Cricket 1909

io 8 CR ICK ET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 6, igog. DERBYSHIRE v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Derby on May 3, 4 and 5. Yorkshire won by an innings and 127 runs. Except that A. E. Lawton was unable to play, both sides were well represented in this match. The game on the first day was played in a cold wind, which handicapped the fieldsmen to no small extent. W inning the toss, Yorkshire batted on an easy w icket for five hours and a-quarter 011 Monday, scoring during that time 357 for six wickets. They lost Hardisty quickly, Kliodes at 55 and Wilkinson at 77, but after the last-named’s dismissal Denton and Hirst came together and made a good stand. In an hour and three-quarters they put on 136, the former then being caught at mid-off in an effort to hit a four to complete his hundred. He batted two hours and forty minutes for 97 and hit nine 4’s, but was rather badly missed by Oliver at cover-point when he had made 5. Hirst, fifth out (at 274) was in two hours and a-half for 80—a most useful innings, but one marred by a couple of chances, the first at 11 and the other, which was notan easy one, at 56: his chief hits were a 6 and three 4’s. New- stead, sixth out (at 287), made only 2, but during the last hour of the day Myers kept Bates company whilst 70 were put on without further loss. Bates played confidently from the start, and made no mistake until 64, when he was missed at the wicket. On the second morning Bates was bowled in Dickin­ son’s first over: he made his 81 in two hours by bright cricket and hit nine 4’s. Cadman took two wickets for 3 runs in six overs and the innings closed for 381. Myers carried out his bat for 48, a good innings which lasted ninety-five minutes. Hirst and Newstead opened the bowling for York­ shire, and only 23 had been made when Wright played-on. Morton played stubbornly but stayed whilst 21 were added and then, after Cadman had been caught at the wicket, such a collapse set in that the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth wickets all fell at 66 . Humphries, however, hit out, making 31 out of 43 in twenty-five minutes, but Derbyshire had to follow-on 269 behind. Hirst, it will be seen, had 29 runs made off him without taking a wicket. In their second innings the home side again did badly, and by the time stumps were drawn had eight wickets down for 117. Morton alone made any resistance, scoring 55 out of 104 in one hundred and five minutes by faultless cricket. Yesterday the last two wickets put on 25, leaving Yorkshire winners by the margin stated. Score and analysis :— Y o r k s h ir e . Rhodes, c Humphries, Newstead, c Oliver, b b M o rton ................. 19 Morton ................... 2 Hardisty, c Needham, Myers, not o u t........... Haigh, c and b Cad­ 48 b Cadman ........... 15 Denton, c Smith, b man .......................... 4 Warren ................... 97 Lord Hawke, st Hum­ Wilkinson, b Morton... 8 phries, b Cadman... 0 Hirst, c Cadman, b Hunter, b Bestwick 1 B estw ick................... 80 B 15, lb 6 , nb 5 ... 26 Bates, b Dickinson ... 81 — Total ...........3S1 D e r b y s h ir e . • First innings. L. G. Wright, b Newstead 10 Needham, c Newstead, b M yers.............................. 39 Morton, b Newstead......... 3 Cadman, c Hunter, b New­ stead ................................. 6 L. Oliver, b Rhodes ......... 2 Smith, c Hirst, b Myers ... 2 Warren, b Rhodes ........ 0 F. H. Taylor,Jb Myers ... 0 S. Dickinson, not out ... 10 Humphries, lbw, b New­ stead ..............................31 Bestwick, b R h od es........ 2 B 4, lb 3................. 7 Second innings. stHunter,bHaigh 12 c Hunter,b Haigh 0 c Hirst, b New­ stead ...........55 lbw, b Hirst lbw, b Myers ... b H irst.................. not out ........... c Hunter, b New­ stead ........... b H irst................... Total .. ...112 Y o r k s h ir e . Warren . Bestwick Cadman O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. .1 7 1 63 1 IMorton ... 30 7 82 3 38-3 9 116 2 |Dickinson 12 2 38 1 29 9 56 3 Bestwick bowled two no-balls, and Warren, ton and Dickinson each one. Mor- D e r b y s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. SURREY v. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Played at the Oval on May 3 and 4. Surrey won by 106 runs. Although the wind was cold, the weather was pleasant when this game was opened on Monday, and those who were present witnessed some very interesting cricket. The visitors, fortunately, were able to put a good side into the field, a compromise having been effected with the discontented players, whose connection with the county appeared at one time to have been severed. Bowlers were assisted by the ground, especially before lunch, and runs were never easy to make ; in fact during the day twenty wickets went down in five hours and a-quarter for 344 runs. S. G. Smith, the West Indian left hander, had completed his qualification and made his first appearance for Northants. His slow bowling accounted for three wickets in Surrey’s first innings, and, so far as one can at present judge, he is likely to prove very useful indeed to the side. Surrey had lost Hayward and Hobbs by the time the score had reached 23, whilst at 59 Marshal was bowled. Hayes and Crawford added a useful 44 together, of which the latter, who was then out to an excellent catch at cover-point, made 29 by bright and enterprising methods. Hayes batted faultlessly for seventy minutes, and was fifth out, at 113. No one else reached 20 , and the innings after lasting just over two hours closed for 164. Thompson bowled better than his figures wou'd suggest, and the fielding was always good. When the visitors went in Vials made some good strokes in scoring 28, but half the side were out for 63, and the sixth wicket fell at 77. Then followed a fine resistance on the part of Wells and Thorp, who added 49 together in thirty-five minutes, and, with Manning and Buswell putting on 37 for the last wicket, the side wound up with a lead of 4. The Surrey bowling was never of a very high standard, but .Northants played pluckily and deserved their success. In the last few minutes of the day Surrey made 12 runs without loss. On Tuesday Strudwick was at once bowled, but Smith reached double figures before being lbw. Three runs later, at 32, Hayward was caught at the wicket, and at 36 Hayes played-on to Smith, who had taken all four wickets for 8 runs. Marshal and Hobbs effected an improvement, and during the half-hour they were together added exactly 50 runs. Still, the fifth wicket fell at 86 , and Surrey’s position was still rather critical. Hobbs, after batting fifty-five minutes, was bowled by East for a useful 33, after which Crawford and Ducat pulled the game round for their side. The amateur hit hard and well, and it was due chiefly to him that the seventh wicket added 76 in fifty minutes: he made his 58 out of 88 in an hour, and was then out to a fine catch at mid-off. His chief hits were eight 4’s. The tail did little, but Northants were set 201 to win, which, as the wicket was, was no light task. A good start was made against Hitch and Lees, Vials and Knight making 42 for the opening partnership. Then followed a collapse, Hawtin, Vials, and Pool all being out at 45. Thompson and Wells reached double figures, but Surrey won comfortably. Score and analysis:— S u r r e y . First innings. Second innings. Hayward, b Thompson ... 9 c Buswell,b Smith 7 Hobbs, b Thom pson.........12 b E ast...................33 Hayes, c Knight, b Smith 41 b Smith ........... 2 Marshal, b Thompson ... 16 b Smith ........... 22 J. N. Crawford, c Hawtin, b Thompson ................ 29 Ducat, c Thompson,b East 16 b Newstead ... 0 lbw, b Newstead 2 B 4, lb 6 ,n b l... 11 Total ...........142 llirst ... Newstead Haigh ... Myers ... Rhodes... O. M. K. W. O. M. R. W. 10 0 29 0 ... ... 15 1 44 3 15 1 32 4 ... ... 19*2 8 43 4 5 1 4 0 ... ... 10 1 29 2 9 3 23 3 ... ... 7 2 9 1 9'5 4 17 3 ... ... 2 0 6 0 58 T. E. Manning, b Smith ... 21 notout... , Buswell, not ou t..................17 run out B 6 , lb 2, w 1, nb 1 ... 10 B 2, lb 4 . Myers bowled a 110 -ball. H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, c Thompson, b E ast.......... Hitch, b Smith .................. Smith (W . C.), b Smith ... Lees, c Pool, b E a st.......... Strudwick, not out .......... B 3, lb 2, nb 4 ........... Total ... Total ...168 Total ... 4 4 6 94 Thompson Smith ... East S u r r e y . First innings. O. M. R. W. 16 13 11 c Pool, b Smith... c Smith,b Thomp­ son ..................29 c B u sw ell 15 Thompson ... 14 0 not out................. 3 17 lbw, b Smith ... 13 0 b Thompson ... 0 0 b Smith 9 B 12,1b 4, w l,n b l 18 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 20-4 4 67 3 ... 27 4 73 6 ... 9 2 27 1 0 19 0 0 80 4 . 1 44 3 . 2 31 3 . Knight . Thompson bowled five no-balls and Smith one wide. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Lees ........... 17 1 51 3 ........... 21 8 25 3 Hitch ........... 17 7 40 3 ........... 4 0 24 0 Crawford .. 12 2 34 2 .......... 18’1 4 39 5 Smith .......... 11-1 1 33 2 ........... Hitch bowled a wide and Lees one no-ball. .......... 164 Total...........204 N o r t h a m p t o n sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. A. P. R. Hawtin, c Strud­ wick, b Lees ................. 9 run out ............. 0 G. A. T. Vials, c Leveson- c Ducat, b Craw- Gower, b Hitch .28 fo r d ............................24 C. J. T. Pool, c Smith, b Lees ................................. 0 c and b Crawford 0 S. G. Smith, c Strudwick, b Hitch ................. 3 c Ducat, b Lees Thompson, lbw, b Lees ... 15 c Strudwick, b Lees................12 East, c Leveson-Gower, b Sm ith................................. 4 b Crawford............. Wells c Hayward, b Craw- c Hitch, b Craw­ ford ....................41 ford ... .......15 C. Thorpe, b Crawford ... 18 c Strudwick, b Crawford R. F. Knight, b Hitch ... 2 st Strudwick, b Lees................19 M.C.C. &GROUND V. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Lord’s on May 5. (To be continued.) The first-class season at Lord’s was opened yester­ day when a strong M.C.C. side opposed Leicester­ shire. The county had first innings, and- Bueken- ham and Douglas opened the bowling to Wood and Knight. W ood made six in the first over, and the score was taken to 38 before a wicket fell. Knight was then bowled, and Whitehead shared a similar fate in the same over. King did little and when Wood was sent back four men were out for 56. Coe batted 40 minutes for 28 but received such poor support that the innings closed for 100, Relf at one period taking four wickets for 5 runs. The home side lost Tarrant, Relf, and Hutchings for 52, but Gillingham, Curwen, and Douglas batted so well that by the time stumps were drawn the Club were well ahead. Score :— L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . C.J.B.Wood,eTarrant. b Buckenham.......... 23 Knight, b Douglas ... 18 Whitehead, b Douglas 0 King, b Buckenham... 5 Coe, b Relf (A. E.) ...28 V. F. S. Crawford, b Douglas .................. 4 Jayes, b Relf (A. E.)... 4 M.C.C. Sir A. Hazlerigg, lbw, b Relf (A. E.)........... 2 Astill, c Douglas, b Buckenham ...........10 J.Shields,bRe!f(A.E.) 0 Toon, not out ......... 6 Total . . 100 J. W. H. T. Douglas, b K in g ...........................40 Tarrant, c Crawford, b A still.......................... 3 Relf (A. E.), b Jayes... 12 K. L. Hutchings, b J a y e s ......................... 9 Rev. F. H. Gillingham, b Astill ...................80 W. J. H. Curwen, b King...........................4S L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Buckenham 13-4 1 44 3 1Tarrant ... 4 0 6 0 Douglas ..1 3 1 36 3 I Relf (A. E.) 4 1 14 4 M. C. Bird, b Astill .. 51 Capt. A. C. G. Luther, not out .................. 22 Rev. R. S. Swann- Mason, b Astill ... 0 Buckenham, c Craw­ ford, b T o o n ...........13 Butt, not out ........... 8 B 12, lb 4, w 1, nb 3 20 Total (9 wkts)...306 THE DERBYSHIRE GUIDE.* The Derbyshire Cricket Guide is now in its fourteenth year, and may therefore be regarded as having thoroughly established itself in the favour of cricketers. To all who are in any way connected with Derbyshire cricket the booklet of 200 pages should prove very useful, for it contains practically everything one would wish to know con­ cerning the game in the county. No full scores are given, but there are well- compiled lists of hundreds made both for and against Derbyshire as well as many tables devoted to the records of the game in the county. Purtraits and biographies of S. Cadman and Mr. \Y. T. Taylor are included in the volume, as well as an interesting article on “ First Class Cricket in 1908!’ by Mr. L. G. Wright. Club fixtures and an exhaustive list of secretaries’ names and addresses are likewise a prominent feature of the publication. *The Derbyshire Cricket Guide, 1909. Compiled by L. G. Wright and Mr. J. Piper, jun., Derby ; Bacon and Hudson, printers. Price 2d.