Cricket 1909

J u l y 1 5 , 1 9 0 9 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 2 6 1 GENTLEMEN y. PLAYERS . Played at the Oval on July 8, 9 and 10. The Players won by 64 runs. The sides which took part in this match were not quite as originally chosen, the Rev. F. H. Gillingham, Barnes and Hobbs giving place to P. R. Johnson, Woolley and Quaife. Barnes could not be spared by the Staffordshire authorities and Hobbs was unable to play owing to a damaged hand. Carr, who assisted the Gentlemen and took eight wickets, is a “ googly ” bowler, whose duties as a master at Stanmore prevent him from playing frequently in first-class matches. On Thursday twenty wickets fell for 313 runs, each side completing an innings with an advantage of 93 to the Players. The Players were fortunate to win the toss, for the wicket became more difficult as the day advanced. Kinneir, who started the innings with Hayward, was never comfortable and was out to a fine catch low down at slip at 19. Hayes forced the pace from the moment he went in, and made his first 18 while Hayward was idle. Several changes were made in the bowling, but it was not until the second wicket had added 49 in 40 minutes that Hayward was bowled by Evans, after batting per­ fectly for an hour for 23. Hayes hit five 4’s in making 32 out of 64 in similar time, but half the side were out for 113, both Tarrant and Humphreys failing. Evans, who had been bowling very well, was obliged to retire owing to straining a muscle in his right leg and Fry also retired fora similar reason. Woolley played the best innings of the day and found a very useful partner in Thompson, who was content to keep his wicket up. After the sixth wicket had fallen for 129, the pair put on 55 together in 40 minutes. Woolley made his 51 out 65 in 45 minutes, and, in all, scored 55 out of 69 in an hour. He gave a delightful display and hit six 4’s, one hit (off Smith) sending the ball over the west wing of the Pavilion. The last few wickets did little and the innings, after lasting 190 minutes, closed for 203—a satisfactory total considering the state of the ground. A feature of the innings was the bowling of Carr, who would probably have done much better had the ground been faster. Dillon and Johnson scored quickly when the Gentlemen went in, their intention evidently being to force the game before the effect of the roller had worn off. They had, however, scored only 22 when the latter was bowled by Thompson. Hutchings batted 15 minutes without a run and was then splendidly caught deep at square-leg by Hayes. Dillon and Warner added 21 together and were then out at the same total, 55, both caught by Humphreys, the former in the long-field and the latter at fine-leg. Dillon played very bright cricket and was caught off a very good stroke. Fry, who had Johnson to run for him, stayed some time for 16, and Evans, steady at first, made some good strokes later : the latter took an hour and a-half to score 26, but the wicket favoured the bowling. When Blythe went on again with six wickets down for 105 there was a collapse, the Kent man taking all four wickets remaining in seventeen balls for 2 runs. This brought his number of victims during the innings to five, but the best form was shown by Thompson. With the close of the innings for 110 play ceased for the day. In the absence of rain during the night, the wicket rolled out faster on the second day, but a great disaster nevertheless speedily overtook the Players, Hayward, with only 6 scored, being stumpod off Carr, who had opened the bowling with Gilbert. The association of Kinneir and Hayes, however, resulted in a long partnership, the pair remaining together 85 minutes and adding 101 for the second wicket. They sent the 50 up in 40 minutes and three figures after the innings had lasted an hour and a-half. The cricket during the stand was very keen, the bowling being true and the fielding of a high standard. Kinneir was often troubled by Carr and was at last bowled by him. Quaife saw Hayes reach 50 out of 109 in 95 minutes and was then caught at deep square-leg. At the same total, 119, Tarrant also left, lbw to the first ball he received, and at lunch four wickets were down for 124, Hayes being not out 54. Fry did not take his place in the field after the interval, the captaincy, as in the first innings, devolving upon Warner. When the total had been taken to 143 Hayes, who had played a quieter game than usual, was caught at third man. He made his 56 out of 127 in two hours and hit only four 4’s. Two runs later Humphreys was stumped, but Thompson and Woolley, during the 20 minutes they were to­ gether, added 30, the latter then being caught at mid-off. The last three wickets went down for 189, leaving the Gentlemen 285 to win. Carr took five wickets for 80 and Smith five at half that cost, the latter, however, gaining his analysis chiefly against the tail-end players. When Warner and Dillon com­ menced the Gentlemen’s task against Thompson and Blythe, they gave the side a good start, making 42 together for the first wicket in 40 minutes. Warner was then bowled by Blythe and at the same total Johnson played-on to the same bowler, whilst at 47 Dillon also was sent back. Hutchings and Evans made a great effort to pull the game round and succeeded so well that their partnership for the fourth wicket realised 96. Evans batted 80 minutes for 39 but Hutchings, driving freely, made his 59 in an hour. With four wickets down for 143 the Gentlemen had little the worst of the game, but the sixth fell at 157. Smith and Douglas remained together the last 40 minutes of the day, and added 44, the total when play ceased being 201 for six. There was rain during the night and play could not be resumed on Saturday until three o’clock. Smith, after hitting well for 37, was splendidly caught on the leg side by Lilley and Douglas, with his score 11, was sent back by a fine running catch in the long- field by Woolley. The last four wickets went down on the third day for 17 runs, three of them being taken by Blythe, whose analysis for the match was twelve for 103. A feature of the game was the successful bowling of Carr in his second appearance in first- class cricket. He took eight wickets for 138 runs and, had the pitch been faster, and therefore more to his liking, would probably have done even better. Score and analysis:— P layers . First innings. Hayward, b Evans .........23 Kinneir, c Dillon, b Carr... 7 Hayes, b E v a n s..................32 Quaifc, c Gilbert, b Smith 30 Tarrant, lbw, b Smith ... 4 Humphreys, b Carr ........... 6 Woolley, b Douglas ...........55 Thompson, not out ...........14 Lilley, b Gilbert.................. 3 Fielder, b Gilbert ............ 4 Blythe, st Shields, b Carr 7 B 16, lb 2 ......................18 Total ............203 G entlemen . First innings. E. W. Dillon, c Humphreys, b Blythe ..........................27 P.R.Johnson, b Thompson 12 K. L. Hutchings, c Hayes b Thompson......................... 0 P. F.Warner, c Humphreys, b Thompson .................. 10 W. II. B. Evans, b Blythe... 26 C. B. Fry, b Thompson ... 16 S. G. Smith, c and b Tarrant 2 J. W. H. T. Douglas, lbw, b Blythe .......................... 2 D. W. Carr, not out ........... 0 H. A. Gilbert, b Blythe ... 2 J. Shields, st Lilley, b Blythe .......................... 0 B l l , lb ], n b l ...13 Second innings, st Shields, b Carr 6 b Carr.................. 46 c Douglas, b Carr 56 c Johnson, b Carr 2 lbw, b Smith ... 0 stShields,b Smith 12 c Evans, b Carr... 15 st Shields,b Smith 28 b Smith ........... 0 notout.. ......... 1 b Smith .......... 0 B 13, lb 10 ... 23 T otal.........189 Second innings. cWoollcy,b Blythe 17 b Blythe ........... 0 lbw, b Thompson 59 b Blythe ...........20 run out ...........39 b Blythe ... 4 c Lilley, b Blythe 37 cWoolley.bBlythe 11 b Blythe ........... 7 b Thompson ... 2 n otou t.................. 2 B 14, lb 6 .........20 Total ........110 P layers . First innings. Second innings O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Carr................ . 17-3 1 58 3 ... ... 22 3 80 5 Gilbert ... . . 15 5 43 2 .. ... 10 1 36 0 Smith ... . . 16 4 50 2 ... ... 15-3 1 40 5 Evans ... .. 5 0 23 2 ... Douglas... . . 4 1 11 1 ... ” ! 7 2 10 0 G e NTLEMEN. First innings. Second innings. O M R. W. O. M. R. W. Blythe ... .. 15-5 3 48 5 ... ... 23 5 55 7 Thompson . . 17 3 36 4 ... ... 27*4 9 62 2 Tarrant... . 4 1 12 1 ... ... 6 0 46 0 Woolley ... .. 3 2 1 0 ... ... 4 2 16 0 Fielder ... ... 4 0 19 0 but the highest score of the match was made for Harrow by Turnbull, who got his colours at the last moment. The last-named is left-handed and made his runs by bright and free methods. Wilson, possessed of many fine strokes, also made a good impression. Eton, set 120 to win, made 67 for seven wickets, leaving Harrow with the better of the draw. A word of praise deserves to be said for the fielding of both sides, which was of a high standard through­ out, Twining’s wicket-keeping being especially good. The attendance on Friday numbered between 17,000 and 18,000, including T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Crown Prince of Sweden, who watched the game—from 3 o’clock to 5.45—from the box of the M.C.C. President, the Earl of Chester­ field. Rain fell heavily during Friday night and the early hours of the morning, and much to the disappointment of the many spectators j>resent it was found quite impossible to continue the game at the advertised hour. About noon rain again des­ cended but it was not until 5.30 that it was decided that no further play could take place. Score and analysis:— H arrow . First innings. Second innings. G. E. V. Crutchlcy, c and b Fowler .......................... 11 b Fowler ...............1 T. B. Wilson, b Windsor- c Birchenough, b Clive ..................................32 Fowler ......... 6 G. W. V. Hopley, lbw, b Kenyon-Slaney ........... 1 T. O. Jameson, lbw, b Ken­ yon-Slaney.......................... 3 T. L. Turnbull, b Kenyon- Slaney..................................40 A. H. Lang, lbw, b Kenyon- Slaney..................................14 G. F. Earle, c Windsor- Clive, b Fowler ...........12 K. G. do Jongh, lbw, b Kenyon-Slaney.................. A. C. Straker, c Windsor- Clive, b Fowler ........... 3 not out....................... J. M. Hillyard, c Twining, b Fowler ........................... 1c and b Fow ler. W . Falcon, not out ............ 3 b Fowler ... . Byes .......................... 12 Byes, &c. . Thompson delivered one no-ball. ETON v. HARROW. Played at Lord’s on July 9 and 10. ROYALTY PRESENT. Drawn. Harrow undoubtedly gained an advantage by winning the toss, for after play had been in progress about an hour and a-half the conditions were all in favour of the bowlers. To such an extent did the conditions favour the attack that during the six hours and ten minutes play was in progrets during Friday thirty-seven wickets went down for 370 runs. Fowler, a slow bowler, took eleven Harrow wickets for 79 runs, keeping a fine length and making the ball break back well. Kenyon-Slaney bowled his slows well in the first innings, but Windsor- Clive, the only left-handed bowler put on in the match, did not have much opportunity of proving his worth. Of the Harrovians the best was un­ doubtedly Crutchley, who bowls medium pace and commands a swerve and was successful in each innings. Earle, a very fast bowler, did not find the wicket suitable, but dismissed three men. The Eton captain, Twining, set his men a good example, b Fowler ... c Twining, Fowler ... c Hollins, b Bos- cawen cTwining, b Bos- cawen ......... c Fowler, b Bos^ cawen ... .. 3 b Fowler 23 .. 16 0 13 Total ...135 E ton . First innings. R. H. Twining, c Jameson, b Falcon .......................... 20 J. C. Hollins, c Hillyard, b C rutchley.......................... 0 Hon. A. Windsor-Clive, c Earle, b Falcon ... ... 14 R. St. L. Fowler, b Falcon 18 E. W. S. Foljambe, c Straker, b H illyard......................... . 0 W. A. Worsley, b Earle ... 10 J. Kekewich, b Crutchley.. 17 Total ... 76 Second innings,, b Crutchley ... 5 b Crutchley ... 1 b Earle........... b Crutchley R. II. Lubbock, b Falcon... W. T. Birchenough, b Crutchley.......................... R. O. R. Kenyon-Slaney, c Hopley, b Crutchley Hon. V. D Boscawen, not out .................. ........... not out.................. 16 c Falcon, b Earle 22 c Falcon, b Hill­ yard ... ...........14 b H illyard........... 2 B 9, lb 3 ........... ... 12 B 5, lb 1 ... 6 Total ...........92 H arrow . Total (7 wkts) 67 First innings. Second innings O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Fowler ...........20 6 46 4 ... ... 13-5 5 33 7 Kenyon-Slancy 17'5 2 47 5 ... ... 6 1 22 0 Boscawen ... 5 0 18 0 ... ... 7 4 21 3 Windsor-Clive 3 1 12 1 ... E ton . First innings. Second innings O. M. R. W. O. M. lt. W. Earle .......... 13 3 32 1 ... ... 8 0 35 2 Crutchley ... 7'5 3 15 4 ... ... 7 1 18 3 Falcon .......... 12 5 17 4 ... ... 2 0 6 0 H illyard......... 6 1 16 1 ... ... 2-4 2 2 2 SHREWSBURY SCHOOL v. ROSSALL. v Played at Shrewsbury on June 25 and 26 and left drawn. Rain prevented a ball being bowled on Friday. Score:— R ossall . A. S. Edge, b Cooke ... 2 R. H. P. Bolton, c Burton, b Cooke ... 30 G.B. Davies,c Dickens, b B u rton ...................27 R. A. Ostreham, b Burton ...................39 C. Smith, b Burton ... 9 L.Duncan,st Ileselton, b Bardsley ........... 5 G.L.B.James,bBurton 0 W . A. Coldwell, b Bardsley................... 0 T. D. Daly, c Cooke, b Burton.................. 9 G. R. Roupell, not out 7 F. B. Reece, st Hesel- ton, b Bardsley ... 1 Byes, &c..............10 Total S hrewsbury did not bat. ..139