Cricket 1912

JULY 6, 1912. CEICKET : A WEEKLY EECOED OP THE GAME. 299 from h is fellow -ju rym en and described them as the most obstinate set o f m en he had ever m et because th ey declined to adopt h is v iew in preference to their unan im ous opinion. W e m ust be th an k fu l for sm all m ercies, and that the trium virate h ave m ad e the H itch concession. H a y e s m a y be kept out u ntil the last m atch ! I f so, he w ill be so an xiou s to show that h e should h ave been in the side all through that he w ill probably f a il! T h e w isdom o f experience in these and other m atters is indeed h ard to attain and is ap p aren tly still harder to apply. Big Matches of the Week. E ssex v . A ustralians . —Reaction after a test match is no new thing. Moreover the Australians took the field at Leyton with some­ thing short of their usual bowling strength. All the same the per­ formance of the county in staying at the wickets all day, and scoring 3 1 1 for two, was a notable one. Next morning, after Douglas and Fane had been parted, H azlitt bowled with great success, and six of the last seven wickets fell to him for only '29 runs. Earlier 76 had been hit from him without a wicket. There were two big partnerships and three big innings in the county’s effort. Douglas and Perrin added 160 together in 2 J hrs. for the second wicket, Douglas and Fane 183 in 2 J hrs. for the third. Douglas batted 350 minutes, with inex­ haustible patience, and his score included a 5 and twelve 4’s. He was missed twice before he had scored 20, but made no mistake afterwards. Perrin hit ten 4’s, batted 13 5 minutes, and made only one bad stroke. Fane was in 150 minutes, gave a chance at 49, and hit fourteen 4’s. All three, in their very different styles, played fine cricket. The total of 4 21 is the highest against the Australians to date. Only Macartney, 62 in 85 m inutes, an innings worthy of the great reputation he has built up, did anything worth mentioning in the touring side’s first attem p t; but when they followed on Mayne and Jennings sent up 44 for the first wicket, Jennings and Macart­ ney 53 for the second, Bardsley and Gregory 70 for the fourth, and Gregory and Sm ith 66 for the fifth. The pitch was treacherous at first, after heavy rain, and great credit is due to the Australians for the good fight they put up to save the game. Jennings batted 2 hrs. in fine form ; Gregory was in just over 2 hrs., and gave only one chance, hitting thirteen 4’s. H ills, a new leg-break bowler, slow to medium in pace, from the Maldon district, made a promising first appearance for the county. W arw ickshire v . Y orkshire . —The champions’ bowling was made to look very cheap on an easy pitch on Thursday. After Wilson and Rhodes had started slowly, 52 runs in 75 minutes, W ilson and Denton added 253 in 180 minutes, the former hitting finely after passing his 50. He made his 150 out of 305 in 255 minutes, and hit two 6’s (fine drives off Field on to the pavilion) and eighteen 4’s. Denton and H irst, staying on into Friday, added 86 in an hour. W ith the total 4 51 for 4 and Denton at 200, tbe innings was declared closed. The Thornes man batted 5 h. 10 m ., gave only one chance, at 193, and hit thirty 4’s. F or Warwickshire Charlesworth and Quaife added 64 for the third wicket. Of the rest only W indridge did anything. Following on, they lost 3 wickets for 63before call of time. On Saturday no play was possible. H ampshire v . M iddlesex . —Lacking F ry and Johnston, Hants were by no means at full strength. They started well, Stone and Bowell putting up 88 for the first wicket, and Bowell and Mead adding 75 for the second. Bowell batted well, though slowly, taking 3 hrs. to make 76. Captain Barrett was in half as long for 48, and at the end Newman hit o u t; but the rest of the side failed before Tarrant. Rain, followed by bright sunshine, spoiled the wicket, and deprived the visitors of any chance. But they helped to their own downfall, for three men were run out in their first innings, two thrown out by Bowell from cover. Following on, they made a better start. Tarrant and Edward Litteljohn put up 84 in 110 minutes. Then, with only three added, these two and Warner had all departed, each caught by Mead oif Newman. Hendren and young Hearne added 70 before close of play, bringing the scores even. They put on 18 more in the m orning; but once they were parted a rot set in, and the last five wickets fell for 13 . Stone was out at once when Hants batted, but Bowell and Mead then hit off the runs, the latter reaching his thousand for the season. Kennedy bowled very finely, as did Newman, though the former always seemed much the more difficult to play. L ancashire v . N ottinghamshire . — On a slow wicket Notts batted slowly, but did very well to make 205. The chief stand was for the first wicket, Jones and George Gunn sending up 66. Lee and Wass added 33 for the last. Dean made two brilliant catches— a c. & b. from Jones, and one at backward point which dismissed John Gunn. Lancashire had 27 up for one by drawing of stum ps; but a short day’s play on a damaged pitch on Friday saw them all out for 1 1 1 , Wass and Iremonger bowling unchanged. Jones and the younger Gunn put up 44 for the loss of the former’s wicket before time. Saturday was cut up by r a in ; Hardstaff, Payton, and John Gunn showed some form, but later Dean bowled in such deadly fashion that the last 6 wickets fell to him for 18 runs, only 20 in ail being scored after the fall of the fourth. Then rain came on again, and the game had to be given up. A section of the crowd m is­ behaved itself— an occurrence growing much too common. S ussex v . S urrey .' —R ain did much to spoil the Horsham Week, but there was quite a good crowd on Thursday, when Ernest Hayes scored his thousandth run of the season, and he and Hayward added 119 for the second wicket in 90 minutes, after the latter and Hobbs had m ade'76 for the first in 50. The score was 195 with only one man o u t; but Sussex played up gamely, Simm s bowling very finely indeed, and the innings closed for 281. H ayes’s 85 was made in his best fo rm : Hayward was below par. Vine and Robert Relf sent up 50 before tim e; on Friday they took the score to 100 exactly before R elf left. Two more wickets fell at the same to ta l; but then C art­ wright and Simms put on 92 by free and stylish cricket in 50 minutes for the fifth, and, K illick making a few, the home side finished up only 27 behind. Surrey in again, Hayward out at 24, Hobbs and Ha,yes adding 99 for the second—then collapse. H ayes stayed a while, but four more wickets went for 36 added, and the total only reached 178. Fender and Cox did the damage, both bowling well. Sussex needed 206 to win. The pitch was fairly easy at the start. Vine and Robert Relf made 39 for the first w icket; but after Vine had gone only his partner, whose 50 was a rare fine innings, could do much against Smith and Rushby on a wicket rapidly growing more difficult, and in the end Surrey won by 78 runs. W orcestershire v . K ent.—The home side fielded a very weak team, had little chance anyway, and were deprived of what chance they might have had by rain. The feature of Kent’s innings was a stand of 151 by Seymour and Woolley for the third wicket after Burns had got rid of Humphreys and Hardinge with only one run on the board. Seymour batted 105 minutes for his chanceless 80, and hit twelve 4’s. Woolley was early missed, but batted splendidly afterwards, stayed 200 minutes, and had eleven 4’s in his 117. Collins batted 135 minutes for 45. The rest made 36 among them. Rain ruined the pitch ; Blythe and Wooley were exactly suited by the conditions ; and in spite of plucky play by Arnold and B. G. Stevens in the first innings, and Bowley, Collier, Pearson, and Burns in the follow-on, Worcester never looked like saving the innings defeat. S cotland v . S outh A fricans . — Interfered with by rain, and hopelessly one-sided, the game at Raeburn Place was never very interesting. Nourse played a good innings, and Faulkner showed fine all-round form. “ H am ish ” w ill deal with the rest no doubt. M r. H . D. G. L eveson -G ow er ’ s X I. v. C amrridge U n iversity . The deputising business is referred to in “ Gossip.” The great feature of the first day’s play was magnificent hitting—164* in 160 m inutes—by the veteran, Ernest Sm ith, of Clifton, Oxford, and Yorkshire fame. W . Phillips (the Kent Second X I. man, I believe) helped him to add 147 for the eighth wicket. On Friday J . S. F. Morrison, the Carthusian, made a bold bid for his blue by a capital innings of 3 J hrs. for 118 , including thirteen 4’s. Mulholland helped him to add 86 for the fourth wicket, and Kidd 57 for the fifth. Gerald W eigall was top scorer in the scratch team’s second ; half-a-dozen others made useful scores briskly, and Cambridge had to scratch hard to avoid defeat. Calthorpe and Saville saved them ; the Reptonian made a fine 88, Saville helped him to add for the wicket, and was not out at the finish, when 79 was still wanted with only one wicket to fall. Whitty, the Australian, had 10 wickets in the match for 18 8 ; Holloway, the old Leysian, took 9 for 196. M.C.C. v. O xford U n iversity .— The premier side’s club was a weak one, though the Jam of Nawanagar as captain lent it glamour. He worked King and A still pretty hard ; between them they bowled 13 2 overs in the match. On Thursday the Dark Blues scored 406— Knott and Twining 92 for the first wicket, Knott and Campbell 90 for the second, Campbell and Evans 55 for the third. Crutchley, hitting lustily and not afraid to lift the ball, dominated the rest of the innings, but just missed his century, his last partner failing to stay long enough. H is 98 only took 90 m inutes ; fourteen 4’s were included. Campbell batted 170 minutes for his 90, Knott 150 for his 80, both showing excellent form. King, M. H. C. Doll, and Hardy were chief scorers for the club ; the last named helped Doll to add 96 for the third wicket after tbe old Cantab and A. I. Steel had put on 6 1 for the second. King played well for his 78. Altham , Bardsley, and Crutchley once more did best in the Dark B lu es’ second ; Altham and Bardsley added 66 for the fourth, Altham and