Cricket 1913

J une 28, 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 343 Middlesex v. Nottinghamshire. At Lord’s, June 23, 24, and 25. Both sides lacked their captains, F. T . Mann leading Middlesex. Play on the first, day was shortened about 75 minutes by rain. The home side had three good wickets down for 32, and the situation seemed to call for caution. Hendren, usually so dashing, seemed to exaggerate this need, and was in nearly an hour before he reached double figures. Young Hearne scored faster; but his 77 took 160 minutes, and included only seven 4’s, the ball being difficult to get away on the soft turf. The fourth wicket added 133 in 135 minutes, Hendren, when once he had fairly started, outpacing Hearne. After the fall of the fifth wicket Haig, always useful when runs are wanted, and Hendren added another 62 unparted, and the pro. reached three figures off the last ball of the day. Ire­ monger did not manage his bowling well. The partnership of Haig and Hendren, which realised 71 in all, did not last much longer when play was resumed on Tuesday. The pro. batted 4 hours, hit thirteen 4’s, and gave two chances— a good innings, on the whole; but he has played brighter and better ones. After Haig had left for an excellent 38, M. H. C. Doll and Mjurrell fairly took charge of the bowling. They added 182 unparted in 120 minutes by really brilliant cricket. Doll, missed at 54, hit a square-leg 6 (over the grand stand score-'board) and fourteen 4’s, Murrell nine 4’s. Mann declared directly the old Carthusian had reached his century. The majority of the Notts batsmen showed wretched form against Mignon, Tarrant, and young Hearne. George Gunn played right through the innings— 145 minutes —without a mistake; but only two others reached double figures. Following on, the visitors lost the Gunn brothers and Hardstaff for 22 before time came. The fourth wicket fell at 37; but Lee and Iremonger made a stand. During their partnership rain stopped play for a time. Lee batted 105 minutes for his 29, and was out at 75. Alletson came in and -slammed, hitting one ball over the pavilion rails, and reaching his 50 in 40 minutes ; but when he and Iremonger had added 112 he had to go. There was no stand after this, and the home side won by an innings and 85 runs. M id d le se x . VV. P. Robertson, b W ass................ n Tarrant, c Oates, b W a ss................ 15 Hearne (J. W.), c Alletson, b Riley 77 Hon. R. Anson, b Wass ... ... o Hendren, b Iremonger ................104 F. T. Mann, b Horsley ................ 6 N. Haig, b Wass ............................. 38 Hearne (J. T.), and Mignon did not bat. First Innings. Gunn (G.), not o u t ............................. Lee (G. M.), b Mignon Hardstaff, b Mignon ................ Gunn (J.), c Hendren, b Tarrant ... Payton, c Hendren, b Tarrant Iremonger, c Anson, b J. W. Hcarnc Alletson, b J. W. H e a r n e ............................. o Oates, lbw, b J. W. Hearne ... ... 6 Riley, b J. W. Heame ............................. o Horsley, st Murrell, b Tarrant ... ... 4 Wass, b Tarrant ... ... ... ... 2 B. 7, l.b. 2 .......................................... 9 Total ... ... ... 144 now, and Woolley, who seems freer than ever. Seymour batted 2 hours, Woolley 50 minutes. The tail could not play Dennett at all, the last 5 wickets falling for 20 runs, and the innings closed for 220. When the home side batted Sewell had two lives while making 37 in half-an-hour; but no one else did much, and at call of time 7 wickets were down for 116. Snaith played quite unexpectedly good cricket on the second morning. He made 54 in 90 minutes, cutting cleanly and hitting to leg well. Cranfield and Parker gave him capital aid, and after all the home side were only 18 in arrear. With the wicket better than 011 Monday, a goodly total was anticipated from Kent. But Humphreys was the only man who seemed able to play Dennett, bowling at his best, and backed up by splendid fielding. Except that Humphreys, who was in 105 minutes, was missed—a hard chance—at 42, practically nothing was given away, and Green and Barnett each made two really good catches. The result was that Kent collapsed for 113, and the Westerners only needed 132 for victory. They did not attempt to rush matters. Barnett was sent in first, and, steady as a rock, stayed there till the runs were made, others aiding with useful contributions. Gloucestershire won by 6 wickets; Kent suffered their first county defeat of the season ; and a vociferous-— though not large—crowd cheered Barnett and Dennett frantically. If anything can awaken cricket interest in Bristol, this match should. First Innings. K e n t . Second Innings. Humphreys, c Barnett, b Cranfield Hardinge, c Smith, b Jessop Seymour (Jas.), c and b Jessop Woolley (F. E.). c Smith, b Dipper Hubble, c Cranfield. b Jessop E. W. Dillon, c and b Jessop C. E/Hatfeild, c Sewell, b Dennett Huish, c Jessop, b Dennett Fairservice, lbw. b Dennett Blythe, b Dipper Fielder, not out B. 3, l.b. 4, n.b.*2 Total 32 c Smith, b Dennett ... ... 52 20 c Smith, b Parker ... 3 62 c Barnett, b Dennett 0 50 c Green, b Dennett ... 11 24 b Dennett ................ ... 6 O c Barnett, b Dennett 7 13 c Nason, b Parker ... 0 1 b Dennett ... 10 4 notout 7 5 c Green, b Dennett ... 0 0 c and b Dennett 16 9 W ............................. 1 220 Total ... ... 113 M. H. C. Doll, not out Murrell, not out B. 4, l.b. 10 102 7 i 14 Total (for 7 wkts., dec.) 438 24 19 9 6 N o tts . Second Innings. 64 b J. T. Hearne 1 lbw. b Tarrant c Murrell, b Mignon ... run out c Tarrant, b Mignon c and b J. T. Hearne b J. W. 'Hearne ................ notout b J. W. Hearne ................ b J. T. Hearne ................ c Tarrant, b J. T. Hearne ... B. 15, l.b. 5, w. 2, n.b. 1 Total N otts B o w ler s ’ A n a lysis . M id d lese x B o w ler s ’ A n a lysis . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. O. M. F. W. Wass ... 51 17 121 4 Mignon ... 15 3 46 2 ... 26 1 76 2 Iremonger 46 15 93 1 Hearne (J. T.) 9 3 21 o ... 18-4 10 18 4 Riley ... 39 12 85 1 Tarrant ... 15-1 3 33 4 ... 19 4 58 1 Horsley 21 2 92 1 Hearne (J. W.) 10 1 35 4 ... 12 2 34 2 Lee (G. M.) 6 o 33 o Mignon bowled one wide and delivered one no-ball and J. T. Hearne bowled one wide in the second innings. Umpires : Parris and West. Gloucestershire v. Kent. At Bristol, June 23 and 24. Fairservice took A. P. Day’s place in the visiting team, and G. L. Jessop and Cranfield played for the home side, Gange being left out. The start was delayed half-an-hour by rain, and the pitch always gave the bowlers a bit of help. The one stand of note during Kent’s innings was the 84 for the third wicket in 50 minutes by Seymour, who is playing an unusually dogged game just G lo u cestersh ir e . First Innings. Smith (H.) run out............................. Cranfield, c Fairservice, b Blythe... Parker, b Blythe ... Dennett, not out ............................. L.b. 2, n.b. 1 ................. Total ................ C. S. Barnett, c Seymour, b Blythe Dipper, c Woolley, b Blythe ... 4 C. O. H. Sewell, c Dillon, b Blythe 37 Langdon, c Woolley, b Humphreys 22 G. I.. Jessop, c Hatfeild, b Woolley 1 J. W. W. Nason, c Seymour, b Humphreys ............................. 20 M. A. Green, b Fairservice ... 2 S econd I nnings :— C. S. Barnett, not out, 49 ; Dipper, c Huish, b Fielder, 29 ; C. O. H. Sewell, c Blyth, b Humphreys, 21 ; Langdon, b Fairservice, i ; G. L. Jessop, lbw, b Fairservice, 10 ; J. W. W. Nason, not out, 18 ; b. 1, l.b. 1, w. 1, n.b. 1, 4 — Total (for 4 wkts.), 132. G lo ucestersh ire B o w ler s ’ A n a lysis . Parker ................ Dennett Jessop Cranfield Dipper O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 12 5 29 0 17 6 40 2 . 22-2 5 57 4 24-5 5 63 8 21 3 64 4 8 3 9 0 15 3 54 I — — — • — I 0 7 I — — — — Is. Parker bowled one wide. K ent B ow lers ’ A nalysis . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. • 24 5 65 5 ' • 7 3 14 0 . 16*1 5 50 1 3 1 7 0 . 16 6 38 1 20 6 44 2 • 7 1 25 2 10 3 26 1 4 0 21 0 8 1 36 1 . — — — — 2-1 1 ,1 0 Blythe Woolley F airservice................ Humphreys................ Fielder j ................ Hatfeild ................ Woolley delivered one no-ball in the first innings. Fielder bowled one no-ball and Hatfeild one wide in the second innings. Umpires : J. Vining and A. E. Street. | Sussex v. Hampshire. At Hove, June 23, 24, and 25. The home side were at full strength, except that most of us would prefer N. J. Holloway to Vincett; Hants substituted the Rev. W. V. Jephson for Rutherford, who has not done much yet. Play was interrupted by showers. It went in the visitors’ favour at first, Vine and Albert Relf being out with only a dozen on the board. But Sussex recovered from this bad start. Cartwright and Robert Relf added 68 in 50 minutes, and H. L. WiTson made 34 in 40 minutes. Five wickets were down for 121, Fender having batted half-an-hour for 4 at this stage. It is to be hoped that this brilliant young man