Cricket 1909

342 CR ICK E T : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ugust 19, 1909. G L O U C E S T E R S H IR E v. S U R R E Y . Played at Bristol on August 12,13 and 14. Surrey won by eight wickets. W inning the toss and batting first on a perfect wicket, Gloucestershire made a poor start, but effected a good recovery. Their four first wickets went down for 37, but Roberts was at his best and, receiving useful support, pulled the game round. With Tmlay he added 30 in half an-hour, with Huggins 52 in three-quarters, and with Brownlee 53 in 24. The last-mentioned partnership was very bright, 23 runs at one period coming from Hitch in two overs. Roberts made 88 out of 168 in 125 minutes by faultless cricket and hit nine 4’s. Surrey lost Hayward, finely thrown out by Roberts at mid- off, at 26, but in the last hour of the day Hobbs and Hayes put on exactly 100 without further loss. On Friday Hayes was caught at slip with 7 added, the stand for the second wicket having realised 107 in 65 minutes. Marshal failed, but Hobbs played a fine game and received good support, both Bird and Ducat helping to add 53 and Davis staying whilst 69 were put on. Hobbs made his flawless 133 out of 309in 230 minutes and hit sixteen 4’s : the feature of his innings was his off-driving. Davis made his 50 in 55 minutes and was then caught in the long- ficld. Going in again, 129 behind, Gloucestershire lost four wickets for 47 in an hour, after which Board, who hit five 4’s in his 54, and Roberts added 59 together in 35 minutes. The last-named was then joined by Brownlee and 61 more were put on without loss by the end of the day, when Roberts carried out his bat for 61. Altogether the stand lasted 55 minutes and realised 92, Brownlee being caught at slip at 198 for a bright innings of 48, which contained six 4’s. With Huggins in 88 more were added in an hour and a-quarter. Roberts was eighth out, at 309, having made 129 in three hours without a chance. Spry was run out and Parker stumped, and the innings, after lasting four hours and a-lialf, closed for 314. During the last part of the innings a section of the crowd greeted the delivery of every ball with cries of “ How’s that?” A threat was made to withdraw the Surrey team from the field, but before anything definite could be done the innings closed. Surrey were left 200 minutes in which to make 186, and they always seemed likely to make the runs. In an hour and a-half Hayward and Hobbs made 115 for the first wicket, but the former was missed when 14 and the latter when 10. Hayward was out at 139, and, after lie left, Hayes and Marshal made the remaining runs without further loss. Score and analysis:— G l o u c e st e r sh i re . First innings. Board, b Lees ...................22 Dipper, lbw, b Thompson 4 E. S. Cranksliaw, lbw, b Thompson........................... 1 Langdon, lbw, b Lees ... 7 A. D. Imlay, c Strudwick, b Hitch .......................... 10 F. B. Roberts, c Hobbs, b H ayes.................................. 88 Huggins, lbw, b Thompson 28 W. M. Brownlee, lbw, b H ayes..................................25 Spry, lbw, b Thompson ... 6 Dennett, b Thompson ... 13 Parker, not o u t ................... 4 B 4, lb 5 Total ...217 Second innings, c Strudwick, b Hayes ...........54 b Thompson ... 1 b Hayes ........... 1 b Thompson ... 10 b Hayes .......... 7 lbw, b Thompson 129 lbw, b Thompson 39 c Marshal, b Lees 4S run out ...........12 not out................... 0 st Strudwick, b Thompson ... 5 B 2, lb 4, w 1, nb 1 8 Total ...........314 S u r r e y . First innings. Second innings. Hayward, run out ...........17 c D ip p e r , b R oberts........ 65 Hobbs, c Imlay, b Dennett 133c Imlay, b Parker 59 Hayes,cLangdon,bDennett 51 n otou t.......... 33 Marslial,c Dipper,b Huggins 1 notout.......... 23 M. C. Bird, run out ...........21 Ducat, c Dipper, b Parker 28 Davis, c Dipper, b Dennett 50 Hitch, c Parker, b Huggins 20 Thompson, not out ........... 6 Lees,c Brownlee, b Huggins 4 Strudwick, c Roberts, b Huggins .......................... 1 B 10, lb 1, w 1, nb 2 ... 14 B 4, lb 2 .......... 6 Total ...........346 Total (2wkts) 186 G l o u c e st e r sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. O." M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Lees ........... 28 4 74 2 ............ 25 5 71 1 Hitch ........... 9 0 47 1 ............ 12 2 31 0 Thompson ... 26*3 7 59 6 ........... 36*5 4 112 5 Hayes ........... 8 1 28 2 ............ 18 0 73 3 Marshal........... 6 2 16 0 Bird ........... 1 0 3 0 Lees bowled one wide and Hitch one no-ball. S urrey . First innings. Second innings. O. M.R. W. O. M. R. W. Dennett........... 41 5 135 3 ............ 13 3 45 0 Parker ........... 26 7 65 1 ............ 13 3 41 1 Spry ........... 6 0 32 0 ............ Huggins...........17‘1 4 62 4 ........... 5 0 21 0 R oberts........... 4 0 21 0 ............ 10-3 0 58 1 Brownlee ... 4 1 14 0... ... 5 2 11 0 Langdon ... 1 0 3 0 ............ Board ........... 1 0 4 0 Huggins bowled one wide and two no-balls. W O R C E S T E R S H IR E v. H A M P S H IR E . P layed at W orcester on A ugust 1 2 ,1 3 and 14. H am psh ire w on by 173 runs. Hampshire showed their appreciation of the fine wicket provided by staying in the whole of Thurs­ day and scoring 416. Two long stands marked the course of the day’s play, Stone and Bowell adding 92 for the second wicket and Sprot and White 108 for the fifth in 55 minutes. Bowell batted two hours for 27, making only two during the first 45 minutes he was in, but Stone was enterprising and, hitting seven 4’s, obtained his 78 out of 115 in two hours. Sprot, however, carricd off the honours of the day, scoring 138 out of 245 in 140 minutes by free and attractive cricket and making nineteen 4’s : drives and strokes through the slips brought him the majority of his runs, and only one mistake could be urged against him, Pearson, at mid-off, mis­ judging a catch from him when he had made 50. Smith hit merrily at the end of the day and carried his bat for 43. On the second day Worcestershire did very badly to a certain point, the score being only 80 when the sixth wicket fell, but the situation was saved by Cuffe and Crowe, who put on 93 to­ gether in 65 minutes. Earlier in the innings Burns, hitting six 4’s, had made 26 in 20 minutes. After the fall of the sixth wicket Bowell, whilst keeping wicket, dislocated a finger and Stone took the gloves. Brown took six wickets for 95 in the innings. Hampshire went in again in preference to enforcing the follow-on against tired bowlers, and in the remaining time hit so freely that 241 runs were made for five wickets, when the innings was closed, leaving Worcestershire a whole day in which to make 452. Mead and Stone made 81 for the first wicket and the latter and White 124 for the second. Stone scored 109 out of 205 in two hours, but was missed at 24, 30, 34 and 89 in forcing the pace: he hit fourteen 4’s. White made 70in 70minutes, after which Pearson bowled with success in a poor light. Bowley hit freely for 59 on Saturday, but when he was out four wickets were down for 77. H. K. Foster played a stubborn game for 21, taking 85 minutes to reach double-figures. He was fifth out, at 134, and when Burns was bowled off his pads six wickets were down for 165. Only Arnold met with much success, and he made his plucky 126 in two hours and a-half. He hit eleven 4’s. McDonell bowled capitally and did his side excellent service in taking six wickets for 126. Score and analysis : — H ampshire . First innings. Second innings. Mead, c M. K. Foster, b c B u rro w s , b Burns..................................13 Cuffe.....................47 Bowell, c Bale, b Pearson... 27 Stone, c Bale, b Bums ... 78 c T u r n e r , b Pearson...........109 Llewellyn, c H. K. Foster, b Bums .......................... 0 not out ........... 1 Capt. W. N. White, b Cuffe 59 b Pearson ...........70 E. M. Sprot, c Arnold, b Turner .........................138 b Pearson............ 12 H. C. McDonell, b Cuffe ... 25 b Pearson .......... 0 Brown, c Bale, b Burns ... 4 notout.................. 1 H. A. H. Smith, not out ... 43 Newman, c H. K. Foster, b Arnold .......................... 8 Kennedy, b Cuffe ........... 4 B 9, lb 6, w 2 ...........17 No-ball............. 1 Total ................. 416 Total (5 wkts)*241 * Innings declared closed. W orcestershire . First innings. Second innings. Bowley, lbw, b Brown ... 3 c McDonell, b Kennedy...........59 Pearson, b Brown ...........11 c Stone, b Brown 0 H. K. Foster, c Brown, b McDonell .........................26 lbw, b McDonell 21 Arnold, c Bowell, b Brown 5 c Brown, b Mc­ Donell ...........126 M. K. Foster, c Bowell, b c Kennedy, b Brown.................................. 4 Brown ........... 7 W. B. Burns, st Bowell, b M cD on cll..........................26 b Kennedy............. 6 Cuffe, c McDonell, b Brown 46 c Stone, b Mc­ Doncll ........... 7 G. L. Crowe, b Brown ... 56 lbw, b McDonell 17 Turner, c McDonell, b Ken­ nedy .................................. 11 lbw, b McDonell 6 Burrows, b Kennedy... Bale, not out ........... B 3, lb 1, nb 1 ... Total ........... 8 c Stone, b Mc­ Donell 9 5 notout.................. 3 5 B 10, lb 5, w l, n b l17 ...206 Total ...278 H a m p s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Burns ........... 24 4 85 4 ........... 9 1 45 0 Cuffe .......... 31-1 5 127 3 ........... 14 1 65 1 Arnold ........... 14 2 52 1 ........... 7 0 18 0 Burrows ... 14 4 42 0 ........... Pearson........... 15 3 64 1 .......... 13 1 84 4 Turner ........... 3 0 29 1 ........... M. K. F oster........... 5 0 28 0 Burrows and Turner each bowled one wide and Pearson one no-ball. W o r c e s t e r sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Brown .......... 23 5 95 6 ............ 18 0 64 2 McDonell ... 20 5 45 2 ........... 37;5 4 114 6 Kennedy ... 11-4 0 43 2 ............ 19 3 55 2 Newman ... 1 0 5 0 ............ 12 2 24 0 Llewellyn ... 3 0 13 0 .................. M ead.......... 1 0 4 0 Brown bowled one wide and Kennedy two no-balls. N O R T H A N T S . v. W A R W IC K S H IR E . P layed at N orth am p ton on A ugust 1 4 ,1 6 & 17. WEEK-END CEICKET. W arw ick sh ire w on b y 56 runs. Everything in Warwickshire’s innings was dwarfed by the splendid batting of Quaife, who, going in when two wickets had fallen for 20, carried out his bat for 147 made out of 283 in 235 m inutes: he hit thirteen 4’s and gave one chance—at 93. At the close of a long day’s fielding Northants had lost four good wickets for 48by the time play ceased. The home side never quite recovered from their poor start, and were dismissed for 170. For that total they owed much to Thompson, who added 45 with Pool and 49 with East. Leading by 133 on the innings, Warwick­ shire, upon going in the second time, lost Smith and Charlesworth for 18. Kinneir and Quaife then added 52 together, but half the wickets were down for 84. Some spirited hitting followed and the total was taken to 161 for nine wickcts by the end of the day, when Warwickshire were 294 runs on. Meldon made his 33 in 20 minutes. The innings closed on Tuesday for 182, leaving the home side 316 to win— a heavy task. By lunch time half the side were out, and a heavy defeat seemed not unlikely. But for the second time in the match Thompson came to the rescue of the side : he reached 50 in 95 minutes and with Bird added 69 for the sixth wicket in an hour. Once the pair had been parted little further resistance was made. Thompson played an excellent game and batted three hours and three-quarters in making his faultless 103. In obtaining his first three-figure score in a Championship match he hit eleven 4’s. Score and analysis :— W arwickshire . First innings. Second innings. Charlesworth, b East ... 19 cMaiming,bWells 0 Kinneir, c Buswell, b Wells 2 c Smith,b Thomp­ son ...................39 R. G. Pridmore, b Smith .. 6 c Buswell, bWells 11 Quaife, not out .................. 147 c and b Thompson 24 Baker, b East ...................16 c Thompson, b Wells .......... 1 A. C. S. Glover, bThompson 20 c Bird, b Smith... 22 F. R. Foster, b Wells...........30 c Buswell, bWells 12 W. W. Meldon, b Wells ... 0 c Buswcll, bWells 33 Santall, b East .................. 19 c Thompson, b East.................. 9 Smith, b Wells .................. 35 c and b East ... 6 Field, b East.......................... 1 not out.................. 11 B 5, nb 3 ................... 8 B 5, lb 5, nb 4... 14 Total .......... 303 Total...........1S2 N orthamptonshire . First innings. Second innings. T. E. Manning, b Foster ... 2 c P rid m o re , b Santall ...........17 G. A. T. Vials, b Field ... 33 c and b Quaife ... 21 .T. S. Denton, b Foster ... 0 c Smith,b Meldon 15 Rev. F. N. Bird, c Foster, b F ie ld ................................. 12 c and b Quaife ... 32 W. H. Kingston, b Foster 0 b Meldon .......... 8 C. J. T. Pool, c Smith, b c Charlesworth, b Santall ..........................31 F ield.................... 2 S.G.Smith, c Smith, b Field 6 c Smith, b Foster 22 Thompson, c Kinneir, b Santall ..........................47 c and b Meldon...103 East, c Smith, b Santall ... 28 c Quaife, b Field 4 Wells, b Field ................... 3 c Charlesworth, b Quaifc .......... 11 Buswell, not out................... 1 not out ........... 6 Byes 3, lb 3, w 1... 7 B6,lb8, w 3 ,n b l 18 Total ..170 Total. ...259