Cricket 1913

250 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. May 3 1, 19 13 . W o rcester sh ir e B o w ler s ’ A n a lysis . r O. M. R. W. 0. [M. R. W. Burns ................ 10 1 47 0 10 'z 2 45 0 Burrows ................ ... 29*2 2 106 7 11 3 41 3 Pearson ................ ... 14 2 39 2 — — — — Simpson Hayward’... 5 0 35 0 — — — — Chester ... ... 17 4 46 0 — — — — Cuffe ................ 8 2 16 1 — — — — Burrows bowled a no-ball in first innings. Umpires : Barlow and Roberts. Surrey v. Essex. T he Saturday start in town was favourably inaugurated on May 24. A crowd of considerable dimensions watched play, over 6,500 paying gate. Ow ing presumably to heavy dew, the wicket was somewhat “ various ” at first. Balls kicked and bails kept lo w ; Buckenham got a good deal of work on, and no batsman seemed easy. Seven wickets were down for 154, Hobbs and Hayes only having done much up to that point. Then Strudwick joined Harrison, and 134 were added in 85 minutes. The stumper made the lion’s share; he hit out fearlessly— one over from McGahey gave him five 4’s, and he had eleven 4’s in all, with a couple of 5’s— but he made very few mistakes indeed, and his innings was that of a man fully worthy of a higher place in the batting list. Harrison played correct and most valuable cricket; he batted 160 minutes in all, and was un­ defeated at the close; but Harrison, good as he is, will be more useful to his side when he quickens up his scoring and acquires greater variety of strokes. On Monday 19 w ickets went down for 309 runs. The pitch seemed inclined to crumble. Russell and McGahey added 94 runs for the third wicket, but alter they were parted no one did much. Essex, in a minority ol 133, showed no sign of discourage­ ment, and a well-managed attack and some distinctly feeble batting resulted in the dismissal of Surrey for 126, the best stand of the innings being 30 for the fifth wicket by Harrison and Gillespie. Wanting 260 to win, Essex, in 70 minutes at the fag-end of the day, made 41 for 2 wickets. Next morning McGahey joined Mclver, and 38 were added for the fourth w ick e t; but after they were parted no one did very much, though Campbell, Buckenham, and Tremlin hit hard for a few runs each. Fane had a- strained leg, but batted, with a man to run for him. On the other side Abel was fielding as substitute for Rushby, unwell. Some people said the wicket w as all righ t; but Hitch bumped considerably, and it can hardly have been at any time a typical Oval wicket. Douglas was given out caught at the wicket, and no doubt this w as correct; but the official scorer thought the appeal was for l.b.w ., and the Essex captain m ight also have been run out, as Strudwick put the wicket down while he was out of his ground. He could not have been stumped, as he had played the ball. Surrey won by 74 runs. First Innings. S u r r e y . Second Innings. Hobbs, c Fane, b Tremlin ... ................ 34 c Mclver, b Douglas 11 Hayward, b Buckenham ................ 14 b Douglas ................ 9 Hayes, b Buckenham ................ 45 c Mclver, b Buckenham 8 Goatly, b Douglas ... ............ 1 b Buckenham 4 F. S. Gillespie, b Douglas ... ................ 17 b Mead ................ ... 24 Harrison, not out ................ 75 b Mead ................ ... 20 M. C. Bird, b Buckenham ... 0 b Tremlin 5 Hitch, b Tremlin ................ ................ 18 b Buckenham ... 10 Strudwick, b Mead ... ................ 93 b Tremlin 5 Smith (W. C.), b Mead ................ 2 not out ... 20 Rushby, c Campbell, b Tremlin ... 17 absent (ill) ................ 0 B. 8, l.b. 9 ............... ................ 17 B. 4, l.b. 5, n.b. 1 ... 10 Total ................ 333 Total ... ... 126 First Innings. E sse x . Second Innings. T. W. H. T. Douglas, c Hayes, b Hitch ... 12 c Strudwick, b Hayes 0 Russell, b Hitch ................ ................ 52 b Hitch ... 15 P. Perrin, b Hitch ................ ................ 14 b Smith 9 C. McGahey, b Smith ................ 56 b Hitch ................ ••• 43 C. D. Mclver, b Smith ................ 4 b Hayes ................ ... 33 F. L. Fane, c Hayward, b Smith ................ 6 b Hitch 0 Freeman, b Hitch ................ 3 b Hitch * ................ 3 P. Campbell, b Hitch ................. 19 c Haves, b Smith ... 26 Buckenham, b Smith ................ 1 7 b Hitch ................ 16 Tremlin,. c Harrison, b Hitch ............ 1 b Smith ... 19 Mead (W.), not out 0 not out ................ ... 7 B. 9, l.b. 2, n.b. 5... ................ 16 B. 6, l.b. 3, n.b. 5 ... 14 Total ... —................ 200 Total ... ... 185 E sse x B o w ler s ' A n a l y s is . 0 . M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. Douglas ... 19 1 69 2 10 1 33 2 Buckenham................ ... 25 2 103 3 n*4 2 32 3 Tremlin ................ ... 21-3 3 60 3 9 1 24 2 McGahey ... 4 0 30 0 — — — — Mead ............................ 16 3 54 2 Mead delivered one no-ball in the second innings. S u r rey B o w ler s ’ A n a l y s is . 11 4 27 2 0 . M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. Hitch ................ ... 26 6 80 6 25 5 68 5 Smith ................ ... 30*4 12 59 4 26-3 11 46 3 Hayes ................ ... 7 0 23 0 14 5 43 2 B ird ............................. 4 0 22 0 — — — — Hobbs ................ — — 4 1 12 0 Harrison ................ ... — — — — 3 1 2 0 Hitch delivered five no-balls in the second innings. Umpires: Moss and West (W. A. J.). Lancashire v. Leicestershire. Makepeace was the leading figure at Old Trafford on Monday. No one else reached 30. The footballer, missed at 28, a difficult chance in the slips, batted 165 minutes for 102, hitting ten 4’s. He and his captain made 71 for the first wicket in about an hour. The other batsmen failed, young Geary, whose length was capital and who got in some work, bowling finely. Whitehead deserted his usual free style for dogged tactics when Leicestershire went in ; he batted nearly two hours for his 28 out of 85 for 6, and survived till next morning. He did little more then, how­ ever; and the innings closed for 111, Huddleston having bowled effectively. All the earlier Lancashire batsmen did something; but five wickets were down for 119. The last five added as many as 211. Ernest Tyldesley w as chief per­ former ; he batted 130 minutes for his 90, and only gave one chance, at 82. Heap and Huddleston were useful aides, the former helping to add! 69 for the sixth and the latter 86 for the eighth wicket. A s at Cambridge, in the case of Northants, ten batsmen reached double figures. Astill bowled capitally, and had more than half the wickets at less than one-seventh of the total runs from the bat. Needing 426 to win, Leicestershire made 30 in 25 minutes without loss before call of time. On the last morning the visitors collapsed before Whitehead and Huddleston, and Lancashire won quite early in the day by 292 runs. First Innings. A. H. Hornby, c Wood, b Geary . Makepeace, c Shields, b Shipman Tyldesley (J. T .), c Lord, b Geary Sharp, b Geary .......................... Tyldesley (W.), b Skelding Tyldesley (E.). lbw, b Skelding Heap, c King, b Skelding ... Whitehead (R.), b Geary Huddleston, b Shipman Dean, not out Worsley, c Skelding, b Geary B. 7, l.b. 6, n.b. i Total L an cash ir e . Second 1 ... 29 b Astill ............... ... 102 b Astill ............... 4 b Astill 0 b Astill ............... 2 c Astill, b Shipman .. ... 10 b King ............... ••• 3 lbw, b King ... ... 14 c Osborn, b Astill .. 4 b King ............... ... 16 b Astill ............... 4 not out ............... ... 14 B. 21, l.b. 2, n.l ... 202. Total 35 1719 22 24 90 24 11 38 First Innings. L eicester sh ir e Second Innings. C. J. B. Wood, lbw, b Huddleston................ 20 b Huddleston............................. 10 Whitehead (H.), c Makepeace, b Huddleston 33 lbw b Huddleston ................ 25 King, b Huddleston ............................. 16 c J. T. Tyldesley, b Huddleston 14 Lord, b Huddleston ............................. 0 b Huddleston ................ 20 Mounteney, b Dean 4 c Huddleston, b Whitehead 21 Astill, c J. T. Tyldesley, b H eap ................ 11 c Huddleston, b Whitehead 2 Osborne, lbw, b Huddleston 0 c Hornby, b Whitehead 0 J. Shields, c Whitehead, b Huddleston ... 2 b Huddleston ................ 0 Shipman, lbw, bJHuddleston ................ I c J. T. Tyldesley, b Whitehead 1 Geary, not out *" .......................................... 7 not out ............................. 19 Skelding, b Dean .......................................... •12 b Heap 15 B. 2, l.b. 3 ............................. 5 B. 4, w. 1, n.b. 1 ... 6 Total ................ i n Total ... 133 L eicester sh ir e B o w ler s ’ A n a ly sis . Shipman ................ King ................ Geary ................ Skelding ................ Astill ................ Lord ................ Wood Astill delivered one no-ball in first innings. Shipman delivered three no-balls, Astill one no-ball and one wide in the second innings. O. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W 14 2 49 2 20 2 78 1 14 2 32 0 13 1 48 3 24.1 12 33 5 19 6 43 0 13 3 33 3 18 3 82 0 13 3 39 0 27-3 7 41 6 1 0 2 0 — — — — — — — — 5 2 14 0