Cricket 1914

M a y 16, 1914. THE WORLD OF CRICKET. 159 At the Oval, May 9, 11, and 12. Weather conditions were very bad, and Somerset, who lacked their best bowler, J. C. White, could hardly have enjoyed their day in the field, at the end of which Surrey had 397 for 9 on the board. Seventy were up in an hour before Hayward left. Hobbs was out at 153 after 130 minutes for his 86— good, but not Hobbs in excelsis. Wilkinson and Goatly had a slice of luck each, and the latter was not very rapid in his rate of scoring, in strong contrast to Fender, who hit out hard while he stayed, and Hitch, who rattled up 50 (one five, 9 fours) in half-an-hour. The innings closed on Monday without a run added. Hardy and Rippon put up 69 for the first wicket of Somerset, and Bisgood helped Daniell to add 64 in 50 minutes. The old Rugger international captain played the innings of the day, for, though he gave a couple of chances, he made many good strokes during his stay of 2\ hours. Poyntz hit up 36 very quickly, if somewhat chancily. With 6 wickets down Somerset had scored 250 ; but Fender did the hat trick, and brought about a summary ending. At call of time Surrey had lost Hayward and Hobbs ; but Hayes and Harrison had added 66 unparted, and 011 Tuesday, with a declaration needed if victory was to be assured, Hayes hit out resolutely. Of the 166 added in 85 minutes he made 99 ; and his 129— the outcome of z\ hours’ batting in all— was a really fine punishing innings, including 14 fours. He and Harrison added 163 runs together, he and Ducat 135 in an hour. The footballer hit a six and 4 fours in his 50*. Somer­ set were in the cart from the beginning of their innings. They lost 3 for 18, and, after a stand of 48 by Braund and Daniell, the bringing-on of Hayes resulted in a pretty rapid conclusion, though Bisgood, Poyntz, and Hope helped to delay the inevitable. Surrey won by 241 runs. This was quite Hayes’s match.' S u r r e y . First Innings. Hayward, run out Hobbs, lbw, b Bridges Hayes, b Rippon Harrison, lbw, b Bridges Ducat, c Bridges, b Rippon C. T. A. Wilkinson, lbw, b Robson.. Goatly, not out P. H. G. Fender, b Bridges Hitch, b Rippon Strudwick, b Robson Smith (W. C.), b Robson .. B 8, lb 8 SURREY v. SOMERSET. 29 86 14 24 20 30 77 22 50 Second Innings, c Chidgey, b Bridges c Poyntz, b Robson .. c Rippon, b Hope . c Chidgey, b Robson not out 129 47 50 16 B 10, lb 4, w 1 15 Total .. 397 Total (for 4 wkts., dec.) 246 S o m e r s e t B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . F ir s t I n n in g s . — Bridges, 26-5-84-3; Robson, 35 ’ 3 - 7 - 9 2- 3 ; Rippon, 21-4-79-3 ; Hardy, 21-5-72-0 ; Hope, 5-0-30-0 ; Braund, 8-1-24-0. S e c o n d I n n in g s . — Robson, 23-1-81-2 ; Bridges, 12-3-40-1 ; Rippon, 17-5-51-0; Hardy, 7-0-42-0; Hove, 1-5-0-17-1. S o m e r s e t . First Innings. Second Innings. A. D. E. Rippon, c Harrison, b Smith 32 c Strudwick, b Smith 8 Hardy (F. P.), b Hitch 43 b Smith 4 Hyman, c Strudwick, b Hitch 4 b Hitch 1 Braund, c Smith, b Hitch 10 lbw, b Hayes 30 J. Daniell, b Fender 84 st Strudwick, b Hayes 19 B. L. Bisgood, c Strudwick, b Hitch 25 b Fender 16 E. S. M. Pontyz, c & b Harrison .. 36 lbw, b Hayes 27 Robson, c Hitch, b Wilkinson 18 b Hayes 0 P. P. Hope, not out 5 b Hayes 16 Bridges, b Fender 0 b Hitch 0 Chidgey, b Fender 0 not out 0 B 5, lb 8 13 Lb 9, w 1, nb 1 11 Total 270 Total 132 S u r r e y B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . F ir s t I n n in g s . — Hitch, 30-7-89-4; Smith, 25-4-76-1; Goatly, 3-1—4-0; Fender, 16-5-39-3; Hayes, 9-3—16—0; W'ilkinson, 7-0-23-1 ; Harrison, 2-0-10-1 ; Ducat, 1-1-0-0. S e c o n d I n n in g s , — Hitch, 17-6-30-2; Smith, 11-2-29-2 ; Fender, 8-2-28-1 ; Hayes, 14-4-34-5. Hitch bowled one wide and delivered one no-ball. Umpires : Moss and Trott. O ld O l a v ia n s were beaten by Townlev Park (totals, 102 and 59) in a match of small scores, due mainly to the wicket. There was some excellent bowling by W. J. Williams (who took 8 for 32 for the losers) and A. N. R. Matthews (7 for 21 for the winners). R. Holloway’s 60 for Townley Park was far and away the highest score, and a really fine innings. P a r s o n ’ s G r e e n met W7est Shene at Richmond, declared at 182 for 8 (A. C. Higgs a hard hit 69, J. Fox 40*), and put out their opponents for 36, Higgs taking 5 for 16, C. J. Harrod 5 for 20. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY v. HAMPSHIRE. At Fenner’s, May n and 12. No freshman got his place, and all but Arnold were old blues. Except for the last-named and Fairbairn, the Light Blue batting was feeble, and no one could do much with Kennedy, who, quite well again now, should get a lot of wickets this season. Most of the county batsmen did little better than their opponents ; but a capital 63 by Remnant gave Hants a useful advan­ tage. The second innings of Cambridge was a mixed affair. Lagden driving hard and clean, made only one mistake in his stay of about 2J hours, 106, and hit one five and 10 fours. Fairbairn did good service, helping him to add 102. This was the exact figure of the partnership between Mead and Newman, which won the match for the county, though the excitement was not all over when they were separated, for three more wickets went down with only 13 added. Mead batted 100 minutes and hit 16 fours. Hampshire won by 2 wickets. C a m b r id g e U n iv e r s it y . First Innings. J. S. F. Morrison, lbw, b Jaques .. 2 G. B. Davies, b Jaques .. .. 8 R. B. Lagden, c Livesey, b Kennedy 1 W. N. Riley, c Jaques, b Kennedy o G. W. V. Hopley, b Newman .. 7 G. A. Fairbairn, c Stone, b Newman 21 S. H. Saville, c Newman, b Kennedy 9 A. C. P. Arnod, c Kennedy, b New­ man .. .. .. 29 J. H. Naumann, b Kennedy .. o K. H. C. Woodroffe, lbw, b Kennedy 11 E. C. Baker, not out .. .. o B 4, lb 1 .......................... 5 Total .. .. 93 Second Innings, c Stone, b Brown .. 35 b Kennedy .. .. 7 c Remnant, b Newman 106 c Smith, b Kennedy 3 b Kennedy .. .. 1 c Mead, b Newman .. 43 c Livesey, b Newman 3 b Smith .. .. 1 lbw, b Jaques ..3 not out .. .. 1 c Mead, b Newman .. 12 B 20, lb 10 .. 30 Total .. 245 H a m p s h ir e B o w l e r s ’ F ir s t I n n in g s . — Jaques, 12-3-21-2 Newman, 15-3-26-3 ; Brown, 6-2-10-0. S e c o n d I n n in g s . — Jaques, 13-3-47- Brown, 13-0-52-1 ; Newman, 13-3-2-36- A n a l y s is . ; Kennedy, 15-3-5-31-5 ; i ; Kennedy, 24-2-70-3; 4 ; Smith, 4-0-10-1. H a m p s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. Stone, c Davies, b Woodroffe 6 c Fairbairn, b Wood­ roffe 1 Bowell, run out 8 c Hopley, b Baker .. 5 Brown (G.), c Naumann, b Baker .. 23 c Naumann, b Baker 2 Mead (C. P.), Ibw, b Naumann 13 b Fairbairn 94 Lieut. G. C. Harrison, c Saville, b Baker 8 b Davies 10 Newman (J.), lbw, b Davies 7 c Hopley, b Davies.. 30 Remnant, c Fairbairn, b Baker .. 63 b Woodroffe 5 H. A. H. Smith, b Davies .. 9 c Riley, b Davies .. 2 Kennedy, c Fairbairn, b Woodroffe 11 not out 0 A. Jaques, c Arnold, b Woodroffe .. 6 not out 0 Livesey, not out 5 B 15, lb 4 19 B 8, lb 5 .. 13 Total 178 Total (for 8wkts) 162 C a m b r id g e B o w i . e r s ’ A n a l y s is . F ir st I n n in g s : — Woodroffe, 10-1-31-3 ; Naumann, 19-3-56-1* Baker, 15-2-34-3 ; Davies, 11-4-18-2 ; Fairbairn, 8-1-20-0. S e c o n d I n n in g s :—Woodroffe, 12-1-1-50-2 ; Baker, 9-3-19-2 , Naumann, 3-0-26-0; Davies, 11-6-16-3; Fairbairn, 9-0-38-1. Umpires :— Bagshaw and Richards. P u t n e y (222 for 4, dec.— Wiles 79*, Denman 65, Fisher 54) drew with Polytechnic (93 for 6—Ogilvie 28*). Looks as though the declara­ tion might have been made earlier. D e r r ic k W a n d e r e r s (113) batted poorly 011 a dead easy wicket, and were heavily beaten by Buckhurst Hill (189 for 3). W . P. Day (103) and E. C . Palmer (50) batted finely for the winners. O n e of the matches in the Durham Senior League was declared off, the Whitburn ground being under water. Conditions were anvthing but pleasant, and only two men reached 50 in the five matches, J. Robinson making 60 for Chester-le-Street v. Eppleton, and J. J. Common 54 for Boldon v. Seaham Harbour. D u r h a m C it y and South Shields met with their first defeats, and Sunderland, Wearmouth, and Chester-le-Street each Scored a third successive victory. H a r r y took 8 for 47 (S. Shields v. Wearmouth), Warner 7 for 45 (Seaham Harbour v. Boldon), Hendren 7 for 50 (Sunderland v. Hendon), A. Lowings 6 for 24 (Boldon v. Seaham Harbour), F. Mellor 6 for 31 (Chester-le-Street, v. Eppleton), and Smith 6 for 36 (Philadelphia v. Durham City). As Hendren also made top score (44) for his side, it was almost a case of Hendren v. Hendon.