Cricket 1913

416 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u ly 19, 1913. Gentlemen v. Players. At Kennington Oval, July io, n , and 12. Complaints were made in some quarters that the Gentlemen were a weak side; but from the men available it is difficult to see how it could have been improved upon (if Melle is not con­ sidered eligible) without go in g to the minor counties, who m ight have provided two or three men besides Falcon capable of strengthening the team. Why Falcon was sent in last remains a mystery. O f course every man in the side is a recognised batsman ; but there were not ten— or six— of them better than the Norfolk captain. The first d a y’s play produced a big sensation. On a pitch that was certainly not specially difficult— there seemed no reason why it should be, anyway— the amateurs lost 5 wickets for 12, and 6 for 28, of which Kidd had made 18! This was the way of it. Warner and Bird started to Buckenham and Albert Relf, the former com ing into the Players’ side in lieu of Hitch, injured. Warner played a maiden from the Essex man. Bird w as lbw in R elf’s first over. Lagden came in, and Warner went out, bowled by the third ball of Bucken­ ham ’s second over. Day took his place, and flicked at a ball that ought to have been left alone— result, caught in the slips. Three for o ! Kidd w as next, and four byes and a few strokes took the score to 12. Then Lagden was caught at wicket and Fender in the slips from successive balls sent down by Relf. Five for 12 ! Douglas and Kidd added 16; then the Cantab hit one back to Buckenham. Six for 28! And now Jessop came striding in, ready as ever to do after others had’ failed, unflurried, resolute, capable. And he did as he has often done before. O f the next 72 he made 62, including one magnificent on-drive on to the roof of the covered stand to the right of the pavilion. Douglas left at 38; Robinson stayed while 26 were added; Simms, a second Jessop at times, contributed a single towards the 17 put on for the ninth wicket. Falcon arrived, and, playing very carefully at first, staj'ed. The tenth wicket added 58, and Falcon had just begun to hit when Jessop was caught in the slips off John Gunn’s third ball. The Idol hit a 6, ten 4’s, five 3’s, and four 2’s, and made some mighty pulls. He was in 70 minutes, and the crowd roared full-throated applause when he went, though every one w as disappointed that he had not reached three figures. Showers interrupted play during the afternoon, handi­ capping the bowlers. Hobbs was out lbw at 45 in attempt­ ing a pull, and Humphreys left at 69. Tarrant, by fine play, had made 57 of the total of 93 for 2 at the end of the day. On Friday the match was every whit as sensational as on the first day. First Simms had a period of success. Hearne fell to him at 103, Quaife at 107, Seymour at 116. At that point Falcon, tried earlier in the innings, when he got Humphreys, was given another show. In twenty balls he lowered the last five w ickets at a cost of only 8*runs! From the first he sent down on resuming Robinson caught John Gunn ; from the last of the same over Albert Relf was similarly dism issed; from the last of the next over Hardinge put up one in the neighbourhood of short leg, and Falcon, dashing in, secured it; the fourth of the third over had Buckenham taken in the slips ; and the twentieth ball got rid of Tarrant, who thus just missed carrying his bat through. Falcon bowled very finely indeed, but the batting generally was feeble. Tarrant was the one exception ; in 140 minutes with only one chance (at 21), he h it'a 5 and eleven 4 ’s, and made many clever strokes to leg and flashing cuts. With an unexpected lead of 8, the Gentlemen showed far different form from that of their first innings. Stands of 82 for the first wicket by Douglas and Robinson and of 90 for the fourth by Kidd and Warner were made; and at the end of the day Jessop was 77*, the Gentlemen then being 300 on. Douglas batted nearly 2J hours for 37, Warner 100 minutes for 32 ; but Robinson made his 58 in 105 minutes, and Kidd hit up 51 in 40 minutes, thereafter, however, taking as long to make another 18, while Jessop’s runs were made in the last 70 minutes. On Saturday the hitter took his score to 107, and then w as out to a skyer in the cover-point direction. He had batted 115 minutes, and hit 12 4*s. Simms, slashing at everything, Bird, and Day made merry, and Warner was able to declare and set the Players 433 for victory. At 49 Hobbs stepped in front of his wicket and, without attempting to play the ball, watched it hit his stumps! It broke in when he had counted on its breaking a w a y ! Humphreys, Tarrant, and Quaife were all out by the time the score had reached 116; but then Hearne and Seymour added 146 runs in 95 minutes, and put their side practically out of danger. Seymour might have made his century but for foolishly running himself ou t; he hit a five and eleven 4’s in his fine 80. Hearne, as in the first Players’ innings last year, reached three figures. He batted 210 minutes without a chance, showing level-headed, skilful cricket, and hitting well too, as a 5 and 12 4’s suggest. When one of the most interesting and exciting matches in the whole long series ended the Players were 98 behind with two wickets to fall. First Innings. P. F. Warner, b Buckenham G e n tle m e n . Second Innings. 0 c Strudwick, b Tarrant 32 M. C. Bird, lbw, b Relf ............... 0 not out 34 R. B. Lagden, c Strudwick, b Relf 1 lbw, b G unn............................ 0 A. P. Day, c Seymour, b Buckenham 0 b Buckenham ................ 25 E. L. Kidd, c and b Buckenham ... ... 18 b Relf ............................ 69 P. G. H. Fender, c Seymour, b Relf... 0 b Gunn 10 J. W. H. T. Douglas, lbw, b Relf ... ... 6 c Buckenham, b Hearne 37 G. L. Jessop, c Seymour, b Gunn ... 81 c Hobbs, b Tarrant............... 107 I). C. Robinson, c Relf, b Hearne... ... 8 b Gunn 58 H. L. Simms, c Strudwick, b Tarrant 1 c Gunn, b Relf 41 M. Falcon, not o u t ............................ ... 18 not out ............................ 5 B. 5, l.b. 1 ................ ... 6 B. 4, l.b. 2 6 Total ... 139 . Total (for 9 wkts., dec.) 424 First Innings. .Hobbs, lbw, b Douglas Tarrant, c Bird, b Falcon ............... Humphreys (E.), c Kidd, b Falcon Hearne (J. W.), c Day. b Simms Quaife (W. G.), c Kidd, b Simms ... Seymour (Jas.). c Robinson, b Simms Gunn (J.), c Robinson, b Falcon ... Relf (A. E.), c Robinson, b Falcon ... Hardinge, c and b Falcon ... Buckenham, c Day, b Falcon Strudwick, not out Second Innings. 16 b Simms ... 20 74 c Falcon, b Simms ... ... 41 8 c Robinson, b Falcon ... 43 14 c Falcon, b Sjmms ... ... 126 4 b Fender ... 14 0 run out ... 80 4 c Jessop, b Simms ... 4 4 lbw, b Simms 1 0 not out ................ ... 19 4 not out ... 8 B . 1, l.b. 1, n.b. 1 3 B . 10, l.b. 2!, W. 5 , n.b. i.... 18 T otal ...................................131 T o ta l (for 8 P la y e r s ’ B o w ler s ’ A n a ly sis . w kts.) 334 O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . B uckenham ... ... 11 4 34 3 32 3 136 1 R e l f .................................. ... 11 2 37 4 44 16 95 2 T arran t .................. ... 7 1 32 1 16 7 32 2 H earne .................. 6 1 30 1 13 0 70 1 Gunn o*3 0 0 1 25 6 68 3 H um phreys G en tlem en B o w ler s ’ A n a ly sis . 6 1 17 0 O . M. R . W 0 . M. R . W . Falcon ... 14-2 2 58 6 26 5 87 1 Sim m s .................. ... 10 2 24 3 22 3 80 5 D ouglas .................. ... 8 2 3 i 1 14 4 24 0 D a v .................................. 1 0 4 0 3 0 13 0 B ir d .................................. 4 1 11 0 4 1 16 0 Kidd — — 5 0 22 0 Fender ... — — — — 15 0 68 0 Jessop ...................................— — — Falcon delivered one no-ball in first innings. — 1 0 6 0 Fender delivered one no-ball, Falcon bowled four w ides and K id d one in second innings. Umpires : Atfield and Trott. Cornwall v. Monmouthshire. At Penzance, July 11. Thirty wickets only realised 297 runs, though the visitors made quite a decent score. On a pitch that always helped the bowlers the Cornubians in the first innings could do nothing with Gilbert (his first match for Monmouthshire) and Silverlock in their first innings; and in the second only the Redruth player, Barnes, who hit eight 4’s, passed 20. The victors would seem to have had a distinct advantage in batting first, but this scarcely accounted for Cornwall’s heavy defeat—by an innings and 45 runs. M o nm outh sh ire . W. E. C. Hudden, c and b Whiting o , Silverlock. c J. C. Bickford-Smith, b Whiting ............................ 40 Diver, b W h itin g ............................ 4 E. S. Phillips, b Holman ... ... 43 F. G. Phillips, c E. Hawken, b H o lm a n ........................................ 45 K.*C. Raik?s. b H olm a n ................ 15 Total ............ 171 C. Hewes, b Whiting L. Phillips, c W. N. Bickford-Smith, b Holman ... ... ... 1 L. N. Phillips, b Whiting ... ... 2 Smith, lbw, b Holman ... ... 4 H. A. Gilbert, not out ............... 1 > Extras ............................ 2