Cricket 1913

422 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u l y 19, 1913. Gentlemen v. Players. At Lord’s, July 14, 15, and 16. A. C. Johnston (kept away by his w ife’s illness) w as the only absentee from the sides selected, and great enthusiasm was shown when the fact that Gilbert Jessop had consented to play in his place became public property. As compared with the teams in the Oval match, the Gentlemen had S. G. Smith and F. R. Foster for A. P. Day and M. C. Bird; the Players differed in six instances, Rhodes, Mead, Woolley, Barnes, Booth, and Smith replacing Humphreys, Seymour, Hardinge, John Gunn, Buckenham, and Strudwick. Both sides were thus somewhat strengthened. Warner won the toss from Rhodes, and disasters only less marked than those at the Oval on the Thursday followed. Douglas and Lagden left at 12, Warner at 15, Robinson at 36, and Kidd at 62. Then Jessop came to the rescue once more. In 70 minutes he and Sydney Smith added 107 runs, of which the Gloucestershire man made 63. The innings was not quite a characteristic Jessop o n e ; in the matter of making big hits Smith outrivalled the big hitter, and the eight 4 ’s he made were nearly all to leg. Smith, missed in the slips at 20, batted 140 minutes in all, his pace varying m u ch ; he hit six 4’s. Simms slammed with great vigour for his 23. The Players had 35 minutes’ batting in a bad light, which, goin g gradually worse, at last stopped play ; they lost Hobbs, unaccountably hesitant in making a run, and had 38 up in the time; a later spell gave them 20 more in the last half-hour. Heavy rain made play impossible on Tuesday, and when a resumption was made on Wednesday the pitch was very soft. Easy at first, though getting the ball away without lifting it was difficult, it became distinctly nasty as it dried. Tarrant and Rhodes added 125 for the second w ick e t; but after they had been got rid of only Woolley and Quaife— the latter was in 40 minutes for his 4— offered much resistance, Simms bowling really well, and in spite of a hard struggle for the lead the pros, finished up 20 in arrears. Tarrant batted a trifle over two hours for his 78. It is worth noting that three men were run out, Jessop disposing of Rhodes by a brilliant pick­ up and throw-in from cover. The start of the Gentlemen’s second innings provided another of the sensations of this year’s two big matches. Three wickets were down for 6, and four for 12, and, worst of all, Jessop was o u t! Warner, Kidd, and Foster improved the aspect of affairs; but the sixth wicket fell at 57, and at this stage a victory for the Players looked possible. No one gave Foster much help, and the innings closed for 102. The Players required 123 runs to win in an hour and three-quarters, and in the race against the clock got home by seven wickets, with six minutes to spare. Rhodes and Hobbs applied the long handle, and took all sorts of risks to make the task possible by knocking up 63 in three-quarters of an hour, and later on Hobbs played a great w inning gam e for his side. Simms again bowled superbly, and his dismissal of Woolley bordered on the sensational. Simms took a very hard return low down with the left hand. It was a wonderful match to watch, and nearly all the'incidents were crowded into the last day. About 6,000 people were present. ^First Innings. _ G e n tle m e n . Second Innings. S e co n d In n in g s Rhodes, bSiimns, 25 ; Hobbs, notout, 72 ; Tarrant, cFalcon, b Simms, 13 ; Woolley (F. E.), c and b Simms, 3 ; Hearne (J. W.)» not out, 3 ; byes. 9, l.b. 1, 10— total (for 3 wkts.), 126. P la y e r s ’ B o w le r s ’ A n a l y s is . O. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. Booth ............... ... 20 4 67 2 — — — Barnes ... 25 5 67 2 19 8 38 7 Tarrant ... 13 1 45 1 10 2 39 3 Relf ............... 9 2 2 33 4 — — — — Hearne ................ 2 0 10 0 — . — — — Woolley ............... ... — — — — 9 3 20 0 Woolley bowled one no-ball in second innings G e n tle m e n B o w le r s 0 . M. R. A n a l y s is . W. 0. M. R. W. Foster ................ ... 28-5 9 62 1 9 1 44 0 Falcon ............... ... 10 2 14 0 — •— — — Simms ............... ... 22 6 49 6 22 9 37 3 Smith ... 14 6 26 0 ... 6 0 0 Jessop ............... 10 0 33 0 5 0 16 0 Fender 1 0 8 0 — — — • — Jessop delivered one and Foster two no-balls in first imiings. Umpires : Moss and Atfield. Kent v. Worcestershire. At Tunbridge Wells, July 14, 15, and 16. The visitors were without Harry Foster, and Kent without Woolley (at Lord’s) and Fielder (indisppsed), for whom A. P. Day and Powell were brought in. Dillon resumed his captaincy for the first time since his accident. The Hopmen made a wretched start in allowing Burrows to get Hardinge and Seymour for 3, but then Hubble and Humphreys rattled up 50 in an hour, the last five out of only seventy minutes’ play on Monday producing 20. Not a ball could be bowled on Tuesday. On resuming Humphreys played an invaluable innings, and Dillon hit up 38 in characteristic style. For the ninth wicket Huish and Fairservice made a useful stand, the effort closing at 252. Little interest remained with only an hour or two to play, but in the time remaining Worcester scored 131 for half their men, Pearson batting admirably. Humphreys, c Burrows, b Neville Hardinge, c Bale, b Burrows Seymour (James), b Burrows Hubble, b Cuffe ............................ A. P. Day. b Cuffe ................ E. W. Dillon, c Burns, b Cuffe ... W. A. Powell, b Neville ... C. E. Hatfeild, c Bale, b Neville... Huish, b Burrow s................ Fairservice, b Cuffe Blythe, not out ... ... . B. 10, l.b. 1, w. 2, n.b. 1 Total 47 27 WORCESTERSHIR E. Pearson, b Day .............................. 42 Bowley (F. L.), lbw, b Fairservice... 25 W. B. Burns, st Huish, b Dillon ... 34 Arnold, b PoWell ............................. 5 Collier, b Powell ... ... ... 2 Cuffe, not out B. P. Neville, not out Leg-bye 1, w. 1 Chester, Hunt, Burrows, and Bale did not bat. W o r c e s te r s h ir e B o w x e rs ’ A n a ly s is . Total (for 5 wtks.) 131 K en t B o w le r s ’ A n a ly sis . 0. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. ! Burrows ...............25- 3 5 67 3 Blythe ... ... 7 4 11 0 I Burns .............. 7 2 15 0 Humphreys •• 5 0 30 0 Pearson ............... 5 2 18 0 Fairservice 4 0 18 1 Cuffe ................. 33 10 64 4 Day •• 5 0 13 1 i Chester ............... 6 2 15 0 Hatfeild 5 0 18 0 |Neville ............... 8 0 29 3 Dillon ... ... 7 0 34 1 1 Hunt .............. 9 2 19 0 Powell ... 2 1 2 2 Arnold ............... 3 0 11 0 Seymour 2 0 3 0 Arnold bowled two wides and Burrows Humphreys bowled one wide. delivered one no-ball. / Umpires : Richardson and Parris. J. W. H. T. Douglas, lbw, b Barnes D. C. Robinson, c Woolley, b Booth R. B. Lagden, b Barnes P. F. Warner, b Booth E. L. Kidd, b Relf ... S. G. Smith, b R elf... G. L. Jessop, c Woolley, b Tarrant F. R. Foster, run out ................ H. L. Simms, c Mead, b Relf P. G. H. Fender, b Rclf M. Falcon, not o u t ............................ ' B. 5, l.b. 5 ................ c Woolley, b Tarrant 22 b Bar es 0 lbw, b Tarrant 1 c Smith, b Barnes ... 27 c Relf, b Tarrant 65 Ibw, b Barnes 63 b Barnes 14 st Smith, b Barnes ... 23 c Hobbs, b Banies ... 3 not out 2 c Woolley, b Barnes... 10 B. 4, n.b. 1 BETWEEN THE INNINGS : Cricket Items Old and New. P r ice - 2 o . W R IQH T & CO ., 7, Temple Lane, London, E .C “ An illustrated booklet that is finding a ready sale just now is ‘ Between the Innings.’ The Recollec­ tions and Reflections of the compiler. W . R. Weir, offer most interesting reading, whi e Charles Plairre’s verses are up to his high standard of excellence. The publishers are to be congratulated upon producing such good value for 2d., also that the followers of the game have apparently realised the fact. It is not always that well-meant efforts meet with fit and proper reward.”— Referee. Total 232 Total Rhodes, run out ... ... ... 49 Hobbs, run out ... ... ... is Tarrant, c Robinson, b Simms ... 78 Mead (C. P.), b Foster ............... 7 Hearne (J. W.), c Fender, b Simms 3 Woolley (F. E.), c Warner, b Simms 20 Quaife (W. G.), c Lagden, b Simms 4 Relf (A. E.), lbw, b Simms ... o P l a y e r s . First Innings. Booth, not out Smith (E. J.). st Robinson, b Simms Barnes, run out ............................ B. 5, l.b. 12, n.b. 3 Total ................ 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.