Cricket 1909

326 CR ICK ET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g u s t 12, 1909. K E N T v. H A M P S H IR E . Played at Canterbury on August 5, 6 and 7. THE CANTERBUBY WEEK. C. BLYTHE’S BENEFIT. Kent won by ten wickets. Beautiful weather favoured Ladies’ Day, and, considering that the match was for Blythe’s benefit, it was not surprising that about 13,000 persons were present, of whom 8,889 paid for admission. Neither Sprot nor A. P. Day played, but Capt. White and Fry reappeared. After Hants had lost a couple of wickets for 47, Llewellyn and Fry remained in partnership for two hours, during which they put on 134. Fry, missed by Humphreys when 2, was very uncomfortable for some time against Carr, but improved later: he batted two hours and a-quarter for 63, hitting three 4’s and as many as thirty-two singles. Llewellyn made seme splendid drives in his 79 and hit nine 4’s : Blythe, however, missed him when 26 and Fielder when 59. Fielder, going on for the third time, took five wickets for 29, the last seven wickets falling for 55 and the innings closing for 236. In the last half-hour Kent made 33 without loss. A collection made for Blythe realised £78 4‘s. 2d. In all, the stand for the first wicket produced 73 in an hour, but Dillon was out in the over following Hum­ phreys’ dismissal. Hutchings hit Kennedy for 14 in an over, but lost Seymour at 111, after which Woolley helped to put on 86 in 48 minutes. Hutchings, as usual, made some fine drives, and in scoring 63 out of 119 in 68 minutes hit eight 4’s. Neither he nor Woolley, who left at 236 after batting 80 minutes for 70, in which were twelve 4’s, made a mistake. The longest stand of the innings was that by Mason and Day, which realised 129 in an hour and a-half for the sixth wicket. The latter reached 50 in 65 minutes, whereas Mason took 40 minutes longer to reach the same figure. Mason was missed when 6, but Day gave no chance in making 86 out of 152 in 110 minutes. The latter, scoring freely all round the wicket, hit a 5 and eleven 4’s. After his dismissal, at 388, the end soon came, Kent leading by 170. The Hampshire fielding was keen throughout, Bowell and Llewellyn especially distinguishing themselves. In the last 80 minutes of the day Mead and Fry made 97 with­ out loss, the latter claiming 62 of the number. The next morning Carr went on for Fielder with no wicket down for 128 and quickly brought about a big change in the game. At 133 he got rid of Mead and White with successive balls, whilst at 134 Blythe bowled Llewellyn and Carr got Fry lbw. The last- named played a good innings and hit a five and ten 4’s during the two hours he was in. Carr took three wickets in four balls and when, at 138, he got McDonell caught at square-leg, had taken four wickets for 5 runs in 23 balls. Stone and Brown added 18 before the latter fell to Woolley, who had displaced Carr. When the eighth wicket fell Hamp­ shire were only 2 runs on, and Kent were set only 30 to win. The last nino Hampshire wickets went down for 66. Huish and Blythe made the runs for Kent without being separated, the former making 11 off the only over sent down by Fry, who missed Blythe whilst fielding deep on the on-side. Score and analysis:— 4 H a m p s h ir e . First innings. Mead, c Huish, b Carr ... 27 Bowell, st Huish, b Blythe 15 35 C. B. Fry, b Humphreys... 63 Llewellyn, b Humphreys... 79 Capt.W. N.White, b Fielder 0 H. C. McDonell, c Seymour, b Fielder ...........................11 Stone, b F ielder.......... ... 0 Brown (G.), b Fielder........... 2 Newman, not out ...........30 H. W. Persse, b Fielder ... 0 Kennedy, b Mason ........... 2 Leg-byes 5, nb 2 ... 7 Second innings. b C a rr........... c Hutchings, b Carr...................10 lbw, b Can-..........94 b Blythe ........... 0 b C a rr.................. 0 c Hutchings, b C arr................... 2 c Mason, b Blythe 30 b Woolley ...........12 lbw, b Woolley... 0 b Blythe ........... 3 n o to u t................. 0 Lb 7, w 1, nb 5 13 Total E.W. Dillon, b Persse 31 Humphreys, c Brown, b P ersse...................35 S e y m o u r (Jas.), c Bowell, b Llewellyn 17 K. L. Hutchings, c and b McDonell ... 63 W oolley,bMcDonell... 70 J. R. Mason, c Mc­ Donell, b Bowell ... 67 Total ...199 S. H. Day, c Mead, b Bowell .................. 86 Huish,lbw,bMcDonell 0 D. W. Carr, not ou t... 7 Blythe, c Kennedy, b M cDonell................... 5 Fielder, c and b Mc­ Donell ...................10 B 12, lb 1, w 1, nb 1 15 Total H a m p s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W.O. M. R. W. Blythe ........... 21 3 71 1 ........... 24 6 59 3 F ie ld e r.......... 19 3 60 5 ........... 18 1 64 0 Carr.................. 22 4 57 1 ........... 22 7 42 5 W oolley.......... 5 0 17 0 ........... 9 4 13 2 Mason ........... 5’1 2 7 1 ............. 4 2 4 0 Hum phreys... 8 2 17 2 ........... 2 0 4 0 Fielder bowled six no-balls and Woolley one ; Carr one wide. K e n t . O. M. R. W.O. M. R. W. Kennedy ... 13 2 57 0 ........... Persse .......... 13 2 54 2 ............ McDonell ... 22-4 3 95 5 ........... Newman ... 18 1 74 0 ............ 2 0 7 0 Llewellyn ... 9 0 43 1 ............ Bowell .......... 14 2 42 2 ........... 2'4 0 12 0 Mead .......... 5 0 26 0 ............ Fry ........... 1 0 11 0 Persse bowled one no-ball and Llewellyn one wide. ...406 Second innings: Huish, not out, 16 ; Blythe, not out, 14 ; byes, &c., 0. Total (no wkt), 30. E S S E X v. N O T T IN G H A M S H IR E . Played at Leyton on August 5, 6 and 7. Drawn. The absence of Perrin enabled Carpenter, who had been scoring well in club cricket, to reappear in the Essex side, whilst Notts took the field without Wass and included James Barnes, a son of thels.te William Barnes, and a right-hand medium-paced bowler. Iremonger (J.) played a bright game, and of the 26 runs made for the first wicket claimed 16. George Gunn played-on at 37, but Jones found a good partner in Hardstaff, w’ho helped to add 89 in an hour. Jones made 60 out of 126 in 90 minutes by faultless cricket and hit eight 4’s, chiefly cuts and leg hits. Payton left at 141 and Hardstaff, caught at mid-off, at 148 : the latter hit six 4’s in making 52 out of 111 in 85 minutes. The latter part of the innings was marked by a very useful eighth wicket stand of 68 in 45 minutes by Oates and Alletson, and when the innings elosed for 286, the latter carried out his bat for 56, included in which were six 4’s. After Douglas had been got rid of by A. Iremonger’s first delivery, Fane and Tumer took the total to 89 without further loss by the end of the day. On Friday, Fane was caught off the second ball sent down and McGahey, after batting 20 minutes for 6, was also sent back. The associa­ tion of Turner and Gillingham, however, resulted in 119 being added for the fourth wicket in 110 minutes. The former offered no chance in making 117 out of 226 in three hours and three-quarters ; he hit eight 4’s and made some excellent late cuts. Carpenter helped Gillingham to put on 61 in 50 minutes and then the latter was caught at the wicket for 88— an excellent innings which lasted two hours and three-quarters and contained eleven 4’s. Carpenter, in scoring 37 out of 90 whilst in, played a very use­ ful game, and, with Russell, Freeman and Bucken­ ham doing well, Essex secured a lead of 80 on the innings. In the last 40 minutes of the day Notts made 53 without loss, Jones and Iremonger (J.) in. Buckenham on the following morning took four wickets for 10 runs in four overs, the first wicket falling at 69 and the fourth at 80. A win for Essex then seemed quite possible, but John Gunn played a fine game for his side and received useful support; he added 30 with his brother, 31 with Iremonger (A.), 55 with Oates, 38 with Alletson, and 60 for the last wicket with Barnes, who stayed in for an hour. John Gunn batted 210 minutes for 110 not out, an innings marked by some fine late cutting; apart from a chance of stumping when 38 he offered no chance. Essex were left with 223 to win and only 95 minutes in which to make them. Fane and Douglas scored 86 for the first wickot in 70 minutes, and at the end of the day the latter carried out his bat for a bright effort of 67. Score and analysis:— N o tts . First innings. Second innings. A. O. Jones, c Douglas, b Reeves ..........................60 b Buckenham ... 34 Iremonger (J.), c Reeves, b c Freeman (J.), b M e a d ..................................16 Buckenham ... 29 Gunn (G.), b Buckenham... 3 c Buckenham, b Reeves ...........13 Hardstaff, c McGahey, b Douglas ..........................52 lbw,bBuckenham 5 Payton, c Freeman (J.), b Douglas .......................... 7 b Buckenham ... 0 Gunn(J.), c Freeman (J.), b D ouglas..........................23 not out....................110 Iremonger (A.), c Bucken- c Carpenter, b ham, b Douglas .......... 3 Buckenham ... 17 Oates, b R eeves.................. 44 run out ............32 Alletson, not o u t.................56 b Reeves ............ 7 Hallam, lbw, b Mead........... 6 c and b Douglas 3 Barnes (J.), b Douglas ... 6 st Freeman, b McGahey ... 12 B 7, lb 2, nb 1 ...1 0 B 36, lb4 ...40 Total Total.......... 302 E s s e x . Reeves, c Oates, b Ire­ monger (J.) ........... 1 Russell (A. C.), c and b Gunn (J.) .........25 Freeman (J.) b Ire­ monger (A.) ...........21 Buckenham, c Gunn F. L. Fane, c Oates, b Iremonger (A .) ... 40 J.W.H.T.Douglas,lbw, b Iremonger (A.) ... 0 Major A. J. Turner, c Payton, b Iremonger (A.) ..........................117 C.P. McGahey, c Jones, (G.), b Barnes ...25 b Iremonger (A.) ... 6 Mead, not out .......... 0 Rev. F. H. Gillingham, B 4, lb 2 ........... 6 c Oates, b Jones .. Carpenter, c Iremon- Total ...........366 ger(A.), b Gunn (J.) 37 Second innings:—F. L. Fane, c Oates, b Jones, 47; J. W.H.T. Douglas, notout, 62 ;Carpenter, not out,12;byes,&c., 0. Total (1wkt) 121. N o tts . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 17 1 68 1 54 2 SO 58 Buckenham Mead ... . Douglas... . Reeves ... . McGahey 23 16*4 15 4 5 ... 2 ... 0 16 0 ... Carpenter 29 34 12 13 10-1 4 Buckenham bowled a no-ball. E ss e x . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W Iremonger (A.) 36’5 7 83 5 ............ 7 0 25 0 H allam .......... 35 13 68 0 ............ 5 0 17 0 Jones .......... 24 3 67 1 ............ 12 0 38 1 Iremonger (J.) 29 7 54 1 ............ 10 0 30 0 Bames .......... 16 4 32 1 ........... 4 2 11 0 Gunn(J.) ... 18 5 56 2 ............ S U R R E Y v. M ID D L E S E X . Played at the Oval on August 5, 6 and 7. Drawn. Hayward and Bird reappeared with success for Surrey, who were not at full strength, however, with Rushby away. Susskind made his debut for Middle­ sex, after playing an excellence three-figure innings at Lord’s for the Public Schools two days before. Surrey had made only 26 runs in 45 minutes when Hobbs skied a ball which was held by Tarrant, who judged an awkward catch admirably. Hayes was caught at slip at 39 and Marshal at the wicket four later. Hayward and Bird then played a most valuable game and in just over three-quarters of an hour put on 84 for the fourth wicket. Hayward, missed by Tarrant at mid-off when 23, scored 55 out of 127 in 175 minutes, and was then caught by Mignon, who stopped a very fast travelling ball, turned round, and caught it at the third attempt. Bird was caught at tho wicket five runs later after batting for an hour and three-quarters for a faultless innings of 54: he hit well all round and made seven 4’s. After Davis had been lbw for a single­ figure score, Smith and Ducat added 126 for the seventh wicket in 70 minutes, the first 100 of the partnership being made in 50. Both men, however, were fortunate, the former being missed by Trott at slip before scoring and the latter by Wells at cover-point when 6 and later by the wicket-keeper. The innings closed for 284, and in response Middle­ sex lost Douglas and Warner for 25 runs in 20 minutes before play ceased. For a time things went so badly^with the visitors on Friday that the fifth wicket went down at 91 and the seventh at 111. Susskind batted an hour for 24 and showed very good form. Trott played in his best style, and, receiving good support, the three last wickets added 144 in 100 minutes. With Murrell he put on 35 in 25 minutes, with Mignon 45 in 30, and with Hearne 64 in 40. He reached 50 in 65 minutes and obtained his 93 out of 144 in 100 minutes, playing a bright and free game and making thirteen 4’s. Lees took five wickets for 88 in the innings of 255. Surrey, leading by 29, lost Hayward to the first ball of the second innings and Hobbs (finely run out by Warner) at 26. Hayes and Marshal then indulged in free cricket and during the 100 minutes they were together put on 143 for the third wickct. Hayes, when 30, was missed by Tarrant, who strained his knee so badly that he was obliged to leave the field, the Middlesex attack being weakened considerably in consequence. Marshal, missed by Douglas at slip when 63, hit thirteen 4’s in making 98 out of 148 in 110 minutes. When play ceased four wickets were down for 181. On Saturday Strudwick left at 190, half the side then being out. Bird played an admirable game, and put on 48 with Ducat, 43 with Davis, and 46 with Smith. He reached 50 in 85 minutes and batted 100 minutes for 75, driving with such power that he hit ten 4’s. Mignon, in trying to stop one of his drives, dislocated a finger and was unable to take further part in the match, Middlesex being further handicapped as a result. With Middlesex requiring 334 to win in about four hours a drawn game or a win for Surrey was