Cricket 1909

268 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u l y 1 5 , 1 9 0 9 . GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS . Played at Lord’s on July 12, 13 and 14. The Players won by 200 runs. The wicket had been so affected by heavy rain that it was not found possible to commence play on Monday until a quarter past two. Fry, owing to a damaged leg, was obliged to stand down, and the side was completed by the inclusion of Spooner. Hayward won the toss and opened the Players’ innings with Ilayes against the bowling of Gilbert and Carr, llayes started confidently by hitting Carr to the square-lcg-boundary, but had made only 7 when he should have been caught off that bowler by Gilbert at mid-off. The wicket was too slow for the “ googlies” to be seen to the best advantage, so at 18 Smith went on for Carr. Off the new bowler Hayward, when 5, was almost caught by MacLaren at slip, and the batsman showed his appreciation by making a huge drive off Gilbert into the pavilion seats. At 30 Evans went on to bowl, and eight runs later got rid of Hayward, who had shown good defence for nearly an hour. 50 went up in 70 minutes, but 6 later Hayes was bowled whilst trying to drive ; he made 30 out of 56 in 75 minutes, but was slower in his methods than usual. Denton then partnered Tyldesley and before he had made a run was missed at slip by Evans off Smith. A t 80 Carr was tried for the second time, displacing Smith, and in his second over got Denton caught at slip for 8 . Three figures went up in just under two hours, but five later Tyldesley was sent back by Carr for a good innings of 32 made out of 58 in 55 minutes. Like Denton, he was deceived by the break of tho ball, and was caught at slip whilst trying to place to leg. Sharp quickly ran up 14 and was then stumped ; with his dismissal half the side were out for 118. King never settled down and, after taking 50 minutes to score 8 , was out to a good runniug catch at cover-point. Hirst never looked like staying and it was no surprise to find him stumped for a single figure score at 149. Rhodes had been playing a useful game since the departure of Sharp, and a good stand was made when he was joined by Barnes. The latter did not score many runs, but he played a useful game and helped to add 40 for the eighth wicket. Buckenham failed to score, but Rhodes and Strudwick added 19 in the last quarter of an hour without being separated, the total when stumps were drawn being 213 for nine wickets. Only a single was added on Tuesday before the innings closed for 214, made in four hours and a- quarter. Rhodes carried out his bat for 61 and deserved his success for he showed by far the best cricket on the side ; he batted 105 minutes and hit six 4’s. Carr’s analysis of six for 71 was quite remarkable considering that the wicket was against his style. When the Gentlemen went in the bowling was shared by Hirst and Barnes. Spooner made a cut to the pavilion off the former and was then caught at third man with only 7 scored. A t the same total Douglas was dismissed by the wicket­ keeper standing back, and at 9 Warner was lbw to Bames in that bowlers second over. This was a disastrous start indeed and Foster and Evans naturally played a slower game than they would have done in happier circumstances. Foster waited until anything in the nature of a loose ball came along and then made a rousing hit. The fourth wicket added 25 in 35 minutes, and the fifth 26 in half an-hour. Both Foster and Maclcod left at 64, the former having played a masterly game for 28 out of 57 in 70 minutes ; he hit six. 4’s. At the luncheon interval seven wickets were down for 69, and after the adjournment Barnes and Hirst got rid of the other three for 12. Bames took five wickets for 22 in the innings of 76 and on several occasions missed the wicket by the smallest fraction. The Players, leading by 138, were able to enter upon their second innings with light hearts. Hay­ ward and Hayes were the opening pair, and they were opposed by Evans and Carr. Run getting was slow at the start, but the rate soon improved. At 20 Smith went on so that Carr might change ends, and at 46 Gilbert displaced the latter. The 50 went up in 45 minutes and with no increase in the total Hayward was bowled by Gilbert in playing forward. Tyldesley joined Hayes, but at 3‘35 rain came down and caused an hour’s delay. Afterwards Smith and Carr shared in the attack, and runs came freely on the easy wicket. When 33 had been put on in 20 minutes, Tyldesley making 29 of the number, there was another delay of an hour. On the game being continued again the total was taken to 111, 61 for the wicket, and then Hayes, who had made some fine drives, was lbw to Douglas. In order to play out time Strudwick was then sent in, and at the end of the day he and Tyldeslcy were together with two wickets down for 129. Tyldesley completed his 50 in the last over of the day after batting 55 minutes, but was missed by Gilbert at mid-on when 29. Yesterday, as on the previous day, Strudwick was run out from the third ball bowled, the third wicket falling at 129. With Denton and Tyldeslcy together the play was without incident until, at 162, the latter was deceived by a ball from Carr and caught at extra cover. Tyldcsley made his flawless 63 in 70 minutes in quite his old style. Sharp scored only 7 ere being lbw, and King, who followed, was at once beaten by a ball which went for byes. The total was taken without further loss to 204 and then the innings was closed, leaving the Gentlemen almost five hours in which to make 343. Hirst and Barnes bowled when Warner and Spooner commenced the task, and only 7 had been scored when the last-named fell to Barnes. Warner was seen at his best, but received poor support, Douglas leaving at 22 and both Foster and Evans at 48. MacLaren showed a glimpse of his best form, but was bowled for 17, half the side being out upon his departure for 78. Three later Macleod was lbw for a single, but the association of Warner and Smith brought about a marked improvement. Warner reached 53 out of 100 in 125 minutes, and he and his partner brought on Barnes and King for Rhodes and Buckenham. It was not until the seventh wicket had put on 49 that Smith was caught at slip for a bright and sound innings of 35, which contained seven 4’s. With the score unchanged Warnej was bowled by Hirst. He played a most excellent innings and made his 58 out of 130 in just under three hours; his chief hits were six 4’s and three 3’s. The last two wickets added a dozen, leaving the Players successful as stated. Score and analsis : — P layers . First innings. ITayward, c and b Evans ... 22 Hayes, b E v a n s...................30 Tyldesley, c Macleod, b Can- 32 Denton, c Macleod, b Carr 8 Sharp, st Shields, b Carr ... 14 King, c Spooner, b Gilbert 8 Rhodes, not o u t ...................61 Hirst, st Shields, b Carr ... 6 Barnes, c Shields, bCarr ... 13 Buckenham, c Shields, b Carr .................................. 0 Strudwick, run out B 11, lb 2, nb 4 Second innings, b Gilbert ... . lbw, b Douglas . c Smith b Carr . not out................ lbw b Smith not out................ 3 run out ........... 2 17 B 9,lbl0,n bl,w l 21 Total .................. 214 Total (5 wkts)*204 * Innings declared closed. G entlemen . First innings. P. F. Warner, lbw, b Barnes 3 R.H.Spooner,c King,b Hirst 4 J. W. H. T. Douglas, cStrud­ wick, b Hirst .................. 0 H. K. Foster, b Rhodes ... 28 W. H. B. Evans, c Strud­ wick, b H ir s t ...................10 A. C. MacLaren, b Barnes 12 K. G. Macleod, b Barnes ... 4 S. G. Smith, b Barnes ... 3 D. W. Carr, lbw, b Barnes 5 H. A. Gilbert, c Hayward, b B irst ........................... 4 J. Shields, not out ........... 0 B 2, lb 1 .......................... 3 Second innings. b Hirst.................. 58 b Barnes ........... 1 b Hirst ........... 4 b Buckenham ... 8 lbw, b Bucken­ ham .................. 0 b Buckenham ... 17 lbw, b Rhodes ... 1 c Hayes, b Barnes 35 not out................... 3 b Barnes b Hirst........... Lb 4, nb 2 Total ...................76 P layers . First innings. O. M. R. W. Total...........142 Second innings. Gilbert ........... 18 7 41 1 Carr...................25'3 4 71 6 Smith ........... 21 5 43 0 .. Evans ........... 12 3 25 2 ., Douglas........... 2 1 4 0 . M aclcod........... 5 1 13 0 . Evans bowled three no-balls, Carr one no-ball, and Douglas one wide and one no-ball. G entlemen . O. 14 16 16 7 4 M. R. W. 23 0 12 1 First innings. O. Hirst Barnes , Rhodes M. R. W. , 14-5 2 43 4 ... 16 8 22 5 ... , 3 0 8 1 ... Buckenham King Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 16*5 7 31 3 , 21 , 9 14 3 Barnes bowled two no-ball?. 24 1 42 3 6 0 KENT v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at TunbridgeWells on July 12 and 13. THE TUNBRIDGE WELLS WEEK. Kent won by an innings and 274 runs. Derbyshire, winning the toss, batted first on a soft wicket and were all dismissed in two hours and a-half for 98. After the fall of the fourth wicket at 27 Needham and Oliver put on 44 together in 55 minutes, but the last five wickets went down in 40 minutes for 27. Blythe was seen at his best and took eight wickets for a fraction over six runs apiece. Kent experienced no difficult}' in securing a sub­ stantial lead. Dillon and Humphreys made 76 for the first wicket in 40 minutes and the latter and Sej7mour 79 for the second in an hour and a-quarter. Dillon hit seven 4’s and Humphreys eight. During the last 50 minutes of the day Seymour and Hutch­ ings added 87 without being separated, the latter, who hit with his accustomed vigour but was missed by Warren when 7, claiming 51 of the number. On tho second morning the conditions favoured the bowlers to some extent, and Kent's last eight wickets went down in 100 minutes for 118. Seymour was caught after adding a single, but Hutchings stayed until he had just exceeded his partner’s score. Each hit seven 4’s, but whereas the former made his runs in 130 minutes the latter batted only 80. Woolley made some good leg hits and Huish played a characteristic game, but the innings, after lasting 265 minutes, closed for 360. Derbyshire’s position was hopeless when they went in the second time, 262 behind. Woolley got rid of Morton, Wright and Chapman for 35, but although Cadman stayed a long time for 37, and Needham, Warren and Bestwick made double-figures, the side sustained a very heavy defeat. Score and analysis:— D erbyshire . First innings. L. G. Wright, lbw, b Blythe 6 Morton, c Fairservice, b Blythe .......................... 11 Cadman, b Woolley ........... 6 J. Chapman, b Blythe ... 0 Needham, b Blythe ...........11 L. Oliver, c Seymour, b Fairservice .................. 32 Warren, b Blythe ........... 0 Humphries, not o u t .......... 11 R. B. Rickman, hit wkt, b Blythe ..........................12 Bracey, b Blythe ........... 0 Bestwick, hit wkt, b Blythe 0 B 3, lb 4, nb 2 ........... 9 Total ...................98 Second innings, st H u is h , b W oolley...........11 b W o o lle y ...........15 c Prest, b Fielder 37 c Hardinge, b W oolley........... 6 b Fielder ...........19 b Fielder ........... 0 run out ...........15 c Huish, b Blytlic 1 b Blythe ...........12 b Blythe ........... 1 not out ......... 4 Lb 5, nb 2 ... 7 Total ...........128 E.W. Dillon, cWarren, b Morton.................. 45 Humphreys, cWright, b B racey................. 58 Seymour, b Morton ... 80 K. L. Butchings, b Bcstw ick..................SI Woolley, b Bestwick.. 29 H. E. W. Prest, b Morton .................. 6 b Hardinge, b Bestwick Fairservice, b Morton Huish, not o u t ........... Blythe, c Oliver, B estw ick......... Fielder, b Morton B 18, lb 2, w 2 Total ... D erbyshire . First innings. O. M. R. W. 23*5 6 49 8 ... 17 8 23 1 ... 8 4 14 1 ... 5 3 3 0 ... Woolley bowled one no-ball and Fielder three. K ent . M. R. W . O. 1 24 0 I Bracey... 14 6 75 4 Cadman.. 11 Blythe ... Fairservice W oolley... Fielder ... O. Warren ... 5 Bestwick.. 33 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 3 43 3 1 4 0 2 36 3 38 3 ... 16 ... 2 ... 13 11 Morton ...34-2 7 125 5 |Rickman 3 M R. W . 2 49 1 1 56 0 1 9 0 Warren and Bestwick each bowled one wide. BRIGHTON COLLEGE v. LANCING COLLEGE. —Played at Brighton on July 3 and won by the home side by 44 runs : Score - B righton C ollege . R. C. S. Johnstone, c Evetts, b B irkett... 15 E. L. Turner, b Bir- k e t t .......................... 4 P. Havelock-Davies, c Wilkinson,bLeadam 78 II.W . Dower,cHughes- Hallett, b Birkett... 11 W. E. I. Read,cLidde- low, b E vetts.......... 4 A. J. Murdoch, b Lcadam ...................28 B. B. Cubitt, run out 12 M. Frisch, c Huglies- Hallett.b Birkett... 11 E. C. Baker, c Hughes- Hallett, b Simms ... 25 E. C. Long, b Selby... 13 N. M. Morris, not out 2 B 34, lb 2 ...........36 Total ...239 L ascing C ollege . R. Simms, c Morris, b R ead..........................20 E. G. S. Leadam, run out ........................... 6 D. A. Wilkinson, b Turner ..................59 G. B. Liddelow, b Johnstone ........... 5 G. L. Selby, c and b Baker .................. 58 W. V. C. Longman, c Read, b Baker ... 8 R. O. Clarke, run out 2 R. Birkett, c Long, b Turner .................. 0 H.J. G. Griffin, c John­ stone, b Turner ... 17 J. F. Evetts, not out.. 5 A. Hughcs-Hallctt, b Turner ................... 4 B 8 , lb 3 ...........11 Total ...195