Cricket 1909

J une 17, 1909. CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 197 GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. NORTHANTS. Played at Gloucester on June 10, 11 and 12. T H E G L O U C E STE R W E E K . Gloucestershire won by 25 runs. Unpleasant weather was associated with the start of this match, rain causing as many as four inter­ ruptions on the first afternoon. On a slow but easy wickct Gloucestershire batted three hours and three- quarters for 222. Board and Marsden put up 73 together in an hour and three-quarters for the first wicket, the latter, who was then dismissed, making some good off-drives in his 38. Board played a useful game for 45, but was missed at the wicket off Wells when 11. Godsell, Langdon and Jessop made useful scores, the last-named scoring 22 in half-an-hour ere being bowled off his pads. Some successful hitting was afterwards seen by Allen, of Cirenccster, who was making his first appearance for the county; during the three-quarters of an hour he was in lie scored 35 and hit five 4’s, the majority of them powerful drives. Thompson took five wickets for 11 runs each and was always difficult. In the last half-hour Northants made 16 runs for the loss of Cox and Denton. On the second morning Vials made 47, for which he batted an hour and a-half; he was, however, missed at 30 and again when 40. In the innings of 170 Dennett took six wickets for 96 runs, and, but for mistakes in the field, would have had a far better analysis. Gloucestershire did so badly upon going in the second time that they lost eight wickets for 90. Then, however, Dennett, hitting six 4’s, made 34 in 25 minutes, and Northants were set 181 to win. With such effect did Dennett bowl that half the side were out for 17, all the wickets being taken by the player named for only 8 runs. East and Thompson prevented the collapse from continuing, but at the end of the day five men were out for 39. On Saturday East was soon out, the sixth wicket falling at 48. Smith and Thompson, however, made a stand, putting on 65 for the seventh w'icket in 40 minutes. The latter played a fine game, and during the hour and a-half he was in hit a 6 and seven 4’s. W. H . Denton and Buswell pluckily added 39 for the tenth wicket, but Gloucestershire won by 25 runs. Dennett took fourteen wickets in the match without hitting the stumps once. Score and analysis :— G LOUCESTERSHIRE. First innings, Board, lbw, b Thompson ... 45 Capt. Marsden, b Thomp­ son .................................. 38 R. T. Godsell, b Wells ...27 Langdon, b Wells Second innings, run out .......... 17 c Cox, b Smith... 23 c Thompson, b Smith .......... 0 c Vials, b Thomp­ son .................. 5 lbw, b Thompson 0 b Smith ........... 8 st Buswell, b Smith .......... 12 c Vials, b Smith.. 6 b Thompson .. 34 lbw, b Thompson 7 not out.................. 3 B 6, lb 1, nb 6 13 ...128 G . L. Jessop, b E a s t.......... 22 C. S. Barnett, c Wells, b Thom pson......................... 8 C. Allen, c Vials, b Smith... 35 Winstone, c Vials, b Smith 7 Dennett, b Thompson ... 0 Mills, c Wells, b Thompson 5 Parker, not out ................... 0 B 11, lb 2 .................13 Total ................222 Total N o r t h a m p t o n s h ir e . G . A. T. Vials, c Allen, b Dennett .......................... 47 c and bDennett 9 Cox, c Dennett, b Parker... 3 lbw, b Dennett... 4 J. S. Denton, c Dennett, b c Langdon, b Mills .................................. 0 D ennett............ 0 East, b Parker .................. 3 lbw, b Dennett... 25 Thompson, c Board, b Den- c Dennett, b nett .................................. 7 Jessop ............47 C. J. T. Pool, c Langdon, b st Board, b Den- Dennett ...........................21 n e t t ................... 0 S. G . Smith, not o u t ...........43 c Mills, b Parker. 26 Wells, c Langdon, b Jessop 8 c Jessop, b Den- W. H. Denton, c Jessop, b n e t t .................. 0 Dennett .......................... 2 not out .........15 T. E. Manning, st Board, b st Board, b Den- Dennett .......................... 23 n e t t .................... 1 Buswell, st Board, b Den- st..........Board, b Den­ nett ................... ......... 7 n e t t ...................21 B 5, lb 1 .................. 6 Lb 5, nb 2 ... 7 Total .................. 170 Total...........155 G l o u c e st e r sh ir e . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Wells ‘ ........... 20 3 50 2 ............ Thompson ... 24 6 55 5 ............ 19 8 35 4 Smith ........... 24-1 5 68 2 ............ 25 7 68 5 East ........... 13 2 36 1 ............ 7 2 12 0 Thompson bowled six no-balls. N o r t h a m p t o n s h ir e . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Dennett........... 29*4 6 96 6 ............ 30‘3 7 78 8 Parker ........... 13 4 32 2 ............ 19 9 42 1 Mills ........... 7 3 15 1 ............ 6 1 18 0 ........... 9 1 21 1 ............ 9 5 10 1 Mills and Parker each bowled one no-ball. C A M B R ID G E U N IV E R S IT Y v. H . D . G. L E V E S O N -G O W E R ’S E L E V E N . P layed at C am bridge on Jun e 10, 11 and 32. D raw n. This was the University’s last home fixture, and it cannot be said that they were opposed by a very strong side. After Nason had been bowled by Cuffe’s second delivery Buchanan and Falcon put on 81 together in half-an-hour, of which number the former, hitting eleven 4’s and two 3’s, made as many as 56. Ireland and Mann added 69 for the fourth wioket and Lockhart and Tufnell 56 for the eighth. Cuffe took eight wickets in the innings, but at a somewhat heavy cost. At the end of the day the visitors lost half their wickets for 110, the best form being shown by Prest, who came into the side owing to the absence of the Rev. J. Burrough. On the second day the tail of the visiting side played so well that a lead of 54 on the innings was secured. Weigall and Bird added 59 for the sixth wicket and the latter and Leveson-Gower 131 for the eighth in just under two hours. The latter gave no chance, but Bird, who batted three hours and three-quarters for 137 and hit twenty 4’s, was missed twice—by Buchanan at short-leg when 14 and by Mann in the long-field when 97. In their second innings Cam­ bridge lost Nason at 10 and Buchanan at 36, and, although Falcon made 47 in 55 minutes, five wickets were down for 102 when stumps were drawn for the day. On Saturday, thanks to a finely hit innings of 127 not out by Macleod, the University were able to declare with nine wickets down for 220. Maclcod drove with great power and hit a 6 and eighteen 4’s, and in partnership with Olivier put on 65 after the fall of the ninth wicket in half an hour: he gave only one chance—when 123. The visitors were set 237 to win, and a draw was always inevitable. Prest again scored well and carried out his bat for 54. Score and analysis:— C ambridge U niversity . First innings. Second innings. J. W. W. Nason, b Cuffe ... 0 c Prest, b Cuffe 5 J. N. Buchanan, lbw, b Powell..................................56 c Pre3t, b Powell 12 M. Falcon, c Powell, b Cuffe 32 c Powell, b Cuffe 47 J. F. Ireland, c Powell, b C u ffe ..................................53 b Cuffe.....................12 F. T. Mann, b C u ffe .......... 48 b Kanga .............16 K. G. Macleod, c Powell, b C u ffe .................................. 1 n otou t ...........127 C. C. G. Wright, b Cuffe ... 4 c Weigall, b Cuffe 21 J. B. Lockhart, c and b c Troughton, b Cuffe ..................................42 B ird ................. 3 N. C. Tufnell, b Powell ... 31 b B ird ............... 8 Hon. C. F. Lyttelton, not c Leveson-Gowcr, out ... ..........................11 b Cuffe ............. 9 E. Olivier, b Cuffe .......... 6 not out ...........24 B 11, lb 5, w 1 .......... 17 B 3, lb 3 ... 6 Total ..................301 Total (9 wkts)*290 * Innings declared closed. M r . H. D. G. L eveson -G ower ’ s XI. First inning3. Second innings. L. H. W. Troughton, b c Macleod, b L o ck h a rt......... ................ 5 Olivier ............. 3 H. E. W. Prest, c Lockhart, b Olivier ..........................51 not out ...........54 Capt. M. D. Wood, b Lyt­ telton .................................. 2 b Lockhart..........10 J. H. Stogdon, b Lyttelton 13 b Lockhart...........42 G. J. V. Weigall, b Olivier 32 not out ........... 0 Cuffe, c Mann, b Olivier ... 0 M. C. Bird, c Lockhart, b Macleod ..........................137 H. D. Kanga, b Lockhart 7 Rev. F. A. G. Leveson- Gower, lbw, b Lockhart 58 W. A. Powell, c Tufnell, b Macleod ..........................12 R. W. Fox, not out .......... 2 B 23, lb 4, w 6, nb 3 ... 36 B 5, w 2, nb 1 8 Total .................... 355 Total (3 wkts)117 C ambridge U niversity . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R W. Cuffe ........... 28 3 126 8 ............ 37 8 122 5 Powell .......... 20 3 77 2 ............ 24 2 112 1 Kanga .......... 3 0 15 0 ............ 3 0 18 1 Bird .......... 6 1 44 0 ............ 9 3 32 2 Wood .......... 3 1 22 0 ............ Wood bowled one wide. M r . L eveson -G ower ’ s XI. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Lyttelton ... 35 6 116 2 ............ 3 2 3 0 Lockhart ... 34 5 98 3 ............ 7 0 35 2 Olivier ........... 12 3 35 3 ............ 11 2 45 1 Macleod.......... 11*1 2 27 2 ............ 3 0 16 0 Buchanan ... 7 2 27 0 ............ 1 0 10 0 Irelan d.......... 3 1 9 0 ............ Falcon .......... 3 1 7 0 ............ Lyttelton bowled one wide, Olivier six wides and one no-ball, Buchanan one wide and Macleod three no-balls. HAMPSHIRE v. SURREY. Played at Bournemouth on June 10, 11 & 12. Surrey won by ten wickets. Sprot made a welcome re-appearance for Hamp­ shire, but the side, in the absence of Hill, White, Fry and Evans, was not at full strength. Leveson- Gower returned to the Surrey captaincy, and Smith stood down. As the result of the first half-hour’s play the home side lost Bowell and Llewellyn for 23. Stone, however, played a valuable game and took part in a series of useful stands : with Mead he put on 22 for the third wicket with Sprot (who was twice missed) 35 for the fourth, and with Brown 43 for the sixth. He batted a couple of hours for 54, but was missed in the slips by Hayes when he had made only a single. The innings lasted three hours and a quarter and, despite the easy wicket, realised only 171. By the end of the day Surrey had made 166 for two wickets, thanks to Hobbs, who played brilliant cricket for 111 not out. He scored 50 out of 82 in 65 minutes and 100 out of 154 in two hours : Harrison helped to make 37 for the first wicket and Hayes 45 for the second, whilst with Ducat in 84 were put on for the third without loss. On Friday everything was dwarfed by the superb batting of Hobbs, who made 162 in 170 minutes without a mis­ take of any kind. He made excellent strokes all round the wicket, but the feature of his batting was his driving. He hit twenty 4’s and seven 3’s, and in partnership with Ducat put on 159 for tho third wicket in 100 minutes. After he had played- on, 61 were added for the fourth wicket in three- quarters of an hour and then Ducat, who had batted 145 minutes for his faultless 88, was caught at cover: he hit seven 4’s. Hitch, Leveson-Gower and Lees made useful scores and the innings, after lasting five hours, closed for 388. As many as 217 in arrears, Hampshire made 92 for four wickets in the last 110 minutes of the day, Mead and Llewellyn each scor­ ing 37. On the Saturday the wicket was easy, but Surrey experienced no difficulty in pulling off the game. Sprot and Stone added 66 in an hour for the fifth wicket, the former batting an hour and three- quarters for 56, in which were a 5 and three 4‘s. Surrey, set only 6 to win, made the runs without loss. Score and analysis:— H a m p s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. Mead, c Ducat, b Lees ... 25 c Hitch, b Craw­ ford .................. 37 Bowell, c Strudwick,b Lees 8 b Hitch ...........15 Llewellyn, b Hitch ........... 5 c Strudwick b Crawford .. 37 Stone, b Crawford ...........54 c Rushby,b Hayes 29 E. M. Sprot, st Strudwick, c Strudwick, b b Hayes ... ..................19 L ees.....................56 Rev. W. V . Jephson, c Mar­ shal, b Hitch ................... 5 c Marshal, bHitch 0 Brown, c Ducat, b Craw- c Strudwick, b ford .................................. 22 Rushby ............. 16 F. H. Bacon, c Marshal, b Crawford .......................... 9 c Marshal, b Lees 2 E. J. Tolfree, b Hitch ... 6 n otou t.................. 11 Newman, not out ........... 8 run out ........... 1 Kennedy, c Stmdwick, b B it c h .................................. 0 b L ees........... ... 4 B 4, lb 2, w 3, nb 1... 10 B 6,lb5,w 2, n b l 14 Total ...........171 S u r r e y . Hobbs, b Llewellyn...162 Harrison, run out ... 8 Hayes, c Bowell, b Llewellyn ...........19 Ducat, c Jephson, b Llewellyn ...........88 Marshal, c Stone, b Llewellyn .......... 17 J. N. Crawford, b N ewm an.................. 1 Total ... ...222 Hitch, c Bowell, b N ewm an................21 H. D.G. Leveson-Gower, c Mead, b Newman 23 Strudwick, c Mead, b Llewellyn ............. 9 Lees, not out .........20 Rushby,c&bNewman 0 B 10, lb 6, w 4 ... 20 Total .................. 388 Second innings : Crawford, not out, 8 ; Marshal, not out, 0 ; byes, &c., 0. Total (no wkt), 8. H a m p s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. w . O. M. R. W. Hitch ... ... 194 4 56 4 ... .. 12 3 84 2 Lees ... 20 4 57 2 ... ... 25-1 5 50 3 Hayes ... ... 1 1 0 1 ... ... 18 4 55 1 Rushby ... ... 5 1 11 0 ... ... 14 4 28 1 Crawford ... 11 2 28 3 ... ... 20 4 41 2 Marshal... ... 6 2 9 0 ... Bowell ... Newman Tolfree ... Brown ... Llewellyn Kennedy Mead O. M. R. W. Rushby bowled two no-balls and two wides, and Lees two wides and Marshal one. S u r r e y . Ihl. R. W. 1 19 0 ... 5 101 2 55 0 24 1 140 0 13 1 16 O. 35 3 21 34 , 4 5 Sprot ... 0-3 0 8 0 Nowman bowled three wides and Tolfree one.