Cricket 1910

A ugust i i , 1910. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 33 1 cricket? Next year we shall see what we shall see. P rominence deserves to be given to the fact that, when he bowled Ellis in the second innings of Northamptonshire on Tuesday, Smith obtained his 200th wicket of the season. He is the first bowler to reach that number this year in first-class cricket, and it may prove that he will be the only one to achieve the distinction. His success is the result of consistent play o f a very high standard, and he is deserving of very hearty congratulations on his performance, for he has not only taken a larger number of wickets than any other player but occupies first place in the averages. Strange though it may seem, never until this season had he obtained as many as a hundred wickets in a season, his nearest approach being last year, when he took 95 for 12-43 runs apiece and was second in the averages. In the two matches he has played against Northants this sum-------season he has obtained 25 for 76 runs. O n the East Gloucestershire ground at Charlton Park, Cheltenham, on the 2nd inst, the home side kept the Nondescripts in the field whilst they made 460 for two wickets, innings declared closed, O. L. C. West scoring 272 not out, J. Williams 87 and G. C. Clarke 70. West, whose innings is the largest ever played for the club, hit a 6, a 5 and thirty-five 4’s, but the biggest individual score made against the Nondescripts remains the 386 obtained by Col. J. Spens for the United Services at Portsmouth in August, 1882. When play ended in the match at Cheltenham, the Nondescripts, with one wicket in hand, were 356 runs behind. To Mr. Alfred D. Taylor I am indebted for the following interesting note on Sussex cricketers:— “ Last week Vine made his 15,000th run for Sussex: this number has been exceeded only by Fry (20,656), Ranjitsinhji (17,810), and Killick (16,320). Newham is 64 short of 15,000. Vine has made more runs than anyone else for Sussex this year —yet you say he is a slotv scorer ! He has missed only one game in the last 327 played by the county.” Any reader who finds time hang heavily on his hands during the next week or two may like to hunt through his Wisdens in order to discover which is the match referred to. THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP. Plyd. Won. Dm. Lost. Per­ cent­ Kent............... ... 20 16 2 2 age. 80-00 Surrey ......... ... 21 12 3 6 57*14 Lancashire ... 23 12 6 5 52-17 Hampshire Middlesex ... 18 9 3 6 50-00 ... 16 8 4 4 50-00 Sussex ......... ... 19 9 3 7 47-36 Yorkshire......... ... 21 9 6 6 42-85 Essex............... ... 13 5 2 6 38-46 Northants ... 16 6 3 7 37-50 Notts................ ... 16 6 6 4 37-50 Leicestershire... ... 14 5 0 9 35-71 Gloucestershire ... 16 4 4 8 25 00 Warwickshire... ... 18 4 6 8 22-22 Worcestershire ... 16 2 8 6 12-50 Derbyshire ... 17 2 2 13 11-76 Somerset......... ... 14 0 2 12 — NOTTS 2n d XI. v. STAFFORDSHIRE. Played at Nottingham on August 1 and 2 and left drawn. Score and analysis :— N o t t s 2 n d XI. First innings. > Sccond innings. James, b Deyes ............... 8 Armstrong, b Barnes...............................25 J. K. Lane, c Briggs, b Barnes ......................10 Iremonger (A.), b Deyes ... 13 Whysall, cDearing, bDeyes 140 Stapleton, c Briggs, b Barnes ......................22 b Nicholls C. L. A. Sutton, c Vost, b Barnes ...................... 5 W. B. B. Lymbery, ht wkt, b Deyes ......................21 Rev.H.Staunton,bNicholls 9 Turner, not o u t............... 25 Barnes, b Deyes ... ........ 14 Byes, &c.........................................21 notout............. 24 b Barnes .......12 c Bucknell, b Deyes .......... 7 c Vost, b Bourne 10 notout............. 38 . 32 Byes, &c. Total ...............313 Total (4 wkts)*123 *Innings declared closed. S t a f fo r d s h ir e . J.W.Johnson.eStaple­ ton, b Iremonger ... Bucknell,clremonger, b Barnes............... H. Dearing, notout... Deyes, c Stapleton, b Barnes ............... B 8, lb 4, nb 2 ... P. Briggs, c and b Ire­ monger ............... 8 Hollowood.blremonger 97 E. H. Bourne, cJames, b Barnes............... 35 Nicholls, c Whysall, b Lymbery............... 13 L. F. Taylor, c Lym­ bery, b Sutton ... 13 Vost, b Barnes ......... 29 Total ........... 232 Barnes(S. F.),c Staple­ ton, b Barnes......... 6 Second innings:Briggs, notout, 8; Hollowood, not out, 22 ; byes, 4. Total (no wkt), 34. N o t t s 2 n d XI. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Barnes ... Deyes ... Bucknell Vost Bourne ... Nicholls... 28 25-4 13 10 37 0 ... 11 0 ... .6 0 ... 57 1 ... 11 0 33 0 16 Iremonger Barnes ... Lymbery Sutton ... Armstrong S t a f f o r d s h ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W. 24 2 64 3 ... 25-3 6 64 5 ... 10 1 43 1 ... 13 2 32 1 ... 1 0 15 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 5 1 15 0 Sutton bowled two no-balls. MIDDLESEX v. ESSEX. Played at Lord’s on August 8, 9 and 10. REMARKABLE BOWLING. Middlesex won by two wickets. So much progress was made with this match on Monday that during the day each side completed an innings, with an advantage of 6 runs to Essex. The bowlers could make the ball turn and occasionally get up, and Hendren, whilst facing Buckenham, had his lower lip badlycut and was obliged to retire from the match. Douglas and Perrin gave the visitors a good start by making 75 together for the firstwicket, yet the innings closed for 110. After, lunch the last eight wickets went down for 17 runs, of which 7 were extras, Hearne (J. W.) bowling during that period 31 balls (4 maidens) for 2 runs and seven wickets, although as a matter of fact he obtained all his seven wickets in 25 balls without a run being made off him. He followed up his successful bowling by batting very steadily and carrying out his bat for 39. Both Buckenham and Douglas bowled finely, and during the afternoon the band of the S Division of Police played in the ground. The weather was dull throughout Tuesday and rain caused a delay of nearly two hours. The band in attendance proved welcome after lunch, relieving the monotony of the long wait. During the time play was in progress Essex made 227 for eight wickets, a good score as the light was poor almost throughout and runs were not easy to get during the greater part of the time. Turner and Perrin added 52 together in an hour, but the latter was missed when 23 : he showed strong defence during the 100minutes he was in. Fane, let off when 8 (at 113) remained to score 51 and with Gibson put on 79 in 65minutes. Only 8 runs were added yesterday before the innings closed, leaving Middlesex 242 to win with practically a whole day before them. Warner and Tarrant, recognising that time was of no moment and that much depended on their efforts, took things leisurely and at the end of an hour had made only 41, whilst at lunch the total had been advanced to 67. In all, the stand for the first wicket realised 78 runs in 110 minutes before Tarrant was lbw. Hearne (J.W.) just failed to reach double-figures, and when James Douglas was out three wickets were down for 94. Murrell failed, but Baker, in making 18, stayed whilst 38 were added for the fifth wicket in half-an-hour. A run later Harper, after being struck by a ball from Bucken­ ham, was lbw to Mead, and Hendren, who pluckily batted despite his injury, was caught at slip for a single. Hearne (J. T.) was bowled without a run, and upon his dismissal eight wickets were down for 142. All this time Warner was batting steadily and well, but when joined by Saville the position appeared almost hopeless. Gradually, however, tho score mounted and, despite many changes in the attack, the pair put on 101 together and pulled off the game for their side—a most meritorious per­ formance. Warner just reached three-figures, and when the game was over carried out his bat for 101, made without a chance. Score and analysis:— E s s e x . First innings. J. W. H. T. Douglas, c Douglas, b Tarrant ... 30 c and b Tarrant 6 P.Perrin, c Mignon, b Tar­ rant ............................ 39 Major A. J. Turner, c Warner, b Hearne (J.W.) 7 Rev. F. H. Gillingham, c and b Tarrant................10 F. L. Fane, c Douglas, b Hearne (J. W.).................... 5 C. P. McGahey, c Douglas, b Hearne (J. W.) ......... 1 A. L. Gibson, lbw, b Hearne (J. W.) ..................... Buckenham, c Warner, b Hearne (J. W.)................ Russell (E.), lbw, b Hearne (J- W.)........................... Mead (W.), c Mignon, b Hearne (J. W.)............... Tremlin, not out... Second innings. b Tarrant .........39 c Hearne (J. W.), b Mignon ... 23 c sub., b Hearne (J. W.) .........18 c Mignon, b Tar­ rant ............... 51 c Murrell, b Mig- non ................. 19 0 cSaville,bMignon 34 0 not out.............. 12 B 8, lb 5, w 1, nb 1... 15 b Hearne (J.W.) 11 lbw, b Hearne (J. W.) ......... 6 b Hearne (J. W.) 0 B 12, lb 4 ... 16 Total ...110 Total... ..235 M id d l e s e x . J. Douglas, c Russell, b Buckenham ............... 3 Tarrant,c Douglas, b Buck­ enham............................ 12 Hendren (E.), retired hurt 29 Hearne (J. W.), not out ... 39 P. F. Warner, c Fane, b Buckenham ............... 2 not out......... K. B. Harper, b Buckenham 0 lbw, b Mead C. V. Baker, b Buckenham 2 c Gillingham, S. H. Saville, c Russell, b Mead Buckenham ............... 0 not out......... Murrell, b Douglas ......... 9 b Mead Hearne (J. T.), b Douglas... 4 b Buckenham Mignon, b Douglas ... . Leg-bye......... lbw, b Bucken­ ham ................ 0 lbw, b Bucken­ ham ............... 42 c Douglas, b Buckenham ... 1 b Mead ......... 9 ...101 ... 1 b ... 18 ... 56 ... 0 ... 0 15 Total ...104 E s s e x . First innings. O. M. R. W. B 2, lb 4, nb 9. Total (8 wkts)243 Second innings. O. M. R. W. Hearne (J. T.) 4 1 7 0 ... ... 12 6 16 0 Tarrant......... 19 7 32 3 ... ... 35 15 .54 3 Mignon......... 8 2 15 0 ... ... 16 0 63 3 Hearne (J. W.) 22-2 9 37 7 ... ... 34-5 7 86 4 Douglas......... 1 0 4 0 ... Mignon bowled one no-ball and Hearne (J. W.) one wide. M id d l e s e x . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Buckenham ... 23 6 51 6 ... ... 33 11 104 4 Tremlin........ 6 1 19 0 .. ... 15 6 23 0 Mead ......... 3 1 11 0 ... ... 23 3 60 •4 Douglas......... 13*1 4 22 3 ... ... 12 3 36 0 McGahey ... ... 2-2 1 5 0 Douglas bowled five no-balls and Buckenham four. THE OF ENCYCLOPAEDIA SPOET .* The fourth fortnightly part of this impor­ tant work contains articles, fully illustrated with a collection of magnificent photographs, on Big Game, Big Horn, and Billiards. The cover—a very attractive one—reproduces in colour a representation of “ Rowing,” and the issue contains as frontispiece a colour plate of Grouse Hawking. The work is to be completed in about thirty numbers, and the past issues can still be obtained from the publishers. * The Encyclopaedia of Sport. Vol. 1, part iv. London: Wm. Heinemann, 21, Bedford Street, E.C. Price, Is. net.