Cricket 1909

38 0 CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e p t . 2, 1909. THB AUSTRAL I ANS . 8 4 t h M a tc h .— v . M.C.C. AND GKOUND . ( th e r e tu r n m atch .) Played at Lord’s 011 Aug. 30, 31 and Sept. 1. Drawn. More than ordinary interest centred in this match owing to the fact that in the first meeting of the sides the M.C.C. proved successful by three wickets, and that the Australians had not been beaten since the England match at Edgbaston. Each side put as strong an eleven as possible in the field, the M.C.C. exercising their right to have first call upon those players engaged at Lord’s : it was on this account that Tarrant, Relf, Llewellyn and Fielder were not assisting their county. The home side included II. B. G. Austin, the captain of the last West Indian team which visited England, and were led by H. K. Foster. M.C.C. won the toss and Moon and Tarrant opened the innings to the bowling of Cotter and O’Connor. Only 22 had been obtained when Tarrant was caught a few yards behind the bowler. At 32 Armstrong went on for O’Connor, and nine later Moon was bowled off his pads by Cotter. Llewellyn made a good straight drive for 4 and then played-on, whilst when Gillingham, after making 7, met with the same fate as Moon four good men were out for 61. At that point Cotter had taken all the wickets, the last three in 16 balls for 11 runs. The association of Hardstaff and Foster brought about an improvement, the pair adding 36 in half-an-hour. The former, missed when 2 4 by Armstrong off his own bowling, batted 70 minutes for 34 and provided the Victorian with his 100th wicket of the tour. Just before lunch Laver and Noble took up the attack, and the latter in his first over got rid of Foster—caught low down at slip with one hand—for a very useful 23. The sixth wicket fell at 108, but it was some time before the fielding side met with further success. Laver and Cotter bowled after the interval, but the total was taken to 141 before Relf aud Austin were separated. The latter, after batting 50 minutes, was then caught at slip : he had rendered his side very good service by helping to add 33 for the seventh wicket. Relf remained to the close. Thompson helping to put on 23, Buckenham 14 and Fielder 10. Relf made 34 of the last 80 runs in 80 minutes and carried out his bat. Cotter took five good wickets for 80, but Armstrong, whose victims with one exception were at the end of the innings, had the better analysis. The Australians made a very poor start, Bardsley being lbw to the second ball sent down with only a single scored. There, however, the tribulations of the side ended, Noble and Ransford remaining together for 110 minutes and taking the total to 118 without further loss. Both players, however, owed something to dropped catches, Ransford being missed when 5 by Foster off Relf and Noble when 53 at the wicket off Buckenham. The pair played very attractive cricket against the fine bowlers brought against them, and at the end of the day Noble took out his bat for 63 and Ransford for 50. Owing to failing light stumps were drawn at 6.10. On the second day Noble was caught at the wicket without a run added : he hit eight 4’s in his 63 and helped to put on 117 for the second wicket. With Trumper in, the Australian total was increased rapidly once the measure of the bowling had been obtained. Trumper, however, was missed ere making a run and Ransford when 57, the mistake in each case being made at the expense of Buckenham by Moon, whose position as wicket-keeper was after­ wards taken by Austin. Both men made some glorious strokes all round the wicket, and had put on 167 in 100 minutes when Trumper, who had scored 80 of the number, played-on : he hit fourteen 4’s and offered only the one chance. Gregory and Armstrong made only 15 between them, but Macartney played a very useful game and assisted in adding 82 for the sixth wicket in 55 minutes. Then, at 388, Ransford, who had been let off when 134, played a ball on tohis wicket. The young left­ hander, by a succession of excellent strokes, made 190 out of 387 in 290 m inutes: he hit twenty-four 4’s and made the greater portion of his runs by cutting and leg-hits. The last four wickets added only 46 runs, the innings thus closing for 424. Buckenham, despite bad support from the field, took six wickets for 98 in the long innings. The M.C.C. had 80 minutes’ batting at the end of the day and performed so well that they made 105 without loss in that time, Foster claiming 50 of the number and Tarrant 37. There were several changes in the bowling, but 50 were made in 35 minutes and 100 in an hour and a-quarter. On Wednesday the total was taken to 157 before a wicket fell, Foster then being brilliantly caught at long-on after batting 145 minutes for 84 without giving a chance. His chief hits were a 5 and seven 4’s. With Hardstaff and Tarrant together 30 were added in 35 minutes before lunch, and, as it happened, no further play was possible owing to heavy raiu. Tarrant made five 4’s and batted three hours for 65 not out. Score and analysis:— M.C.C. a n d G r o u n d . First innings. Second innings. L. J. Moon, b C otter.......20 Tarrant, c Laver, b Cotter. 10 not out..............65 Hardstaff, b Armstrong ... 34 notout..............22 Llewellyn, b Cotter ......... 5 Rev. F. H. Gillingham, b C otter................................ 7 H. K. Foster, c Armstrong, c Macartney, b b Noble .......................... 23 Laver ..............84 H. B. G. Austin, c Trumper, b Cotter .......................24 Relf (A. E.), not o u t .......34 Thompson, lbw, b Arm­ strong ................................ 14 Buckenham, b Armstrong. 6 Fielder, b Armstrong ... 4 B 2, lb 3, n-b 2 ......... 7 B 7, lb 5, nb 4 16 Total ................188 A ustralian s . Total (1 wkt) 187 M. A. Noble, c Moon, « b Llewellyn ..............63 W. Bardsley, lbw, b Buckenham ........... 0 V. S. Ransford, b Buck­ enham ................... 190 V.T.Trumper,b Fielder 80 S. E. Gregory, e Foster, b F ielder................... 6 W. W. Armstrong, b Tarrant ................... 9 C. G. Macartney, c Austin, b Bucken­ ham ..........................34 A. Cotter, c Austin, b Buckenham ... 6 H. Carter, c Austin, b Buckenham ... 8 F.Laver,bBuckenham 12 J.A.O’Connor,notout 3 B 6, lb 14, w 2,nb 1 23 Total ...434 M.C.C. and G rou nd . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cotter .......... 24 3 80 5 ............ 19 3 62 0 O’Connor ... 5 1 12 0 ........... 6 1 16 0 Armstrong ... 20’3 5 41 4 ........... 27 15 38 0 Macartney ... 5 0 17 0 ............ 6 2 14 0 Noble .......... 2 0 3 1 ............ Laver ........... 9 2 28 0 ............ 15 5 41 1 Cotter bowled six no-balls. A u stralian s . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Buckenham 28 5 98 6 I Fielder ... 21 2 109 2 R e lf........... 27 4 82 0 Tarrant... 14 1 50 1 Thompson. 11 0 57 0 | Llewellyn 5 2 15 1 Fielder bowled one no-ball and Tarrant and Llewellyn a wide each. S O M E R S E T v. M ID D L E S E X . Played at Taunton on August 30, 31 and September 1. Middlesex won by two wickets. As the result of some very even cricket on Monday Somerset completed an innings for 247 and Middlesex replied with 119 for three wickets. The home side placed a very good team in the field, but Middlesex lacked Tarrant, who was claimed for the M. C. C.’s match with the Australians. The Somerset batting was so consistent that ten of the players reached double-figures, the highest scorer being Braund, who made 51 out of 122 in two hours without a mistake—a patient innings which included four 4’s. Robson made seven 4’s in scoring 33 in 20 minutes, whereas Samson batted 50 minutes for a similar total. The last wicket put on a useful 30, Newton obtaining 18 of the number. Lewis opened the bowling for Somerset, but was obliged to retire after delivering a couple of overs owing to the recurrence of an old knee trouble. Hebden batted an hour for 29, and Murrell, missed by Samson when 5, carried out his bat for 42. Murrell was caught at the wicket with only 9 added on Friday: he hit seven 4’s during the 45 minutes he was in. Neither Trott nor Bates did much, but Hearne (J. W.) found a good partner in Wells, who helped to put on 35 for the seventh wicket. Hearne, when 34, was missed at square-leg, and he was not sent back until he had made 71 out of 232 in two hours and a-quarter. He was caught at mid-on, hit eight 4’s, and was missed when 5 and 34. There was nothing remarkable about the rest of the play and the innings closed for 253—a lead of 6. In Somerset’s second innings Braund and Johnson scored freely and well, the pair making 52 in 25 minutes before rain caused an adjournment. Afterwards the side did rather badly during the remaining 75 minutes of the day, five wickets being down for 129 when stumps were drawn. Yesterday, despite a hard-hit innings of 38 by Hill, the five remaining wickets went down for 54 in 45 minutes. The player named hit two 4’s and a 6 off Wells in an over and also made three other hits for 4 each. Middlesex, left 1S4 to win, lost Hebden and Hendren for 13, but Douglas and Murrell added 89 in 50 minutes for the third wicket. The latter, who hit with great power, reached 50 in 35 minutes, and included in his 85 were sixteen 4’s and only eight singles. At lunch 52 were still required to win, and, although four more wickets went down, the runs were made with two wickets to spare. Score and analysis :— S om erset . First innings. Second innings. Braund, c Murrell, b Hearne (J. W.)...................51 b Wells .............29 Hon. M. Herbert, b Trott... 13 c Hendren,bWells 15 Lewis, b Mignon ...........25 runout . ... 0 Robson, b Hearne (J. T.) ... 33 b Hearne (J.T.)... 1 J. Daniell, st Murrell, b Hearne (J. T .)...................16 cM ignon, b Wells 7 O. M. Samson, b M ignon... 33 c Trott, b Wells.. 31 P. R. Johnson, b Mignon... 16 c M u rre ll, b Hearne (J.T.)... 38 Capt. H. Poyntz, b Mignon 5 c H e n d re n , b M ig n on ...........16 V. T. Hill, c Hendren, b Hearne (J. T .)...................19 b Mignon .............38 W. T. Greswell, c Hendren, b M ig n on ..........................17 bHearne (J.T.)... 9 A. E. Newton, not out ... 18 notout.................. 0 No-ball ................. 1 B 2, w 1, nb2 5 Total ...247 Total ...189 M idd lesex , First innings. J. Douglas, b Robson ... 16 G. L. Hebden, c Newton, b Robson ..............................29 Hendren, c Daniell, b Robson ..............................14 Murrell, c Newton, b Gres­ well .......................... ... 47 Hearne (J. W.), c Johnson, b R o b s o n .............................. 71 Trott, b Greswell ............ 4 Bates, b R obson.................... 0 C. M. Wells, c Samson, b Hill ......................................19 R. E. More, b Greswell ... 35 Mignon, b Greswell ..............14 Hearne (J. T.), not out ... 1 Leg-byes ................... 3 Second innings, c sub., b Hill ... 25 st Newton,b Gres­ well ................. 2 b G reswell... ... 7 c Hill, b Braund 85 b Braund b Robson c J o h n s o n , b B ra u n d ........... 8 9 17 not out................ lbw, b Braund . not out ... . Leg-byes . 11 6 6 Total ........... 253 Total (8 wkts) 185 S o m e r se t . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. M ignon............ 21*4 3 76 5 ........... 11 0 63 2 Hearne (J. T.) 22 7 79 3 .............. 18'5 5 51 3 Trott ........... 13 4 31 1 ............ 1 0 2 0 Wells .......... 5 1 18 0 ........... 17 2 68 4 Hearne (J. W.) 9 1 42 1 .............. Mignon bowled three no-balls and Wells one wide. M id d l e s e x . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Greswell ... 26*4 6 95 4 ............ 14 1 69 2 Lewis ........... 1*5 0 11 0 ........... R ob son ........... 29 8 66 5 ............ 17 6 49 1 Braund........... 13 1 52 0 ........... 6*3 1 31 4 H ill.................. 7 0 26 1 ............ 3 0 27 1 BRIXTON WANDERERS (2) v. FOREST HILL (2). Played at East Dulwich on August 14. F orest H il l (2). W.S.Holt,lbw,bStorey 44 P. J. Hunter, b Benge 0 A. S. Sellar, c Hall, b Benge ................... 2 J. P. White, c Laine, b Harbert ...........15 N.Mathews, b Harbert 2 R.T. Green, b Harbert 11 F. Skinner, not o u t... 31 S. Hunter, b Storey... 18 H. G. Nettleton, c Ed­ monds, b Storey ... 0 S.T.Golder, c Phillips, b Storey .................. 12 L .H.Baskett, b Storey 1 Byes, &c. ... ... 13 Total ...149 B rixto n W an derers (2). C.W.Phillips,bBaskett 10 W.A. Mitchell, c Holt, b Mathews ........... 7 F. J. Hall, b Baskett 8 C. J. Lain£, c and b Baskett .................. 10 A. Harbert, b Baskett 3 A. V. Storey, c White, b Baskett ........... 4 F. G. Perks, lbw, b M athews................... 1 W. E. Mun-ay, b Mat­ hews ........................... 8 T. B. Woodfall, b Mat­ hews ........................... 1 H. C. Edmonds, b Baskett .................. 1 W . J. Benge, not out 3 Byes, &c...............15 Total 71 SURREY v. YORKS. Copies of the Official Score, printed on satin, of the match played at the Oval between Surrey and Yorkshire. P r ic e !/■ , including Postage. “ Cricket” Office: 168,Upper Thames St.,E.C.