Cricket 1914

M a y 23, 1914. THE WORLD OF CRICKET. 177 LANCASHIRE v. DERBYSHIRE. At Old Trafford, May 16, 18, and 19. A crowd of between 4000 and 5000 testified to the public appreciation of the Saturday start. H. G. Garnett, home again from the Argentine, played for Lancashire as wicket-keeper, and Cook displaced Huddleston. The home side had two wickets down for 21 ; and, after Sharp and Makepeace had added 42 for the third, Ernest Tyldesley, Lawton, and Garnett departed in such haste that 6 were out for 89. Then Whitehead played steadily while Sharp hit, and the seventh wicket added 78 in an hour. Sharp was at the top of his form ; he batted 155 minutes without a single error, driving hard and hitting to leg well, and among his strokes were a couple of sixes, one five, and 10 fours. Forester bowled capitally, with plenty of variety, and had an excellent analysis. Oliver and Beet made a good stand for the third Derbyshire wicket, adding 69, and Curgenven three times drove Fairclough for six. At the close of play the score was 155 for 5. On Monday no one but Curgenven, who continued to hit hard, could do anything, and the innings closed for 220. Lancashire again started badly, but after 3 wickets had fallen for 41 Sharp and Ernest Tyldesley made a stand of 84. The old Everton man was again top scorer, while Forester was again the most successful bowler. The total was 224, which left Derbyshire 192 to get for victory. They made good use of the hour and a half left them. There was no attempt to force the pace, but the runs needed were reduced by 68 for the loss of only two wickets before the day ended. This looked hopeful; but on Tuesday came one of those collapses that have unfortunately been all too fre­ quent in the history of the Peak County’s cricket. A very useful turn at the bowling crease by Lawton put his side in a better position than they had occupied at any previous stage of the match, and, clinching their advantage, they won a capital victory by 35 runs, despite the fact that the tail-end batsmen gave some trouble before they consented to take marching orders. L a n c a s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. A. H. Hornby, b Slater .. .. 10 lbw, b Forester .. n Makepeace, c Slater, b Forester .-. 29 lbw, b Forester .. 11 Tyldesley (J. T.), c Humphries, b Slater .. . . .. .. o b Morton .. .. 10 Sharp, c Cadman, b Slater .. 105 b Cadman .. .. 56 Tyldesley (E.), c Humphries, b Forester .. .. .. .. 8 c Beet, b Forester .. 38 A. E. Lawton, b Forester .. .. o b Forester .. .. 26 H. G. Garnett, run out .. .. o lbw, b Cadman .. o Whitehead (R.), c & b Morton .. 17 b Cadman .. .. 6 Cook (L.), not out .. .. .. 9 not out .. .. 26 Dean, b Forester .. .. .. o b Forester ... .. ir Fairclough, c Beet, b Forester .. 2 b Cadman .. .. 7 B 14 .. . . 1 4 B 11, lb 11 . . 2 2 Total .. 194 Total 224 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 . — Morton, 14-2-46-1 ; Slater, 22-4-69-3 ; Forester, 26*4-11-47-5; Cadman, 5-1-10-0 ; Bracey, 3-0-8-0, S e c o n d I n n in g s . — Forester, 37-13-83-5; Morton, 16-5-48-1 ; Slater, 3-0-7-0 ; Cadman, 18-3-50-4 ; Bracey, 4-0-14-0. D e r b y s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. L. Oliver, b Fairclough . . .. 64 b W'hitehead .. .. 13 Cadman, c Tyldesley (J. T.), b Fair­ clough .. .. .. - . 1 5 lbw, b Cook .. .. 30 Morton, c Sharp, b Fairclough .. 2 b Whitehead .. .. 41 Beet, c Lawton, b Dean .. .. 35 b Lawton .. .. 13 G. Curgenven, not out .. .. 81 b Lawton .. .. o Slater, lbw, b Dean .. .. .. o b Whitehead .. .. 7 J. Chapman, b Cook .. .. 6 b Lawton .. .. o Capt. R. R. Baggallay, run out .. 2 lbw, b W'hitehead .. n T. Forester, c Makepeace, b White- head .. .. •• • • 4 lbw, b Lawton .. 2 Humphries, b Dean .. .. 9 b Cook .. .. 18 Bracev, run out .. .. .. o not out .. .. 10 Lb 1, nb 1 .. .. 2 B 13, lb 4, nb 1 18 Total Total .. 163 L a n c a 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 . —Whitehead, 1 7 - 3 - 5 5 - 1 ; Dean. 19 *2 -4 -5 5 -3 ; Fairclough, 2 2 -8 -6 8 -3 ; Cook, 1 7 - 6 - 3 2 -1 ; Lawton, 2 -0 -8 -0 . Dean, one nb. S e c o n d I n n in g s . — Whitehead, 3 2 - 1 6 - 4 6 - 4 ; Fairclough, 2 4 - 1 1 - 3 6 - 0 ; Cook, 12 5 - 1 - 2 8 - 2 ; Lawton, 2 1 - 9 - 3 3 - 4 ; Dean, 1 -0 -2 -0 . Whitehead, one nb. Umpires': Butt and Millward. S l o u g h , with a very strong side out, easily defeated G.W.R. The railway team batted first, and could only score 75, Badge making 37 of these. Edwards, who is qualifying for Bucks, found a spot, and took 6 for 23. Slough had 5 down for 94; when Willmott (44) and McCoy Hill (95) came together and added 120. The eventual total was 269. Hill hit very hard, but had a lot of luck, the G.W.R. fielding being below par. ESSEX v. YORKSHIRE. At Leyton, May 16, 18, and 19. G. M. Louden, the Ilford all- rounder, came into the home team, and in Gillingham’s absence a place was given to Carpenter, who last season played for his native county, Cambridgeshire. Over 4000 paid gate. Russell and Mclver, though the latter was not at his best, made a good start for the home side, putting up 102 for the first wicket. After that, though Douglas stayed 50 minutes, no one could do much with Booth until Carpenter came in. At that stage the total was 143 for 6. The veteran at once began to cut in his old style ; but the ninth wicket fell at 200, and not much was hoped of Hills. He rose to the occasion, however, and 59 were added before Rhodes bowled him. Carpenter batted 85 minutes, and gave no chance. Wilson and Rhodes put up 54 for the first Yorkshire wicket. Dolphin, sent in to play out time with Wilson, proved a surprise packet 011 Monday, helping in a stand which realised 124 in all. He made 66 of these, and made them really well. Wilson reached his century before lunch, but was out directly after the resumption, having hit 11 fours in his stay of 3^ hours. Denton’s 54 included 9 fours. D. C. F. Burton, the old Rugbeian, stayed and played well while Hirst hit hard, and the sixth wicket added 101 in little more than an hour. Hirst made his 81 in 90 minutes, hitting 10 fours. Once he and Burton were parted the innings soon came to an end. Louden bowled with great pluck and perseverance, and got half-a-dozen wickets at a cheap cost, relative to the total. Tired with their long outing, the Essex batsmen collapsed utterly before Booth, who in 70 minutes took 6 wickets (all that fell) at a cost of only 27 runs. The Metropolitan county were in hopeless plight. Though Tremlin and Freeman battled pluckily on Tuesday, their efforts were of no avail, and Yorkshire won quite early in the day by an innings and 41 runs. E s s e x . First Innings. Second Innings. C. D. Mclver, st Dolphin, b Hirst .. 46 b Booth .. .. 1 Russell (A. C.), c Dolphin, b Hirst .. 57 b Booth .. .. 23 Freeman (J. R.), c Drake, b Booth.. 10 not out .. .. 44 P. A. Perrin, c Rhodes, b Booth .. 15 b Booth .. .. 1 Capt. W. M. Turner, c Rhodes, b Booth .. .. .. .. 4 c Dolphin, b Booth .. 4 J. W. H. T. Douglas, b Drake .. 25 c & b Booth .. .. 5 F. L. Fane, c Dolphin, b Booth .. o r Rhodes, b Booth .. 6 Carpenter, not out .. .. 55 c & b Booth .. .. 2 G. M. Louden, c Dolphin, b Booth .. 13 b Drake .. .. o Tremlin, b Booth .. .. .. o b Booth .. .. 29 Hills, b Rhodes .. .. 26 c Drake, b Rhodes .. 16 Lb 7, nb 1 .. .. 8 Lb .. 10 Total 259 Total 141 Y o r k 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 . — Hirst, 25-6-56-2 ; Booth, 34-7-96-6 ; Drake, 16-2-64-1 ; Rhodes, 11*5-2-35-1. Booth, one nb. S e c o n d I n n in g s . — Hirst, 13-2-26-0; Booth, 20-2-64-8; Drake, 12-3-20-1; Rhodes, 8 1-5-8 -1; Kilner, 4-1-13-0. Y o r k s h ir e . Rhodes, c Louden, b Douglas Wilson (B. B.), b Douglas .. Dolphin, c Carpenter, b Louden Denton, c Turner, b Louden Kilner, c Turner, b Louden Hirst, lbw, b Tremlin D. C. F. Burton, lbw, b Carpenter. . 20 106 66 54 33 36 Birtles, Ibw, b Louden .. 1 Drake, c Turner, b Louden 10 Booth, b Louden .. .. 4 Sir A. W. White, not out .. o B 20, lb 10 .. .. 30 Total .. .. 441 E s s e x B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Douglas, 28-3-91-2 ; Tremlin, 33-6-98-1 ; Louden, 31*3-4-111-6 ; Hills, 15-2-36-0; Carpenter, 3-0-27-1; Russell, 6-0-25-0; Turner, 2-0-23- 0. Umpires : Flowers and West (W. A. J.). D u r h a m City defeated Burnmoor by 4 wickets. A. P. Ashley’s 59* and Milam’s 5 for 56 were chief contributory causes. H. L. D a l e s , who the week before ran up 87* for Consett v. Langley Park (N.W. Durham League), this last Saturday made 96* v. South Moor. Solly (formerly of the Worcester ground staff) took 8 for 14 for Burnopfield v. Kimblesworth. E p p l e t o n beat Boldon by 8 runs— 144 to 136, a ding-dong struggle. I.. Smith’s 64 played a big part in the victory. F. Mellor scored 54 and took 6 for 52 for Chester-le-Street v. Philadelphia, and was quite the star performer of the game. His side won by 33 runs. I n the Durham Senior League the best match was that in which Sunderland (141) beat South Shields (121). As so often in the last two years, the Sunderland team owed much to their tail-end men, S. W. Smith (26) and J. H. Mawson (32) adding 66 for the ninth wicket after the last four had produced only 5 runs. H. M. P a r r in g t o n scored 94 for Wearmouth, who declared with 5 down, but could not get Seaham Harbour out in time, Warner (68) putting up a sterling defence. Hendon (255 for 5— T. H. Stewart 93, B . Marshall 51) had similar luck with Whitburn. Here F . P . Whit­ taker ^82) was the stumbling-block.