Cricket 1909

2 8 4 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u l y 2 2 , 1 9 0 9 . THE AUSTRAL IANS . 2 2 nd M atch .— v . YORKSHIRE. Played at Sheffield on July 19, 2 0 and 21. Drawn. The Australians, who journeyed from Windsor after visiting the Castle, did not arrive in Sheffield until two o’clock in the morning. They lost the toss and fielded all day whilst Yorkshire, captained by Hunter, made 337 for nine wickets. The County lost Wilson at 7, but Rhodes and Denton defied Cotter and Armstrong and caused several changes in the attack. 50 went up in 40 minutes but when Cotter went on for Armstrong at 76 he got Denton caught first ball. The catch was a wonderful one by Ransford, who ran from third-man to deep point near the boundary and took the ball on a level with his throat. It was a magnificent effort, which met with the applause it merited, but Denton was un­ fortunate in being dismissed from such a stroke. The second wicket added 69 in an hour, and Denton hit five 4’s in making 37 of that number. Wilkinson was bowled for 4, at 83, but with Hirst in auother good stand was made. The 100 was reached in an hour and 40 minutes and Rhodes completed 50 after batting two hours. The total was taken to 143, and then Ilirst fell before Cotter : lie had helped Rhodes to put on 60 for the fourth wicket in three-quarters of an-liour. The good work was continued with Hardisty in, for he assisted to add 91 in an hour and a-half. Then, at 234, Rhodes, who completed his 1000 runs for the season when 75, was caught at cover-point for a flawless innings of 10 S which lasted 220 minutes and contained eight 4’s, chiefly drives and leg-hits. Hardisty and Rothery indulged in another productive stand and put on 77 in 65 minutes before the former, who had made 72 out of 168 in 155 minutes, was thrown out by Gregory from cover- point. He hit eight 4’s but was missed by Cotter off his own bowling when 25 and by Bardsley in the long-field when 70. This was his first match for Yorkshire since May. In the last half hour of the day three wickets fell, and when play ceased nine men were out for 337. Nearly 18,000 persons watched the game, and during the day Noble made as many as 22 bowling changes. On the second morning only 9 runs were added before the innings closed, after lasting five hours aud a half. It will be seen that although seven bowlers were put on, only two obtained wickets. The Australian innings was opened by Bardsley and Hopkins against Hirst and Newstead. Hopkins, after being missed at 7, was caught at the wicket for 12 with the total 29. Bardsley batted confidently, but Ransford was never quite comfortable : lie stayed long enough, however, to complete his 1000 runs for the season and at 53 furnished Hunter with his second catch of the innings. Noble was more aggressive than usual, but was caught at slip after contributing 26 of the 42 put on for the third wicket. Gregory scored only 4, and it was left to Armstrong to offer much resistance. Bardsley reached 50 after batting 115 minutes, but after the fall of the fourth wicket the rate of run- getting slackened. The stand for the fifth wicket realised a most valuable S4 and then Bardsley, who had made 90 out of 191 in 175 minutes without a chance, was bow led: he cut well and made some good drives and hit ten 4’s. The last five wickets added only 76, everything being dwarfed by the batting of Armstrong, who carried out his bat for 70 after batting 155 minutes. He made his runs out of 160 obtained whilst in and hit four 4’s. Except for a sharp chance to the wicket-keeper when 51 he was guiltless of m istake: during his innings he com­ pleted his 1000 runs for the season. Newstead showed a glimpse of his form of 1908 by taking five wickets for 93 runs on a good pitch. At tho end of the day Rhodes and Wilson made 19 together without loss in the County’s second innings. Yesterday runs came slowly against Cotter and Macartney, Wilson taking 55 minutes to add 6 . The half- century was reached in 75 minutes and a run later Rhodes, when 33, was missed from a hard chance by Hopkins at square-leg off Armstrong, who had relieved Cotter at 41. When 70 had been made in 105 minutes Rhodes played-on. Denton made a couple of fine 4’s but was bowled at 92, at which total Wilson and Wilkinson also were sent back. Wilson took 140 minutes to make 31—remarkable play considering the state of the game. Hardisty left first ball, and the rest of the innings was note­ worthy only for a finely-hit score of 50 not out by Hirst. With seven wickets down for 172 the closure was applied leaving the Australians 252 to win. Bardsley and Gregory made 53 without loss, and then bad light stopped play and caused the match to be drawn. Score and analysis :— Y orkshire . First innings. Second innings. Rhodes, c Gregory, b Cotter 108 b H opkin s.............45 Wilson, c Armstrong, b c Trumper, b Cotter.................................. 5 Cotter ..............31 Denton,c Ransford,bCotter 37 b Macartney ...15 Wilkinson (W. II.), b Cotter 4 b Cotter ........... 5 Hirst, b Cotter .................. 29 not out .............50 Hardisty, run out ...........72 b Cotter ............. 0 Rothery, c Carter, b Macart­ ney .................................. 36 lbw, b Cotter ... 11 Broadbent, b Macartney ... 12 c Trumper, b Cotter .......... 1 Newstead,c andb Macartney 5 notout .......... 11 Haigh, b M acartney...........17 Hunter, not o u t ................. 0 B 11, lb 4, w 1, nb 5 ...21 B 1, l b l, n b l 3 Total .. ......... 346 Total (7 wkts)*172 *Innings declared c'osed. A ustralians . First innings. Second innings. A. J. Hopkins, c Uuntcr, b N ew stead.......................... 12 W. Bardsley, b Hirst... ... 90 notout...................25 V. S. Ransford, c Hunter, b Newstead ..................11 M. A. Noble, c Newstead, b Rhodes ..........................26 S. E. Gregory, c Newstead, b Rhodes ......................... 4 not out...................26 W. W. Armstrong, not out 70 V. T. Trumper, c Hunter, b N ew stead.......................... 5 C. G. Macartney, c Hunter, b Hirst ......................... 10 H. Carter, c Hirst, b New­ stead .................................. 5 A. Cctter,c and b Newstead 5 F. Laver, c Hirst, b Rhodes 15 B 1, lb 12, n b l ...........14 Lb 1, nb 2 ... 2 Total .................. 267 Total (no wkt) 53 Y orkshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. 11. W. Cotter ......... 30 2 92 5 ........... 26 7 44 5 Armstrong ... 267670 ....... 24 9 47 0 Laver ......... 19 3 42 0 ........... Macartney ... 17’25324 .... 19 9 40 1 Noble ......... 12 2 50 0 ........... Trumper ... 1 0 12 0 ............. Hopkins ... 143300 ....... 11-4 1 38 1 Cotter delivered six no-balls and Hopkins bowled one wide. A ustralians . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. \V. O. M. R. W. Hirst ... 21 0 69 2 . Newstead ... 34 9 93 5 .. 8 0 24 0 Broadbent ... 9 1 24 0 . . ... 10 2 20 0 Haigh ... ... 10 1 21 0 .. Rhodes ... ... 16 0 46 3 .. 3 0 7 0 Newstead and Broadbent each bowled one no-ball. MIDDLESEX v. SURREY. Played at Lord’s on July 19 and 20. HAT-TRICK BY TARRANT. Surrey won by 74 runs. On Monday, as the result of some very keen play, twenty wickets fell for 279 runs on a wicket which was not difficult. Davis and Rushby took the places of Smith and Harrison in the Surrey side ; otherwise the team was the same as that which played the Australians. Surrey, going in first upon winning the toss, lost Goatly and Hayward for 24 and Hayes at 32. Bird and Ducat added 20 together and the latter and Davis 76 in 65 minutes. Neither Ducat nor Davis gave a chance and both were out at the same total, 128. Hitch afterwrards made some good hits, including six 4’s, and the total reached 170. Middlesex lost Tarrant at 11 and Warner at 23, after which Robertson and Hendren put on 33 together. Page hit well for 19, but three wicicets fell at 96 and Surrey were left with a lead of 69. Lees bowled admirably and was well supported by Kirk. In the last 10 minutes of the day Surrey scored 8 without loss, Goatly and Strudwick in. On the second morning both Goatly and Strudwick were out ere a run had been added, and the score was only 25 when Hayward was caught at mid-on. Hayes and Bird improved matters by adding a valuable 53 in 45 minutes, and after the former had been bowled Ducat and Bird put on 41 more in half-an-hour. Davis hit freely and well and with Ducat added 74 in 75 minutes. At 204 Tarrant did the hat-trick at the expense of Ducat, Lees and Hitch and the innings closed for 206, leaving Middlesex 276 to win. Tarrant’s six wickets cost 29 runs, but after lunch his analysis was five for 12. Middlesex made only a fair start, losing Tarrant at 31 and Hendren at 59. The latter sent a ball to Strudwick, who let it pass through his hands, but before it reached the ground Hayes ran in from slip and caught it. Warner found a useful partner in Robertson, and the total was taken to 108 without anything of note occurring. At that total Hayes went on, and the move proved a most successful one. At 113 he bowled Robertson and afterwards met with so much success that, apart from Warner, only Trott (10) reached double figures. Warner was seen at his best and carried his bat right through the innings for 102 , which took three hours and a-quartcr to compile and was quite devoid of chance. He hit eight 4’s. Hayes, in addition to taking seven wickets for 34, made two catches at slip. Score and analysis :— S urrey . First innings. Hayward, c and b Mignon 15 Goatly, b Mignon ........... 1 Hayes, b Tarrant ........... 9 M. C. Bird, c Hendrcn, b II earnc ........................ 16 Ducat, st Murrell, bTarrant 28 Davis c Murrell, b Mignon 39 Hitch, c Litteljohn, b Mignon .......................... 30 Lees, c Hendren, b Tarrant 1 E. C. Kirk, c and b Tarrant 0 Strudwick, lbw, b Mignon 9 Rushby, not out .......... 0 B 17, lb 5 ...................22 Sefcond innings, c Mann, b Mignon 6 b Mignon ........... 8 b Trott...................41 c Murrell, b Trott 40 lit wkt, bTarrant 40 c M ig n o n , b Tarrant...........41 b b Tarrant .. c M u rrell T arrant........... st M u r r e ll, b T arrant........... c and b Tarrant not out.., Total... ...170 M iddlesex . First innings. P. F. Warner, b Hitch ... 10 Tarrant, c Hayes, b Rushby 10 Hendren, b Kirk ' ...........23 W.P. Robertson, lbw, b Lees 21 E. S. Litteljohn, c Strud­ wick, b Kirk .................. 3 Murrell, b Lees .................. 6 C. C. Page, c Hitch, b Lees 19 F. T. Mann, not o u t ........... 4 Trott, b Lees .................. 0 Hearne (J. T.), c Hayes, b Lees .................................. 0 Mignon, c Hayward, b Kirk 5 B 15, lb 4, nb 1 20 Second innings. notout................... 102 c Hayes, b Lees... 17 c Hayes,b Rushby 14 b Hayes ..............21 6 2 0 0 10 lbw, b Hayes b Hitch b Hayes b Hayes c and b Hayes Byes, &c. Total 2 Kirk, b Hayes 6 3 Hayward, b Hayes ........... 7 B 9 ,lb 5 ,w l,n b l 16 ...101 Total ... 201 S urrey . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. M ignon.......... 23-4 7 70 5 ........... 22 4 89 2 Tarrant.......... 23 2 51 4 ........... 15'5 4 29 6 H earne.......... 9 4 8 1 ........... 8 0 24 0 Trott .......... 7 3 19 0 ........... 10 2 44 2 Mignon bowled one no-ball. M iddlesex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. r . w . o . m . r . w . Hitch .......... 9 4 18 1 ........... 13 3 40 1 R ushby.......... 7 1 27 1 ........... 7 0 31 1 Lees .......... 12 2 29 5 -........... 19 3 50 1 Kirk ............ 10-5 4 27 3 ... ... 12 1300 Hayes ................15-4 1 34 7 Kirk bowledone wide and one no-ball. SUSSEX v. LANCASHIRE. Played at Eastbourne on July 19, 20 and 21. THE EASTBOURNE WEEK. Lancashire won by ten wickets. Fortunate enough to win the toss, Lancashire showed their appreciation by remaining at the wickets the whole of Monday—320 minutes—and scoring 400 runs for four wickets. Hartley and Spooner made 208 together for the opening partner­ ship in 175 minutes by sound cricket. Neither player gave a chance, and the former, who drove particularly well, hit twelve 4’s, and the latter, whose off-play and placing to leg were excellent, eight 4’s. Tyldesley and Sharp added 80 together in an hour and the latter and Macleod 64 in 33 minutes. The last-named, driving with great power, hit a 6 (off Cox) and six 4’s. At the end of the day Sharp, who made his 1,000th run of the season from the first ball he received, carried out his bat for a faultless 81, made in two hours. On Tuesday Lancashire took their total to 537 for eight wickets and declared during the interval. Sharp hit ten 4’s duriog the two hours and a-quarter he batted for his faultless 86 , and MacLaren made his 26 in 35 minutes by bright cricket. Makepeace and Huddleston added 62 in 40 minutes for the seventh wicket, and every player who batted reached double figures. Sussex commenced well, Vine taking part in a series of useful stands : he made 40 with Relf (R. R.), 31 with Killick, and 58 with Heygatc. The third wicket went down at 129, and the other seven added only 3S, Macleod bowling with great effect. Vine batted 135 minutes for his 4S. In the follow-on 34 runs were made for the loss of Smith and Vine by the end of the day. On the third