Lives in Cricket No 27 - CB Llewellyn

62 only 55 in arrears. Buck ensured the cheap dismissal of Middlesex by taking out six of them for 59, but Hampshire had to bat last on a wicket drying out under hot sun, and were blown away by Frank Tarrant, the Australian slowish left-hander, whose analysis, seven for 42, was even better than Buck’s. When Warwickshire visited Southampton on 27 June 1910, the weather again played its part, as rain threatened to prevent play on the third day; at length the game restarted at 3 pm, leaving Hampshire only 100 minutes to dismiss their guests. They put out nine of them, thanks to Jack Newman, who took seven wickets for 42. He and Buck dismissed 18 batsmen between them, Newman 12 for 171 with his, on this occasion, junior partner claiming six for 156. The match at Bath against Somerset, which was the continuation of a purple patch for the two bowlers, again showed Newman’s figures to the fore, his victims numbering 11, at the cost of 108, compared with Buck’s, eight for 113, as their team swept to an innings victory. These were heady days for the county, as they moved on to win five of the next seven games; against Gloucestershire at Bristol, Buck seized 11 wickets and Newman seven; against Northamptonshire at Portsmouth Buck had eight victims, and his partner 12, while Buck hit 107 in the second innings. That match was lost, but three more handsome victories followed. Hampshire extracted revenge over Warwickshire for that drawn match at the end of June, dismissing them for totals for 157 and 105. Buck took five for 55 in the first innings of the Midland county while Newman, unsuccessful the first time round, returned an analysis of six for thirty two in the second. In addition, Buck scored an invaluable 92 in the first innings, keeping the innings alive, batting third wicket down after Mead (111) and Stone (79) had shared in a record-breaking opening stand of 193. However, the score had declined to 220 for three, before A.C.Johnston and Llewellyn put on 74 together, while H.G.M.Barton stayed as 38 were added for the seventh wicket. The ensuing lead of 224 paved the way to an innings victory. The Derbyshire match, beginning on 18 July, followed at Northlands Road and took a similar course. The visitors were put out for 131 and 178, due to more fine bowling by Newman, whose analyses were three for 44 and seven for 77. Llewellyn’s returns were three for 45, and no more than two for sixty. In the second innings, on 19 July, Jack Newman captured his hundredth wicket of the season. Hampshire won by an innings and 15 runs. Achievement and Mystery