Cricket 1912

442 CEICKET : A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. A u g u s t 24, 1912. 26 while in ; Quaife helped K inneir to add 65 for the third wicket, and Baker assisted in adding 95 in 65 m inutes for the fourth. On Frid ay the last five wickets were captured for an addition of only 34 runs. Goatly played the best innings for Surrey, batting 85 minutes for his 35*, and never seeming in difficulties. Hobbs and Donald Knight also played well. Foster, bowling less on the leg side and with quite a differently placed field, was very effective. W arwick­ shire's useful lead of 90 was largely discounted when Kinneir, Sm ith, and Charlesworth were out with only 8 scored, and later 5 were down for 35. B ad light stopped play before 6 o’ clock with the score 49 for 5. On Saturday, after further heavy rain in the night, the game had to be abandoned. S o m e r s e t v . K e n t . — Somerset began badly by losing Braund and B ajan a without a run, and never recovered, only 0 . M. Samson m aking a decent score. The wicket was slow ; but if it was at all difficult Somerset had no bowler capable of utilising its difficulties. Hardinge and Seymour added 49 for K en t’s second, Woolley and H ar­ dinge 88 for the third. Woolley hit splendidly forh is93, which included twelve 4’s. At the close of play Kent had scored 226 for 6 . The innings closed on Friday for 237, Bobson having capital bowling figures. Of the 129 from the bat made by Somerset in their second venture, Johnson and Hyman made 1 1 3 between them, the other nine 16 ! They added 5 1 for the third wicket, and John Daniell helped Johnson to put on 46 for the seventh in 25 minutes. Braund and B ajan a each made a pair. Johnson’s was a remarkable innings. Before lunch he acted on the defensive, and took 80 minutes to make 26. Afterwards he hit out, and scored an additional 57 in 65 m inutes. He only gave one chance, in attempting to take which Powell split his hand. Kent lost two men in getting the 25 needed for victory. D. W . Carr's 10 wickets cost only 108. L a n c a s h ir e v. M id d le s e x . — The Aigburth ground was too sodden to allow of any play at all on the first day, and on the second 70 m inutes before lunch, during which M iddlesex made 3 1 for 3, was all that was possible. Tarrant, Jam es Douglas, and J . W. Hearne had all been dismissed with only 8 on the board. On Saturday further rain caused the game to be adandoned early. L in c o ln s h ir e v . N o r t h u m b e r la n d . — The weather prevented a finish, after a very level first innings each. G . E . Hem ingway’s 55 was a long way top score for the home side ; for Northumberland the biggest innings was played by Wingham. The visitors’ tail-end men played up with commendable pluck on the first day. D e v o n s h ir e v . D o r s e t s h ir e . —Light and W . Wreford disposed of Dorset very cheaply on a tricky wicket, only C. J . B . Webb and Manser making any stand ; but Webb, who is in great form this season, bowled so finely that the visitors had a lead on the first innings. A. M. H arrison, Manser, Webb, and F . A . S. Sewell made useful scores in Dorset’s second; in the match these four aggregated 225 of the 263 from the bat made by their side. Fishw ick bowled with great success, hitting the stumps seven times. W ith 19 7 needed for victory, Devon had no light task ; but good stands by Orchard and Knight and by Carroll and Light pulled them through. N o r f o l k v. C a m b r id g e s h ir e . —Norfolk, who stand at the head of the Minor Counties’ Championship to date of writing, won the second match of the Norwich Week almost as easily as the first. Their captain, the old Cantab M ichael Falcon, was top scorer; Geoffrey Stevens and Baikes also made useful contributions, and Falconer and Gibson took part in a useful ninth wicket stand. Conlson once more bowled well for Cambs., who had the worst of the wicket, and never looked like saving the game. H . C. Tebbutt’s 48 was far and aw ay the best thing done for them. M.C.C. v. W i l t s h i r e . — There was no very big margin at the end of an innings each, fifties by Thompson and Capt. Docker for M.C.C. and forties by H. Taunton and Newman for the county bulking largest in the scores. M .C.C. put up 180 for 4 in the second innings, Commander Wood hitting hard, and then declared ; but rain pre­ vented a finish. L in c o ln s h ir e v . C h e s h ir e . — Smoker’s 70 was the feature of the visitors’ first innings. Broughton, having taken 6 wickets, proceeded to run ap top score (41) for his side. Cheshire led by 15 at the end of an innings each, but nullified their advantage by losing 6 for 38 (four of them to Day) before the first day’s play ended. The later batsmen played up better, but the home side won in the end by 4 wickets. B e r k s h ir e v . B u c k in g h a m s h ir e . —At Beading on Friday the home side did so badly against Sewell and Field at the start that 6 were out for 43. The last 4 added 13 2 , an improvement due m ainly to a good stand by Dr. Woodburn and C. T . W ynyard and a hard hit 3 1 by Hawksworth. Bucks topped this score by 68 , P. W, L e Gros and P. L . Frith batting well. Hawksworth, who is Leicestershire by birth, used to play for Devon, and is now engaged at Bradfleld College, took all 10 wickets, his performance being the more notable as the score was a substantial one and five bowlers had a trial at the other end. Bennett, Belcher, and Hawksworth batted well in the home side’s second inn in gs; but Sewell was again successful with the ball, and the total was only 190, leaving Bucks 128 to get for victory. They hit off these for the loss of only 2 wickets, W. Adams, the Slough player, and Sewell making most of them. N o r f o l k v . B e d f o r d s h i r e . —A gain Norfolk asserted superiority from the outset, for, though never finding the Beds, bowlers easy to score from, they made 18 3 on a wicket that was not an ideal one from a batsman’s point of view, and thereafter dismissed the visitors for 64. Falcon again had a big hand in his side’s success, scoring 56, and taking 6 for 20. In their second innings the home side declared at 15 2 for 7, Birkbeck, Baikes, and Treglown being principal scorers. Beds, needed 272 for v icto ry ; but after H . B . Orr and Holdstock had put up 80 for the first wicket, the batting broke down before Gibson, and they were all out for 1 3 1 . Gibson had 6 for 18. K e n t II. v. S u r r e y II.— Scoring generally ruled low in this match at Hythe, no one reaching 40 on the first day. Twenty-five wickets fell for 340 runs, the home side, with five down in their second in n iD g s, being only 30 on. The innings ended for 146 on Saturday, and Surrey only lost two wickets in m aking the 97 required for victory. W i l t s h i r e v . D o r s e t s h ir e . —A small-scoring first day’s play saw Dorset secure a useful lead at Trowbridge, W alby howling very effectively in the latter part of the W ilts innings. B ain interfered with play on Saturday, and very little more was done. M .C.C. v. H e r t f o r d s h i r e .— The premier club paid Herts the well-deserved compliment of putting a very good side into the field. Lord Hawke re-appeared; B. S. Foster, King, and Board were all included. As many as 455 runs were registered on the first day, when Golding and J . O. Anderson for the county, and Lord Hawke, King, and the Hon. S. B . Beresford for the club played excellent innings. The old Yorkshire captain and King added 68 runs for the fourth wicket, and King and Beresford added 107 in 40 minutes (the amateur scoring 77 of them) for the sixth. On Saturday Fielder and Beresford bowled well, and Golding, Cowley, and Titchmarsh made among them 122 of the County’s total. B asil Foster’s dashing 75 (two 6 ’s, nine 4’s) carried the club to victory. N o r th a m p to n s h ir e v . D e r b y s h ir e . — In spite of the wretched outlook, quite a big crowd assembled on Saturday at Northampton, and they saw a sensational day’s play, in the course of which 27 wickets fell for 15 3 runs. During the day only John Seymour, who hit out and made 24 in 20 minutes, scored as many as 20 ru n s; sensational bowling feats were performed by Forester (7 for 18), East (5 for 13), and Thompson (5 for 42 and 3 for 8 in D erbyshire’s incomplete second innings), while Sydney Sm ith and Morton also bowled with success. The visitors led by 1 1 runs, but lost 7 for 30 in their second innings, thus losing all their advantage. On Monday the innings closed for 46, Smith and Thompson having bowled un­ changed ; and Northants, thanks m ainly to their captain, who hit up top score of the game, won with only two men out. The whole match produced only 227 runs for the downfall of 32 wickets. K e n t v . L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . —Not the first instance of a Leices­ tershire collapse against Kent bowling, though this time Blythe did not play so big a part as usual in the matter. Only Knight and King reached double figures, and the side succumbed for 44. That this was not entirely due to wicket troubles Kent speedily proved, for, after their first two wickets had equalled the visitors’ score, Seymour and Jennings hit the bowling all over the field, and added 92 in 55 minutes. At call of time Kent had 155 up with 5 wickets down. On Tuesday the innings closed for 183, Humphreys absent, hurt. King had 7 wickets for 65. There was only two hours' play, and Leicestershire had 80 m inutes’ batting, during which they scored 78 for 3. Two were down for 16 ; but Wood and Mounteney added 38 for the third wicket, and King helped Wood to put on 24 more. Little further resistance was made on Wednesday morning, and Kent won by an innings and 20. D. W . Carr had 9 for 62 in the match. N o r f o l k v . M .C.C.—The premier club sent along a strong side, which had a trifle the better of a busy first day’s play at Yarmouth. During the day 28 wickets went down for 382 runs, and at the close M .C.C. were 148 on with two to go. Dr. Morcom’s 54, Lord Anson’s 43, and J . F . Ireland’s 30 were the highest scores. Buckenham bowled with success for the club, and G. W illiam s for the county. The M .C.C. second innings closed for 13 2 on Tuesday, Falcon and Fulcher bowling effectively ; but when the county went in to get 164 to win only Falcon could do much with Mead, who took 7 wickets (one man absent) at a cost of only 50 runs, and the club won by 43. Y o r k s h ir e v . S o u t h A fr ic a n s .— Bhodes was at the Oval, and Haigh stood down, unwell. Tancred and Nourse added 42 for the