Cricket 1908

394 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e p t . 3) 1908. campaign has been bowled. There is nothing more w earyin g than to w ait hour after hour on a cricket-ground hoping for a resumption of play, which, as often as not— in September at least— never takes place. F o r the sake of H ayes it is to be hoped that the weather w ill be on its very best behaviour in the latter part of next week. YO RK SH IRE v. M.C.C. & GROUND. Played at Scarborough on August 3 1, and September 1 and 2. TWO SEPARATE HUNDREDS BY DENTON. Drawn. Two good teams had been got together for this match, which was the last of the regular fixtures on the Yorkshire card. Hunter, for the first time since the match with Lancashire at Old Trafford early in August, made a welcome reappearance. The county made a poor start, Hardisty being run out at 4 and Rhodes caught at the wicket at 38. A fine innings by Denton, however, pulled the game round. He found two very serviceable partners in Wilkinson and Hirst, the former helping to add 75 in fifty-five minutes, and the latter 99 in sixty-five. Denton made his 133 out of 215 in one hundred fifty-five minutes without a chance, scoring well and freely all round the wicket and hitting sixteen 4’s. Rothery played a useful not out innings of 40, and Hunter claimed 21 of the 34 put on for the last wicket. The innings, after lasting four hours and a half, closed for 325. In the last twenty minutes of the day Fane and East made 15 together without being separated. There was heavy rain during the night, but it was found possible to resume play at the usual hour as, unknown to the captains, the wicket had been protected. This was a very fortunate occurrence for the visitors, for in the ordinary course of things they would have been obliged to bat on a drying wicket. East, owing to a chill, could not continue his innings, so Spooner partnered Fane. The pair took the total to 42 when the latter was bowled, and following his departure Spooner and Douglas put on 52 in an hour. Spooner was then out to a good catch for an attractive innings of 47, included in which were some fine off-strokes. After luncheon, when two wickets were down for 120, Hunter retired from the game owing to a damaged finger, and Rothery kept wicket in his stead. Douglas and Hutchings rendered good service, but Branston and Marsham made the stand of the innings, putting on 74 together. Branston, who carried out his bat for 68, batted one hundred and thirty minutes and hit seven 4’s, but was badly missed by Myers at mid-off when only a single. Rhodes took the last four wickets for 9 runs, and completed his hundred victims for the season. Before Yorkshire had time to go in the second time rain came down and put an end to play. Yesterday Yorkshire quickly lost Hardisty and Rhodes and, with Wilkinson bowled, three gofld wickets were down for 82. Soon after being joined by Hirst Denton hit four 4’s in an over off Branston,and he reached his second hundred in the match (made out of 147) in ninety-five minutes. He had completed 50 out of 72 in an hour, and, in all, made 121 in an hour and three-quarters before being caught at long-on. He batted very brightly, hit eighteen 4’s, and offered only one chance, Hutchings missing him at slip when 60. Hirst left a run later, and then, with five wickcts down for 208, the innings was declared closed, leaving M.C.C. 263 to get in one hundred and fifty minutes. Play was interrupted by rain, but in the time available Fane and Spooner made 72 together without loss. Score and analysis Y o r k sh ir e . First innings. Hardisty, run out ........... 3 Rhodes, c Bird, b Napier... 14 Denton, c Buckenham, b Napier...................................133 Wilkinson, c Branston, b Buckenham ...................29 Hirst, c Hutchings, b Napier........................... ... 32 Myers, c Spooner, b Napier 36 Newstead, b Douglas........... 3 Rothery, not out.................. 40 Haigh, st Bird, b Napier ... 9 Lora Hawke, c and b Napier 0 Hunter, c Hutchings, b Buckenham ...................21 B 1, lb 3, nb 1 ........... 5 Bye ........... 1 Total...........................325 Total (5 wkts)*208 * Innings declared closed. Sccond innings, lbw, b Douglas... 0 b Douglas ...........14 c sub., b Napier.. 121 b Napier ...........19 hit wkt, b Napier 43 not out................... 4 not out ........... 6 M.C.C. a n d G r o u n d . F. L.Fane, b Newstead 13 East, absent, ill ... 7 R.H. Spooner, c Myers, b R hodes.................. 47 J . W. H. T. Douglas, b Newstead ...........32 K. L. Hutchings, c Hirst, b New’stead... 38 C. H. B. Marsham, b Newstead...................36 G.T.Branston, not out 68 W. S. Bird b Rhodes 13 H. D. G. Leveson- Gower, c Haigh, b Rhodes ................... 1 Buckenham, c Hirst, b Rhodes.................. 1 G. G. Napier, c and b Rhodes.................. 0 B 8, lb 7 ...........15 Total ...271 Second innings : R. H . Spooner, not out, 43; F. L. Fane, not out, 24; B 4, lb 1. Total, (no wkt.) 72. Y o r k sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. Douglas... . Napier ... . Buckenham . East ......... Branston J . Buckenham bowled one no-ball. O. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. 18 1 83 1 ... ... 13 1 75 3 34 2 124 6 ... ... 18 0 80 2 16 1 73 «) .. 4 0 19 0 14 4 36 0 — 1 0 4 0 ... 5 0 33 0 Hirst Newstead Rhodes ... Haigh ... Myers ... O. 25 33 18*2 22 6 M.C.C. M. R. W. 6 56 0 8 92 4 .. 5 36 5 .. 5 47 0 .., 1 25 0 ... O. M. R. W. 1 0 5 0 6 1 24 0 3 2 4 0 8 2 34 0 HAM PSH IRE v. M IDD LESEX . Played at Bournemouth on August 3 1 and Septembd* 1 and 2. D raw n. During the hour-and-a-quarter to which play was restricted by rain on the opening day, Middlesex made 109 without loss, Moon scoring 63 of the number and Warner 40. The wicket was slow and easy and runs always came readily, though Moon, when he had made 5, and the total was 9, was missed at long-on by Bignell. The half-century went up in 35 minutes and three figures in 70. Moon made 50 in 50 minutes, and he and Warner were still together when play was abandoned for the day. During the night there was a gale which blew down two large marquees and the score boards. The ground was so wet after the heavy rain that no play could take place before a quarter past three and then stumps were drawn after an hour and a-half’s cricket. On an easy wicket Warner and Moon took the score to 158 before the latter was lbw for 93 ; he hit sixteen, 4’s and gave only the one chance mentioned. With Douglas in the scoring continued brisk, 99 being put on for the second wicket in an hour. Warner com­ pleted his hundred after batting 160 minutes and at the close was 104 not out. He made some very fine off-drives and offered only one chance—of stumping when 52. No play being possible yesterday, the match was drawn with the score as follows :— M id d le se x . P. F. Warner (capt.), not o u t .................. 104 J . L. Moon, lbw, b Newman ................... 93 J. Douglas, b Newman ........................... 51 B. J. T. Bosanquet, not out ................... 6 B 4, lb 7, w 1 ................................... 12 Total (2 w k ts.).......................... 266 W. P. Harrison, C. M. Wells, Tarrant, Murrell, Trott, Hearne (J. T.), and Mignon to bat. H a m p s h ir e : Capt. W. N. White, A . C. Johnston, E. M. Sprot (capt.), G . N. Bignell, Bowell, Mead, Llewellyn, Stone, Langford, Newman, and Kennedy. M id d le se x . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Mead ... 20 1 79 0 IKennedy 4 1 6 0 Newman ... 24 5 9 2 Langford 5 2 3 0 Llewellyn.. 13 0 76 0 | SU S SEX v. G LOU C ESTER SH IRE. Played at Brighton on August 3 1 and September 1 and 2. Drawn. Play on Monday was so seriously interfered with by the weather that only two hours and forty minutes cricket was possible. On a slow and very soft wicket the visitors were dismissed in just under a couple of hours for 110. At one time a much larger total appeared probable, for Board batted steadily for an hour for 28 and Winstone, hitting six 4’s, made 26 out of 38 in twenty-five minutes. With one wicket down for 64, however, Cox went oa and bowled with such effect that the whole side was disposed of for the number mentioned. In the course of eleven overs he took eight wickets for 23 run s: at one lime he had taken seven for 15. He got much work on the ball, and kept an almost perfect length. In three-quarters of an hour Sussex scored 56 for one wicket. Fry, driving well, made his 36 out of 48 in thirty-five minutes, and was then caught at long-off by Champain. No play was possible on Tuesday owing to rain. Yesterday Sussex forced the pace, and the score was quickly taken to 102 before Vine was caught in the slips. Killick played a useful innings, and Young and t-e Jam Sahib added 56 together, but the last six wickets went down very quickly, the innings closiDg for 225, Jessop and Parker bowling with much effect at the dose. Gloucestershire fared badly when they went in the second time, both Board a*.d Champain being out at 5. Winstone and Je.«sop effected an improvement, but when play was aban- bened through rain half the side were out for 85. Score and analysis:— G lo u c estersh ire . First innings. Second innings. Board, c and b Cox ...........28 lbw, b Killick ... 3 F. II. B. Champain, c Cox, b Killick .......................... 15 b Cox .................. 0 Winstone, c Vine, b Cox ... 26 b Killick ..........30 Langdon, c Killick, b Cox 12 c Vine, b Cox ... 17 A. W. Roberts, b Cox ... 3 not out ........... 8 Capt. Du Boulay, c Leach, b C o x .................................. 2 not out.................. 0 Parker, c Butt, b Cox ... 0 G. L. Jessop, c Vine, b Cox IS b Killick .......... 24 W. S. A. Brown, c and b Cox .................................. 1 Dennet^, cand b Killick ... 1 Mills, not out .................. 1 Lb 2, w 1 ................... 8 B 1, lb 2 ... 3 Total (5 wkts) 85 Relf (A. E.), lbw, b Parker .................. 4 Vincett, c Winstone, b Je sso p .................. 2 Leach, c and b Parker 17 Butt, b Je sso p ........... 1 Cox (G.), not out ... 0 B 2, lb 2, n b l ... 5 Total ...225 Total ...............110 S u ssex . C. B. Fry, c Chapman, b Dennett ...........36 Vine, c Langdon, b Dennett ...................31 Killick, c and b Jessop 43 R. A. Young, c Board, b Parker ....... 48 H.H. the Jam of Na­ wanagar, b Jessop .. 29 Relf (R. R.), c Lang­ don, b Parker........... 9 G lo u cestersiiire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Nawanagar ... 13 5 29 0 ........... Killick ........... 13-5 2 51 2 ........... 11*3 5 22 3 Cox .................. 11 5 23 8 ... « «« * A. E. Relf.......... 3 1 4 0 ... S u sse x . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . ... 29*17 65 4 IMills ... 8 1 33 0 ... 22 6 82 2 |Parker ... 15 3 40 4 Jcssop bowled one no-ball. "! 12 2 60 2 J essop Dennett THE PH ILADELPH IAN S. 16 th M atch . — v. X IV OF GRANTHAM AND D ISTRICT. Played at Grantham on August 3 1 and September 1. Drawn. Rain interfered greatly with this match and prevented a definite result being recorded. Lester made his large score without a chance. Score and analysis:— T h e P h ila d e lp h ia n s . J. B. King, c W. E. Thompson, b Shaw 12 F.S. White, lbw, b Day 21 C. C. Morris, b Day ... 0 J . A. Lester,cWilliams, b Broughton ...........101 F.H.Bohlen.b Brough­ ton .......................... 7 N. Z. Graves, c Day, b Broughton ........... 8 E .M.Cregar,cCannell, b W. 10. Thompson, 12 A. Priestley, run out. 12 W. P. Newhall, c W. Thompson, b Day... 7 G. Bromhead, c Wil­ liams, b Harper ... 26 F. A. Greene, not out IS Byes, &c.................. 5 Total G r a n th a m a n d D istrict . ...229 W. W. Winn, b King, 12 S. Shaw, lbw, b King 24 J. W. Day, c and b K in g .......................... 2 J. J. Broughton, b King 0 R. E Williams, run out ... 17 W. E. Thompson, not out .......................... 42 J. A. Dixon, c Graves, b King ...................48 F. S. Cannell, not out 8 Byes, &c..................6 Total (6 wkts)...159 T h e P h ila d e lp h ia n s . O. M. II. W. O. M. R. W. Shaw ... 13 1 57 I I Harper ... 6*3 2 19 1 D a y .......... 26 7 85 3 Williams ... 2 0 10 0 2 47 3 | W.Tli’mpson 1 0 6 1 G ra n th a m an d D istr ic t . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 21 4 68 5 I Cregar ... 4 1 8 0 11 2 42 0 Priestley.. 20 19 0 7 2 16 0 | King bowled one wide and one no-ball, and Cregar one wide. Broughton 13 King.. Lester Greene