Cricket 1913

320 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 21, 1913. Northamptonshire v. Gloucestershire. At Northampton, June 13 and 14. The visitors lacked Jessop, and Vials was still unable to play for the home side. There was a very even first day. Gloucestershire lost four wickets for 60, Sewell making- 31 of these in a quarter of an hour; then Langdon and Nason added 67 in 40 minutes for the fifth. Langdon took 25 minutes to get his first run, but hit out well after that, and had eight 4’s in his 38. Nason was in 80 minutes, and hit six 4’s. Wells bowled at a good pace and had all the first four wickets, but met with some punishment later. Three wickets were lost for 39 when Northants batted ; but then Smith showed capital form and Thompson was stolid, and these two added 101 for the fourth wicket. Smith, fifth out, made his 74 in 110 minutes, seven 4’s included. At the close the home side were 35 behind with 4 to go. On Saturday the game came to an unexpectedly early conclusion. Perhaps something was wrong with the pitch; anyway, 24 wickets fell in the course of the day for only 254 runs. The first innings of the home side closed for 195, three in arrears; but this looked of little consequence when one after another the western batsmen failed, 5 wickets being down for a paltry score. Then Barnett and Sewell added 59 for the sixth; but their parting was practically the end. Barnett deserved great credit; in his own steady style he batted 135 minutes for a capital 54, and gave his side a chance to win. A small one, as it seemed, for only 124 were needed, and this was reduced to 100 before the first wicket fell. Then came the turning-point. In quick succession Woolley, Haywood, W. H. Denton, and Smith le ft; 18 later Thompson went, and with East’s departure 6 were out for 54. Seymour and John Denton slowly added 19. It was almost a stroke of genius that Dipper should have been put on about this stage, for he is a mere change bowler. So well did he bowl, however, that his first five overs were all maidens, and in dismissing the two who looked likely to pull off victory he did a big thing for his side. Walden, Wells, and Buswell did their little best; but Gloucestershire won a fine victory, in doubt up to the finish, by 21 runs. Wells and Dennett did fine work far their sides in the bowling line, it will be noted. First Innings. G lo u ce ste rsh ire . Second Innings. D. C. Robinson, c Buswell, b Wells " ” T ” Dipper, c Haywood, b Wells M. A. Green, c Smith, b Wells C. O. H. Sewell, b Wells ................. Langdon, b Thompson J. W. W. Nason, c Walden, b iho npsoa, C. S. Barnett, not out ... 4 ... Smith (H.), c Buswell, b W'ells Gange, c and b Wells ................. Parker, run out ... ................. Dennett, c Buswell, b Thompson ... B. 4, l.b. 1. n.b. 2 Total ................ First Innings. W. H. Denton, b Gange Woolley (C. N.), c Nason, b Dennett Haywood, b Gange ... S. G. Smith. Ibw, b Dennett Thompson, c Nason, b Dennett J. S. Denton, b Gange ................ Hast, st Robinson, b Parker Seymour (John), c Langdon, b Parker Walden, not out ............................. Wells, c Sewell,J j Dennett Buswell, Ibw, b Dennett B. 5, l.b. 4, n.b. 3 ................ Total c W. H. Denton, b Wells 8 c Thompson, b Wells 13 b Thompson ... 31 c Haywood, b Wells 38 c Thompson, b Wells 52 c Smith, b Thompson ... 18 b Wells ................ 4 runout ... 19 lbw, b Thompson ... o b Wells ................ 2 not out 7 Extras ... 198 Total N o rth a n ts. Second Innings. 0 runout ... 20 b Dennett ......... 1 b Gange ................ ... 74 c Sewell, b Gange ... 18 c Gauge, b Dennett ... ... 31 c Robinson, b Dipper 5 lbw, b Dennett 10 b Dipper 16 notout 8 c Barnett, b Dennett o lbw, b Dennett ... 12 B y e s .................... 195 Total Wells Smith East J. Deni Thompson N o rih a n ts B o w le rs’ A n a lysis. O. M. R. W. ... 26 2 102 6 ... 13 3 36 o O. IQ .2 6 42 18 W. 6 4 15-5 -'-I 19 Thompson and Wells each delivered one no ball. G loucestershire B owlers ’ A nalysis . O. 19 M. 4 4 8 R. 64 57 60 W. O. M. Gange ................ Parker ................ Dennett ............................. 34.4 5 ... 19.2 Dipper ............................. 4 2 2 0 ... 8 5 15 Gauge delivered two 110 balls arid Parker one no-ball in the first innings. Umpires : Carlin and Richardson. Gentlemen of Wales v. Players of Wales. At Neath, June 12 and 13. In the absence of Norman Riches, T. A. L. Whittington, E. R. Sweet-Escott, and others, the amateur side was far from being fully representa­ tive ; but the professionals, although including Vogler, Bancroft, Creber, Maxwell, Hacker, and Wetjb (formerly of Hants), only won by 40 runs. W. W. Odell had 6 for 94 in their first and 3 for 41 in the second, when Dr. Cameron took 4 for 16. Hacker (6 for 94, first) and Vogler (6 for 99, second) did the best bowling for the winners. First Innings. Webb, c M. B. Williams, b Cooper P la y e rs. Second Innings. 6 b Cooper Tomlinson, lbw, b Odell ... 5 b Cooper 16 Maxwell, b Odell ............................. ... 25 retried, hurt ... 10 35 Vogler, c Morgan, b Cameron ... 31 c Rooney, b Cameron Arundale, b Odell ... 42 b Cameron 3 Bancroft (W. J.), b Cooper Hacker, b Odell ............................. b Odell ............................ 0 10 st Edwards, b Odell 13 - 1 Bancroft (J.), b Coopei ................ 3 c Moigan, b Cameron Holsinger, c Morgan, b Odell ... 25 c Morgan, b Cameron 8 Pritchard, c Lewes, b Odell 0 not out 5 Creber, not out ............................. ... 6 lbw, b Odell ... 13 Extras............................. ... 13 Extras ... 9 Total ... 218 Total 124 First Innings. Dr. Morgan, b Hacker ................ G entlem en. Second Innings. ... 16 c Webb, b Vogler 19 Dr. Cameron, b Hacker ................ 10 c Arundale, b Creber 3 R. Rooney, c Holsinger, b Vogler 0 c and b Vogler 30 W. Edwards, b Vogler ................ 1 b Hacker 21 W. W. Odell, b Hackei ................ ... 24 st Bancroft, b Voglcr 58 T. R. Morgan, lbw, b Hacker 1 b Creber ............................ 1 Dyson Williams, b Hacker ... 7 b Vogler ............................ 5 H. Lewis, b Hacker ................ M. Williams, b Vogler 3 not out 28 2 b Vogler 0 J. D. Davies, not out ... 20 c and b Creber ............... 0 E. Cooper, b Vogler ................ ... 42 b Vogler ............................ 1 Extras............................. ... 15 Extras ... 5 T otal.................. ... 141 Total 171 Yorkshire v. Worcestershire. At Huddersfield, June 16, 17, and 18. Over 3,000 paid for admission on the first day. The visitors lacked H. K. Foster and Simpson-Hayward, and R. S. Swalwell re­ appeared for them after a long absence. No one reached 50 for Yorkshire. Denton made a 6 and half-a-dozen 4’9 in his dashing 37; but Rhodes batted laboriously for 100 minutes for 40. Booth played better than anyone else except Denton. Wortestershire started in terrible fashion, four wickets (three to Booth) being down for only 18. Then Cuffe helped Burns to add 52. At call of time the total was 103 for 5. Collier had his right-hand little linger broken during the day, so that there were really only 4 wickets to fall. Tuesday’s play was shortened by a thunderstorm, nothing being done after lunch. Burns added 13 to his overnight score, his brilliant innings of 81 only taking 100 minutes, and the colt, Chester, was not out for a well-played 34 when the venture closed for 169. Yorkshire increased their lead by 82 for the loss of two wickets during the rest of the play. This was further increased in fairly good time on the last morning, though only Kilner made many runs. The innings was declared before lunch, and Worcestershire, sent in to make 280 to win, lost their best batsman, Bowley, at once. Nothing in the way of a stand was made later, and all were out in a very short time for 68, the home side thus winning by 211 runs. First Innings. Rhodes, lbw, b Burns Wilson (B. B.), b Burns Denton, c Swalwell, b Burrows Drake, Ibw, b Cuffe ... Hirst, c Burns, b Burrows ... Kilner, b Cuffe Booth, c Bale, b Pearson ... H. C. Stanley, b Cuffe ................ Haigh, b Pearson ............................. Sir A. W. White, c Bale, b H unt... Dolphin, not out ............................. B. 9, l.b. 2, w. 1, n.b. 4 T o t a l............... Y o rk sh ire. Second Ii ... 40 c Bowley, b Chester 3 c Bale, b Burrows ... ••• 37 c Burrows, b Chester ... 19 b Cuffe 1 « ................ ... 25 b Chester ................ ... 17 not out ................ ... 44 lbw, b Chester ... 6 c and b Cuffe................ ... 16 ... 10 2 ... 16 B. 4, l.b. 7, w. 1, : ... 235 Total 4 i 14 29 22 5 59