Cricket 1913

224 CRICKET: A WEEKLY Middlesex v. Sussex. With Pelham Warner back to lead them, Middlesex ought to have felt equal to anything at Lord’s on Monday; but they had very little the better of the day’s play. F. T. Mann was also included; in the Sussex team there were six changes from the side that beat Cambridge .so well. Chaplin won the toss; but three wickets were down for 15, and a rot seemed to have set in. The old Pauline, P. G. H. Fender, who has.any amount of self-confidence and a capital armoury of strokes, stopped the si’ump. In 70 minutesi he rattled up 87 (one 6, thirteen 4’s), with a slice of luck at 26, when young Hearne missed him ; and all his shots were made with decision and vigour. Albert Relf helped him to add 55, and Cox 53. After his departure Street stayed with Cox to add 50 for the eighth wicket. The Warnham man batted 80 minutes for his excellent 46*. Norman Holloway did good service for his side by getting rid of Tarrant (well caught by Albert Relf) and Haig at the very outset of the Middlesex innings. Warner stayed 50 minutes with J. W. Hearne, but the letter made most of the 77 put on for the third wicket. Hearne made his 65 (nine 4’s) in 70 minutes. Hendren, Murrell, and Doll left in quick succession; but F. T. Mann played very judicious cricket, scoring well with­ out attempting to force the game, and Clarke helped him to add 58 for the eighth wicket. At call of time Middlesex, with two wickets in hand, were one run behind. On Tues­ day the innings closed for 222, the old Cantab leaving at 204 for a fine innings of 71, made in 90 minutes. Sussex batted again, and the younger Relf was taken in the slips off the first ball sent down. Vine left at 11, caught by the wicket­ keeper standing back. Then came a stand. Wilson played very good cricket indeed, and Albert Relf gave him yeoman aid. At lunch each had made 47. Soon afterwards Relf was out, the third wicket having added 102. There were several useful stands after this. Wilson and Chaplin added 51 for the fifth wicket in 40 minutes, Cox and- Jupp 37 for the seventh in 36, and Cox and Holloway 36 for the ninth in 20. The former Suffo’k captain was the central figure of the innings, however. He batted 150 minutes for his 89, driving very strongly. Some uppish strokes in the slips were technical blemishes, but altogether his form was excellent. Nine 4’s were included in his score. Cox again did good service, making 43 in 65 minutes. The rate of scoring averaged 75 per hour. Middlesex went in to make 246 to win, and the fourth innings started in even more pro­ nouncedly feeble fashion than any of its predecessors. Tarrant was out in the first over, Hendren in the third, and J. W. Hearne (in dismissing whom Albert Relf made his fourth fine catch of the game) in the fourth. Caution was the natural sequel to these disasters. Mann, it is true, made 38 in 45 minutes; but the dashing Haig took 40 minutes to score 14, and at ca'l of time, when Middlesex still required 147with 5 to go, Warner had been in an hour and a half for a dogged 35. On him practically everything depended now. And it was not his fault that Middlesex did not win. He should have been caught at 51, Wilson at mid-off missing a very easy chance; but otherwise he played great cricket, and his 88* (in 195 minutes) was a splendid effort to win the game for his side. Doll alone gave him any considerable assistance; but the match was so closely contested that up to the very last the home side always seemed to have a chance, and in the end Sussex! only won by 33 runs. First Innings. S u sse x . Second Innings. Vine, b Napier ... ... ... ... 8 c Murrell, b Napier ... ... 3 Relf (R .), c Haig, b Napier .................. 4 c Hendren, b Napier................... o H. L. Wilson, b Tarrant ............................. 2 b Tarrant ................................. 89 Relf (A. E.), lbw, b .I. W . Hearne ... 12 c Murrell, b N a p ier............................50 1*. ( j . H. Fender, c Mann, b J. W . Hearne 87 c Doll, b J. W . Hearne ... 12 H. P. Chaplin ($apt.), c Murrell, b J. W. Hearne ... .............................................. 3 c and b Tarrant ... ... 25 Cox (G.), not out ............................................. 46 b J. T. Hearne ................... 43 Jupp. lbw, b J. W. Hearne ................. o run out ................................. 13 Street, c Tarrant, b J. T. Hearne ... 16 b Clarke ............ o N. J. Holloway, b N a p ie r ............................... 3 lbw, b J. T. H earne................... 19 Vincett, c Napier, b J. T. Hearne ... ... 5 not out ... ... ... 1 B. 6, l.b. 4 ............................................. 10 B. 11, l.b. 5 ................. 16 Total ... ... ... 196 Total ... ... 271 RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 24, 1913. First Innings. M id d le se x . Second Innings. N. Haig, c Vincett, b Holloway 0 b Jupp ... 14 1 Tarrant, c A. E. Relf, b Holloway., 1 c Street, b A. E:. Relf Hearne (J. W .), c A. E. Relf, b R. Relf • 65 c A. E. Relf, b Holloway 1 P. F. Warner (capt), b R. Relf . 27 not out ... 88 Hendren (E.), c Vine, b R. Relf 7 c Vine, b A. E.’ Relf 0 F. T. Mann, c A. E. Relf, b Holloway • 7i b Vine 38 Murrell, b Jupp 4 lbw, b Jupp ... 15 M. H. C. Doll, c Street, b Jupp 0 b Vine ... 26 Clarke, run out ............................. . 12 c R. Relf, b Vine 4 Hearne (J. T.), not out 9 run out 6 G. G. Napier, b Holloway ... • 15 b Holloway 2 B. 6, l.b. 4, n.b. i... 11 B. 10, l.b. 5, n.b. 2 .A 17 Total . 222 Total ... ... 212 M iddlesex B owlers ’ A nalysis . 0 . M. R. W. O. M. R. W . Napier ............................... 15 2 53 3 16 3 57 3 Tarrant ... ... ... 11 0 45 1 20 1 60 2 Hearne (J. W .) ................. 14 1 57 4 15 1 58 1 Clarke ............................... 2 0 18 0 10 0 26 1 Hearne (J. T.) ... ... 5-2 1 13 2 14 1 54 2 S ussex B o w ler s ’ A n a l y s is . O. M. R. W. 0 . M. R. W . Holloway ... ... ... 14-3 2 46 4 15 2 39 2 Relf (A. E .) ............................... 10 ‘ 2 41 0 11 4 15 2 Relf (R.) ............................... 19 2 49 3 10 1 32 0 C o x ............................................. 12 2 40 0 — — - — —; Jupp .......................... 7 2 18 2 14 I 32 2 Vincett ... ... ... 2 0 17 0 --- — — Vine ............................... 1 1 0 0 28 7 77 3 Holloway delivered one no-ball in the first innings. Holloway delivered two no-balls in the sccond innings. Umpires : Moss and W. A. J. W'est. Essex v. Lancashire. The visiting side at Leyton on Monday lacked John Tyldesley (suffering from a cold), his place being taken by another of the name, James, ,who is, however, not related to the England player. The two Meads and R. D. Clark were replaced in the home side by Freeman, Russell, and the Ilford fast bowler, G. M .. Louden. C. D. Mclver kept wicket. The first day’s play was full of incident. Hornby won the toss, and he and Makepeace sent up 143 for the first wicket in 105 minutes. The Lancashire captain had batted soundly for his 70 (six 4’s), which was exactly equal to Makepeace’s score at the time the wicket fell. Ernest Tyldesley gave the Everton man good help, and the latter reached his century soon after lunch. He was out at 243 for 127, having batted 190 minutes without a chance. Fourteen 4’s were included in his total. Sharp and William Tyldesley made a stand for the fourth w icket; but Louden got rid of the latter, and then disposed of the last 5 wickets in very quick time. He bowled very fast, very straight, and with a capital length, and had everyone thinking hard. Essex batted for a quarter of an hour at the end of the day, and made 20 without the loss of a wicket. On Tuesday Mclver, the old Forest School boy, made his first century in first- class cricket, his previous highest having been 99 for Oxford University v. M.C.C. ten years ago. He showed admirable form, with a partiality for the stroke past point and an old- fashioned but extremely effective type of leg-hit. In all he batted 3J hours, and hit ten 4’s, giving no chance. Russell helped him to put up 73 for the first wicket in 55 minutes, the best stand of the innings, and the more noteworthy for the fact that the two were sent in mainly to play out time on Monday. Mclver and Perrin added 51 together, and the former and Fane 43. With eight wickets down for 232, Louden joined Buckenham, and showed capital defence— though defence is scarcely his game—while the professional hit. In the end Essex were only 51 behind. Huddleston, last put on, bowled by far the best; but Lancashire sadly missed Dean. Before time the visitors had increased their lead to 97 with still ten wickets to go. Hornby and Make­ peace were parted in Buckenham’s first over next morning, and plav for some time ruled slow, the three points on the first innings being apparently Lancashire’s chief considera­ tion. Three wickets were down for 60; but Ernest and William Tyldesley added 54 before the former was well caught by Fane. The fifth wicket fell at 123; but Heap and William Tyldesley added 67 for the seventh, and put their side beyond danger of defeat. With 260 on the board Lancashire declared, leaving the home side to make 312 to