Cricket 1910

S e p t . 8, 1910. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 397 at times, and in Ian Campbell the side possessed perhaps the best Public School batsman of the year. Strudwick, as usual, was excellent behind the wicket. BATTIN G AVERAGES. Tim es M ost not in an Total Inns. out. inns. Runs. Aver. H a y e s............................ . 32 1 88 1007 32-48 H o b b s............................ 49 3 133 1432 31-13 H ayward ................... . 37 1 120 1092 30-33 D u c a t............................., 37 1 153 1025 28-47 I. P. F. Cam pbell .. H . D. G. Leveson . 11 0 69 309 28-09 Gower ................... . 8 3 44 123 24-60 Capt. H. S. Bush .. . 17 1 88 388 24-25 M. C. B ir d ................... . 42 2 77 904 22-60 H arrison ................... . 26 1 65 541 21-64 Davis .............................. 24 1 106 438 19-04 E. C. K ir k ................... . 3 0 43 54 18-00 H it c h ............................., 33 3 74* 536 17*86 Abel(W . J .) ............. 26 1 49* 439 17-56 S tru d w ick ................... . 42 22 46 278 13-90 C. T. A. W ilkinson .. . 8 0 31 111 13-87 S p rin g ............................ . 6 0 34 69 11-50 Sm ith (W . C . ) .......... . 45 5 39 432 10-80 N. A. K nox ............ 7 2 24 53 10 60 Lees ............................., 24 8 15* 104 6-50 Platt ............................ . 20 3 17 100 5-88 Marshal ................... . 8 0 13 33 4-12 The follow ing also batted 5* ; and Myers, 13. : Thom pson (H .), 20 and * Signifies not out. BOW LING AVERAG ES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. C. T. A. W ilkinson 7 2 12 2 6-00 E. C. K irk ... ,... 47-3 15 102 14 7-28 Sm ith (W .C .)... ,..1217-5 365 2702 215 12*56 M a rs h a l.................. 7 0 43 3 14-33 Ducat ..................... 5 1 16 1 16 00 M. C. Bird ... .... 130 3 28 391 21 18-61 N. A . K nox ... ... 171*4 31 525 27 19-44 Hayes .................. .. 88-5 11 235 12 19-58 P la tt.......................... ... 279-2 66 845 43 19-65 H itch .................. .. 530 3 81 1788 83 21-54 L e e s .............................. 548-4 114 1434 63 22-76 A bel (W. J .) ... .... 162-1 23 511 15 34-06 Capt. H. S. Bush ,.. 17 3 48 1 48-00 H obbs ................. ... 39 8 119 2 59-50 The follow ing also bow led :— Davis ..................,.. 2 0 3 0 — Spring .................. .. 4 1 13 0 — M yers .%.................. 13 4 2 S 0 _ Thom pson (H .) .. 16 2 48 0 — . HU N D REDS H IT FOR THE SIDE. Davis, v. Sussex, at Horsham ..................... Ducat, v. Yorkshire, at the O v a l..................... Hayward, v. W arwickshire, at the Oval ... Hayward, v. Sussex, at the O v a l.................... Hayward, v. Nottingham , at the Oval H obbs, v. Derbyshire, at D erby ..................... Hobbs, v. Leicestershire, at L eicester............ 106 153 106 115 120 133 116 MIDDLESEX. Inasmuch as they finished third among the counties, Middlesex fared better than was anticipated when, in their opening match, Kent beat them by an innings and 198 runs. At the end of July they had only two reverses debited to them, Yorkshire, when set 331 to win at Lord’s, having made the runs with a couple of wickets to spare. Subsequently Kent, who had all the luck of the weather, beat them at Canterbury, Surrey won a close game at the Oval by a couple of wickets, and Notts proved successful at Trent Bridge by four wickets. As a set-off against these five defeats Middlesex won eleven matches, beating Sussex, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Essex and Hampshire twice and Yorkshire once. As in many previous seasons, P. F. Warner headed the batting averages. For some time he did not meet with much success, and it was not until the middle of July that he made the first of his four hundreds, the last three of which, by the way, he obtained in consecutive innings at Lord’s. Hearne (J. T.) enjoyed a very suc­ cessful season, not only taking more than a hundred wickets but heading the averages ; his return to form was one of the most notable and most pleasing features of the English season. Tarrant and Hearne (J. W .) were the all-round men of the side. The former, who made over 1,200 runs and took 123 wickets, was second in both batting and bowling averages. Hearne (J. W.) played a couple of innings of over a hundred, and in the match at Lord’s with Essex did an astonishing piece of bowling, taking seven wickets off the reel without a run being made off him. Murrell kept wicket well, and the fielding of the side generally was good. BATTING AVERAGES. Tim es Most Inns. not out. in an inns. Total Runs. Aver. P. F. W arner ... ... 32 4 150* 1248 44-57 Tarrant .................. .. 35 2 142 1295 39-24 E. S. L itteljohn .. 15 1 129 406 29-00 Hon. R. A nson... . 7 1 80 165 27-50 W. P. Robertson .. 13 1 115 321 26-75 G. E. V. Crutchley ... 8 1 58 173 24-71 H endren .................. .. 33 1 91 777 24-28 Hearne (J. W .)... ... 34 2 155 725 22-65 S. H. Saville ... ... 12 1 76 233 21-18 C. V. Baker ... ... 13 1 53 243 20-25 F. T. M ann ... ... 14 1 37* 217 1669 Capt. J. W orm ald ... 12 0 61 186 15-50 R . E. M o re................ .. 14 1 66 * 193 14-84 J. D ouglas.................. .. 12 1 82* 148 13-45 Murrell .................. .. 33 3 61* 372 12-40 E. L. K id d .................. 7 0 38 83 11-85 Hearne (J. T.) ... ... 30 12 34 164 9-11 M ignon .................. .. 22 6 24 131 8-18 T rott .......................... .. 4 1 8 * 19 6-33 K. B. H arper ... ... 5 0 28 31 6-20 M. J. Susskind... ... 3 0 5 8 2-66 The follow ing also batted : H. S. W eston (12, 12, 4*, 20*, 15*), A. W . Griffin (0 and 2), Etheridge (1 and 3), R. H . Twining (1). •Signifies n ot out. BOW LING AVERAGES. Overs. M dns. Runs. W kts. Aver. Hearne (J. T.) 718 243 1427 116 12-30 E. L. K idd ............ 3-2 0 15 1 15-00 Tarrant ..................... 847 251 1946 123 15-82 Trott ............................ 21-1 5 68 4 17-00 R. E. More ............ 179-2 60 454 19 23-89 Hearne (J. W.) 356 66 1185 48 24-68 G. E. V. Crutchley 40-2 7 124 5 24-80 H. S. W eston........... 37 14 101 4 25-25 M ignon ..................... 296*2 30 The follow ing also bow led :— 1201 42 28-59 Hon. R. Anson 2 1 3 0 __ J. Douglas ............ 1 0 4 0 — M. J. Susskind 1 0 7 0 __ S. H . S a v ille ............ 2 0 11 0 __ P. F. W arner............ 3 0 13 0 __ H en d ren ..................... 2 0 14 0 __ A. W. G riffin............ 18 3 56 0 _ H U ND REDS H IT FOR TH E SIDE. Hearne (J. W .), v. Somei-set, at L ord’s ................. 155 Hearne (J. W .), v. Sussex, at Eastbourne ... 108 E. S. Litteljohn, v. Ham pshire, at Portsm outh 129 W. P. Robertson, v. Som erset, at L ord’s ... 115 Tarrant, v. Sussex, at L ord’s ..............................*140 Tarrant, v. W orcestershire, at L ord’s ................. 142 Tarrant, v. Yorkshire, at L ord’s ..............................107 P. F. Warner, v. W orcestershire, atW orcester *150 P. F. W arner, v. Essex, at L ord’s .................*101 P. F. Warner, v. Ham pshire, at Lord’s ................ *145 P. F. Warner, v. Surrey, at L ord’s ................. 137 * Signifies not out, LANCASHIRE. Lancashire, perhaps the strongest team in the country on all wickets, although most unfortunate in the weather they experienced, had a very interesting season. A thoroughly sporting side, they never played for a draw when there was the least possibility of pulling off a match, and it was due to no fault on their part that so large a percentage of their games was drawn. With ordinary good fortune they would have gained a higher position among the counties, and with a little—only a little— luck might have carried off the Champion­ ship. MacLaren, after apparently regaining his form, could not find time to assist the side, and Walter Brearley was kept away owing to a strained leg. Even lacking two such fine players and being handicapped so severely by the weather, the side enjoyed, on the whole, a successful season. At times their form was brilliant in the extreme, and twice during the year they had the satisfac­ tion of winning after playing a record fourth innings : against Notts they won by two wickets after being set 400, and in the match with Hampshire at Southampton scored 404 on the last day and proved successful by five. These two feats alone would have proved sufficient to change an otherwise ordinary season into a noteworthy one, but even additional distinction attaches to the per­ formances inasmuch as on each occasion the runs were made against time. Their best achievement, apart from these, was in Sharp’s benefit match at Manchester, when they beat Yorkshire by an innings and 111 runs. Spooner, able to appear only occasionally, then played a great innings of 200, thereby incidentally showing how much the team would benefit if he could assist the side regularly. But the chief feature of Lancashire’s season was the batting of Tyldesley (J. T.), who scored 1961 runs with an average of just under 50 and has never been seen to greater advantage on all kinds of wickets. Hartley supported him well and Sharp was most consistent. Iu the bowling Dean showed a marked improvement and with Huddleston did the greater part of the work. Hornby again proved himself an able leader and played some most useful innings. BATTING AVERAGES. Tim es Most not Inns. out. in an inns. Total Runs. Aver. Tyldesley (J. T.) .. 42 2 158 1961 49-02 R. H . Spooner ... ... 16 4 200 * 479 3ii '.'1 A. H a rtley .................. .. 43 3 234 1511 37-77 S h a r p ............................. 40 1 150 1415 36-28 A. C. MacLaren .. 10 1 127 305 33-88 W hitehead (R .) .. ... 23 2 129 5516 24*57 A. H. H ornby ... ... 34 6 83 687 24 53 Heap .......................... .. 26 8 59 402 22*33 M akepeace................. .. 26 2 95 522 21*75 Tyldesley (W .) ... ... 18 0 67 356 19*77 Tyldesley (E .) ... ... 20 1 66 302 15-89 Cook (L .) .................. .. 18 6 25 135 11-25 Tyldesley (James) ... 3 0 18 32 10-66 H uddleston ... ... 30 3 39 241 8 92 Dean .......................... .. 27 5 25 145 6-59 E. L. W right ... ... 4 0 8 26 6-50 W orsley .................. .. 20 8 9 56 4-66 W. Brearley ... ... 4 1 3 6 2-00 The follow ing also batted : J. L. Jones (0*, 2*, 7*, 1 and 0*) ; Rowlands (0); B lom ley (1* and 0) ; R. V. Bardsley (15). * Signifies not out,