Cricket 1911

MAY 27, 1911. CEICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. 189 had not been un able to p lay, A lletson w ould in all proba­ bility not h a v e appeared : so the absence o f the hard-w orking Tom fo r once proved an ad van tage to his side. W hen A lletson w ent in fo r h is second in n in gs seven w ickets w ere down for 18 5 , and a S u ssex v icto ry appeared in prospect. B u t Before lunch Alletson made 47 out of 75 in 50 minutes, and After „ he „ 142 ,, 152 ,, 40 ,, A ltogeth er, therefore, he scored 18 9 out o f 227 in 90 m inutes, taking an ho u r to m ak e h is first 50, but obtaining his second in fifteen m in u tes and h is last 89 in a quarter of an hour. T hus he scored 13 9 d u rin g the last th irty m inutes he w as in. A fter the lu nch eon in terval he obtained 1 1 5 out o f 12 0 in seven overs, the side’s total being increased by 10 0 in 25 m inutes. H e punished K illic k for 22 in one over and 34 (4, 6 , 6 , 4, 4, 4, 6 ) in another,'^which contained two no-balls, w hile he also obtained 34 off tw o overs from L e ach . T he partnership for the three last w ickets resu lted thus :—: Alletson (189)and Lee (26) = 73 for the Sth in 40 minutes ,, and Oates (1) = 2 ,, ,, 9th ,, 10 ,, „ and Riley (10*) = 152 ,, ,, 10th ,, 40 ,, Allerson thus claimed 189 of the 227 runsmade in 90 minutes. A lletson m ad e eight 6 ’s, tw en ty-three 4 ’s, four S ’s, ten 2 ’s and seventeen [singles, and, although h itting w ith such vigour, offered o n ly tw o c h a n c e s : w hen 25 he skied a ball from the elder K e if to cover, but H ey g ate started too late to m ak e the catch ; an d w hen 42 C ox, at slip, allow ed an aw kw ard chance to go by. D u r in g the last few d ays it h as been stated in m an y quarters th at Jesso p has been out-Jessoped. A lletso n ’s d isp lay m ust certain ly ran k as one o f the m ost w onderful ever given in a first-class m atch— i f he n ever does an yth in g else of note he is assured o f som e prom inence in the history o f cricket— bu t it does not stand out bo ld ly by itself. C om pare, fo r instan ce, these tw o fe a t s :—• 191 runs out of 234 in 90 mins., G. L. .Tessop, Gents, of South v. Players of South, at Hastings, 1907. 189 „ „ 227 ,, 90 ,, ,, Alletson, Notts v. Sussex, at Brighton, 1911. T his sh ow s th at Je sso p slig h tly exceeded A lletso n ’s rate of scoring, though he did not obtain quite so large a proportion of r u n s ; the latter circum stan ce, how ever, m ay be attributed to the fact th a t at one period o f h is inn in gs L e e did not add to his total for tw en ty m in u tes. A lletso n ’s feat in obtaining 34 runs off an over is unique so fa r as first-class cricket is concerned, but it shou ld not be forgotten that the over contained two no­ balls and that a hit over the rin g, even if not out o f the ground, counted six, instead o f four as used to be the case. Je sso p has twice m ad e 28 from a six-ball over— 4, 4, 6 , 4, 4, 6 off B rau n d and 4, 6 , 2, 6 , 4, 6 off B u rro w s. In m in or cricket A lletso n ’s rate o f ru n -gettin g and h eavy scoring in the course o f one or m ore overs has been excelled m an y tim es. F o r instan ce, M r. W . H ym an , o f Som erset, once m ade 359 out o f 466 for six w ickets in 10 0 m inutes and carried out his bat for B a th A ssociation against T h orn bu ry, on the latter’s ground, p u nishin g D r. E . M . G race for 32 in one over and 30 in the n ext— 62 off tw o overs. A few y e a rs ago M r. A . E . L a w to n , p la yin g for D arle y D a lem g a in st C rom ford, obtained 86 from three consecutive o vers from the pavilion end, m akin g 30 off the first, 22 off the second and 34 off the th ird . T h e South A u stralian C ricket A ssociation are considering the ad visab ility o f erectin g a score-board on th eir ground m ore in keeping w ith those at M elbourne an d Sy d n e y. Sh ou ld the im provem ent be m ade, the new board w ill probably be read y by the tim e the E n g lish team arrive there in N ovem ber. O n th e N orth S y d n e y O val N o. 2 G round on A p ril 1s t the C om m ercial B a n k C .C . w ere responsible for som e o f the fastest scoring ever recorded in S y d n e y. T h ey w ere p layin g the W ayfarers an d w ere left W'ith 10 0 m inutes in w hich to score 13 5 . T h e y m ade such u se of the tim e at th eir disposal that they actu ally ran up 355 fo r six w ickets iu the period nam ed. K- B . D ocker scored 10 3 (retired), A . D . M oore 58 and G . S. H all 56. J . R . D . Sco tt, w ho carried out h is bat for 46, m ade 28 off the first over he received. O n the S y d n e y C ricket G rou n d on A p ril 5th and 6 th N ew So u th W ales P ost and T elegrap h O ffices p layed T asm an ia P . and T .O ., and declared th eir in n in gs closed w ith eight w ickets dow n for 500. F . H in ch ey scored 13 0 , F . G race 10 7 and T. R ose 10 8 not out. T h e v isito rs had m ad e 228 for nine w hen the gam e w as left d raw n. H in ch ey , w ho m ade the high est score in the m atch, is a gran d fath er. S ix t y ru n s in four overs w ere scored by H . H . M assie, ju n ., an d L . A . M innett at one period o f the N o rth S yd n ey inn in gs again st C en tral C um berland on the N o rth S y d n e y O val on A p ril 1s t and 8 th. T h e form er m ade 88 in an hour, h ittin g four 6 ’s and nine 4 ’s— scoring w h ich recalls som e of the feats credited to his father. Says the B arb ad o s Globe :— “ One o f the beneficial resu lts o f the recent v isit o f M r. A . F . S om erset’s team of E n g lish cricketers to these p arts is show in g itself in the selection o f one o f our groundsm en to go to E n g lan d at an ea rly date. The lu ck y lad is F red erick Walkes, a difficult left-han der attached to the W an derers C ricket C lub ; he stru ck the fan cy o f M r. G au ssen , w hom w e u n derstan d he freq u en tly bow led at the n ets, and since then negotiations h ave been proceeding w ith the resu lt that the lad expects to be in E n g lan d w ithin the n ext few w e e k s.” T he big in n in gs p layed by M ajor W illiam B o o th for Y o rk sh ire v. W orcestershire at W orcester m ust h ave com e as a surprise to everyone, probably even to the batsm an h im self. H e has been p layed up to n ow rath er as a bow ler than a run -getter, an d a critic in a Lo n d on con tem porary w rote o f him only a few d ays ago as a sin gu larly ch aracterless batsm an , w ith no stroke th at one could pick out as being specially w ell m ade. P erh ap s he had seen th is criticism , and had taken it to h eart. T here does not appear to be an y good reason for stylin g h is 2 10 in four hours on the Severn sid e enclosure as a colourless e ffo rt; in fact, h is off-driving is singled out as being m asterly . B o o th had n ever approached such a score as this before ; even for Y o rk sh ire Second E le v e n he had not recorded a three-figure in n in gs, his h igh est h avin g been 98 tw o seasons ago. “ M ajo r,” one m a y note, is h is n am e, not his ran k. T he H on . H . G . H . M ulh ollan d , w ho w as in the E to n eleven o f 19 0 7 , has suddenly asserted h im se lf at C am brid ge, and seem s w ell in the ru n nin g for h is blue. A g ain st both G lou cester­ shire and S u ssex he batted w ith considerable distinction, and also bow led w ell. I t is curious that so little has been h eard of th is capable all-roun d perform er before. W orcestershire w ithout a F o ste r n ever seem s re a lly W orcestershire, in spite of the defeat adm inistered to S u rre y at B ou rn ville. B o th H . K . an d G . N . p layed v. Y o rk sh ire , and it w as good to see the old cap tain— as fin e a sportsm an as ever led a coun ty sid e—ru n up a cen tu ry in quite the old sw eet w a y. E v e n in the first in n in gs he w ithstood better than an yon e else the terrors o f H ir s t ; in the second H irst had no terrors for an yon e, to ju d g e by the score. B u t G eo rge’s 9 for 4 1 (eight of them bow led, too) w as a re a lly w on d erfu l perform ance on a good w icket again st a strong battin g side. A s a resu lt of a personal can vass b y the Secretary o f the C lub, the m em bership o f the W arw ick sh ire C ou n ty C .C . show s a ’ g ratify in g increase. So fa r over 200 n ew m em bers h ave been elected for the present year, but 300 m ore are required to brin g the m em bership up to 2 , 000 . R o b e r t R e lf , who took seven w ickets for 5 1 in the first in n in gs o f C am bridge U n iv ersity at F e n n e r’s on T u esd ay last, is a m uch better bow ler than m an y people are aw are. F a s t m ed ium in pace, he can keep an end goin g for a long tim e w ith ou t lo sin g h is length , a q u ality w h ich he shares w ith his elder brother. H is first d istin ct success in big cricket w as ach ieved in A lb ert’s absence. T h e elder R e lf w as w anted at L o rd ’s, for M .C .C . v. the A u stralian s, an d Su ssex had to m eet Y o rk sh ire at H ove w ithou t h im . R obert cam e to the rescue o f his side. "Up to th at period of the season, quite n ear its end,