Lives in Cricket No 27 - CB Llewellyn

63 Achievement and Mystery The victory which followed was especially sweet to Hampshire supporters. The county had not beaten Surrey since 1902; they looked like achieving little in this match, quickly losing three wickets, before Llewellyn hit up 90 out of 128 in an hour and 40 minutes. Surrey were at full strength: Tom Hayward, Hobbs, Hayes, Ducat and M.C.Bird were all past and future England Test batsmen, but their side crashed to Buck, who took five for 73, his victims including Hobbs, Ducat and Bird, and to Newman, who dismissed Hayward and Hayes. It was as well that Hampshire led by 117 on the first innings; their mediocre performance of 130 runs nearly threw away their advantage, but Jack Newman turned in another match-winning performance, finishing with seven victims for 67, as Hampshire were victorious by 61 runs. After the worse end of a draw with Sussex at the beginning of August, Hampshire travelled to Chesterfield where they would have anticipated weaker opposition. Buck enjoyed his visit, scoring a hard-hitting 78 on the first day, and he was the most successful member of the attack, securing four wickets for 82, but Hampshire’s lead was only nine runs. In their second innings, the first four wickets mustered only 42, but the home side fluffed some catches, and A.C.Johnston and W.N.White, both soldiers, added 158 in two hours and after more hard hitting, Hampshire set their hosts 370 to win on the last day. This they failed to achieve by 102: Jack Newman and H.C.McDonnell each took four wickets. Now, for Llewellyn, the bubble was about to burst. At Southampton, Hampshire led Lancashire on the first innings by 106, and eventually set them 403 to win, but thanks to Jack Sharp and Harry Makepeace, both double internationals (for cricket and association football) who put on 242 in only 160 minutes, the northerners were victorious by five wickets. Llewellyn had failed with both bat and ball, but he fared better in the match against Kent on the Crabble Ground at Dover, which began on 18 August. He was the most effective member of the Hampshire attack, capturing four wickets in 12 overs, though at the cost of 60 runs, as Kent accumulated 381, and when Hampshire followed on 167 in arrears, he put up the only real resistance. Six wickets had fallen for 40, before he began with relish to attack the Kent bowlers, driving in tremendous fashion, and striking 91 out of 135 in only an hour. His driving and pulling resulted in 6 sixes, five of them from the bowling of Blyth, as well as 10 fours, while taking part in a stand of 114 with E.M.Sprot. Sydney Pardon, the Editor of Wisden , subsequently described this innings as one of