Cricket 1908

228 CR ICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u n e 25, 190 8. L E IC E S T E R S H IR E v. SU S S E X . PI yed at Leicester cn June 18 and 19. Leicestershire won by six wickets. Sussex, w ho had hitherto passed through the season w ithout a reverse, w on the toss, but gained 110 advantage from so doing, the w icket being soft after recent rain and the ball requiring careful w atching. Against A still and Odell they com ­ m enced disastrously, Vine, K illick, and R. R. R elf being out for 34. Simm s, w ho m ade 20, w as tw ice m issed in the course of an over from A still, and half the side w ere out for 79. Sm ith played m errily for 16, in m aking w hich he drove over the pavilion a ball w hich sm ashed a w indow in the dining-room of a villa w hilst the residents w ere at lunch. D w yer and V incett added 41 for the ninth w icket in 35 m inutes, the latter hitting three G’s and three 4’s in his 36, but he w as m issed at the w icket before he had m ade a run. K ing w as punished for 21 in the course of a single over, V incctt hitting tw ice ou t of the ground and D w yer once. The innings realised 150 in an hour and three-quarters, the last w icket falling ju st before lunch. W hen the hom e side w ent in after the interval K night and W hitehead were dism issed w ith only 12 runs scored, but K ing and W ood did their side great service by pu tting on 70 together in an hour and a-half. A t tim es they w ere very slow—A. E. R elf at one period sent dow n a dozen m aiden overs in succession— but as to the value o f their display there could not be tw o opinions. W ood took tw o hours and a-quarter to m ake 23, batting 40 m inutes before obtaining his first run. Coe played a very useful innings of 33, bu t it was the batting of Vivian Craw ford w hich caused the hom e side to obtain a good lead on the innings. The latter m ade som e fine hits, including a 6 and seven 4’s, and m ade his 52 in an hour. H e was bow led by the last ball of the day, w hen the score was 193 for six w ickets. On Friday the elder R elf and Vincett g ot dow n the four rem aining w ickets for 15 runs, the innings consequently closing for 208. Sussex, 58 runs behind, lost R . R . R elf and K illick in the open ing over w ithout a run scored, and it was not until Vine and Leach cam e together, and pu t on 41 fo r the fifth w icket in half an hour, that any serious opposition was m ade to the attack. Leach, w ho hit w ell, m ade 36, included in w hich were a couple of 6’s and four 4’s, but at 69 three w ickets, those of Vine, Leach and Sm ith, were lost. A t this point Sussex, w ith three tail-end w ickets in hand, were on ly 11 runs on. C ox and D w yer effected an im ­ provem ent, and w ith the form er.and B utt adding 21 for the last w icket Leicestershire w ere left w ith 81 runs to w in. K night and W ood m ade 20 together, but W hitehead scored only 4 before playing-on, w hilst K ing, when he had m ade the same num ber, was stum ped. Cox also was disposed of, but Craw­ ford rem ained w ith K night w hilst the rem aining runs were h it off. The latter m ade his 50 out of 8G in 110 m inutes b y faultless cricket, h ittin g a 5 and six 4’s, the m ajority of them fine cuts. Leicester­ shire w on b y six w ickets. Score and analysis :— S u s s e x . First innings. V ine, lbw , b O d e ll...............15 R elf (R .R .), b Astill ... 4 K illick, c O dtll, b A still ... 15 R elf (A .E .),c O dell, b K ing 15 H . L . Simms, c K night, b K in g ...........................................20 Leach, c Coe, b A still ... 11 C. L. A . Sm ith, c H azlerigg, b A still .....................16 V incett, c K night, b Coe ... 36 Cox (G .),b K ing ................ 0 D w yer, run out .....................13 First innings. S u s s e x . Butt, not out... Byes T o t a l ................ 150 T otal L e ic e st e r sh ir e . ..1 4 , Odell O. M . R . W . Second innings. O. M . R . W. 8 3 16 3 A still ... . . 12 2 64 4 15 3 61 2 K ing .......... 7 1 49 3 8 4 10 1 Jayes .......... 1.5 0 6 0 15.2 2 44 4 C o e ................... 1 0 2 1 Odell bow led one w ide and A still 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 . R elf (A .E .) . . 41 21 56 6 4 1 5 0 C ox................... 16 8 24 0 V in cett... . . 14.4 6 28 3 17 3 52 3 D w yer ... . . 10 1 32 1 K illic k .......... 6 0 40 0 R elf (R .R .).. 1 1 0 0 Vine 13 4 23 1 Second innings, lbw , b O dell ... 17 lbw , b Jayes ... 0 b Jayes ................ 0 b A still .................10 b A s t i l l ................ 0 c and b K ing ... 36 c W hitehead, b Odell ... 0 c K night, b O dell 14 not out ................29 c Craw ford, b J a y e s ................ 7 b Jayes ................18 B l,l-b l,w l,n -b l 10 First innings. Second innings. C. J . B . W ood, lbw , b R elf (A .E .) .............................. 23 b V incett................ 10 K night, c Leach, b R elf (A .E .) .............................. 1 not ou t ... 50 W hitehead, lbw , b R elf (A .E .) .............................. 11 b Vine ................. 4 K in g , c Simms, b R elf (A .E .) .............................. 28 st B utt, b Vincett 4 Coe, b D w yer.............................. 33 b V incett................. 8 V . F . S. Crawford, b V in ­ cett ........................................... 52 not out ................ 9 Jayes, b R elf (A .E .) 18 W . W . Odell, c C ox, b R elf (A .E .)............................. 4 Sir A . H azlerigg, not out... 9 A still, c Simms, b Vincett.. 1 J . Shields, b Vincett 0 B 1 7 ,1-b 10, w 1 28 B 4 ,1-b 2 ... 6 T otal ................ 2C8 T otal (4 w kts .) 86 R elf (A .E .) bow led one wide. M ID D L E S E X v . Y O R K S H IR E . Played at L ord’s on June 18 and 19. Yorkshire won by three wickets. The fact that neither of these counties had m et w ith a reverse during the season caused m uch interest to centre in their m eeting, and during the tw o days that play lasted over 16,000 persons w atched the play. M iddlesex gained nothing by w inning the toss, though the w icket was slow after the heavy rain rather than treacherous. Yorkshire took the field w ithout H aigh, w ho w ould have been w ell suited by the state of the ground had he been able to appear, w hilst M iddlesex lacked the services of Bosanquet. W ith only 18 scored Tarrant was yorked, but W arner and Payne rem ained together until 57, w hen the latter w as bow led b y Newstead. T his w as b y no means a poor start, bn t w ithin the n ex t few m inutes a change cam e over the game, Moon being lbw , W arner bow led in trying to hit to leg, and Litteljohn caught at the w icket, all three w ickets falling at 60. W arner played steadily, and m ade his 25 out of 60 in an hour and tw enty m inutes. Page m ade four 4’s and was stum ped, all in the course of an over, follow ing w hich Murrell was caught at short-leg w ithout a rim , and T rott at mid-Dff for 4. In this w ay eight w ickets fell for 83. H unt, w ho had been playing a useful innings, was then joined by Hearne, and the pair by bright cricket added 38 for the ninth w icket. H unt, who hit w ell during the latter part of his stay, was stum ped for a pluckily-got 36, w hilst H carne fell to an excellent catch at short-leg, the fieldsm en taking the ball w ith his back to the w icket w hilst running at full speed. The innings closed for 130. Yorkshire opened their innings to the bow ling of Hearne and Tarrant. Rhodes took half-an-hour to score 3, and was then bow led by Tarrant, the first w icket falling at 20. Nine runs later D enton was caught at short- leg, at 33 W ilkinson was bow led for a single, and at 47 H ardisty was stum ped. A t this point Newstead, w ho had been show ing such good all-round cricket in Y orkshire’s previous few m atches, joined H irst, and the pair pulled the gam e round for their side. Newstead, seeing that his partner was playing confidently, contented him self w ith keeping his w icket up, w hich was undoubtedly the right thing to do in the circum stances; he m ade only 20 of the 67 runs added in an hour and a-quarter for the fifth wicket, and was then caught at m id-off off M ignon, w ho had just sent dow n four no-balls in the same over. H alf the side were thus ou t for 114, and at the same total H irst was bow led for a fault­ less innings of 50 m ade out of 81 in 85 m in u tes; he h it a 5 and eleven 4’s. Following his dismissal Rothery and Bates added 35 for the seventh w icket, the latter, w hen stum ps w ere drawn, being not out 20, and the total 149 for seven w ickets. O n Friday the last three w ickets fell in a-quarter of an hour. Yorkshire’s lead on the first innings am ounting to 27. The lead was certainly not m uch on paper, but H irst dism issed Tarrant, Payne and M oon before the deficit had been w iped out. W ith half the side out for 58 it appeared im probable that a three-figure aggregate w ould be reached. But W arner was at his best, and Payne helped him to add 25 for the sixth w icket, and Trott, w ho batted patiently for an hour. 48 for the eighth ; Payne, it should be m entioned, was bow led by the first ball he received— a no-ball from H irst. Warner, first in, was List out, for 76 m ade ou t of 153 in three hours ; he h it four 4’s and thirty-three singles, and offered no chance. York­ shire w ere set 127 to w in, and Rhodes and Hardisty set about the bow ling so confidently that in 35 m inutes they m ade 61. Then a change cam e over the gam e, for at 73 Denton, H ardisty and H irst all left, and at 76 W ilkinson was bow led, w hile at 78 Rothery was lbw to Trott. A t this point, w hen six w ickets were dow n, the gam e was undoubtedly in favour of the hom e side. It was a critical m om ent for York­ shire, but by adm irable cricket Bates and Newstead added 35 for the seventh w icket in 35 minutes. Newstead m ade an invaluable 29, w hilst Bates, who was m issed at short-leg w hen 2, stayed to m ake the w inning hit. Y orkshire. w on by three wickets. Score and analysis :— M iddlesex . First innings. P. F. Warner, b N ew stead... 25 Tarrant, b H irst ................ 11 C. A. L. Payne, b Newstead 19 L. J. Moon, Ibw, b Rhodes 0 .S. L itteljohn, c H unter, b Rhodes ....................................0 J. H. H unt, st H unter, b N e w s te a d ................ ..3 6 C. C. Page, st H unter, b Rhodes ..................................16 M urrell, c D enton, b N ew ­ stead ....................................0 Trott (A. E.), c H irst, b Rhodes ............................... 4 Hearne (J. T.), c Bates, b H irst ..................................14 M ignon, n ot out .................. 0 B 1 ,1-b 3, n-b 1 ... 5 Total ...........................130 Y orkshire . First innings. Rhodes, b T a rra n t.................. 3 Hardisty, st M urrell, b Tar­ rant ...............................................24 D enton, c Page, b Hearne 5 W ilkinson, b H eam e ... 1 H irst, b Tarrant ....................50 Newstead, c L itteljohn, b M ignon .................................20 Rothery, c M urrell, b Tar­ rant ..............................................15 Bates, b M ignon ....................20 Myers, lbw , b Tarrant ... 0 Grim shaw, not ou t................. 2 H unter, c M ignon, b Tar­ rant ............................. ... 6 B 4, 1-b 3, n-b 4 ... 11 Second innings, b Rhodes ... 76 c Hunter, b H irst 12 b H i r s t ................. 0 b F .i r s t ................. 4 c H unter, b H irst 4 c H ardisty, b H i r s t ................ 5 c Rhodes, b H irst 12 b N ewstead ... 1 lbw , b Rhodes ... 24 b N ewstead ... 5 not ou t ... ... 0 B 6 ,1-b 2,n-b 2... 10 T otal................ 153 Second innings, b H u n t ................40 c M urrell, b T rott 31 b H u n t ................ 0 b T rott ................ 2 b T rott ................ 0 c L itteljohn, b T r o t t ................29 lbw , b Trott n ot out ... not out ... 1 14 5 Total H ir s t... Newstead Rhodes Tarrant Hearne T rott ... H u n t... M ignon O. 23 23 14.1 ...157 M id d l e s e x . First innings. O. M. R. W. ... 12 3 32 2 ... 23.4 12 34 2 ... 15 3 59 4 Myers ................ 6 H irst bow led three no-balls. Y o r k sh ir e . First innings. O. M . R . W . ... 31.5 11 59 6 ... 23 10 45 2 ... 7 2 24 0 . . . 2 1 5 0 ... 7 3 13 2 Mignon bow led four no-balls. Leg-byes ... 5 Total (7 wkts.)127 Second innings. M. R.W . 5 54 6 6 45 2 4 30 2 2 14 0 Second innings. O. M . R. W . 11.5 3 34 11 5 0 45 0 19 S U R R E Y v. C A M B R ID G E U N IV E R S IT Y . Played at the Oval on June 18, 19 and 20. Surrey won by four wickets. Surrey w ere represented by a poor side in this m atch, but m anaged to win b y four w ickets. The opportunity was taken of giving several of the regular m em bers of the team a rest. Cam bridge fared badly at the start, M ann being caught low dow n in the slips at 21, W right at the w icket, Young lbw , and M ugliston at the w icket. W ith Buchanan bow led by a ball w hich kept low half the side were out for 45 runs, Lees being responsible for four of the w ickets for 27 runs. Baily and Falcon played steadily, at one period, w hen the total w as 51, batting 15 m inutes w ithout adding a run. Baily was sixth out, at 97, having batted an hour and a-half for 38. The hundred was reached in tw o hours and a-half, and Falcon rem ained until 130, w hen he was bow led by K irk for a sound innings of 37. M acleod m ade m any fine drives, and h it eight 4’s during the hour and a-quarter ho was in, b u t he was lu cky inasm uch as he gave three ch an ces; w ith O livier he put on 25 for the ninth w icket and w ith L yttelton 38 for the last. The innings o f 193 lasted 225 m inutes, Lees, w ho bow led very w ell, taking half the w ickets for 73 runs. The first 8urrey w icket realised 45, G oatly, who had been over­ shadowed by Ducat, then being bow led b y Lyttelton. Ducat played a very bright gam e, pulling and driv­ ing w ith pow er and certainty, and hitting eight 4’s; he m ade all the first 22 runs scored by Surrey and obtained his 47 out of 75 in 40 m inutes. Marshal played on w ithout scoring, but Hayes and Spring then played out tim e, adding 69. The Surrey total of 144 for three w ickets was m ade in 95 m inutes. On Friday only 4 w ere added before the partnership for the fourth w icket ended. Davis m ade 32 in three-quarters of an hour and Leveson-G ow er and K irk put on 24 for the ninth w icket, but the others did little. The innings closed for 226, or on ly 33 runs on, Goodw in taking five w ickets at a cost of slightly over tw elve runs each. Tho U niversity, upon going in the second tim e, lost Mann w ith only a single scored, and Y oung had n o sooner reached double figures than he w as bow led in playing for#