Cricket 1912

J une 29, 1912. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 277 Big Matches of the Week. S omerset v . A ustralians . — B . L . Bisgood made 27, and the re­ mainder of ihe Somerset batsmen exactly equalled his score among them. Boy Minnett, making pace from a pitch that always gave the bowlers some help, was very deadly. When the Australians went in Robson bowled and his colleagues fielded finely, and the batting was in no degree illustrious, Macartney alone doing much. In Somerset’s second D aniell and Hardy made 41 runs for the first wicket, and Bobson and Braund 59 for the fifth ; but the rest shaped poorly. Mayne and Kelleway easily knocked off the runs required for victory. Kent v . Northamptonshire. —Ten double figures, highest score 33: such was the visitor’s first innings. Hardinge hit seven 4’s in his 30, but the Kent batsmen in general did little. East, going on late, had three wickets for 6. The earlier Northants batsmen in the second innings wore down the bowling by stolid tactics; but when Vials and Seymour got together brighter cricket was seen, the two adding 144 in the last 90 minutes of Friday’s play. Both were soon out in the morning, their partnership having realised 150 in all. Then the innings was declared, and Kent set 402 for victory. Hurst hit well, and Humphreys, as usual, did something; but Smith’s bowling puzzled everybody, and the champions of 1910, who had never looked like saving the game, went down by 240 runs. N ottinghamshire v . Y orkshire .— Rather a dull game, on the whole. K ilner’s fine all-round play for the second eleven of York­ shire v. Surrey second took him into the White Rose team, Hirst being ab sen t; Bayes was preferred to Bates, and Lee played again for Notts in the place of Alletson. A. O. Jones took three hours to make his 96 —slow going for him . Hardstaff helped him to add 122 for the second wicket. Of the rest Payton, coming out of his shell, alone did anything noteworthy. He batted really well. Kilner had a good long spell with the ball, and his swinging deliveries troubled the Notts men. The Yorkshire batting was no livelier and less successful than that of the home team had been. W ilson stayed an hour for 2 4 ; Booth and the captain saved the follow-on by plucky play. Iremonger bowled 32 overs, 2 1 maidens, for 26 runs and 4 wickets. Good and steady as Iremonger is, this looks like excessive caution on the part of those opposed to him . When Notts batted again their captain was well thrown out by the rival skipper, and al­ most everyone failed, the best stand being the 41 of Iremonger and Payton for the sixth wicket. Yorkshire needed just under 250 for victory, and lost Rhodes on Friday evening. A hard struggle then appeared likely. W ilson and Denton added 60 for the second wicket; but 4 were down for 13 3 , and Notts seemed to be winning. Then, however, the two junior members of the team, Kilner and Tasker, added 1 1 3 for the fifth wicket in 90 minutes, and won the game for the White Rose. Kilner looks like proving another of Yorkshire’s long line of all-rounders. M iddlesex v . E ssex .— The Essex batting on the first day was distinctly tedious ; but it should not be forgotten that the bowling was good, and that the Leyton men might have done worse if they had tried to force the game. Not that the spectators would have minded th a t; the spectators, however, are suffering under delusions if they imagine that sixpence can buy an eleven of Jessops. Douglas put in 10 5 minutes at wickets for 36 ; Freeman and Russell added 44 for the sixth wicket. When Middlesex batted Tarrant practically left the elder Litteljohn standing still, the latter’s share of the 1 15 for the first wicket being only 28. Young Hearne helped the Anglo-Australian to add 119 for the second. Tarrant was in 195 minutes for his 140, hit twenty 4’s, and gave chances at 84 and 119 . Warner and H aig were the only other men who did anything. Buckenham, though his figures were nothing out of the way, bowled as well as he has done in any match this season. The best cricket shown by Essex was seen late on Friday, when John Douglas played a fine game. Perrin helped him to add 80 for the second wicket. Douglas batted 3 hrs. for his 72, but the rest of the side crocked up on Saturday morning, and Middlesex had an easy victory. W arwickshire v . H ampshire .— The wicket at Coventry must have been a rare good one, and the Warwickshire wicket-keeper is also a rare good one, in front of the sticks as well as behind them. He ran up 134 in 150 minutes with only one chance; Kinneir helped him in a partnership of 134 for the first w icket; and later on Quaife made 184 in 210 minutes, eighteen 4's included. Curious how 134 repeated itse lf! Baker aided Quaife to add 87 for the fifth wicket, and Parsons batted two hours for 50, which was rather too long considering how many runs were already on the board. New­ man had a finger split, and could not bowl in the latter part of the innings, and Kennedy was less effective than he has usually been of late. The innings was declared with nine wickets down. Three men made 330 of the 343 from the bat by Hants. A. C. Johnston and Mead added 250 runs for the second wicket, and Bowell helped Johnston to put on 94 for the sixth. Johnston’s 175 was a splendid innings, though not chanceless. Mead should have been out at 10, but batted finely thereafter. He was in 3£ hrs., Johnston 5 hrs. Johnston hit sixteen 4’ s, Mead eleven. The catch by Charlesworth which ended the professional’s innings was a very fine one. When Warwickshire batted again Foster and Charlesworth were the first pair. Evidently the captain meant that runs should be made as quickly as possible. But though Charlesworth hit well for 59 and the innings was declared with four men out, a result never seemed likely. Johnston and Mead again got going after Stone was out, and when the first-named had for the second time in the match reached his century stumps were drawn. Stone fell, and knocked off a bail with his head in doing so. “ H it wicket,” but rather hard lines. Mead and Johnston added 15 1 unparted, and thus put on 401 together in the match. S urrey v . L ancashire .— The match at the Oval was not unlike that at Coventry. To start with A. H. Hornby, first in owing to the absence of both Spooner and Hartley, and Makepeace sent up 1 12 before a wicket fell. Hornby batted 195 minutes for his 129, drove to the on finely, and placed to leg cleverly, and hit seventeen 4’s. There was a slump soon after his departure, five wickets going down for 4 runs. Strudwick, sent in to play out time, stayed with Hayward next morning till 47 had been registered ; then Hayward and Hayes added 203 for the second wicket by first-rate cricket. Hayward batted 200 minutes for 108, and hit twelve 4’s ; Hayes took five minutes less to make 9 runs more, and had sixteen 4’s in his total. Again there was something of a slump, but Hitch and Abel arrested it, the fast bowler getting his 40 in as many minutes. Hornby and Makepeace wiped off the arrears of 84 and put their side ahead before a wicket fell, and aftewards John Tyldesley played a splendid innings of 15 2 . H is only chance was at 108 ; he batted 190 minutes, and hit twenty-one 4’s. Sharp, missed before scoring, helped him to add 10 1 for the third wicket, and W illiam Tyldesley 79 for the fourth. A declaration was left till so late that something not far short of a miracle would have been required to bring off a win, and the last hour of play was really of no interest to anyone. W orcestershire v. G loucestershire .— An hour and a half on the first day at Worcester was lost through rain, but time proved sufficient to finish the match. Dipper, who has brightened up wonderfully of late, made his 64 in 80 minutes ; Langdon scored 8 1 in 2 hrs , and was helped by Huggins in a seventh wicket stand of 98. Pearson and Cuffe bowled well, and the fielding was good ; but Sim plon Hayward had a foot hurt, and could not send down many overs, a fact which further weakened the Worcester attack, never very powerful nowadays. Pearson and Bowley made a decent start, though the latter was not at his b est; but Cuffe was the only one among the rest to do anything. Dennett bowled right through the innings, over three hours, and never looked easy to play. The fire­ works came in Gloucestershire’s second innings. After Dipper, again in form, and Douglas Robinson had put up 98 runs for tho first wicket, and Langdon had been bowled by Pearson, Jessop came in and flogged the bowling. In 55 minutes before close of play he hit up 75. Next morning Robinson and Jessop took their partnership to 209 (in 90 minutes, the duration of the latier’s innings), and then a declaration was made. Robinson had batted 210 minutes for his 150 *—eighteen 4’s. Worcestershire had to make 454, play out five hours, or lose. They lost. Bowley again scored 33, and a fine stand of 128 was made for the third wicket by W. B . Burns and Arnold, but the rest did nothing. L eicestershire v . D erbyshire . — The match at Ashby-de-la- Zouch—the scene of the great tournament in “ Ivanhoe ” —produced quite a decent gate, as gates go in these days, but a very disappointing finish for the home side’s partisans. At first Leicestershire seemed to be getting a good grip on the game. Before King and A still six Derbyshire wickets went down for 65. The best stand of the innings was the 47 made by Bracey (who had not played for his county since 19 10 ) and Slater for the last wicket. Mounteney and Whitehead added 59 for the third Leicestershire wicket, and F. M. Joyce and Coe 72 for the seventh. But the first innings’ lead of the home county was wiped out by Oliver and Cadman, who put up 78 for the first Derbyshire w icket; and then a splendid 83, in 120 minutes, by Morton, turned the game round. Leicestershire wanted 18 1 to win, but never looked in the least like getting them, Warren bowling in deadly form. C ambridge U niversity v . S ussex . —Two Cantabs (A. H. Lang and E . C. Baker, the old Brightonian) played for Sussex, and tbe Light Blue side included two Sussex men in N. J . Holloway and F . C. G . Calthorpe. There seemed no special reason why Cambridge should have had to struggle so hard for runs on the first d a y ; but only Riley, Morrison, Kidd, and Calthorpe—the last two adding 72 for the fifth wicket in an hour—did much. Vine’s 100—4 hrs., no chance, twelve 4’s—was the feature of the Sussex innings. The old Harrovian, A . H. Lang, showed really fine form for his 47, and Jupp