Cricket 1913

618 CR I CK E T : A W E E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. September 13, 1913. Gentlemen v. Players At Scarborough, September 4 , 5 , and 6. In anything but typical weather the spectators yet saw the best of cricket in this match. T h e y saw Morice B ird make 56 out of 95 in 90 minutes while in, and G ilbert Jessop hit up 119 out of 172 in 105 minutes— two 6’s, seventeen 4 's, no chance. Simms helped Jessop to add 62 for the sixth w icket. Before time the Players had lost three w ickets for 65 . Five were down for 68 on Friday : but Relf and Hirst added 94 in 80 minutes, and Hitch and Dolphin slammed up 67 for the last w icket in 25 . Relf batted 120 minutes, Hirst 80 , Hitch only 35 - The Surrey man hit three 6’s and six 4 ’s in his lusty 53 s . T h e Players had an unexpected lead of 4 runs. Fane and Bird put up 57 for the first w icket when the Gentlemen batted again ; Mason and Faulkner added 75 for the thi cl. Then came a slump. Rhodes took 3 for 3 , Hitch 3 for 1 , and 8 were out for 154 at call of time. An easy victory for the Players seemed in prospect. But Faulkner still remained, and Leveson- Gower stayed w ith him on Saturday morning. Th e ninth w icket had added 95 when the South African crack left for 101. He batted just on three hours, with a chance of stumping at 31 and an easy chance to mid- off at 98 ; but, mistakes admitted, the innings was a fine one, He hit nine 4 ’s. Leveson-Gower was in 90 minutes, playing particularly plucky cricket at a critical time. The Players needed 252 for victory, and lost 5 for 55 . Then came another of the timely stands that marked this match. Hirst and Booth added 80 in 70 minutes. Hirst left, and Dolphin soon followed ; but Hitch again hit out splendidly (four 6’s and seven 4 ’s were included in his score), and he and Booth added 90 in 37 minutes. Six o’clock, time for drawing stumps, and the fall of Booth’s w icket for an excellent 56 were practically coincident. But only 12 were needed for victory, and it was resolved to play out the game. If Hitch could only have got the bow ling it is likely the Players would have w on ; b it after Blythe had hit a no-ball for 4 and an extra had accrued Jessop got the Kent man caught, and a splendid struggle ended in a victory for the Gentlemen by 6 runs. G e n t l e m e n . First Inuiugs. F. L. Fane, c Seymour, b Booth ... 9 M. C. Bird, b Hearne (J. W.) ... ... 56 G . A . Faulkm r, c Hirst, b Booth ... 1 J. R. Mason, b Hitch ... ............ 23 J. W. H. T. Douglas, b Hitch ............ 5 G. L. JesFop, b Blythe ... ............ 119 H. L. Simms, b Booth ... 20 W. S. Bird, b Blythe ... ......... 23 H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, c Sc.\mour, b Second Inniug'. b H itch .................................... 21 b H itch ........................ ... 42 c Hirst, b Hitch ............. ioi c Hobbs, b Rhodes ... ... 34 can d b Rhodes .............. 2 c Hoarne, b R hodes.............. 2 b Hitch ... .... ... 2 c Dolphin, b Hitch ... ... 0 Relf (A. E.). ........................ 3 n o to u t.............. ... 29 I). W. Carr, not out 0 c Dolphin, b Hitch ... 0 G. G. Napier, b Blythe ... .............. 0 b H ilc li........................ 1 B 2, 1-b 5 7 B 20, n-b 1 ... 21 ' Total 266 T o t a l............. ... 255 P layers . First Innings. Second Innings. Hobbs, b Napier ... ......................... 26 c Douglas, b Napier ... 6 Rhodes, b Douglas ... ............... 11 c W. s. Bird, b Douglas ... 22 Seymour (Jas.), b Napier........................ 21 b Napier 3 Hearnc (J. W.), c W. S. Bird, b Simms 3 b Douglas ............. ... 12 Humphreys, run out ........................ 1 c and b Simms... 3 Relf (A.E.), b Faulkner ............. 65 c Jessop, b Simms 6 Hirst, b Faulkner ... ............. 51 lbw, b N a p ie r............. ... 49 Bo *th, c Douglas, b F au lkn er............. 2 c W. S. Bird, b Douglas ... 56 Hitch, not out .................................... 53 not o u t ................................. ... 68 Blvthe, c Gower, b Faulkner .............. 0 c Napier, b Jessop 4 Dolphin, c M. C. Bird, b Faulkner ... 21 b Douglas 1 B 10, 1-^5, n-b 1 ........................ 16 B 8 , 1-b 6 , n-b 1 ... ... 15 Toial................................. . 270 T o t a l...................... ... 245 P l a y k h 8’ B o w lin g A n a l y s is O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W ............ 19 3 60 3 10 2 39 0 15-1 3 50 3 15 2 41 0 ............ 8 0 34 1 5 0 14 0 ............ 8 2 60 2 22 4 59 7 ............ 3 0 19 0 7 1 24 0 ............. 9 1 36 1 10 3 28 0 n o -b all in second in n in gs. G i - n t l e m e n ’ s B o w lin g A n a l y s is . 10 4 29 3 o . M. R. w. O . M . R. w ............ 17 3 46 2 22 7 64 3 13 0 £8 1 8 0 32 2 ............ 10 0 33 1 19 4 53 4 ............ 9 2 29 0 3 0 30 0 ............ 5 2 10 0 3 0 11 0 13-2 2 68 5 10 0 35 0 .................. — — — — ... 1 0 5 1 Booth ... Blythe ... Hearne ... Hitch Hirst Relf (A. E.) Rhodes ... N apier ... Simms ... Douglas ... Carr Mason Faulkner Jessop ... Napier bowled. 1 no-ball first innings, Simms 1 in second. Umpires—Butt and Harrison. Lord Londesborough’s XL v. Kent. At Scarborough, September 8, 9 , and 10 . This was a disappointing game after the first day. On Monday Jessop won the toss from Mason. Hearne, missed at 6, played a, characteristically good innings of 102 , one 5 and ten 4 ’s included. Jessop hit in his own inimitable style. In an hour he made 116 of 138 , punishing Carr for 26 in one over. He gave no chance. In a bad light Kent lost 3 for 37 , and next morning only Hubble did anything. He batted very soundly indeed for 105 minutes. There was nothing remarkable about the second innings of the England eleven, except for Huish’s accomplishment of the big feat of taking 100 wicke'.s behind the stumps during the season— he had 8 in this match. Hearne batted 75 minutes for his 45 , and Simms and Booth hit up 57 in 25 minutes together. Kent again made a deplorable start (4 for 32 before time), and on W ednesday were beaten by 337 runs, Troughton alone making any real stand. L o r d L o n d e sb o r o u g ii ’ s E l e v e n . First Innings. Hobbs, lbw, b Fairservice Rhodes, c Mason, bCarr ............. 19 Hearne (J.W.), c Troughton, b BlyUie 102 Keif (A.E.), lbw, b Mason ............. 32 G. A. Faulkner, c Huish, b Fielder ... 17 G. L. Jessop, c Huish, b Fielder ... 116 Hitch, st Huish, b C a ri........................ 12 Booth, c Huish, b C a r r ........................ 0 H. L. Simm?, c Jennings b Carr ... 0 Barnes, c Huish, b Fielder ... ... 7 W . S. Bird, not out ... ... ... 0 B 19, w 1, n-b 1 ... .............. 21 Second Innings. 1 c Huish, b Humphreys c Mason, b Fielder ... c Carr, b Humphreys l Hui-h, b Carr c Humphreys, b Carr c Huish, b Carr c Moon, bCarr not o u t........................ c Hubble, b Fairservice c Fairservice, b Mason c Fairservice, b Mason B 1, 1-b 6 , n-b 5 Total ... First Innings. J. R. Mason, b Booth ....................... Humphreys, c Faulkner, b Barnes Seymour (Jas.), b Barnes Hubble, lbw, b Rhodes............. L. H. W. Troughton, c Relf, b Booth Jennings, b Booth........................ Huish, c Hitch, b Booth....................... Fairservice, c Relf, b Booth D. W. Carr, b Rhodes ............. Blythe, run out ... ...................... Fielder, not out .............. B 14,1-b 4, n b l ... ... 102 K e n t . Total . Second Innings, c Bird, b Barnes c Relf, b Booth c and b Barnes b Barnes .............. c Barnes, b Hitch ... c Rhodes, b Barnes ... st Bird, b Barnes b Hitch............. not out ... b Hitch .............. b Barne? .............. B 6 .............. Total ... 109 Total 27 6 45 4 24 8 5 26 36 17 10 12 2 2 12 2 34 16 7 14 6 0 1 6 102 K en t b o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . o. M. R. W. o . M. R. w . 17-1 1 83 3 11 1 36 1 11 1 21 1 11 1 50 1 12 1 79 4 9 2 41 4 16 1 72 1 — — — — 8 1 40 1 .. 3.2 0 17 2 1 0 11 0 12 0 64 2 Fielder ............. Fairservice .............. Carr ... .............. Blythe ...................... Mason ........................ Humphreys .............. Fairservice bowled 1 wide, Fielder 2 n-b in first innings; Fielder 4, Humphreys 1 n-b in second.