Cricket 1909

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Hutchings made 83 out of 124 in 100 minutes, and in th^ second of Worcestershire Pearson (F.) scored 50 out of 70 in 80 minutes. Cuffe, J. A. (42), when he hai made 18, batted three quarters of au hour without increasing his score. Surrey v. Oxford University, at the Oval, June 25th, 26th, and 27th.—I i the first innings of the County Spring (A. W.) made 52 out of 62 in 37 minutes, 100 out of 127 in 70 minutes, and, altogether, 135 out of 178 in 10) minutes. For Oxford University 11. S. Robinson scored 51 out of 65 in 40 minutes in the first innings and G. N. Foster 59 out of 85 in an hour in the second. M.C.C. and Ground v. Cambridge Univer­ sity, at Lord’s, June 25th, 26th, and 27th.— The University, set 325 to win, made 327 for the loss of eight wickets Yorkshire v. Somerset, at Dew.sbury, June 29th and 30th.—In the first inuings of York­ shire Denton (D.) scored 53 out of C8 in 37 minutes. Gloucestershire v. Northamptonshire, at Bristol, June 29th, 30th, and July 1st.—Of the 111 runs added with L. D. Brownlee for the seventh wicket in the second innings of Gloucestershire G. L. Jessop male 87. Derbyshire v. Essex, at Chesterfield. June 29th, 30th, and July 1st.—L. G. Wright scored 68 out of 101 in 80 minutes in the first innings of Derbyshire. Lancashire v. Nottinghamshire, at Man­ chester, June 29th, 30tli, and Ju’y 1st.— Whitehead (R.), mak ng his first appearance for Lancashire, scored 131 not out and 5 not out and took three wickets for 34 runs and noue for 26 : he was no-balled for throwiug by Brown (T.) four times in one over. G. J. Y. Weigall’s XI. v. Cambridge Uni­ versity, at Eastbourne, June 29th, 80th and July 1st.—Set 399 to win in 270 minutes, after Cambridge had declared with seven wickets down for 391, G. J. V. Weigall’s XI. made 401 for six wickets in 230 minutes (G. T. Branston 194 not out). Branston and 11. T. Crawford (62 not out) made the last 144 runs in 57 minutes. In the first innings of Mr. Weigall’s XI. J. N. Buchanan, in bowling H. B. Chinnery, sent a bail 33 ^ards and broke the off stump. During the third day 510 runs were made in 275 minutes for seven wickets, Cambridge scoring 109 for one in 45 and Mr. Weigall’s XI. 401 for six in 230. Gentlemen v. Players, at Lord’s, July ‘2nd and 3rd.—In the first innings of the Players Hobbs (J. B.) and Gunn (G ) added 59 in half-an-hour, the latter scoring only 9 of the number. Derbyshire v. Kent, at Derby, July 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.—Kent made thtir record tot»1 (615) in 380 minutes. Seymour, James (171) and K. L. Hu'chings (102) added 240 for the third wicket in 125 minutes. Hutchings, when 19, received from R. B. Rickman a ball which glanced off his pads on to the wicket without removing a bail. H. D. G. Leveson-Gower’s XI. v. Oxford University, at Eastbourne, July 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.—On the first day of the match ths latter made 539 for ten wickets in 315 minutes, and on the second Mr. Leveson- Gower’s XI. scored 423 for nine in 330: in the two days, therefore, 962 runs were obtained for the loss of nineteen wickets in ten hours and three-quarters. In the first innings of the University G. N. Foster, hitting twenty 4’s, made 101 out of 143 in an hour, at one period of his innings making eight 4’s from nine consecutive balls received. Lancashire v. Warwickshire, at Blackpool, July 9th and 10th.—During the match Hud­ dleston (W.) on four occasions took two wickets with consecutive balls and Dean (H.) once. Yorkshire v. Sussex, at Huddersfield, July 9th, 10th, and 11th.—At the beginning of the match Vine (J.) and Relf (R. II.) batted so steadily that no runs were made for a quarter of an hour, and at the end of 30 minutes the total was only 4. Yincett (J. H.), during his innings of 30, had his wicket hit by a ball from Myers (H.) without a bail beiug dislodged. On the last day of the match only four balls were bowled—by Vin- cett—no runs were made, and one wicket fell. Hampshire v. Northamptonshire, at South­ ampton, July 9th, 10th and 11th.—At lunch time on the third day Hampshire, although 24 runs behind, declared their innings c’osed and eventually won by nine wickets, North- ants being put out in their second innings for 60. In the second innings of the home side E. M. Sprot scored 62 out of 83 in 50 minutes. During the last afternoou play was snsp nded for ten minutes during the funeral of the late E. L. Ede. Worcestershire v. Philadelphians, at Wor­ cester, July 9th, 10th, and 11th.—During the third afternoon the game was stopped for half au hour during the funeral of the Dean of Worcester. Rain fell incessantly during the last 70 minutes of the match, but play was not suspended in cons<quence. (The Philadelphians won ly 95 runs.) In the first innings <>f the Philadelphians E. M. Cregar hit a ba'l from G. H. Simpson-Hay- ward out of the ground and lost it. Yorkshire v. Nottinghamshire, at Leeds, July 13th, 1-1th, and 15th. - During the luncheon interval on the second day the Earl of Wharncliffe presented Lord Hawke with a testimonial in recognition of his cap­ taincy of the Yo'kshire Eleven for a quarter of a century. The *um of £1,842 had been sub>cribed by followers of cricket, in all parts of the world and was invested chiefly in jewellery and old ch;na, which Lord Hawke had himself chosen. Over 5,000 persons witnessed the presen*ation. Northamptonshire v. Gloucestershire, at Northampton, July 16.h, 17ih, and 18th.— Owing to rain, Thompson (G. J.) batted on each of the lhr*e days f«»r his score of 39 in Northants.’ innings When he had ma le 33 he played a ball from 1'aiker (C.) on to his wicket vithout disturbing a bail. The marches b: tween Kent ai d Middlesex at Tunbiidge Wells, Warwickshire and Lei­ cestershire at Coveutry, and Surrey and Lancashire at the Oval, which ha-i been arrange I for July 16th, 17th, and 18th, weie abandoned without a ball being b iwled on account of rain. The match at the Oval had been fixed as a benefit f »r Hayes (E.G.). Sussex v. Hampshire, at Chichester, July 16th, 17th, and 18th.—On the second day at least two hours’ play would have been possible, but of the Sussex Eleven only C. B. b’ry, J. W. W. Nason, Leach (G.) and Yine (J.) put in an appearance. The other players, who were staying at Shillinglee, thought the weather at Chichester would prevent play taking place and so did not journey to the ground. During the Hampshire innings Capt. W. N. White (85) and Remnant, E. R.