Cricket 1909

CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u l y 15, 1909. THE AUSTRAL IANS . 1 9 th M a tc h .— v. WORCESTERSHIRE. Played at Worcester on July 8, 9 and 10. The Australians won by an innings and 112 Although the county were without Burrows, each side was well represented, the Australians making a few changes from the side which played against Warwickshire earlier in the week. W inning the toss, the visitors batted the whole of the first day, scoring 312 for six wickets. Their innings was opened by Bardsley and McAlister against Burns and Cuffe. Bowling changes were numerous, the first being at 16 when Simpson-Hayward relieved the amateur. Both batsmen were fortunate, but 50 went up without loss in 45 minutes. Twelve runs later, however, when the innings had lasted an hour, McAlister was caught at slip. Bardsley, second out, scored 41 out of 88 in 80 minutes ere being caught at the wicket on the leg-side: he made some good cuts, but was not seen at his best. With the total 93 Cuffe resumed bowling and five runs later broke through the defence of Trumper, who had just previously made a rousing off-drive to the boundary. It was just after Gregory had joined Ransford that the hundred went up as the result of 95 minutes’ play. Gregory was slow and obviously ill-at-ease with Simpson-Hayward’s lo b s: after helping Ransford to add 59 in 70 minutes he played-on for 17. Ransford made 50 in 100 minutes and did the major portion of the run-getting whilst Armstrong was in with him. The pair remained together 85 minutes, putting on 106 for the fifth wicket, a number of which Armstrong was responsible for only 38. Ransford reached 100 after batting 170 minutes and, in all, scored 138 out of 224 in 215 minutes. Ho played a free game, especially during the latter part of his innings, and hit fifteen 4’s : his runs were obtained all round the wicket and he gave no chance. The sixth wicket fell at 286, after which Noble and Hopkins put on 26 without further loss before stumps were drawn. Simpson-Hayward bowled capitally and kept the runs down, whilst no one played him really well. On Friday the seventh wicket did not fall until it had put on 65 in 50 minutes, when Hopkins, who had hit freely, was caught at the wicket. Simpson-Hayward was bowling admirably, and before him the last three wickets went down for 38. The innings lasted 365 minutes and realised 389. Simpson-Hayward took six wickets for 132—a good performance in so large a total. It will be seen that Bale caught two and stumped four during the innings. The County collapsed in an extraordinary manner against Cotter and Armstrong, and in two hours and 20 minutes were dismissed for 151. The latter took three of the first four wickets that fell for 18 runs, and half the side were out for 44. The seventh wicket went down at 59, and the early close of the innings appeared probable. Simpson- Hayward and Cuffe, however, showed a bold front, and in three-quarters of an hour added 84. Cuffe played brilliantly for an hour, but was overshadowed by Simpson-Hayward, who hit a 6 (out of the ground off O’Connor) and seven 4’s. In the follow-on H. K. Foster was bowled by the first ball sent down by Armstrong, who also got Pearson caught at the wicket at 22. Then the misfortunes of the County for the day ceased, Bowley and W. L. Foster play­ ing out time and adding 53 without being separated. On the third morning the former was bowled with only 5 added, after making 42 out of 82. With his following delivery Hopkins bowled Arnold and with the next-but-one served Bache in similar fashion: he thus bowled down three wickets in four balls. Cuffe and W. L. Foster took the score to 103, adding 21, and then the latter was sent back after batting 80 minutes for 41. Cuffe made 15, but no one else reached double figures, and the Australians won very easily. The bowling creases had been covered with tarpaulin, and, the wicket favouring the attack, it was not surprising that the bowlers proved very effective. Score and analysis:— A ustralians . P. A. McAlister, cH .K . Foster, b Arnold ... 29 W. Bardsley, c Bale, b Pearson ...................41 V. S. Ransford, st Bale, b Simpson-Hayward 138 V. T. Trumper. b Cuffe 7 S. E. Gregory, b Simp­ son-Hayward ...........17 W. W. Armstrong, st Bale, b Simpson- Hayward ...................38 M. A. Noble, st Bale, b Simpson-Hayward. 38 A. J. Hopkins, c Bale, b Cuffe ......................39 H. Carter, not out ... 7 A. Cotter, st Bale, b Simpson-Hayward. 6 J. A. O’Connor, b Simpson-Hayward. 15 B 6, lb 8, w 1 ... 15 Total ............389 W orcestershire . First innings. H. G. Bache, b Armstrong 4 Bowley, b Armstrong ... 0 Pearson, c Carter, b Cotter 26 Arnold, c Carter, b Cotter 1 II. K. Foster, b Armstrong 2 W. L. Foster, b Armstrong 12 Cuffe, c aud b O’Connor .. 44 W. B. Burns, b Cotter ... 0 G. H. Simpson-Hayward, c O’Connor, b Cotter...........51 W. H. Taylor, not out ... 2 Bale, b Armstrong ........... 1 Lb 5, nb 3 .................. 8 ................151 Second innings. b H opkins........... b H opkins........... c Carter, b Arm­ strong ........... b H opkins........... b Armstrong ... b H opkins........... b H opkins........... b H o p k in s......... c Noble, b Arm­ strong .......... not out ........... c & b Armstrong' B 5, lb 1, w 1 Total T otal......... 126 A ustralians . O. M. R. W. 16 0 56 1 5 0 19 1 9 0 45 0 O. M. R. W. Burns ... 12 0 41 0 Pearson Cuffe.......... 33 5 81 2 Arnold Simpson- Taylor Hayward 38'3 2 132 6 Cuffe bowled one wide, W orcestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cotter .......... 19 4 50 4 ........... 9 3 35 0 Armstrong ... 20’4 7 49 5 ............ 17 5 4 37 4 O’Connor ... 5 0 36 1 ............ 7 4 11 0 Noble .......... 3 0 8 0 ........... H op k in s.......... 15 3 36 6 Cotter, Armstrong, and Noble each bowled one no-ball and Hopkins one wide. LANCASHIRE v. NOTTS. Played at Manchester on July 8, 9 and 10. Lancashire won by ten wickets. Owing to a strain Brearley was unable to play, his place being taken by Macleod. Fifteen wickets went down during the day for 257 runs, Notts making 120 and tho home side replying with 137 for five wickets. Apart from Iremonger, who made 43 out of 90 in two hours, none of the visitors did much : in fact after lunch their last seven wickets went down for 34 runs in 65 minutes. Lancashire had four men out for 48, but Makepeace and Mac- Laren remained together 65 minutes, during which they put on 78 for the fifth wicket. The latter was at his best, driving and hitting to leg with much of his old precision, and, when stumps were drawn, carried out his bat for 59. On the second morning, however, he added only 7 before being bowled by Wass: he batted 105 minutes for his 66. Macleod scorcd 27 out of 44 in 35 minutes, and following his departure Huddleston and Dean hit freely for an hour, during which they put on 87. The innings closed for 280, or 160 a-head, and after Notts had scored 66 for the loss of Jones rain came down and caused play to be abandoned for the day at five o’clock. The rain which fell was all against heavy scoring on Saturday, and soon after play was resumed—at one o’clock—wickets began to fall. At lunch-time six were down for 105, and, although Oates hit pluckily, Lancashire were set only 3 runs to win. Iremonger made his 45 out of 74 in 80 minutes. Score and analysis:— N otts . First innings. Second innings. A. O. Jones, c Makepeace, b Heap ..........................13 b Dean.....................10 Iremonger, lbw, b Dean ... 43 runout ...........45 Gunn (G.), b Heap ........... 6 stBlomley,bHeap 20 Hardstaff, lbw, b Heap ... 4 lbw, b Heap ... 0 Payton, lbw, b Huddleston 14 c MacLaren, b Huddleston ... 1 Gunn (J.), b Dean ........... 0 c Hartley, b Hud­ dleston ........... 8 James, not out ...................12 c Macleod, b Heap 18 Alletson, b Huddleston ... 6 lbw, b Heap ... 12 Oates,c Dean, b Huddleston 6 b Heap.................. 32 Hallam, c Hartley, b Hud­ dleston .......................... 4 not out ........... 7 Wass, b Heap ................... 0 c H a r t le y , b Huddleston ... 2 B 10, lb 2 ...........12 B 2, lb 5 ... 7 Total ..120 L ancashire . Total . R. H. Spooner, c Hard­ staff, b Wass ...........14 A. Hartley, c Hard­ staff, b Wass ........... 6 Tyldesley, c Hardstaff, b Iremonger ...........24 Sharp, lbw, b Wass ... 0 Makepeace, c Alletson, b H allam .................. 30 A. C. MacLaren,bWass 66 Heap, c Jones, b Hal­ lam .......................... 3 K. G. Macleod, c Ire­ monger, b Hallam 27 Huddleston, c James, b J. Gunn ...........56 Dean, not out ...........48 Blomley, b Wass ... 1 B 3, lb 2........... 5 Total ...........280 Second innings: Makepeace, not out, 1; Heap, not out, 4 ; Byes, &c., 0. Total (no wkt) 5. N otts . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W.O. M. R. W. Dean ......... 14 5 24 2 ............ 11 6 16 1 Huddleston... 29 13 39 4 ........... 29’3 7 62 3 Heap .......... 19-4 11 20 4 ........... 26 8 52 5 Macleod......... 6 0 16 0 ........... 7 1 25 0 Sharp ......... 2 0 9 0 ........... L ancashire . O. M. R. W.O. M. R. W. Wass ........... 34.4 9 91 5 ........... 0‘5 0 5 0 H allam ......... 25 6 103 3 ............ Iremonger ... 10 3 22 1 ............ Gunn (J.) ... 15 4 35 1 ............ Jones ......... 5 0 24 0 ............ SUSSEX v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Brighton on July 8 and 9. Sussex won by an innings and 274 runs. In the absence of Lawton, Derbyshire were led by Eickman, who won the toss and batted first on a wicket which gave the bowlers some assistance. Four wickets went down for 35, but Morton batted for an hour: he made 21 of the first 43 runs. Rickman afterwards hit freely for 35 minutes and the total reached 114, made in two hours. Killick, who took seven wickets for 39 runs, got much spin on the ball and came quickly off the pitch. Robert Relf and Vine gave Sussex a splendid start, scoring 137 for the first wicket in 140 minutes. The former was missed three times in making his first 40 runs, but the latter gave no chance: Relf hit seven 4’s and Vine five. When the pair were parted a couple of disasters followed, but at the drawing of stumps Sussex were 42 runs on with six wickets to fall. On Friday Heygate reached 50 in 75 minutes and with Cartwright added 95 in an hour and a- quarter. The former made 67 in 105 minutes and hit seven 4’s, whilst the latter scored 54 in 110 minutes and made six 4’s. Morton, owing to a strain, was unable to field, his place being taken by Roberts, who missed Leach when 36 and Smith at 16. The blunders proved very costly, for the pair after­ wards obtained such a mastery after the attack that in 80 minutes they put on 179. Altogether Sussex made 329 for three wickets in three hours and a-quarter on Friday. Leach hit splendidly for his 113 not out, but was decidedly fortunate, seeing that he was missed before scoring and when 36: he hit two 6’s and thirteen 4’s and credited himself with his highest score for the county. Going in a second time, Derbyshire were all out in 110 minutes for 97. Oliver and Bracey added 60 for the eighth wicket, but both were lucky. Oliver hit eight 4’s in his 46. Score and analysis:— D erbyshire . First innings. Second innings. L.G. Wright, c Relf (R.), b c Cartwright, b Relf (A. E.) ...................10 C o x .....................16 Morton, c Butt, b Relf, (A. E .).................................21 absent, injured .. 0 J. Chapman, b Killick ... 3 st Butt, b Cox ... 0 Needham, lbw, b Killick... 3 b Leach .......... 1 Cadman, c and b Killick ... 0 c Cox, b Relf (A. E.) ........... 3 Warren, c Relf (A. E.), b Killick .......................... 11 c and b Cox ... 9 L. Oliver, c Vine, b Killick 16 c Relf (R.), b Cox 46 Humphries, c Killick, b Relf (A. E.) ................... 8 st Butt, b Cox ... 0 R. B. Rickman, c Relf (A. E.), c Butt, b Relf b Killick .......................... 34 (A. E.) ........... 0 Bracey, b Killick... . Bestwick, not out Byes....................... 0 b Leach ......... 18 4 not out.................. 2 4 No-balls ... 2 Total Vine, b Morton Relf (R.), lbw, b Best­ wick .......................... Killick, b Martin Relf (A. E.), c Martin, b Cadman.................. R. B. Heygate, c Cad­ man, b Warren .........114 S ussex . Total 97 67 P. Cartwright, c sub, b Warren ............. 54 Cox, b W arren ............. 22 Leach, not o u t ......... 113 C. L. A. Smith, notout 66 B7, lb8, w l,n b 10 26 Total (7 wkts)*485 * Innings declared closed. Vincett and Butt did not bat. D erbyshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. It. W. Killick .......... 20-2 8 397 ... .,. Relf (A. E.) .. 20 5 71 3 ............ 17 10 9 2 Leach ........... 5 1 21 1 Cox.................. 17*3 5 65 6 Leach bowled two no-balls. S ussex . M. R. W. O, O. Bestwick.. 37 Warren ... 27 Morton ... 31 Cadman ... 24 "2 16 83 2 132 10 70 6 77 Bracey... 11 Rickman 6 Chapman 2 M. R. W. 2 48 0 1 32 0 0 17 0 Warren bowled one wide, Morton five no-balls, Bestwick four no-balls, and Bracey one no-ball.