Cricket 1912

344 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 20, 1912. Wood, whom H aigh m issed at 26. Knight passed the century mark, and was still in at drawing of stumps. On Wednesday Knight took his total to 147. He batted 290 m inutes, gave no chance, and hit twenty-one 4’s. The rest of the side failed to follow up the good work of the first pair, only King doing anything of note, and in the end Yorkshire won by eight wickets. W arw ickshire v . N orthamptonshire .— “ How are the m ighty fallen ! ” E very team has its off d a y s ; but Northants have been perform ing so consistently of late (did someone say “ Yorkshire” ?— but there was excuse for that lapse in the state of the wicket and the game) that one did not expect Monday’s slump. Several W arwick­ shire batsmen cannot get going at a l l ; aud but for the partnership of 82 beween Sm ith, who batted 100 m inutes for 67, and Oharlesworth, who made 02 (two 6’s, nine 4’s, and 20 in one over off East) in about 150 m inutes, the home side’s score would have been sm all. Even without this they would probably have had a considerable advantage, however, for the Championship leaders were sent to the right about by Field and Foster in 85 m inutes for an absurd total of 53. In the home si-Je’s second Charlesworth and Sm ith again put a good partner­ ship, adding 9 1 this time. Quaife and Foster also batted w ell; the rest did nothing great, but the 464 set Northants was quite big enough, Five wickets were down for 5 0 ; then Y ials and Thompson added 61 for the sixth. At close of play the visitors needed 306 to win with one wicket to fall. They say anything may happen at cricket; but 306 by the last pair comes outside the category of possibilities. Anyway, Walden and Busw ell did not accomplish the m iracle. Quaife bowled his slows with great success. D erbyshire v . S om erset . —W retchedly poor batting on a fast wicket enabled each side to complete an innings on Monday. The bowlers were new to the batsmen, of cou rse; but this scarcely accounts for the feebleness shown. Cadman’s 46 lasted 1 3 5 m inutes; Boot, Forester, and Bracey hit a bit. Greswell bowled at the top of his form and was master of the situation. Only he and Poyntz made any runs worth speaking of in Somerset’s first, Warren and Cadman howling unchanged. W ith a lead of 93, Derbyshire went in again on Tuesday morning, and Oliver and Cadman put up 109 for the first wicket. Of the rest only Morton, who stayed 70 minutes for a capital 45, and Forester could do anything at all. Set 322 to win, Somerset lost 6 wickets for 99 on Tuesday evening, only Poyntz and Bobson topping te n ; and on W ednesday Robson took his score to 47, and H ylton-Stewart and N. H ardy made a stand of 43 for the last w icket; but Derbyshire were alw ays on top, and won in the end by 13 3 runs. K ent v . M iddlesex .— On the pretty Mote Park ground Middle­ sex batted all day on Monday. Tarrant and young Hearne put on 99 for the second wicket, Tarrant and Hendren 1 1 1 for the third. Then came a slump, four wickets going down quickly ; but H aig, who drove well, stopped the rot, and the last three added 81. T arrant batted 195 minutes, Hearne 100, Hendren only 65. Arthur D ay bowled cap itally; none of the other Kent trundlers was at all effective. *The home side, scoring faster than their opponents, ran up the same number of runs in under 4 hrs. Humphreys did b e st; he made no m istake at all in his 78, which lasted 2 hrs. Woolley and he made 55 together in half-an-hour, Hubble and Day added 48 in 40 minutes, and Dillon and Hubble 66 in 40. The visitors were handicapped by T arran t’s inability to b o w l; he ricked his side badly. He was able to bat, however, and made 44. Kidd was much the more successful Middlesex bowler, but Weston also did good work. Hendren and Murrell, continuing on Wednesday, added 110 in all, and then Mann and H aig scored rapidly, putting on 158 after the fall of the sixth wicket in 70 m inutes without being parted. Tbe innings was declared, leaving Kent 378 to get to win. The home side cracked up badly, however ; only Seymour and Dillon made any stay. J . W. Hearne puzzling all the r e s t; and M iddlesex won by 2 7 1 runs —an unexpectedly decisive victory after the tie in the first innings. L ancashire v . S u rrey .— Here again one side batted all day, as at Hove and at Maidstone. It took 2 | hrs. to part Spooner and Makepeace, who sent up 16 1 for the first w icket; but the England man ought to have been out at 16. He batted 150 minutes for his br’lliant 104. W illiam Tyldesley, Heap, Hornby, and Huddleston made runs fast against the tired bowling, Heap and Huddleston adding 8 1 for the ninth wicket. Huddleston’s 82 were made in 80 minutes, H eap’s 72 in 145. The Earlestown man hit a 6 and twelve 4’s gave no chance, and drove splendidly. Rem arkable cricket was seen when Surrey batted. Hobbs actually made 1 1 1 of 135 for the first wicket in 90 minutes ! The only actual chance he gave was after he had passed the century, and his innings included sixteen 4’jJ. H ayward, his partner, batted 105 minutes for 24, and the rest d i 1 nothing. Whitehead finished off the innings by doing the hat trick —H itch, Sm ith, Rushby his victim s. Following on, Surrey lost Hobbs and Hayward before time, when 34 was on the board. On the last day Surrey fared little better. Hayes, Abel, and in a minor degree I. P. F . Campbell put up some resistance; but the rest did nothing. H ayes batted 140 minutes for his 7 5 ; Abel was in only 77 minutes for 83. They added 86 together. Lancashire had only^a few runs to get and won by 10 wickets. Whitehead had 12 for 157 in the match. S taffordshire v . K ent I I .—Only 1,200 paid for adm ission on the first day of B arnes’s benefit—a most disappointing return. Before Barnes and W ilson Kent went down for 143, the first four batsmen, all heavy run-getters. clean bowled by the England man in his first seven overs. Staffs, had 220 for 8 up at call of time. Percy Briggs again batted well for 60, and Barnes showTed good form in making 49. The total was carried to 263 on Tuesday. In Kent’s second Weigall, Leach-Lew is, and others all played up well, and the home side were sent in to get 126 to win, after a declaration. There was not time to make the runs, but Briggs and Hollowood put up 67 for the first wicket, and Staffs, took first innings’ points. C h eshire v . N orthumberland .— W alter Brearley played his first match for Cheshire, and took 6 wickets in each innings, but nevertheless the Northumbrians won by a fair margin. Norbury ,3 1 and 7 1 and 6 wickets in Cheshire’s second) played fine cricket for them ; it looks as though Hants did wrong to let this p ayer go S. P. Bell, the new captain, Richardson. M ilne,^and E lsey also did good work for the winners. F . C. Hunter, formerly of Derbyshire, played the highest innings for the losers. Liverpool Jottings. B y G . A . B r o o k in g . A m o st in te re stin g g a m e to o k p la c e a t H a w th o r n e R o a d b e tw e e n B o o tle and, S e fto n , t h e fo rm e r u ltim a t e ly p ro v in g v ic to rio u s b y t h e n a rro w m a r g in o f I ru n s. S c o re s 9 3 to 89. I t is to b e re g re tte d , h o w e v e r , t h a t th e v ic t o r y w a s o b ta in e d th ro u g h t h e u m p ire ’s v e r d ic t b e in g ig n o re d , a n d K illip , w h o m a d e 3 0 , w a s a llo w e d , a ft e r b e in g g iv e n o u t l.b .w ., to re su m e h is in n in g s. F r o m t h e b e s t o f in fo rm a ­ tio n , I g a th e r t h a t th e fir s t p e rso n to p r o te s t w a s th e b a t s ­ m a n w h o w a s in w ith K illip , w h o in fo rm e d th e u m p ire t h a t h e ( K illip ) h a d p la y e d th e b a ll f i r s t ; fro m t h is s ta g e , it w a s ta k e n u p b y th e S e fto n c a p ta in , B le a s e , w h o w ro n g ly a llo w e d th e b a tsm a n to re su m e h is in n in g s. N o w th is m a y h a v e b e e n v e r y s p o rts m a n lik e ; b u t it w a s a n in s u lt to t h e u m p ire . E x c e p t in a m o st g la r in g c a se o f e rro r, an u m p ire ’s d e c isio n sh o u ld n e v e r b e o v e rru le d , a n d e v e n th e n o n ly w ith th e c o n se n t o f th e u m p ire , w h e th e r t h a t o ffic ia l b e a n a m a te u r o r a p ro fe ssio n a l. S o m e c a p ta in s t a k e to o m u c h u p o n th e m se lv e s in th is re sp e c t, w ith o u t a n y th o u g h t to th e fe e lin g s o f th e u m p ire w h o is t h e r e to g iv e d e c isio n s, a n d a p a r t fro m a n y q u e stio n o f fe e lin g s, t h e la w s sh o u ld b e re sp e c te d . D id n o t th e la te A r t h u r S h re w s b u r y s a y h e h a d b e e n g iv e n in w h e n h e s h o u ld h a v e b e e n o u t a n d o u t w h e n it sh o u ld h a v e b e e n in , a n d in h is e x p e rie n c e th e g o o d a n d b a d d ecisio n b a la n c e d e a c h o th e r ? I h a v e w r itte n a t le n g th o n t h e s u b je c t, fo r I b e lie v e i t to b e a fa u lt t h a t p a r a d e s in th e g a rb o f g o o d s p o rtsm a n ­ s h ip , b u t w h ic h c a n (e x c e p t in r a r e cases) d o n o th in g b u t h a rm to th e g a m e o f g am e s. I t o n ly rem a in s to a d d t h a t B le a s e a n d M c A rd le a lo n e secu red d o u b les fo r S e fto n , 29 a n d 2 1 r e s p e c tiv e ly , a n d C u rtis (5 fo r 3 5 ), a n d R a v e n (4 fo r 40) h a d th e b e st a n a ly se s . F o r B o o tle , E . H . J o h n so n , S m ith a n d S h a rp ea c h c a p tu re d 3 w ic k e ts fo r 1 2 , 29 a n d 48 ru n s re s p e c tiv e ly . B ir k e n h e a d P a r k w e re e a sily b e a te n b y F o r m b y . S c o re s 14 8 a n d 2 7 7 fo r 8. F o r F o r m b y C a p t. E n g lis h p la y e d a sp le n d id in n in g s o f 8 5. L iv e r p o o l com p iled 2 6 1 a g a in s t H u y t o n ’s 14 6 , a n d th e tw o A rg e n tin e R e p u b lic c ra c k s, D o m in g a n d W lia le y , w e re seen in o p p o sitio n , th e la t t e r a s s is tin g H u y to n ; s in g u la r ly e n o u g h ea c h sc o re d 3 1 . N o la r g e in d iv id u a l t o ta l w a s m a d e b y a n y o f th e L iv e rp o o l p la y e r s , th o u g h th e re w e re s e v e n sc o re s b e tw e e n 19 a n d 4 3. W a te rlo o P a r k v a n q u ish e d L iv e r p o o l S tro lle rs in an e v e n in g g am e , sco res 10 6 to 40. F o r th e P a r k B . H o lla n d com p iled 3 1 a n d R . G le ig 2 7 , w h ils t S h o u b rid g e to o k 8 w ic k e ts fo r 2 3 . F o r th e S tro lle rs L . C o u rt se c u re d 7 fo r 39 , so t h a t i t w a s n o fa u lt o f h is t h a t h is s id e lo st. A g a in s t W a v e r tr e e t h e P a r k n o tc h e d 1 8 1 to 86— G le ig 4 8 , H o ld e n 3 3 , S h o u b rid g e 3 2 a n d H o lla n d 20 b e in g th e p rin c ip a l sc o re rs, w h ils t S h o u b rid g o to o k 5 fo r 3 7 , a n d J . R . D a w k in 3 fo r 1 5 . W a v e r tr e e ’s sc o re a t o n e tim e w a s 7 2 fo r 2 , y e t t h e y w e re a ll o u t 86. L ith e r la n d , th ro u g h h a v in g t o fin d a s u b s titu te fo r W rig h t, lo s t t o G a te a c re b y th e n a r r o w m a rg in o f 3 ru n s. S c o re s 64: to 6 7 . S e fto n c a rrie d oft' th e h o n o u rs in b o th d e p a rtm e n ts, c om p ilin g 2 2 an d t a k in g 5 fo r 2 1 .