Cricket 1909

3 io CR ICK E T : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g u s t 5, 1909. THE TEAYESTY OF CRICKET. The lords of three-day cricket have humbled themselves before the idol of gladiatorialism. Three summers hence we shall have nine of the sixteen weeks of the cricket season consumed by Triangular Tests. It is assumed that the executive of the scheme w ill not be trying the public so high as to play more than one Test in any one week; such a trial would be over­ straining the nerves of the G ladiators; the gate money might be affected. Let us be frank. Is not at least one very big eye— one that reminds us of the weird “ Nunquam dorm io” on the front page of old B ell's L ife — set on the “ gate ” when Test cricket is discussed ? In the elaborate scheme issued from Lo rd ’s the manner of the collection and distribution of profits absorbs as much space as the outline of the cricket scheme. Froude tells somewhere in the “ Queen’s Prime Ministers ” that one of the most famous, on being told that the bells were ringing for the declaration of war, observed that the public would soon be wringing its hands. And so those who, in the intoxication of their joy on conversion to Mr. Abe Bailey's scheme for the English cricket grounds, may awaken to find that in their Test delirium they have stabbed county cricket. The blow has been given when county cricket had need of nutrim ent; its blood had been weakened by golf and over-professionalism ; here is the great county of Surrey reduced to a wholly professional side; here is Middlesex parted with its glories. Not even Australian importation has given either Surrey or Middlesex its old stand in cricket. And yet it is doubtful whether club cricket in quantity and quality in any part of England can compare with that of Surrey and Middlesex— and Kent (we had almost forgotten Kent). Kent stands by itself in cricket. It is the last of the strongholds where three-day cricket is played for cricket’s sake. There would be everything to say for these Tests were they merely Tests of sportsman­ ship between amateurs with a slight leaven of professionalism. Their development spells more professionalism than ever. We have every admiration for our colonial kinsmen, for their grit, for their intense s k ill; but they themselves make no secret of their financial ideas in these trips. And in the circumstances it is as well that the Triangular tournament should not have too heavy a setting of sport—let’s strain a point and say that it is half finance and half sport. The smaller counties may gain something in the division of the spoils, but they w ill lose something by the inevitable contraction of the county fixtures that must be a corollary of the presence of two colonial teams in one season. Our Test cricket this season is rather unfortunate for the Triangular company which is disposing of the remaining glories of county cricket with all the hilarity with which Charles Surface got rid of his ancestors. We doubt if they were pressed whether they would hold the little portrait of Oliver in the shape of the ’ Varsity match. It is with them a case of Test— and after that Test. And all this for such travesty of real cricket as England played at Lord's, Headingley, and Old Trafford. Some of us w ill begin to think that this fate in the Tests is merely the retributive requitementforthe debasement of a great game from a sport to a fanaticism. — The Observer. YORKSHIRE 2 nd XI. v. NORTHUMBERLAND. Played at Barnsley on July 7 and 8 and won by Yorkshire 2nd XI. by nine wickets. Score and analysis :— Y o b k sh ir e 2 nd XI. Watson, c and b El­ sey ..........................29 R. W. Frank, c Milne, b Skinner ........... 4 Foster, not o u t........... 5 Blackburn, c and b Elsey.......................... 5 Byes, &c..............11 Total ...276 Rudston, b Skinner... 3 Hardisty, c Cooper, b M ilne.........................11 Grimshaw, b Milne ... 23 Turner, b Elsey...........36 Richardson, c Foster, b Skinner ...........39 Oldroyd, c and b Skin­ ner .......................... 12 Booth, c Marshall, b Milne.......................... 98 Second innings: Rudston, run out, 2; Hardisty, not out, 12; Grimshaw, not out, 11; byes, &c., 1.— Total (1 wkt) 26. N ORTIIUMBERLAND. First innings. Second innings. S. Henderson, b Blackburn 4 c Frank, b Grim­ shaw..................37 Lieut. H. Cooper, b Oldroyd 9 c Richardson, b Grimshaw ... 2 Marshall, c and b Booth ... 32 b Blackburn ... 7 Carr, b Grimshaw ...........21 stWatson,b Grim­ shaw c Richardson, b Grimshaw c Hardisty, b Grimshaw 29 b Booth 0 b Booth ... 20 ... 1 ... 23 b ... 20 N. R. Wilkinson, c Turner, b Booth ........................... W. G. Brown, c Richardson, b Booth .......................... C. M. Skinner, st Watson, b Frank ........................... Milne, c Watson, b Booth,.. R. Foster, not out ...........10 b Foster T. Ullathorne, c Hardisty, c Blackburn, b Frank ........................... 4 Foster Elsey, c Blackburn, b B ooth .................................. 0 notout Byes, &c. ... 4 Byes, &c. Total ...................131 Total...........168 Y o r k sh ir e 2 nd X I . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W.O. M. R. W. Milne ............. 37 10 90 3 ............ Skinner............. 19 4 86 4 ............ C‘2 1 19 0 Marshall ... 6 0 18 0 ............ Elsey ........... 2*2 11 71 3 .......... 6 260 N o rth u m berland . O. M. R. W.O. M. R. W. Foster .............. 7 2 24 0 ............ 6-4 0 18 2 Blackburn ...12 3 22 1 ............ 7 1 27 1 Oldroyd..............11 7 8 1 ............ 2 0 16 0 Richardson ... 2 0 13 0 ............ Booth ........... 4-2 1 11 5 ........... 10 0 42 2 Frank .............. 4 0 25 2 ............ 1 0 16 0 Grimshaw ... 5 0 24 1 ............ 8 0 41 5 Oldroyd bowled two no-balls. HERTFORDSHIRE v. BEDFORDSHIRE. Played at Clarence Park, St. Albans, on July 16 and 17. Hertfordshire won by an innings and 50 runs. Score and analysis B e d f o r d s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. H. R. Orr, b Coleman ... 13 b White ......... 1 W. E. King, b W hite........... 1 c R. B. Cowley, b White ........23 W. L. Wharmby, b White 0 b White ........ 7 H. Willett, b Coleman ... 7 b White ........... 0 Holdstock, lit wkt, b White 7 b Colem an........... 2 Capt. H. C. Potter, b White 7 b White ......... 2 Keenam (N.), b White ... 1 b White ...........13 F. W. Potter, b White ... 0 cGolding,bWhite 9 Dr. R. Linnell, c Golding, bW hite .......................... 5 c and b White ... 0 L. Clark, c Titchmarsh, b W h ite.................................. 6 notout................. 4 W. J. Bird, not out ........... 7 b White .......... 5 Byes, &c....................... 4 Byes, & c... 14 Total 58 H e r t f o r d s h ir e . Total Coleman, b King ... 42 C. L. Wright, st Capt. Potter, b Linnell ... 10 H. W.Harford,stCapt. Potter, b Linnell ... 24 W. H. Marsh, not out 0 Byes, &c.................. 8 J. N. Cowley, b Clarke 3 Golding, c Capt.Potter, b O r r .........................14 H. L. Gaussen, c Capt. Potter, b O r r ...........30 C. H. Titchmarsh, c Willett, b O rr........... 0 White, c Bird, b Orr .. 7 E. H. Cuthbcrtson, b Total ...........188 Wharm by.................. 0 R. B. Cowley, b Linnell 50 B e d f o r d s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. ... 14-4 4 35 8 ............ 17-2 2 39 9 ... 14 8 19 2 ............ 17 5 27 1 H e r t f o r d s h ir e . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 21 7 41 1 ILinnell ... 4 1 16 3 10 2 39 1 Holdstsck 3 0 12 0 14 2 51 4 |King ... 6 0 21 1 White Coleman... Wharmby Clark... . Orr ... . YORKSHIRE 2 nd XI. v. DURHAM. Played at Harrogate on July 12 and 13 and won by Yorkshire 2nd XI. by 234 runs. Score and analysis:— Y orkshire 2 nd XI. First innings. Second innings. Hardisty, b Turnbull ... 12 lbw, b Smith ... 15 Grimshaw, c Coulson, b Morris.................................. 2 b Smith ....... 12 Turner, b Morris................... 5 c Robinson, b Thackeray ... 7 Booth, c Bradford, b Morris 3 b Brooks .......19 Oldroyd, lbw, b Turnbull 4 lbw, b Bewick ... 69 Richardson, c Smith, b Morris.................................. 0 b Smith ......... 4 Drake, b M orris...................33 b Morris ........36 G. Tattersall, c Smith, b c W alk er, b Brooks .......................... 9 Thackeray ... 11 Broadbent, b Bewick ...25 b Thackeray ... 0 Watson, c Thackeray, b Brooks .......................... 3 b Smith ........15 Foster, not out ................... 0 notout................21 Byes, &c.......................17 Byes, &c. .. 22 Total ...................113 Total ...........231 D urham . T. Coulson, b Drake ........... 3 A. E. Walker, b Broadbent 2 Turnbull, b Broadbent ... 6 T. A. Bradford, b Drake ... 0 E. B. Proud, b Drake ... 0 C. Brooks, c and b Broad­ bent .................................. 2 J. Bewick, b Broadbent ... 0 M om s, run o u t ................... 7 Smith, b Broadbent.......... 0 Thackeray, c Broadbent, b Drake.................................. 3 J. Robinson, not out.......... 0 Byes, &c....................... 0 Total .......................23 Total .............. 87 Y orkshire 2 nd XI. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Morris .......... 30 14 34 5 ........... 17 2 59 1 Turnbull ... 27 14 33 2 ............ 13 2 35 0 Brooks ... ... 4-3 0 15 2 .............. 12 2 37 1 B ew ick .......... 3 1 14 1 ............ 13 7 32 1 Smith . 20-2 7 29 4 Thackeray ... 14 6 17 3 D urham . O M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Broadbent ... 8 2 12 5 ............ 12‘3 1 34 6 Drake ......... 7*4 4 11 4 ............. 12 2 45 4 b Drake ...........22 b Broadbent ... 0 b Broadbent ... 19 b Broadbent ... 8 b Broadbent ... 2 b Drake ...........11 notout.................. 7 b Drake ........... 0 b Broadbent ... 4 c Foster, b Drake 6 lbw, b Broadbent 0 Byes, &c.............. 8 NORTHUMBERLAND v. STAFFORDSHIRE. Played at Newcastle on July 19 and 20 and won by Staffordshire by an innings and 13S runs. Score and analysis:— S t a f f o r d s h ir e . J. W. Johnson, b Foster ................... 0 Nicholls, not out ... 44 C. L. Winser, bElse-y 27 Lane, not out ........... 0 Byes, &c............24 Total (7 wkts)*403 P. Briggs, b Marshall 54 Barnes, c Marshall, b Skinner ......................20 Fereday, c Carr, b Skinner .......................73 Hollowood, c W ilkin­ son, b Carr ...............39 B. Meakin, c Marshall, b Skinner.................... 122 *Innings declared closed. Higgins and H. Eardley did not bat. N o r t h u m b e r l a n d . First innings. Second innings. F. W. Gillespie, b Barnes... 0 b Barnes ...........48 M a r s h a ll, c Briggs, b Eardley .......................... 10 b N icholls............. 0 S. Anderson, c Meakin, b c B a r n e s , b Barnes .......................... 4 N icholls...........39 Carr, c Fereday, b Barnes.. 36 cMeakin,bBarnes 28 N. R. Wilkinson, b Eardley 13 c Briggs,b Barnes 7 Lieut. Cooper, b Barnes ... 0 C. M. Skinner, b Barnes ... 0 G. H. Watson, run out ... 2 T. Ullathorne, c Lane, b Barnes .......................... 7 R. Foster, c Briggs, b Lane 19 cMeakin,bBarnes 0 Elsey, not out ... ........... 0 not out ........... 3 Byes, &c.......................10 Byes, &c. ... 21 N ic h o lls , b Barnes ........... b Nicholls ......... run out ........... c B a r n e s , b Nicholls ... Skinner E lsey... Foster Barnes ... Eardley ... Lane Total ...................101 Total S t a f f o r d s h ir e . O. O. M. R. W. .. 26 4 116 3 1Carr ... 9 ,.29 6 96 1 Marshall. 10 .15 1 71 1 | N o r t h u m b e r l a n d . O. M. R. W. O. ... 13*1 2 51 6 ............15 ... 12 1 38 2 ............ 4 ... 1 0 2 1 ............ 3 N icholls...........13’4 H iggins........... 6 Barnes bowled six no-balls. ...........164 M R. W. 0 47 1 0 49 1 M. R. W. 11 0 0 21