Cricket 1908

s?9z CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 23, 1908. volume of the Badminton Library, he said : “ The batsman, seeing an enormous man rushing up to the wickets, with both elbows out, great black beard blowing on each side of him, and a huge yellow cap on the top of a dark, swarthy face, ex­ pects something more than the gentle lobbed-up ball that does com e ; he cannot believe that this baby-looking bowling is really the great man’s, and gets flustered and loses his w icket.” His square-leg trap must have obtained him hundreds of wickets, for it was almost impossible to resist hitting out at his tempting deliveries outside the leg-stump, and •G. F. Grace and Gilbert, stationed on the leg boun­ dary, had very safe hands. The match between Gloucestershire and Nottingham­ shire on the Cheltenham ground in 1877 saw “ W . G . ’s ” strategy at its best. Notts, were a good batting side, but they collapsed in their first innings for 111, the “ Old Man ” taking nine of their wickets. When they followed-on, Richard Daft kept himself back, and, as batsman after bats­ man succumbed to the wiles of “ W . G .,” so did his wrath increase. At last he was obliged to g o in himself, and those who had failed were naturally anxious to see what their captain would do. The score- sheet reads— “ R. Daft, c Gilbert, b W . G. Grace, o. ” The Champion took seventeen wickets in the match, and Gloucestershire won by an innings and 45 runs. Several South African readers of Cricket have been making enquiries concerning the genuineness of the match between Thomas River and Tylden, wherein over a thousand runs were reported to have been made in the course of a day, and the authenticity of which I questioned in this column in the last week of May. As I expected would be the case, the game has proved to be a hoax. A match be­ tween the two clubs was played on March 14th, but the scoring was low, and Thomas River won by 23 runs. One who took part in the match w rites:— “ The secretary, being a young chap and having little to do at the time, thought he would be funny for once. Hence the report. I do not need to say m ore.” The captain of the Thomas River C.C. makes a similar report. KEN T v. M IDD LESEX . At Tunbridge Wells on July 16, 17 and 18. Abandoned. No play was possible in this m atch on account of rain. K e n t : C. H . B. Marsham, E. W . D illon, J. R. Mason, K . L. H utchings, H ardinge, Seym our (Jas.), W oolley, H um phreys, H uish, Fairservice, and Blythe. M id d le s e x (selected from ) : P. F. Warner, C. A . L. Payne, C. B. W. Magnay, W . P. H arrison, jun., L. J. M oon, C. C. Page, Tarrant, Trott, Hearne (J. T.), M urrell, M ignon, and H endren (E .) SU RREY v. LANCASH IRE . At the Oval on July 16, 17 and 18. E. G. H a y e s ’ B e n e f i t . Abandoned. N ot a ball could 1x5 bow led in this m atch ow ing to rain. It is probable that the tw o counties w ill arrange to play for H ayes’ benefit at the Oval on Septem ber 10th, 11th and 12th, the m atch to be outside the Cham pionship programm e. S u r r e y : Lord Dalm eny, J. N. Craw ford, N. A. K nox, H . D. G. Leveson - Gower, E. C. K irk, H ayw ard, Hayes, H obbs, Marshal, Spring, and Strudw ick. L a n c a s h ir e : A. C. M acLaren, R. H . Spooner, A. H. H om ily, A. F. Spooner, A . H artley, K. G. M acleod, Sharp, W hitehead (R .), H uddleston, Dean, an d Phillips. SUSSEX v. HAMPSHIRE. Played at Chichester on July 16, 17 and 18. A n E x t r a o r d i n a r y O c c u r r e n c e . Drawn. Rain pu t the possibility of play 011 Thursday out of the question, but on the follow ing day at least tw o hours’ cricket should have taken place. N ine of the Sussex players, how ever, were staying at Shil- linglee Park, and, thin king the weather at Chiches­ ter w ould prevent play taking place, did n ot journey to the ground As it happened the gam e could have been started, but ow ing to the inexcusable absence of the players nam ed the tim e was wasted, to the natural disappointm ent of the spectators. The only Sussex players present on the ground were F ry (the captain), Nason, Leach, and Vine. On Saturday play com m enced at half-past eleven and continued until 5 40, w hen rain caused stum ps to be drawn. H am p­ shire, after losing four w ickets for 35, and six for 78, scored 173. W hite hit tw elve 4’s in his faultless in­ nings, giving an adm irable display, and, in partner­ ship w ith Rem nant, adding 74 in less than an hour. Fry was bow led by a half-volley in the first over, but the Jam Sahib batted 105 m inutes w ithout a m istake, pulling and driving woll. Score and analysis:— H a m p sh ire. A . C. Johnston, C ox... 3 Bow ell, c and b V incett 15 Capt. W. N. W hite, b V i n e ..............................85 L lew ellyn, c Butt, b V incett ............... 0 E. M. Sprot, lbw , b Cox 1 Mead (C. P .), b C ox ... 17 Stone, st B utt, b R elf (A . E ) ................ 2 S u ssex . Rem nant, lbw , b C ox 26 Badcock, b Cox Newm an, n ot out K ennedy,stB utt,b Cox B 5, 1-b 1, w 1 Total ... C. B. F ry, b Newm an 4 Vine, c W hite, b Llew ellyn ................21 K illick, b Newm an ... 10 H .H . the Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, not out 51 R elf (R . R.), lbw , b K ennedy ................ 2 R elf (A. E.), c Bow ell, b L lew ellyn................ J.W . W. Nason, b K en­ nedy .............................. Cox (G .),not out B 4, 1-b 1, w 1 Total (0 w k ts.)...112 Leach, V incctt and B utt did not bat. H a m p sh ire. O. M. K illick... 7 0 Cox (G.) 23.4 11 V incett... 10 1 R elf(A .E .) 12 4 R. W. 19 0 41 6 39 2 32 1 O. Nawan­ agar ... 5 Vine ... 5 K illick bow led one wide. S u ssex. O. M. R. W. O. N ewm an 10 4 18 2 Llew ellyn 10 Mead ... 5 2 11 0 K ennedy 15 Rem nant 5 3 11 0 Kennedy bow led one wide. R. W. 35 2 31 2 WARWICKSHIRE v. LEICESTER­ SHIRE. At Coventry on July 16 17 and 18. Abandoned. This m atch was abandoned w ithout a ball being bowled, the w icket being ruined by the rain. W a r w ic k s h ir e : A. C. S. Glover, F. R. Loveitt, C. K. Langley, A. J. W oodward, F. R. Foster, Quaife, Baker (C. S.), Charlesworth, Lilley, Santall and Field. L e ic e s te r s h ir e : Sir A . G. Hazelrigg, C. J. B. W ood, V. F. S. Crawford, W. W. Odell, J. Shields, K night, W hitehead, K ing, Coe, Jayes, and Astill. In order to amuse the spectators a scratch game was played on Saturday afternoon. The follow ing is the score :— M r. A. C. S. G lo v e r ’s X L F. R. L ovcitt, c and b A still............................. 2 Quaife, c Hazlerigg, b Craw ford ................02 C. K. Langley, c and b A still ................ 0 Charlesw orth,c Jayes, b A still ................21 A. J. W oodward, b O d ell.............................7 Lilley, run out ... 15 A. C. S. Glover, c K night, b K ing ... 5 Baker, c W ood, b Coe 33 Santal!, b Crawford ... 15 F. R. Foster, c K night, b W ood ................8 H iggins, not out ... 5 Byes, & c................... 0 T o t a l ................ 173 C. J. B. W ood, not ou t 54 K night, b Santall ... W hitehead, c Santall, S ir A. H a z le r io o ’s XI. b H iggins Jayes, c Foster, Sautall Coe, c Langley, F oster 17 b ... 0 b ...102 W O RCE STER SH IRE v. SOMERSET. Played at Worcester on July i6, 17, and 18. Drawn. H eavy rain prevented a start being m ade in this m atch until one o ’clock 011 Friday, w hen the w icket was still in a very sodden condition. In three hours and tw enty m inutes the visitors were disposed of by Arnold and Cuffe for 170,the only stand of note being by Braund and Bisgood, w ho added 62 together in an hour. The last four w ickets w ent dow n for 15 runs. In a couple of overs at the end of the day W orcester­ shire m ade 5 w ithout loss. On Saturday so m uch progress was m ade that tw enty-one w ickets w ent dow n for 320 runs. The score was taken to 55 for the first w icket and to 90 for the second, but the w hole side w ere out for 175. B ow ley m ade his adm irable 61 ou t of 143 in 130 m inutes. When Som erset w ent in the second tim e Braund and B is­ good m ade the side secure from defeat b y a useful first-w icket partnership, but the play continued very keen until the end. In a quarter of an hour at the end of the day W orcestershire m ade 28 for one w icket. Score and analysis:— S omerset . First innings. Second innings. Lewis, c Gaukrodger, b c Sim pson - Hay- Arnold ..............................8 ward, b Cuffe ... 9 Robson, c Gaukrodger, b c G aukrodger, b A rnold ............................. 12 C u f f e ...................... 7 V. T. H ill, c H. K . Foster, b Cuffe ..............................12 c and b A rnold... 4 W hittle, b A r n o ld ................ 20 b A rnold................. 5 Braund, b Cuffe ................ 38 c H . K. Foster, b Cuffe .....................17 B. 1 1 . Bisgood, lbw , b A rnold .............................39 c Cuffe, b Arnold 29 J. Daniell, lbw , b A rnold... 13 not o u t .................. 1 S. M. J. W oods, b Cuffe ... 18 c W. L. Foster, b Cuffe .................... 22 C. G. Deane, c H . K. Foster, b D e a n e ................ 0 c and b B ird ... 12 Cranfield, c Burns, b A rnold ...............................2 b Cuffe .................... 3 Chidgey, not out .................... 3 c and b Cuffe ... 5 B 3 ,1-b 1, n-b 1 ... 5 B 5, 1-b 3 ... 8 Total .170 W orcestersh ire . Total ..122 Braund, b G. H. Sim pson-H ay­ w ard, b Lew is Arnold, not out Cuffe, b Robson Burrow s, b Robson Bird, c Chidgey, Robson L-b 3, w 1, n -b l... V. F. S. Crawford, not out ............................43 Byes, &c. Total (4 w kts.) 227 Bow ley, L ew is ..............61 w ard, b L ew is ... 11 G aukrodger,cChidgey, l , t t ... 16 b Lew is ..............36 Cu fe, b R obson ... 5 H . K . Foster,cChidgey, b L ew is ................. W. B. Burns, b R ob ­ son .............................. Capt. W. L. Foster, c H ill, b Lewis G.N. Foster, c Daniell, b L ew is ................. 6 T o t a l ....................175 Second in n in g s:Capt. Foster, c Bisgood, b Daniell, 15 ; Burrow s, not out, 10 ; L-b, 3.—Total (1 w kt.), 28. S om erset . First innings. Second innings. ~ R. W. O. M. R. W. 82 6 68 4 15 0 Cuffe bow led one no-ball. W o r c e s te r s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R . W . O. M . R . W , 79 6 17 0 74 4 H ill................ 3 0 10 0 Daniell ... 3 Arnold Cuffe Bird Lew is .. Cranfield R obson... O. M. , 27 8 31.5 5 5 1 32 11 9 2 22.3 6 11 27 15.2 15 3 68 0 31 1 Lew is bow led one w ide and one no-ball. THE PHILADELPHIANS. 4th M a t c h . — M R . A . C. EDW ARD S ’ X I. At Folkestone on July 17 and 18. Abandoned. No play was possible in this m atch on either day, ow ing to rain. Mr. A. C. Edwards had got a good am ateur side together, and the abandonm ent of the gam e caused m uch regret. M r. A. C. E d w a r d s ’ X I : A . C. Edwards, Captain E. G. W ynyard, Captain H . S. Bush, H . A . Gilbert, P. W. Cobbold, A . P. Day, G. D. K atinakis, L. G. A. Collins, W. L. Greenlees, H on. J. S. R . Tufton, and F. H. Brow ning or Captain E. L. Challenor. MARQUEES K ing, W . W. O dell, Sir A. Hazlerigg, J. Shields, and A still did not bat. 14ft. by 9ft., w ith ridge poles, _ tw o centre poles, six wall poles and curtains, six nobs, tw o flags, pegs, lines, guy ropes, m allet, com plete, £3 15s.,; 80ft. by 16ft., com plete, with 12 w all poles, £7 10s.; 50ft. by 16ft., com plete w ith 25 w all poles, £14 ; all sizes in stock A rm y Bell Tents, com plete, 35s.; new Bell Tents, com plete, 45s. each. — L ist of Fancy Tents post free, H . J. 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