Cricket 1911

1 2 (i CKICKET : A W EEK LY EECOED OF THE GAME. M ay 6, 1911. SURREY PRACTICE MATCH. Played at the Oval on May 1 and 2. Drawn. Two very good sides had been got together for this practice game, the only notable absentee being M. C. Bird. Davis played a rousing innings of 65, hitting well all round the wicket and obtain­ ing his runs in 70 minutes without a chance; he hit eleven 4’s. Goatly, for several years only just failing to make his place secure in the County Eleven, was seen to advantage and Vigar also batted well. Rushby and Lees added 51 together in 20 minutes and Smith and Vigar 54 in similar time. On Tuesday some excellent cricket was seen until shortly before four o’clock, when rain caused the game to be given up as a draw. The wicket was better than on the first day, and Hayward, Hobbs, Knight and Ducat were all seen to advantage. The last-named hit freely and well as soon as he had settled down, making his strokes with power and certainly all round the wicket and obtaining his 330 out of 216 in 105 minutes. He hit two 6 ’s, a 5 and eighteen 4’s. Hayward took some little time to appear comfortable, but Spring, hitting freely from the start, scored 50 in 25 minutes. Score and analysis :— First innings. D. J. Knight, b Smith ........... Hayward, c Smith, b Hitch ... Davis, c Goatly, b Blacklidge... Ducat, c Goatly, b Keenan C. T. A. Wilkinson, b Keenan Spring, c Rutty, b Blaeklidgc Abel (W. J.), lbw, b Smith Myers, run out ........................... Platt, c Freeman, b Hobbs Sti'udwick, b Hobbs ................... Ilusliby, c Freeman, b Hitch ... Lees, not out................................... B 4, lb 5 ................... Total Mr. C. T. A. W il k in s o n ’ s S id e . 0 12 05 0 1 28 10 1 18 IS 29 22 9 Second innings. not o u t.......................... c Hitch, b Jackson ... . b Freeman ........................ c Hitch, b Keenan ... . b Hobbs............................... c Hobbs, b Smith ... . not o u t ............................... 50 70 20 130 1 (> 50 10 Byes ...........................213 *Innings declared closed. M r . A. W. F. R utty ’ s S ide . First innings. Hobbs, c Strudwick, b Rushby ................... 12 Hayes, c Knight, b Rushby ........................... 12 Goatly, lbw, b Abel ........................................... 36 Keenan, b Rushby ........................................... 1 Blaeklidgc, b M y e rs ........................................... 7 G. W. Palmer, run out ................................... 20 Hitch, b Abel ................................................... 3 Vigar, notout .................................................... 40 Smith (W. C.), b R u shby......... ................... 28 A. W. F. Rutty, b W ilkinson........................... 22 Jackson, b Wilkinson ................................... 0 Freeman, b Wilkinson .................................. 0 B 4. lb 2 ................................... 0 Total (5 wkts) ...*350 Second innings. not o u t .................................. 40 c Rushby, b Lees ........... 17 not o u t .................................. 0 Total ............193 M r . C. T. A. W ilkinson ’ First innings. O. M. R. W . Smith ............ 14 1 74 2 ............ Hitch ............ 5*5 2 10 2 ............ Keenan ... ............ 7 2 17 2 ............ Freeman ...................4 0 20 0 ........... Blacklidge ............ 6 0 84 2 ............ Jackson ... ............ 6 0 26 0 ........... Hobbs ... ............ 6 2 23 2 Goatly M r . A. W. F. R utty ’ s First innings. Byes .......................... 2 Total (1 wkt) ... 59 Second innings. Lees Rushby ... Myers Platt Spring ... Abel Wilkinson O. M. R. W. 13 2 56 0 12 3 35 4 3 0 20 1 10 2 27 0 4 1 15 0 5 0 29 2 2 1 5 3 O. M. R. W. 18 1 74 1 6 1 19 14 3 74 1 5 0 34 1 9 0 51 6 0 38 1 4 0 43 1 3 0 19 0 Second innings. O. M. R. w. 7 1 20 1 6 0 32 0 1 0 5 0 THE CAMBRIDGE SENIORS’ MATCH. Played at Cambridge on May 1, 2 and 3. During Monday’s play, to such an extent did the bat beat the ball, Mr. B. H. Holloway’s XI. scored 417 and had a wicket in hand when stumps were drawn. C. G. Forbes-Adam and Holloway made 133 together for the first wicket, the former hitting a 5 and eleven 4 ’s during the two hours his innings lasted and offering only one chance—by no means an easy one to the wicket-keeper when 54 Subsequently Keddie, formerly of Dulwich, made 75 in capital style, hitting eleven 4’s and adding 87 in 70 minutes for the eighth wicket with Leeming. Considerable difficulty was experienced on Tuesday in obtaing the last wicket, Bridges and Atkinson hitting out so well that they put on 93 together. The former followed up his innings of 74 by taking seven wickets for 85 in a total of 220, and but for the punishment meted out by Trubshaw and Baggallay, who added 77 for the last partnership, would have had even better figures. In the follow-on Bache and Forbes-Adam put on 73 for the second, and the latter and Wilson 70 for the third. Forbes-Adam, driving very well, hit two 5‘s and twelve 4’s. At the end of the day three wickets were down for 154. On Wednesday some interesting cricket was seen, and Mr. Holloway’s side won by five wickets. At one time they seemed likely to win by a much larger margin, but Delius and Baggallay, by powerful hitting, put on 153 in 55 minutes for the last wicket of Mr. Bagallay’s side. Set 187 to win, Holloway’s team had half their wickets down for 56, after which Windsor-Clive and Keddie put on 134 and pulled oft' the match without further loss. The former hit thirteen 4’s and 1,380 runs were made in the match. Bridges again bowled well, and his record for the game was 13 for 250. Score and Analysis:— 78 52 Mr. B. H . H o llo w ay ’ s Side. First innings. C. G. Forbes-Adams c Pigg, b Thursby B. H. Holloway, c E. G. Forbes-Adams, b Thursby ......................................................... M. H. C. Doll, b Fowler ................... M. E. E. Thomas, c Sullivan, b Tr A. H. Lang, b Fowler.......................... Hon. A. Windsor-Clive, b Sullivan C. G. Ainsworth, b Sullivan ........... C. M. Keddie, b Bache ................... A. J. Leeming, c Wilson, b Thursby L. W. Bridges, b Trubshaw ........... G. H. Atkinson, not o u t ................... B 12, lb 5 ................... Second innings. Total......... M r. M. E. C. B aogallay First innings. E. G. Forbes-Adam, b Bridges .................. 0 H. G. Bache, c Lang, b Bridges .................. 29 A. P. Wilson, o Windsor-Clive, b D oll........... 37 J. H. B. Sullivan, c Lang, b Bridges ........... 13 S. St. M. Delius, c Holloway, b Bridges ... 8 W. Thursby, c and b D oll.................................. 2 W. A. Transenter, b Bridges .......................... 0 R. H. Fowler, c and b Bridges .................. 8 B. W. Pigg, b Bridges .................................. 32 C. S. Trubshaw, not out .................................. 25 M. E. C. Baggallay, st Lang, b Windsor Clive ................................................................. 50 B 2, lb 4, w 4.................................. 10 Total ... . ... 0 c Thursby, b B a ch e ......... 1 shaw 44 b Bache.................................. 0 ......... 17 c Pigg, b Bache ... ... .. . 22 ......... 45 not o u t ................................. . 80 ......... 38 b Fowler ......................... ., 23 ......... 75 not o u t ................................... 49 ......... 25 . ... 74 ......... 37 c Trubshaw, b Fowlei ... 2 ......... 17 B 8, lb l, w 4 ......... . 13 ......... 502 Total (5 wkts) .. 190 ’s S id e . Second innings. b Doll ................................. c Bridges, b Doll ......... c Atkinson, b Bridges .. st Lang, b Bridges ......... c Doll, b Bridges ......... b H ollow ay......................... c and b B ridges................. run o u t ................................. c Doll, b Bridges ......... st Lang, b Bridges ... ., not o u t ................................. B 7, lb 5, w 2 ......... 98 15 50 14 87 40 48 8 31 0 63 14 ........... 220 Mr. B. H . H o llo w a y ’ s S id e . First innings. O. M. R. W. Fowler ................... 26 4 89 2 Bache ................... 25 7 70 1 Pigg.......................... 14 2 50 0 Transenster........... 11 3 30 0 Trubshaw .......... 15-4 1 84 2 Sullivan.................. 24 4 85 2 Delius .................. 6 0 24 0 Thursby................... 17 3 53 3 Bache bowled I M r . M. E. C. B ag First innings O. M. R. W. Windsor-Clive 13-4 1 72 1 Bridges ................... 21 3 85 7 D oll.......................... 8 1 53 2 Total Second innings. Keddie ................ A tk in so n ................ H ollow a y................ Windsor-Clive bowled three wides, Bridges two and Doll one. O. M. R. W. 8 0 47 2 13 2 64 3 1 0 9 0 8 0 36 0 3*1 0 21 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 13 0 65 0 31-2 3 165 6 21 1 99 2 9 1 41 0 5 1 29 0 11 0 55 1 THE ADVISORY COUNTY COMMITTEE. BOLLING THE WICKET. At their meeting at Lord’s last week the Advisory County Com­ mittee passed a resolution with regard to the rolling of the wicket. The information supplied to the Press, the meeting being private, would appear to have been in some respects inaccurate. It has been officially announced that the following was to be placed before the M.C.C. Committee for their consideration: “ That it be an agreement among the counties that the in-side shall have the option of having the ground swept and rolled should they so desire for five minutes at the close of play on each day, and for five minutes before the commencement of play on the following day. But if such option is not exercised, unless the in-side object, the ground shall be swept and rolled for not more than ten minutes before the commencement of play.” This, presumably, is the exact wording of the resolution arrived at by the Advisory Committee, but the first announcement was to the effect that the rolling should be before the commencement, instead of at the close, of play.