Cricket 1913

J o ly 1 2 , 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 393 Worcestershire v. Middlesex. At Worcester, July 3, 4, and 5. Considering how good the pitch was, the visitors did moderately in scoring 224. Warner rattled up 30 in as many minutes, whilst Hendren was responsible for 38 out of 53 while in, but the essential hero was J. W . Hearne. He took 110 minutes to score his 54, and followed this up by a splendid piece of bowling. He actually took his first five wickets for 38, and it was lucky for Worcestershire that Simpson-Hayward came to the rescue with a confident bit of hitting. By the time he left on Friday his side were only 23 behind, and he had scored 69 in 100 minutes, hitting a 6 and six 4’s. Middlesex’s second effort was distinguished by two fine partnerships, J. W. Hearne and Warner adding exactly 100, and Hendren and Mann 135. Hendren, who was in two and a half hours for his 123, hit two 6 ’s and eighteen 4’s. At the start of the innings Tarrant made things hum by hitting Burns for four 4’s in one over. Eventually Worcester were left with 432 to get—which would have meant scoring 72 per hour, even if it had not rained. Yet they made a really splendid effort, Pearson and Bowley putting 148 on the board ere the former went for 50. Then Harry Foster joined Bowley, and another great stand was made. Foster punished the wet ball as only he can, but Bowley’s really excellent 155 was the main factor in the home side’s success in saving the game. At the finish they had one man to g o and wanted ^9. A good impression was caused by Foster ordering his men back to the pitch when they appealed against the light. First innings. M iddlesex . Second innings. Tarrant, c Bale, b Burns ... ... ... 19 lbvv, b Burns ... ... 20 Lee (H. W .), lbw, b Burrows ................ o c Burns, b Simpson-Hayward 7 Hearne (J. W.), st Bale, b Chester ... 54 b Chester .............................. 88 P. F. Warner, b Burns ... ... ... 30 c Burrows, b Cuffe ... ... 48 Hendren (E.), b Simpson-Hayward ... 38 run out ..............................123 F. T. Mann, b Chester ... ... ... 3 run out ... ... ... 65 M. H. C. Doll, b Chester ... ... ... 1b Pearson ... ... ... o N. Haig, c Arnold, b Burrows ... ... 19 b Cuffe ... ... ... 3 Murrell, b Burrows ... ... ... ... 20 b Cuffe ... ... ... 2 Hon. R . Anson, not out ... ... 24 b Cuffe ... ... ... 28 Heame (J. T.), b Burrows............................ 4 not out ............................ 8 Leg-byes ... ... ... 12 B. 9, l.b. 6, n.b. 1 ... 16 Total .. First innings. Bowley, c Doll, b Hearne (J. W.) Pearson, run out ........................................ H. K. Foster, c Mann, b Hearne (J. W.) ... W. B. Burns, st Murrell, b Hearne (J. W.) ... Arnold, b Hearne (J. W .) ............................ Cuffe, c and b Hearne (J. W.) Chester, c Tarrant, b Hearne (J. W.) G. H. Simpson-Hayward, c Hendren, b Hearne (J. T.) ......................................... B. P. Nevile, lbw, b Tarrant ................ Burrows, c and b Hearne (J. W.) Bale, not out B. 5, l.b. 1, w. 2 ................ W o rcester sh ir e B o w ler s ’ A n a ly sis . Burrows ................ Burns ................ Pearson ................ Chester ................ Simpson-Havward ... Cuffe .............................— . — — . ~ Burrows delivered one no-ball in second innings. M id d le se x B o w ler s ' A n a l y s is . Kent v. Surrey. 224 WOR CESTERSHIRE. Total ... 408 Second innings. 10 c Hearne (J.T.), b Tarrant... i 55 0 st Murrell, b Hearne (J. W.) 50 26 c Warner, b Tarrant 86 29 b Tarrant 3 i 9 b Hearne (J. W.) ............... 1 10 c Anson, b Tarrant................ 4 16 b Heame (J. W.) ................ I 69 c Warner, b Hearne (J. W.) 18 1 not out ............................ 0 23 c Mann, b T arran t................ 3 0 not out 0 8 Extras ............... 4 201 Total (for 9 wkts.) ... 353 O. M. R. w. 0 . M. R. W. 25*5 5 86 4 22 1 83 0 16 2 61 2 11 0 67 1 6 1 15 0 9 0 38 1 15 2 36 3 16 2 46 1 6 0 14 1 • 12 0 70 2 O. M. 21*1 I 23 3 30 5 W. Hearne (J. T.) Tarrant ................ Hearne (J. W.) Lee ... Anson ................ Haig ............................ — J. T. Hearne bowled two wides in first innings. Umpires : Roberts and Moss. O. M. 59 83 3 41 10 123 33 7 104 2 o 18 5 0 18 6 o 29 R. W. 57 U M P I R E . GEORGE F. HEARNE, who umpires for I.Z., Incogs., Free Foresters and Royal Artillery, has several dates open for last two weeks July, third and fourth weeks August; tours preferred; reasonable terms.— Apply, M.C.C. House, Ealing. At Blackheath, July 3, 4, and 5. Kent were without Dillon, and Surrey without Smith. O f nine matches pre­ viously played here by these counties, Kent had won eight and drawn one. Surrey started badly, losing Hobbs and Hayward for 38. Then Hayes and Goatly added 95; in fact this pair and Harrison (38*) scored nearly all the runs from the bat. Hayes’s brilliant 62 was'chanceless till 55, when he enjoyed the rare experience of giving a hard chance to mid-off which the fieldsman deliberately declined. Goatly was batting two hours and a quarter. Sandham, the young century-maker of last week, was bowled for 7 by a very fast one from Fielder. Woolley got 5 for 70, and he bowled admirably. In a failing light, Kent quickly lost Hardinge and Seymour to K irk ’s fast ones, but then Humphreys and Woolley averted further disaster. O11 Friday Kent owed I nearly everything to the latter. For more than four hours | was he batting, and in his splendid 177 were no fewer than [ twenty-eight 4’s, including three in one over from Rushby. j Kent gained a useful lead, but these arrears were cleared off by Hobbs and Hayward in a bad light on Friday evening, when the score was 91 for o; but Hobbs should have been stumped. The partnership was at once broken up on Satur­ day. Blythe then bowled quite irresistibly, getting 6 for 74. Young Sandham, with 48*, showed that his Ovaj perform­ ance was not a flu ke; he and Harrison, his partner on that occasion, now added 52 for the fifth wicket. Kent were left 117 for victory, and they won comfortably by six wickets, Humphreys (who was run out) and Hardinge making them safe. First innings. Hayward, c Huish, b Fielder Hobbs, b W o o lle y ............................ Hayes, c Blythe, b Fairservice Goatly, c Blythe, b Woolley Sandham, b Fielder ................ Harr^on. not out ............................ M. C. Bird, c Humphreys, b Woolley Strudwick, lbw, b Blythe ... Hitch, c and b Woolley E. C. Kirk, lbw, b Woolley Rushby, b Blvthe ... ................ B. 4, l.b. 5 ............... Total S u r r e y . Second innings. 7 c Huish, b Humphreys ... 41 ... 17 c Seymour, b Blythe ... 49 ... 62 c and b Blythe ... ... 26 ... 80 c Humphreys, b Blythe ... 11 7 not out ........................... 48 ... 38 c Humphreys, bFairservice 17 2 st Huish, b Woolley............... 7 o c Hubble, b Woolley ... 2 7 c Woolley, b Blythe ... 4 4 b Blythe ........................... o 3 c Day, b Blythe ................... o ... 9 B. 4, l.b. 1, n.b. 1 ... 6 236 Total K e n t . Fairservice, c Sandham, b Rushby 10 Blythe, st Strudwick, b Kirk ... 1 Fielder, not out ... ... ... o B. 11, l.b. 7, w. 1, n.b. 2... 21 Humphreys, c Hayes, b Hitch ... 31 Hardinge, c Strudwick, b Kirk ... 3 Woolley (F. E.), c Hobbs, b Bird... 177 Seymour (Jas.), c Hayes, b Kirk ... 8 Hubble, b Bird ............................ 19 j A . P. Day, b Rushby ............... o Total .......331 Jennings, b Rushby ............... 40 | ----- Huish, st Strudwick, b Rushby ... 21 | S e co n d In n in g s :—Humphreys, run out, 33 ; Hardinge, c Harrison, b Bird, 36 ■ Seymour, c Hobbs, b Goatly, 1 ; Woolley, c and b Bird, 12 ; Hubble, not out, 13 » A . P. Day, not out, 17 ; byes 4, l.b. 2, 6— total (for 4 wkts), 118. K e n t B o w ler s ’ A n a lysis . Fielder ........................... Day ........................... Woolley Blythe ........................... Fairservice ... Humphreys .............. O. M. R. W. 0 . M. R. W. • 1 7 2 56 2 6 1 12 0 . 10 4 13 0 5 0 13 0 . 24 1 70 5 26 7 72 2 . 20-2 3 73 2 26*3 6 74 6 7 2 15 1 9 1 19 1 ■ball in second innings. r r e y B o w le r s ’ A n a ly s is . 8 3 15 1 0. M. R. W. O. M.. R. W. . 22 2 79 1 — — — — • 35 11 95 3 6 2 12 0 • 26*3 6 7 i 4 12 0 33 0 • 15 2 53 2 9*3 2 35 2 3 0 12 0 — — — — • — 7— — — 10 1 32 z Hitch ................ Kirk ................ Rushby ................ B ir d ............................ Harrison ............... Goatly ................ Harrison bowled one wide and Kirk delivered two no-balls in first innings. Umpires : Harrison and Trott. Essex v. Sussex. At Leyton, July 3, 4, and 5. Winning the toss, Douglas did not know whether to bat first or not, and when six of his side were out for 70 it looked as if Essex were “ in the cart.” Then Freeman and Louden improved matters, and later the latter and Buckenham by gallant hitting added I 138 in just over the hour. These three men subscribed over 200 among them, but Freeman’s was the best cricket.