Cricket 1914

M a y 30, 19 14 . THE WORLD OF CRICKET. 201 N O R T H AM P T O N SH IR E v. L A N C A SH IR E . A t Northampton, M ay 22 and 23. “ H ow are the m ighty fallen ! ” This was an intensely disappointing m atch from the Lancashire point of view. It is true that the side lacked A. C. M acLaren (not likely to be able to p lay out of town much for the next few weeks), R. H. Spooner (but he, like M acLaren,did not p lay at all last year), Dean, presumably crocked, and Huddleston, certainly so. B ut the home team were without John Denton and East, two of their most valuable men. The fine fielding of N orthants was a feature of the opening play. The catch b y which Beers, the Towcester amateur, got rid of Ernest Tyldesley was particularly good. A fair score seemed likely when 72 were up with only one wicket down ; but after that only John Tyldesley (eighth out after batting 85 minutes for his 57, a capital innings despite one chance,) could do anything. The home team had two down for 24; but the captain helped H ayw ood to add 77. Cook then got three wickets quickly, and Bowden secured o n e ; but W alden defended so well while H ayw ood hit that the seventh wicket added 92 in 50 minutes. H aywood made his 139 in 160 m inutes b y play of the most free and forceful character. H e hit 5 sixes and 14 fours, and the chances were difficult ones. The outstanding wicket did not realise another run on Saturday, when the pitch had been rendered soft by a heavy fall of rain in the night. It was not very difficult, and towards the end, when rain was falling and the ball had become slippery, the home side’s fielding went to pieces ; yet the Red Rose county made no more than 113, only H ornby and Ernest Tyldesley offering any resistance worthy of mention. Northants won b y an innings and 17 runs, and spoiled their chances of a Saturday afternoon gate, though in view of the state of the weather that m attered little. Their village lad, Murdin, looks as if he m ight train on into quite a good bowler. Thompson, even in E ast’s absence, has been allowed to take an easy of late ; and H ardy, the teetotal publican, must surely be played for his good conduct— it can scarcely be for his batting, and in three matches he has only sent down seven overs. L a n c a s h ir e . First Innings. A. H. H ornby, c Beers, b Thompson Makepeace, c Denton, b Sm ith Tyldesley (J. T.), c Buswell, b Sm ith Sharp, c Wells, b Murdin Tyldesley (E.), c Beers, b Murdin .. A. E. Lawton, b Murdin H. G. Garnett, c Beers, b Sm ith .. E. Bowden, b Murdin Whitehead (R.), not out Cook (L.), c W alden, b W ells Fairclough, c and b Wells Lb 3, w 1, nb 2 Total N o r t h a m p t o n 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 :— Wells, 8-5-0-26-2 ; Thompson, 8 -1-3 7-1 ; Smith, 13-3-27-3 ; Murdin, 10-1-48-4. Thompson, one wide, one n b ; Murdin, one nb. S e c o n d I n n in g s :— Wells, 8-0 -31-1 ; S m it h , 20-6-55-5 ; Murdin, i 4'3-4~25-4. Murdin, one nb. N o r t h a m p t o n s h ir e . 12 Second Innings, b Murdin 3 1 32 c Buswell, b Wells. .. 2 57 c Wells, b Sm ith 1 0 c Thompson, b Sm ith 10 3 c Thompson, b Sm ith 29 0 c Denton, b M urdin.. 3 0 c Haywood, b S m ith .. 2 7 c and b Murdin 10 1 7 c Thompson, b Sm ith 0 10 c W oolley, b M urdin.. 12 0 not out 11 6 Lb 1, nb 1 2 144 Total 113 28 W . H. Denton^c^Garnett, b W hitehead * . . 14 W oolley (C. N.), r. Hornby, b W hitehead .. .. 1 H aywood, b Bowden . . 139 S. G. Sm ith, b C o o k .. . . 42 Thompson, b Cook .. . . 4 H. G. Beers, c Garnett, b Cook 5 Wells, b Bowden .. .. 2 L a n c a s h ir e B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . W hitehead, 13-5-3-48-3 ; Bowden, 29 -5-90 -4; Lawton, 5-0 -12 -0 ; Copk, 24-3-87-3 ; Fairclough, 4-0-30-0. Umpires :— Marlow and Parris. - J W alden, c Cook, b Bow den.. H ardy (D.), b Bowden Buswell, c Tyldesley (J. T.), b W hitehead Murdin, not out B 2, lb 5 Total 13 8 7 274 In the N . Yorkshire and S. Durham League 011 May 16, Darlington heavily defeated Bishop Auckland, thanks to a very fine 85 by C. W. Burnip and the bowling of A. Goodrich (6 for 22) and Pestell (4 for 33). Norton as easily defeated Saltburn, Charles Townsend {53*) and A. P. Rutherford, who has played for Hants (60), adding 113 together for the winners’ second wicket. W e s t H a r t l e p o o l ’ s easy win over Thornabv was largely due to the bowling of their pro, Sm ith (6 for 22). F o r Stockton v. North Orm esby Jordan (73) and J. J. Atkinson (6 4 * ) added over a hundred after 7 wickets had fallen for 88. For the other side L. E. Thursfield and W . Fox each reached 50, both not out. Game drawn. T h e great performance of the day was F. R. Bulm er’s magnificent 1 8 0 * (two sixes and 3 0 fours) for Gainsborough v. Redcar. It was his first m atch this year, and he scored at a very fast pace. T w o far from easy chances behind the w icket were his only m istakes. D E R B Y S H IR E v. N O T TIN GH AM SH IR E . A t Chesterfield, May 23, 25, and 26. Derbyshire lacked both Baggallay and Chapman, Forester captaining, and Root playing for the first time this season. Saturday was a wretched day, and it was little wonder that the hoped-for crowd stayed away, probably preferring the fireside. Only 100 m inutes’ play took place ; Cadman and Morton put on 69 together, and four men went without a run among them. On Monday Beet and Forester hit out well, adding 52 in 30 minutes, and Root, always a hungerer after the lusty six, twice sent the ball over the track. Wass bowled with effect ; he generally seems to do his best work under conditions such as do not appeal to other bowlers. For their total of 226 Notts were largely indebted to the brothers Gunn, of w'hom George played much the better innings, making his 62 in 80 minutes with 110 chance till over 50, while John took nearly two hours over his 61 and was more than once favoured by fortune. Before call of time Oliver had gone for his second duck in the m atch— these things will happen, but the Glossop man is due for a century before long— but then Cadman and Beet stayed, and the total was 59 for 1 at drawing of stumps. Several men made useful scores on Tuesday, but the batting on the whole was rather sober-sided, though Curgenven’s 4 fours in one over off Barratt made one small purple patch. W ass again took the bowling honours, and had 13 wickets in all during the match. Notts were set 149 to get in a trifle under three hours. They began so badly that four of their best were out for 24, Forester getting three of them. Then George Gunn, who had gone in first as usual, and Iremonger made a much needed stand. They added 76 in 80 minutes, and were so well on top of the bowling that victory seemed assured as long as they remained together. But Iremonger was run out, and Alletson went in the same fashion, and when Root bowled Jones the visitors found themselves struggling. All their hope was in George Gunn, and he played a great game for his side. The ninth wicket fell at 112. Then B arratt kept up his stum ps while Gunn slammed at everything. He was missed at mid- on b y Beet, but just when a six would have won the m atch Root bowled him, and a sensational finish gave Derbyshire a victory by 5 runs. T h ey owed a good deal to Root, who is much too useful a man and too game a player at a pinch to be left out lightly. D e r b y s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. L. Oliver, run out .. .. .. o c Jones, bW ass .. o Cadman, c Barratt, b W ass .. 29 c W hysall, b Wass .. 33 Morton, c Gunn (G.), b W ass .. 49 c W hysall, b W ass .. 1 G. Curgenven, b W ass .. .. o b B arratt .. .. 38 Beet, b Wass .. .. 32 b Barratt .. .. 45 Slater, b W ass .. .. .. o c Gunn (G.), b W a ss .. 1 Bowden, lbw, b Alletson .. .. o c Gunn (G.), b B arratt 22 T. Forester, c W hysall, b Iremonger 27 c Payton, b Wass .. 30 Humphries, c W hysall, b Iremonger 3 b W ass .. .. 6 Root, c Gunn (J.), b W ass .. .. 25 c Payton, b W ass .. 15 Bracey, not out .. .. .. 7 not out .. .. 1 L b 4, w 1 .. .. 5 B 3, lb 2 .. .. 5 Total 1 77 Total 197 N o t t in g h a m 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 :— Wass, 31-9-86-6 ; Barratt, 15-2-44-0 ; Alletson, 2 -1-7 -1 ; Iremonger, 13-2-35-2. Alletson, one wide. S e c o n d I n n in g s : — Wass, 3 3 -1-6 -9 1-7; Barratt, 26-6-68-3; Iremonger, 15 -3 -2 1-0 ; Gunn (J.), 5-2-12-0. N o t t in g h a m s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. Gunn (G.), b Slater .. .. 62 b Root .. .. 79 Lee (G. M.), c Humphries, b Root .. 13 b Forester .. .. 5 Gunn (J.), b Morton .. .. 61 lbw, b Forester .. o W hysall, b Root .. .. .. 10 b Forester .. .. o Payton, b Slater .. .. .. 13 c Slater, b Root .. n Iremonger, c Root, b Bracey .. 1 run out .. •. 23 Alletson, b Slater .. .. . . 17 ru n o u t .. . . 3 A. O. Jones, b Morton .. .. 7 b Root .. .. 2 Oates, c Bracey, b Morton .. 26 c Beet, b Forester .. 1 Wass, b Slater .. .. . . 4 b Root .. .. 1 Barratt, not out .. .. .. o not out .. .. 5 B 9, lb 2, nb 1 .. .. 12 Byes .. .. 13 Total .. 226 Total •• M 3 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 i n g s : — Forester, 3 -0 -6 -0 ; Cadman, 8-2-33-0; Slater, 13 -1-4 1-4 ; Morton, 2 1*1-7-6 3-3; Root, 2 1-5 -5 9 -2 ; Bracey, 7 - 1 - 12-1. Morton, one nb. S e c o n d I n n in g s : — Forester, 19-4-49-4 ; Root, 26*2-8-51 4 ;' Slater, 4 -2 -13 -0 ; Morton, 7 -3 -1 1-0 ; Cadman, 5-2-6-0. Umpires :— Harrison and Millward. M e s s r s . E . 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