Cricket 1911

478 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S ept . 2, 1911. and 50, but he bowled with wonderful steadiness, taking wickets in every m atch but one, and having sixty-six in all at under 25 each. In 1907, though his batting fell off a bit—82* v. Worcestershire, 75 v. W arwickshire, and 52* v. Lancashire were his chief scores—he bowled with great effectiveness. Twelve wickets fell to him for 137 in the m atch v. H ants at Portsmouth ; against Gloucestershire at Taunton he had ten for 107, including Jive for eight in the second innings ; and among his other analyses were seven for 84 v. W orcestershire, six for 42 v. Kent, and six for 82 v. Lancashire. Altogether he had eighty-two wickets at under 2 1 each. Beginning 1908 with 1 1 runs in five successive innings, he never quite ran into his best batting vein, though he scored 102 v. M id­ dlesex at Lord’s and 60 against the same side at Taunton, with 57* v. Surrey at the O val. B ut he did a lot of fine bowling, achieving a marked success v. W arwickshire at Leam ington, where he took fourteen wickets for 1 6 1 runs. The 80 wickets he took were more costly than his eighty-two in 1907, though, averaging 27 each. About this time it looked as though his hard work at the bowling crease m ight spoil his batting. In the first three months of the 1909 season, he only once topped 50, m aking 67* v. Glouces­ tershire at Taunton, when he and Robson h it up 150 runs in 50 m nutes. In the same match he had seven wickets for 40 in Gloucestershire’s fir s t ; and up to August 11t h he had done so con­ sistently well with the ball that fifty-five wickets had fallen to him at a cost of less than 15 each. Then, at Taunton, Kent ran up 468, punishing him for 124 runs with the offset of only one wicket, and made the home side follow on n early 300 in arrear. B ut Somerset was not beaten. Lew is played the innings of his life. In four and a h alf hours he scored 20 1, gave no chance until he had made 128, and fairly saved the game for his side. L a st season he was alw ays m aking runs and taking wickets, fighting up-hill fights as if he enjoyed them, and establishing the reputation which led to his being, none too early, accorded a place in a representative team , for the R est v. England at Lord’s a few weeks ago. He did not make a century in 19 10 , but he played five innings of over 50, and eight more of from 20 to 5 0 ; and he took seventy-nine wickets, including fourteen for 14 1 v. Kent at Tunbridge W ells, and eight for 10 7 against the same side at Taunton. T h is season he has made 12 6 v. Gloucestershire at Taunton, 93 v. H ants at B ath, and 69 v. Yorkshire at Taunton, and has bowled well, taking six for 76 v. Yorkshire at Leeds, nine for 58 v. H ants, at B ath , five for 33 v. M iddlesex at B ath , and six for 65 v. Gloucester­ shire at Bristol. B u t illness hampered him in Ju ly , and he has had to stand down for two or three of the August matches owing to an injury to the muscles of his right arm—a sad loss to his side, which could the less be afforded because Robson also was crocked. There is nothing particularly unorthodox or unusual in Lew is’s methods either as batsm an or bowler. He scores in most directions, and makes his strokes w e ll; his bowling is fast medium, getting up quickly from the pitch, and with plenty of spin. Up to date (August 31st), he has totalled 7,691 runs in first-class cricket, with an average of 21*72, and has taken 505 wickets at 21-86 each. He has never reached four figures in runs or taken a hundred wickets in a season ; but then he has been playing for a side that alw ays has a com paratively brief programme. Honour to the man who w ins m atches for his side by pluck and nerve and skill, but higher honour still to him who puts up a great fight in game after game for a team on whom Dame Fortune consistently frowns —and Lew is is a m an of that sort, beyond all doubt. J . N . P e ntelo w . *Signifies not out. 5 53 7 48 31 20 22 87 77 1 4 16 Second innings. b Awdry b Newman not out W ILTSH IR E v. DORSET.— Played at Trowbridge on August 11 and 12 and left drawn. Score : — First innings. D o rs e t. F. A. S. Sewell, b Mitchell ......................... J. W. Hai-dy, c Trotman, b Mitchell.............. W. T. Knight, c Davenport, b Newman R. H. D. Bolton, c Farebrother, b Warrilow G. M. Gordon, c Murray-Shireff, b Mitchell H. B. Cummins, run out ......................... C. J. B. Webb, b Warrilow ......................... R. M. Manser, c Newman, b Mitchell A. M. Harrison, c Murray-Shireff, b Pinfield M. R. H. Patey, b Pinfield ......................... C. P. Goodden, not o u t.................................... Byes, &c.............................................. Total ..............371 W il t s h ir e . C. S. Awdry, c Harrison, b Sewell 13 S. Whittaker, c Patey, b Cummins 47 E. S. Warrilow, lbw, b Sewell ... 32 G. C. Davenport, c and b Sewell... 3 Newman, b S e w e ll........................122 C. Murray-Shireff,cHardy,bSewell 12 R. G. Pinfield, c Goodden, b Patey 18 Byes, &c. Total (2 w kts)... E. E. Trotman, c Hardy, b Sewell Overton, c Hardy, b Sewell Mitchell, c Cummins, b Sewell ... F. Farebrother, not out .............. Byes, &c................................. Total ............................. THE GERMANTOWN TOUR. (Continued from page U76.) 1 2 th M a tc h . — v. PHG2NIX. Played in Phoenix Park on August 23 and 24 and won by Phoenix is. Ross took six wickets for 19 in the second innings. Score •— by 135 First innings. S. H. Cochrane, c and b Tripp * G. A. Morrow, b T rip p ...................... G. A. Faulkner, lbw, b Tripp ... A. E. Wilkinson, c O’Neill, b Savage Capt. Wynyard, st Stewart, b Tripp T. C. Ross, c Henry, b O’Neill H . Le Peton, c Tripp, b O’Neill F. H. Browning, b Tripp D. F. Gillman, c O’Neill, b Maxwell., W. E. Mooney, c Savage, b Tripp Sir J. C. Kennedy, not out ... Byes, &c........................... P iic e n ix . Second innings. 0 c Stewart, b Savage 15 c Jordan, b O’Neill 28 c Jordan, b O’Neill 30 c Savage, b Clark ... 1 43 c Henry, b O ’Neill... 5 not out ....................... 34 not out ....................... 66 c O’Neill, b 6 5 b Clark 14 c Harned, b Savage 15 Byes, &c. 9 0 7 29 4 9 R. L. J. R. Dr. J. W. P, T. C. P. H. A. G. H. Z. H. S. F. H. J. H. Total First innings. Pearson, c and b Faulkner Stewart, c Faulkner, b Ross ... N. Henry, b Ross .............. O’Neill, b Faulkner .............. Jordan, c Le Peton, b Ross Clark, c Gillman, b Faulkner ... Priestman, c Wilkinson, b Ross Maxwell, run out......................... Harned,b Faulkner .............. Tripp; b Faulkner .............. not out ......................... :ye8,&c.............................. Total .............. .........................256 * Innings declared closed. G e rm a n to w n . Total (8 wkts)* ... 141 Second innings. ... 31 lbw, b Boss........................ 13 6 b Faulkner........................14 0 b Ross ........................ 6 ... 29 lbw, b Ross........................ 4 0 b Ross ........................ 1 8 lbw, b Ross........................ 2 ... 46 b Faulkner......................... 4 ... 41 run out ......................... 0 0 b Faulkner........................ 0 0 not out ........................ 0 ... 30 c Le Peton, b Ross ... 0 ... 16 Byes, &c........................11 ... 207 Total ................. 55 STAFFORDSHIRE v. GLAMORGAN.— Played at Stoke on August 9 and 10 and left drawn. Score and analysis:— First innings. S ta ffo r d s h ir e . E. H. Bourne, c David, b Creber .............165 Hollowood, run out ....................................19 Barnes, c and b Maxwell .........................11 P. Briggs, b Hacker .................................... 7 Fereday, b Hacker .................................... 3 L. F. Taylor, c and b David ......................... 31 Nichols, lbw, b Creber....................................32 Vost, b Creber ...............................................32 H. Dearing, b H a ck e r....................................13 H. Simpson, c David, b Hacker ... .. 12 Deyes, not out ............................................... 2 B 34, lb 2...............................................36 Total....................................363 First innings. G la m o rg a n . T. A. L. Whittington, c Dearing, b Nichols 8 L. Robotham, b Deyes.................................... 3 Bancroft, c and b Nichols ......................... 4 J. R. Tait, c Simpson, b Bourne .............. 66 Maxwell, c and b Nichols ......................... 30 A. C. K. David, lbw, b Bourne .............. 11 Second innings, c Whittington, b Maxwell b M axw ell......................... absent hurt......................... lbw, b Maxwell .............. b M axw ell......................... not out ......................... c Maxwell, b Creber b Creber ......................... c Bancroft, b Creber c Murray, b Creber lbw, b Creber .............. Byes, &c.................... Total .............. Second innings. b Deyes not out Creber, c Barnes, b Nichols .............. 16 Nash, b Deyes ............. .............. 16 Bainton, not ou t............. .............. 72 c Fereday, b Simpson 17 Murray, run o u t............. .............. 23 not out 78 Hacker, c Dearing, b Bourne .. .............. 1 Byes, &c.... .............. 21 Byes, &c. 11 Total ..............271 Total (3 wkts).. 154 First innings. S t a f f o r d s h ir e . Second innings. 0. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Nash .............. 17 2 43 0 ... ... 4 1 33 0 Creber .............. 34 5 104 3 ... ... 8 1 27 5 Maxwell .............. 14 1 60 1 ... ... 10 0 51 4 Bainton .............. 2 0 22 0 ... David .............. 4 0 30 1 ... Hacker ............. 20-5 1 68 4 ... Whittington 2 0 13 0 First innings. G l a m o r g a n . Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. w. Deyes .............. 21 3 76 2 ... .............. 8 1 34 1 Nichols .............. 22-4 3 96 4 ... .............. 8 2 24 0 V08t... 7 3 25 0 ... .............. 3 0 24 0 Bourne ... 11 0 53 3 ... .............. 4 1 18 1 Simpson .............. 6 0, 43 1 Deyes bowled thirteen no-balls and cne wide. G E O R G E L E W I N & C O . , (Established 1869.) C lu b C o lo u r S p e c i a l i s t s & A t h l e t i c C lo t h in g M a n u fa c t u r e r s OUTFITTERS BY APPOINTMENT To the M.C.C. West Indian X I., 1911; M.C.C. 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