Cricket 1908

M a y 2 1 , 1908 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF Tf l E GAME. 1 57 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE v. LEICESTER­ SHIRE. Played at Nottingham on May 18, 19 and 20. Notts won by 217 runs. Although the wicket was easy eighteen wickets went down on the first day for 327 runs. Notts lost Iremonger. who was never comfortable, with only 27 scored, and Hardstaff made only 4, for which he batted 20 minutas. W illi the two Gunns together the half century went up in 40 minutes, but five runs later Astill went on and bowled George Gunn with the first ball he sent down ; he had made 28out of 55 in 50 minutes, but never seemed to be quite at home. Pa^ ton and John Gunn added 27, and then the latter, who had batted 50 minutes for 23, was caught at the wicket. Jones quickly met a similar fate, but a good stand was made by Alletson and Branston, who, by bright cricket, put on 48 for the sevfnth wicket in 25 minutes. The last four wickets realised 82 in 50 minutes, and the innings, after lasting two hours and three-quarters. ( losed for 206. Leicestershire’s out- cricket was distinctly good. Knight and Wood played steadily for three-quarters of an hour against Hallam and Wass, but after the amateur had been lbw Wass disposed of Whitehead, King and Coe in quick succession. Knight, when 14, was missed by Payton off Wass, and the error proved a costly one. The fifth wicket went down at 78; they had all been taken by Wass for 38 runs. A t 100 Wass was relieved by Iremonger, who quickly got rid of Jayes and Hazlerigg Knight all this time had been showing sound defence and making some fine cuts, and, when play ceased with the total 121 for eight wickets, was still not out with 59 to his name ; he had then been batting two hours and forty minutes. On the follow­ ing morning the two outstanding wickets added only 10 runs, the innings closing for 131, or 75 less than Notts*. Knight carried his bat right through the innings and scored his 61 out of 131 in 175 minutes; he offered only the one chance referred to. By plow cricket Iremonger and George Gunn made 12 for the first wicket, the runs taking half-an-hour to make. 50 went up in an hour and a-quarter, and, after Ire­ monger had been caught at the wicket, at 89, a pro­ lific stand was made by John Gunn and Hardstaff. Three-figures were made in two hours, and Hardstaff reached 50 after being in 100 minutes. The pair, by very bright and attractive cricket, put on 130 in 85 minutes for the third wicket. Hardstaff made his 104 out of 207 in 170 minutes without a mistake of any kind and hit nine 4’s and eight 3’s. John Gunn completed his 50 in 80 minutes and his 100 in 140, and altogether batted two hours and three-qualters for his flawless 144 not out which contained seventeen 4’s. Jones helped him to add 71 in 27 minut&s, Branston 54, and Alleston 52. W ith three wickets still in hand the innings was declared closed, Leicestershire being left 472 to win. By the end of the day W ood and Knight had made 17 without loss. On the third morning W ood and Knight con­ tinued the up-hill task, and were opposed by Hallam and Wass. Scoring ruled slow, as was only to be expected, the first half-hour’s play producing only 16 runs. A t 57 Knight was sent back after batting for 80 minutes, and Whitehead, before he had made a run, was magnificently caught by Hardstaff at cover. King, although making only 3, stayed in 20 minutes during which but 5 runs were added, but Coe played brightly and, with W ood, made a fine resist­ ance to the attack. W ood completed 50 in 165 minutes, and Coe followed suit after batting an hour and a quarter. Wood showed great patience, and battel 270 minutes for .69, in which was only one four. The partnership realised 119, and at one period only 7 were added in half-an-hour. The ether players failed against Iiemonger, and Notts won 20 minutes before time by 217 runs. Coe carried out his bat for a chanceless 119, which contained twelve 4’s, and took over foar hours to make. Score and analysis: — N ottinghamshire . First innings. Iremonger, b Jayes... Gunn (G.), b A still... Hardstaff, c Whitehead, Jayes Gunn (J.), c Shields, Astill ............... Payton, lbw, b King A. O. Jones, c Shields, Astill ............... G. T. Branston, c Cra ford, b Odell Alletson, c Knight, Jayes ............... Oates, lbw, b Odell... Hallam, not out Wass, c Shields, b Jayes B 10, 1-b 8 ... Second innings. Total ... 13 c Shields, b Odell 46 ... 28 b Jayes ... ... 8 b ... 4 c Crawford, b Odell ... ,..104 b ... 23 not out ... ..144 ... 26 lbw, b Odell ... 0 b ... 4 c and b Astill ,.. 49 w- ... 31 c Whitehead, b Astill ... .. 19 b ... 27 b Odell ... .. 13 ... 12 ... 6 ... 14 ... 18 B 10, 1-b 1, w 2 13 ...206 Total (7 wkts) *396 L e ICESTERSHIRE. First innings. C. J. B. Wood, lbw, b Wass 16 Knight, not out ..............61 Whitehead, b Wass.............. 10 King, b Wass .............. 0 Coe, c Hardstaff, b Wass ... 0 V. F. S. Crawford, b Wass 9 W. W. Odell, c Oates, b J. Gunn ..........................12 Jayes, c J. Gunn, b Ire­ monger .......................... 7 Sir A. Hazlerigg, lbw, b Iremonger.......................... 0 J. S. Shields, lbw, b Hallam 3 Astill, c Payton, b Wass ... 8 B 2, n-b 1 ............... 3 Second innings. b J o n e s .............69 c G. Gunn, b Ire­ monger ... 25 c Hardstaff, b J. G u n n ............... 0 lbw, b Iremonger 3 not o u t ............119 c Jones, b Tre- monger ... 19 b Iremonger ... 0 c G. Gunn, b Ire­ monger ... 4 lbw, b J. Gunn .. 1 c G. Gunn,b Wass 1 lbw, b Iremonger 1 B 2 ,1-b 4, n-b 5, w 1 ... 12 Jayes........... W. W. Odell Astill........... K in g .......... W ass......... Hallam Gunn (J.).., Iremonger Total .................131 Total.. BOWLING ANALYSIS. N otts . First innings. O. M. R. W . ..254 25 . 13 . 15 86 4 3 37 2 ... 5 39 3 ... 8 0 26 1 ... Whitehead Coe L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W . ...27.4 7 58 6 8 28 1 4 31 1 1 11 2 Branston . Jones Gunn (G.j. Second innings. O. M. R. W . .. 23 4 86 1 25 8 105 4 6 2 0 0 23 . 22 . 4 73 2 88 0 18 0 13 0 Second innings. 19 15 7 O. 24 36 26 M. R. W 6 62 1 20 46 0 9 34 2 37.1 17 64 7 2 13 6 2 19 6 3 4 ♦Innings declared closed. WORCESTERSHIRE v. SURREY. Played at Worcester on May 18, 19 and,20. Surrey won by 14 runs. . Leveson-Gower re-appeared for Surrey in this match, playing for the first time since his severe accident in the Easter-Monday game at the Oval. Surrey went in first on a fast wicket, but gave a very disappointing display, being disposed of for 229. Hobbs helped to make 23 for the first wicket, but Hayes was bowled at 33 and Marshal stumped at 52. An improvement was effected when Crawford joined Hayward, the new-comer driving splendidly, and helping to add 52 for the fourth wicket in 33 minutes. Holland quickly succumbed to a fine catch at slip, but Hayward and Bush put 011 SI in an hour before the former was out to another good catch. Hayward scored his 79 out of 189 in 170 minutes, and hit five 4’s and thirty-six singles, his chief strokes being drives and to leg. Bush hit six 4’s, the majority of them off-drives, in his attractive 47, which took an hour and a-quarter to make. Lees made a useful 24, but the total realised only 229, Hunt, the groundman, who has also played for Kent, took three wickets for 20 runs. Bowley and Pearson, by very bright cricket, made 75 for Worcestershire’s first wicket in three-quarters of an hour. Bowley reached 50 in as many minutes, and the 100 went up in an hour. W ith Arnold in Bowley, continuing to do the bulk of the scoring, completed his hundred out of 150 in 85 minutes, and, altogether, made 133 out of 182 in an hour and three-quarters l3y faultless cricket; he made some capital strokes 011 the off-side and hit eleven 4’s. The second wicket put on 107 in an hour. Gaukrodger was bowled without a run, and at the end of the day Worcestershire, with three wdckets down, were only 45 runs behind. The attack was entrusted to Hayes and Lees on Tuesday, the former having five men on the leg-side. With only 11 added Cuffe was lbw, and Foster, after being in 10 minutes for 5, was caught at the wicket. Burns quickly fell to a very brilliant left-handed catch low down in the slips by Holland, and Simpson-Hayward was bowled without a run. Arnold played a quiet but valuable game and hit only one 4 during the two hours he was in. When the eighth wicket fell Worcestershire were still 6 runs behind, but a vigorous stand for the last wicket by Bowley and Swalwell gave the home side a lead of 24. Hayes and Lees both bowled well, the former keeping an excellent length and bothering all who played him. There was little enterprise in the batting, and, taking tho wicket into consideration, far more runs should have been made. In their second innings Surrey lost Hayward at 7 and Hobbs at 13. Marshal, who had gone in at the fall of the first wicket, was missed by Burns in the slips when he had made a single, and the mistake proved ter­ ribly expensive. Holland was much puzzled by the lobs but helped Marshal to add 93 for the third wicket in 70 minutes before being caught at cover. Marshal reached 50 in 55 minutes and when he was joined by Crawford, the batting became very bright, 180 being put on for the fourth wicket in two hours. Marshal, missed when 98, completed his hundred in a trifle over a couple of hours: in all he made 176 out of 285 in 200 minutes, hitting eighteen 4's and four 3’s, and being dismissed by a high-pitched ball which struck him on the ribs. Crawford was bowled 3 runs later for a vigorous innings of 76 which con tained seven 4’s, and Hayes left at the same total. Lees and Strudwick were also sent back ere play ceased for the day, eight wickets being down for 330 when stumps were drawn. Yesterday’s Surrey’s innings closed for 334, leaving the home side with 307 to win. A bad start was made, Bowley being bowled by Crawford with only three scored, Pearson caught at the wicket at 56, and Arnold bowled a run later. With Cuffe in a determined stand was made, the new-comer defending his wicket whilst his cap­ tain scored freely from all the bowling brought against him. The pair put 011 71 for the fourth wicket before Cuffe was caught by Stnidwick off Hayes, who had relieved Marshal. Burns failed to reach double figures, but Foster, playing a great game, reached three figures after batting two hours and a half With only the tail-end batsmen to come, he obtained as much of the bowling as possible, and, as Burrows helped him to add 55 for the seventh wicket, it appeared not unlikely that Worcestershire would pull off the game. Swalwell, who scored 25, stayed in a long time, but finally Foster was bowled by Smith. He had played a very great game, and was unlucky to be on the losing side. He batted four hours for his 174, and hit sixteen 4’s, making many fine pulls and drives. The last two wickets added 19 only, aud Surrey won a close game bv 14 runs. Score and analysis S urrey . First innings. Hayward, c and b Hunt ... 79 Hobbs, b Cuffe ............... 6 Hayes, b Cuffe ............... 7 Marshal, st Gaukrodger, b Simpson-Hayward ... 8 J. N. Crawford, lbw, b Pearson .......................... 33 Holland, c Arnold, b Pear­ son... .............. ... 1 Captain H. S. Bush, c and ' " ... 47 0 b Hunt Lees, b Hunt... Smith (W. C.), c Bowley, b Cuffe...................................... H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, not out .......................... Strudwick, b C u ffe............... 24 B 10,1-b 3, w 3, n-b 1 ... 17 T otal......................... WoRCEST First innings. Pearson, lbw, b Smith BowW , b Hayes ............. Arnold, c and b Hayes Gaukrodger, b Hayes Cuffe, Ibw, b L e e s .............. H. K . Foster, c Strudwick, b Lees .......................... W . B. Burns, c Holland, b L ees...................................... G. H. Simpson-Hayward, b Hayes ........................... Hunt, b Lees......................... Burrows, b Lees R. S. Swalwell, not out B 2 ,1-b 2, w 1... Second innings, lbw, b Cuffe b Burrows c Cuffe, b Simp­ son-Hayward... lbw, b Simpson- Hayward ..176 b Simpson-Hay- ward ...............76 c Arnold, b Cuffe 30 c Pearson, b Simp- son-Hayward 25 c Burns, b Bur- rows ...............12 not o u t ............... 0 c Gaukrodger, b C u ffe ............... 0 b Simpson-Hay- ward .............. 0 B 1, 1-b 1, 11-b 3 5 Total ...334 25 .229 SRSHIRE. Second innings. Strudwick, b H ayes.............. 123 b Crawford 52 b Less .............. 0 not out ............... 8 c Strudwick, b H ayes............... 5 b Smith ... ...174 3 b Crawford ... 7 c Strudwick, b 0 Hayes ... 2 7 c Strudwick, b Crawford ... 7 21 b Crawford ... 22 8 c Hayes, b Smith 25 5 B10,1-b 1 ...11 Total First innings. ...257 S u rre y . O Burrows ... 6 A r n o ld ...............16 Cuffe ...............26 Simpson - Hay - w a r d .............. 7 P earson .............11 Hunt .............. 7.1 M. R. W . 0 23 0 . 5 38 0 . 2 72 4 . Total ...292 Second innings. O. M. R.W . ... 17 1 66 2 ... 13 1 49 0 ... 19.22 59 3 ... 13 2 42 5 ... 19 2 85 0 5 0 28 0 Arnold bowled two wides and two no-balls, Cuffe a wide, and Pearson two no-balls. W o r c e s te r s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R.W . Crawford ... 13 0 62 0 ............... 33 3 104 4 Lees ............. 26.4 5 83 5 ...... 30 6851 Smith .............. 9 1 39 1 ................ 9.35 18 2 Marshal............... 3 0 16 0 ................ 7 1 14 0 Hayes .............. 22 5 52 4 ... ... 21 1603 Crawford bowled one wide.