Cricket 1909

S e p t . 2, 1909. CR ICK E T : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. H A M P S H IR E v. K E N T . Played at Bournemouth on August 30, 31 and September 1. THE BOURNEMOUTH WEEK. K en t w on by nine w ickets. The visit of Kent proved a great attraction, but play on the opening day was rather sedate, Hamp­ shire taking all the time available—four hours and 35 minutes—to score 265 on an easy-paced wicket. Neither side were at full strength, both Fielder and Llewellyn being claimed by the M.C.C. for their match with the Australians. The early play was marked by a faultless innings on the part of Mead, who, hitting well all round the wicket, scored 84 out of 147 in two hours and three-quarters and made nine 4’s : he added 23 with Fry, t»7 with White, 26 with Bowell and 31 with Stone. The last-named, missed at the wickct when 26, scored 65 out of 137 in 125 minutes ere being caught at deep third man ; with Sprot, who hit well, he put on 43 in 30 minutes and with Brown 55 in three-quarters of an hour. A characteristic display by Hutchings was the feature of the Kent innings on Tuesday. He went in when Seymour and Humphreys had been dismissed for (52 in an hour. Driving with much power, he made 53 out of 57 in 35 minutes and was then missed at the wicket off Bowell. Altogether he scored 110 out of 144 in SO minutes, hitting twenty-one 4’s and reaching 100 out of 122 in 70 minutes. He and Day added 110 for the third wicket in an hour, and Mason and Prest 85 for the sixth in 40 minutes. Prest made 110 mistake in scoring 57, and hit nine 4’s. Kent, altogether, made 323 in 220 minutes. In their second innings Hamp­ shire lost four wickets for 76 in the last 90 minutes of the day. Fry and Mead were out with only 2 scored, but Stone made 25 and White carried out his bat for 31. Yesterday’s play was marked by a fine innings by White, and it was due very largely to him that the total realised as much as 164. He batted two hours and a-quarter, and, apart from McDonell and Newman, who added 30 in half-an- hour, was the only player to face the bowling with much confidence. Kent, thanks to a good display by Humphreys, made light of the task set them, obtaining the 107 runs required for the loss of one wicket. Score and analysis: — H ampshire . First innings. Second innings. C. B. Fry, c Humphreys, b Blythe ..........................12 b C a rr..................... 2 Mead, c Huish, b Mason ... 84 b Blythe ........... 0 Capt. W.N. White, b Woolley27 c Fairservice, b Carr................55 Bowell, c Hutchings, b Carr 0 lbw, b Carr..........13 Stone, c Prest, b Mason ... 05 c Mason,bWoolley 25 E. M. Sprot, candb Woolley 32 c Day, b Woolley 10 H. C. McDonell, b Carr ... 1 c Mason, b Blythe 9 Brown, lbw, b Blythe ... 10 c Seymour, bCarr 1 Remnant, not out ...........13 c Seymour, b Can* 3 Newman, b W oolley........... 1 st Huish,b Blythe 22 Kennedy, b Carr.................. 0 not out................... 8 B 2, lb 5, w 1................... 8 Lb C, w 1,nb 3 10 Total ................265 Total .......164 K ent . First innings. Second innings. Humphreys, st Stone, b McDonell .........................23 notout.....................60 Seymour, c Bowell, b Mc­ Donell ..................................12 c and b Donnell.. 15 S. H. Day, c Brown, b M cD on ell.......................... 37 notout.....................33 K. L. Hutchings, b New­ man ..................................116 Woolley, c Bowell, b New­ man .................................. 1 J. R. Mason, st Stone, b M cD onell..........................37 H. E. W. Prest, c Bowell, b Kennedy ..........................57 Huish, c Sprot, b Kennedy 16 Fairservice, c Stone, b Kennedy .......................... 3 D. W. Carr, st Stone, b M cD on ell.......................... 0 Blythe, not o u t .................. 4 B 7, lb 6, w 3, nb 1 ... 17 Byes................... 2 Total ...323 Total (1 wkt)...110 H a m p s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Carr ........... 35*5 8 73 3 ............ 25 4 02 4 Blythe ........... 29 8 59 2 ........... 15*4 3 49 3 Mason ........... 17 4 47 2 ............ 8 2 9 0 Fairservice ... 62 21 0 .................. W oolley........... 15 7 31 3 ............ 15 5 30 2 H um phreys... 60 26 0 Hutchings ........... 2 0 4 0 Carr and Blythe each bowled one wide, Mason one no-ball and Woolley two. K e n t . O. M. R. W. Brown .......... 0 1 30 0 ... Kennedy ... 23 7 86 3 ... McDonell ... 25*3 4 109 5 ... Newman ... 14 2 60 2 ... Bowell ........... 7 0 21 1 ... Mead White ... Brown bowled one wide and Kennedy two, and Newman one no-ball. 0. M. R. W. 7 0 17 0 8 1 26 1 1 0 18 0 3 0 21 0 3 0 18 0 0*5 0 8 0 S U S S E X v. Y O R K S H IR E . Played at Brighton on August 30, 31 and September 1. THE BRIGHTON WEEK. Drawn. Sussex were greatly handicapped in this match owing to the absence of Relf (A. E.), who was chosen for the match at Lord’s between M. C. C. and the Australians. The consequence was that York­ shire, winning the toss, batted the whole of the first day on a fine wicket, scoring 344 for eight wickcts in about five hours. For their total they were very largely indebted to Rhodes, who, going in first, scored 199 out of 339 in 275 minutes without a mistake. He was rather slow in making his first hundred runs, but he made some capital cuts and drives, and hit twenty 4’s. Wilson, playing a laborious game, stayed whilst 82 were made for the first wicket in SO minutes. Rhode’s best partner was Rothery, the pair during the hour and three- quarters they were together adding 147 for the third wicket. Rothery gave no chance in making 63 and hit nine 4’s. Before lunch the play was slow, nearly two hours being expended in making 96, but the rate of scoring improved afterwards, the total being taken from 100 to 200 in an hour. Lord Hawke, owing to a damaged leg, was unable to bat, and the innings, after lasting five hours and 25 minutes, closed when the ninth wicket fell at 377. Sussex lost Vine at 0, but Relf (li. R.) played a good game and put on 71 in 70 minutes with Young and 69 with Killick : he made his faultless 86 at the rate of one a minute and hit eight 4’s. When Heygate left, fifth out, the total was only 122, but Cartwright and Cox pulled the game round by adding 89 together in an hour and a-half. At the end of the day seven wickets were down for 262, Cox being not out 43. On Wednesday the three last wickets added 45 runs, the innings closing for 307. Newstead, showing more than a glimpse of his form of 1908, took seven wickets for 77. Going in again, Yorkshire lost Wilson at 3, after which Denton and Uhodes added 88 for the second wicket and the latter and Rothery 43 for the third. Rhodes, who had started slowly, afterwards scored freely and, when seeming likely (to reach three-figures for the second time in the match, was caught at the wicket for 84. Four wickets were then down for 140, and when the total had been taken to 210 without further loss the match wras given up on account of rain. Score and analysis:— \ o r k s h ir e . Rhodes, b R e lf..................199 c Butt, bR clf ... 84 Wilson, run out.................. 31 b C o x ................ 2 Denton, b Killick .......... 1 c V'incent,b Relf 44 Rothery, b Relf (R .).......... 03 c Butt, b Relf ... 5 Hirst, c Cartwright, bVine 12 notout...............50 Drake, b Cartwright........... 6 notout...............15 Haigh, c Smith, b Relf ... 17 Wilkinson, c Heygatc, b Relf ..................................23 Newstead, c Butt, b Relf... 3 Hunter, not o u t ..................11 Lord Hawke, absent hurt 0 B 5, lb 3, w 3 ... 11 B 3, nb 1 ... 4 Total Vine, b Newstead Relf (R.), b Newstead 86 R. A. Young, b Haigh 31 Killick, c Hirst, b Newstead .......... 23 R. B. Heygate, c Wil­ kinson, b Newstead 16 P. Cartwright, c . ...377 S u ss e x . 2 Total (4 wk ts) 210 Cox, b Newstead Leach, b H aigh........... C. L. A. Smith, b N ewstead................. Vincett, b Newstead.. Butt, not out ........... B 11, lb 3, nb3 ... Hunter, b Haigh ... 45 Total 307 Y o r k s h ir e . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Leach ... ... 26 9 51 0 ... .. 6 2 10 0 Vincett ... ... 15 3 61 0 ... C ox.......... ... 14 2 48 0 .., .. 5 0 16 1 Vine ... 15 3 30 1 ... .. 18 2 93 0 Killick ... ... 21 5 65 1 ... .. 7 0 37 0 Relf ... 30*3 10 72 5 ... .. 24 4 50 3 Cartwrigh ... 6 1 33 1 ... Leach bowled three wides and one no-ball. S u ss e x . Newstead. 42*4 11 77 7 Drake ... 9 1 36 0 Haigh ... 19 2 43 3 Rhodes ... 36 7 99 0 Hirst 15 4 35 0 Newstead bowled one no-ball and Haigh two, S U R R E Y v. L E IC E S T E R S H IR E . Played at the Oval on August 30, 31 and September 1. Drawn. Surrey, winning the toss, batted the whole of the first day, scoring 430 for eight wickets. For this good total they were indebted chiefly to Hayward and Hobbs w-ho made 183 together for the first wickct in two hours and a-half. Hobbs, first out, hit seven 4’s in his 84 and made no mistake until 81, when he was missed in the long-field by Coe off Astill. Hayward, with his score 86, was let off twice off Shipman—at the wicket and second slip : he completed 100 out of 211 in 170 minutes and afterwards hit freely and somewhat recklessly, the consequence being that when 127 he offered a chance to King at mid-off off Astill. He made 129 out of 256 in three hours and a-quarter and was then caught at long-on. Some of his strokes were very powerful—two drives off King cleared the pavilion rails—and he hit eleven 4’s. His stand with Hayes realised 73 in 45 minutes. There were several other useful displays, especially by Bird, who put on 44 with Marshal and 42 (in 20 minutes) with Smith. With 23 added on Tuesday Bird was bowded after making S4 out of 172 in 110 minutes ; it was a fault­ less display which contained eight 4’s. W'lien he left nine wickets were down for 453, and Lees and Rushby played so well—they put on 53 in 25 minutes —that the total readied 500 ere the innings closed. Shipman took seven wickets for 140 ru n s-a very good performance in such a total. Lees and Rushby shared the bowling when Leicestershire went in and quickly obtained a couple of wickets, Knight being caught at third man without a run scored and W’ood playing-on. King played steadily and well, and the side owed much to him. With Whitehead lie added 54, with Coe 66, and with Crawford 147 in 85 minutes. It should be mentioned that with three wickets down for 118 bad light caused a cessation of play for half an-hour. Crawford played a delightful game and quite overshadowed King. When he went in the latter had made 50, but so fast did he score—he reached 50 out of 77 in 50 minutes—that he passed King’s total when it stood at 85. King, fifth out (at 277), batted 210 minutes for his 90, which included nine 4’s. Crawford, who reached three figures in 95 minutes, was 117 not out at the end of the day, when the total was 306 for five wickets. Although scoring so freely he made only one bad stroke, giving a hot chance to Hayes at slip off Rushby when 7S. On the third day the total was taken to 396 before the innings closed, only Thompson, who helped to add 83 in an hour for the sixth wicket, giving Crawford any support. The latter carried out his bat for 172, made out of 266 in 190 minutes. His chief strokes were two 5’s and twenty-five 4’s, and during his brilliant display he made only the one mistake mentioned. Surrey scored 18 without loss before luncli and, rain preventing further play, the game was abandoned as a draw. Scorc and analysis:— S u r r e y . Hayward, c Thomp­ son, b King ............129 IJobbs, b Shipman ... 84 Hayes, lbw, b Jayes... 46 Marshal, b Shipman.. 36 M. C. Bird, b Ship­ man ............................. 84 Davis, b Shipman ... 10 C. T. A. Wilkinson, c Crawford,b Shipman 0 Smith (W. C.), c and b Shipm an.................. 29 Strudwick, c King, b Shipm an.................. 4 Lees, not out ...........25 Rushby, c Wood, b Astill.......................... 3 B 21, lb 5, nb 3... 29 Total 506 Second innings: Hayward, not out, 12 ; Hobbs, not out, 5; bye, 1. Total (0 wkt), 18. L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . C. J. B. W’ood, b Knight, c Bird, b Rushby ................... 0 Whitehead, c Davis, b L e e s............................. 34 King, b H ob b s..............90 Coe, b R u sh by..............39 V. F. S. Crawford, not out ........................... 172 H.Thompson, c Strud­ wick, b Lees ... ... 25 Jayes, c Marshal, b Rushby .................. Astill, c Smith, b Rushby ................... Shipman, b Lees Sturman, absent hurt B 12, lb 1, w 2 ... Total .......... J 9 First innings. S u r r e y . Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Jayes ........... 33 2 135 1 ........... 3 0 6 0 King ........... 19 1 92 1 .......... Astill ......... 27*5 3 79 1 ........... Wood ........... 7 3 10 0 .......... Shipman 36 2 146 7 ........... 4 1 11 0 C oe................... 3 0 9 0 .......... Whitehead ... 2 0 6 0 .......... King bowled one no-ball and Shipman two. L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . O M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Lees...........391 11 131 4 Marshal . . 4 2 9 0 Rushby ... 32 3 140 4 Hobbs . . 4 0 23 1 Smith ... 19 5 49 0 Bird . 1 0 1 0 Hayes ... 7 0 28 0 Lees and Rushby bowled one wido each.