Cricket 1914

M a y 30, 1914. THE WORLD OF CRICKET. 199 H AM P SH IR E v. Y O R K S H IR E . A t Southampton, M ay 20, 21, and 22. Yorkshire gave Holmes a chance vice B irtles; Hants still lacked Major Greig, E. M. Sprot, and others. The visitors batted first, and the first eight batsmen all did som ething; but only W ilson, who played a steady innings of 56, did much, and the total was the com paratively poor one of 232. This seemed the poorer by reason of the fact that Newman was suffering from a strain which prevented his bowling at all, and Brown was handicapped b y a dam aged hand. Jaques did best, and bids fair to be a big asset to his side, which it is said he m ay lead regularly in the not very distant future. He is getting experience in captaincy now. Thanks to a useful stand by Philip Mead and Remnant after two good wickets had fallen cheaply, the home side had 128 for 3 up before call of time. Brown did not stay long on Thursday m orning; but Mead was in great buckle, and after Newman had helped him to add 55, Harrison, the N avy recruit, assisted in a much longer stand. B y lunch the pair had added 105 in 70 minutes, Mead’s first hundred having taken 155 m inutes in the making. Sixty-five more were put on before the pair were parted, the sixth wicket producing 170 in two hours’ play. Harrison had made some full-shouldered drives in scoring his 76, which included 10 fours. There was no further stand, and Mead was last out, for the highest score of the season to date. He batted 5 h. 5 m. in all, gave only one chance, and that but barely possible ; it would have been a magnificent catch had Booth made it. He hit 26 fours, and among his other strokes were 6 threes and 19 twos. Rhodes and Wilson, eschewing risks— which neither loves, even with the game more open— put up 45 before a wicket fell when Yorkshire batted again, and with both out by the time 47 had been scored Denton and Kilner m ade a very useful stand, adding 67. A t call of time the score was 139 for 3. There were nearly 4,000 spectators. Denton and H irst played up greatly for their side on the third day. The situation called for caution, and Jaques and Kennedy were bowling well, so that scoring never became exceptionally fa s t; but the two stayed there and kept on adding runs. Denton took 195 m inutes to reach 100, and H irst was in 160 m inutes before he attained 50. A t lunch they were still together. Afterwards they quickened up greatly, adding 100 in 35 minutes, and Hirst scored so fast that when he was out at 426 had nearly caught up his partner. They had added 312 runs in 4 ! hours, the length of H irst’s stay. He hit a six and 19 fours. Denton, who batted just over 5^ hours, had 27 fours in his faultless 168*. Both played very fine cricket indeed. The innings was declared at this stage, and the home side were sent in to get 243 for victory— in 90 m inutes. The task was not attem pted, of course; if the Y o rk­ shire fielding had been up to its usual standard H ants m ight just possibly have been pushed hard to save the game. Bowell was twice rather badly missed. Hampshire took first innings points. In the m atch 27 wickets realised 1151 runs, the highest of the season to date. Y o r k s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. Rhodes, hit w, b Rem nant .. 24 c Livesey, b Brown .. 28 W ilson (B. B .j, c Livesey, b Brown 56 b Remnant .. .. 19 Denton, c Mead, b Brown .. .. 17 not out .. .. 168 Kilner, c Kennedy, b Jaques .. 24 c Remnant, b S m ith .. 33 Hirst, c Mead, b Jaques .. .. 17 c Kennedy, b Newman 146 D. C. F. Burton, c Livesey, b Rem ­ nant .. .. •• 15 Drake, b Jaques .. .. . . 3 6 Booth, b Kennedy .. • • • • 18 Holmes, c Sm ith, b Jaques o Sir A. W . W hite, b Kennedy .. 1 Dolphin, not out .. .. .. 4 B 10, lb 6, w 4 .. 20 B 24, lb 5, w 1, nb 2 .. 32 S e c o n d I n n i n g s : — Booth, 5 -2 -6 -0 ; D rake, 16 -7 -19 -2 ; Rhodes, 12-4 -23-1 ; Kilner, 4 -1-13 -0 ; Wilson, 3~o-9-o.^ Wilson, one nb. Umpires : Moss and Flowers. Total .. 232 Total (for 4 wkts., dec.) 426 H a m p 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 :— Remnant, 9-1-29-2 ; Brown, 19-5-54-2 ; Jaques, 22-1-6 -52-4 ; Kennedy, 26 -4 -67-2; Sm ith, 2-0-10-0. Brown, 4 wides. S e c o n d I n n i n g s : — Jaques, 26-6-56-0; Kennedy, 4 5-17-10 4 -0 ; Brown, 19-5-70 -1 ; Remnant, 13-3-27-1 ; Newman, 21-1-6-54-1 ; Sm ith, 1 2 -1 -5 1 -1 ; Bowell, 12-1-32-0. Sm ith, one wide ; Bowell 2 nb. H a m p s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. Stone, c Denton, b H irst .. .. 8 lbw, b D rake .. .. 7 Bowell, c Hirst, b Booth .. .. 2 not out .. .. 20 Remnant, b Rhodes .. . • 46 c Rhodes, b Drake .. o Mead (C. P.), c W hite, b H irst .. 213 Brown (G.), b Drake .. .. 24 not out .. .. 17 Newman (J.), c Kilner, b Rhodes .. 21 c Dolphin, b R h o d es.. 26 Lieut. G. C. Harrison, st Dolphin, b Rhodes .. .. •. .. 76 Kennedy, c Dolphin, b Booth .. 4 A. Jaques, lbw, b Booth .. .. 3 H. A. H . Sm ith, c W hite, b B o o th .. 1 Livesey, not out .. .. •. o B 10, lb 6, w 1, nb 1 .. 18 B 5, lb 1, nb 1 .. 7 Total .. 416 Total (for 3 wkts.) 77 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 i n g s : — Hirst, 29-1-6-90-2; Booth, 3 1-2 -113 -4 ; Drake, 17-1-8 2 -1 ; Rhodes, 2 7-6 -75 -3 ; Kilner, 10-0-38-0. Kilner one wide ; H irst one nb. G L O U C E S T E R S H IR E v. W A R W IC K SH IR E . A t Bristol, M ay 21 and 22. The visitors had W . C. Hands in place of Crockford. The home team, as usual in May, had not their best sid e; but T. H. Fowler, who has not played for a long time past (representing Dorset occasionally meanwhile), reappeared for them, as did W . M. Br.ownlee. A bad start, Langdon going at once, was followed b y such slow play that an hour only realised 30 runs. Then three wickets fell in rapid succession to Hands. Sewell, as often before, proved himself good at need, and showed his men that the bowling could be hit. He and Collett added 85, of which the captain was responsible for quite the lion’s share, his 65 ( n fours) being made in.an hour, with only one very hard chance— if indeed that could be called a chance which a man of Parsons’s height could only touch by jum ping. Collett batted very steadily indeed for his 41. Foster and Hands, who each took four wickets cheaply, bowled well. Before close of play the visitors had put up 186 for 5, the outstanding features of their display being a forceful innings of 65, in which the drive predom inated, in 80 minutes by Charlesworth, and some capital hitting by Sm ith, who m ade 48* in less than half an hour at the d ay’s close. He carried his score to 73 on Friday, batting only 90 minutes in all, and hitting a six and tw elve fours. Baker (who was in 100 minutes for his 42) and he added 106 for the sixth wicket. Dennett had much the best bowling figures, though the wicket was by no means of the kind a slow left-hand merchant prefers. Gloucestershire’s second innings was a poor affair, Langdon and Sewell alone doing anything. Field put in some capital work with the ball. W arwickshire won by 10 wickets. G l o u c e s t e r s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. Langdon, c Quaife, b Jeeves 0 c Sm ith, b Santall .. 46 Dipper, c Sm ith, b Hands 19 c Sm ith, b Foster .. 9 T. H. Fowler, c Sm ith, b H ands .. 16 c Parsons, b Jeeves .. 9 C. O. H. Sewell, c Parsons, b Quaife 65 c Charlesworth, b Field 28 Sm ith (H. J.), b Hands 0 c Sm ith, b Jeeves .. 6 G. F. Collett, st Sm ith, b Foster .. 41 b Field 3 W . M. Brownlee, b Foster .. 0 b Field 7 B. G. James, c Parsons, b Hands .. 6 c Quaife, b Field 10 Parker, lbw, b Foster 14 c Quaife, b Santall .. 0 Gange, c Jeeves, b Foster 6 not out 4 Dennett, not out 3 b Field 1 Lb ............................... 2 B 2, lb 3, nb 3 8 Total 172 Total 131 W a r w ic 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 :— Foster, 25-10-46-4 ; Jeeves, 16-8-20-1 ; Field, 9-2-28-0 ; Hands, 12-2-42-4 ; Quaife, 9 -1-3 4 -1. S e c o n d I n n i n g s : — Foster, 7 - 1 - 1 4 - 1 ; Jeeves, n - 4 -1 9 - 2 ; Hands, 9-2-25-0 ; Field, 9-4-0-54-5; Santall, 5 -1 -11 -2 . Field, three nb. W a r w ic k s h ir e . First Innings. Kinneir, c Sm ith, b Gange .. 16 Parsons, c Dennet, b Parker 26 b Jeeves, st Smith, b Dennett Santall, lbw, b Dennett W. C. Hands, b Dennett .. Field, not out 15 Charlesworth, c Dipper, Dennett .. .. 65 Quaife, lbw, b Gange . . 7 F. R. Foster, c Dipper, b Parker .. .. .. 15 Total .. . . .. 278 Baker (C. S .), c Sm ith, b Gange 42 Sm ith (E. J.), c Dipper, b Dennett .. .. 73 S e c o n d I n n in g s :— Kinneir, not out, 1 ; Parsons, not out, 20; b 4, nb 1— total (for no wicket), 26. G l o u 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 :— Gange, 26-4-96-3 ; Brownlee, 9-4-21-0 ; Dennett, 36-8-99-5 ; Parker, 18-3-54-2 ; Dipper, 1-0-6-0. Gange, one wide. S e c o n d I n n i n g s : — Gange, 3 -1-12 -0 ; Parker, 2*3-o-9-o. Gange, one nb. Umpires :— Brown and Street. M.C.C. v. M INOR COU N TIE S. A t Lord’s, M ay 21 and 22. From the second-class side Michael Falcon and Barnes were notable absentees. M.C.C. had a strong team in the field, and Tarrant and J. W . H eam e made a brilliant start. F ifty went up in 35 minutes, 100 in an hour, and at luncheon, after a trifle under tw o hours’ play, the total was 193 for none. Hearne scored 25 off an over from Falconer (three sixes, a four, and a three). At 237 Tarrant left, having made his 77 in 130 minutes. He had some luck, and was incom parably less brilliant than his partner. H eam e and M clver found no difficulty in scoring fast against the tired and completely collared bowling, and the score had reached 377— 140 for the w icket in an hour— before the pro. was dismissed for a brilliant 228. He batted in all only 170 minutes, and hit 3 sixes and 26 fours, the only chance he gave being one in the country at 188. B y official ruling this m atch is not first class ; but Morcom, Morris, Falconer, and Creber form a bowl­ ing string as good as those of at least half the m ajor counties, and, though it is possible that Hearne’s dashing methods were in part due to his know ­ ledge that the game “ didn’ t count,” he deserves a lot of credit for his