Cricket 1909

c r i c k e t A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 20, 1909. SUSSEX v. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Played at Brighton on May 13 and 14. Sussex won by an innings and 107 runs. Neither aide was 'at full strength, P. Cartwright playing for Cox, who had a split finger, and Riley, a left-handed medium-paced bowler, appearing for Hallam, whose foot had not recovered from the blow it received at Lord’s earlier in the week. The visitors won the toss and gave a very weak display, being dismissed on a good wicket for 121 and losing their last six wickets for 20 runs in 40 minutes. Jones, who cut well, made 48 out of 88 in 70 minutes, but the only player to give him much support was Hardstaff, with whom he put on 59 for the sccond wicket in 20 minutes. In the last three hours of the day Sussex made 205 for four wickets, R. R. Relf being 110 not out at the close—a faultless innings. With Vine he made 47 in 55 minutes, with Killick 75 in similar time, and with his brother 70 in 50 minutes. On Friday, after Cartwright and Leach had been sent back, he put on 45 with Smith and was then caught behind the wicket. He cut and drove excellently, and hit a 5 and fifteen 4’s in making 159 out of 288 in 250 minutes ; he gave only one chance—to Branston at slip when 132. Smith and Vincett added 49 for the eighth wicket, and Sussex gained a lead of 223 on the innings. Notts gave another very disappointing display when they went in the second time, and, despite a plucky stand for the last wicket by Oates and Wass, were beaten by an innings and 107 runs. The elder Relf’s bowling accounted for twelve wickets for 93 runs and Leach’s for eight for 90. Score and analysis N o tts . First innings. Second innings. A. O. Jones, c A. E. Relf, c R. Relf, b A. E. b Leach .......................... 48 R e lf..................... 6 Gunn (G.), c Butt, b A . E. c A. E. Relf, b Relf .................................. 1 Leach ........... 4 Hardstaff, lbw, b Leach ... 27 c and b A. E. Relf 17 N .V .C . Turner, b A. E. Relf 3 c Vine, b A. E. Relf 7 Iremonger, c andb Leach... 9 c Smith, b A. E. R e lf.................. 2 Payton, c Cartwright, b A. E. R e lf..........................15 c Butt,b A. E. Relf 17 Gunn (J.), c R. Relf, bLeach 0 c Vine, b Leach .. 7 G. T. Branston, c Vincett, c R. Relf, b A. E. b A. E. Relf ................... 1 R e lf................... 2 Riley, b Leach ................... 2 b A. E. Relf ... 3 Oates, not out .................. 6 notout........19 Wass, c Smith, b A. E. Relf 1 c A. E. Relf, b Leach ........18 B 1, lb 4, w 1, nb 2 ... 8B 10, w 1, nbS... 14 Total ...................121 Total.........116 . S u ssex . C. L. A. Smith, not out 34 Vincett, c G. Gunn, b J. G u n n ...................37 Butt, c Oates, b J. Gunn ................... 3 Dwyer, b J. Gunn ... 0 B 5, lb 2................... 7 Total ...344 Relf (R. R.),c G. Gunn, b Branston .......... 159 Vine, lbw, b Wass ... 23 Killick, b R iley ..........38 R. B. Heygate, c and b B ranston.................. 6 Relf (A. E.), c Oates, b Riley ..................23 P. Cartwright, b Riley 6 Leach, c and b Riley... 8 N otts . First innings. O. M. R. A. E. Relf ... 22-3 7 52 V in ce tt........... 7 2 22 Leach ........... 15 4 39 Killick Leach bowled two wides and five no-balls. S u ssex . M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 4 58 1 IRiley ... 31 6 104 4 4 69 0 J.Gunn... 4*5 0 17 3 1 89 2 W. 5 . 0 .. 5 . Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 24 12 41 7 ...6 2 8 0 ... 18-2 4 51 3 1 0 2 0 O. Wass...........19 Iremonger. 29 Branston... 17 M.C.C. AND GROUND v. KENT. Played at Lord’s on May 13, 14, and 15. Kent won by 97 runs. Two good sides took part in this match, which was the first on Kent’s list for the season. The County was led by Dillon, who had been appointed Marsham’s successor in the captaincy. Kent played a bright game. Dillon making 24 of the 37 scored in half-an-hour for the first wicket, and Seymour and Hutchings adding 84 for the third in an hour. Sey­ mour was missed at short-legby Payne off Thompson when 17, but Hutchings made no mistake. A. P. Day helped Seymour to put on 46 in 27 minutes, and Fairservice and Huish added 67 in 35. Seymour, hitting well all round the wicket, made 81 out of 194 in 125 minutes, his chief strokes being eleven 4’s. The third hundred was made in 50 minutes, and when the innings closed for 336(made in 220 minutes), Fairservice was left to carry out his bat for a praise­ worthy 49 made out of 105 in an hour. Thompson did excellent work with the ball, and took seven wickets for 106 in the total of 336. The home side fared so badly during the last 95 minutes that they lost five wickets—all to Fielder—for 79 runs. Warner had his middle stump bowled out of the ground at 22, and Payne and Thompson fell to successive balls. Tarrant batted very patiently, and carried out his bat for 19. Altogether, the latter batted 2| hours for 25 : he was seventh out (at 119) and gave a very wearying display. Clayton Palmer, hitting seven 4’s, the majority of them drives, scored 33 out of 38 in 25 minutes, and, although the last wicket added 18, the county led by 187 on the innings. Fielder was seen at his best, and took eight wickets at a cost of 8 runs each. The M.C.C. were not called upon to follow-on, and Kent, going in again, lost five wickets for 61 after Dillon and Hardinge had made 27 for the first. Woolley and Humphreys, however, added 127 for the sixth in 75 minutes and the innings, which lasted 3 hours, realised 230. Humphreys was missed by Palmer in the long-field at 11 and Woolley, who played a most useful in­ nings, was twice let off—when 77 and 80. The latter' made his runs in 2 hours and hit sixteen 4’s and five 3’s. Thompson, whose bowling was always difficult, took twelve wickets in the match for 160. Set 418 to win, the M.C.C. made 78 for one wicket by the end of the day, Braund being sent back owing to a ball glancing off his ribs on to the wicket. On the third morning Payne was run out at 83 whilst backing-up. Tarrant proved lucky, inasmuch as he was missed at slip before scoring by Seymour and at mid-on by Humphreys when 3, both chances being given off Fielder. When the third wicket had added 36 Warner was bowled, following which Tar­ rant and Thompson put on 32 together and the latter and Board 20. Palmer was soon out and Beresford made 30 off two overs from Woolley, scoring 12 (three 4’s) off the first and 18 (four 4’s and a two) from the second.Thompson batted 2 hours for 50 and, in all, made 66 out of 184 in 140 minutes by steady cricket: he hit nine 4’s. Trott made a few good hits, but Kent won by 97 runs. Score and analysis :— K ent . First innings. Second innings. E.W. Dillon, b Thompson... ?4 c Beresford, b Tar- Hardinge, c Beresford, b ra n t....................10 Thompson..........................18 b Thompson ... 17 Seymour(James), bThomp- c Beresford, b son .................................. 81 Thompson ... 13 K. L. Hutchings, c Magnay, c Board, b Tar- b Hearne ..........................41 r a n t..................... 8 Woolley, b Thompson ... 9 c H e a r n e , b Thompson ... 97 A. P. Day, b Tarrant...........19 b Thompson ... 1 Humphreys, c Board, b st Board, b Tar- Thompson.......................... 17 ra n t.................56 Fairservice, not o u t ...........49 c Braund, bTar­ rant 13 Huish, b Trott ...................27 not out ............ 7 Blythe, c Warner,bThomp- c Trott, b Thomp­ son .................................. 7 son ..................... 1 Fielder, b Thompson...........12 c Braund, bTar­ rant 1 B 21, lb 8, nb 3 ..3 2 B 5, l b l . . . 6 Total ...336 T o ta l...........23, M.C.C. a n d G rou n d . First innings. Second innings. P. F. Warner, b Fielder... 16 b Fairservice ... 61 Tarrant, c Seymour, b c Seymour, b Blythe................. ...........25 W oolley.............23 Braund, b Fielder ...........12 b Fielder ............. 6 C. A. L. Payne, b Fielder... 4 run out .......... 33 Thompson, lbw, b Fielder 0 c S e y m o u r , b Blythe .......... 66 C. B. W. Magnay, b Fielder 1 absent.................. — Board, c Hutchings, b Fielder .......................... 18 cDillon,bWoolley 16 Clayton Palmer, b Fielder 33 c Humphreys, b Hon. S. R. Beresford, c Fairservice ... 5 Dillon, b Blythe ........... 3 c and b Blythe ... 45 Trott, c Hutchings, b c Hardinge, b Fielder .......................... 7 Blythe ...........45 Hearne, (J. T.) not out ... 11 not out ........... 7 B 12, lb 6, nb 1 ... 19 B 13, lb 3, nb 7 23 Total ..149 Total... K ent . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. 11. W. Thompson ... 32 4 106 7 ........... 22 5 54 5 Tarrant....... 16 2 65 I ........... 22 3 85 5 Braund....... 11 1 53 0 ........... 6 1 32 0 H e a m c....... 12 2 47 1 ........... 7 0 26 0 Trott ....... 6 1 33 1 ........... 4 0 27 0 Thompson bowled three no-balls. M.C.C. a n d G rou n d . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Blythe .......... 25 7 61 2 ............ 31-5 8 80 3 F ield er...........26’1 7 64 8 ............ 19 3 45 1 Fairservice ... 3 2 5 0 ........... 35 9 79 2 Woolley .......... 16 2 66 2 Humphreys ... 7 2 22 0 Seymour .......... 2 0 5 0 Fielder delivered six no-balls, and W oolley and Humphreys one each. DERBYSHIRE v. WARWICKSHIRE. Played at Derby on May 15, 17 and 18. WEEK-END CRICKET. Drawn. The first day’s play took place in very cold weather: in fact at 6.30 in the morning the ground had a covering of snow. Cadman played a capital game for an hour and three-quarters, but was missed at m id-on when 6. Humphries and Warren added 49 in half-an-hour and the total reached 211. In the remaining two hours and a-half available for play— stumps were drawn early owing to bad light— Warwickshire scored 88 for four wickets. Charles- worth did the greater part of the run-getting, making his 60 out of the first 83 runs scored: he batted 80 minutes and hit five 4’s and nine 3’s. On Monday no play was possible owing to the state of the wicket. On the second morning the eighth wicket went down at 118, and it was due largely to Foster and Hargreave, who added 36 together, that the total reached 160. Morton took six wickets for 41. When they went in the second time Derbyshire lost three wickets cheaply, but a stand of 96 by Cadman and Morton enabled the side to declare with only four wickets down for 166. Warwickshire, set 218 to win, played out time, but had Derbyshire adopted a bolder policy the game might have been won. Score and analysis :— D e r b y sh ir e . First innings. L. G. Wright, b Field........... 2 Needham, c Baker, b San- tall .................................. 7 Bowden, c Lilley, b Field... 17 Cadman, c Field, b Foster Morton, lbw, b Foster J. ChapmaD, c Lilley, b Foster.................................. Cooper, c Kinneir, b Har­ greave..? ........................... S. P. Dickenson, c Har­ greave, b Foster .......... Humphries, not o u t ........... Warren ,c Kinneir, b Santall Bestwick, b Hargreave ... B 7, lb 1, w 1 ........... 9 Second innings, c Foster, b Har­ greave ........... b Santall ........... c Kinneir, b San­ tall ...................: not out ...........i st Lilley, b Char- lesw ortli............. not out .......... ! B 3, lb 4 Total ...................211 Total (4 wkts)*166 ♦Innings declared closed. W arwickshire . First innings. Second innings. Kinneir, lbw, b Bestwick 5 c Wright, bCad- Charlesworth, c Warren, b m a n ..................... o Morton ..........................60 b Warren .......20 Baker, b Morton................... 3 n o to u t..............22 Quaife, c Wright, b Morton 14 b Morton .......13 A. C. S. Glover, b Cadman 2 c Humphries, b Warren .......... 7 Lilley, lbw, b Morton ...1 2 c andb Warren... 4 R. S. Everett, st Hum­ phries, b Warren ........... 1 b Bestwick......... 1 Santall,cBowden,b Morton 4 b Morton .......23 F. R. Foster,lbw, b Morton 16 notout................. 6 Hargreave, b Cadman ... 27 Field, not out ................... 0 B 9, lb 2, w 1, nb 4... 16 B 6, nb 3 ... 9 Total ...................160 Total (7 w kts)lll D erbyshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Field ............ 18 2 74 2 ............ 2 0 15 0 S an tall............ 14 3 40 2 ............ 13 1 54 2 Foster ............ 17 3 59 4 ............ 8 2 27 0 Hargreavc ... 9‘3 2 29 2 ......... 17 6 37 1 Quaifc ......... 3 0 13 0 Charlcswortli. 4 1 13 1 Santall bowled a wide. W arwickshire . First iunings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Bestwick ..1 9 6 48 1 ............ 8 3 18 1 W arren............ 11 2 36 1 ............ 14 4 36 3 M orton ............ 20 5 41 6 ............ 8 1 15 2 Cadman.......... 6-3 0 19 2 ......... 12 3 26 1 Dickinson ... 1 0 7 0 Bestwick bowled one wide and five no-balls, and Warren and Morton one no-ball each. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. A F o llo w e r o f t h e G am e. —You are correct in your surmise. J o h n G r e e n .— We cannot spare space for long accounts of minor games. Frank Farrands, one of the best-known figures at Lord’s, is about to retire from the ground-staff.