Cricket 1909

CR ICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une i o , 1909. THE AUSTRAL IANS . 10 th M atch .— v. HAMPSHIRE. Played at Southampton on June 7 and 8. Australians won by six wickets. With Sprot, W. H. B. Evans and Fry away, Hamp­ shire were not at full strength, but they made a good fight on the opening day, scoring 131 and get­ ting rid of two of the best Australian batsmen for 34. The wicket had been rendered so soft by the heavy rain that not a ball could be bowled until 2.15, when Hampshire, having won the toss, took first innings. Off the second ball of the match, and with only a single scored, Bowell was caught at cover, and for a time runs came so slowly that eight consecutive overs realised only 10 in 20 minutes. Then, how­ ever, White hit three 4’s in an over off Laver, but was immediately afterwards caught-and-bowled in trying to pull a long-hop. With Llewellyn in the rate of run-getting was again slow. Whitty, having sent down seven overs for ssven runs, gave way to Noble, but the change was not rewarded with the fall of a wicket. Llewellyn, never comfortable, managed to stay in for 40 minutes for 9 and was then caught-and-bowled. Evans made a couple of good hits, but was fourth out at 78, Laver having taken all the wickets for 32 runs. Mead all this time had been playing himself in very carefully, but, having batted a couple of hours for 39, he was caught at 96 by Whitty off his own bow ling: he made some good drives and hit three 4’s. The ninth wicket fell at 106, but Remnant and Newman put on 25 in half-an-liour, the innings realising 131. Laver again bowled very well, and in the course of 31 overs took half-a-dozen wickets for 53 runs. Bardsley and Trumper scored so readily when the visitors went in that 32 were made in 20 minutes. Then, however, Trumper played-on, and in the next over, after Bardsley had been missed by Llewellyn, Noble was run out. Ten minutes before time play was stopped owing to bad light, two wickets being down for 34. On the second morning the conditions were much in favour of the bowlers, and low scoring was expected. In the second over Bardsley was run out and immediately afterwards Whitty was bowled, four wickets then being down for 39. McAlister and Armstrong added 22 together, and after the latter had been caught at slip off a rising ball New­ man got rid of Gregory and Macartney in an over. McAlister batted soundly for 40 minutes and then played-on, and, following his dismissal, Newman dismissed Hartigan and Laver with consecutive balls. Newman took eight wickets for 43 in the innings of 83, his analysis on the second morning being seven for 24. In Hampshire’s second innings Bowell was again dismissed by the second ball sent down, and only 6 had been made when Capt. White was bowled off his body. Then Mead and Llewellyn put on 32 in 30 minutes, but not without luck, for the former was missed by Bardsley and the latter by Noble. Laver bowled superbly, and when the seventh wicket fell, at 63, had taken six of them for only 17 runs. Hill played well and Stone stayed whilst 26 were put on for the eighth wicket. But the innings closed for 106, leaving the Australians 155 to win. Laver, bowling unchanged throughout, took seven wickets for 27 runs, making his record for the match thirteen for 80. The visitors lost Trumper at 17 and Noble at 24, but the association of Armstrong and Bardsley gradually pulled the game round. They remained in partnership until 101, when the latter was bowled, the stand having lasted 65 minutes and put on a very welcome 77. Armstrong remained until only 16 were required for victory, and-was then out to an easy catch at mid-off. lie played at admirable game after an uncertain start, and during the 90 minutes lie was in hit a 6 (ail on-drive) and nine 4’s. With McAlister in the remaining runs were obtained without further loss, the Australians winning a finely-contested game by six wickets. Score and analysis :— H a m p s h ir e . First innings. Bowell,c Gregory,b Laver... 0 Mead(P.),c and b Whitty... 39 Capt.W. N. White, c and b L a ver.................................. 21 Llewellyn, c and b Laver... 9 Commander B. S. Evans, b L a v er.................................. 7 A. J. L. Hill, b Whitty ... 7 E. C. Lee, c Bardsley, b Whitty ........................... 0 Stone, b Laver ...................10 Brown, c Hartigan, b Laver 7 Remnant, not out ...........11 Second innings. b Laver ........... 0 b Macartney ... 15 b Laver ........... b Laver ........... Newman .......................... 0 H. Carter, not out ........... 0 B 4, nb 1 ................... 5 B 4, lb 1, w 4 9 Total ...................83 ‘ Total (4 wkts)155 H a m p s h ir e . First innings. Sccond innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Laver ........... 31 12 53 6 ... ... 21 11 27 7 W h itty .......... 18 9 26 3 ... ... 6 1 24 2 Noble ........... 6 2 20 0 ... ... 4 0 14 0 Macartney ... 8*5 4 17 1 ... ... 8 1 31 1 Armstrong ... 3 1 6 0 ... ... 2 0 8 0 Whitty bowled one wide and Macartney one no-ball. A u s t r a l ia n s . First innings. Sccond innings. O. M. R. W. O. M R. W. Newman ... 11*2 1 43 8 ... .. 19 4 57 1 Mead .......... 6 2 23 0 ... ... 4 0 19 0 Llewellyn ... 5 0 12 0 ... ... 11 2 43 2 Brown ... 8 2 14 1 Hill ... . . . 2 1 4 0 Remnant ... 1 0 9 0 Newman, hit wkt, b Ma­ cartney ............................. 11 B 7, w 1, nb 1 ............ 9 Total ... ............131 b Laver b Whitty b Laver ... . not out ... . b Laver ... . c Armstrong, Whitty ... . c T r u m p e r , Laver ... . B 1, lb 1 Total... . ... 4 ... 36 . . 4 ... 12 1 A u st r a l ia n s . First innings. W. Bardsley, run out......... M. A. Noble, run out... . W. J. Whitty, b Newman.. P. A. McAlister, b Newman 2“ W. W. Armstrong, c Mead, Newman .......................... S. E. Gregory, c Bowell, b Newman .......................... C. G. Macartney, b New­ man .................................. R. J. Hartigan, b Newman F. Laver, c Remnant, b G l o u c e st e r sh ir e . Second innings. First innings. Second innings. 9 c Newman, b O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Llewellyn ... 4 Wass ........... 15 6 20 5 .. . ... 17 1 54 5 24 b Llewellyn ... 43 H allam .......... 14-1 4 23 5 .. ... 7*5 2 30 5 0 b Newman... ... 3 Riley . . ... 9 3 21 0 1 N o tt s . 27 not out ... 11 O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. c Llewellyn, b Dennett ... 19*2 7 34 5 . . ... 22 6 40 3 9 Brown ... ... 72 Mills .......... 19 7 34 4 . . ... 19 9 26 4 Parker . . ... 4 1 15 1 3 not out ... 13 Dennett bowled one wide and Mills three no-balls. Newman bowled one no-ball and Brown four wides. GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. NOTTS. Played at Gloucester on June 7 and 8. THE GLOUCESTER WEEK. Notts won by two wickets. Conditions favoured the bowlers to such an extent on Monday that during the day thirty wickets went down for 223 runs. Notts were without A. O. Jones, who was laid up with rheumatism, whilst Gloucester­ shire gave a trial to Capt. Marsden. In 80 minutes Hallam and Wass, bowling unchanged, got rid of the home side for 44, and Dennett and Mills, performing similarly, dismissed Notts for 69. Only two of the twenty-two players reached double figures. Lang­ don and Board, playing freely, made 29 for the first wicket in Gloucestershire’s second innings and Jessop made 14 in 25 minutes. The others, however, did little, the innings closing for 110, leaving Notts only 86 to win. On Tuesday Notts made the necessary runs but lost eight wickets in doing so. Score and analysis:— G l o u c e st e r sh ir e . First innings. Board, b Wass ................... Langdon, c Turner, b Hallam .......................... G. L. Jessop, b Wass........... Capt. E. Marsden,bHallam Dennett, b Wass.................. D. L. Priestley, b Hallam .. Dipper, lbw, b Hallam ... It. T. Godscll, b Wass Mills, c Turner, b Wass ... Huggins,c Turner,b Hallam Parker, not o u t .................. Bye .......................... Second innings, b Hallam ...........3i 0 b Wass.................. b Hallam .......... b Wass.................. c Alletson, b Wass cTurner.bHallam c Riley, b Wass ... b Wass.................. b Hallam ........... not out .......... lbw, b Hallam ... B 2, lb 3 ... Total .......... 44 N otts . First innings. Gunn (G.), c Jessop, b Den­ nett .................................. 0 Iremonger, c and b Mills... 7 Hardstaff, st Board, b Mills 6 Payton, c Jessop, b Mills... 6 Gunn (J,), run out ...........25 Alletson, c Mills, b Den­ nett ..................................12 N. C. V. Turner, c and b Dennett .......................... 0 Oates, c Dipper, b Dennett 8 Hallam, not o u t................... 3 Wass, b Mills .................. 1 Riley, b Dennett.................. 0 Bye .......................... 1 Total .......... 110 Sccond innings. b Parker .......... 8 c Jessop, b Den­ nett .................. 19 c Jessop, b Den­ nett .................. 15 c Jessop, b Mills 2 not out ........... 9 st Board, b Den­ nett ................... 8 b M ills........... b M ills......... lbw, b Mills not out Total 69 B 2, w 1, nb 3 6 Total (8 wkts) 87 WORCESTERSHIRE v. MIDDLESEX. Played at Worcester on June 7 and 8. Middlesex won by seven wickets. The sun shining brightly after the heavy rain which had fallen gave the bowlers much assistance and runs were always hard to get. Bowley and Foster made 31 for Worcestershire’s first wicket in three-quarters of an hour, and at the end of 60 minutes the latter had scored only 10. Arnold was bowled at 35 and Pearson at 62, but Burns and Foster did so well that at lunch the score was 102 for four wickets. After the interval, however, a collapse took place, the last six wickets going down for 20 in half-an-hour and the innings closing for 122. The wicket had been gradually improving and was much better when Middlesex went in thau it had been at the start of play. After Tarrant and Wyatt had been dismissed for 34 Hendren and Warner added 46 in 45 minutes and the latter and Murrell 59, of which number the wicket-keeper, hitting finely, made 46—in 35 minutes. Warner batted steadily for 130 minutes and was fifth out, at 139. Trott afterwards reached double figures and at the close of play 173 had been scored for nine wickets. Middlesex obtained a lead of 56 on the innings. Although eight of the Worcestershire players reached double figures when they went in the second time, the batting was disappointing and Middlesex, set only 109 to win, won by seven wickets. Score and analysis W o r c e s t e r sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. H. K. Foster, c Trott, b st Murrell, b Tar- J. W. Hearne ...................34 r a n t.....................10 Bowley, c Hebden, b Tar- c Tarrant, b Mig­ rant ..................................24 Arnold, b J. T. Hearne ... 1 32 Pearson, b Tarrant ...........11 W. B. Burns, bJ.W . Hearne 36 Cuffe, b Tarrant ................... 0 R. S. Brinton, b Tarrant... 0 G. H. Simpson-Hayward, b Tarrant .......................... 1 Burrows, not out ........... 9 Bale, lbw, b Tarrant........... 0 Hickton, b J. W. Hearne ... 0 non c Warner, b Tar­ rant .................. 8 cWyatt,b Tarrant 17 b Mignon ...........10 c Hebden, b Tar­ rant .................. 30 cWyatt, b Tarrant 1 c Hebden, b Mig- W. B 5, lb 1 Total ... non b Tarrant not out lb w , b J. Hearne ............. 17 B 8, lb 2, nb 1 11 Total............164 ........122 M id d l e s e x . First innings. P. F. Warner, b Cuffe ... 44 Tarrant, c Bowley, b Cuffe 5 H. D. Wyatt, c Burns, b Hickton .......................... 9 b S.-Hayward Hendren, lbw, b Pearson... 20 lbw,bS.-Hayward Secondinnings. not out .......... not out ........... Murrell, b S.-Hayward ... 46 c J.W. Heame, b S.-Hayward 1 G. L. Hebden, c Hickton, b S -Hayward ................... 7 Trott, c Foster, b Cuffe ... 16 ------- •— ' 0 6 4 20 sub, b S.-Hay- ward .......... J. T. Hearne, b S.-Hayward Rawlin, b S.-Hayward Mignon, not o u t........... B 14, lb 5, nb 1 Total First innings. ...178 Tarrant.......... J. T. Hearne... Trott .......... J. W. Hoarne Cuffe ... Arnold ... Hickton... S.-Hayward... 12-1 Pearson.......... 4 O. M. R. W. 29 10 42 6 ... 14 2 35 1 ... 9 0 21 0 ... 5-4 0 18 3 ... M ignon... Tarrant bowled one no-ball. M id d l e s e x . M. R. W. 7 82 3 ... 2 28 2 9 3 24 O 33 12 4 0 . 1 . 5 . 0 15 1 . Burns . Burrows Pearson bowled one no-ball. B 2., nb 1 .. 3 Total (3 wkts)109 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 36 5 77 6 9-3 6 10 1 ... 26 4 66 3 10 yO. M. R. W. .d x 0 23 0 . ? 5 0 20 0 ... 9 0 25 3 ... 3 1 14 0 ... 2 0 7 0 ... 3*4 0 17 0