Cricket 1913

226 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. May 24, 1913. appear the smallest chance of the runs being made, and except for Dipper no one stayed long. The two fast bowlers of Surrey took all the wickets, and their side won by 260 runs. First Innings. S urrey . Second Innings. Hobbs, b Nason .............................. ... 113 c Dennett, b Huggins • 35 Hayward, c Langdon, b Parker ... 15 lbw, b Dennett . 40 Hayes, lbw, b Parker ................ ... 6 b Dipper ■ 13 G oatly, c Langdon. b Parker 12 b Dipper 4 F. S. Gillespie, b Dennett ... ... 14 c Green, b Dennett ... ■ 72 Harrison, c Smith, b Jessop ••• 45 c Green, b Dennett ... 7 M. C. Bird, c Dipper, b Parker 3 not out 92 Hitch, b Jessop ... 63 c Nason, b Dennett , 18 Strudwick, c Dipper, b Jessop 2 lbw, b Dipper 3 Smith (W. C.), not out ................ ... 29 lbw, b Dennett 7 Rushby, b Parker 3 run out 1 B. 16, l.b. 5, w. 2 ................ ... 23 B. 91, l.b. 1 10 Total ................ 330 Total ... 302 First Innings. G loucestershire . Second Innings Dipper, lbw, b Hayes ................ ... 17 c Bird, b Hitch 26 Langdon, b Hitch .............................. 0 c Smith, b Hitch 16 C. O. H. Sewell, c Hayes, b Hitch.. ... 52 c Gillespie, b Hitch ... 16 M. A. Green, b Rushby ................ ... 30 b Hitch 2 Bowles, b Hitch .............................. ... 12 st Strudwick, b Rushby 0 G. L. Jessop, c Strudwick, b Hayes ... 49 st Strudwick, b Rushby 13 1. W .W . Nason, c Harrison, b Hitch ••• 33 b Rushby 0 Smith, lbw, b Smith ................ ... 18 b Hitch , 18 Huggins, c Hitch, b S m ith ................ ... 24 c Hayward, b Hitch 9 Parker, st Strudwick, b Smith 2 c Hayes, b Rushby ... 2 Dennett, not out .............................. ... 7 not out 12 B. 4, l.b. 4, n.b. 3... 11 Byes ................. 3 Total ................ — 255 Total ... • 117 G loucestershire B owlers ’ A nalysis . 0 . M. R. W. O. M. R. W . Nason ................................ 6 0 30 1 2 0 12 0 Dennett ... ... ... 21 3 70 1 26 3 100 5 Parker ... ... ... 32 4 104 5 17 3 42 0 Huggins ................................ 13 I 50 0 17 6 56 1 Jessop ................................ 13 I 46 3 5 0 30 0 Dipper ................................ 5 3 7 0 13 3 39 3 Bowles ................................— — — — 2 0 13 0 Dipper bowled two wides. 1 S urrey B owlers ’ A nalysis . 0. M. R. W . 0 . M. R. W\ Hitch ................................ 22 2 94 4 172 4 49 6 Rushby ................................ 10 0 44 1 7 2 29 4 Hayes ... ... ... 13 2 60 2 — — ■— — Smith ... ... ... 15-3 2 46 3 10 2 36 0 Hitch delivered three no-balls. Umpires : Trott and Brown. Hampshire v. Leicestershire. At Southampton on Monday the home side was again below full strength. Leicestershire lacked Odell and Challenor, in whose stead Lord and Geary appeared. A very level day’s play was seen. Bowell and Stone hit up 46 in very quick time; but with 90 on the board these two, Brown, and Remnant had all departed, and thereafter Philip Mead played practically a lone hand. No one else reached double figures; but Mead scored 102 in a couple of hours, giving only one chance (at 49), and hitting eleven 4’s. His innings was sharply divided into a slow defensive period of about 90 minutes, during which he only made 50, and a fast-scoring spell of about 30 minutes, in the course of which he scored 52. Off-driving was the great feature of his play. In Mead’s previous four innings this season he had only aggregated 8 runs. The visitors had 3 wickets down for 21, but Cecil Wood and Coe took the score to 52 before the old Welling- burian was most unluckily out. He played the ball, lost sight of it, and started to run. But the ball had gone to Stone, and the rest was easy. Leicestershire were 88 for 4 at drawing of stumps. Throughout the second day’s play runs came at a rapid rate on the fast wicket. Despite a mishap that lost them Coe when he looked likely to make a century, Leicestershire obtained a lead of 22. Coe had batted n o minutes for his capital 59, when, in turning quickly, he wrenched the muscles of his right calf and had to retire. A resolute stand between Astill and Shields, who added 72 in 45 minutes, came as a surprise. The slow bowler had his share of luck, and a trifle more; but Shields, driving lustily, showed as good form as ever he has done, and hit ten 4’s. Hampshire got off the mark quickly in their second innings. Bowell left early; but Stone and Remnant added 75 and Stone and Brown 78, each sta n d o c c u p y in g o n ly a b o u t th re e -q u a rte rs o f an h o u r. A fte r , w a rd s M e a d sh o w e d u p b rillia n tly , m a k in g 50 in sid e an h o u r. H e w a s 60* w h e n s tu m p s w e r e d ra w n . O n W e d n e s d a y M e a d 1, w ith n o g r e a t h e lp fro m a n y o n e e lse, to o k h is score to 113 , a n d w a s n o t o u t w h e n th e in n in g s w a s d e clare d w ith 8 w ic k e ts d o w n . T h is is h is seco n d d o u b le ce n tu ry fe a t, a n d it is c u rio u s th a t h e sh o u ld h a v e a g a in a c co m p lish e d it a t th e e x p e n s e o f L e ic e s te r sh ir e , a s in 19 11, th o u g h th e n th e m a tc h w a s a t L e ic e s te r . H e h a s n o w m a d e seven c e n tu rie s a g a in s t th e M id la n d co u n ty . L e ic e s te rsh ire w e re se t 355 to g e t fo r v ic to r y , w h ic h w a s a v e ry re m o te c o n tin g e n c y a t b e st. W o o d w a s o u t a t 3 9 ; bu t W h ite h e a d a n d K in g w e re a lw a y s w e ll o n to p o f th e b o w l­ in g , an d m a d e a d r a w ce rta in b y th e ir lo n g p a rtn e rs h ip . M isse d a t 71, W h ite h e a d w a s o u t fo r 100. K in g re a c h e d 80, a n d w h e n stu m p s w e r e d ra w n th e v is ito r s w e r e o n ly 114 b eh in d , w ith 7 w ic k e ts to g o . In th e m a tc h 1,076 r u n s w e re sco red . First Innings. H ampshire . Second Innings. Stone, c King, b Shipman............... Bowell, b Astill .......................... Remnant, c Geary, b Astill Brown, b Geary .......................... Mead, c Lord, b Geary ............... Newman, b King .......................... A. Jaques, c Shields, b Shipman ... Moore, lbw, b King ............... A. P. Rutherford, c Lord, b Shipman H. Hesketh-Prichard, b Geary Fielder, not out .......................... B. 2, n.b. 3, w. 1 .............. Total ............... L eicestershire . First Innings. C. J. B. Wood, run out ............ 26 J. Shields, c Remnant, b Prichard... 63 Whitehead (H.), c Stone, b Brown 4 Geary, c Prichard, b Newman ... 7 King (J. H.), c Stone, b Jaques ... 6 Skelding, not o u t ............................ o Mounteney, c Stone, b Brown ... 2 L.b. 5, w. 1, n.b. 1 ... 7 Coe, retired hurt .......................... 59 ---- Lord, lbw, b Remnant ............... 18 Total ...............241 Astill, c Mead, b Remnant ... 47 ---- Shipman, c Mead, b Newman ... 2 S econd I nnings :—Wood, b Brown, 12 ; Whitehead, c Mead, b Brown, 100 ; King, b Rutherford, 80 ; Mountenay, not [out, 18 ; Lord, not out, 7 ; b. 12, l.b. 9, w. 2, 23—Total (for 3 wkts.), 240. ’ £ L eicestershire B owlers ' A nalysis . Shipman ............... Skelding .............. Astill ............... Geary ............... King ............... Wood .............. Shipman delivered one no-ball; Astill two 110-balls and one wide, in the first innings. Shipman bowled five wides aud delivered two no-balls, and Astill one no-ball, in the second innings. H ampshire B owlers ’ A nalysis . 24 run out ................................ 93 24 b Shipman 11 17 b Skelding ................................ 3i 23 c Skelding, b Shipman 46 102 not out ................................ 113 4 c Shields, b Shipman 1 7 b King 15 0 lbw, b K i n g ................................ 20 8 b Astill ................................ 17 3 not out ................................ 8 6 B. 10, l.b. 3, w. 5, n.b. 3 ... 21 219 Total (for 8 wkts. dec.) 376 O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. 22 5 56 3 21 3 77 3 6 0 22 0 II 0 55 1 22 2 67 2 16 1 62 1 15*4 4 47 3 18 4 57 0 15 8 21 2 26 3 7 1 2 — — — — I I 4 33 0 0 . M. R. W . 0 . M. R. W. Jaques ................ ... 6 0 9 1 4 0 10 0 Brown 16 1 67 2 14 2 48 2 Newman ................ ... 27 4 62 2 3 0 39 0 Remnant ... 20 3 54 2 1 7 5 33 0 Prichard ... 8* 1 24 1 13 1 42 0 Fielder 4 0 18 0 10 4 20 0 Moore — — — 3 0 12 0 Rutherford ... ... — — — — 5 2 4 1 Mead ... — — — - * 2 0 9 0 Brown bowled one wide and Jaques delivered one no-ball in the first innings. Brown bowled two wides in the second innings. Umpires: Vining and Atfield. F rom an in terview w ith th e la te J. H . Sin clair in C r i c k e t , M ay 30, 1901, tellin g o f his escape from th e B oers an d m eetin g w ith F ra n k M itch e ll:— “ H ow did yo u m an age to escape ? " “ O h, th ree of us legged it during a big figh t a t R u sten b u rg ; things w ere p re tty liv e ly w hen th e B oers d iscovered us on th e m ove, b u t w e g o t aw a y . I n eve r h ad a m u ch h ap p ier m om en t in m y life th an w hen, a d ay or tw o afterw ard s, I w an d ered in to L o rd M eth u en ’s cam p , an d alm ost ran in to th e arm s o f F ra n k M itchell. H e kn ew m e a t once, alth o u gh I w as in a sh ockin gly d ilap id ated condition, and had a b it of a b eard on to o ; w e h ad n ’t m uch tim e for sh avin g in D e W e t’s lager— even if w e h ad had th e razo rs— for w e w ere alw a ys on th e m ove. F ra n k M itchell w as actin g as q u arterm aster to th e Y e o m a n ry , an d a n y one w ho know s h im will guess th a t during th e fou r d a y s th a t I w as in th e cam p he d id n ’t give m e m uch ch an ce o f sta rv in g .”