Cricket 1908

J u n e i i , 1906. CR ICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 203 E S S E X v . G L O U C E S T E R S H I R E . P la y e d at L e y to n o n J u n e 8 a n d 9 . E sse x w o n b y a n in n in g s a n d 275 runs. Everything went in favour o f the hom e side on M onday, they disposing o f Gloucestershire fo r 94 and then scoring 231 for three wickets. The visitors’ innings lasted tw o hours, and c a ls for no detailed description. Douglas bowled finely and well deserved his fine analysis. The hom e side lost Duuglas at 7 and Perrin at 14, but Fane, who was missed when 2, stayed with M cGahey whilst 84 were added in 70 m inutes, and was then run out through a smart throw -in by Jessop : he m ade his 58 out of 98 in an hour and a half, and hit eight 4’s. D uring the last 100 m inutes o f the day M cGahey and Gillingham put on 133 w ithout being parted by faultless cricket, Essex, when p’ay cease 1, being 137 runs on with seven wickets in hand. M cGahey carried out his bat fo r 105 and Gillingham fo r 60. The attendance num bered about 9,500. The partnership for the fourth w icket realised 181 in tw o hours and a half before M cGahey was finely caught off a return by D ennett fo r 126 m ade out of 265 in three hours and a half. H e hit two 5’s and eight 4 ’s, and offered no chance. A fter his departure wickets fell rapidly, the eighth going down at 325. W ith Russell in, Gillingham launched out, and m ade 30 before the new -com er scored, com pleting his hundred after batting 170 m inutes. The ninth w icket added 105 in 55 m inntes, and G illingham , who batted four hours, scored 194, hitting a 5 and tw enty-tw o 4’s; he was bow led by the first ball delivered after lunch. Off an over from Dennett he m ade 17, and although scoring very fast at times he gave only one chance, to D ennett in the slips when 148. The innings closod for 436, giving Essex a lead of 342. Gloucestershire gave a poor display in th^ir second innings, losing five w ickets for 37 and collapsing for 67. They had t’tfo m en injured, but their absence could scarcely be held responsible. D ouglas took six wickets for 29 runs, and, in the m atch, a dozen for 74. Score and analysis:— G loucestershire . F irst innings. Second innings. Board, c Russell, c B ucken- c Russell, b ham ............................. 12 D onglas ... 17 Langdon, b Douglas ... 10 absent, hurt ... 0 R . T . Godsell, b D ouglas ... 17 b Douglas .. 6 Spry, b D ouglas ................ 9 b Douglas ... 7 G. L . Jessop, c Fane, b c Perrin, b Buckenham ... ... 6 Buckenham ... 1 H uggins, b Buckenham ... 5 c Perrin, b D ouglas ... 11 J. W . S. Jellie, c B ucken- c Russell, b ham, b D o u g la s ................ 15 B u ck en h a m ... 5 P. H . F o.d , b Douglas ... C absent, hurt ... 0 J. N . W illiam s, c and b D ouglas ................ ... 16 c and b Douglas 3 M ills, not out ... 0 n o to u t ................. 8 D ennett, c Perrin, b c Benham, b Buckenham ................ 1 Douglas . 7 L - b ............................. 3 L -b ............... 2 T o t a l ................ 91 T otal ... 67 E ssex . F . L . Fane, run out... 58 J. W . H . T . Douglas, c Dennett, b H uggins ............................................................................. 7 P. Perrin, c Board, b F o r d ..............................................................................................0 C. M cGahey, c and b Dennett .............................................................................126 Rev. F. H . G illling- ham, b M ills ...194 Buckenham , c Lang­ don, b Dennett ... 4 T otal...426 G loucestershire . First innings. O. M. R . W . Buckenham ...16.3 2 41 D ouglas M cGahey M ead ... 11 Freem an (E . J .), F o r d ............... Reeves, c Mills, D ennett ................ 0 Benham, c G od;ell, b Dennett ................ 8 Russell (E .), b Den­ nett .......................... 22 M ead (W .), not out... 3 B 1, 1-b2 ... 3 ...15 2 1 0 0 5 0 Ford H uggins Dennett 2 45 2 0 E ssex . O. M . R . W . ..35 4 125 2 ..25 5 66 1 .40 2 157 5 Second innings. O. M. R .W . ...14 4 36 2 ...13.3 4 29 6 M ills Spry... Langdon O. M . R .W . ...23 3 64 1 ... 4 1 5 0 ... 3 0 16 0 A N SW E R S T O C O R R E S P O N D E N T S . C.I. B lack burnk -M aze .— To do so w ould be to break rule nine. The Jam of Nawanagar scored 46, run out, for his own team v. A . E. Stoddart’s X I., at Shillinglee, on Saturday. “ H irst still asks us to judge him by the lofty standard he him self has created ; he perpetuates the greatest days of his rem arkable county, unrivalled 111 a crisis, big-hearted, fearless, a fighter to the finger tips .”—The Evening Standard. M ID D L E S E X v . S OM E R SE T . Played at Lord’s on June 8, 9 and 10. F . M a r t in ' s B e n e f it . Middlesex won by an innings and i n runs. Bosanquet m a le a welcom e re-appearance for M iddlesex in this match, which was played for the benefit o f Martin, the old Kent cricketer. Somerset had first use of a good wicket a n i, when they had lost Braund at 16, Bi>good ar 45, and W hittle a t50, only a m oderate score appeared to be in prospect. £oon after M ontgom ery joined L -w is th^ latter, when 29, w is miss d in the long-field oil T rott by Page, who had the sun in his eyes; when 60 he was again let-off, this tim e by ilearne a t m id-on. The pair put on 95 for the fourth w icket in 70 minutes, and Lewis and Robson 37 for the fifth in half-an-hour. L°wis, when 101, was missed by Bosanquet in the long-field, but a run later, after batting 165 minutes, he was caught at m id-off for an attractive innings which contained nine 4’s. Daniell and H. S. Poyntz put on 68 in 70 minutes, but the form er was badly missed by H unt at slip off Trott when he had made 4. Daniell took 140 m inutes to score 5 ) and, when the innings closed for 316, carried out his bat. Stumps were then drawn. 8,393 per­ sons paid for admission to the ground. On Tuesday W arner was caught at slip at 5 and Tarrant was sim ilarly dismissed, but not until the second wicket had realised 89 in an hour. The association of M oon and Bosanquet provided very bright cricket, the pair adding 227 for the third w icket in two hours, the last 103 of them in 45 minutes. M oon reached 50 in an hour and a-quarter and 100 in 155 m inutes, whilst Bosanquet’s corresponding times were 45 and 100 m inutes; the latter took his score from 87 to 111 iu six minutes. The Somerset total was passed with eight wickets in hand, but at 321 Bosanquet was caught at the wicket for a hard-hit innings of 13> made out o f 227 in two hours; he hit twenty-three 4’s and offered only one chance—at cover to Lewis off W hittle. N ine runs later, M oon, w ho was missed at the wicket off Lewis when 78, was bowled for 135 made out of 325 in 190 minutes ; he hit seventeen 4’ s and made some excellent late cuts. H alf the side were out for 334, but with Litteljohn and Page together the bowling was again collared, the latter reaching 50 in 35 minutes and the form er in 55. The pair put on 149 for the sixth wicket in 55 minutes, and a few minutes later Page reached three figures after batting an hour. Neither Trott, Bird nor Hearne did anything, but, w ith M ignon in, 93 more were added for the last w icket in 40 m inutes. Page made 164 out of 262 in 110 minutes, hitting twenty- eight 4’s and m aking no mistake until 110, by which time he hadbegun to hit at everything. Despite an interruption through rain o f 20 m inutes, 536 runs were made during the day, play ending when the Middlesex innings closed. Braund bowled excel­ lently during the long innings, and obtained the m ajority of his w ickets w hilst bow ling fast. Yes­ terday the visitors’ disasters com m enced early, for Braund was bow led w ith only 4 scored and 13 later Lew is was caught at second slip off a ball w hich rebounded from the w icket-keeper’s leg. Daniel and Bisgood then added 44, and, after the latter had been bow led by H unt, who delivered ten consecutive m aiden overs, M ont­ gom ery was sent back w ithout a run. Daniell and the brothers Poyntz did th eir best to stem the tide, but M iddlesex found no difficulty in w inning by an innings and 111 runs. Score and a n alysis:— S om er set . First innings. Second innings. Braund, c Trott, b M ignon 7b M ignon 3 B. L. Bisgood, b H unt ... 23 b H u n t ..............22 Lewis, c L ittlejohn, b c Trott, b Bosan- M ignon ...........................102 q u e t ..............10 W hittle, c Tarrant, b T rott 5b H u n t .................... 0 Capt. H . F. M ontgom ery, b H unt .............................47 b H u n t ................... C Robson, c H unt, b T rott ...10 c Trott, b H unt 2 J. Daniell, n o t o u t ...............53 lbw , b Tarrant 35 Capt. H . S. Poyntz, c W arner, b 1 arrant ... 45 c and bTarrant 39 E. S. M . Poyntz, b Tarrant 0 not o u t .............. 34 A . E. New ton, c M ignon, b Bosanquet . ................ 14 b Tarrant ... 0 Cranfield, st Bird b B osan- q u e t ............................................ 0 run o u t .................... 1 B 8 , 1-b 1, n-b 1...............10 B 19.1-b 4 ... 23 . 169 T otal... Total P. F. W arner, Braund, b Lewis ... 5 Tarrant, c Capt. Poyntz, b Lewis ... 34 L . J. M oon, b Braund 135 B. J. T. Bosanquet, c Newton, b Braund 135 E . S. Litteljohn, c Newton, b Braund 57 J. H . H unt, c Newton, b Braund ................ 0 ..............316 M id d le se x . C. C. Page, not ou t .. 164 T rott b Braund ... 1 W . S. Bird, c Bisgood, b Braund ... 5 H earne (J. T .), b L e w is ............... ... 0 M ignon, b Braund ... 34 B 2 3 ,1-b 1, w 2 ...2 6 Total S o m erset . First innings. Second innings. O. M . R . W . O. M . R . W. M ignon... ... 27 2 8 J 2 9 1 38 I Tarrant... ... 25 6 71 2 11 1 24 3 H unt ... 21 8 36 2 20 12 35 4 T rott ... ... 25 5 81 2 10 5 29 0 H ea rn e... ... 9 0 25 0 Bosanquet 4.1 2 4 2 10 3 20 1 M ignon bow led a no-ball. M id d le se x . Lowis 33 2 167 3 | Robson ... 12 1 72 0 Cranfield... 34 6 168 0 | M ontgom ery 4 0 26 9 Braund ... 29 7 121 7 | W hittle ... 3 0 16 0 Lew is and Braund oach bow led one wide. Y O R K S H IR E v. L A N C A S H IR E . Played at Sheffield on June 8 , 9 , a n l 10 . Yorkshire won by 193 run-. Pla 7 was very keen on the Bank H oliday, and during the five and a-half hr.urs the gam e was in progress thirteen w ickets fell for 311 rnns. Kave and Grim shaw took the places o f L ord Haw ke and Myers on the Yorkshire side, whilst A . F. Spooner and C. R . H artley displaced Poidevin and 1’ Anson :n the Lancashire team. The hom e side lost Rhodes at 15, and Roth?ry at 35, after which D enton and W ilkinson, who was missed by Dean at point off Brearley when 10 , put on 53 in 35 m inute*, the left­ hander hitting six 4’s in his valuable 34. W ith H irst in 56 were added in 50 minutes, and the score was taken from 50 to 100 in 35 m inutes. D euton reached 50 in an hour and forty m inutes, but at 144 H irst was caught at cover and Bates in the slips. F our later K aye was bowled and at 155 the eighth w icket fell. By faultless cr.'cket D enton scored 71 ou t of 140 in tw o hours and a-quarter; he hit well all round the w icket and m ade nine 4’s. Thanks to Newstead, w ho hit five 4’s during the 45 minutes he was in, the last v/icket put on 51. Near the end o f the innings W orsley was hit so severely on the nose by a ball bow led by Harry that he was obliged to leave the field, badly shaken. Brearley bowled splendidly,: and tock seven w ickets for 116 runs in the innings o f 209. Lancashire lost H ornby, caught at shoit-leg, at 12, and A . Hartley, leg-before-w icket, at 22, whilst with only 38 scored Sharp w as bowled. There, however, Yorkshire’s success ceased for Tyldesley and A . F. Spooner played out tim e, adding 64, so that at the end of the day the visitors, with seven wickets in hand, were only 107 runs behind. Tyldesley reached 50 in 85 minutes and offered no chance. W ith 5 added on the second m orning Spooner was bow led after helping to add 69 in 80 m inutes. Tyldesley was sixth out, for 63 m ade out of 109 in 130 m inutes, a flawless innings w hich con­ tained seven 4’s. Lancashire lost their last seven w ickets for 27 in an hour, leaving Yorkshire w ith an unexpected lead o f 80. The hom e side m ade 41 for the first w icket in 25 m inutes, but Rhodes left shortly afterwards, w hilst Denton, W ilkinson, and H irst w ere sent back at 67, SI, and 87 respectively. The eighth w icket fell at 116 and, in the absence of H aigh, w ho had had the first finger of his bow ling hand broken by a ball from Brcarley on the previous day, H unter w ent in, last man, and joined N ew ­ stead. Then ensued'' the best stand o f the m atch, 94 being added before H unter was bow led by Sharp. Newstead carried out his bat for a m ost useful, but not faultless, 61 in w hich were eight 4’s. Brearley again bow led w ell, but Lancashire w ere set 291 to w in. In less than an hour four w ickets w ent dow n fo r 50, T yldesley ca rryin g out iiis bat for 28. On W ednesday Tyldesley added only 10, and w ith his dism issal w hatever chance Lancashire had of p u llin g off the gam e vanished. The last six w ickets went dow n for 47 in just over three- quarters of an hour before H irst and Rhodes, leaving Yorkshire successful by 193 runs. Score and a n a ly sis:— Y orksh ire . F irst innings. Second innings. Rhodes, b B rearley................ 4 c M akepeace, b Brearley ... 24 R othcry, c M akepeace, b D ean ................ 6 b Brearley ... 21 D enton, cH arry, b Brearley 71 b Brearley ... 19 W ilkinson, b Brearley ...3 4 b Dean ................ 2 H irst, c Harry, b Brearley 15 c C. H artley, b Brearley ... 16 Bates, c C. R. Hartley, b c H ornby, b Brearley ............................. 0 Brearley .. 15 H . S. K aye, b Brearley ... 4 st W orsley,bD ean 1 Grim shaw, c W orsley, b D ean.............. 2 c Sharp, b D ean 9 H aigh, c A . H artley, b Brearley ............................. 9 absent hurt ... 0 Newstead, not o u t ................35 not o u t ...................61 H unter, c A . H artley, b H arry ............................. 9 b S h a r p .....................38 B 2, lb 17, nb 1 ...2 0 B l,l-b l,n -b l,w 1 4 Total ...209 Total 210