Cricket 1908

332 CR ICK ET : A W EEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ugust 6, 1908. L A N C A S H IR E v. Y O R K S H IR E . Played at Manchester on A ugust i, 3 and 4. W e e k -E n d C r ic k e t . Yorkshire won by 190 runs. Like the Leicestershire v. Warwickshire maich a* i_.eicedter early in Jla y , this game was com­ menced on a Saturday and, although it clashed with an Agricultural Show, the attendance on tlie first day was very satisfactory. Both sides were at full strength, and some capital cricket was seen. Yorkshire commenced batting againt-t Dean and Brearley, the latter bowling at a great pace. When 8 runs had been made in 20 min­ utes Rhodes fell to a fine one-handed catch in the slips, and at 27 Hardisty was caught at the wicket. Both wickets were taken by Brearley, who looked as though he might repeat his success against Essex. When Wilkinson joined Denton a good stand was made. A t 41 White­ head relieved Dean, but 50 went up without further loss in an hour. Sharp relieved White­ head at 77, and a little later Denton completed his 50 out of 80 in 65 minutes. At 99 Macleod went on for Sharp, who crossed over and took the ball from Brearley, and three figures went up as the result of an hour and forty minutes’ cricket. Fourteen runs later, when the third wicket had put on 87 in an hour and a-quarter, Denton was caught at point for 63 made out of 106 in 85 minutes. Wilkinson, who was rather fortunate, played-on at 134, having made 43 out of 107 in an hour and a-half. A run later llothery was caught at point off the second ball he received from Brearley, and, although Hirst played well, the ninth man was out at 177. Hunter helped to add 29, and the innings, after lasting an hour and a-half, closed for 206. Hirst made 46 out of 92 in 90 minutes and carried out his bat, but was not well supported. Brearley took seven wickets for 81 runs, and deserved his success. Lancashire, like their opponents, made a poor start, losing Spooner, Hornby, and Tyldesley for 34. Sharp and Poidevin pulled the game round by adding 60 in 50 minutes, but the latter and MacLaren were disposed of by Rhodes in the course of an over. Macleod failed, and at the end of the day seven wickets were down for 120. Although Lancashire were not in a very good position, the attendance on Monday was everything that could be desired, 22,493 persons paying for admission. Dean, be­ fore playing-on, helped to add 18 more, and four later Whitehead was caught at the wicket for a very useful 23, which took 65 minutes to com­ pile. Upon the dismissal of Blomley the inn­ ings closed for 144, leaving Yorkshire with a lead of 62. Before the interval arrived Rhodes and Hardisty added considerably to this advan­ tage by making 59 without loss; in all, they scored 75 for the first wicket in 65 minutes. After lunch Hornby kept wicket in place of Blomley, who had injured his hand, and Make- pcacg came out as substitute. Rhodes, second out, at 81, made some good drives, but was not at his best; like Hardisty, he hit five 4’s. Wil­ kinson, who remained whilst 35 were put on, saw Denton, when 2, missed at long-off by Macleod—an expensive mistake. The last- named batsman had two other escapes before reaching 10, but afterwards played in his very best form, driving and hitting to leg capitally. He made his 51 out of 92 in 80 minutes, hit eight 4’s, and in partnership with Hirst, who made some daring pulls, added 49 in 35 minutes. After the fall of the sixth wicket at 167 Rothery and Bates put on 54, the former, who patted an hour and a-half, being last out for a sound 48. The innings of 243 lasted three hours and three- quarters and Lancashire were set 306 to win. Brearley again worked untiringly, and made his record for the match thirteen wickets for 196. By the time stumps were drawn the home side had two wickets down for 32, Hornby being bowled at 13 and Dean caught at the wicket seven later. On Tuesday Poidevin was caught at slip with the total unchanged, but Spooner and Tyldesley added 33 ere the later was bowled by H irst. Spooner left soon afterwards for a stylish innings which lasted an hour, and which was terminated by a fine running catch in the long-field on the part of Bates. MacLaren and Sharp also succumbed to fine catches, the former at square-leg and the latter at slip. Whitehead left at 96, after which Brearley quickly hit up 11. Upon the fall of the ninth wicket the inn­ ings closed. Blomley being unable to bat. Mac­ leod carried out his bat for a very serviceable 18. Newstead and H irst bowled excellently and were well supported in the field. Score and analysis:— Y o r k sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. Rhodes, c MacLaren, b c MacLaren, b Brearley .......................... 3 Whitehead ...-39 Hardisty, c Blomley, b c Hornby,b Brear- Brearley .......................... 9 ley ....................31 Denton, c Brearley, b Macleod ...........................63 b Brearley ... 51 Wilkinson, b Macleod ... 43 b Brearley ... 5 Hirst, not out ...............46 c Brearley, b Whitehead ... 22 Rothery, c Dean, b Brear­ ley ...................................... 0 b Brearley ... 4S Newstead, c Spooner, b c MacLaren, b Brearley ..........................12 Brearley ... 0 Bates, c MacLaren, b Mac­ leod ......................................2 c Hornby, b Dean 25 Haigh, c Macleod, b Brear­ ley ...................................... 0 lbw, b Dean ... 0 Lord Hawke, c Poidevin, b Brearley .......................... 1 b Brearley ... 1 Hunter, c Macleod, b Brear­ ley ......................................11 not o u t .. 0 B 5, 1-b 7, w 2, n-b 2 ... 16 B 13, 1-b 8 ... 21 Total... ...206 Total ...243 L a n c a sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. A. H. Hornby, b Newstead 11 b H i r s t ....... 9 R. H. Spooner, b Newstead 5 c Bates, b New- s t c a d .33 Tyldesley, c Newstead, b H irst .........................5 b H i r s t .......12 L. O. S. Poidevin, c Hunter, c Wilkinson, b b Rhodes .......................35 Newstead ... 1 Sharp, b Haigh ......33 c Hirst, b New­ stead 0 A. C. MacLaren, b Rhodes 0 c Hardisty, b H i r s t . 4 Whitehead, c Hunter, b c Hunter, b New- N ew stead........................23 stead .........16 K. G. Macleod, b Rhodes... 0 not o u t .......18 Dean, b H irst ......10 c Hunter,b New­ stead 0 W. Brearley, not out ... 4 c Haigh, b H irst 11 Blomley, c Hirst, b New­ stead .........................1 absent hurt ... 0 B 1, 1-b 16 ......17 B 2, 1-b 9 ... 1 1 ...115 Total ...............144 Total Y o r k sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Brearley ... 31 3 81 7 ... 27.1 2 115 6 Dean ............. 9 3 15 0 ... 14 1 38 2 Whitehead ... 5 1 16 0 ... 18 0 57 2 S h a r p ............. 3 0 24 0 ... 2 1 1 0 Macleod ... 15 1 54 3 ... 7 2 11 0 Macleod bowled two wides and two no-balls. L a n c a sh ir e . O. M. R. W. H irst ............. 18 4 38 2 Newstead ... 17.2 0 45 4 H a ig h ............. 9 2 33 1 Rhodes............. 9 5 11 3 O. M. R. W. 17.3 0 60 4 17 3 44 5 K E N T v. SU S S E X . Played at Canterbury on August 3, 4 and 5. Kent won by an innings and ten runs. Fielder was still away from the Kent side, as it was not considered quite advisable to play him so soon after his injury, but Mason again appeared. Sussex lacked the services of the Jam Sahib, Relf (R. R.)» and F ry, but their absence fortunately did not affect the attendance in any way. The visitors, batting first on a gcod wicket, were disposed of in three hours and a-half, only K illick playing cricket worthy of the occasion. Vine batted very steadily, being in 65 minutes and scoring only 10 of the first 51 runs obtained. Whitfeld, a nephew of the old Eton, Cambridge, and Sussex cricketer of the same name, helped to put on 52 and saw Killick complete his 50 in 75 minutes and the 100 go up as the result of two hours’ play. Killick, who completed his 1,000 runs for the season, was sixth out, at 135, for 65 made out of 105 in 130 m inutes; he hit seven 4’s, the majority of them fine cuts, and was out to a fine one-handed catoh at slip. Blythe bowled excellently on the perfect wicket, his six wickets costing less than ten runs each. At the end of the day Kent got into an advantageous posi­ tion by making 86 for two wickets. After Hardinge had been bowled at 16, Marsham and Seymour added 59 and, when play ceased, the latter carried out his bat for 42. On the second morning Seymour was caught at point with 12 added, but Day settled down to free cricket and reached his 50 in 65 minutes and his hundred in two hours. With Woolley, who was bowled by a full-pitch, he put on 88 in 55 minutes, and with Mason, who reached 50 in 40 minutes, 118 for the fifth wicket in 50 minutes, the first 51 of the partnership being made in 20 minutes. Mason hit ten 4’s and Day twenty, four of which were made in an over from Vincott. Day batted only two hours and a-half and offered no chance. Huish played-on at 324, after which Fairservice and Blythe put on 36 in a-quarter of an hour. Upon the fall of the ninth wicket the innings closed, Hutchings being unable to bat on account of a damaged finger. It was most ourious that in so long an innings K illick should not have been put on until the total was over 300. In the last 185 minutes of the day Sussex lost seven wickets for 150 runs. Yine batted very cautiously for two hours and twenty minutes, scoring dur­ ing that time 46 out of 123. On Wednesday the innings closed for an additional 27, the match being finished in less than half-an-hour. Score and analysis :— S u ssex . First innings. Second innings. R. A. Young, lbw, b Blythe 22 c and b Fair­ service...............19 Vine, c Woolley, b Blythe 10 c Woolley,b Fair­ service...............46 Killick, c Mason, b Woolley 65 c Huish, b Wool­ ley .............. 18 Relf (A. E.), c Hutchings, b c Mason, b Hum- Fairservice...........................0 phreys............... 28 H. J. P. Edwards, c Huish, c Woolley, b b Blythe ...........................7 M ason................15 G. Whitfeld, c sub., b Woolley ...........................22 not out .................23 Capt. H. E. Trevor, c Har­ dinge, b B ly th e ............... 7 b Fairservice ... 3 Vincett, c Huish, b Blythe 9 lbw, b Blythe ... 5 Cox (G.), run o u t ............... 0 c Huisb, b Fair­ service............... 9 Leach, not out ............... 6 b Woolley ... 3 Butt, lbw, b Blythe ... 16 c Humphreys, b Woolley ... 4 B 2 ,1-b 6, w 1 ............... 9 L-b 1, w 1, n-b 2 4 Total C. H. B. Marsham, b Vincett ..............21 Hardinge, b A.E. Relf 15 Seymour, c Young, b Leach ...............49 S. H. Day, cRelf (A.E.), b Killick ..............114 Woolley, b Cox ... 34 J. R. Mason, c Butt, b. Killick ..............60 Humphreys, lbw, b Leach ............. 0 ..173 K e n t . Total.. ...177 Huish, b Killick ... 4 Fairservice, not out... 32 Blythe, c Killick, b R e l f ......................... 18 K. L. Hutchings, absent h u rt.............. 0 Byes 2,1-b 8, w 2,n-bl 13 Total ... ...360 S u sse x . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Mason ... 14 7 18 0 .. 11 3 19 1 Blythe ... 30.5 10 59 6 .. 21 7 45 1 Fairservice. . 2 1 7 58 1 .. 21 5 63 4 Woolley . . 9 4 29 2 .. 14.2 5 31 3 Humphreys . 7 3 11 1 Hardinge .. 1 0 4 0 Fairservice and Blythe bowled one wide each and Woolley and Mason one no-ball each. O. M.R. W ^ O. M. R. W. Relf (A .E .) 38.312 1 1 1 2 Vincett... 8 2 38 1 Leach ... 29 5 94 2 Vine ... 4 0 37 0 Cox ... 13 0 38 1 Killick... 7 1 29 3 Relf (A. E.) and Vincett bowled one wide each, and Leach one no-ball S U R R E Y v. N O T T S . Played at the O val on A ugust 3, 4 and 5. Drawn. Although neither side was strongly in the running for the Championship, the match had all its old attraction for the public, 17,456 per­ sons paying for admission on the first day and the total attendance being about 22,000. During the day sixteen wiokets went down on a good pitch for only 290 runs. Orates, owing to an injury, oould not keep wioket for the visitors, but Stapleton proved a very efficient substitute. With only ten scored, George Gunn was caught at short-leg off a poor stroke, but Hardstaff and John Gunn effected a great improvement and, by confident cricket, sent 50 up without further loss as the result of an hour’s play. The wicket put on 88 in 65 minutes, John Gunn then being caught at cover-point for a good innings of 45, which contained six 4’s. With Payton in, Hard­ staff reached 50 and completed his 1,000 runs for the season. At 130, however, he was third out for a superb innings of 62, which contained eight 4’s and lasted 110 minutes. Following his dis­ missal there was an astonishing collapse against Marshal and Hitch, seven wickets going down in just over an hour for 47 runs. Hitch bowled Payton at 133 and dismissed Iremonger a run later, whilst at 141 both Alletson and Jones were sent back. After Clifton had been caught at the wicket at 154 Hallam hit out, but at 171 Stapleton fell to a fine left-handed catch in the clips low down and six later the innings closed