Cricket 1914

i6 o THE WORLD OF CRICKET. M a y i 6, 1914. SUSSEX v. ESSEX. At Hove, May n , 12, and 13. The visitors had F. L. Fane and P. A. Perrin, accessions which materially strengthened their batting. But their bowling did not prove effective on an easy wicket. The weather was of the most cheerless type, and the gate small— though it is often that in fine weather at Hove. After the first wicket had fallen at 14, Vine and Robert Relf added 86 for the second and Vine and Albert Relf 92 for the third. Vine batted 3^ hours, Robert Relf ij, Albert 1 h. 10 m. Young Bowley, who made his 84 in 125 minutes without a chance, hitting a six and 8 fours, played quite the brightest innings of the day. At the close the score was 363 for 9. Street and Roberts batted really well on Tuesday, and in all added 53 for the last wicket. Freeman and Perrin were the only men who did much in the first innings of Essex, when the younger Relf bowled finely and effectively. Five wickets were down for 140, but the rest crumpled up, and the last five departed for 14, leaving Fane two not out— a shocking waste of good material. It may be mentioned that Robert Relf took 6 for 86 in the first innings of Essex at Hove last year. The eastern county followed on, and lost Fane and Freeman with only 20 on the board. Then Russell and Perrin made a determined stand, adding no, and at call of time, with 7 to go, Essex were 98 in arrears. On the Wednesday Tremlin, who has once or twice before shown capacity to rise to the occasion as a batsman, gave Perrin unexpected support, and altogether the fourth wicket realised 77 runs, of which the bowler hit up 53 in 55 minutes. Perrin batted 170 minutes for his valuable 74. Of the rest only Capt. Turner, who bats without gloves, did very much. He played a really good innings, and should be an asset to a side which needs some stiffening. With only 66 required for victory, Sussex won by 9 wickets. S u s s e x . First Innings. Cox, b Douglas .. .. 15 Vincett, c Turner, b Douglas 6 Street, c Douglas, b Mead .. 30 Roberts, not out .. .. 31 B 6, lb 6, nb 1.. .. 13 Total .. .. 401 H. L. Wilson, lbw, b Tremlin 7 Vine, c Smith, b Douglas .. 93 Rclf (R. R.), c Hills, b Tremlin .. .. 55 Relf (A. E.), b Hills .. 48 Jupp, b Hills .. .. o Bowley, b Hills .. .. 84 H. P. Chaplin, b Mead .. 19 S e c o n d I n n in g s :— Vine, not out, 26; Wilson, c Freeman, b Smith, 18 ; Jupp, not out, 18 ; byes 2, lb 2— total (for 1 wkt.), 66. E s s e x B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . F ir s t I n n in g s : — Douglas, 27-1-81-3; Tremlin, 45-4-131-2 ; Mead, 22*4-2-84-2 ; Hills, 25-1-85-3; Smith, 2-0-7-0. Tremlin, one no-ball. S e c o n d I n n in g s :— Douglas, 8-3-21-0; Tremlin, 8-2-15-0; Smith, 4-1-8-1 ; Hills, 3*2-0-18-0. E s s e x . First Innings. Second Innings. C. D. Mclver, b Roberts .. .. 4 b Relf (A. E.) .. 13 Russell (A. C.), b Vincett .. .. 18 b Jupp .. .. 46 Freeman (J. R.), b Relf (R. R.) .. 32 c Street, b Relf (R. R.) o P. A. Perrin, b Relf (R. R.) .. 41 c Bowley, b Relf (R. R.) 74 Capt. W. M. Turner, c Street,b Relf (R. R.) .. . • •. .. 6 c Relf (R. R.), b Roberts 50 J. W. H. T. Douglas, c Vincett, b Relf (A. E.) .. .. .. 12 c Wilson, b Relf (A. E.) 9 F. L. Fane, not out .. .. 2 b Relf (R. R.) .. 16 Hills, run out .. .. .. o b Roberts .. .. o Smith, b Relf (R. R.) .. .. o not out .. .. 5 Tremlin, c Relf (A. E.), bRelf (R. R.) 7 b Relf (A. E.) 53 Mead (H.), b Relf (R. R.) .. .. o c Vine, b Relf (A. E.) 8 B 11, lb 12, nb 9 .. 32 Byes 21, lb 10, nb 7 .. 38 Total 154 Total OXFORD UNIVERSITY v. MIDDLESEX. In the Parks, Oxford, May n , 12, and 13. Three Freshmen were included in the Dark Blue side— Howell, Bristowe, and Heathcote- Amory; but Knight was not chosen. Middlesex, though Warner and J. T. Heame were away, had a good side. They gave a trial to J. McCulloch. Batting first, they started very badly. Howell finely caught Tarrant off Melle on the boundary, and Havelock Davies did the hat trick, the first wicket of the three being due to a smart piece of stumping by White. Five were out for 43 ; but Twining batted resolutely and .well, and got good support from Litteljohn and Lee, so that the last five added 154. The old Oxford captain batted 2 h. 20 m. with only two chances— one of stumping at 46, and the other in the slips just before the end came. Davies has never bowled better for Oxford. Boswell and Howell got off the mark finely, sending up 67 in 35 minutes; but then came a slump, and at the end of the day the Dark Blues were 84 for 4. Only Heathcote-Amory did much next day. Middlesex looked like a big score in their second innings, for Tarrant and Hearne put on 95 for the second wicket, and a useful stand by Hendren and Hearne was followed by a better one by Mann and Twining, who added 74 in 55 minutes. The later batsmen could not play Melle, however, and the innings closed for 315, leaving Oxford to get 358 to win. They lost Howell with only 29 scored before the end, Melle going in to play out time with a dislocated finger. No one but Knott and Colman did anything worth mention on Wednesday, when Middlesex won by 234 runs. Tarrant’s bowling in both innings was deadly, and in all he took 14 wickets for 122 runs. M id d l e s e x . First Innings. . Second Innings. Hon. R. Anson, st White, b Davies 7 c White, b Davies .. o Tarrant, c Howell, b Melle .. 9 b Davies .. .. 63 Hendren (E.), b Davies .. .. o c Knott, b Boswell .. 32 Hearne (J. W.), c Colman, b Fraser 24 cKnott, b Bristowe.. 82 J. McCulloch, b Davies .. .. o c Knott, b Melle .. 4 F. T. Mann, lbwr, b Davies .. 5 c and b Melle.. .. 38 R. H. Twining, not out .. .. 72 c White, b Davies .. 39 A. R. Litteljohn, b Davies .. 29 c Colman, b Melle .. 5 M. H. C. Doll, c and b Melle .. 5 not out .. .. 21 Lee (H. W.), c and b Melle .. 31 c and b Melle.. .. 3 C. U. Peat, b Davies .. .. o c Colman, b Fraser .. 9 B 6, lb 9 .. .. 15 B 8, lb 11 .. 19 •312 Total • • 197 Total 315 O x f o r d B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . F ir s t I n n in g s :— Melle, 27-13-53-3 ; Davies, 26*5-1-59-6 ; Fraser, n-3-46-1 : Heathcote-Amory, 11-2-24-0. S e c o n d I n n in g s :— Melle, 22-5-89-4 ; Davies, 29-4-124-3 ; Fraser, 8*3-1-29-1; Heathcote-Amory, 6-1-12-0; Boswell, 6-2-11-1; Bristowe, 7-0-31-1. O x f o r d U n iv e r s it y . First Innings. Second Innings. M. Howell, lbw, b Tarrant .. 25 c Mann, b Tarrant .. 6 W. G. K. Boswell, c Hendren, b Lee 38 c and b Tarrant .. 6 G. R. R. Colman, c Hendren, b Tarrant .. .. .. . . 2 1 c Doll, b Tarrant .. 27 A. C. Wilkinson, lbw, b Lee .. o b Peat .. .. 5 F. H. Knott, c Hendren, b Tarrant o b Tarrant .. .. 25 B. G. von B. Melle, b Lee .. .. 12 b Peat .. .. o O . C. Bristowe, b Tarrant .. .. 1 c Peat, b Tarrant .. 10 J. Heathcote-Amory, c Anson, b Tarrant .. .. .. .. 33 c Hendren, b Tarrant 17 P. H. Davies, lbw, b Tarrant .. 1 stTwining, b Tarrant 2 J. N. Fraser, c Hearne, b Tarrant.. 2 not out .. .. 6 R. S. M. White, not out .. .. 2run out .. .. 6 B 15, lb 5 .. .. 20 Byes 5, lb 8 .. 13 S u s s e x B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . F ir s t I n n in g s :— Roberts, 10-2-26-1 ; Relf (A . E .), 14-8-16-1 ; Vincett, 15-1-35-1 ; Relf (R. R.), 19 * 5 - 7 - 45 - 6 . Relf (R. R.), Vincett, Roberts, each 3 nb. S e c o n d I n n in g s : — Relf (A . E.), 34 * 5 - 8 - 7^~4 ; Relf (R- R-), 24-6- 59 - 3 ; Vincett, 6-0-39-0; Roberts, 17-5-42-2; Jupp, 7-2-26-1; Cox, 12-6-18-0; Vine, 5-0-15-0. Relf (R. R.) 6 no-balls, Roberts one. Umpires: Blake and Brown. Total Total 123 Lee, M id d l e s e x B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . F ir s t I n n in g s : — Peat, 6 - 1 - 2 0 - 0 ; Tarrant, 2 4 * 4 -5 -6 8 -7 ; 19-1-47-3- 4 ^ S e c o n d I n n in g s :— Peat, 13 -4 -2 5 .-2 : Tarrant, 2 6 * 3 -7 -5 4 -7 ; Hearne, 1 - 0 - 4 - 0 ; Litteljohn, 1 3 -3 -2 6 -0 . Umpires: Daft and Davis. C r ic k e t in Sussex is becoming more and more organised on league principles. The East Grinstead and District League includes seven clubs : Ashurstwood, Crawley Down, Dormans Institute, Forest Row, Lingfield Road, North End, and Three Bridges. In the Cuckfield Valley League there are five : Alfriston, Chalvington, East Hoathly, Glynde, and Upper Dicker. In and around Brighton are several other leagues. O n Saturday the Nomads put out University College School for 41— 25 maidens of 35 overs bowled !— A. J. Fullerton 5 for 11 ; and scored 188 for 7— J. D. A. Scott 81, H. Browning 37, J. S. Caulfield 19. In the other game University College were dismissed for 45, J. H. Growse taking 6 for 12 and V. J. Matthews 3 for 5. Growse, an old United Services College captain, had 6 maidens in his first 8 overs. The Nomads replied with 122— Dr. E. W. Archer 50, H. G. Bloodworth 18. J u s t before we go to press comes the sad news of the death of Mr. R. E. Foster, a great batsman if ever there was one. A full account of his career will be given next week. Now I can only express my deep regret for the cutting-off in his prime of one whom I have often met in the friendly enmity of the cricket field. A.C.M. ----------- F o r Essex C . & G. (300 for 7 , dec.) v. Becktoti (107) Russell scored 191* on May 8. He hit two sixes, a five, and 24 fours. W. F e n w ic k , an old Durham boy, made 145 for Emmanuel v. King’s at Cambridge on May 7. H. C. James, who with R. Knight used to score so largely for St. John’s, Leatherhead, a couple of seasons or so ago, made 115* for Jesus v. Exeter on the former’s ground at Oxford on the same day.