Cricket 1911

M a y 20,1911. C E IC K ET : A W EEK LY EECOED OE THE GAME. 161 ©M tucm j. M r . W . A N D R E W . Mr. W. Andrew, who represented Hampshire in a few matches during the seasons of 1897 and 1898, died on March 30th. As he was born March 22nd, 1869, he had completed his forty-second year at the time of his death. A native of Bournemouth, Mr. Andrew made his first appearance for Hampshire during the Bournemouth Week of 1897, when he scored 24 and 10 against the M.C.C. and 14 and 11 against the Philadelphians. A few weeks later, after scoring 22 and 54 not out against Sussex at Brighton, he played a fine second innings of 106 against Warwickshire at Southampton, adding in partnership with Mr. A. J. L. Hill 222 runs for the fourth wicket, their fine batting effecting a creditable draw after the game appeared to be hopelessly lost. At the close of the season Mr. Andrew stood second in the batting averages of his county, having scored in all first-class matches 272 runs with an average of 30-2, in addition to taking 11 wickets at a cost of 34 runs each. Far from realising the promise of his first season, Mr. Andrew proved completely unsuccessful in the seven matches in which he represented the county in 1898, scoring only 43 runs in 12 iDnings, although he obtained 12 wickets at a cost of 21 runs apiece. He did not represent the county again. A.C D. M r . V. K. ARMITAGE. Mr. Vernon Kirk Armitage, who played for Cambridge University against M.C.C. and Ground and XIII. of Surrey, at Lord’s and the Oval respectively, in 1864, died at Southport on May 8 th, aged G 8 . He was born at Pendleton, near Manchester, on October 20th, 1842, and educated at Harrow, but, although a very useful cricketer, did not obtain a place in the Eleven. In Scores and Biographies (VIII.—319) it was said of him :—“ Is a capital batsman and fields well, generally at cover-point. J.D.B. M r . W . EVERSHED. Mr. Wallis Evershed, a younger brother of Mr. S. H. Evershed, and a son of the late Mr. S. Evershed, M .P., of Burton-on-Trent, died on the 8 th inst., aged 47, and was buried at Kendal four days later. He was educated at Clifton, where he was in the Eleven in 1880 and two following seasons, being captain in 1882, when he was described as “ a good bat, hitting and playing back very hard, and has improved in defence; he lost his command of the ball at the beginning of the season, but bowled well on several occasions later on ; a g ooi field ; won the fielding prize.” He was a con­ temporary at Clifton of Messrs. J. H. Brain and K. J. Key, and in 1881 played an innings of 185 against University College, Oxford. In three seasons— 1882, 1883 and 1884—he appeared occasionally for Derbyshire, scoring 357 runs with an average of 14-87. His best form was shown at the end of 1883, when in successive matches he scored 92 (iu 85 minutes, hitting fifteen 4’s) v. Surrey at the Oval and 56 v. Sussex at Brighton. The latter innings was a particularly plucky one, and one which had much to do with Derbyshire’s success after they had been obliged to follow-on. Mr. Evershed was born on May 10th, 1863, and rendered yeoman service to the Kendal Club from 1885 to 1903. T he late Mr. W . L. MURDOCH. On Thursday afternoon last, amid many manifestations of regret, the fuueral took place at Kensal Green of the late Mr. W. L. Murdoch, who died suddenly in Melbourne on February 18th, and whose body was embalmed and brought to England. The funeral was preceded by a service at St. Stephen’s Church, Talbot Road, Westbourne Park, W. A. A. LILLEY'S XI. v. A. P. DAY’S ground, Birmingham, on May 15 and A. A. L illev ’ s XI. Kinneir, c Day, b Grimshaw ... 40 G. H. Tyler, b Cuffe.......................... 17 Charlcsworth, c Hutchings, bCuffc 1 Quaife, c Hutchings, b Cuffe ... 1 Baker, c and b Grimshaw .......... 77 Parson, b Cuffe.................................. 0 G. W. Stevens, b Cuffe .................. 22 Gilley, b Cuffe .................................. 10 W. Pullen, b Cuffe .......................... 11 Smith, b Cuffc .................................. 17 Picld, c Lym, b Cuffe ........... ... 10 Bates, notout .................................. 0 B 24, lb 4 .................................. 28 Total ...................... 234 XI.—Played at the Aston University left drawn. Score:— A. P. D ay ’ s XI. Bowley, c Field, b Bates .......... 12 Grimshaw, c Stephens, b Bates. . 28 B. N. Davies, c Tyler, b Charles- worth ......................................... 4 George, c Stephens, b Bates ... 15 A. P. Day, not o u t .......................... 28 K. L. Hutchings, b Charlesworth 1 Cuffe, c Stephens, b Quaife........ 24 Wilkinson, c Lilley, b Quaife ... 5 J. F. Stevenson, not out ........ 10 Byes... ................................. 13 Total (7 wkts) ......146 M.C.C. AMD GROUND v. KENT . Played at L ord’s on May 11, 12 and 13. M .C.C. and Ground won by 94 runs. A heavy storm restricted the first day’s play to two hours and a- half, in which time the hom e side, fortunate to win the toss, made 191 for four wickets. Tarrant and W arner put up 108 for the first wicket in 70 minutes, the form er playing a freer game than usual and hitting a 6 and seven 4’s : he pulled Blythe for 4, 6 and 4 off successive balls. W arner also showed excellent cricket for 80 m inutes, and with seven of the subsequent players reaching double­ figures the total reached 301. Against Thom pson and Tarrant the county lost half their wickets for 37, the form er getting rid of Humphreys, Hutchings and W oolley in the course of an over. Seym our, fortunately, stayed and received excellent support from the last three men. W ith Fairservice 80 were added in 55 minutes, with Blythe 39 were put on, and with Morfee in a further 54 were added in half-an-hour. Seymour, when the end came, carried out his bat for 96, for which he batted two hours and 50 minutes. H e hit fifteen 4’s, made some fine strokes to the on and offered only one ch an ce—a difficult one to Thom pson when 48. By the end of the second day the M .C.C., going in again, had lost Tarrant, the younger R elf and Collins for 35. Owing chiefly to Thom pson, who made a couple of 6’s in an over from Blythe in his bright innings of 66, Kent were set 269 to win in three hours and a-quarter. E xcept W oolley, who made 66 out of 99 in 70 m inutes, the batsmen were disappointing and the hom e side won easily. In justice to the county it should be said that they were not at full strength and that they had the worst of the wicket in each innings. Score and analysis : — M.C.C. First innings. P. F. Warner, c Seymour, b Blythe ........ Tarrant, c Huish, b Woolley ....................... Relf (R. R.), c Hatfeild, b Morfee............... Hearne (J. W.), c Hardingc, b Blythe........ Thompson, c Hardinge, b Morfee................ Relf (A. E.), c Hutchings, b Blythe ........ Mignon, c Morfee, b Blythe ....................... D. C. Collins, c Seymour, b Blythe ........ B. S. Foster, b Fairservice ....................... D. C. Robinson, st Huish, b Fairservice .. N. C. Tufnell, not out .............................. B 11, lb 3, nb 1 ....................... Total .............................. K en t . First innings. Humphreys, c Tarrant, b Thompson ........ Hardinge, lbw, b Tarrant............................. Seymour (James), not out.............................. K. L. Hutchings, b Thompson ................ Woolley, b Thompson ........................ .. L. H. W. Troughton, b Thompson................ C. E. Ilatfeild, c Thompson, b Tarrant Huish, lbw, b Thompson ... ........................ Fairservice, b Relf (A. E.)............................... Blythe, b Relf (R. R.)...................................... Morfee, c Thompson, b Hearne ................. B 8 , lb 4 .......................................... Total 55 Second innings, c Humphreys, b Morfee . c Huish, b Morfee ......... .. 15 50 .. 0 21 b Blythe ........................ .. 22 28 c Troughton, b Morfee .. 22 15 c Morfee, b Blythe ... 00 44 b Blythe ........................... 24 18 not o u t................................ ,. 4 1 c Hutchings, b Morfee .. 1 21 c Morfee, b Fairservice .,,. 13 25 c Woolley, b Hlythe ... ... 24 2 c Woolley, b B lythe......... . 0 15 Lb 1, w 2, nb 1 4 301 Total .................,. 195 5 Second innings, lbw, b Hearne ................. . 22 18 c Robinson, b Tarrant . 1 90 b Thompson......................... 4 4 c and b Tarrant................. . 9 0 b Relf (A. E.) ................ . 60 0 c Foster, b lle a r n e ......... b Mignon ......................... . 3 2 . 27 3 b Hearne ......................... . 11 39 c Foster, b Hearne ......... . 0 11 c Tarrant, b Mignon......... . 16 32 not o u t ................................. 2 12 B y e s .........................., 13 228 T o ta l................... 174 M.C.C. Morfee ... Blythe ... Fairservieo Woolley ... First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. VV. ... 22 0 101 2 .......... ........... 24 1 87 4 ... 33 5 88 5 .......... ... ... 204 5 50 5 ... 17-5 3 49 2 .......... .......... 0 0 19 1 ... 22 6 48 1 ........... ........... 15 3 20 0 H um phreys.......... ........... 3 2 3 0 Woolley bowled one no*ball and Morfee one no-ball and two wides. K ent . First innings. O. M. R. w. Second innings. O. M. R. W. Mignon ... ,... ... 3 I 5 0 .......... ........... 4 0 24 2 Tarrant ... ............ 25 7 07 2 .......... ........... 9 0 35 2 Thompson .......... 22 4 49 5 .......... ........... 11 3 32 1 Hearne ... ........... 73 0 33 1 ........... ........... 9 1 42 4 Relf (A. E.) .......... 13 2 40 1 ........... ........... 9 1 28 1 Relf (R. R.) .......... 0 2 22 1 .......... TO SECRETAR IES OF CLUBS AND SCHOOLS. S core - sheets and O rder of G oing - in C ard s .— A dozen of each will be sent on receipt of Twopence in stamps, to cover postage. Larger quantities at proportionate rates. Address: Manager, 168, Upper Thames Street, E .C . If you desire the scores of your matches to appear regularly in “ C ricket ,” will you kindly communicate with the Editor, 168, Upper Thames Street, E.C., for conditions under which this can be guaranteed ?