Cricket 1912

300 CEICKET : A WEEKLY Crutchley 75 for the fifth wicket. Crutchley’s 66 were made in 90 minutes ; the old H arrovian had ju st been given his blue, and right well did he signalise its bestowal. Three M .C.C. wickets went cheaply after the Oxford innings had been declared, and then rain intervened. N o r t h u m b e r la n d v. S t a f f o r d s h i r e . —Percy Briggs, who had no luck last year, and W . H . Twigg, who only played once or twice then, each topped 70 for the visitors ; no one else but Nichols did much. Out of 89 for 5 wickets made for Northumberland Norbury scored 58. R ain spoiled the game, and prevented even a first innings’ result. D u rh a m v. L in c o ln s h ir e .- —Adamson and Bradford gave their side a good start, and Hubert Brooks helped in a useful stand for the second wicket. Bradford played a fine, free innings of 105. He batted only 135 minutes, and hit two 6’s and eight 4’s. Durham had 180 for 2 up on the first day. The visitors had to bat on a ruined wicket. Morris and Parkin bowled unchanged through both their innings, and no one reached 20 in either. How often it happens that the admittedly stronger side has all the lu c k ! B e d fo r d s h ir e v. H e r t f o r d s h ir e . —The visiting side put up the excellent total of 379, C. H . Titchm arsh and Marsh each scoring 91, and Household 80. Beds made 173, and, following on, 237. Hold- stock and W. A. Southwell played well in both innings, Orr in the first, and Oliver in the second; but Herts had no difficulty in winning. Burton and Shelford bowled effectively. D e r b y s h ir e v. N o r t h a m p t o n s h ir e . — After a considerable delay owing to rain, Derbyshire started at Chesterfield on Saturday after­ noon before 2,000 spectators, which, considering the weather, was quite a decent gate. The wicket was slow and easy. Cadman and Humphries put on 50 together for the second wicket, and Humphries and Warren 33 for the third. N early everybody made a few runs after that, and the total reached 17 7 . On Monday Northants had decidedly the worst of the wicket, which gave the bowlers help denied them on Saturday. S. G. Sm ith hit up 38 out of the 56 which he and Thompson added for the third wicket, and the bulwark of Northants stayed 14 5 minutes for his excellent 52*. He and Busw ell (suffering from lumbago) struggled hard for a lead on the first innings ; but it was not to be. Warren bowled finely, though it was scarcely his wicket. The visitors had no chance to retrieve their position, for p’ ay was impossible on Tuesday. Those lost points m ay cost them dearly. S u r r e y v . H a m p s h ir e .— There was only 2 f hrs. play on Monday. Stone and Bowell put np 38 for the first Hants wicket, and the former stayed 90 minutes for his 45. F ry was in 105 minutes for 47— a valuable innings, if not one of his best. On Tuesday the last wicket fell with the score 145, and the home team put up 42 without the loss of a wicket. No play was possible on Wednesday, though it was some time before hope was abandoned. K e n t v . E s s e x . — Seymour has found his form again, beyond peradventure. H is splendid innings of 1 1 1 , quite chanceless, lasting 2jjr hrs., containing fifteen 4’s, was the feature of Monday’s cricket on the Bat and B all ground. Woolley and he put on 80 in 55 m inutes for the third wicket, and Hubble and he 109 in an hour for the fourth. Hatfeild had plenty of luck, hit two 6's, and made 50. The total was 304. No one except Fane did much for Essex, Blythe (who had 4 for 5 at the end of the innings) and Fielder bowling effectively. Kent batted again, in spite of a lead of 173, which seemed rather an excess of caution—or, alternatively, taking too many chances with the weather. On the third morning Humphreys, Seymour, and Woolley all scored at a good pace, and the innings was declared at 174 for 3, leaving the Essex men 348 to get for victory. They could do nothing with Blythe and Woolley, however, and wrere all out for 89, only three men reaching double figures. L a n c a s h ir e v . W o r c e s t e r s h ir e . —The visitors had their captain back, but still lack the help of the Foster clan, who are greatly m issed. A partnership of 100 in 80 minutes for the second wicket by John Tyldesley and Makepeace formed the major portion of a short first day’s play. On Tuesday not a ball was bowTled. On Wed­ n e sd a y ^ e Palatine batsmen forced the pace as far as possible on the slow wicket, and at lunch the innings was declared—269 for 8. Makepeace batted 13 5 minutes for his 69 ; Brooke's 44 included two 6’s. Worcestershire made a most inglorious show on the soft wicket. Their first innings realised 47 in 90 minutes, their second 4 1 in 70. Dean and Huddleston were their masters all through. The former had three wickets in 4 balls in the first innings, 13 for 49 in the m atch. Collier alone did anything to redeem the m idlanders’ display from abjectness. Y o r k s h ir e v . A u s t r a lia n s . —Macartney’s maintenance of form is really wonderful. H is 87 at Sheffield took him less than 2 hrs., and he hit twelve 4’s, batting throughout in great style. Kelleway, who was very stolid, helped him in a stand of 1 10 in 90 minutes for the second wicket. M innett, though missed once, showed something more like his true form than he had hitherto done in making 49 in RECORD OF THE GAME. J u ly 6, 1912. 65 minutes. The two catches by Rhodes, one right-hand, one left, which dismissed Bardsley and Minnett were great. Tuesday was rendered a blank by rain. Rhodes had had his quietus on Monday evening. When play was resumed on a slow but easy wicket after lunch on Wednesday Denton and W ilson made a stand. They were parted at 124, having put on 94 for the second wicket. H irst, in quite his best form, ran up 62 out of 78 in an h o u r; Kilner batted 80 minutes for 2 1, and Booth lashed out. There was never any chance of a finish after the second wicket stand, but the county did well to get so near the colonial total, and the play was always interesting. S u s s e x v. L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . — Cecil Wood and King added 108 for the fouith wicket in 95 minutes, and the former batted 3 hrs. with only one mistake for his 73 ; the other nine Leicestershire men averaged 4 each, but the deduction of Shipm an’s 18 reduces the figure to 2-25 each for the remaining eight. Albert Edward Relf bowled very finely indeed. H is brother and Jo e Vine put up 124 for the first wicket in 85 minutes, 17 of them made in two overs on Monday evening. Robert R elf’s 62 was a capital innings. Cartwright showed rare good form, too, driving with power and certitude, and he and Vine added 89 before the pro. was caught by Shields, standing back to Shipman (who, by the way, was making his first appearance after being laid up for several weeks). Vine had batted 200 minutes for his 90. Simms made 23 in 15 minutes. Cartwright, who did hot maintain his early pace, batted 2 hrs. and hit ten 4’s. The Jam left first ball. At the tea interval the total was 2 13 for 6 ; there was no more play that day. Chaplin made 33 in 55 minutes, he and Albert Relf adding 80 for the seventh wicket in that time. With Lang in, R elf reached his century, and the innings was declared at 430 for 7. Relf, who has had little luck this year, but has not really lost form, either with ball or bat, was in 2 hrs. 10 m in s., made no mistake, drove powerfully and placed to leg well, and hit two 6’s and nine 4’s. H is last century was against Leicestershire, by the way. Shipm an alone met with any success in the bowling line. King and Wood again made the bulk of the runs for Leicestershire, the others failing before R elf’s fine bow ling; but these two could not make enough to avert an innings’ defeat. Iu the match R elf had 15 wickets for 77 runs, and the victory was very largely his work. M id d le s e x v. S o u t h A fr ic a n s . —Everyone scored; eight made double figures; but no one played an outstanding innings for the South Africans at Lord’s. Tancred batted an hour for 40, Nourse 5 minutes longer for 44. Llewellyn hit 32 in 25 minutes. Faulkner and Tancred added 53 for the second wicket, which was the best stand of the innings. The consistent work resulted in quite a good total. Middlesex, who lacked Warner (unwell), E . S . Litteljohn (too busy to play), and Bosanquet (kept out by a bereavement), began with A. R . Litteljohn and Murrell, the latter, sent in to play out time on Monday evening, staying well, liitiing a 6, and making second highest score of the day. Tarrant and Mann each hit a 6 also ; but sixes were scarcely characteristic of the short day’s play, which was in the main a struggle to avoid the follow-on. There was no play after lunch; rain of course. On Wednesday, after more rain, a decision to abandon the game was arrived at early. G lo u c e s t e r s h ir e v. N o t t in g h a m s h ir e .— Abandoned without a ball bowled. M r . H. D. G. L eveson -G ower ’ s X I v. O xford U niversity .— There was only half-an-hour’s play at Eastbourne on the Monday, owing to rain. Campbell and Bardsley added 62 for the third wicket on Tuesday; but the features of the day’s play were Lagden’s hitting, 99 in 100 minutes, and Lagden’s luck— five chances missed! Vidler helped him to add 118 for the ninth wicket. Lagden’s 99* included two 6’s and nine 4’s. E. H. D. Sewell hit well while his comrades were failing. Lagden made two splendid catches. On Tuesday evening the scratch team were 244 behind, with three wickets to fall. These went down cheaply on the Wednesday. Following on, they did somewhat better, Sewell and Marriott added 46 for the fourth wicket, and the latter and Weigall 62 for the fifth. The old Malvernian’s chanceless 75 included a 6 and eight 4’s. At the tea interval the score was 160 for 5. A few minutes after resumption the whole side had been dismissed for 162. Fraser, the Australian, brought about this sudden change, his leg-breaks getting the last five wickets in the course of ten balls. H e r t f o r d s h i r e v. N o r f o l k .— At St. Albans on Monday Falconer (at one time with Northants) and the new Norfolk captaiu, Michael Falcon, bowled so well that only Golding and W . H . Marsh could make any stay, and the home side was out for 100. Thanks mainly to G. W . Birkbeck, the visitors replied with 10 1. The R ev. C. G. Ward, E. S. Household, and C. H . Titchm arsh put their side in a strong position before drawing of stumps—1 15 up, with 8 to go. Falconer bowled well again on Tuesday, and the innings closed for 163 ; but rain prevented any result, except that Norfolk’s single-run lead gave them three points on the first innings.