Cricket 1908

S e p t . 17, 1908. CR ICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 423 DERBYSHIRE. Derbyshire, though doing better than in the previous year, experienced a poor season. The batting was unreliable, the inability of L. G. Wright to regain his old form being severely felt. The best batting of the side was shown by Needham, the left-hander, who had the satisfaction of making two separate hundreds in the match with Essex at Leyton, when, dfspite his success, he was on the losing side. Cadman, second in the aver­ ages, was most useful as an all-round player but was not always available, whilst Lawton, though making no large scores, was very consistent. The bowling was often very good indeed, and although only Cadman’s wickets cost less than twenty runs each, both Warren and Bestwick claimed over a hundred victims for less than twenty-two runs a-piece. Derbyshire had the great satisfaction of beating Notts at Chesterfield, and they also defeated Hampshire botii at home and away. BATTING AVKBAGES. Times Most notr in an Total Inns. out. inns. runs. Aver. Needham ........... ... 44 5 107* 1122 2S*76 Cadman ........... ... 37 2 101 942 26*91 A. E. Lawton ... ... 27 0 69 606 22*44 Morton ........... ... 42 3 87 806 20-66 L. G. Wright ... ... 42 1 111 821 20*02 Humphries ... 41 7 52* 491 14-44 R. Sale................. ... 12 1 32 147 13*36 R. B. Rickm an... ... 35 1 35 400 11-76 Warren ........... ... 40 2 6S 423 11-13 L. Oliver ........... ... 30 0 42 310 10*33 C arlin................... ... 7 0 21 57 8-14 A. Sherwin ... 21 2 24 152 S*00 F. H. Taylor ... ... 4 0 17 31 7 75 Howcroft ........... ... 4 0 19 29 7*25 Bestwick ........... ... 39 16 18 139 6-04 H. Purdy ........... ... 8 3 14* 30 6-00 B racey................. ... 18 4 9* 74 5-28 Fletcher ........... ... 4 1 4 8 2-66 Thompson also batted, scoring 17 and 0. The following hundreds were hit for the side :— Cadraan, v. Warwickshire, at Edgbaston........... 101 Needham, v. Essex, at Chesterfield .................. 104 Needham, v. Essex, at Leyton (1st inns.)...........*107 Needham, v. Essex, at Leyton (2nd inns.) ... 104 L. G. Wright, v. Warwickshire, at Derby.......... Ill * Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGE3. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. Cadman ... ............ 542*3 182 1061 55 19‘29 "Warren ......................75G'l 161 2221 1C4 2135 Bestwick......................S63‘5 224 2187 101 21'65 Bracey ......................177‘3 20 543 23 23-60 A. E. Lawton ...129-4 18 437 17 25-7U Morton ................... 221 50 635 24 26 45 R. B. Rickman ... 64 10 20S 2 104 00 H. P u rd y................. 42 7 137 1 137 00 Carlin (11-1-39-1) bowled in two innings, and Humphries (3-1 8-0), Needham (3-0-11-0), and R. Sale (2-0-10-0) in one innings only. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Northamptonshire experienced a very poor season, winning only three and losing four­ teen of the tweuty-two matches commenced. Their batting was very weak indeed, and the side was not an attractive one. Kingston, who headed the averages, was reliable, but Pool, although he was responsible for the only century credited to the-side, was not at his best. Thompson, whilst rendering good service, was at times unnecessarily slow. The side experienced a humiliation and a triumph on their own ground, being put out for totals of 27 and 15 by Yorkshire but beating Lancashire, after a very exciting finish, by a single wicket. The bowling of the side was at times of a very fa’i*standard, though Thompson and Driffield were ex­ pensive. East and Wells, who met with the most success in this department of the game, were, with Thompson, essentially the all­ round men of the side. W. H. Kingston Thompson (G. J.) C. J. T. Pool ... P. A. Fryer East ................... Wells .................. G. A. T. Vials ... R. W . R. Hawtin Rev. F. N. Bird L. T. Driffield ... Buswell .......... N. F. Norman ... C. Thorpe ........... H ardy.................. S. King ........... Cox (M.) ........... R. F. Knight ... E. M. Crosse A. P. It. Hawtin T. E. Manning... H. B. Sim pson... H. Hawkins A. R. Thompson BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most not in an Total Inns. out. inns. runs. Aver. 41 0 83 959 23-39 37 2 87 807 23-05 33 0 111 706 21-39 4 0 38 83 20-75 20 1 86* 381 20*05 39 11 64* 558 19-92 27 1 71 489 18-80 10 1 37* 160 17-77 1-2 1 61* 192 17-45 25 5 51 278 13-90 39 5 59 453 13*32 4 0 2S 46 11-50 8 0 50 92 11*50 28 7 25 241 11*47 3 0 23 32 10*66 30 7 40* 232 10*08 9 0 27 89 9-88 4 0 21 32 8*00 4 0 26 29 7*25 26 2 35 159 6*62 3 0 13 19 6*33 6 0 10 37 6*16 6 0 14 17 2*83 The following also batted : Falconer, 2, 0, and 2* ; R. N. Beasley, 0 and 4; G. Clarke; 0 and 0 ; Free­ man, 4 and 1 ; R. R. Kimbell, 0 and 4; W. G. Pinner, 2* and 24; C. C. Simpson, 0 and 3; W. P. Walker, 27 and 3. Only one three-figure innings was played for the side :— C. J. T. Pool, v. Essex, at Northampton ........... I ll * Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. E ast.......................... 353*4 89 974 56 17*39 P. A. Fryer ........... 16 1 66 3 22*00 H. Hawkins ........... 2*2 6 78 3 26*00 Wells .................. 557*1 122 1752 67 26*14 Thompson (G. J.) .. 651*3 133 2090 72 29*02 R. F. K night.......... 40*5 2 240 8 30*00 Hardy .................. 111*4 25 377 11 34*27 L. T. Driffield ... 3S3 71 1131 29 39*00 R. W. R. Hawtin . .6 0 9 211 5 42*20 Cox (M .).................. 56 9 152 2 76*00 C. J. T. P o o l........... 11 1 72 0 — W. H. Kingston (2*2-0-25-2) bowled three times and H. B. Simpson (22-2-75-1) twice. The following bowled once o n ly : G. Clarke (12-3-0-58-2), Falconer (21-4-62-1), Freeman (11-2-46-1), R. R. Kimbell (12*2-1-45-2), W. G. Pinner (3-0-17-0), C. C. Simpson (10-1-36-1), and C. Thorpe (3*1-1-16-0). SOMERSET. Somerset, unable to rely upon a regular side, had a very poor season, only two of the twenty matches commenced being won and as many as thirteen lost. The match with Surrey was, after an interval of a few years, renewed, much to the satisfaction of fol'owers of the game in both counties. The side gained a wonderful success over Hamp­ shire at Southampton, Woods and Braund each making over a hundred not out and pulling off the game after the outlook had appeared hopeless. That and their win over Warwickshire in May were their only two victories, whilst as many as eight of the thirteen reverses they sustained were by an innings. Johnson made a dramatic re­ appearance for the side in August, scoring two separate hundreds in the match with Middlesex at Taunton and following them with another, against Hampshire at South­ ampton, the next time he went in. Later in the same month he made 126 against Kent at Tauntou and, altogether, scored 603 runs in eight innings with an average of 75 37. The next highest average on the side was the 25*56 of Braund, who always worked hard but seldom received much support. The bowling was of only moderate strength and only one player averaged under 27 runs per wicket. W. T. Gresswell, a young Repton- ian, bowled very well at times and may develop into a very good player. His career as a county cricketer, however, is likely to be short as it is understood that he settles in Ceylon at the end of next season. BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most not in an Total Inns. out. inns. runs. Aver. P. R. Johnson.......... 8 0 164 603 75*37 Braund .................. 38 1 124* 946 25*56 Capt. H. S. Poyntz... 9 1 45 200 25*00 L. C. H. Palairet ... 10 0 77 231 23*10 S. M. J. W oods.......... 14 2 105* 263 21*91 Whittle .................. 35 4 95 638 20*58 Capt. H. F. Mint- gomery .................. 4 0 47 79 19 75 J. D aniell.................. 30 4 53* 492 18 92 North ......................... 8 5 30* 56 18*66 B. L. Bisgood .......... 22 0 49 391 17*77 L e w is.......................... 3S 1 10*2 649 17*54 V. T. Hill .................. 10 2 41 139 17*37 Robson .................. 36 1 53 588 16 SO W. T. Greswell.......... 6 2 41 64 16 00 A. E. Newton .......... 12 2 50* 141 14*10 P. d’A. B a n k s.......... 12 1 30 131 12-18 E. S. Goodland........... 5 1 42* 47 11*75 E. S. M. Poyntz.......... 15 1 34* 139 9 92 Maxwell .................. 4 1 16 24 S*00 C. G. Deane ........... 12 0 26 90 7*50 R. E. Hancock.......... 4 0 15 30 7*50 A. J. C row der.......... 6 0 24 44 7*33 Cranfield .................. 27 4 25 149 6*47 M. M. Munden.......... 5 0 11 31 6*20 S. Amor .................. 5 2 17* 18 6 00 Chidgey .................. 15 5 9 33 3*30 The following also batted : E. J. Leat (11 and 1), E. P. Paul (2 and 1), F. A. Phillips (14 and 5), O. M. Samson (28 and 27*). H. Martyn took part in the match against Surrey at Bath, but did not bat. The following hundreds were hit for the side:— Braund, v. Hampshire, at Southampton .......... *124 P. R. Johnson, v. Middlesex, at Taunton (1st in n s.)......................................................................... 164 P. R. Johnson, v. Middlesex, at Taunton (2nd in n s.).................................. .................................. 131 P. R. Johnson, v. Hampshire, at Southampton 117 P. R. Johnson, v. Kent, at T a u n ton .................. 126 Lewis, v. Middlesex, at Lord’s .......................... 10*2 S. M. J. Woods, v. Hampshire, at Southampton *105 * Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. Robson .................. 444*5 95 1500 5S 25*86 M axw ell................. 47 4 190 7 27*14 Lewis ................... 7*27*2 190 21S7 80 27 33 W. T. Greswell ... 176-4 34 622 22 28*27 North .................. 94 8 371 12 30*91 Braund .................. 295*3 34 111I 31 35 83 Cranfield.................. 441-1 90 1547 35 44-20 V. T. Hill .......... 20 2 118 1 118-00 Whittle .................. 21 2 82 0 — The following bowled in two innings : Capt. H. F. Montgomery (5-0-38-0). The following bowled in one innings only: J. Daniell (3-0-15-1), C. G. Deane (2-0-19-0), R. E. Han­ cock (2-0-6-0), and Capt. H. S. Poyntz (4-0-15-0). SOUTH HAMPSTEAD v. HAMPSTEAD ITINER­ ANTS.—Played at Willesden Green on Sept. 12. S outh Ham pstead. H. W. Broom in, b Borrow .................. 10 S. Ramsay, b Lund.,. 15 S. Elston, b Borrow... 0 A. E.Hill,cChallenger, b Borrow.................. 1 G.H. Bamford, c Lund, b Brander ... ... 39 J.Thornhill,bBrander 16 E. H. Dove did not bat. G. E. Every, b Borrow 3 R. W. List, c Jeffreys, b Brander ...........12 R. W. Hughman, not out .......................... 3S J. G. Q. Besch, not out 32 Byes, &c...............21 Total (8 wkts)...187 Hampstkad G.Geffrey, bHughman 2 J. S. Brander, c Hill, b Thornhill ... 3 A.G. Bo\ichier,cBesch, b Thornhill .......... 34 A. Borrow,bHughman 0 G. Ives, c Hughman, b Bamford ........... 4 O.Greening,bBam ford 16 W. E. Challenger, not out .......................... 0 I tinerants . W. H. Lund, c Thorn­ hill, b Hughman ... F. H. Chaplin, not out R. Challenger, b IIugh- m a n .......................... Bloodworth, b Hugh­ man .......................... Byes, &c............... Total (9 wkts) .. 90 The AMERICANCRICKETER. F o u w d ed 1877. Published by H. H. Cornish on behair or Tho Associated Cricket Clubs of Philadelphia. An Illustrate! Journal of Cricket, Association. Football, Tennis, Golf, and Kindred Pastimes. No. 632, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A p r ic k :— 10 /- per annum , post paid anyw here. Specimen copies mailed ca request.