Cricket 1913

J u ly 5, 1913. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 37i Gloucestershire v. Northamptonshire. At Bristol, June 30, July 1 and 2. A very one-sided first day’s play w as seen, Gloucestershire going down for a paltry 148 before Smith and Thompson, the latter claiming six victims for 87. Langdon alone was seen to any advantage, and his masterly 76 was marked by so much restraint that he took forty-five minutes to score his first six runs. When Northants went in Denton left with six on the board, but then Haywood and S. G. Smith go t together and added 110 less than 216 in two hours. Each man reached his century, Smith, who hit two successive 6’s from Dennett, scoring his second 50 in twenty minutes. After his dismissal, Haywood and Woolley hit at such a rate that 50 actually came in seven­ teen minutes. The former made no mistake till he had reached 100, and he hit three 6’s and twenty 4’s. On Tues­ day Northants increased their total to the huge sum of 516, with the help of a dashing partnership by Seymour and Thompson. They actually put on 93 in thirty-five minutes, and in his by on means faultless 83 Seymour scored 20 from one over by Parker. It is decidedly odd that Northants’ highest and lowest (12) totals should both have been hit against Gloucestershire. When the latter entered on their hopeless task of getting 368 to avert an innings’ defeat, they did little better than before. Nobody on the side could score 50, and only Dipper and Langdon offered much resistance. The latter was at the wickets ninety minutes for his 46. Smith took 5 for 76, and the midlanders won by an innings and • 54 - First Innings. G lo u cestersh ir e . Second Innings. Dipper, c Freeman, b Thompson ... Smith (H.), c Walden, b Smith C. 0 . H. Sewell, c Buswell, b Thompson ... Langdon, c Smith, b Woolley M. A. Green, b Thompson ... J. W. W. Nason, c Buswell, b Thompson... T. Miller, c Thorpe, b Smith Cranfield, c Buswell, b Thompson Gange, b Thompson Parker, c Walden, b Smith Dennett, not out ............................ B. 2, l.b. 6 ............................ Total ................ when Colman and Campbell got together, and these two put on 209 in two hours. Even so seven wickets were down for 361, but another long stand was seen when Boswell partnered Hosie. In forty-five minutes 96 w'ere put on, and Boswell had the great good fortune to carry out his bat for i o i . It was a capital innings, and Campbell gave the old Etonian his blue there and then. In the Oxford captain’s own 120 were three 6 ’s and fifteen 4’s. Scoring did not rule so high on Wednesday, when Hants batted again. Knight and Abercrombie put on 56 in forty minutes, and then the veteran A. J. L. Hill rattled up 69*, and the innings w'as declared at 263 for 8. Little interest now remained, and after the Dark Blues had hit up 124 for 4, stumps and match were drawn. Tw ining contributed a forceful 69. First Innings. Bowell. c Hosic, b Fraser ... A. E. Knight, c Peat, b Davies ... A. Jaques, b Fraser ................ Mead (C. P.), c Colman, b Fraser Remnant, b Davies Lieut. C. H. Abercrombie, b Fraser A. J. L. Hill, 1 ) Peat ............... H. A. H. Smith, b Fraser............... Kennedy, b Fraser ... Livesey, not out Gregory, c Fraser, b Wigan B. 27, l.b. 8 ................ Total ................ Second Innings. i 93 2 c Wigan, b Fraser ... ... 29 b Davies ... 29 27 c Peat, b Davies 8 45 c Campbell, b Boswell ... 49 28 c White, b Peat 9 126 b Davies ••• 39 36 not out ................ ... 69 25 b Fraser 4 4 st White, b Davies ... 0 11 not out ... 7 ... 35 B. 11, l.b. 8, w. 1 ... 20 ... 532 Total (for 8 wkts., dec.) 263 W. H. Denton, c Dipper, b Gange... Woolley (C. N.), c Green, b Cranfield Haywood, lbw, b Dennett... S. G. Smith, C. Dipper, b Parker... Thompson, c Dennett, b Gange ... J. Denton, c Cranfield, b Dennett... Seymour (John), b Gange ... Walden, c Gange, b Dennett N orth ants B o w lers ’ A n a l y s is . O. M. R. W. Thompson ... 20 4 67 6 ... Smith ... 20 7 48 3 ... Woolley (C.N.) 3 - 3 0 5 1 Denton (J. S . ) ------------------... Freeman . . . ------------------... Haywood . . . ------------------... Woolley bowled two wides. in second innings. Umpires: J. 8 b Thompson ... 32 0 c Smith, b Thompson 19 9 c W. H. Denton, b Smith 16 . 76 c Woolley, b Freeman 46 3 b Smith ............... 0 0 st Buswell, b Smith ... 4 • 13 lbw, b Freeman 29 5 b Freeman 26 • 15 c Walden, b Smith ... 0 4 not out ................ 25 • 7 c Seymour, b Smith ... 13 8 B. 2^W. 2 4 . 148 Total 214 ANTS. Thorpe, c Langdon, b Dennett 0 Freeman, c Langdon, b Cranfield ... 20 Buswell, not out ................ 3 B. 11, l.b. 3, w. 2, n.b. 1 ... 17 Total ... 516 G lo u cestersh ire B o w le r s ’ A n a ly sis . [. R. W. 0 . M. R. W. 1 98 2 Gange ... 23 1 119 3 i 76 5 Dennett ... 50 10 178 4 1 20 0 Parker ... 21 3 108 1 1 12 0 Dipper ... 9 1 29 0 62 3 Cranfield... 15*4 4 65 2 1 2 0 101 52 W. G. K. Boswell, not out... A. L. Hosic, c sub., b Mead... R. S. M. White, c Livesey, b Knight 25 C. U. Peat, c Kennedy, b Smith ... 19 B. 3, l.b. 8, w. 2 ................ 13 O xfo rd U n iv e r sit y . P. H. Davies, c sub., b Jaques ... 14 J. N. Fraser, b Kennedy ................ 33 D. G. Wigan c Livcsey, b Kennedy 0 G. R. R. Colman, st Livesey, b Bowell ... ... ... ... 127 I. P. F. Campbell, b Smith... ... 120 R. H. Twining, c Abercrombie, b S m ith .........................................33 A. C. Wilkinson, b Abercrombie ... 17 S econd I nnings :—R. H. Twining, c Boswell, b Jaques, 69 ; W. G. K. Boswell, b Jaques, 12 ; G. R. R. Colman, c Bowell, b Jaques, o ; A. C. Wilkinson, b Remnant, 26 ; D. G. Wigan, not out. 11 ; byes 8, l.b. 2, 10—total (for 4 wkts.), 128. O xford U n iv e r sity B o w lers ’ A n a lysis . Total 554 4 43 122 ill 72 27 83 14 O. M 16 6 28-5 5 6 3 11 Gange delivered one no-ball and Dipper bowled two wides in first innings. Vining and T. E. Street. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Davies ................... 30 2 109 2 23 0 68 4 1 Peat ... 20 0 76 1 16 0 62 1 W ilkinson ... ................... 16 3 85 0 10 1 39 0 I Fraser ................... 28 2 124 6 20 4 60 .2 Boswell ... 10 1 60 0 6 0 14 I H osie................... ................... 3 0 16 0 — — — — 1 Tw ining ................... 4 0 23 0 — — — — ! W igan 2 0 4 1 — — — t — Fraser bowled one w ide in second innings. H ampshire B ow lers ’ O. M. R. A nalysis . W . 0 . M. R. w . i Gregory ................... 20 3 72 0 4 0 15 0 I Jaques ................... 14 3 65 1 9-5 2 25 3 Kennedy ................... 21 3 73 2 7 2 15 0 Sm ith ................... 13-3 0 95 3 1 0 7 0 1A bercrom bie ................... 19 1 81 1 5 0 20 0 ! Rem nant ... 11 2 24 0 6 1 23 1 ! H i l l ................... ................... 14 2 56 0 4 0 13 • 0 ; Bowell ................... 7 0 25 1 — — — •— M ead ................... ................... 4 0 23 1 — — — — , K night ................... 2 0 17 1 — — — — Umpires : Webb and Harrison. Hampshire v. Oxford University. At Southampton, June 30, July 1 and 2. A match which once more demonstrated the remarkable weakness of the Dark Blues’ attack, all the more so as the county was by no means strongly represented. Yet on winning the toss on a perfect wicket, Hants had no difficulty in running up a total of over 500. Bowell signalised the occasion by scoring his highest in big cricket so far-— a superb 193, made in 3 3 hours without any mistakes. He hit twenty-eight 4’s. His best partner was Abercrombie, who timed the ball beauti­ fully, and also gave no chance in his 126. While in with Bowell they added exactly too in fifty-five minutes. The veteran A. ). L. Hill obliged with a merry 36. The steadiest of the eight Oxford bowlers was Fraser, who managed to ffet six victims for 124. T o the general surprise, the Univer- Slty responded on Tuesday by heading their opponents’ mammoth total, over 1000 runs being scored in two days for twenty wickets. Three men had gone pretty cheaply M.C.C. v. Cambridge University. At Lord’s, June 30, July 1 and 2. The M .C.C. played an absurdly weak side, though it was interesting to see E. M. Dowson and St. L. Fowler, the hero of Eton v. Harrow in 1910. The Club had 5 ° UP only Dowson’s wicket, but then came a breakdown, and only Brown, Cobbold, and Napier made runs. Brown, a left-hander of the forcing school, scored an admirable 72 in under 2 hours. At the close of Monday’s play the ’Varsity _were only 60 Jbehind with seven men still to go, this satisfactory state j owing much to Mulholland and Lagden, who added 86 for i the third partnership. Tuesday’s play provided a record for a first-class match at Lord’s. Kidd and ’Lagden were not parted until the score was up to 315. In Kidd’s brilliant 150 ; were one 5 and twenty 4’s, but the hardest hitting of all j came from Calthorpe. He and Fairbairn positively flogged ( the tired bowling to the tune of 93 in forty minutes, after Kidd and Saville had made 116 in an hour. By an odd I chance, both the previous highest in big matches at Lord’s