Cricket 1914

THE WORLD OF CRICKET. M a y 16, 1914. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v. YORKSHIRE. At Northampton, May 9 and 11. Yorkshire had all the luck, which is said to favour the strong battalions, though their opponents cannot be classed among the weak ones. The wicket was easy, and nearly everybody scored on Saturday, when the Northants fielding was not up to its customary standard. For this, however, the bitter cold was full and fair excuse. Denton was let off three times in making his 58, and Rhodes escaped when only a single stood to his credit. Kilner and Hirst showed better form, adding 107 in about as many minutes. Both were out at the same total. Drake batted well, and Sir Archibald White and Dolphin, left not out on Saturday, improved their last wicket stand to 81 on the Monday morning. Ther^ had been rain on Sunday, and when the sun shone out the wicket began to play pranks. It was really difficult after lunch, and the home side never had a chance of getting on terms ; Hirst, Booth, Drake, and Rhodes are not a nice quartet to meet when the ball can be made to do things. Haywood, Woolley, and Thompson showed some capacity for facing the situation, and Denton stayed two hours for r8 ; but the rest did little. Yorkshire won by an innings and 156 runs. Y o r k s h ir e . Rhodes, c S. G. Smith, b Drake c S. G. Smith, b Wells 47 Woolley 25 Booth, b S. G. Smith 0 Wilson (B. B.), st Buswell, Birtles, c Thompson, b W’ells 14 b S. G. Smith 7 Sir A. W. White, c Buswell, Denton, c Thompson, b b Woolley 5 i S. G. Smith 58 Dolphin, not out 27 Kilner, c Murdin, b ThompB 12, lb 8, nb 2 22 son 77 Hirst, c Hardy, b Thompson 47 ---- D. C. F. Burton, c Hardy, b Total 378 S. G. Smith 3 ---- N o r t h a m p t o n s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. W. H. Denton, c Hirst, b Booth . . 18 c Dolphin, b Drake .. 1 S. G. Smith, c Dolphin, b Booth . 9 c Burton, b Drake .. 6 Haywood, b Drake • 33 b Drake 13 Woolley (C. N .), b Booth .. • 23 b Booth 0 Thompson, c and b Hirst . . 1 b Drake 37 S. F. Smith, b Hirst 5 b Rhodes 0 Walden, b Hirst 1 c Rhodes, b Drake .. 1 Wells, b Hirst 0 c Burton, b Drake .. 9 Hardy (D.), b Hirst 0 b Rhodes 1 7 Buswell, not out 9 c Burton, b Rhodes .. !3 Murdin, c Dolphin, b Hirst 11 not out 4 B 3, lb 2, nb 2 .. 7 B 2, lb 2 .. 4 Total . 1 1 7 Total 105 N o r t h a n t s B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Wells, 34-8-92-2; S. G. Smith, 51-15-92-4; Thompson, 40-7- 111—2 ; Woolley, 14*2-2-39—2 ; Murdin, 8-0-22—0. Thompson and Wells, each one no-ball. Y o r k s h ir e 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 :—Hirst, 24*3-9-34-6 ; Booth, 22-5-42-3 ; Drake, 9-4-27-1 ; Rhodes, 7-4-7-0. Hirst, two no-balls. S e c o n d I n n in g s :—Drake, 18-6-40-6 ; Booth, 5-1-15-1 ; Rhodes, 12*1-3-46-3. Umpires :—Carlin and Richardson. C a p t. A. S t . L. G o ld ie scored 85 for Colchester and East Essex (164 for 4, dec.), who had all the best of a drawn game with 20th Hussars (73 for 6). E. G. J o y c e bowled well for Framlingham College v. Melton and District, taking 7 wickets. P r o b a b ly the smallest cricket leagues in the country are the Nutley and District League, which consists •of four clubs only, Ashdown Forest, Danehill, Horsted Keynes, and Nutley, and the Loder League also consisting of four, Brighton Stragglers, Hove Trade, Hurstpier- point, and Portland (Hove). The full card of each of these runs to only 12 matches. A r l in g t o n a n d L e y t o n s t o n e (Hon. Sec., Mr. W. Ruffels, 56, Rosedale Road, Forest Gate) have their usual good card of matches— all away, as the club has no ground of its own. They play Little Heath and Goodmayes, Edmonton, Highams Park, South West Ham, Wickford, Westcliff-on-Sea, Epping, Southend-on-Sea, Beacontree Heath, Orsett, Essex C. & G., Chadwell Heath, Wickford, Hornchurch, Grosvenor, Manor Park Constitutional, and Aldersbrook. H a m p s te a d N o m a d s have some good new men, among them J. D. A. Scott, A. J. Fullerton, Dr. E. W. Archer, and J. H . Growse. As the match list is a stronger one the Hon. Sec., Mr. S. B . K. Caulfield, has made a special effort towards securing new blood. One of last year’s stalwarts, L. G. Kirkpatrick, was an onlooker at Saturday’s match ; he is slowly recovering from a sharp bout of rheumatic fever, and will not be fit for harness yet awhile. A wicket-keeper is wanted, for C. D. Mclver and A. C. P. Arnold, both members, are only occasionally available. G e n t l e m a n ’ s C y c l e to be sold, ch eap ; never rid den ; Coventry make ; seen in the C ity by appointment.— 61, Mantilla Road, Upper Tooting, S.W. 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