Cricket 1908

A ugust 13, 1908. CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME 339 The construction o f the Demon Drivers is fully described in The E volution of a Cricket B at , which may be obtained free upon applica­ tion. BUSSEY’S CRICKET IMPROVED MAKE- KEEP THEIR SHAPE -LAS f LONCER 1 CA TA LOGU E UPON APPLIC ATION . IMPROVE!)MAKE-KEEPTHEIRSHAPE-LASTLONGER!S CATALO GU E UPON A PPLIC ATIO N . CA TA LOGU E UPON APPLIC ATION TO GEO. G. BUSSEY & Co., L td ., 36 & 38, Queen Victoria St., LONDON. Manufactory— Timber Mills — PECKHAM, S.E. ELM SWELL, SUFFOLK. Agents all over the world. KEN T v. H AM PSH IR E . Played at Canterbury on August 6, 7 and 8. A GREAT WIN. Hampshire won by one wicket. Kent were severely handicapped in this match, Mason, Hutchings, and Fielder all being away, and Blythe suffering from water on the knee. The wicket had not quite recovered from Wednesday’s rain, and it was not surprising that on the first day only 267 runs should be made for eleven wickets. Seymour and Marsham, after Hardinge had l»een bowled at 4, put on 48 together in an hour, but Seymour was stumped at 50, Woolley caught in the long-field at 70, and S. H. Day lbw. 11 later. In this way half the side were out for 81. Then Hurst, who was making his debut for Kent, and A. P. Day came together, and in half-an-hour added 4(5 by plucky cricket, whilst Humphreys and the former after­ wards put on 37 in twenty-five minutes. Humphreys, .who made a very useful 30, was missed by Wynyard in the long-field off Newman when he had made only a single. The innings closed for 202, and in response Hampshire made 65 for one wicket by the end of the day, Bowell leaving with 34 scored. From the fourth ball bowled on Tuesday Johnston was caught at slip, after batting an hour and a-half for 31. Llewellyn and Sprot during the forty minutes they were together put on 49, but the latter, who made 40 in eighty minutes, and hit five 4 s, was not at his best. Llewellyn scored 43 out of 83 in seventy minutes, but was missed when 39. Wynyard was never comfortable, and was in sixty- five minutes for 13. When Blythe went on for the third time the last six wickets fell for 11 runs, Blythe bowling his last thirty-one balls for 7 runs and five wickets. The innings thus closed for 178— a poor total after the excellent start made on the previous day. Blythe bowled admirably despite his injured knee, his eight wickets costing a trifle over 10 runs each. By steady cricket Marsham and Hardinge made 30 for the first wicket when Kent went in again, the former then falling to Llewellyn, who, 13 later, also disposed of Hardinge. S. H. Day and Seymour put on 41 for the third wicket, but Woolley did little, and was fourth out at 99. S. H. Day played capitally for an hour for 42, and hit eight 4’s, but he and Hurst were dismissed in the same over, the fifth and sixth wickets going down at 121. The seventh fell at 135, and then A. P. Day and Huish coming together put on a most valuable 50 in an hour, play ceasing for the day when the latter was dismissed. On Saturday Fairservice hit so successfully that he claimed 31 of the 49 put on in fiorty minutes for the ninth wicket. When the innings closed for 240, A. P. Day carried out his bat for 77, a most valuable innings, which lasted two hours and a-quarter, and contained eight 4’s. Llewellyn again bowled well, and made his record for the match, ten wickets for 142. Hampshire were left 200 to win in five hours on a wieket which was not perfect. Bowell and Johnston took thirty- five minutes to score the first 19, the latter then being bowled whilst trying to drive. Llewellyn met a similar fate five later, but Bowell found a most useful partner in Sprot, who stayed in forty-five minutes, and helped to put on 02 for the third wicket. Both men, however, were missed by Woolley at mid-off off Blythe, .Sprot before he had scored, and Bowell when 23. Sprot hit seven 4’s in his 41, and was run out through slipping whilst endeavouring to make a short run. Wynyard saw 100 go up, but was stumped for a lucky 14, the fourth wicket going down at 103. Blythe was bowling very pluckily, and was obviously in pain on account of his injured knee. By patient cricket Mead and Bowell added 42 in fifty iminutes and then, at 145, Bowell was caught for a most valuable innings of 57, made out of 145, in two hours and three-quarters ; he hit seven 4’s. Bignall stayed with Mead whilst 34 were put on for* the- sixth partnership, the latter playing a most serviceable innings. Mead, seventh out at 194, made 45 out of 91 in one hundred and ten minutes. Badcock was missed in the long-field before scoring, but the mistake did not appear to be a serious one when a little later the ninth wicket went down at 215. At this point, when Stone and Newman came together, 51 were still wanted, and a victory for Kent seemed almost assured, especially as fifty-five minutes still remained for play. The batsmen, however, kept cool, and, despite many bowling changes, scored steadily. As the total increased the excitement among the spectators did so also. With 11 still required Newman was almost caught at slip, whilst, with only 3 wanted, the same player might have been caught at mid-off if Blythe had not been prevented by lameness from dashing in for the ball. At length, five minutes before time, the winning hit was made, the two players being accorded a great reception for their fine uphill fight. The result practically placed Kent out of the running for the Championship, and made it almost a certainty that Yorkshire would carry off the honours. Score and analysis:— K ent . First innings. Second innings. C. H. B. Marsham, c Big- c Badcock, b well, bLlewellyn ........... 16 Llewellyn 10 Hardinge, b Newman 4 c Wynyard, b Llewellyn 27 Seymour, st Stone, b Llewc Stone, b Bad­ ellyn .................................. 25 cock .................. 15 S. H. Day, lbw, b Mead ... *9 st Stone, b Mc.- D onell........... 42 Woolley, c Sprot, b New­ man ................................. 13 lbw, b Lleweltyn 4 A. P. Day, c Wynyard, b Llew ellyn.......................... 25 not out.................. 77 C. S. Hurst, c Mead, b Mcc Bignell b Mc­ Donell .......................... 46 Donell ........... 0 Humphreys, c Johnston, b c Bowell, b Llew­ Llevfellyn.......................... 36 ellyn................... 7 Huish, not out .................. 13 c Sprot, b Llew­ ellyn................... 10 Fairservice, c Bowell, b Llew ellyn .................. ... 2 b Badcock.......... 31 Blythe, c Bignell’, b Badc Wynward, b cock .........; ................... 2 B adcock.......... 2 B 6, lb 2, w 3, nb 1... 12 B 9,lb2,w l,nb3 15 Total ..203 H am psh ire , First innings. A. C. Johnston, c Hurst, b Blythe..................................31 Bowell, c Marsham, bWool­ ley ..................................13 Llewellyn, st Huish, b Blythe..................................43 E. M. Sprot,b Fairservice... 48 Capt. E. G. Wynyard,- c Hurst, b Blythe ...........13 Mead (C. P.), lbw, b Blythe 9 G. N. Bignell, c Hurst, b Blythe.................................. 10 H. C. MeDonell, c S. H. Day. b B lyth e................... 1 Stone, b B ly th e ................... 7 Newman, not out ........... 0 Badcock, st Huish, b Blythe .......................... 2 No-ball ... . Total .. recona innings. b Woolley ...........1 c Seymour, b Blythe ...........5* b Blythe run out 1 41 Total First innings. ... 1 ...178 K en t . Newman Mead Llewellyn McDonell Badcock... O. 30 , 17 28 8 . 2*1 M. R. W. 10 72 2 7 23 1 . 8 08 5 . 0 27 1 .. 1 1 1 . st Huish,b Blythe 14 lbw, b Woolley... 45 c Huish,bWoolley 16 c Seymour, b Woolley ...........11 not out........... .. 22 not out ........... c S. H. Day, b Blythe ...........13 B 1, lb 4, nb 1 0 Total (9 wkts)268 Second innings. O. M. R. W. . ... 9 1 25 0 . ... 23 7 54 0 . ... 28 6 74 5 36 2 36 3 ... 17 ... 14*3 Newman delivered two no-balls and two wides, Llewellyn one wide. Badcock delivered two no-balls, and Mead a wide. H am psh ire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Fairservice ...30 14 48 1 ............ 13 3 34 0 Blythe ...........39’1 9 83 8 ............. 51*3 15 113 4 Woolley.............. 14 2 34 1 ............ 46 9 105 4 Humphreys... 2 0 12 0 ............ 1 0 6 0 A. P. D a y .......... 1 o 4 0 Woolley delivered two no-balls. SU R R EY v. M ID D L E SE X . Played at the Oval on August 6, 7 , and 8. Surrey won by an innings and 29 runs. Although it was no gain to win the toss, Surrey did admirable, work in disposing of Middlesex for 181 in four hours and twenty minutes. The Surrey bowling was steady, and the ball often got up in the most disconcerting way, and runs were always difficult to obtain. Eight of the Middlesex team made only 32 between them, and Warner’s batting stood out beyond everything else. Douglas was run out at 13 and Tarrant caught at point at 26, but Bosanquet stayed with Warner and no further wickets fell prior to lunch. Bosanquet batted half- an-hour for his first run, and Warner, when 20, was missed in the slips by Holland off Lees. The latter reached his 50 out of 06 in eighty-five minutes and the 100 went up two hours and a quarter from the start. When the third wicket had put on 86 in an hour and three-quarters, Bosanquet was caught in the slips for a steady but very useful 38. 23 later Warner was caught at the wicket for an admirable, though a trifle lucky, innings of 78 made out of 135 in one hundred and ninety-five minutes: he hit eight 4’s and twenty-six singles. Moon batted fifty minutes for 7 and, with Harrison and Hearne putting on 21 for the last wicket, the innings closed for 181. Lees was in quite his old form and bowled much better than his analysis would suggest, but the chief honours were deservedly carried off by Hitch. Surrey obtained runs easily at the end of the day, Hayward and Hobbs making 48 without los-* in forty