Cricket 1913

442 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 26, 1913. Buckinghamshire v. Wiltshire. A t B letch ley P a rk , J u ly i8th and igth. T h e visitors won a m atch of sm all scores by q 6 runs, a result which looked very u n lik e ly when, at the outset, they were dis­ m issed (one man absent) for 75, the Bucks captain bow ling in deadly form . B ut they had the best of the w icket when th ey batted again on F rid ay afternoon. R. W . Aw d ry played quite the innin gs of the m atch, and T . S. Lu ce and D. C. B row n made u sefu l scores, so that at the end of the first day they were 142 on, w ith 2 w ickets in hand, a position which le ft the gam e fa irly open, in view of the w eather and w icket conditions. C. W . H um and O verton made some u sefu l runs on Satu rd ay m orning a fter h eavy ra in ; but during lunch the Sun came out, the pitch caked, and M itch ell, the W ilts left-hander, had the pleasure of operat­ in g on a bit of birdlim e that made him p ra ctica lly u np lay­ able. T h e an alysis w ould seem to show that he could not be got aw ay at a ll, and that N ewm an could on ly be hit at in tervals and w ith difficulty. T h e B ucks ta il did better than the earlier batsmen, but could not do enough to re­ trieve the bad start. First Innings. W iltsh ir e . Second Innings. T. S. Luce, b Wright ............... Newman (A.), b W righ t........................... C. S. Awdry, c and b Fairbaitn J. R. Taylor, c Le Gros, b Sewell D. C. Brown, c Franklin, b'Sewell R. W . Awdry, c Lister, b:Wright G. W. Mathews st Franklin, b Sewell C. W . Hum , c Adams, b Sewell Overton, c Franklin, b S ew ell............... M itchel!, not o u t ....................................... E. J. Watts, absent ........................... E x t r a s ....................................... Total ....................................... First Innings. B u c k in g h a m s h ir e . Second Innings. 16 lbw, b S ew ell......................... 29 5 C Sewell, b W right 9 3 c Sewell, b W r ig h t............. 9 9 b Fairbairn 18 3 c Fairbairn, b Wright 22 4 c M ackey, b F r it h ............. 52 5 c Franklin, b Fairbairn 7 7 b Sewell .. ............. 28 10 not o u t..................................... 14 14 st Franklin, b Sewell 4 0 b Sewell ........................ 2 9 Extras 19 75 T o ta l........................ 213 E. H. D. Sewell, b Newman ............... W. B. Franklin, c R. Awdry, b M itchell W . Adams, c R. Awdry, b Mitchell P. W. Le Gros, lbw, b M itchell P. L. Frith, c and b M itchell ... C . W. Lister, b M itchell ............... S. G. Fairbairn, b Overton ............... B. H. G. Shaw, b Overton T.M .Brocklehurst,c R.Awdry.b M itchell D. L. L. M ackey, st Luce, b Mitchell M. Wright, not out ........................... E x tr a s ................................................... Total 26 st Luce, b M itchell ... 5 lbw, b M itchell 7 b Mitchell 0 b Mitchell ............... 25 c Overton, b Newman 7 c Overton, b Mitchell 9 not o u t ........................... 8 c Overton, b Newman 3 hit wkt, b Mitchell 1 C R. Awdry, b Mitchell 0 c R. Awdry, b Newman 11 Extras 102 Total Fairbairn Frith ... W right Sewell............. Brocklehurst M itchell Newman Overton ia m s h ir e B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y SIS. O . M . R . w . O . M . R . w. 7 2 9 1 12 2 44 1 3 0 13 0 3 1 11 1 11 2 22 3 23 3 48 3 72 4 22 5 255 3 87 4 * 3 2 4 0 'SHIRE B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . O . M . R . W. O . M . R . w- 23’4 7 49 7 28 13 13 7 16 8 31 1 22 11 53 3 7 1 11 2 7 0 19 0 M itchell delivered 2 no-balls. Kent v. Yorkshire. rendered Friday a blank day. On Saturday, however, it was still worse, with the result that this most interesting fixture in the County Championship had to be left half finished. Y o r k s h ir e . Rhodes, c Seymour, b Woolley 21 W ilson,B.B.,st Huish,b Fairservice 5 Denton, c Powell, b Blythe ... 19 Kilner, hit wkt, b Woolley ... 27 Hirst, c Dillon, b Blythe ... 0 Drake, c Dillon, b Blythe ... 0 Booth, c Seymour, b Blythe ... 12 Birtles, b Blythe ........................... 8 Haigh, c Fairservice, b Woolley 0 Sir A.VV.White,c Blythe,b Woolley 4 Dolphin, not o u t ........................... 0 E x t r a s ...................................... 4 Total ............... K ent B ow sers ’ A nalysis . 100 K e n t . Humphreys, c Birtles, b Drake 5 Hardinge, st Dolphin, b Rhodes 7 Seymour, Jas., b H ir s t............... 75 W oolley,F.F.,c Wilson,b Rhodes 12 Hubble, c Birtles, b Khodes ... 6 E.W .Dillon,c Dolphin,b Drake 8 A. P. Day, b Drake ............... 0 W. A . Powell, b H ir s t ............... 2 Huish, b Rhodes........................... 10 Fairservice, b R h o d e s............... 3 Blythe, not out ........................... 0 Extras ........................... 7 Total ........................... 135 Y o r k s h ir e B o w l k r s ’ A n u . y k is . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W Blythe 24’3 10 30 3 Hirst 16 6 28 2 Woolley ... 27 10 40 4 I rake 11 5 23 3 1 Fairservice 11 3 26 1 Rhodes 13-4 34 2 5 Woolley deliver* d 1 no ball. Haigh 5 0 18 0 Kilner 2 0 11 0 Boot h 2 0 6 0 6 12 11 18 0 0 22 6 6 2 2 5 At Tunbridge Wells, July 1 7 th, belore 6,000 people, Feebleness against Blythe and Woolley characterised the Tykes’ batting, and Rhodes took over an hour for his 2 1 . Kilner gave two chances in getting 27 , and then hit his wicket. Kent fared little better, having to thank Seymour, who scored 75 of 128 from the bat—a remarkable proportion. His effort was quite faultless and included seven 4 ’s. Rhodes was extraordinarily difficult to play, and Drake’s figures are also trustworthy. The deluge H irst delivered 1 and Drake 2 110 -balls. Umpires—Richardson and Parris. Hampshire v. Essex. At Portsmouth, July 1 7 , 18 , 19 . Essex lacked Davies and Gillingham, while Hants were without John­ ston. On a pitch always easy the home eleven ran up over 300 , nearly all the work of four men. The first wicket produced 72 in 50 minutes. Sprot’s 71 was the result of n o minutes’ skilful batting and included seven 4 ’s, four of them in one over from Louden. But the highest effort came from Remnant. He was in two hours for 80 * scoring a 5 and 8 4 ’s. For the ninth and tenth partnerships, Jaques and Kennedy helped him add 35 and 42 respectively. Louden had surprisingly good bowling figures. Half-an-hour’s batting by Essex produced 34 without loss, and on Friday a big fight for runs was seen. After being 72 for 1 , Essex were 88 for 3 , and it was only by hard struggling that they avoided a follow-on. Fane, Douglas, Mead, and Perrin were all 1. b. w; the two former were in 75 minutes for 28 and 90 minutes for 22 respectively. Newman bowled much the best, though 011 paper Brown’s 2 for 6 looks startling. Going in again 126 to the good, Hants had appreciably increased this lead with only two men out, when Walter Mead came on to bowl. The drying pitch exactly suited him, and in quick succession he sent back Philip Mead, Remnant, Sprot, and Jaques. At nightfall nine were out for only 1 1 5 , to which 19 were added on Saturday, when no play was practicable till after lunch. On such a pitch Essex never had the remotest chance of approaching the 261 wanted to win. Three men were quickly out for 8 , and four for 26 . Eventually the rain saved them, in conjunction with steadiness of Freeman, 32 s, and Tremlin, 3 1 .* When stumps were pulled up Essex wanted 121 with only three men to go. HAMPSHIRE. Stone, lbw, b Mead ... .............. Bowell, c Buekenham, b McGahey ... K. M. Sprot, b Louden .............. Mead (C. T\), c aud b Louden.............. Brown (G b T rem lin .............. Rev. W. Y. ephson, b Mead ... Remnant, not o u t.............. .............. Lieut. C. H. Abercrombie, b Douglas Isewman, Ibw, b Tremlin .............. A. Jaques, c and b Louden .............. Kennedy, Ibw, b Louden .............. Extras... .............. .............. Total .............. ............... 40 c Perrin, b Dougl-is ... 48 Ibw. b Tremlin 71 c Freeman, b Mead ... 4 b Mead ... 7 b M ead............... 8 b Louden ............... 80 c F.me, b Mead 14 c Russell, b Tremlin... 3 not o u t ........................... 15 b Mead ... 10 c and b Tremlin 18 Extras ................ 318 Total ... 15 1 10 23 10 19 8 6 19 7 6 10 134