Cricket 1910

J u l y 7, 1910. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 2 5 3 O X FO RD v. CAM BR IDGE . Played at Lord’s on July 4 and 5. LE COUTEUR’S MATCH. Oxford won by an innings and 126 runs. It was a great disappointment to the thousands of persons present that play was impracticable on Monday before ten minutes to four. Even then the ground was still very soft and it was with some difficulty that the bowlers succeeded in keeping a footing. Oxford won the toss and naturally went in first. Cowie, the Charterhouse Senior, began with a rather remarkable over; Evans was caught in the slips oft' the third ball, two wides and a single to Salter followed, and then Sale was bowled leg-stump. The same over included an unsuccessful appeal against Salter for a catch at the wicket, so the open­ ing of the match certainly did not lack incident. Salter was fourth out, at 30, and upon his dismissal Le Couteur joined Hooman and the pair played so well that in 70 minutes they added 104 runs for the fifth wicket. Hooman forced the game splendidly and hit seven 4’s in his 61, but the chief honours rested with Le Couteur, who did well to score 91 not out in two hours and five minutes with the ball travelling so slowly. At the end of the day seven wickets were down for 193—a very good position consider­ ing that the fourth fell at 30. Some remarkable play was seen on Tuesday, Oxford carrying everything before them and winning in the easiest fashion by an innings and over a hunched runs. The wicket certainly became more difficult as it dried, but, even so, the form shown by Cambridge was disappointing and unworthy of the side. Oxford showed the finer cricket in all departments of the game, but for their good score were indebted to no small extent to their opponeiits’ blunders in the field. The three outstanding wickets added 122 in 95 minutes, and then Cambridge were disposed of twice in four hours and five minutes for 189 and beaten as stated. Such, briefly put, was the result of the day’s play. Everything was dwarfed by the cricket of Le Couteur, who, not content with scoring 160, took eleven wickets for six runs each— an all-round performance without a parallel in the history of the University match. Pawson and Vidler gave him much assist­ ance during tbe latter part of the Oxford innings, each helping to add 61 in about 50 minutes. He made his 160 out of 261 obtained during the three hoars and twenty minutes he was in and hit fifteen 4’s, eleven 3’s and seventeen 2’s. He took many risks in the latter part of the innings, and was missed when 42, 89, 116 and 157, Hughes (at slip) being responsible for the first two mistakes. Oxford had scored so freely that the collapse of their rivals came as a complete surprise. Lagden quickly obtained three wickets and Le Couteur, going on at 13, had all the rest of the side in difficulties and brought the innings to a close for 76. Collins, last out, batted for 65 minutes, and with Falcon added 25 in half- an-hour. In the follow-on only a slight improvement was shown, although 99 were on the board with only four men out. Evans then bowled Falcon and he and the all-conquering Le Couteur got iid of the last five men in 25 minutes for 14 runs, the match being over at five minutes past six. The Cambridge batting lacked nerve through­ out, the side appearing to lack a player capable of facing Le Coutenr with any resolution. From the Cambridge point of view the match was little less than a fiasco. Score and analysis :— O xford U niversity . R. IT. Twining, st Tuf­ nell, b Lockhart ... 5 R. O. Lagden, c Hollo­ way, b Lockhart ... 0 A. G. Pawson, c Fal­ con, b Ireland ... 16 J. L. S. Vidler, b Cowie 32 F. N. Tuff, not out ... 10 B 7, lb 5, w 2, nb 2 16 A. J. Evans, c Nason, b Cowie ................. 0 M. G. Salter, c Ireland, b Holloway .......... 15 li. Sale, b Cowie ... 0 C. V. L. Hooman, c Mann, b Holloway... 61 R. L. L. Braddell, c Falcon, b Holloway ft P. R. Le Couteur, c Holloway, b Cowie, 100 Total C ambridge U niversity . ...315 First innings. Second innings. N. C. Tufnell, c and b Lag­ den .................................. 6 b T u ff.......... ... 5 J. W. W. Nason, st Pawson, b Le Couteur .................. 9 not o u t......... ... 10 E. L. Kidd, b Lagden 2 st Pawson, b Le Coutour ... ... 20 J. F. Ireland, c and b Lagc Salter, b Le den .................................. 4 Couteur ... ... 15 M. Falcon, lbw,b Le Couteur 11 b Evans ... 19 F. T. Mann, lbw, b Le Couteur .......................... 2 b Le Couteur . 12 D. C. Collins, b Le Couteur 31 b Le Couteur ... 15 O. Hughes, st Pawson, b Le Couteur .......................... 0 b Evans ... 1 N. J. Holloway, b Le c Hooman, b Couteur .......................... 2 Evans ... 1 J. II. B. Lockhart, c and b V idler.................. ......... 0 c Vidler, b Evans 0 A. G. Cowie, not out........... 3 b Le Couteur ... 0 B 5, nb 1 .................. 6 B6, lb 1, w l,n b l 9 Total .................. 76 Total ... ...113 O xford U niversity . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cowie ... 18 2 67 4 1Nason ... 2 0 18 0 Lockhart ... 22 1 79 2 Kidd.......... 4 0 10 0 H olloway... 27 4 106 3 |Ireland ... 12 4 19 1 Cowie bowled two wides and Nason two no-balls. C ambridge U niversity . First innings. Second innings. O. M R. W. O. M. R. W. 13 1 26 3 ... ... 6 0 9 0 10 1 24 1 ... ... 11 1 21 0 18-2 8 20 6 ... ... 16 3 46 5 Tuff ... ... 7 1 21 1 Evans ... ... 4 2 7 4 Lagden ... Vidler ... Le Couteur Vidler bowled two no-balls and Tuff one wide. R esu lts of U n iv e r sit y H a tc h e s . Seventy-six matches have been played between Oxford and Cambridge. Oxford have won 32, Cambridge 36, and eight have been left drawn. HUNDREDS SCORED IN OXFORD v. CAMBRIDGE MATCHES. F or C ambridge . 172* J. F. Marsh ... 1904 F or O xford . R. E. Foster ... 1900 P.R.LeCouteur 1910 171 160 143 K. J. Key ... 18S6 140 M. R. Jardine... 1892 132 G. O. Smith ... 1896 130 J. E. Raphael .. 1903 121 II. K. Foster ... 1895 117* F. M. Buckland 1877 114 V. T. H ill......... 1892 109 W. H. Game ... 1876 109 A. E ccles......... 1898 107* W. H. Patterson 1831 107 W. Rashitigh .. 18S6 100* C. B. Fry ... 1894 100* C. H. B. Mar­ sham .......... 1901 100 Lord Geo. Scott 1887 150 R. A. Young... 1906 130 W. Yardley ... 1872 127 H.J. Mordaunt 1889 120 G. B. Studd ... 1882 118 E. R.Wilson ... 1901 117* S. H. Day ...1902 116 E. C. Streat- fcild . ... 1892 lift C.E.M. Wilson 1898 107 L. G. Colbeck. 1905 105* W.S. Patterson 1876 103* E. Crawley ... 1887 102 C. W. Wright 1883 101 H. W. Bain- bridge ... 1885 100 W. Yardley ... 1870 * Signifies not out. Sixteen such innings have been played for Oxford and fifteen for Cambridge. W. Yardley is the only batsman credited with more than one. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. E. L. T horold . —Next week. R. M. S. (Dublin).— (a) Cricket Chat was published from 1884 to 1892 ; ( b ) “ Home-and-Home ” means what you suppose; (c) The Cricket Field was pub­ lished from 1892 to 1895. SUSSEX v. KENT. Played at Hastings on July 4, 5 and 6. Kent won by an innings and 142 runs. More than usual interest centred in this match, for on Monday morning Kent occupied first ylace in the Championship table and Sussex, who were level with Middlesex, the second. There had been little rain in Hastings, and the small score made by Sussex was due to the fine bowling by Fielder, who bowled his last ten overs for 18 runs and five wickets. Vine, playing more freely than usual, scored his 34 out of 52, thereby, as it proved, playing the highest innings for the side. Cox and Chaplin stayed together for some time, but nothing like a mastery was ever obtained over the bowling. For some time the Kent men appeared to find difficulty in timing the ball, but after three wickets had fallen for 76, Woolley and Hutchings put on 88 without being separated in 05 minutes, Kent thereby obtaining the lead with seven wickets in hand. The pair remained together on Tuesday until 309, when Hutchings was bowled, after batting two hour and three-quarters for 144 : he hit twenty-four 4’s and offered no chancc. His innings was a delightfully free one, and his stand for the fourth wicket with Woolley realised 233 runs in 140minutes: 145 of the runs were made on the second morning in 75 minutes. Woolley was missed when 96, and survived to put on 65 with Hubble in three-quarters of an hour : he made his runs in 185 minutes and, driving particularly well, hit a 6 and seventeen 4’s. Hubble and Hardinge afterwards put on 67 in 40 minutes, and with eight wickets down for 486 the innings was declared. Hubble batted for just under an hour and a-half and hit fifteen 4’s, and Kent made their runs in five hours and a-half. In their second innings Sussex lost Cartwright at 11, and only 21 had been scored when Vine was struck in the face by a ball from Fielder and obliged to retire. By good cricket, Heygate and Relf (R. R.) added 72 in 65 minutes, and when stumps were drawn—owing to the brothers Relf not being able to see the ball as the sight-boards were not sufficiently high — the score was 107 for two wickets. On Wednesday the continuance of the game was delayed until 12.20 owing to the state of the wicket after heavy rain. The younger Relf was caught in the long-field with only 11 added, whilst his brother was sent back at 135 and Cox at 139. Chaplin and Killick took the score to 164, when the former ricked his back and retired, his place being taken by Vine. Killick played well for 20, but was bowled at 172, at which total Chaplin returned. Woolley afterwards bowled with pronounced success and the innings closed for 197, leaving Kent successful by the margin stated. Score and analysis:— S u ss e x . P. Cartwright, b Fielder ... 6 c Seymour, b Blythe ......... 3 Vine, c Huish, b Blythe ... 34 c Humphreys, b Woolley ... 29 R. B. Heygate, c Huish, b Fielder .......................... 8 b Woolley .....47 Relf (R. R.), c Hubble, b c H u b b le , b Fielder ..........................23 Woolley .......31 Relf (A. E.), run o u t........... 6 lbw, b Blythe ... 31 Cox (G. R.), c Dillon, b Fielder ..........................24 stHuish,bWoolley 11 Killick, b Fielder ........... 2 b Woolley .....20 Leach, b Fielder................... 7 lbw, b Woolley ... 2 H. P. Chaplin, c Fair­ service, b W oolley...........17 lbw, b Woolley ... 12 Vincett, c Fairservice, b Fielder .......................... 0 n o to u t......... 0 Butt, not out ................... 0 lbw, b Woolley ... 0 Lb 6, w 5, nb 9 ...........20 B 4, lb 3, nb 4 ... 11 Total ..147 K ent . Total..........197 E. W. Dillon, b Relf (A. E.) ...................13 Humphreys, lbw, b Relf (R. R.) ...........16 Seymour, c and b Relf (A. E.) ...................36 K. L. Hutchings, b Vincett .......... ... 144 * Innings declared closed. Blythe and Fielder did not bat. S ussex . Woolley, b Leach Hubble, b V ine... Hardinge, b Vine Huish, not o u t... Fairservice, b Vine B 7, lb 11, w 2 ..117 .. 84 .. 19 .. 12 .. 25 .. 20 Total (8 wkts) *486 Fielder ... Blythe ... Fairservice W oolley... O. 28 31 M. 2 10 6 4 11 R. W. 34 0 R. W. ’ 67 7 .. 50 1 ... 2 0 ... ' 8 1 ... Humphreys Hardinge ... 1 ft 4 0 lielder bowled five wides and ten no-balls, Woolley two no-balls, and Fairservice one no-ball. K ent . 82 Relf (R. R.) 21 Relf (A. E.) 36 Leach ... 12 Killick ... 12 Cox 5 123 1 49 1 53 2 54 Vincett... Cart­ wright... Vine ... 11 Chaplin.. 1 1 46 1 Relf (R. R.) bowled two wides.