First-Class Cricket Matches 1908

M.C.C. v WORCESTERSHIRE Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, May 21, 22, 23, 1908. M.C.C. won by 88 runs. M.C.C. 1 M.C.Bird b Cuffe 22 (8) not out 9 2 C.B.Llewellyn c Cuffe b Burrows 154 (4) b Burrows 4 3 J.Hardstaff c Foster b Simpson-Hayward 4 (1) lbw b Arnold 3 4 G.J.Thompson c Foster b Arnold 91 (7) st Bale b Cuffe 16 5 J.H.King c Cuffe b Arnold 0 b Simpson-Hayward 26 6 V.F.S.Crawford b Pearson 43 b Burrows 25 7 G.T.Branston b Cuffe 8 (9) b Cuffe 23 8 C.E.de Trafford b Burrows 17 (2) b Cuffe 3 9 W.V.Jephson c Bale b Arnold 14 (11) b Cuffe 4 10 C.B.W.Magnay b Arnold 1 (3) st Bale b Simpson-Hayward 35 11 †F.H.Huish not out 13 (10) b Arnold 3 Extras b 16, lb 12, w 5, nb 2 35 b 1, w 1 2 —— —— 402 153 FoW (1): 1-41, 2-58, 3-288, 4-288, 5-296, 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-402 FoW (2): 1-7, 2-10, 3-62, 4-69, 5-75, 6-107, 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-153 WORCESTERSHIRE 1 *H.K.Foster c Jephson b Thompson 21 b Llewellyn 8 2 F.L.Bowley b Thompson 16 (4) c Huish b Thompson 2 3 F.A.Pearson b Llewellyn 1 c and b Branston 32 4 E.G.Arnold b Branston 42 (2) b Thompson 42 5 J.A.Cuffe b Thompson 42 not out 132 6 W.B.Burns b Llewellyn 18 b King 14 7 R.S.Swalwell b Thompson 1 c Branston b Llewellyn 9 8 G.H.T.Simpson-Hayward not out 16 b Llewellyn 7 9 R.D.Burrows c Jephson b Thompson 9 b Llewellyn 0 10 †E.W.Bale b Llewellyn 2 b Branston 27 11 A.Bird c Huish b Thompson 1 c Crawford b Branston 0 Extras b 5, lb 7, w 2, nb 1 15 b 5, w 4, nb 1 10 —— —— 184 283 FoW (1): 1-39, 2-40, 3-40, 4-117, 5-154, 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-184 FoW (2): 1-2, 2-12, 3-71, 4-119, 5-149, 6-176, 7- , 8-217, 9-283, 10-283 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Arnold 28.5 6 78 4 1nb 16.4 5 36 2 Cuffe 17 1 76 2 13 3 28 4 Simpson-Hayward 12 1 62 1 11 1 31 2 Burrows 28 2 92 2 16 3 51 2 Pearson 14 3 35 1 1nb 2 0 5 0 Bird 7 1 24 0 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Thompson 32 8 67 6 1nb 24 3 87 2 1nb Llewellyn 27 7 54 3 34 7 103 4 Branston 7 1 29 1 6.2 0 31 3 King 11 3 19 0 17 1 52 1 Umpires: A.J.Atfield and T.A.Brown. Toss: M.C.C. Close of Play: 1st day: M.C.C. (1) 402-9 (Jephson 14*, Huish 13*); 2nd day: M.C.C. (2) 107-6 (Thompson 10*). C.B.Llewellyn’s 154 took 235 minutes and included 20 fours. J.A.Cuffe’s 132 took 210 minutes and included 17 fours and 1 six. 66