Cricket 1912

S e p t . 14, 1912. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 497 A m o n g those who appear likely to fall short of the thousand after seeming almost certain to reach it are James Seymour (977), John Gunn (975), Elias Hendren (975), M. C. Bird (985), and C. S. Baker (923). I do not think any of these is down to play again. H. P. Chaplin (907) and Smith, of Warwickshire (988), may got there, as the Sussex skipper is playing in both games at Hastings, and Smith is the choson wicket-keeper for England v. Yorkshire at tho Oval. J a c k H e a b n e missed a straight run of fourteen successive totals of 100 or more wickets by taking only 99 in 1901. Like the single run that Hayward needs for 2,000 in test matches, the one century that the same great player requires to make up his tale of a hundred hundreds, and that wicket which Wilfred Rhodes has not yet got, this sticks in one’s mind. Hayward will scarcely make that single now, one fancios ; he will get the century, no doubt, and Rhodos will got the wicket ; but for Hearno’s sad caso thoro is no remedy. E a c h successive season, in commenting on the county’s doings, “ Leather-Hunter,” of the Brighton Arc/us, giv<s the total of runs scored and wickets taken in all matches for Sussex since each first played by the leading players. As a matter of possible interest to many, I append these, with due acknowledgment :— R o n s . Vine (J) ... 18,773 Cox (G. R .) ... ... 7,214 The J im Saliib 18,553 Leach (G.) ... 5,769 Killick (K. H .) ... 18,463 H . P. Chaplin ... 3,938 lteif (A E ) ... ... 13,345 H. L. S im m s... ... 2,393 Helf (tt. B .) ... ... 9,172 P. Cartwiight... ... 2,101 W ic k e t s . B elf (A. E .) .„ .. 1,299 Vine (J.) 539 Cox (G . R .) ... .. 1,067 Leach (G.) 412 Killick (E. H .) 719 Vincett (J. H .) 17U R elf (R. R .) 165. In London Opinion recently Gilbert Jessop suggested that it would be interesting if some enthusiast would devote himself to the task of hunting up the number of instances in which batsmen have been out l.b.w. in first-class cricket this season. Mr. D. C. Hendrik-Jones, of Cardiff, has taken the bint, and is obliging enough to send me the result of his researches. H e finds that up to September 4th there had been 629 cases of l.b.w. dismissals in first-class cricket. These were divided among 244 players, of whom 93 were thus out once, 60 twice, 34 thrice, and 25 four times ; while the following were l.b.w. more than four times :— F iv e :—Booth, Hearne {J. W .), C. B. Jennings, Mead (C. P.), Sharp (J.), R. H. Spooner, Strudwick, L. J. Tancred, Thompson, Whitehead (H.), and C. J. B. Wood ; S ix :—W. Bardsley, Bowley, Cadman, Hardinge, E. L. Kidd, and H. W. Taylor ; S e v e n :—Ducat, Hayes, G. R. Hazlitt, Humphreys, C. Kelleway, A. D. Nourse, and Wilson (B. B .) ; E ig h t :—Hardstaff and Woolley (F . E . ) ; N in e :—Hayward and H irst; T e n :—Bowell, J. W. H. T . Douglas, Relf (A. E .), and Vine. M b . H e n d b ik -J o n e s adds that all the players who have represented Northants this season have been out l.b.w. at least once, while only nine of the many who have played for Essex appear in the list. Of the two colonial sides, Mitchell, Campbell, Cox, Llewellyn, David Smith, Carkeek, and McLaren had escaped thus far. T h e following had not a single instance of l.b.w. debited to them :—Bale, H. P. Chaplin, Dean, the Jam Sahib, G. L. Jessop, Mounteney, Murrell, Hitch, Oates, Seymour (Jas.), E. M. Sprot, and Sir A. W. White. M b . H e n d r ik -J o n e s hopes that these figures may be of some interest to me. I believe that they will be of interest also to hundreds of others ; and 1 confess that it surprises me to learn that there have been over six hundred l.b.w. dismissals during the season. A d d it io n s to the 1,000 runs lis t :— 38.— L. J. Tancred. Sept. S. 40.— C. B. Jennings, Sept. 11. 39.— S. E . Gregory, Sept. 10. C. G . M a ca rtn ey scored his 2,000th run on S eptem ber 10. A d dition to the 100 w ick ets l i s t :— 21.— H . L . Simm s, Sept. 10. Big Matches of the Week. S u r r e y v . W a r w ic k sh ir e . — September cricket often presents peculiar features, unexpected collapses alternating with heavy scoring. Until quite near the end of this match the scoring ruled rather lo w ; but tbe collapses were in evidence. Warwickshire started very badly on wbat was apparently a good wicket, 6 being out for G9. Then Foster, who, though not quite in his last year’s masterful form , batted better than he has done lately, and Santall added 41 for the seventh, and after the professional had gone his captain made the bulk of the runs, being last out. H e batted 80 minutes for his 54, which included seven 4’s. Smith, who seems to have regained his true form at the rnd of the season, bowled particularly well. Surrey’s batting was worse than W arwickshire’s. Goatly alone showed to advantage, and after W . C. Hands went on at 51) for 3 nothing in 1 he nature of a stand was made. Bowling fast and at the stumps, the old Edwardian took 5 for 10, 4 of them bowled. This is the best thing he has yet done for the county. The visitors had a few m inutes’ batting before time. On Friday they did quite well at the starV All the first five batsmen made useful scores, and Quaife and Foster had a good partnership. But after the tea interval everything went wrong for them . Quaife stayed on ; but the rest could do nothing with Smith, who took the wickets of Hands, Byrne, and Field in four balls, and had 4 for 2 in the brief space which was all that was needed for W arwickshire’s dism issal. The last 6 wickets actually fell for 9 runs. Smith's bag for the match was 11 for 73. Surrey, set 187 for victory, looked to have their work cut o u t; but after all they had no difficulty in knocking off the runs. Hayward and H obbs made 45 for the first w ick et; H obbs and Bird, continuing together into Saturday, added 110 for the second in 70 minutes. T he captain hit seven 4 ’s, and was missed at 4 8; H obbs made half-a-dozen boundary hits, and gave no chance. Surrey won by 6 wickets, and so changed places with W arwickshire in the table. Quaife alone troubled the batsmen m uch. L ord L on d esborou gh ' s X I. v. A u stralian s . — A high wind swept the ground at Scarborough, and the air had a biting touch. The Jam Sahib won the toss : but for a tim e his side fared badly. Denton and Rhodes added 41 for the third wicket, and though the latter stayed in just over 2 hours, and made 51, 8 were out for 142. Then Haigh joined Albert lle lf; and by forcing cricket of the best type, though not without a little luck, these two added 150 in 95 minutes. H aigh hit a 6 and six 4’s ; Relf, who was in 135 minutes in all for his 84*, hit ten 4’s. E ight for 0 overnight, the Australians did nothing of much note in a rain-shortened day’s play (only 3£ hrs.) on Friday. Mayne, Kelleway, Macartney, and Gregory all did something ; but 9 were out for 162. Hazlitt and Carkeek here made an unexpected stand adding 41 in 35 minutes. On Saturday morning Hirst bowled Carkeek without a run added. Good catches were made by H irst (a hot c. and b. disposing of Matthews) and the Jam Sahib (a high one in the slips which dismissed W hitty). There was not much forcing cricket on the Saturday m orning. Mead and Rhodes added 59 in 55 minutes for the second wicket. The innings was de­ clared at 131 for 5, leaving the Australians to make 223 in about 135 m inutes, a task which was recognized as being too heavy. Mayne and Kelleway, the form er missed in the slips when 31, stayed together until stumps were drawn at 5 o ’clock, when they had set up 138. Both battted well, though neither forced the pace. M r. L io n e l R obinson ’ s X I. v. S ou th A fr ica n s . — The team got together by Mr. Robinson was a good one. Rupert Minnett and Hendren, who were not in the advertised side, appeared. Pegler bowled finely, and Nourse w e ll; and A . J. Evans., in first, saw 5 wickets go down before anything like a stand was made. From 30 for 5 he and Falcon took the total to 101 for 6 in 50 minutes, and later Hendren hit up a useful score. The start of the Afrikanders was even worse than that of the scratch team. Taylor, Strieker, Nourse,, Tancred, and White were all out (four of them to Falcon, who swung in with the wind) for only 16. Faulkner, Pegler, and