Cricket 1911

312 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u l y 8, 1911. can know by painful experience. Finance is a perpetual worry to those in command. No county can long survive successive financial deficits. There is a limit to the patience of guarantors. But there are unmistakable signs that public interest in cricket is reviving. Let us hope it will continue to rise in view of the benefit matches shortly to be played. Such a cricketer as Rhodes deserves a bumper, and so does Strtidwick. Don’t forget that there is room on their sub­ scription lists for your name ; and, should you happen to be a county member, leave your member’s ticket at home should you purpose being present at their match ; or, at any rate, keep it in your pocket until you seek admission into the pavilion. Up North, I may remark, the pavilion is thrown open to non-members on payment, but the de­ mand, generally as much as four shillings a day, is pro­ hibitive. The championship fight is delightfully exciting. There has been no better match this year than that between York- shire and Surrey at Leeds, from start to finish. A bowler’s match, only 537 runs being scored. On such a wicket, choice of innings was a decided advantage : yet Surrey won, thanks chiefly to Hayward. As in the preceding match — against Northants—Hirst did not get one wicket. This must be almost a record for him ; but he quickly recovered ground against Notts later in the week. To me the most interesting items in last week’s cricket were the centuries from the bats of Hubble, of Kent, and Harrison, of Middlesex -—their first in class cricket. Tarrant’s hat-trick against luckless Somerset was not so noteworthy, for he did it twice previously, whilst he is one of a very select band who has taken 4 wickets in successive balls in a County match. But Field’s hat-trick against Hampshire made history for Warwickshire. Hampshire is now the only first-class county that lacks a hat-trick bowler. It is very strange that this has been done by men who were never great bowlers ; Hay­ ward, for example, and poor Jack Brown ; whilst bowlers of the class of Lohmann and Rhodes never succeeded in dismissing three batsmen with successive balls. O h ! cricket is a game of surprises: the unexpected is always happening. But it is Monday morning and the ’Varsity match pulls hard, especially as I have not witnessed it since A. G. Steel electrified us all by his wonderful bowling. Is this match quite as attractive to non-University folks as it used to be in my younger days ? Is it overshadowed by the Counties ? Has the standard of cricket been as high in recent years at either University ? My first visit to this was in the year when the present Lord Lyttelton wore the light Blue, and R. A. H. Mitchell was the opposing captain. There were undergraduate giants in those days and in many subsequent days—Yardley, Green, Thornton, Cobden, the Steels, Lytteltons. Studds, Webbes, Ridley, Butler, Pauncefote, Ottaway, Stanley Jackson, Fry and Sam Woods—to men­ tion only a few. Are Le Couteur and Campbell destined to make their mark on the page of cricket ? Nous verrons. LUD G RO VE M ASTERS v. O XFO RD U N IVERSITY AU TH ENTICS.—Played at Ludgrove, N ew Barnet, H erts, on July 1. In the first three balls bow led after lunch W. C. Hoare perform ed the hat-trick, taking the w ickets of K. 0 . H unter, R. W . Lam bert and J. H. E. W hitehead. Score O x fo r d U n iv e r sity A u thentics . First innings. Second innings. R ev. F. R. Bonsey, c Bird, b H enley ... 6 b Stanbrough ................... .. 0 S. Pow ell, b Hoare ...................................... ... 42 st Bird, b Stanbrough .. 4 F. W. Orr, c H unt, b H e n le y ..................... ... 4 K . O. Hunter, Ibw , b Hoare ..................... ... 30 C. D. M clver, run out .............................. 1 c Bird, b Stanbrough .. 26 A. N. H utt, not out ...................................... ... 12 R. W. Lam bert, b H o a r e ............................. ... 0 b H u n t................................... .. 4 J. H. E. W hitehead, c and b Hoare ... 0 C. R. Blake, b H enley .............................. 1 n o to u t ..................................... .. 0 C. H. B. Knight, b Henley ..................... 0 st Bird, b H u n t................... .. 0 H . A. Gilbert, b H enley .............................. 0 not o u t ....................................... 10 B 7, nb 1 .............................. 8 Byes, &c.......................... ,. 0 T otal.............................. ... 104 Total (5 w kts) .. 44 L udgrove M asters . J. H. H unt, b G ilbert ..................... 30 A. R. Severn, c Orr, b G ilbert ... 6 W. P. Blore, c Powell, b Bonsey ... 33 W. S. Bird, c K night, b G ilbert ... 34 F. A. H. H enley, c H utt, b G ilbert 0 W . It. Hoare, b G ilb e r t..................... 7 H . M. Leaf, c H utt, b K night ... 42 N. R . Udal, c Hutt, b Gilbert ... 3 W. F. H . Stanbrough, c W hitehead, b K n ig h t............................................... 1 W. J. Oakley, b K night.................... 42 G. O. Sm ith, not out .................... 20 B 20, lb 2, w 2, n b 3 ........... 27 D E R B Y S H I R E y . N O R T H A M P T O N S H I R E . Played at Chesterfield on July 1, 3 and 4. W EEK-END, CRICKET. Northamptonshire won by 107 runs. On the first day seventeen batsmen were dismissed on a good pitch for 248 runs, the batting being very moderate. Northants. atoned in their second innings for their previous shortcomings, and set the home side 320 to win. Thompson and East put on 105 for the fifth wicket in 95 minutes, and J. S. Denton, who was missed when 18 and 29, carried out his bat for 74. On the third day Derbyshire were beaten by 107 runs, although the wicket was quite favourable for run-getting. Score and analysis :— N orth am pton sh ire . First innings. G. A. T. Vials, lbw , b W arren.................... Seym our ('John), c W ickstead, b Cadman H ayw ood, b C adm an..................................... S. G. Sm ith, b S la te r...................................... Thom pson, c Hum phries, b Forester ... East, b Warren ............................................... J. S. Denton, b Forester . Second innings. 18 run o u t ................................... 9 b W arren ............................ 45 b W7arren ............................ 15 c Hum phries, b Warren .. 14 c Hum phries, b R oot 14 c Hum phries, b Forester.. 8 not o u t ..................................... 35 52 Total.. 245 W. H. Denton, lbw , b Warren... ............................ 0 c sub, b R oot .................. . IS Walden, c Freeman, b Warren ............................ 0 b Slater..................................... . 8 Wells, b Warren ............................. .................... 2 b S later..................................... . 0 Buswell, not o u t ............................. ............................ 0 c H um phries, b Slater .. 5 B 2. lb 3 ............ .................... 5 B 16, lb 10, w 1, n b 3 .. 30 Total ............ .................... 130 Total ................... . 310 First innings. Cadman, lbw , b S eym ou r............ D e r b y sh ir e . .................... 58 Second innings, c Vials, b Thom pson... . 7 L. Oliver, b Wells............................. .................... 7 b W e lls .................................... . 11 H um phries, b T h om pson ............ .................... 23 c Buswell, b Thom pson .. . 50 W ickstead, b Thom pson ............ ............................ 1 c Buswell, b J. S. Denton.. . 19 Slater, c East, b Thom pson .................... 17 c Buswell, b S m it h .......... . 7 T. Forester, b T h om p son ............ ............................ 0 c Vials, b J. S. D enton .. . 17 N ew ton, c Thom pson, b Seym our .................... 3 lbw , b Thom pson .......... . 0 Freeman, b Thom pson ............ ... ............ 3 lbw , b Thom pson ........... 4 Root, c Sm ith, b East.................... .................... 4 c and b Thom pson .......... . 32 J. Chapman, not o u t .................... ............................ 1 c Vials, b T hom pson.......... . 25 Warren, b East ............................. ............................ 0 not o u t ....................................... 13 L b 3, nb 1 ............ .................... 4 B 14, lb 7, n b 6 .......... . 27 Total ................. .................... 121 T o t a l............................. , 212 First innings. N orth am pton sh ire . Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W . Warren ... ............ 29-2 11 55 5 ... 23 4 45 3 Cadman ... ............ 13 7 20 2 ... 33 8 74 0 Forester ... ............. 17 6 44 2 ..................... ... 25 8 58 1 Slater ............ 5 1 6 1 ..................... ... 14*4 6 28 3 Roo1 ... 19 5 38 2 Oliver .................... ... 12 1 37 0 Cadman and Forester each bow led one no-ball and Oliver one w ide and one no-ball. D e r b y sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Sm ith ............ 7 2 11 0 ..................... 9 3 17 1 Wells ............ 14 3 29 1 ..................... 22 6 50 1 E a st............ ............ 9-5 5 7 2 ..................... 12 ii 10 0 Thom pson ............ 19 7 41 5 ..................... 29*5 7 65 6 J. S. Denton ............ 3 1 12 0 ..................... 10 3 28 2 Seym our... ............ 10 5 17 2 ..................... 5 1 15 0 East bow led four no-balls, Thom pson tw o and Wells one. W AN D ERERS v. G U Y’S HOSPITAL. Score :— W an derers . R. B. Brooks, b R ook ..................... 12 T.C. Stafford, lbw , b Forbes , ... 4 R. K enw ard, lbw , b K ennedy ... 48 P. G. Gale, n ot o u t .............................113 C. P. H urditch, c Rook, b Rhys- Evans .................... ..................... 22 L. S. W ells, b H a n co ck ..................... 23 R. O’Tha, run out .................... ... 26 A. L. Sloper, not out ... ... ... 3 B 29, lb 2 , w 1 ............ 32 Total (6 wkts)* ... 283 R . L. Bowen, N. A. Damain and O. Taylor did not bat. — Played at H onor Oak Park on July 1. G u y ’ s H ospital . A. B. Bond, b Wells ..................... 9 A. C. H ancock, st Brooks, b Wells 19 R. M. Veale, b Taylor ................... 7 R. S. Kennedy, c Brooks, b Taylor 71 H. Lee, b Wells .............................. 10 A. F. R ook, st Brooks, b Bowen 9 G. W. Andrew , b Taylor ............ 27 M. Scott, b Wells ............ ............ 0 R. C. Ozane, n o to u t ..................... 1 E. J. Rhys-Evans, b T aylor............ 0 J. F. Forbes, b Wells ..................... 6 B 4, lb G ............................. 10 Total... ... 169 ANSWERS t o c o r r e s p o n d e n t s . E. U d a l.— Many thanks. C a r d in a l.— P. F . Warner 34 altogether. P. F. Warner 17 and Tarrant 13. Commencing 1905,