Cricket 1909

J une io , 1909. CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 187 T h e Cambridge captain has awarded their Blue to J. W. W. N a son and J. Bruce Lockhart. I t is interesting to note that on Monday last both Lancashire and Yorkshire won the toss and put their opponents in. There, however, the coincidence ended, for whereas the former won easily by an innings and over 100 runs, Yorkshire were beaten by seven wickets. The fine victory by Kent will make them stronger favourites than ever for the Champion­ ship, notwithstanding how much depends upon the efforts of Blythe and Fielder. The wicket at Huddersfield on Monday did not prove so treacherous as was anticipated by the home side, but the Yorkshire bowling was nevertheless disappointing. Whilst giving Kent every credit for their success, it must not be forgotten that last year’s Champions played an uphill game—it was almost a hopeless task they had before them— to perfection. To follow-on 250 in arrears early on the second day against so strong a side as Kent would have disheartened many teams, but the Yorkshiremen showed that they still possess the ability to give of their best when the odds are heaviest against them. They were beaten, it is true, but their conquerors did not monopolise the honours of the game. CRICKET AT OXFORD. SENIORS v. FRESHMEN. Played on June 3, 4 and 5. No Blues assisted the Seniors, and Hooman and Latham, who were chosen, gave way to Hextall and Burr. The match was drawn. Score and analysis:— T h e S e n io r s . First innings. Second innings. C. P. Leese, b Coxhead ... 3 b Coxhead.......... 0 D.H.C.Dunell, bLeCouteur 10 b Coxhead.......... 1 R. L. L. Braddell, b Le c Le Couteur, b Couteur ..........................37 Lagden ............32 F. B. Burr, st Gilroy, b Le c Altham, b Cox- Couteur .......................... 7 h ead................16 C. Hextall, b Coxhead ... 1 K. Raynor, b Coxhead ... 52 not out..............31 C. K. Langley, b Coxhead 20 F. H. Turner, c Le Couteur, b Cartwright .................. 23 not o u t .............72 R. W. F. Jesson, not o u t... 25 M. K. Mackenzie, b Cart­ wright.................................. 0 J. C. Barley, b Cartwright 3 B 17, lb 5, w 2, nb 3 27 B 22, w 1, nb 1 24 Total ...208 Total (4 wkts)176 A. J. Evans,run out... 32 H. S. Altham, b Mac­ kenzie ...................76 R. Sale, c Burr, , b Turner ........... "... 27 A. D. Womersley, b B raddell................... 5 G.W. Cattley, bTurner 0 R. O. Lagden, c Hex­ tall, b Braddell ... 0 J•B. Brooks, b Turner 4 T h e F restim en . G. H. M. Cartwright, not out .................. 32 P. R. Le Couteur, b Mackenzie .......... 1 M. E. Coxhead, lbw, b Mackenzie .......... 2 G. B. Gilroy, c Dun- nell, b Jesson...........11 B 4, lb 2, w 1 ... 7 Total ...197 Le Couteur Coxhead... Cartwright Lagden ... Evans ... T h e S e n io r s . First innings. O. M. R. W. Second innings. 21 21 18 9 4 68 3 6 38 4 . 1 38 3 , 2 14 0 . 1 23 0 . Sale . O. 10 9 8 4 4 3 R. W. 0 42 0 0 30 3 0 38 0 1 23 1 1 10 0 0 9 0 T h e F r e s h m e n . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W Langley... 3 0 31 0 I Braddell.. 8 1 16 2 Jesson ... 9*4 0 40 1 Turner ... 15 2 36 3 Mackenzie 24 6 46 3 | Raynor... 4 0 21 0 Braddell bowled one wide. THE TURNING OP THE WORM. [From his severe strictures on modern cricket journalists Dr. Grace, in “ W. G.’s little book,’ specially exempts Mr. S. H. Pardon.] To Doctor Grace we raise a song Of pious admiration, But, when he prods us with a prong, We simply say “ ----- nation. ” By “ we, ” of course, I mean ourselves, Excepting Sydney Pardon, Whose “ Wisden’s,” taken from our shelves, We study in the garden. We are a pretty hardened crew, Put, when we see a gaper, We do not always make a stew About it in our paper. Nor do we write such tommy rot, About the swerve or shooters, As many amateurs who dot Their i’s, or talk of “ rooters. ” ’ Tis true that tears we sometimes shed, When amateurs disdainful Step in where angels fear to tread, And write, in English painful, About why Warner travelled south, With Fielder in his pocket, Or what a pretty kissing mouth Has Jane in X’s locket. We think we know a thing or two About the game of cricket, And when we see a bowler, who Takes wicket after wicket, And hits the batsman on the nose, Or outs him with a low one, We say the bowling sometimes rose; The pitch seemed not a slow one. But, when the Doctor gives to us A dose of paregoric, And says we must not make a fuss About details historic, We see that he is poking fun, For he has written pages, In journals like the Post and Sun , About the middle ages. W. A. B ettesw orth . CRICKET IN SCOTLAND. FORFARSHIRE v. CLACKMANNAN COUNTY. Played at Forthill, Broughty, on June 5th and won by Forfarshire by 80 runs. Score:— F o r f a r s h ir e . R. G. Tait, run out ... 43 G. M. Clegliorn, b W est.......................... 9 J. A. Kyde, c J. Younger, b West ... 19 A. Lindsay, b W est... 9 W. Stewart, b Bowie.. 10 R. M. Lindsay, b Perry ...................50 W. Ovenstone, b West 22 T. H. B. ltorie, not out 25 G. K. Chalmers, c Moir, b Perry........... 2 L. G. W. Wilkinson, run out ................... 5 Ringrose, b West ... 1 Byes, &c............... 2 Total .197 C l a c k m a n n a n C o u n t y . T. A. Bowie, c Cleg- horne, b Lindsay ... 6 R.Cairns, st Chalmers, b Lindsay ........... 0 West, run out ...........19 J.Younger, b Lindsay 24 A. G. Moir, b Ring- rose .......................... 0 C. F.Younger, b Ring- rose ......................... 17 R. Marshall, b Ring- rose .......................... 1 T. Scott, c Tait, b Lindsay ................... 5 J. Harley, not out ... 13 S. S. Perry, b Ringrose 8 R. M’Ewan, b Wilkin­ son .......................... 20 Byes, &c............... 4 Total ...117 ESSEX v. SURREY. Played at Leyton on June 7, 8 and 9. Surrey won by eight wickets. On a wicket soft after the previous heavy ram, batsmen found much difficulty in making runs on Monday. Essex were without McGahey and Surrey lacked the services of Hayward and Leveson-Gower. Winning the toss, Essex went in first and, after a little successful hitting, Smith and Rushby proved very effective. The first wicket fell at 23 and the third— Douglas’— at 44. Then at 48 Gillingham, Fane and Russell (A. E.) were all sent back. Free­ man made a dozen and Benham and Russell (E.) put on 18 for the ninth wicket and the latter and Mead 34 for the last. Mead's successful hitting proved very popular: Russell (E.) batted 70 minutes for 25 and carried out his bat. Surrey lost Marshal at 6 and a run later Hayes was injured by a ball from Mead and obliged to retire. Hobbs, Crawford, and Harrison had all been dismissed by the time 29 had been scored, and at that point Hayes came in again and made a useful stand with Davis. Hayes made some excellent drives and obtained his 56 without a chance in an hour and a half : his stand with Davis for the sixth wicket realised 46 in 35 minutes. Surrey gained a lead of 9 on the innings and in the last few minutes of the day Essex made 7 without loss. On the following morning Benham and Douglas added 35 after two wickets had fallen for 31, the latter batting 55 minutes for 7. The rest of the innings was marked by a fine innings of 72 by Perrin, who played a really great game for his side, and was last man out. He hit six 4’s and in partnership with Freeman put on 53 for the seventh wicket in 70 minutes. Surrey were set 183 to win and made a good start, Hobbs and Harrison scoring 46 for the first wicket of which number the latter was responsible for 20. Hobbs was bowled at 61, and after his dismissal Hayes and Ducat put on 44 without being separated. Yesterday, despite several bowling changes, the runs were hit off without further loss, Surrey winning by eight wickets. rl he unfinished partnership of Hayes and Ducat realised 122. Score and analysis E ss e x . First innings. J. W. H. T. Douglas, b Sm ith.................................. 28 Reeves, b Sm ith .................. 9 P. A. Perrin, run out ... 3 F. L. Fane, c Strudwick, b Rushby .......................... Rev. F. H. Gillingham, b Sm ith.................................. Freeman (J.), hit wkt, b Rushby .......................... Russell (A. C.), c Smith, b Rushby .......................... Russell (E.), not o u t ......... Buckenham, c Davis, b Rushby .......................... Benham, c Hobbs, b Smith Mead (W.), b Crawford ... B 5, lb 2 ................... Total Second innings. b L e e s ................. 7 lbw, b Rushby ... 5 c Davis, b Craw­ ford .................. 72 6 lbw, b Crawford.. 2 c Davis, b Lees... 7 c Strudwick, b Lees...................19 c Rushby, b Lees 6 b Rushby ........... 2 not out ........... 4 b Crawford.......... 37 b Rushby .........13 B 12, nb 5 ... 17 Total U S S u r r e y . First innings. Hobbs, c Perrin, b Mead ... 10 b Douglas Marshal, c Russell (E.), b Buckenham .................... 0 Hayes, run out ......... . ... 56 notout Ducat, b Buckenham ... 11 not out J. N. Crawford, b Bucken- 191 Second innings. , 69 61 ham .................................. S Harrison, b Buckenham ... 3 b Douglas ...........20 Davis, c Douglas, b Reeves 21 Smith (W. C.), b Bucken­ ham .................................. 5 Lees, b Buckenham ... ... 2 Strudwick, c Fane, b Buckenham ................... 0 Rushby, not ou t................... 5 B 4, lb 2 ................... 6 B10, lb 3 ... 13 Total ................. 127 Total (2 wkts)183 E s s e x . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R W. Smith ........... 27 7 56 4 ... ... 10 1 29 0 R ushby........... 26 9 55 4 ... ... 18 7 41 3 Crawford ... 0*2 0 0 1 ... ... 24-1 8 43 3 Lees ... ... 33 11 59 4 Hayes ... 1 0 2 0 Rushby bowled four no-balls and Lees one. S u r r e y . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Buckenham... 19 8 39 7 ... ... 18 2 48 0 Mead ........... 15 2 51 1 ... ... 24 5 52 0 Douglas........... 2 0 9 0 ... ... 10 0 35 2 Reeves ........... 9 3 22 1 ... ... 7-5 1 25 0 Benham . . . 5 1 10 0