Cricket 1910

S e p t . 15, 1910. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 4°5 AN ENGLAND ELEVEN v. M.C.C.’s SOUTH AFBICAN TEAM. Played at Scarborough on September 8, 9 and 10. THE SCARBOROUGH FESTIVAL. The England Eleven won by 97 runs. The weather on the opening day was all that could be desired, and the largest attend­ ance seen during the Festival witnessed some keen and well-contested cricket. The match proved a most attractive one, and Lord Londesborough, who was responsible for the constitution of tbe England Eleven, put a good side in the field, although Smith, on account of a badly-bruised knee, was an absentee. The wicket had been completely protected, and the ball came along faster than in either of the two previous matches of the Festival, and this, combined with some excellent fast bowling and admirable fielding, may be held responsible for the fact that during the day 290 runs were made for the loss of as many as seventeen wickets. When stumps were drawn the England Eleven held the better position, the M.C.C.’s team being 60 runs behind with only three wickets in hand. The former side started in promising fashion, Warner and Douglas making 54 for the first partnership and,wiih Tyldesley (J. T ) also doing well, the luncheon interval arrived with only three wickets down for 103. Afterwards Buckenham bowled with such effect that the nine men were out for 149, and it was due to some successful, if somewhat uncertain, hitting at the end by Le Couteur that tbe total reached 175. Warner played the best cricket for the side and batted an hour-and-a-half for his runs, but the others- -Tyldesley and Douglas excepted—found Buckenham’s pace too much for them. During the innings of the tourists also a fast bowler claimed chief honours. Put on when one wicket was down for 51, and bowling from the end from which Buckenham had proved so successful, W. B. Burns caused an even more pronounced collapse than had the Essex player, for in three overs he got rid of five men at the cost of only 5 runs. There were then six wickets down for 62, but Thompson and Buckenham, by adding 31, pulled tbe game round to some extent, but when play ended for the day seven men were out for 115 (Thompson, 29 not out). The keen struggle was continued on the Friday, the bowling and fielding being of the highest standard throughout. The weather, too, was glorious, and although the pitch was in excellent condition batsmen were always working hard for their runs. Thanks chiefly to Thompson, the M.C.C.’s team got within a run of the opposing total. Last out, he played admirable cricket for a couple of hours, defending strongly but hitting hard when opportunity occurred. Burns, who had bowled with such success on the first afternoon, came through with an analysis of six for 48—very good figures in a total of 174. The second innings of the England Eleven, like the first, was marked by a very sound and most valuable display on the part of Warner, who batted in fault­ less style for two hours and twenty minutes whilst his various partners were dismissed. He lost Douglas at 21, Tyldesley at 76—the pair added 55 for the second wicket in an hour—Hutchings at 84 and G. N. Foster, who sacrificed his own wicket to save that of his captain, at 112. Warner himself was fifth out, at 129. He hit only two 4’s, a fact which proves how difficult it was to get the ball away. The seventh wicket fell at 148, but Relf and Le Couteur added 58 in fifty minutes, and in the end the total reached 216. Blythe bowled beautifully, and at one period took three wickets for one run. When stumps were drawn for the day the M.C.C.’s team, with a whole day before them, required 218 to win. On the Saturday the touring side were beaten by 97 runs, thanks to Hirst, who, in taking seven wickets for 28, hit the stumps every time. Both Hobbs and Rhodes, who did so well whilst in South Africa, were out for 18, and then, after Denton and Fane had added 39 in half-an-hour, wickets fell rapidly. At the luncheon interval seven men were out for 118, and the innings closed for 120, the match being over at twenty minutes to three. Score and analysis :— A n E ngland XI. First innings. P. F. Warner, lbw , b Buck- cnham .............................40 J. W. H. T. Douglas, b W oolley .............................26 T yldesley (J .T .), b B ucken­ ham ......................................39 K. L. H utchings, lbw , b Buckenham .................... 6 G. N. Foster, lbw, b Blythe 13 Hirst, c W oolley, b Bucken­ ham ...................................... 3 R elf (A. E.), c Hobbs, b B lythe...................................... 9 W. B. Burns, c Fane, b Buckenham ..................... 9 P. R. le Couteur, b Bucken­ ham ...................................... 22 F. R. Foster, b Buckenham 0 W. S. Bird, not out ............ 1 B 2 , nb 5 .................... 7 Second innings, c Strudw ick, b Blythe ............60 lbw , b Bucken­ ham .................... 13 b Thom pson ... 19 b Thom pson run out c Thom pson, Buckenham c Strudw ick, Blythe ... 36 Total ............175 c Bird, b Blythe 5 c Buckcnham , b Blythe ............33 c Rhodes,b Blythe 1 not out ............ 2 B 4, lb 3, n b 3 ... 10 Total............216 M .C.C.’s S ou th A fric a n Team. Second innings. b Burns ............ 2 b Burns ............ 8 b H irst ............28 b B irst.................... 19 First innings. Hobbs, c H irst, b Burns ... 15 Rhodes, lbw , b F. R. Foster 2 Denton, b Burns.................... 31 F. L. Fane, b B u rn s............ 0 W oolley, c G. N. Foster, b B u rn s...................................... 0 Thom pson, Couteur M. C. Bird, Burns ... Buckenham , Le Couteur .................... 11 H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, b B u rn s......................................20 Blythe, b F. R. Foster ... 14 Strudw ick, not out ............ 6 B 3 ,lb l3 ,w 3 n b 2 , ... 21 lbw , b Le c Douglas, b Warner, b b H irst... 53 b H irst... b H irst.................... 14 c F. R. Foster, b Burns ............ 9 b H irst................... b H irst................... not o u t................... B 7, lb 6 , n b2.. Total .....................174 A n E nglish X L Total............120 O. M. R . W. O. M. Ii. W. Buckenham .,.. 25 6 91 7 .. ... 20 2 72 2 Blythe ............ 24 7 41 2 ... ... 20*2 11 25 5 W oolley.......... . . 6 1 20 1 ... ... 18 3 57 0 Thom pson .. . 6 2 16 0 ... ... 17 4 40 2 Rhodes ... ... 2 0 12 0 Buckenham bow led six no-balls and W oolley tw o. M .C.C.’s S outh A fric a n Team. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. H irst ... .. . 5 1 17 0 ... ... 12-2 2 28 7 F. R. Foster. .. 12 1 38 2 ... ... 5 0 15 0 D ouglas... .. . 7 0 20 0 ... Burns ... .. 14 1 48 6 ... 10 2 37 3 R e lf.................. . . 8 4 10 0 ... ... 7 1 22 0 Le Couteur ... 81 1 20 2 ... ... 1 0 3 0 Foster bow led one no-ball, Burns three no-balls and tw o wides, and Relf one wide. HU TCHINGS—TROUGHTON.—On Septem ber 8 , at St. M ary A bbot’s Church, K ensington, by the Rt. Rev. the Bishop of Colchester, assisted by the Rev. Arnold T. Thom pson, Rector of Croxton, Cambs, and the Rev. AV. Seym our Dallas, of St. Mary A bbot’s, the Rev. E. Gifford H utchings, M .A., Vicar of St. Lawrence, York, son of the late C. Lane H utchings, of Felpham , Sussex, to Lilian Adeline, only daughter of M edhurst Albert Troughton, of Percy Villa, Cam pden H ill, K ensington, and Gravesend, Kent. THE LONDON SCOTTISH C.C. SEASON 1910. Matches arranged, 45; played, 34; w on, 16; lost, 13; draw n, 5. BATTING AVERAGES. Times not Inns. out. Most in an inns. Total Runs. Aver. C. Pow ell ............ ... 14 2 86 + 376 37-60 F. R. Connell ... ... 13 3 60* 298 29-SO S. L ien a rd ............ ... 16 2 104 410 29-28 J. S. Chown ... 13 1 51* 290 24*16 R. Suttill ............ ... 10 2 47 173 21-62 G. Batchelor ... 6 0 52 126 21-00 L. J. B u sh ............ ... 13 2 61 221 20 09 G. T. H olford ... ... 14 1 63 248 19-07 W. G. Henderson ... 16 2 46* 256 18-28 G. F. Trench ... ... 11 2 66 150 16-66 P. Child ............ ... 15 0 67 241 16-06 J. L a m o n t............ ... 15 0 74 239 15-93 H. G. M. Hom er ... 12 2 35* 151 15-01 E. A. Bennett ... ... 13 1 44* 169 14 08 H. C. H odgson... ... 10 0 33 133 13-30 L. Lienard............ ... 14 1 42 163 12*53 A. H. Read ... 12 1 31 137 12 45 E. A. H om er ... ... 20 1 74* 336 12-42 E. H ogg ............ ... 9 1 29 96 12-00 R. A. Bennett ... ... 17 2 29 152 10-13 C. M. Sturrock... ... 10 4 32 60 10 00 S. Artaua ............ ... 14 0 26 132 9-42 A. Angus Thomas ... 14 3 37 87 7-90 C. C. T ollit............ ... 6 0 19 46 7 66 E. J. B. H obrow ... 9 2 16* 53 7-57 S. O. Cotton ... ... 6 2 13 30 7-50 J. S. Law ............ ... 6 2 16* 20 500 The follow ing also batted: F. H. Robbins (10, 10, 16, 8 ) ; J. Cam pbell Cooper (0, 20, 4, 14); II. Chown (0 ,8, 4); J. R. C ow ling (4*, 2, , 0); H. A. Easton (0, 1, 1, 5, 2). * Signifies n ot out. BOW LIN G AVERAGES Overs. Mdns. Runs. W kts Aver. E. H o g g ............ .. 59 12 153 17 9-00 G. F. Trench ... .. 52 5 178 16 1112 S. Lienard .. 167 29 490 44 11-13 L. J. Bush .. 28 3 117 10 11-70 E. A. Bennett .. 104 21 298 23 12-95 J. Lam ont .. 121 21 418 31 13-48 C. M. Sturrock .. 31 1 149 11 1354 E. J. B. H obrow .. 91 10 318 23 13-82 P. C h ild ............ .. 47 8 212 14 15-14 F. R. Connell .. 39 2 167 11 15-18 H . G. V. Hom er .. 84 5 324 20 16-20 L. Lienard ... .. 99 9 339 20 16-95 A. H . Read ... .. 115 15 452 24 18-83 C. Pow ell .. 41 3 183 9 20-33 S. Artaud .. 52 6 222 11 21 09 A. Angus Thomas .. 54 5 194 9 21-55 The follow ing also b ow led : E. A. H om er (2 for 18); H . A. Easton (4 for 52) ; G. Batchelor (1 for 13) ; G. T. H olford (1 for 14) ; R. Suttill (5 for 103); C. C. T ollit (2 for 47); and W . G. Henderson (3 for 59). LONDON SCOTTISH v. HO RN SEY.—Played at Hornsey on Septem ber 10. L ondon S cottish . C. Powell, b H am m ond 4 E. A. Bennett, c and b H ugill ..................... 8 S. Lienard, c Jack, b Tate .............................25 L. Lienard, st Boundy, b H amm ond .......... 18 W. G. Henderson, lbw , b Tate .................... 0 E. A. Hom er, c Sm itt, b Tate ..................... 1 H ornsey. G. S. Sm itt, b H obrow 7 H. G. V. Hom er, st Boundy, b Clarke.. G. Batchelor, st Boun­ dy, b Tate ............ A. H. Read, not out.. S. Artaud, b Tate ... E. J. B. H obrow .cTur- berville, b Tate ... B 5, nb 3 ............ Total ............ L. S. Weaver, st Ben­ nett, b P ow ell............59 H. B. Hugill, n ot o u t.101 W. E. Jack, b Read ... 0 W. L. W rightson, not out .............................23 B 15, lb 1, nb 1.. 17 Total(3 wkts).207