Cricket 1914

202 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. M a y 30, 19 14 . A t Leyton, M ay 23, 25, and 26. The fact that John Douglas won the toss against M iddlesex and put them in, and that they scored 464 for one w icket, will, of course, go down to posterity. But John Douglas will not m ind much. H e has never been afraid to act upon his own judgm ent, either in the m atter of taking or in that of eschewing risks. A nd it is not difficult to follow his line of thought. “ Our fellows won’ t m ake m any on this soft wicket. I ’ll send the others in, and we m ay get them out pretty cheaply. And on Monday the pitch ought to be all right if there’s no more rain.” Som ething like that it ran, one imagines. The gamble turned out a losing one ; but Douglas would not cry over spilt m ilk. He would just go on striving in that dogged fighting w ay of his. And, for what that m ay be worth, he got the one Middlesex wicket that fell ! Essex tried tw o new bowlers— Strutton, slow left, and Mayes, fast right. The former is on the Leyton s ta ff; the latter has made a big reputation in East End club cricket. Neither did anything— except bowl and bowl and go on bowling, like the rest. Tarrant and the Hon. Rupert Anson put up 235 for the first wicket in about 150 minutes, and, except at first, when they made a few mishits, neither looked like getting out. The professional scored the faster, reaching his century soon after his partner attained 50. Anson had hard luck in just failing to m ake his first hundred in county cricket. His 97 included only 5 fours. The light grew so bad that at 5.50 p lay was stopped. Tarrant had then made 140 out of 245 in 3^ hours, there haying been tw o or three adjournments. On Monday, with the w icket distinctly faster, Tarrant and Hearne hit out with great vigour, and each scored a hundred before lunch, which must surely be some­ thing like a record in county cricket. Hearne reached his 50 in 55 m inutes, batted just over two hours in all, with one chance, a hard return to Hills, at 90, and hit 8 fours. Tarrant’s magnificent 250*, the result of 5 h. 20 m. at wickets, was unmarred b y any actual chance, and included 24 fours. The innings was declared at lunch. Warner had been called aw ay by the death of his mother-in-law, and Clarke took his place. Essex soon lost M clver and Freeman ; but Russell played a useful innings. Three were down for 53 ; here Fane and Perrin, though never on top of the bowling, added 50, and later Douglas and H ills m ade some runs ; but Essex had to follow on in the big m inority of 291, which th ey decreased by 44 without loss before the end of the day came. H earne followed up his century by some excellent bowling, getting a good deal of work on the ball and bothering all the batsmen. It was Hearne again on Tuesday, when, after Russell and Douglas had begun in very promising style, he came on to get two wickets in his second over. Perrin and his captain shaped like a possible long stand, both batting really well, Douglas more freely than usual. B ut Hearne got both, and at luncheon 5 were out for 181. The resist­ ance afterwards was but slight, and quite early in the afternoon M iddlesex had won b y an innings and 35 runs. In the m atch young H earne took 14 for 146, which, with his 106*, constitutes a very pretty double indeed. M i d d l e s e x . Tarrant, not out .. .. 250 Hon. R. Anson, e Fane, b Douglas .. .. 97 H earne (J. W.), not out . . 106 11 Total (for one w., dec.) 464 ESSEX v. MIDDLESEX. Hendren (E.), F. T. Mann, M. H. C. Doll, A. R. Litteljohn, Murrell, Hearne (J. T.), C. U. Peat, and Clark did not bat. First Innings. Second Innings. C. D. M clver, b Peat 9 st Murrell, b Hearne (J. W .) 25 Russell (A. C.), c Doll, b Hearnc c Hearne (J. T.), b (J. W .) ............................................. 32 Hearne (J. W .) 30 Freem an (J. R.), b Hearne (J. W .) .. 6 b Hearne (J. W .) 4 P. A. Perrin, b Hearne (J. W .) 32 st Murrell, b Hearne (J. W .) 6 0 F. L. Fane, c Murrell, b Hearne (J. W. ) 18 c Litteljohn, b Tarrant 1 J. W . H. T. Douglas, b Hearne (J. W .) ............................................. 25 b Hearne (J. W .) 63 Carpenter, b Hearne (J. W .) 1 c Murrell, b Hearne (J. W .) 1 Trem lin, st Murrell, b Tarrant 2 b Hearne (J. W .) .. 15 Hills, not out 25 not out 6 Strutton, c Tarrant, 1 ) Hearne (J. W .) 6 b Tarrant 11 Mayes, run out 2 c Litteljohn, b Tarrant 0 B 5, lb 9 , w 1 15 B 6, lb 11, w 2 19 Total 173 Total V, CO Cl M.C.C. v. H AM PSH IR E . A t Lord’s, M ay 23, 25, and 26. It was not a strong eleven which M acLaren led, the m ajority being men who appear but seldom in first-class cricket. Major Greig captained Hants, who played Evans, not yet qualified, but lacked three or four of their best. T h e weather on the first day was of the gloomiest description, and the p lay was shortened by showers and bad light. Robinson batted well, making 28 of the first 42 ; MacLaren scored 24 (of 46 added with Haig), in a style that promised bigger things under more genial conditions ; H aig’s 72 was a really good innings; and Lee helped him to add 46 for the fifth wicket. The tail collapsed before Rem nant’s slows. On Monday Greig and Stone put up 42 for the first w icket of the county before the latter was well taken, left handed, in the slips by the M.C.C. ca p tain ; but Remnant, Mead, and Newman failed, and 5 were out for 55. A t this point Harrison, the naval man, joined Brown, and they added 44. Harrison was missed early, but afterwards hit out very finely. There was another slump, and 9 were out for 112 ; but Haigh Sm ith sat on the splice while the sailor hit, and the last wicket added 86. Harrison, unlucky in missing his 100, batted about two hours, and hit 8 fours. When M.C.C. batted again H aig made 23 of the first 35, and with two wickets down at that figure there followed an excellent stand of 64, in which MacLaren showed his old m asterly form while Thomson kept up an end. A fter the old England skipper left, no one but his partner, who batted 135 m inutes in all for his 53, did very much, and at call of time M.C.C. had 9 down for 184. The innings closed for 189 on Tuesday morning, and H ants were set 184 to win. A bad start was made, Greig falling to W atson’s first ball, and after that victory never looked very likely. O nly Mead and Bowell made any resistance worth m entioning to A still and the Norfolk man, who bowled unchanged, and M.C.C. won b y the com ­ fortable margin of 73 runs. M.C.C. First Innings. Major E. P. Thomson, b Newman . D. C. Robinson, c Bowell, b Kennedy N. Haig, c Newman, b Rem nant .. A. C. MacLaren, lbw, b Newman .. Capt. A. Bird, c Evans, b Kennedy Lee (H. W.), st Evans, b Remnant Hon. B. Butler, b Remnant S. J. Pegler, b Remnant C. Heseltinc, c Kennedy, b Remnant Astill, not out Watson, b Remnant B 4 , lb 5 E s s e x B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Douglas, 12 -1-3 6 -1 ; Trem lin, 39-4-126-0 ; Strutton, 28-4-96-0 ; Hills, 24-0-102-0 ; Mayes, 14-0-69-0 ; Carpenter, 1-0 -1-0 ; Russell, 5-0-23-0. E s s e x . Second Innings. 4 c Greig, b Newm an .. 28 c Bowell, b Kennedy 72 lbw, b Newman 24 b Brown 3 b Newman 17 lbw, b Kennedy 2 b Newman 16 c Brown, b N ew m an .. 4 not out 9 run out 4 c Mead, b Newm an .. 9 B 11, lb 2 13 Total 192 T otal 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 :— Kennedy, 26-5-60-2 ; Newman, 20-8- Brown, 15-1-50 -0 ; Remnant, 9*2-2-20-6. S e c o n d I n n in g s :— Kennedy, 26-7-43-2 ; Newman, 24-1-6- Remnant, 7-0 -25-0 ; Brown, 8-0-37-1. H a m p s h ir e . First Innings. Major J. G. Greig, b W atson .. 28 Stone, c MacLaren, b W atson .. 12 Remnant, b Watson .. .. o Mead (C. P.), c and b A still .. o Brown (G.), c Heseltine, b Pegler .. 29 Newman (f.), c Lee, b A still .. 4 Lieut. G. C. Harrison, not out .. 91 Bowell, b Lee .. .. .. 4 Evans, b Pegler .. .. .. 1 Kennedy, b Pegler .. .. .. 2 H. A. H. Sm ith, b W atso n .. .. 14 B 9, lb 3, w 1 .. .. 13 53-2 ; 71-6 ; Total .. 198 Second Innings, b W atson c MacLaren, b A still. b W atson b Watson b A still lbw, b Astill .. b Astill lbw, b Watson b A still b Watson not out B 4, lb 5 •• Total 14 32 9 29 o M.C.C. B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . F ir s t I n n in g s : — Astill, 27-10-51-2 ; Pegler, 16-2-48-3 ; Watson, 20-1-60-4 ; Lee, 8 -1-26 -1. Pegler, one wide. S e c o n d I n n in g s :— W atson, 25*4-6-70-5 ; Astill, 2 5-14 -31-5. Umpires :— Atfield and Moss. T h e N o m a d s ’ half-day team made 120 (E. L. Kellie 30, S. B . K. Caulfield 20) v. Allom, who had put up 40 for 3 when the rain came down. M id d l e s e x 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 : — Peat, 10 -3 -15-1 ; Tarrant, 34-2-7-89-1 ; Hearne (J. W .), 25-7-54-7. Peat, one wide. S e c o n d I n n i n g s : — Peat, 10-0-41-0 ; Hearne, (J. T.), n - 4 -1 7 - 0 ; Litteljohn, 3 -1-5 -0 ; Tarrant, 25*5-5-61-3 ; Hearne (J. W .), 24-5-92-7. H earne (J. T.), and Tarrant each bowled one wide. Umpires :— Blake and White, H a m p s t e a d N o m a d s met their first defeat of the season on Saturday, when Reigate Priory beat them by 126 for 6 (N. J. Hodgkinson 27, J. Nightingale 26) to 107. Penfold (5 for 48) bowled well for the Priory. L e w is h a m W a n d e r e r s scored 178 for 8, dec. ( 0 . R. Arm strong 48, C. Langford 45) v. Old Olavians, who had m ade 12 for 1 when play had to cease. Langford and Armstrong added 95 together. W . J. W illiams, the O.O.’s fast bowler, sent down 22 overs w ithout a rest and with a w et ball, and took 7 of the 8 wickets that fell for only 70 runs— a capital piece of work.