Cricket 1909

324 CR ICK ET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g u s t 12, 1909. the Gentlemen at Lord ’s in 1825 and 100 in the corresponding match of 1827. Consump­ tion claimed him at the early age of twenty- nine, but his memory is still cherished in Haslemere, where he lived and is buried. Contemporaneous with Saunders was Tom Marsden, of Sheffield, whose fame rests chiefly upon his innings of 227 for Sheffield and Leicester v. Nottingham in 1826. He has been described as “ a tremendous hard slashing hitter,” but his career was, like Saunders’, a short one: all his best scores, in fact, were made by the time he was twenty-five, and he died at the early age of 38. In the early Victorian days Felix, of Kent, was fa c ile princeps among left­ handers : he was noted for bis off-hitting, and was so free in his methods as frequently to be accused of “ playing to the gallery.” In more recent times we have had Cranston, M. P. Lucas— a prolific scorer, who died in India of cholera when in his prime— F . G. J. Ford, Townsend, Kinneir and Dillon. But great as these players un­ doubtedly were, the majority of them were not quite in tbe same class as Darling, H ill, Hansford and Bardsley. Perhaps Harry Moses should be added to this list of Australians, but he scarcely played enough cricket under various conditions of weather and wicket to enable one to form a trust­ worthy estimate of his skill, and he never visited us as a member of a touring team. HAMPSTEAD v. RICHMOND.—Played at Hamp­ stead on August 7. H a m p s t e a d . A. C. Hayhoe, not out 51 D. J. Crump, c West­ macott, b Cameron 16 G. Crosdale, c B. Bis­ good, b Chapman ... 41 D. M a cG re g o r, b Cam eron................... 2 H. D Kanga, b Chap­ man .......................... 39 R. A. Hill, b West­ macott ...................... 5 W. R. Moon,c Roberts, b Chapman .......... 29 ' G. H. Rigby, b Chap­ man ........................... 1 F. R. Eiloart, b Chap­ man ...........................24 F. A. Atkins, b West­ macott ................... 0 G. S. Pitts, b Chap­ man .......................... 4 B 18, lb 11, nb 3... 32 Total ...244 E. F. Bisgood, c Mac­ Gregor, b Pitts ... 25 R. F. Cloete Scott, c Moon, b Hayhoe ... 58 G. A. Medcalf, b Kanga ................... 9 W.L. Roberts, b Kanga 10 B. L. Bisgood, c Cros­ dale, b Kanga........... 0 R. E. Westmacott, c Crump, b Kanga ... 0 R ich m on d . H. S. Chapman, b Hayhoe ................... F. Mason, c Hayhoe, b Kanga ................... W. Burningham, not out ........................... E. Cameron, b Kanga R. S. Mears, st Moon, b Hayhoe................... Byes, &c............... Total ...........1 HAMPSTEAD v. WEST HERTS.—Played at Wat­ ford on August 7. H a m ps te a d . A. Anderson, b Breed 83 H.S. Dunkley, b Breed 18 R. L. Ibbs, b Breed... 0 A. R. Trimen, c Field, b Breed .................. 34 L. J. Moon, c Hudson, b Breed .................. 12 T. M. Farmiloe, st Goodall, b Dodwell 56 Mnnings declared closed. E. G. Saunders, G. M. Hodgson and Dandford Thomas did not bat. W est H e r t s . J. S. Donaldson, not out ...........................37 C. D. M c M illin , c Lumpter, b Dod­ well ........................... 0 B5, lb 6 ...........11 Total (7 wkts)*251 L. G. Dodwell, c Trimen, bM oon ... F. Field, st Hodgson, b Eunkley ........... E. S. Household, lbw, b Moon .................. II.G. Horton,cTrimen, b Moon ................... C. H. Hawthorne, c Trimen, b Dunkley 11 H.J. Lumpter, b Moon 25 26 G. G. Breed, c Moon, b Saunders .......... 10 C. J. Hudson, not out 11 W. Biggar, b Saunders 12 J. Goodall, c Dunkley, b Moon ................... 2 F. E. Blower, c and b Saunders................... 0 Byes ................... 1 Total ...102 THE AU STRAL IANS . 27 th M atch . — v. L A N C A S H IR E . Played at Liverpool on August 5, 6 and 7. The Australians won by 47 runs. To such an extent did the ball beat the bat on Thursday that twenty-four wickets went down during the day for 212 runs, the Australians, with four men out in their second innings, being only 4 runs on. The success of the County was the more remarkable owing to the fact that they took the field without Spooner, Tyldesley (J. T.), and Huddleston. They won the toss and put the Australians in, and their policy was fully justified. Bardsley and Gregory opened the innings to Brearley and Heap, and only 12 had been made when Gregory was bowled. A run later Ransford met a similar fate, but following his dismissal Armstrong and Bardsley remained whilst 26 were added. Armstrong, twice beaten by Heap as soon as he went in, hit that bowler for three 4’s in an over. Noble left at 43 and Trumper at 48, when half the side were out. At 53 Dean went on for Heap, and the move proved very successful, as perusal of the score-sheet will show. Carter, in trying to pull, sent the ball on to his face and was led off the field, but returned a little later to continue his innings. When the innings closed for 87, Armstrong carried out his bat Photo by] A. J. HOPKINS. [Hawkins 6c Co., Brighton. for 43 made out of 74 in 70 minutes : hitting when­ ever opportunity occurred, he made eight 4’s. At one time it appeared as though Lancashire would not equal their opponents’ score, as Laver and Macartney bowled so well that the sixth wicket fell at 54. Makepeace and Hornby, however, put on 27 for the seventh and the latter afterwards hit so well that a lead of 17 was obtained. Makepeace played steadily for 65 minutes whilst Hornby, hitting freely, made his 31 out of 50 in three-quarters of an hour. Armstrong, going on at 72, took four wickets for 17. Going in the second time, the Australians' lost four men for 21, Carter leaving in the first over, Noble in the second, Laver at 16, and Gregory— foolishly run out in attempting an impossible run —off the last ball of the day. The dew on the wickets gave the bowlers some assistance on Tues­ day, and the fifth wicket (Bardsley’s) fell at 36 and the sixth (Cotter’s) at 58. The latter, badly missed in the long-field by Makepeace when 28, batted an hour for 37, and when he left the side were in a serious position. With Armstrong and Trumper together the desired improvement was effected and 100 went up without further loss 90 minutes from the start of the innings. The pair settled down to fine and free cricket and, mastering the bowling, added 100 during the first 70 minutes of their association. Armstrong reached 50 in an hour and a-half and Trumper in 20 minutes less. The latter was the first to leave, but not until the seventh wicket had put on 111 in an hour and a-quarter: of that number he made 54 without a chance and hit six 4’s. Ransford stayed whilst only 13 were added and was then bowled by Sharp, the eighth wicket falling at 182. Macartney helped to put on 32 for the ninth, and then saw Armstrong and Hopkins disposed of by Tyldesley in the course of four balls. Armstrong had alittle luck, but played a splendid game for two hours and 35 minutes, during which he hit eight 4’s. He lost his wicket in an unusual manner, going forward and being stumped after the ball had rebounded off W orsley’s pads, the wicket-keeper taking the ball in front of the wicket and knocking off the bails. For their total of 214 the Australians were vastly in­ debted to the admirable play of Armstrong and Trumper, who were seen at their best at a most critical time. Dean took five wickets in the innings for 64 runs and ten in the match for 79. The wicket was at its easiest when Lancashire entered upon the task of making 198 to win, and MacLaren and Hartley, in the course of an hour, made 61 for the opening partnership. MacLaren, the first to leave, snowed good form, and when stumps were drawn 92 had been made for the loss of only two wickets. The County occupied a very strong position on Saturday morning, requiring only 106 to win with eight wickets to fall. The bowling was shared by Armstrong and Laver, and when the total had reached 117 without further loss the latter made way for Hopkins. The change proved most success­ ful, the third wicket falling at 121, Hornby being bowled in the next over by Armstrong, and Tyldes­ ley being fifth out, at 124, after batting 105 minutes for 12. Sharp was the only batsman able to do anything against Hopkins, who took five of the last six wickets and enabled his side to pull off the game in splendid style by 47 runs. So pronounced was the collapse that the last eight wickets actually went down for 29 runs. Score and analysis :— A u st r a l ia n s . First innings. Second innings S. E. Gregory, b Brearley... 6 run out ........... 0 W . Bardsley, c Tyldesley, b Heap ...........................13 b Dean................... 4 V. S. Ransford, b Heap .. 0 b Sharp ........... 6 W. W. Armstrong, not out 43 st Worsley, b Tyldesley 72 M. A. Noble, b Brearley ... 4 c MacLaren, b Dean ........... 0 V. T. Trumper, b Dean ... 8 b Dean................... 54 C.G.Macartney,cMacLaren, b Dean .......................... 1 not out.................. 11 A. J. Hopkins, c MacLaren, c MacLaren, b b Dean ........................... 8 Tyldesley 0 A. Cotter, b Dean ........... 2 b Dean.................. 37 FI. Carter, b Heap ........... 0 lbw, b Brearley... 0 F. Laver, b Dean ........... 0 c Macleod, b Dean 8 Lb 1, nb 1 ................... 2 B 12, lb l,n b 9.. 22 Total ...................87 Total ...214 L a n c a s h ir e . First innings. Second innings A. C. MacLaren, st Carter, c Ransford, b b Laver .......................... 16 Cotter ........... 32 A. Hartley, b Macartney ... 3 b Cotter .......... 21 Tyldesley (W.),lbw, b Laver 10 c Armstrong, b H opkins......... 13 Sharp, c Noble, b Laver ... 0 cNoble,bHopkins 38 Makepeace, lbw, b Arm­ strong..................................27 b H opkins.......... 6 K. G. Macleod, c Trumper, b Macartney .................. 11 b H opkins.......... 4 Heap, b Macartney ........... 1 lbw, b Armstrong 0 A. H. Hornby, st Carter, b Armstrong ...................31 b Armstrong ... 1 Dean, b Armstrong ........... 3 c Armstrong b Hopkins........... 1 W. Brearley, b Armstrong.. 0 b H opkins.......... 7 Worsley, not o u t................... 0 not o u t ................. 2 B 1, lb 1 .................. 2 B 13, lb 9, nb 3 25 Total ...................104 Total.......... 150 A u st r a l ia n s . First innings. Second innings O M. R. W. O. M. R. w. Brearley ... 13 4 32 2 .......... 9 2 40 1 Heap ........... 13 2 38 3 .......... 14 3 39 0 Dean ........... 7 2 15 5 ........... 27 10 64 5 Macleod. ......... 4 0 16 0 Sharp ........... 8 2 31 1 Makepeace ... 1 0 2 0 Tyldesley ... 0-4 0 0 2 Brearley bowled six no-balls, Dean three and Macleod one. L a n c a s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Laver ... 14 6 25 3 .. . ... 14 5 25 0 Macartney ... 15 4 44 3 . ... 6 0 12 0 Noble ... 5 0 16 0 .. . ... 3 1 7 0 Armstrong ... 3-4 0 17 4 .... ... 23 7 43 2 Cotter .... ... 9 2 23 2 Hopkins ... 7’5 2 15 6 Cotter bowled three no-balls.