Cricket 1908

J u l y 23, 1908. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. O B I T U A R Y . M r . J . C a u lfie ld . Mr. John Caulfield, w ho was a very fam iliar figure to L ondon club cricketers, died on July 15th. In 1876 he founded the H olborn C .C ., now know n as the N orth M iddlesex C lub, for which his slow bow ling accounted for over a thousand wickets. W . H e a rn e . W illiam H earne, the father of W alter, J .T ., and the late H erbert H earne, died at C halfont St. Giles, B uckingham ­ shire, on the 17th inst., tw o days after com pleting his eightieth year. H e was a very g ood local cricketer in his day. A gen ealogical table of the H earne fam ily was published in C ricket o f M ay 9th, 1907. G. P o r t e r . G eorge Porter, who was born at Spon- don, near D erby, on D ecem ber 3rd, 1861, died at his native place on the 15th inst. after a lo n g and painful illness caused by sunstroke. In his early days he w as en­ ga ged in various parts of the country, but chiefly in Lancashire, where he was identi­ fied in turn with the Low erhouse, L on g - sight, and B roughton clubs. In 1881 he was tried for Derbyshire, but, not proving very successful, did not again appear in county cricket until 1888. H e then quickly made his position in the side se­ cure, and for som e years w as one o f the mainstays in the b ow lin g. H e delivered the ball at a g ood pace and at times was very effective. H is best season was 1895, when he took seventy-eight wickets in first-class m atches at a cost o f 16.74 runs each. A gainst Lancashire on the D erby ground that year he took five w ickets for one run upon being put on for the third tim e, and thereby enabled D erbyshire to w in by 63 runs. T he same season he made his highest score in a great m atch— 93 against N ottingham shire on the T rent B ridge ground. One of his best perform ances w as at the O val in 1891 against Surrey, w ho were the C ham ­ pion C ou n ty; he took ten wickets for 121 runs and thereby had a very prom inent share in a m em orable victory by ten w ickets. Porter played his last first-class m atch in 1896 and afterw ards took to um ­ piring. H e was 6 ft. 2 in. in height, w eighed 14 st. 3 lbs., and follow ed the occupation of a chim ney-sw eep. BRIXTO S WANDERERS 2 nd v . LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK 2 nd .— Played at Norbury on Ju ly 18. L ondon and W estm inster B an k . S. G. Tyte, c BurliDg ton, b Perks ... 11 R. S. Hartree, c and b Perks... .............30 G. Logan, lbw, b God­ rich ... ... ... 8 G. P. Rhodes, c and b Perks.......................... 2 E. Wiley, run out ... 9 H. E. Coomber, c Bur­ lington, b Perks ... 9 L. G. Black, b Burlih- ton C. F. G. Wellbourne,b Burlington............... 0 A. Podmore, c Har­ bert, b Burlington 0 F. Rolls, not out ... 1 L. Pitt-Brook, b Bur­ lington ............... 0 B 12 ,1-b 3... Total C. W. Phillips, runout 24 J . F. Godrich, lbw, b Hartree .............. 15 J. E. Bohrmann, b Coomber ............... 0 C. Cogg, c Wiley, b Coomber .............. 13 J. M. E. Murray,b Har­ tree .......................... 0 R. J . Burlington, b Coomber .............. 2 A. V. Storey, b Coom­ ber .......................... 8 B rixto n W an d erers . D. McD. Dickson, c Pitt-Brook, b Har­ tree .......................... A. Harbert, lbw, b Coomber ............... H. C. Edmonds, c and b H a rtre e ............... F. G. Perks, not out Total ... 09 T H E P H I L A D E L P H I A N S . 5 TH M a tch .— v . M ID D L E S E X . P layed at L o rd ’s on Ju ly 20. A O nf.-D ay M atch . M iddlesex won by seven w ickets. Although not at full strength and playing one man short, Middlesex won tnis maten very easily by seven wicKets, the winning hit be.ng made at 6.32 p.m. on the first day. The wicket was altogether against heavy scoring, anu 10 such an extent did the bail beat the bat thai as many as 32 wickets went down tor 22 y runs. T. J . Hearne, a son of G. F., was sent for to play for the county, but he did not arrive in time to take his innings and was, in fact, nou on the field at all during the match. But ms name appeared on the official card, ana He .j..id have batted in the second innings had it been necoosary. Tarrant and Trott proved alto- getner to.> much for the tourists, who batted very feebly and collapsed tor 5b. The earlier batsmen endeavoured to play a forward game with fatal results, and some of the later players, in attempting to hit out, met with no more success. Graves and Wood added 21 for the third wicket, and only the former and Lester made double figures. H alf the side were out for 43 and the total was only 58 when the last wicket fell. Trott dismissed Hordern and Sayen with successive balls and five men made only two runs between them. Upon Middlesex going in Tarrant played confidently and made all the first 16 runs scored. He made 28 out of 37, and of the other players only Bruce succeeded in reaching double figures. The last- named, who drove well and scored 39 in 65 minutes before being caught in the long-field, added 43 runs for the fifth wicket with Ether­ idge, who batted very steadily and took 25 minutes to obtain his first run. The last five wickets fell in 7 balls for 4 runs in 10 minutes, both King and Lester being candidates for the hat-trick w’hen the last wicket fell. King, who had three fieldsmen at short-leg, and Lester bowled very successfully, but Hordern was ex­ pensive. In a minority of 34, the Philadel­ phians made such a poor start in their second innings that the total was only 23 when the fifth wicket fell. The sixth added 16 runs, but the whole side were disposed of in an hour and a-quarter for 55, Tarrant and Trott again bowl­ ing throughout unchanged. Middlesex were set only 22 to win, and the batting order was changed with unfortunate results. With only a single scored Hendren and Mignon were dis­ posed of by King with successive balls, and at 16 Trott succumbed to Green. Moon and Etheridge then hit off the remaining runs, gain­ ing Middlesex the victory by seven wickets. Score and analysis :— P hiladelphians . First innings. Second innings. J . B. King, b Tarrant ... 6 c Tarrant,b Trott 7 F. S. White, c Murrell, b Tarrant .........................3 b Tarrant .. 0 A . M. Wood, st Murrell, b Tarrant .......................... 9 b Tarrant ... 13 N. Z. Graves, c and b Trott 14 cMoon, b Tarrant 1 C. C. Morris, c llendren, b Tarrant ..........................2 lbw, b Trott ... 1 J.A . Lester, c Payne, b Trott 13 lbw, b Trott ...10 F. H. Bohlen, c Payne, b c Moon, b Tar- Tarrant ... 3 rant ... 9 H. V. Hordern, c Murrell, c Mignon, b Tar- b Trott ..........................0 rant ...................11 W. H. Sayen, b 'Irott 0 run o u t ............... 0 F. A . Greene, b Trott ... 0 notout ............... 1 C. H. Winter, not out ... 0 b Trott .*. ... 2 Byes .......................... 8 Byes, &c. ... 0 Total ...............58 T o ta l................55 M iddlesex . First innings. Second innings. L. J . Moon, c Hordern, b K in g ......................................1 not o u t ................ 3 Tarrant, c Morris, b Hor­ dern ..........................................28 C. A. L. Payne, c Winter, b H ordern..................................1 Hon. C. N. Bruce, c Moms, b Lester ............ ,..39 C. W. B. Magnay, lbw, b King ................................ 0 S. G. Etheridge, c Wood, b Lester ............................ 8 not out .. ... 9 Murrell, st Winter, b Lester .................................3 Trott, not out ............... l b G reo n ...............10 Heudren, lbw, b King ... 0b King ................. 0 Mignon, lbw, b King ... 0c and b King ... 0 Hearne (T. J.), absent ... 0 B 10, 1-b 1 .................. 11 B 1, w 1 .................. 2 P h ila d e lp h ia n s . First innaigs. Second innings. 0 . M. It W. O. M. R. W. Tar 1 ant ... 14 3 19 5 14 6 27 5 Trott ... ... 13.5 5 31 5 M id d le se x . 13.1 2 28 4 O. M. It. W. O. M. R. W. King ... ... 13.3 8 19 4 3 0 11 2 Horde n ... 11 1 42 2 Lester ... ... 4 1 12 3 Sayen .. ... 2 0 8 0 Greene Greene bowled a wide. 3 0 11 1 Total ... 92 Total(3 wkts.) 24 Y O R K S H IR E v . G L O U C E S T E R S H IR E . Played at Sheffield on July 20 and 21. Yorkshire won by an innings rnd <.5 runs. Gloucestershire took the field severely handi­ capped, neither Jessop nor Huggins being able to play, the latter owing to an attack of lumuago. On a slow but not difficult wicket Salter and Langdon made 52 for the first wicket in 40 minutes. The former, who piayed a very sound game, scored 52 out of 93 in 65 minutes, hitting seven 4’s and driving well. Dipper, who batted 70 minutes for 17, but on 27 with Godsell before lunch, when four wickets were down for 124. After the interval the last six men were disposed of for 29, Hirst, whose slow ball worked great havoc, taking his last five wickets for 7 runs. Yorkshire lost Hardisty, finety thrown out by Winstone from cover, at 5 and Denton at 28. After these early disasters Rhodes and Wilkinson came together and, in 115 minutes, added 141 for the third wicket. Rhodes made some very daring pulls in his delightful innings and offered only one chance, when 60: he hit nine 4’s. At the end of the day, when four wickets were down for 191, WilkinSon, who had been let off when 35, carried out his bat for 67. On Tuesday Hunter was run out at 206 and Hirst caught 21 later, whilst at 243 both Wilkinson and Rothery were sent back. Wilkinson made his capital 86 out of 215 in 170 minutes and hit ten 4’s. After the fall of the ninth wicket at 253 Lord Hawke and Newstead put on 87 for the last partnership in 65 minutes, the former claiming 50 of the number. In their second innings the visitors collapsed badly and were all dismissed for 92, only Board playing the bowling with any con­ fidence. Haigh bowled with great effect, his five wickets costing only 19 runs. Yorkshire won by an innings and 95 runs. Score and analysis G LOUCESTERSHIRK. First innings. Second innings. M. G. Salter, c Wilkinson, b Newstead ..............52 b Hirst ............... 11 Langdon, b Newstead ... 27 c Wilkinson, b H i r s t .............. 12 Board, lbw, b Newstead ... 3 b Rhodes............... 25 Winstone, c Hirst, b Haigh 10 b H i r s t ................10 A. G. Dipper, b Newstead... 17 c Hunter, b H aigh............... 9 R. T. Godsell, c Hunter, b Hirst ........................... 8 b H aigh ................ 3 K. H. Soutar, b Hirst ... 16 b Haigh ... ... 4 Mills, c Hunter, b Hirst ... 4 not o u t .............. 9 Dennett, b Hirst ............... 1 c Hunter, b H aigh............... 0 Parker, not out ............... 0 st Hunter, b H aigh............... 0 Toogood, b Hirst ............... 0 c Bates,b Rhodes 3 B 12 , 1-b 1, 11 -b 2 ... 15 B 4, 1-b 1, n-b 1 6 Total Rhodes, b Dipper ... 95 Hardisty, run out ... 0 Denton, b Dennett ... 14 Wilkinson, run out ... SO Bates, lbw, b Dennett 4 Hunter, run out ... 14 Hirst, c Toogood, b M ills.............. ... 14 Rothery, c Salter, b Dennett ................153 Y o r k sh ir e . Total 92 Newstead, c Mflls, b Dennett .............. 44 Haigh, c Winstone, b Dennett .............. 2 Lord Hawke, not out 50 B 7 ,1-b 2 9 Hirst Rhodes .. Newstead Haigh .. Dennett Mills Toogood Total ...............340 G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. ........... 18.5 8 40 5 ... 12 3 30 3 ... 11 3 37 0 ... 13.5 4 26 2 ... 20 7 42 4 ... 7 1 19 1 ... 11 Hirst bowled three no-balls. Y o r k sh ir e . O. M.R. W. I 47.1 8 149 5 I Parker 34 10 84 1 I Dipper 21 6 62 0 9 3 11 0 1 19 5 O. M. R. W. . 13 2 32 0 . 1 0 4 1 Only 13 runs were scored in the completed Brad­ ford League match on Saturday between Tong Park ( 6 ) and Bowling (7 for no wicket).