Cricket 1908

CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 4 , 19 0 8 . N O T T S V. L A N C A S H IR E . Played at N ottingham on June 1 and 2. L ancashire w on by nine w ickets. So greatly did the b all m aster tht bat during the open ing day that tw enty w iokts fell fo r 241 runs. There had been heavy rain in the m orn­ in g, and this had affected the pitch to a con­ siderable extent. N otts lost G eorge Gunn, caught at the w icket, at 10 , and just afterw ards Irem onger also w as sent back. W ith 20 scored H ardstaff trod on his w icket, and a little later John G unn, w hen he had m ade 10 in half-an- hour, w as h it on the head b y a b all from B rearley, and w as obliged to have the in juries attended to in the p a v ilio n : he resum ed his innings a fter the luncheon interval. Jones, a fter being h it on the hand b y B rearley, was caught at m id -off; and Branston, w ho w as also hit, A lletson and P ayton added only tw o m ore. John G unn h it out upon resum ing his innings, and, drivin g w ith pow er, m ade 43 in an h o u r : w ith Oates he added 31 fo r the eighth w icket. W ass, in pla yin g forw ard to B rearley, had a knuckle of his bow lin g hand so severely hurt that he wad unable to take any further part in the m atch. The in nings o f 111 lasted tw o hours and a half, and B rearley rendered his side excellent service. H artley and H ornby gave L ancashire a splendid start, though the form er, w hen 8 , should have been cau gh t at short-leg- off a skier. H orn by reached 50 out of (JO in 55 m inutes, and the first w icket pu t on 74 in 65 m inutes. A t th a t total fou r -w ickets fell, H ornby, w ho h it six 4’s and m ade m any fine cuts and drives, b ein g th ird out. A t 77 I ’Anson w as caught at slip, half the side then being out. Sharp m ade 24 in 35 m inutes, but the last nine w ickets w ent dow n for 53 runs in 65 m inutes. W ass’ b ow lin g w as m uch m issed, though H allam did w ell and, w hen g oin g on for the second tim e, took five w ickets fo r 25 runs. A t the end o f the day N otts scored 3 runs fo r the loss of G eorge G unn’s w icket. There was heavy rain du ring the n igh t, but it w as found possible to resum e play at the advertised hour. W ith but ten runs added Irem onger and H allam were out, w hilst at 24 John G unn w as bow led b y B rearley. B y plu ck y crick et P ayton and H ardstaff added 49 for the fifth w icket in 70 m in u tes: the latter w as then caught at slip and four runs later P ayton m et a sim ilar fate. Oates, after being tw ice m issed, w as caught w ithout having scored, and, w ith W ass away, tho in nings closed when the ninth w icket feil. Lancashire w ere set only 64 to w in, and H ornby and H artley, ow in g to each being m issed tw ice, practically placed the result beyond doubt. A fter the form er had been caught at the w icket, T yldesley helped to m ake the necessary runs, L ancashire w inning b y nine w ickets. The ab­ sence of W ass w as very severely felt. Score and a n a ly sis:— N otts . First innings. Second innings. Irem onger, c H ornby, b D e a n .............................. 8 c Blom ley, b H arry ................ 4 Gunn (G .), c Blom ley, b B rearley............... ... 6 b H arry ................. 1 H ardstaff, hit w kt., b B rearley.............................. 6 c M akepeace, b Dean ................24 G unn (J .), c Tyldesley, b I ’A n s o n .............................43 b Biearley .. ... 8 Payton, c Poidevin, b B rearley............................. 14 c H artley, b I ’A n s o n ................ 26 A . O. Jones, c H ornby, b B rearley............................. 5 c M akepeace, b D ean ............... 3 O . T . Branston, c H arry, b Brearley ................ 0 not out ................. 1 A lletson, c H ornby, b Dean ............................. 0 c Brearley, b D ean 0 H allam , not out ... ... 14 c H ornby, b Brear­ ley ..............................3 Oates, c I ’Anson, b B rea rley ..............................5 c Blom ley, b I ’A n ­ son ................. 0 W as?, retired hurt ... 8 absent hurt ... 0 B 1 ,1-b 1 ................. 2 B 5, n -b 4...9 T otal - ...I ll * ' Total 79 L a n c a sh ir e . A . H . H ornby, c H arry, c. sub., b Oates, b Hullam ... 59 Hallam ................ 10 A . H artley, c sub., b L . O. S. Poidevin, c Branston ................ 15 Jones, b Branston... 10 Tyldesley, c G. Gunn, Dean, c G. G unn, b b B ranston................ 0 Hallam ................ 4 Sharp, c Jones, b Blom ley, not out 2 H allam ................ 24 W . Brearley, b Bran­ M akepeace, c Jones, b ston .............................. 1 H a’lam ................ 0 L - b .............................. 2 I ’Anson. c Jones, b Branston ................ 0 T o t a l ................ 127 Second in n in g s :-A . H . H ornby, c Oates, b H allam , 25 ; A . H aitley, not out, 23; Tyldesley, not out, 14 ; 1-b 2. Total (1 w kt), 61. N o t t s . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R . W . O. M . R . W . Brearley ................ 24 5 55 6 ....... 6 0 19 2 D ean............................. 19 10 40 2 ........... 15 8 19 3 I ’A nson ............... 4 1 14 1 ............. 4.41 9 2 H arry ... 16 8 23 2 H arry bow led three no-balls, and Brearley one. L a n c a s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M . R . W . O. M . R . W . H allam ................ 14 3 41 5 ............. 15.2 6 29 1 Irem onger ... 6 1 13 0 ............ B ra n sto n ................ 15.54 43 5 ............ 7 2 19 0 G unn (J .)................ 7 1 28 0 ............. 9 4 14 0 O X F O R D U N IV E R S IT Y v. M .C .C . a n d G R O U N D . Played at O xford on June i and 2. M .C .C . and Ground won by 42 runs. On M onday the bow lers had m atters so much their ow n w ay that tw enty-five w ickets went dow n fo r 296 runs. The side w inning the toss gained an advantage, fo r the w icket grew worse as the day wore on. T arrant and B raund m ade runs fa irly easily again st G ilbert and H atfeild, though Braund, w hen he had m ade 22, was m issed off the latter in the long-field. A t 61 they fell to consecutive balls from R obinson, and w ith the total unchanged P h illips was bow led b y Low e. Thom pson and W arner added 20 , but a fter the la tter’s dism issal there w as a great collapse, the last w icket fa llin g at 113. Thom pson played very steadily and w as the last to leave. R obinson and Low e bow led very w ell and the fielding w as distinctly good, H urst, in the slips, m aking four catches. B ow ring and Teesdale failed to repeat their tirst-w icket stand o f the previous w e e k : in fact the latter was caught in the slips w ithout a run. B ow ring m ade 27 out of 40 in half- an-hour and Brandt m ade a useful 16, and of the others W right, H urst, and H atfeild reached double figures. T arrant and Thom pson bow led throughout unchanged, and the ’V arsity just m anaged to obtain a lead on the innings. The M.O.O., upon goin g in the second tim e, lost a couple o f w ickets for 19, but W arner and T hom p­ son again indulged in a useful little partner­ ship, and at the end o f the day the visitors, w ith half their w ickets in hand, were 68 runs on. The w icket was easy, a fter the n igh t’s rain, w hen play was continued on Tuesday, but the batsm en scarcely appeared to m ake the m ost o f th eir opportunities. P hillips helped to put on 15 fo r the sixth w icket, and Baker hit three 4’s in m aking 14. V eal was run out w ithout receivin g a ball, but H earne m ade 14, and, w ith T arrant, added 30 fo r the last w icket. The last- nam ed batted a couple of hours for 48 not out, and the total reached 162, leaving O xford 162 to w in. T arrant carried his bat righ t through the innings, but w hen he had m ade 31 he was let off by W right. B ow rin g was soon out, but W right and Teesdale added 36 for the second w icket, and the latter and Salter 39 m ore for the third. The hundred w ent up w ith only three m en out, but Braund taking five w ickets for eigh t runs in 20 balls the last six w ickets fell fo r 12 runs, leaving the visitors successful b y 42 runs. Teesdale batted 105 m inutes for 37 and w as fourth out, at 107. Score and a n a ly sis: M.C.C. an d G round . First innings. Second innings. Braund, c Ilatfeild, b R ob ­ in son ...........................................39 lbw , b Robinson 0 Tarrant, c Brandt, b R obin­ son ...........................................21 not o u t ..............48 N. C. Phillips, b Low e ... 0 b G ilbert................... Thom pson, c H urst, b L ow e..........................................17 lbw, b L ow e ... 13 P. F. W arner, c H urst, b L ow e........................................... 6 b H atfeild Board, b R o b in s o n ................ 0 c Low e, b ........H at­ feild 4 C. P. Leese, b Lowe ... 4 run out ... ... 1 C. W . B. M agnay, c Brandt, c Salter, b G il- b R obinson............................. 3 bert .............. 12 Capt. C. L. Veal, c H urst, b R obinson ............................. 3 run o u t ................... 0 C. V. Baker, c H urst, b L ow e............................. .. 9 Ibw, b G ilbert ... 14 H earne (J. T.), not out ... 3 run o u t ...............14 Byes ............................. 8 B 13, w 1 ... 14 E. L. W right, b Thom pson 12 M. G. Salter, b Thom pson 6 C. S. H urst, st Board, b Tarrant ............................. 13 J. Leslie, bThom pson ... 7 D. R. Brandt, c M agnay, b Tarrant ... ... ... 16 R. L. Robinson, c Magnay, Tarrant ............................. 4 J. C. M. Low e, c Leese, b Tarrant ............................. 9 C. E. H atfeild, not out ... 16 H. A. Gilbert, run out B 1 ,1-b 3 ................ Total ... c Veal, b Tarrant 24 c Veal, b Tarrant 30 c M agnay, b Braund ... 2 b Braund ... 2 b Tarrant ... 0 c Baker,b Braund 5 c Veal, b Braund 1 c H earne, b Tarrant ... 0 not o u t ................ 2 B 10, 1-b 2 ... 12 ...119 .......................................112 Total... M.C.C. an d G ro u nd . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W.O. M.R.W. H atfeild ... 12 4 18 0 ... 13 3 38 2 G ilbert ... 10 4 20 0 ... 21 8 39 3 Robinson ... 15 3 35 5 ... 10 0 37 1 L o w e ................ 24.4 3 32 5 ... 19 6 34 1 Low e bow led one wide. O xfo rd U n iv e r sity . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W.O. M.R.W. Tarrant ... 17 1 61 5 ... 25 5 60 5 Thom pson ... 16.1 1 49 4 ... 11 3 19 0 Hearne 10 5 20 0 Braund 3.2 0 8 5 Total ...162 ................113 Total. O xfo rd U n iv e r sity . First innings. Second innings. T. B ow ring, b Tarrant ... 27 b Tarrant ... 4 H . Teesdale, c Braund, b c Tarrant, b T h o m p so n ............................. 0 Braund .. 37 S U S S E X v. D E R B Y S H IR E . Played at B righton on June 1, 2 and 3. Sussex w on by 17 runs. Sussex won the toss and, in electing to take first innings, obviously m ade a m istake. Runs were very difficult to obtain all through the day, although by the afternoon the w icket had im proved. Vine and the younger R elf took fifty m inutes to m ake 21 fo r the first w icket, and when the th ird w icket fell, at 30, play had been in progress an hour and a h alf. A. E. R elf w as in 35 m inutes for 4, but Sim m s hit up 17 out of 18 in a quarter o f an hour. Vine v a s seventh out, at 49, having taken tw o hours to m ake 11. The last six w ickets fell fo r 9 runs in half an hour and the innings, after lasting tw o hours and a quarter, closed for 57. L aw ton and Bestw ick each took four w ickets for 19 runs, and in the innings of 57 as m any as tw enty-seven m aiden overs w ere delivered. D erbyshire lost W righ t w ith 6 scored and M orton at 22, and it appeared not unlikely that they, too, w ould collapse. B ut Needham played a great gam e and, w ith Cadm an, w ho was a trifle lucky, put on 57 fo r the th ird w icket in 50 m inutes. Needham w as fourth out, at 85, after batting adm irably fo r an hour and a half w ithout a m istake : he m ade runs on both sides of the w icket, and h it seven 4’s. L aw ton m ade 20 in six hits and O liver, w ho batted an hour and a quarter for 12, put on 25 for the seventh w icket w ith Sherw in. W hen the in nings closed for 147, after lasting three hours, stum ps were draw n, leaving the visitors w ith the very use­ ful lead of 90. A. E. R elf bow led adm irably and fu lly deserved his analysis of seven for 48. A storm during the n igh t delayed the resum p­ tion of the gam e until tw enty m inutes to one, at w hich hour Sussex com m enced th eir second innings. The visitors were handicapped by los­ ing the services o f H um phries, w ho had strained his side on the previous d a y ; L. G. W righ t kept w icket in his stead, and filled the position very w ell indeed. V ine and the younger R elf gave their side a good start against B estw ick and W arren, pu tting up 69 fo r the first w ioket in an hour. R elf, w ho had m ade 48 o f the num ­ ber, w as then caught for a brigh t and very useful innings, w hich contained six 4’s. K illick again played on, but, w ith V ine and A. E. R elf together, another useful stand was m ade. W hen the latter appeared to be settling dow n he w as sent back b y a fine one-handed catch at slip, the th ird w icket fa llin g at 94. Simm s left ten runs later, but L each hit out and helped to put on 52 in 45 m inutes, the total when the fifth w icket fell being 156. A good score seemed in prospect, but B estw ick bow led w ith such effect that the last five m en added but 27, the innings closing fo r 183. V ine batted patiently for 160 m inutes for an invaluable 50, and w as sixth out, at 164. D erbyshire were set only 94 to w in, and L aw ton, evidently thin king the task w ould be accom plished w ithout m uch trouble, changed the order o f g oin g in. A gainst A. E. R elf a series of disasters occurred, W right being out first ball, W arren caught in his second over. Needham held at m id-off at 16, and R ick ­ man taken at short-leg at 34. L aw ton b it well for 20 . but at the end of the day six w ickets were dow n for 54, D erbyshire then requirin g 40 to w in w ith fou r tail-end w ickets in hand.