Cricket 1913

424 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u ly 19, 1913. First Innings. Carpenter, c Common, b Harry F. E. Collier, c Common, b Harry E. H. Hickman, run out .............. G. Marseille, b Morris F. W. Wilson, c and b Morris Rev. F. W. Worsley, b Morris F. P. C. Pemberton, b Morris Watts, b Morris .......................... R. Ellis, b Harry .......................... Coulson, lbw, b Morris T. Sadler, not out Extras C a m b r id g e s h ir e . Second Innings. 30 lbw, b H arry.............. ... 41 0. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W I b Harry .............. 5 Gilbert ... 11*2 7 10 9 32-2 14 93 5 8 b Morris ... 37 1 Silverlock ... 6 0 20 0 13 4 40 3 11 b Morris .............. Raikes ... 5 3 6 1 30 11 1 7 0 7 b Harry ... v 10 F. Phillips ... ... — — — — 14 5 49 1 0 b Harry 4 Hudden ... — — — — 5 0 18 1 4 lbw, b H arry.............. *... 10 E. Phillips ... ... — — — — 5 1 14 0 Total c and b Harry b Harry not out b Morris Extras C a m b r id g e sh ir e B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Sadler Coulson Marseille Wilson Hickman Pemberton Carpenter Morris Harry Smith O. 14 R. 54 70 16 s4 D u rh a m B o w l e r s ’ A n a ly s is . O. M.R. W. 7 34 6 16 15-3 3 i O. 5 i 7 O. M. 21 6 27-5 6 7 2 R. 3 i 95 36 3 i 3 i R. 50 73 13 Devonshire v. Monmouthshire. At Exeter, July 14 and 15. The western county had a good side out for its first match of the season ; but Mon­ mouth, fortunate as at Penzance in getting first innings, gained a big advantage on Monday. They lost 3 wickets for practically nothing; but the captain, E. S. Phillips, and his brother, F. G ., then made a good stand, and a third of the clan and Hewes contributed useful scores later. When Devon went in they were quite helpless before Gilbert. His analysis is a curiosity; Barnes has done similar things, but few other minor county bowlers can ever have done. All out 47, the Devonians followed on, and made a plucky attempt to retrieve their fortunes. R. Knight, Hargrave Carroll, Reed, and R. G. Cruwys were all seen to some advantage, and with 5 to g o the home side had wiped off the arrears and were 40 on at call of time. The uphill fight w as con­ tinued on. the Tuesday. Reed (his first county match) took his score to 81, and Shelley made fifteen 4’s in his dashing 74*. Monmouth did not win without something of a stru g g le ; but E. S. and F. G. Phillips and Silverlock proved good at need, and they pulled through by 4 wickets. First Innings. M onmouthshire . Second Innings. Silverlock, c Fulcher, b Wreford ... 5 c Carroll, b Sturt 35 Smith, c and b Light ................ 1 run out ................ 10 Diver, b Light ... ................ 5 b Light ................ 17 E. S. Phillips, c Carroll, b Sturt ... ••• 39 c Shelley, b Knight ... 36 F. G. Phillips, c Shelley, b Wreford ... 64 not out 47 W. E. C. Hudden, c Preedv, b Light 7 not out 6 L. Phillips, b Light ... ... ... 24 c Reed, b Sturt 11 K. C. Raikes, c and b Light 0 C. Hewes, b Sturt ............................ ... 31 c Cruwys, b Light ... 8 H. A. Gilbert, not out ................ 8 L. N. Phillips, b Sturt 0 Extras ............................ 0 Extras 8 Total ................ ... 184 Total (for 6 wkts.) 178 First Innings. D evonshire . Second Innings. E. A. Fulcher, b Gilbert ................ 0 c E. S. Phillips, b Gilbert ... 1 Reed, b Gilbert ............................ 3 b S ilverlock ................ 81 F. H. Carroll, b Gilbert ................ 2 c Silverlock, b Hudden 24 R. Knight, lbw, b Gilbert ... 5 c and b F G. Phillips 44 W. F. Sturt, b Gilbert ................ 5 c L. Phillips, b Gilbert 14 Light, not out ............................ ... 19 c L. Phillips, b Gilbert 0 R. G. Cruwys, lbw. b Gilbert 0 c Silverlock, b Gilbert 48 J. F. Shelley, c E. G. Phillips, b Raikes 1 not oift 74 Davies, b Gilbert ............................ 0 b Silveiiock ... 4 Preedv, lbw, b Gilbert ................ 0 c Raikes, b Silverlock 0 W. Wreford, st Diver, b Gilbert ... 1 b Gilbert ................ 1 Extras 11 Extras 22 Total ................ ... 47 Total 313 D evonshire B owlers ’ A nalysis . 0 . M. R. W. 0 . M. R. W. Wreford ... ... ... 20 3 89 2 ... 17 o 47 0 Light ... , .............. 19 2 58 5 ... IO 2 27 2 Sturt ... ... ... 6-5 1 19 3 ... 12 2 32 2 Preedy ... ... ... 6 0 18 o ... 3 0 18 0 Reed ... •• ... — — — — ... 3 0 13 0 Knight ... .. ... — — — — ... 7 I 32 1 M o n m o u th sh ir e B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Cricket Chirps. (B y E. H. D. S e w e ll.) Pride of place must be given this week (ending 6 p.m., July 14, so far as I am concerned) to the victory of Northants over Yorkshire. Without Wells and East too. This is easily the best thing this much-talked-of eleven has done, and has made them all the more talked of because on the evening of the second day it was odds on Yorkshire; if, indeed, it ever is odds on any side in this game. Said one very keen Northamptonite to me on the Thurs­ day :— “ Look at the maiden overs Smith and Thompson bowled! They must have bowled well, e h ? ” Doesn’t in the least follow, laddie. When Yorkshire went in for that second knock the gam e they set themselves to play naturally meant maiden overs, quite irrespective of what the bowlers were doing. Thompson always was a length bowler, and difficult to score off with certainty. Smith, on the contrary, is generally offering runs to anyone who can bat. But whether their numerous maidens meant heaven-sent bowling or not, in the end Yorkshire had to knuckle under. It doesn’t do to say anything against K ilner; but had he not got out on the Wednesday Yorkshire and not Northants would have won. It is a very rare thing in the history of Yorkshire cricket for their Nos. 8, 9, and 10 to fail as they did in this innings. Any number of Yorkshire’s greatest successes have been achieved by the runs from those three numbers, aided and abetted of course, in days past, by sturdy David Hunter. The inhabitants of the cricket hutch have a perfect right to expect Nos. 1 to 4 or 5 to do the big jobs, but no more right than have Messieurs 1 to 5 to expect twenties to forties from Nos. 8 to 10, plus sensible batting. It may be recorded that the “ incident ” at Blackheath was somewhat exaggerated in having been termed an “ incident ” at all, and that had the arrangements for the departure of the players from the field of play into the pavilion been what they might have been, no cause for an “ incident” could have arisen. So I am told by one of the most keen of Kentish men. It was a “ rum ” gam e at the Oval, and no mistake, that one between the Gentlemen and P layers! Spectators and the uninitiated— the two are not always the sam e!— some­ times do not understand the why and the wherefore for such happenings as a strong batting side all out 139, followed by another strong batting side being settled for 131, on a fine-weather w icket at the Oval in July. Well, perhaps a young friend of mine who hops it on the light fantastic can supply a clue to at least one plausible reason for the mystery. He was returning from the gay ball-dance, and was driving through the Kennington district somewhere about 4 a.m . on Thursday, and it was raining. Such a shower would upset the cleverest work of the cleverest groundsman, and although the worthies who see to these thin gs.at the Oval knew nothing of this shower, the milk in the cocoanut seems accounted for. Another excellent reason is that these things do happen in cricket, and further that it’s possible either side took the bowling of the other a bit too much for granted until it was too late. There is nothing in Buckenham, Relf, Hearne, and Tarrant to make a side containing Warner, Kidd, Day, Falcon, Bird, Lagden, Jessop, and Simms think it isn’t good for 300 on an Oval wicket. Per contra, Hobbs, Tarrant, Quaife, Hearne, Seymour, Humphreys, Hardinge,