Cricket 1909

S e p t . g, 1909. CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 399 M ID D L E S E X . In 1909 Middlesex dropped from fourth place in the Championship to sixth, their percentage decreasing from 33-33 to 9 09. Of the 21 matches played— one v. Essex was abandoned without a ball bowled— six were won and five lost. U n til the end of June they were at the head of the Counties, four of the nine games commenced being won and five drawn. Worcestershire, Surrey and Somerset beat them in quick succession at Lord’s, and defeats following at Canterbury and Manchester the record for the season was only a moderate one. Tarrant was the strong man of the side, scoring 1,223 runs with an average of 37-06 and taking 108 wickets at a cost of 17*23 runs each; he headed both batting and bowling averages and thoroughly deserved his success. P. F. Warner, without doing anything sensational, batted very consistently, and both Murrell and Hendren played some fine inning*, but there was a very pronounced tail to the side. Apart from Tarrant, the bowling was rather disappointing, though Mignon did very well on occasions. Trott lost his sting to a great extent and Hearne (J. T.), in his twenty- second year of first-class cricket, naturally did not meet with so much success as formerly. Murrell, in addition to playing some good innings, kept wicket very well indeed. BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most not in an Total Inns. out. inns. runs. Aver. Tarrant ................ .. 35 2 138 1223 57-06 P. F. Warner .. ... 30 4 106* 778 29*92 R. V. Buxton ... ... 4 1 30* 71 23-66 W. P. Robertson .. 20 2 62 373 20-72 F. T. Mann ... . .. 6. 1 56 102 20-40 Murrell ................ .. 35 1 85 684 20-11 Hendren (E.) ... ... 36 1 75 669 19-11 Trott ........................ .. 32 3 93 521 17-96 G. L. Hebden ... ... 27 4 62* 373 16”21 E. S. Litteljohn .. 13 0 54 191 14-69 Mignon ................ .. 30 12 28 255 14-16 J. Douglas................ .. 13 0 33 174 13-38 V. O’Connor ... ... 3 0 30 40 13-33 M. J. Susskind ... . 7 0 38 91 13-00 Hearne (J. W .)... ... 12 1 71 130 11-81 R. E. More................ 7 0 35 81 11-57 M. W. Payne ... ... 6 0 31 67 11-16 Hearne (J. T.) ... ... 28 10 28* 199 11-05 C. V. Baker ... . 5 2 13* 28 9-33 C. C. P a ge................ 4 0 19 31 7-75 C. M. Wells ... ... 8 2 19 44 7-33 Hon. S. R. Beresford 3 0 13 22 7-33 B a te s ........................ .. 3 0 10 18 6-00 C. A. L. Payne... .... 3 0 13 18 6*00 J. H. Hunt ... ... 5 0 13 27 5-40 The following also batted : J. Bowstead, 5 and 16 : L. J. Moon, 6 and 6; H. D. Wyatt, 9 and 2 ; C. Palmer, 1; and Rawlin, 6. s not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Tarrant ......... Hearne (J. W.) J. H. Hunt ... Hearne (J. T.) Mignon .......... Trott................. C. M. Wells ,. Hendren (E.).. R. E. More (13-1-68-2) bowled in two innings and and M. W. Payne (4-0-24-1) in one. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. ... 723-1 156 1861 108 17-23 ... 60-3 14 1S6 10 18-60 ... 52 6 163 8 20-37 ... 516-3 149 1275 51 25-00 ... 479-3 85 1682 66 25-48 ... 323 1050 41 25-60 ... 89 5 335 27-91 ... 30-4 5 96 2 48 00 N O R T H A M P TO N S H IR E . The improved form of Northamptonshire was one of the most marked and most pleasing features of the season. In 1908 they won only 3 and lost 14 of the 22 matches played, while this year their record showed 9 games won, 8 lost and one drawn. The County advanced from fifteenth place to seventh, and experienced the most successful season of their existence. For their im ­ proved form they were indebted largely to the all-round play of S. G. Smith, the West Indian cricketer, who. having completed his qualification, assisted the side throughout the season. He was practically top of the batting averages and really second to Thompson in bowling. It says much for the impression he made during his first full season of English cricket that he should have been chosen, strictly on his merits, for the Gentlemen v. Players both at Lord’s and the Oval. Thompson, as usual, did excellent work both in batting and bowling, whilst Vials, Pool and Manning showed improved batting form and a young player of much promise was discovered in J. S. Denton, of Wellingborough Grammar School. In the early part of the season a disagreement with some of the professionals appeared likely to upset the side completely, but matters, fortunately, were smoothed over. Of the seven first matches played they lost six and drew one, but their subsequent form was so good that nine of the remaining games were won and only two lost. BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most not in an Total Inns out. inns. runs. Aver. W. H. Denton ... ... 4 2 29* 69 34-50 S. G. Smith ... 30 3 126 833 30-85 G. A. T. Vials ... ... 23 0 129 596 25-91 C. J. T. Pool ... ... 32 1 117 796 25-67 T. E. Manning ... ... 24 8 56* 329 20-56 Thompson (G. J.) ... 29 3 103 529 20 34 Rev. F. N. Bird 5 1 32 71 17-75 R. F. Knight ... ... 10 1 43 147 16-33 East .................. ... 26 3 63 358 15-56 W. H. Kingston ... 19 1 47 279 15-50 A. P. R. Hawtin ... 15 1 51 207 14-78 P. J. Whitehead ... 2 1 9* 14 14-00 Wells (M .)........... ... 32 4 41 336 1200 J. S. Denton ... ... 26 0 55 298 11-46 C. Thorpe ........... ... 8 0 21 73 9-12 Cox (M.) ........... ... 12 0 21 107 8*97 Buswell ........... ... 29 6 36 204 8 86 Freeman ........... ... 5 3 5* 12 6 00 Rev. R. N. Beasley... 5 0 14 29 5-80 H ardy................... ... 3 1 4 4 2-00 The following also batted : C. Sharp. 30; N. F. Nor- man, 11; H. Hawkins, 0; and T. J. M. Clapperton, 0. * Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs Wkts. Aver. Thompson (G. J.) .. 646 172 1629 118 13-80 J. S. Denton ... .. 29-4 3 119 7 17 00 S. G, Smith ... .. 646 163 1704 94 18-12 E a st.................. .. 439 148 947 51 18-56 Wells ........... .. 331 90 863 46 18-76 R. F. K night... .. 27*4 1 115 3 38-33 T. J. M. Clapperton (10-1-29-0), Cox (M.) (5-0-30-1), Hardy (10-1-52-0), bowled in two innings, and Free­ man (7-1-26-0), P. J. Whitehead (2-0-11-1), and H. Hawkins (7-2-16-0) in one. (To be continued.) HAMPSTEAD v. SUTTON.—Played at Hampstead on September 4. H am pste a d . H. D. Kanga, c Alston, b Rushton .......... 15 G. G. Dumbleton, c and b Waterer ... 40 D. Fitz-Gibbon, c Bell, b Waterer..................38 F.R.D’O. Monro,c Bell, b Cole .................. 62 G. Crosdale, b Fitz­ gerald ........... 14 S. S. Pawling, c Bell, b Fitzgerald .......... 3 S utton . J. E. Jewel, not out K. Rushton, not out ... Byes, &c.... G. Hickson, c Reiner, b Cole .................. 16 F. W. Orr, b WTaterer 12 H. Dunkley, c and b W aterer.................. 0 G. Pitts, not out ... 22 R. A. Hill, b Waterer 4 B 13, lb 2, w 1... 16 Total ...242 10 12 0 Total (no wkt) ........... 22 N. D. Alston, C. F. Reiner, W. Fitzgerald, P. Waterer, C. L. Cole, J. G. M. Bell, V. R. Bromage, N. Reiner, and A. R. Dagg did not bat. NOTTS 2nd XI. v. CHESHIRE. Played at Nottingham and won by the home side by an innings and 15 runs. Carr and James made 275 for the first wicket. Score and analysis:— C h e s h ir e . F. G. Maclaren, c Staunton, c Iremonger, b b Iremonger ................... 27 Riley ................. 8 J. C. Fallows, b Barnes ... 60 c Stapleton, b G. A. Buckley, c Turner, b Clifton ........... 1 Barnes .......................... 26 run out ................. 4 R. H. Voss, c Turner, b Clifton .......................... 17 b Riley ................. 22 Rev. L. H am ilton,bClifton 1 notout................. 27 W. E. Jones, b Clifton .. 1 c Riley, b Clifton 2 A. Turner, c Turner, b Clifton .................. .. 5 b Clifton ........... 1 R. Wilson, not out ... .. 5 c S t a u n t o n , b Riley ........... 13 Buxton, c Carr, b Clifton .. 0 c Stapleton, b Barnes ........... 24 Q. Court, run out .. 0 c Stapleton, b Lee ................... 0 R. Smith, absent.......... .. 0 sub., c Staunton, b Clifton........... 5 Byes, &c............... .. 10 Byes, &c. ... 9 Total .......... ..152 Total........... 116 N otts 2 nd XI. A. \V. Carr, not out .................. 102 James, c and b Buxton ........... 172 Iremonger (A.), not out ........... 4 Byes, &c........................................ 5 *283 O. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. 22 4 48 5 ... ... 24 7 45 4 27-4 9 44 2 ... ... 12 5 21 1 19 10 22 0 ... ... 13 4 28 3 6 1 19 1 ... ... 3 1 10 0 4 1 9 0 ... ... 1-2 0 3 1 Total (1 wkt) * Innings declared closed. A. C. Cutts, R. H. T. Turner, Stapleton, Rev. H. Staunton, Clifton, Riley, Lee and Barnes did not bat. C h e s h ir e . 0 Clifton ... Barnes ... Riley Iremonger L e e .......... Clifton bowled one wide and Barnes one no-ball. 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