Cricket 1910

M ay 26, 1910. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 149 SURREY v. ESSEX. Played at the Oval on May 19 and 21. Drawn. Surrey had the best of the play on the opening day, scoring 226 and getting half the Essex wickets down for 77. Neither Hayward nor Hayes played, the former owing to the illness of his father and the latter on account of an injury. The wicket at the start, without being really difficult, caused the ball to be watched very carefully. The first 50 runs took an hour and a-quarter to make, and were obtained for the loss of two wickets. The stand of Ducat and Harrison was a most valuable one and resulted in 117 runs being put on in 80 minutes for the third wicket. Harrison, although his innings was not quite fault­ less, gave a display of much merit, and hit a 6 and four 4’s during the two hours and a-quartcr he was in. With Bird in 55 runs more were added in 25 minutes and then Ducat was caught at the wicket for a fine innings of 85 made out of 172 in 100 m inutes: he obtained his runs by a variety of strokes and hit a 6 and nine 4’s. After his departure the side went to pieces, the last six wickets going down for 11 runs. Mead bowled splendidly, and with a fair share of fortune would have had a better analysis than five wickets for 12 runs each. Essex lost Douglas to the first ball bowled and had three wickets down for 44. Perrin, however, batted very skilfully and at the end of the day carried out his bat for 33. On Satur­ day Surrey made an excellent attempt to force a win. They finished off the Essex innings for 155 and in rather less than an hour and three-quarters ran up 140 for five wickets and declared. Hobbs, for the first time since his return from South Africa, showed his best form : he hit six 4’s in making 70 not out. When Essex went in the second time they were left with 212 to win and two hours and a-half in which to bat. They lost Fane and Douglas for 12, but Perrin and Gillingham acted strongly on the defence and placed the side out of danger. At a quarter to six, when it was seen that the match could not be finished, stumps were drawn with four wickets down for 74. Score and analysis:— S u r r e y . First innings. Hobbs, b Mead ..................28 Marshal, lbw, b Mead ... 1 Harrison, lbw b Douglas... 65 b Buckenham Ducat, c K. Gibson, b Buck­ enham .................................. M. C. Bird, c Tremlin, b M e a d .................................. Davis, lbw, b Mead ........... Second innings. notout..................70 lbw,b Buckenham 1 85 b Buckenham Platt, b Buckenham ........... 1 Smith ( W.C. ),b Buckenham 0 N. A. Knox, b M ead......... 1 Strudwick, not out .......... 0 Lees, lbw, b Buckenham... 5 B 10, lb 3, w 1 ...........14 Total ...................226 *Innings declared E ss e x . First innings. F. L. Fane, b S m ith ........... 9 b Buckenham c K. Gibson, Mead not out.......... B 18, lb 2.......... 20 Total (5 wkts)*140 closed. J. W. H. T. Douglas, c Harrison, b Sm ith........... 0 P. A. Perrin, b Sm ith.........39 Rev. F. H. Gillingham, c and b Smith .......... Freeman (J.), c Strudwick, b Lees..................................14 C. P. McGahey, b Lees ... 6 Buckenham, c Marshal, b K n o x ..................................10 A. L. Gibson, c Lees, b K n o x ..................................15 K. J. Gibson, not out.......... 18 Tremlin, c Lees, b Knox ... 7 Mead (W.), c Lees, b Platt 22 L eg-bye.......................... 1 Total ... Second innings, c Strudwick, b Knox ........... c Strudwick, L ees........... b Smith 3 b ... 5 .. 14 14 lbw, b Lees not out... not out... 18 Mead Tremlin ... Buckenham McGahey Douglas... ...155 S u r r e y . First innings. O. M. R. W. 32 11 60 13 .0 54 18-1 2 52 4 4 Lb 2, nb 1 ... 3 Total (4 wkts) 74 Second innings. 5 0 4 26 0 ........... 20 1 ......... Mead bowled one wide. E s s e x . M. R. W. 1 45 1 0 17 0 3 58 4 First Innings. O. M. R. W. Smith ........... 20 8 41 4 .. Knox ........... 29 4 69 3 . Platt ........... 8-1 2 28 1 . Lees ........... 13 3 16 2 . Davis Knox bowled a no-ball. Second Innings. M. R. W. 4 11 1 4 22 1 3 0 0 7 35 2 0 3 0 O. 9 15 3 21 2 SUSSEX v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Eastbourne on May 19 and 21. Drawn. Limited to a couple of days on account of the Royal funeral at Windsor, it was not surprising that this match should be drawn, especially as only twelve wickets went down on the opening day. Not a ball could be bowled on Thursday until after two o’clock, rain in the early morning so saturating the ground near the bowling-creases. In the time available, however, Derbyshire completed an innings for 174 and Sussex replied with 50 for two wickets. The latter won the toss and put their opponents in, but it cannot be said that they gained any advantage from the move, although Derbyshire had Chapman and Cadman out with only nine runs scored. The features of the play was the innings of Curgenven, who made 85 out of 156 in two hours and a-quarter on a dead w icket: he hit a 6 and six 4’s and with Needham added 105 runs at a critical time in 90 minutes. The fourth wicket did not go down until 145, but the last six fell in 35 minutes for 29. Cox took six wickets for less than nine runs each, and the sixth, seventh and eighth wickets—Warren, Oliver and Humphries—fell at the same total, 165. In the last hour of the day Sussex made 50 for the loss of Vine and the younger Relf, the position of the game being fairly even. On Saturday, when the game was continued, the weather was fine but the wicket had not recovered thoroughly from the heavy rain. Runs did not appear difficult to make, but by the time the score had reached 87 both Killick and Relf (A. E.) had been dismissed. Cox and Chaplin afterwards did fairly well, and Sussex obtained a lead of 4 on the innings. Derbyshire, when going in a second time, lost half their wickets for 44 runs in 40 minutes, and at that point it seemed not unlikely that Sussex would force a win. The later men, however, played pluckily at the crisis and in the end Derbyshire made 175. Sussex did not have time to obtain the 172 set them to win, and in three-quarters of an hour made 48 for Vine’s wicket. Score and analysis:— D e r b y s h ir e . First innings. J. Chapman, c Cox, b Relf (A. E.).................................. 3 Needham, c Cartwright, b Cox ..................................43 Cadman, c Cox, b Relf (A. E.).................................. 0 G. Curgenven, c Vine, b Cox ..................................85 Morton, c Relf (R. R.), b Cox ..................................16 Warren, c Vincett, b Cox... 10 Handford, not out ........... 3 L. Olivor, c Killick, b L each.................................. 0 Humphries, c Jupp,b Leach 0 R. B. Rickman, c Vincett, b C ox .................................. 4 Bracey, c Vincett, b Cox ... 2 Second innings. b Leach ........... 9 b Relf (A. E.) ... 6 c Relf (A. E.), b C o x ...................23 b Leach ........... 0 c Vincett, b Relf (A. E.) ...........40 b Rclf (A. E.) ...1 0 c Butt, b Relf (A E.) ...........19 b Relf (A. E.) ...25 run out ........... 0 c Butt, b Lcach .. 26 n o to u t................. 7 B 4 ,lbl, w l,n b 4 10 Total...........175 Total ................. 174 S u sse x . Vine, c Warren, b Mor­ ton .......................... 12 Relf (R. R.), b Bracey 22 Killick, c Humphries, b Warren..................27 Relf (A. E.), b Cadman 23 P. Cartwright, lbw, b Cadman ..................13 Cox (G.), c Needham, b R ickm an..................24 Total ...........178 Second innings : Vine, b Warren, 11; Relf (R. R.), not out, 35; lb 1, w 1...2.—Total (1 wkt.) 48. D e r b y s h ir e . Leach, c Humphries, b Cadman ........15 H. P. Chaplin, not out 20 Jupp, b Cadman ... 7 Vincett, c Morton, b Rickm an................... 1 Butt, c Oliver, b Cad­ man ........................... 3 Byes 9, lb 2 ... 11 First innings. Relf (A. E.) Cox... ... , Killick ... , Vincett ... Jupp Leach ... O. 18 20-3 4 15 3 . 6 M. R. W. 7 27 2 .. 6 52 6 .. 0 19 0 .. 2 41 0 .. 0 18 0 .. Second inning? O. M. R. W. 5 1 34-5 9 11 3 25 18 57 3 15 0 Relf (R. R.) Relf (A. E.) bowled one no-ball and Leach one wide and three no-balls. S u ss e x . First innings. O. M. R. W. Morton ... Warren ... Rickman Bracey ... Cadman... 14 3 35 22 4 52 10 3 30 6 2 14 19-2 8 36 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 1 6-4 C urgenven........... Cadman bowled a wide. WARWICKSHIRE v. NORTHANTS. Played at Edgbaston on May 19 and ‘21. Drawn. With no play taking place on Friday on account of the funeral of King Edward, and the start being delayed until a-quarter past four by rain on the opening day, it was not found possible to arrive at a definite result in this match. The ground was all against batsmen when Northants, having won the toss, went in. Good bowling, however, was also largely responsible for the poor total made by the visitors. The first seven wickets actually went down for 33, but Thompson, Manning and Wells improved the situation considerably : the first- named took 100 minutes to score 20. In a bad light Charlesworth and Mcldon made 11 without loss before stumps were drawn. Play on Saturday was interfered with by rain and it was found impossible to finish the game. Charlesworth, playing forcing cricket, scored 46 in an hour and a-quarter, but did not receive much support, only Baker (22) of the others reaching 20. Still, Warwickshire obtained a lead of 45 on the innings, but any chance of arriving at a definite result was lost owing to a delay through rain before Northants could go in again. The visitors lost five wickets quickly, but Vials, Smith and Denton pulled the side round, so that when stumps were drawn 122 had been made for six wickets. Score and analysis :— N o r t h a m p t o n s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. G. A. T. Vials, b Foster ... 0 notout...................31 C. J. T. Pool, c Smith, b Santall .......................... 18 b Foster ............. 7 Seymour fJohn), run out... 1 c Parry, b Foster 9 S. G. Smith, c Meldon, b Foster.................................. 0 c Smith, b Santall 20 Thompson, c Meldon, b c Phillips, b San- Santall ..........................20 tall ..................... 9 Haywood, lbw, b Santall... 0 b Foster ........... 0 East, c Smith, b Santall ... 0 st Smith, b Foster 10 b 5 notout... . J. S. Denton, c Kinneir, Santall ........................ T. E. Manning, b Field ... 24 Wells, b Foster ...................21 Ellis, not out ................... 0 B 3, lb 2 ................... 5 28 Total ................. 94 Total (6 wkts)122 W a r w ic k s h ir e . Charlesworth, c Hay­ wood, b Wells...........46 W. W.Meldon ,bThomp- son .......................... 5 Kinneir, b East..........16 Baker, c Smith, b East 22 Quaife, b Thompson... 7 M. C. Parry, b Thomp­ son ..........................10 F. R. Foster, c Man­ ning, b Thompson 3 J. H. Phillips,bThottip- son ........................12 Santall, b Smith ... 2 Smith (E.J.),b Thomp­ son ............................ 3 Field, not out ............ 4 B 7, lb 2 ............ 9 Total N o r t h a m pto n sh i r e . ...139 First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Santall ... 21 6 42 5 ... . . 11 3 27 2 Foster ... 20 7 26 3 ... . . 15 6 37 4 Charlesworth. 3 0 9 0 . . . . Field 2-2 0 12 1 ... . ; io 2 18 0 Meldon ... . 4 0 1 0 Parry ... . . 3 0 i»; 0 W a r w ic k s h ir e . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W Smith 11 3 30 11 East... ... 15 3 43 2 Thompson. 19-2 6 35 6 |Wells ... 6 0 22 1 LONDON SCOTTISH v. FINCHLEY.—Played at Brondesbury on May 21. L o n d o n S co ttish . 1 C. C. Powell, b Birkin H. G. V. Homer, run out ...........................10 H. Chown, b Birkin... 4 E. A. Homer, c T. G. Griffith, b A. Griffith 4 L. Lienard, c T. G. Griffith, b A. Griffith 0 S. Lienard, not out ... 18 A. H. Read, lbw, b A. Total ...........65 Griffith ................... F inchley . A. R. Hobbs,c Bennett, j B. Dreyfus, b Read .................. 27 , Lienard ..................... A. Griffith, b Read ... 9 F.Tuck, c Powell, b S. T. Birkin, run out.. 0 j S.Lienard W. E. Goodyear, c Powell, b S. Lienard 8 H. Fisher, b Hogg ... 25 E. Riches, c Powell, b S. Lienard ........... 4 R. Mayall, lbw, b S. Lienard .................. 4 A. A. Thomas, run out .......................... 0 E. Y. B. Hobrow, b Birkin ............... 0 R. A. Bennett, b Fisher ...............17 E. Hogg, bParley ... 3 Byes, &c............ 5 b S. J. Pasley,bS. Lienard T. G. Griffith, not out Byes, &c.............. Total ... ...