Cricket 1913

294 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 14, 1913. Cambridge University v. Hampshire. At Fenner’s, June 5, 6, and 7. The county had not its strongest side, and K . H. C. Woodroffe, who is said to have no qualification, played, as well as R. H. D. Bolton, who last season assisted Dorset. The earlier Hants batsmen scored at a good p ace; Bowell made eight 4’s in his 44; but the first long stand was that of Brown and Mead, who put on n o for the fourth wicket. After Brown’s dismissal, Jaques was run out, and Calthorpe quickly disposed of two more batsmen; but then Sprot and Mead scored fast, and added 113 for the eighth wicket. At drawing of stumps the total was 472 for 9. Mead’s fifth century of the season was a capital performance. He batted about ^ hours, and his only chance was one of stumping. Again it has to be recorded that, in spite of their long outing, the Cantabs fielded very finely, though on a perfect wicket their bowl­ ing lacked sting, Calthorpe, who was pretty steady, doing best. Friday’s was a shortened day’s play, owing to rain. Sprot declared at once. Davies was quickly o u t; but Cumberlege helped Lagden to add about 50, and Lagden and Mulholland refused to be parted. More than once inter­ rupted by rain, the play was yet of the brightest character. The pair hit Woodroffe for 36 in three overs, and the captain twice made big drives for 6. In 70 minutes’ actual play they had added 134 before rain stopped proceedings alto­ gether. Mulholland was caught in the long field early on Saturday. The third wicket had added 148. Kidd and Lagden put on 67, and then the old Marlborough boy was also taken in the country. He had batted about 150 minutes, and his brilliant innings included three 5’s and eighteen 4’s. Riley, joining Kidd, proceeded to show punishing powers such as few people had credited him with. The fifth wicket added 77 in 35 minutes. The seventh— Riley and Larig— put on 102 at almost as good a pace. Riley got his first century in first-class cricket in two hours, hit one 6 off Newman and another off Jaques, and made 17 boundary strokes. One hit sent the ball into Wollaston Road. He gave only one chance. Cambridge passed the county’s big score, and the only feature of the remaining play was good work by Mead and Newman, who added 74 together. H am psh ir e . First Innings. Stone, b Naumann ... ... 29 E. M. Sprot, b Calthorpe ......68 Bowell, b Calthorpe ... ... 44 A. C. P. Arnold, c Riley, bDavies... 22 Newman, st Lang, b Calthorpe ...31 K. H. C. Woodroffe,not out ... 18 Mead (C. P.), not out ...............160 B. 18, l.b. 6, n.b. 1 ... 25 Brown (G.), b Davies ..................... 59 ---- A. Jaques, run o u t ............................. 3 Total (for 9 wkts., dec.) 472 Capt. H. W. M. Yates, b Calthorpe 4 ---- R. H. D. Bolton, b Calthorpe ... 9 S eco nd I nnings :— Stone, c Fairbairn, b Calthorpe, 3 ; Bowell, b Calthorpe, 3 ; Newman, lbw, b Fairbairn,'40 ; Mead (C. P.), not out, 50 ; Brown (G.), c sub., b Davies, 8 ; b. 10, l.b. 3, n.b. 1, 14.— Total (for 4 wkts.), 123. C am br id ge U n iv e r sit y . First Innings. Nottinghamshire v, Yorkshire. B. S. Cumberlege, b Woodroffe G. B. Davies, b Jaques ............... R. B. Lagden, c Sprot, b Newman Hon. H. G. H. Mulholland, c Sprot, b Newman ............................ E. L. Kidd, c Yates, b Woodroffe W. N. Riley, c Woodroffe, b New­ man ...........................................121 Hon. F. S. G. Calthorpe, b Woodroffe 4 C am br id ge U n iv e r sit y B o w ler s ’ A n a l y s is . 18 153 59 55 A. H. Lang, c Mead, b Newman G. A. Fairbairn, b Newman S. H. Saville, b Newman ... J. H. Naumann, not out ... B. 3, l.b. 9, n.b. 5 Total H am psh ire B o w ler s ’ A n a lysis . Riley ... Naumann Kidd ... Calthorpe Fairbaim Davies... Mulholland 11 0 . M. R. W. 1 41 o 1 112 x 3 91 o 3 105 5 0 4 1 0 3 35 2 O. M. R. W. 1919 Jaques ... Woodroffe Newman... Mead Bowell ... Brown ... O. M. R. W. 22 3 76 1 23 3 120 3 35*5 7 148 6 12 o 76 o 6 o 27 o 5 o 29 o Naumann delivered one no-ball each in first and second innings. Umpires: W. A. J. West and A. A. White. Woodroffe delivered five no­ balls in the second innings. “ Give me a bat of a full white grain, In the heart of a willow grown, W ith never a peg, and never a band, I ’ll force the ball to the ‘ out-field ’ land W ith the softened touch of a silken hand Smoothing a velvet gown.” — " A Few Overs,” by D. L. A. J e p h s o n . At Trent Bridge, June 5, 6, and 7. Both sides lacked their leaders, and Notts were also without Wass. They played Horsley, who bowls fast but needs a better length. Rhodes left at 47; Wilson, in brighter fashion than usual, and Denton added 99 in an hour for the second wicket. Wilson hit thirteen 4 ’s. Drake, in subdued mood and not at his best, helped Denton to add 117 in 90 m inutes; Kilner (twelve 4’s), again displaying fine form, assisted the Thornes man to put on 112 in just over an hour. Denton made 148 of 329 while in, batting 3J hours without a chance, and hitting as many as twenty-seven 4’s. At call of time the score was 420 for 7. On Friday T asker and H aigh hit a few each, and Notts had to g o in against 471. The home side appeared from the start to have set themselves to save the game— or perhaps to secure a first innings’ lead! In 280 minutes they made 222 runs. George Gunn batted the whole of this time, and was 97* at the close. Hardstaff and be made 106 for the second wicket in 120 minutes; and his brother John assisted him in a stolid unfinished partner­ ship of i n in 140 minutes. There were 4,000 spectators on Thursday; on Friday, it is rumoured, a boy who had gone to sleep, a dog who w a 9 under delusions concerning rabbits, and the officials represented the Nottingham public at the finish. But this may not be quite true. W ith three more runs scored on Saturday John Gunn left. George stayed till he had had 6 hours of it in all. Iremonger and Riley saved the follow-on, and all chance of a finish was then gone. In all the innings lasted 405 minutes, so that runs came at the exhilarating pace of about 48 an hour. Yorkshire did not relieve the tedium to any very considerable extent. Wilson and Drake pottered about for nearly an hour to add 47. At the tea interval the innings was declared, and Notts went in to get 253 in 90 minutes, which seemed very likely indeed. Then was seen a surprising thing. George of the 22 runs per hour hit out in dazzling fashion. It m ight almost be said that no one else scored at all, for the other four men who batted only made 15 among them ; but Gunn scored 53 out of 55 in 26 minutes, and 109 out of 129 in 85, hitting fifteen 4 ’s, and giving no chance. This is his first attainment of the double century feat. The game was drawn, of course; but those whom Friday’s play choked off from attendance on Saturday missed something worth seeing. By the way, Iremonger, like A. O. Jones, persis­ tently overlooks the fact that Alletson can bowl a bit. Y o rk sh ir e . Second Innings. 19 c Oates, b Iremonger First Innings. Rhodes, run out ............................. Wilson, c Oates, b Horsley Denton, c Riley, b Iremonger Drake, c Oates, b H orsley................ Hirst, lbw, b J. Gunn ................ Kilner, lbw, b Iremonger ................ Booth, c G. Gunn, b Riley ... J. Tasker, not out ............................. Oldroyd, b Riley ............................. Haigh, c Gunn (J.), b Riley Dolphin, c Gunn (G.), b Iremonger B. 9, l.b. 10, w. 2, n.b. 2 Total ................ First Innings. Gunn (G.), c Hirst, b Booth Lee, c Dolphin, b Hirst Hardstaff, c Dolphin, b Hirst Gunn (J.), c Haigh, b Hirst Payton, c Dolphin, b Booth Whysall, c Hirst, b Booth ... Alletson, b Booth Iremonger, c Rhodes, b Booth Oates, b Hirst ................ Riley, c Dolphin, b Booth ... Horsley, not out B. 17, l.b. 2, n.b. 2 89 c Riley, b Lee ................ 34 148 c Horsley, b Iremonger ... 16 34 not out .............................41 o not out ... ... ... 12 76 25 27 2 28 o 23 B. 7, w. 1, n.b. 1 ... 9 471 Total (for 3 wkts., dec.)... 112 132 not out 4 b Haigh 46 run out 65 not out 26 Second Innings. 109 4 3 8 6 i') Total c Booth, b R h o d e s................ o B. 4, n.b. 1 ... ... 5 Total (for 3 wkts.) 129 N o tts B o w ler s ’ A n a lysis . 0. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W 36-2 10 94 3 12 4 27 2 33 1 176 2 11 1 30 0 25 6 71 1 3 3 0 0 41 11 101 3 13 5 17 0 4 1 6 0 9 0 29 1 Iremonger ................ Horsley ................ Gunn (J.) ................. Riley............................. L e e ............................. Horsley bowled a wide and delivered one no-ball, Gunn one no-ball, and Riley one wide in the first innings. Horsley bowled one wick and one no-ball in the second innings.