Cricket 1908

M ay 21, 1908. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 149 M.C.C. AND GROUND v. KENT. Played at Lord's on May 14, 15 and 16. Drawn. There had been much less rain in the North of London than in the South during Wednesday even­ ing and, but for a shower, play woidd have been possible at Lord’s at the advertised hour on the Thursday. Only 25 minutes’ play could be secured, rain setting in persistently, but even this record was better than that of the Oval, where there was no play at all. With but a single scored De Trafford was caught at mid-off, after which Warner and Tarrant remained together until the close, when the total had been taken to 17, of which Warner had made 4 and Tarrant 13. There was no cricket on Friday, and, so soft was the ground on Saturday, that a start could not be made until two o’clock. The batting was very slow to commence with, only 4 runs being added in a quarter of an hour, but the pair remained together until 64, when Tarrant was caught at mid-on for 34 made out of 03 in and hour and a-half. Braund was bowled without a run and Llewellyn for two, after which Warner reached 50 after batting two hours and a-quarter. The last- named played an admirable innings entirely free from fault : he made 04 out of 115 in 195 minutes, showing strong defence but making powerful cuts and drives when occasion offered In the last 80 minutes of the day Kent scored 73 for six wickets by free hitting off Tarrant and Hearne. Score and analysis: — M.C.C. and G round . r . F. Warner, not out 04 C. K. de Trafford, c Woolley, b Blythe... 0 Tarrant, c Humphreys, b W o o lle y ...............34 Braund,b Humphreys 0 Llewellyn, b Woolley 2 Capt. A. G. C. Luther, b Fairservice .. 0 M. C. Bird, b Fair­ service ............... 3 K ent , Hardinge, b Hearne 11 Munds (R.), b Heame 0 Seymour, lbw, b Tar­ rant ...........................12 Hubble, lbw, b Hearne 21 Woolley, b Tarrant ... 10 Humphreys, not out 3 H. S. Kaye, c Hard­ inge, b Blythe C. V. Baker, b Fair- service .............. Humphries, b Blythe Hearne, (J.T.), c Wool­ ley, b Fairservice ... B 4, n-b 2 ............... 6 T o ta l................124 C. H. B. Marsliam, lbw, b Tarrant ............... 0 Huish, not out ... 5 B 3 ,1-b 2 ... ... 5 Total (6 wkts.) 73 Fairservice, Blythe, and Fielder did not bat. M.C.C. and G round . R. W. 43 3 27 21 O. M. Blythe ..,2 7 7 Fairser­ vice ... 25.2 13 27 4 Humphreys delivered two no-balls. K ent . O. M. R. W. I O. M. Hearne... 163 35 3 |Tarrant 10 3 33 3 O. Hum­ phreys 12 Woolley 11 R. W. the long-field. The innings closed for 98, leaving the home side with a lead of 108. Crawford and Marshal quickly hit up 34 together and then the innings was declared closed, leaving Gloucestershire only 45 minutes in which to obtain 143 to win. A draw appeared a certainty, but there was consider­ able excitement before the close. Langdon, who obtained a “ pair,” was out second ball, aud Board left in the second over. Winstone, from the first ball he received, survived a very confident appeal by the wicket-keeper, and the decision probably decided the result of the match, Winstoue afterwards remain­ ing in a quarter of an hour and making a draw assured. Jessop, missed when he had scored a single, made three fine hits, but when Godsell was bowled half the side were out for 35. Dean was dis­ missed just on time, when, with the score 40 for six wickets, the game was left drawn. Crawford, in addition to leading the side skilfully and giving the best display of batting on either side, bowled 11 overs for 14 runs and five wickets. Score and analysis :— S urrey . SURREY v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Played at the Oval on May 14, 15, and 16. Drawn. Although heavy rain prevented a ball being bowled on either of the first two days, so much progress was made on the third that Surrey came within an ace of winning, twenty-seven wickets going down for 378 runs and Gloucestershire, when stumps were drawn, being 102 runs behind with only four tail-end wickets in hand. The visitors were not quite at full strength, but Surrey, who gained the advantage of first innings, had a good side, including Crawford, who was captain. The wicket was soft but not difficult, and Hayward and Hobbs scored readily enough against Dennett and Mills, but when 00 had been made Hayward was bowled by Huggins after batting 05 minutes. Hobbs made some fine hits but fell to an easy catch at slip when he had scored 41 out of 80 in an hour and a quarter. After Hayes and Holland had been respectively caught in the long-field and stumped, Crawford joined Marshal and gave a delightful display. Of the 59 added for the fifth wicket in 27 minutes the amateur, who hit seven 4’s and three 2 s, claimed as many as 40 ; he made some lusty pulls and drives, and, when 29, might have been stumped off Mills, but the chance was not an easy one. Upon being joined by Davis, Marshal made 18 off the reel, and, after seeing 150 up in 125 minutes, was lbw for 45. Davis, when he had made a single, was missed in the long-field by Godsell—an ex­ pensive mistake. He and Lees threw their wickets away in attempting to force the game, and, with the others doing little, the last five wickets put on only 15, the innings closing for 200. The two Smiths shared the attack when Surrey took the field and speedily met with success. With but 5 scored Langdon was caught at slip, but Board, who played skilfully to leg, and Godsell put 011 41 for the second wicket. Winstone was bowled at 54 and ten later Spry was lbw. Jessop hit a ball on to the Pavilion roof, but, in attempting to repeat the feat, was caught in Hayward, b Huggins. 30 Hobbs, c Mills, b Den­ nett ..........................41 Hayes, c Spry, b Mills 9 Marshal, lbw, b Hug­ gins ..........................45 Holland, st Board, b Dennett .............. 0 J. N. Crawford, c Den­ nett, b Mills ... 40 Davis,c Jessop, b Den­ nett ............................. 24 Lees, st Board, b Den­ nett ......................... Smith (F. E.), not out .......................... Smith (W. C.), c Jessop, b Dennett... Strudwick, c Godsell, b H u ggin s............... B 5, w 2 ............... Total .200 Second innings: Marshal, lbw, b Langdon, 15 ; J. N. Crawford, not out, 14 ; b 5.—Total (T wkt.), *34. ♦Innings declared closed. G loucestershire . First innings. Board, c Hayward, b F. E. Smith ........................26 Langdon, c Hayes, b W. C. Smith .......................... 0 R. T. Godsell, lbw, b F. E. Smith .......................1 0 Winstone, b W. C. Smith... 14 G. L. Jessop, c Holland, b F. E. Smith ............12 Spry, lbw, b W. C. Smith... 4 Dean, b C raw ford............11 J. W. S. Jellie, lbw, b W. C. Smith ......................... 1 Huggins, not out ...........10 Mills, b W. C. Smith ... 1 Dennett, st Strudwick, b C ra w ford ......................... 5 B 3 ,1-b 1......................... 4 B 2, 1-b 1 Second innings, lbw, b W. C. S m ith .............. 3 lbw, b Crawford 0 b Crawford ... 7 b Crawford ... 7 b F. E. Smith 13 not out ............... 3 b H a yes............... 4 NORTHANTS v. NOTTS. Played at Northampton on May 14, 15 and 16. Drawn. Rain descended smartly at ten o’clock on the opening day and postponed the start until ten minutes to one. There were other showers, and, altogether, play lasted only 70 minutes, during which time the home side scored 53 for two wickets. Cox was smartly run out by James at 8, and at 39 Pool was caught at cover ; Kingston carried out his bat for 31. There was no cricket 011 Friday, but 011 Saturday 20 wickets went down. Kingston made 41 out of 70 in 85 minutes, but Northants lost their last eight wickets for 05 runs, the innings closing for 118. Huns were hard to get, and both John Gunn and Wass bowled well. At lunch Notts had two men out for 22, and, after the resumption, John Gunn left with the total unchanged. George Gunn played admirably for an hour and a-quarter, and was well supported by Payton and Alletson. With the total 92 Hardy, a right-hand medium-paced bowler, was put on, and he bowled with such effect that he took the last six wickets for 11 runs, causing the visitors to be nine behind 011 the innings. Northants could do little against Hallam, Wass and John Gunn in their second innings, half the side being out for 28 in three-quarters of an hour. Thompson defended well and made a draw assured, but at the finish eight wickets were down for 81. Score and analysis :— NORTdAMPTONSHIRE. 1st innings. 2nd inninga W. H. Kingston, c G. Gunn, b Wass .......................... 41 lbw, b Hallam ... 13 Cox (M.), run out .............. 2 b Hallam ... 0 C. J. T. Pool, c J. Gunn, b Hallam ..........................18 c Jones, b Wass 8 Thompson (G.J.), c Alletson, b Wass ..........................10 not o u t ................25 A. R. Thompson, c Oates, b Wass...................................... 0 c Jones, b Wass 0 T. E. Manning, b J. Gunn 7 b Hallam.. ... 3 Buswell, c J. Gunn, b W ass........................... ... 5 c and b J.Gunn 14 H. Hawkins, b J. Gunn ... 9b Hallam.................. 1 Wells, b Wass .......... 1 Hardy, c Iremonger, b J. c Alletson, b J. Gunn .......................... 17 G u n n ............. 10 Falconer, not out ... ... 2 L-b 3, 11-b 3 ........... 0 B 5 ,1-b 1, n-b 1 7 Total (0 wkts.) 40 Second innings. O. M. It. W. ... 3 1 17 0 Total .............. 98 S urrey . First innings. O. M. 11. W. Huggins .... 12.4 2 34 3 ... Dennett ... 31 7 99 5 Mills ... 19 1 63 2 W instone... 1 0 3 0 Langdon... 3.4 0 12 1 Dennett bowled two wides. G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Smith (W.C.) 17 2 55 5 ........... 5 2 8 1 Smith(F. E.) 12 1 37 3 ............ 2 0 10 1 Crawford... 4.1 3 2 2 ............ 7 3 12 3 Hayes... 3 0 1 1 NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK v. UNION AND SM ITH’S BANK.—Played at Lower Syden­ ham on May 12. U nion and S m ith ’ s B an k . and b H. F. Metson, c Provis, b Crosser ... Summers, b Cosser ... Oxley, not out C. Pothecary, c Dixon, b Cosser .............. D. M. Starkey, b Richards ............... L. Miller, Richards .............. 4 J. D. Strong, b Cosser 6 W . E. Osborne, st Moore, b Cosser ... 0 A. C. D. Brown, b Cosser .............5 E. Helson, c Pala- mountain,b Richards 4 C. E. Shaw, c Purnell, b Cosser ............... 0 N a tio n a l P ro v in c ia l B an k . H. E. Moore,b Starkey 81 Byes............................ 2 W . B. Palamountain, not out ..............19 1 — A. B. H. Read, not out 3 I Total (1 wkf.) 32 Total 23 Total... Iremonger, lbw, T h om pson................ 7 Gunn (G.), c Manning, b H aw kins............30 Hardstaff, b Thomp­ son ... ... ... 7 Gunn (J.), b Thomp­ son ............................ 0 Payton, lbw, b Hardy 28 Alletson, c Manning, b Hardy ............21 ...118 N otts . Total (8 wkts.) 81 A. O. Jones, b Hardy 0 James, b Hardy ... 1 Oates, c Pool, b Hardy 3 Hallam, not out ... 2 Wass, b Hardy ... 0 B 8, 1-b 1, n-b 1 10 “ Warner is one of the few batsmen of repute who still clings in some degree to the old-fashioned method of playing the back stroke. Your true modern in executing it walks right in front of his wicket, faces the bowler, pays 110 heed to keoping his left shoulder over the ball, but pushes his bat out in front of him rather stiffly with his hands wide apart .”— The Moniiny Post. Total ...............109 N orthamptonshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. ... 28 13 53 5 ... 13 2 23 2 .. 27 0 51 1 ... 23 10 24 4 . 13.2 8 8 3 ... 10.5 3 27 2 Gunn bowled four no-balls. N otts . O. M. R. W. Thompson(G.)20 7 47 3 1Hawkins Wells ... 10 3 24 0 1Hardy Thompson bowled one no-ball. Wass ... Hallam Gunn (J.) O. M.R.W 6 3 17 1 3 4 0 11 6 SOUTHGATE v. FIN CH LEY.—Played at South­ gate on May 16. F ik c iil e y . H. Melhuish, c Hey­ gate, b Paige ... 14 H. C. Fisher, c F. S. Lewis, b Paige ... 12 F. A . Bishop, c aDd b Paige ............. 0 A. E. Griffiths c Muriel, b F. S. Lewis .............38 B. C. S. Venables c and b F. S. Lewis ... 23 G. T. Thomburj? b F. S. L e w is ............... 0 S outhgate . E. J. Mann, run out... 23 R. B. Heygate b Melhuish .............. 18 Rev. A. M. Bashford, retired hurt.............. 56 L. R. Lewis, c Stir­ ling, b Fisher ... 4 C. Browning, b Tuck 10 G. A. Tuck, c and b Prfige ............... 4 W . D. de Paula b F. S. Lewis ............... 0 H. N. Stirling, not o u t .......................... 4 ~W. E. Goodyear, b Paige.........................1 C. E. Hall, c Heygate, b Paige ...............11 B 10, 1-b 2, w-b 1 ... 13 Total ... ,.123 A. J. Carter, c Tuck, b De Paula .. ... 39 G. H. Muriel, not o u t .............. _ 9 B 20,1-b 4, w-b 3... 27 Total.............IS ; R. E. Paige, G. W . Cranfield, R. S. Dickson and F. S. Lewis did not bat.