Cricket 1910

A u g u s t 25, 1910. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 3 6 3 disappointment at his leaving Rawten- stall, for he has been one of the most popular professionals the club has ever had. I t was with regret that I heard of the death on the 17th inst. at Moray House, New Barnet, of Blanche, wife of Mr. Henry Perkins, the old Cambridge cricketer and for over twenty years Secretary of the M.C.O. H a m p s h ir e , after the very fine effort they made yesterday on a wicket against run-getting, were unfortunate to be beaten by so small a margin as 6 runs. It was a match in which the losers shared to the full the honours with their victors: “ Defeat was glory in such a struggle,” and Yorkshiremen themselves will be the first to acknowledge how splendid a fight was made. For Oapt. White, an old Malvernian, the game should provide a very pleasant recollection : he has played larger innings than 90 for his county, but, all things considered, his display of yesterday is probably the most meritori­ ous of his career. T h e appointment of a new Clerk of the "Weather during the past week has not been attended with the change in the meteorological conditions which would have proved welcome to cricketers. Lancashire and Derbyshire particularly have good cause to speak feelingly on the matter, for both their matches were ruined by rain. At Liverpool this week only 45 runs were made during the three days— a fact which should cause those who advocate first-class matches being played out irrespective of time furiously to think. GENTLEM EN OF W O RCESTERSH IRE v. GEN­ TLEM EN OF SH ROPSH IRE.—Played at W or- cester 011 August 15 and 16 and w on by the hom e side b y an innings and 51 runs. Maynard did the hat-trick in the second innings. S core:— S h r o p s h ir e G e n tle m e n . First innings. Viscount Southwell, lbw, b Taylor ............................. H. M. Colegrave, c Crowe, b Taylor ...........................12 b M aynard.................10 R. T. Jones, b Maynard ... 85 n o to u t.....................65 W. H. Griffiths, c Crowe, b Taylor ............................. C. Law, b Taylor ............ G. R. Venables, st Davies, b Crowe ............................. R. B. Starkey, b Brown Second innings. 1 lbw , b Taylor ... 11 run out ............ c and b M aynard lbw , b M aynard., c Taylor, b M ay­ nard ..................... H. W. Ethelston, c Brown, b M aynard.............................17 b Maynard ... A. E. Payne, c Crowe, b Maynard ........... ............16 b Maynard ... G. H utchinson, not out ... 9 b Brownell... F. H . Puckle, b Maynard... 47 b Maynard ... Byes, &c.........................27 Byes, &c. Total ...315 Total............148 W o r c e s t e r sh ir e G e n t l e m e n . Lieut. Davies, c Grif­ fiths, b Ethelston ... 52 F. A. W. H ow , b Puckle 9 H. A. V. Maynard, b V e n a b le s...................... 3 C a p t. D a v id g e , st Payne, b Ethelston. 143 G. L. Crowe, c H ut­ chinson, b Law ... 83 W. H. Taylor, c Ven­ ables, b J on es.............118 Lieut. Brownell, b E thelston........................13 H. F. Brown, b E thel­ ston ............................. 0 B. A. Jervis, lbw , b Ethelston . ... 56 G. T. C a rtla n d , not out ............................. 9 W. K. Allies, c Jones, b Ethelston ............ 9 Byes, &c............... 19 Tota ..514 KENT v. SURREY. Played at the Oval on August 22, 23 and 24. a pte d ’ s b e n e f it . Surrey won by 71 runs. The fact that Kent and Surrey were respectively first and second in the Cham pionship table and that the m atch had been given to S. Apted as a benefit com bined to cause very great interest to centre in the game. On M onday 13,694 persons paid for adm ission and a collection round the ground am ounted to £67. Kent were at full strength, and so w ere Surrey, except that K n ox was unable to play. A few hours’ rain in the forenoon m ade the w icket decidedly difficult, and in 40 m inutes Surrey had lost Hobbs, Hayes, H ayward and Ducat for 34 runs. Bird, however, batted splendidly, and Cam pbell helped him to add 32 and Harrison 59. Cutting, driving and hitting to leg w ith equal facility, he scored 77 out of 128 in 100 m inutes, hitting nine 4’s. Carr cam e out w ith the best analysis, and bow led even better than his figures w ould lead one to suppose. Kent, like Surrey, made a bad start, H um phreys and Seym our m aking only a single betw een them . K nott and H utchings, how ever, pulled the game round by adding 80 for the third w icket in an hour and a-quarter. Then, ow ing to Bird (w ho took three w ickets for 9 runs), a collapse occurred. He got rid o f H utchings and W oolley w ith the first tw o balls he sent dow n, and a little later bow led Mason for 4. A t ten m inutes past six bad light caused stum ps to be drawn, K ent then having m ade 136 for six w ickets. On Tuesday over 12,000 persons were present at the start: during the day 20,518 paid for adm ission and a collection on the ground brought in £36 6 s. K ent’s last four wickets added 35 in 50 m inutes, giving the side a lead of 9 on the innings. Kirk took three of the w ickets for one run, though his analysis for the innings was three for 19. Hobbs was out for 2 w hen Surrey w ent in again, and the total had been taken to 27 w ithout further loss when a show er stopped play. W ith the ground eased by rain, and the bowlers handicapped by a w et ball, batsm en subsequently did well, 162 being m ade for five w ickets by the end o f the day. H ayward m ade 33 of the first 54 runs by fine cricket in less than an hour, and was well seconded by Hayes, w ho hit w ell for 35 aud was out at 84. Two other interruptions occurred through rain, but Campbell and Ducat had tim e in which to add 44 for the fourth wicket, the latter, when play ended with Surrey 153 runs on w ith half their wickets in hand, being 48 not out. Yesterday, when there was another good attendance, play was continued at the advertised hour although there had been a deal of rain in the night. When K ent took the field it was seen that Carr was an absentee, and it transpired that he had been struck severely on the chin on the previous day by a ball bowled by Sm ith and had been advised not to con­ tinue play. As it happened, his absence did not handicap the side to a great extent for, on a wicket w hich helped the attack, Blythe and W oolley proved equal to getting down the outstanding wickets for 24 runs in 27 m inutes. This left K ent 178 to win—a very heavy task as the w icket was. Against Sm ith and K irk a couple of disasters soon happened, both K nott and Seym our being out for 16. H utchings, playing m ore carefully than usual, scored 27 before being caught at point, and with H um phreys and W oolley together Bird and H itch took up the attack. The pair were still in at lunch tim e, but w ith only a single added Hum phreys was caught low dow n at cover for a very patient innings of 13. W ith another run m ade W oolley was bowled, and only Hoom an of the others reached double-figures. Sm ith took his last four w ickets in 21 balls for 4 runs. Score and analysis:— S u r r e y . First innings. H ayward, st Huish, b Carr ...................................... 21 Hobbs, lbw , b Blythe .. 0 Hayes, c W oolley, b Fielder ............................. 2 I. P. F. Campbell, c Knott, b W o o lle y .............................27 Ducat, c Seym our, b Carr... 0 M. C. Bird, b Blythe............77 Harrison, c Blythe, b Carr ......................................14 H itch, c Carr, b Blythe ... 0 E. C. Kirk, st Huish, b Carr 7 Sm ith (W. C.), b Carr Strudwick, not out ... L b 4, nb 3 .......... Sccond innings. b Fielder ............ I b Blythe ............ c Mason, b Carr 35 c Carr, b W oolley 27 st H uish, b W ool­ ley .................... 48 c H o o m a n , b W o o lle y ............ lbw , b Blythe ... b W o o lle y ............ c Huish, b W ool­ ley ..................... c F ie ld e r , b Blythe ............ not out..................... B 1, lb 4, nb 2... Total............186 K e n t . First innings. F. H. K nott, b Sm ith H um phreys, c Hayward, H it c h ............................. ... u Seym our, c Strudw ick, b S m ith ...................................... 1 K. L. H utchings, b Bird ... 48 W oolley, c Hayes, b B ird ... 0 C. V. L. Hoom an, lbw , b S m ith ..................................... J. R. Mason, b Bird ............ Huish, c Hayes, b K irk ... Blythe, c H obbs, b K irk .. Fielder, b Kirk ..................... D. W. Carr, not out ............ L b 1, nb 1 ..................... 47 Second innings, c Harrison,b K irk 8 c Hobbs, b K irk 13 c Campbell, b Sm ith ........... 4 c Bird, b Sm ith... 27 b K irk .....................16 c Strudw ick, b K ir k .................... 19 c Hayes, b Sm ith 5 lbw , b Sm ith ... 4 c Hayes, b Sm ith 0 lbw , b Sm ith ... 0 not ou t.................... 0 B 7, lb 1, nb 2 10 Total ...171 Total ..106 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 23-2 7 41 3 ... 7 0 29 1 ... 18 2 77 1 16 5 32 5 Second innings. O. M. R. W S u r r e y . First innings. O. M. R. W. Blythe ............ 19 3 47 3 , F ie ld e r............ 9 1 19 1 . Carr ... 14*2 1 64 5 , W oolley............ 5 1 25 1 . Fielder bow led three no-balls and Blythe and W qolley one each. K e n t . First innings. O. M. R. W. H itch ............ 21 2 74 1 ............ 1 0 6 0 Sm ith ............ 22 5 53 3 ............ 19*3 3 54 6 K irk ............ 10-3 3 19 3 .......... 18 7 31 4 Bird ............ 9 i 23 3 ............ 2 0 5 0 K irk bow led three no-balls. DORSET v. CARM ARTH ENSH IRE. Played at Poole on August 8 and 9 and w on by Carmarthenshii-e by four w ickets on the stroke of tim e. Score and analysis D orset . First innings. Second innings. Rev. W. H. Arundell, c H ow ell, b James ............ 19 c Davies, b Jam es 0 H. M. Greenhill, c H ow ell, b Jam es .............................. 10 c Gee, b James ... 4 R. H. D. Bolton, c W . P. W illiam s, b Jam es.............. 9 b Gee ...................... 23 F. A . S. Sewell, c Lee, b Jam es................................... 12 lbw , b E. L ew is.. 5 G. M. G ordon, cT . W illiam s, c W. P. Williams, b G e e ................................... 19 b Gee................... 20 C. P. Godden, c Davies, b Jam es...................................... 17 b James .............. 7 W. K night, b Gee ............ 24 st Davies, b Gee.. 10 C. J. B. W ebb, b Gee ... 8 not out...................... 32 H. B. Cumm ins, n o to u t... 24 ru n ou t...................... 13 W. Harrison, c Evans, b H ow ell .............................. 1 c and b Jam es ... 6 J. N. Mason, c Granville, b Gee ...................................... 4 b Granville.............. 34 Byes, &c......................... 9 Byes, &c. ... 7 Total ...156 T otal............161 C a r m a r t h e n s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. H. H ow ell, b S e w e ll............ 6 c Sewell, bH arri­ son 4 J. Evans, lbw , b Sewell... 33 lbw , b Harrison.. 2 T. W illiam s, st Mason, b c A r u n d e ll, b Sew ell...................................... 46 Sewell .............. 3 S. H. Lockyer, c Greenhill, b Sew ell .............................. 3 b Cum m ins........... 12 G. Gravelle, c Cumm ins, b Sewell ............................. 8 n o to u t................... 101 A. P. James, c K night, b c W ebb, b Cum- Sew ell...................................... 3 m ins...................... 8 E. Gee, c Greenhill, b c A r u n d e ll, b Sew ell...................................... 10 Gordon .............. 34 C. P. Lewis, c B olton, b C u m m in s............................. 3 W . Davies, lb w ,b S ew ell... 13 n o to u t...................... 2 E. Lew is, n ot out ... ... 4 W. P. W illiam s, b Sew ell... 2 Byes, & c ...............................11 11 Jam es ... G e e ............ Howell ... Total .....................142 D o r se t . First innings. O. M. R. W. ... 28 ... 28- ... 11 7 49 I 9 52 4 3 46 1 , Gravelle E. Lewis Byes, &c. Total (6 w kts) 177 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 19 0 55 4 ... 23 5 ... 2 0 56 . 10 0 5*2 0 14 7 1 19 C a r m a r t h e n s h ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W . 0 . M. R. W. Harrison ... 22 11 26 0 ... ... 9 5 13 2 Sewell ... ... 26 5 56 9 ... ... 13 1 48 1 Cumm ins ... 10 2 19 1 ... ... 11 ' ■2 1 47 2 W ebb ... ... 8 1 16 0 ... ... 7 1 29 0 Gordon ... ... 4 0 14 0 ... ... 7 0 29 1