Cricket 1909

ig8 CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 17, 1909. LANCASHIRE v. SUSSEX. Played at Manchester on June 10, 11 and 12. Lancashire won by three wickets. Lancashire gave a poor display on Thursday, replying to a total of 187 with one of 54 for five wickets. They lacked the services of MacLaren, but that could not account for their disappointing play. The feature of the Sussex batting was furnished by Vine, who, going in first, batted just over four hours for 69: he was missed off the second ball of the match and was last out. H is innings was a valuable one, though it was impossible to admire his slow and unenterprising tactics. Robert Relf helped him to add 43 in 35 minutes, and Killick 38 in three- quarters of an hour. Three-figures went up with only two men out at the end of two hours, but the last eight wickets added only 87. Relf (A. E.) and Cox fell to consecutive balls from Makepeace, and of the others only Vincett and Leech made double figures. Lancashire lost Hartley at 9 and Makepeace at 48, and when stumps were drawn five wickets were down for 54 as the result of 75 minutes’ play. On the second morning Lancashire lost their last five wickets for 66 runs in an hour and a-quarter, Leach taking eight wickets in the innings at a cost of 6 runs each. Ernest and William Tyldesley added 32 together, but of the others only Hornby reached double-figures. By consistent batting Sussex made 223 in their second innings. R. R. Relf batted 45 minutes for a single and took an hour and a-half to score 24, but he helped Heygate to put on 54 in 50 minutes for the fourth wicket. The brightest cricket was shown by Leach, who made 32 out of 44 in 25 minutes, and by Butt and Vincett, who added 36 for the last wicket. Set 291 to win Lancashire scored 20 without loss in the last half hour of the day. On the third morning Hartley left at 46 after batting an hour for 24, and with only 11 added Tyldesley (J. T.) played-on. Then followed a prolific partnership for the third wicket between Makepeace and Sharp. The latter, hitting freely, made 50 in an hour whereas Makepeace, batting very sedately, took 145 minutes to reach the same figure. At lunch 200 had been made for two wickets, and it was not until 159 had been added that a separation was effected. Sharp made his 113 by brilliant and faultless cricket and hit eighteen 4’s, whilst Make­ peace played a most useful game. Sussex got three other wickets down but the result was never in doubt. This was the first defeat sustained by Sussex during the season. Score and analysis :— S u ssex . First innings. Second innings. P. Cartwright, b Sharp .. 5 b Brearley.......... 6 Vine, b Huddleston ......... 69 b Brearley.......... 8 Relf (R.), c and b Dean ... 33 c and b Brearley 24 Killick, c Worsley, b Brear­ ley ..................................... 22 b Brearley ... ... 6 R. B. Heygate, b Brearley 4 b Sharp ........44 Relf (A. E.), c Hartley, b Makepeace.........................10 Cox, c Huddleston, b Make­ peace ................................... 0 Leach, b Brearley .........11 C. L. A. Smith, c Sharp, b Brearley .......................... 5 run out Vincett, c Brearley, b H ud­ dleston ...........................10 Butt, not out ................... 4 B 0, lb 5 ........... 14 c Sharp, b Dean 87 c E. Tyldesley, b Dean ...........17 c E. Tyldesley, b Brearley...........32 not out...................13 b Brearley.......... 22 B 2, lb 6, nb 3 11 Total ................187 L an cash ire . Total.......... 223 First innings. A. Hartley,c R.Relf,b Leach 8 Makepeace, c and b Leach 15 Tyldesley (J. T.), c Leach, b A. E. Relf ...................24 Sharp, lbw, b Leach ........... 0 Tyldesley (A.), b A. E. Relf 25 • ' ' 0 13 . 21 2 Dean, b Leach A. H. Hornby, b Leach Tyldesley (W.), not out Huddleston, b Leach .. W. Brearley, c Smith, L each.......................... Worsley, b Leach Byes 4, lb 6 ... Second innings, lbw, b Leach ... 24 c Vincett, b A. E. R elf...................77 b A . E. Relf ...10 c Vincett, b Vincll3 b Killick ...........15 not out ........... 0 not out ...........19 c Butt, b Killick 23 b R. Relf ........... 1 0 2 10 Brearley Huddleston . Dean ... . Sharp ... . Makepeace T o t a l...................120 S ussex . First innings. O. M. R. W. B 1, lb3, nb 7 11 Total (7 wkts)293 Second innings. 28 6 77 4 ... 25*4 16 31 3 ... 33 10 60 1 ... 1 0 ... 4 2 ... O. , 30*] , 19 25 , 6 M. R. 6 91 8 33 2 74 2 14 Rclf (A. E.) Leach Vincett ... L a n ca sh ire . First innings. O. M. R. W. Second innings. O. M. R. W. 16 64 2 9 78 1 28 10 52 2 . 23*3 6 48 8 . , 4 1 10 0 . Vine Cox... . Smith Relf (R.) Killick . Leach bowled six no-balls and Relf (A. E.) one. , 36 . 27 , 6 . 11 . 12 . 2 . 5 3-1 0 12 0 21 0 3 34 1 1 0 0 21 42 0 10 0 1 2 KENT v. ESSEX. Played at Catford on June 10, 11 and 12. Drawn. Owing to the condition of the ground after heavy rain, the start of this match was delayed half-an- hour. It was Kent’s first home fixture of the season, and the disappointment was general that the weather was so unsettled. Essex won the toss and made a sensational start, their first three wickets falling to Blythe with only 8 scored. Perrin and Fane left in the same over, and when the latter was bowled Blythe had taken three wickets for four runs in 16 balls. Gillingham stayed with Douglas whilst 13 were added in 20 minutes and then had his leg stump bowled out of the ground by Fielder. With four wickets down for 22 the game was stopped by rain. In order to protect the creases a tarpaulin about four yards square, raised on boards so as to allow the rain to run off, was put down, but sawdust afterwards had to be used to remove the water that drained off the protection. No further play was possible on Thursday. On Friday play was restricted by rain to three hours and five minutes, during which Essex succeeded in taking their score to 196 —a very good total in the circumstances—and Kent made 27 without loss. Douglas forced the game well on a dead wicket and received useful assistance from his companions. Freeman remained with him for 45 minutes during which 42 were added, whilst Reeves hit up 26 out of 31 in a quarter of an hour. The latter was run out in an unusual manner. He played a ball from Fairservice about half-way down the wicket and ran. Huish followed, and kicked the ball to the bowler, who was thereby enabled to put the wicket down before Reeves could reach it. Benham helped to put on 41 for the eighth wicket and Read 22 for the ninth. Douglas, who reached 53 out of 118 in 130 minutes, was last out, after batting three hours and a-quarter for 87 out of 196. He hit ten 4’s in his most valuable, but not quite chanceless, innings, and showed very strong defence and hit well to leg. Blythe’s seven wickets cost a fraction over 15 runs each. When Dillon and Humphreys had made 27 without loss against Buckenham and Mead, rain descended heavily, and put further play out of the question. There was more rain on Saturday, and nothing remained but to abandon the match. Score and analysis:— E ssex. Sharp bowled two no*ball8 and Brearley one. J. W. H. T. Douglas, b Blythe ...................87 Russell (E.), b Blythe 6 P. A. Perrin, b Blythe 0 F. L. Fane, b Blythe... 0 Rev. F. H. Gillingham, b F ielder.................. 1 Freeman (J.), c Huish, b Blythe .................. IS Reeves, run o u t...........26 Buckenham, c and b Fairservice .......... 1 Benham, c Woolley, b B lythe................. IS A. H. Read, c Sey­ mour, b Blythe ... 17 Mead (W.), not out ... 9 B 5, lb 8 ...........13 Total E. W . Dillon, not out Humphreys, not out Byes, &c. ...196 15 12 0 , 27 Total (no wkt) Seymour (Jas.), K. L. Hutchings, Woolley, A. P. Day, Hardinge, Fairservice, Huish, Blythe, and Fielder did not bat. E ssex . O. M., R. W. O. M. R. W. Fielder ... 8 2 15 1 1Woolley... 19 5 51 0 Blythe ... 31*1 6 in.; 7 |Fairservice K en t. 6 3 11 1 O. M. R. W. O. M. R. w Buckenham 7 2 16 0 |Mead ... 7 4 11 0- BOOKS RECEIVED, A. C. MacLaren on Cricket. London : A. Treherne and Co., Ltd., 12, York Buildings, Adelphi. Price, 3d Spalding’s Official Cricket Guide , 1900. New York : American Sports Publishing Co., 21, Warren Street. Price, 10 cents. OXFORD UNIVERSITY v. M.C.C. AND GROUND. Played at Oxford on June 10, 11 and 12. Drawn. Both sides were weak for this match, the Univer­ sity lacking the services of some of their best men owing to the schools and the M.C.C. being unable to put a good team into the field, on account of the num­ ber of important matches being played. After Oxford had lost two wickets for 10 runs Luther and Wright added 50 together in 25 minutes and the latter and Curwen 73 in an hour. Wright, hitting seven 4’s, made 89 out of 179 in two hours and a-half: when he had made 50 he was missed at the wicket, but it was a difficult chance. Gilbert’s analysis of six for 59 was distinctly good. When Oxford went in they fared very badly, and by the time play ceased had nine wickets down for 65. Lupton got Salter and Altham caught at the wicket off the second and third balls he sent down, and half the side were out for 52. On the second morning the last wicket put on 26, restricting the visitors’ lead to 106. When they went in tbe second time the M.C.C’s first three wickets—those of Wright, Hearne and Braddell— realised 92, but the innings closed for 160, the last six going down for 42. The University were thus left with 267 to win. Salter and Evans gave the side a good start by making 53 together for the first wicket in 65 minutes. Of that number the former made as many as 41, Evans, who was very slow indeed, making only 8 runs out of the first 59 in 85 minutes. When play ceased 88 had been made for two wickets in a couple of hours. On Saturday there was very little play, stumps being drawn just after 3 o’clock with the score as follow s:— M.C.C. AND First innings. H. Teesdale, st Pawson, b Gilbert .......................... Hearne (A.), b Gilbert Capt. A. G. Luther, b Cox- head .................................. E. L. Wright, c Salter, b Gilbert .......................... R. L. L. Braddell, b Cox- head .................................. W. J. H. Curwen, b Cox- head .................................. W. H. H olbech,b Gilbert... R. H. Fox, c Evans, b Gil­ bert .................................. Newman, b Coxhead........... Coleman, c Pawson, b Gil­ bert .................................. Capt. A. W. Lupton, not out .................................. B 9, lb 3, w 2, nb 3 .. G round . Second innings. 0 b Gilbert ... 5 c and b Lowe c Pawson, 21 Evans 89 b Turner ... 3 run out 34 b Turner ... 5 ... 40 b ... 16 ... 37 ... 25 ... 0 0 c Salter, b Evans 21 4 b Turner .......... 0 7 c and b Evans ... 0 15 not out 2 c and b Evans ... 1 17 B 6, lb 2, nb 2... 10 Total ...197 O x fo r d U n iv e r s ity First innings. M. G. Salter, c Fox, b Lup­ ton .................................. 0 A. J. Evans, c Newman, b Hearne .......................... 9 II. S. Altham, c Fox, b Lupton ........................... 0 J. A. Seitz, b Hearne...........24 C. V. L. Hooman, lbw, b Lupton ........................... 8 F. H. Turner, b Coleman... 7 R. O. Lagden, b Coleman... 12 M. E. Coxhead, c Luther, b Hearne ........... A. G. Pawson, b Coleman... J. C. M. Lowe, not out H. A. Gilbert, run out Byes .................. 0 1 13 13 4 Total ... 160 Second innings. lbw, b Coleman... 41 b Hearne ........... 8 e Lupton, b Hearne .......... 22 c Fox, b Hearne 16 c Ltipton, b Heame ........... 7 not out .......... 8 not out ........... 2 B 10, lb 3 ... 13 Total ...................91 Total (5 wktsJll^T M.C.C. a n d G rou n d . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. 31. EL W. Gilbert ... ... 24 3 59 6 ... ... 23 7 87 1 Lowe ... 11 3 29 0 ... ... 18 6 33 1 Coxhead ... 21 3 74 4 ... ... 4 0 11 0 Evans ... ... 6 1 18 0 ... ... 13 4 40 4 Turner ... ... 12 1 29 3 Lowe bowled two wides and five no-balls. O xfo rd U n iv e r sity . First innings. O. M. R. W. L u p ton .......... 10 3 24 3 ., H earne.......... 17’4 5 44 3 ., Coleman ... 8 2 19 3 ., Newman ., Second innings. M. R. W. 1 14 0 7 27 4 7 47 1 6 16 0 Castle did the hat-trick for Queen’s Club against Hampstead on the latter’s ground on Saturday.