Cricket 1913

318 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Jun e 21, 1913. innings was disappointing. Only three men did anything. Pearson’s effort and that of Burns were good, but not out of the ordinary; Simpson-Hayward’s was quite another matter. It is true he gave three difficult chances; but then he was hitting hard all the time. Five balls were driven out of the ground or over the boundary, and there were also eleven 4’s in the innings. He and Burns added 51 in 20 minutes, though the latter took go minutes in all to make his runs. This is the old Malvernian’s first century in county cricket proper, though in 1908 and again in 1911 he hit up three figures v. Oxford University. On Saturday Leicestershire had to go in for 158 to win. They made light of this task. Wood was out at 26; but K ing and White­ head, scoring freely, took the score to 157, the latter being dismissed with only one run needed for victory. Thus Leicestershire had their first win of the season, by 8 wickets. First Innings. W o rc e ste rsh ire . Second Innings. Pearson, c Lord, b G e a r y ................ Bowley, b Geary ............................. Arnold, b Geary .............................. W. B. Burns, b Geary ................ Cuffe, b Shipman ............................. G. H. Simpson-Hayward, b Geary Collier, c Shields, b Shipman ( hester, not out .............................. Burrows, c Shields, b Geary Bale, c Geary, b Skelding ... Conway, c Wood, b Geary B. 13, l.b. 2, n.b. 3 ... Total 120 b Geary .. 30 23 b Geary .......................... .. 14 4 b Astill .......................... 0 10 b Skelding •• 5 T 4 i c Wood, b Geary 2 7 not out .......................... .. 105 1 b Shipman •• 3 11 b Geary 4 2 b Skelding .......................... 0 10 b Astill .......................... .. 14 5 b Shipman 1 18 B. j, l.b. j, w. 1 . •• 7 252 Total .. 231 L e ice ste rsh ire . First Innings. 34 100 90 Astill, c Pearson, b Burrows J. Shields, lbw, b Pearson Gearv, b Burrows ... Skelding, not out ................ B. 9, l.b. 5, w. 1, n.b. s Total C. J. B. Wood, b Pearson ... Whitehead (H.), c sub., b Simpson- Hayward ............................. King, c Bale b Burrows ................ Lord, c Bale, b Burrows ................ Mounteney, c and b Burrows W. N. Riley, c Bale, b Burrows ... Shipman, c Pearson, b Burrows ... Second Innings : Wood, b Burns, 11 ; Whitehead (H.), b Collier, 68 ; out, 71 ; Lord, not out, o ; b, 5, l.b. 3,8— total (for 2wkts.), 158. L eicestershire B ow lers ’ A n alysis . Shipman ................ Geary Astill ................ Skelding ................ King ................ Whitehead Shipman delivered one and Astill two no-balls in first innings. Shipman bowled one wide in second innings. W orcestershire B ow lers ' A nalysis . 36 14 9 5 17 ... 326 King, not 0. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. Burrows ................ ... 28.1 7 93 7 10 4 31 0 Conway ••• 5 0 34 0 — — Chester ... 15 2 45 0 7-3 0 38 0 Pearson ... 20 3 53 2 9 2 21 0 Simpson-Hayward ... 3 0 18 1 — — — Cuffe ................ ... 3 0 10 0 — — — — Burns ................ ... 8 0 52 0 7 0 42 1 Collier ................ ... — — — — 2 1 18 1 Burrows delivered two no balls and Chester bowied one wide in first innings. Umpires : Parris and Vining. Warwickshire v. Sussex. had one of those trying spells of batting at the end of a long day in the field that so often spell disaster, and lost three wickets for 24. Chaplin and Wilson added 46 for the fourth wicket next morning, and Robert Relf and the old Framlinghamian made a most valuable stand of 94 for the sixth. Wilson played splendid cricket, watchful and resolute, was in 160 minutes, and hit nine 4’s. Fender, as usual, lashed out, and made 32 out of 51 in half-an-hour for the seventh wicket. After that no one could stay with Relf, who had the hard luck to miss a century by two runs. He batted only 140 minutes, showed fine form, and hit two 6’s and fifteen 4’s. Jeeves had the last three wickets very cheaply. Warwickshire did poorly for a while in their second spell. Smith made 43 of the first 53; but he, Parsons, and Charlesworth were all_ out at that total. Quaife stayed 65 minutes for eight singles. Baker, who scored at a good pace, Jeeves, who hit 29 in half-an-hour, and Curie, the old Edwardian, put the home side in what seemed a safe position before stump-drawing. The amateur gave Baker further useful assistance on Saturday morning, and when he was out Langley hit vigorously, making eight 4’s in his 34. Baker was out at last for 151, having batted 4J hours without a mistake, hitting one 6 and sixteen 4’s ; and soon after his departure the innings ended. Sussex had over four hours to play out in order to draw, and the task set them to win was an impossible one. As it turned out, Langley might have done well to declare; there could not have been great risk in it. Except during a bad spell before lunch, when Cartwright and Wilson went for less than 40, the visitors never really looked like losing. Vine and Albert Relf, by their stand of 152 for the third wicket, put that contingency into the category of remote possibilities. They were together about 2 hours, and Relf hit nine 6’s and six 4’s in his 93. Fender and Vinemade 81together for the fifth wicket, and when time came Vine, after 3 1 - hours at wickets, had just reached his century. In the match 1,312 runs were scored. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 17 1 74 2 18.4 2 73 2 30.2 7 58 7 26 8 59 4 11 1 39 0 23 4 63 2 8 1 34 1 4 I 29 2 4 1 17 0 — — — --- 3 0 12 0 — — — — At Coventry, June 12, 13, and 14. The home side lacked F. R. Foster and Kinneir, and Field, a passenger in the last match, stood down also. Sussex put in Philip Cartwright and tfie third Relf, Jupp and N. J. Holloway Standing down. Warwickshire did well to make 400 runs with two of their best absent; but their opponents were handicapped by Street’s getting a hand hurt and having to retire. Chaplin kept wicket, and byes were numerous. Quaife was once again the central figure of the day’s play. Batting just over three hours without a chance and in his best style, he hit as many as eighteen 4's. It was his fifth century of the season, his fifty-fifth in first-class cricket, and his third in county matches on the Coventry ground. .Charlesworth played a fine forcing innings of 76 (two 6’s, ten 4 s), but it was not faultless. There were partnerships of 41 for the second wicket (Smith and Charlesworth), 89 for the third (Charlesworth and Quaife), 73 for the fourth (Quaife and Baker), 53 for the fifth (Quaife and Jeeves), and 82 for the eighth (Quaife and C. K. Langley). Sussex First Innings. Smith (E. J ), c Chaplin, b Fender Parsons, b Relf (R. R.) ................ Charlesworth, c Relf (E. H.), b Cox Quaife, c Cox, b Vincett ................ Baker (C. S.), lbw, b Relf (R. R.) ... Jeeves, b Relf (E. H.) ................ C. K. Langley, c Cox, b Vincett ... Bates (L.). c Fender, b Relf (E. H.) G. Curie, b Vine ............................. Santall, not out ............................. Taylor, c Cox, b Vincett ................ B. 56 l.b. 6, n.b. 1 Total ................ usi Innings. P. Cartwright, b L a n g le y ................ Vine, run out ............................. Cox, b Jeeves H. L. Wilson, b Parsons ................ H. P. Chaplin, b Santall Relf (A. E.), c Jeeves, b Charlesworth Relf (R. R.)_. not out ................ P. G. H. Fender, c Smith, b Jeeves Relf (E. H.), b Jeeves ................ Vincett, c Quaife, b Santall Street, b Jeeves ............................. B. 4, l.b. 3, w. 1 ................ Total ................ W arw ickshire . Second Innings. 34 c Wilson, b Vincett ... 43 ... 9 c Cartwright, b Relf (A. E.) 13 ... 76 c Fender, b Relf (A. E.) 0 ... 127 b Cox ............................. 8 ... 30 c Wilson, b Relf (R. R.) ... 151 ... 26 c Street, b Cox ................ 29 ••• 35 c Cox, b Relf (R. R.) 34 ... 12 b Vincett ............................. I 1 b Relf (R. R.) ................ • 34 — 5 not out 10 2 c Relf (A. E.), b Cartwright 5 ••• 43 B. 14, l.b. 3, w. 1 . 18 ... 400 Total . 346 ---- ---- S ussex . Second Innings. ••• 5 c Smith, b Jeeves 4 0 10 not out . 100 ... 73 b Langley ............................ • 13 ... 28 b Taylor ............................ 5 ... 9 c Charlesworth, b Langley .. • 93 ... 98 c Jeeves, b Langley............... . 14 ... 32 0 c Smith, b Taylor • 45 3 1 ... 8 B. 10, l.b. 7, w. 8 • 25 267 Total (for 6 wkts.) 299 S ussex B owlers ’ A nalysis . 0. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Relf (A. E .)................ ... 19 6 50 0 25 3 79 2 Relf (R. R.) ... 17 3 46 2 16 4 63 3 Relf (E. H.) 10 0 46 2 2 0 20 0 Fender ................ 11 1 52 1 7 0 35 0 Vincett ................ ... 13-5 2 46 3 25 6 73 2 C o x ............................. 12 0 68 1 13 4 29 2 Vine ................ ... 15 4 40 1 3 I 3 0 Wilson 2 0 9 0 — — — — Chaplin ................. ... — — — — 1 O 12 0 C artw righ t.............................— Fender delivered one no-ball 4.4 0 14 Relf (R. R.) bowled a 1 wide. " Always turn up— and punctually— if you have promised to play in a match. Better faithful than famous.”— " Cricket Hints," by J. H. F a r m e r .