Cricket 1908

Ju n k 25, 1908. CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD O f THE GAME. 235 E. C. K irk , who has bowled so well for Surrey during the past w eek, has for some seasons been the mainstay o f the attack of the Spencer Club. H is pace is fast m edium , and he can maintain a good length for a long time, for, being of slight build, he does not readily tire. He believes in m akin g the batsman keep on playing at him , and does not g o in for the off theory. D u r in g the m atch at A cton, on the 28th inst., between W hitcom b W anderers and the Guy Faw kes C .C ., a collection will be m ade for the Benefit Fund o f E. G. Hayes, who has frequently played for the W hitcom b W anderers, and is one of the V ice-Presidents o f the Club. T he match has really been arranged for the benefit of the Fund, and the sides, as will be seen, are exceptionally strong :— W h itco m b W a n d e r er s .— W . Davis, W . Abel, G. Platt, Ham ish Stuart (S urrey.tes); F. A. Tarrant, E. M iguon, E. H endren. D. H endren (of Mi Id lesex ); G. Pratt, J. .Jenner, and G. Cooper. The G u y F a w k e s side is m ade up of Fulham, Shepherd’s Bush, Ealing and other players. 1 am glad to hear that A. C. M acLaren and K. H . Spooner have prom ised to play for Lancashire in H ayes’ benefit match next m onth. R. C. M u r ray , who took five wickets with consecutive balls at Blackheath on the I3'h inst., b>wled down four with successive deliveries on Saturday last for West Kent Wanderers A against W estcombe Park, also at Blackheath. In the innings o f 74 he took eight wickets for 15 runs. by scoring a boundary off the last ball o f an over. A three boundary without loss o f the bowling would be a good comprom ise, though the Leavesden boundaries, exeept at one end, are o f normal “ four ” distance. Y o r k s h ir e must have had many anxious moments at Bradford yesterday, when their wickets were falling against Field, Probably no on^ imagined that Warwickshire would be able to give them so close a gam *, and it would, indeed, have been an instance of the “ glorious uncertainty” o f cricket had the visiting side pulled through. W arw ick­ shire deserve to be heartily congratulated upon giving their poweiful opponents such a good game, especially as Kinneir and Fishwick failed in each innings, and more than a word o f praise is due to Denton for his fine innings at a critical time. S o m e r s e t. First innings. O. M R . W . D ennett............ 19 5 72 4 H uggins ... 19 4 52 3 P a r k e r............ 7 3 22 0 M ills ........... 7 3 16 3 Second innings. O. M .R . W . . 32.1 9 92 6 . I t 1 52 0 8 3 15 3 12 4 23 1 M iddlesex gainedagreat triamph at Lord’s yesterday in defeating Notts by 269 runs. The match was played on a good wicket, and, as the home side held their lead from the start, those who attributed N otts.’ success in going through last season’s campaign without a reverse to the soft wickets which were every­ where so unplea:antly prevalent will hold to their opinion more tenaciously than before. T he chief feature o f the game was the fine innings o f 103 by Tarrant, who, forsaking his customary cautious tactics, played with delight­ ful freedom and quite outpaced W arner, who cannot be regarded as a slow scorer. Now hat he has shown his ability to make runs at an attractive rate, all who attend matches at L ord’s will hope that he will not revert to his former methods. L eavesden A sylum ground is one o f the few on which the curious rule as to a three boundary still obtains. H itting a boundary involves the loss o f the bowling at Leave>.den and deprives a well-set batsman of many runs. For example, Hamish Stuart would easily have made 100 last Saturday during the time he occupied in making 52 for Kensington. There were 12 boundarits in his 52, and he would assuredly have hit twice as many if he could have kept the bowling. G. W . Clegg, thU fine all-round cricketer, was out in the same match in an effort to keep the bowling H uggins b o w le d tw o D C -ba lls. G lo u c e s t e r s h i r e . First innings. Second innings. O. M . R . W . 0 . M . R . W . Cranfi 4d ... 20 6 51 2 Lewis ............ iO 8 51 2 ... 18 4 66 2 R ob son ............ 22 5 83 4 ... 17 4 33 2 B raund............ 10. t 0 3 5 2 ... 1 0 4 0 H ill ... 1 0 4 0 Lewis bow led five no-balls. G L O U C E S T E R S H I R E v. S O M E R S E T . P la y e d at G lou cester o n J u n e 22 a n d 23. G lou cestersh ire w o n b y six w ick e ts. On M onday bowlers had m atters so m uch their own w ay that in less than five hours nineteen w ickets fell for 354 runs. Som erset, after losing tw o w ickets for 9 runs, were obliged to play an up hill game. Bra-md, w ho hit five fours, and W hittle added 4S together, and the brothers Poyntz put on 30, but, the others doing little, the iunings closed for 16i) after lasting tw o hours and a-half. A t one tim e it appeared likely as though the hom e side w ould be in arrears 011 the first innings, for half the side were out for 57; and the total was only 68 when the sixth w icket fell. Huggins, how ever, m issed tw ice before he was tw enty, survived to add 43 for the seventh w icket w ith Dipper and to carry out his bat for 60 at the end of the day w hen nine w ickets w ere dow n for 185. A surprisingly good stand was m ade for the last w icket on the follow ing m orning, H uggins and Parker adding 73 in 45 m inutes, of w hich num ­ ber the latter, b y a series of big hits, m ade as m any as 51. In this way Gloucestershire gained a lead of 81 on the innings. Som erset lost Capt. Poyntz and Braund for 49 in their second innings, and, although Robson and W hittle m ade useful scores, Gloucester­ shire were set only 113 to win. T hey lo.st four w ickets for 59, but,Jessop and E. Barnett adding the rem aining 54 w ithout being parted, the hom e side w on by six w ickets. Jessop m ade 40 of the liist 54 in 25 m inutes, punishing Lewis for 22 (five fours and a 2) in an over. Score and analysis :— S omerset . First innings. Second innings. B. L . Bisgood, c Board, b c Jessop, b D en- D ennett ............................. 1 nett .....................12 Braund, c C. Barnett, b Dennett ...........................34 b M ills .............30 Lewis, b H u g g in s ................ 0 c Parker, b D en­ nett .............. 0 W hittle, c Board, b c Godsell, b D en- D ennett ... ... 26 nett ................35 J. Daniell, c M ills, b Dennett ..........................17 b P ark er.............12 Robson, c Langdon, b H uggins ..........................11 b P a rk er............42 Capt. Poyntz, n otou t ... 3 i lbw. b Dennett .. 15 V . T. H ill, c Jes;op, b c Langdon, b H uggins .............................13 D ennett ... 16 E. S. M . Poyntz, b M ills ... 19 b Parker..............10 Chidgey, b M ills .............. 2 c M ills, b D en­ nett 7 Cranfield, b M ills ... ... 5 n o to u t ... ... 3 B 4 ,1-b 3 ................. 7 B 7, 1-b 2, n-b 2 11 T otal............................169 T o til ...193 G l OUCRS Kl.SHIR'. First inniDgs. Second innings. E . Barnett, b Cranfield ... 5 n >t out .............41 Laugdon, b R o b o n .................3 * b L e w is ................... 11 Board, b Robson ... 8 lbw, b Lewi* ... 5 C. B-irnett, b Rubson ... 0 G. L. Jeesjp. b Robson ... 0 not o u t .............40 R . T . Godsell, b Chidgey .. 4b Robson ... 7 H uggins, c Lewis,b BrauLd 77 c Braund, b...R ob­ son ............. 0 D ipper, b Lewis .................19 M ills, at Chidgey, b Cran­ field ........................................... 18 Dennett, b Lewis 0 Parker, not out ................51 B 2 6 ,1-b 2, n-b 1 ... 29 B 2, n-b 4 ... 6 K E N T v. N O R T H A M P T O N S H IR E . Played at Gravesend on June 22, 23 and 24. Kent won by an innings and 28b runs. Kent gave a m ost attractive display of batting 011 the Bat and Ball Ground on M onday, scoring 475 runs in 320 m inutes for the loss of only five w ickets. W ith H ardinge, Marsham m ade 91 for the first w icket in 80 m inutes, and w ith Seym our 53 for the second in 45. H e hit nine 4’s in scoring 65 out of 144 in 125 m inutes and m ade som e very good off-drives and cuts. The feature of the innings was the partner­ ship of H utchings and W oolley. W ithout m aking a false stroke, they put on 296 for the fourth w icket in 1(50 m inutes and both left at the same total. H utchings, w ho was bow led in trying to drive, made 132 out of 303 in 165 m inutes and hit tw enty-one 4’s. Woolley, w hose hitting was superb, scored 152 out of 296 in 160 m inutes, m aking tw enty-four 4’s. The pair m ade the third hundred in 45 m inutes and the fourih in 50. A t the end of the day five wickets w ere dow n for 475, the last 344 runs having been scored in 200 m inutes. Troughton was soon out on Tuesday, but H um phreys, playing freely, reached 50 in 40 m inutes and m ade his t56 in an hour. With H uish he added 41 for the seventh w icket in 15 m inutes. The innings eventually closed for 561. The visitors lost Vials and Kingston for 20. Thom pson and Norm an added 2S in 55 m inutes, but the form er was then bowled, w hilst at 65 East was caught at the w icket. A lthough Cox and Wells added 55 in 50 m inutes the visitors were obliged to follow -on 415 behind. In their second innings they lost three wickets for 45 runs by the end of the day. On W ednesday the innings closed for 129, leaving K ent w ith the easiest of victories. Score and analysis:— K e n t . C. H . B. M arsham, b E -* st..............................65 H ardinge, c T hcm p- H uish. st M anning, b T h o m p s o n ................12 Fair>eiVice, b D rif­ field ... ... .. 2 Blythe, c K ingston, b Thom pson Fielder, not out B y e3 ... son, b East ... 33 Seymour, c W ells, b E i s t ................ . 35 K . L. Hutchings, b C o x ............................132 W oolley, b W ells ... 152 L. H . W . Troughton, c K ingston, b East 22 H um phreys, c Vial*, b D r iffie ld ....................66 NOaTHAMPTONSHIRE. First innings. Second innings W . H . K m gston,c H ardinge, b Blythe ............................. 3 G. A . T . Vials, lbw , b Fielder .........................16 N. F. Norm an, c and b Blythe ................ 28 lbw , b Blythe Thom pson, b Blythe ... 13 Ga&t, c Hui8h, bBlythe ... 4 Cox (M .),st H uish, b W ool­ ley ........................................29 W ells, c Troughton, b W oolley ..........................27 T. E. M anning, c Hardinge, b Blythe ........................... 4 Buswell, c H um phreys, b B lythe ..........................11 L. T. Drifiield, c Seym our, bB lyth e .....................1 b W oolley H ardy, not out ... 0 not o u t ............... B 1 ,1-b 6,n -b 3 ...1 0 B 14,1-b 1, n -b 1.. Total M arsham, Fairservice H ardinge, W oolley b Blythe ... b B lythe ... b B ly th e ... b Blythe ... c Fielder,b Blythe 8 c H utchings, b W oolley ... 0 7 17 16 W ells Driffield East Total . 250 T otal............................146 K e n t . O. M .R . W . . 30 3 123 1 T hom p- .2 0 4 78 2 son .. 40 7 145 4 Cox Hardy .. N o r t h amp 1o n s iiib e . First innings. O. M . R . W . F ie ld e r .................. 19 5 39 1 Blythe .................. 32 12 57 7 Fairservice ... 12 5 33 0 Hum phreys 3 2 2 0 W o o lle y ................. 5 2 5 2 T otal ...129 O. M . R. W . 23.1 6 5 4 120 2 0 28 1 0 40 0 Second innings. O. M . R .W . 27 7 54 6 16 8 24 1 2 2 0 0 15.3 4 35 3 Total (4wkts) 113 | Fielder bowled three no-balls and Humphreys one.