Cricket 1908

J u n e 4, 1908. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 18 9 On the th ird m orning Cadm an made a few good hits, but could find nobody to stay w ith him, the in nings d o s in g for 76. A . E. R elf took fourteen w ickets in the m atch for 75 runs. Score and a n a ly sis:— S u ssex . First innings. Second innings. Vine, c Warren, b Lawton 11 b Lawton ... 50 Relf (R .), c and b Warren ... 14 c W right, b R ick­ m an ... ... 48 K illick, b W arren ... ... 0 b Bestw ick ... 7 R elf (A . E.), c Oliver, b c Warren, b Bestw ick ............................. -4 Bestw ick ... 12 H . L. Sim m s, c W right, b c and b Best- B estw ick .............................17 w ick ................... 3 Leach, lbw , b Law ton ... 1 cL aw ton, b B est­ w ick ................36 C. L. A. Sm ith, c Needham , c Lawton, b Best - b L a w t o n ............................. 0 w ick ................ 8 Cox, c Bestw ick, b Law ton 2 lbw , b Bestw ick 8 Vincett, n o to u t .............. 5 bB estw ick ... 7 D w yer, b B estw ick ... 1 b Warren ... 0 Butt, c Law ton, b Best­ w ick ..........................................0 n ot o u t ..................... 0 L b .............................. 2 Byes ... .. 4 T otal.............................57 D er b ysh ir e L. G. W right, b A. R elf ... 0 Needham , lbw , b A. Relf ... 50 M orton, c and b A. R clf ... 3 Cadman, c K illick, b D w yer 28 A . E. Law ton, b A. R elf ... 20 L. Oliver, c Cox, b A . R clf 12 R. B. Rickm an, b A. R elf ... 0 A . Sherwin, st Butt, b C ox 14 Warren, b A. R e l f ................ 5 H um phries, b C o x ................ 8 Bestw ick, not o u t ................ 0 B 4 ,1-b 3 ............................. 7 T otal.............................147 S ussex . First innings. O. M. R. W . B estw ick ... 16 10 19 4 Warren ... 16 9 13 2 Cadman ... 10 6 4 0 Law ton ... 9 2 19 4 Total Simms, b R elf ... Simms, b R elf ... Cox, b R elf ... c B utt b Cox b A. c and b A. R elf 20 n ot o u t ............... 4 c Simms, R clf .. b Cox c Simms, R clf .. not out .. c R. Relf b Cox Byes b A. Total Second innings. O. M. R. W. 25.1 7 50 7 17 4 45 1 6 0 20 0 11 0 57 1 Rickm an 3 2 7 1 D e r b y sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. C o x ................ 13.5 5 23 2 ...11 4 28 3 R elf (A .) ... 26 7 48 7 ... 16 5 27 7 K illick ... 7 1 25 0 ... 5 0 18 3 V incett ... 6 0 17 0 D w yer ... 12 4 27 1 S U R R E Y v. E SS E X . Played at the Oval on June i, 2 and 3. Surrey won by an innings and 5 runs. Leveson-G ow er appeared in this m atch instead of H olland, w hilst Essex lacked the services of D ouglas, who w as suffering from a strain. Surrey w on the toss and put the visitors in, and at the end of the day occupied a strong position, having m ade 109 for three w ickets in reply to a total o f 191. Essex lost Freem an at 14 and P errin at 44, both being lbw . A t 50 M cG ahey was caught and bow led and 17 later G illingham , w ho m ode a few good strokes, was caught at the w icket. A ll this tim e Fane was playing a steady and valuable g a m e : hewas fifth out, caught at point at 86 , after batting tw o hours. Reeves and Buckenham were both out at 103, and then Benham joined Faviell. The new com er com m enced to hit as soon as he went in, and, chiefly by fine drives, ran up 30 in 17 m inutes. W ith F aviell he added 50 for the eighth w icket in half an hour,and with Russell 36 for the ninth in sim ilar tim e. He reached 50 out of 79 in 55 m inutes and, in all, scored 57 out of 86 in an hour ere being out to a m arvellous catch in the long-field b y M arshal, w ho took the ball after running full speed for about 30 yards. Benham ’s innings was b y no means faultless, but he played the righ t gam e in the circu m stan ces: his ch ief hits were five 4’s. The innings lasted three hours and a half and realised 191. Considering that the w icket had been dam aged b y rain a m istake was made in not pu ttin g M arshal on until the score had reached 153. B y the tim e Surrey went in the w ioket had im proved considerably, and H ayw ard and H obbs gave the side a good start. Together they m ade 75 for the first w icket before the latter w as lbw . fo r a sound innings of 34. H ayes rem ained in w hilst 19 were added, and H ayw ard, after being m issed b y M ead off his ow n bow ling when 46, com pleted his 50 in an hour and fifty m inutes. M arshal w as bow led at 104, and five runs later stum ps were draw n, H ayw ard carryin g out his bat fo r 59. There was very heavy rain du rin g the night, but the ground recovered so rapidly that it w as found possible to resume play at five m inutes past tw elve. The w icket len t the bow lers no little assistance, and runs took a lot o f getting. H ayw ard and Strudw ick added 19 m ore in a quarter o f an hour, and then the latter was eaught at deep point, the fourth w icket going dow n at 128. W ith C raw ford in a good stand was m ade and runs cam e at a fine pace, al­ though both players w ere troubled b y M cG ahey’s leg-breaks. The fifth w icket put on 42 in 50 m inutes, but G oatly did little, and it was the free hitting of Davis w hich enabled Surrey to pass the Essex total w ith four w ickets in hand. H ayw ard com pleted his 100 out of 200 in three hours and a half, and 21 runs later D avis was bow led fo r a vigorous in nings of 27: he had helped to add 45 for the seventh w ioket in half an hour. H ayw ard succum bed to the third ball sent down after lunch : he m ade his m ost valu­ able 109 out o f 222 in 225 m inutes by a m as­ terly display on a queer w icket. H e hit seven 4’s and offered only the one chance m entioned— when 46. The last tw o w ickets caused rather unexpected trouble, L ees adding 33 fo r the ninth in 20 m inutes w ith Leveson-G ow er, and 61 for the tenth in 35 m inutes w ith Sm ith, w ho m ade som e b ig drives. The innings lasted 280 m inutes and realised 316, or 125 m ore than the Essex total. C onsidering the state o f the w icket Surrey did w ell to m ake so m any runs. The visitors opened th eir second innings w ith Fane and Freem an against Craw ford and Sm ith. The professional at once set him self to play a bold gam e, and in C raw ford’s first over obtained a 4 and a 5. To such an extent did he m onopo­ lise the run-getting that Fane m ade only 5 of the 40 runs m ade for the first w icket. Perrin left at 51 and Freem an, w ho hit a 5 and six 4’s, w as caught at m id-on at 60, o f w hich his share was 42. M cG ahey left at 67 and B ucken­ ham ten later, w hilst Reeves w as bow led at 92 and F aviell at 106. A t the end of the day seven w ickets were dow n for 112. M arshal and C raw ford bow led adm irably on a w icket w hich gave them some assistance, the form er taking four o f the w ickets and the latter the rem ain­ ing three. Y esterday the gam e w as quickly concluded, Craw ford bow ling G illingham and R ussell w ith consecutive balls, and the last tliree w ickets goin g dow n for 8 runs. Craw ford took six w ickets in the innings fo r 50 runs. Score and analysis :— E sse x . First innings. Second innings. F. L. Fane, c Hayward, b Lees . ............... ... 37 b Crawford... 5 Freeman (E . J .), lbw , b Crawford ... ................ 12 c sub., b Marshal 42 P. A. Perrin, lbw, b Sm ith... 19 c and b Marshal 4 C. M cGahey, c and b Sm ith 1 c Strudwick, b Marshal ... 9 Rev. F. H . Gillingham , c Strudwick, b Lees ... 11 b Crawford... 17 Buckenham, c and b H ayes 8 c Strudw ick, b Marshal ... 8 Reeves, b Smith ................13 b Crawford ... 11 W . F. O. Faviell, b Marshal .............................18 b Crawford ... 7 Benham, c M arshal, b Smith .............................57 not o u t ................... 3 Russell (E ), not out ... 5 b Crawford ... 0 M ead (W .), b Crawford ... 2 b Crawford ... 5 Byes ............................. 8 B 7 .1-b 1, w 1 ... 9 T otal ...191 S u rrey . Total ..120 H ayward, lbw, b M e a d ........................... 109 H obbs, lbw , b Reeves 34 Hayes, b M ead ... 14 Marshal, b M cGahey 2 Strudwick, c Bucken­ ham , b M ead ... 10 J. N . Crawford, b M cGahey ................21 Goatly, st Russell, b M cGahey ................ 2 E sse x . First innings. O. M. R. W. D avis, b M ead ... 27 Lees, st Russell, b M cGahey ................41 H . D . G. Leveson- Gower. b Reeves ... 14 Smith (W . C .), not out 32 B 8 , 1-b 2 ....................10 T o t a l ..................316 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 26.3 10 50 6 4 2 7 0 1 1 2 3 18 6 0 6 0 42 4 C ra w fo rd ..............17.2 4 40 2 Smith ................. 29 8 56 4 H ayes.......................11 2 33 1 Lees ..............9 1 41 2 Marshal .5 2 13 1 Marshal bow led a wide. S u r r e y . O. M . R. W . O. M . R . W . M ead ..39 6 104 4 Benham ... 7 2 15 0 Buckenham 19 4 63 0 M cG ahey... 15.1 2 61 4 Reeves ...31 9 63 2 H A M P S H IR E v. L E IC E S T E R S H IR E . Played at Southam pton on June 1, 2 and 3. H am pshire w on by five wickets. The hom e side lacked the services of Sprot, who had a chill, and in his absence the side was led b y H ill. W ood and K night gave Leicester­ shire a capital start, m aking 141 fo r the first w icket in 125 m inutes before the latter was caught for a b rig h t innings o f 76, w hich con­ tained eleven 4’s. It w as not a faultless dis­ play, seeing that w hen 64 he w as m issed in the slips b y L angford, and shortly afterw ards by M ead at m id-on. W ood batted tw o hours and a half fo r his 67 w ithout g iv in g a ch a n ce : he hit three 4’s.O ther w ickets should have quickly fallen, fo r Stone m ade three m istakes in rapid succession, m issing W hitehead before he had m ade a run and K ing when 3 and again when 8 . The latter, though he m ade som e good strokes in his 53, played a very lucky innings. Craw ford, when he had m ade 34 in 70 m inutes, w as out to a very fine running catoh in the long-field, and, although the fifth w icket did not g o dow n until 257, the w hole side were out for 295. In the last tw enty m inutes o f the day M ead and Bow ell scored 24 w ithout being separated. A heavy storm du ring the night made the ground so soft that play w as im pos­ sible on Tuesday until a quarter to tw o. Bow ell and M ead then resum ed batting and, in tw enty m inutes, had advanced the total to 50. The first w icket fell at 63, but half the side were out for 120. W ith H ill in 32 were put on for the sixth w ioket, but when the old Cantab had been bow led a collapse set in, the last four w ickets goin g dow n for 12. Bow ell, first in, w as last out, fo r 78, m ade out of 164 in 145 m inutes : he hit a 5 and eight 4’s, but was m issed in the long-field when he had m ade 41. Ham pshire, w ith a lead of 131, quickly lost K night, but W hitehead helped W ood to add 64 for the second w icket, and, w hen stum ps were draw n, L eices­ tershire, w ith six w iokets in hand, were 233 runs on. A gainst L lew ellyn, w ho took three w ickets for nine runs, the visitors collapsed yesterday, but H ants w ere set as m any as 265 to win. W ood batted confidently fo r 155 m inutes for 56, but received no support from the tail. Hants, were left four hours and a quarter in w hich to m ake the runs, and b y lunch-tim e had scored 71 w ithout loss. A t 94, m ade in an hour and a half, Bow ell w as caught at slip and then W hite joined Mead, w ho w as playin g w ell and con­ fidently. Runs w ere m ade at a good rate and, although L lew ellyn, Johnston, and Stone made only 3 betw een them , H ants, pulled through by five w ickets. M ead played a great gam e, and to him the success w as chiefly due. Score and analysis :— L eicestersh ire . First innings. Second innings. C. J. B. W ood, c Persse, b Llewellyn ..........67 run out ................56 K night, c Newm an, b L le w e lly n .................76 b Llewellyn ... 6 W hitehead, c W hite, b Badcock ............... ... 14 c Mead, b Persse 36 K ing, c Persse, b Badcock... 53 c and b Persse ... 0 Coe. c B ow ell,b L angford .. 20 Ibw, b Persse . 4 V . F. S. Crawford, c John- c Llewellyn, b ston, b L lew ellyn ...............34 Persse.................. 8 W . W . Odell, c Stone, b c Newm an, b Badcock ... ................. 0 Llew ellyn ... 0 Jayes, b Badcock ................ 0 c Persse, b Llewellyn ... 10 Sir A . Hazlerigg, b N ew ­ m an .............................. 8 not out .................. 0 Astill. not out ................ 7 b Badcock ... 1 Shields, b N ew m an................ 3 st Stone, b Llew ellyn ... 1 B 9 ,1-b 1, n-b 2 , w 1... 13 B 5 ,1-b 2, n-b 4 11 T o t a l ...............295 H am psbire First innings. M ead, c Istill, b K ing ... 30 Bowell, c K ing, b Astill ... 78 Total . 133 Captain W . N . W hite, c and b K ing ................ Llewellyn, run o u t ................ A . C. Johnston, c Jayes, b O dell.......................................... Stone, b K ing ................ A . J. L. H ill, b Jayes Newman, not out ................ Badcock, b Astill ................ H. W . Persse, b A still ... Langford, c A still, b Jayes L -b 4, n-b 1 ................. Total Second inniDgs. n otou t ................119 c W hitehead, b O d e ll................49 c Shields, b K ing 36 c W hitehead, b A still ... 1 b A s t i l l ................ 1 c Shields, b A still not out ................43 B 3 ,1-b 5, w 7... 15 .164 Total (5 w kts.) 265