Cricket 1910

J u l y 2 1 , 1 9 1 0 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 2 7 7 KENT v. LANCASHIRE. Played at Tunbridge Wells on July 14,15 & 16. THE TUNBKIDGE WELLS WEEK. K ent w on b y 321 runs. Kent again took the field without Blythe, who had strained his back, but, apart from his absence, both sides were well represented. As tho result of some level play on the first day Kent completed an innings for 284 and Lancashire made 51 for the loss of Spooner and Hartley. Kent had three wickets down for 27, but any possibility of a collapse was prevented by Humphreys and Woolley, who added 102 for the fourth wicket in 130 minutes. The latter, who was 1he first to leave, made 94 of the number in faultless style and hit two G’s and eight 4’s. Humphreys was responsible for a most valuable innings, but he was let off when 18 and again when 72. At one time during the innings Dean had four men close in on the leg-side, and, in order to obtain a good view of the game, West (W. A. J.) stood at point. Lancashire lost Spooner to the third ball of the innings and then Tyldesley (J. T.)and Hartley added 45 runs together. The former and Sharp sent up three-figures without further loss, but the innings closed for 185, the excellent Kent bowling being backed up by keen fielding. As the wicket was still good Lancashire should certainly have made more runs. Woolley followed up his fine innings by taking five wickets for Gl runs. In their second innings Kent lost Dillon and Seymour for 16, and although Hutchings stayed in nearly half-an-hour for 33 (completing his 1,000 runs) the fourth wicket fell at 85. Woolley was out to a magnificent catch by Dean off his own bowling. When Humphreys was joined by A. P. Day Kent’s fortunes changed. The pair played themselves in carefully, and during the last 135 minutes of the day added 202 without being separated. When stumps were drawn Humphreys’ score was 157 and Day s 83, and Kent, with six wickets in hand, were 380 runs on. In all, the pair added 254 for the fifth wicket in 100 minutes. Of that number Day scored 109 without a mistake ; he hit twelve 4’s. When Humphreys had made 200 the innings was closed, leaving Lancashire 403 to make in about five hours. Humphreys scored 200 out of 303 in 250 minutes. He hit twenty-three 4’s, and was badly missed at slip when 101. Lancashire, far from making anything like the number set them, were all out for 141, only Spooner and Tyldesley (E.) making any resistance. Woolley again obtained five wickets, and, like Humphreys, will be able to look back upon the match with considerable satis­ faction. Score and analysis :— K ent . First innings. Second innings. E. W. Dillon, c Worsley, b c W o rsle y , b D e a n .................................. 1 Whitehead ... 1 Humphreys, b Makepeace 77 n otou t............. 200 Seymour(Jas.), cHornby, b c Dean, b White- Whitehead.......................... 3 head................. 9 K. L. Hutchings, b Dean... 11 b Huddleston ... 33 Woolley,c Hornby, b Make­ peace ..................................94 c and b Dean ... 1 A. P. Day, b Dean ........... 1 c Tyldesley(J.T.), C. V. L. Hooman, c Hud- b Dean ...........109 dleston, b Dean ...........29 n otou t................. 7 Huish, c Tyldesley (J.T .), b Sharp ..........................10 Fairservicc, b Dean ...........28 Fielder, b Dean .......................14 Preston, not o u t ................... 0 B 6, lb 10 ...................... 10 B 2, lb 1 ... 3 Total .................. 284 Total (5 wkts)*303 *Innings declared closed. L ancashire . R. H. Spooner, b Fielder... 0 cH uish,bFielder 37 A. Hartley, b Preston ... 19 b Woolley ........... 6 Tyldesley (J. T.), c and b Woolley .......................... 55 b Fairservice .. 10 Sharp, lbw, b Woolley ... 29 b Fairservice ... 0 Makepeace, c and b Preston 0 c Humphreys, b W oolley.......... 5 Tyldesley (E.), b Woolley... 13 c Dillon, b Fair­ service ...........44 Whitehead (R.), b Woolley 14 b Preston ........... 4 A. H. Hornby, c Seymour, b Fielder .......................... 25 b Woolley ............ 0 Huddleston, not o u t...........IS stHuisli,bWoolley 0 Dean, st Huish, b Woolley 0 b Woolley ........... 3 Worsley, run out.................. 0 n otout.................. 1 B 8, lb 3, nb 1 ...............12 B4, lb 2, nb7 13 Total ....................185 Total ....141 K ent . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Dean .........33 1 10 07 0 ............ 40 6 120 2 Whitehead ...25 5 72 1 ............. 20 1 102 2 Sharp ......... 11 0 49 1 ............ 5 0 29 0 Huddleston ... 14 4 22 0 ............ 22 5 05 1 Makepeace ... 11 0 58 2 ............. 7 0 39 0 Tyldesley (E .}........... 1 050 L a n c a sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. K. W. F ielder.......... 18-4 1 72 2 ............ 9 1 20 1 W oolley.......... 29 5 01 5 ............ 20 5 50 5 Preston.......... 12 1 40 2 ........... 14 3 43 1 Fairservice ... 1 1 0 0 ........... 5-1 2 9 3 H um phreys.......... 1 1 0 0 Fielder bowled eight no-balls. WANDERERS v. UPPER TOOTING.-riayed at Upper Tooting on July 14. T h e W a n d e r e r s . S. Colman, c Parcz, b G. “ H erbert” c andb Frith.......................... 42 H unt.......................... 3 T. C. Stafford, lbw, b A. Bridger, c Butcher, Hunt..........................110 b Hunt .................. 8 R. Kenward, b Hunt 9 N. A. Damian, b Frith 8 W. T. Graburn, b A. H. Behrend, not H unt.......................... 18 out .......................... 0 J. U. C. Watt, lbw, b P. G. Gale, absent ... 0 H u n t......................... 3 B 11, lb 1, nb 7... 19 G. R. Blades, lbw, b __ Hunt.......................... 0 Total ...........220 U p p e r T o o tin g . A. H. Parez, c and b G. H. Lyon, b Her­ Herbert .................. 26 bert .......................... 27 A. S. Seymour, c KenJ. II. Lindsay, b ward, b Bridger ... 0 Bridger .................. 2 H. S. Hill, b Bridger 3 P. li. Frith, Ibw, b D. H. Butcher, b Bridger .................. 10 Bridger .................. 21 F. L. Hunt, not out... 3 Hon. W. French, b Freeman, b Herbert... 0 Bridger .................. 20 Lb 2, nb 2 ........... 4 P. G. Windsor, b Her— bert .......................... 0 Total ........... 122 THE SOMERSET COUNTY C.O. Mr. Gerald Fowler, the treasurer of the Somerset Ciicket C.C., has written the following letter to a correspondent:— “ I am sorry to say I have arrived at the des­ pairing stage. I can see no alternative but retiring gracefully from the list of cricketing counties. We may, with the help of guaran­ tors and the £300 we carried forward last year, be able to pay our debts at the end of the season, but I am sure in the present state of the team, and considering the apathy of the public, we have no right to incur fresh liabilities. “ The expenses are so heavy, though cut down in every way, that we must take £100 a match—at least—to make both ends meet. Yet two matches at Bath only produced £93 9s. 9d., and the second day of the match with Gloucestershire at Taunton resulted in only £24 being taken, and that notwith­ standing that it was Whit Tuesday and that the conditions were ideal for cricket and for the spectator. These figures speak for them­ selves. The worst feature of all is that we have no young players coming on who could assist regularly. The only two I know of will both have to stick to business.” THE YORKSH IRE COUNTY C.C. At a meeting of the Yorkshire Committee, held at Sheffield on Monday, the matches for next year were allocated as follows. At Sheffield, Lancashire, Kent, Essex and Derbyshire: at Leeds, Surrey, Sussex, and Somerset: at Bradford, Middlesex, Worcestershire, and Leicestershire: at Huddersfield, Hampshire : at Hull, Notts : at Harrogate, Warwickshire: and at Dewsbury, Northamptonshire. The Surrey Second Eleven will be met at Bridlington, and the Lancashire Second Eleven at Rotherham. Yorkshire professionals were allotted to different towns : Bates to Barns­ ley, Drake to Dewsbury, Halliday to Hull, Dolphin to Scarborough, and D. Robinson to Wakefield. The Committee voted two guineas to Apted’s benefit in August at the Oval. N O R T H A M P T O N S H IR E v. G L O U C E S ­ T E R S H IR E . P layed at N orth am p ton on July 14,15 and 16. D raw n. The visitors batted during the whole of the first day, scoring during that time 400. Board and I). C. Robinson made 107 for the first wicket, but four were down for 103 when Jcssop went in. Playing in characteristic fashion, the captain rcached 100 in 85 minutes, and, in all, scored 102 out of 238 in 125 minutes. He hit two G’s, a 5 and twenty-four 4’s—five of them in an over from East— and apart from a chance to East in the long-field when 72 made no mistake. Whilst he was in the total was taken from 300 to 400 in 40 minutes. Dennett and Pai-ker put on 38 for tho last wicket, and the innings closed for 400. Just before tho end Manning kept wicket for Ellis, who had injured his hand. The second day’s cricket was marked by a splendid up-hill game on the part of the home side and a magnificent innings by Smith. The player named scored 204 out of 357 in four hours and a-half, and credited himself with the highest innings ever played for the County. The only mistake he made was when 134, when he was missed by Dennett off Huggins. Bitting finely all round the wicket, lie made a 0, a 5 and twenty-one 4’s. With Thompson he put on 112 for the fourth wicket, with Denton 109 for the seventh, and with Wells 82 for tho ninth. During the last-mentioned stand Dennett was hit for 51 in four overs. A t the end of the day Gloucestershire made 15 for tho loss of Board, and on the third morning took their score to 287 for nine wickets before declaring and leaving Northan s 324 to make in under three hours. Manning kept wicket in place of Ellis, who had injured a finger. Jessop hit a 0 and four 4’s, and Barnett and Merrick added 73 in 40 minutes. Northants started badly on their heavy task, but Pool and Smith added 131 for the fourth wicket and saved tho side from the danger of collapse. Score and analysis :— G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings. D. C. Robinson, b Thomp­ son ......................................53 c Haywood,b East 47 Board, b Wells ...............49 b Wells ........... 2 C. S. Barnett, b Wells ... 0 c Seymour,b East 52 Langdon, b Wells .......48 b Seymour............28 Mills, st Ellis, b East.......20 b E a s t .................. 9 G. L. Jessop, b Wells......102 b Wells ........... 41 E. Barnett, b Thompson ... 19 c Vials, b Wells... 0 Huggins, b Wells .......33 b Thompson ... 24 II. Merrick, b W ells..............12 notout .40 Dennett, b Thompson ... 15 Parker, not o u t ......................24 b Wells........................14 B 18, lb 3, nb 10 ...31 B 15,lb2, n b l... 18 Total ....................400 Total (9 wkts)*287 •Innings declared closed. N orthamptonshirb . First innings. Sccond innings. C. J. T. Pool, c Parker, b - Dennett .........................32 c Jessop, b Mills 82 Seymour (John), run out... 11 c E. Barnett, b H uggins........... 1 G. A. T. Vials, c Mills, b c Langdon, b Dennett ..........................29 H uggins............. 5 S. G. Smith, b Huggins ...204 run out ...........00 Thompson, c E. Barnett, b Dennett ..........................51 b B en n ett............12 East, b H uggins.................. 3 c Robinson, b Carter ...........1G Haywood, b Huggins ... 7 b D ennett............17 J. S. Denton, lbw, b Den­ nett ..................................32 not out ............ 2 T. E. Manning, c E. Bar­ nett, b Dennett ........... 2 not out ............ 5 Wells, lbw, b Dennett ... 44 Ellis, not out .................. 4 B 4, lb 4, w 3 ...........11 B 4, lb 2, nb2... 8 Total ..................430 Total (7 wkts)208 G loucgstershire . First inningR. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Thompson ... 34'1 0 l it 3 .............. 10 4 45 1 Wells ......... 28 5 130 0 .............. 23 2 114 4 Smith ......... 13 4 30 0 .............. East ......... 18 2 93 1 .............. 19'4 2 86 3 Seymour ... S 1 29 0 ............ 6 3 24 1 D enton......... 4 0 33 0 .............. Thompson bowled four no-balls, Wells three, Ea>:t three and Seymour one. N orthamptonshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. It. W. O. M. R. W. Huggins ... 33 4 121 3 .............. 15 2 42 2 Dennett.....45 '5 8 181 6 .............. 12 1 69 2 Mills ......... 29 6 70 0 .............. 16 4 43 1 Parker ........ 16 3 470 ... ... 16 6 40 1 Dennett bowled two wides and Mills one. Parker bowled two no-balls.