Cricket 1908

J u ly 9 , 1908 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD Of1 f Hfi GAME. 267 lowing1year 352, but last season, when 208 catches were missed off his bowling, the number fell to 212. Now that he has more leisure at his command he may feel inclined to pen his reminiscences. M e n t io n of “ The Coroner” -reminds me that “ W .G .” is still a great power in club cricket. On June 26th, when playing at the Crystal Palace for London County against W hitgift Wanderers, he took seven wickets and scored 111 not out. His youngest son, C. B. Grace, made 68 in the same innings, and he and his father put on 100runs under the hour. Tw o days before “ C .B .” had scored 128 for Past v. Present Students of the Engineering School at the Crystal Palace. T h e following capital sides have been got together for the match between Gentlemen and Players which commences at the Oval to-day:— G en tlem en . A. C. M acLaren (capt.) H . H . the Jam Sahib of Nawanagar C. B. Fry P. F. W arner G. L. Jessop J. N. Crawford N. A . K nox R. A. Young C. C. Page G. N. Foster H. A. Gilbert P la y e r s . H ayward (capt.) H obbs H um phries Wass G unn (G .) Hallam Arnold Hardstaff Tarrant K ing Coe The Gentlemen’s bowling might be stronger, but, apart from that, little fault can be found with the constitution of the sides. I t was much to be regretted that rain played such havoc with the cricket in all parts of the country yesterday, for many of the matches possessed more than usual in­ terest. It was, fortunately, found possible to finish the ’ Varsity match, though only after a long and dreary wait. There was no outstanding feature of the game, but the play throughout was very keen. O f the 74 matches played, Cambridge have won 36 and Oxford 31, the remaining 7 having been left unfinished. I t was perhaps fortunate for Kent that there was not a full day’s cricket at Dover yesterday, for Yorkshire had gained so substantial a lead by Tuesday evening that the southern county might well have sus­ tained their second defeat of the season at their hands. Rothery, like V. F. S. Craw­ ford at Leicester, played his highest inn­ ings in a match of note, and Hardisty again showed himself to be one of the most promising of the younger generation of batsmen. “ I am both surprised and disgusted at the tone that has in several quarters been taken w ith regard to the Australians over this question. It has even been hinted by an over-zealous South African journalist that the Australians are afraid. Such an insinuation against the cricketers who have battled w ith E ngland on even term s for thirty years is beneath contem pt. This, how ever, is on ly an isolated charge em anating from a person of 110 im ­ portance.”— “ Short-Leg ” in The People. W I N C H E S T E R v. E T O N . P la y ed at W in ch e ste r o n J u ly 3 a n d 4. E to n w o n b y an in n in g s a n d 14 runs. The hom e side were m uch weakened ow ing to four of their num ber being confined to hospital with m um ps, and, after being outplayed on the first day, suffered defeat by an innings and 14 runs on the second. B y faultless cricket H uson, w ho hit nine 4’s, scored 116 out of 209 in 160 m inutes on the first day, but did n ot receive m uch support. Windsor- Clive and Cartwright added 143 in an hour and three-quarters for E ton’s sixth w icket, and the latter, in addition to scoring 102 not ovit, took ten w ickets. Five w ickets fell for 30 runs in W in­ chester's second innings, but the total eventually reached 158, Flem ing and Balfour putting on 01 for the last w icket. Score and analysis :— W inchester . First innings. Second innings. A. C. H uson, c W orsley, b c Cartwright, b Cartwright .............. 116 Kenyon-Slaney 1 L. H. Bury, b Cartwright 0 c Fowler, b K en­ yon-Slaney ... 12 B. Blood, c W orsley, b Cart­ w right ......................... 1 b Cartwright ... 14 M. Gray, b Tennyson ... 24 c Fowler, b Cart­ w right ... 4 G. B. Gilroy, c Gull, b Cartw right ............10 b Cartwright ... 12 R. Garaons-W illiams, c c Fowler, b Cart- Foljam be, b Clive ... 23 w right ... 0 G. H ornung, not out ... 32 b Tennyson ... 17 W. A. Trasenter, c Benson, b Kenyon-Slaney... ... 4 b Tennyson ... 19 A. L. F lem ing, c Gull, b K e n y o n -S la n e y ................ 0 not o u t ..................27 R. H. Fowler, c Cartwright, b Kenyon-Slaney ... 7 run o u t ..................15 J. B. Balfour, c Twining, b c Kenyon-Slaney, Cartwright .................. 0 b Cartw right... 32 B 1 6 ,1-b 3, w 1, n-b 1 ...21 B 4 , 11 -b 1 ... 5 T otal ...............238 T otal ...158 E ton . K. H . Twining, b G. H. Cartwright, not Trasentcr ................30 out ................. ...102 R. L. Benson, cG ilroy, G. Cattley, e Gilroy, b b Balfour ................51 Trasenter .....................25 E. W. Foljam be, c W. A . W orsley, not Flem ing, b Balfour 6 o u t ..................................24 R. St. L. Fowler, c and b H ornung ... 28 L. H. Tennyson, c Gray, b Flem ing ... 15 B15, l-b4, w 2 n -b 3 ... 24 A . W indsor Clive, b — Fowler ................105 Total (7 wkts.)*410 ♦Innings declared closed. G ull and R O. K enyon-Slaney did not bat. W in ch ester . F irst innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cartw right... 19.1 2 51 5 ... 17 2 59 5 K enyon- Slaney 21 1 71 3 ... 10 1 34 2 Fowler 7 1 28 0 ... 5 1 14 0 Foljam be ... 5 0 19 0 ... 2 0 9 0 G u ll................ 5 0 23 0 Tennyson ... 7 0 20 1 ... 7 0 37 2 C live................ 2 0 5 1 Gull bow led a w ide and Kenyon-Slaney tw o no-balls. E ton . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Flem ing 31 0 87 1 Gray ... 7 0 15 0 Balfour 30 1 130 2 H ornung 3 0 13 1 Trasenter 28 7 55 2 Fowler .. 0 0 32 1 Bury ... 14 2 54 0 Bury bowled tw o wides, Balfour one no-ball, and Gray tw o no-balls. The following are the positions of the Counties to date P. W. D. L. Pts. Perceut. Yorkshire ... 15 10 5 0 10 100.00 S u r r e y ............... 16 10 5 1 9 81.81 Kent .............. 12 8 3 1 7 77.77 M iddlesex ... 7 3 3 1 2 50.00 S u ss e x ............... 12 3 7 2 1 20.00 Lancashire ... 13 0 2 5 1 9.90 W orcestershire.. 7 3 1 3 0 — N otts.................... 10 3 4 3 0 — H am pshire ... 9 3 2 4 - 1 — 14.2S Leicestershire... 11 3 3 5 — 2 — 25.00 Gloucestershire. 9 2 3 4 — 2 — 33.33 Essex ................ 10 2 4 4 — 2 — 33.33 Northants. ... 13 3 3 7 — 4 — 40 00 W arwickshire... 12 2 4 6 — 4 — 50.00 D erbyshire ..1 3 2 2 9 — 7 — 03.03 Som erset ... 11 1 1 9 —8 — 80.00 A ccording to the rule laid dow n b y the M.C.C., “ One point shall be reckoned for each w in ; one de­ ducted for each loss ; unfinished gam es shall not be reckoned. The county w hich during the season shall have in finished m atches obtained the greatest pro­ portionate num ber of points shall be reckoned cham pion coun ty.” OXFORD v. CAMBRIDGE. Played at Lord’s on July 6, 7 and 8. Oxford won by two wickets. On a slow w icket after very heavy rain in the pre­ vious w eek sixteen w ickets w ent dow n 011 the open­ ing day for 301 runs. Cam bridge had five old Blues in their side and O xford seven. 'Jhe form er w on the toss, and com m enced batting w ith W right and Teesdale to the bow ling of Gilbert and Hatfeild. W right, w ho was in for 15 m inutes before m aking a run, was nearly caught at m id -011 w hen 8 . When 19 had been scored Lowe relieved Gilbert, w ho crossed over seven later and displaced Hatfeild. When 32 had been m ade in 35 m inutes W right was caught at short-slip for 17. M ugliston, w ho hit the first ball he received from G ilbert to leg for 4, saw Young, when 10 , nearly play-on and also missed in the slips off Hirst. A t 45 the L ight Blue captain was caught at short-leg for a useful innings of 20 w hich lasted 55 m inutes. Nine later M ugliston was caught at slip, and at 04 Falcon succum bed to a sim ple ball from Low e. Buchanan and Baily then came together, the form er, w ho drove and cut Gilbert for 4 in an over, forcing the game well, w hilst his partner sim ply kept his w icket up. A t 90 Bow ring w ent on for Gilbert, and five runs later Buchanan was badly run out, through not responding soon enough to a risky call b y Baily for a hit to Teesdale at cover-poin t; he m ade his 35 out of 41 in half-an- hour, hitting six 4’s in his very useful innings. A run later Ireland was bowled, and upon the fall of his w icket lunch was taken. A fter the interval Baily and Macleod resum ed against Gilbert and Low e, and Macleod, b y a few big hits, m ade 21 of the 28 added for the seventh w icket in 20 m inutes before being caught in the long-field. Seven w ickets were down for 124 w hen Goodwin joined the patient Baily, and the new com er, like his predecessor, scored freely. The bow ling was changed several tim es, Robinson, H atfeild, and Bow ring all being given a turn after G ilb.rt and Lowe had been taken off, but it was not until 53 had been put 011 in 40 m inutes that Baily was caught at cover-point in Bow ring’s first over. A t one period of his innings Baily was in an hour for S : he m ade his 20 out o f 113 in 95 m inutes and rendered his side very good service. Olivier was caught at slip at 183 and five later Good­ w in, w ho had made 40 out of 04 in an hour and a- quarter w ithout a m istake, was held at third man, the innings closing upon his dismissal. B ow ling's three w ickets cost only ten runs—a very useful piece of bow ling. The O xonians opened in capital style against Olivier and L yttelton, Bruce and Teesdale m aking 50 together w ithout loss in half-an-hour. When the pair had m ade 00 in 55 m inutes Teesdale was caught at slip off Olivier fora steady 15. With only a single added W right was caught at leg and Foster stupidly run out (through no fault cf his ow n) ; three w ickets w ere then down for 07, of w hich num ber 20 were extras. Bow ring stayed w ith Bruce w hilst 23 were added and was then caught at second slip off a rising ball from Goodwin. Five later—at 95 —Bruce was bowled, having m ade a capital 40 out of 95 in an hour and a -h a lf; he hit five 4’s and made som e fine strokes to the on. The hundred w ent up in 95 m inutes, but eight later Robinson was out to a very good left-handed catch in the slips by Buchanan. A t this point, six w ickets dow n for 108, the state of the gam e favoured Cam bridge, but H urst and Hat­ feild pulled the gam e round by adding 05 in the last 45 m inutes of the day w ithout being parted. There were num erous bow ling changes, but they were all ineffectual, and Oxford, w hen stumps w ere drawn, were only 15 runs behind w ith four w ickets in hand. During the day about 15,000 persons w ere on the ground, of w hich num ber 0,848 paid for adm ission. On Tuesday H atfeild was caught at cover-point w hen the seventh w icket had added 73 in 57 m inutes. H urst scored freely, but w hen he had m ade 01 in an hour and a-half and had h it ten 4’s he was bow led in trying to place to le g ; he played an adm irable innings. Lowe and G ilbert were soon out, and the innings closed for 207, or 19 runs on. D uring the m orning Olivier, w hose record for the w hole innings was six w ickets for 08 runs, took all four outstand­ ing w ickets for 18 runs. Robinson and Gilbert bow led w hen Cam bridge w ent in the second tim e, but w ith only 21 scored the latter retired in favour of Low e, who, tw o runs later, bow led W right. M uglis­ ton joined Young, but before he had made a run was out to a very fine catch low dow n in the slips by Hurst. Falcon then cam e in and, w hen he had made 11, was missed b y Foster at slip off Robinson. 50 w ent up in an hour, and a little later Gilbert and Bow ring took charge o f the bowling. Falcon played very good cricket and added 44 for the third w icket w ith Young in 50 m inutes ; he was then caught at slip for 31 of the num ber. Another excellent stand was m ade when Buchanan and Young cam e together upon the fall of the third w icket at 71, though only eight runs were put on prior to the interval. A fter the adjournm ent Low e and Robinson shared the bow ling and Saltor fielded for Teesdale, w ho had injured his right hand. Runs were obtained freely, and at the end o f an hour and three-quarters the hundred was reached. Five m inutes later Young