Cricket 1914

THE WORLD OF CRICKET. M a y 30, 1914. E CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY^ TRIAL MATCH. At Fenner’s, May 18, 19, and 20. The course of this match was in singular contrast to that of the parallel fixture at Oxford. There bowlers had had it nearly all their own way ; here batsmen found run-getting easy. Yet there is no reason to deduce any marked superiority in the potentialities of the Dark Blue bowling. C. R. Browne, who hails from Eastbourne and has played for Sussex II, was seen to great advantage on the first day. He hit with splendid vigour, and made his 146, including 24 fours, in a couple of hours. Morrison shaped well, he and Davies putting up 71 for the first wicket ; Saville and Browne added 92 in partnership. Hopley hit out finely during his association of 85 minutes with Leggatt. Of the 126 added the Harrovian claimed 86 (15 fours). On Tuesday Leggatt went on his way untroubled by any of the bowlers, never forcing the pace, yet hitting when the right ball came along, as a six and 16 fours testify. He played right through, batting nearly five hours. Arnold, who has developed into quite a stylish bat, helped him to add 148 for the sixth wicket. At the close of an innings each 837 runs had been scored at the rate of a trifle over 80 an hour. In the second venture of the captain’s side Straker hit very hard indeed, he and Musson adding 67 in 30 minutes. Others scored freely, but the big total that looked likely early on did not materialise, and Hopley’s team were set only 229 for victory. They obtained the runs quite easily, for, after Wood had left at 30, Leggatt and Hopley, as in the first innings, made a stand of over 100— 117 this time— the Etonian scoring faster than on Tuesday. He hit a five and 10 fours in his 67. Hopley’s 68 included 9 fours. Riley hit out finely, and twice in one over drove King to the on for 6. His 55 were made in 35 minutes. Hopley’s side won by 7 wickets. Mr. S . H. S a v il l e ’ s XI. J. S. F. Morrison, c Riley, b Fairbairn 80 st Wood, b White .. 12 G. B. Davies, b Mackenzie .. 36 c Hopley, b Riley .. 10 F. W. Musson, b Fairbairn .. 12 lbw, b Fairbairn .. 40 C. R. Browne, c Leggatt, b White 146 absent (see Heaton) .. — A. C. Straker, b Naumann .. 5 run out . . 77 S. H. Saville, c McCaughey, b Riley 41 c Riley, b White .. 44 J. G. Stephen, c Arnold, b Leggatt 28 c Hoplev, b Leggatt.. 24 R. H. King, b White .. .. 9 lbw, b Fairbairn .. 10 J. H. Falcon, lbw, b White .. 18 c and b Fairbairn .. 4 J. Norman, lbw, b Leggatt .. 4 not out .. .. 5 K. H. C. Woodroffe, not out .. 8 b White .. .. 34 D. R. Heaton (allowed to bat for Browne, 2nd inns.) .. .. — c Arnold, b McCaughey 1 B 5, lb 8 .. 13 B 3, nb 1 .. 4 Total .. .. 400 Total .. 265 B o w l in g A n a l y s is — M r . H o p l e y ’ s S id e . F ir s t I n n in g s : — Riley, 14-2-54-1 ; White, 144-1-65-3; Mac­ kenzie, 9-1-42-1 ; Fairbairn, 19-0-116-2 ; McCaughey, 7-0-38-0 ; Naumann, 6-0-40-1 ; Leggatt, 5-0-32-2. S e c o n d I n n in g s : — Riley,11-0-5 7 - * ; W'hite, 11-0-54-3 ; Fair­ bairn, 12*5-0-82-3 ; Mackenzie, 3-0-T1-0; Naumann, 3-0-10-0; McCaughey, 6-1-20-1 ; Leggatt, 4-0-27-1. Naumann, one nb. M r . G. W. V. H o p l e y ’ s XI. First Innings. Second Innings. G. E. C. Wood, c Stephen, b Falcon 2 c Musson, b Falcon .. 11 L. C. Leggatt, not out .. .. 160 c Saville, b King .. 67 G. W. V. Hopley, c Musson, b King 86 run out .. .. 68 W. N. Riley, lbw, b Falcon .. 13 not out .. .. 55 G. A. Fairbaim, b Falcon .. .. 6 not out .. .. 11 A. F. Maynard, c & b Falcon .. 38 A. C. P. Arnold, c Saville, b Wood­ roffe .. •• • • 86 J. H. Naumann, c Davies, b Wood­ roffe .. •• •• _ ••0 S. McCaughey, c Stephen, b Davies o K. N. Mackenzie,c Davies, b Straker 16 J. White, run out .. . • •• 1 B 20, w 1, nb 8 .. .. 29 B 9, lb 6, w 1, nb 117 Total 437 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY v. SUSSEX. At Fenner’s, May 21, 22, and 23. Each side made three changes. The ’Varsity captain gave a trial to G. E. C. Wood, J. H. Falcon, and C. R. Browne, all Seniors, in place of A. C. P. Arnold, G. W. V. Hopley, and J. H. Naumann. From the Sussex side N. J. Holloway, Cox, and Bowley stood down for B. H. Holloway, the third Relf (E. H.), and Roberts. Before lunch play was somewhat slow; but Jupp made his 42 in capital style. Later the pace quickened up, and the batsmen who followed Holloway reaped the benefit of his wearing-down tactics. Wilson scored freely, and Vincett hit very hard indeed, his 66* including a six, a five, and 9 fours. There were stands of 52 by Robert Relf and Jupp, 45 by Albert Relf and Holloway, 58 by Holloway and Chaplin, and 75 by Wilson and Street. Lagden caught Wilson on the boundary— or rather over it, for he stepped back in making the catch, an excellent one, and the result was an entry of 6 instead of one reading “ c Lagden, b Fairbairn.” Falcon had a hand injured while fielding in the slips. Before the end of the day the Light Blues had lost four of their best for 47, three of them clean bowled by Robert Relf. Davies and Saville played a good defensive game together in the morning, and their partnership added 66 to the score. Jupp took the last four wickets, Falcon being unable to bat, at a very small cost. Cambridge had to follow on, and for a time looked like being beaten in an innings, for Davies went without a run on the board, Lagden, the side’s great hope, was out just as he began to look nicely set, and Wood quickly followed him. But now came in Riley, who is never afraid to play his own game, whatever the position. He slammed out powerfully, one very big hit off Vincett realising six, and with Morrison scoring at a very good pace, though by somewhat less aggressive methods, the score was increased by 114 before the fourth wicket fell. The old Carthusian, who was out almost directly after his partner, batted 155 minutes for his chanceless 100, and hit 14 fourt. There ought to be no doubt as to his winning back his place in the side. Saville, as in the first innings, batted well, and was still there at call of time, when Cambridge were 29 on with four to go— or, rather three, as Falcon was disabled. No one but Fairbairn stayed any length of time next morning, after a thunderstorm and heavy rain ; and in a bad light, with more rain in the offing, Sussex hit off the runs required for the loss of 2 wickets, the game, in which over 900 runs were scored, ending soon after luncheon on the third day. S u s s e x . First Innings. Jupp, c Riley, b Davies Vine, c Wood, b Woodroffe. . 8 Relf (R. R.), c Morrison, b Fairbairn .. .. .. 21 B. H. Holloway, b Falcon .. 54 Relf (A. E.), lbw, b Fairbairn 26 H. P. Chaplin, c Lagden, b Falcon .. .. 29 H. L. Wilson, c Fairbairn, b Davies .. .. 55 Relf (E. H.), c Woodroffe, b Davies .. .. .. 14 Street, c Fairbairn, b Wood­ roffe .. .. - 4 4 Vincett, not out .. .. 66 Roberts, b Lagden .. .. 16 B 4, lb 2, nb 1 .. .. 7 Total .. .. 382 S e c o n d I n n in g s :— Vine, not out, 24 ; Relf (E. H.), c Fairbairn, b Woodroffe, 3 ; B. H. Holloway, c Lagden, b Davies, 15 ; H. L. Wilson, not out, 27; b 6, nb 1, w 1— total (for 2 wkts.), 77. C a m b r id g 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 : —Woodroffe, 27-2-114-2; Baker, 10-1-42-0 ; Falcon, 17-3-49-2 ; Fairbaim, 18-1-91-2 ; Davies, 15-1-49-3 ; Riley, 3-0-16-0; Lagden, 2*3-0-14-1. Falcon, one nb. S e c o n d I n n in g s :— Baker, 7-3-10-0 ; Woodroffe, 6-1-8-1 ; Fair­ bairn, 9-3-23-0; Davies, 8-0-28-1. Woodroffe, one nb ; Fairbaim, one wide. C a m b r id g e U n iv e r s it y . Total (for 3 wkts.) 229 B o w l in g A n a l y s is — M r . S a v il l e ’ s S id e . F ir s t I n n in g s . — Woodroffe, 26-5-94-2 ; Falcon, 27-2-85-4 ; Norman, 11*1-2-60-0 ; Browne, 2-1-6-0 ; King, 9-1-47-1 ; Stephen, 2-0-18-0 ; Saville, 4-0-34-0 ; Davies, 12-0-46-1 ; Straker, 6-2-18-1. Woodroffe, one wide, one nb ; Falcon, 4 nb ; Stephen, Straker, and Saville, one nb each. S e c o n d I n n in g s . — Woodroffe, 10-2-39-0; Falcon, 11-0-44-1 ; King, 8-0-60-1 ; Straker, 4-0-12-0; Davies, 1-0-5-0; Norman, 3-0-13-0 ; Stephen, 5*4-0-39-0. King one wide, Falcon one nb. Umpires : O’Connor and Watts. S c a r c e B o o k s o n C r i c k e t . — Large stock. Send par­ ticulars of requirements. Bound Volumes of ‘‘ Cricket,” I— X I I ; what offers?— W right & Co., 7, Temple Lane, London, E .C . First Innings. J. S. F. Morrison, b Relf (A. E.) .. o G. B. Davies, b Vincett .. .. 44 R. B. Lagden, b Relf (R. R.) .. 6 G. E. C. Wood, b Relf (R. R.) . . 12 W. N. Riley, b Relf (R. R.) .. o S. H. Savilie, c Vine, b Jupp .. 65 C. R. Browne, b Jupp .. 5 G. A. Fairbairn, c Street, b Jupp .. 12 K. H. C. Woodroffe, c Relf (E. H.), b JU PP ....................................................... 5 E. C. Baker, not out .. .. o J. H. Falcon, absent hurt .. .. — B 14, lb 4 .. .. 18 Second Innings, b Jupp .. .. 100 c Jupp, b Roberts .. o lbw, b Relf (A. E.) .. 18 c JUPP» b Vine .. 5 c Vine, b Relf (E. H.) 48 c Relf (E. H.), b Vincett 44 c Relf (R. R.), b Relf (E. H.) .. .. 3 c Jupp, b Relf (A. E.) 35 c Roberts, b Vincett.. 7 not out ... .. o absent hurt .. .. — Total .. 167 Total .. 289 S u ss 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 :— Relf (A . E.), 15-7-27-1 ; Relf (R. R.), 17-1-35-3 ; Vincett, 18-2-55-1; Roberts, 6-2-11-0; Jupp, 9*1-2-21-4. S e c o n d I n n in g s : — Relf (A . E.), 2 1 - 7 - 3 9 - 2 ; Roberts, 10-^3-28-1 ; Jupp, 1 1 -0 -6 0 -1 ; Vine, 1 1 - 1 - 3 7 - 1 ; Vincett, 1 5 * 1 -0 -7 1 -2 ; Relf (E. H .), 1 1 -5 - 2 4 -2 . Jupp, one nb. Umpires:— Richardson and West (W. A. J.). P u t n e y (109 for 7— D. W. Denman 59*) beat Upper Teddington (105— Wilson 34) just on time on the 16th. For the losers Gutteridge took all the seven wickets that fell.