Cricket 1914

M a y 16, 1914. THE WORLD OF CRICKET. 155 M.C.C. v. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. At Lord’s, May 5, 6, and 7. Including as it did Tarrant, Pegler, Douglas, young Hearne, Thompson, and Morton, the premier club’s side looked very strong indeed in bowling, whereas Notts, with Wass as No. 8, undoubtedly had a longish tail. But with the exception of George Gunn all the batsmen on the county side came off, and the result was a first day total of 446 for 4. John Gunn and Lee added 130 for the second wicket in 130 minutes, and Lee and Whysall 175 for the third in much quicker time—in 95 minutes ; while at the call of time Iremonger and A. O. Jones (whom everyone was pleased to see getting them again in old-time style after his severe illness) had put on 93 unparted. They added 18 more on Thursday morning, and the innings thus included three partnerships of over 100. But Tarrant did some slaughter among the rabbits, and the venture closed for 474. Lee batted 4 hours, hit 15 fours, and gave no chance ; Whysall was only in a trifle over half as long, and also gave no chance, hitting a six, a five, and 12 fours ; John Gunn batted over two hours, Jones only 85 minutes, Iremonger 2 hours 10 minutes. The second day’s play was shortened by rain. Mclver and Tarrant put up 80 unparted for M.C.C., and on Friday morning took their first wicket partnership to 124, made in 90 minutes. Lee’s running catch, dismissing Tarrant, was a good one. No one else except Douglas, who batted 85 minutes for his 45, did very much, Barratt, the colt from Annesley, a tall youngster who bowls fairly fast, distinguishing himself greatly. Not often has it chanced to any bowler to get such figures as 8 for 91 on his first appearance in big cricket. Following on in a minority of 294. the M.C.C. lost four good men (all to John Gunn’s bowling) for 42 ; but then Douglas and Thompson—it would not be easy to pick two men better suited for such a crisis—made a determined stand, counting runs less valuable than time, and by adding 67 in 70 minutes brought about a draw. N o t t in g h a m s h ir e . Gunn (G ), lbw, b Douglas.. 3 Lee (G. M.), c Tarrant, b Morton .. .. . . 126 Gunn (J.), c Drummond, b Douglas .. .. 67 Whysall, c Hearne, b Morton 112 Iremonger, not out .. .. 62 A. O. Jones, b Douglas .. 66 Oates, lbw, b Tarrant .. 1 Wass, c Hearne, b Tarrant Richmond, lbw, b Tarrant.. Bower, b Tarrant Barratt, b Douglas B 25, lb 10 Total M.C.C. B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Douglas, 30-3-4-86-4 ; Tarrant, 29-3-103-4 ; Pegler, 12-0-52-0 ; Thompson, 13-1-56-0 ; Haig, 3-0-10-0. Hearne, 13-1-50-0; Morton, 26-4-82- M.C.C. First Innings. C. D. Mclver, b Barratt .. .. 65 Tarrant, c Lee, b Barratt .. .. 62 Hearne (J. W.), b Barratt .. 14 R. H. Twining, b Barratt .. .. 5 J. W. H. T. Douglas, c and b Rich­ mond .. .. .. 45 Thompson, c and b Barratt .. 1 Morton, c Jones, b Barratt .. 17 N. Haig, b Richmond .. .. 9 A. V. Drummond, b Barratt .. 16 F. R. R. Brooke, not out .. .. 25 S. J. Pegler, b Barratt .. .. 8 B 3, lb 10 .. .. 13 Second Innings, b Gunn (J*.) .. lbw, b Gunn (J.) lbw, b Gunn (J.) not out c Wass, b Bower b Lee st Oates, b Lee c Gunn (G.), b Gunn ( J . ) ....................... not out Total N o tt s B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . F i r s t I n n in g s : —Wass, 13-3-49-0: Barratt, 35-3-13-91-8; Rich­ mond, 29-0-107-2 ; Bower, 6-2-20-0. S e c o n d I n n in g s : —Iremonger, 18-6-31-0; Gunn (J.), 20-4-48-4; Bower, 13-2—31-1 ; Lee, 10-1-21-2. Umpires : Atfield and West. In Yorkshire Council matches Pontefract defeated Scarborough by 5 runs—144 to 139. York beat Harrogate by 4 runs—125 to 121. Rain nearly robbed Morley of victory over Spen Victoria ; the game was finished in a heavy downpour, which started within a few minutes of time when Morley were 160 for 4 to the Victoria’s 164. A m o n g bowler’s sutcesses in Council matches may be mentioned Oyston’s 5 for 41 (Leeds v. Brighouse), Sutton’s 6 for 18 (Halifax v. Rastrick, Brookes’s 7 for 23 (Elland v. Batlev), K. A . Lister-Kaye’s 6 for 63 (York v. Harrogate), and C. Clarkson’s 9 for 35 (King Cross v. Bradford). O l d r o y d made 78 (Dewsbury and Savile v. Heckmondwike), bringing his total for the season to 253 for once out, as his previous scores were 121 and 54*. Cole scored 81* for Bowling Old Lane v. Wakefield. F o r Kirkburton v. Golcar (Huddersfield League) Schofield took 6 for 13, the hat trick included. Dodson had 6 for 12 (Slaithwaite v. Lockwood). Meol secured 6 for 19 (Linthwaite Hall v. Meltham Mills), and Potter 7 for 27 (Honley v. Kirkheaton). CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY FRESHMEN’S MATCH. At Fenner’s, May 7 and 8. An account of the game will be found under ’Varsity Notes. Here it need only be said that of the 22 engaged three (Leggatt, Lawrence, and Dunning) hail from Eton, two (Morrison and Fosdick) from Charterhouse, two (Powell and Bcardmore) from Loretto, and one each from Rossall (Brundrett), Taunton (Mar­ shall), Westminster (Kann), Mill Hill (Aitken), Stourbridge (Perks), Haileybury (Mackenzie), Wellington, South Africa (De Villiers), Wellington (Bartlett), Tonbridge (Musson), Glenalmond (Colquhoun), Oakham (Humfrey), Melbourne (Garrett), Uppingham (Stephen), Weymouth (Kennedy), and Clifton (Mackay). M r. G. H. S a v i l l e ’s XI. First Innings. Second Innings. R. G. Morrison, c Bartlett, b Beardmore 11 c Kennedy, b De Villiers 11 L. C. Leggatt, b Humfrey 116 lbw, b De Villiers . . 12 F. Brundrett, b De Villiers 9 st Bartlett, b De Villiers 11 L. P. Marshall, c Mackay, b Kennedy 12 b Stephen 1 L. M. Powell, c and b Stephen 22 st Bartlett, b Stephen 5 J. H. Fosdick, b Bcardmore 38 b De Villiers 11 P. W. G. Kann, lbw, b De Villiers .. 26 c De Villiers, b Stephen • 8 D. B. Aitken, not out 61 lbw, b Stephen 0 C. H. Lawrence, c Stephen, b De Villiers 5 c and b Stephen 2 W . L. Perks, lbw, b Stephen 2 c Mackay, b Stephen 1 K. N. Mackenzie, b Mackay 8 not out 0 B 8, lb 3, w 1, nb 1 13 Total 323 Total 66 35 . . 474 B o w l in g A n a l y s is — M r . L a g d e n ’ s X I . F i r s t I n n in g s :—Beardmore, 19-1-69-2 ; De Villiers, 17-0-53-3 Kennedy, 7-0-31-1 ; Dunning, 6-1-22-0 ; Mackay, 8-1-1-34-1 Stephen, 16-2-73-2 ; Humfrey, 4-0-28-1. Mackay one wide, Stephen one nb S e c o n d I n n in g s :—Beardmore, r-0-6-0 ; De Villiers, 12-0-27-4 ’* Stephen, 12-0-33-6. M r . R . B . L a g d e n ’ s X I . First Innings. D. 1 . De Villiers, run out 9 Second Innings, c Kann, b Mackenzie 6 - E. G. Bartlett, c Perks, b Mackenzie 8 b Mackenzie 6 ■2; F. W. Musson, c Fosdick, b Leggatt J. C. Colquhoun, c Kann, b Leggatt 68 b Mackenzie .. 0 18 b Mackenzie 2 G. H. Dunning, c Kann, b Leggatt 15 b Morrison 28 S. H. G. Humfrey, b Leggatt 9 c Marshall, b Leggatt 29 18 H. F. Garrett, lbw, b Mackenzie .. 10 c and b Mackenzie .. 25 8 F. G. Stephen, not out 13 c and b Mackenzie .. 4 1 1 7 W. G. M. Beardmore, c Lawrence, b Mackenzie 0 c Marshall, b Morrison 5 F. R. Kennedy, b Leggatt 9 not out 8 33 C. L. Mackay, b Leggatt 0 c Brundrett, b Morrison 0 32 B 1, lb 2, w 3 .. 6 Byes 12 5 Total 165 Total 125 5 B o w l in g A n a l y s is — M r . G. H. S a v il l e ’ s XI. B 3, lb 3 •• •• 6 .. 280 Total (for 7 wkts.) .. 137 F i r s t I n n in g s : —Mackenzie, 15-1-58-3 ; Aitken, 3-1-12-0 ; Powell, 7-2-23-0; Kann, 5-1-12-0; Lawrence, 12-2-29-0; Leggatt, 12-1- 2-26-6. Aitken two wides, Powell one wide. S e c o n d I n n in g s :—Mackenzie, 14-4-35-6 ; Lawrence, 7-3-10-0 ; Kann, 3-0-10-0 ; Leggatt, 6-0-26-1 ; Powell, 3-0-17-0 ; Morrison, 6-4-1-15-3. Umpires :—Bailey and O’Connor. In the North Staffordshire League the Knypersley 1/...Stoke match fell through owing to the fact that Percival Briggs, the Stoke captain and Staffordshire Hon. Sec., fell unconscious as he was walking across the ground to inspect the wicket. He remained insensible for several holirs, but had sufficiently recovered to be taken home on Saturday night. Everyone who knows Percy Briggs—an excellent cricketer, a rare worker in the cause of the game, and a charming personality— will hope to hear soon that he is quite well again. B a r n e s took 6 for 18 for Porthill Park, who easily beat Longton, although Barber, the Longton pro (5 for 27) also put in some effective work. R i l e y (Notts) had 7 for 38 for Oldfields v. Silverdale, but in spite of this Silverdale won by 9 runs. Mills (Gloucestershire) took 7 for 46 for Burslem, who beat Fenton easily. Deyes (Yorkshire) lowered 6 for 32 for Stone v. Leek, and Day (Lincolnshire) 5 for 31 for Leek v. Stone. Leek won by the narrow margin of 3 runs. C r e w e A l e x a n d r a made 85 v. Tunstall, and left their opponents only 45 minutes in which to make a bid for victory. But the runs were hit off, thanks to the punishing tactics of Skellum and Crump. The latter also took 7 for 39, and had a very big share in his side’s success.