Cricket 1909

412 CR ICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e p t . 16, 1909. THE AUSTRAL IANS . 3 8 th M a t c h .— v. S O U T H O F E N G LA N D . Played at Hastings on September 1 3, 14 and 15. THE HASTINGS FESTIVAL. Drawn. An attractive and strong side had been got to­ gether to represent the South in this match, but the team was not so powerful as it should have been, Relf (A. E.) being allowed to break his long-standing engagement with the organizers of the Festival in order that he might play in the game at the Oval. On Monday the weather conditions were very depressing and not a ball could be bowled. On the second day, however, a start was made at 10 minutes to 12, when the South, having won the toss, went in. The bowling was shared by Whitty and O’Connor, and a couple of disasters quickly happened to the batting side, Relf (R. R.) being bowled off his pads at 7 and Douglas lbw at 16. Llewellyn hit freely and caused many changes to be made in the attack, Armstrong, Macart­ ney and Hopkins all having a turn with the ball besides the pair who opened the bowling. 50 went up in 55 minutes, and, owing chiefly to Llewellyn’s delightful display, 74 were added for the third wicket in 55 minutes. The South African made 44 of the number and hit seven 4’s. Turner and Vine put on 29 and then the former was lbw for 34 made out of 119 in just under a couple of hours. With 6 added Braund was bowled, a ball glancing off his foot on to the wicket. The last few wickets did very little and the innings, after lasting over three hours, closed for 170. When McAlister and Bardsley opened the batting for the visitors, the latter required only 19 to complete his 2,000 runs for the tour. This number lie easily obtained, a 6 to leg off Vincett markiug his entry into the third thousand. The first wicket gave considerable trouble, realising 93 in 70 minutes. Bardsley was then lbw, and five runs later play ceased for the day, McAlister carrying out his bat for 50. Yesterday runs came readily for some time, Whitty playing really well and making 19 of the 29 added for the second wicket. Neither Hopkins nor Gregory did much, and McAlister, after scoring 08 out of 157 in two hours was clean bowled for a very sound innings : his chief hits were eight 4’s. Rans­ ford fell to a brilliant right-handed catch at slip, and upon his dismissal six wicket were down for 158. Noble left at 169 and, with the three last wickets adding 30, the Australians could claim a lead of 29 on the innings. Armstrong batted three-quarters of an hour for 13 and was ninth out, at 182. Douglas, bowling splendidly, took 7 wickets for 75. Going in again, the South, after a fair start, collapsed rather badly, and upon the fall of their last wicket the matca was given up. Only Vine and Douglas made as many as 20, Armstrong’s bowling proving too much for the majority of the side. The play was uneventful, and calls for no detailed description. Score and analysis :— S o u th o f E ng First innings. Vine, lbw, b W hitty...........34 Relf (R. R.), b O’Connor ... 7 J. W. H. T. Douglas, lbw, b Armstrong ................... 2 Llewellyn, b W hitty...........44 Major A. J. Turner, b O’C o n n o r.......................... 27 Braund, b Whitty ........... 2 Second innings, lbw, b Armstrong 26 b Armstrong ... 17 c Gregory, b Arm­ strong ...........20 c McAlister, b Armstrong ... 12 11 II. A.Young, lbw, b W hitty 16 J. N. Crawford, b W hitty... 9 Arnold, lbw, b O’Connor... 7 Vincett, c Armstrong, b O’Connor ........................... 1 Dennett, not out................... 6 B 6, lb 9 ...................15 b H opkin s........... st Carter, b Arm­ strong ........... 2 not out................... 8 b Whitty ........... 5 lbw, b Armstrong 3 c McAlister, b G regory........... 8 b McAlister ... 7 B 11, lb 1, w 1 13 Total ...170 Total ...132 A u stralian s . W. Bardsley, lbw, b Douglas ................. 42 P. A. McAlister, b Douglas .................. 68 W. J. Whitty, c Relf b Dennett ...........21 A. J. Hopkins, Ibw, b Douglas ........... 3 S. E. G r e g o r y , b Douglas .................. 2 V. S. Ransford, c Den­ nett, b Douglas ... 12 M.A. Noble, c Braund, b V incett................... 5 W. W. Armstrong, b Vincett ...................13 C. G. Macartney, lbw, b Douglas ........... 0 J. A. O’Connor, b Douglas ................... 8 H. Carter, not out ... 7 B 11, lb 6, w 1 ... 18 Total ...199 S o u th o f E n g la n d . First innings. Macartney O’Connor Armstrong Hopkins Whitty .. Arnold Vincett Dennett O. .. 5 .. 20 .. 13 o. 4 M. R. W. 2 2 0 .......... O. M. R. W. 28 6 63 4 .......... 9 2 30 0 5 1 16 1 ........... 22 9 44 6 17 0 19 0 ........... 7 1 11 1 20-5 1 55 5 .......... 7 2 19 1 Gregory.......... 2 0 8 1 Bardsley 2 0 7 0 McAlister ... 0'2 litty delivered one no-ball. A u s tr a lia n s . 0 0 1 M. It. W. O. M. P. w . 1 9 0 1 Douglas .... 25*2 2 75 7 1 37 2 Crawford 52 1 | . 3 0 8 0 Arnold delivered one wid*\ K E N T v. E N G LA N D . P la y e l at the Oval on September 13, 14, 15 and 16. (To be concluded.) By winning the Championship Kent became entitled to meet England in the concluding first- class fixture of the season in London. The latter team was chosen by the Selection Committee, who succeeded in getting together a very useful side. No play was possible on Monday owing to a very heavy fall of rain, and when the game started at 1T40 on Tuesday the wicket was soft and easy and the out­ field slow. Hayward, owing to his weak knee, did not play, his place being taken by Mead, of Hamp­ shire. Winning the toss, England went in first, Rhodes and llobbs being opposed by Blythe and Carr. Rhodes played confidently and well from the start but his partner never appeared quite at homo. The latter, but for a poor throw-in by Fielder, would have been run out first ball and when he had made 12 he was almost caught at mid-on by Humphreys. At 37 Woolley went on and five later got Hobbs caught at the wicket. With Denton in 50 went up 40 minutes from the start and, with the game being forced, Humphreys and Carr took up the attack. Later Mason went on and brought about the desired separation in his first over, but not until the stand had realised 51. Hayes and Tarrant both left at 98 in an over from Carr, but Rhodes found a very use­ ful partner in Mead. Three wickets having fallen for 5 runs, the batsmen played steadily, but Rhodes completed 50 out of 100 in 85 minutes. After being missed when 57 by S. H. Day at cover he made some fine hits off Blythe and it was not until he had scored 78 out of 157 in just under two hours that he was caught at slip. He played a very valuable game and offered no chance except the one m entioned: that he hit only three 4’s must be attributed to the slowness of the outfield. With Warner and Mead together J. E. West, one of the umpires, did not change over each time the field was altered to meet the requirements frequently necessitated by the f«ict that a left- handed and right-hander were batting together, the unusual spectacle therefore being witnessed of an umpire standing at point. The stand for the sixth wicket realised 48, and then Mead was bowled by Mason for 53 made out of 107 in an hour and a-quarter—a very sound innings. Thompson was decidedly steady, and left the greater part of the run-getting to Warner, who reached his half-century after batting 75 minutes. Of the 68 runs added in 65 minutes for the seventh wicket, which fell at 273, Thompson made only 24. Relf played attractive cricket, but soon lost Warner, who gave Fielder a simple catch at leg. Warner made his 70 by perfect cricket in 115 minutes, making his runs allround the wicket and hitting five 4’s. Relf hit freely and was out to an excellent catch at long-off by Hutchings. The innings lasted four hours and 35 minutes and realised 327. As the light was very bad stumps were drawn, at 5.15, the commencement of Kent’s innings being postponed to yesterday. The County’s innings was opened by A. P. Day and Humphreys, who were faced by Rhodes and Thomp­ son. With only 4 scored the first-named was bowled, but as the result of some steady play tae 50 went up without further loss 45 minutes from the start, although Humphreys when 10 gave a difficult chance to Rclf at slip off Thompson. At 66 the player named was bowled by Relf, after batting an hour for 32. Hutchings, in the course of a charac­ teristic but short innings, claimed 24 of the 29 put on for tho third wicket with S. 11. Day, who was lbw to Buckenham at 123. After the interval things went badly for Kent, the remaining six wickets adding only 28, both Thompson and Buckenham bowling with much success. In the follow-on A. P. Day and Hum­ phreys gave the side a splendid start, Buckenham, Rhodes and Relf bowling in turn. The half- century was reached in 35 minutes, and it was not until the score had reached 110 that the first wicket fell, Humphreys then being out to a smart catch at slip by Relf, who took a fast travelling ball going away from him in excellent style. At the same total S. H. Day also fell to Buckenham, and 3 runs later his younger brother reached 50. With Hutch­ ings in the game was very bright, but only 22 had been added when he was out to a very simple catch at mid-on. With his dismissal, at 5.20, stumps were drawn. The match will be continued to-day at 11.30. Present score :— R est of E n gland . Mason, b Rhodes, C a rr.......................... Hobbs, c Huish, b Woolley .................. Denton, b Mason Hayes, b Carr ........... Tarrant, c Huish, b C a rr.......................... Mead (P.), b Mason ... P. F. Warner,cWoolley, b Fielder................... Thompson, b Fielder.. 24 Relf (A. E.), c Hutch­ ings, b Blythe ... 33 Buckenham, c Carr, b Blythe ..................13 Oates, not out ......... 1 B 4, lb 2, nb 4 ... 10 Total ...327 70 K ent . Second inning-. not out .......... 57 c Relf, b Bucken- b Buckenham c W a r n e r , Buckenham First inniiigs. A. P. Day, b Thompson ... 2 Humphreys, b Relf .......32 S. H. Day, lbw, b Bucken­ ham ................................. 39 K. L. Hutchings, c Oates, b Tarrant ........................24 Woolley, b Buckenham ... 19 J. R. Mason, c Buckenham, b Thompson ................. 6 Huish, c Relf b Buckcn- ham ................................. 2 E. W. Dillon, c Oates, b Buckenham .................. 0 D. W. Carr, b Thompson ... 0 Blythe, b Thom pson......... 7 Fielder, not o u t ................. 8 B 7, lb 4, w 1 ........12 B 1, lb 5 Total ...................151 Total (3 wkts) 132 R est of E n gland . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Blythe ...21'3 4 57 2 I Mason ... 13 4 26 2 Carr .. .. 31 2 125 3 Fielder ... 10 1 38 2 Woolley ... 8 0 35 1 I A. P. Day 4 0 8 0 Humphreys 7 0 28 0 | Fielder bowled two no-balls and Woolley and Humphreys each one. K ent . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 2 24 0 I Tarrant ... 6 0 27 1 7 38 4 B u c k e n- 2 26 1 ham ... 7 2 24 4 Rhodes ... 8 Thompson 19 R e lf.......... 10 Thompson bowled one wide. CRICKET IN GUATEMALA. Cricket caunot be in a very flourishing condition in Guatemala, if one may judge from the manner in which the games are reported. The following is an exact repro­ duction of the score of a match as published in a local newspaper :— CAYUGA EAST, 1ST INNINGS. Names. How Out. Scores* C. Hislop B. Reid 6 T. O’Connor b Sinclair 6 M. Clarke “ “ 20 H. Fenton c & b “ 0 D. Turner b “ 5 P. Davis “ «* 0 T. Barker “ King 9 F. Douglas “ Sinclair 0 P. Beckford “ King 4 S. Abel “ Reid 3 E. Edwards “ not out 0 Byes 7 Wides 1 Total 61 CAYUGA WEST 1ST INNINGS. Names. How Out. Scores. A. Reid St. O’Connor {) J. Roper St. O’Connor 6 J. Golding C. Fenton b Bishop 2 F. Abel St. Douglas 0 J. Sinclair b Clarke 5 A. King b Hislop 5 S. Harvey b Ilislop 0 J. Buchanan b Clarke 6 E. Huggart St. O’Connor b Hislop 1 N. Wilson C. Fenton b Clarke 1 J. Levy not out 0 Byes 6 Total 41 It is said that a team from Guatemala may go on tour in British Honduras in December.