Cricket 1911

520 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S ept . 16, 1911. Corr^spond<?nc<?. [The Editor does not hold himself responsible for the opinions of his correspondents.] THE TEAM FOR AUSTRALIA. To the Editor of C ric k e t. D e a r S ir , —Much has been written lately concerning the rank- and-file of the M.C.C. Australian team, especially as regards the weakness of the bowling, but I have seen no comment made any­ where upon the non-inclusion of either Dean or W . C. Smith. I have never seen Dean bowl, but I hear that he is able to maintain an accurate length for hours together, and is always difficult to score off, and it seems to me that he would be an excellent choice for the long- drawn-out games upon Australian wickets. Incidentally he has taken more wickets than any other bowler this season. W . C. Smith has always been under-rated as a bowler. He should have played against the Australians in 1909, and he bowled very well against them in 1905 for his county. The theory that he can bowl only upon wet wickets has been completely exploded this summer, for he has taken the second largest number of wickets at a very reasonable cost. Your readers will remember that Mr. Warner’s first team to Australia played their second and fifth Test matches on wickets ruined by rain. There is no reason why at least one of the Test matches this winter should not be thus contested, and on such a wicket Smith (with Woolley at the other end) would have been invaluable. Furthermore, as the team consists of fifteen men, Smith need not have been played when the wicket did not suit his bowling. One recognises, of course, that the Selection Committe have had a very difficult task before them, and have done their best, and one does not wish to blame them. Perhaps one of your readers would be able to explain through your columns why these two men have not leceived invitations. With many apologies for trespassing upon your valuable space, I remain, Yours, &c., Great Malvern, September 10th. W . B. CAMBRIDGESHIRE v. HERTFORDSHIRE. — Played at Cambridge on August 22 and 23 and won by Cambridgeshire by 179 runs. Score and analysis :— First innings. C a m b r id g e s h ir e . Second innings. R. G. Reid, b Pawle ......................... L. J. Reid, c Titchmarsh, b Shelford Ling, c Titchmarsh, b Burton............. B. W. Pigg. c Titchmarsh, b Shelford Watts, b Coleman.................................... H. C. Tebbutt, c Coleman, b Shelford C. H . Pigg, b Shelford......................... O. W. Bocock, c Coleman, b Shelford G. A. Rose, b Shelford......................... C. Pigg, c Anderson, b Shelford Coulson, not ou t.................................... Byes, &c.............................. 27 34 15 b Burton c Grellet, b Burton run out .............. hit wkt, b Pawle ... b Burton .............. not out .............. c Anderson, b Shelford Total First innings. .........................192 ' Innings declared closed. H e r t f o r d s h ir e . Byes, &c. Total (6 wkts)* Second innings. R. C. Grellet, c Watts, b B. W. Pigg 27 c Watts, b Rose 0 Goldincr, c Watts, b B. W. Pigg 36 c Watts, b Rose 7 O. H. Titchmarsh, c Bocock, b B. W. Pigg... 23 c C. H. Pigg, b Rose 0 J. O. Anderson, b Rose ... 40 c and b B. W. Pigg 44 A. F. Leitrhton. c Coulson, b L J. Reid 19 b Coulson .............. A. 9 B. Pawle, b Rose.............. 8 b Rose .............. 5 Coleman, b Rose.............. 8 c Bocock, b Rose ... 13 E. L. Wright, b Rose 6 c K. G. Reid, b C. H. Pigg 7 W. H. Marsh, c L. J. Reid b Coulson 0 b B. W. Pigg 0 Burton, lbw, b Coulson... 9 c Rose, b B. W. Pigg 10 Shelford, not out.............. 1 not out .............. 0 Byes, Ac. ... 17 Byes, &c. 6 Total... 194 Total 101 First innings. C a m b r id g e s h ir e . Second innings. 0. M. R. W. 0. M. R. w. Burton .............. 17 2 48 1 .. .............. 27-4 3 85 3 Shelford .............. 30 2 7 62 7 . .............. 24 6 67 1 Coleman .............. 17 3 34 1 .. .............. 9 4 38 0 Pawie .............. 6 1 17 1 .. .............. 9 2 29 1 Marsh ... .. 7 , 3 0 9 0 .. .............. 8 2 29 0 Leighton .. ........ 1 0 4 0 Burton bowled two no-balls. First innings. H e r t f o r d s h ir e . Second innings. 0. M. R. W. 0. M. R. w. Coulson .............. 20*4 6 47 2 . .............. 16 11 17 1 Rose.........................10 0 40 4 .. .............. 14 3 48 5 L. J. Reid............. 2 0 18 1 . Tebbutt .............. 4 0 22 0 . B. W. Pigg ... 19 5 87 3 . 5 3 6 3 C. H. Pigg.............. 4 0 13 0 . .............. 6 0 24 1 B. W. Pigg and Tebbutt each bowled one no-ball and C. H. Pigg one wide. SUFFOLK v. BEDFORDSHIRE.— Played at Felixtowe on August 2 and won by Suffolk by 58 runs. Score and analysis First innings. H. L. Wilson, c Morcom, b Wharmby Penfold, b Morcom ......................... S. G. Bennett, c Apthorp, b Wharmby W. Randall, c Apthorp, b Morcom ... S. Hill-Wood, not o u t ......................... D. Musford, b Morcom......................... F. L. Titchmarsh, b Morcom.............. T. W. E. Wilson, c Apthorp, b Morcom L. Knight, c Saunders, b Orr .. P. P. Cornell, b Orr ......................... Trudgett, st Apthorp, b O r r .............. Byes, &c.............................. and 23 Total... First innings. Wharmby, b Tru d g e tt......................... Holdstock, b Penfold ........................ B. N. Bocquet, c and b Penfold Rogers, b Penfold.................................... E. E. Apthorp, c Hill-Wood, b Knight H. R. Orr, b Knight ......................... A. F. Morcom, b Penfold .............. G. S. Leventhorpe, b Trudgett S. V. Graham, lbw, b Trudgett T. Saunders, lbw, b Trudgett.............. H. Grierson, not out ......................... Byes, &c.............................. S u ffo lk . Second innings. ... 61 c and b Wharmby............ . 12 ... 12 b Wharmby....................... . 0 ... 26 c Rogers, b Morcom . 12 ... 0 c Wharmby, b Grierson .. 1 ... 89 lbw, b W harm by............ . 19 ... 3 b Wharmby........................ 7 ... 11 c Saunders, b Grierson ... 17 1 ... 0 c Wharmby, b Grierson ... 24 ... 26 b Wharmby........................ 0 ... 4 not out ........................ . 24 ... 0 c Bocquet, b Morcom . 20 ... 10 Byes, &c................... . 3 ... 192 Total ............ . 139 Morcom . Grierson . Wharmby Orr ... Total First innings. O. ............ 26 .. 7 ... 13 .. 6*3 B e d f o r d s h ir e . Second innings. ........... 5 c Penfold, b Trudgett ............ 4 c Musford, b Penfold ............. 50 c and b Trudgett ... 1 b Penf o l d ....................... 19 b Trudgett....................... 20 c Musford, b Trudgett . 10 c and b Trudgett ... 20 b Penfold ...................... 4 b Trudgett ... 0 not out ...................... 9 run out ....................... 11 Byes, &c................. 153 Total First innings. O. Penfold .............. 27 Tru d g e tt.............. 28*4 Knight .............. 6 56 S u f f o l k . R. W. 5 .................. 28 0 .................. 64 2 .................. 32 3 .................. B e d f o r d s h ir e . R. W. 49 4 ............ 74 4 ............. 19 2 .. Second innings. O. 4 12 19 4 M. 0 2 4 1 R. 22 53 49 12 Second innings. O. M. R. 16 4 33 21-2 6 58 6 0 21 2 22 15 0 17 8 0 32 1 2 13 8 120 W. 2 W. 3 BERKSHIRE v. SURREY 2 n d X I.— Played at Reading on August 23 and 24 and won by 8urrey 2nd X L by five wickets. Score and analysis :— First innings. B e r k s h ir e . G. G. M. Bennett, c Rutty, b Harrison H. Brougham, c Sandham, b Myers............. G. Belcher, c Abel, b Myers ......................... P. H. Gray, st Vigar, b Blacklidge.............. A. J. Murdock, c Vigar, b Myers ............. J. H. B. Lockhart, c Abel, b Blacklidge ... Capt. E. F. Rowe, c and b Blacklidge Dr. W. Y. Woodburn, c Abel, b Blacklidge Hawksworth, not o u t .................................... Shoosmith, lbw, b Myers ......................... SirC. Y. Nepean, c Gillespie, b Myers Byes, &c......................................... Total.................................... First innings. S u r r e y 2 n d XI. Harrison, c Rowe, b Hawksworth ............. Myers, hit wkt, b Lockhart ........................ Abel (W. J.), st Rowe, b Hawksworth F. S. Gillespie, c Hawksworth, b Lockhart Sandham, b Lock ha rt................................... Spring, st Rowe, b Lockhart......................... G. W. Palmer, b Hawksworth......................... Vigar, c Belcher, b Woodburn........................ Platt, c Rowe, b Woodburn ......................... Blacklidge, not out ................................... A. W. F. Rutty, st Rowe, b Lockhart Byes, &c..................................... Total.................................... First innings. B e r k s h ii O. Second innings. 0 b Platt ......................... 35 10 b Blacklidge ............. 22 5 run out ......................... 0 0 b Myers ......................... 5 24 c Vigar, b Myers .............. 20 0 not out ......................... 8 1 b Blacklidge ............. 1',* 4 c Blacklidge, b Myers 57 21 c Harrison, b Abel............. 0 20 lbw, b Abel ... 16 st Vigar, b M ye rs............. 17 2 Byes, &c.................... 11 87 Total .............. 210 Second innings. 1 not out ......................... 64 J c Woodburn, b Lockhart... 9 4 2 cBrougham, b Hawksworth 25 0 not out ......................... 23 0 21 29 <> (I 14 2 c Shoosmith, b Lockhart 68 cHawksworth, b Lockhart 17 c Murdock, b Lockhart .. Byes, &c................... Total (5 wkts.) .. Second innings. Harrison Myers Blacklidge. 14 8*1 M. R. W. 1 16 1 3 34 5 2 35 4 First innings. Platt ... Abel ... Myers bowled two wides. S u r r e y 2nd XI. Hawksworth Lockhart ... Woodburn ... O. M. R. W. 13 5 26 3 9*4 1 41 5 3 1 11 2 Belcher Gray ... Lockhart bowled two no-balls. 0. M. R. W. 2 0 9 0 20 3 4 61 4 20 6 45 2 12 5 35 1 11 1 49 2 Second innings. 0. M. R. W. 18 3 77 1 24 5 87 4 6 2 31 0 6 2 19 0 2 1 1 0 R IC H A R D D A F T ’S N O T T I N G H A M S H IR E M A R L . - Particulars apply Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nutts.— (A d v t .)