Cricket 1913

J u ly 19, 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 423 Northamptonshire v. Sussex. At Northampton, July 14, 15, and 16. For the benefit of Wells, who had to regret that Gentlemen v. Players at Lord’s took away S. G. Smith from Northants and Fender and A. Relf from Sussex. The visitors got first knock on an easy pitch, and, after losing Vine for 4, stayed all day. Three men, Robert Relf; Jupp, and Bowley, did nearly all the damage, though it must not be omitted that Wilson helped Relf to add 141 for the second wicket. The amateur batted freely for two hours for his 63 (nine 4’s), and made but one. error. Relf scored his century at the rate of nearly a run a minute, and hit ten 4’s. Then Jupp and Bowley effected a fine stand for the sixth partnership, the former’s 112out of 178 being got in a couple of hours. Thompson, skipper of Northants in S. G. Smith’s absence, took his hundredth wicket. Bowley, who was 91* of the 424 for eight scored on Monday night, failed to reach three figures because.no one stayed with him. He carried out his bat for an altogether admirable 96, the result of 160 minutes’ play. His biggest hits were two 6’s and nine 4’s. Seven bowlers were tried, of whom Thompson was by far the best. Against this big total Northants fared disastrously, losing W . H. Denton, Woolley, and Haywood for 20 before the downpour stopped play for the day. On Wednesday J. S. Denton and Thompson brightened matters considerably, while W ells’s 26* was a timely effort. But Vine and Cox were well served by the pitch, and the midlanders followed on in the enormous arrears of nearly 300. O f course there was nevet1 a chance of getting them out twice, and the harm­ less, necessary draw eventually came at 214 for 3, W . Denton and Haywood atoning for their first innings’ failure by batting magnificently together. Northants wanted 6g to avert the innings’ defeat. S u ssex . Vine, b Wells ............... H. L. Wilson, b Thompson Relf (R. R.), c W. H. Denton, Seym our............................ H. P. Chaplin, run out Cox, b T hom pson................ Jupp, c Walden, b Thompson Bowley (E. H.), not out ... 63 ... 13 ... 112 ... 96 N o rth a m p to n sh ire . First Innings. Vincett, c Wells, b Thompson Roberts, c Walden, b Thompson . Street, b Thompson Tate, b Wells ......................... B. 6, l.b. 7, n.b. 8 Total Freeman, b Cox ............... Wells, not out ............... Buswell, c Bowley, b Vine Leg-byes ............... Total W. H. Denton, b Roberts ... ^ Woolley (C. N.), c Reif, b Tate ... 2 Haywood, c Street, b Tate ... 11 J. S. Denton, st Street, b Vine ... 31 Thompson, lbw, b Cox ............. 37 Seymour (John), c Cox, b Vine ... 8 Walden, b Vine ............................ 7 A. H. Bull, c Bowley, b Cox ... 4 S e co n d In n in gs :—W .H. Denton, not out, 86 ; Woolley, c Street, b Relf, 19 ; Haywood, lbw, b Wilson, 82 ; J. S. Denton, run out 3 ; Thompson, not out, 11 ; byes 4, l.b. 8, n.b. 1, 13— (total for 3 wkts.), 214. S u ssex B o w ler s ’ A n a ly sis . N o rth am pton sh ire B o w le r s ’ A n a lysis . Roberts .. Cox Tate Vincett Relf (R. R Vine Jupp Wilson Bowley Vincett delivered one no-ball. Umpires : Barlow and Vining. 0. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. II 2 19 1 • 3 1 6 0 Wells 3 i 7 74 2 20 4 38 3 •• • 15 4 IJ 0 Thompson ... 41 9 114 6 II 5 16 2 .. 7 3 19 0 Seymour 16 2 60 1 l6 6 28 0 .. • 13 7 2 1 0 Woolley 11 0 40 0 7 5 3 O .. . 6 3 7 1 Freeman 16 3 59 0 18-3 3 49 4 • 9 0 24 0 Haywood J. S. Denton 10 1 43 0 — —. — . 6 1 22 0 7 0 23 0 — — — — . 9 0 38 1 Wells delivered seven no-balls — — — — .. 6 2 21 0 and Seymour one. Leicestershire v. Warwickshire. At Hinckley, July 12, 14, and 15. Warwickshire were without their captain, Quaife, and E. J. Smith, retained for Gentlemen v. Players at Lord’s. Leicestershire played a new wicket-keeper in Sidwell, but were without Astill (ill) and Shields (injured). The experiment of a Saturday start proved popular. With Whitehead, King, and Jeeves all out for 42, it certainly didn’t look as if Leicester would reach anything like 400. But Wood, who was batting five hours for 164*, obliged by carrying his bat through the innings. If not always exhilarating, his play was as valuable as it was fault­ less in character, and he scored nineteen 4’s. No one else succeeded in making 40, but so consistent was the cricket that there were seven scores of from 13 to 37. Wood’s best partnerships were with Coe— 70 in 50 minutes, Coe hitting six 4’s—with Lord— 88 in an hour— and with Geary— 63 in 40 minutes. The game was not destined to last into a third day. Before lunch on Tuesday, Shipman and Geary (un­ changed) had their opponents all out for 125, Jeeves and Parsons alone offering much resistance. The former is, indeed, developing into a valuable all-rounder, for in this match he took five wickets and scored 71. This refers to the follow-on, in which, though Warwickshire did ever so much better, they could not avert an innings’ defeat. The second wicket produced 63 in forty minutes, and after Parsons left Charlesworth found a yet more useful helper in Jeeves. The latter’s dashing 50 was out of 95 in forty-five minutes, and included two 6’s and twelve 4’s. Charlesworth, in first and out ninth, made no mistake whatever in compiling 87 in 140 minutes. He hit fourteen 4’s. It will be seen that Ship­ man's match record was 10 for 113. L eiceste r sh ir e . ... 164 ]Sidwell, b Jeeves ................. 13 jBrown, c Curie, b Taylor 25 ISkelding, b Curie ... B. 17, l.b. 1, w. 5, n.b. 1 7 35 37 , n 28 I W a r w ic k s h ir e . Total Second Innings. C. J. B. Wood, not out Whitehead (H.). b Field ... King, c and b Jeeves Shipman, b Jeeves Coe, c Santall, b Field W. N. Riley, b Jeeves Lord, b Parsons Geary, c and b Jeeves First Innings. Windridge, b Shipman ............... Taylor, c Whitehead, b Shipman... Parsons, c King, b Geary ... Charlesworth, b Shipman ... G. W. Stephens, b Shipman Baker, c Geary, b Shipman E. B. Crockford, lbw, b Shipman Jeeves, st Sidwell, b Geary G. Curie, c King, b Geary... Santall, c Sidwell, b Shipman Field, not out ............................ B. 4, l.b. 1, w. 2, n.b. 4 ... Total ............... L eice ste r sh ir e B o w ler s ’ A n a ly sis . W ar w ick sh ir e B o w ler s ’ A n a l y s is . 16 c Whitehead, b Skelding 4 4 b Geary ........................... • 13 22 c Whitehead, b Geary .. 44 10 c Riley, b Shipman ... .. 87 2 c Sidwell, b Shipman .. 6 6 c Geary, b Skelding 8 3 c King, b Skelding ... 0. 21 b Shipman .. 50 10 c King, b Geary 1 17 b Geary ........................... 5 3 not out ... • 13 11 B. 11, l.b. 1, n.b. 3 .. • 15 125 Total ................ 246 0 . M. R. W. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 20-3 7 53 7 .. 16 2 60 3 Field 25 5 86 2 20 3 61 3 •’ 24-4 9 58 4 Jeeves 29 5 109 5 — — — — 6 0 48 O Charlesworth 3 0 13 0 — — — 13 1 57 3 Santall 19 3 57 0 — — — • 3 0 8 0 Taylor 16 0 57 1 Shipman Geary Brown . Skelding Coe Shipman bowled one wide and four no-balls, and- Geary one wide in first innings. Shipman bowled three no-balls in second innings. Umpires : White and Bagshaw. Parsons Curie 12 3 1*4 o Field bowled two wides and one no-ball, and Parsons three wides. Durham v. Cambridgeshire. At Ashbrooke, Sunderland, July 14 and 15. Cambridge­ shire sent a weak side north, A. S. L ing and H. C. Tebbutt being prominent absentees. The first day’s play went all in favour of Durham, who, thanks to Bradford, Proud, and Hendren, and to the deadly bowling of Morris, with whom the later batsmen could do nothing (from o for 26 he made his analysis 6 for 34), were 315 on with 9 wickets still to go at the close. On Tuesday Hendren reached the century for Durham for the third time this season; the closure was applied; Harry and Morris bowled altogether too well for the visitors (Carpenter again top scorer); and Durham won by 258 runs. D urh am . First Innings. T. A. Bradford, b Coulson ... 68 Hendren (D.), c Ellis, bCoulson ... 7 A. F. Maynard, c Ellis, b Wilson... 24 H. Brooks, b Wilson ................ 7 J. Bennett, c Watts, b Wilson ... 20 Harry, c Carpenter, b Wilson ... 29 E. B. Proud, b Coulson ............... 50 A. L. Ford, c W’atts, b Wilson . Smith (T.), c Wilson, b Coulson . Morris, not out ......................... E xtras......................... Total J. J. Common, c Coulson, b Wilson 12 S eco n d In n in g s :—T. A. Bradford, b Pemberton, 48 ; Hendren (D.), c and b Coulson, 116 ; A. F. Maynard, b Wilson, 13 ; H. Brooks, st Watts, b Coulson, 21 ; J. Bennett, not out, 26; Harrv, not out, 10 ; extras, 10— Total (for 4 wkts., dec.), 244.