Cricket 1908

37 2 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ugu st , 27, 1908. E S S E X v. SU R BE Y . Played at Leyton on August 20, 2 1, and 22. Drawn. Kirk, who had bowled so well agaiust Kent earlier iu the week, was unable to play owing to an injured foot, and Blaeklidge, a prom isng all-round cricketer, was chosen in liis stead. On Thursday rain restricted play to one hundred and tweuty-five minutes, during which the home side made 149 for two wickets by bright cricket. “ Temple ” was bowled at 38, after which Perrin and Douglas put on 111 for the second wicket in eighty minutes. The latter reached 51 out of 80 in an hour and a-quarter and took only just over a couple of hours to make 88 : he played more freely than usual, hit ten 4’s, and made 110 mistake. The wicket was soft on Friday and Perrin was soon out: he made his 66 in one hundred and twenty-five minutes and hit eight 4’s. With the total 208 for four wickets Marshal was put on, and he bowled so successfully that in the course of eight overs he took five wickets for 10 runs, making two excellent catches off his own bowling. Freeman, who hit six 4’s, played faultless cricket for an hour and a-half and carried out his bat for 46when the innings closed for 251. Owing to the state of the wicket, Surrey were obliged to play carefully. Hobbs remained until 31 and Hayes until 77, the latter being sent back by a fine one-handed catch low down by McGahey at mid-off off a very powerful drive. Hayward batted one hundred and thirty minutes for 50, in making which he completed his 2,000 runs for the season. Crawford quickly fell to a catch in the long-field, and Marshal, after batting an hour and a-half, was stumped in running out to drive : he hit six 4’s in his chanceless innings. Ducat failed to reach double figures, but Blacklidge and Spring atoned for his short-comings by adding 85 for the seventh wicket in fifty minutes. Spring made some powerful drives and scored his runs at the rate of one a minute. At the end of the day, when eight wickets were down for 290, Blacklidge was 41 not out. On Saturday the last-named added only 4 ere being bowled : he made his runs in seventy minutes and hit a 5 and four 4’s. Surrey did very well indeed, considering the state of the wicket, to lead by 43 on the first innings, and they increased their advantage when Douglas was caught off a skyer at point with only 13 scored. With 32 on the board rain stopped play from a-quarter to one until twenty past four. Perrin afterwards played well for an hour and a-quartcr, but the cricket was not taken very seriously. The ground was hardly fit for play, and what cricket did take place was in order to entertain the very fair - sized crowd which had stayed-on. Score and analysis :— E ssex . First innings. Second innings. H. Temple, b Crawford ... 14 c Hitch, b Black­ lidge .....21 J. W. II. T. Douglas, run c Hayward, b out ..................................8S Hitch ...... 8 P. A. Perrin, c Spring, b c Vigar, b Black- Crawford ........................ CO lid g e..........47 C. P. McGahey c Hobbs, b H ayes...................................... 0 n o to u t....... 17 Freeman (J.), not out ...40 notout........13 Major A. J . Turner, b Crawford .............................. 9cSpring,bMarslial 12 Rev. F. IT. Gillingham, c and b M arshal...................... 1 b Marshal ...... 0 Reeves, c Spring, b Marshal 4c Hayes,b Marshal 8 Buckenham, b Marshal ..12 A. H. Bead, c and b Marshal 0 c Ducat, b Black­ lidge 9 Mead, c Leveson-Gower, b Marshal .............................. 0 B 8, lb 3 ...................11 B 8, w 1 . 9 Total ...................251 S u r r e y . Hayward, c Freeman, b Buckenham...........50 Hobbs, c Freeman, b R e a d ................... ... 17 Hayes, c McGahey, b Reeves .................. 30 Marshal, st Freeman, b McGahey ...........50 J. N. Crawford, c Temple, b Bucken­ ham .......................... 14 Ducat, c McGahey, b Buckenham ........... 7 E ssex . Total (7 wkts.)*144 Spring, c Perrin, b Reeves ...................51 Blacklidge, b Bucken­ ham ...........................45 H. D. G. Leveson- Gower, b Douglas 7 Vigar, lbw, b Mead ... 8 Hitch, not o u t ........... 0 B 5, lb 4................... 9 Total ...294 First innings. Second innings. O. M. 11. W. O. M. R. W. Hitch ... 13 3 52 0 ... ... 10 1 34 1 Crawford ... 29 7 85 3 ... ... 15 3 37 0 Marshal... ... 15 3 28 5 ... ... 11 3 24 3 Blacklidge ... 7 0 25 0 ... ... 15 3 38 3 Spring ... ... 4 0 22 0 ... Hayes ... ... 11 3 28 I ... Hayward ... 1 0 2 0 Blacklidge bowled one wide. O. S u r r e y . M. R. W. Mead Read.. Beeves McGahey . 25 2 0 66 21 5 79 12 2 37 10 2 37 Bucken­ ham . 15 Douglas... 4 O. M. R. W. 51 4 15 1 GLOU CESTERSH IRE v. YORKSH IRE. Played at Cheltenham on August 20, 21, and 22 . Yorkshire won by 182 runs. The weather on the first day interfered with the match to such an extent that only thirty-five minutes’ play was possible before lunch, and nothing could be done after a quarter-past-four. After Rhodes had been bowled at 22, Denton and Hardisty remained together for an hour, during which time they put on 85, of which number Denton, who played free and stylish cricket and bit nine 4’s, was responsible for 47. Both men were out at 107, and the next two wickets—those of Wilkinson and Hirst—also fell together, at 122. At the end of the day Myers and Newstead put on 53 in half-an-hour, the latter, who hit six 4’s and was missed when 7, making a valuable 30. _ On Friday, when sun followed heavy rain in the night, twenty wickets fell for 224 runs, Yorkshire losing their remaining four for 27 runs in forty minutes. Myers batted steadily for his 43, but hit two 5’s and four 4’s. Against Hirst and Newstead Gloucester­ shire lost their first six wickets for 34, but a plucky stand of 45 by F. B. Roberts and Spry saved the fo’.low-on. Still, the total reached only 83, and Yorkshire commenced their second innings with a lead of 130. Although the wicket had improved considerably, the visitors lost Rhodes and Denton for 37, and Hardisty, who batted an hour for 30, at 02. Wilkinson was in forty-five minutes for 31, he and Hirst both being sent back at 95. Eight later Newstead was caught, and at the end of the day six wickets were down for 114. On Saturday Bates played a faultless innings of 50, which lasted eighty-five minutes and contained seven 4’s : with Myers he put on 50 for the seventh wicket in forty minutes, and with Haigh 23 for the eighth in fourteen. Gloucestershire, set 359 to win, never appeared like y to obtain •the runs. They lost Dipper at 4, Board at 9, and Winstone at 28. Then, in half-an-hour Langdon and Jessop put on 47, of which number the latter, who hit five 4’s, made 33. Langdon, fifth out at 91, batted an hour- and-a-quarter for 35, and, although the last few men did well, Y'orkshire won with plenty to spare. Score and analysis :— Y o rk sh ir e . First innings. Bliodes, b Parker ........... 8 Hardisty, c Winstone, b A. Roberts .......................... 43 Denton, c and b Dennett... 47 Wilkinson, c Board, b A. Boberts.......... ........... 0 Hirst, lbw, b Dennett ... 9 Myers, c Dennett, b Parker 43 Newstead, lbw, b Dennett 3G Bates, b P a rk e r................... 8 Ilaigh, st Board, b Dennett G Lord Hawke, not out........... 2 Watson, b Parker ........... 0 B 1, lb 7, w 3 ...........11 Second innings, lbw, b Dennett... 12 c Je.ssop, b Den­ nett ................. 30 c F. Roberts, b Dennett........... 0 c Parker, b Den­ nett ...................31 c F .,b A . Roberts 12 c D e n n e tt, b Parker ...........25 c Winstone, b A. R oberts........... 4 not out ...........50 st Board, b Den­ nett .......... 14 c F. Roberts, b Huggins...........15 st Board, b Den­ nett ................. 7 B 10, lb 5, w l 10 Total ................. 219 Total........... 222 G lou cestersh ire . First innings. Board, b Hirst ........... Second innings. 0 c Watson, b New­ stead ........... c Hirst, b New- 5 stead Dipper, c Watson, b New­ stead .................................. Winstone, c Watson b N ew stead.......................... 7 run out ........... A. W. Roberts, c Rhodes, b N ew stead.................. .. 13 notout ........... Langdon, c and b Hirst ... 2 c Wilkinson, b Newstead c Hirst, b New­ stead F. B. Boberts, c Bates, b Rhodes ..........................10 G. L. Jessop, b Newstead 2 b Rhodes Spry, st Watson, b Rhodes 22 c Hawke, b New­ stead ........... Huggins, b Haigh ........... 1 b Haigh ...........16 Dennett, lbw, b Haigh ... 10 lbw, b Newstead 22 Parker, not out ... B 1, lb 2 Total ... 2 c Watson, b New­ stead ...........10 ... 3 B 7, lb 2, nb 1... 10 Y o rk sh ire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W.O. M. R. W. Huggins ... 16 7 40 0 ............ 15 8 43 1 Parker ......1G’5 3 53 4 ............ 10 2 36 1 Dennett............. 27 0 72 4 ............ 36'2 12 85 G A. Roberts ... 33 4 432 ............ 12 2 42 2 Huggins bowled two wides and Roberts two. G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W.O. M. R. W. Hirst ... ... 14 9 6 2 ........... 9 1 29 0 Newstead ... 20 4 38 4 ............ 24.4 7 00 7 Haigh .............. 10 1 30 2 ............ 0 1 17 1 R hodes........... 3’5 2 0 2 ........... 170 38 1 Myers .......... 50 10 0 Myers bowled one no-ball. ... 83 Total ...176 SU S SEX v. M IDD LE SEX . Played at Hastings on August 20, 2 1, and 22. Drawn. Rain interfered sadly with this match and prevented a definite result being reached. On Thursday only fifty-five minutes play was possible, and during that time the visitor* lost Warner, Douglas, and Tarrant for 56 runs. The wicket rolled out better on the second morning than had been expected, but nevertheless seventeen wickets realised only 276 runs. The honours of the day were carried off by Moon, who played an admirably-hit innings of 79 out of 153 in one hundred and forty minutes: he hit seven 4‘s, and just before he was out offered a hard chance to Cox at slip. Page made five 4’s and nine singles during the thirty-five minutes he was in, and tbc total was taken to 17(5before the last wicket fell. Young and Killick batted steadily when Sussex went in, the former taking eighty-five minutes to score 38. At one time it looked as though the visitoi-s would gain a big lead on the innings, for the total was only 102 when the ninth wicket fell. Vincett, however, hit so freely that in twenty-five minutes he and Butt put on 52, the Middlesex lead being thereby restricted to 22. On Saturday play could not start until ten minutes to one. and at ten minutes past three the game was abandoned. Middlesex quickly lost Hearne and Page, but Moon and Harrison put on 04 together, the latter making his 50 out of 103 in an hour and three-quarters. When stumps were drawn, the visitors, with five wickets in hand, were 125 runs on. Score and analysis:— M idd lesex . First innings. Second innings. P. F. Warner, c A. E. Relf, b C o x ................................... 5 L. J. Moon, b L e a ch ...........79 c Luther b A. E. R e lf................. 35 J. Douglas, b C o x.................12 c Leach, b A. E. R clf................... 9 Tarrant, c Butt, li Cox ... 2 not out ... 1 W. P. Harrison, b Cox ... 11 c Butt, b Killick 50 S. G. Etheridge, c Young, b A . E. Relf .................. 14 C. C. Page, b A. E. Relf ... 29 c It., b A. E. Relf 0 Trott, c and b A. E. Relf 3 C. M. Wells, not o u t...........11 Hearne (J. T.), b A. E. Relf 0 b C o x ................... 2 Mignon, c Cox, b Leach ... 1 Byes ............... 9 Byes, «e. .. 0 Total ......... 176 S u ssex . Total (5 wkts) 103 R. A. Young, c Trott, Capt. A. C. G. Luther, b Tarrant ........... 3S c Trott, b Tarrant... 3 Vine, c and b Tarrant 11 Cox. lbw, b Wells ... 2 Killick, c Warren, b Leach, b Tarrant 0 Tarrant ................... 23 Vincett, not out 38 Relf (It.), c Douglas, Butt, c Hearne, b b Mignon ........... 0 Mignon ................... 8 J. W. Nason, bTarrant 18 Leg-byes ........... 6 Relf (A. E.), c Page,b — Tarrant ................... 7 Total ...........154 M idd lesex . 0 First innings. Second innings O. M . R. W. O. M. R. W. 12 Relf (A. E.) . . 23 5 62 4 ......... 19 8 37 3 C o x ................ .2 3 6 63 4 ......... 15 1 63 1 33 Vincett ......... . 4 2 7 0 ......... 1 0 2 0 Killick ......... 6 2 15 0 .. .. 1-4 0 1 1 35 Leach ......... 8*1 1 20 2 ......... 2 2 0 0 n S u ssex . 33 O. M . R. W. | O. M. R. W. Tarrant... 23 8 65 7 Mignon... 9*2 0 33 2 0 Heame ... 5 2 12 0 | Wells .. 9 0 38 1 The receipts on Friday at the Gloucestershire v. Yorkshire match were £218—a record for a County match at Cheltenham. For Fordingbridge v. Redlynch, at Fordingbridge on the 15th inst., Dr Court took five wickets with consecutive balls.