Cricket 1909

Jun e 3 , 1909 . CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. T H E AU S T R A L I A N S . 8 th M a tc h .— v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Leicester on May 31, Juue 1 and 2. Drawn. Fine weather favoured the start of this match, and 5,000 people were present when the first ball was bowled. Odell assisted the county and the Australians made three alterations in their side, McAlister, Laver and Hartigan taking the places of Noble, Bardsley and Armstrong. The home side had first use of the true wicket; and, after losing Wood at 11, made a good stand. Knight and King played attractive cricket, but each was favoured by fortune, the former being missed by Carter when 18 and the latter by Hartigan at slip when 7. Fifty were made in 50 minutes and a little later Cotter and Whitty, who had commenced the bowling, gave way to O’Connor and Macartney. Three figures went up an hour and a-half from the start, and King reached 50 after batting 85 minutes, and Knight after being in a quarter of an hour longer. At 136, when the second wicket had added 125 in 110 minutes, King was howled by Cotter for a very good innings of 60, which contained ten 4’s, the majority of them fine cuts. Jayes and Coe did little, and when Knight was caught at the wicket at 186 half the wickets were down. Like King, the player named hit ten 4’s and made some excellent strokes on the off side: he made his 78 out of 186 in 170 minutes. The latter part of Leicestershire’s innings was marked by a finely-hit effort on the part of Crawford, who, driving with much power, reached 52 out of 73 in 50 minutes, and, in all, made 74 out of 104 in an hour and a-quarter. He gave no chance, hit thirteen 4’s, and was out to a splendid cateli at mid-off by Macartney, who took the ball low down off a very hard hit. The innings of 272 lasted f<ur hours. Laver, the most successful bowler, was very steady, but Cotter sent down several loose balls. In the last 50 minutes of the day the Australians made 46 for the loss of Trumper, who was run out at 32 owing to a misunderstanding with Macartney. Rain prevented a ball being bowled on Tuesday until a quarter to four. With 6 added both Macart­ ney and Ransford were dismissed, and at 72 Gregory was out to a good catch at slip. Cotter, driving with great power, made all the next 35 runs in 10 minutes, hitting three 6 ’s (two off coi secutive balls from King) and three 4’s : he received only thirteen balls. When five wickets were down for 116 rain came down and prevented further play. Yesterday no play was possible until half-past one, and then the Australians did poorly on the slow wicket. McAlister fell to the second ball sent down, and only Hartigan scored with any freedom. The county led by 00 on the innings, and, having made 85 for half their wickets when they went in the second time, declared, but time did not allow a definite result to be reached. Score and analysis L eicestersh ire . First innings. King, b Cotter ... . 60 c C. J. B. Wood, b Whitty ... 1 Knight, c Carter, b Laver 78 Jayes, hit wkt. b Laver ... 9 Coe, lbw, b Laver .......... 1 »• F. S. Crawford, c Macartney, b Whitty ... 74 Whitehead, lbw, b Laver .. 6 Astill, e Cotter, b Whitty... 8 Sir A. Hazlerigg, c McAlister, b Laver ... 0 " •W. Odell, c Ransford, b Laver..................................14 J. Shields, not out ......... 2 B 5, lb 8 , w 1, nb 5 ... 19 Second innings. Hartigan, b Laver .......10 c Tr umpc r , b Whitty .......14 not o u t ............... 4 c Laver, b Whitty 24 b Macartney ... 32 c McAlister, b Whitty ......... 0 Lb Total ..................272 Total (5 wkts) *85 * Innings declared closed. A u stralian s . R. J. Hartigan, not out ... .................. 45 J. A. O’Connor, st Shields, b Odell ... 2 F. Laver, e Astill, b King.......................... 5 H. Carter, b Odell ... 3 W. J. Whitty, b Jayes ... *.........io B 9, nb 2 ...........li C. G. Macartney, ^ Whitehead, b Astill 8 v * T. Trumper, run out ............................23 S. Ransford, c Astill b King .................. 13 S. E. Gregory.c Craw­ ford, b King ........... 11 A. McAlister, hit wkt, b Odell ... ... 16 A. Cotter, c Jayes, b A still.......................... 35 Total ..182 Second innings: V. T. Trumper, not out, 26: A. l ° a ! m \ c Jayes>b Odell, 3 ; R. J. Hartigan, c Jayes, o Astill, 16 ; J. A. O’Connor, not out, 0 ; B 1, w 1 - 2. rotal (2 wkts), 47. L eicestersh ire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cotter ... ... 19 2 62 1 ... Whitty ... ... 21 5 59 3 .. 14 3 40 3 O’Connor ... 5 0 27 0 ... Macartney . . 8 2 25 0 ... 4-1 1 13 1 Laver ... 26-2 4 80 6 ... ... 10 1 31 1 Cotter bowled one wide and five no-balls. A u stralian s . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Jayes ... 10 3 29 1 ... Odell ... ... 22 7 49 3 ... 7 0 26 1 Astill ... 14 4 40 2 ... ... 7 1 16 1 King ... 21 10 53 3 ... Crawford i 0 3 0 King bowled two no-balls and Odell a wide. ESSEX v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Leyton on May 31 and June 1. Essex won by four wickets. When play commenced on Monday the ground had not quite recovered from the previous heavy rain, the consequence being that runs never came easily. During the day 275 were made for eighteen wickets. Derbyshire, captained by Lawton, had throe wickets down for 7, but a good innings by Chapman effected a great improvement, especially as Warren helped him to add 53 for the fourth wicket in 40 minutes and W right 35 for the fifth in 20. He made his 52 out of 104 in 95 minutes, hit five 4’s and made some capital strokes to leg. Rick­ man afterwards made 36 out of 46 in three-quarters of an hour, but the innings closed for 147. Mead, who might have been tried more considering the state of the wicket, had the best analysis. Essex lost Fane at 6 , but Perrin and Douglas did so well that the score was taken to 70 with only one wicket down. At that point Morton was put on, and he quickly brought about a change in the game. Perrin was at once dismissed, and at 75 Douglas, who had batted an hour and a-half for 29, was caught at point. McGahey, fourth out (at 87), was in nearly half an hour for a single. Of the others only Gillingham, who fell to a fine catch at slip, reached double figures, and when play ceased Essex, with two wickets in hand, were still 19 runs behind. On the second morning, owing chiefly to Freeman and Mead, who put on 21 in a-quarter of an hour, the Essex total was taken to 158. Morton took six wickets for 38 runs in fifteen overs. When Derby­ shire went in the second time Wright created enthusiasm by playing in his old form. Before being lbw he made 44 out of 71 in 70 minutes. Needham helped him to make 22 for the first wicket and Cadman 49 for the second. Chapman was third out, at 85, and two runs later lunch was taken 15 minutes earlier than usual owing to bad light. After the interval Buckenham bowled with such effect that the outstanding seven wickets went down for 45 in 50 minutes. Cadman played a fine game and was the only man to make any resistance against the fast bowler, who took his last five wickets for 21 runs. Set 122 to win, Essex lost Douglas, Perrin, Fane and Freeman for 37, whilst McGahey was bowled at 65, half the side then being out. Gillingham, however, played a great but not quite faultless game, scoring 55 in 80 minutes and left when only five runs were required: with Reeves he put on 42 in 40 minutes. The remaining runs were made without further loss, Essex winning as stated. Score and analysis :— D e r b ysh ir e . First innings. Second innings. Needham, c Russell, b Douglas .......................... 3 b Douglas .......... 8 Morton, c Fane, b Bucken­ ham .................................. 4 b Buckenham ... 6 Cadman, lbw, b Douglas ... 0 b Buckenham ... J. Chapman, lbw, b Doug- c Mead, b Ben­ ias ................................. 52h a m ........................ Warren, st Russell, b Mc- Gahey..................................20 L. G. Wright, c and b Mead 18 A. E. Lawton, b Douglas... 1 58 R B. Rickman, b Bucken­ ham ..................................36 Humphries, lbw, b Mead... 6 Bracey, not out .................. 0 Bestwick, b Mead .......... 3 B 1, lb 2, nb 1 .......... 4 Total ..................147 E ssex . First innings. F. L. Fane, st Humphries, b Cadm an.......................... 0 J. W. H. T. Douglas, c Wright, b Morton .......... 29 b Buckenham ... 1 lbw, b Benham... 44 lbw, b Bucken­ ham ................... c Russell, b Buck- enham .......... c Perrin, b Doug­ las .................. not out .......... c Perrin, b Buck­ enham .......... B 1, lb 6 ... Total............132 Second innings. b Warren ..............20 c Cadman, b Bcst- w ick................... 0 P. A. Perrin, c Humphries, c Needham, b b Morton .......................... 46 Bestwick ... 3 C. P. McGahey, b Morton 1 b Warren ... 2 Rev. F. H. Gillingham, c c Humphries, b Needham, b Morton 25 Bestwick ... 55 Freeman (J.), not out 18 c Humphries, b Reeves, c Warren, b BestWarren ... ... 1 wick ... .................. 9 not out ... 32 Buckenham, lbw, b Morton 4 not out ... 2 Benham, lbw, b Morton ... 0 Russell (E.), b Cadman ... 11 Mead, c Warren, b Best­ wick .................................. 9 Lb 5, w 1 .................. 6 B 7, lb 1 ... 8 Total .................. 158 Total (6 wkts)123 D er b ysh ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Buckenham ..,. 16 3 45 2 ..........11-5 2 40 6 Douglas......... 15 2 40 4 ........... 12 1 56 2 McGahey .11 1 27 1 .. Benham......... . 3 0 15 0 ........... 6 1 24 2 Mead . 8-5 3 16 3 ........... 6 4 5 0 Buckenham delivered one no-ball. E ssex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. w . W arren......... . 6 1 31 0 ,......... 9-3 1 46 3 Cadman .. ... 21 13 24 2 ... ... 8 5 11 0 Bestwick ,. 23-3 8 52 2 .,.........14 3 41 3 B ra cey ......... . 2 0 7 0 ., M orton.........,. 15 4 38 6 ..!! 3 0 17 0 Warren bowled a wide. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY v. FREE FORESTERS. Played at Cambridge on May 31, June 1 and 2. Drawn. The Free Foresters placed a powerful side in the field, but the University were not at full strength. The visitors lost half their wickets for 191, but W. G. Druce and Branston put on 152 for the sixth in 100 minutes. The latter batted just over two hours for 104, hitting well all round the wicket and making eighteen 4’s. When stumps were drawn the Uni­ versity had lost two wickets for 28 in reply to a total of 405. There was little play on Tuesday, nothing being done before two o’clock, and yesterday the match w'as drawn in favour of the visitors. Score and analysis :— F ree F oresters . B. Meakin, st Tufnell, b Lockhart ..............19 E. J. Metcalfe, b Olivier ......................38 N. F. Druce, c Tufnell, b O livier......................64 W. B. Cowie, e Buch­ anan, b Lockhart... 49 G. T. Branston, c Buchanan, b Lock­ hart ............................104 M.C. Bird, b Buchanan 5 W. G. Druce, c Buch­ anan, b Lockhart... 77 E. C. Mordaunt, c Collins, b Ireland... 21 H. W . Priestley, b Lockhart ........... 8 P.W. Cobbold, not out 1 R. H. Gillespie, c Nason, b Lockhart 3 B 11, lb 3, w 2 ... 16 Total ...405 C am bridge U n iversity . First innings. J. W. W. Nason, c Cobbold, b Gillespie....................... 21 J. B. Lockhart, bCobbold 14 D. C. Collins, lbw, b Cob­ bold ................................... 1 M. Falcon, c N. F. Druco, b Gillespie........................... 3 F. T. Mann, cW . G. Druce, b Gillespie........................... 0 J. F. Ireland, bGillespie ... 25 Second innings, notout..................59 J. N. Buchanan, run o u t... 12 H. E. W. Prest, b Branston 3 A. W. Griffin, runout ... 41 N. C. Tufnell, c N. F. Druce, b G illespie.......... 15 E. Olivier, not out .......... 4 B 7, lb 2 .................. 9 ...148 c Priestley, b Cob­ bold ..................36 not out .......... 28 c Priestley, b Cobbold........... 7 c Branston, b Gil* lespie ........... 7 Byes ........... 3 Total (3 wkts)140 Total F ree F oresters . O. M. Ii. W. O. M. R. W. Olivier ... 26 5 103 2 I Griffin ... 6 1 29 0 Buchanan. 15 0 62 1 Falcon ... 11 1 46 0 Lockhart... 34'4 1 141 6 |Ireland ... 3 0 8 1 Olivier bowled two wides. C am bridge U n iv e r sity . First innings. O. M. R. W. Cobbold........... 5 2 9 2 .. Gillespie ... 22'4 4 73 5 .. Branston ... 183 57 1 ., Priestley .. Second innings. O. 22 11 M. R. W. 11 49 2 3 41 1 1 37 0 0 10 0