Cricket 1909

164 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 3. 1909, seems to me to be of small value,” says the Doctor. Yet a few years ago, when players used to contribute signed articles to some of the newspapers concerning matches in which they themselves took part, it was seldom found that two criticisms of the same game agreed. “ W.G.” tells an entertaining story which illustrates the truth of this, though it is only right to state that it was not narrated with that intention. He says :— “ I was batting at Lord’s in the old days, and the father of a well-known young cricketer was in with me. He got out after scratching about for a short time. I got about 70 runs and was then bowled. As I reached the pavilion steps ‘ Donny ’ Walker said to m e: ‘ What sort of ball was that bowled -------------?’ ‘ Oh,’ I replied, ‘ a perfectly straight one: he played all round it.’ ‘ Well,’ said Donny, ‘ what d ’ye think he told us ? Why, he said as he came in, ‘ ’twas a jolly good job Grace didn’t have it, for it would have bowled anyone o u t!’ ” A player is not always the best judge of his own or another’s performance. Journalists often have many difficulties to contend with, and, taking everything into consideration, it must Le admitted that they do their work admirably. “ IV. G.'s Little Book ” is a capital shillingsworth, and should appeal both to old and young. The Rev. Robert Stratten Holmes, of Wakefield, whose name will be very familiar to the great majority of Cricket readers, writes to me as follows:—“ I have not seen any notice of a record by Hobbs, viz., he has scored a century in both the home and out matches against a certain county in every season since he first played for Surrey, as follows:— 1005. 155 (Oval) and 102 (Leyton) v. Essex. 1906. 125 (Worcester) and 102* (Oval) v. Worcester­ shire. 160* (Oval) and 110 (Worcester) v. Worcester­ shire. 106 (Blackheath) and 155 (Oval) v. Kent. 159 (Oval) and 160 and 100 (Edgbaston) v. Warwickshire. * Signifies not out. To the best of my knowledge this is a unique performance.” 1907. 1908. 1909. CRICKET IN SCOTLAND. GLASGOW UNIVERSITY v. ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY. Played at Old Anniesland on May 29 and won by Aberdeen. Score and analysis :— G la s g o w U n iv e r s ity . b J. B. Galbraith. Gillies ........... ... 28 A.N. Forman,b Gibbon 1 A. P. Smith, b Gillies 5 J. W. M’Nee, b Gibbon 2 H. C. D. Rankin, c Brand, b Gillies ... 5 G.C.Griffiths,b Gibbon 10 W. Cullen, run out ... 5 A b e rd e e n U n iv e r s ity . R. J. Bain, c Griffiths, b W ilson................... 0 F. A. Pearson, retired h u r t .......................... 1 J. S. Annandale, b Wilson .................. 0 H. D. Brand, run out 19 W. P. Mulligan, b Spencer .................. 23 G. C. Cheyne, lbw, b Spencer .................. 16 H. H. Spencer, c Mul­ ligan, b Gibbon ... A. P. Love, c Petrie, b Gillies ................... A. Wilson, b Gibbon... D. A. Cush, not out .. Byes, &c............... Total ........... C. W. Gibbon, b For­ man ...........................11 J. M. Whyte, not out 13 W. Chapman, c and b Forman ................... 0 J. N. Petrie, c Ran­ kin, b Forman ... 8 J. E. Gillies, b Forman 3 Byes, &e.............. 4 Total . 98 M. R. W. 4 34 4 G lasgow U n iv e r sity . O. M. R. W. ! O. Gibbon ... 141 4 28 5 |Gillies.. 14 A b e r d e e n U n iv e r s ity . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Wilson ... 12 0 32 2 I Forman... 5*1 1 12 4 Spencer ... 9 2 21 2 Cullen ... 2 0 15 0 Smith ... 9 3 14 0 I “ Fielding is the poetical side of the game. ” —The Observer. SURREY v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at the Oval on May 27, 28 and 29. Surrey won by 283 runs. With Hayward, Hobbs, and Leveson-Gower at Birmingham, and Strudwick (injured), Lees, and Hitch also away, the Surrey side was a somewhat unfamiliar one. There had been a lot of rain, and no play was possible on the first day until 3.25. The wicket was then very soft and the ball travelled slowly. Thanks to Marshal’s free methods the first wicket realised 30 runs and the second 41. The player named made 47 out of 71 in 50 minutes and hit five 4’s. Hayes played a slow game, and of the 25 put on for the third wicket Spring claimed as many as 20. Ducat made a useful 16, and when play ceased the score was 132 for five wickets, Hayes being 30 not out. On the second morning the last five Surrey wickets went down for 63. Hayes, playing more steadily than usual, was in 100 minutes for 34, but Smith hit freely, making his 26 out] of 39 in twenty minutes, and Kirk and Rushby put on 20 for the last wicket in 12 minutes. Derbyshire gave a very wreak display, though Cadman played well for 25, but after lunch seven wickets went down against Rushby and Smith for 27 runs in less than 40 minutes. Leading by 122, Surrey had three men out for 30 when they went in the second time, but Hayes and Crawford added 81 in 55 minutes, the former batting an hour and a- quarter for 53. Crawford, missed by Bowden when 9, reached 51 out of 119 in 80 minutes and, in all, scored 95 out of 184 in 110 minutes. His chief hits were a 6 (an off-drive out of the ground off Warren) and twelve 4’s. Derbyshire, set 337 to win, lost three wickets for 13 runs on Friday evening, and on the following morning, after rain in the night, again collapsed against Rushby and Smith and were beaten as stated. Smith had four men lbw during the innings. Score and analysis: S u r r e y . First innings. Marshal, c Humphries, b Morton ..........................47 Goatly, b Bestwick ...........11 Hayes, b Bestwick ...........34 Spring, b Warren .......... 20 J. N. Crawford, c and b Warren .......................... 4 Ducat, b Bestwick ...........16 Davis, lbw, b Warren........... 7 Vigar, b Bestwick ........... 0 Smith (W. C ), b Bracey ... 26 E. C. Kirk, not out ...........17 R u s h b y , c W a r r e n , b Bracey.................................. 6 B 5, nb 2 ........... 7 Total ................195 D e r b y sh ir e . Second innings. c and b Cadman 2 lbw, b Bestwick 1 b Warren ...........53 b Cadm an........... 9 c and b Cadman 95 c Bestwick, b Rickman ... 1 b Rickman ... 9 b Warren ........... 0 b Warren ........... 8 c B r a c e y , b Rickman ... 10 not out ........... 0 B 21, lb 4, nb 1 26 Total ...214 First innings. Needham, c Marshal, b Sm ith .................................. 1 L. G. Wright, c Crawford, b Rushby ..........................10 Morton, c Marshal, b Rush­ by.......................................... 0 Cadman, c and b Rushby... 25 Bowden, b Rushby ........... 9 J. Chapman, b Smitlv ... 6 Humphries, b Rushby ... 1 R. B. Rickman, run out ... 1 Warren, c Spring, b Smith 9 Bracey, not out .................. 0 Bestwick, b Smith ........... 2 B 8, lb 1 .................. 9 Second innings. b R u sh by........... 4 c Spring, b Rush­ by .................. 1 .. 11 b Rushby . b Smith .......... 8 lbw, b Smith ... 5 lbw, b Smith ... 5 c Spring, b Rush­ by ................... 0 lbw, b Smith ... 0 c Kirk, b Rushby 17 lbw, b Smith ... 0 not out .......... 0 B 1, lb 1........... 2 Total Total ... 53 First innings. S u r r e y . Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Warren ... ... 22 3 67 3 ... ... 10 2 50 3 Bestwick ... 19 3 78 4 ... ... 7 0 39 1 Morton ... ... 10 1 40 1 ... ... 6 1 IS 0 Bracey ... ... 7*1 1 13 2 ... ... 4 0 17 0 Cadman ... ... 103 4 14 3 Rickman ... ... 9 0 50 3 Warren bowled two no-balls and Bestwick one. D e r b y s h ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W. R u sh by.......... 12 3 28 5 . Smith .......... 14-1 5 25 4 .. Crawford ... 3 0 11 0 . Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 13-1 7 28 5 ... 13 4 23 5 At Trent on Thursday last Notts and Derbyshire Clergy, 117 for five wickets, innings closed (Rev. W. E. Penley, 64 not out) played Trent College, 123 for six wickets. OXFORD UNIVERSITY v. KENT. Played at Oxford on May 27, 28 and 29. Kent won by an innings and 4 runs. There was no play on Thursday owing to rain. It was found possible to start on Friday, but it is doubtful whether Oxford gained an advantage in winning the toss, for the wicket assisted the bowlers though scarcely to such an extent as to warrant the captain putting the county in. The University greatly missed Gilbert, who was asked to be at Edgbaston for the Test match and then was not required. Robinson, the fast bowler, was also away, disabled, and the bowling naturally suffered. Oxford lost five of their wickets for 50 runs, and it was due largely to a partnership of 40 by Hooman and Lagden (who punished Woolley for two 6’s) that the total reached 125. Carr, making his debut for the county, took five wickets for 65 and Woolley the remaining five for 56. After Fairservice had made 13 of the first 14 runs scored by Kent Seymour and Hardinge added 61 for the second wicket in 35 minutes and the latter and Woolley 75 for the third in 45. Hutchings, Day and Troughton made over 20 a-piece, and Kent gained a lead of 117 on the innings. Coxhead, an Eastbourne Freshman who played in place of Gilbert, at one period of the innings took three wickets for a single. In their second innings the University lost their first three wickets for 27, and although Hooman made another good score and Hurst obtained 27, the innings defeat could not be avoided. Score and analysis :— O xfo rd U n iv e r sity . First innings. C. P. Leese, c Day,b Woolley 10 A. J. Evans, c Huish, b Carr 11 R. Sale, b Carr ................... 0 C. V. L. Hooman, b Wool­ ley ..................................32 M. G. Salter, b Carr ........... 5 C. S. Hurst, b Woolley ... 2 Second innings, b Fairservice ... 0 b Fairsservice ... 11 c W o o l l e y , b Preston .......... 5 lbw, b Carr... . b Fairservice . c Hutchings, Woolley ... . R. O. Lagden, c Hutchings, b W oolley......................... 28 lbw, b Carr M. E. Coxhead, st Huish, b Woolley ............................ 9 b Woolley ... C. E. Hatfeild, c & b Carr... 14 b Woolley ... A. G. Pawson, b Carr ... 6 not out J. M. Lowe, not out .......... 4 b Fairservice Leg-byes .................. 4 Byes ... 84 10 27 0 13 Total . ...125 K en t. Total Hardinge, b Coxhead 62 A. P. Day, c Lagden, b Fairservice, b Lowe... 13 Low e.......................... 30 Seymour (Jas.), c L. H. W. Troughton, b Lees, b Coxhead ... 36 Hatfeild .................. 21 Woolley, c Lagden, b Huish, b L o w e .......... 2 Coxhead .................. 31 1). W. Carr, c Lagden, K. L. Hutchings, b b Hatfeild .......... 5 Coxhead .................. 22 Preston, not out 6 E. W. Dillon, b Cox- B 4, lb 3, nb 6 ... 13 head .......................... 1 — Total .......... 242 O xfo rd U n iv e r sity . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. K. W. W oolley.......... 21 2 56 5 ........... 15 6 36 3 C arr................. 20*5 2 65 5 ........... 12 1 30 2 Fairservice ... 12-1 4 28 4 Preston.......... 1 0 6 1 K ent . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Lowe ... 25 4 85 3 jCoxhead... 18 5 53 5 Hatfeild... 19‘5 4 70 2 |Evans .. 5 0 21 .0 Coxhead and Lowe each bowled three no-balls. BANK OF ENGLAND v. at Barnes on May 29. S tr e a t E. B. Miller, c Le- peaux, b Gillett 7 A. C. Taylor, c and b Gillett .................. 8 E. K. Shattock, b Bannister ........... 0 E. P. Pulbrook, lbw, b G ille tt................... 0 L. E. Gillett, b Ban­ nister .................. 14 J. F. W. ITooper b Bannister ........... 4 STREATHAM.—Played HAM. W. Taylor, b Bannister 2S R. J. Haworth, not out ........................28 G. S. Steed,b Gillett... 1 G. H. Bridge, lbw, b Gillett .................... 0 H. Wylde, c Seping- well, b Gillett ... 0 B 12, lb 2 ........14 Total ...104 Bannister, Hooper Gillett, c Haworth Wyldc .......... Hodson, b Wylde Bishopp, b Hooper B an k of E ngland . and b Sepingwell, not ou t. Ryan, retired ......... Michell, not out B 4, lb 4 ......... 28 27 15 8 Total (5 wkts)179 Gladstone, Hill, Eddie and Lepeaux did not bat.