Cricket 1914

I 40 THE WORLT) OF CRICKET. M a y 16, 1914. played very well, was his best partner. Most of the side hardly stayed long enough to give one a fair chance to size them up Aitken may be excepted ; he is a punishing batsman, and his 61* included a dozen boundaries. The bowling was poor. Lagden’s side gave rather a feeble display. Leggatt, who Was not considered much of a bowler at Eton last year, had most of them in trouble with his leg-breaks. Musson showed up well among the many failures, and his 68 was a real good knock. De Villiers and Stephen, after the rain which spoiled the wicket, bowled practically unchanged through the second innings of Saville’s side. Morrison’s modest 14 was top score. This is a brother of J. S. F., who laid on the wood so well in the Seniors’ match. Stephen’s slow twisters, bowled with a good length, did execution. The fielding was quite good, no catch being dropped. Lagden’s side needed 225 to win but never looked good for anything like the number, and, with the exceptions of Humfrey, Dunning, and Garrett, were easy victims. Mackenzie, who is quite fast, made them kick nastily, and one particular ball— th at off which De Villiers was caught— was a perfect brute. Fosdick and Bartlett, who shared the wicket-keeping job which Musson had to give up, are both men worth bearing in mind, and with Musson, Arnold, and Wood all available, the skipper may have do to a bit of thinking on this subject. SOME OF S A T U R D A Y ’S CEN TUR IES. W. R. Moon, 100, Butterflies v. Westminster School. W. P. Day, 103, Buckhurst Hill v. Derrick Wanderers. W. Lyon, 100*, Caterham v. Merstham. D. C. Lee, 114, Pinner v. Chiltern Wanderers. H. C. Grenside, 119*, Epsom v. Sutton. L. H. Read, 10 6 *, Cyphers v. Old Whitgiftians. W. J. Chattel!, 101*, Bickley Park v. Eltham. F. H. Liebenrood, 121*, Yellowhammers v. Sidcup. Corpl. B. Guildford, 102*, Loyal North Lancs. Regt. v. 1st Coldstream Guards. T. Millyard, 104*, St. John’s v. Selwyn, Cambridge. L. J. M. Peiris, 104, St. John’s v. Selwyn. L. A. N. Slocock, 114, Marlow v. Lullebrook. Maxwell, 100, Swansea v. Neath. S. W. Price, 113, St. Lawrence (Canterbury) v. Wye College. G. C. Toulmin, 100*, Reading School Common Room v. Hurst. C. N-. B. Hurt, 106*, Keble College v. Bedford G.S. R. M. Handfield-Jones, 151, St. Mary’s Hospital v. Chorley Wood. W. E. F. Cheesman, 103*, Hastings v. Southbourne. C. L. Mackay, 128*, Corpus v. Peterhouse, Cambridge. B. D. Hylton-Stewart, 120, Peterhouse v. Corpus. G. Trumble, 142, Eastbourne v. South Lynn. J. Goodman, 100*, West Drayton v. Hounslow. C e n t u r ie s o n M o n d a y , M a y i i . J. H. Ryan, 143, Capt. Sheppard’s XI v. Capt. Legard’s XI (Aldershot Command Trial Match). H. S. Malik, 100*, Balliol v. Hertford, Oxford. L. M. Powell, 123, Caius v , Pembroke, Cambridge. A. G. Ponsonby, i o i * > Trinity U v. Caius II, Cambridge. C e n t u r ie s o n T u e s d a y , M a y 12. A. F. Maynard, 159, Emmanuel v. Trinity, Cambridge. F. W. Musson, 100*, Emmanuel v. Trinity. Capt. Holdich, 114, R*G.A. v. R.N., Devonport. A. H. Perrott, 100*,. Capt. Legard’s XI v. Capt. Sheppard’s XI (Aider- shot Brigade Trial Match). B o w l e r s had the best of matters in the Lancashire League. Rishton put out Church for 20, F. Sinfield taking 5 for 14 and Newstead (York­ shire) 4 for 6. For Church Parkin (Durham) had 9 for 28, Rishton’s total being 74. William Cook (Lancashire) took 5 for 12 for Burnley v. Bacup, who were all out for 52. F. Stansiield (Todmorden v. Lower- house) had 7 for 48. Hargreaves (Haslingden v. Ramsbottom) took 6 for 48. L e a c h (Sussex) took 6 for 15 for Ramsbottom v. Nelson (all out 29). Crawford had 5 for 21 for East Lancashire v. Accrington. Colne beat Enfield by 2 runs— 55 to 53. For the losers Harrison (Durham) had 5 for 25. D e x t e r (8 for 6i> Oklham v. Littleborough), Ford (5 for 20) and Bowden (4 for 19), both for Littleborough, Berwick (6 for 26, Glossop v. Werneth), and Brook (6 for 32, Dukinfieid v. Crompton) were among the most successful bowlers in Central Lancashire League games. W ilk in s o n (Yorkshire) played the innings of the day in Birmingham League matches— 81* for Mitchell and Butler’s v. Smethwick. . Hawley had 6 wickets for 13 for Walsall v. West Bromwich Dartmouth, Lawson 7 for 23 for Moseley v. Kidderminster, and W. G. Gethin 6 for 46 fo Kidderminster. £be TKHorto of Cricket. E d i t o r : M r. A. C. M a c L a r e n . A s s is t a n t E d it o r a n d M a n a g e r : M r. J. N. P e n t e lo w . 61, TEMPLE CHAMBERS, TEMPLE AVENUE, EMBANKMENT, LONDON, E.C. Correspondence should be addressed to the E d ito r; sub­ scriptions, advertisements, and all communications on business matters to the Manager. Subscription rates : Inland, nine shillings per annum ; Overseas ten shillings. In order to give our Overseas Subscribers the same chance as others to come in at the old rates, we are extending the time limit for subscription at those rates to May 31st. This applies to all. The Old rates were 6/6 and 7/6. Pavilion Gossip. The stars and sounding vanities That half the crowd bewitch, What are they but inanities To him that treads the pitch ? — H e n r y N e w bo lt . T h e terrible biplane disaster a t A ldershot, which cost the lives of tw o gallan t men, brou gh t to a sum m ary finish the A ldershot Comm and trial gam e. T he aeroplanes had been hovering close to or over the ground for some hours. T his is the first instance on record of a cricket m atch ended th rough an aeroplane disaster. I t m a y n ot be th e last, b u t one hopes, on eve ry account, th a t it w ill be long before a parallel instance occurs. H a y e s ’s cen tu ry v. Som erset is his forty-second in first- class cricket a t home, and his second again st th e W estern cou nty. T h o u gh he has visited both A u stralia and South A frica, the old H onor O ak m an never m ade a three-figure score in a big m atch in either co u n try ; b u t he scored tw o centuries for Lord B rack le y ’s T eam in th e W est Indies in 1904-5. Y o r k s h ir e ’s la te st to ta l v. N o rth an ts is said to be the highest ever made b y the W h ite Rose shire against the M idland team . A . D . E . R ippo n , who p layed for Som erset a t the O val, is a journalist. He has a tw in brother who is also a capital cricketer, and m ay appear for th e cou n ty later. S l a te r w ill p ro b ab ly be given more w ork a t the crease for D erbyshire th is year. H e did so w ell in tw o or three of the earlier m atches of 1913 th a t it w as som ew h at sur­ prising he should have been treated m erely as a change bow ler later. W o r c ester sh ir e ’ s side, w ith on ly one F oster (M. K .) and w ith out G. H . Sim pson -H ayw ard and A rn old, looked a trifle th in on paper. T he new cap tain , W . H . T ay lo r, is n ot lik ely to have a v e ry easy tim e of it. P ity th a t C uffe’s battin g should have fallen off so m uch ! E v e n so, how ever, it is queer to see him marked No. 10 on the card. P . P . H o pe , who appeared for Som erset a t the O val, p la yed for D orset last year, averagin g betw een 15 and 16 p er innings, and tak in g 12 w ickets a t 31 each. C. T . A . W ilk in so n , the new Surrey skipper, evid en tly believes in em ploying H itch in com p aratively short b u t frequen t spells. F or a bow ler whose run is so long and who takes so m uch ou t of him self, this is u nd ou btedly the best method.