Cricket 1908

276 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 16, 1908. GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS. Played at the Oval on July 9, 10 and II. The Gentlemen won by six wicke‘ s. This w as the 150th even-handed m atch between Gentlem en and Players, and, as though in celebration of the event, tw o capital sides had been brought together. It was thought that the Gentlem en m ight feel the absence of a fourth bow ler, but, as it happened, the attack proved strong enough, and the Gentlem en w on b y six w ickets. Young, w ho had prom ised to keep w icket, did n ot play, his place being taken b y Staples, w ho perform ed m ost credit­ ably. The latter was unable to reach the ground before lunch, by w hich tim e five w ickets had fallen, but Page undertook the duties and K ing, tw elfth m an on the Players’ side, fielded substitute. The Players derived no benefit w hatever from going in first, and were all dism issed for 101 in tw o hours and tw enty m inutes. K nox, m aking his first appearance in a m atch of note this year, bow led adm irably. H e and G ilbert opened the attack and, w ith 24 scored, changed ends. From that point no one obtained any m astery over the bow ling. H alf the side were out for 73, and w hen the last w icket fell, at 101, Tarrant carried out his bat for 14, w hich took him 80 m inutes to obtain. The catch by w hich Jessop, fielding at cover-point, dism issed T rott was one of the chief features of the m atch. The batsm an hit a short-pitched ball w ith m uch force and Jessop, springing high in to the air, m anaged to grasp it w ith one hand above his head. K nox took seven w ickets for 52 runs; bow ling at a great pace and keeping a fine length ; he obtained his last six wickets for 27 runs, w hilst his analysis after lunch was 20 balls for 10 runs and four w ickets. Fry and W arner gave the Gentlem en a good start by m aking 43 for the first w icket in lialf-an-hour lxsfore the latter was bowled in playing forward. Foster w as caught at the w icket three runs later, and then, w ith MacLaren in, the best cricket of the m atch w a • seen. H e and Fry added 141 for the third w icket in an hour and three-quarters, the latter, w ho m ade som e good drives and hit ten 4’s, then being bowled in trying to place to le g ; he m ade his 88 out of 1S7 in 115 m inutes, and the only thing w hich could be urged against him was that, w hen he had m ade 51, he offered a hard chance of cauglit-and-bow led to Hallam. I t was a splendid partnership w hich was ended ow ing to over-conHdence on the part of the batsm en. M acLaren, though tw ice m isled at m id- on— by llallam w hen 48 and by Tarrant w hen 71— overshadowed F ry and gave m ore than a glim pse of his old fo rm ; he m ade 77 out o f 143 in 110 m inutes, hit ten 4’s, and was bow led in attem pting a big drive. O nce the partnership had been broken a collapse set in. Jessop, to everyon e’s disappointm ent, was bowled second ball, Crawford caught off a poor return to the bow ler, Page finely held at point, and Staples bow led in an endeavour to m ake w hat would have been a very poor stroke. Thus, at the end o f the first day eight w ickets were dow n for 212 , the Jam Sahib being not out 7. On Friday the innings was com pleted for 230, the last tw o w ickets going dow n in 20 m inutes. The Indian batted 45 m inutes, saw six w ickets fall, and carried out his bat for 10 . W hen H ayward and H obbs opened the Players’ second innings the bow ling, as before, was entrusted to K nox and Gilbert. 1lay ward at once offered a very hard chance to MacLaren at slip, but the pair rem aine i together only until 2 S, w hen H obbs was caught at forw ard £.hort-leg off a poor stroke. There were a few show ers du ring the Players’ innings w hich tended to keep the w icket easy for the batsm en. W ith Gunn in a good stand was m ade. Crawford relieved K nox at 43, but it was not until 90 that a separation was effected. H ayw ard was then caught and bow led b y G ilbert for 50, m ade in 100 m in u tes: he h it seven 4’s and played a good, but not a perfect, innings. Tarrant w as caught at slip a run later, but after his departure Gunn and H ardstaff played out tim e, the score at the end of the day being 110 for three w ickets. Gunn, w ho m ade three fours off an Qver from G ilbert, was m issed by Payne at third m an w hen he had m ade 28. On Saturday Gunn and Hardstaff rem ained together until they had put 011 87 for the fourth w icket in 45 m inutes—a partnership w hich changed 1 10 character of the game. Ituus never cam e quickly 011 the dead w icket, but the bow ling was frequently changed. Jessop w ent 011 for G ilbert at 150 and tw o later K nox displayed Crawford. A t 178 Gunn, w ho had m ade 58 out of 150 in tw o hours and a half, was out to an easy catch at m id-on ; he hit five 4’s and eight 3’s. Coe helped to put 011 22 for the fifth w icket, am ong his hits being one for 0 w hich just failed to reach the leg boundary and w’hieh Fry, am idst m uch am usem ent, had to fetch. Hardstaff, w ho hit nine 4’s, m ade his 55 in an hour and a h*\lf by excellent cr ic k e t; he was especially good against fast 1 x>wling and offered only one chance— a hard one to Foster at square-leg w hen 24. A fter his dism issal the last few w ickets fell quickly, but the total o f 235 was by no m eans a poor one con­ sidering the state of the w icket. G ilbert took frix w ickets for 112 runs and Jessop three for 23. When the Gentlem en w ent in to m ake 107 the w icket wras im proving. W ith only 7 scored, however, W arner was bow led in Arnold’s first over, w hilst at 46 Fry was out to a fine catch in the slips by Gunn, w ho took the fast-travelling ball w ith bis right hand fully extended. MacLaren and the Jam Sahib sent 50 up as the result of three-quarters of an hour’s batting, and, as runs continued to com e steadily, Hallam w ent on for Arnold and Tarrant for Wass. A t 75 the Jam Sahib offered a hard chance to Arnold at cover, but the m istake was net a very expensive one, for eight runs later he was bow led ; he m ade his 47 out of 76 in 70 m inutes, m ado m any very good strokes, and pu t on 37 for the third w icket with M acLaren. Foster, having m ade 8 , was caught at square-leg at 94, but, w ith Craw ford in, the few rem aining runs were obtained w ithout further loss, M acLaren h itiin g Hallam to leg for three 4’s. Score and analysis :— P laybrs . First innings. Second innings. Hayward, b K n o x .............. 14 c a d b G ilbert... 50 H obbs, c sub, b Gilbert ... 28 c W arner b Gil­ bert ... ... 9 Gunn (G .), b K n ox ..............12 e G ilbert,b Jessop 58 Tai rant, not out ...............11 c Crawford, b K n o x ................ 1 H ardstaff, lbw , b K nox 3 c Crawford, b Gil­ bert ................55 Coe, b G ilbert ................. 7 b J e s s o p ..................22 A rnold, b K n ox ..............12 c Jessop, b G il­ bert ................ 4 T rott,b Jessup, b K nox ... 1 c M acLaren,b G il­ bert ................ 6 Hum phries, c Jessop, b c Crawford, b Jes- K n ox .............................. 1 sop ... .. 1 Hallam , c Page, b Gilbert 3 c and b G ilbert... 8 W ass, b K n ox ... 1h ot out ... ... 0 L -b 1, w 1, n-b 3 ... 5 B 13,1-b 3, n-b 5 21 T otal... Tctal ...235 .. 10 : G e . v tlkme *. First innings. Second innings. C. B F iy , b W a s s ............. 8 S c Gunn, b A rnold 14 P. F. W arne*, b Arnold ... 20 b A rnold................ 3 G. N . Foster, c H um phries 1 c H allam , b T ar- b W ass ................ r .n t ................ 1 A . C. M acLaren, b Arnold 77 n o to u t ........................38 G. L . Jessop. b W ass ... 1 U .U . The Jam Sahib 1 f Kaw»i> agar, not out .. 19 b Hallam ... 47 J. N. C m w foid, c and b W ass . 7 not out .................... 1 C. C. Page, c Hayward, b A rnold ................................... 5 C. V . Staples, b Arnold ... 0 H . A . G ilbert, b Wa<M ... 1 N .A . K nox, b Arnold ... 5 Byes 4 ,1-b 1, w 1 ... 6 B y e s ................... 4 T otal ..................230T otal (4 w kts.) 108 P layer .?. First innings. S?c^nd innings. O. M . R . W . O. M . R . W . K n o x .................. 22.2 5 52 7 ... 17 0 50 1 G ilb ert...............21 9 43 3 ... 37 9 112 6 Crawford 1 0 1 0 ... 16 8 29 0 Jehs.p ... 14.1 6 23 3 K nox bow ’ed eight no-balls and Gilbert one wide. G kxtlfmb . v . First innimrs. Sccond innings. O. M . R . AV. O. M . R. W . W a s s ................ 21 1 95 ft ... 8 2 27 0 Arnold ... 21 8 66 5 ... 11 0 36 2 Tarrant ... 5 0 22 o ... 9 3 23 1 Hallam ... 8 3 18 0 .. 5.5 2 18 1 Tro t ...................................... 7 0 23 0 A 11 o d bow led on iwide. SOU i n H A M P S T E A D v. L A N C IN G O LD BOYS- — Played at W illesden ( i m a o u July 11 , P ou th H a m p sie a d . R. U . M jo ic . b G ill .. 0 J. Thornhill, c R e i \ G. Sherwell, b Read 5 b Giil ................ 1 $ N . Astley, c and b R. Lint, c Stephens, b G d l ............................ G ill ................ 9 29 C. Thornhill,c St* phens, R . W . H uylim an, not b Head 4 o u t ............................. 11 G. H . B am foid, b l£*ad 0 S Elston, b Read 13 S. >heiw ell, b Read ... 16 E x t ia s ............... 17 G. E. Lvery, c sub, b — R e a d ................ 57 T ot .1 ..174 L a n cin g OLn B o y s . A . C. Greenfield, c L . Stephens, b Bam - Bam ford. b Every 41 f ord ................ 0 J. F. Fielding, b BamL . A . Stephens, b ford ............................. 18 B a m fo r d ................ 0 D . H ilton, run cu t ... 2 O. W. Sherwell, c G. M. Gill, not out .. 15 and b Every 5 L. 11. Read, b Every... 4 Extras ................ 3 K .Fitzgerald.c Elston, — b Every ................ 7 Tot.il 95 KENT v. SOMERSET. riayed at Dover on July 9 and 10. Kent won by an innings and 73 runs. Although taking the field w ithout B lythe, who had injured his knee in the Yorkshire m atch, and losing the services of Fielder, w ho strained his thigh before the m atch w as half over, Kent found 110 difficulty in beating Som erset b y an innings and 73 runs. On the first day sixteen w ickets w ent dow n for 291 runs and on the second thirteen for 256. Som erset, after losing five w ickets in an hour and a- quarter for 51, were disposed of for 119. Lew is and Bisgood added 23 for the second w icket, H ancock and R obson 27 for the sixth and the latter and Mun- don the same num ber for the seventh. K ent lost Marsham in the first over, and, although Hardinge m ade 56 out of 83 in sixteen strokes, eleven of w hich were 4’s, the total w hen the sixth w icket fell was only 87. Mason, as usual, scored readily against the Som erset attack, and, H um phreys supporting him well, the total was taken to 172 w ithout further loss by the end of the day. The partnership of the pair realised altogether 172 in an hour and three-quarters, of w hich num ber H um phreys, hitting eleven 4’s and pulling and driving well, claim ed 89. Mason, having seen his side w ell ahead, hit vigorously and som ewhat recklessly, the consequence being that he offered three chances—w hen 80 and tw ice w hen 99. He batted 155 m inutes for his 112, included in w hich w ere thirteen 4’s, the m ajority of them drives. Fielder being injured, the innings closed upon the fall of the ninth w icket at 310. When Som erset w ent in the second tim e the bowlers were assisted a little by the state of the ground and only four m en reached double figures. Fairservicc took seven w ickets for 49 runs during the 130 m inutes the innings lasted, the absence of B lythe and Fielder scarcely being noticed. Score and analysis :— S om erset . First innings. Second innings. Braund, c H utchings, b Fielder ..........................0 c Seym our, b W oolley ... 13 B. L. Bisgood, b Fielder ... 12 b Fairservice ... 4 Lewis, c Mason, b W oolley 20 c and b Fair­ service................ 9 Capt. H. F. M ontgom ery, lbw , b Fielder ............ 11 b Fairservice ... 21 W hittle, b F ie ld e r.............. 2 c Seym our, b W oolley ... 5 R. E. H ancock, b Fielder 12 b Fairservice ... 3 Robson, c H utchings, b Mason ..........................32 c H um phreys, b Fairservice ... 30 M. M. M undon, b W oolley 11 c H um phreys, b Fairservice ... 11 S. M. J. W oods, c Seym our, b Mason ................ ... 11 c Marsham, b W oolley ... 3 Cranfield, b M ason ................ 2 not o u t ................. 5 Chidgey, not out ............... 0 c.........D illon, b Fair­ service................ 9 B 2, 1-b 2, n-b 2................ 6 B 3, w 2 ... 5 Total ... C. H. B. Marsham, b Cranfield ... ... 0 H ardinge, c W hittle, b Lewis ... ... 56 Seym our, b Lew is ... 18 K. L. H utchings, b L ew is............................. 0 W oolley, c Chidgey, b Lew is............................. 4 J. R. M ason,b R obsonll2 ...119 K ent T otal................ 118 E. W . D illon, b Lew is ................ 0 H um phreys, st Chid­ gey, b Cranfield 89 Fairservice, b R obson 0 Huish, not out ... 16 Fielder, absent hurt 0 B 5, 1-b 8 , 11 -b 2 ... 15 Total ...310 S omerset . First innings. Second innings. O. M. II. W.O. M. R . W. Fielder ..1 9 5 51 5 Mason ... 8 2 LO 3 W oolley ... 21 4 42 2 ... 26 8 643 Fairscrvice ... 25.1 11 49 7 Fielder delivered tw o 110 -balls and W oolley and Fairservice each bow led one w ide. K ent . O . M. R. W. O . M. R . W. Cranfield 22 3 99 2 IRobson 16.4 4 45 2 Lewis 28 3 100 5 1 M ontgom ery 1 0 12 0 Braund 8 0 33 0 |H ancock 2 0 6 0 Lewis bow led tw o no-balls. A. F. M orcom to.»k nine w ickets for 3 runs for Old Reptonians v. St. A ndrew s Masters, at Eastbourne, 011 July 10. “ Jessop at cover-point is an edu cation; he is a sort o f text book 011 fielding. *He seem s to stop, pick up and return the ball w ith one action. No ball can be sent to him too sw iftly, and no player can hit the w ickets from a throw -in w ith such accuracy and from such position s."- The Evt.umj Standard.