Cricket 1913

288 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 14,^1913. Cr icke t ; A W E E K L Y RECORD O F TH E GAM E . 125 , STRAND, LONDON, W.C. S A T U R D A Y , JUN E 14 , 1913 . Letters for the Editor should be addressed to M r . J. N. 1 ’ e n t e l o w , Malvern, Steyning, Sussex. Advertisements, Subscriptions, &c., should be sent to : The Manager of C r i c k e t , 125 , Strand, W.C. The following are the subscription rates :— United. Kingdom. Abroad. One Year ... ... ... 6s. 3 d. ... 7 s. 6d. The 24 Summer Numbers 5 s. Od. ... 6s. Od. The 6 Winter Numbers ... Is. 3 d. ... Is. 6d. pavilion (Bossip. The stars and sounding vanities Th§t half the crowd bewitch, W hat are they but inanities To him that treads the pitch ? H e n r y N e w bo lt . W o r c e s t e r s h i r e 450 odd in something short o f a fu ll d a y ’s p lay ! It was quite like old times to read o f that. In the days when the Fosters worked their magic, with A rnold and Bow ley, Pearson and Wheldon, and others as henchmen, when Simpson-Hayward would come in late and take a hard-hit 40 or 50 in very quick order, slow scoring was a rarity on the ground by the silvery Severn, or by Worcestershire on any ground. R e m e m b e r the match with Hampshire in 1899, when R . E . and W . L . each scored two centuries, and in the first innings added 161 together in 90 m inutes; that with Derbyshire in the same year, when H . K . and G. E . Brom ley-Martin put on 207 in a couple o f hours, and Worcestershire had 426 for 7 up at the end o f the day ! Remember the second d a y ’s play at Bristol in 1901— it started with the home side 57 ahead and 4 to go, and ended with Worcestershire 308 ahead and still four wickets to fa ll ! R . E . ( n o ) , Pearson (90), Arnold (83) were ch ief agents in this turning o f the tables. I t was in 1901, too, at Worcester, that the side, 36 for one overnight, raised their score to 474 for 9 next day, declared, and gave Gloucestershire time to make 30 before draw ing o f stumps— nearly 500 runs in the day. R . E ., W . W . Lowe, and W . H . B . Evans all made centuries. On a certain Saturday in August, 1902, after two blank days owing to rain, H . K ., R . E ., and Bow ley hit centuries v. Derbyshire, and 463 for 7 were realised. A t Fenner’s, in 1903, 516 for 5, dec.— H . K . 119, Bow ley 149, Arnold 128— and the pace hot throughout. A t Southampton in the same year 478 for 7 on the first d ay— total 547— Bow ley 164, H . K . 114. . In the next match, v. Somerset at Worcester, 427 for 2 first day— total 590— H . K . 216, Bow ley 148, Wheldon 112. A t Stourbridge, 1905, v. Leicestershire— 442 for 9 first day— total 457— Bow ley 217, Arnold 134. In the next match, v. Somerset at Worcester, 534 in one day— H . K . 180 in 170 minutes with but one chance. Against Kent a month later by Severnside, 627 for 9, dec., in | reply to 432— R. E . 246*, Pearson 104. A g a in s t Lancashire at O ld Trafford in 1906, 400 for 6 first day— Arnold 126— total 492 eventually. Against Warwickshire at Worcester in the same year, 465 for 6 first day— total 633 in the end— H . K . 124, W . B . Burns 125. A g a in st Somerset at Taunton in the same week, 406 (R. E . 198), in reply to a total o f 545. A t Portsmouth, in 1907, 522 for 8 first day— total 536— H . K . (152) and Bow ley ( n o ) 274 in 165 minutes tor the first wicket. Ten days later 567 v. K ent at Worcester— H . K . (123, retired) and R . E . (174) adding 304 together in 195 minutes. In 1908, 556 v. W arw ick­ shire at Worcester— H . K . 215 in 220 minutes. A t Edgbaston, in 1909, 578 for 6— A rnold (200*) and Burns ( i 96) 393 in 255 minutes together. In 4J hours 441 v. Warwickshire at Worcester, 1910, Bow ley (157) and Pearson (104) 249 for the first wicket. A t Stourbridge a j week later, 387 (G. N . 123) and four Surrey wickets got down in the first day. In the first d a y ’s p lay at Oxford 488 (Arnold 215, H . K . 216) by Worcestershire, 69 for one by Oxford— total 557. Same year, 511 for 9, dec., v. Hampshire at Worcester— H . K . 119. In 19 11, 451 for 7 first day, v. Somerset at Taunton— G. N . 136, Arnold 13 1— ultimate total 473. T h is list, though fa r longer than I had meant to make it, is by no means exhaustive. But enough has been written to suggest that, with the possible exception o f K ent, no county in the last fifteen years has more frequently scored big innings by brilliant methods than Worcestershire. B o w l e y ’ s 201 is his twenty-ninth century in first-class cricket, but singularly enough his first v. Gloucestershire. Pearson’s 106 is his fifteenth in first-class cricket, and also his first v. Gloucestershire. T h e s e two are a well-established first wicket pair now, and, o f course, Bow ley has long been a regular first man in. They have had a good many partnerships o f con­ siderable length before this recent big one, and among these may be noted (all but one, that v. Hants in 1909, for the first wicket) :— 249, v. Warwickshire at Worcester, 1910. 176, v. Yorkshire at Worcester, 1904. 162, v. Hampshire at Worcester, 1910. 161, v. Lancashire at Manchester, 1907. 147, v. Leicestershire at Worcester, 1901. 147, v. Hampshire at Southampton, 1909. 132, v. Warwickshire at Worcester, 1907. 129, v. Yorkshire at Worcester, 1910. 127, v. Warwickshire at Worcester, 1905. 112, v. Sussex at Hove, 1907. h i , v. Warwickshire at Worcester, 1909. 102, v. Middlesex at Worcester, 1911. There were two— v. Surrey and v. Hants— o f 100 or more in 1905, o f which I have not the exact figures, and 1 daresay there may have been others, for I have not time for an exhaustive search. I t has been asked whether W . B . Burns’s century and hat trick at Worcester on the same day is not a record. But surely, even if it is, it is rather o f the manufactured type. Is there any reason whatever why a man should not go on bowling after hitting up a big score— Burns