Cricket 1909

34 8 CR ICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ugust 19, 1909. THE AUSTRAL IAN S . 3 0 t ii M a t c h — v . G L O U C E S T E R S H IR E . Played at Cheltenham on August 16,17 & 18. Drawn. C. L. Townsend, after an absence of two years, re-appeared for the county and captained the side. Woolley (C.), elder brother of the Kent player, assisted Gloucestershire through the courtesy of the Australians: he is engaged by the Stroud C.C. with a view to qualifying, and is a very useful right- hand medium-paced bowler. The wicket was fast, and it was thought that the Australians would run up a big score. Such, however, proved so far from being the case that in 100 minutes before the luncheon interval seven wickets went down for 139. Bardsley and Hartigan made 32 for the opening partnership in a quarter-of-an-hour, but the former, when he had made a single, was missed by Woolley at slip off Dennett. A t 45 Huggins was put cn, and in quick succession he dismissed Ransford, Macartney and Bardsley, the fourth wicket falling at 62. The association of Trumper and Gregory effected an improvement, though the former was nearly caught off a skier soon after he went in. Quickly settling down to his old-time form, Trumper made some beautiful pulls and off-hits, and sent up the ICO an hour and a-quarter from the start: he made his 48 out of 65 in thirty-five minutes and hit eight 4’s. A quarter-of-an-hour before lunch rain caused an adjournment, which extended until a quarter past 3. When play was resumed the bowlers were naturally handicapped, and Hopkins, quick to recognize the changed conditions, hit with such success that he made 56 of the last 104 runs in an hour and carried out his bat when the innings, having lasted just over 150 minutes, closed for 215. O’Connor wisely contented himself with playing a purely defensive game, the result being that, although he made only 9, he stayed whilst 58 were put on for the ninth wicket in half an-hour. Hop­ kins hit as many as ten 4’s, the majority of them drives. 1n the last 100minutes of the day Gloucester­ shire did very well. Fortunately for them the wicket, in the absence of sun, was easy, and runs came readily. Board and Barnett made 66 for the first wicket in 70 minutes and the latter and Townsend, who was at his best, 54 for the second without being parted. Barnett was 47 not out when stumps were drawn with one wicket down for 120, but lie was missed by Hartigan at slip when 20. In all Townsend and Barnett added 117 for the second wicket in an hour and a quarter. Of the first hundred runs added together Townsend claimed 80, and he monopolised the scoring to such an extent that Barnett made only 25 of the 117 mentioned. The last named batted two hours and 20 minutes for 60, in which were five 4’s : he wTas missed by Hartigan when 20 and by Trumper when 56. Townsend completed 100 out of 134 in 100 minutes, and when he was third out, at 235, had made 129 out of 169 in two hours: he hit twenty-two 4’s, the majority of them drives, and offered two chances— when 40 and 61. When Imlay left half the side were out for 260. The subsequent play was marked by a fine innings on the part of F. B. Roberts, who followed his double success against Surrey by scoring 80 out of 137 in two hours. He made a number of fine drives, hit eight 4’s and with Woolley put on 78 in 70 minutes. A. W. Roberts and Brownlee afterwards hit well, and when, just after five o’clock, rain stopped play for the day, eight men were out for 411, the last named carrying out his bat for 21. Heavy rain prevented a continuance of play yesterday until a quarter to three, when Gloucestershire having declared at their overnight total, the Australians entered upon their sccond innings. When 26 had been made in half-an-hour Hartigan was caught at mid-off, but the stand by Bardsley and Ransford prevented a collapse. Both men played very attractive crickct, and to them alone was it due that defeat was escaped. Scorc and analysis 1st inns. A u s t r a l ia n s . 2nd inns. R. J. Hartigan, lit wkt, b Dennett ..............................23 cBoard.bHuggins 13 W . Bardsley, c Board, b c D e n n e tt, b Huggins ..............................23 Brownlee ... 66 V. S. Ransford, c Board, b Huggins ..............................13lbw, b Dennett...121 C.G. Macartney, c Dennett, b H uggins............................ 2 b Dennett ..... 0 S. E. Gregory, c Brownlee, b H uggins..............................16 lbw, b Dennett... 30 V. Trumper, c Board, b Dennett ..............................48 A. J. Hopkins, not out ...5 6 c Townsend, b D ennett. 4 A. Cotter, b Dennett...............10 stImlay,bDennett 0 If. Carter, b Dennett.............. 13 J. A. O’Connor, c Huggins, b Brownlee .................... 9 not out......... 1 W. J. W hitty, c Townsend, c Townsend, b b Brownlee .................... 0 D ennett....... 3 Leg-byes ............ 2 B 5, lb 3, nb 1 9 Total ...215 Total (8wkts )247 G LOUCESTERSHIRE. Board, b Hopkins ... 23 I Woolley, (C.) c Rans- C. S. B a r n e tt, c Trumpcr, b Cotter... 60 C.L. Townsend, c Mac­ artney, b Hopkins...129 Langdon, c Hopkins, b O’C on nor.................. 11 A.D. Imlay,b O’Connor 14 F. B. Roberts, c Rans­ ford, b O’Connor ford, b O’Connor ... 22 A. W. Roberts, c Hop­ kins, b Cotter ... 20 W. M. Brownlee, not out ..........................21 Huggins, not out ... 1 B l3,lb9,w 2,nb6 30 Total (8 wkts)*411 Dennett did not bat. Innings declared closed. A u st r a l ia n s . Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Dennett 19 0 95 4 ... ... 19-2 5 40 6 W oolley.......... 4 0 20 0 ... . .. 4 0 25 0 Huggins 20 4 73 4 ... ... 15 1 65 1 Brownlee 6 3 1 25 2 ... ... 13 0 51 1 A. W. Roberts 1 1 0 0 ..... .. 5 0 25 0 F. Roberts ... 8 0 32 0 Huggins bowled one no-ball. G lo u cester sh ir e . O. Cotter Whitty ... Macartney Cotter bowled two wides and six no-balls. 0 M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. 37 4 119 2 I H opkins.. 20 4 76 2 24 7 69 0 1O’Connor. 26 4 88 4 6 1 13 0 1Gregory... 4 0 16 0 S O M E R S E T v. H A M P S H IR E . Played at Bath on August 16, 17 and 18. Drawn. By quiet and uneventful cricket on Monday Hampshire scored 224 and Somerset replied with 42 for three wickets. Mead and White put on 43 for the visitors’ second wicket in 40 minutes and Bowell and Brown 78 for the seventh in 70. White hit a 6 and eight 4’s during the two hours he was iu but was twice missed. Play on the second day was greatly interfered with by rain, which caused stumps to be drawn when Somerset had nine wickets down for 221. Braund, who batted over two hours for 39, put on 57 for the fourth wicket in 70 minutes with Daniell, and Herbert and Phillips added 84 for the eighth in 55. When play ceased for the reason stated Phillips carried his bat for 50. The state of the wicket after rain did not allow the game to be continued yester­ day until 25 minutes to three. The Somerset innings closed for 254, Phillips, missed when 51, taking out his bat for 71, which took 100 minutes to compile and contained eight 4’s. The last wicket added 46. With a draw assured interest in the game naturally suffered. Hampshire played out time, Mead carrying off the honours with an innings of 88. Score and analysis H a m p s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. Mead, lbw, b L e w is ........24 c Lewis, b Hill ... 86 Stone, c Hill, b Lewis ... 0 bG resw ell............ 4 Capt. W. N. White, b Gres­ well ...............................62 c and b Robson... 27 Llewellyn, c Braund, b L ew is...............................13 notout....................37 E. M. Sprot, c Phillips, b L ew is................................ 4 c Chidgey, b Hill 0 Bowell, b Greswell .......52 II. C. McDonell, b Lewis ... 1 Brown, run o u t ...............49 c Braund, b Hill.. 6 H. A. H. Smith, c Gres­ well, b Lewis ................ 1 Newman, not out ......... 4 c Daniell, b Hill 2 Kennedy, c Hill, b Greswell 0 B 7, lb 6, w 1.................. 14 B 10, w 2, nb 1 13 Total ..................224 S o m e r se t . Braund, c Llewellyn, b M cDonell...................39 Hardy, c Stone, b Brown .................. 13 Robson, c White, b M cDonell................... 7 O. M. Samson, b Brown 4 J. Daniell, c Mead, b K ennedy.................. 27 Lewis, b Brown...........13 H a m p s h ir e . First innings. O. M. R W. 25-2 6 49 3 . 32 11 11 7 Total (6 wkts)175 F. A Phillips, not out 71 V. T. Hill, b McDonell 1 Hon. M. Herbert, c Stone, b Bowell ... 44 W. T. Greswell, c Stone, b McDoncll 0 Chidgey, b Mead ... 12 B 12, lb 8, w 3 ...23 Total ..254 Sccond innings. O. M. R. W. Grcswell Lewis Robson ... Braund ... Hardy ... 21 22 2 3 7 1 32 1 4 1 22 0 7 1 23 0 4-3 0 20 4 0 22 11 70 6 2 42 0 ... 1 32 0 ... 2 17 0 ... Hill ... Phillips Lewis bowled one wide and one no-ball, and Hill and Phillips one wide each. S o m e r se t . Brown ... 17 0 72 3 IMead ... 9‘5 5 11 1 McDonell ..25 3 75 4 Kennedy . 9 4 12 1 Newman... 13 2 40 0 |Bowell ... 10 2 21 1 Brown bowledone and Newman two widcs. L E IC E S T E R S H IR E v. SUSSEX. Played at Leicester on August 16,17 and 18. Drawn. Rain limited play to three hours and a-half on Monday, during which time the home side made 266 for seven wickets. In the 20 minutes before lunch Wood and Knight made 56 without loss: in all, they scored 13S together in an hour and a-half. Of that number Knight, who hit resolutely, claimed 76: he made two 6’s and seven 4’s and made no mistake. Wood, second out (at 173), batted 130 minutes for 75 and hit four 4’s ; like Knight, he was guiltless of error. Half the side were out for 211, but Coe played well and carried out his bat for 32 when stumps were drawn. On Tuesday the out­ standing wickets added 56 in 25 minutes, the innings closing for 822. When Sussex went in Jayes and King bowled with such effect that six wickets fell for 54and a complete collapse appeared probable. Cartwright, however, managed to stay and found two very useful partners in Leach and Smith ; the former, who hit a 6 and four 4’s, made 33 out of 53 in 40 minutes and the latter helped to add 168 for the eighth wicket in two hours and ten minutes. Cart­ wright made his faultless 101 in three hours and a-half, whilst Smith obtained 84 in 130 minutes ; the former hit thirteen 4’s and the latter, who was missed when 17 and 40, two 6’s and seven 4’s. The last wicket added 80 in 40 minutes, Vincett making four 6’s and four 4’s in his 53. In their sccond innings Leicestershire scored 14 runs for the loss of Knight at the end of the day. Yesterday the state of the wicket after heavy rain prevented further play, and consequently the match was drawn. Score and analysis:— L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . C. J. B. Wood, c Relf (A. E.), b Vincett ... 75 Knight, c Butt,b Relf (R. R.), ...................76 Turner,c and bVincctt 32 King, c and b Cox ... 10 Jayes, c Relf (A. E.), b Cox ................... 5 Coe, not out ........... 36 V. F. S. Crawford, c Total ...........322 Vine, b Vincett ... 12 Sccond innings : C. J. B.Wood, not out, 9 ; Knight, c Cox, b Relf (A.E.), 5 ; byes, &e., 0. Total (1 wk), 14. S u sse x . Sir A. Hazlerigg, c Leach, b Relf (R. R.) 11 Astill, c Butt, b Vincett ...................10 Shipman, not out ... 30 Sturman,c Relf (U.R.), b V incett.................. 7 B 8, lb 9, w 1 ... 18 Cox, lbw, b Astill ... 8 Leach, b Shipman ... 33 C. L. A. Smith, c Coe, b AstiU Vincctt, c Astill, b Jayes.......................... Butt, not out ........... B 17, lb 3 ,n b 4 ... Total .......... i Relf (R. R.), lbw, b K ing.......................... 6 Vine, c Sturman, b Jayes.........................10 R. B. Heygate, c Knight, bJayes ... 8 Killick, c Sturman, b K in g.......................... 1 Relf (A. E.), lbw, b Jayes.......................... 2 P. Cartwright, c Ship­ man, b A still...........101 L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. It. W. Leach .......... 5 0 24 0 ............ 2 0 14 0 Relf (A. E.) ... 23 6 48 0 ............ 1 3 1 0 1 V incett..........284 1 119 5 ............. Killick .......... 2 170 ...... C ox.................. 15 6 43 2 ........... Relf (R. R .)... 15 2 633 ... •... Relf (A. E.) bowled one wide. S u sse x . Jayes King Astill Astill and Shipman each bowled two no-balls. O M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 24 4 73 4 1 Shipman.. . 16 2 77 1 19 3 50 2 C o e ......... . 6 2 12 0 23 5 97 3 1 Wrood . 8 2 22 0 D E R B Y S H IR E v. L A N C A S H IR E . Played at Chesterfield on August 16,17 and 18. Lancashire won by 150 runs. Makepeace and Hornby gave the visitors a good start by making 45 together for the opening partner­ ship, but for their total of 273 they were indebted chiefly to Tyldeslcy and Sharp, who added 118 for the third wicket in 80 minutes, and to Huddleston and Cook, who put on 65 in 50 minutes after the eighth had fallen at 208. Tyldesley, missed when 65, scored 76 out of 133 in an hour ana three-quarters, whilst Sharp obtained his 59 out of 129 in 85 minutes by faultless cricket; the former hit ten 4’s and the latter nine. In the last 50 minutes of the day Derbyshire lost two wickets for 30 runs, of which number Wright, who carried out his bat, made 20. At 57 Wright was bowled, and by the time the score had reached 75 Sale, Chapman and Woodward had also been sent back. Cadman