Cricket 1914

M a y i 6 , 1914. THE WORLD OF CRICKET. 157 LEICESTERSHIRE v. LANCASHIRE. At Leicester, May 9, 11, and 12. The visitors lacked A. C. MacLaren, who was prevented at almost the last minute from playing, and the home side W. N. Riley, now in residence at Cambridge. Heap was taken unwell after fielding for an hour, and William Tyldesley was allowed to replace him. (What will the M.C.C. say ?) The great features of Leicestershire’s innings were a capital 79 by Coe, who seems to have come back to his best form, and some excellent bowling by Ralph Whitehead. Coe batted nearly two hours, made no mistake, and hit 11 fours. Shipman’s slashing 30 included 5 fours. At call of time Lancashire had 98 for 4 up, Makepeace and Sharp having added 75 for the third wicket. The innings closed for 168 on Monday, Geary having a good analysis. In their second venture Leicestershire had to bat on a pitch affected by rain and sun, and King alone showed to much advantage. When play was resumed on Tuesday, with the home county 116 up and 4 to go, it was anybody’s game. King’s steady and workmanlike batting improved his side’s prospects, and Sidwell gave him good help by keeping up an end for 40 minutes. Lancashire were set 184. By lunch time, with John Tyldesley, Make­ peace, and Sharp all out and only 57 scored they were, in a doubtful plight. Afterwards only William Tyldesley did much, and Leicester­ shire ran out winners by 34 runs. They have not often beaten Lan­ cashire, and this victory, after a hard struggle, should do them good. L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. C. J. B. Wood, b Whitehead 5 b Whitehead .. 4 H. Wright, c Blomley, b Whitehead 1 c & b Lawton 8 Whitehead (H.), b Whitehead 18 c Sharp, b Huddleston 15 King (J. H.), c Huddleston, b Whitehead 13 c Makepeace, b Dean 7 i Lord, b Whitehead 5 run out 13 A. T. Sharp, b Whitehead 13 c Blomley, b Huddle- stone 0 Coe, b Lawton 79 b Whitehead 13 Shipman, c Tyldesley (E.), b Huddleston 30 c Tyldesley (W.), b Whitehead 18 Geary, b Whitehead ,. 5 c Tyldesley (J. T.), b Dean 6 Skelding, b Lawton 0 not out 2 Sidwell, not out 5 c Tyldesley (E.), b Dean 14 B 4, lb 3 7 Lb 6 6 Total 181 Total 170 L a n c a s h ir e B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . F ir s t I n n in g s . —W7hitehead, 28-9-66-7 ; Dean, 20-5-69-0 ; Hud­ dleston, 14-3-35-1 ; Lawton, i*4-0-4—2. S e c o n d I n n in g s . — Whitehead, 31-15-55-3 ; Dean, 20*2-6-54-3 ; Lawton, 20-6-33-1 ; Huddleston, 12-5-22-2. L a n c a s h ir e . A. H. Hornby, b Geary Makepeace, b Shipman Tyldesley, (J. T.), c & b Geary Sharp, c Wright, b Shipman Tyldesley (E.), c Whitehead, b Geary A. E. Lawton, c Sharp, b Shipman. . Tyldesley (W.), c Whitehead, b Geary Whitehead (R.), run out Huddleston, c Sidwell, b Geary Dean, not out Blomley, c Shipman, b King B 3, lb 4, nb 2 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 I n n in g s . — Skelding, 16-2-54-0 ; Geary, 23-9-46-5 ; King, 9*4-5-21-1 ; Shipman, 10-1-38-3. Shipman, two nb. S e c o n d I n n in g s . — Geary, 23-4-69-3; King, 18*2-2-47-3 ; Skelding, 5-1-18-3 ; Shipman, 1-1-0-0. Umpires : A. A. White and W. A. J. West. 4 c Geary, b King 8 39 c Wright, b King 10 14 c Wood, b Geary 5 29 run out 12 10 c Wright, b Geary .. 19 6 c Whitehead, b Geary 15 8 c Coe, b Skelding 30 7 b Skelding 11 16 c Wood, b Skelding .. 15 13 not out *5 13 c Wright, b King 4 9 B 11, lb 4 15 168 149 I n the Tyneside League Backworth Percy brought off an unexpected win over Wallsend, thanks very largely to A. Bowers, who top-scored with a modest 22 and took 5 for 18. Jackson helped with 4 for 26. For Wallsend Stapleton had 5 for 36. F a r and away the biggest score of the day was G. H. Watson’s 98 for Northumberland County Club v. Benwell. The County Club’s total, 195 for 8, was also the leger one. Clifton (50*) helped Watson to add 123. The latter flogged the bowling mercilessly, only taking 45 minutes to make his 98. He hit 4 sixes and 12 fours. Thescorewas 18 for 5 when he and Clifton came together, 141 for 6 when they were parted. Their side won. W in g h a m took 6 for 20 (St. George’s v. South Northumberland), and J. Carr 5 for 12 for the opposition. The only closely fought match was that between North Durham (67) and Ryton (74). At Derby, May 9, 11, and 12. The visitors were engaged in an uphill struggle from the very outset. They batted feebly on a soft and never difficult wicket, and their bowling was no better than their batting. Slater seemed almost unplayable, but might not have had such figures had he been met with more resolution. Oliver and Cadman passed the Worcestershire total by 21 runs before the first wicket fell, and at call of time Derbyshire had 176 for 2 on the board. On Monday only about 2| hours’ play took place, owing to rain. Nearly everybody scored, Slater and Chapman adding 49 together, and Chapman and Forester 54. Baggallay was enabled to declare, and the visitors made 14 for no wicket in the quarter of an hour’s play possible thereafter. On Tuesday the sun shone upon a wet wicket, and any offchance the visitors had had of saving the game was gone. Slater again bowled well, and Bracey took 3 wickets very cheaply. Derbyshire won by an innings and 158 runs. DERBYSHIRE v. WORCESTERSHIRE. W o r c e s t e r s h ir e . First Innings. Bowley, b Morton .. .. .. 9 Collier, c Baggallay, b Morton .. 21 M. K. Foster, b Slater .. .. 13 Pearson, b Slater .. .. .. 12 Chester, b Slater .. .. .. 1 A. T. Cliff, b Slater .. .. .. o Lane, c Baggallay, b Slater .. 3 W\ H. Taylor, c Bracey, b Morton 12 Burrows, c Chapman, b Slater .. 6 Cuffe, not out .. .. .. 1 Bale, b Morton .. .. .. o B 5, lb 2, nb 1 .. .. 8 Total .. .. 86 Second Innings, b Morton . . .. 20 c Oliver, b Morton .. 15 b Slater .. .. 3 lbw, b Slater .. .. 4 b Slater .. .. 22 b Slater .. .. 14 c Beet, b Slater .. o b Bracey .. .. 5 st Humphries, b Bracey o lbw, b Bracey .. o not out .. .. o B 2, lb 6 .. 8 Total .. 91 D e r b y s h ir e B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . F ir s t I n n in g s . — Cadman, 6-0-28-0; Morton, 19*4-7-31-4 ; Slater, 14-5-19-6. Slater, one nb. S e c o n d I n n in g s . — Morton, 16-2-44-2 ; Slater, 19*5-8-24-5 ; Forester, 7-3-10-0 ; Bracey, 5-2-5~3. D e r b y s h ir e . 79 T. Forester, b Burrows .. 33 62 Humphries, not out .. 3 34 B 9, lb 6, w 1, nb 7 .. 23 L. Oliver, c Cuffe, b Taylor Cadman, c Lane, b Cliff Morton, c Collier, b Cuffe .. Beet, c Foster, b Cuffe G. Curgenven, b Cuffe Slater, c & b Chester J. Chapman, b Cuffe Capt. R. R. Baggallay, b Chester 28 44 Total (for 9 wkts., dec.) 335 Bracey did not bat. W o r c e s t e r s h ir e B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Cuffe, 28-5-74-4; Chester, 20-4-46-2 ; Pearson, 26-3-69-0; Taylor, 10-0-41-1 ; Cliff, 4-2-4-1 ; Burrows, 10*1-0-42-1 ; Lane, 11-1-36-0. Chester one wid6 ; Taylor 5 nb., Lane one, Chester one. Umpires : Harrison and Phillips. J. J. T h o r l e y did the hat trick for Radlett v. Architectural Asso­ ciation. E. R. B o t t e r il l scored 99 for Tulse Hill v. Union of London and Smith’s Bank; M. H. Langford 98 for Lewisham Wanderers v. Tun­ bridge Wells. F o r Purley v. Norwood, W Reay took 8 for 11. W e s t H e r t s and St. Saviour’s (St. Albans) played a tie game— no. L . H . W . T r o u g h t o n ran up 102 for Gravesend v. Royal Dublin Fusiliers on May 6. L. & N.W.R. (141 for 4 dec.) easily beat Cheshunt and District ( 53 )- H. J. Paris scored 79 for the railway team, and E. Howard bowled very effectively. T h e W a n d e r e r s (165) defeated Southgate (129) in a match offering no special features for comment. F o r North Middlesex (80) v. Stanmore (52) G. Burt took 6 for 14. L in c o l n L in d u m won both their matches, the first team defeating Kelham Hall by 103— 147 to 44 ; while the second beat Constitutional Club by 65— 141 to 76. G r a n t h a m beat Radcliffe-on-Trent by 7 wickets. The skipper, W . E. Thompson, was top scorer with 39. On the previous Thursday he had made 95* v. Notts Commercials. In T r in id a d club matches on April 25 the veteran Constantine, who was here with the West Indian teams of 1900 and 1906, scored r06 for Victoria v. Thistle, and P. Cummings, a young player of promise, made the same number for Shamrock v. Diego Martin.