Cricket 1908

A ugu st 20 , 190S. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 3^3 T h e three Metropolitan counties have met w ith rem arkable success during the past three days, E ssex scoring 573 for nine wickets against Northants, M iddle­ sex 534 for eight at the expense of Notts, and Su rrey 532 for seven against Kent. The punishment received by the N orth­ amptonshire bowlers w as n o t—and I ask them to forgive me — altogether u n­ expected, especially as M ajor Turner reappeared in the E sse x side, but no one could have foretold that Surrey and M iddlesex would score so pro- lifically against their redoubtable op­ ponents. I never have to chronicle huge run-getting feats without wondering what old Jo h n N yrcn would have thought about it all. The news of them would perhaps have driven him to golf. C o n g r a t u la t io n s are due to Tyldesley, whose 243 at Leicester on Monday ranks as the highest innings o f the season. H e has now made 200 or more for Lancashire on ten occasions :— *295 v. Kent, at Manchester .................. 1906 250 V. Notts, at Nottingham .................. 1905 249 V. Leicestershire, at Leicester.......... 1899 2IS V. Worcestershire, at Liverpool 1903 243 V. Leicestershire, at Leicester.......... 1908 225 V. Notts, at Nottingham .................. 1904 221 V. Notts, at Nottingham .................. 1901 210 V. Somerset, at B a th .......................... 1904 209 V. Warwickshire, at Edgbaston Derbyshire, at Manchester.......... ^Signifies not out. 1907 200 V. 1898 Tyldesley has been one of our most consistent batsmen for the last twelve years, and. it is alw ays a pleasure to chronicle his successes. R e s e a r c h would probably reveal the fact that more large scores are made by am ateurs in August than in any other month. The reason for this is not far to seek, several gentlemen players of quite the first rank being unable to play in the great matches earlier in the season. This year P. 11. Johnson, Jam es Douglas and F . H . B . Champain are notable examples of this, whilst the large innings played at Northampton on M on­ day and Tuesday b y M ajor T urner furnishes another instance of a player meeting with m arked success upon one of his all too rare appearances. Jo h n ­ son's great burst of scoring has been noteworthy, but it m ust not be over­ looked that all his large innings have been played on the easy wicket at Taunton. AN SW ERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. R. G eo . C raw ford (Kingston).—Many thanks. Shall bo glad to hear from you. B. C r a w le y S h eridan . — Wc believe he is still alive and settled in or near Brighton. You could probably ascertain by writing to the County Secretary. I. F. L. (Dorset).—The last of the summer numbers of Cricket appears on September 17th. W. G ardner (East London).—Many thanks for your letter and enclosure. You will have seen that the matter was elucidated a few weeks ago. E. H. H. A nthony . —The game commences on September 10. Set 222 to win in an hour against Exeter, at Exeter, on Saturday last, Nondescripts scored 189 for four wickets in that time. C. S. Forsythe, a Campbell College scliool-boy, scored 224 in the Irish Junior Cup Final at Belfast on the 14th and 15th inst. between Sydenham and Woodvale. SU R R E Y v. KENT. Played at the Oval on August 17 and 18. Surrey won by an innings and 318 runs. Despite Surrey’s reverse at the hands of Yorkshire, the greatest interest centred in their meeting with Kent, as many as 10,547 persons paying for admission on Monday. Kent won the toss and collapsed in extraordinary fashion on a good wicket. Marsham was caught off the third ball with only a single scored, a run later Seymour was held at third slip, and at 4 S. H. Day was out to a remarkable catch, also at slip, by Marshal, who caught the ball at the third attempt. Woolley and Hardinge put on 25, but when Hutchings was caught at i>oiiit half the side were out for 34. A. P. Day, not without considerable luck, added 2(3 with Woolley, and Humphreys played a valuable game, but the innings closed for 111. As many as seven catches, all behind the wicket, were missed, A. P. Day being let off no less than four times. Hitch and Kirk, save for a couple of overs by Marshal, bowled unchanged. Hayward and Hobbs played confidently from the start, and 50 went up without loss in forty minutes. Hobbs, however, was lucky, for when 21, he was missed by Iluish and eight later by Marsham at cover. Three figures were reached in eighty-five minutes, but eleven later Hayward was caught at slip for a sound innings of 54, which lasted an hour and a-half. Hayes, having helped to add 43, was caught in the long-field, and there Kent’s successes ended, for during the remaining sixty-five minutes Hobbs and Marshal put on 124 without being parted, the total when stumps were drawn being 278 for two wickets, Hobbs not out 118 and Marshal 58. On Tuesday Marshal at once resumed his free game, and ran to three figures in twenty minutes, making 100 out of 179 in eighty-five minutes. Despite many bowling changes the third wicket put on 239 in one hundred and twenty-five minute3. Hobbs, who hit a 5 and sixteen 4’s, was then caught at the wicket for 155, made out of 393 in four hours and a-quarter: apart from the two chances early in his innings he made no mistake. Two runs later Crawford was caught at slip, but Ducat helped Marshal to add (55 before the latter was caught at slip for a brilliantly-liit innings of 167 ; he made his runs out of 300 in one hundred and sixly-five minutes and hit twenty-four 4’s. Spring left with­ out scoring, after which Vigar helped Ducat to add 51 in half-an-hour. The eighth wicket put on 21, all made by Ducat, and then at the interval the innings was declared closed. Ducat hit a 5 and seven 4’s in his bright display, which lasted eiglity- five minutes, and the innings of 532 took only three hundred and forty minutes to compile. Kent, 421 in arrears, again broke down in batting. Hardinge was out to the first ball of Hitch’s second over with only 2 scored, and at the same total Seymour was caught and bowled. Marsham, missed off Kirk in the slips before scoring, was sent back at 13, and both Woolley and Hutchings left at 36. The sixth wicket added 9, and A. P. Day and Humphreys left in the same over. Huish, Blythe, and Fielder reached double figures, but Surrey won with remarkable ease. Hitch enjoyed a great triumph in tak ng eight wickets for 44 runs. Score and analysis;— K ent . First innings. Second innings. C. H. B. Marsham, c Mar­ shal, b Kirk .................. 0 c Hayes, b Hitch 2 Hardinge, c Crawford, b H itch ..................................20 b Hitch ............. 2 Seymour, c Crawford, b H itc h ................................. 1 c and b Hitch ... 0 S. H. Day, c Marshal, b H itc h .................................. 2 c Vigar, b Hitch 42 Woolley, c and b Hitch ... 20 b K irk .................. 11 K. L. Hutchings, c Hay­ ward, b Kirk .................. 1 c Marshal, b Kirk 0 A. P. Day, c Vigar, b Kirk 32 c Vigar, b Hitch 1 Humphreys, c Hayes, b H itch .................................. 24 Huish, c Marshal, b Kirk... 4 Blythe, not out .................. Fielder, c Marshal, b Kirk Byes, &c....................... c Hobbs, b Hitch 0 c Crawford, b Hitch ........13 b Hitch ........14 not out ........10 B 4, lb 4 ... 8 Total .........Ill S urrey . Total ...103 Hayward, c Hutch­ ings, b Fielder ... 54 Hobbs, c Huish, b A. P. Day ...........................155 Hayes, c Hardinge, b Blythe ................., 24 Marshal, c Hardinge, b Fielder ...................167 J. N. Crawford, c Sey­ mour, b A. P. Day .. 1 Ducat, not o u t..; ... 77 Spring, e Huish, b Fielder ................... 0 Vigar, st Huish, b Blythe ...................16 H. I). G. Leveson- Gower, not out ... 0 B 20, lb (5, w 4, nb 8 38 Total (7 wkts.)* 532 Kirk Hitch .. Marshal.. Fielder Blythe , Seymour Woolley K ent . First innings. O. M. lt. W. ... 16-5 4 33 5 ... , ... 14 1 07 5 ... , ... 2 0 11 0 .. Crawford S urrkv . O. M. R. W. .. 37 4 134 3 .. 35 4 181 2 .. 8 1 47 0 .. 13 0 49 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 10 2 26 2 ... 15-1 3 44 8 ... 5 1 25 0 O. M. R. W. A. P. Day... 14 0 39 2 Humphreys 3 0 24 0 Hutchings.. 1 0 3 0 Hardinge... 2 0 17 0 Fielder bowled four widcs and delivered six no-balls, and Day two no-balls. * Innings declared closed. E. C. Kirk and Hitch did not bat. YORKSH IRE v. WORCESTERSH IRE. Played at Sheffield on August 17 ,18 , and 19. Drawn. Woro3stershire Sv^re obliged to take the field without II. K. Foster, Simpson - Hayward, and Busher: they lost the toss and fielded all day whilst Yorkshire scored 333 for eight wickets. With only 9 on the board Hardisty played on, at 38 Denton was bowled, and at 74 Wilkinson was well caught at second slip. At this point Hirst, who was suffering from a damaged knee, joined Rhodes, and the pair sent 100 up without further loss in ninety minutes. Ten minutes later, with the total 107, Rhodes reached 52, and, despite many changes, the men remained together until they had put on 156 for the fourth wicket in ono hundred and thirty minutes. Hirst, who hit seven 4’s and gave no chance, was was then caught at the wicket for (35—an excellent and valuable innings. Rhodes completed his hundred in two hours and three-quarters and, in all, made 146 out of 29S in two hundred and seventy-five minutes without a mistake : lie hit fifteen 4’s and obtained his runs by a variety of strokes. At the end of the day Haigh and Hawke put on 35 without being parted. With only six added Haigh was bowled, but Watson gave his captain such useful assistance that the last wicket put on 39 in thirty-five minutes, Lord Hawke, who b.itted eighty minutes for 41, being last out. The commencement of the Worces­ tershire innings was delayed for half an hour owing to bad light, and then only 24 runs could be scored for the loss uf Bowley’s wicket for the same reason, there being no play after twenty to two. On the third day, to the general disappointment, the light continued bad, necessitating the abandonment of the match without another ball being bowled. Score and analysis :— Hardisty, b Burns ... 4 Rhodes, c Burrows, b Arnold ....................146 Denton, b Arnold .. 13 Wilkinson, c M. K. Foster, b Cuffe ... 22 Hirst, c Bale, b Burns 65 Rothery, c Bale, b Pearson ................. 6 Newstead, b Cuffe ... 4 Bates, b Pearson ... 4 Haigh, b Arnold ... 31 Lord Hawke, G. N. Foster, b Burrows.. 41 Watson, not out ... 16 B 8, lb 12, w 5, lib 1 26 Total ..378 W orcestershire . Bowley, c Hirst, b Newstead Pearson, not out ........................ Cuffe, not o u t................................. Byes ... . 8 1-’ 0 4 10 Total (1 wkt) 24 Y orkshire . O. M.R. W. 17 1 51 2 IHunt . 34 9 101 3 Burrows 38 10 96 2 |Pearson... 14_. Pearson bowled one no-ball, Arnold and Hunt each bowled two wides, and Burns one wide. W orcestershire . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W, H irst.......... 4 1 13 0 | Newstcad... 3 0 7 1 Burns Arnold Cuffe O. M. R. W. 8 3 23 0 2 39 1 2 42 2 G LOU C ESTER SH IRE v. HAMPSH IRE. Played at Cheltenham on August 17, 18, and 19. Hampshire won by nine wickets. Gloucestershire took the field without Champain and Charles Townsend, the latter being away owing to straining a muscle in his arm. Hampshire batted the whole of Monday for 332, for which large total they were largely indebted to Bowell and Mead, who put on 176 for the second wicket in one hundred and sixty minutes after Johnston had been caught at slip at 26. Both men played faultless cricket and hit well all round, Bowell making a dozen 4’s and Mead fourteen. Sprot hit seven 4’s in making 30