Cricket 1913

292 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 14, 1913. THE SCORE-BOOK. Worcestershire v. Gloucestershire. At Worcester, June 5, 6, and 7. On a first-rate wicket Bowley and Pearson, and afterwards H. K . Foster and Burns, made the Gloucestershire bowling look very poor stuff. There were several delays ow ing to showers, yet 457 runs were made on Thursday. Bow ley’s w as a splendid innings. In his own free, versatile fashion he made runs all round the wicket with the greatest ease, and in his 210 minutes’ stay hit twenty-seven 4’s. Pearson, who was first out, at 306, lacked the brilliance of his partner, but played excellent cricket for 195 minutes, and hit nine 4 ’s. Though no actual chance appears to have been recorded against either, they made a number of lofty hits in forcing the game after the 200 had gone up, and there was an element of luck in the fact that none o f these chanced to g o to a fieldsman. The first w icket did not fall till five o'clock. After the two left H. K . Foster and W . B. Burns flogged the bowling unmercifully, and added 130 in 70 minutes. H. K . hit two 5’s and ten 4’s. Burns, 54* overnight, added 48 in less than three-quarters of an hour next morning; and after a delay due to a heavy shower the closure w as applied. The old Ely boy made his runs in 115 minutes, and hit one 5 and twelve 4 ’s. Gloucestershire had lost two of their best with only 29 on the board ; but Dipper and M. A. Green added 45. The former had scored rather faster than u su al; but the Wimbledon man went in for defence, and, staying 2 hours for 50, w as last out. Dipper w as No. 1 in a hat trick by Burns, caught at the wicket off the last ball of an o ver; Nason and Barnett were out to the first two balls of the next over. Gange made a highly creditable first appear­ ance, helping Green to add 56 in 30 minutes for the eighth wicket. Burns had no more captures ; but the burly Burrows bowled capitally, four times hitting the sticks. G loucester­ shire had to follow on in a hopeless minority of 332. Dipper, Green, and Langdon were all out with 26 scored; Barnett and Smith added 48 for the fourth w icket; Nason b agged a brace; Sewell hit 21 in 15 minutes. At call of time 224 were still wanted to save the innings’ defeat, with only 4 w ickets to go. A stand of 49 by Barnett and Gange was the only feature of the brief period of play on Saturday. Barnett played capital defensive cricket for his 63. The home side won by an innings and 136 runs. W o r ce ste r sh ir e . First Innings. Cuffe, not out B. 18, l.b. 2, n.b. 1 Total (for 4 wkts., dec.) ... 529 did not Bowley, b Dennett .................201 Pearson, c Green, b Parker ... 106 H. K. Foster, c Dennett, b Parker... 83 W. B. Bums, not out ... ... 102 Arnold, st Smith, b Dennett ... 8 E. G. Righton, G. H. Simpson-Hayward, Chester, Burrows, and Bale bat. First Innings. G lo u c estersh ir e . Second Innings. Langdon, b Burrows ................ Dipper, c Bale, b Burns ................ C. O. H. Sewell, b Burrows M. A. Green, b Burrows ................ J. W. W. Nason, c Bowley, b Burns C. S. Barnett, b Burns ................ Smith, lbw, b Burrows Huggins, c Arnold, b Burrows Gange, b Burrows ............................. Parker, run out ............................. Dennett, not out ............................. B. 6, l.b. 4, n.b. 1 Total 6 c Righton, b Bums ... .. 4 48 b Bums .. 9 4 c and b Burrows .. 21 50 c Bums, b Burrows ... .. 11 0 lbw, b Simpson-Hayw'ard . 0 0 b Pearson .......................... .. 63 10 c Bale, b Cuffe .. 30 13 c Bale, b Burrows ... .. 17 30 c Bale, b Pearson .. 36 15 b Pearson .......................... 2 I not out I II Leg-bye i, n.b. i 2 197 Total ... .. 196 G lo u cester sh ir e B o w ler s ’ A n a lysis . O. M. R. W. Parker ... 41 7 144 2 Burrows ... Dennett ... 42*3 8 131 2 Burns Gange ... 20 4 81 o Pearson ... Huggins... 20 o 108 o S.-Hayward Nason ... 5 o 18 o Chester Dipper ... 8 2 26 o Cuffe W o rcestersh ire B o w ler s ’ A n a l y s is . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 18 4 57 3 5 I 21 2 7 50 34 Parker delivered one no-ball Burrows delivered one no-ball in the first innings. in the first innings. Burns delivered one no-ball in the second innings. Umpires : Brown and Trott. Somerset v. Derbyshire. At Taunton, June 5, 6, and 7. There really seemed no reason why, with runs freely on tap almost everywhere else, the few spectators at Taunton should witness such a rapid downfall of wickets. Twenty-one fell for 249 runs during the day, and at the close Somerset, with 9 to go, led by 167 runs. Bajana and Poyntz alone did anything with the bat. Both had luck, however. The Indian hit twelve 4’s. Root bowled capitally; but J. C. White was even more deadly, and Robson gave him efficient aid. On Friday Poyntz hit finely for a w h ile; Bajana, Southwood, and Newton made useful scores; and Derbyshire were sent in to get 323 to win. They buckled well to the task. O liver left e a rly ; but Cole and Cadman made a stand, and later Cadman and Chapman put up an excellent partnership of 72 in 55 minutes. The pro., who batted 2 hours for his 55, was very cautious; but Chapman hit out well, and made 52* in 90 minutes. Next morning, with 148 needed and 6 to go, hope was good as long as Chapman stayed. But White bowled him when he had scored 76, and the tail gave small sign or none. Somerset owed their victory by 91 runs mainly to the Stogumber amateur. They are not strong in bowling ; but, steady as Robson is, it seemed scarcely worth while to keep him on to have well over a hundred scored off him for three wickets while Bridges, presumably played for his bowling, was eating his head off for want of work— eh? First Innings. Hyman, c Humphries, b Forester ... Hardy, b Forester ... M. P. Bajana, b Root ................ Braund, b W a rre n ............................. E. S. M. Poyntz, c Oliver, b Forester H. Southwood, c Humphries, b Root C. G. Deane, b Root... Robson, c Chapman, b Root A. E. Newton, c Humphries, b Root J. C. White, c Humphries, b Root... Bridges, not out ............................. Leg-byes ............................. Total ................ S om erset . Secondllnnings. •• 7 c Slater, b Forester ... ... 8 0 run out 0 . 78 c Oliver, b Root ••• 34 5 c Morton, b Warren ... ... 18 .. 50 c Humphries, b Morton ... 44 • 13 c and b Forester ••• 33 0 c and b Root ••• 5 .. 14 b Warren 4 3 not out ... 21 1 c Cole, b Warren 0 0 b Forester ................ ... 16 2 B. 4, l.b. 2, w. 1 ... 7 • 173 Total ... ... 190 First Innings. L. Oliver, st Newton, b White T. G. O. Cole, b White Cadman, c Hyman, b Robson Morton, c Bridges, b Robson J. Chapman, b Robson Warren, b White ................ Smith, b White ................ T. Forester, c Bajana, b White Slater, b White ................ Humphries not o u t ................ Root, c Newton, b Robson Leg-byes ................ Total D er b ysh ir e Second Innings. 1 b White .......................... 5 2 c Newton, b Robson ... .. 27 8 c Newton, b Hardy ... •• 55 16 c and b Robson 16 0 b White .......................... .. 76 7 c and b White .. 17 1 b White 2 0 c Hardy, b Robson ... .. 5 1 c Newton, b White ... •• 3 1 not out .......................... 1 1 c Bajana, b White ... 2 3 B. 2, l.b. 4, w. 2 ... 8 41 Total .. 231 D e r b ysh ir e B o w ler s ’ A n a lysis . Forester Warren Slater Cadman Root Morton Robson White Hardy Bridges Braund Umpires : Street and Vining. O. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. . 18 4 53 4 15*5 4 54 3 • 9 2 35 1 17 3 44 3 1 0 11 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 20 0 — —- — — . 12*3 I 42 6 19 4 50 2 7 3 10 0 8 I 34 1 : in the second innings. : rsetsh ire B ow xers ’ A n a lysis . 0 . M. R. W. 0 . M. R. 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