Cricket 1908

4 2 0 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e p t . 1 7 , 19 08. Rifles v. the Devonshire Regiment, at Eawul Pindee, in 1893. Two short anecdotes in conclusion. Sir William Dugdale has described Oliver Crom­ well as “ throwing himself into a dissolute aud disorderly course,” as becoming “ famous for football, cricket , cudgelling and wrest­ ling,” and as acquiring “ the name of royster.” Some years ago an ex-King of Hanover became blind through a peculiar circum­ stance. He was attending a cricket match at Windsor, in which an Eton boy made a long score. Prince George was carrying in his hand a long beaded purse with a gold acorn attached to it. In cheering the suc­ cessful cricketer he swung the purse round, when the acorn struck him a blow in one eye, which ultimately resulted in total bliuaness. Erratum .—Page 404, col. 3, last line. For “ two centuries’’ read “ a contury.” NORTH v. SOUTH. Played at the Oval on September 10, 1 1 , and 1 * 2 . HAYES’ SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFIT. South won by an innings and 5i runs. The Surrey v. Lancashire match, which Hayes those for his benefit, was abandoned owing to rain without a ball being bowled, and, in order that he might obtain some recognition of his services to his county’s cricket, a North v. South match was arranged for the second week of September. From the teams selected H. D. G. Leveson-Gower and Knox stood out, the former owing to a family bereavement, and Seymour and Davis took their places. The sides, although good, were not thoroughly representative, the M.C.C.’s team to Australia playing an England XI. at Uttoxeter on the same days. Tyldesley, who was suffering from a chill, did not take the field on the first day, his place being ably filled by Myers, a member of the ground-statf. Warner and Hayward gave the South a splendid start, though the latter was missed at tho wicket off Newstead when he had made only 9. The pair sent the 50 up in forty minutes, and Hayward, scoring the faster, reached his half- century with the total 89 after batting an hour and ten minutes. Warner took ten minutes longer to make 50, and at lunch time the two were still together with 147 on the board, Hayward having made 76 and Warner 68. It was not until 187 had been scored in two hours and twenty minutes that the latter was bowled for a faultless innings of 88, which contained a 5 and four 4’s. With Seymour in Hayward completed his 100 out of 199 in two hours and a-half, and then, hitting out, was caught at long-off off a skyer : he made 112 out of 212 in one hundred and sixty-five minutes, gave the one chancc mentioned, and hit a 5 and eight 4’s. Bosanquet played very brightly, and, driving freely, claimed 59 of the 85 put on with Seymour for the third wicket in fifty-five m inutes: he hit eight 4’s, three of them in an over off Dean, and fell to a catch at slip. Seymour played a quiet innings, and was fourth out, at 307. During the last fifty minutes of the day Hayes was seen at his best, and he and Douglas put on 89 without being separated, the score when stumps were drawn being 396 for only four wickets. The runs had been made against very good bowling in two hundred and ninety minutes, the cricket during the day being very attractive. On Tuesday morning a good deal of surprise was occasioned by the tactics of the South, who, although safe from defeat, did not indulge in forcing tactics. In one hundred and ten minutes before lunch they put on 105 for the loss of two more wickets, and then, with six men out for 501, declared the innings closed. Douglas was un­ necessarily steady, though sound, and batted three hours for 86 not out, in which were half-a-dozen 4’s. He and Hayes were together eighty minutes, during which time 110 were added for the fifth wicket. Hayes, by excellent cricket, made 66 of the number, and hit a 5 and six 4’s. Woolley scored 20 out of 3<>, and in the last three-quarters of an hour Douglas and Relf added 48 without being separated. The large innings lasted six hours and three-quarters. The North made a very useful start for, by bright cricket, Hornby and Wright made 48 together for the first wicket in half-an-hour. Tyldesley made a few good hits in his 18, but was bowled at 74, whilst four later both Hornby and Hirst were caught in the slips off Buckenham. Smith, making a welcome re appearance at the Oval, then joined Denton, who had been missed at the wicket when 14. Smith monopolized the run-getting, and it was due chiefly to him that 88 runs were added for the fifth wicket. He reached 50 in as many minutes, and in all scored 71 out of 119 in eighty-five minutes, hitting two 5’s and eight 4’s. He was seventh out, at 197. Twelve later Haigh was bowled, and then, when Dean and Watson had added 26 without loss, stumps were drawn for the day, the North with two wickets in hand requiring 117 to save the follow-on. Lord Hawke, owing to his leg having given way, did not go in in his usual place. On the third morning the ninth wicket did not fall until it had added 54 in sixty-five minutes, and, although the last put on a further 30, the side were called upon to follow-on 208 behind. Watson played a most useful innings, though he was missed off Buckenham when 28. In their second innings they fared so badly against Buckenham and Relf that half the wickets went down for 65. Smith and Watson put on 38, and Newstead made some good hits in his 34, but the innings closed for 154, leaving the South victorious by an innings and 54 runs. Buckenham again bowled very well, and made his record for the match eleven wickets for 161 runs. Score and analysis:— S o u th . P. F. Warner,b New­ stead ..................................88 Hayward, c Denton, b Newstead........................112 Seymour (Jas.), c and b Haigh ......................... 38 B. J . T. Bosanquet, c Newstead, b Smith 59 J.W . H. T. Douglas, not out ...............................86 I * Innings declared closed. Davis, Buckenham, and Strudwick did not bat. N o r th . First innings. A. H. Hornby, c Bosanquct, b Buckenham ...................37 L. G. Wright, c Seymour, b Douglas ... ...................21 Tyldesley (J. T.), b Woolley 18 Denton, c Strudwick, b Buckonham ...................31 b Buckenham Hirst, c Relf, b Buckenham 0 Hayes, lbw, b New­ stead.......................... 66 Woolley (F. E.), c Dean, b Haigh ... 20 Relf (A. E.), notout... 22 B 8, lb 2.................. 10 Total (6 wkts) *501 Second innings. c and b Relf ... 25 c and b Relf ... 5 b Buckenham ... 15 c Relf, b Bucken­ ham ...................12 E. Smith, c Hayes, b Buck­ enham ......................... 71 b Buckenham Newstead, st Strudwick, b Woolley ........................... 2 not out............ Haigh, b Buckenham ... 18 b Buckenham Dean, c Davis, b Relf ... 23 b Douglas ... Watson, not o u t......................37 lbw, b Hayes Lord Hawke, b R o lf..............21 b Buckenham B 8, lb 5, w 1 .......14 B 3, nb 1... Total ...293 Total.......... 154 S o u th . O. M. R. W. Hirst ... 35 4 99 0 1 Dean Newstead.. 39 7 110 3 Smith . Haigh ... 31 6 98 2 Wright , O. . 27 . 17 . 1 M. R. W. 3 114 0 1 67-1 0 3 0 Douglas... Relf........... Buckcnham Woolley... Seymour N o r th . First innings. O. M. R. W . 100 51 1 23-1 6 59 2 . Second innings. O. M. 11. W. ... 4 0 17 1 21 24*4 27 4 93 5 19 3 64 2 3 0 12 0 ............ Hayes ........... 5 1 1’ Woolley bowled one wide and Buckenham one no-ball. 9 33 2 3 68 6 1 15 0 THE M.C.C.’S AUSTRALIAN TEAM v. AN ENGLAND XI. Playel at Uttoxeter on September 10, 1 1 , and 1 2 . Tha M .C.C.’s Team won by nine wickets. A fairly strong England side had been got together for this match by Mr. J. Bamford, but the M.C.C.’s team won easily by nine wickets, although their lead on the first innings amounted to only 21. Play on Thursday did not last quite three hours and a-lialf, but during that time ten wickets fell for 210 runs. Fane, Barnes, Fielder, and Hayes were all away, but the lack of fast bowling was not felt so much as at Scarborough. Jones, winning tho toss, put his opponents in and soon had cause to congratulate himself upon the policy, for Whitehead was bowled at 5 and Hardisty and Vine sent back by successive balls at 12. Marshal, playing freely, scored 36 out of 41, but Tarrant batted so steadily that he took fifty minutes to make two. At lunch seven wickets were down for 78, Blythe, who took all the first five for 31, bowling with great effect. The best stand of the innings was made by King and Arnold, who put on 70 for the ninth wicket in three-quarters of an hour: King, who batted one hundred and twenty-five minutes, hit five 4’s and Arnold seven 4’s. In the innings of 180 Blythe did well to take seven wickets for less than 11 runs each. In the last twenty minutes of the day the M.C.C.’s team scored 30 without loss. On Friday bad light limited play to three hours, it being found necessary to draw stumps at ten minutes to four. Hobbs and Gunn remained in partnership until their stand for the first wicket had lasted three-quarters of an hour and realised 53. Hardstaff failed, but Rhodes and Hutchings played so well that at lunch-time only three wickets were down for 139. In forty-five minutes the fourth wicket put on 65, Hutchings hitting two 6’s in his 47. After the interval Tarrant bowled with great effect, the innings closing for 210, although Braund and Humphries indulged in a ninth wicket stand of 24. By the end of the day the England X L had made 25 for the loss of Vine’s wicket. There was rain in the night, and this followed by brilliant sunshine made the wicket very tricky. Blythe proved very difficult, and it was owing chiefly to him that the whole side were dismissed in one hundred minutes for 80. Set 60 to win, the M.C.C.’s team made light of the task, obtaining the runs for the loss of Braund. Score and analysis:— A n E ng lan d First innings. Whitehead (R.), b Blythe 5 Hardisty, lbw, b Blythe ... 3 Bowell,c Crawford,b Blythe 9 Vine, b Blythe ................... 0 Marshal, c Rhodes, b Blythe 36 Tarrant, b Blythe .......... 2 Rothery, c Gunn, b Rhodes 0 King, not out ...................60 V. F. S. Crawford, c Hobbs, b Crawford .................. 19 Arnold,c Crawford,b Blythe 42 Lilley, lbw, b Rhodes ... 0 B 2, lb 2 .......................... 4 XI. Second innings, st Young,b Blythe 2 b Blythe ........... 4 ht wkt, b Blythe 0 lbw, b Rhodes ... 6 c Hardstaff, b R h o d es...........11 lbw, b Crawford 17 c Hobbs, b Blythe 5 b Blythe ...........11 lbw, b Crawford 5 st Young,b Blythe 1 not out.................. 5 B 8, lb 5 ...........13 Total ..180 Total ... SO T hf . M.C.C.’s A u str a lia n T eam . Gunn (G.) b Tarrant 35 Braund, not out ... 17 Hobbs, c and b King .. 29 IlardstalT, c Bowell, b Tarrant ................... 6 K. L. Hutchings, b Arnold ...................47 Rhodes,lbw, b Marshal 33 R. A. Young, st Lilley, b Tarrant................... 7 J. N. Crawford, c T o ta l...................201 Bowell, b Tarrant... 9 Second innings : Braund, st Lilley, b Tarrant, 8 ; Hobbs, not out, 25 ; Rhodes, not out, 23 ; byes, 4. Total (1 wkt), 60. A n E n o lan d XI. A.O.Jones,c Hardisty, b Tarrant ........... Humphries, c Vine, b Tarrant ........... Blythe, c Hardisty, b Tarrant ........... B 1, w 1, nb 1 14 First innings. O. M. R. W. Rhodes........... 23-5 7 63 2 . Blythe ...........36 14 75 7 , Crawford ... 13 3 38 1 . Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 9 1 14 2 ... 18 3 39 6 ... 8 2 14 2 T h e M.C.C.’s A u s t r a l ia n T eam . First innings. O. M. R. W. T arran t..........30’5 8 82 7 . Arnold ........... 23 2 67 1 . Marshal........... 4 2 8 1 . King ........... 13 2 41 1 Second innings. O. M. R. W. . . 9 2 33 1 .. 3 2 0 15 0 Tarrant bowled one wide and one no-ball. 8 0 CR ICKET AT HAMBLEDON. On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday last, X II. of England played on Broad - Halfpenny Down against a team styled Hambledon. The latter side, which contained players born so far afield as India, Edinburgh, and South Africa, won by five wickets. In the first innings of “ Hambledon” Wynyard and Jephson added 110 together and the latter and New­ man 50 in a-quarter of an hour. Jephson batted two hours and three-quarters without a mistake. Leach, hitting ten 4’s, made his 80 out of 141 in an hour and a-quarter, and in partnership with Roberts put on 116 for the second wicket in 70 minutes. Fry hit two 6’s and five 4’s in his second innings. It was estimated that on the first day there were quite 200 motor-cars and 400 carriages of every des­ cription present: 641 bicycles paid for entrance to the ground. “ At lunch-time the scene reminded one of Epsom Downs on Derby D y, parties lunching on the grass and peripatetic minstrels helping to fill in the intervals.” The match was well attended, there being no charge for admission. Mr. Hyde Salmon Whalley-Tooker, who captained “ Hamblc- don, was M.F.H. of the Hambledon East Pack until