Cricket 1909

M ay 13, 1909. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 123 T H E A U S T R A L I A N S . 2 n d M atch .— v. NORTHANTS. Played at Northampton on May 1 0 ,1 1 anti 12. The Australians won by nine wickcts Cold and cheerless weather was experienced when this match was commcnced on Monday and, in con­ sequence, only a few persons witnessed the s'art of play. From the side which gained such a pronounced success over Notts Whitty and Laver stood down, their places being filled by Macartney and Ilartigan. Northants had shown good form against Surrey and Yorkshire, and were now represented by a stronger side than in either of the two games mentioned. Haywood, a young professional associated with but not qualified for the county, was included in the team. The start was disastrous for the home side, who, having won the toss, lost Pool for a single at 0 to Cotter, who opened the attack with O'Connor. Twelve later Haywood was beaten by a ball from the fast bowler which kept low, but Vials and Kingston effected an improvement and brought on Armstrong and Macartney. Vials, when he had made 7, was missed at slip by Bai-dsley off Cotter, the conse­ quence being that the third wicket, which should have fallen at 28, did not go down until 55. Vials made his 24 out of 37 in half-an-hour by attractive cricket, his leg play being the feature of his innings. A run later Kingston’s steady display was terminated by Macartney, who was varying his pace with fine judgm ent; he made his 15 out of 50 in sixty-five minutes. Smith should have been stumped without a run, but the mistake did not prove particularly expensive, for when he had made 13 Trumper at mid-off effected a very fine catch which terminated his innings. With his dismissal half the side were out for 75. The association of Wells and Thompson pulled the game round, but the latter was missed by Carter at the wicket when only 4. Wells made some capital hits, especially pulls and drives, whilst his partner played steady crickct. Of the 67 added in fifty-five m inntesfor the sixth wicket—a most valu- valuable stand—Wells was responsible for 45. He returned a ball at express speed to Armstrong, who brought off the catch and got Snell lbw a coup.e of balls later. East was run out through a piece of brilliant work at leg by Ransford, but Manning and Buswell making useful little contributions the total reached 203. Thompson made 46 out of 148 in one hundred and forty minutes and carried out his b a t: it was a very steady and very valuable, but not quite faultless, display. The fielding and wicket-keeping of the Australians was rather disappointing, Carter especially being at fault. Macartney came out with the best analysis and deserved to do so. When the Australians went in Hartigan set off at a rare pace, making three 4’s off an over from Wells. The pace was too hot to last, however, and at 19 the Queens­ lander was bowled. With Noble and Bardsley together runs came along well, and 82 were added in seventy minutes ere the captain was bowled by Thompson. Two wickets were then down for 101 and, as only ten minutes remained for play, O’Connor was sent in to play out time. The move, however, was not successful, for at 122 O’Connor and Carter were beaten by consecutive balls from Smith, and at the end of the day four wickets were down for 133 (Bardsley, 75 not out). On Tuesday Bardsley gave a chance as soon as play was re­ sumed, but was lbw directly afterwards for a well- played 76, which took one hundred minutes to lnake and contained nine 4’s and seven 3’s. Cotter, who gave a couple of chances of stumping, was caught at deep mid-on at 161, at which tctal six wickets were down. With Armstrong and Trumper together the game was gradually worked round in favour of the visitors. Two hundred went up in two hours and a-quarter and several bowling changes were tried. Armstrong scored the faster of the two and hit East for four 4’s in an over. He reached 50 in fifty-five minutes and Trumper did the same after batting seventy minutes. When the seventh wicket had put on 100 Trumper was caught at mid-on after battingninety minutes for 56, a sound innings which contained eight 4’s and a 3. Ransford made only 6 and the innings closed for 319. Armstrong was last out after batting two hours : he hit eleven 4’s but Was not at his best. With arrears amounting to 116, the county lost Vials at 25 in trying to place to leg. Another wicket should have fallen almost at once, for Haywood, when 1 , was missed at slip by Har­ tigan. The player named hit four 4’s during the seventy minutes he was in and put on 45 for the third wicket with Smith in half-an-hour. Kingston played a defensive and valuable game for fifty minutes and Pool and Thompson indulged in a very Useful stand of 40 for the fifth wicket. The last- named was out to a finely-judged catch by Bardsley whilst endeavouring to drive. When stumps were drawn Northants, with four wickets in hand, were 59 runs on. Yesterday the last four wickets added 60, Wells and Snell putting on 52 for the seventh partnerships. The professional fell to a brilliant catch at long*on by Ransford, who took the ball low down whilst running in. The Australians were set 120 to win, and, thanks to missed catches—both Hartigan and Bardsley were missed early—won by nine wickets. Hartigan was stumped at 62 and then Noble helped Bardsley to make the rest with­ out loss. Score and analysis :— N ORTHAMPTONSHIRE. First innings. Second innings. C. J. T. Pool, lbw, b Cotter 1 st Carter, b Arm­ strong ...........14 W. H. Kingston, b Macart- c Carter, b Ma- ney ..................................15 cartney ........... 30 Haywood, b Cotter .......... 9 b Noble ...........39 G. A. 1’. Vials, b Macartney 24 lbw, b O’Connor 16 Thompson, not out .......... 46 c B a rd sley, b Armstrong ... 26 S. G. Smith, c Trumper, b c Carter, b O’Con- O’C o n n o r..........................13 nor ................... 29 Wells, c and Armstrong ... 45 c Ransford, b O’Connor ... 29 II. S. Snell, lbw, b Arm- st Carter, b Arm­ strong.................................. 0 strong ........... 31 East, run out .................. S lbw, b Armstrong 0 T. E. Manning, b Macart­ ney .................................. 9 lbw, b Armstrong 7 Buswell, b Macartney ... 12 notout.................. 3 B 12, lb 4, nb 5 ... 21 B 4, lb 4, w 2, n b l 11 Total ...203 Total.......... 235 A ustralian s . First innings. Second innings. W. Bardsley, lbw, bThomp­ son .................. ......... 76 n otou t................ 63 R. J. Hartigan, b Smith ... 14 st Buswell, b Smith ...........26 M. A. Noble, b Thompson 32 notout.................27 J. A. O’Connor, b Smith ... 5 H. Carter, b Smith .......... 0 A. Cotter, c Manning, b Thompson..........................27 V. T. Trumper, c Smith, b Thompson..........................56 W. W. Armstrong, b Smith 79 V. S. Ransford, lbw, b Thompson.......................... 6 S. E. Gregory, b Smith .. 15 C. G. Macartney, not out... 0 B 5, lb 1, nb 3 .......... 9 B 2, lb 1, n b l 4 Total ..319 Total (1 wkt)120 N orth am ptonsh ; re . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cotter ........... 16 0 46 2 ............ 8 1 53 0 O’Connor ... 16 5 41 1 ............ 19 10 30 3 Armstrong ...17 5 47 2 ............ 22*5 6 57 5 Macartney ...19’3 6 40 4 ............ 11 1 46 1 Noble ........... 2 0 8 0 ............ 12 2 32 1 Ransford ... 1 0 2 0 Hartigan . . 1 0 4 0 Cotter delivered two wides and six no-balls. A u s tr a lia n s . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Smith ........... 29-2 3 107 5 ............ 15 4 51 1 Wells ........... 9 1 35 0 ............ 3 0 20 0 Thompson ... ?7 5 108 5 ............ 8 0 38 0 East .......... 13 2 60 0 ............ 3’3 1 7 0 Wells delivered two no-balls and Thompson two. SUBREY v. WARWICKSHIRE. Played at the Oval on May 10, 11 and 12. 352 FOR THE FIRST WICKET. Surrey won by 171 runs. Surrey placed a very good side in the field, but the visitors lacked Fishwick and Glover. Surrey again had first innings and gave a bright display, runs coming so fast that the hundred went up in fifty-five minutes and 150 in an hour and a-half, whilst at lunch the total had readied 195 for five wickets. The opening stand realised 46 in twrenty minutes, and then Hayward was bowled by a ball from Field which he did not attempt to play ; he hit a 5 and five 4’s in his 28. With Hayes in the rate of run-getting was maintained, the new-comer claiming 47 of the 69 put on for the second wicket in fifty minutes. Hobbs batted an hour and twenty minutes for 41 and was thiid out, at 120. Crawford hit merrily, driving with great power; one of his hits off Field, to the Vauxhall entrance, yielded 7 (includ­ ing an overthrow for a single). With Marshal he added 60 in twenty-five minutes. After lunch the play changed in character, the bowlers meeting with much success. Marshal showTed himself strong on the off, and was out to a very fine catch by Hargreave at point when he had made 08 out of 115 in seventy m inutes; he hit a 5 and ten 4’s and gave no chance. No one else reached double figures and the innings closed for 242. Warwickshire's first wicket produced 30 in tw'cnty-five minutes, but Lees and Hitch then bowled with such effect that at the end of seventy minutes seven wickets were down for 61. Baker batted very steadily for sixty-five minutes and, when a complete collapse appeared likely, Foster and Everett put on 60 in an hour by plucky cricket. Hayes obtained the wickets of the pair before play ceased, when, with one wicket to fall, Warwickshire were 94 behind. On the second morning the innings closed at 155, leaving Surrey with the useful lead of 87. When Hayward and Hobbs went in the second time the Warwickshire bowling was severely punished. The pair made 25 in thirty-five minutes, 50 in forty-eight, 100 in seventy-five, 150 in one hun­ dred and fifteen, 200 in one hundred and fifty-five, 250 in one hundred and seventy, 300 in one hundred and ninety-five, and, in all, 352 in three hundred and twenty-live. Hobbs was then caught at slip for 159—an attractive innings, but one which con­ tained three chances (at 86 , 127 and 133) He made 50 out of 90 in seventy minutes, 100 out of 207 in one hundred and fifty-five and 150 in two hundred and fifteen: his chief hits were nineteen 4’s and seven 3’s. Hayward played a more vigorous game than is customary with him. He made 50 out of 111 in eighty-five minutes, 10(1 out of 192 in one hun­ dred and forty-five, 150 in 190 and, in all, 204 out of 400 in two hundred and sixty. When hitting freely, he was missed by Baker at slip (at 155), but made no other mistake. He hit twenty-two 4’s and eight 3’s and always appeared master of the bowling. Hayes and Marshal did little, and after Crawford had made 25 out of 32 the innings was closed leaving Warwickshire 487 to win. In the last forty-five minutes of the day the visitors fared badly against Hitch, and when stumps were drawn had lost Quaife, Baker, Charlesw'ortli and Hands for 25 runs. On the third day the visitors made a good fight, but were beaten by 171 runs. Charlesw'orth was soon out, but Lilley, who hit seven 4’s, helped Kinneir to add 120 for the sixth wicket in one hundred minutes, and Everett stayed whilst 109 were put on for the seventh. Kinneir made his 133 out of 254 in four hours without a chance, and hit eighteen 4’s. Both Everett and Foster made useful scores, but Surrey won as stated. Score and analysis:— S u r r e y . First innings. Second innings. Hayward, b Field ...........28 notout................ 204 Hobbs, run out .................. 41 c Foster, b Hands 159 Hayes, b S an tall.................47 b Baker ............ 9 Marshal, c Bargreave, b Field .................................. 68 b Hands ............ 0 J. N. Crawford, st Lilley, b Santall .......................... 32 c Santall, b Field 25 Ducat, b Field .................... 0 W. J. H. Curwen, c Har­ greave, b Santall ........... 8 H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, b Santall .......................... 2 Hitch, b Field ................... 4 Lees, not out ................. 2 Strudwick, c Foster, b Field .................................. 2 B 3, lb 5 .................... 8 B 1,1b 2 ... 3 Total .....................242 Total (4 wkts)*400 * Innings declared closed. First innings. Quaife, lbw, b Lees ... Kinneir, lbw, b Hitch W a r w ic k sh ir e . 19 7 Baker, c Hayward, b Lees 12 Charlesworth, b Hitch ... 4 Lilley, c Hayes, b Hitch ... 6 W. C. Hands, b L e e s ......... 3 Santall, b H itch .................... 4 R. S. Everett, lbw, b Hayes 17 F. R. Foster, b Hayes ... 50 Hargrcave, not out ... ... 21 Field, c Strudwick, b Lees 1 B 8 , lb 3.................. 11 Total ............165 133 Second innings. b Hitch ........... c Strudwick, b Marshal ... c Strudwick, Hitch b Hitch ... st Strudwick, Hayes ... b L ees.......... not o u t......... c Crawford, b Marshal..............38 run out ..............30 c Hayes, b Hitch 3 b Hayes ........... 9 B 13, lb 10 ...23 T o t a l...........316 1 15 S u r r e y . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Field ........... 20-3 1 90 5 ............ 17*5 3 66 1 Foster ......... 6 0 39 0 ............ 13 1 60 0 Santall ......... 21 5 71 4 ............ 17 5 55 0 Hargreave ... 7 0 34 0 ............ 14 0 55 0 Quaife ....... 12 1 62 0 Charlesworth 7 0 34 0 H ands...........10 1 33 2 B a k er.......... 5 0 32 1 W a r w ic k s h ir e First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Lees ........... 19-4 7 39 4 ............ 29 4 75 1 Hitch ........ 20 4 58 4 ............ 25 2 87 4 Crawford ... 5 0 20 0 ............ 18 5 48 0 Marshal........ 3 0 9 0 ............ 11 4 25 2 Hayes ......... 3 0 18 2 ............143 2 58 2