Cricket 1913

J une 14, 1913. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 293 Leicestershire v. Sussex. At Leicester, June 5, 6, and 7. The visitors had Philip Cartwright for the first time this season, but lacked H. L. Wilson. Leicestershire made quite a promising start. If Wood w as slow even beyond his wont, Whitehead was brilliant; and 92 in 65 minutes for the first wicket was excellent, even though Wood had only made 15 of them. King" and Whitehead added 60; then the latter was l.b.w. when within hail of his hundred. He hit thirteen 4’s, and made his 93 In a trifle under 2 hours. Lord and K ing added 62; but after they were parted Cox and Robert Relf quickly tumbled out the rest. It does not often happen that the left-hander gets wickets so cheaply on such a pitch ; but he is still a rare useful man on a side. Cartwright and Vine put up 64 for the first wicket of Sussex in an hour before time was called. On Friday storms curtailed the play to three hours. Albert Relf and Cartwright added 66 in 40 minutes; the latter, who usually scores well v. Leicestershire, was then caught and bowled by young Geary, and Robert Relf joined his brother. They added 168; but they owed a good deal to the leniency of the fieldsmen, whom the crowd barracked unmercifully. Alb)ert was missed at 28 and 80, Robert at 37; and both made a good many danger­ ous strokes in addition. But they were forcing the game and playing for their side, and they deserve all crtedit. The elder brother w as in just under 3 hours; he hit three 6’s and thirteen 4’s. Robert batted a trifle und'er 2 hours. When stumps were drawn Sussex, with 6 to go, led by 62 runs. They increased their advantage to 134 on Saturday. Then on a difficult wicket, sunshine following the rain of the night, the home batsmen could do nothing with Albert Relf and K illick. Only Cecil Wood reached double figures, showing stolid defence while others failed; and Sussex won by an innings and 59 runs. The winners had the best of the lu c k ; but some of their good luck was due to Leicester­ shire’s bad plav. to stand down. Dillon was the only amateur on the Kent side, Jennings coming in for W . A. Powell, who was hurt at Bradford. Play lasted altogether 170 minutes. After Hardinge had gone for 27, Humphreys (once missed) and Seymour (who seemed to have a charmed life) added 117 in 80 minutes. Woolley played fine cricket, reaching his 50 in as many minutes, and he and Seymour were unparted at the stoppage, having then added 87 together. Next day the wicket, ow ing to further rain, was not fit for play till after lunch, and conditions were cheerless. Seymour was out at once; he had hit fourteen 4’s, and there were many good strokes in his innings as well as some bad ones. Woolley made his 77 in 85 minutes, and like Seymour hit fourteen 4’s. The innings closed for 354, Dean having bowled well throughout. Lancashire lost 2 for 18; but then John Tyldesley and Sharp made a stand, adding 79 in an hour. When play ceased the home side had scored 104 for 4. On Saturday they had no chance. The pitch gave the bowlers help, and on the whole Lancashire did very well to score as many as they did. Nearly everyone got some runs ; Sharp, MacLeod, and Huddleston showed resolute form in the first innings; when the side followed on in a minority of 158 Hornby and Makepeace, batting in defensive fashion, put up 50 in 90 minutes before the first wicket fell, MacLeod again hit out, and Huddleston’s plucky display averted an innings’ defeat. Fairservice bowled well in both innings. Kent, with just such luck as Lancashire had had v. Derbyshire a week earlier, won by 10 wickets. Humphreys, c Tyldesley (J. T.), b Huddleston ............................. 61 Hardinge, c Macleod, b Dean ... 16 Huish, run out ................ Fairservice, c Blomley, b Dean Blythe, c Blomley, b Dean Fielder, not out ................ B. 2, l.b. 4 First Innings. C. J. B. Wood, c Relf (R. R.), b Cox Whitehead (H.), lbw, b Fender King, c Relf (R. R.), b Cox Lord, b C o x .......................................... Mounteney, b Relf (R. R .)................ Astill, c Relf (R. R.), b Cox Shipman, c Cartwright, b Cox Geary, not out ............................. J. Shields, b Relf (R. R.) ................ H. M. Bannister, c Relf (A. E.), b Cox Skelding, b Relf (R. R.) ................ B. 7, l.b. 8 ............................. L e icester sh ir e . 15 93 66 35 5 Total P. Cartwright, c and b Geary Vine, c Shields, b Skelding Relf (A. E.), c Shipman, b White­ head ........................................... Relf (R. R.), c Mounteney, b White­ head P. G. H. Fender, c King, b White­ head ............... i ................. Street, lbw, b King ................ S u ssex B o w ler s ’ A n a ly sis . O. M. R. W. Second Innings, c Chaplin, b Killick c Vincett, b Relf (A. E.) lbw. b Relf (A. E.) ... c Killick, b Relf (A. E.) c Cox, b Relf (A. E.) c Vine, b Killick c Relf (R. R.), b Killick c Vincett, b Relf (A. E.) st Street, b Killick ... not out ................ c Chaplin, b Relf (A. E,) B. 2, Lb. 6 ... Total ... Seymour (Jas.), c Hornby, b Macleod 107 Woolley (F. E.), c Heap, b Dean... 77 Hubble, c Blomley, b Dean ... 26 ---- E. W. Dillon, b Dean ................ 12 , Total ................ 354 Jennings, c Hornby, b Heap ... 30 1 ---- S e co n d In n in g s : Hardinge, not out, 4 ; Humphreys, not out, o. Total (for no wicket), 4. L an cash ir e . S u ssex . 70 24 Vincett, c Shipman, b Bannister ... H. P. Chaplin, c Lord, b Bannister Killick, not out ............................. Jupp, c Whitehead, b King Cox, c Whitehead, b Bannister ... B. 2, l.b. 2, n.b. 5 ................ Total ................ A . H. Hornby, c Huish, b Fielder 8 b Fairservice ... • 43 Makepeace, c Huish, b Fielder 0 lbw, b Fairservice .. • 1 7 Tyldesley (J. T.), st Huish, b Woolley .. 65 b Fairservice.............. 7 Tyldesley (E.), c Humphreys, b Woolley .. 0 c Seymour, b Fairservice . 0 1 Sharp, lbw, b F airservice............................ • 45 b Blythe .............. • 17 Dean, c Huish, b Fairservice 12 b Blythe 3 j K. G. Macleod, b Fairservice 21 b Woolley 21 Heap, lbw, b Fairservice ... 4 b Blythe ............... 6 Whitehead (R.), c Jennings, b Woolley . 11 st Huish, b Blythe .. 4 Huddleston, not out ............................ 23 b Fairservice ... 34 Blomley, c Humphreys, b F'airservice not out ............... 0 B. 5, Lb. 1 ............................ 6 B. 1, Lb. 2, n.b 4 • • 7 Total ............................ 196 Total .. • 159 L an cash ire B o w ler s ’ A n a ly sis . O. M. R. W. Dean ....................................................... ... 27 5 93 6 Whitehead ... 24 5 7 i . 0 Huddleston ... 34 3 100 7 Sharp ....................................................... 6 0 29 0 Heap ... .......................................... ... 7*3 1 29 1 Macleod 4 1 19 1 L eicestersh ire B o w lers ’ A n a lysis . Relf (A. E.) ... 18 7 43 Relf (R. R.) ... 16 4 49 j u p p ....................... 4 I 14 Vincett ... 9 1 25 Cox ... .,. 26 8 57 Fender ... 12 4 35 Vine ... ... 5 1 19 Killick . . . ------- --------- Umpires : Blake and Moss. O. M. R. W. 17 4 30 6 Shipman Geary Astill King Skelding.. Bannister Wood Whitehead O. M. R. W. 13 17 17 18 9 21-4 3 5 5 51 o 58 1 70 55 1 40 68 3 In the second innings Macleod bowled one ball, which was hit for 4. K e n t B o w ler s ’ A n a lysis . Fielder ... Blythe ... Woolley ... Fairservice ................ Humphreys ................ Humphreys delivered four 110-balls in the second innings. Umpires : Bagshaw and Richards. 0 . M. R. 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