Lives in Cricket No 27 - CB Llewellyn

60 batsman reached 20, except Llewellyn. He played handsomely for only an hour, scoring 101 not out of the 161 runs which were added as the last six wickets fell and left him stranded. This was the second time Buck had hit two centuries in a first-class match. He batted well again when Hampshire travelled to Canterbury, making the top score, 79, in their first innings. When they batted again, 170 in arrears, Fry and Mead knocked off 133 before both were dismissed by D.W.Carr, a thirty-seven-year-old leg-break and googly bowler, playing in his debut season in first-class cricket – in which he played for England against Australia – who caused a sudden collapse. Llewellyn was bowled by Charlie Blythe, whose benefit match it was and Hampshire were beaten by ten wickets. Blythe had a particular penchant for Buck’s wicket, taking it seventeen times in first-class cricket, more than twice as often as any other bowler. They finished the season bracketed eighth with Worcestershire. They were building up an increasingly well-balanced team. To Fry, Sprot, Stone and Buck at its heart, were added Mead, Bowell, George Brown, Newman and Alec Kennedy, but even so as many as 26 players turned out for them in 1909, of whom 20 had a turn with the ball. There was a need for another bowler or two. In one major respect, this team was outstanding; Bowell at cover point, Mead at extra mid off and Llewellyn himself made the fielding on the off-side exceptionally good. The Beneficiary The Hambledon team which played twelve-a-side against All England on Broadhalfpenny Down in September 1908. At the top (l to r): C.P.Mead, J.A.Newman, C.B.Llewellyn. Standing: W.Pate (umpire), J.Stone (wk), W.H.Langridge, C.B.Fry, E.G.Wynyard, W.V.Jephson, J.J.Tuck (umpire). Seated: E.M.C.Ede, T.D.Butler (president), E.G.Whalley-Tooker (capt), E.M.Sprot, G.N.Bignell.