Cricket 1912

278 CEICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 29, 1912. and P. G . H . Fender, the old Pauline, hit well. Three Cambridge wickets fell cheaply in the second in n in g s; then Saville and Fran klin, neither of whom had done much with the bat previously this season, added 10 1 in 55 m inutes by excellent and forcible batting. After that came a quick tarn of fortune. In tbe course of four overs Vine took 5 wickets. Saville again played well on resum ­ ing next morning, and Hopley lent good help. Sussex had only 93 to get for victo ry; bat again leg-breaks wrought havoc, Kidd bowling so effectively that the m argin was only 4 wickets after all. S outh W ales v . S outii A fricans . —A victory for the home side at Swansea was scarcely to be expected, though the team put in the field was far from a weak one. Everybody except Faulkner and Cox made runs in the Afrikanders’ fir s t ; but only Pegler, who hit finely, and Strieker scored over 40. Whittington, N. C. Phillips, and Symonds all batted well for South W ales against some good bowling by Nourse and Pegler. H acker’s fast and accurate bowling was a feature of the visitors’ second innings, Snooke and M itchell being the only men to show to advantage. Faulkner puzzled the home team in the last innings of the game, and his side had an easy win, though Maxwell, Norman Riches, and Symonds did what they could to stem the tide of defeat. L eicestershire v . S u rrey . —The visiting side, of course, lacked Hobbs, and R ushby was left out for E . C. K irk. The home team made few changes. A. T. Sharp, an unlucky cricketer, cannot get going ; but if Coe is fit and well one fancies he should be played. On a pitch that was never easy, the ball frequently getting up in awkward fashion, Hayward and H ayes added 69 in 55 minutes for the second wicket. The only other stand was for the ninth. Strudwick and K irk hit out, and put on 43 in a quarter of an hour. Wood and Whitehead— chiefly Whitehead—added 43 for Leicester­ shire’s third wicket ; 87 for 5 was the state of the scoie on Monday evening, and also on Tuesday, no play being possible that day owing to rain. On Wednesday, after some delay owing to a further down­ fall, the home side’s score was taken to 138 , Curtis batting pluckily. Surrey forced the pace in view of a declaration ; they scored 128 in 10 5 m inutes, Hayward playing an adm irable innings, and his three partners all doing something. Leicestershire had two hours to bat. There was no chance of making 17 7 in that time, and when three wickets had fallen for 25 defeat seemed unpleasantly likely. But here Surrey’s success ended. Lord, until now a complete failure this season, joined Cecil Wood, and these two played admirable cricket for 75 m inutes, adding 96 unparted. D erbyshire v. W arw ickshire .— Foster and Sm ith were at Lord’s. Did that fact account for W arwickshire’s relapse into the old dull methods ? B ut there was excuse for some slowness. They lost three good wickets for 5 ; Quaife does not hold him self out as a fast scorer, and no one except Baker, who helped him to add 54 for the fifth wicket, could stay with him . He took 200 m inutes to make 69, but his innings was rare good value. There was only about two hours’ play on Wednesday, but if the home side had made a little more haste they m ight have scored points for a first inning’s win. Cadman batted well, and he and Warren put on 6 1 for the third wicket. H ampshire v. C ambridge U niversity .— The Cantabs lacked Franklin, Morrison deputising for him behind the stumps, and the county were without Fry, Sprot, Johnston and Newman. They played three new men in F. G. Turner, an old Westminster boy, now a master at Twyford School, Winchester, A. P. Rutherford, last year’s Repton Captain, and Yaldren, a Nursery product. A. J. L. Hill ap­ peared for the first time this season. A splendid innings of 132 was played by R. B. Lagden—no chance, twenty-one 4’s, three hours Riley helped him to add 112 for the second wicket in 80 minutes, and Mulholland 152 for the third in 90. Later, Saville hit brilliantly, scoring 81 (a 6 and eight 4’s) in 70 minutes. Against eight bowlers 484 runs were made during the day. On Tuesday, after a delay through rain till 4 o’clock, and the fall of two wickets for 27, Mead and Captain Barrett put on 125 unseparated. With only 7 added next morning Barrett was out. Mead went on to make his fifth cen­ tury of the season. He batted 2 f hours, and hit seventeen 4’s. Brown hit well, scoring a 6 and five 4’s. The Light Blues went in again, and Kennedy took all tbree wickets that fell at a cost of only 10 runs. For the first time this season Mulholland’s slows were fairly collared. D urham v . S taffordshire .— The visitors lacked Barnes, of course. C. Y . Adamson and T. A. Bradford played capital innings for Durham , and the tail, Hubert Brooks especially, showed up well. Deyes was the best of the Staffs, bowlers. Percy Briggs and Hollo- wood gave their side a good sta rt; later W . H . Twigg and Bucknell batted w e ll; but all was to no purpose, for rain made the match a draw—not even points on first innings for anyone—only 40 minutes’ play being possible on Tuesday. N orthumberland v . L incolnshire . —Broughton bowled well, and Northumberland fared badly in their first innings, only J . S. Nesbit doing much. Thanks to R iley’s hard-hit 72, the eastern county led by 6 1 halfw ay through. Then the Northumbrians pro­ ceeded to pile up runs. B . S. Cumberlege and W. Meldon hit well for 8 1 each, and nearly everyone else made a few. Innings declared at 312 for 8—two Lincolnshire wickets down for 29—then a thunder­ storm, and Lincolnshire scoring first innings’ points. Deserved, no doubt. They led on the first innings. B u t a little rough on the other fellows, considering the state of the game at the finish. Y orkshire v . N orthamptonshire . —Northants played their usua team. Yorkshire lacked Rhodes and H irst, and brought in Newstead. There was no play before lunch on Monday, and altogether only a little over 3 hours on that day. W ilson and Denton put on 73 for the second w icket; Bates and Haigh made a few ; but the purple patch of the day’s play was the innings of Sir Archibald White. He ran up 5 1 in less than half-an-hour, hitting Sm ith for four 6’s. Booth, who made top score, helped him to add 45 for the ninth wicket in 25 minutes. No play on Tuesday. On Wednesday, after lunch, Northants went in, the Yorkshire innings having been declared, and were out for 74, Drake and Newstead starting the slump, and Haigh continuing it. J . S. Denton stayed in for an hour, and did his level best to avert the follow-on. But his side had to go in again, with 100 minutes to play. R uns were of no use ; against bowling and fielding of the keenest, defence was the only thing. That Northants averted defeat was largely due to the fact that Thompson and V ials stayed together for half-an-hour at a critical time. Newstead bowled finely ; but of course the necessities of the situation flattered the bowlers. S ussex v . O xford U niversity . —The county’s somewhat experi­ mental team acquitted itself well. Vine and Robert R elf added 98 for the second wicket, Chaplin and Fender 99 for the seventh, and Fender and Street, still unseparated when the closure was applied, a little over a hundred for the ninth. Vine batted 140 minutes, with one chance, for his 66. Fender, missed at 48, played splendidly free cricket. Chaplin made his 40 in 50 minutes. There was only about an hour- and-a-half’s play on Tuesday, Oxford making 61 for 2 during that time. On Wednesday Campbell batted well. Before lunch the score stood at 167 for 5. After lunch Fender and Vine got down the last 5 for an addition of 19. Following on, with the wicket caked by bright sunshine after tbe rain, the Dark Blues failed badly. Six wickets were actually down for 18 in 50 minutes. Crutchley and Vidler added 34 for the seventh, and Fraser made a few h its ; but the end came with the total 81. Albert Relf bowled adm irably. S cotland v . S outh A fricans . — Scotland could not collect full strength, prominent absentees being M. R . Dickson and H. J. Stevenson, and the game was somewhat one-sided. The South Africans left out Nourse and Snooke, besides Schwarz, Campbell, and H artigan, the last-named, one regrets to hear, left behind ill at Swansea. Tait and Bowie added 53 for the second wicket of Scotland, Gibson and Younger 39 for the last. The Afrikanders scored slowly against some excellent bowling by Benham and Younger; only Faulkner and Beaumont made runs in any number or at any pace on Monday. No play was possible till after lunch on T u esday; then Faulkner played great cricket, and eventually carried his bat for 14 5, made in 4 hrs., the only chance at 13 5 . Mitchell made 26 of his 27 in six strokes—a 6 and five 4’s. Cox and Pegler were too much for the Caledonians in their second innings, only Benham (who might yet be useful to Essex) making any stay. Vacan t Dates. ST. JOHN’s WOOD WANDERERS want match July 6, on opponents’ ground (private).—R. M. Brown, 74, Gascony Avenne, West Hampstead, N.W. BEULAH (strong) through disappointment, have Tuesday, July 9, at home, and Wednesday, July 10, away, vacant—all day matches preferred. Second XI. have vacant July 6 and 20, away.—F. Mathiescn, 8, Stratford Road, Thornton Heath. SOUTB WEST HAM (Strong) - private ground, adjoining station, have open the following dates:—1st XI., home, August 5 (whole day), away, July 13, Sept. 21 ; 2nd XI., away, June 29. Match secretary, W. Hitch, 58, Hudson Road, Canning Town, E. Wanted. B y y o u n g p u b lic sch o o l m a n , g o o d b a t a n d field , w h o h a s p la y e d w ith su ccess fo r sec o n d -c lass c o u n ty , e n g a g em e n t a s S e c re ta r y o r A s s is ta n t S e c re ta r y to a c ric k e t o r g en eral s p o rts c lu b "of g o o d s ta n d in g .— A d d re s s to , “ F .T .,” c/o H r. J . N . P e n te lo w , M a lv e rn , S te y n in g , S u s s e x .