Cricket 1908

A ugust 6, 1908. CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 333 Marshal boWl 6 d with fine judgment on the per­ fect Wicket, and quite deserved his success, although •Hardstaff was the only first-class bat he dismissed. Surrey opened their innings against Wass and Clifton (right-hand medium) and with only 9 scored lost Hobbs, bowled leg- stump by Wass. With Hayward and Hayes to­ gether the bowling was more than once changed, and it was not until the total had been taken to 78 that another wicket fell. Hayes was then caught for a bright and confident innings of 49 made out of 69 in 60 minutes. Three runs later Hayward lost his wicket in trying a short run, being finely thrown out from third-man by Jones; he made his 26 cut of 81 in an hour and a-quarter. His loss was naturally a great blow to Surrey, and the side never seemed to recover from his dismissal. Marshal made a few good hits, but Crawford was in 25 minutes for 5, whilst Holland scored only 5 before being sent back. At the end of the day six men were out for 113, the position being slightly in favour of Notts. On Tuesday Lees joined his captain and the pair, as the result of capital and plucky cricket, put on 43 for the seventh wicket. Hitch afterwards helped to add 59 for the eighth, and so placed Surrey well ahead. Leveson-Gower was caught at the wicket at 215 after batting 130 minutes for a most valuable 59, which con­ tained five 4’s. At the same total Hitch played- on, after whioh K irk and Strudwick hit with such success that in half-an-hour they put on 36 for the last wicket. When the innings closed Surrey led by 74, the last four wickets having more than doubled the total. George Gunn and Hardstaff played bright cricket when they opened the second innings of the visitors, and in 35 minutes put up 52 when the latter was bowled. John Gunn stayed with his brother whilst 28 were added and then both left, the latter having played well for 40. Payton made only 13 ere being cleverly caught at slip by Holland, who knocked up the ball with his right hand and caught it with his left. Jones, though making only 9, helped Iremonger to put on 32 and was fifth out, at 130. With Alletson' in Ire­ monger continued to score well, and 32 more were added before the new-comer succumbed to Hitch. Stapleton played a valuable game though making only 17, and was unfortunate in being caught at the wicket off the last ball of the day. When Stumps were drawn Notts, were 157 runs on with three wickets in hand, Iremonger being not out 90. Yesterday Iremonger, when he had added six, fell to a catch at slip after batting two hours and a-half and hitting sixteen 4’s. He offered only one chance, and played a great game for his side. When his wicket fell rain came and made further play impossible. Score and an alysis:— N otts . First innings. Second innings. Gunn (G.), c Hitch, b Lees 2 Hardstaff, c Marshal Gunn (J.), c Crawford ... Payton, b Hitch Iremonger, b Hitch... Haj*es, b ....... ( Hobbs, b Strudwick, Hiteh ... b Kirk ... c Hayward, Hitch ... c Holland, Kirk 40 13 A. O. Jones. Hitch Alletson, c Mar.-'hal Stapleton, c Marshal Clifton, c Marshal Hallani, not but Wass, c Crawford, Marshal ............... B 4 ,1-b 2, w 2, n-b 1 Hayes, 5 Hitch, Hitch, Strudwick, 2 c Hayes, b Lees 96 4 c Holland, b Kirk 4 cKirk, b Hitch... 1 c Strudwick, b 11 Kirk ...............] Total... Hayward, run out ... Hobbs, b Wass Hayes, c Hardstaff, b J . Gunn ... ... 49 Marshal, c Stapleton, b J . G u n n ...............17 J. N. Crawford, c Hallam, b J . Gunn 5 Holland, c G. Gunn, b Wass ............... 5 H. D. G. Leveson- Gower, c Stapleton, b Wass ............... .. 177 S u rrey . 26 0 not out ............... B 2 ,1-b 4, w l, n-b 1 ... 8 Total (8 wkts.) 2?9 b Lees, c Stapleton, Clifton Hitch, b J . Gunn E. C. Kirk, c Jones, Iremonger ... Strudwick, not out . First innings. 59 N otts . B 8 , 1-b 3, w 1 Total ... ... 12 ...251 Kirk ... Lees Hitch ... Crawford O. , 13 11 14 , 6 M. R. W. 1 41 0 4 22 1 3 38 3 0 40 1 Second innings. O. M. R. W ... 19 9 48 4 ... 15.1 5 33 1 ... 21 0 95 3 ... 4 0 23 0 H a ye s............... 3 0 8 0 Marshal ... 11.1 6 19 5 ... 10 3 32 0 Crawford bowled two wides, Hitch two no-balls, and Marshal one wide. S u r r e y . O. M. R. W. O.M. R. W. Wass ... 25 2 (53 3 1Iremonger 22.1 7 45 1 Clifton ... 13 1 38 1 Hallam ... 4 0 15 0 Gunn (J.) 30 7 78 4 | Iremonger bowled one wide. G L O U C E S T E R S H IR E v. E S S E X . Played at Bristol on A ugust 3, 4 and 5. Gloucestershire won by 48 runs. The home side were seen to advantage on the first day, scoring 346 in just over four hours and getting rid of Reeves and Douglas for 69 at the end of the afternoon. After Langdon had been caught at the wicket at 12, Brownlee, whose first six hits were 4’s, made 35 in 20 min­ utes and Winstone scored a valuable 32. Jessop, ere playing-on, hit five 4’s in making 47 in half- an-hour; although not scoring at such a pace ^s usual, he made 45 whilst Board obtained a single. The last-named was fifth out for 50 made out of 176 in two hours—a most useful but not an attractive display. When the sixth wicket fell at 178 and the seventh at 200 it did not appear as though a big total was in prospect, but Roberts hit freely and well and made his first hundred in important cricket. He made 103 out of 172 in two hours and a-quarter with­ out a chance, hitting fifteen 4’s and scoring fris last 50 in 25 minutes. With Parker he put pn 47 and with Ford 46, and, when the last man went in, he still required 29 to reach tfcree- figures. The first wicket of Essex put on 51 in less than half-an-hour, but when play ceased 18 runs later two wickets were down for 69. On Tuesday Mead was bowled with only 2 added, but Perrin and Gillingham, by quiet cricket, put on 71 for the fourth wicket, just doubling the score in 95 minutes. Perrin batted two hours and a-half for 48 and hit five 4’s. Of the other batsmen only Russell reached double-figures, the home side being able to claim a lead of 165 pn the innings. Jessop decided that Gloucester­ shire should go in again in preference to Essex following-on, a course of action which gave ripe to some criticism. Gloucestershire made 192 for eight wickets before play ceased, Jessop, who hit bight 4’8, but was missed when 15, scoring 68 out of 83 in an hour, and Parker and Spry adding 36 for the eighth partnership. On th* third morning the innings was closed upon Spry’s dismissal at 214, Essex being left nearly six 1 hours in which to make 380. Douglas and Reeves, owing to the latter’s free cricket, scored 50 in 25 minutes, but 8 funs later the first wicket fell, the professional being respon­ sible for all the runs but 5. He hit a 6 and eight 4*8, and batted 35 minutes. Perrin then joined Douglas, who was playing steadily as usual, and so fine a stand did the pair make that it was not until 148 that Douglas was stumped, after batting two hours and a-half. Both the Freemans were Ibw to Dennett. Perrin was in 140 minutes and hit eleven 4’s in his fine innings, and Gillingham was lapt out, ten minutes before time, after batting nearly three hours for 85. Score and analysis :— G lo u c e s te r s h ir e . First innings. Board, b Douglas ..................50 Langdon, c J . Freeman, b Douglas ... ...................5 L. D. Brownlee, c Douglas, b Benham ............................. 35 Winstone, lbw, b Mead ... 32 G. L. Je 3 sop, b Benham ... 47 Dennett, c Gillingham, b Douglas .............. ...• 2 F. B. Roberts, not out ...103 Second innings, b Buckenham ... 12 c Read, b Mead... SO b M e a d ............... 3 c Freeman (J.), b M e a d ............... 0 b Douglas ... 68 c Freeman (J.),b Read .............. 7 c Perrin, b Douglas ... 2 c and b Douglas 45 b Benham ... 25 not o u t .............17 Spry, b Mead..........................12 Parker, st Freeman, b Read 25 P. H. Ford, run out.................17 Penduck, b Douglas ... 8 B 7, 1-b 3 ...............10 L-b 4, w 1 Total..........................346 Total (9 wkts.)*214 ♦Innings declared closed. E ssex . First innings. Second innings. J . W. H. T. Douglas, c and b Spry... ... ... 22 st Board, b Spry 30 Reeves, b Ford ...............37 lbw, b Dennett... 53 P. A. Perrin, lbw, b Den- c Brownlee, b nett.......................................48 Dennett Mead (W.), b Penduck ... 4 n o t o u t ...............10 F. H.Gillingham, c Jessop, b Spry ...........................31 Russell (A. C.), b Parker... 12 Freeman (J.), b Parker .. 0 Freeman (E. J.), lbw, b Parker ...........................4 A. H. Read, c Jessop, b Dennett .......................... 2 Benham, c Jessop, b Parker .......................... 9 Buckenham, not out ... 3 B 7 ,1-b 1, n-b 1 ... 9 Total ...............181 c Ford b Dennett 89 run o u t ............... 21 lbw, b Dennett... 5 lbw, b Dennett... 0 cWinstone,b Spry 1 lbw, b Spry ... 10 b Dennett ... 21 B 4 ,1-b 1, n-b 2 7 331 G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Buckenham ... 16 3 74 0 . 9 1 35 1 Douglas ... 21.5 1 79 4 . 11.2 1 45 '3 Benham ... 13 2 60 2 . 6 0 21 1 Reeves... ... 7 1 35 0 . 7 2 15 p Mead ... ... 18 4 58 2 .. 25 10 62 3 Read ... ... 8 0 30 1 , . 8 2 31 i Buckenham bowled one wide. E ssex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Parker ... ... 24-4 11 39 4 ... 33 13 78 0 Dennett ... 41 15 61 2 ... 57.2 25 119 6 Ford ... ... 10 4 31 1 . . . 8 2 26 0 Spry ... ... 5 1 11 2 ... 21 5 55 3 Penduck ... 14 4 30 1 ... 10 2 3(5 0 Roberts . . 4 2 2 0 Brownlee . . . 2 0 8 0 Ford bowled three no-balls. L E IC E S T E R S H IR E v. N O R T H A N T S . Played at Leicester on A ugust 3, 4 and 5. H a t T r ic k by O d e ll D raw n. Although without East, the visitors remained at the wicket the whole of the first day, scoring 327 for nine wickets in 310 minutes. Fryer, head­ master of Wellingborough Grammar School, who was making his debut for the County, helped to put on 39 for the first wicket, whilst Pool assisted in adding 56 in an hour and Thompson 96 in 105 minutes. Kingston batted steadily, taking nearly four hours to make 83 out of 210; it was a very valuable innings, but disfigured by two chances. Wells afterwards hit vigorously and claimed 51 of the 78 added for the sixth wicket with Bird in 40 m inutes; he made a six and seven 4’s. Near the end of the day Odell dismissed Driffield, Hardy, and Manning with consecutive balls, following which Bird (55) and Buswell (18) played out time. On the next morn­ ing the latter hit out so well that 29 more were added before the innings closed for 356, made in five hours and a-half. Bird hit a 5 and five 4’s and Buswell was in only half-an-hour. Wood and Knight gave the home side a capital start, the score at lunch being 133 without loss. In all, the stand for the first wicket lasted a trifle over three hours and realised 202. Neither Wood nor Knight, who was bowled at 220, n.ade a mistake, and the former hit seven 4’s and the latter ten. King, who hit nine 4’s, and White­ head continued the good work, and Odell and Crawford added 50 in 25 minutes. At the end of the day, when six wickets were down for 395 , the last-named carried out his bat for 54., Yester­ day, after half-an-hour’s delay on account of rain, play was resumed, and the home side steadily increased their lead. Crawford and Shields added 79 in an hour, but three wickets went down at 466. The former batted a couple of hours for his attractive innings and was unfortunate in being caught when only 2 short of his 100. Northants, 121 behind, lost two wickets for 18, whilst at 29 Pool was caught at slip. Kingston and Thompson made a good stand, and Northants. had little difficulty in effecting a draw. Score and analysis :— N orth am ptonshirk / Second innings. 83 b Curtis ... ... 50 First innings. W. H. Kingston, b Odell... P. A. Fryer, c Crawford, b Astill .......................... 23 c Shields, b Odell 1 1 G. A . T. Vials, b Astill C. J . T. Pool, b Curtis Thompson, run out... F. H. Bird, not out... Crawford, Shipman . 36 c Crawford, Odell ... 40 b King ... 61 b Shipman b .. 1 b .. 8 ... 42 . 12 Wells, c Crawford, b Odell 51 c Odell,bShipman 28 L. T. Driffield, c Crawford, b Odell ........................... 1 Hardy, st Shields, b Odell .. 0 F. T. Manning, c Shields, b Odell ........................... 0 not out Buswell, c and b Odell ... 41 Byes 14 ,1-b 4, W2 ... 20 not out ...............37 cWhitehead,bCoe 25 Total B 13, l-b3, w l... 17 ...366 Total (8 wkts.) 236