Cricket 1912

A ugust 10, 1912. CEICKET : A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. 403 Norfolk won by an innings and 36. Falconer had 13 wickets for 95 in the m atch. B u c k in g h a m s h ir e v . W il t s h ir e .— Thanks to E . H. D. Sewell, P. L. Frith, and P. W . Le G-ros, the hom e side made the useful total of 256. Then, Sewell and Matthew W right bowling well, and only Awdry and Matthews m aking any stand, W ilts went down for 99 fewer. Saturday’s play took place on a more difficult wicket, but Bucks m aintained and even increased their lead, and won com fort­ ably in the end. M itchell and Overton did good work with the ball for W ilts. D o r s e t s h ir e v . K en t I I.— W . A. Pow ell’s well-played 76* alone redeemed the visitors’ total from insignificance; but, moderate as it was, it proved enough to give them a first innings’ lead of 57, the Dorset batsmen making a very poor show in their first county game of the season. Jennings was top scorer in Kent’s second. Dorset needed 196 for victory, but could only total 97, H am ilton-Fletcher's 25 the highest contribution. B e r k s h ir e v . D e v o n s h ir e . — Something seems to have gone wrong with Berks, who last year were almost invincible, and this season are failing in every match. W reford, the Neasden crack (6 for 32), and Light put them out for 85, to which the visitors replied with 212, though at one time their score looked like being much smaller, the first four wickets going very cheaply. Knight was again top scorer, and Preedy rather unexpectedly hit up 48*. Berks started their second innings better towards the end of the day, G. G. M. Bennett showing some of his true form in m aking 46. On the second day Belcher, Denning, Dr. W oodburn, and Captain Hill all did som ething, and the total reached 230 ; but Devon knocked off the hundred or so required for victory at a cost of only 3 wickets. K e n t v . H a m p s h ir e . — The visiting side lacked Fry. H um ­ phreys (absent from the last game, attending the funeral of a brother) returned to the Kent team, which was at something like full strength, if John Mason is to be counted out, for Fielder has not done m uch this year. The wicket was quite g o o d ; but at the outset Kent did only moderately, four of the best wickets being down for 76, of which Humphreys and Hardinge had made 53 together for the first. Hubble (five 4’s) and A. P. D ay added 40 for the fifth; Dillon made 41 out of 58 added with Day for the six th ; and the brothers Day put on 69 for tbe seventh. Arthur Day, who in his last m atch made 98 v. Surrey, again scored 98, this time not out. H e batted 155 minutes, and hit fifteen 4’s, but was scarcely in his best form , being twice m issed and very shaky at the outset. Ken­ nedy bowled finely. Hampshire lost Stone and Johnston very early, and Mead and Newman then played out time. No play took place on Tuesday, and on W ednesday the game was abandoned without another ball bowled— the first tim e, one believes, that two successive days in a Canterbury W eek have been void. S u r r e y v . N o t t in g h a m s h ir e . — Surrey played H . S. Altham and Blacklidge, R azor £m ith still being an absentee, while Ian Campbell has gone abroad. H eavy rain during the morning rendered the wicket easy, if slow, at first, and Hayward and H obbs took every advantage of its easiness in a partnership of 104 in 90 minutes for the first wicket. Both played in excellent form . W ith the pitch getting worse, Hayes adopted steady tactic*, batting 100 minutes for his 42. Bird, Strudwick, H itch, and Blacklidge all made a few use­ ful runs, and a total of 221 was reached. John Gunn, upon whom one had com e to look as a bowler of the past, took 5 for 22. Riley and Oates were sent in to play one over before play ended for the day. Play was not possible till after 3 o ’clock on Tuesday, and had hardly got well under way before another shower suspended operations. Before they were parted Oates and Riley had sent up 56, and Oates thereafter helped George Gunn to add 78 for the second wicket— indeed, he did the bulk of the scoring. H e batted 2£ hours for his 65, a really good innings. The pitch was always too dead to give the bowlers any help, and at call of time Notts had made 154 for 4. On W ednesday the sun shone—a favour apparently reserved for the Oval. Payton and Hardstaff added 38, H. A. Hodges and Hardstaff 78. Hardstaff batted 150 minutes for his capital 84, including thirteen 4 ’s. At the end of an innings each, Notts had a sub­ stantial lead, and as there was no chance of an outright finish not much interest was left in the play. Hayward and Hobbs sent up 60 for the first wicket, and after Hayes and Ducat had failed Goatly (26 not out) and Altham took the total to 117 for four wickets, when rain caused the game to be given up. W a r w ic k s h ir e v . W o r c e s t e r s h ir e .— The visiting team lacked their skipper, and the Foster fam ily still hold aloof. W inning the toss, Frank Foster sent W orcestershire in, b u tlt is doubtful whether the manoeuvre made much difference. Throughout the first day scoring ruled small, and at its close the hom e side, with one wicket to fall, led by only 28 runs. Pearson’s 43 was the biggest and best innings of the day. Kinneir made top score for his side, and Charles­ worth, Collier, Quaife, George Stephens, Foster, and Arnold all did creditable work on a wicket never easy. C. K. Langley bowled most effectively for W arwickshire, and Burrows, though it was scarcely his wicket, did alm ost equally well for W orcestershire. Play was cut up by heavy showers on Tuesday. T he home team took their total to 171. Burrows had 7 for 43, a performance of real merit. Forty-five in arrears, W orcester lost Pearson at 29, but Bowley and Arnold put them 21 on before another storm ended the day’s play. On W ednesday nothing could be done. S u sse x v . M id d l e s e x . — An innings each was got through on M onday with a considerable advantage to the visitors, for whom Hendren played a fine forcing innings. H is 83 were made in 105 m inutes, «nd included a couple of 6’s and nine 4’s. Tarrant and Haig, who seems to have the knack of making runs when needed, also hit w e ll; but, though Saville helped Hendren to add 64 for the sixth wicket, no one else reached double figures. Albert Relf, as usual, bowled steadily and well. Simms was kept on a trifle too long. Sussex fared very badly against Jack Hearne the elder, who was almost unplayable. The Jam Sahib alone was at ease with him , and looked like m aking many more than the 33 which resulted from his 80 minutes at wickets. Vine batted the same same length of time for 13, and Cox made a useful 16. There was only 20 m inutes’ play on Tuesday, during which Middlesex scored 19 without loss. On the last day play could not be resumed until past 4 o ’clock. James Douglas made 53* quickly, and the closure was applied at 84 for 3. Sussex had no chance of making the 197 to win in 95 minutes, and at six o’clock, with two men out for 51, stumps were drawn. L a n c a sh ir e v . Y o r k s h ir e . —Regiuald Spooner played the innings of the day in this m atch. Play did not begin till 2.15, but the wicket, though very wet before lunch, played quite easily. W hile Makepeace was slow and steady, the E ngland crack was free and sparkling. The board showed 181 before they were parted, the runs having been made in 160 minutes. Makepeace’s 69 included eight 4’s. Spooner only stayed five minutes longer. He hit thirteen 4’s, gave no chance, drove splendidly, and was in short at the top of his form . John Sharp joined John Tyldesley, and they stayed together to the close, when the total was 245 for 2. On Tuesday the pair took their partnership for the third wicket to 126 before being parted. Sharp’s was the better innings, for Tyldesley had two slices ol luck. After their dism issal only H ornby did anything, and the innings closed for 347. The wicket had grown tricky by this time, and Dean was in deadly form . Yorkshire had 5 down for 39, and only a useful 24* by B ooth took their total into three figures. Dean had 7 for 54. No play was possible on W ednesday till 3.30. Yorkshire followed on, of course. W ith 32 up, Rhodes and W ilson had both gone. Then Denton made 48 out of 74 in 65 minutes, being the only one to play Huddleston with any confidence. The bowler named took five wickets whilst only 2 runs were made off him , and at the close Yorkshire, with three wickets in hand, were still 139 behind. L e ic e s t e r s h ir e v . N o r t h a m p t o n s h ir e . — The visitors played their usual team. Leicestershire dropped Coe, and played E . F. Odell, younger brother of W . W ., and a fam iliar figure in London club cricket. Only Mounteney could do anything with Sydney Smith, who bowled very finely indeed, and perform ed the hat trick at the expense of Mounteney, Shipman, and Odell. Haywood, missed be­ fore he had scored, hit up an extremely useful 40, and after half the Northants’ wickets had gone down pretty cheaply, Vials (also missed before scoring) and Thompson put up a good stand. They were still together at call of time. Tuesday was a blank. On W ednesday a resumption was delayed till 3.45. Vials and Thom pson took their unfinished partnership to 88, and at 211 for 8 the innings was declared. Leicestershire managed to evade defeat, but lost six men for 96, only Mounteney (37) making any headway. G l o u c e s t e r s h ir e v . S o m e r s e t . — The hom e side had a stronger team than usual, the brothers F. B . and A. W . Roberts, as well as W . M. Brownlee, being included. M onday’s play lasted only 40 minutes, owing to a thunderstorm, and during that time Somerset lost two wickets for 23. No play was possible on Tuesday, and on W ednesday the outlook was so hopeless that an early decision to abandon the game was arrived at. D e r b y s h ir e v . E s s e x . — There was only 95 m inutes’ play at Derby, npne being possible after lunch. During that time Essex (who lacked M cGahey, unwell, and played E . J. Freeman, released from his coaching duties at Sherborne), scored 39 for the loss of 3 wickets. Tuesday’s play consisted of 20 minutes, 11 overs, and 7 runs. On W ednesday the match was early abandoned. G la m o r g a n v . S u r r e y II.— Rain interfered with play at Cardiff, where Sandham and Harrison made useful scores on the first day, at the end of which Surrey had 158 for 6 up. The Glamorgan fielding was not at all up to the mark. On Tuesday not a ball was bowled.