Cricket 1913

Jun e 7, 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 271 Yorkshire v. Kent. Played at Bradford, June 2, 3, and 4. Scoring did not rule heavy on the first day. Dillon had the call, and Kent started well. The 200 Was up at 3 o ’clock with only four men out, though Humphreys, Woolley, and Hubble were almost entirely responsible. The latter two put on 108 for the fourth wicket in 70 minutes, Woolley hitting eleven 4’s, five of them off successive balls from Booth. The new ball brought about a slump. Kent’s total after all was only 251. When the Yorkshiremen batted Wilson was out first ball. Rhodes, though very slow, helped Denton to add 61. Drake left at once, and Denton might have been out with his score 46, but Powell failed to hold one in the slips. Hirst was also missed, as was Rhodes, and the Kent fielding was scarcely seen at its best. Denton was caught in the last over of the day for a brilliant 85, made of 130 while in, and 6 wickets were down at that figure. On the second morning Booth and Dolphin, who hit out well, adding 55 in 4u minutes for the last wicket, were mainly responsible for taking the score to 217. Kent’s second innings was a battle for runs against fine bowling and fielding; but at the close they were in quite a good position— 280 on, three to go. Humphreys and Seymour added 118 for the second wicket, and looked like making many more; but a smart bit of work by Kilner and Dolphin in conjunction ran out Humphreys. After that only Dillon, who despite an injured hand played capital cricket for about 2 hours, and Powell, who helped him to add 63, did anything. The last wicket fell at 275 on Wednesday, and Yorkshire had 5 hours in which to get 310 for victor)', it having been arranged to draw stumps at 5.45. At the outset they seemed fated to a heavy beating. Rhodes left at 15, Denton at 23, Wilson at the same figure, Drake at 41, three of the four to Fielder. Then Kilner joined Hirst, and a stolid stand was made. They continued together after lunch, when a storm threatened heavily, and there was a delay of fifteen minutes on account of bad light. The play was brighter on the resumption. Both hit well, Kilner being the more versatile. Hirst had just passed his century, the stand had realised 151, and the total was 192 for 4, when rain stopped play and the match ended. First Innings. K e n t Second Innings. Humphreys, lbw, b Booth ... .. 42 run out 52 Hardingc, c Dolphin, b B ooth................... 11 c Booth, b Hirst . ... 5 Seymour (Jas.), b B o o t h .......................... . 14 c Denton, b Booth 69 Woolley (F. E.), lbw, b Hirst .. 81 c Rhodes, b B o o th ............... 6 Hubble, c Booth, b Rhodes • 55 c Wilson, b Booth ... 4 E. W. Dillon, c Dolphin, b Rhodes 2 b Booth 62 W. A. Powell, b R h o d e s .......................... 4 c and b Booth ............... 26 Huish, c Dolphin, b Booth . 11 c Dolphin, b H ir s t ............... 27 Fairservice, c and b Booth 2 not out 7 Blythe, c Tasker, b Booth.......................... . 14 st Dolphin, b H irst............... 10 Fielder, not out ........................................ 7 run out ........................... 0 B. 5, l.b. 2, n.b. 1 . 8 B. 1, l.b. 6 7 Total ........................... . 251 T o t a l............... 275 Y o r k sh ir e . First Innings Rhodes, c Hubble, b Fielder ... 17 Booth, not out 38 Wilson, c Dillon, b Fielder ... 0 Haigh, c Seymour, b Blythe Denton, c Hubble, b Powell ... 85 Dolphin, run out ........................... 29 Drake, c Hubble, b Blythe ... 0 B. 2, l.b. 2, w. 2, n.b. 3 .. 9 Hirst, c Seymour, b Powell ... 15 Kilner, c Seymour, b Powell ... 5 Total ................ 217 J. Tasker, c Hardinge. b Blythe ... 15 ----- Oldroyd, c Fielder, b Blythe ... 4 H a m p s h i r e v . S u r r e y . Played at Kennington Oval on June 2, 3, and 4. The home side lacked Hayward and Smith, but had E. C . Kirk in the team. “ R azo r” is troubled with rheumatism. Hants were without Fry and Johnston. The visitors began badly, two wickets falling for 24. The third raised the total to 54; but Mead should have been caught by Bird off the first stroke he made, and a little later gave another chance in the slips. These blunders cost Surrey dear. Without being quite at his best, Mead batted well thereafter, and Newman, a greatly improved bat, helped him to add 152 for the fourth wicket in 140 minutes. Mead batted 35 hours, and hit thirteen 4’s. Brown, Remnant, and Sprot all made runs quickly.; and Hesketh-Prichard flogged the tired bowling to the tune of 36 out of the last w icket’s quota of 44. In the tin e remaining Surrey scored 5 without loss. They batted all next day, and made 484 runs for the fall of only 8 wickets. 1 layes took up the role of the absent Hayward. Deserting his usual dashing game, he batted 4J hours for 161 ; but that he hit the hittable ball is clearly shown by his twenty 4's and one 5- Bird and he added 173 for the third wicket in 120 minutes, Goatly and he 101 in 70 for the fourth. Hayes gave two chances (at go and at 128), Bird one (at 65), Goatly, who played very fine cricket, none. Bird hit sixteen 4’s in his 103, his first century of the season. Spring and Hitch made runs qu ickly; but Harrison played his usual stolid game. Except for the three or four chances, missed, the Hants fielding w as very good ; but without Kennedy they are a weak bowling side. On Wednesday Harrison and K irk added 41 in 20 minutes, and Hampshire had to go in against the heavy deficit of 176. They never looked in the least like saving the game. No one but Mead could stay, and the Battersea-born man once more showed how well he can fight an uphill battle. He was in close on two hours, and hit a 5 and six 4’s. Hitch bowled at a great pace and in fine form, and clean bowled all the 6 wickets that fell to him. In the match he had 11 for 177. Surrey won by an innings and 40 runs. F irst Innings. H am psh ir e . Stone, c Hayes, b Hitch ........................... 5 Bowell, c Hayes, b Kirk ........................... 15 Rev. W. V. Jephson, b Hitch ... ... 12 Mead (C. P.), c Spring, b Bird ...... 116 Newman, lbw, b Bird ..........................59 Brown, b Hitch ... ... ... ... 24 Remnant, b H it c h .......................................27 E. M. Sprot, c Hobbs, b Hitch ... ... 22 ,|. S. Rutherford, b Bird ... ... ... 0 A. Jaques, not out ... ... ... ... 8 H. Hesketh-Prichard, b R u s h b y .............. 36 B. 15, l.b. 9, n.b. 1 ........... 25 S u r r e y . 161 14 S eco nd I nn in gs : Rhodes, c Huish. b Fielder, 4 ; Wilson, Ibw, b Blvth. Denton, b Fielder, 7 ; Drake, b Fielder, 7 ; Hirst, not out, 102 ; Kilner, not out.; Byes 6, l.b. 5, w. 1, n.b. 3, 15— total (4 wkts.), 192. Y o rk sh ir e B o w le r s ’ A n a lysis . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. ... 20 3 53 1 21 7 54 3 ... 24.5 1 108 6 33 3 103 5 ... 5 1 5 0 11 . 1 39 0 10 0 55 3 21 4 42 0 ... 10 4 22 0 17 5 23 0 — — — — 8 4 7 0 -ball in first innings. K e n t B o w ler s ’ A n a ly sis . ... 22 6 61 2 18 5 44 3 3.2 0 15 0 17 9 30 0 ... 22 6 64 4 27 10 44 1 9 1 27 0 20 9 5 « 0 ... 12 3 37 3 1 0 9 0 1 0 4 0 — . — — — Hirst ... Booth ... Drake ... Rhodes Haigh ... Kilner Fielder Fairservice ... Blythe Woolley Powell Humphreys ... Fielder bowled two wides and delivered three no-balls in first innings. Powell bowled one wide and Fielder delivered three 110-balls in second innings. Umpires : Richardson and Phillips. Total Hayes, st Stone, b Remnant 1 Strudwick, lbw, b Jaques ... Hobbs, c and b Newman ... M. C. Bird, c Brown, b Newman Goatly, st Stone, b Remnant F. S. Gillespie, lbw, b Newman Harrison, c Mead, b Newman Spring, c Stone, b Bowell ... Hitch Kirk Rushby 1laves Spring Bird Umpires : Moss and West (W. A. J.). Second Innings. b Hitch c Hayes, b Kirk b Hitch ................ c Hitch, b Bird b Bird ................ b Hitch b Hitch ................ c Harrison, b Bird ... b Hitch ................ b Hitch ................ not out L.b...................... Total ... 5 8 61 18 4 6 9 5 9 136 12 103 47 40 H itch, c Brown, b Jaq ues................ E .C . Kirk, not o u t ............................. Rushby. c Brown, b Hesketh- Prithard ............................. B. 18, l.b. 9 Total ................ S u r r e y B o w le r s ’ A n a lysis H am psh ir e B o w le r s ’ A n a l y s is " O. M. R. W. O. M. R. \Y 0 . M. R. W ... 34 7 132 5 ••. 21-3 6 1 5 6 Hesketh- ... 21 4 64 i 8 1 29 1 Prichard 2i*5 1 114 1 ... h i 3 33 1 •• 4 0 18 0 Jaques ... 23 6 59 2 7 0 29 0 .. — — — — Brown 12 4 47 0 8 1 24 0 .. . — — — — Newman 31 8 84 4 ... 15 4 48 3 ••. 13 2 41 3 Remnant 25 5 69 2 delivered one no-ball. Rutherford 12 0 52 0 Bowell ... 14 0 79 1 Warwickshire v. Northamptonshire. At Edgbaston, June 2, 3, and 4. The home side lacked Kinnier and Field, the visitors Vial and William Denton. Foster won the toss, and Smith and George Stephens made a brilliant start. Both forcing the gam e, they made 106 in an hour for the first wicket. Smith, out at 138, batted 80 minutes and hit a 6 and eight 4’s. Thereafter Quaife dominated the day’s proceedings. Never in fault, he went