Cricket 1909

A u g u s t 12, 1909. CR ICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 329 Bostron (142) and A . S. Archdale (114) put on 166 for the th ird w icket in 90 minutes. Th e w in n in g h it was made ten m inutes before tim e w ith a couple of wickets in hand. T im e did not perm it the match between Surrey and M iddlesex at the Oval to be finished, but another half-hour— perhaps less— w ould probably have enabled the former side to w in by a good margin. But, although Surrey had all the best of matters w hen play ended, they did not monopolise the honours o f the game. W arner, in fact, played one o f his greatest innings, and it w ould not be too m uch to say that in the fin al stage of the match he carried his side on his shoulders. L o rd ’s is, of course, his favourite ground. H e has, however, frequently enjoyed a personal trium ph at Kennington, but none greater than that o f last week. H e is in capital form this year and should have been one o f the first players chosen, strictly on his merits, for this week’s Test match. In his second innings at M anchester he played a sound game for an hour and a-half, and thereby saved his side from the possibility of a collapse such as occurred at L o rd ’s and Leeds. M id d le s e x were severely handicapped at the O val through injuries occurring to Tarrant and M ignon, and this fact must be borne in m in d when the game is reviewed. Perhaps the most pleasing feature o f the match from the Surrey point o f view was the batting o f M . C. B ird, who, m aking over 50 in each innings, credited him self w ith his two highest scores during his connection w ith the county. M ost followers of the game w ill recall that he made 100 not out and 131 for H a rrow against E to n the year before last, in addition to taking three wickets in the first innings and two in the second. H e is a son o f M r. George B ird, w ho has been a member at L o rd ’s since 1870, and a nephew o f M r. C. C. Clarke. So there is cricket in his blood, as those w ho saw his displays against M iddlesex can readily believe. A t one period of the afternoon at the Oval on Saturday, M arsh al and Jackson, both Surrey men, were fielding substitutes for M iddlesex. A t F la x Bourton on the 2nd inst. B ackw ell H ouse (269 for five wickets, innings declared closed) played the F la x Bourton C.C. (114 for nine wickets). The form er side was composed o f eleven members o f the Bobinson fam ily, one of w hom— F . G. Bobinson— scored 132 not out. A c c o r d in g to the E v e n in g S t a n d a r d a rem arkable incident occurred at a cricket m atch at Nash, Bucks, between W in slow Oddfellow s and N ash Odd­ fellows, on B a n k H o lid ay . M r. F re d W esley, o f W in slow , h it the ball, and in its course it is said to have struck a sleeping m an on the nose w ithout awaken­ ing him . The ball afterward travelled to the boundary. T h e receipts during the three days of last w eek’s match between Y o rksh ire and Lancashire, played for H a ig h ’s benefit, were .£1,188, in clu d in g collections made on the ground. A t Liverp o o l on F rid a y and Saturday the Australians played an up-hill game to perfection, and, after having the worst of the match, defeated one o f the strongest counties by 47 runs. N either Spooner nor Tyldesley (J. T.) played, and, as it happened, each was sorely missed. W hen the sixth w icket fe ll in their second innings, the Australians were only 41 runs on, but the later men played w ell and the total reached 214. F o r this splendid recovery they had to thank Arm strong and Trumper, and, in a less degree, M acartney. A t the close o f play on F rid ay , however, Lancashire appeared to have the game in hand, having 92 runs scored of the 198 required w ith only two w ickets down. O n the th ird day W. BARDSLEY. Photo by] [Humphreys 6c Co., Melbourne. H opkins came to the rescue o f his side by taking six wickets for 15 runs, the last eight going down fo r 29. It was a most m eritorious performance on the part of the Australians, and one w hich could have been accomplished only by a team o f the very first flight. B e s u l t s o f matches between A ustralia and L a n ca sh ire :— 1878. Drawn. 1882. Australia won by 4 wickets. 1884. Drawn. 1886. Australia won by an innings and 12. 18S8. Lancashire won by 23 runs. 1890. Australia won by an innings and 155. 1893. Australia won by an innings and 14. Australia won by 154 runs. Australia won by 217 runs. Australia won by an innings and 84. Drawn. 10112 i Diawn- IAustralia won by IS runs. Australia won by 244 runs. Australia won by an innings and 67. 1909. Australia won by 47 runs. O f the sixteen matches played, A ustralia have w on eleven and Lancashire one. Th e rem aining four were drawn. B . H . L a m b e r t, the best all-round cricketer in Ireland, has completed his thousand runs for the season by means of an unfinished innings o f 140 against K in g ’s County. H is average is as high as 84. H e w ill probably obtain his one hundredth w icket this week. A f a t a l i t y occurred on Saturday during the progress o f the match between W ilberforce and I Z in g ari at H u ll. C. H . Cockroft, a bank manager o f H u ll, w ho was playing for the Wilberforce team, was batting, when a short-pitched ball rose sharply from the pitch and struck h im over the heart. H e fell to the ground and when picked up was dead. O n e o f the most successful Canterbury W eeks ever held came to a conclusion on Saturday. K e n t gained a substantial success in each match, and there was glorious weather from start to finish. The game w ith M iddlesex came to an abrupt fin ish on Tuesday, it is true, but as the home side w on there was a large leaven o f satisfaction in the natural dis­ appointment occasioned by an idle day. C arr’s bow ling did all that was expected of it, and in the early part o f Saturday’s play was especially effective, three w ickets fallin g before it in four balls. F r y was often uncom fortable in the first innings, but as he scored 157 runs in the match had a ll the best o f the argument. The fact that his in n in gs o f 63 contained as m any as thirty-tw o singles is proof that run-getting was not an easy matter. J o n e s , the naval pensioner w ho has for years acted as gatesman on the Lein ster cricket - ground, D u b lin , has come in for a w in d fa ll of .£37,000, ow ing to a distant relative dying intestate in Am erica. P r i o r to Saturday Derbyshire had been successful in only one o f fifteen in te r­ county matches this season, and not even the most sanguine supporter o f the side could have im agined that they w ould beat Leicestershire, on their opponents’ ground, after being set the task o f m aking 297 in the fourth innings. It w ould have been a very m eritorious feat to accomplish by a side of the calibre of Kent, L a n ca ­ shire or Surrey, but when performed by the team occupying the lowest position in the Cham pionship table was quite rem ark­ able, especially as M orton was out before a ru n had been made. The victory should do m uch to bring increased support to the County C lub as w ell as to urge the side on to other great deeds, for “ nothing succeeds like success ” : the better a side performs the greater is the likelihood of it being w ell backed by a substantial membership. C. B . A lw y n , the Crofton Park w icket­ keeper, was w ell to the fore in the match against T . H . H a n n a ’s X I . at H o n o r Oak P a rk on Saturday. H e accounted for the