Cricket 1912

482 CRICKET: A WEEKI.Y RECORD OF THE GAME. S e pt . 7, 1012. Big Matches of the Week. S u s s e x v . Y o r k s h ir e . —There was only 70 m inutes’ play in this match at Hove on Thursday, and during that time Yorkshire scored 44rfor the loss of W ilson’s wicket. Friday was a blank. On Satur­ day H irst and K ilner, who added 63 for the fifth wicket, were the only men to do much for Yorkshire. A gainst a total of 14 1 Sussex had 80 up before the first wicket fell, Kobert K eif and Simm s playing good free cricket after a slow start. When they were once parted wickets fell fast for a time, and scoring was slow and intermittent. Four were out for 88 , 6 for 109 ; and it seemed likely that Yorkshire would secure first innings’ points. But Ju p p and Vine took the score to 12 3, and after a hard struggle for the runs, Vincett made the hit that gave his side the points, getting out almost immediately thereafter. S u r r e y v . E s s e x . —P lay started soon after 3 o’clock on Thursday — on a sodden wicket, of course. E ssex made 1 1 1 in 170 minutes. They had 89 up for 2, M cGahey playing a valuable innings of 38 ; but when R azor Sm ith went on a second time he took the last 8 wickets at a cost of only 18 runs. On Frid ay there was something over 2 hrs. of play in depressing surroundings. Hobbs and Hayes added 51 together for the second wicket, and B ird and H ayes 38 for the third, while in the last half hour Hayes and Goatly put on 35 unparted. Young, playing for E ssex for the first time this season, bowled really well, though he only claimed one wicket during the day. On Saturday the overnight not-outs took their unfinished partnership to 5 1, and thereafter Donald Knight and Altham played fine free cricket, adding 56 in 37 m inutes. K night’s form was really first-class; he only took 80 m inutes to score 57 (eight 4’s) and never made a bad stroke. The innings was declared at 248 for 8 . Essex fared disastrously. Three wickets were down for 1 1 , 5 for 25, and the whole side was out for 46. Sm ith again bowled finely ; he took 12 for 6 1 in the m atch, and secured his hundredth wicket of the season. The catch by which H itch, at short leg, dismissed Freem an was a remarkably good o n e; he fairly hurled him self at the ball, and, though rolling over, held it. H a m p sh ire v. W a r w ic k s h ir e . —No play on T h u rsd ay; on Friday, just over three hours, during which the visitors scored 140, and H ants, made 9 for no wicket. Quaife’s innings was the feature of the day’s play. He batted 12 5 m inutes with only one chance for his 54, and then played on. On Saturday there was some sen­ sational play, 24 wickets falling for 228 runs. Santall and Foster had 8 of the home batsmen out for 64. Then B ignell and Sprot added 48 in 25 m inutes. Ju st when it seemed likely that H ants, would gain a lead on the first innings, Field went on and took the last two wickets without a run scored off him . On a queer wicket and in a bad light—which stopped play once—the visitors could do nothing with Newman, who took 7 for 24. They were all out for 4 8 ; and thanks to Captain White, Captain Barrett, and Stone (who helped White to put on 3 1 for the first wicket) the home side won by 6 wickets. Field was again deadly, and had 4 for 16 in this innings. M id d le s e x v. W o r c e s t e r s h ir e . —There was no play on Thursday at Lord’s. On Friday a start was made after lunch, and the home side scored 174 for 8 on a slow, but never difficult wicket. Hendren's freely hit 71 in 105 m inutes was in marked contrast to the slow rate of scoring possible to most of his comrades. He and J . W. Hearne added 4 1 together, he and F . T. Mann 46 ; and he h it a six and seven 4’s. On Saturday Lee and Jack Hearne made a stand for the last wicket, and the total reached 2 15 . Worcestershire (who were without Pearson, suffering from a strain) could hope for nothing better than a draw. When 6 wickets had fallen for 22 in their first innings this seemed unlikely. Then young Chester joined G. L . Crowe,’ the old Westminster boy, and a rare plucky stand of 56 was made, only three-quarters-of-an-hour being occupied. The innings closed for 93, the veteran bowler of M iddlesex having taken 5 for 30. In a little over half-an-hour M iddlesex hit up 46 fo r 2, and then Kidd declared. Bowley and Arnold went without a run on the board, and no one could do anything with young Jaok Hearne, who, after being absent from the bowling crease since the end of Ju ly , had 8 wickets for 36 in this innings. Middlesex won by 96 runs. K e n t v. A u s t r a lia n s . —No play wras possible in this match at Canterbury on either Thursday or Frid ay ; but Saturday brought a welcome improvement. Kent had first innings. Woolley played grandly, making 86 (one 6 , six 4’s) in 1 10 m inutes, and Hardinge and Seymour had a 40 m inutes’ partnership for the second wicket which produced 47 runs. The innings w as declared at 170 for 6 . The Australians lost 2 for 1 1 ; but Bardsley and M acartney added 47. Then Carr had everyone in trouble. Seven wickets were down for 9 1, and 9 for 1 1 5 ; Minnett and Whitty hit hard, and took the score to 137 . Carr had 7 for 46, and he and Woolley took the honours of the day. G lo u c e s t e r s h ir e v . S o u th A fr ic a n s . — Following a blank Thursday, there was a full and busy day's cricket on Friday at Bristol. Faulkner and Pegler lowered five of the home side’s wickets for only 42 ; then Langdon and A. W . Roberts made a capital stand, and added 6 1 in an hour, the former hitting finely. Going on late, Gordon White severed this partnership, and took the last 5 wickets at a cost of only 2 1. Rolland Beaumont dislocated his thumb in stopping a hard hit by Langdon, and had to be carried off the ground unconscious, Jessop allowing Cox to take his place in the team. The Afrikanders did even worse than the county. Five wickets were down for 2 8 ; the sixth, as in tbe Gloucestershire innings, was responsible for the one stand, Tancred and Pegler adding 43. Dennett and Parker, bowling unchanged, divided the wickets. Going in again, the county lost 4 wickets for 27. The day’s play realised 232 runs for the fall of 24 wickets. On Saturday the county’s innings was finished off for 64, Pegler and Faulkner having bowled in deadly form. The colonial side needed 1 12 for victory. After one wicket had fallen for five, Taylor and Nourse added 38. Then Jessop got the wickets of Taylor, Tancred, Faulkner, and Nourse in quick succession, and five were down for 64. Pegler and White added 28. Carter and Ward quickly followed Pegler into retirem ent; and 16 were still wanted with 2 to go. M itchell and White proved equal to the task, and the Afrikanders brought off a good win. H e r t f o r d s h i r e v. B u c k in g h a m s h ire . —Not a ball was bowled in this match at Bushey, fixed for August 29 and 30. M o n m o u th s h ir e v . S t a f f o r d s h i r e . —On Wednesday Staffs, scored 3 2 1, L . F . Taylor of W alsall, playing finely for 103, and W ilson, Bernard Meakin, Nichols, Barnes, and Vost all scoring well, and Monmouth made 52 for 6 , Gordon Phillips, who hit a 6 off Barnes, 24*. There was only 35 m inutes’ play on Thursday, and as at the close the home side had still a wicket to fall Staffs, escaped being penalised by taking first innings’ points. G entlemen of I reland v. G entlemen of S cotland .—N o play on Thursday at Rathm ines. On Friday the Scots had the best of the wicket and also of the day’s play. The bowling of B . Gregory (who was not included in the original selection) for Ireland, and the all­ round form of G . L . D. Hole for Scotland were the outstanding features of rather a dull day’s play. But if there was little excite­ ment on Friday, there was plenty on Saturday. M. R . Dickson, three times dropped, but playing fine cricket on a queer pitch never­ theless, made 48 of the Scots’ total of 83. W . H arrington, the slow bowler, had 5 for 16 . Ireland needed only 13 3 to win ; and P . F . Quinlan and L . A. Meldon batted so well after two wickets had gone cheaply that success seemed certain, the score being 73 before the third wicket fell. Then came an awful slump before the bowling of Sievwright and Webster. Mooney and Murphy made a plucky last wicket stan d ; but Sievwright got past the latter’s defence, and Scotland won by 3 runs. H a m p s h ire v. S o u th A f r ic a n s .— The return of Sibley Snooke, R . O. Schwarz's dropping out, and the accidents to H artigan and Beaumont have depleted the ranks of the South African team, and for the second time both Campbell and Ward figured in the side on Monday, M itchell standing down. The feature of the d ay’s play was Louis Strieker’s 99. No one else on the side got more than a dozen, though Herbert Taylor stayed with Strieker till 54 were up for the first wicket. Strieker batted 160 m inutes, hit thirteen 4’s, and showed quite his best form. K. H, C. Woodrofife, the Marlborough captain, playing in his first match for H ants, bowled very finely indeed, getting the wickets of Taylor, Nourse, Tancred, and Faulkner in quick succession. Only Philip Mead could do much with Faulkner and P eg ler; he made 36, not out, of the 87 for 8 , which was the county’s score at the end of the day. On Tuesday the innings closed for 137 , Mead carrying out his hat for 64. He played very steadily and hit only two 4’s. There were three men run out in the Hants, innings, and Pegler and Faulkner divided the other seven wickets. The wicket was playing much more easily now, and was considerably faster. Taylor and Strieker put up 46 for the first wicket in the Afrikanders’ secon d; and Taylor and Nourse added 90 in an hour for the second, both batting brilliantly. Then Faulkner and Nourse—47 in 30 minutes—and White and Nourse— 83 in 45—made further stands, and when play was stopped by bad light at 5.25 the colonial side had made 297 for 6 . T aylor batted 110 minutes. Nourse reached his century iD 12 5 minutes, and gave nothing like a chance. Continuing on Wednesday, he had some help from the last three batsmen, and carried his score to 2 13. He batted 255 minutes, hit a 6 , a 5, and thirty-one 4’s,tan d showed masterly form throughout. This is his fourth score of 200 in big cricket, the others being for South A frica v. South A ustralia, for Natal v. Griqualand West, and for Natal v. Western Province. He has also topped the 200 for Durban v. Maritzburg. The total was 432, the best of the tour by the South Africans.