Cricket 1913

M a y 17, 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 199 Cambridge University v. Middlesex, Between showers this match was played out on May 7, 8, and 9, the Light Blues winning by 9 wickets. Lacking P. F. Warner, F. T. Mann, and others, the county team was not fully representative, but was nevertheless a good side, G. G. Napier playing for the first time for several years. Cambridge had seven blues, E. L. Kidd, G. W. V. Hopley, and E. C. Baker the absentees, one senior, A. H. Lang, and three freshmen. Of the latter the Australian, McCaughey, greatly distinguished himself. Bowling fast medium with an accurate length, he troubled everybody, and took 7 wickets at under 7 runs each. J. W. Hearne and Murrell made practically the only stand of the innings, adding 64 for the third wicket. Hearne’s 43 included three 6’s. I^agden over­ shadowed everybody else when the ’Varsity batted. At call of time on the first day he had made exactly half the runs scored-—67 of 134 for 5 ; when he was out— ninth— he had just equalled the Middlesex total; and his 142 represented only just under two-ihirds of his side’s runs from the bat. He made his 100 out of 153 in 130 minutes, and in all batted 165 minutes, hitting three 6’s, a five, and fourteen 4's. Alto­ gether his innings was of real first-class calibre, and he only gave one chance, quite late in it (at 132). Clarke, the googly man from Woodbrook, playing for the first time for his native county, took most wickets, four, Tarrant and J. W. Hearne dividing the rest. The last-named was the only man who showed to any advantage in Middlesex’s second, when Mu'holland bowded his slows with very telling effect. McCaughey and Naumann are certainties for further trial. First innings. M id d le se x . Second innings. Tarrant (F. A.), c Saville, b Naumann 2 c Saville, b McCaughey ... 5 M. H. C. Doll, c Mulholland, b McCaughey 9 c Lagden, b Mulholland ... 17 Hearne (J. W .), b Naumann ... ... 43 c Saville, b Mulholland ... 41 Murrell (H. R.), c Morrison, b McCaughey 40 Hendren (E.), c Franklin, b McCaughey 13 N. Haig, c Riley, b McCaughey... ... 12 T. Cuming, b McCaughey ................. 1 Rev. W. Benton, c Mulholland, b McCaughey ... ... ... ... 1 Clarke (P.), b Naum ann............................... o Hearne (J. T .), not o u t ............................... 4 G. G. Napier, c Calthorpe, b McCaughey 11 B. 5, n.b. 1 ................. 6 c Lagden. b ulhol and c Savil e, b ulhol and b Naumann b Naumann lbw, b Naumaiin c Franklin, b Mulholland c Lagden, b Mulholland c Naumann, b Mulholland c and b Calthorpe not o u t ............................... B. 1, n.b. 2 Total ... Total V\. N. Riley, c Hearnc (J.T.), b Hcame f (J.W .) ................................• ... 23 J. S. F. Morrison, c Murrell, b Tar- C am brid ge U n iv e r sit y . First innings. S. H. Saville, c Hendren, b Hearne (J. W.) ............................ W . B. Franklin, b Hearne (J. W .)... J. H. Naumann, not o u t .................. S. McCaughey, b C la r k e ................. B. 16, lb. 4 ................................ R. B. Lagden, st Murrell, b Tarrant 142 A. H. Lang, b Clarke ................. 3 Hon. H. G. H. Mulholland, b Clarke ............................................. 2 Total ...................237 G. B. Davies, b Tarrant ................. 16 Hon.F.S.G.Calthorpe,bClarke ... 6 S econd in n in g s . —W . N. Riley, c Doll, b Napier, o ; J. S. F. Morrison, not out 4 ; R. B. Lagden, not out, 21 ; byes, 3— total (for one wicket), 28. C am br id g e B o w ler s ’ A n a lysis . O. M. R. W . ................. 21 5 62 3 ................. i 5’ i 5 46 7 ........... 4 2 7 0 4 o 11 o 5 I IO o Naumann McCaughcy ............................... Calthorpe Davies.......................................... Lagden ............................. Mulholland Naumann bowled 1 n.b. in first innings, and 2 in second. 3 Photo, by Hawkins ] Mr, R. B. LAGDEN . [<k Co., Brighton . M id d lesex B o w ler s ’ A n a lysis . Tarrant ............................ Hearne (J. T.) * Clarke Heamc (J. W .) .................. •Napier......................................... Haig ... ................................ Umpires : Butt and White. " The earliest significant date in Indian cricket history is *848, when the first Parsi cricket club was formed. Until then the game must have seemed to most of the natives a mere strange Feringhi device for killing time. When natives once began to play it all this was changed."— From “ Cricket: the World-Wide Game,” in Ayres' Cricket Companion. The first batsman to score a century in first-class cricket this season. He was in the Marlborough X I. three seasons ; scoring 228 runs (average 20-72) in 1909, 348 (average 23-20) in 1910, and 575 (average 47 91) in 1911— total 1,151 in 38 completed innings (average 30-29) ; and taking in the three seasons 60 wickets at 23-30 each. For Cambridge last year he totalled 454 runs, with an average of 28-37, an^ scored centuries v. Yorkshire and v. Hampshire. A bat of real class, enterprising aggressive, stylish, with a fine pair of wrists. Surrey v. Northamptonshire. No play Thursday, May i o ; no play again on Friday ; but on Saturday a full and exciting day, a struggle for runs on a queer pitch, and very nearly a finish ! In the day’s play 37 wickets fell for 213 runs; there were only six double­ figure scores; and of course bowlers had fine analyses. J. S. 1Denton, who hit three 4’s, was the only man who looked like getting runs in Northants’ first, in which Strudwick made three catches. Hobbs and Myers made a few each for Surrey, and a lead of 15 was gained. Then W. H. Denton and Haywood left without a run scored, and Smith at 7. Thompson stayed with East 40 minutes, and the fourth wicket added 36. Piggott made a fine catch in the slips, and Thompson had to go. J. S. Denton was a victim to the smartness of Hitph and Strudwick, and then East fell in very similar fashion to Hobbs and Strudwick, after having batted 100 minutes for his 30. Surrey wanted 58 to win, and started to bustle for them. IIobbs was out to a splendid catch in the deep by Seymour; Hayes ran himself out at 5; Goatly and Bird had departed with only 17 scored; and Piggott and Myers were out with 21 on the board. All chance of an outright victory seemed to have faded; and first Hayward and Hitch, and then Hayward and Strudwick, simply sat on the splice, though if Hitch had let himself g o—well, who knows? Surrey took three points for a first innings’ lead; but for that lead they would have gone for