Cricket 1909

J u l y 29, 1909. CR ICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 3 01 S U S S E X v. M ID D LE S E X . Played at Brighton on July 26, 27 and 28. Drawn. Sussex batted rather sedately on Monday, and took all day to make 317 on a good wicket. The best cricket was shown by Robert Relf, who, driving well, made 82 out of 133 in 110 minutes without a mistake and hit thirteen 4’s : he made 51 for the first wicket with Vine and 61 for the second with Killick. Half the side, however, were out for 140, but the total reached 317, Heygate and Cox putting on 109 for the sixth wicket and the latter and Smith 51 for the eighth. Heygate was missed just before he was out, but Cox offered no chance. On the second day Middlesex lost eight wickets for 104 and then rain caused stumps to be drawn. Tarrant, hitting freely, helped to make 26 for the first wicket. Hendren made a useful 16, and O’Connor and More put on 35 together, but no one else reached double-figures. The last two wickets gave trouble on Wednesday, and the follow-on was averted. Murrell made good strokes to leg and drove well, and the last pair added 48. Sussex, attempting to force the game in their second innings, lost Robert Relf at 3, Leach at 17, Heygate and Cartwright at 35 and Vincett at 36. Killick and the elder Relf prevented a complete collapse, putting on 85 to­ gether in little over an hour without being parted. Then the innings was closed, leaving Middlesex 258 to win in 170 minutes. Tarrant and Hendren made 40 for the first wicket, but Relf (A. E.) and Vine then bowled so well that the eighth wicket fell for 138. The position was desperate, but Murrell played an excellent game and enabled his side to stave off defeat. It was a fine effort on his part, and worth far more than its face value. Score and analysis:— First innings. Vine, lbw, b Hearne . 23 Relf (R.), c O'Connor, b T r o t t ..................................82 Killick, c Robertson ,bTrott 17 R. B. Heygate, c Hearne, b More..................................71 Relf (A. E.), c O’Connor, b Tarrant .......................... 0 P. Cartwright, b Trott ... 1 Cox, c Robertson, b Mignon 69 Leach, lbw, b T r o tt .......... 3 C. L. A. Smith, not out ... 34 Vincent, c Trott, b Mignon 0 Butt, run out .................. 4 B 5, lb 6, w 1, nb 1 ... 13 Total .................. 317 * Innings declared M id d l e s e x . First innings. W. P. Robertson, c and b Relf (A. E.) .................. 6 Tarrant, lbw, b Leach ... 20 Hendren, cVincett, b Leach 16 G. L. Hebden, c Butt, b Relf Second innings, c Murrell, b Tar­ rant .................. 4 st Murrell, b Tar­ rant .................. 0 n otou t..................27 st Murrell, b Tar­ rant .................. 3 n otou t..................50 c Trott, b Tarrant 0 cMignon,bHearne 9 b Tarrant ...........24 B yes.................. 4 Total (6 wkts)* 121 closed. Second innings. b Killick ...........15 lbw, b Relf (A. E.) 25 lbw, bRelf (A. E.) 31 (A. E.) .......................... 0 b V in e........... V. O’Connor, c Vincett, b Relf (A. E.) ...................30 b Relf (A. E.) R. E. More, c Butt, b Leach..................................22 J Bowstead, e Relf (A. E.), b Leach .......................... 5 Trott, c Smith, b Leach ... 0 Murrell, c Cox, b Relf(A. E.) 21 Hearne (J. T.), not out ... 28 Mignon, c Vincett, b Cox .. 28 B 2, nb 2, w 1 ........... 5 13 Total First innings. ..181 S u sse x . M ignon...........16*1 Tarrant...........34 H earne...........24 Trott ...........29 More ........... 9 O. M. R. W. 42 2 , 87 1 . 57 1 , 82 4 , 36 1 b V in e.................. 6 c Vincent, b Relf (A. E.) .......... 16 candbRelf(A.E.) 10 not out ... ... 57 b Vincent ...........12 not out ........... 7 B 11,lb 4, n b l 16 Total (9 wkts) 211 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 14 13 1 0 62 5 1 52 1 0 3 0 More bowled one wide and Tarrant one no-ball. M id d l e s e x . First innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Leach .........,. 21 5 55 5 ... ... 3 1 4 0 Relf (A. E.) .. . 31 7 65 4 ... ... 26 7 65 5 Cox................. . 5-4 0 20 1 ... ... 5 1 7 0 Vincent......... ,. 2 0 12 0 .. ... 9 3 30 1 Killick ......... 6 0 24 0 ... ... 8 2 20 1 Vine ... ... 16 1 69 2 Relf (A. E.) bowled one wide and Leach two no-balls and Vincett one. Vogler, the South African ‘ ‘ googly ” bowler engaged at Woodbrook, has taken his 100th wicket for the N O R T H A M P T O N S H IR E v. D E R B Y S H IR E . Played at Northampton on July 26, 27 and 28. Northants won by an innings and 95 rues Although without Thompson, who was at Man­ chester for the Test match, and Vials, Northants succeeded in making their highest score of the season. For their total of 326 they were indebted chiefly to three stands, Pool and Smith adding 47 for the third wicket, East and Thorp 53 for the sixth, and Manning and Buswell 84 for the last. Smith’s innings was a curious one. He scored 3 from the first ball received, then batted 35 minutes without making a run, and wound up by scoring his last 48 in three-quarters of an hour. At the end of the day Derbyshire made 14 for the loss of Needham. On Tuesday it was possible to add only 5 runs without further loss before rain came down and caused play to be abandoned for the day. Yester­ day Smith was seen at his best, and Derbyshire sustained a heavy reverse. Score and analysis:— N o r t h a m p t o n sh ir e . C.J.T.Pool,c Needham, b Bestwick .......... 50 VV.H. Kingston.c Hum­ phries, b Warren .. 1 N. F. Norman, c Cad­ man, b Bestwick ... 11 S. G. Smith, c Oliver, b Bestwick ..............51 East, c Wright, b Morton ......... ... 63 J. S. Denton, b Warren 2 C. Sharp, b Morton ... 30 Wells, c Newton, b Morton ..................19 T. E. Manning, not out .......................... 56 H. Hawkins, c Need­ ham, b Morton ... 0 Buswell, c Newton, b M orton.................36 B 4, lb 2, nb 1 ... 7 -S UR R EY v. SO M ER S E T . Played at the Oval on July 26, 27 and 28. Surrey won by an innings and 88 runs. For their score of 305 Surrey were largely indebted to Hayes and Ducat, who made 184 between them. The former found a useful partner in Goatly, who stayed whilst 57 were made for the first wicket, whilst Lees helped Ducat to add 98 in 50 minutes after eight wickets had fallen for 197. Both men, however, were fortunate* Hayes being missed at the wicket when 3 and Ducat let off at slip when 2. Hayes reached 50 out of 74 in (55 minutes and made his 70 out of 102 in 95: he was third out and hit five 4's. In making his first hundred for the County —he scored 114 out of 223 in 160 minutes—Ducat made some powerful drives and hit a 5 and four­ teen 4’s. When stumps were drawn Somerset had made 22 for the loss of Herbert. On Tuesday rain stopped play for the day after the innings had closed for 130. Apart from a steady innings of 34 by E. A. Greswcll the play was featureless. On Wednesday the wicket was in favour of the bowlers, and against Rushby and Platt the visitors were dis­ missed for 89, the last three wickets falling with the score unaltered. Score and analysis :— S u r r e y . Total ..326 D e r b y s h ir e . L. G. Wright, b Smith ... 27 stBuswell,bSmith 9 Needham, b Wells .......... 7 b E ast.................. 15 Morton, c Buswell,b Smith 8 b Smith .......... 13 Cadman,c Denton,b Smith 34 c and b Smith ... 6 J. Chapman, b Smith ... 0 b Smith ........... 2 Newton, b Smith .......... 30 b Smith ............. 4 L. Oliver, b Smith ...........16 c Pool, b East .. 21 Warren,st Buswell,b Smith 13 notout .......... 2 Bestwick, lbw, b East R. B. Rickman, absent Humphries, not out ... B 1, lb 1, nb 2 b Smith absent........... c Kingston, Smith Byes ... Smith (W. C.),b Lewis 2 Platt, b Robson........... 2 Strudwick, b Lewis... 5 Lees, not out ...........39 Rushby, c Herbert, b Robson ................... 6 B 8, lb 5, nb 1 ... 14 Hayes, lbw, b Lewis... 70 Goatly, lbw, b Braund 12 Davis, c W. Greswell, b Robson.................... 9 Ducat, c E. Greswcll, b Robson.......... ..114 Harrison, b Lewis ... 1 Spring, c E. Greswell, b Lewis .......................31 S o m e r se t . Braund, c Lees, b Rushby 25 c Hayes,b Rushby 12 Hon. M. Herbert, c Platt, b Rushby .......................... E. A. Greswell, c Platt, b Rushby .......................... J. Daniell, c Hayes, b Lees Lewis, c Ducat, b Rushby Total 2 b Rushby ...305 10 Total .................. 151 Total...........80 N o r t h a m pt o n sh r e . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Warren ... 37 9114 2 1 Morton ...18‘4 4 57 5 Bestwick.. 35 11 92 3 Rickm an. 3 0 21 0 Cadman ... 11 3 35 0 | Warren bowled one no-ball. D e r b y s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Smith ........... 23 4 87 7 ........... 17’2 5 36 7 Wells ........... 3 2 4 1 ... ... East ........... 13-2 3 40 1 .......... 17 5 40 2 Hawkins ... 7 2 16 0 ...................... Hawkins and East bowled one no-ball each. 34 c Platt, b Rushby 7 1 c Hayes, b Platt 17 9 c Strudwick, b Rushby .......... 1 Robson, c Hayes, b Platt .. 13 b Platt...............20 T. C. Spring, b Platt...........13 c Davis,bRushby 5 I B. L. Bisgood, c Strudwick, b Platt .......................... 3 notout................... 0 W. T. Greswell, b Rushby.. 19 c and b Platt ... 13 E. S. M. Poyntz, b Rushby 3 b P la tt................. 4 Chidgey, not out.................. 2 b P latt................. 0 B 5, w 1 ................... 6 Byes, &c. ... 0 Total Greswell(W.) 18 1 Lewis ......... 130 S u r r e y . O . M . R. W. J o ta l...........89 Rushby . Lees Hayes . Platt 2 0 I Robson... 29*4 95 5 I Braund .. 13 Lewis delivered one no-ball. 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