Cricket 1908

260 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u ly 9 , 1908 . GENTLEM EN v. PLAYE R S . Played at Lord’s on Ju ly 2 and 3. The Players won by seven wickets. Fine w eather and the prospect of a good m atch caused 11,511 persons to pay for adm ission on the tirst day. Jones not playing, Douglas cam e in to the side at the last m om ent (after H utchings had been wired to and declined), w hilst Hardstaff appeared in the Players’ team instead of H irst, w hose knee was still troublesom e. W arner having w on the toss from L illey, the Gentlem en opened their batting w ith Fry and Warner, w ho w ere opposed b y Fielder and Wass. W hen 20 had been m ade in a quarter of an hour the captain was bow led b y Fielder b y a ball w hich kept low . The Jam of Nawanagar, upon partnering Fry, was enthusiastically cheered, but, apart from m aking a fine stroke to leg off Wass, he show ed little of his old form . F ifty w ent n p in 45 m inutes, bu t w hen he had m ade 20 out of 43 in 35 m inutes, hitting four 4’s, the Jam Sahib was caught in the slips. Bosanquct m ade a dozen bu t never seem ed com fortable, and, after helping to add 33 for the third w icket in 35 m inutes, w as caught at slip. With three w ickets dow n for 96 Gillingham joined Fry, w ho was quite at his best and w hose running between the w ickets was perfect. The latter com ­ pleted his 50 out of 9S in an hour and a-half, bu t 20 m inutes later w as caught at the w icket in trying to drive ; he hit nine 4’s and tw enty-four singles, m ade his runs all round the w icket and effected on ly one poor stroke, offering a hard chance to Wass at m id- on w hen he had m ade 23 ; he w as fourth out, at 131, his stand w ith Gillingham having realised 35 in 25 m inutes. Crawford hit three very good 4’s, bu t was out in tryin g to pull a good-length ball. With Sim pson - H ayw ard in the scoring was free, though tlie’ new com er, w hen he had m ade 11, was, am id m uch laughter, m issed off a trem endous skyer at m id -011 by Wass, w ho, after patiently w aiting for the ball, allow ed it to slip through his hands ; tw o runs were m ade w hilst the ball was in the air The seventh w icket put on 33 in a quarter-of-an-hour, Sim pson-H ayw ard then being caught at slip, the ball passing through G unn’s hands in to those of R elf at second slip. N either Bird n or Napier scored, but, w ith Brearley in, Gillingham h it out, and, although his partner m ade only 2, as m any as 2(5 were put on for the last w icket. Gillingham m ade 44 ou t o f 121 in 00 m inutes, and hit a 5 and four 4’s, but w as not seen at his best, m any strokes from w hich he scored sending the ball in thrilling fashion over the heads of the slips. The G entlem en’s innings, w hich was very disappointing, closed for 217, after batting 175 m inutes. Fielder, as in the Centenary m atch, again bow led w ith great e ffe ct; he m ade the ball bum p a good deal, and took seven w ickets for 91 runs. Hayward and H obbs gave the Players a good start against the attack of Brearley and N apier; w hen the form er bow ler had sent dow n an over Douglas w ent on for a single over in order to allow him to g o 011 at the other end. The Surrey pair sent 50 up in half- an-hour b y very bright cricket, w hich contrasted strongly w ith that of the G entlem en. Five m inutes later, w hen the total had been taken to 56, H ayw ard was caught at slip. Gunn then joined H obbs, and the latter did the greater part o f the run-getting ; so com pletely did he m onopolise the scoring that Gunn m ade only 9 of the 59 runs added in half-an-hour for the second w icket. Denton, having m ade 14, was third out, at 139, and 17 runs later H obbs, w h o had com pleted his thousand runs for the season, sup­ plied Napier w ith his only w ick et of the innings. Hobbs h it thirteen 4’s in m aking 81 out of 156 in 95 m inutes ; he gave a bright and attractive display, but, w hen 37, was m issed b y F ry and offered a pos­ sible catch to the Jam Sahib at third m an w hen he had m ade 54. U pon H ardstaff joining Tarrant an excellent stand was made, although the bow ling was frequently changed. lt w as not, how ever, until nearly 200 had been m ade that Douglas was pu t on ; he then beat Tarrant three or four tim es, bu t just m issed the w icket on each occasion. The second hundred w as com pleted in 45 m inutes, and at the end of the day, w hen the total was 227 for four w ickets, the pair were still together, Tarrant being 48 and H ardstaff 26. O 11 the follow ing m orning the form er w as caught .it the w icket off Brearley’s first delivery w ith the score unaltered ; he gave no chance and h it nine 4’s in scoring 48 ou t of 88 in 55 m inutes. Re f, beaten several tim es b y Brearley, fell to that bow ler at 247, and shortly afterwards H ardstaff reached 50 as the result o f 95 m inutes’ play. R hodes played a useful little innings of 15, but was m issed b y Bird off Douglas when 10 ; he helped to put on 41 for the seventh w icket, w hich fell at 288. L illey stayed in half-an- hour and was then caught at m id-on, at 314, and five later Hardstaff was caught at the w icket for a faultless innings of 77 m ade out of 163 in 140 m inutes ; he hit a dozen 4’s and m ade his runs all round the w icket, his play 011 th e leg side being very good. F ielder and Wass put 011 20 for the last w icket qu ickly, and w hen the innings closed the Players were 122 runs on. The second innings of the G entlem en was even m ore disappointing than their first, lasting but three hours and a-quarter and realising only 176. W arner and Fry m ade 44 together for the opening partnership, the latter, w ho had played confidently, then snicking a ball in to his w icket. The Jam Sahib and Bosanquet both left at 61, and 15 later Gillingham was caught at slip. W arner all this tim e was playing steadily ; he batted 40 m inutes for 8 and an hour for 14. Douglas show ed strong defence, but at 101 lost Warner, w ho was lbw to Rhodes w hen he had m ade 42 in 110 m inutes. Douglas batted an hour and a- quarter for 20 and w ith Crawford, w ho m ade the same num ber in 45 m inutes, added 39 for the sixth w icket. B ird did little, bu t Brearley, m issed off a skyer by L illey, put on 20 for the last w icket. The Players, set only 54 to w in, lost H obbs at 21, H ayward at 40, and Gunn at 42, eventually w inning by seven w ickets. A s m any as 79 extras were allowed in the tw o days, during w hich 21,199 persons paid for adm ission. Score and analysis :— G entlem ejj . First innings. Second innings. P. F. W arner, b Fielder ... 4 lbw , b Rhodes ... 42 C. B. F ry, c L illey, b Fielder ............................. 70 b Fielder...................28 H .H . the J am o f Nawanagar c Tarrant, b Fielder ... 20 b R elf ................. G B . J. T . Bosanquet, c Gunn, b R elf .............12 lbw , b R elf ... 0 Rev. F. H . Gillingham , n o to u t ..........................44 c R elf, b W ass ... 6 J. W . H . T . D ouglas, c Tarrant, b Fielder ... 4 lbw , b R elf ... 20 J . N . Craw ford, c and b R elf........................................13 run o u t ..............20 O. H . Sim pson-H ayw ard, c R elf, b Fielder.............26 b W ass .................. 3 W - S. B ird, c R elf, b F itlder ............................0 b R elf ................... 6 G. G. N apier, b R elf ... 0 c Rhodes, b Fielder ... 13 W . Brearley, b Fielder ... 2 n o to u t .............. 10 B 14, w 1 n-b 7 ..2 2 B 11, 1-b 9, n -b 2 22 Total 176 ...217 P layers . First innings. Second innings. H ayw ard,c B ird,bB rearley 25 b Brearley ... 17 H obbs, b N apier ..............81 b Brearley ... 5 Gunn (G .), c N apier, b c N apier, b C r a w fo r d .............................9 Douglas ... 17 D enton, b Crawford ... 14 n o t o u t ................11 Tarrant, c Bird, b Brearley 48 not o u t ................ 2 H ardstaff. c Bird, b Douglas 77 R elf (A . E .), b Brearley ... 8 Rhodes, b D ouglas...............15 L illey c Simpson - H ay­ w ard, b D ouglas.. ... 9 Fielder, lbw , b Brearley ... 11 W ass, not out ...............10 Byes 2 8 ,1-b 2, n-b 2 ...3 2 B 2, w 1 ... 3 T otal..........................339 Total(3w kts.) 55 G entlemen . First innings. Second innings. O. M . R . W . O. M . R . W . Fielder ... 23 3 91 7 ... 18 3 49 2 W ass................ 8 0 37 0 ... 9 3 17 2 Tarrant ... 8 1 26 0 ... 3 0 9 0 R e l f ................. 14 1 41 3 ... 21.1 3 69 4 Rhodes ... 5 2 10 1 Fielder bowled nine no-balls and one wide. P layers . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. Wr. O. M. R. W. Brearley ... 23.2 3 98 4 ... 6 1 25 2 Napier ... 16 4 52 1 D ouglas ... 14 1 52 3 ... 5.3 1 27 1 Sim pson- H ayw ard... 7 0 38 0 Craw ford ... 17 2 67 2 N apier bow led tw o no-balls and D ouglas a wide. KENSIN GTON v. TW ICKENH AM TOW N.—Played on Twickenham Green on July 4. T w ickenham T ow n . A.Farrer, lbw ,b Clegg 20 F. Tonnestein, c Barkby, b Clegg ... 37 E. Nobes, c Stuart, b B arkby ................ 11 A.B. Cozens, c H utch­ ings, b Clegg ... 3 F. Looker, b Clegg ... 16 V. J. Walbank, b Barkby ................ 5 K ensington . F. F ox, run out W. Bourne, c H ughes, *>Clegg ................. C. Hannah, not ont ... II. Row land, b Clegg F. Banks, b Barkby... Extras ................ Total . F. B. O ’Neil, b Farrer H .S.H ughes, c Banks, b Tonnestein ... 22 G. W. Clegg, b Farrer 0 Ham ish Stuart, not out ............................. 51 J. Oborn, b Farrer J. H obbs, not out ... 16 ... 22 D E R B Y S H IR E v. K EN T . Played at Derby on July 2, 3 and 4. A R e c o r d f o r K e n t . Kent won by an innings and 234 runs. E xcept that Preston assisted K ent in place of Fielder, w ho was appearing for the Players at L ord’s, both team s were at full strength. The w eather on Thursday was exceedingly h ot at Derby, and the hom e side stood their long outing adm irably. D uring the day K ent m ade 487 for three w ickets in five hours, three players exceeding the hundred, and there being tw o partnerships of over 200. Hardinge, m issed b y M orton at third man off W arren w hen 30, m ade eleven 4’s in scoring 127 o f the 219 runs put up for the first w icket w ith Marsham in 165 m inutes ; he h it eleven 4’s and was caught at slip. Marsham, second out at 244, hit nine 4’s and m ade his faultless 91 in three hours. U pon H utchings join in g Seym our another prolific partnership took place, 240 being added for the third w icket in 125 m inutes. H utchings, hitting finely, scored 102 of the num ber, m aking eleven fours and giving 110 chance, though w hen he had m ade 19 a ball from Rickm an glanced off his pads on to the stum ps w ithout rem oving a bail. The third w icket fell at 484, and throe later play ceased for the day, Seym our carrying out his bat for 150. The fourth w icket added 42, and then the last- nam ed was caught b y W right running from p o in t; he h it a 5 and tw enty 4’s in m aking 171 out o f 307 in 170 m inutes, and was tw ice m issed—at the w icket off W arren before he had scorcd and by M orton off his ow n bow ling when 71. On the F riday Kent m ade 128 in 65 m inutes, the innings of 615, w hich lasted 6 hours and 20 m inutes, just exceeding the County’s previous highest score, 610 against Ham p­ shire at Bournem outh in 1906. D erbyshire lost Fletcher, Needham and M orton for 76, bu t Law ton, who h it ten 4’s, and Cadman added 97 together in 65 m inutes, and the latter and W right 39 in 20. Cadman, although m issed w hen 48, played a good innings of 71, w hich lasted 140 m inutes, and contained eleven 4’s. W hen the ninth w icket fell, at 253, the innings closed, Oliver being indisposed and unable to bat. When they follow ed-on the hom e side lost Fletcher, M orton, Cadman, and Law ton for 55. Needham m ade 27 out o f 61 in an hour and a-half ere being caught at point, and, although W right and H um phries added 45 in 27 m inutes, D erbyshire m ade only 128, and accordingly suffered defeat to the exten t of an innings and 234 runs. Score and analysis:— K e s t . Total (4 w kts.) 124 S. H utchings, E. A. Barkby, A.W . Hart, G. N ixey. ju n ., and H . Sagner did not bat. C. H . B . M arsham, b W arren .. ... 91 H ardinge, c sub, b W arren ...................127 Seym our, c W right b W arren ...................171 K . L . Hutchings, b Cadman .................. 102 W oolley, c Law ton, b Bestw ick ....................46 A . P. D ay, b W arren 31 D e rbysh ire . First innings. Needham , b Blythe ... 14 Hum phreys, b W arren H uish, b W arren Fairservice, b Best­ wick .............................. Blythe, st Hum phries, b B estw ick ................. Preston, not out B 1 1,1-b 7, w 3, n -b 2 23 Total ...615 Fletcher, run out ................. 4 M orton, run out ................ 33 Cadman, c D ay, b Blythe... 71 A . E. Law ton, c Hutchings, b D ay ..............................59 L . G. W right, c H uish, b D a y ...........................................29 Hum phries, c H utchings, b D a y ........................................... R . B. Rickm an, c Fairser­ vice, b Blythe ................. W arren, c H um phreys, b Preston ............................. Bestwick, not out ................ L . Oliver, absent, ill Second innings, c Blythe, b Fair­ service ................! b B ly th e ................. c H ardinge, b Fairs°rvice ... c D ay, b B lythe .. b Fairaervice b Preston .. 0 n o to u t ... 32 22 B 14, 1-b 5, w 1, n -b 1... 21 c D ay, b Blythe c Hum phreys, b Preston................ b B ly th e ................ absent, ill Byes ................. Total Cadman .. W arren .. Bestwick.. M orton ...253 K en t . O. M . R . W . 23 4 85 1 41 6 191 6 32 3 154 3 15 1 64 0 Law ton V.. Rickm an Needham T otal ...128 O. M . R . W . 10 1 43 0 11 0 44 0 3 0 11 0 W arren bow led three w ides,and M orton and W arren each one no-ball. D e r b y sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. O . M . R . W . O. M . R. W . Fairservice , . .1 4 5 31 0 ... 21 8 41 3 B ly th e ................ 357 102 3 ...26.210 74 4 Preston ... 17 3 42 1 ...4162 H um phreys ... 8 4 16 0 W oolley ...1 1 0 0 D ay ................ 13 4 41 3 ... 2 0 3 0 Blythe bow led one w ide and Hum phreys one no-ball.