Cricket 1914

M a y 9, 1914. THE WORLD OF CRICKET. I 35 SURREY v. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. At the Oval, May, 2, 4, and 5. As far as Kennington is concerned, the efficacy of the Saturday start has been placed well beyond doubt- Saturday last was scarcely an enticing day for the spectator, yet he rolled up in his thousands—nearly 4000, anyway. Northants made a capital start on their season’s work. Sydney Smith and East, though the latter was very slow, added 97 for the fourth wicket, and Woolley and Thompson put on 71 for the sixth. Thompson hit 11 fours. Wells gave Woolley efficient help, and 85 were added for the eighth wicket in 45 minutes. Woolley’s very fine innings contained one six, 2 fives, and 12 fours. It is referred to elsewhere in this number. Surrey had lost Hobbs before call of time, when 38 had been scored. Their display on Monday w*as disappointing. Hayward showed his old form, and Wilkinson and Fender put in some good hitting ; but the rest did very little, and found Wells difficult to score from. Before the end of the day the Midland county had established what looked like a winning position. To start with Denton and East sent up 51 ; then Haywood, playing very bright cricket, and Denton added 83 in 50 minutes, the professional’s 60 including a five and 10 fours, the young amateur’s steady 61 lasting 2\ hours : and, after the fifth wicket had fallen at 209, the captain and Woolley added 78 unparted. Rain delayed matters on Tuesday. Intent on forcing a win, Smith rightly declared at once ; but Tom Hayward and the weather soon put victory for Northants out of the question. The veteran made 56 out of 99 ; Goatly, never very comfortable, managed to stay 85 minutes ; and, after the danger was over, Wilkinson hit out in great style, scoring 62 of 73 while in. One five and 8 fours w’ere included. Ducat was steady and stolid, but Fender also put in some hard hitting. Northants took points for a first innings’ lead. N o r t h a m p t o n s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. W. H. Denton, b Hitch 4 c & b Fender 61 East, b Hitch 26 c Ducat, b Fender .. 30 Hayw'ood, b Smith 3 c Wilkinson, b Hitch 60 S. G. Smith, c Hayward, b Smith.. 66 not out 72 Thompson, b Smith 56 c Strudwick, b Hitch 15 S. F. Smith, b Hitch 6 b Smith 5 Woolley (C. N.), not out 92 not out 40 Walden, b Hitch 3 Wells, b Hitch ........................ 25 Buswell, retired hurt 0 Murdin, c Strudwick, b Hitch 0 B 9, lb 3, w 1, nb 3 16 Lb 4 4 Total ■297 Total (for 5wkts., dec.) 287 S u r r e y B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . F ir s t In n in g s . —Hitch, 20*3-4-89-6 ; Smith, 30-4-96-3 ; Rushby, 13-4-38-0 ; Fender, 10-2-43-0 ; Hayes, 5-2-15-0. Hitch bowled 1 wide, 3 nb. S e c o n d In n in g s . —Smith, 17-3-54-1 ; Hitch, 23-1-106-2 ; Fender, 18-6-57-2 ; Rushby, 12-4-27-0 ; Hayes, 8-3-19-0; Goatly, 4-1-20-0. S u r r e y . First Innings. Second Innings. Hayward, c Denton, b S. G. Smith.. 43 c Thompson, b S. G. Smith .. .. 56 Hobbs, c Buswell, b Wells .. 19 b Thompson .. .. 10 Hayes, c S. G. Smith, b Thompson.. 13 c Denton,b Thompson 14 Goatly, c Thompson, b S. G. Smith 5 b Thompson .. .. 35 Ducat, st Buswell, b S. G. Smith . 2 not out .. .. 36 C. T. A. Wilkinson, c East, b Murdin 36 c Denton, b Thompson 62 P. G. H. Fender, c Buswell, b Wells 26 not out .. .. 44 Hitch, c Wells, b Murdin '.. .. 6 Strudwick, c Thompson, b Wells .. o Smith (W. C.), not out .. .. o Rushby, b Wells .. .. .. o B 4, lb 2, nb 1 .. .. 7 B 5, lb 1....6 Total •• 157 Total (5 wkts.) 263 N o r t h a m p t o n s h ir e B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . F ir s t In n in g s . —Wells, 15*4-4-30-4 ; S. G. Smith, 29-12-58-3 ; Murdin, 5-1-16-2 ; East, 1-1-0-0; Thompson, 17-3-46-1. Wells delivered one no-ball. S e c o n d In n in g s . —Wells, 6-1-22-0; Thompson, 37-3-124-4 ; S. G. Smith, 29-9-69-1; East, 11-7-13-0; Murdin, 6-0-29-0. Umpires : Roberts and Trott. A curious coincidence marked the Lincoln Lindum v. Grantham matches. First and second teams of the sides were in opposition; in each case a draw resulted ; in each case Grantham were 13 runs short of the Lindum score at the finish, with 3 wickets to go in the first teams’ match at Grantham, and 4 at Lincoln, where the second teams played. There was no big scoring in the first XI game ; but at Lincoln J. R. Brailsford played a very fine innings of 72 for the home side, and F. Geeson (son of the old Lincolnshire. Leicestershire, and Lord’s staff pro.) made 93 in great style for the visitors. Sleaford easily beat Rushton’s (Lincoln)—148 to 45. Comer scored 50 for the winners. LEICESTERSHIRE v. ESSEX. At Leicester, May 2, 4, and 5. It was rather an unfamiliar-looking Essex team that turned out at Leicester, lacking as it did P. A. Perrin, F. L. Fane, Charles McGahey, Buckenham, and Walter Mead. Capt. W. M. Turner, returned to the side after an absence of some years in India, made more runs than anyone else on the side, and took half-a-dozen catches. The first and third davs provided cricket of the undistinguished type ; the chief feature of’ the second day’s plav was a partnership of 180 in 2\ hours for the fifth wicket bv Cecil Wood and Coe, each of whom reached three figures. Wood was badly missed at 6 ; he scored pretty fast at the outset,but later relapsed into his usual steady methods. Coe’s innings was quiteone of his best. Shipman bit out hard, and he and Sharp added 91 runs in the brief space of 40 minutes, the fast bowler’s 65 including a six and 8 fours. King’s bowling in the last innings met with considerable success. The midland county won by 239 runs. L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. C. J. B. Wood, c. Turner, b Douglas 12 c Turner, b Douglas.. 120 Whitehead (H.), c Turner, b Smith 34 c Mead, b Davies .. 7 King (J. H.), b Tremlin .. .. 12 c Douglas, b Smith .. 3 Coe, b Tremlin .. .. .. 2 c Mclver, b Douglas.. 116 A. T. Sharp, b Douglas .. .. 27 c Douglas, b Hills .. 41 W. N. Riley, lbw, b Tremlin .. 13 b Douglas .. .. o H. Wright, not out .. .. .. 9 c Turner, b Davies .. 1 Shipman, c Mead, b Douglas .. 5 c Turner, b Hills .. 65 Geary, c Mclver, b Tremlin .. 2 not out .. .. 6 Sidwell, b D ouglas......................... 1 c Smith, b Davies .. 13 Skelding, c Davies, b Tremlin .. 3 c Turner, b Douglas . . 2 B 2, lb 2 .. .. .. 4 B 11, lb 2 .. .. 13 Total .. .. 124 Total .. .. 387 E s s e x B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . F ir s t In n in g s . —Douglas, 20-1-61-4; Tremlin, 22*3-5-48-5 ; Smith, 3-0-11-1. S e c o n d In n in g s . —Douglas, 23-2-78-4 ; Tremlin, 22-4-87-0; Mead, 12-1-43-0; Davies, 33-8-78-3 ; Smith, 5-0-34-1 ; Hills, 8*5-0-42-2 ; Turner, 3-0-.11-0. E s s e x . First Innings. Second Innings. C. D. Mclver, c Whitehead, b Skelding 7 c Sidwell, b Skelding . Russell (A. C.), c Whitehead, b Sk’ding 3 b King Freeman (J. R.), c Sidwell, b Ship- man .. .. .. 35 c Sharp, b Skelding .. 6 Capt. W. M. Turner, c Wright, b Skelding .. .. .. .. 25 c Shipman, b King .. 36 G. B. Davies, c Wright, b Skelding.. 2 c Sharp, b King J. W. H. T. Douglas, c & b King .. 17 c Riley, b King Capt. A. C. Watson, b Geary .. 24 st Sidwell, b King Smith, b Geary .. .. .. 5 b Geary .. .. 2 Hills, not out .. .. .. 9 c Whitehead, b Geary o Tremlin, b Shipman .. .. .. 9 not out .. .. 3 Mead (H.), b Shipman .. .. o c Sharp, b Gearv ..2 B 4, lb 1, nb 2 .. ..7 B 2, lb 5 ..7 37 16 8 Total M 3 Total 129 L e ic e s t e r s h ir e B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . F ir s t In n in g s . —Skelding, 17-2-56-4; Geary, 20-5-34-2; Ship­ man, 8*3-1-27-3 ; King, 4-0-19-1. Skelding and Shipman bowled a no-ball each. S e c o n d In n in g s .— Skelding, 12-2-41-2 ; Geary, 15*3-5-36-3 ; King, 19-7-26-5 ; Riley, 1-0-2-0 ; Shipman, 3-0-17-0. Umpires : Moss and Atfield. ESTA B L ISH ED 1847. 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