Cricket 1913

248 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. M a y 31, 1913 being the man out. Buswell soon left on the last morning, and Haywood followed h im ; but W illiam Denton stayed, risking nothing, scoring slowly, but doing great work for his side. Sydney Smith and he added 49 (in 70 minutes) for the fourth wicket. Thompson and he made 39 (in 45 minutes) for the fifth. Denton reached his 50 after 135 minutes’ batting. East went cheaply; but with the score 111 for 6 John Denton joined his brother, and the twins made the runs still needed without being parted. William Denton had batted 220 minutes for his 87*, and to him must be ascribed most of the credit of the victory. The spectators gave him a most enthusiastic reception, and he deserved it. First Innings. A. H. Hornby, b Wells Makepeace, b T h o m p so n .......................... Tyldesley (E.), c East, b Wells Sharp, c Buswell, b S m ith .......................... Tyldesley (W.), b Wells .......................... A. E. Lawton, c Thompson, b Wells Heap, c Smith, b Wells .......................... Whitehead (R.), c Seymour, b Thompson Huddleston, b T h om p son .......................... Dean, not out Worsley, b Thompson B. 2, l.b. 3, n.b. 2 Total ... L an cash ir e . Second Innings. 3 b East ............................ ... 68 b Wells ............................ 6 c Thompson, b Wells ... 13 c Buswell, b W e l ls ............... ... 41 c Smith, b Wells ............... ... 18 b East ............................ ... 49 b Smith 27 c Thompson, b Smith o c East, b Smith ............... 7 not out o c Seymour, b Wells ... 7 B. 3, l.b. 4, n.b. 3 ., ... 239 Total First Innings. N o rth am pto n sh ire . Second Innings. W. H. Denton, c Huddleston, b Whitehead 8 not out East, b Whitehead ... Haywood, c Worsley, b Whitehead S. G. Smith, c Lawton, b Dean ............... Thompson, c Sharp, b Huddleston J. S. Denton, c Huddleston, b Whitehead Seymour (John), b Huddleston ............... Woolley (C. N.), b Huddleston ................ e Walden, c Worsley, b Dean ................ 36 Wells, c Worsley, b D e a n ............................. 9 Buswell, not out .......................................... 5 B. 1, l.b. 6 ........................................... 7 c Whitehead, b Sharp 43 b Whitehead ... 1 b Heap ................ 36 lbw, b Makepeace 2 not out 72 87 b Whitehead ... c Hornby, b Whitehead B. 1, l.b. 3, w. 1, n.b. 1 Total ... 229 Total (for 6 wkts.) 173 N o r th a n ts ’ B o w le r s ’ A n a l y s is . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Wells .............................. 24 4 68 5 ... 19*1 4 48 5 T h o m p so n ..............................27*4 7 69 4 ... 13 4 28 o Smith .............................. 13 4 45 1 ... 11 3 27 3 East .............................. 10 5 11 o ... 15 6 32 2 J. S. Denton ................ 4 ° 26 ’ o ... 3 o 17 o Woolley .............................. 3 o 13 o ... — — — — East and Wells each bowled a no ball in each innings, and Thompson bowled one in second innings. L a n ca sh ir e B o w le r s ’ A n a l y s is . Dean ................ W h iteh ead ................ H uddleston................ Heap ................. M akepeace................ Sharp ................ Tyldesley (E.) Sharp bowled one wide, one no ball. Umpires : Harrison and Vining. 0. M. R. W. 0 . M. R. W. 40-3 16 73 3 23 8 39 0 31 10 63 4 17 5 37 3 26 13 54 3 23 10 28 0 12 4 30 0 15 7 18 1 5 3 2 0 8 3 15 1 — —■ ‘— — 9 2 22 I — —» — — 1*2 0 8 0 Leicestershire v. Kent. Blythe, who usually troubles the wearers of the fox badge exceedingly, did not take a wicket in the match. Huish stumped one batsman, and made seven catches in the game. K e n t . First Innings. Fairservice, c WTiitehead, b Ship­ man 77 56 Humphreys, c and b King.. Hardinge, c Wood, b Geary Seymour (Jas.), c Geary, b Astill Woolley (F. E.), c and b Shipman 71 Hubble, lbw, b S k e ld in g ................ 13 E. W. Dillon, c King, b Skelding ... 49 C. E. Hatfeild, c Geary, b Skelding 22 Huish, c Whitehead, b Geary ... 2 S econd I nn in gs :— Humphreys, not out, 1 ; Hardinge, c Shields, b Shipman, Seymour (Jas.), not out, 8 ; b. 1, w. 1— Total (for one wicket), 11. First Innings. _ L eicester sh ir e . Second Innings. Blythe, b Shipman ... Fielder, not out ................ B. 4, l.b. 3, w. 1, n.b. 3 Total ... 318 C. J. B. Wood, c Hubble, b Fairservice ... Major E. L. Challenor, c Huish, b Fielder Whitehead (II.), c Hubble, b Fielder Shipman, c Woolley, b Fielder .............. J. Shields, c Hubble, b Fielder .............. King, c Dillon, b F ie ld e r ........................... Mounteney, c Huish, b Fielder .............. Lord, c Huish, b W oolley........................... Astill, c Huish, b F ie ld e r.......................... Geary, c Seymour, b Fairservice.............. . Skelding, not out ........................................ B. 9, n.b. 1. .......................... T o ta l................................ c Dillon, b Fielder b Fielder ................ run out b Humphreys c Huish, b Fielder ... c Fielder, b Fairservice st Huish, b Woolley... c Huish, b Fielder ... c Hubble, b Fielder ... not out c Huish, b Fielder ... B. 5, l.b. 4, n.b. 7 43 43 35 13 132 Total L eicester sh ir e B o w ler s ’ A n a l y s is . Shipman King ... Skelding Astill Geary ... Fielder Fairservice Blythe... Humphreys Woolley O. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W 22-3 2 73 3 i -3 1 3 1 28 9 52 1 — — — — 22 3 67 3 1 0 6 0 II I 46 1 — — — — 18 2 69 2 — — — — each innings, Shipman 3 n.b. it B o w ler s ’ A n a l y s is . 0 . M. R. W. in first. 0. M. R. W. 18 4 50 7 12 2 69 6 17-3 8 24 2 19 3 45 1 9 3 25 0 11 4 2 5. 0 5 0 14 0 *4 0 27 1 4 1 9 1 9 3 13 1 Umpires : Blake and Trott. Nottinghamshire v. Sussex. The home side lacked Coo on Thursday, but had Major Challenor in the team again. Kent substituted Fairservice and Hubble for W . A. Powell and L. H. W . Troughton. The first d ay’s cricket was interesting, but scarcely worthy of either side. Some of the Kent batsmen got more runs than they deserved, and some of the Leicestershire fielding was wretched. Humphreys and Hardinge (92 for the first wicket) and Humphreys and Woolley (97 for the third) made longish stands, and Dillon hit up 65 at something better than one a minute p ace; but the Ditton left-hander w as not at his best, and was three time^ missed in his 165 minutes’ stay, and both Hardinge and Dillon had luck. In half-an- hour’s batting at the end of the day Leicestershire lost 3 men for onlv 11. On Friday Fielder bowled in something re­ sembling his old form, and the home side never looked like putting up a decent fight. W ith the exception of Whitehead, their chief batsmen did little or nothing in either innings. Tw o youngsters, Lord and Geary, showed some form ; Ship­ man hit up 43 in half-an-hour; and John Shields once more gave evidence that his batting powers have been underrated. Kent won just on time by 9 wickets. It is worth noting that It very seldom happens that Arthur Owen Jones is absent from a Notts m atch; but a chill forced him to stand down last Thursday, and G. Trevor Branston, rara avis in county cricket, took over the reins. Against some good bowling and excellent fielding Notts fared but moderately. George Gunn went without a run scored, bowled off his pads; and until the fall of the seventh wicket at 149 only Payton, who batted stylishly for 90 minutes, did much. Oates joined Alletson with seven out, and kept up his wicket while the big Welbeck man slashed. In 35 minutes 87 were added, much to the delight of the crowd. Alletson took 10 minutes or so to play himself in, but thereafter hit in a manner reminiscent of his 189 at Hove in 1911. Three 6’s and eight 4’s were included in his 69. Sussex, who had Killick for Holloway, batted steadily, and at the close of the day appeared to be in a good | position. The first wicket realised 34, the second 40, the third 46. Then Vine was out, after 105 minutes for 46. Fender and Chaplin quickened up the pace in the last few | minutes. On Friday the seeming advantage faded away. Runs made are always worth more than runs to m a k e ; and, instead of leading on the first innings, Sussex were in a j minority of 45. This was the work of Iremonger, who seems in great fettle. He took 5 of the last 6 wickets for 16 runs after having had 42 scored off him without a wicket on the first day. 'lTie highest score in Nottinghamshire’s J second innings did not reach 40, and the total of 211 was a very moderate one on a good wicket. George Gunn and Lee made 42 before a wicket fe ll; Lee and John Gunn added 40 for the third wicket, Branston and Iremonger 37 for the s;xth, and Alletson and Iremonger 50 for the seventh. Allet­ son hit a 6 and three 4’s in his 32. Albert Relf and Vincett again did the bulk of the bowling. Wanting 255 for victory, Sussex lost two good wickets in the 25 minutes left, and only scored 14. Robert R elf’s dismissal was a sheer blunder; he could have got home if he had not taken matters too I easily. On the last morning Vine left almost at once; but