Cricket 1910

i 5 o CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 26, 1910. LANCASHIRE v. KENT. Played at Manchester on May 19 and 21. Drawn. Play being restricted to a couple of days owing to the funeral of King Edward, it was particularly unfortunate that light showers followed by defective light should have combined to delay the commence­ m ent of the match until almost lialf-past two on Thursday. The ground was against run-getting when Lancashire went in, and in ICOminutes the whole side were dismissed for 113. A larger total appeared likely, for it was not until Fairservice went on for Woolley that Kent obtained the upper hand. The best form on the side was shown by Makepeace, who batted for more than an hour for 25: he went in third wicket down, at 46, and was seventh out. Fairservice obtained five wickets for less than five and a-half runs each, and Blythe the remaining five for just under ten runs apiece. In the last hour of the day Kent scored 41 for the loss of Dillon, who batted steadily for 40 minutes during which time he and Humphreys made 24 for the first wicket. The weather was delightful when the match was continued on Saturday, when Kent, by increasing their score to 237, established a lead of 124. Their sixth wicket fell at 119, but Hutchings, playing magnificently, made 92 out of 155 in 115 minutes: driving superbly, he hit a six and cloven 4’s. Fair­ service scored a most useful 37 and carried out his bat. Mention should be made of the very fine right- handed catch at slip which dismissed Humphreys. During the luncheon interval a storm burst over the ground, and at a-quarter to four it was decided to abandon the game. Score and analysis :— L a n c a s u ir e . A. H. Hornby, c Hutch­ ings, b Blythe ... 15 A. Hartley, c Huish, b B ly th e ...................IS Tyldesley (J. T ) e Hubble,b Fairscrvice 12 Sharp, c Blythe, b Fair­ service ...................13 Makepeace, b Blythe... 25 A.C.MacLarcn.cDillon, b Fairservice......... 1 E. W. Dillon, b Dean... 10 Humphreys, c Mac­ Laren, b Brearley .. 39 Sevmour (Jas.), b Hud­ dleston ................... 5 K. L. Hutchings, b Huddleston ...........92 Woolley, c Tyldesley, b Brearley ...........18 Hubble, c Tyldeslcy, b H uddleston........... 4 Heap, c- Woolley, b Fairservicc ........... Huddleston, not out Dean, c Hubble, b Fairservice ........... W. Brearley, b Blythe Worsley, b Blythe ...’ B 0, lb 1, nb 1 Total ...........1 Jennings,c MacLaren, b Brearley ........... 0 Huish, c MacLaren, b Brearley ...........13 Fairservicc, not out 37 Blythe, b Dean........... 7 Preston, b Brearley... 8 Byes ................... 4 Total ...237 Blythe Woolley Brearley L a n c a s h ir e O. M. R.W. O. . 23“2 7 48 5 IFairservice 16 .1 2 3 26 0 |Preston ... 3 Woolley bowled one 110 -ball. K e n t . O. M. R. W. O. 16 2 2 79 5 1Dean ... 20 Huddlest’n 26 7 76 3 |Heap M. R. W. 4 55 2 2 23 0 LEICESTERSHIRE v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Leicester on May 19 and 21. Drawn. Not a ball could be bowled 011 Thursday owing to the state of the ground after a storm, and Friday was a dien non on account of the burial of King Edward : therefore the game was restricted to a single day. On Saturday the ground was still soft, and after Yorkshire had batted for 50 minutes a thunderstorm stopped play and caused the game to bo given up. Rhodes and Rothery made 49 together for the first wickct in three-quarters of an hour. Score and analysis:— Y o r k s h ir e . Rhodes, not out ................. Rothery, e Sharp, b Coe Denton, not out ................. . Byes, &c................. 38 72 1 0 Total (1 wkt) ...................51 E. J. Radeliffe, Drake, Hirst, Wilkinson, Myers, Newstead, Haigh and Watson did not bat. L e ic e s t e r s h ir e : Sir A. Hazlerigg, C. J. B. Wood, V. F. S. Crawford, A. T. Sharp, Whitehead, Knight, Coe, Turner, Jayes, Astill, and Sturman. Jayes Astill O. M. 10 2 6 1 Y o r k s h ir e . R. W. 37 0 I Coe ... 11 0 O. M. R. W. 1 3 1 OB ITUARY . J. HALLOWS. James Hallows, one of the two finest all­ round cricketers produced by Lancashire, died at Farnworth, near Bolton, on Friday evening last after an illness of six weeks. As he was born at Little Lever on November 14th, 1875, he was only thirty-four years of age at the time of his death. Ill-health interfered greatly with his cricket, and it is 110 exaggeration to say that if he had possessed a good constitution he would in all probability have been one of the first players chosen for Test and Gentlemen v. Players matches. He was subject to epileptic fits, and was often kept out of the game in consequence: in the match with Yorkshire at Manchester in 1905 he had a seizure whilst the visitors were batting and was carried off the field by Cuttell and lladcliffe (G.) Hallows began to play cricket whilst quite a small boy, and at the age of thirteen joined the Little Lever Temperance C.C. Four years later, in order to play in better-class matches, he joined the Little Lever C.C., and it was for the second eleven of that club that he made the first hundred of his career 113 against Radcliffe. That there was much good cricket in him he plainly showed by heading the batting averages of the first eleven in his first season as a member of tbe side. He played with Little Lever for three seasons and then, chosen to take part in a Lancashire Colts match at Old Trafford, he brought himself prominently to the notice of the authorities by scoring 133 in his first innings and 77 not out in his second. That was in 1896, and in the following year he becamc a member of the ground-staff at Manchester, where, acting upon the advice of Mr. S. M. Crosfield, he forsook fast bowling in favour of medium-paced. In his first year at Old Trafford he took eighty-four wickets and had a batting average of 25. In the following season he played his first match for Lancashire —against M.C.C. and Ground, at Lord’s—and in the second innings of the game with Surrey at tbe Oval showed that he was a most useful man to have on a side when an uphill game had to be played. Lancashire were obliged to follow-on, 461 runs behind, and had four hours in which to bat. Hallows went in first with Ward and, although injured early in his innings, stayed in for an hour and three-quarters whilst 78 were scored for the first wicket: of that number his share was 51, and his sound defensive batting had much to do with Lan­ cashire saving the game. It was not until 1901 that Hallows became a regular member of the side, and he then batted so well that he would have been worth a place in the team if he had not been able to bowl at all. His great season, however, was 1904, when his all-round cricket enabled Lancashire to carry off the Championship. Barnes had thrown in his lot with Staffordshire, and a very, successful season had not been anticipated. But Hallows rose to the occasion, and in Championship matches alone scored 1,058 runs and took 108 wickets : in all first-class cricket during the season his record was 1,071 runs and 108 wickets. In more recent years he failed to reproduce such form, but ill-health was chiefly responsible, and in 1907 — against Essex, at Manchester — he appeared for his county for the last time. BATTING IN COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES. Times Most not in an Total Inns. out. inns. Runs. Aver. 1898 ........... ........... 12 2 51 231 23-10 1899 ........... ........... 16 0 60 261 1631 1900 ........... .......... 13 2 52 207 18*81 1901 ........... .......... 39 3 130 1132 31-44 1902 ........... .......... 37 5 109 776 24-25 1903 ........... ......... 9 3 41 109 18-16 1904 ........... .......... 30 4 137* 1058 40-69 1905 .......................... 21 3 130* 763 42-38 1906 .......... ........... 3 1 110 127 63-50 1907 ......... ................ 4 0 14 38 9-50 * Signifies not out. BOWLING IN COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES. Overs. Mdns. Runs Wkts. Aver. 1898 .......... .......... 66 18 161 2 80-50 18*.*9 ........... ..........139 38 334 11 30-36 1900 ........... ........... 72-1 27 143 6 23-83 1901 ........... .......... 405-1 106 1010 35 28-85 1902 ........... .......... 469*1 145 1090 49 22*24 1903 ........... .......... 109-3. 30 273 24 11-37 1904 ........... ........... 885-3 227 2021 108 18-71 1905 .......... ......... 433-4 128 984 24 41-00 1906 ........... .......... 25 8 67 4 16-75 1907 .......... .......... 25 8 52 5 10-40 HUNDREDS MADE IN FIRST-CLASS CRICKET. 137x Lancashire v. Middlesex, .at Manchester... 1904 130* Lancashire v. Sussex, at Brighton .1905 130 Lancashire v. Essex, at L e y to n ........1901 125 Lancashire v. Essex, at L e y to n ........1904 111 Lancashire v. Derbyshire, at D erby.1904 110 Lancashire v. Derbyshire, at Manchester 1906 109 Lancashire v. Somerset, at Bath.................. 1902 103* Lancashire v, London County, at Man­ chester ..........................................................1903 * Signifies not out. PARTNERSHIPS OF 140 OR MORE RIJNS. 296 for 3rd wkt., Hallows (125) and R. H. Spooner (215): Lancashire v. Essex, at Leyton, 1904. 207 for 6tli wkt., Hallows (130) and Broughton (99); Lancashire v. Essex, at Leyton, 1901. 190 for 4th wkt., Hallows (85) and Tyldeslcy, J. T., (146): Lancashire v. Kent, at Manchester, 1904. 147 for 5tli wkt., Hallows (103 not out)and A. Eccles (126): Lancashire v. London County, at Man­ chester, 1903. 147 for 4th wkt., Hallows (60) and Tyldesley, J. T., (196): Lancashire v. Worcestershire, at Wor­ cester, 1904. 145 for 4th wkt., Hallows (84) and Holland (63): Lancashire v. Essex, at Manchester, 1901. BOWLING FEATS IN FI RST-CLASS CRICKET. 4 for 15 Lancashire v. Warwickshire, at Manchester ..................................1901 3 ,, 12 Lancashire v. Surrey, at Man­ chester .......................................... 1901 66 r Lancashire v. Essex, at Manchester 1901 17c J j Lancashire v. Kent, at Tonbridge... 1902 gf® J Lancashire v. Notts, at Manchester 1903 376 l Lancashire v. Gloucestershire, at 52c f Gloucester ....................................1904 (In the second innings he took his first five wickets for seven runs.) 8 „ 50a) Lancashire v. Gloucestershire, at 12 ,, 90c f Liverpool ...........................................1901 7 ,, 84a) Lancashire v. Worcestershire, at 11 ,,144c JManchester ....................................1904 (The last two feats were performed in consecutive matches in one week.) In the second innings of Lancashire’s match with M.C.C. and Ground at Lord’s in 1902, one of his deliveries was hit to leg over the grand-stand and out of the ground into an adjoining garden by “ W .G.” BEST ALL-ROUND PERFORMANCES* R. Scores. 11 [ Lancashire v. Essex, at Manchester, ( 84 6) 1901.......................................................... I ll* 68 ) Lancashire v. Kent, at Manchester, ) cr 34 ) 1904 .................................................................... [ 26 |Lancashire v. Surrey, at the Oval, f 15 86 j 1904 ... .................... .............................|53* 84 |Lancashire v. Worcestershire, at Man- J 3!> 60 j C h ester, 1904............................................... ( 40 81 { Lancashire v. Derbyshire, at Man- f 5 55 j Chester, 1904 ......................................... ( 73 j North v. South, at Blackpool, 1905 .. 68 W. 3 for 3 >, 2 „ 6 > 3 >, 3 „ 7 „ 4 1 , 4 >, 4 » 7 „ 1 i > Hallows was left-handed both as batsman and bowler. He possessed a good defence and had several good strokes on the off, whilst he could make the ball break either way and had a deceptive flight.