Cricket 1908

212 CR ICKET A W EEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u n e 18, 1908. M ID D L E S E X v . S U S S E X . Played at L ord’s on June I I , 12 , and 13 . Drawn. The know ledge that the Jam o f N aw anagar w ould assist Sussex created a good attendance, and those w ho visited the ground hop in g he w ould play a large in nings w ere not dis­ appointed. Sussex batted first on a true w icket, but opened in rather p oor style, R . R . R elf and K illick being caught in the slips fo r 15 and 20 respectively, A. E. R e lf pla yin g on fo r 16, and Simm s being bow led fo r a dozen. W ith fou r w ickets dow n fo r 96 the Jam join ed Vine and an excellent partnership resulted, the pair adding 207 fo r the fifth w ick et before the latter w as caught at m id off. Y ine m ade 119 out of 309 in fou r hours and a -h a lf; he h it fifteen 4’ s, but w as tw ice m issed—w hen 4 by T arrant in the slips off M ignon and w hen 80 b y Hebden at cover-point. Soon a fter fou r o’clock M ignon. ow ing to an in jured foot, w as obliged to leave the ground and was unable to bow l again in the m atch— a great loss to M iddlesex. In the m eantim e the Jam had reached 50 in 110 m in utes and he com pleted three-figures a fter b att­ in g tw o hours and three-quarters. A t the end of the day, when 380 had been m ade fo r seven w ickets, he w as 141 not out, m ade in 205 m in­ utes. On F riday the in nings soon cam e to an end, leavin g the Jam unconquered w ith 153 to his n a m e ; he m ade his runs out o f 314 obtained w hilst in in 230 m inutes, h it nineteen 4’s, and offered no chance. H e m ade a ‘ great m any beautiful strokes, though his battin g, on the whole, w as m ore subdued than o f old, when he did not carry so m uch w eight. T arrant cam e out w ith the capital analysis o f seven fo r 105. W arner and M oon gave M iddlesex an excellent start. T hey sent the hundred up w ithout loss in 70 m inutes, and, altogether, rem ained in partnership tw o hours and a-quarter, scoring 212. M oon w as then cau gh t at m id-off fo r a faultless 116, w hich contained fifteen 4’s, the m a jority o f them cuts. In fou r in nings for M iddlesex he had m ade exactly 400 runs, his scores bein g 50, 99, 135, and 116. W arner le ft a run later, bow led off his pad fo r 94, included in w hich were ten 4’ s ; w hen 63 he m ight have been caught low dow n at slip by R elf, but he offered no other chance. P ayne m ade 35 out o f 51, but T arrant batted an hour and a-quarter fo r 14. L itteljoh n m ade som e good strokes to leg, and at the end o f the day P age h it m errily fo r 41 not out. On S aturday the in nings soon closed fo r 387, A . E. R elf takin g his last four w ickets for 16 runs. W ith a lead of 23, Sussex com m enced their second in nings by losin g Vine at 14 and the younger R elf at 15. The scoring w as extrem ely slow , the latter, w ho took three- quarters o f an hour to m ake 4, b attin g 65 m in­ utes fo r 16. Both Sim m s and A. E. R elf were out b y the tim e the total had reached 75, but K illick and the Jam added 141 fo r the fifth w ick et in tw o hours, the latter, w ho h it a dozen 4’s and offered no chance, m aking 78 of the num ber. In the m atch he scored 231 for once out. K illick batted 215 m inutes fo r 101, hit thirteen 4’s and gave no chance, though w hen 22 a ball from H endren went off his body on to his w icket w ithout disturbing a bail. Score and analysis :— S u ssex . First innings. Second innings. Vine, c L itteljohn, b Tar­ rant .........................................119 c M urrell, b Trott 8 Relf (R . R .), c Trott,c H endren, b b Tarrant..............................15 Trott .....................16 K illick, c Trott, b M ignon 20 not o u t ................ 101 R elf (A. E.), b H endren ...1 6 b Trott ................ 4 H . L. Sim m s, b M ignon ... 12 cH ebden, b Tarrant ... 0 H .H . The Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, not out ...1 5 3 st M urrell, b Trott 78 C. L. A. Sm ith, c M oon, b Tarrant ... ................ 10 not out ... ... 3 Leach, c Warner, b Tarrant 24 C ox (G .), c Trott, b Tarrant 1 Vincett, c L itteljohn, b Tarrant ..............................9 B utt, b Tarrant ................ 4 B 1 9 ,1-b 6 , n -b 2 ...2 7 B 2 1 ,1-b 1, w 1 ... 23 Total... 94 P. F. W arner,b C ox L. J. M oon, c Sm ith b V incett ' .................11C C. A. L. Payne, b A. E. R elf ..............35 Tarrant, c and b Vin­ cett ...........................14 E. S. L itteljohn, c Butt, b C ox ... 44 G. L. H ebden, c R. Relf, b V incett ... 6 ...410 M idd lesex . Total (5 wkts.)233 C. C. Page, c Simm s, b A. E. R elf................42 M urrell, c Nawanagar, b A. E. R elf................ 8 T rott (A. E.), c and b A. E. R elf ................ 1 H endren (E .), n o to u t 12 M ignon, c C ox, b A. E . R elf ................ 3 B 4, 1-b 5, w 2, n -b 1 12 Total ...387 S u ssex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. M ignon ... 20 6 57 2 Tarrant ... 43.4 11 105 7 ... 26 11 37 1 Trott ... 41 8 118 0 ... 39 22 72 4 Uendren ... 20 4 72 1 ... 17 0 60 0 Uebden ... 6 1 31 0 ... 11 2 41 0 M ignon delivered tw o no-balls and H endren a wide. M id d le se x . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Relf (A . E .) 32.4 5 70 5 Vine ... 26 9 70 0 Cox ... 52 15 1462 ' Vincett ... 32 2 89 3 V incett delivered a no-ball and tw o wides. N O T T IN G H A M S H IR E v. E SS EX . Played at Nott ngham on June II and 12. REM ARKABLE BOWLING BY WASS. Notts won by an innings and 219 runs. The w icket at N ottingham was fiery on Thurs­ day and even good-length balls g ot up shoulder high. In the circum stances N otts did w ell to m ake 348 fo r eight w ickets, but they ow ed a lot to m issed catches. John Gunn, in jured in the Surrey m atch, was away, but W ass re appeared and gained a great trium ph. Jones and Ire m onger scored 98 together in an hour and a- quarter, but the form er was m issed at the w icket before scoring and the latter by D ouglas in the slips w hen 8 , the bow ler to suffer being Bucken­ ham in each case. Jones and G eorge Gunn added 74 in an hour, and the form er, w hen it appeared likely that he w ould reach his hun­ dred, w as third out, at 194, for an excellent 90, w hich contained seven 4’s ; he h it w ell all round the w icket, his square-cutting and drivin g being particu larly good. The total was only 253 when the seventh w icket fell, but Oates plaved a fine innings and added 36 w ith T aylor and 59 w ith­ out further loss w ith H allam . On the Friday the in nings closed fo r 373, the stand fo r the ninth w icket realising in all 80 in the same num ber o f m inutes. There had been rain in the night, and by the tim e Essex w ent in the sun had been shining fo r som e tim e. On the drying w icket W ass proved alm ost unplayable. In 70 m inutes Essex collapsed fo r 50, W ass obtaining his last six w ickets in three overs fo r 9 runs and perform in g the hat-trick at the expense of Buckenham , Reeves, and Benham . F ollow ing-on, 323 behind, the visitors were again dism issed for a poor total, W ass m aking his record for the day sixteen w ickets fo r 103 runs. In his last eigh t overs and tw o balls he took five w ickets fo r 16 runs. H is success was rem ark­ able notw ithstanding the state o f the w icket. Score and analysis :— N otts . A. O. Jones, c Faviell, b Douglas ... ... 90 Irem onger, b B ucken­ ham ... ................ 56 Gunn(G.),c. Robinson, b Reeves ...............30 Hardstaff, b Douglas 25 Payton, run out ... 13 G. T. Branston, b Douglas ................ 9 E ssex . First innings. J. W. H . T. Douglas, c Jones, b Wass ................ 7 Freem an, c Branston, b Hallam ............................. 13 P. A . Perrin, cO ates, b Wass 4 Jam es, b M cGahey ... 18 Oates, c and b Doug­ las .............................. 68 Taylor, b Buckenham 20 Hallam , b Reeves ... 34 Wass, not o u t ................ 0 B 7 ,1-bl, w 1, n-b 1 10 Jones, b Buckenham , W ass............................. C. M cGahey, c Oates, W ass............................. F. H . Gillingham , b Wass... D. C. Robinson, c Payton, T o ta l..................373 Second innings. c and b Wass ... 24 c Payton, b H al­ lam .................. 4 c Hardstaff, b Wass ....................18 4 c Oates, b Wass 2 ... 10 c Hallam, b Wass 24 4 c Taylor, b Wass 1 b Wass ........................... 0 b Wass ... ... 6 W. F. O. Faviell, not o u t . 1 c Gunn (G .) b Wass ... ... 8 Benham , b Wass ... 0 c Hardstaff, b Wass ... ... 0 Reeves, c Jones, b Wass . Mead (W .), c Payton, 0 b Hallam ... 10 b Hallam ................ .. 7 not o u t ... ... 0 Byes, etc......................... .. 0 B 3, 1-b 4 .. 7 T otal................ .. 50 Total ...104 N otts . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Buckenham 30 2 91 2 R eeves... 15.2 0 55 2 Douglas ... 36 5 116 4 M cGahey 14 0 38 1 Benham .. 13 6 22 0 Mead ... 7 0 35 0 Faviell . 2 1 6 0 Buckenham bow led one no-ball and Benham one wide. E ssex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W Was* ................ 10 0 29 8 ... 20.2 3 74 8 ’ H a lla m ................ 9.5 3 21 2 ... 20 11 23 2 L E IC E S T E R S H IR E v. Y O R K S H IR E . Pl»yed at Leicester cn June 11 and 12. Yorkshire won by an innings and 321 runs. Leicestershire had all the w orst o f the w icket, and on the second afternoon suffered a very heavy reverse. On a true w icket on the open­ ing day Y orkshire scored 389 fo r seven w ickets in five hours and a-half, w hilst on a ruined pitch on the F riday the hom e side were tw ice disposed of fo r an aggregate o f 116. R hodes and H ardisty m ade 93 for the first Yorkshire w icket in an hour, and the latter and Denton 82 fo r the second in sim ilar tim e. H ardisty m ade his 84 out o f 175 in 120 m inutes by fa u lt­ less cricket and h it eight 4’s. H irst scored 89 o f the 146 added w ith W ilkinson fo r the fourth w icket in five m inutes over tw o hours, and claim ed a 5 and eigh t 4’s as his ch ief scoring strokes. W ilkinson, after taking tw o hours to reach 50, batted 80 m inutes fo r his next 15, and, in all, took fou r hours to m ake 99, in w hich were eight 4’s. The Y orkshire innings lasted six hours. L eicestershire found R hodes and Newstead, on a w icket to their liking, too m uch for them , and were dism issed in their first innings in 100 m inutes and in th eir second in 75. K night, in tryin g to pull a b all from H irst in the first innings, w as struck so severely on the cheek-bone that he was unable to take any further part in the gam e. Score and analysis : Y o r k sh ir e . Rhodes, c Shields, b A still ................50 H ardisty, b Jayes .. 84 Denton, lbw, b Coe ..4 0 W ilkinson, Ibw, b K in g ............................. H irst, c Shields, b Benskin ................ Bates, b Benskin ... Rothery, c K ing, b Benskin 99 L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . Newstead, c Shields, b Jayes ................ 25 H . S. K aye, c K night, b K ing ................ 5 A . W . L upton, c Jayes, b K ing ... 4 Hunter, not out ... 4 B 1 3 ,1-b 5, w 4, n-b 1 23 T otal ................437 First innings. C. J. B. W ood, c H unt-r. b Rhodes .............................. K night, retired hurt W hitehead, c Newstead, b Rhodes ............................. K ing, c Denton, b Rhodes Second innings. 7 c a n d b Newstead 14 9 absent, hurt ... — 0 b Newstead 1 c K aye, b New­ stead ................ Coe, c Denton, b Rhodes ... 12 c L upton, b Rhodes................ W ilkinson, b b Newstead ... Bates, b 16 J. Burgess, Rhodes ................ Jayes, c W ilkinson, N e w s te a d ................ V . F. S. Crawford, c Rothery, b Newstead ................ Astill, st Hunter, b Rhodes Benskin, not out ................ J. Shields, c and b N ew ­ stead.. .............................. Bye ................ 6 1 c H irst, b Rhodes 0 not o u t ................18 c and b Newstead 7 c Bates, b New­ stead ... ... 6 c Bates, b New­ stead ................ 0 B 1 ,1-b 4 ... 5 Total T otal ... 58 Jayes A still K in g ... Benskin ............... £8 Y o r k s h ir e . O. M . R . W . , O. M. R. W . 30 3 104 2 W hitehead 4 0 14 1 22 4 8 ? 1 C o e ........... 15 2 33 0 30 8 90 3 I W ood ... 7 0 32 0 20 2 59 3 | W ood bowled one wide and W hitehead three, and Jayes one no-ball. L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. H irst ................ 11 1 29 0 R h o d e s................ 15 7 17 6 Newstead ... 4.2 1 11 3 Lupton 10 3 20 2 11.4 3 18 7 2 0 15 0 Hardstaff was n ot able to visit E dinburgh w ith the Notts, team this w eek ow ing to the death of his m other. The AMERICANCRICKETER. F o u n d e d 1877. Published by H. H. Cornish on behalf of The Associated Cricket Clubs of Philadelphia. An Illustrated Journal of Cricket, Association, Footbt 11, Tennis, Golf, and Kindred Pastimes. No. 632, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.f U.S.A p r ic e :— 10/- per annum, post paid anywhere. Specimen copies mailed on request.