itch°ll ............... 8 R. L. Turner, b C. G. Sm ith.........................3 H. R. Gordon, b C. G. Smith.......................... 2 A. C. Beaton,b Brymer 18 C. H. R. Henman, b C. G. Smith.............. 1 L. Garrett, b C. G. Smith ............... R. T. Colegate, c Goodall, b Brymer H. Biscoe, c Odell, b Brymer ............... B. Batchelor, not out H. E. Smith, b Bat­ chelor ............... 3 A. J. Whyte, b Bat­ chelor ... 1 F. P. Rider, e Biscoe, b Batchelor...............33 F. Odell, b Colegate ... 0 C. G. Smith, c and b Colegate .2 1 R. J. Burlington, b Colegate ............... 9 L. M Simmons, st Beaton, b Batchelor 9 Lb ... To‘ al B rixto n W anderers . 87 H. Goodall, c Warren, b Robarts . ... 16 W . A. Mitchell, c Hewitt, b Batchelor 17 E. A. Brymer, b Robarts ... o B. A. Glanvill, not out 4 Total ...117 Percy Perrin scored 148 for Essex C. and G. at Leyton yesterday against Buckhurst Hill, hitting a 5 and twenty-four 4’s. THE DERBYSHIRE CRICKET GUIDE. Season 1908. Compiled by L. G. W rig h t and W . J. P ip e r , Junr. (13th Year). Contains : Portraits and Biographies of Mr. R. B. Rickman and Mr. R. S. T. Cochrane ; First- clif8 Cricket in 1907 (by ‘ ‘ L.G .W .” ) ; Derbyshire Records and Statistics; the Laws of the Game; Fixtures of the Pniladelph ans, the Leading Counties and M.C.C., and over 150 Local Clubs ; Secretaries’ names and addresses ; and other useful and interest­ ing information. Can be had from B acon & H dds > n , Printers, Colyear Street, Derby. Price Twopence per copy, per post Threepence.