Cricket 1908

174 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 28, 1908. M ID D L E S E X v. H AM P SH IR E . Played at Lord’s on May 25, 26 and 27. Drawn. The home county placed a somewhat unfamiliar side in the field for this match, there being as many as six professionals. Neither MacGregor nor Bosan- quet could appear, and the opportunity was taken of giving a trial to G. L. Hebden, who has made thousands of runs in Metropolitan matches. Hamp­ shire had a good team, Hill, Persse and Badcock coming into the side. Out of respect for the dead President of the Hants County C.C. the professional members of the Eleven wore black armlets. Mead and Bowell opened the visitors’ innings on a good wicket against Tarrant and Mignon, and the pair were still together when, at the end of 30 minutes, rain stopped play with 38 runs scored. After a couple had been added Bowell was caught at slip off Mignon, and at 48 Mead was smart y stumped. With a single added there was another shower and no more play took place until five minutes past three. White, when 5, was badly missed in the slips by Tarrant off Mignon, and in the succeeding over offered a hard chance off Tarrant to Trott,also in the slips. The same batsman, before he had reached double-figures, was struck over his heart by a fast ball from Mignon and it was evident that the bats­ man felt the blow for some time afterwards. At 98 Hearne went on for Mignon, and off the first ball he sent down the hundred was reached in 85 minutes. At 130 llendren relieved Trott, who crossed over, and off whom White, when 48, offered a possible chance of stumping. A t 181, when the third wicket had put on 133 runs in an hour and three-quarters, Llewellyn was caught for a faultless innings of 54 made of 133 in 105 minutes, which contained seven 4’s. Four runs later—at 185, White was caught at the wicket for 80 made made out of 145 in 110 minutes ; he hit ten 4’s and made some good strokes past cover, but the chances he offered naturally detracted from the merit of the innings. Hill and Sprot added 56 together in half-an-hour, following which the former and Stone put on 69 without being parted at the end of the day, the total when play ceased for the day being 310 for five wickets, Hill being 69 not out. The runs were made in 230 minutes. On the second morning Stone kept company with Hill until 342, when he was caught at the wicket for 33 ; he made his runs in 75 minutes and helped to add 103 for the sixth match. Persse was bowled by the next ball, whilst Badcock, Wyatt and Newman left at 360, 364 and 374 respectively. Hill, who hit very finely indeed and made some capital off-strokes, carried out his bat for 110 made out of 193 in 140 minutes—a faultless innings which contained fourteen 4’s. The last five wickets went down for 64 runs, owing chiefly to the bowling of Mignon, which accounted for five wickets during the innings for 98 runs. Middlesex opened their innings with Warner and Tarrant against the bowling of Llewellyn and Badcock. Off the latter’s first over 13 runs, of which five were extras, were scored. Newman relieved Badcock at 37, but 50 went up without loss in 38 minutes. Warner, when 25, hear­ ing the umpire’s call, hit out blindly at a no-ball from Newman and was bowled. At 65 Persse went on for Newman and 18 later Wyatt took the ball from Llewellyn. At lunch-timo the total was 92 for no wicket, Warner being 36 not out and Tarrant 42. Owing to the funeral taking place of the late Captain C. A. It. Hoare the luncheon interval was extended to a-quarter past three. Upon resuming there were frequent changes in the attack, but Tarrant com ­ pleted his 50 out of 112 in 95 minutes and Warner reached his half-century after batting an hour and three-quarters. The pair remained together until 203, when Warner was caught at short-leg for a fault­ less 110 made in 170 minutes. He hit a 5 and eleven 4’s and obtained the majority of his runs by strokes to the on. Tarrant reached 100 in 205 minutes and was afterwards barracked for his slow play. He and Payne, who started shakily and was missed three times, added 110 without being parted, Tarrant carrying out his bat for 122 and Payne for 59. Yesterday the total was taken to 327 and then Payne was beaten and bowled by Llewellyn. Of the 124 added with Tarrant tor the second wicket he was responsible for 71, made in 115 minutes. His dis­ play, though by no means faultless, was very attractive and contained ten 4’s. Litteljohn helped to put on 60 for the third wicket in 45 minutes, and three runs after he was bowled Tarrant was at last disposed of. The Australian scored his 157 out of 390 in a trifle over five hours and a-half and offered only one chance—when 23, low down in the slips to Wyatt’s left hand. He made some excellent strokes, but, after opening brightly, became somewhat tedious : he hit seventeen 4’s. The other players did not score heavily, and during the luncheon interval the innings was declared closed with nine wickets down for 502—the highest total of the season. There was never anything more than a very remote possi­ bility of a definite result being reached, for the wicket was still true and Hants were only 128 behind. Newman did excellently to take eight wickets in so large a total for only 123 runs. Hampshire lost Bowell in the first over and White was bowled by the first ball he received. Mead and Llewellyn were then associated, and whilst the former defended tho latter hit. 50 went up in 50 minutes and the hundred in an hour and a half. At 112, however, when the third wicket had put on 111 in 95 minutes, Mead was caught at the wicket. Llewellyn, con­ tinuing to play a free game, reached 100 out of 157 in just over two hours, and, altogether, scored 130 ere being bowled by Hearne. He had given a most attractive display and had infused plenty of interest into the final stage of a match which might otherwise have ended tamely. Score and analysis:— H am psh ire . First innings. Second innings. Mead, st Murrell, b Tar- c Murrell, b Tar­ rant ............. .........................28 rant .. ... 35 Bowell, c Tarrant, b Mignon 15 c Htndren, b Mignon ... 0 Capt. W . N. White, c Mur­ rell, b Hearne ...............80 b Hendren ... 0 Llewellyn, c Trott, b Tar­ rant ......................................54 b Hearne ...130 A. J. L. Hill, not out ...110 b Hearne..........23 E. M. Sprot, c L :.tteljohn, b Tarrant ...........................26 n o t o u t ........... 45 Stone, c Murrell, b Mignon 33 not o u t ............ 4 W . H. Persse, b Mignon ... 0 Badcock, b M ignon............... 7 F. J. Wyatt, b Mignon ... 4 Newman, b Hendren ... 0 B 12, 1-b 2, w 2, n-b 1... 17 B 5 ,1-b 2, n-b 5 12 Total... First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Tarrant . 32 7 103 3 ............... 12 2 59 1 Mignon Trott .. 31 3 98 S ... ... 11 4 32 1 .. 7 0 45 ............... 5 2 12 0 Hearne ...16 4 68 1 .............. 17 2 60 2 Hendren ..17.3 3 35 1 ............... 23 9 tO 1 Hebden .. 1 0 8 ............... 3 1 14 0 Mignon bowled one wide and six no-balls, and Hearne one wide. M id d le se x . O. M. R. W. O. M .R .W . Badcock ...23 2 100 0 Wyatt ... 9 3 31 0 Llewellyn ...42 11 97 1 Mead ...16 C 39 0 Newman ...35 3 128 8 H ill... ... 6 1 11 0 Persse ...19 2 71 0 P. F. Warner, c Sprot, b N ew m an.............. 110 Tarrant, c and b Murrell .............157 C. A . L. Payne, b Llewellyn ...............71 E. S. Litteljohn, b Newman .............. 27 Murrell, b Newman ... 14 G. L. Hebden, not out 35 W . P. Harrison, jun., c Sprot, b Newman 21 ...............374 Total (5 wkts.) 249 M id d lesex . •Innings declared djsed. H a m p s h ir e . Hendren, c White, b Newman ............. 3 Trott (A. E .), o Stone. b N ewm an...............19 Heame (J. T .j,c Sprot, b N ewm an...............14 Mignon, not out ... 1 B 6,1-b 6, w 4, n-b 14 30 Total (9 wkts.)*502 Newman and Persse each bowled two wides, Badcock bowled six no-balls, Newman five, and Persse three. SU S S E X v. L E IC E S T E R S H IR E . Played at Eastbourne on May 25, 26 and 27. Drawn. The weather was unsettled on Monday at East* bourne and was too cold for the Jam of Nawanagar, who was on the ground, to turn out for Sussex. A shower delayed the start until half-past twelve, when Leicestershire opened their innings with Wood and Knight against the bowling of Cox and A. E. Relf. Knight was very slow, and Wood made 17 of the first 24 runs scorcd. The latter was then caught at the wicket and four runs later Whitehead was bowled. With only 30 scored as the result of fifty minutes’ play, King was caught at slip, three good wickets then being down. Knight and Coe made a valuable stand and played free cricket after the interval. The half-century went up in 65 minutes, and it was not until the fourth wicket had added 54 in three- quarters of an hour that a separation was effected. Knight was then bowled—“ knights should be bold ” —for a very painstaking innings of 32 made out of 84 in an hour and a-half; during the first 45 minutes he was in he scored only 5. Coe found another very useful partner in Crawford, the pair during the hour they were together putting on 64 for the fifth wicket. Coe was then lbw to Vincett, off whom he had made three 4’s in an over, for 63 made out of 118 in an hour and forty minutes ; he made capital strokes all round the wicket, but especially to the off, gave 110 chance, and hit nine 4’s. Crawford, as usual, made some fine drives ; he hit a 6 and seven 4’s in making 61 out of 112 in 100 minutes and punished Vincett for a 6 and two 4’s in an over. The last few wickets did little, and the innings, after lasting 20Qminutes, closed for 197. In the last ten minutes of the day Sussex made 23 runs without loss, Vine and the younger Relf in. Only 11 were added on the second morning before Vine was caught at the wicket, the first wicket going down at 34. Killick made 26 in 35 minutes, but was obviously never quite at home. The younger Relf, when 20, was missed at cover- point off Odell by Knight, but it was a difficult chance and would have been a fine catch had the ball been held. The brothers Relf made a good stand, putting on 88 together in 70 minutes before A. E. was out to a fine catch in the slips. The younger brother reached his 50 in 100 minutes and shortly afterwards saw Simms run out by Whitehead. With Leach in, the Leicestershire total was passed with six wickets in hand, and so freely did the new-comer bat that he was responsible for 45 of the 66 put on for the fifth wicket in half-an-hour; he was out to a magnificent one-handed catch by Jayes at long-off. R. R. Relf, first in, was seventh out at 270 for 128 made in 220 m inutes; he hit ten 4's, gave two chances (at 20 and 41) and made some splendid off- drives. A collection made on the ground for him realised nearly ten pounds. The tail wagged vigor­ ously, and Cox and Butt put on 51 for the last wicket in 20 minutes. Leicestershire, 167 in arrears, lost Knight, Whitehead, and Wood for 26 in 50 minutes when they went in the second time, but King and Coe took the total to 80 without further loss by the end of the day. On the third morning Leicestershire, with seven wickets in hand, wanted 87 to save the innings defeat—not avery comfortable position with a whole day before them. Coe and King, though, played a great game, putting on 139 together for the fourth w icket; each, however, was missed by Butt off Vincett, King when 52 and Coe when 65. The letter batted 140 minutes and hit eight 4’s, whilst the left-hander was fifth out, at 173. Crawford and Odell batted steadily and well, though the latter should have been caught when 15. Together, they added 171 for the seventh wicket and made a drawn game a certainty. Each made his highest score of the season at a critical time, and it would be difficult to speak too highly in their praise. Score and analysis:— L eicestersh ire . First innings. Second innings C. J. B. Wood, c Butt, b Cox 17 c Butt, b Leach 12 Knight, b Killick ...............32 c Butt, b Cox ... 3 Whitehead, b C o x ............... 4 c Smith, b Vine 5 King, c R. Relf, b Cox ... 0 b Vine ............... 67 Coe, lbw, b Vincett...............63 b R. Relf ... 71 V. F. S. Crawford, c R. llclf, c A. E. Rolf, b b Vine .......................... 61 Simms................106 W. W. Odell, c R. Relf, b Vincett ...........................5 c Leach, b Simms 75 Jaycs, b Vine.......................... 1 b Vine ................ 0 Sir A. Hazlerigg, c Butt, b Vincett ...........................9 not o u t ................ 8 J. Shields, b V i n e ............... 1 not o u t ................11 Astill, not out ............... 0 b Vine ................ 0 Byes ...........................4 B 15, 1-b 7, w 2 24 Total Vine, c Shields, Jayes.............. Relf (R.), c Knight, b Astill..........................128 Killick, c Shields, b Jayes.............. ..2 6 Relf (A. E.), c King, b Jayes.........................35 H. L. Simms, run out 2 Leach, c Jayes, b Odell 45 C. L. A. Smith, b Jayes.......................... 5 ...197 S ussex . b .. 12 Total (9 wkts.) 3S2 Cox (G.), not out ... 31 Vincett, c Whitehead, b Astill ............... 5 Dwyer, c Shields, b Jayes.......................... 26 Butt, st Shields, b O dell.......................... 40 B 8, n-b 1............... 9 T otal............... 364 L eicestersh ire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. 11 . VV. Cox ... 20 7 47 3 .. 28 11 4S 1 Relf (A. E.) ... 15 5 36 0 .. 19 8 36 0 Leach... ... 5 1 11 0 9 2 :<7 1 Killick ... 6 1 26 1 .. 9 3 30 0 Vine ... ... 16 6 23 3 .. 41 18 71 4 Vincett ... 12 2 50 3 14 2 44 0 Dw3’er ... 16 6 19 0 Relf (R.) ... 8 2 24 1 Simms .. 9 0 49 2 Killick and Vincett each bowled one wide. S ussex . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. w. Jayes ... 33 3 126 5 I King ... 10 0 40 0 Odell ... 27.3 6 102 2 Whitehead 2 0 14 0 Astill ... 15 2 60 2 |Coe ... 2 0 13 0 Jayes bowled a no-ball. Playing for Dudley House 8chool v. St. Dur,stan’ s College on May 20th, C. E. C. Kendle, who played a few times for Hampshire in 1899, made 93 not out in a total of 103. The same player on Saiturday last, for Granville (.Lee) v. Biixton Wanderer.*, scored 86 out of 133 for seven wickets. S plendid I ron F rame F oldino S eats , hold fou r; very strong; 10/6.—T hos . J. G asson , Rye, Sussex.