Cricket 1909

37 2 CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e p t . 2, 1909. THE AUSTRAL IANS . 33 kd M atch .— v. SU S S E X . Played at Brighton on August 26, 27 and 28. T H E B R IG H T O N W E E K . The Australians won by one wicket. Play was very keen indeed and runs difficult to make during Thursday, when fifteen wickets fell for 173 runs in four hours and a-half. The wicket had been protected from the heavy rain, but every­ thing was in favour of the attack. The Australians were without Bardsley, Laver, Macartney, Cotter and Carter, and were, therefore, not at full strength. From the first ball of the match the younger Relf was caught at second slip, but Vine and Young, by watchful cricket, effected an improvement. Both men were often beaten, but they remained together for 55 minutes and added 33. With Killick in, Noble went on to bowl. One ball that was sent down broke the wicket, and Killick, thinking he had been bowled, retired to the pavilion. Noble, however, opining that the ball had rebounded from the wicket-keeper’s pads, appealed to the umpire (Harrison) with the result that Killick con­ tinued his innings. He made only 7, however, and when Heygate was bowled four wickets were down for 53. Vine had been playing very steadily, and with Relf (A. E.)had added 31 when he was l.b.w. to Armstrong ; he made his 29 out of 84 in two hours and a-half. Relf made 24 in 40 minutes, but the last six wickets fell in seven overs for 12 runs and the total reached only 96. Armstrong took his four wickets with the last 18 balls he sent down. The Australians made a very fair start, the first partner­ ship realising 18. Relf (A. E.), however, took three wickets for five runs, the fourth falling at 33. Trumper indulged in some successful hitting, and, Gregory helping to add 24 and Armstrong 20 (with­ out further loss), the total was taken to 77 for five wickets by the end of the day. On the following morning the wicket was better, but the bowlers still received help from it. Trumper, having added two singles, was bowled whilst trying to p u ll; he had scored 31 out of 46 in 45 minutes. With neither Hopkins nor Carkeek doing much, the eighth wicket fell at 92. Before the innings closed, however, the Australians obtained a very useful lead, Armstrong and O’Connor adding 20 together and the latter and Whitty 24. Armstrong’s valuable innings lasted 80 minutes, and the total of 136 took ten minutes under three hours to make. When the County went in again the bowling was shared by Armstrong and Noble. The latter, who had Relf (R.R.) missed off him by Armstrong at slip, was very difficult to score from and at one period sent down seven consecutive maiden overs. When 39 had been made in 45 m in­ utes Vine was bowled, but with Young in another good stand was made. With 80 runs scored for one wicket Armstrong took up the attack again, and in his first over got rid of Young with the total unchanged, and in his second sent back the younger Relf and K illick: in seven overs he took four wickets for seven runs. Relf hit six 4’s during the 95 minutes he was in and gave two hard chances. Whereas the score reached 80 with only one man out, the total was only 112 when the eighth wicket fell. Smith and Vincett, by plucky cricket, put on 34 in 25 minutes, and the Australians, with a day before them, were left with 119 to win. Bowlers were still assisted by the ground on the third morn­ ing and some exciting play was seen. Noble and Hartigan commenced the task, but when 13 had been made quickly the latter was well thrown out by Young at third man. Three later Noble was bowled by Vincett. Bansford and McAlister took 25 minutes to add a dozen. The latter was then caught at short-leg and Gregory, who succeeded him, was missed in the same place by Heygate off Vincett ere making a run. The mistake proved very costly, for he put on 20 for the fourth wicket with Ransford and 36 for the fifth with Trumper. He was sixth out, at 89. Armstrong, Carkeek and O’Connor did very little, and 19 runs were still required when Whitty went in, last man. Amid very great excitement the runs were made, the visitors pulling through, after a tremendous struggle, by the narrowest margin possible. How keen the struggle was can be gathered from the fact that in 20 minutes the pair added only 11 runs. Whitty made the winning hit by sending Vincett to the boundary, but had Relf (R.) accepted a difficult chance by Hopkins off the previous ball the County would have won by one run. Score and analysis :— S u ss e x . First innings. Relf (R.), c Hartigan, b Whitty .......................... 0 Vine, lbw, b Armstrong ... 29 R. A. Young, b Hopkins ... 17 Killick, b N o b le ................... 7 R. B. Heygate, b Hopkins 3 Second innings, c Gregory,b Arm­ strong ...........45 b Noble ...........10 b Armstrong ... 22 lbw,b Armstrong 0 b O’Connor ... 1 Relf (A. E.), c McAlister, b Armstrong......... P. Cartwright, c Gregory, b Whitty .......................... Leach, c Ransford, b Arm­ strong .................................. C. L. A. Smith, b Whitty Vincett,st Carkcok, b Arm­ strong .................................. Butt, not out .................. B 2, lb 7 ................... 24 lbw,b Armstrong 11 0 b O’Connor........... 4 Total ...................96 b O’Connor........... 3 st Carkeek, b Whitty ...........26 c Noble, b Arm­ strong ...........18 not out ........... 1 B 4,1b 13 ... 17 Total ...158 First innings. M.A.Noble, c Butt, b A. Rolf R.J. Hartigan, c Butt, b A. Relf .................................. V. S. Ransford, c A. Relf, b Vincett .......................... P. A. McAlister, lbw, b A. Relf .................................. S.E.Grcgory, c R., b A. Relf V. T. Trumper, b Vincett W .W Armstrong, b Vincett A. J. Hopkins, b Vincett... W. Carkeek, c Heygate, b A. Relf .......................... J.A. O’Connor, c Butt, b A. Relf .................................. W. J. Whitty, not out B 8, lb 1, w 1 ........... A u st r a l ia n s . Second innings. 11 b Vincett ... ... 9 b Killick ...........19 c Heygate, b Vin­ cett ................... 3 b Vincett ...........20 c Smith, b Killick 25 b Vincett .......... 7 not out .......... 14 c R. Relf, b Kil­ lick .................. 1 20 b Vincett ... 13 not out 10 B 10, lb 1 1 11 Total ...................136 S u sse x . First innings. O. M. R. W. Whitty ........... 18 8 24 3 . O’Connor ........... 9 5 11 0 . Hopkins ........... 17 8 25 2 ., Arm strong......... 13.3 5 26 4 . Noble .................... 3 2 1 1 . Total (9 wkts) 122 Second iunings. O. M. R. W. . ... 10 3 29 1 . ... 15 5 28 3 ... 25 ... 13 68 5 16 1 A u st r a l ia n s . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Relf (A. E.) ...32.4 13 45 6 ............. 19 7 37 0 Vir-cett ........... 32 7 81 4 . 31 10 57 5 Killick ... 12 5 17 3 Vincett bowled one wide. H A M P S H IR E v. W A R W IC K S H IR E , riayed at Bournemouth on August 26 and 27. T H E B O U R N E M O U TH F E S T IV A L . Hampshire won by an innings and 83 runs. Warwickshire collapsed for 92 in 140 minutes on a soft wicket on Thursday, giving a very feeble display. Charlesworth alone showed any enter­ prise : he scored 46 out of 74 in 110 minutes, and Hargreave staved with him whilst 27 were put on for the ninth wicket. In 155 minutes Hampshire made 204 for the loss of half their wickets. Of that number Fry, going in first, scored 105 not o u t: he made his runs all round the wicket and showed very strong defence, but when he had scored 30 he was missed in the slips by Smith. On the second day the five outstanding wickets added 72, Fry taking his score to 132 before being sent back. The player named hit fourteen 4’s during the three hours and a-quarter he was in, but was missed three times— when 30,117, and 130. Warwickshire’s second innings was almost a repetition of their first, and they were beaten by an innings and 83 runs. When two wickets had fallen Stone was struck in the eye by a bail, and was obliged to retire, Brown keeping wicket in his stead. Score and analysis:— W a r w ic k s h ir e . First innings. Kinneir, c Kennedy, b Llew ellyn.......................... Lilley, b Kennedy ........... Charlesworth, c Mead, b Newman .......................... Quaife, lbw, b Kennedy ... Baker, c Llewellyn b New­ man .................................. F. R. Foster, c Stone, b Newman .......... ........... A. C. S. Glover, c Newman, b McDonell ................... Smith, c Stone, b McDonell Santall, b M cD onell........... Hargreave, c Sprot, b New­ man .................................. Field, not out ................... B 3, lb 4, nb 1 ........... Second innings. L2 b Kennedy........... 9 b Newm an........... 16 c and b McDonell < 0 st Brown, b Mc­ Donell .......... c Kennedy, b 5 McDonell 7 b Newm an...........] Total ...................92 not out................... b Newm an........... b Newm an........... st Brown, b Mc­ Donell ........... b McDonell.......... B 16, lb 5, n b l Total .......... 1 H a m p s h ir e . C. B. Fry, c Charles­ worth, b Hargreave 132 Mead, lbw, b Har­ greave ...................25 Capt. W. N. White, c and b Charlesworth 26 Llewellyn, b Charles­ worth.......................... 0 Bowell, c Hargreave, b Charlesworth ... 0 Stone, lbw, b Field ..." 37 E. M. Sprot, b Santall 10 H. C. McDonell, b Santall .................. 11 Brown, b Charles­ worth ................... 2 Newman, st Smith, b H argrcave.......... 26 Kennedy, not out ... 2 B 4, lb 1 ................... 5 Total ..276 W a r w ic k s h ir e . Newman Mead Kennedy Llewellyn McDonell First innings. O. M. R. W . 131 6 12 7 7 25 4 9 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 15 3 9 9-2 0 30 5 Kennedy bowled two no balls. H a m p s h ir e . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Foster ... 9 1 39 0 j Charlsw’th 12 1 48 4 Santall ... 20 3 81 2 Field ... 4 0 15 1 Hargreave.29‘4 5 84 3 |Quaife ... 2 1 4 0 N O T T I N G H A M S H IR E v. D E R B Y S H IR E . Played at Nottingham on August 26 and 27. Notts, won hy an innings and 94 runs. T. A. Higson, after an absence of ten years, reappeared for Derbyshire. Notts., winning the toss, lost Payton and Iremonger (J.) for 9, but the Gunns pulled the game round by adding 153 for the third wicket in 140 m inutes: at times their play was slow, but it was most valuable. Gunn (G.) made 101 out of 175 in just under three hours without a chance : he hit two 6’s (over the ropes) and six 4’s. Hardstaff batted 80 minutes for 20, but Jones made his 42 out of 52 in 40 minutes. The last three wickets fell for 6, and the innings closed for 274. In the last few minutes of the day Derbyshire made 6 for the loss of Cadman’s wicket. Friday’s cricket was noteworthy for some remarkable cricket on the part of Hallarn and Wass, who, bowling un­ changed, dismissed the visitors for 76 and 104, nineteen wickets going down during the day for 174 runs. Score and analysis:— Iremonger(J.),c Need­ ham, b Grainger ... 3 Payton, b Warren ... 2 Gunn (G.), c Lawton, b H igson.................. 101 Gunn (J.), run out ... 59 Hardstaff, b Warren 20 James, b Warren ... 24 A. O. Jones, b Warren 42 N o tts . Iremonger (A.), run out .......................... Oates, not out ........... Hallam, b Higson ... Wass, st Humphries, b W arren.................. B 13, lb 2, nb 2... 1 Total .........27 D e r b y s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. T. A. Higson, c Oates, b W a s s .................................. 6 L. Oliver, c A. Iremonger, b Wass .......................... 0 Grainger, b Hallam .......... 3 Warren, c J. Iremonger, b Wass ..................................13 b Wass... Cadman, lbw, b Hallam ... 11 b Hallam Needham, b Wass ........... 6 b Hallam c Jones, b Wass... not out ........... c J. Iremonger, b Hallam ...........23 c and b Hallam... 15 c P a y t o n , b Hallam ........... 5 Humphries, lbw, b Wass ... 0 A. E. Lawton, c Hallam, b Wass ..................................20 L. G. Wright, c Wass, b Hallam ..........................14 b Hallam ... G. Curgenven, c Oates, b Wass .................................. 0 b Wass............ J. Chapman, not ou t........... 3 b Hallam ... Byes, &c....................... 0 B 5, lb 5 13 21 10 Total 76 T otal.........104 N o tt s . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Warren... 41*5 11 91 5 1Cadman... 4 1 4 0 Grainger.. 24 7 62 1 Curgenven 5 2 19 0 Higson ... 18 3 37 2 |Lawton ... 12 2 44 0 Warren and Higson each bowled one no-ball. D e r b y s h ir e . First innings. _ _ __ Second innings. Wass Hallam O. M. R. W. , 15-2 2 42 7 .. 15 6 34 3 O. M. R“ W. 183 65 3 186 29 7 Vine made 26 not out and Robert Relf 41 not out for Sussex v. Warwickshire at Chichester. Owing to a telegraphic mistake the scores were given as 22 and 23 respectively in last week’s issue (p. 364). Sussex made 71 for no wicket, there being 2 byes and 2 leg-byes.