Cricket 1913

M ay 24 , 19 13 . CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 225 win in just over hours. There seemed little chance of a finish either way; but the majority of the Essex batsmen collapsed, and the side had a very near squeak indeed. But for Russell’s 63 they must have gone under, and that bats­ man deserves no end of credit. First Innings. A. H. Hornby, c McGahey, b Davies Makepeace, c Buckenham, b Douglas Tyldesley (E.), c Louden, b Tremlin Sharp, b Buckenham ................. Tyldesley (W .), c Davies, b Louden F. R. R. Brooke, b Louden................. Tydlesley (J.), c M clver, b Louden Heap, b Louden Whitehead, b Louden Huddleston, b Louden ................. Cook, not out L an cash ir e . Second Innings. 70 b Buckenham 127 c Buckenham, b Tremlin 37 c Fane, b Davies 45 lbw, b Tremlin 31 c Tremlin, b Louden 2 b Douglas o c and b McGahey 10 not out 17 not out ................. B. 1, l.b. 8 0 B. 4, l.b. 10, n.b. 1, w. 1 16 Total ... ••• 35i Total (for 7 wkts. dec.) 260 First Innings. E ss e x . Second Innings. Russell (H. C.), b Makepeace ••• 33 c Whitehead, b Cook 63 C. D. Mclver, b Huddleston ... 110 b Heap ... ... a. 2 G. B. Davies, b Huddleston 6 c Whitehead, b Huddleston... 10 P. Perrin, c Sharp, b Whitehead ... ... 22 c Brooke, b Makepeace 8 J. W. H. T. Douglas, c Brooke, b Whitehead o lbw, b Heap ... 0 F. L. Fane, b H u d dleston ................. ... 24 b Cook 0 C. McGahey, c Brooke, b Whitehead ... 8 run out 1 Freeman (J.), b Huddleston 7 not out ............................... 19 Buckenham, not out ................. ... 36 b Heap ................. 0 G. M. Louden, b Huddleston ... 20 b Cook 6 Tremlin, c W ., b J. Tyldesley ... 9 not out 1 B. 4, l.b. 10, w. 1, n.b. 1 ... 16 B. 3, l.b. 3 6 Total ... 300 Total (for 9 wkts.) ... 116 Douglas ................. Buckenham................. Tremlin Louden ................. Davies McGahey Douglas delivered one no-ball and one wide. E sse x B o w le r s ’ A n a l y s is . L0 . M. R. W. .. 13 1 55 1 32 2 122 1 62 1 48 6 41 1 14 i 8*3 16 29 25 L an cash ir e B o w ler s ’ A n a l y s is . O. M. R. W . 83 W h iteh ead.................. Tyldesley (J.) Heap ... .., Makepeace ... C ook............................... Huddleston ... ... ... 44 13 Whitehead bo .vied one wide, and J. Tyldesley delivered one no-ball. Umpires : J. J. Blake and F. Parris. 29 IO-2 5 17 16 37 15 36 38 75 5 O. 5 5 13 6 15 17 M. R. 29 17 56 62 34 16 R. 16 15 12 1 7 30 three men going for three runs. Blythe, though it was scarcely his wicket, had capital figures for the game. Kent won by an innings and 101 runs. K e n t . First Innings. . 22 1 Huish, b Peat ............................... 18 Blythe, c Fraser, b Peat ... ... 7 Fielder, run out ............................... 2 B. 38, l.b. 1 4 ................. 52 Humphreys, lbw. b Melle Hardinge, c Herring, b Davies Seymour, b Davies W oolley, not o u t ............................ E. W . Dillon, b Hosie L. H. W . Troughton, lbw. b Hosic. C. E. Hatfeild, c Peat, b Hosie W . A. Powell. I) Hosie 19 96 224 39 Total 480 First Innings. F. H. Knott, c and b Blythe E. F. Herring, run out I. P. F. Campbell, lbw, b Blythe ... G. R. R. Colman, c Huish, b Powell A. C. Wilkinson, c W oolley, b Humphreys A. L. Hosie. c Seymour, b Fielder B. G. Melle. b Blythe E. A. Shaw, not out P. H. Davies, c Huish, b B ly t h e ................ J. N. Fraser, lbw, b Blythe... C. U. Peat, b Humphreys ... B. 11, l.b. 9, w. 1, n.b. 2 O x fo r d U n iv e r sit y . Second Innings. ................. 24 e Huish. b Fielder ................. 9 b Humphreys 70 lbw, b Humphreys ... 17 b Fielder 12 c Hatfeild. b Humphreys ... 3 c and b Blythe ................. not out lbw, b Blythe st Huish, b Blythe ... run out lbw, b Blythe ................. B. 1, l.b. 9 ................. 14 44 3 4 Total 23 225 Total ... O x fo rd B o w le r s ’ A n a l y s is . 0 . M. R. W O. M. R. W . Melle 22 2 88 1 Fraser ,.. 9-1 0 63 0 Peat ................. 22 0 90 2 Wilkinson 6 0 54 0 Davies 26 2 98 2 Hosie ... I i 3 35 4 K e n t B o w le r s ’ A n a l y s is . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W . Fielder ... 18 5 51 1 11 2 34 2 Blythe ................. •• 25 8 68 5 9 ’3 2 27 4 Powell .. 14 2 57 1 5 1 13 0 H um phreys................. ... 6-5 1 13 2 1.2 2 36 3 W oolley ... 9 4 13 0 IO 4 12 0 Hatfeild ................. 7 1 22 O Fielder delivered two 110-balls, and Humphreys bowled one wide in the first innings. Umpires : Daft and Quelch. Oxford University v. Kent. Frank Woolley’s glorious innings on Monday at Oxford had very few witnesses. The weather largely accounted for this, though in any case big crowds are not the rule in the Parks. Rain was varied by hail, and in between the sun shone. Oxford played A. L. Hosie, P. Havelock Davies, and E. F. Herring. Burton, Forrester, and the Gaekwad of Baroda were left out, and Twining was also an absentee. Humphreys and Hardinge put on 47 to start with. Woolley joined Seymour at 49. These two added 210 together, and made runs at a great pace throughout. Seymour’s 96 in­ cluded thirteen 4’s, but though brilliant it was not chanceless. Dillon and Woolley together slammed up 80 in half-an-hour. But a Kent man, Hosie, bowled Dillon, and quickly got rid of three more batsmen. The rest did nothing much; but Woolley stayed to the end. He made his 224 in 270 minutes, hitting one 6 and thirty-one 4’s, and his only real mistakes were a chance of stumping quite early and a catch put up to square-leg at 87. The South African freshman, Melle, bowled with great pluck and stamina, being kept on a very long time, but without much success. Hosie’s were far and away the best figures. There was nothing in Tuesday’s play to enthuse over. I he Dark Blues were fighting a lost battle all the time. 1heir captain, with some luck at the start, made 70 in 140 minutes; Melle batted stolidly for an hour for 14; Shaw played the best innings from a spectacular point of view, driving with vim. Knott ran Herring out rather badly. Oxford followed on, and at the end of the day were in hopeless plight, with 5 down and leeway of 156 still to be made up. But on Wednesday only 55 w’ere added, the last Surrey v. Gloucestershire. There was a decent crowd at the Oval on Monday— 2,500 or so. Surrey played F. S. Gillespie for Abel, and Gloucester­ shire had Jessop back in the team, but lacked D. C. Robinson. They played as many as seven professionals. Slight showers caused short stoppages, but over 400 runs were scored during the day. Hobbs.was again conspicuous. Out of 164 made in 115 minutes he made 113; his only chance was a sharp one to Jessop at extra mid-off when he was 3 6 he hit two 6’s (one of them should only have been a 2, an overthrow increasing it) and twelve 4’s; and as usual he scored in every direction. Harrison batted steadily but unenterprisingly for 105 minutes. Hitch’s was a really fine innings, clean-hit, aggressive; 65 in 40 minutes, with only one chance, to the wicket-keeper, at 11. C. O. H. Sewell also gave an exhilarating display later. He made 52 out of 82 in only just over an hour, and used practically every stroke in the book. One chance (to Harrison in the slips at 22) was recorded against him. At call of time the visitors had made 83 for 3. On Tuesday there was no outstanding display for Gloucestershire, Jessop’s 49 being quite a restrained effort for him, though made at run per minute rate, and no part­ nership realised 50; but nearly everyone helped the score along. Green got fast balls to leg with great skill ; Nason careered down the pitch to drive Hitch; and Huggins hit hard. There were eight double figures in 'the total' of 255. When Surrey batted again Hayward and Hobbs put up 63 for the first wicket, and the former batted 80 minutes for his 40 ; but with five wickets down for 126 Surrey’s lead was by no means commanding. Here an excellent partnership between the left-hander, Gillespie, and his skipper changed the aspect of affairs. The former, who is unmistakably a first-c’ass batsman, made his 72 in 100 minutes by strokes all round the wicket; most of Bird’s runs came from full­ shouldered drives. Together in a trifle over an hour they added 111. Bird might have reached three figures if he had not slowed down after 80. He was in n o minutes, and his only chance was just before the innings ended. Gloucester­ shire needed 378 for victory on Wednesday. Never did there