Cricket 1911

i92 CEICKET : A WEEKLY EECOED OP THE GAME. M at 27, 1911. SURREY v. ESSEX . Played at the Oval on May 22, 23 and 24. ROYALTY PRESENT. D rawn. D uring the whole of Monday E ssex batted for 370. At one time an even larger total appeared likely for Fane and Douglas made 136 together for the first wicket and w ith only three men out the score was up to 270. Then for a time Hitch carried all before him and the total was as stated. F an e batted ju st over five hours for the highest score of his career, m aking excellent strokes all round the wicket, and being especially strong to the on. He hit a 5 and twenty-five 4’s and was missed when 7 1 and 160. During the afternoon the Prince of W ales and Prince George watched the cricket. Tuesday’s play saw the home side outplayed to such an extent that when play ceased E ssex were 501 runs on with half their wickets in hand. The Surrey batting was weak in the extreme, for, notwithstanding that the last two wickets put on 66 , the side were out for 160. Preferring not to enforce the follow on, E ssex went in again and ran up 282 for five wickets, Fane and Douglas laying the foundation of the good score by making 65 for the first wicket. Gibson and Carpenter afterwards added 165 in 80 minutes for the fifth and at the end of the day the latter carried out his bat for 84. Only 12 runs were added on the third morning ere the innings was closed, leaving Surrey with 514 to win. Carpenter showed excellent form for 95 m inutes and hit ten 4’s. Surrey proved themselves capable of staying in during the rem aining five hours and a-half, but for their success in that direction they owed almost everything to Hayward, who played a m asterly innings and at the close was 170 not out, made out of a total of 340 for five wickets. Surrey did well to save the game. Score and analysis .— E ss e x . First innings. J. W. H. T. Douglas, b H itch ............... F. L. Fane, b S m ith .............................. Freeman (J.), b Hobbs ...................... C. McGahey, st Strudwick, b Hobbs . Carpenter, b Hitch .............................. K. L. Gibson, b Hitch ....................... Russell (A. C.), b Hitch ..................... Reeves, c Hobbs, b Hayes ............... Buckenham, lbw, b Hayes ............... Tremlin, c Strudwick, b Hitch ... . Mead (W.), not out .............................. B 4, lb 1, w 1, nb 1 ................ Total ...................... First innings. Hayward, c and b Douglas .......... Hobbs, c Buckenham, b Douglas ... Hayes, lbw, b Douglas ................. Ducat, c Douglas, b Tremlin .......... M. C. Bird, b Buckenham................. Harrison, c and b Tremlin .......... Goatly, c Reeves, b Tremlin .......... Hitch, b Buckenham......................... Smith (W. C.), b Buckenham.......... Strudwick, not out ......................... Rushby, run ou t................................ B 5, lb 3, nb ‘2 .......... Total 60 Second innings, c Hitch, b Rushby ... . . 34 217 b Smith.............................. . 42 21 b Smith............................. . 27 0 b Smith.............................. . 10 17 not o u t.............................. . 8(5 4 c Strudwick, b Rushby . . 75 0 17 c sub, b Smith ............... . 8 3 29 4 7 Byes ...................... . 12 379 Total (6 wkts) . .*294 3 d closed. 17 Second innings, not o u t......................... 170 1 b Douglas ................. 28 9 c Carpenter, b Douglas 34 20 b Buckenham .......... 55 31 b Reeves ................. 5 29 lbw, b Buckenham ... 0 4 not ou t......................... 36 2 0 21 16 10 B 10, lb 6 , nb 1 ... .. 17 160 Total (5 wkts) .. 340 E ss e x . Rushby Hitch Smith Hayes Bird... Hobbs Goatly Buckenham , Douglas ... Tremlin ... . McGahey First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. w. ... 22 6 69 0 ... ................. 14 4 40 2 ... 34-2 6 124 5 ... ................. 14 3 52 0 ... 25 7 64 1 ... ................. 23-4 5 90 4 ... 15 2 71 2 ................ 10 1 46 0 ... 3 0 11 o !!! ................. 5 1 29 0 ... 10 3 27 2 ... ................. 4 0 25 0 ... 1 0 6 o ... Hitch bowled one no-ball and Hobbs one wide. S u r r e y . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. w. O. M. R. w. ... 22 4 55 3 ... ................. 29 3 79 2 ... 11 1 54 3 ... ................. 24 2 86 2 ... 15*1 2 41 3 ... ................. 16 5 37 0 ... 1 1 0 0 ... ................. 19 9 44 0 Mead ................. 21 7 40 0 Reeves.......... ................. 15 0 37 1 Buckenham bowled three no-balls. BOOKS E E C E IV E D . History of Warwickshire Cricket. B y S . Santall, London : Cricket & Sports Publishers, Ltd., 115 - 1 17 , Cannon Street, E .C . Price, 6 d. Minor Counties Cricket Association , 1 9 11 . The Annual H and­ book of the M .C.C.A. WORCESTERSH IRE v. YORKSH IRE . Played at Worcester on May 22, 23 and 24. Yorkshire won by ten wickets. A remarkable bowling feat by H irst, who took nine wickets for 4 1 runs, enabled Yorkshire to obtain a pronounced lead on the first day, the visitors replying to a score of 1 1 3 by making 243 with only five men out. When Yorkshire went in the absence of Burrows, owing to a strain, was severely felt and Burns being also handi­ capped the attack was still further weakened. Tde first wicket produced 90 in an hour and the second 52. At the end of the day Booth was 47 not out and on Tuesday he stayed until he had made 210 in four hours. He gave no chance, hit twenty-three 4’s and put on 2 3 1 for the sixth wicket with Hirst in 13 5 minutes. He hit cleanly all round, especially to the off. H irst hit thirteen 4*s in the course of his faultless display. Going in again Worcestershire, thanks to a first-wicket stand of 104 by Bowley and Pearson, had 198 on the board for three wickets by the end of Tuesday’s play. On the third day the later players did so well that the innings defeat was escaped. H . K. Foster played a rousing and flawless innings of 11*2, which contained fourteen 4’s. W ith Burns he added 62, whilst later Arnold and Cuffe put on 90 for the sixth wicket in 70 minutes. Simpson-Hayward also played a good game, and when the innings closed carried out his bat for 5 1. Score and analysis :— W o r c e s t e r sh ir e . First innings. Bowley, b Hirst .............................. Pearson, b H irs t.............................. H. K. Foster, b H irst...................... G. N. Foster, b H ir s t ..................... W. B. Burns, c Dolphin, b Hirst Arnold, lbw, b H irs t................. Cuffe, b Hirst .............................. G. H. Simpson-Hayward, b Hirst . Bale, b Newstead.............................. Hunt, not out .............................. Conway, b H irs t.............................. B 2, lb 4, nb 1 ... . Total ............... Rhodes, c Bale, b Conway .......... 45 Wilson, c S.-Hayward, b Arnold... <51 Denton, b S.-Hayward ................. 37 Drake, c Bowley, b Cuffe .......... 33 Booth, b S.-Hayward ................. 210 Kilner, b S.-Hayward .................. 12 Hirst, b Cuffe ................................1G0 Second innings. b Haigh......................... c and b hhodes.......... c Newstead, b Rhodes b Haigh........................ c Booth, b Hirst b H irs t......................... b Drake................. ” not ou t......................... b Newstead................. c Hirst, b Newstead c Dolphin, b Newstead B 6 , lb 6 , nb 1... Total .......... 81 38 112 1 28 02 52 51 1 I) 1 18 Haigh, b Cuffe................................ 3 E. J. Radcliffe, b Pearson .......... 4 Newstead, c S.-Hayward, b Cuffe 11 Dolphin, not out ......................... 5 B 6 , lb 7, w 1.................. 14 Total ................. 535 Second innings : Drake, not out, 10 ; Kilner, not out, 3. Total (no wkt), 19. W O RCESTERSHI RE. First innings. Second innings. Hirst Booth Newstead Hunt Arnold Burns Conway Cuffe... Simpson Pearson O. M. R. W. 0 . M. R. W. ... 15 2 41 9 ................. ... 34 7 89 2 ... 5 0 28 0 ................. ... 12 1 40 0 ... 10 0 37 1 ................. ... 18-1 3 70 3 Haigh ................. ... 24 4 69 2 Drake ................. ... 20 4 50 1 Rhodes ................. ... 47 13 109 2 Hirst bowled one no-ball. Y o r k s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. ... 13 3 36 0 ................. ... 2 0 11 0 ... 18 2 74 1 ................. ... 2 0 9 0 .................. ... 25 5 127 1 ................. ... 2 0 8 0 ... 34 3 117 4 ................. ard 25-2 1 95 3 ... ... ... 22 5 63 1 ................. WANDERERS Score:— W a n d e r e r s . Stanley Colman, run out .......... li. Kenward, b Reiner ................. S. de Saram, bR . M. Bell ... ... P. G. Gale, c J. G. Bell, b R. M. Bell ................................ .......... R. T. Crawford, b R. M. Bell S. Stafford, b Reiner .......... •• S. H. H. Bridge, c J. G. Bell, b Blades ................................ B. Batchelor, b Blades................. E. H. Fischer, b Stafford ... ... R. I j . Bowen, st J. G. Bell, b Blades G. ‘ Herbert ’, not out ................. Byes, .................................. Total ................... Pearson bowled one wide. S U TTO N -Played at Sutton on Wednesday May 17. 16 D. D. Napper, b Crawford .......... 0 17 T. C. Stafford, c Bridge, b Bowen 11 1 J. Mursett, c Bridge, b Bowen ... 0 D. Lever, b Crawford ................. 11 79 J. G. M. Bell, b Crawford .......... 1 4 G. R. Blades, b Bowen................. 3 21 G. Reiner, c Kenward, b Crawford 3 R. M. Bell, c and b Bow en.......... 12 18 A. Butt, b Crawford ................. W. R. Bromagc, c de Saram, b 6 9 38 7 Herbert....................................... 6 W. B. Haycraft, not out .......... 61 45 Byes, &c................................. 16 230 Total......................... 155