Cricket 1909

J une 24, 1909. CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Staffordshire League matches. It is difficult to see how he can justly be passed over for the Test matches. I n the match at Tufnell Park on Saturday between Brondesbury 2nd XI. and Tufnell Park, the latter’s total of 304 contained only two scores of over 5 from the bat. The innings was as follows:— T u f n e l l P a r k . Giddings, b Wood­ ward ............................172 J. Roberts, c Beau­ mont, b Kimp ... 0 C. Watson, c& b Beau­ mont ............................104 B. Barton, b Beau­ mont ........................... 5 A. Pillon, b Beaumont 0 T. Lambert, b Beau­ mont ........................... 0 J. Lapthorn, b Beau­ mont ......................... Alderson, b Beau­ m ont.......................... C. Votson, b Beau­ m ont.......................... Gibson, b Kimp Lapthorn, not out ... Byes, &c.............. Total ...........J I shall be glad to hear if any reader of “ Gossip ” can furnish a parallel to this. The nearest approach which I can recall concerns aHouse-match at Clifton College in June, 1875, between Brown’s and South Town. In their second innings the latter made 379, B. E. Bush scoring 228 not out of the number and F. Bryant 107 : the next highest contribution from the bat was 6, and there were 34 extras. So far as first-class cricket is concerned, Oxford’s second innings in the University match of 1886 is, I believe, unique. The side scored 304, K. J. Key making 143 and W. Bashleigh 107. Then came A. R. Cobb and extras with 9. W. G. B r id g e , a commercial traveller, was playing at Ullsthorpe, Leicestershire, on Saturday, and died suddenly whilst keeping wicket. I t cannot be said that Surrey’s experiment in playing two first-class matches simultaneously met with much success, seeing that each team sustained a heavy reverse. The county gave a very disappointing display at the Oval, but fortune, in the matter of wicket and injuries, was not kind to them. After seeing their opponents bat all day on a plumb wicket, they had to go in on a pitch affected by rain and their chance of success was further lessened by two of their players being placed hors de combat off Brearley’s expresses. In the circumstances they did by no means badly in making 159 and 149, for early on Tuesday morning it was recognised that their defeat was only a matter of time. The two counties first met in 1866 and of the 68 games played Lancashire have now won 30 and Surrey 26. I n the first innings of Surrey Hayes made the 25 runs necessary to complete his thousand for the season and was then promptly caught. Hobbs is the only other player who has made a four-figure aggregate in first-class matches this year. L a n c a s h ir e ’ s success has promoted them to second position in the Champion­ ship table, and Middlesex have only to lose a match for them to ascend to the first. The side will be able to look back upon the past week’s cricket with consider­ able pleasure, seeing that they beat both Kent and Surrey away from home with a very large margin to spare. To Brearley and Sharp they were chiefly indebted for their success, and it will be interesting to see how the latter, who has had few opportuities of proving his worth in representative matches, fares against the Australians in the match which opens at Manchester to-day. S o m e of the keenest cricket of the present season was that seen at Lord’s yesterday when Notts unsuccessfully endeavoured to save their match with Middlesex. The latter, after being behind when the game was half over, were able to declare their second innings closed, leaving their opponents 302 to win in two hours and three-quarters. Mignon quickly met with a couple of successes and was chiefly responsible for Notts’ disappointing total of 125. His seven wickets cost just under 8 runs each, and he was never mastered. Middlesex used every endeavour to force a win and success crowned their efforts. It is probable, however, that Nottingham people will discuss the Tarrant incident (see “ At the Sign of the Wicket ”) for some years to come and debate to what an extent it contributed to the result. T h e following interesting note reaches me from a corrrespondent in Ottawa “ Owing to the severity of the winter it is very difficult to do much work on our grounds until the last week in April. New grass will not grow until then, and this does not give the ground much time to recover before we are starting practice. However, in spite of difficulties the game is going ahead, and we are hoping to be able to get a good enough side together to take a trip to England one of these days. The fielding is above the average, the catching as a rule being very sure. We gave the Ottawa ground a good dressing with clay at the end of last season, and the wickets are playing very much truer this year.” The score of amatch recently played in Ottawa appears on page 222. NOTES FOB THE NEXT TEST MATCH. [Said to have been found under the table at which the Selection Committee sat when choosing the team for Lord’s.] We don’t care twopence for bowlers fast, If there’s been a little rain ; And we’ll nail our colours to the mast, Though it may give Brearley pain. We don’t think much of a man who thumps The cover from off the ball, For you can’t tell whether he’ll turn up trumps; So Jessop goes to the wall. We view slow bowlers with some distrust, When they’re of the googly kind, Although they’re as likely as not to bust Up the show, as batsmen find. We’d better stick to the same old lot, And throw in Astill or Jayes; If the critics say that it’s tommy rot, We’ll try ’em with Ernest Hayes. W. A. B. At Wellingborough on Monday the Rev. D. H. Meggy’s Clergy XI (138) played Wellingborough Grammar School (-211 for eight wickets.) KENT v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Played at Catford on June 21 and 22. Kent won by an innings and 314 runs. In five hours on Monday 499 runs were made, Gloucestershire scoring 61 in 90 minutes and Kent 438 for five wickets in three hours and a-half. The visitors’ collapse was remarkable, for the wicket was good, and, although Blythe and Fielder bowled very well, the poor score cannot be attributed wholly to the excellence of the attack. Jessop alone reached double figures, and he scored 22 out of 24 in 20 minutes. Kent made runs at a rare pace during the afternoon, for, although the first wicket realised only 68 in 55 minutes, the second added 224 in 100 and the third 102 in 35 : 50 went up in 45 minutes, 100 in 75, 150 in 105, 2 0 in 125, and 300 in two hours and three-quarters. Seymour claimed 86 of the 224 put on for the second w ick et: driving well, he hit fifteen 4’s and gave no chance. Hutchings reached 50 in half-an-hour and completed his 100 twenty minutes later: he hit twenty 4’s. The innings of the day, however, was Humphreys’. He made 20S out of 394 in 195 minutes, making thirty-two 4’s and offering only one chance—to Dipper at point when 196 : he scored 50 out of 81 in an hour, 100 out of 155 in 105 minutes, 150 in 140 minutes, and 200 in just under three hours. On Tuesday the fast scoring was continued, 100 being added in 35 minutes and the outstanding five wickets putting on 155 in an hour. Day and Hardinge made 78 for the sixth wicket in 25 minutes, and the latter and Fairservice 57 for the seventh in similar time. Day hit eleven 4’s and three 3’s in making 64 in 35 minutes, and punished Dennett for ten 4’s in four overs. The fifth hundred was completed three hours and three- quarters from the start, and the total of 593 took only four hours and a-half to compile. Hardinge drove well and made 56 in an hour. Of the 107 overs sent down by the Gloucestershire bowlers only 9 were maidens. In their second innings the visitors made 218, but were beaten by an innings and 314 runs. Langdon and Dipper put on 57 for the third wicket in 45 minutes, and Jessop, missed when 15, hit five 4’s in his 24. Meyer made a very useful score on his first appearance, and in one over from Fielder hit three 4’s, and later treated Fairservice in a similar fashion. Winston helped him to add 38 for the eighth wicket. The innings, however, closed for 218, leaving Kent successful by the margin stated. Fielder’s record for the match was twelve wickets for 161 runs. Score and analysis:— G l o u c e st e r sh ir e . First innings. Board, c Woolley, b Fielder 7 Dipper, c Dillon, b Fielder 3 P. P. Barnett, b Blythe ... 0 Langdon, b Fielder ........... 5 G. L. Jessop, b Blythe ... 22 Dennett, b Fielder ........... 3 W. E. Meyer, b Blythe ... 0 Winston, b Blythe .......... 4 Mills, c Blythe, b Fielder... 7 Parker, not o u t .................. 3 Penduck, c Humphreys, b Fielder ......................... 0 B 4, nb 3 .................. 7 Total ... 61 K e n t . Second innings, c Seymour, b Fielder ........... b Fairscrvice b Fielder ........... c Hutchings, b Fairservice ... c Seymour, b Fielder ........... c Seymour, b Fairservice ... 5 c Huish, b Wool­ ley .................. 43 c and b Fielder... 19 not out ...........10 b Fielder ... 0 b Fielder ........... 5 B 1, lb 3, nb 2 6 Total...........218 E. W. Dillon, c Board, b Penduck ..............25 Humphreys, st Board, b Dennett ............208 Seymour (Jas.), b Winston ........... ... 86 K. L. Hutchings, c Winston, b Pen­ duck ............................100 Woolley, c Dipper, b P en duck.................... 2 Total G l o u c e st e r sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. " ............... F ield er........... 14-3 5 34 6 ... Blythe ........... 14 9 20 4 ... Fairservice ... Day.................. Woolley... A. P. Day, c Mills, b D en n ett...............64 Hardinge, c Barnett, b Mills ...............56 Fairservice, b Mills .. 33 Huish, run o u t...... 1 Blythe, st Board, b M ills..................... 0 Fielder, not out...... 5 B 6, lb 7 .......13 .. 593 O. M R W. 24-2 5 127 6 13 4 41 0 9 5 28 3 2 0 6 0 4 0 10 1 Fielder bowled four no-balls and Blythe one. K e n t . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Dennett ... 40 6 213 2 1Mills ... 10 0 57 3 Parker ... 21 2 110 0 Winston... 8 0 66 1 Penduck... 20 1 98 3 |Dipper ... 8 0 36 0 J. S. and W. H. Denton, who played for Northants last week, are twin brothers, aged 17.