Cricket 1909

2 5 2 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 8, 1909. for next season. The proposal, if acted upon, would doubtless mean a considerable saving of time, trouble, and expense to those chiefly concerned. Those in favour of the idea should communicate with Mr. V. E. Bromage, the honorary match secretary of the Sutton C.C., whose address is Brent, Derby Boad, Sutton, Surrey, so that if sufficient support is accorded the idea a meeting may he called as A r u m o u r reaches me to the effect that Haverford College intended sending a team to England next summer, and that a Canadian team also may undertake a similar trip. The last occasion on which Englishmen had the pleasure of welcoming a side from Canada was in 1887. ARE WE DOWN-UNDERED ? 1 0 ecce asinus dejlanelis ad quichetam! Per homines nobilis de Australis expellant ! Albion, 0, Albion subnubis ! derineratis? —Rufus Tripedes Cipulus.] O’er England’s defeat do not sorrow, For England was nev« yet down’d, Bat rose just as proud on the morrow To challenge the whole world around. But rather rejoice that her kindred, From frontiers Down Under excel At the game which our common forefathers Both loved and engaged in so well. Rejoice that strong men, in an era Of makebelieve, grovel and bra=?s, Still find their delight in the sunshine At iunocent sport on the grass ! llejoice that a young virile nation, That shares of our blood and our name, Partakes none the less of our passion For the finest and greatest old game ! Nor reckon the time idly wasted That pounding the leather they spend. All labour and commerce and warfare At best are but means to an end : An end that’s provided first handed By honest and health-giving sport; And myriads of followers eager Find cricket with happiness fraught. For nought more than this can employment In toilsome concerns e’er return ; No more than such simple enjoyment Can be got with the guerdon we earn. And what, beside gratification In life made more sweet and secure, Is the aim of all civilization And hardships that mankind endure ? E’en those who look on at the pastime, Unable to join it perforce, Are at least quite as sanely relaxing As in taverns, or halls, or the course. Whilst those who grip bats with their sinew Train courage and nerve, limb and eye, And learn lessons of se'.fless devotion To serve all alike by and by. As England’s own sons from the wicket Have sprung to tbe guns at her need, Thank God that her compeers at cricket Are still both her friends and her seed ! And joy that our great common Empire E’er prove3, when it comes to the Test, She breeds on her outskirts keen rivals To cope with our boldest and best. H. P.-T. A t Framlingham on June 30th Suffolk Clergy (103) played Framlingham College, 266 for nine wickets (W. Russell, 07 ; J. Joy, not out 65). THE AUSTRAL IANS . 1 8 th M atch . — v. WARWICKSHIRE. Played at Edgbaston on July 5, 6 and 7. Drawn. The Australians, feeling the effects of the Test match at Leeds, were not at full strength, but they batted the whole of the first day, scoring 356 for five wickets in 2S0 minutes. The game was not very well patronised by the public, only about 3,000 persons being present on Monday. The Australians lost Hartigan after 25 .had been made in a quarter of an hour, and a second wicket should have been taken early, Bardsley, when 3, being missed by Kinneir at slip. Ransford played con­ fidently and well from the start, and his stand with Bardsley caused Foster and Hargreave to supplant Santall and Field, who had opened the attack. Three figures went up in 70 minutes, and it was not until the second wicket had put on 122 in 100 minutes that a separation was brought about. Ransford wras then caught at the wicket for a stylish 66, which contained three 4’s and was not disfigured by a chance or even a bad stroke. Trumper and Gregory did practically nothing, three wickets going down after lunch for a couple of runs. With Bardsley and Noble together 135 were added for the fifth wicket in 95 minutes, and then the former was bowled by Charlesworth’s first delivery. Bardsley gave only the one chance mentioned in making 118 out of 284 in 230 minutes. He cut well and made some fine strokes to leg, and in obtaining his third hundred of the tour completed his thousand runs : he hit ten 4’s. In the last 55 minutes of the day Armstrong kept Noble company whilst 72 were w’ere added without loss, the former, when play ceased, carrying out his bat for a perfect 104. Altogether, Noble and Armstrong put on 118 for the sixth wicket in an hour and three-quarters. The former was then caught at the wicket for a faultless innings of 131, which lasted 210 minutes and contained eleven 4’s. With Hopkins in, Arm ­ strong hit freely and 44 were put on in half-an-hour. The last three wickets fell for 10, and the innings, after lasting 380 minutes, closed for 459. Noble was ninth out, at 450, after batting 140 minutes for 79 : he hit five 4’s. When the County went in the bowling was shared by Trumper (slow) and Hopkins. Charlesworth, when 9, played a ball to Whitty at mid-on and ran, with the result that he lost his wicket, and the total was only 26 when Fishwick played a ball on to his wicket. When a collapse appeared not unlikely Quaife and Kinneir remained together 70 minutes for the same number of runs, a delay of 35 minutes owing to rain doubtless assisting them to some extent. Quaife, missed when 32 by Armstrong at slip off O’Connor, carried out his bat for 62 at the end of the day, when the County’s total stood at 147 for four wickets. No play was possible yesterday until one o’clock owing to the state of the wicket. At 151 Lilley was caught at slip, and then three wickets fell in quick succes­ sion. Quaife batted 145 minutes for his valuable 68, but received poor support. The last six wickets fell for 39, O’Connor bowling 11 overs for 11 maidens and four wickets. Following on 270 behind, War­ wickshire had 50 on the board for one wicket. Kinneir, however, was bowled at 57, but a series of useful double-figure scores saved the side from a heavy defeat. There wras some excitement at the clsoe, but Fishwick proved equal to the occasion. Score and analysis :— A ustralians . R. J. Hartigan, b Field 11 W. Bardsley ,b Charles­ worth ....................118 V.S. Ransford,c Lilley, b Field ..................... 66 V.T;Trumper, b Foster 1 S. E. Gregory, b Field 1 M. A. Noble, c Lilley, b Hargreave ... .. 131 W. W. Armstrong, c Charlesworth,bField 79 W arwickshire . A. J. Hopkins, c Prid- more, b Quaife ... 21 W. Carkeek, b Quaife 4 J. A. O’Connor, not out .......................... 0 W. J. Whitty, c Foster, b Field .................. 6 B 8, lb 8, w 2 ... 18 Total ...456 First innings. Charlesworth, run out Kinneir, b Armstrong T. S. Fishwick, b Hopkins Quaife, run out ................... 9 R. G. Pridmore, c and b O’Connor .......................... 7 Lilley, c Hartigan, b O’C o n n o r.......................... 19 F. G. Stephens, e Arm ­ strong, b O'Connor........... 1 Santall, not o u t ...................12 F. R. Foster, b O’Connor... 0 Hargreave, b O’Conner 14 Field, b Whitty ................... 4 B 2, lb 1, w 1, nb 2... 6 Second innings, c Ransford, b O’Connor ... 2, b Whitty ...........1 not out ...........2 c Hartigan, b O’Connor ... 2 c Armstrong, b O’Connor... . 29 lbw, b O’Connor 18 c C a rk e e k , b O’Connor...........10 b H opkin s...........15 b Armstrong ... 11 not out.................. 4 Total B 7, nb 5... 12 ..186 Total (8 wkts) 185 A ustralians . (). M. R. W. O. M. R. W. F ield.......... 28 3 105 5 Quaife ... 9 0 24 2 Santall 35 5 89 0 Charlesw'th. 7 0 28 1 Foster 87 4 104 1 Stephens ... 5 0 11 0 Hargreave.. 17 0 72 1 Kinneir ... 1 0 5 0 Field bowled two wides. W arw ickshire . Trumper 11 2 48 0 ........... Hopkins 14 2 36 1 .......... 7 2 18 1 Whitty ... 13-3 6 29 1 .......... 13 4 37 1 Armstrong 15 7 15 1 .......... 16 2 55 1 O’Connor 29 15 51 5 .......... 24 4 56 5 Noble .......... 6 2 7 0 Trumper bowled one no-ball and O’Connor seven and one wide. YORKSHIRE v. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Plajed at Bradford on July 5, 6 and 7. Yorkshire woo by four wickets. The wicket was only slightly in favour of the bowlers on Monday, and it was a poor performance on the part of Notts to get out for 157. Jones, driv­ ing well and hitting six 4’s, made 45 of the first 62 runs in 65 minutes before being out to a fine catch at mid-off. Then followed a collapse, the sixth wicket going down at 99. Iremonger took 80 minutes to make his 14. John Gunn and Alletson added 45 together in 40 minutes, the latter making two hits for six off Rhodes in scoring 27. In two hours and a quarter at the end of the day Yorkshire obtained 115 for three wickets. Wilson and Rhodes made 51 for the first wicket in 50 minutes and, after the fall of the third, at 86, Hirst kept the latter company until stumps were drawn. After rain on the second morning, the continuation of play was delayed until a quarter to three. Then, without a run added, Hirst was caught. Rhodes, however, played admirable cricket and was fifth out, at 192, after batting three hours and a-quarter. He was given a life when 5 but afterwards drove well and hit thirteen 4’s. Rothery made 34, and although the last five wickets fell for 36 the total reached 228. Notts, 71 behind, had lost Iremonger and James for 42 by the time stumps were drawn. On the third morning the side could do little against Haigh, who took six wickets for 33. Set 45 to win, Yorkshire made so disastrous a start against Hallam and Wass that by lunch time three wickets had fallen for 16 in 25 minutes. At 37 both Wilkinson and Rothery were sent back. Hirst, however, stayed and pulled off the match. Score and analysis: N otts . First innings. Second innings. A. O. Jones, c Hirst, b Rhodes ..........................45 Iremonger, lbw, b Rhodes 14 Gunn (G.), b Haigh Hardstaff, st Hunter, b Rhodes .......................... 9 Payton, b Rhodes ........... 5 Gunn (J.), c Newstead, b Rhodes ...........................17 James, run out ................... 0 Alletson, c Myers, b Rhodes 27 Oates, run out ................... 5 Hallam, c Denton, b Rhodes 7 Wass, not out ................... 0 B 11, lb 10...................21 Total ...................157 Y orkshire , Wilson, c Payton, b Hallam 25 Rhodes, c and b Wass ... 98 Denton, b W a ss...................13 Wilkinson, b Iremonger ... 1 Hirst, c Hardstaff, b Wass 10 Rothery, c Hallam, b Ire­ monger ...........................39 Myers, not out ................... 7 Newstead, c Gunn (J.), b Iremonger.......................... 16 E. J. Radcliffe, c Gunn (G.), b Wass ........................... 0 Haigh, b Irem onger........... 3 Hunter, c Gunn (G.), b Wass .................................. 3 B 12, lb 1 ...................13 Total ...................228 N otts . First innings. O. M. R. W. Hirst ........... 10 3 10 0 ... Newstead ... 7 2 10 0 ... R h odes.......... 25 5 3 87 7 ... Haigh .......... 23 7 29 1 ... Y orkshire . O. M. R. W. Wass ........... 44*2 10 114 5 ... H allam ........... 29 10 45 1 ... Iremonger ... 25 10 56 4 ... c Hirst, b Haigh 10 c Hirst, b Rhodes 20 c and b Haigh ... 34 c Rhodes, b Haigh 11 6 lbw, b Haigh lbw, b Newstead 9 b Hirst ........... 1 b Newstead ... 0 c Wilson, b Haigh 6 c Denton,b Haigh 2 not out.................. 8 B 4, lb 4........... 8 Total ... . c Hallam, b Wai lbw, b Hallam , c Iremonger, Wass ... . b Wass................ not out ... . c and b Wass , retired hurt b Hallam ... . not out ... , ..115 is 6 .. 6 b .. 4 . 4 .. 24 . 0 ,. 0 . 0 .. 0 Bye ........... 1 Total (6 wkts) 45 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 9 4 18 1 ... 19 9 24 2 ... 16 7 32 1 ... 26*4 12 33 6 O. M. R. W. ... 12 4 25 4 ... 11 3 19 2