Cricket 1909

A u g u s t 5, 1909. CR ICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 3J9 A. E. LEW IS. A part from Braund, no player has rendered such useful all-round service to Somerset cricket as Lewis, for whose benefit the match against Surrey, which commences at Taunton on Monday, has been set apart. Born at Bedminster on January 20th, 1877, it was not until he was in his twenty-third year that he was given a trial in the County Eleven. H is record for his first season in first-class company was far indeed from foreshadowing how valuable a member of the side he would prove, seeing that his batting average for four innings, one of which was unfinished, was no higher than 4-66, and that he had 19 runs scored from him without obtaining a wicket. He was persevered with, however, with the result that in 1901— his second season of regular match-playing—he made his first century and averaged just under 28 runs an innings. Perhaps his best season so far has been that of 1904, when he scored 101 and 97 in the match with Hampshire at Taunton and had a great deal to do with his county’s success over Surrey on the same ground. Somerset, in a low-scoring game, were set 243 to win and obtained the runs for the loss of only three wickets, Lewis and Daniell making 141 for the first wicket and the former carrying out {his bat for a faultless 118 when the match was won. W hat he has accom­ plished in first-class cricket is shown in the appended tables:— BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most Not in an Total Inns. out. inns. Runs. Aver. 1899 ........................... 4 1 11 14 4-66 1900 .......................... 30 2 68* 434 15-50 1901 ........................... 34 4 120 838 27-93 1902 ........................... 34 1 82 483 14-63 1903 ........................... 30 1 94 518 17-86 1904 ........................... 31 2 118* 861 29-68 1905 ........................... 25 2 84 525 22-82 1906 ........................... 31 1 107 808 26-93 1907 .......................... 37 2 82* 702 20-05 1908 ........................... 38 1 102 649 17-54 1909f ........................... 14 2 67* 226 18-83 f To Monday last. * Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. 1899 ................... 6 .. . 0 . . 19 . ,.. 0 ... — 1900 ................... 71-1 .. . 13 ..,. 245 ,... 7 ..., 35-00 1901 ................... 18 .. . 3 ..,. 64 ... o — 1902 ................... 32-4 .. . 7 .,.. 91 ,... 4 ... 22-75 1903 ...................124*1 .. . 29 ..,. 391 ,... 12 ... 32 58 1904 ... ......... 313-3 .. . 90 ..,. 864 ,... 37 ... 23-35 1905 ...................213-4 .. . 55 .... 584 ,... 23 ... 25-39 1906 ................... 580-1 .. . 182 ..,.1625 ... 66 ... 24-0-2 1907 ................... 586-4 .. . 171 ..,.16S7 ... 82 ... 20-57 1908 ................... 727-2 .. . 190 ..,.2187 ,... 80 ... 27-33 1909+ ................... 266*5 .. . 74 ..,. 668 ,... 40 ... 16-70 120 113 101 ... 108*.. 107 .. 102 .. f To Monday last. H is three-figure scores have been :— 100*... Somerset v. South Africans, at Taunton... 1901 , v. Sussex, at Taunton ...........1901 , v. Surrey, at Taunton ...........1901 , v. Hampshire, at Taunton ... 1904 , v. Surrey, at Taunton ........... 1904 , v. Worcestershire, at Taunton 1900 , v. Middlesex, at Lord’s ........... 1908 * Signifies not out. The greatest number of wickets he has taken in a single match is 14, against Warwick­ shire at Leamington last year, when, despite his performance, he was on the losing side. In his second match of the present season — against Gloucestershire at Taunton— he was seen in his best all-round form, scoring 14 and 67 not out and securing nine wickets for 101— seven of them for 40 in an innings of 128. AN SW E R S TO CO R R ESPO ND EN TS. A n t i po d . — (a) Only three days will be given to the match ; (b) Port Elizabeth; (c) Cootamundra ; ( d ) Bendigo. THE ART OF TOSSING. It is worthy of note that Noble has won all four tosses in the Tests so far, and he, therefore, has a splendid chance of sweeping the board, as did F. S. Jackson in 1905. Now, tossing to most people is purely a matter of luck. They wait till the coin is in the air, and then suddenly, as if by inspira­ tion, “ call ” according to the promptings of the moment. Jfow, tossing can be reduced to more scientific lines than these. Since it is the fact that the conformation of many coins makes one side a little heavier than the other, if the coin roll at all, obviously it should settle with the heavier side down­ wards. And this is exactly what happens in practice so consistently that with a given coin a majority of “ tails ” or “ heads,” as the case may be, can be relied upon turning up with perfect safety. Coins behave differ­ ently, but with a fair uniformity ; a little practice will satisfy anyone on this point. It follows, therefore, that if you know the coin the man who “ calls ” has a distinct advantage in the customary method of deciding the toss. The man who spins the coin is entirely passive in the matter; he has to take what is left to him. MacLaren spun the coin at Manchester— a halfpenny— and Noble “ calle d ” correctly. The English captain had no say in the matter. He gave me the coin, expressing the hope that it would be of more use to me than it had proved to him.— Dr. Poidevin in the P a ll M a ll G azette. SOUTHGATE v. OLD FORESTERS.—Played at Southgate on July 29. O ld F o r e s t e r s . Rev.R. C. Guy,c Bash­ ford, b Knight Rev. C. E. Littlehales, c sub, b Bashford .. Rev. F. R. Bonsey, b B ashford.................. C. D. Maclver, b Bash­ ford .......................... E. M.Bury, b Bashford 59 E. K.Guy,b Darlington 12 31 H.C.Nicholas, b Bash­ ford .......................... 31 E. Moviel, b Darling­ ton .......................... 6 A. P. Cheston, b Bash­ ford .......................... 10 D.A.Collard,b Knight 17 G. N. Francis, not out 13 B 27, lb 2 ...........29 Total ...214 S o u t h g a t e . R.S.Dickson,bCollard 10 W.V. Butcher,bCollard 12 H.A.Melton, b Francis 54 C. Mann, c Cheston, b Bonsey .................. 5 Rev. A. M. Bashford, c Collard, b Francis... 28 L.D.Lovegrove,c E. K. Guy, b Collard ... 15 S. Darlington, not out 25 H. R. Ford, c Francis, b Bonsey.................. 15 H. Smith, b Bonsey... 0 C.J. Knight, bCollard 9 G.L. Vivian, b Collard 0 B 9, lb 1 ...........10 Total ..183 SOUTHGATE v. HORNSEY.—Played at Southgate on July 31. J. L. Tate, b Cranfield 3 P. Boundy, c Paige, b Lewis.......................... 4 S.L.Clarke,b Cranfield 1 A.E.Turbeville,notout 44 W. A. Stanbury, b Cranficld..................12 G.W.Hammond,cVint, b Lewis .................. 9 Rev. E. S. Duval, b Lewis .................. 1 J. H. Nicholls, c & b Lewis ................. 0 L. B. Maggs, c Vint, b Lewis ..............14 W.E.Manning,run out 3 W. Watkins, c Peter­ son, b Bashford ... 13 Byes ................. 6 Total ...110 S o u t h g a t e . Rev. A.M. Bashford, st Boundy, b Tate ... 8 W. Peterson, c and b Tate.......................... 0 S. H. Saville, b Ham­ mond ..................29 F. S. Lewis, b Clarke 57 R. S. Dickson, b Ham­ mond ..........................15 J.C.Bevington,cDuval, b Clarke ................ 3 H. R. Ford,bHammond J. H.Hargreves, b Tate E. T. Vint, not out ... R. E. Paige, b Ham­ mond .................. G. W. Cranfield, b Hammond ........... B 3, lb 1, w 1 Total .................. 12 CAMBRIDGESHIRE v. NORFOLK. Played at Newmarket on July 19 and 20 and won by Cambridgeshire by 330 runs. Coulson took eight wickets for 5 runs in the first innings of Norfolk. Score and analysis :— C a m b r id g e s h ir e . First innings. O. W. Bocock, lbw, b Gibson .......................... 2 L. J. Reid, not out ...........75 A. S. Ling, b G ibson........... 0 F. W. Bryan, c Page, b Sm ith.................................. 0 F. E. Collier, b Allsopp .. 19 H. C. Tebbutt, c Dunell, b Sm ith .................................. 30 B. W. Pigg, b Gibson...........16 Watts (G.), c G. A. Stevens, b Gibson .......................... 6 Coulson, b Gibson ........... 1 E. Laurie, b G ib so n ........... 0 G. Rose, c Dunell, b Allsopp 16 B 4, lb 3 ................... 7 Second innings, c F a r m e r , b Gibson ...........23 run out ........... 1 st Page, b Gibsonl28 c Page, b Gibson 3 lbw, b Gibson ... 12 c and b Gibson., b J. Stevens not out ... ..100 not out ........... 5 lbw, b J. Stevens 0 b J. Stevens ... 8 B18,lb4,w l,nb 2 25 Total ...................172 Total (9 wkts)*351 * Innings declared closed. N o r f o l k . First innings. E. T. Garnier, c Tebbut, b Second innings Pi®r .................................. 10 b Rose.................. 38 O. H. C. Dunell, b Coulson 7 b C oulson........... 18 G. S. Stevens, b Coulson ... 2 b P ig g .................. 1 G. A. Stevens, b Pigg 4 c Ling, b Pigg ... 33 G. A. H. Farmer, b Coulson 0 b Coulson ........... 12 Allsopp, c Rose, b Coulson T. H. Wharton, b Coulson .. 2 c Ling, b Rose ... 4 1 b Coulson ........... 2 Gibson, b Coulson ........... 4 b P igg.................. 12 S. D. Page, not out ........... 4 b Coulson ........... 14 Stevens, b Coulson ........... 2 c Collier, bPigg... 4 Smith, b Coulson................. Leg-bye ................... 0 not out.................. 0 3 B 12, lb 2, nb 2 16 Total ................... 39 Total ......... : 154 C a m b r id g e s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Gibson ........... 25 6 44 6 ... ... 30 1 121 5 Smith ........... 13 1 39 2 ... ... 15 3 57 0 A llsopp........... 18-2 5 66 2 ... ... 9 1 74 0 Stevens........... 3 0 16 0 ... ... 16 5 22 3 Farmer .. ... 4 1 20 0 Dunell ... ... 2 0 22 0 Wharton ... 2 0 10 0 Allsopp bowled two no-balls and Dunell wide. one N o r f o l k . First Innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M., R. w. Coulson........... 11 8 5 8 ... ... 18 5 36 3 Pigg .......... 10 3 31 2 ... ... 20 2 49 5 Rose ... 10 2 42 2 Tebbutt. ... 2 0 11 9 Rose bowled two no-balls. CAMBRIDGESHIRE v. LINCOLNSHIRE. Played at Ely on July 21 and 22 and won by Lincolnshire by an innings and 81 runs. Brooke did the hat-trick. Score: L in c o l n s h ir e . Rev. C. Ward, b Pigg 56 Lay ,c Watts,b Coulson 13 Broughton, st Watts, b Tebbutt.................. 24 Geeson, b Tebbutt ... 7 Riley, c Gray, b Reid 20 J. Redwood, c Pigg, b Robertson ........... 31 W. Thompson, c and b Reid .......................... 11 C a m b r id g e s h ir e . First innings. L. Reid, b Day ................. H. Tebbutt, b Geeson A. S. Ling, b Day ......... B. Pigg, b R iley.................. F. Collier, c Allen, b Day.. Watts, b Brooke................. F. Bryan, b Broughton .. B. Gray, b Day .................. F. Robertson, b Geeson ... F. Morgan, b Broughton .. Coulson, not ou t................. Byes, &c......................... Total ............... 118 Brookes, b Pigg E. Waite, c Reid, Coulson ........... Brooke, b Coulson Allen, not out ... Byes, &c. Total ... II 8 17 Second innings. .. 31 b Geeson ........... 10 ,. 0 lbw, b Broughton 24 . 25 c Geeson, b Riley 0 . 3 c and b Geeson ... 1 . 2 st Allen, b Geeson 3 ,. 18 not out.................. 20 .. 11 b Brooke ........... 1 . 6 b Brooke ........... 0 . 6 b Riley.................. 13 ,. 6 b Brooke ........... 0 ,. 5 b Geeson ........... 1 ,. 5 Byes, &c. 4 ,. Total........... 77