Cricket 1913

A p r il 19, 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 121 U p -C o u n t r y . First innings. R. E. Martin, b Crawford ... 23C. B. Rubie, c Crawford, b Greswell 2 G. D. Brown, c Crawford, b Greswell 10 H. B. Daniell, b Lover ......... 42 J. E. Horsfall, b Crawford ... 22 P. R. May, c Greswell, b Lover... 17 H. V. Greer, c Lover, b Crawford 7 G. Le Motte, not out ......... 5 A. L. Gibson, st Mackay, b Shering- Extras ............................. 21 ham ........................................... 45 ---- M. H. Grant-Peterkin, st Lover, Total ................ 227 b Greswell ............................. 1 — H. G. Cornish, c and b Greswell 32 S e co n d in n in g s :— R. E. Martin, c Fawcett, b Greswell, 28 ; G. D. Brown, c and b Lover, 17 ; J. Horsfall, not out, 12 ; A. L. Gibson, not out, 12 ; total (for 2 wkts.). 69. B o w l in g . For Up-Country May took 5 for 62 and o for 29 ; Daniell 5 for 43 and 3 for 35 ; and in second innings Gibson 2 for 35, Mai tin 3 for 37, Cornish 1 for 23. For Colombo Greswell had 4 for 69 and 1 for 29, Crawford 3 for 73 and o for 24, Love 2 for 20 and 1 for 16, Sheringham (first) 1 for 29, West (first) 0 for 15. The M.C.C. Team in the West Indies. T R IN ID A D v . M .C.C. T EAM . T he hom e captain, Cipriani, won th e toss on F eb ru ary 17, and to o k first innings. H is team scored w ell almost to a man, C ipriani him self and Constantine being specially prom inent. On th e second morning the M .C.C. started badly, and never retrieved th eir bad beginning. John, the fast bow ler, w h o w as le ft ou t of th e T rin idad team in the first m atch, w as in p a rticu la rly good form , and P ascall and R ogers also bow led well. A ll ou t for 87, th e visitors had to follow on. T h e y settled down to dogged p la y in order to save defeat. Jayn es stayed half-an-hour for 3 runs, H um phreys m eanwhile scoring nicely, and th e first w icket fell a t 35. H um phreys le ft a t 71, and a t call of time the to ta l w as 76 for 2. B u rton and F airbairn made a p lu ck y stan d a t th e ou tset of the th ird d a y ’s p lay, adding 83 in all, and ta k in g ab ou t 105 m inutes to do it. The third w ick et fell a t 159, th e fourth a t 162, and the fifth (R elf’s) a t 172. D oll helped S yd n ey Sm ith to add 45 for the sixth ; b u t it w as th e stand betw een the ex-Trinidad p layer and Dobson, a fte r A . F . Som erset had departed, which saved the side from defeat. T h e fielding was none too good, or Sm ith w ould h ave had to go earlier. He played a good and p atien t game, how ever, while Dobson scored more freely, and th e y added over 100 before Sm ith was stum ped in going ou t to Rogers. Dobson carried his bat for 55, a m ost v alu ab le innings, and there were still tw o w ick ets ou tstand in g w hen tim e came. T r in id a d . N. Betancourt, b Smith ... C. P. Cumberbatch, c Doll, b Fair- baim ............................. .... W. St. Hill, c A. C. Somerset, b Jaques .......................................... J. C. S. Rogers, c Relf, b Fairbairn L. S. Constantine, b R elf................ A. Cipriani, c A. F. Somerset, b Docker .......................................... F. De Cannes, lbw, b Relf . J. Small, b Doll J. Joseph, not out ... John (G.), b Doll ... V. Pascall, b Humphreys . Extras First innings. M.C.C. T e a m . D. C. F. Burton, c Small, b Pascall ... 12 Humphreys (E.), b John ........................... 10 M. H. C. Doll, b John ... ... ... o S. G. Smith, c st Hill, b John .............. 11 Relf (A. E.), c Constantine, b Rogers ... 19 S. G. Fairbairn, c Betancourt, b Pascall ... o B. P. Dobson, c Pascall, b Small ... ... 5 A. Jaques, not o u t ........................................ 14 A. C. Somerset, c Betancourt, b John ... 4 Capt. G. A. M. Docker, c De C.annes, b Rogers o A. F. Somerset, b R o g e rs ........................... o Extras .......................................12 Total ................ Second innings. run out ................................. c Joseph, b Cumberbatch ... c sub., b John st Constantine, b Rogers b Rogers ... ................ Ibw, b J o h n ............................. not out ............................. c Constantine, b Rogers not out ............................. c Rogers, b John ................ 5 Extras ................ 28 Total M.C.C. B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . 87 Total (for 8 wickets)... 315 T r in id a d B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Relf ... 12 Humphreys 18-4 S. G. Smith 10 Fairbaim ... 9 A. C. Somerset 7 Jaques ... 5 Doll ... q Docker ... 5 M. R. w . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 2 52 2 Joh n............... Pascall i 7 7 25 4 • . 26 9 68 3 5 61 I 14 3 3 i 2 . . 22 7 42 0 2 34 I Small 5 2 5 I . . 21 4 53 0 1 3 i 2 Rogers 7-4 1 14 3 • • 32 8 82 3 0 30 O Cumberbatch — — • *3 3 21 1 1 22 I Constantine .. — ,— — — . . 6 4i 9 0 2 45 2 De Gannes .. — — — — 3 1 11 0 0 32 I Betancourt .. — — — — .. I 0 I 0 W E S T IN D IE S v . M .C.C. T E A M . In this game, p layed a t P o rt of Spain on F eb ru ary 20, 21 and 22, th e tourists m et w ith a h e a v y defeat. T h e m attin g w icket handicapped them , and th e y were g u ilty of an unusual num ber of errors in the field, while Ince, a left-hander, who p layed th e longest innings ever m ade again st an English team in th e islands, had his w ick et h it b y R elf a t 68 w ith o u t the bails bein g removed. T he visitors batted first, and H um phreys and F airbairn added 61 for the second w ic k e t; b u t the n ex t six w en t v e ry cheaply, and 8 were down for 115. T h e last tw o carried the to ta l to 202, D oll p layin g a cap ita l innings. Ince and Cum ber­ batch sent up 138 before the first w ick et fell. The latter was bow led b y a b all which he m ade no attem p t to p lay, shouldering his b a t ; given ou t b y the umpire, he appealed to the English captain, who allow ed him to continue his innings. H e had n ot stepped b a ck ; b u t his intention to leave th e b all alone w as obvious, and could be accounted for b y the leaves w h ich blew across the pitch, p u ttin g th e b a ts­ men off th eir strokes frequen tly. In le ttin g him resume, Som erset u nd ou btedly acted in sportsm anlike manner. T he th ird W est Indian partnership (Ince and Browne) added 67 runs, and the fou rth (Ince and Ollivierre) 80. A fte r th a t th e batsm en h it ou t and chanced everyth in g, and D o ll’s analysis reaped the benefit of these tactics. T h e tem p eratu re was 85° in th e shade, 111° in th e sun during th e W est Indian innings. T hough H um phreys p layed anoth er useful innings, th e tourists had 9 w ickets down for 102. T hen came a fine stand b y B urton , whose 66* w as ch aracter­ ised b y skill and patience, and th e cap tain ; th e y stay ed togeth er an hour and a half and added 89, v e r y n ea rly saving the gam e, as a t the fall of the last w ick et o n ly ab ou t tw e n ty m inutes rem ained for p lay. T h e W est Indies won b y an innings and 6 runs, leavin g the th ird m a tch to decide th e rubber. Second innings. First innings. M.C.C. T e a m . D. C. F. Burton, c Betancourt, b Gibbs ... 18 not out Humphreys (E.), c Constantine, b Olli.ierre 45 c and b Rogers S. G. Fairbairn, b John ................ L ;---- Relf (A. E.), b Ollivierre ................ B. P. Dobson, b Ollivierre................ S. G. Smith, b Ollivierre ................ T. A. L. Whittington, b Gibbs M. H. C. Doll, c Ollivierre, b Rogers A. Jaques, c Constantine, b John Capt. G. A. M. Docker, b Ollivierre A. F. Somerset, not out Extras............................. Total 31 b Ollivierre 7 b Rogers o c Ollivierre, b Rogers o b John ................ 6 b Olli.ierre ................ 52 b Rogers ................ o c Browne, b Rogers... 25 b John ................ 11 c Constantine, b Rogers 7 Extras ... 02 Total 66 35 1 7 34 3 W e s t I n d ie s . H. W. Ince, c Somerset, b Docker ... 167 C. P. Cumberbatch, c laques, b Relf ............................. W. O. Gibbs, c and b Smith C. A. Browne, b Relf R. Ollivierre, lbw, b Docker J. C. S. Rogers, b Doll L. S. Constantine, b D o ll................ Analysis received defective. Correct figures will be given next week. (P.isr.) N. Betancourt, b Doll A. Cipriani, c sub., b Doll J. Small, c Fairbairn, b Doll G. John, not out ................ Extras B R IT IS H G U IA N A v . M .C.C. T E AM . In th is m atch, p layed a t B ourda, G eorgetown, on M arch 1, 3, and 4, the local team w as captain ed b y M. B . G . A ustin , a brother of H arold A ustin , th e B arb ad os crack. H e won the toss, and sent th e visitors in on a p itch stick y after rain in th e night. A disastrous sta rt w as made, 4 w ickets bein g down for 15 ; b u t R elf and H um phreys retrieved the situation, and added 102 for the fifth w ick et, both men p la y ­ ing sound cricket, w ith m an y clean, pow erful strokes. No one else did m uch ; b u t th e to ta l of 167 w as big enough, for after Moulder and H unter had sent up 34 for th e co lo n y’s first w icket, th e second w ick et fell a t 49, and the third, fourth, and fifth a t 50, and th ou gh th e cap tain and H inds offered some resistance, addin g 30 for th e eighth, th e close o f the innings found th e M .C.C. T eam 65 ahead. H um ­ phreys had bow led in dead ly form . Show ers follow ed b y b righ t sunshine kep t the w ick et trick y , and the best stand