Cricket 1908

M ay a 8 , 19 0 S. C R I C K E T a w e e k l y r e c o r d of t h e g a M is . ESSEX v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Leyton on May 21, 22 and 23. Drawn. Very great interest was centred in this match» which, fortunately, was favoured by fine weather, the consequence being that there were some good attendances, which must have been very welcome to the Essex authorities. On the first day 3,405 persons paid for admission, and on the second 2,855. D. C. Robinson, who was making his debut for Essex as wicket-keeper, is an officer stationed at Colchester; he is 6ft. 3in. in height, and has played a few times for Gloucester­ shire. Only 242 runs were made during the first day, but the bowling was good and the play never became uninteresting. Douglas and Fane opened the Essex innings against Hirst and Newstead. Douglas was extremely,cautious, and,{at the end of 25 minutes, when Fane was bowled by a slow ball, had made only 4. The first wicket fell at 19. Perrin claimed 35 of the 41 added for the second wicket in 55 minutes, and Douglas, after batting an hour, had made only 5. McGahey, never at home, was lbw. after scoring 6, but Gillingham played confidently and made 50 in an hour and a-quarter. Douglas, when 27, got two rather lucky 4’s off Haigh, and when the fourth wicket had added 83 in 85 minutes was caught in the long-field after scoring 40 out of 152 in three hours ; he hit three 4’s, two 2’s and twenty-four singles, and certainly carried caution too far on the fast wicket. Buckenham helped Gillingham to add 41 for the fifth wicket in three-quarters of an hour, and then the latter was caught at the wicket for a bright innings of 79 made out of 124 in two hours and a-quarter; he hit nine 4’ s and made many fine strokes in front of the wicket, and offered only one chance, Lord Hawke missing him at mid-on off Haigh when he had made 69. It was not until the innings had lasted four hours that the second hundred was completed. Robinson and Beeves played-on to consecutive balls from Hirst, and the last four wickets falling for 13 runs,the innings, after lasting four hours and 40 minutes, closed for 226. W ith 200 on the board a new ball was obtained, the consequence being that in four overs and four balls Hirst obtained four wickets for 12 runs. Buckenham was the last man out, after batting an hour and a half for 39. In the last half- hour of the day Yorkshire lost Rhodes (caught at slip) with only a single scored and Rothery (bowled) at 3, the total when fctumps were drawn being sixteen for two wickets. During the second day only 257 runs were made for the los:8 of thirteen wickets on a good wicket, but the play never became dull, the bowling being good throughout and batsmen always bting obliged to work hard for their runs. W ith the fifth ball of buckenham’s first over Denton was bowled, and Hirt*t, when he had made a single, was mis*ed by Young in the slips off Buckenham — a blunder the full extent cf which could not be realised at the time. Wilkinson was bowJed at 31, and when Bates was caught in the slips—the ball passed through Buckeunam’8 hands into those of R eeves- half the side were out for 41. Haigh, although making only 6, remained whilet 26 were added for the sixth wicket in 25 minutes, but the stand of the innings was made when Hirst was joined by Myers. The new-comer, like Hirst, was missed in the slips off Buckenham when he had made a single, the fields­ man at fault in this case being Douglas. Had the catch been held seven wickets would have been down for 87. Hirst completed his 50 in 85 minutes, and Mead and Young took up the attack, and, a little later, Douglas and McGahey. A t 138, when 68 had been added in 85 minutes, Hirst was caught in the slips by Buckenham, who held the ball as it fell from the hands of Faviell; be made his 74 out of 116 in two hours and a quarter and hit ten 4’s. Newstead was bowled a run later, but Lord Hawke, who should have been stumped off McGahey when 20, helped Myers to put on 48 for the ninth wicket in 40minutes. Myers played a correct and valuable innings of 41; he was last out, after batting 140 minutes. The innings lasted ten minutes under four nours, and, had not Hirst and Myers been missed, the side might have been out for less than a hundred. When Essex went in the second time with a lead of 38 Newstead and Hirst shared the bowling, the latter having three short-legs, no slip, and only three men on the off­ side. Fane and Douglas were both soon caught in the slips by Bates off Hirst, and Perrin was sent back at 22, the slight advantage obtained on the first innings being thus quickly lost. Gillingham and McGahey added 36 together in 50 minutes, and the former and Buckenham a further 25, the total when stumps were drawn being 85 for five wickets, made in two hours and a-quarter. Gillingham carried out his bat for 26, and Essex, with half their wickets in hand,were 123runs on—a very interesting position. On the third morning Essex naturally played carefully, the state of the game not warrant­ ing the slightest liberty to be taken. Rothery had damaged his thumb whilst at practice at the nets and did not take the field, his place being filled by Rudston. Gillingham was again seen to advantage and, as he made his runs at the time when they were most required, it would be difficult to speak too highly of his piay. When he had scored 50 out of 102 in 145 minutes he was lbw to Hirst, seventh out at 124; he hit seven 4’s. Reeves and Robinson continued the good work, the former playing a free game whilst the latter acted entirely on the defensive.’ Their stand for the eighth wicket realised 50 in 50 minutes, the wicket-keeper then being caught at the wicket for 22 after batting 80 minutes. Reeves, hitting seven 4’s made his 52 in an hour and a-half and, with Faviell and Mead making a useful stand for the last wicket, McGahey declared the innings closed at 226 for nine wickets, leaving Yorkshire 185 minutes in which to make 265. Rhodes and Rothery opened the innings against Douglas and Buckenham, and in the latter’s second over Rothery was caught in the slips. Denton and Rhodes remained together long enough to ensure a draw, the pair adding 85 for the second wicket in 70 minutes. At 124 Denton was third out for an excellent innings of 61 which took just over an hour and three-quarters to compile. Hirst and Wilkinson afterwards put on 86 for the fourth wicket, and upon the latter being caught at point stumps were drawn. Wilkinson hit six 4’s and Hirst, in addition to taking eight wickets, scored 115 runs for once out. At the close Yorkshire with six wickets in hand, required only 55 to win. Score and analysis .E sse x . First innings. Second innings. F. L. Fane, b Hirst ... 15 c Bates, b Hirst ... 3 J. W . H. T. Douglas, c W ilkinson. b Rhodes ... 40 c Bates, b Hirst ... 6 P. A . Perrin, lbw,b Rhodes ... ...r: ... 35 c Hunter, b New­ stead 8 C. P. McGahey, lbw, b Haigh ....................... 6 c Myers, b Rhodes 20 Rev. F. H. Gillingham, c Hunter, b Haigh ... 79 ibw, b Hirst ... 50 Buckenham, c Wilkinson, b Hirst ...........39 c and b Myers ... 10 D. C. Robinson, b Hirst 4 c Hunter, b Haigh 22 Reeves, b Hirst ........ 0 c Hunter, b New­ stead 52 W . F. O. Faviell, b New­ stead ........................... 0 not out .............14 Young, b Hirst .... 2 c Hunter, b Haigh 11 Mead (W .), notout ... 1 notout ............ 12 L-b 4, n-b 1 ............ 5 B 7, 1-b 10, n-b 1 18 Total (9 wkts.)*226 closed. Total .............226 •Innings declared Y o rk sh ik b . First, innings. Rhodes, c Faviell, b Bucken­ ham ... ... ... ... 1 Rothery, b Douglas.............. 2 Denton, b Buckeaham ... 7 Wilkinson (W . H .), b Douglas ..........................13 Bates, c Reeves, b Douglas 4 Hirst, c Buckenham, b Douglas ..........................74 Haigh, b D o u g la s .............. 6 Myers, c Fane, b McGahey 41 Newstead, b Buckenham ... 1 Lord Hawke, lbw, b McGahey .......................... 26 Hunter, not out ............... 1 B 9 ,1-b 2, n-b 1 ...............12 Total... Second innings. b Young...............33 c Fanc.b Bucken­ ham ............... 2 b Buckenham ... 61 c Perrin, b Reeves 50 not o u t ...............41 B 16,1-b 4, n-b 3 23 ...188 Total (4 wkts.)210 E ssex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hirst ... 25.43 69 5 ............ 31 8 57 3 Newstead... 30 7 67 1 ............ 28 8 65 2 Haigh ... 26 13 43 2 ............ 28 11 46 2 Rhodes ... 20 4 42 2 ............ 20 6 39 1 Myers ... 1 1 0 0 ............ 1 0 1 1 Newstead and Haigh each delivered one no-ball. Y orkshire . First*innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Buckenham 23 3 72 3 ............ 18 3 68 2 Douglas ... 26 8 -6 2 5 ............ 11 2 33 0 Young ... 7 3 7 0 ............ 15 6 22 1 Mead ... 7 3 16 0 ............ 5 1 21 0 M cGahey... 6.4 2 12 2 ............ 8 1 340 Reeves ... 8 1 7 0 ............ 5.5 2 91 Young delivered four no-balls. THE DERBYSHIRE CRICKET GUIDE. Season 1908. Compiled by L. G. W r ig h t and W . J. P ip e r, Junr. (13th Year). Contains: Portraits and Biographies of Mr. R. B. Rickmg&and Mr. R. S. T. Cochrane ; First- class Cricket in 1907 (by L.G .W .” ) ; Derbjshire Records and Statistics; the Laws of the Game; Fixtures of the Philadelpiuahs, 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 a con & H u d son , Printers, Colyear Street, Derby. Price Twopence per copy, per post Threepence. SOMERSET v. SUSSEX. Played at Taunton on May 21 and 22. Sussex won by an innings and 128 runs. Winning the toss in this match was equivalent to winning the game, for 011 the opening day the conditions were wholly in favour of run-getting, whereas on the second, owing to rain during the previous night, the bowlers carried everything before them. A. E. Newton and North took the places of Amor and Hancock in the home side, otherwise the team was the same as that which took the field against Lancashire. Vine and Robert Relf opened the Sussex innings against the bowling of Lewis and Cranfield, and, although the wicket was perfect, runs for some time came slowly. Vine, when 14, was missed at the wicket by Newton off Lewis, and the mistake proved expensive. At 43 the younger Relf was sent back, and Killick, who followed in, monopolised the scoring so completely that he was responsible for the whole of the 28 runs added for the second wicket during the 20 minutes he was in. Vine just at this period was very slow, and, in fact, batted for 35 minutes with his score unaltered. With A. E. Relf as his partner a fine stand was made. The hundred went up an hour and a half from the start, and ten minutes later Vine completed his half century. At lunch the pair were still together, the total then being 150. Relf batted brightly and reached 50 in an hour and a quarter. It was not until 140 had been added for the third wicket in 95 minutes that the batsmen were parted, Vine then being bowled by North for 77 made out of 211 in 165 minutes. He hit eleven 4’s and offered only the one chance mentioned. The elder Relf remained until 237, when he was caught low down in the slips whilst endeavouring to drive. He scored his 94 out of 166 in 115 minutes, hit fifteen 4’s, and made many fine strokes to the off ; at times his batting was decidedly brisk, and only one poor stroke could be urged against him. Smith hit with such vigour that he scored his 71 out of 87 in 50 minutes, making two 6’s and ten 4’s; his runs, however, were made off tired bowling, and he should have been caught in the long field by Banks before he had made a run. The fourth century was com­ pleted in four hours and 20 minutes, after which Vincett and Dwyer made runs very rapidly. The last named scored four 4’s off successive balls de­ livered by Lewis, but was caught in the long-field by Deane off the fifth of the over. The last wicket put on 24 and Vincett was left to carry out his bat for 42, which took only 35 minutes to make and contained nine 4’s. There were nine double-figure contribu­ tions in the innings of 445, which lasted four hours and forty minutes. The Somerset bowling was lack­ ing in sting, and the fielding was occasionally poor. In the last few minutes of the day Daniell and Cranfield made half-a-dozen without loss. During the night there was rain,and on the following morn­ ing the Sussex bowlers carried all before them 011 the drying wicket. At 15 Daniell returned a ball to the bowler, Braund was caught at the wicket off a rising ball, and Cranfield, after batting three-quarters of an hour, was bowled in playing back to a good length ball. When Lewis was caught at mid-on half the side were out for 37. Deane and Crowder added 15 before the latter was caught at slip, and Deane and Robson put on 25 in ten minutes for the seventh wicket. Whittle drove well and found a very useful partner in Newton ; he reached 50in 40 minutes and, in scoring 60 out of 95 in an hour, hit seven 4’s, and offered 110 chance. The ninth wicket put on 89 in 45 minutes, and of the 36 added for the tenth North made all but six. The innings, after lasting two hours and a half, closed for 200, and Somerset foliowed on 245 in arrears. Braund was caught at third man with only 10 scored, and Banks and Lewis left in the same way two runs later. Whittle, Danr'ell and Djane did little, and the total was only 36 when the sixth wicket fell. Robson and Crowder put on 59 for the seventh wicket in 40 minutes, the former, who hit five 4’s and was twice missed, scoring his 51 in 65 minutes. The innings closed for 117, leaving Sussex successful by an innings and 128 runs. Killick bowled with great effect and made his record for the match eight wickets for 77 runs. Score and analysis:— S u ssex . Vine, b North.............. 77 Cox (G.,) c Newton, b Relf (R. R.,) c Newton, North ............. 9 b North ............... 27 Vincett, not out 42 Killick, c Robson, b Dwyer, c Deane, b North.......................... 28 Lew is.......................... 27 Relf (A. E.,) c Braund, Butt, c Newton, b b Lewis .............. 91 Robson 8 H. L. Simms, b Braund .............. 36 Leach, c North, b Robson ............... 18 B 3 ,1-b 2, w 3 ... 8 C. L. A . Smith, c __ Crowder, b Lewis... 71 T o ta l...............445 S o m erset . First innings. Second innings. J. Daniell, c and b Cox 5 lbw, b Killick ... 11 Cranfield, b Cox . 21 c Simms, b Vin­ cett ............... 4