Cricket 1909

J u l y i , 1909 . CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 237 YORKSHIRE v. SURREY. Played at Sheffield on June 28, 29 and 30. Yorkshire won by 51 runs. Rain, unfortunately, prevented a ball being bowled on Monday, but the gate receipts nevertheless amounted to £90. Play was possible on Tuesday, however, at half-past twelve, when Yorkshire, having won the toss, went in on a soft and tricky wicket, which gave every promise of becoming more difficult during the day. With only 6 scored Rhodes was finely caught at slip, and, although Denton and Wilson put on 19 for the second wicket and Hirst and Bates 28 for the fifth, half the side were out for CO. Rushby and Smith were bowling very well, and runs took a lot of making. At 67 Bates and Haigh fell to consecutive balls, but thanks to an eighth wicket partnership of 53 by Newstead and Myers, the total was taken to 125 ere the innings closed. Newstead made the highest score and brought off some good hits, including one for 6 off Smith. Surrey, it was thought, had done well to dispose of the side for the number mentioned, but Yorkshire did even better by dismissing the visitors for 62 in 90 minutes. Four men failed to score, and only Hobbs and Smith reached double figures. Hirst and Haigh, as the score suggests, bowled capitally, especially the latter, who did not go on until 31. In their second innings Yorkshire made 39 for the loss of Wilson, Rhodes carrying out his bat for 21. Yesterday the low scoring continued. So effective was the bowling of Rushby and Smith that the home side lost their nine outstanding wickets for 52 runs. Only Hunter, who batted 45 minutes for 11, made much stand against the attack, but Surrey, nevertheless, were set 155 to win—a very difficult task as the wicket was. Wickets soon began to fall, Hayward being the first to go, with only 5 scored. Hobbs left at 27 and Marshal at 33. Hayes batted 40 minutes for 19, and was fourth out at 49. Ducat left at 62 and Davis five later. Craw­ ford played well and more steadily than usual for 33, but could get no-one to stay with him. Haigh, who was always difficult, took six wickets for 35, his record for the match being ten for 46. Score and analysis:— Y o r k s h ir e . First innings. Second innings Rhodes, c Hayes, b Smith 1 b Smith .......... 22 Wilson, b Rushby ........... 14 st Strudwick, b Smith ........... 12 Denton, b Rushby ........... 16 c Davis, b Smith 11 Wilkinson, c and b Rushby 0 b Rushby ........... 10 Hirst, b Smith .................. 17 c Strudwick, b R u sh by........... 3 Bates, run out ................... 19 c and b Smith ... 0 Myers, b Smith .................. 18 c Ducatjb Rushby 1 Haigh, lbw, b Rushby 0 c Hayes, b Smith 7 Newstead, st Strudwick, b Sm ith.................................. 32 not out ........... 8 E. J. Radcliffe, not out ... 0 b Rushby ........... 0 Hunter, c Marshal, b Smith 3 c Crawford, b R u sh b y ........... 11 Lb 3, nb 2 5 B 4, lb 1, nb 1 6 Total .................. 125 Total.......... 91 S u r r e y . First innings. Second innings. Hayward, lbw, b Hirst ... 6 c Denton,b Haigh 2 Hobbs, b H a ig h .................. 22 b Haigh ........... 14 Hayes, lbw, b Haigh........... 7 b Hirst ........... 19 Marshal, b Hirst.................. 1 b Haigh ........... 6 J. N. Crawford, b Hirst ... 0 c Wilkinson, b Rhodes ........... 33 Ducat, b Hirst ................. 0 lbw, b Haigh ... 4 Davis, c Bates, b Hirst ... 0 c and b Hirst ... 4 Harrison, c Myers, b Haigh 1 lbw, b Haigh .. 8 Smith, b Hirst ................... 16 c N e w s te a d , b Haigh ........... 8 Strudwick, b H aig h .......... 0 not out................... 0 Rushby, not ou t.................. 2 b Rhodes ........... 0 B 2 ,lb 5 ........... 7 B 2, lb 2, n b l 5 Total .................. 62 Total.......... 103 Y o r k s h ir e . First innings. Second innings O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. R u shby........... 24 5 61 ■1 .......... 19-2 5 43 5 Smith .......... 25 1 4 54 5 .......... 20 8 36 5 Crawford ... 3 1 5 0 .......... 3 0 3 0 Hayes .......... 3 1 3 0 Rushby bowled three no balls. S u r r e y . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hirst ......... . 14*2 7 20 6 ............ 21 6 51 2 R h od es.......... 6 1 24 0 ........... 5*3 2 12 2 Haigh .......... 8 3 11 4 ............ 25 6 35 6 Haigh bowled one no-ball. GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. KENT. Played at Bristol on June 28, 29 and 30. b l y t h e ’s IO O tii w ic k e t . Kent won by 52 runs. To such an extent did the bowlers triumph on Monday that during the day 24 wickets fell for 267 runs, Kent at the close being 121 runs on with six wickets in hand. The visitors’ first wicket put on 49 in 45 minutes, but six men were out for 111 and the innings closed for 141. Dennett, after having 36 runs made off him without taking a wicket, wound up with an analysis of five for 63. Board and Langdon gave Gloucestershire a good start, and 50 were on the board with only two wickets down. Blythe and Woolley then bowled so successfully that the last seven fell for 17. Blythe took his 100th wicket of the season during the innings, and at one period took six wickets for 6 runs. In the final hour’s play Kent made 53 for four wickets. rlhey lost three men for 31, but Hutchings made 26 not out and brought about the improvement in the situation. On the second morning the last six wickets went down for 71, leaving Gloucestershire 193to win. Hutchings fell to Dennett’s first delivery with the score unaltered, and the only stand of any note was 25 by Huish and Blythe for the ninth wicket. Huish hit freely and well, especially against Dennett, and although he was missed when 4 it detracted little from a most useful display. Gloucestershire lost Board at 7 and Dipper at 26. Winston batted 20 minutes and was then sent back scoreless. At lunch three men were out for 55, after which rain and bad light combined to restrict the rest of the day’s play to 35 minutes. In that time, however, the score was taken to 105 for the loss of Mills' wicket, Jcssop hitting seven 4’s in his unfinished innings of 34 and Langdon carrying out his bat for 41. On Wednesday Jessop was caught at long-off off Blythe’s second delivery, and with his departure the prospect of a Gloucestershire success lessened considerably. Meyer and Godsell gave Langdon some support, but Kent experienced little difficulty in pulling off the match. Langdon, first in and last out, played an admirable game for 140 minutes and deserved better support. Score and analysis :— K en t . First innings. Second innings. E. W. Dillon, lbw, b Parker 33 b Parker .......... 2 Humphreys, st Board, b Dennett ..........................39 Seymour, c Jessop, b Parker 4 K. L. Hutchings, c Meyer, b D ennett.......................... 4 Woolley, b Jessop ...........28 Fairservice, b Dennett ... 11 L. H. W. Troughton, b Jessop .......................... 1 Hardinge, lbw, b Dennett 10 Huish, c and b Jessop ... 8 Blythe, c Mills, b Dennett 0 Fielder, not o u t .................. 1 Byes .......................... 2 lbw, b Parker ... c Board, b Parker c Jessop, b Den­ nett ................... lbw, b Parker ... b Jessop ........... et Board, b Den­ nett .................. lbw, b Dennett... not out.................. c and b Parker ... b Jessop ........... Byes ........... Total Total ...........124 G LOUCESTERSHIRE. First innings. Second innings. Board, b B ly th e ................... 18 b Fairservice ... 2 Langdon, c Huish, b Blythe 20 stHuish,bWoolley 59 G. L. Jessop, c Seymour, b c Hutchings, b b Blythe ........................... 9 Blythe ........... 34 Winston, not out ........... 7 c Seymour, b Blythe ........... 0 Dennett, b Blythe ........... 4 not out ........... 0 W. E. Meyer, b Blythe 0 c Hardinge, b Blythe ... ... 8 R. J. Hewlett, b Blythe ... 0 b Fairservice 0 R. T. Godsell, lbw, b Woolley .......................... 5 c Huish,bWoolley 6 Dipper, run o u t ................... 0 lbw, b Blythe ... 5 Mills, lbw, b W oolley 0 b Woolley ......... . 14 Parker, st Huish, b Woolley 0 c B l y t h e , b W oolley........... 0 B 6, lb 3, nb 1 ........... 10 B 8, lb 4........... 12 Total ............... 73 * Total...........140 K en t . First innings. O. M. R. W. 13 4 3 Dennett’.’.' 21-5 3 63 5 ’.I. Parker ......... 13 5 30 2 ... Mills ........... 4 1 11 0 ... G l o u c e st e r sh ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W. Blythe ........... 16 4 37 6 Fairservice ... 11 5 23 0 W oolley........... 4‘5 2 3 3 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 9 1 10 2 ... 23 6 54 3 56 5 ... 18 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 4 60 4 3 27 2 4 41 4 27 13 ... 12 Woolley bowled one no-ball. IIAMPSTEAD v. GUY’S.—Played at Hampstead on June 23. G u y ’ s H o sp it a l . C. Medloch, c Ander­ son, b K anga...........14 H. H. Bilks, c Foster, b K anga..................23 M.M. Munden, run out 3 H. D. Wyatt, b Hale.. 107 G. Andrew, c Pawling, b Rigby .................. 4 F. D. Saner, b Kanga 0 G. Berg, c Foster, b Kanga ................... 0 W. C. Wilier, c Row­ ley, b Marsden ... 80 F. Kahlenberg, not out .......................... 33 E. Rhyshans,bHale... 1 D. Thomas not out ... 5 B 27, lb 5, nb 2 .. 34 Total (9 w kts)*304 ♦Innings declared closed. H am pste a d . A. Anderson, run out 19 II.D.Kanga,c Thomas, b Kahlenberg.......... 46 B. S. Foster, b Wyatt 25 E. L. Marsden, c Andrew, b Kahlen­ berg ..........................22 J. Donaldson, cWyatt, b Munden ...........45 F. Rowley, b Kahlen­ berg .......................... 26 A. J. 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