Cricket 1914

178 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. M a y 23, 19 14 . SURREY v. WORCESTERSHIRE. At the Oval, May 16, 18, and 19. The visiting eleven wore black arm-bands for R. E. Foster, and the luncheon interval was protracted while the funeral was taking place at Malvern. Bowley and Pearson gave them a fair send off, setting up 57 before the Surrey-born man was most unluckily run out, through Fender’s touching a ball (driven back by Bowley), which went on to hit the wicket while Pearson was backing up. For some time after this all went wrong for Worcester­ shire. Seven were out for 151. Then Cliff, who had been batting with dogged steadiness, was joined by the burly Burrows, and 94 were added before they could be parted. Burrows’s share of these was 55, made in 75 minutes. It is a long time since he has batted so well, though he once made a century v. Gloucestershire. Cliff batted 160 minutes for his very solid 57. The last two men made a few useful runs; but the total was only a moderate one at best. Before call of time Hayward and Hobbs put up 16. On Monday they went on to 97 before Hobbs left. Harrison and Ducat added 76 for the fourth wicket. Ducat, scarcely at his best before lunch, was in great form afterwards. Surrey had 7down for 257, and at that stage could not be said to have much the best of the game. But a productive 55 minutes’ partnership between Ducat and Hitch, which realised 96, put them well ahead. Ducat batted nearly 3 hours for his 118, and scored a couple of fives and 14 fours. Hitch made his 55 in 70 minutes, with 9 fours. Neither gave a chance. W. H. Taylor, the new skipper of Worcestershire, bowled well. He is of the orthodox fast medium type, with nothing very distinctive in his methods ; but he must be better than he has been reckoned, for he kept all the earlier Surrey batsmen playing him, and got 4 of the best wickets. In the hour or so left the visitors lost 3 for 63, and were still 42 behind with 7 to go on Tuesday morning. Taylor was the only man who stayed very long then, and Surrey had an easy victory by 9 wickets. W o r c e s t e r s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. Bowley (F. L.), c & b Fender • • 37 lbw, b Hitch 22 Pearson, run out .. 28 lbw, b Hitch 9 Collier, b Fender 16 c Strudwick, b Rushby 14 R. S. Swalwell, b Hitch 20 st Strudwick, b Fender 18 Chester, b Rushby 4 c Hayes, b Fender .. 25 A. T. Cliff, c Ducat, b Rushby • • 57 b Wilkinson 11 Cuffe, b Rushby .. 6 b Hayes 11 W. H. Taylor, c Strudwick, b Rushby •• 15 c Strudwick, b Rushby 40 Burrows, b Rushby •• 55 c Hobbs, b Hayes .. 16 Hunt, b Hayes .. 17 c Hayes, b Rushby .. 8 Bale, not out 12 not out .. 5 B 1, lb 7, w 1, nb 3 12 Lb 5, nb 1 6 Total . . 279 Total 185 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, 30-6-78-1 : Rushby, 25-6-73-5 : Fender, 16-4-69-2; Hayes, 8-3-2-23-1; Wrilkinson, 3-0-15-0; Harrison, 4-1-9-0. Hitch, 3 nb, Wilkinson one wide. S e c o n d I n n in g s . — Hitch, 19-4-63-2; Rushby, 20 2-4-55-3; Hayes, 8-2-38-2; Wilkinson, 1-0-2-1; Fender, 5-2-21-2. Hitch one nb. S u r r e y . Hayward, b Taylor .. 61 | P. G. H. Fender, b Pearson 8 Hobbs, st Bale, b Taylor .. 35 ' Hitch, c & b Burrows .. 55 Hayes, b Taylor .. .. 16 I Strudwick, not out .. .. 8 Harrison, c Bale, b Taylor 35 Rushby, b Pearson .. .. 4 Ducat, c & b Pearson .. 118 B 11, lb 8, nb 3 .. 22 C. T. A. Wilkinson, b Burrows 19 I ---- Goatly, b Burrows .. .. 6 j Total .. .. 387 S e c o n d I n n in g s . — Hayward, not out, 41; Hobbs, lbw, b Pearson, 12 ; Hayes, not out, 14 ; b 4, lb 1, w 4, nb 2— total (for one wkt.), 78. 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 . F ir s t I n n in g s . — Burrows, 26-3-103-3; Taylor, 20-2-69-4: Pearson, 22-3-2-77-3 ; Cuffe, 24-4-92-0; Chester, 2-0-15-0; Swalwell, 3-0-9-0. Taylor, three nb. S e c o n d I n n in g s . — Burrows, 10-1-26-0; Pearson, 7-0-25-1; Cliff, 21-0-16-0. Pearson bowled four wides and Burrows two no-balls. Umpires : Atfield and Marlow. ------------ + ------------ C a n n e l l had made 118 two days earlier, and is evidently in good form. G a in s b o r o u g h were slaughtered by Retford. They were all out for 29 (Grounds 6 for 13, Mortimer 4 for 9). Retford made 217 for 7—W. Walker 85.* A t Grantham the Lindum II team only made 70, Sidney Colling­ wood, who bowled very fast and kept them a trifle short, hitting the stumps five times, and taking 6 for 13 in all. His side won by 2 wickets. L in c o l n L in d u m and Grantham, first and second elevens, met in the return matches on Saturday. The first teams drew at Lincoln, the home side making 182 (Meunier 48, F. G. Baker 36), and the visitors, who had to struggle against time as well as the bowlers, 162 for 7. F. S. Cannell (54) and W. E. Thompson (49) were chief contributors. Qood F ish in g ! F ish er m an (soliloquising): “ It looks a likely bait— anyway it’s worth a trial.” MIDDLESEX v. SUSSEX. At Lord’s, May 18, 19, and 20. P. F. Warner, Murrell, and the veteran Jack Hearne strengthened the home side ; Sussex made no­ change from the team beaten at Trent Bridge. Middlesex made a bad start, losing Anson with only 9 up ; then looked like putting together a really big total, but failed to do so, the tail curling up in marked fashion. There were partnerships of 107 by Tarrant and the younger Heame, 77 by Warner and Hendren, and 66 by Warner and Mann. The captain batted 140 minutes, playing in quite his best style, though he tired towards the end ; Tarrant made his 72 in 80 minutes, and Mann his 44 (one six and 6 fours) in 50 minutes. At the fall of the fifth wicket a big total seemed auite likely, but the last five only added 18. The brothers Relf bowled well, but the catching of the side left something to be desired. Sussex had a bad 50 minutes- at the end of the day, losing 4 for 34. This was improved upon in the morning, for Robert Relf and Jupp added 56 in partnership, and Albert Relf helped his brother to put on 58. These three made nearly all the runs, and the younger Relf, who played a very solid innings, eschewing the risks which he sometimes takes, was in 2 hours in all. With the biggish lead of 140, Middlesex started badly, losing Anson, Tarrant, Warner, and Hendren with only 32 scored. Then, however,. Mann and young Hearne made a determined stand. They added 91 in 65 minutes, and the Cantab’ s well hit 60 (made in an hour and a half)' included 9 fours. The rest did very little, Robert Relf again bowling well. Sussex once more had to go in for a brief period towards the close, and their chances of getting the 340 required for victory were discounted heavily by the loss of Vii\e, who was well taken rather wide on the leg side by Murrell. As on Monday, Chaplin went in to save another wicket, and as then stayed to the finish. He stayed in the morning to see several batsmen come and go, for the game took a most surprising turn, and Sussex tumbled out for the paltry score of 50. The second wicket fell at 26, and 6 were down for 36, the brothers Relf and Bowley all leaving at this total. Two runs later Murrell very smartly stumped Jupp. Tarrant and J. W. Hearne must have bowled well, but there must also have been some very bad batting.. Middlesex won by 289 runs.