Cricket 1912

422 CEICKET : A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. A ugust 17, 1912. 67 for the seventh (Seym our and D enton). The old W ellingburian batted 2J hrs. for his 55*. Sussex had lost 3 for 31 at call of time. On Friday their innings closed for 101, Sm ith and Thom pson bow l­ ing effectively. The hom e side’s second only realised 61, no one being able to do anything with Albert K eif, who was in deadly form . Sussex had 5 down for 15 (all to T hom pson at a cost of 3), and 8 for 44. Then Chaplin, playing up splendidly, found a partner in V incett, and they added 38. At the close Sussex, with one to go, needed 49 for victory, M aurice Tate (son of Fred), a lad of 17, being in with his captain. The colt was out with 8 added next m orning, and the hom e side won by 40 runs. In the m atch Thom pson had 13 wickets for 66. E s s e x v . Y o r k s h ir e .' — G. B . Davies (captain of Bossall), G. M. Louden (Ilford’s speed bowler), and Hadden (Beckton’s stumper) all figured in the E ssex team , and M cGahey returned. Perrin's 74, a really wonderful innings on a tricky wicket, was the great feature of a short first day’s play. H is tep colleagues made 52 among them . Perrin batted 170 m inutes, and never made a mistake. Booth did the hat-trick (Perrin, Buckenham , Mead), and had 7 for 50 in all. Sir Archibald W hite, going in with D olphin to play out time on Thursday, batted capitally next m orning. H e had to retire with a strained leg when he had made 34, but resumed later. Denton played a bright if rather lucky innings. H irst and Rhodes added 57 together in 50 minutes, and B ooth and Drake 48 in 25. Drake was in a little over an hour for his 56, including seven 4’s. Buekenham took the last 6 wickets at a cost of only 33 runs, and m ight have been utilised earlier, though Louden was bowling well, if without m uch luck. In the second innings of E ssex Douglas and M cGahey, after 4 wickets had fallen for 17, added 86 for the fifth, and later Davies played in confident and attractive sty le ; but no one else did anything, and Yorkshire won in the end by 10 wickets. B ooth had 12 for 119 in the m atch. It should be m entioned that Sir Archibald W hite won the toss, and sent Essex in. S u r r e y v. M id d l e s e x . — Little m ore than an hour’s cricket, in the course of which M iddlesex made 47 for 3, was possible at the Oval on Thursday. On Friday there was a full day’s play, and the visiting side gained a big advantage. N o one reached 50 for M iddle­ sex, but seven m en made doubles, and a good total of 194 was registered. It was not the wicket for H itch, and R azor Smith is scarcely well enough to be in his best form . Later in the day runs were difficult to get, and the veteran Jack Hearne had matters very m uch his own way. Surrey were all out for 67, and Middlesex, batting again, lost 6 for 69. On Saturday m orning the last four wickets increased the score by 60, H aig hitting well. Smith took 6 for 71. -Then rain cam e on again, and the m atch had to be given up. W a r w ic k s h ir e v. G l o u c e s t e r s h ir e . — At Edgbaston there was no play till after lunch on Thursday, and altogether only about 3 hrs. The cham pions lost 3 wickets for 32. Then Quaife aud Baker added 93 at the rate of a run a m inute, pretty good going on a sodden pitch, and the little man and his captain had put on 54 m ore when rain stopped play for the day. On Friday Foster was soon o u t ; but George Stephens hit finely for 75, and after Quaife left (having batted 205 minutes for a capital 76) C. K. Langley stayed with Stephens. The total reached 307, and the old Rossallian’s 75 only took 85 minutes in the making. W hen Gloucestershire batted, Dipper was the one m an who could do anything with the bowling ; he had made 67 out of 113 for 5 when time cam e. On Saturday the game had to be given up without another ball bowled. L a n c a s h ir e v . D e r b y s h ir e . — Fortune favoured the big battalions, and the hom e side batted first. Lieutenant Brooke, injured, stood down for the first time since he came into the team. Two wickets fell for 18, 3 for 34 (Spooner’s 21 containing two fine drives for.6), and 4 for 58. Then Sharp and H ornby added 59 in 50 minutes. W ith 7 down for 175, H uddleston joined R alph W hitehead, who had so far been playing steadily. Now he hit out vigourously, and 116 were added before the Ashton man left for a level 100, made in 130 m inutes, and including fourteen 4’s. H uddleston was last out for 48. Bracey was the m ost successful bowler, and looks like winning his way back to a regular place in the Derbyshire team. On Friday, though Hum phries, Cadman, Morton and Bowden all made useful scores, the follow -on seemed inevitable until R oot, by rare plucky hitting, saved it. H e made his 55 in 45 m inutes, and hit two 6’s and six 4’s. Before call of tim e the County Palatine m en had increased their lead to 204, with 8 to go. On the third day Makepeace failed by a single run to reach a century, and the innings was declared at 232 for 5. Derbyshire had nothing to play for but a draw, and in gloom y surroundings they did their best to save the game ; but with Cadman absent, hurt, and Dean and Heap bowling well, their efforts failed. S o m e r s e t v. W o r c e s t e r s h ir e . — N o play at all on Thursday. John Daniell, kept out so long by an injured knee, reappeared for Somerset, and the old Oxonian, O. M. Sam son, turned out for the first time this season, but E . S. M. Poyntz was away. On Friday a start was made, and Bajana and Johnson put on 60 for the second Somerset wicket, but no play was possible after lunch, when the score stood at 116 for 3, and on Saturday the weather was so bad that the game had to be abandoned at that stage. S t a f f o r d s h ir e v . G la m o r g a n .— The hom e side were on top throughout at Stoke. The game did not begin until 3.50 on W ednes­ day, though Riches (captaining the W elsh county’s side in W hitting­ ton’s absence) considered the wicket fit for play before lunch. Barnes and W ilson put out Glamorgan for 62, and at call of time Staffs had scored 45 for 1. Next day they took their total to 198, W ilson hitting hard, and W . H . Twigg, H ollow ood, and N ichols all batting well. Glamorgan’s second innings was little better than their first, and Barnes took his bag for the m atch to 11 for 58. The Barnes-Creber incident is referred to elsewhere. S u f f o l k v . H e r t f o r d s h ir e . — A thunderstorm stopped play for the day after the visitors had scored 103 for 2. On Thursday C. H . Titchmarsh batted finely for 93, and others gave him good support, a total of 269 being realised. Suffolk made a good fight for first innings’ points, S . H . W rinch, A. K . W atson, F. P . W ood, and F. L. Titchmarsh all playing w ell; but the tail failed, and there was a margin of 6 runs in favour of Herts at the end. K e n t II. v. D o r s e t s h ir e .— Rain on both days spoiled this match at Beckenham, and not even a first innings’ result was arrived at. C. J. B. W ebb again bowled finely, and C ollins made top score of the game. B e r k s h ir e v. C o r n w a l l . — Play was stopped at 4.30 on the first day at Reading. G. G. M. Bennett had played well, and J. E. Denning, with a good deal of luck, had hit up 74. Gordon Belcher did the hat-trick early in the innings of Cornwall (who lacked the brothers B ickford-Sm ith); but later Trevarthen, though he got little help, batted very finely. No play was possible after lunch on Thurs­ day. G. E scott helped Trevarthen in a plucky ninth wicket sta n d ; but they could not hinder the hom e side from taking first innings’ points. C h e s h ir e v. L in c o l n s h ir e .— Most of the interest of this game at Crewe was crowded into the last half-hour. W ith a good lead on the first innings, for which they had m ainly Day, form erly of Notts, to thank, Lincolnshire declared at 93 for 7 in the second, wickets having fallen fast after a first-wicket stand by G. E . H em ingway and W . Rose. W hile Smoker stayed Cheshire did not appear likely to be got o u t ; but after his dismissal Day carried all before him , and within a few minutes of time the visitors brought off a fine win. Day (12 for 71) and Broughton (7 for 64) bowled unchanged for Lincolnshire. W il t s h ir e v . S u r r e y I I .—This m atch, which produced a good struggle, run-getting ruling low— C. T. A . W ilkinson, with an aggregate of 54, and W . R. C. Laverton, with 51, were top scorers for their respective sides—was another illustration of the injustice sometimes inflicted by the first innings’ points system . W ilts gained points by a lead of 13 on the first innings, but at the finish wanted 25 to win with only one wicket to go— not an impossible task, but one that would in all probability have proved too m uch for the batsmen in. D u r h a m v . A u s t r a l ia n s . — A two-day game. There was about three hours’ play on Friday, during which the county made 138 for 8, the one notable feature being C. Y. Adam son’s fine innings of 65. On Saturday the innings ended for 142, Macartney having taken 5 for 37. The Australians replied with 349, Mayne, who batted with­ out a chance for 165 minutes, and hit two 6's and four 4’s, and Bardsley adding 156 for the third wicket in less than 2 hrs. Morris had good figures, but the other bowlers were ineffective. B e r k s h ir e v . D o r s e t s h ir e . — Bennett and Brougham gave their side a good start; but later A. M. Harrison bowled very effectively, and when the visitors went in the same player, with help from Sewell, Parke, and Cummins, batted so well as to leave Dorset with a substantial lead. Before time the hom e side had lost Bennett and Brougham and were still four runs in arrear. On the second day, however, they played up in greatly improved style. Lockhart and Denning hit well, and Shoosm ith and Belcher made useful scores, and the innings was declared at 261 for 9. Only the R ev. W . H. Arundell made m uch resistance to the good bowling of B elcher and Lockhart, and Dorset went under by 124 runs. K e n t II. v. C o r n w a l l .— At Gravesend the hom e side gained a big advantage on the first day, leading by 175 runs with 9 wickets to fall in their second innings. Collins was in 160 minutes for his 72. Whiting bowled capitally for the visitors. H . Tresawna was the only man who could do anything with the Kentish bowling, and his excellent 43 represented just over half the runs for the bat. Freeman bowled very effectively. Kent, 83 for 1, when Saturday’s playbegan,