Cricket 1908

J u n e i i , 1908. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. C A T A L O G U E U P O N A P P L IC A T IO N . C A T A L O G U E U PO N A P P L IC A T IO N . The construction of ihe D .m on Drivers is fully described in 1 he E volution of a Cricket B at , which may be obtained free upon applica­ tion to GEO. G. BUSSEY & Co., L td ., 36 & 38 , Queen V ictoria St., LONDON. Manufactory — Timber Mills — PECKHAM , S.E. ELMSWELL, SUFFOLK. Agents all over the world. W O R C E S T E R S H IR E v . Y O R K S H IR E . M ID D L E S E X V . G L O U C E S T E R S H IR E . Played at W orcester on June 4, 5 and 6. Yorkshire won by 69 runs. Fine w eather was experienced on the opening day, but the w icket was not true, and the visitors, w ho w ent in first, were disposed of in three hours for 130. Rhodes batted well for 30 and was third out, at 76, after being in 115 m inutes. Two m ore w ickets fell at the same total, but Bates and Myers added 47 for the sixth w icket in 40 m inutes, after w hich the last four fell for 7 runs. W orcestershire lost Bow ley in H irst’s first over w ithout a run, but H . K. Foster, w ho tw ice hit H irst for 6, m ade 37 in 40 m inutes and his brother 32 in 35. By patient cricket Pearson scored 22 out of 9(3 in 100 m inutes and, at the end of the day, the total was 122 for five wickets. Cuffe and Burns added 70 together for the sixth w icket in an hour and three-quarters, but, once they were parted the end soon cam e, the innings closing for 107. Soon after play had been resumed M yers dislocated the top joint of his left little finger in stopping a drive from Cuffe and was obliged to leave the field, Grim shaw fielding substitute. Yorkshire, 67 behind, had Rhodes run out w ithout a run scored, w hilst Lord Haw ke batted 20 m inutes ere saving a pair of spec­ tacles. Denton m ade his 53 out of 76 in SO m inutes, hitting eight fours, and added 64 for the third w icket iu an hour w ith W ilkinson, w ho batted 145 m inutes for his very valuable 59. W hen the innings closed for 228, leaving W orcestershire 162 to w in, stum ps w ere drawn. It was thought that the hom e side w ould prove equal to the task, especially as the w icket was good, but against H irst and Newstead a w retched start was made, the first three w ickets going dow n for 21. G. N. Foster and Arnold added 43 in 40 m inutes, but half the side were out for 77. Nine runs later four w ickets fell and, after Sim pson- Hay ward and H unt had added 6, Yorkshire were left wiuners by 69 runs. Hirst was in great form w ith the ball, his six w ickets costing only 34 runs. Score and analysis:— Y o r k s h ir e . First innings. Rhodes, c Bale, b Cuffe ... 39 R othery, c Burrows, b Cuffe ........................... 9 Denton, c G. N. Foster, b Burrows ... ................12 W ilkinson, lbw ,b H unt ... 10 Hirst, c G. N. Foster, b H unt ............................. Bates, lbw , b Sim pson- Hayward ................ ... 25 Myers, lbw , b Cuffe ... 19 Haigh, not out ................ 3 Newstead, b C u ffe ................ 4 Lord H awko, b Cuffe ... 0 Hunter, b Sim pson-H ay- ward ............................. 0 B 2, 1-b 5, 11 -b 2 ... 9 Total Second innings, run o u t ................ b Burrows c H. K. Foster, b Burrows ... I b Cuffe ................ t 0 b Cuffe c and b Cuffe .. b Sim pson-H ay- ward ................ not out ................ c Bale, b Sim pson H ayward c Pearson,b Sim p­ son - H ayward run out ... B 4,1-b2,n-b l,w 1 ...130 W oRCRSrERSH I First innings. Bowley, b H irst ................ 0 Pearson, b R h o d e s................22 H. K . Foster, b Ilaigh ... 37 G. N. Foster, b Haigh ... 32 Arnold, c Huntf-r, b Rh >des 2 Cutfe. c and b NeWi*tead ... 38 W . B. Burns, b Newstead .. 47 Buriows. b Haigh .. ... 5 Bale, b H aigh ................ 1 G. H . Sim pson-Hnyward, not out ............................. 3 H unt, b n a igh ................ 0 B 4 ,1-b 6.............................10 Total Total ...2 RE. Second innings, b Newstead b Hirst ... b Hirst lbw, b H aigh ... b H i r s t ................ b H i r s t ................ c sub., b New­ ste a d ............... run o u t ................ c sub., b H irst ... .............. 197 Y o r k s h ir e . First innings. not out ................ 1 b H irst ................ 4 B 2 ,1-b 3, n -b 1 6 T o t a l...............92 Second innings. 0 . M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cuffe ... 30 10 63 5 ... ... 30 6 66 3 Arnold .. 12 2 25 0 ... ... 5 1 i<; 0 Burrows ... 3 0 7 1 ... ... 14 3 45 2 Pearson ... 4 2 10 0 H unt ... 8 3 12 2 ... 5 3 10 0 Sim pson-H ay- ward ... 2.5 1 4 2 ... ... 26 4 83 3 Burrows bow led one uo-ball and Cuffe tw o. Sim p­ son-H ay ward bow led one wide. W oB C E JTERSHIR3. First innings. Second innings. O. M . R . W . O. M . R. W . 25 6 71 1 ... 13.3 3 34 6 15 3 33 2 ... 11 5 17 2 . 22.1 4 48 5 ... 11 3 19 1 23 10 32 2 .. 7 1 16 0 2 0 3 0 H aigh bow led a no-ball. H irst ... New stead H aigh ... Rhodes ... Myers ... Played at L ord’s on June 4, 5 and 6. Middlesex won by three wickets. On the first day tw enty-one wickets fell fo r 178 runs, Gloucestershire scoring 78 and tw o fo r one wicket and the hom e side com pleting an innings for 98. There had been heavy rain in the night and on a drying w icket the bow lers carried all before them . M iddlesex w on the toss and pu t the visitors in, and, although the policy was justified, the hom e side did not obtain so strong a lead on the first innings as was anticipated. Gloucestershire lost their first three w ickets for 7, and their fourth, Board’s, at 18. W instonc and Huggins added 30 in 40 m inutes, but both were out at 48, and, although Spry and Mills put on 26, the last five w ickets fell for 30 in 50 m inutes, M ignon, who was put 011 at 46, taking four of the w ickets for 13 runs. M iddlesex opened in deplorable fashion, W arner and the L itteljohns being out for 3, Tarrant at 18, and H unt at 26, Ford, who kept a fine length, taking four of the w ickets. M oon played brilliantly and showed by tar the best cricket of the day. He gave no chance, cut and off- drove well, and made his 50 out of 94 in 95 m inutes. Page helped to add 28 for the sixth w icket and Trott 32 for the eighth, M iddlesex obtaining a lead of 20 on the innings. A t the end o f the day G loucester­ shire lost Board’s w icket for a couple of runs, and then a severe thunderstorm put an end to play. Tho w icket recovered w ell and during Friday 342 runs were made for 11 w ickets. Langdon and Spry, who had W instone to run for him , added 44 for the second w icket in 50 m inutes, and the form er and Jessop 119 for the fifth in 68, the latter claim ing SI of the num ber. Jessop started slow ly but m ade his runs off 78 balls and hit thirteen 4’s ; after lunch he m ade 55 out of 78 in 35 m inutes. Langdon m ade som e excellent late cuts and hit a 5 and tw elve 4’s, and scored his m ost valuable 89 out of 236 in 210 m inutes by faultless cricket. H uggins, last man out, m ade 27 in 70 m inutes and M iddlesex were left 254 to w in. H unt, not tried until 236, dism issed Langdon w ith his first delivery and took three of the last five w ickets for 9 runs. W arner only just m issed obtain­ ing “ a pair,” and A. R. L itteljohn was bow led first ball. In this w ay tw o w ickets were dow n for 11, but, by adm irable cricket, Tarrant (40) and Moon (26) put on 60 w ithout being parted by the end of the day, w hen M iddlesex, w ith eight w ickets in hand, still required 183 to w in. Tarrant played m uch brighter cricket than usual and claim ed 40 of the 71 runs scored. Altogether, the third w icket put on 69 in 100 m inutes, after w hich M oon and E. S. L ittel­ john added 32 for the fourth in 40 and the form er and H unt 56 for the fifth in 65. Moon reached 50 after batting 165 m inutes and the 150 w ent up just over three hours from the start. W ith Page in the gam e becam e very bright, the new com er hitting from the start and Moon join in g in. Together they put on 54 for the sixth w icket in 25 m inutes and then M oon w as very sm artly stum ped on the leg-side when only one short of his hundred. He scored his 99 out of 222 in 250 m inutes and hit eight 4’s, playing a m ost valuable gam e for his side. Page, w ho got four 4’s and a 2 off H uggins in one over, and M urrell put on 19 for the seventh w icket, all m ade by the form er, and, w ith Trott in, the w inning h it was made. Page m ade the last 32 runs off his ow n bat and scored his 60 out of 86 in 35 m inutes, hitting eleven 4’s and tw o 3’s. The bow ling was n ot very ably m anaged in the final stage of the gam e, H uggins being kept on too long, w hilst the field m ight occa­ sionally have been set to greater advantage. Score and a n alysis:— G l o u c e s t e r s h ir e . First innings. Board, run ou t ................ 3 Langdon, b H e a rn e .............. 3 R. T. Godsell, b H^arne ... 1 W instone, lbw , b Trott ... 16 G. L . Jessop, b Hearne ... 5 Huggins, b M ignon .. . . 14 Spry, c M ignon, b Tarrant 12 P. H . F ord, b M ignon ... 0 J. N . W illiam s, c Trott, b M ignon ............................. 4 M ills, b M ignon ... 10 Dennett, not out ................ 0 B 6, 1-b 2, n-b 2 ...1 0 T otal ................78 M iddlesex First innings. P. F. Warner, b D ennett ... 0 Tarrant, c M ills, b Ford ... 10 A. R. L itteljohn, c Board, b Ford ............................. 0 E. S. L ittleljohn, b Ford ... 0 L. J. Moon, c Board, b M ills 50 J. H. H unt, b Board ... 2 C. C. Page, b F o r d ................ 12 Second innings, b M ignon 0 b H unt .................89 b M ignon ... 9 b Tarrant ... 14 c Page, b M ignon 81 27 22 2 0 b Hunt c M urrell, Hearne... b H u n t ................ b Tarrant ,.. c and b Tarrant not out ................ B 15, 1-b 3, n -b 1 19 T otal ...273 Second innings, b Ford ... ... 1 lbw , b D ennett 49 b Ford ................ 0 c Board, b H ug­ gins ................ 14 st Board, b F ord 99 c Dennett, b H ug­ gins ... .. 22 n o to u t ... ... 60 The cover o f this ball is constructed upon an improved system which ensures increased durability. The materials and workmanship are of the highest class, and there can b i no doubt whatever that the first grade is the most desirable Ma*ch Ball that can be produced.