Cricket 1908

S e p t . io , 190S. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 411 TH E M.C.C.’s AUSTllALIAN TEAM v. AN ENGLAND XI. Played at Scarborough on September 7, 8 , and 9. Drawn. The England Eleven, which had been got together by Lord Londesborough, was a powerful side, but the M.C.C’s team was not at full strength, neither Fielder nor Barnes playing, the former owing to an injury and the latter playing for Staffordshire in the final match of the Minor Counties Championship. The tourists were given a good start by Ilobbs and Gunn, who made 62 together in seventy minutes for the first wicket. Hardstaff played cautiously—at one period Douglas bowled five successive maidens to him — and at lunch time the total was 97 without further loss. After the interval there was a pronounced collapse, H irst’s swerve being greatly in evidence. 1 11 his first over he bowled Hardstaff with the first ball and got Hutchings caught at the wicket with the last. At 104 he bowled Hobbs for a faultless 50 and four later served Fane similarly. At 110 Rhodes fell to a fine catch at slip, and thus five good wickets went down in half-an-hour for 13 runs, Hirst accounting for four of them for 13. Upon Crawford going in a great improvement was effected, the innings which threatened to come to a speedy and inglorious close eventually realising 238. Crawford added 45 with Braund in half-an-hour and 75 with Jones in forty minutes, the best cricket of the day being seen during the latter partnership. Braund was splendidly caught off a very hard stroke at mid-off for 21, and both Crawford and Jones were lbw. In dismissing the Surrey man Haigh obtained his one-hundredtli wicket of the season. Crawford made his 56 out of 120 in seventy minutes and, like Jones, hit seven 4’s and made some fine drives. The eighth and ninth wickets fell at 230 and eight later the innings closed after lasting three hours and three-quarters. Hirst took six wickets for 52 runs but Tarrant was very expensive and was kept on far too long. In the last forty-five minutes of the day the England XI. made 47 without loss, Spooner scoring 31 of the number and Hayward 12. On Tuesday Hayward and Spooner remained together until 79, and then, after the latter had been bowled by Blythe, the former and Tyldesley added 51 for the second wicket, llayward, playing stylish cricket, made 54 out of 130 in one hundred and ten minutes, and was then caught at long-on: he played steadily, but hit seven 4’s in his well-played innings. With Bosanquet in 40 were put on for the third wicket in just over half-an-hour, and then Tyldesley, who had played freely and made a hit out of the ground off Blythe, was caught at mid-off off a skyer. Tarrant played-on for 5, but with the Jam Sahib in the batting side went right ahead. Briefly put, the latter added 67 in forty-five minutes with Bosanquet and 147 in an hour and a-half with hirst. Bosanquet was seen at his best, and made his 82 out of 131 in ninety-five minutes without a mistake of any kind : he made his runs all round the wicket, and hit a dozen 4’s. The Jam Sahib scored 101 out of 214 in two hours and a-quarter, and was then caught at slip : he showed all his old skill in getting the ball away to leg and hit twelve 4’s in his very popular display. He was, however, missed at slip by Braund when 83. Upon his dismissal the innings was, to the surprise of most people, declared closed with a lead of 170. Hirst was left to carry out his bat for 73, made out of 147 in ninety minutes, an innings which included ten 4\s, the majority of them drives. He was very fortunate, seeing that he was missed when 5 and again when 7. The tourists fielded excellently, but sadly missed the bowling of Barnes and Fielder. A great amount of work devolved upon Blythe, who at one period bowled forty overs without resting. In the last half-hour of the day the England side scored 15 for the loss of Hobbs’ wicket. Yesterday, owing to rain, play could not be resumed until a quarter to one, and it was the same cause which led to the abandonment of the match at four o’clock. In the time available the score was taken to 106 for four wickets, Hutchings playing an innings of 57 in which he was seen to much advantage. Score and analysis:— M.C.C.’s A u str a lia n T e am . First innings. Second innings. Hobbs, b H irit ...................50 c Douglas, b Hirst 0 Gunn (G)., c Spooner, b Douglas ..........................34 b Douglas .........11 Hardstaff, b Hirst ...........16 b Haigh .........31 K. L. Hutchings, c Strud­ wick, b H ir s t .................. 0 c and b Tarrant... 57 Rhodes, c Bosanquet, b Tarrant ................. ... 3 not out .......... 2 F. L. Fane, b Hirst ........... 2 not out................. 3 Braund j c Hirst, b Tarrant 21 J.N.Crawford,lbw,bHaigh 56 A. O. Jones, lbw, b Hirst... 42 Humphries, not o u t........... 5 Blythe,c Bosanquet,b Hirst 3 B 1, lb 4,nb 1 ........... 6 lb 1, w l ... 2 A n E n g lan d XI. R. H.Spooner,b Bly the 44 Hayward, c Hardstaff, b B ly th e .................. 54. Tyldesley, c Rhodes, b Blythe .................. 38 B. J . T. Bosanquet, c Hutchings,b Rhodes 82 Tarrant, b Crawford II. H. The Jam of Nawanagar, c Jones, b Hutchings Hirst, not out Byes, Ac. 101 .. 73 .. 11 *40S Total •* Innings declared closed. J . W. H. T. Douglas. Haigh, II. D. G. Lcvcson- Gowcr, and Strudwick did not bat. M.CiC.’s A u str a lia n T e a m . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. \V. O. M. R. W. Hirst .......... 25*5 6 52 6 ........... 14 4 19 1 Tarrant............ 29 4 128 2 ............ 2 0 9 1 Douglas............ 13 5 39 1 ............ 19 3 56 1 Haigh ........... 7 1 12 I ........... 8 3 20 1 Bosanquet ... 2 1 1 0 ........... Hirst delivered one no-ball. A n E n g lan d XI. Blythe Crawford . Braund o. M. R. W. o. M. li. W. 48 2 167 3 1 Rhodes ... 24 8 54 1 31 8 77 1 Hutchings 8 0 39 1 7 0 35 o 1 Hardstaff.. 7 0 25 0 Total ..238 Total.........106 NORTH y . SOUTH. Played at Hastings ou September 1, 8 , aud 9. The South won by five wicketj. The weather on Monday was everything that could be desired, but the wi<5ket had not recovered from the previous heavy rains and gave the bowlers some assistance. During the day fourteen wickets fell for 223 runs in four hours and a-quarter. Two very attractive sides had been got together, but the game did not receive the patronage it deserved. The North made a poor start against Woolley, losing Wright and Denton at 15, Iremonger (to an excellent catch by the bowler low down) at 34, and Gunn at 48. At this point Crawford joined the steady Wilkinson and hit whilst his partner defended. Crawford played a bright and attractive game and made his 50 out of 65 in forty minutes without a chance : making some fine drives, he hit eight 4’s, a 3, six 2*8 and only three singles. Wilkinson naturally presented a great contrast to Crawford, but he showed sound defence, hit six 4’s and scored all round the wicket in making 55 out of 150 in two hours and a-half. The last five wickets went down for 61 in an hour and a-balf and the innings, after lasting three hours and twenty minutes, closed for 174. Woolley and Relf both bowled well, and Killick proved difficult to score from. Before shadows across the pitch caused stumps to be drawn early, the South lost four wickets for 49 against Newstead and Field. Warner was bowled by the first ball he received with only 5 scored, and although the second wicket added 25 Woolley and Gillingham were sent backby consecutive balls from Field at 30, the former being caught at slip and the latter bowled off his pad. Ail the next 16 runs were made by Killick, chiefly by cuts, and when stumps were drawn Vine carried out his bat for 10. On the second day the scoring ruled low, sixteen wickets going down in four hours and 20 minutes for 247 runs, the bowlers always deriving some assistance from the pitch. With only 7 added Humphreys played-on, but Jessop, after a quiet start, hit up 33 out of 49 in half-an-hour before being caught at slip off his glove. Vine played a very useful defensive innings and, after batting 145 minutes, was ninth out (at 127) for 35. Rclf and Butt putting on 15, the innings realised 142, or 32 less than the opposing total. Newstead and Field, though helped by the wicket, bowled really well and deserved their success. Relf and Woolley shared the attack when the North went in for the second innings, and by the time the total had reached 39 Iremonger, Denton and Wright had all been sent back. Wilkinson and Gunn, the two left-handers, put on a very valuable 65 for the fourth wicket in 50 minutes, the former again proving the highest scorer on the side. He batted an hour and three-quarters for his well- played 45 and hit half-a-dozen 4’s. Relf obtained the last seven wickets off the reel and made his record for the match t velve for 106. Set 180 to win the South made 7 without loss and then, owing to failing light, stumps were drawn at twenty minutes past five with the game in a very interesting position. Yesterday Newstead bowled Warner and Woolley in the course of an over, whilst Humphreys made only 15 and Killick 2. At 70 Vine was Ibw after batting eighty-five minutes for 27. Half the side were then out and the position was critical, Jessop, however, came to the rescue and, playing his usual free game, pulled off the match for his side without further loss. He claimed 88 of 111 added for the wicket in sixty-five minutes and hit a 6 and eleven 4’s. Relf rendered good service by keeping up his wicket whilst his partner hit, and for the second time in the match carried out his bat. Score and analysis:— N o r th . First innings. Second innings. ley .................. Iremonger, c and b Wool ley .................. Icy .......... V. I*'. S.'(.'rawfyrd, c Butt, b R e lf.................. .... Lilley, c Gillingham, Woolley .................. Newstead, notout E. Smith, c Day, b Relf Hallam, b Killick 1 ield, c Vine, b Relf ... B 8, lb 2, nb 1 Total ........... S o u th . 1 irst innings. P. F. Warner, b Newstead 0 Vine, lbw, b Newstead ... 35 Woolley, c Crawford, Field .......................... Rev. F. II. Gillingham Field .................................. 0 Killick, b Field .................. 16 Humphreys, b Field.......... 8 r- . 10 l b Woolley ........... 15 . IS st Butt, bWoolley 0 V o c Butt, b Relf ... 17 c Jesiop, b Relf... 45 .. 6 b R e lf................... 36 ’ 50 c and b Rclf 5 b c Humphreys, b .. ‘ 9 R e lf ................. 1 .. 13 c Gillingham, b R e lf.................. 0 .. 0 c and b Relf 4 .. 0 not out .......... 1 2 c Jessop, b Relf... 8 ... 11 B 12, lb 3 ... 15 ..174 Total ...........147 G. L. Jessop, c Hallam, b N ew stead...... 33 not out S. U. Day, b Field ............ 1 J . R. Mason, e Field,b New­ stead .................................... 1 Relf (A. E.), not o u t.........16 Butt, c Newstead, b Gunn 5 B 2, lb 1, w 4 ... 7 Second iunings. )> Newstead ... 16 lbw, b Hallam ... 27 20 b Newstead ... 2 c Lilley, b Hallam 2 c Crawford, b Gunn ...........15 not out..................21 B 8, lb 2 ...10 Total ...142 Total (5 wkts) 181 N o r th . First innings. Sec<?nd innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Woolley ........... 32 10 86' 5 ........... 12 2 38 2 Killick .......... 20 11 21 1 ........... 6 2 12 0 Mason .......... 8 5 16 0 ........... 9 4 16 0 R e lf ..................22-3 1 J 40 4 ........... 26;5 8 66 8 Killick bowled one no ball. S o u th . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Newstead ... 24 14 25 4 ............ 24 7 44 2 Field.................. 23 2 69 5 ............ 11 3 3 46 o Hallam .......... 5 ' 0 26 0 ............ 10 2 42 2 Gunn .......... 6-1 1 15 1 ............ 8 3 20 1 Iremonger 3 4 19 0 Field bowled four wides. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK v. S 1D C U I\- Played at Sideup on September 5. N. P. B a n k . and b A. Harrison Allen ... ................... 3 H. E. Moore, lbw, b A llen .......................... 0 A. King, b Allen........... 0 C. G. E. Jones, b Allen 24 W. B. Palamountain, c R. Wallington, b D. Wallington ......... 44 J. 1*. Kemble, c Moore, b.Mann ... ........... 28 SlDUUF. E. 11. Stocks, run out A. B. H. Read, b D. Wallington ........... A. C. Purnell, b D Wallington ........... J . W. Richards, b Wearing.................. G. A. Cosser, not out Byes .......... Total ...1 S. Woffenden, c Read, Di G. Wearing, b Cos­ b Richards ........... 5 ser .......................... 2 B. C. Layton, b RichD. Wallington,c King, ards .......................... 1 b Cosscr................... 3 R. Wallingtou, b l.ich- C. G. -Allen, lbw, b ards .......................... 1.3 Richards... ......... 2 H. I. Jones, c Jones, b S. S. Moore, not out 0 Cosser ... .n 25 C. Spreckley, b Rich­ S. S. Mann, b Richards 1 ards ... ................... 0 W. Honey ball, c Jones, Byes ........... 1 b Richards ... ... 1 — Total ... 56 Whilst officiating as umpire in a match at Witlcy, near Godalming, on August 29th, Samuel Beau­ mont dropped down dead.