Cricket 1912

July 27, 1912: CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP TBE GAME. 365 square cut of his, found the boundary 14 times, and ran up 92 in 100 m inutes; Vine, at his doggedest. stayed 225 minutes for 88. They added 136 for the second wicket together. Cox, Fender, aud Chaplin also made useful scores. On Friday the weather played tricks, and there were several interruptions. Stone and Bowell made 80 for the first wicket of H ants in 70 minutes ; the Rev. W . Y . Jeph- son, playing for the first time this season, and Bowell added 76 in a quarter of an hour less for the second. Then, in quick succession, Fender disposed of four batsmen. Brown joined the clerical gentle­ man, and the two put on 59 in 40 minutes. Jephson’s excellent innings included thirteen 4’s. Harold and Remnant made a few, but Hants were 52 behind on the first innings. The only chance of a win outright for Sussex on Saturdav was to force the game, and Sussex did it. Robert Relf was missed before he had scored ; thereafter he and Vine rattled up 105 in only a trifle over an hour. Vine and Killick added 63 in 40 minutes before the former was out for 79, made in 105 minutes, and including eleven 4’s. Fender and Chaplin also hit out, and soon after lunch the innings was declared at 262 for 5. H ants needed 3 15 for victory, and had 3hrs. to bat. Two wickets were down for 23, and the efforts of the in side seemed concentrated on a d raw ; but Captain Barrett livened up matters, making 57 at about the rate of a run a minute, and this woke up Stone. The third wicket added 103. Then Bignell came in and hit hard. A victory for the visitors seemed just possible when 82 were wanted with half- an-bour still to go. But Bignell’s departure at 240—114 for the wicket in 50 m inutes—spoiled all chance of this. Stone’s century, a fine innings, though not faultless, included fifteen 4’s. N o r th a m p to n s h ir e v . Y o r k s h ir e . —A victory for the home side would have taken it to the top again ; but the run of the luck was against N orthanis. Rhodes, who was at Lord’s, was replaced by Oldroyd, a cricketer of real ability who is particularly keen on getting a regular place in the team. He helped Denton to add 100 in 100 m inutes for the second wicket, batting much more briskly for his 60 than while getting his 70 at Tunbridge Wells a week earlier, Denton was at the top of his form. There was no chance in his 1 1 1 , which lasted just over 3 hrs., and included 12 4’s. Kilner made 57, in 85 m inutes and in good style, and Sir Archibald White and Dolphin did a bit of hitting for the last wicket. Rain only allowed about two hours’ play on Friday ; but during that time enough was done t^ make the homo side’s chance appear small. Four wickets were down for 57, of which Haywood had made 36 in good free style. Then, however, Thompson defended resolutely while Sydney Smith hit out, and 81 runs were added for the fifth. On Saturday John Denton and Walden played up well, adding 55 for the eighth ; and after all the Northants’ deficit was only 97—quite enough, but not nearly as m any as had looked likely. When Yorkshire had made 27 in the second innings without a wicket down rain intervened, and no more play was possible. S urrey II. v. W iltsh ire . —W iltshire's team was a pretty good one on paper, but made little show in its first innings against C. T. A. W ilkinson’s bowling, only J . Pugh, the Swindon captain, and C. S. Awdry getting over 20. Surrey replied with 339, of which F. S. Gillespie, batting without a chance for nearly 3 hrs., and W ilkinson, who hit hard for 69, contributed more than half between them. On the Friday an innings’ victory for Surrey seemed likely when seven Wilts wickets wTere down for 12 1. But then the captain, A. M. Miller, joined Newman, and these two stayed together practically all the afternoon, added 177, and saved the game for their side. Newman, who ought to have been held in the slips very early, hit eighteen 4’s in his 15 3, and M iller, who had hard lines in not reaching three figures, hit two 5’s and nine 4's. C o r n w a ll v. D e v o n . —Devon went down badly to start with, only F . H argrave Carroll, who scored so heavily for the county last year, doing anything for them. H. Tresawna was a long way highest scorer for Cornwall, who had a lead of 62 at the end of the first innings. The earlier Devon batsmen again failed, but M. Conde- W illiam s and P. T. Hodge played up in great form, and with help from Light, Preedy, and W. Wreford carried the total to 276, leaving Cornwall to get 2 15 to win. Victory scarcely looked on the cards when the two Bickford-Sm iths and three more of the earlier batsmen fell to Wreford and Light for next to nothing ; but Tresawna had meanwhile been scoring a few, and when Vibart and Trevarthen became partners a splendid stand was made, both hitting finely, and Cornwall won in the end by 3 wickets. B edfordshire v. B uckinghamshire . —Between 11.4 5 and 4.30 on the first day the visiting side rattled up 505—which is, I believe, a record for the county— runs coming at the rate of over two a minute. Only two catches were missed, and Bucks did not profit to the extent of more than 30 runs by these blunders. E . H . I). Sewell and D. H . Field—chiefly Sewell— sent up 88 for the first Wicket; Field and B . Shaw put on 129 for the second, de Rothschild and E . A. Shaw 67 for the sixth, and de Rothschild and Franklin 85 for the seventh. Sixty-nine 4’s were hit—Field 14, E . A. Shaw 13, Sewell 9, LeGros, de Rothschild, and Franklin 7 each, B . Shaw 6, Frith 5, Mobbs 1 ; two 5 ’s—Weaver Adams and Franklin ; one 6— Held. In getting the home side out twice Bucks did wonders, for play was twice stopped by rain on the second day, and the bowlers had a wet ball to handicap them. Sewell did most of the work, and his analysis of 12 for 169 against a strong batting side was great. In Beds’ first F . C. W . Newman, the Modern School boy, and H. li. Orr, the captain, added 74 for the sixth w icket; in the follow-on A. F . Morcom and S. V. Graham added 54 for the sixth, and Capt, Potter and Nailer 53 for the ninth. C o r n w a ll v . M o n m o u th s h ir e . — Though putting up only a moderate score, the home side led by 46 runs on the first innings. Going in again^ they ran up 292, Vibart apain distinguishing him ­ self ; and the visitors, set 339 to win, never looked like making the runs, Silverlock, who played a fine innings, alone distinguishing himself. S u r r e y v. Y o r k s h ir e .— R . B . Lagden, the Cambiidge blue, appeared in the Surrey team for the first time, Ducat again standing down. Play on Monday was cut down to just under 3^ hours by rain, and during that time Yorkshire scored at the funereal rate of under 50 an hour. Rhodes was bowled early, and Denton stupidly run o u t; then Wilson and Oldroyd sat on the splice. Oldroyd was 40 minutes before he scored, and in all batted 175 minutes for 35, still not out when play closed. H is defence was excellent; but—! Wilson, who took 80 minutes to make 38, was quite speedy by com parison; Drake, who ran up 44 in an hour, seemed a slogger. On Tuesday both were quickly out, and the innings closed for 233—a fair score, all things considered, but not the sort of display one grows enthusiastic about. Hitch bowled finely. Surrey had Hayward, Hobbs, and Lagden out with only 40 up. Then Campbell, though not at his best, helped Hayes to add 77, and B ird and the old Honor Oak man put on 54 together, the captain driving very forcibly. Hayes was out on resumption after a break due to rain. He had played great cricket for his 81, batting 145 minutes with only one mistake. Abel played the game that suits him best, making crashing strokes to the boundary, and ran up 35 in 30 minutes. H itch also followed his natural bent, drove a ball from Booth right into the pavilion, and with Rushby—Jast man in—as his partner put Surrey ahead on the first iunings. Rushby stayed while his partner went on hitting, and at time the home tide had a lead of 34 with a wicket still to go. Hitch was run out at once on the third morning. When Wilson and Denton went cheaply, a Yorkshire collapse looked just barely possible; but Rhodes batted well, and Oldroyd stayed while Hirst hit, the chances of a finish growing smaller each m inute. These two added 87, and Kilner helped H irst to put on 65. H irst’s 94 was a splendid innings, lasting 170 minutes, including no chance, and containing fourteen 4’s. At 229 for 6 the clofure was appl-ed ; but, except that Hayward reached his thousand runf, there was little of real interest in tbe subsequent play. The veteran and Bird hit up 84 in 40 minutes. K ent v. W orcestershire — Simpson-Hayward was away, Burns returning to the Midland side, and captaining. The old West­ minster boy, G. L . Crowe, played for the first time this season. Kent had Hatfeild, Day and Fielder for Knott, Fairservice, and Morfee. The visiting team began quite well. R ain stopped play at 1 2 .h0 with the score standing at 34 for 0. After lunch a resumption was possible. Bowley left at 43 ; Pearson and Arnold added 78 in 90 minutes. Then the sun on the soaked wicket seemed to have done its work, for the rest went down like ninepins, Blythe proving very deadly after the tea interval. Burns had Humphreys for a duck in the first over ; then Hardinge and Seymour took the score to 33 before call of time. On Tuesday morning Hardinge and Seymour were not parted till they had added 75 for the second wicket. Woolley and the football crack put on 7 1 in 55 minutes for the third, the England man twice slamming Cuffe over the boundary. Except for Hubble, the rest did little. Hardinge batted 170 minutes for his 92, gave no chance, and hit one 5, eleven 4’s. Burrows and the colt Chester bowled well. The wicket was not easy when the Midlanders batted again, but it was scarcely difficult enough to account entirely for their collapse. Arnold and Bowley added 39 for the second wicket, but no one else reached double figures. Woolley made two fine catches—one in the slips and one c. & b., and both he and Blythe bowled with great skill on a wicket that helped them. S ussex v . L ancashire .— The home side was at full strength ; the visitors lacked Spooner. Two wickets for 5 constituted a situation likely to make Lancashire anxious ; but John {Sharp helped Joh n Tyldesley to add 94 for the third in 85 minutes. W illiam and Ernest Tyldesley did little ; but Heap played capitally, and he and the Worsley Wonder—a wonder still—added 130 in 95 m inutes. Heap hit nine 4’s. Tyldesley kept on, was missed—a hard c. and b. to Sim m s—at 134, and at last fell to a catch at mid-on after 4£ hours of splended cricket. A 6 and twenty-three 4’s were included in his 174, which was worthy of his best days. The total was taken