Cricket 1909

J une i o , 1909. CR ICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. i8g DERBYSHIRE v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Derby on June 7, 8 and 9. Leicestershire won by 165 runs. On an easy wicket on Monday the play was very slow and uninteresting, only ‘255 runs being made in five hours for twelve wickets. Leicestershire started very well, Knight and Wood making 54 for the first wicket in 65 minutes and the latter and King adding 87 for the second in 95, but no one else did much and the innings closed for 216. Wood, fourth out (at 152), batted nearly three hours for 69 : he was missed at the wicket when 24 and hit only two 4’s. At the end of the day Derbyshire scored 39 for the loss of Oliver and Cadman. On Tuesday the home side fared so disastrously for a time that seven wickets went down for 66. But Lawton and Humphries helped Morton to add 53 and 50 repectively, and the total reached 189. Morton batted 170 minutes for his most useful 74 and hit three 4’s. In Leicestershire’s second innings Wood batted well for 49. He was third out, at 113, but after he left three more wickets fell for 9 runs. Crawford and Astill, however, added 109 for the seventh wicket in an hour, quite pulling the game round ; the former, by the time play ceased, had made 83 without being beaten. Yesterday Crawford took his score to 107 before being caught at m id-off: he hit a 6 and twelve 4’s and made his runs at the rate of one a minute. Derbyshire, set 320 to win, lost their first three wickets for 16 and by lunch had six down for 88. After the interval there was a little successful hitting, but Leicestershire always had the game well in hand, and won by the margin stated. Score and analysis:— L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . b 41 First innings. Knight, c Humphries, Warren ................... C. J. B. Wood, run out King, st Humphries, Cadman ........................... Jayes, c Langton, b Cadman 5 Coe, c Cadman, b Warren 6 V. F. S. Crawford, c Hum­ phries, b Bestwick.......... 14 Whitehead, b Bestwick ... 4 Astill,c Warren, b Bestwick 5 Sir A. Hazlerigg, c Chap­ man, b Bestwick ...........13 Shipman, not out ...........14 Shields, b Cadman .......... 2 B 14, lb 4, nb 4 ...........22 ...........216 Second innings. b Warren run out 49 Total b Bestwick..............21 b Warren .......... 34 c Lawton, b Cad­ man ................... 0 c Needham, b Bestwick ...107 lbw, b Warren ... 4 c C a dm an , b W arren..............26 not out .......... 9 lbw, b Warren ... 19 b Warren ........... 9 B4, w 1, nb 2... 7 Total............292 D e r b y s h ir e . First innings. L. Oliver, b Jayes ........... 0 Morton, st Shields, b Woods 74 Cadman, c Whitehead, b Shipman .......................... Needham, b Jayes ........... J. Chapman, b Jayes.......... Warren, b Jayes.................. L. G. Wright, b Jayes Langton, lbw, b King A. E. Lawton, st Shields, b King.................................. Humphries, not o u t .......... Bestwick, b Jayes .......... B 2, w 1, nb 2 ........... Second innings. not out .......... 20 c Hazlerigg, b Jayes .......... 4 b K ing........... c and b Astill b Jayes b K ing........... bJayes b Jayes c Shields, b Astill 29 lbw, b Astill ... 20 b Jayes .......... 18 B 9, w 1, nb 1 11 Total Total ...154 L e ic e st e r sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. Cadman O. M. R. W. 0. M R. W. ... 24-3 6 85 3 .. ... 17 4 42 1 Bestwick ... 26 7 62 4 ... ... 25 3 104 2 Morton ... ... 16 3 42 0 ... ... 7 0 •21 0 Warren ... ... 19 4 37 2 ... ... 27-1 4 S6 6 Lawton ... ... 1 0 8 0 ... ... 3 1 10 0 Langton... ... 8 2 20 0 ... ... 5 0 22 0 Morton bowled five no-balls and Cadman one, and Bestwick one wide. D e r b y s h ir e . First innings. Second innings, n Ttf r w Jayes Astill ... King Shipman C oe........... Wood Astill, Shipman and Jayes bowled one no-ball each, and King and Wood bowled one wide each. O. M. R. W. O. M. K. w. 20-5 3 62 6 ... ... 17 1 77 5 12 2 27 0 ... ... 32 4 29 3 19 4 44 2 ... ... 12 2 29 2 0 2 25 1 ... ... 2 0 8 0 5 2 10 0 ... 3 0 16 1 ... 2 2 0 0 YORKSHIRE v. KENT. Played at Huddersfield on June 7, 8 and 9. Kent won by seven wickets. As the pitch had not recovered from the heavy rain and the day was fine, Badcliffe, upon winning the toss, sent Kent in. Runs did not come very easily, but the visitors managed to stay in for ten minutes less than five hours for 319, giving an excellent disjjlay. They lost Dillon at 29, but Humphreys and Seymour put on 43 in 40 minutes. Neither Hutchings nor Woolley reached double figures and when Seymour was caught-and-bowled by Haigh half the side were out for 130. Seymour made his 62 out of 101 in 100 minutes and hit seven 4’s, the majority of them drives. Day and Hardinge played a most valuable game for their side, and during the 95 minutes they were together put on exactly 100 for the sixth wicket. Day hit six 4’s in making 56 out of 118 in 110 m inutes: he had one great piece of luck, however, a ball fiom Hirst hitting his leg-stump without removing a bail. Hardinge, missed at the wicket when 27, batted two hours and a-quarter for 55 and hit seven 4’s. At the end of the innings Huish hit freely and well for 50 minutes, making nine 4’s in his 46. The Yorkshire bowling did not prove so effective as had been anticipated, Hirst, Rhodes and Haigh all being expensive. In the last 15 minutes of the day Yorkshire made 5 runs for the loss of Wilson and Hunter. On the second day the score was only 9 when Fielder in the course of a single over got rid of Denton, Rothery and Hirst in four balls, half the side then being out. Rhodes was sixth out, at 28, and although Bates, Newstead and Myers reached double figures, Yorkshire had to follow-on 250 behind. Fielder took six wickets in 15 overs for 36 runs, keeping a fine length and maintaining a great pace. After making a good hit for 4, Wilson was well caught and bowled by Fielder, one hand, low down, half-way down the pitch. Denton, when 10, was missed in the long-field by Hardinge, but at 45 was bowled by Fairservice, who went on for an over before lunch in place of Fielder. At 61 Rothery was caught at slip, but then Rhodes was joined by Hirst and a great improvement took place. Tho pair remained together for just over two hours, and by very fine cricket added 149 for the fourth wicket—a most valuable stand. A little later Rhodes completed his hundred and was then caught at slip. He made his 101 out of 219 in 195 minutes without a chance, hit twelve 4’s, and played a great game for his side. By plucky cricket Bates and Newstead put on 51 for the seventh wicket in 25 minutes and the latter and Radcliffe 31 for the eighth. At the end of the day Newstead, who was twice missed when 40, carried out his bat for 41, and Yorkshire with eight wickets down were only 75 runs on. Yesterday Newstead and Haigh remained together until their stand for the ninth wicket had added 43, and then Newstead, who had batted 100 minutes for 51, was caught at point. Hunter helped to put on 19 more and, the innings closing for 364, Kent were set 115 to win. Fielder took seven wickets for 128 runs in the long innings, his analysis for the match being thirteen for 164. When Kent went in Dillon was out before a run was made, but Humphreys and Seymour made a useful stand, and, although Hutchings failed to score, Kent won by seven wickets. Score and analysis:— K e n t . First innings. Second innings. E. W. Dillon, c Hunter, b cRothery,bN ew- H ir s t.................................. 17 stead ............. 0 Humphreys, c and b Haigh 22 not out ...........59 Seymour, c and b Haigh ... 62 bNewstead... K. L. Hutchings, c Bates, b Newstead .................. 9 Woolley, c Hunter, b Hirst 9 A. P. Day, c Radcliffe, b N ew stead..........................56 Hardinge, b Hirst ...........55 Fairservice, b H ir s t........... 5 Huish, c Haigh, b New­ stead ................... ...........46 Blythe, c Hunter, b Rhodes 4 Fielder, not o u t ..................13 B 12, lb 9 ..................21 D en ton , Rhodes ... not out B 4, lb 4 Total .......... 319 Y o r k s h ir e ........ 1 .. 11 b ... 4 b Wilson, run out .. Rhodes, b Fielder Hunter, c Hutchings, Fielder .................. D ento^ c Hutchings Fielder .......................... 2 Rothery, c Huish, b Fielder 0 Hirst, c Humphreys, b Fielder .......................... 0 Bates, b B ly th e .................. 14 Newstead, c Seymour, b Blythe ........... ...........11 Myers, b B lyth e..................13 E. J. Badcliffe, c Huish, b Fielder .......................... 1 Haigh, not out .................. 9 Leg-byes ................... 3 Total (3 wkts) 115 c and b Fielder... 7 c Dillon,b Fielder 101 b Blythe .......... 6 28 61 Total 69 b Fairservice c Hutchings, Fielder ... c S e y m o u r, Fielder ... c Huish, b Fielder 34 c Woolley, b Fielder ...........51 c Huish, b Fielder 0 b Blythe .......... 19 not out ...........23 B l9 ,lb 4 ,w l,n b 5 29 Total ...364 K e n t . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. H. W. Hirst ... . . 33 4 104 4 ... ... 8 5 12 0 Rhodes......... .2 0 4 71 1 ... ... 5 0 30 1 Haigh ... . .2 5 1 66 2 ... ... 6 2 20 0 Newstead . 21-1 8 45 3 ... ... 15*5 6 28 2 Myers ... . . 8 4 12 0 ... ... 3 1 17 0 Y o r k s h ir e . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 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