Cricket 1908

324 CR ICK ET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g u s t 6, 1908. H A M P S H IR E v. K E N T . Played at Southam pton on July 30, 31, and A ugust 1. L l e w e l l y n ’ s B e n e fit Kent w on by nine wickets. Kent, although without Mason, Fielder, and Dillon, experienced little difficulty in winning by nine wickets, although on the first day they failed to secure any advantage. Hampshire, having first use of a good wicket, made a capital start, Johnston and Bowell making 76 for the first wicket and the latter and Llewellyn 65 for the second. Johnston, who hit a 5 and thirteen 4’s, was fourtn out, having made 97 in two hours and a-quarter without a mistake by strokes all round the wicket. Mead and Bignell put, on 56 for the sixth wicket in 49 minutes, but the innings closed for 268. This total was' not so large as at one time appeared probable, seeing that at lunch-time only one wicket ^vas down for 141. A fter the interval, however, Blythe bowled with great effect, taking five wickets for 31 runs. Hardinge and Marsham made 53 in 50 minutes for Kent’s first wicket, but at the end of the day four men were out for 100. On the following morning S. H. Day and Hutchings remained together until they had put on 105 for the fifth wicket in 65 minutes. Hutchings, who was then caught, made 63 of the number, making some fine drives and hitting ten 4’s. S. H. Day batted 100 minutes for 51, but his inn­ ings was marked by a - chance to the wicket­ keeper when 22. A. P. Day also rendered the side good service, but was missed three timce— when 4, 54, and 60-^-during the two hours and a-quarter he was in ; with Humphreys he added 43 in 30 minutes-and with Huish 69 in an hour and a-quarter. Hampshire found themselves 55 behind on the first innings, but they had only themselves to blame, dropped catches having so much to do with tho matter. The home side made a deplorable start when they went in the second time, losing Johnston, Llewellyn, Hill and Mead before the arrears w’ere accounted for. Sprot, however, played splendidly, though it should be mentioned that Blythe, owing to an injured knee, was obliged to retire for a time. At the end of the day Hants, with four wickets in hand, were 115 runs on. On the third morning the last four wickets went down for 9, leaving Kent 125 to win. Sprot hit two 6’s and ten 4’s in his 62, but Bowell, who was obliged to go in very late owing to an injury, was out second ball. Marsham and Hardinge set about their task so readily that in a-quarter of an hour they had made 50; off the first six overs delivered they scored 56. Despite many bowling changes the 100 went up in 55 minutes, but at 119 Harding-e was stumped. Marsham hit a 5 and eight 4’s in his excellent 64. Score and analysis:— H a m p sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. A. C. Johnston, lbw, b Blythe ........................... 97 b B lyth e............... 4 Bowell, b A. P. Day 34 lbw, b Fairservice 0 Llewellyn, c Huish, b c Seymour, b Blythe ........................... 34 Fairservice ... 9 E. M. Sprot, c A. P. Day, b c Huish, b Fair­ Fairservice ............... 9 service............... 62 A. J . L. Hill, c Huish, b Fairservice ............... 5 b B lythe............... 17 Mead, c Woolley, b Blythe 20 lbw, b Blythe ... 3 G. N. Bignell, c and b Hum­ phreys ........................... 32 b Woolley 41 H. C. McDonell, b Woolley 8 st Huish, b Blythe 23 Stone, not out ............... 11 b Fairservice ... 12 Newman, lbw, b Blythe ... 0 c Seymour, b Blythe 3 Badcock, c Hardinge, b Blythe ........................... 5 not o u t ............... 0 B 4, w 3 ............. 7 B 2,1-b 1, w 2 5 Total............... 208 Total ...179 K e n t . C. H. B. Marsham, st Stone, b McDonell 15 Hardinge, c Bowell, b Newman ...............42 Seymour, c Stone, b McDonell ............... 3 S. H. Day, c Stone, b Newman ...............51 Woolley, b McDonell 10 K. L. Hutchings, c Newman, b Bignell 03 A. P. Day, c Bignell, b L le w e lly n ...............61 Humphreys, st Stone, b McDonell...............21 Huish, c Stone, b L le w e lly n ...............31 Fairservice, not out... 12 Blythe, c Bignell, b Llewellyn ............... 1 B 4, w 3, n-b 0 ... 13 T o ta l...............323 Second innings : Marsham, not out, 64; Har­ dinge, st Stone, b Llewellyn, 59 ; Seymour, not out, 1 ; w 1.—Total (1 wkt.), 125. H a m p s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. Fairservice Blythe Woolley Humphreys A. P. Day Hardinge O. 20 20 18 8 7 1 M. R. W. 4 72 2 6 03 5 4 51 1 1 34 1 0 40 1 0 1 0 O. 25 20.5 10 4 3 M. R. W. 70 4 00 5 20 1 13 10 0 Blythe bowled three wides and Fairservice two. First innings. O. K e n t . Second innings. Badcock Mead ... McDonell Newman Bignell Llewellyn H ill ... 19 9 27 31 5 10.2 4 O. M. R. W. 0 12 0 9 0 18 0 0 38 0 M. R. W, 5 83 0 2 15 0 4 70 4 2 104 2 2 17 1 3 20 3 3 1 0 ... 2 Sprot... 3 Badcock bowled four no-balls, H ill one wide, Mead two wides, and Newman two no-balls and one wide. 0 0 0 12 0 12 0 13 0 10 1 G L O U C E S T E R S H IR E v. M ID D L E S E X . Played at Bristol on July 30, 31 and A ugust 1st. M iddlesex w on by 2 runs. Some very even play was seen on the first day, the home side replying to a total of 278 by making 59 for two wickets. Middlesex were very greatly indebted to Tarrant for their score, seeing that he made as many as 152 of the runs in three hours and three-quarters. He hit twenty-eight 4’s, mostly drives, but was badly missed by Mills when 10, and should have been stumped when 71. After offering the latter chance he made nine 4’s in successive hits. His best partner was Harrison, with whom he put on 78 for the fifth wicket in an hour and a-quarter. A t the tea interval only four wickets were down for 245, but afterwards the last six went down for 33 in 40 minutes, Dennett taking five of them for 11 runs. In the last 50 minutes of the day the home side made 59 for the loss of two wickets, Langdon and Winstone adding 45 without being parted. OnFriday Mignon was lame and unable to field, Middlesex being much handicapped in consequence. With 4 added Winstone was bowled, but following his dismissal Langdon added 35 for the fourth wicket with Brownlee and 122 for the fifth with Jessop in 80 minutes. The latter, who hit a 5 and ten 4’s and did not score so fast as usual, made 72 out of 122 in 80 minutes—a most valu­ able innings; he offered only one chance, a very hard one—to mid-on when he had made 7. Lang­ don played sound cricket for three hours and a- quarter, driving well and hitting fifteen 4’s ; when he had made 49 he did not add to his score for 25 minutes. The sides were level when the game was half-over. Middlesex, upon going in the second time, lost Moon at 7, but Warner and Harrison put on 53. The second, third, and fourth wickets, however, all fell at 60, and fif­ teen later, when Trott was caught, half the side were out. When stumps were drawn nine wickets were down for 105, Dennett having bowled admirably. On Saturday Mignon, who was still lame, batted and had a runner, the last wicket adding a very valuable 14. Glou­ cestershire were set 120 to get on a wicket which was showing signs of wear, and it was recognised that run-getting would not be an easy matter. With 20 scored Langdon was caught at cover and a run later Dipper was bowled. Board and Winstone put on 32 in half- an-hour, but Brownlee was finely caught-and- bowled low down by Trott before making a run. Jessop made 34 out of 36, but when 17 was missed off Trott at long-on by Hendren, who had the sun in his eyes. Board was next out for a steady and useful 29, and, when Roberts was caught at elip, seven wickets were down for 91. Dennett made some good hits, but Ford left at 115 and Mills a run later. Parker went in, last man, with 4 runs wanted, and was nearly dismissed first ball. In endeavouring to make the winning hit, Dennett was caught at cover, leaving Middlesex successful by 2 runs. Tarrant and Trott bowled unchanged through­ out, the former following his great innings by taking twelve wickets for 149 runs. Score and analysis :— M id d l e s e x . First innings. Second innings. P. F. Warner, c Brownlee, c Roberts, b Den- F o rd ..................22 nent ....................................37 Tarrant, c Parker, b Den­ nett ........................................152 b Parker.................11 L. J . Moon, c Poard, b Den­ nett ......................................... 85 lbw, b Parker ... 2 Trott, b Parker 3 E. S. Litteljohn, b Ford ... 14 W. H. Harrison, jun., b Dennett ..........................23 C. C. Page, b Parker ... 0 L. G. Colbeck, b Dennett... 8 J . T. Dixon, c Board, b Dennett .......................... 7 Hendren, c Board, b Den­ nett ......................................4 M gnon, not out ................ 1 B 8, 1-b 1 ................ 9 c Jessop, b Den- — . nett ............. . 12 c Mills, b Dennett 0 b Parker ... 19 c Brownlee,bDen- nett ...............20 notout . ... 7 \ c Board, b Den­ nett ............... 0 c Roberts, b Den­ nett ............... 0 c and b Dennett 6 B l , 1-b 2, n-b 2 5 Total ,.278 G lo u c este r sh ir e . Total ...119 First innings. Board,c Harrison, b Tarrant 9 Langdon, c Moon, b Tarrant 95 Dipper, b T arran t............... 0 Winstone, b Tarrant ...3 1 L. D. Brownlee, c Dixon, b Trott......................................10 G, L. Jessop, run out ... 72 F. B. Roberts, c Dixon, b Trott..................................... , 6 P. H . Ford, b Tarrant ... 21 Dennett, c and b Tarrant, Second innings. b T r o t t ...............29 c Colbeck ,b Trott 15 b Tarrant ... 0 b Tarrant ... 12 c and b Trott ... 0 c Tarrant, b Trott 34 c Trott, b Tarrant 1 b Trott .............. 3 14 c Warner, b Tar­ rant ...............22 Mills, c Harrison, b Tarrant 0 b Tarrant 0 Parker, not out ............... 8 not out ................ 1 B 9 ,1-b 3 ...............12 Extras ... 0 Total ...‘278 M id d l e s e x . TotaL ...117 First innings. Second innings. O . M . R. W. O . M . R. W . Parker 35 12 84 2 ... 23 8 41 3 Dennett 39.1 18 59 6 ... 31.314 61 7 F o r d .............. 17 5 39 2 . . . 6 4 6 0 M ills............... 4 0 38 0 . . . 2 0 6 0 Roberts 8 0 28 0 Dipper 3 1 13 0 Brownlee 1 0 8 0 Ford bowled two no-balls. G lo u c e ste r sh ir e . First innings. Second-innings. O . M. R. W. <X M. R^W . Tarrant 35.1 9 93 7 ... 27 8 60 5, Mignon 6 1 19 0 T rott............... 35 11 89 2 .’.7 26 7 61 5 Dixon............... 5 0 22 0 Hendren 6 0 20 0 Harrison 3 0 23 0 W ILTSHIRE v. BER K SH IR E. Played at Trowbridge on Ju ly 31 and August 1 and won by Wiltshire by 192 runs. Score :— W il t s h ir e , _______. First innings. Second innings. C. S. Awdry, c Cave, b Barker ................................ 13 b Cave ..............48 S. R. Nicholson, c and b Barker ...............................64 absent hurt ... 0 J. E. Stevens, c Nepean, b Barker ................................ 14 Smith, c Watts, b Barkor 4 R. Awdry,c Watts, b Barker 5 H. Taunton, c Hubbard, b Cave.!.....................................154 Newman, c Nepean, b New­ berry ..............................25 C. Laverton, b Shoosmith 4 c Watts, b Barker 10 c Nepean, b Cave 0 c Nepean, b Morres ... 55 c Collins, b Cave 0 c Watts, b Morres (» c Morres, b Shoo­ smith ........... 65 A. M. Miller, not out ...3 0 c Collins, b Cave 0 T. Luce, b M orres............. 2 not o u t.......................45 Smart, c Watts, b Wilcox... 24 c Cave, b Morres 1 Byes, &c...................30 Byes, &c. ... 10 Total... Total . ..240 375 B e r k s h ir e . First innings. - Second innings. F. E. Rowe, run out ... 8 c Awdry, b Miller 10 Shoosmith, c Miller, b New­ man ...........................................43 H. F. Morres, b Smith ...123 L. J. Collins, c Laverton, b Miller ................................. 4 Watts, c R. Awdry, b New­ man ...................................... W. O. Hubbard, b Smith ... Cave, c Luce, b Newman... Sir C. Nepean, lbw, b Smith ........................ Barker, c Stevens, b Smart cNewman,bSmart 45 b S m a rt...............54 b Miller ... * ... 1 c filler, b Smith b S m a rt............... b Newman W. Newberry, b Smart ... 1 H. F. Willcocks, not out ... 24 Byes, &c.......................12 Total ... ...285 b S m ith ............... c Smith, b New­ man .............. not out ............... c Luce, b Smart Byes, &c G. B. Barrington has made over 20,000 runs for the Derbyshire Friars.