Cricket 1910

J u l y 14, 1 9 1 0 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 261 G EN T L EM E N y. P L A Y E R S . Played at the Oval on July 7, 8 and 9. The Players won by 79 runs. Although neither side was at full strength for this annual match, two good teams had been got together. The weather was cheerless on the first day, but the cricket was always good and keen, for Wednesday’s rain had affected the wicket just enough to make the struggle between hat and ball interesting. The Players took four hours to score 237, and but for the excellent fielding of the Gentle­ men would have made more runs. Crawford, Bird and Spooner made fine catches, though the first- named’s was off a no-ball hit by Tyldesley. Hay­ ward, Tyldesley and Tarrant made quite moderate scores, but Hobbs, by rather quieter play than usual, obtained 56 out of 113 in 125 minutes : he hit five 4’s in his sound innings and was yorked by the first ball he received after lunch. After his dismissal Bhodes and Sharp put 011 72 in 45 minutes, Le Couteur, who at times troubled the batsmen, coming in for rather severe punishment. Sharp batted for 80 minutes and Rhodes for 57. When the second hundred went up only five wickets had fallen, but Burns, who went on again at 196, finished off the innings for 237 by bowling ten overs (3 maidens) for 20 runs and five wickets. He dis­ missed Dean, Smith and Strudwick in four balls, and took seven wickets during tho innings for 58 runs. Hirst, who batted 70 minutes for 21 not out, took half-an-hour to score his first three runs. In the last hour of the day the Gentlemen scored 34 for the loss of Warner, who was lbw to his fellow- Middlcsex cricketer, Tarrant, when 33 runs had been made in 50 minutes. There was heavy rain during Monday night, but a drying wind 0 x 1 the following morning caused the wicket to recover well, though at no time whilst the Gentlemen were batting was it so good as during the previous day. Runs never came easily, and, as it happened, Spooner was the only batsman to meet with much success: he made his 93 out of 155 in just under three hours and a-half, hit six 4’s, and was missed at the wicket off Smith when 32. His strokes to leg and off-drives were particularly good, and he alone faced the bowling with much confidence. With Le Couteur in 35 were put on for the fifth wicket, and with Burns the same number were added for the sixth. The largest stand of the innings, how­ ever, was 38 for the last wicket by Tufnell aud Gilbert. Smith obtained seven wickets for 61, and deserved his success: he varied his pace skilfully and got on plenty of spin from the off. In their second innings the Players lost Hayward, com­ pletely beaten by Le Couteur, at 22, and following his dismissal the brightest cricket of the match was shown by Hobbs and Tyldesley, who put 011 103 for the third wicket in 70 minutes. Hobbs might have been run out ere making a run, but he offered no chance off his bat in making 55 out of 125 in 95 minutes. Tyldesley batted for an hour and a-half for 65, and hit a 6 into the pavilion and nine 4’s : he made some good strokes, both to leg and to the off. After his departure wickets fell rather quickly in a failing light, and at the end of the day eight were down for 172, giving the Players a lead of 216 with a couple of wickets in hand. On the third morning the innings closed for 192, leaving the Gentlemen 237 to win—a very heavy task in the circumstances. F. R. Foster was very easily the best bowler during the innings, and in the match he took six wickets for 71 runs. With only 13 scored Spooner was bowled by Smith, and three runs later Hartley also was sent back. H. K. Foster played a vigorous game for 24, which included five 4’s, and Warner was caught at the wicket off the last ball bowled before lunch. At that point the four last wickets went down for 65. Crawford, who was injured, had Warner to run for him, but he did not make a run, and upon his dismissal half the side were out for 73. A run later Le Couteur was caught at the wicket, and the only other feature of the innings was a vigorous stand of 42 by Burns and F. R. Foster for the eighth wicket in less than 20 minutes. The Players won by 79 runs. Score and analysis:— P layers . First innings. Hayward, b F. R. Foster ... 16 Hobbs, b B u rn s..................56 Tyldesley (J. T.), c H. K. Foster, b Burns ...........12 Tarrant, lbw, b Le Couteur 16 run out Second innings, b Le Couteur ... 8 c sub, b Bird ... 55 c Spooner, b F. R. Foster ...........65 Rhodes, b F. R. Foster Sharp c Crawford, Burns................................ Hirst, not out ................ Jayes, c Bird, b Burns . Dean, b Burns ................ Smith (W . C.), b Burns . Strudwick, c Spooner, Burns................................ B 11, lb 2, w 3, nb 2 . Total ........... 40 ... 11 c and bLe Couteur 10 c Burns, b F. R. Foster ........... 1 c S poon er, b G ilb e r t.......... 9 c Tufnell, b F. R. Foster ........... 5 b F. R. Foster ... 0 b Le Couteur ... 10 not out... 1 B 9, lb 6, nb 2... 17 G entlemen . First innings. P. F. Warner, lbw, b c Tarrant ..........................11 R. H. Spooner, st Strud- Second innings. Strudwick, b Tarrant ......... 16 wick, b Smith A. Hartley, c Dean Sm ith..............................15 H. K. Foster, b Smith ... 0 M. C. Bird, c Sharp, b Sm ith................................ 2 P. R. Le Couteur, c Tarrant, b Smith ........................ 9 W. B. Burns, b Dean ... 10 V. F. S. Crawford, c Sharp, b Smith ........................ 4 N. C. Tufnell, c Hirst, b Tjiwo 94 F. R. Foster,’ibw’,”b Smith 0 H. A. Gilbert, notout ... 10 B 5, lb 4 ....................... 9 93 b Smith .......... 7 Total ...193 c Tarrant, b Hirst 0 c Rhodes, b Dean 24 b Tarrant ...........3i c Strudwick, b Dean.................. 0 b Smith ...........34 c Rhodes, b Tar­ rant .................. 0 c Sharp, b Dean 5 b Rhodes ...........20 notout.................. 0 B 14, lb 3 ... 17 Total.......... 157 Gilbert ... F. R. Foster Burns Lc Contour Bird P layers . First innings. O. M. R. W. 15 3 55 0 5 37 2 7 58 7 3 62 1 1 7 0 Biu*ns bowled two wides, Bird one wide, and Gilbert four no-balls, . 22 23 . 20 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 9 3 23 1 17 34 4 0 21 0 6 78 3 2 19 1 ... 29 ... 6 ... 25 7 G entlemen . Second innings. O. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. Hirst ... 10 2 25 0 ... ... 10 2 20 1 Smith ... ... 33 10 61 7 ... ... 11 2 31 2 Tarrant ... ... 19-4 5 27 2 ... 15 6 33 3 Dean ... 23 4 48 1 ... ... 16 2 41 3 Rhodes ... ... 11 4 23 0 ... ... 2 0 15 1 SOUTHGATE v. MARLBOROUGH BLUES.- Played at Southgate on July 9. S outhgate . L. Niederheitmann, b G.W.Cranfield, c and b Jenkins ................... 0 Lewis ................... 3 R. E. Cranfield, c A.G.Carter,c Jenkins, Thring, b Lewis ... 29 b Lewis ................... 13 E. G. Mann, b Lewis 7 H. C. Isner, b Jenkins 4 F. T. Mann, c Church, J. Whitehead, b Jen­ b Jenkins.......... ... 29 kins .......................... 1 S. Darlington, b JenH. D. Kennington, kins .......................... 0 not out ................... 0 A.G.Gurner,b Jenkins 9 B 1, lb 1, nb 1 ... 3 Total ........... 98 M arlborough B lues . C.H.M.Thring, c Isner, II. Church, c E. G. b G. W. Cranfield ... 0 Mann, b G. W. Cran­ K. H. Soutar, b G. W. field .......................... 51 Cranfield.................. 13 II. L. Wynne, b F. T. L. N. Rogers, lbw, b Mann .................. 10 G. W. Craufield 4 A. Hacking, c and b K. Gatey, c R. E. CranF. T. Mann .......... 3 field, b NiederheitO. S. Jenkins, b F. T. mann .......................... 23 Mann ................... 11 C. It. Wizer, hit wkt, A. W. Dickinson, not b Niederheitmann... 2 out .......................... 0 M. O. Lewis, b G. W. Byes ... ......... 3 Cranfield ................... 2 — Total ...........122 UPPINGHAM v. HAI LEY 3URY. -P layed at Uppingham on July 5 and 6 and left drawn. No play was possible on the second day. Score :— U ppingham S chool . Total.. ...192 G. W. Palmer, b Gar­ diner................. ... 14 J. D. Crosthwaite, c Gardiner, b Smith .. 55 K. B. Harper, b Munt 42 M. S. Ray, b Pawle ... 0 H. B. Moore, c and b Gardiner.................. 9 Wilshin, run out ... 2 C. G. Tomlin, c Gar­ diner. b Pawle ... 7 Second innings : Palmer, not out, 34 ; Crosthwaitc, not out, 36 ; byes, &c., 4.—Total (no wkt) 74. H aileybury C ollege . Hopkins, b Pawle ... C. M. Morris, c Munt, b Pawle ................. A. R. Trubshaw, c Hake, b Pawle Walker not o u t........... Byes, &c.............. Total .......... 1 F. Strawson, c Ray, b Moore ..................... 17 H. A. Sloane-Stanley, b Moore ................... 2 H. D. Hake, st Tomlin, b Moore ..................... 25 B. Pawle, e Harper, b Palmer .....................22 W. P. Geen, c Morris, b W alker.....................54 n . Vincent, c aud b Moore ........... .7 5 WORCESTERSHIRE v. GLOUCESTER­ SHIRE. Played at Stourbridge on July 7 and 8. REMARKABLE INNINGS BY JESSOP. Gloucestershire won by 94 runs. So much progress was made with this match on Thursday that during the day twenty-three wickets fell for 356 runs. Until Jessop went in for the second time the bowlers carried all before them, and but for his wonderful hitting the match might have been completed in a day. Gloucestershire were 52 behind on the first innings and, going in again, had three men out for 45 when Jessop went in At that point the game was all against Gloucestershire, but the captain hit with such success that in less than nalf-an-hour he had changed tbe aspect of the game completely. He reached 50 in 25 minutes, made 101 out of 123 in an hour, and when stumps were drawn for the day had scored 106 out of 133 made without further loss. Burrows came in for severe punishment, Jessop hitting him for 28 runs—4, 6, 6, 2, 4, 6—in an over, and making 14 off him in another. In three overs he in­ creased his score by 49. Mills was content to keep up his wicket whilst Jessop hit, and the policy proved so successful that at the end of the day Gloucestershire, with seven wickets in haM , were 126 runs on. The fourth wicket put on 139 and Jessop, fifth out (at 250), remained until he had scored 165 out of 205 in exactly two hours. He hit six 6’s, twenty 4’s and ten 2’s, and was missed when 23, 81 and 150. It was a wonderful innings and quite changed the aspect of the game. After he left the remaining wickets fell very quickly, the last five going down for 11 runs. The home side were set 210 to win—by no means a light task considering the state of the wicket. Bowley and Pearson were out for 11, and, although Arnold and Foster took the score to 68, the last wicket fell at 115. Parker and Dennett were well supported in the field, and the latter made his record for the match ten wickets for 103. Score and analysis :— G loucestershire . K. Smith, b Walker... 52 B. Lawrence, c Hop­ kins, b Morris ... 17 K. Mackenzie, b Trub­ shaw .......................... 1 H. Gardiner, b Trub­ shaw .......................... E. Munt, not out Byes, &c............. 13 First innings. Second innings. Board, b Burrows ........... 0 b Burrow s........... 24 Langdon, b Cuffe ........... 19 c Foster, b Bur­ rows ........... 2 Mills, c Bale, b Taylor 1 b Burrow s........... 35 Nott, c Turner, b Taylor ... 6 c Cuffe b Bur­ rows ........... 4 G. L. Jessop, c Turner, b Burrows .......................... 6 c Taylor, b Arnold165 D. L. Priestley, b Arnold... 13 c Turner,b Arnold 7 H. Merrick, b C u ffe ........... 4 c Bale, b Burrows 0 S. Levy, b C uffe.................. 0 b Burrow s........... 0 Huggins, c Foster, b Cuffe 10 b Burrow s........... 0 Parker,c Burrows, b Arnold 0 not out ........... 5 Dennett, not out ........... 0 b Arnold ........... 5 B 1, lb 2, w 1 4 B 10, lb 3, nb 1 14 Total ................... 63 Total ...261 W orcestershire . First innings. Second innings Bowley, c Parker, b Mills 6 lbw, b Dennett... 6 Pearson, lbw, b Dennett... 27 c Langdon,b Hug­ gins ................... 5 Arnold, c Merrick, b Denst Board, b Den­ nett .................................. 6 nett .................. 17 G. N. Foster, b Parker 6 b Parker .......... 46 Cuffe, c and b Parker 16 b D ennett........... 11 Turner, st Board, b Parker 16 lbw, b Dennett... 0 G. H. Simpson-Hayward, c Jessop, b Parker ........... 13 c Jes8op,b Parker 5 Burrows, c Merrick, b Denc Dennett, b nett .................................. 0 Parker ........... 7 Collier, b Dennett ........... 14 run out ........... 0 W. H. Taylor, not out 7 not out ........... 6 Bale, c Mills, b Dennett ... 0 b D ennett........... 7 B 3, nb 1 ........... 4 B 2, lb 3 ... 5 Total ...................115 G loucestershire . ...115 First innings. Second innings. Burrows Taylor ., Cuffe Arnold .. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 6 1 27 2 ... ... 26 1 Ill 7 11 4 16 2 ... ... 8 1 44 0 7-5 2 12 4 ... ... 18 3 69 0 2 0 4 2 ... ... -4-2 2 6 3 Pearson... ... o 0 17 0 Taylor bowled one wide and one no-ball. W orcestershire . Total ...28sj Dennett... Mills ... Parker ... First innings. O. M. R. W. „. 20-3 10 48 5 8 2 11 1 ... 12 1 52 4 Huggins ... Parker bowled one no-ball. Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 20-5 7 55 5 ... 11 ... 9