Cricket 1909

3°8 CR ICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g u s t 5, 1909. So far nothing has been allowed to trans­ pire concerning the side which w ill represent England in next week’s Test match at Kennington, but a few changes from the one which played at Manchester may be looke 1 for. If, as everyone hopes w ill be the ca^e, the game is played on a hard wicket, Carr w ill take part in his first international engagement, and very interesting the event should prove. If he should be in good form he might well p ill oft' the match, for the Australians have had practically no ex­ perience in their own country of a “ googly ” bowler of the first rank. England have generally done well in Test matches at the Oval, the Australians having proved success­ ful there only once— by 7 runs in 1882, when Peate “ could not trust Mr. Studd.” Of the eleven games played on that ground England have won seven and three have been drawn. From news received by the last Australian m ail it appears as though there is to be another upheaval in Sydney cricketing circles, as the Committee of the New South Wales Cricket Association has been unable to come to an understanding with the Sydney Cricket Ground Trustees concerning terms. The New South Wales Cricket Association called a special meeting for July 7th to consider a report from the Executive Committee on the question of ground and terms for first-class cricket matches in the next and following seasons. The Association have shown that they are prepared to take the big matches away from the famous Sydney ground by opening negotiations with the Trustees of Wentworth Park, where the Glebe Club plays, unless the Trustees of the Sydney ground come down in their terms. “ Not O u t” of the Sydney Referee says: — “ The Sydney Cricket Ground revenue from members’ subscriptions is so large that the cricket receipts in an ordinary year are not what they used to be, and a feeling has been growing for some few years that the time must come when the Cricket Association shall, in the interests of the game, handle the revenue from the members’ subscriptions — if not at the Sydney Cricket Ground, then elsewhere. As the Metropolitan Rugby U nion is also at variance with the Trust on the subject of terms, and as other bodies have left the Sydney Cricket Ground for the same reason, the position is gradually becoming acute among the various sporting bodies which have used the ground in the past. As far as cricket is concerned, I have felt for years that the only solution of the troub'e is for the ground to have the old Deed of Grant revoked and a new Deed drawn up, sim ilar to that of the A. J. C. Act of 1873, practically vesting the ground in the Cricket Association.” The Trustees of the Sydney Cricket Ground, in a statement regarding the position in respect to inter­ state matches, say that since 1885 the gate takings from these contests, played under the Cricket Association, have been £39,441. The Trustees’ share has been £5,832, an average of about £243 per annum for twenty- four years, while the Association has had handed to it the net amount of £29,044. A considerable loss to the Trustees, it is urged, has resulted from inter-State matches, and they are of opinion that the Cricket Associa­ tion has been extended most generous treat­ ment. Englishmen w ill regret that the pos­ sibility of the game in New South Wales having to seek for new headquarters exists, for the Sydney Ground had justly come to be regarded as one of the most historic of cricket centres. Sentiment, however, often counts for little nowadays. E S S E X v. K E N T . Played at Leyton on July 29, 30 and 31. Drawn. Kent, for whom Can* played his first County Championship match, were without Blythe (resting after the Test match), whilst Essex lost the services of Perrin owing to a strain. Kent, winning the toss, batted the whole of Thursday, scoring 440 for nine wickets. In the early part of the day the bowlei’s derived help from the ground, and three wickets went down in 45 minutes for 46 runs. Humphreys played admirably during that time and put on 68 in an hour with Woolley and 107 in 75 minutes with A. P. Day. He hit eleven 4’s in making 95 out of 221 in three hours. After the fall of the fifth wicket at 221, the brothers Day mastered the bowling and in an hour and three- quarters put on 189 together. “ A.P.” reached 50 out of 75 in 50 minutes, and 100 out of 173 in two hours. In all he made 177 out of 303 in 190 minutes ere being caught at long-on. Hiltiug well all round, he made seventeen 4’s and offered no chance until 176, when he might have been caught at point. Play was ruined by the weather on Friday, it being possible only for Kent to take their total to 448 and for Essex to make 47 for one wicket in 50 minutes in response. Mead did very well indeed to take six wickets for 86 in so large a total. Can* found the wicket too soft for him and retired after bowling one over, whilst Fielder, after sending down an over, was troubled with an old sprain and took no further part in the game. The bowling strength of Kent was thus seriously affected, especially as Blythe was not playing. Douglas made some good drives and obtained 28 of the first 35 runs in half- an-hour. The bowlers received assistance from the pitch on the third day, and Essex lost their nine outstanding wickets for 78 runs. Woolley proved a very useful substitute for Blythe, and took seven wickets for 6 runs apiece. Fane batted admirably for two hours and a-quarter before being caught at slip : he hit seven 4’s in his 42. Following-on, 323 behind, Essex had lost both Douglas and Gillingham by the time the total reached 40. Fane and McGahey rendered great service by remaining together for an hour: but at ten minutes past 5 the fifth wicket went down for 123. Freeman and Russell (E.) saved the game by a partnership which lasted an hour and a-half, but both were missed. Essex did well to save the game, for they had to face a huge task and the conditions were against them. When play ceased Essex, with only two wickets in hand, required 141 runs to save the innings defeat. Score and analysis:— K e n t . S. II. Day, c Reeves, b Mead .................. 79 Fairservice, not out... 19 Huish, c E. Russell, b Mead .................. 2 D. W. Carr, b Mead... 9 Fielder, b Mead ... 5 B 3,lb 4, w 2, n b l ... 10 E. W. Dillon, b Reeves 18 Humphreys, c Ben- ham, b Douglas ... 95 Seymour, c E. Russell, b Buckenham.......... 0 K. L. Hutchings,c A. C. Russell, b Bucken­ ham .......................... 1 Woolley, b Mead ... 33 A. P. Day, c Gilling- Total ...........448 ham, b M e a d .......... 177 E ss e x . F. L. Fane, c Hutchings, b W oolley..........................42 c S. H. Day, b Carr 57 J. W. H. T. Douglas, b Fair­ service ..........................28 c A. P. Day, b Carr 17 Rev. F. H. Gillingham, c Carr, b Woolley ........... 8 lbw,b Humphreys 0 C. P. McGahey, c Dilllon, b Woolley ......................... 9 b Woolley ............26 Freeman (J.), Ibw, b W olley.................................10 b Humphreys ... 37 Russell (A. C.), c Seymour, b W oolley.......................... 0 c Huish, b Carr... 0 ” ’ b Russell (E.), c Iluisli, Woolley .................. 0 Buckenham, b Carr ...' ... 4 Benham, b C arr................... 5 Reeves, not o u t .................. 8 Mead, c sub, b Woolley ... 10 B y e .......................... lbw,b Humphreys 13 lbw, b Carr......... 0 not out................... 0 not out.................. 0 Total . ...125 K en t . 1 B 17,1b 12,w l,nb2 32 Total (8 wkts)lS2 O. M. R. W. O M R. W. BuckenMead 28-3 6 86 6 ham 32 1 139 2 Benham . 9 0 36 0 Reeves ... 26 3 82 1 McGahey 8 0 44 0 Douglas ... 12 2 51 1 Buckenham bowled a no-ball and Reeves and Douglas one wide each. E ss e x . Carr 16 3 36 2 ......... 25 8 49 4 Fairservice 20 7 37 1 ........... 12 4 23 0 Fielder ... 1 0 0 .......... Humphreys 1 0 2 0 ........... 21 12 29 3 Woolley... 19 4 4 42 7 ........... 23 8 49 1 A. P. Day ... 1 1 0 0 Carr bo.vled a wide and Woolley and Humphreys each a no-ball. W O R C E S T E R S H IR E v. G L O U C E S T E R . SH IR E . Played at Worcester on July 29, 30 and 31. Worcestershire won by one wicket. After losing three good wickets for 27, Gloucester­ shire scored 202 and then, in a poor light, got five Worcestershire wickets down for 9S. Langdon made 53 out of 101 in 100 minutes and hit seven 4’s, and Dipper, showing very strong defence, batted two hours and a-quarter for 47. Worcestershire lost three wickets for 18 and five for 63. Arnold and Burns added 35 without being parted, and when play ceased the total was 98 for five. Arnold added only a single on the second day and, although Burns hit well for 49, the last five wickets added only 60. Ai-nold batted 110 minutes for his excellent 57 and hit six 4's. During the innings Dennett obtained bis 100th wicket of the season. Going in the second time, Gloucestershire fared so badly that they lost Salter at 2 and Dipper and Board at 28. After the fall of the fifth wicket at 71 Brownlee and F. B. Roberts added 93 in 55 minutes, the former marking his debut by scoring 64 in an hour and a-half, he hit nine 4’s and was bowled off his pads. Set 255 to win, Worcestershire made 15 without loss by the end of the day. On Saturday Pearson and Cuffe made 42 for the first wicket and the latter and Bowley added G9 for the second. After lunch there was a shower, which handicapped the bowlers. The third wicket did not go down until 180, but five afterwards fell for 60, and 2 runs were still wanted when the last man went in. Cuffe played ve.-y fine cricket for two hours and three-quarters, and had no small share in his side’s success, whilst Burns did well at the crisis. Score and analysis :— G lo u c e ste r s h ir e . First innings. Board, c Cuffe, b Burns ... Langdon, b Simpson-Hay­ ward ................................. A. W. Roberts, c Gauk- rodger, b Arnold ........... M. G. Salter, c Gaukrodger, b Arnold .......................... Hale, c Gaukrodger, b Arnold .......................... Dipper, c Gaukrodger, b Burrows .......................... F. B. Roberts, c Simpson- Hayward .......................... W. M. Brownlee, b Burns.. Huggins, b Burrows........... Parker, not out ................... Dennett, b Burrows ... B 9, lb 4, w 1......... Second innings. b Burns ........... 9 c Arnold, b Bur­ rows .................. 20 4 c and b Cuffe ... 18 6 b Arnold ........... 1 c Gaukrodgcr, b 17 Pearson ........... 3 47 lbw, b Arnold ... 17 c Simpson - Hay- 12 ward,b Pearson 45 1 b Burrow s........64 36 b Burrow s............ 6 8 c and b Pearson.. 22 .. 4 not o u t .................. 2 .. 14 Leg-byes ... 3 , 57 T o ta l...............202 Total W o r c e s te r sh ir e . First innings. Pearson, c Board,bDennett Bowley, b A. W. Roberts .. Arnold, c Parker, b F. B. Roberts .......... Cuffe, c Parker, b A. W. Roberts .......................... H. K. Foster, b F. B. Roberts .......................... G. II. Simpson-Hayward, c and b Brownlee W. B. Burns, not out... A. W. Isaac, c Dipper, b Dennett .......................... Turner,st Board,b Dennett Burrows, c Board, b Parker Gaukrodger, c Board, b Parker ................................. B 4. lb 3 .......................... ...210 Second innings, c Board, b Parker 30 lbw, b Parker ... 25 c Dennett, b F. B. Roberts ...........39 c and b F. B. 4 Roberts ...........75 3 c Hale, b Dennett 13 12 49 cBoard,b Dennett 25 notout...................25 c Salter, b Parker lbw, b Dennett... c Hale, b Parker not out B18, w l... 1 2 0 4 19 Total ...........158 Total (9 wkts)258 G l o u c e st e r sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Burns ......... 19 3 55 2 ............ 16 4 27 1 Arnold .......... 23 4 59 3 ............ 13 2 39 2 Burrows ... 11'3 3 17 3 .......... 19 5 60 3 S.-Hayward... 17 2 49 2 ............ 5 1 13 0 Cuffe .......... 1 0 1 0 ............ 10 2 40 1 Pearson.......... 6 4 7 0 ........... 7’2 1 28 3 Arnold bowled one wide. W o r c e s t e r s h ir e . First innings. Sccond innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Dennett.......... 23 6 55 3 ............ 41 16 71 3 A. W. Roberts 8 3 20 2 ............ 3 0 27 0 F. B. Roberts.. 13 7 18 2 ............ 10 0 44 2 Huggins........... 5 1 9 0 ............ 10 1 26 0 Brownlee ... 4 0 20 1 ............ 1 0 1 0 Parker .......... 6 1 17 2 ............ 29 7 70 4 Hale ......... 1 0 12 o ........... Parker bowled one wide.