Cricket 1913

June 21, 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 317 Yorkshire were set to get 215 for victory. There was little doubt of a White Rose victory, and what little might have lingered was dissipated when Rhodes and Wilson put up 108 in 105 minutes before being parted. With Denton in the scoring pace increased greatly, and 96 were added in under an hour before the second wicket fell. Rhodes batted 165 minutes in his best form. Yorkshire won by 7 wickets. FiiSt Innings. Essex. G. B. Davies, b Hirst ....................................31 Russell (A. C.), b Hirst ................ J. VV. H. T. Douglas, cDolphin, b Hirst P. A. Pen in, lbvv, b Kilner I*'. L. Fane, c Hirst, b Haigh Rev. F. H. Gillingham, b Haigh .... Freeman (J.), c Hirst, b Booth C. D. Mclver, b Kilner ................ Buckenham, c and b Haigh Tremlin, not out \• ............................. Mead (W.), c Stanley, b Booth B. 1, l.b. 8, w. 1 Total Rhodes, c Davies, b Buckenham Wilson (B. B.), lbw, b Davies Denton, c Davies, b Tremlin Dolphin, b Davies ... Drake, c Perrin, b Buckenham Hirst, c Buckenham, b Davies Kilner, lbw, b Tremlin Booth, b Mead ................ Second Innings, c Denton, b Booth 2 b Booth .......................... 11 c Hirst, b Booth 58 lbw, b Booth 56 c Kilner, b Drake ... o c Rhodes, b Booth ... 36 lbw, b Rhodes o b Drake 5 c Hirst, b Rhodes ... 18 b Hirst .......................... 6 not out .......................... 10 Leg-byes 233 Total ... Y o rk sh ir e . First Innings. H. C. Stanley, c and b Mead Haigh, c Buckenham, b Tremlin Sir A. W. White, not out ... Byes] ................ 27 72 28 40 39 25 17 4 I set 264 to win. The home side’s play was in great contrast to that of the first innings. Runs came at a fine pace. Hayes left at 7; but Hobbs and Harrison put on 114 for the second wicket in 75 minutes, and Hobbs and Gillespie 113 for the third in 70 minutes. Goatly, coming in with only a few needed, hit a five in his 14. Hobbs was batting for less than 3 hours, and played in the most brilliant form. He hit one 7, one 6, one 5, and fourteen 4’s. Let any who is inclined to discount his performance see what E. H. D. Sewell says about Benskin and Sievw’right! Surrey won by 7 wickets; but Scotland came out of the game with credit. Total S econd I nnings : Rhodes, b Douglas, 97 ; Wilson (B. B.), c Douglas, b Davies, 45 ; Denton, b Buckenham, 51 ; Drake, not out, 9 ; Hirst, not out, 1 ; b. 6, l.b. 6, w. 1, 13— total (for 3 wkts.), 216. Y o rksh ire B o w ler s ’ A n a lysis . Hirst ................ Booth ................ Rhodes ................ Drake ................ Haigh ................ Kilner ................ Douglas ................ Buckenham Tremlin ............... Davies ................ Mead ................ Fane ................ Fane bowled one wide in second innings. Umpires : Trott and Barlow. 0. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. 24 6 68 2 26. 7 49 1 26.3 2 76 3 33 7 94 5 19 13 15 0 :6 4 37 2 8 3 14 0 9 1 34 2 15 4 36 3 6 0 21 0 7 3 14 2 7 2 13 0 in first innings. E ssex B o w le rs’ 0 . A. R. A nalysis . W. 0. K R. W. 10 3 44 0 12.5 0 50 I 21 3 69 2 15 1 55 I 22.-, 3 67 3 15 2 0 22 5 71 3 6 0 *3 1 9 2 15 2 9 2 20 0 --- — — — 2 0 XI 0 First Innings. S cotland . R. G. Tait; b Reav ................................. ...37 J. W. Sorrie, c Wilkinson, b Hitch ... 61 M. R. Dickson, b Hitch ... ... ... 14 J. Kerr, c Hitch, b Rushby ................ 10 Benskin, c Strudwick, b R u s h b y ................ 7 P. S. Fraser, c Strudwick, b Hayes ... 23 J. H. Orr, c Strudwick, b Reay ................ 34 Turner, b Hitch ................ ................ 3 A. C. Cullen, b Hitch ... ................ 1 J. E. Balfour Melville, b Hitch ................ 32 R. W. Sievwright, not out ................ 2 B. 20, l.b. 2, w. 1, n.b. 3 ................ 26 Total .......................... 250 Second Innings. b Hitch ................ c Gillespie, b Reay ... c Hayes, b Rushby ... run out b Harrison b Hitch b Rushby c Strudwick,*_b Rushby not out b Hayes ................ c W'ilkinson, b Hitch B. 1, l.b. 2, n.b. 1 Total 36 67 S u r r e y . First Innings. 14 H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, b Benskin Strudwick, c Kerr, b Sievwright ... Rushby, c Turner, b Benskin B. 6, l.b. 4 ................ Total ................ Surrey v. Scotland. At Kennington Oval, June 12, 13, and 14. Surrey lacked M. C. Bird, Hayward, and Smith, H. D. G. Leveson- Gower leading, and opening the eyes of Oval habitues who have grown used to the old Harrovian’s methods of captaincy by frequent bowling changes. Scotland did very well to make 250, though plenty of time was taken over it and Hitch was allowed to send down an unusual proportion of maidens. J. W. Sorrie was batting 150 minutes for his 61; but Tait, though he gave a couple of chances in his 3 7 , showed far more taking form. Kerr batted 80 minutes for 10, and with him and1 Sorrie in partnership only 30 were made in an hour. But later Fraser, Orr, and Balfour- Melville all hit out well, the last-named dropping 011 to Hitch severely. Before time Surrey had lost Hayes and Hobbs, both to Sievwright, a slowish left-hander, and had 44 up. On Friday they did badly. Benskin, who must have improved considerably since he was tried by Leicester­ shire a few years ago, bowled really well, and except for Gillespie and Wilkinson no one ever looked much like stay­ ing, for Hitch’s was a brief flutter. Goatly, in running, collided hard with M. R. Dickson, the Scots’ captain, who had to go off the field for a time. But he came back, and played the best inning9 of the day, that, too, with the light so defective that the spectators could scarcely see what was going on. Two 5’s and eight 4’s were included in his 67. Some was brighter this time; but no one else did very much. No appeal was made by the Scots against the light. At the eventual adjournment on that account at the Surrey captain’s suggestion they were 251 runs on with a wicket to go. Next morning little more was done; but Surrey were Hayes, b Sievwright Hobbs, c Turner, b Sievwright ... n Harrison, lbw, b Sievwright ... n F. S. Gillespie, c Cullen, b Benskin 30 Goatly, b Benskin ... ... ... 4 C. T. A. Wilkinson, not out ... 26 G. Reay, c Turner, b Benskin ... o Hitch, c Fraser, b Benskin................ 20 S eco nd I nnings :— Hobbs, not out, 150 ; Hayes, c Turner, b Sievwright, 3 ; Harrison, lbw, b Benskin, 43 ; F. S. Gillespie, b Fraser, 33 ; Goatly, not out, 14 ; byes 7, l.b. 14— Total (for 3 wkts.), 264. S u r rey B o w ler s ’ A n a lysis . Hitch ................ Wilkinson ................ Harrison ................ Rushby Hayes ................ Reay ................ Hobbs ................ Goatly ................ Hitch bowled three no-balls and Reay one wide in the first innings. Rushby delivered one no-ball in the second innings. S co tland ' s B ow lin g A n a lysis . Benskin S ievw righ t................ Turner ................ T a i t ............................. Fraser Sorrie ................ Umpires : Thompson and Platt. 0 . M. R. W. 0 . M. R. W. 24 13 53 5 22 8 44 3 9 2 22 0 — — — — 6 1 22 0 5 0 32 1 13 2 29 2 22 7 34 3 10 3 36 1 12 1 27 1 18 9 33 2 7 2 14 1 2 0 8 0 — — — — 8 2 21 0 — — — — 0. M. R. W. [0. M. R. V, 22.2 4 70 6 18.3 3 79 1 24 4 62 4 18 1 52 1 2 2 0 0 8 1 48 0 — — — — 7 1 36 0 — — — . — 3 0 14 1 — — — — 2 0 14 0 Leicestershire v. Worcestershire. At Coalville, June 12, 13, and 14. The experiment of | playing a match in this quarter of the county proved success- | ful; there were 4,000 spectators on Thursday and 2,000 on Friday. Leicestershire substituted W. N. Riley and Skelding for C. A. Boden and Brown; the visitors lacked their captain, Simpson-Haywood coming in. The play of one batsman on each side quite overshadowed everything else on the first day. In 2^ hours Pearson made 120 in great style, without a mistake, and with a 6 and fifteen 4’s. Cuffe helped him to add 101 for the fourth wicket; but the rest did very little against young Geary, who bowled capitally. Cecil Wood and Whitehead sent up 93 in 50 minutes for the first wicket of the home side, and with King and Whitehead in partnership the score was doubled in 70 minutes more. Whitehead gave no chance, and his hitting was often brilliant. Curiously enough, his score, like Pearson’s, included a 6 and fifteen 4’s. At call of time the home side, with 8 to go, were only 61 behind. Except for King and Astill, no one did much on Friday, however, the remaining 8 wickets Only adding 135, of which the two men named made 79. King batted 160 minutes without a chance for his 90 (seventeen 4’s), and Astill stayed in over an hour. Burrows bowled in great style. Worcestershire’s second