Cricket 1912

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L e ic e s t e r s h ir e v. L a n c a s h ir e . —It was a real bowlers’ day at Leicester on Tuesday, Shipman, who hit out fiercely and scored 3 1 in 25 minutes, being the only man to reach 20. Seven of the home side’s wickets were down for 25 runs. Huddleston and Dean bowling in deadly style on the difficult pitch ; then unexpected succour came from Shipm an and Astill. Lancashire, who had Alfred Hartley playing again, but lacked Spooner and Makepeace, lost 5 for 59 before the day’s play ended. Iu about 200 minutes 15 wickets had gone down for an average of just under 9 each. On the Wednesday morning W illiam Tyldesley took his score to 47, the highest of the match ; Whitehead hit w e ll; and at 194 for 8 the innings was declared. Then Dean and Huddleston, the former the predominant partner this time, put out Leicestershire again cheaply, only three men making double figures. Bowling unchanged through both innings, the two men who have done such fine work for L an ca­ shire this year had splendid analyses. John King also maintained his excellent form. S o m e rs e t v . Y o r k s h ir e . —A start was made at Taunton on Tuesday morning, and before the day’s play ended Yorkshire had so tightened their grip on the championship that, bar accidents, it must be theirs. Their total of 330 in 270 minutes on a dead pitch—Sir Archibald White, after winning the toss, was in some doubt as to whether to bat first—represented splendid work ; and, as so often this season, David Denton was the central figure. He made his 82 in 85 minutes with only one chance, hitting a 6 and six 4’s, and reached his 2,000 runs for the season. Nearly everyone else made useful scores. In an hour’s batting at the end of the day Somerset lost 8 wickets for 41, H irst taking 6 of them at a cost of only 17. When play was resumed on Wednesday Daniell was lbw to Rhodes, after batting over an hour for 16. Greswell, hitting out, made top score. H irst had six wickets cheaply, taking his total for the season to 97. When Somerset followed on he soon got the three necessary to complete his hundred. Six wickets were down for 33 ; but Hylton- Stewart helped Braund, who played one of his best innings of the season, to double the score before the eighth fell. Greswell hit a ball into the river. H irst took 12 for 67 in the match, and for the tenth successive season registered 1,000 runs and 100 wickets. H a m p sh ire v . S u r r e y . — The Bournemouth Festival started dolorously. Monday was blank ; on Tuesday there was 90 minutes’ play late in the afternoon, and in the course of it five H ants wickets went down for 55. On the third morning H ants, were all out for 77, Sm ith and Rushby equally dividing the wickets. H ayward, who batted 100 minutes for his 30, alone made double figures for Surrey, who were a single run ahead when the last wicket fell. Kennedy bowled splendid on the difficult pitch, and in this young man Hants, may have a coming international. The second Hants innings was declared with 8 down, leaving Surrey 40 minutes to m ake 68 in. In half that time Hobbs and Hayward hit up 28, but then rain intervened. In Hampshire’s second H itch went on to bowl for the first time since the Bank Holiday game ! G lo u c e s t e r s h ir e v. W o r c e s t e r s h ir e . — The game could not be started until four o’clock on Tuesday. M. A. Green, of the Wimbledon C.C ., who had so big a hand in the sensational victory at Nottingham, replaced Brownlee in the home side. Jessop played the best cricket of the day, but so sodden was the pitch that even he found it difficult to get the ball away, and took an hour to make 32. F . B . Roberts, with some luck, hit well, and was 40 not out with the total 130 for 7 when stumps were drawn. M. A. Green played a capital innings of 39 on Wednesday, and Frank Roberts took his score to 47, so that a total of 198 was reached. The visitors fell 41 short of this. Bowley’s 50, made in 75 minutes by methods more defensive than his wont, was the only innings of note for them, though Chester made his biggest for the county so far. Gloucester­ shire had a little batting at the end of the day, but of course the match was practically over when the question of first innings’ points had been decided. D e r b y s h ir e v . N o ttin g h a m s h ir e . —At Blackwell play began after lunch on Tuesday. Derbyshire had 18 up for 1, and 6 down for 30. The last four wickets added 94, however, Humphries hitting finely for 42 (two 6 ’s, three 4’s), and Morton and Warren also playing pluckily, while Bracey did good service by keeping up his end. Iremonger bowled very finely on a pitch that was not as difficult as the Peak county’s partial collapse would seem to indicate. At call of time the visitors had made 18 for 1 . Notts needed to score quickly if a win was to be forced. George Gunn took 17 5 minutes to make 48. Young Lee did much better, and he and Iremonger added 63 in an hour for the sixth wicket. Lee, in 80 minutes, hit two 6 ’s and three 4’s in his 52*. A declaration was made, but too late to be of any use.