Cricket 1914

M a y 30, 19 I4 . THE WORLD OF CRICKET. Y O R K S H IR E v, S U R R E Y . At Bradford, M ay 25, 26, and 27. The real cricket genius of Hobbs has never been demonstrated more signally than on the first day of this match. The wicket was of the type on which the man who potters about usually gets himself out ; it was soft, but not difficult, though likely to develop vice as soon as the sun got fairly to work on it. To make runs quickly was, therefore, the prime objective. Hobbs set out to do it. He started b y hitting Booth for six and Drake for 3 fours in one over. A nd as he began, so he continued. It did not matter who bowled ; he hit everybody. When Tom H ayw ard was out for 22, the score was 65. H obbs reached his 50 in as m any minutes, and actually scored his second 50-at tw ice the p ace! Rhodes was whacked on to the pavilion seats for six twice in an over. Birtles missed a skier on the boundary with the crack at 88 ; a six and a four came in the same over, and then at 151 a great shout arose, before that which greeted the attainm ent of three figures had fairly died away, for H irst had bowled the great Surrey man ! Five sixes and 11 fours had come from his bat. Yorkshire’s troubles were not over. Hayes played what would have seemed a really rem arkable innings had not H obbs taken the wind out of his sails, for he reached 50 in 70 minutes. But, with the wicket drying, Booth and Rhodes troubled the batsmen, and scoring slowed down. Towards the end no one but H ayes seemed able to score at all, for he’ made 65 of the last 83. He batted only 160 minutes for his excellent 125, which included 3 sixes and 11 fours. His only actual chance was at 50. There were as m any as 10 sixes during the innings, the captain and H itch each getting one, and the total of 317 only took 205 m inutes in the making. Rhodes, though heavily punished at times, got most of the wickets. Yorkshire started very well indeed, for about a couple of hours’ batting realised 124 runs for them at a cost of only 2 wickets. Denton and Rhodes added 60 for the second wicket, and Kilner, his partner at the finish, had helped him to put on 47. N ext morning these two carried their partnership to 114 before the younger man played on, chopping a ball hard into his wicket. Rhodes, who had batted 3 hours in all, was out alm ost directly afterwards, and the only feature of the rest of the innings was the steady batting of Hirst, who stayed 2 hours for his 48. T h e last 5 wickets only added 46. W hen Surrey batted again, H obbs was once more at the top of his form ; but neither H ayward nor H ayes settled down. In fact, no one but Hobbs really did anything. He was not quite so rapid as on Monday ; but he made his splendid 74 at very nearly run per minute rate. He hit 3 sixes and 7 fours, and did damage to the football pavilion clock, off which he knocked one of the hands. Rhodes again bowled with effect, and for the m atch had the excellent figures of 11 for 165. He was out for a duck when his side went in to make 223 for victory, however, and Dolphin soon followed him, so that at the close the W hite Rose brigade required 209 with 8 to go. On W ednesday Denton and W ilson made a fairly good start ; but the Thornes man left at 52, and Kilner had to go at 77, well caught by Strudwick on the leg side. Surrey were now getting on top, and with W ilson’s dismissal after a steady and Valuable 51 the game had become dis­ tinctly in their favour. Burton, Drake, and Booth quickly left, and 8 wickets were down for about 120. Here H irst and Birtles, fighting hard, added 82. Then H irst played on to Fender, and in the next over Birtles was run out. Surrey won b y 28 runs, and in the final stages the excellent bowling of Rushby and Fender and the fine fielding of the team generally played a big part. F irst Innings. S u r r e y . Second Innings. H ayward, b Rhodes .. .. 22 b Booth .. .. 7 Hobbs, b H irst .. .. .. 100 c Denton, b R h odes.. 74 Hayes, lbw, b Rhodes . . .. 125 b Drake .. .. 16 Harrison, c Dolphin, b Rhodes .. o b Rhodes .. .. 21 D ucat, b Rhodes .. .. .. 4 lbw, b D rake .. 20 C. T. A. W ilkinson, c Denton, b Rhodes .. .. .. . . 2 1 b Drake .. .. 2 P. H. G Fender, lbw, b D rake .. 2 lbw, b Rhodes .. 9 Hitch, c Dolphin, b Booth .. 16 c Birtles, b Rhodes .. o Strudwick, c Burton, b Rhodes .. 10 c Burton, b Drake .. 13 Sm ith (W. C.), c Dolphin, b D rake 6 c Denton, b Rhodes .. 10 Rushby, not out .. .. .. 1 not out .. .. 9 B 5, lb 5 .. 10 Lb 7, 11b 1 .. 8 Total . . . . 317 Total .. 189 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 in g s . — Hirst, 20-1-70-1 : Booth, 11-3-4 3-1 ; Drake, 15-4-55-2 ; Rhodes, 24-0-109-6 ; Kilner, 7-0-30-0. S e c o n d I n n in g s . — Booth, 11-1-4 6 -1 ; Hirst, 7 -3 -17 -0 ; Drake, 26-5-9-62-4; Rhodes, 24-3-56-5. Drake, one 11b. F'irst Innings, Y o r k s h ir e . Second Innings. W ilson (B. B.), b Rushby .. .. 9 c Fender, b R u sh b y.. 51 Rhodes, b H itch .. .. 89 c Fender, b Rushby .. o Denton, b Fender .. .. 37 b Rushby . . .. 19 Kilner, b H itch .. .. 48 c Strudwick, b Fender 17 Hirst, c H ayes, b Sm ith . . . . 48 b Fender . . .. 55 D. C. F. Burton, b Rushby .. 22 c Smith, b Rushby .. o Drake, c W ilkinson, b Sm ith .. 1 c Hitch, b Fender .. 5 Booth, b Rushby .. .. .. 1 lbw, b Fender .. o Birtles, lbw, b Sm ith .. .. 1 run out .. .. 40 Sir A. W . W hite, lbw, b Sm ith .. 4 not out .. . . o Dolphin, not out .. .. . . 10 b Rushby .. .. 1 B 6, lb 8 . . 14 Lb 5, nb 1 .. 6 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 . — Sm ith, 37*5-9-78-4 ; Rushby, 32-8-73-3 ; H itch, 19 -1-6 4 -2 ; Fender, 9 -0 -4 0 -1; Hayes, 3-0-15-0. S e c o n d I n n in g s . — Sm ith, 20 -5-37-0 ; Rushby, 24-7-63-5 ; H itch, 12-1-40-0 ; Fender, 21-5-9-39-4 ; Hobbs, 3-0-4-0 ; Hayes, 1-0-4-0. Fender one nb. Umpires : Bagshaw and Phillips. W O R C E S T E R S H IR E v. L E IC E S T E R S H IR E . A t W’orcester, M ay 25 and 26. This m atch should have begun on the Saturday, but rain had so affected the pitch that play was impos­ sible. The home side had H. K . Foster and Sim pson-H ayw ard; Bale had to stand down, owing to an accident, and Major Fulton came in as wicket-keeper. The visitors dropped Skelding in favour of the left-hander, Brown. Though the earlier Worcestershire batsm en all did a little, every man of them got out before he had fairly settled down, and the tail did nothing at all. G eary bowled particularly well, and in this lad Leicestershire seem to have a very valuable asset. That there was not so very much wrong with the wicket was speedily shown when the other side batted. W hitehead left at 18 ; but in a couple of hours the steady Wood and the slashing M ounteney added 164. The footballer’s share was 88, including 12 fours. K ing and W ood put on 96 in very good time. A t the close W ood was still undefeated, with 123 to his credit, and the total was 278 for 3. Wood, who had batted 3^ hours for his 123*, which only included 5 fours, declared at once on Tuesday morning, and Worcestershire set them selves to save the game— the only thing left for them to do. Pearson batted 90 m inutes for 8, including an hour for a single, and has been reproached in some quarters for slowness. But he was doing his side good service, and it is likely that his wearing-down tactics had their effect upon the subsequent course of the play, when M. K. Foster, playing brilliant cricket, scored his first hundred for the county. Not that all danger was over at the time Foster’s runs were made, for none of the earlier batsm en had done anything big, and the luncheon score of 136 for 4 left Worcestershire still in arrears. The young batsman, home for a holiday from rubber-planting in the M alay Peninsula, began carefully, scoring chiefly b y singles, but after lunch he opened out, and alto­ gether his 118 only took n o minutes. He gave no chance, and hit a five and 15 fours. The sixth w icket added 125 in 75 minutes, Cliff, as at the Oval, batting very soundly. He batted 130 m inutes for his 59*, and with Taylor added 50 runs. The closure was then applied, though for what purpose is rather a puzzle, since only 45 m inutes remained for play. Leicestershire took first innings’ points. L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . First Innings. 123 A. T. Sharp, Coe, H. W'right, Shipman, Sidwell, Brown (W.), and G eary did not bat. C. J. B. Wood, not out W hitehead (H.), c Burrows, b Taylor . . .. .. 7 Mounteney, c Chester, b Sim pson-H ayward .. 88 K ing (J. H.), b Pearson .. 50 B 6, lb 3, w 1 .. .. 10 T otal (for 3 w., dec.) .. 278 S e c o n d I n n in g s . — W hitehead (H.), not out, 29 ; H. W right, not out, 17 ; b 5, lb 1— total, 52 for no wicket. 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, 22-1-77-0 ; Taylor, 14-2-46-1 ; Pearson, 12 -1-3 5 -1 ; Chester, 13 -1-4 4 -0 ; Cuffe, 5-0 -32-0 ; S.-H ayward, 9 -0-34-1. T aylor delivered one no-ball. S e c o n d I n n in g s :— Burrows, 3 -0 -19 -0 ; Cuffe, 9 -3 -16 -0 ; S.- H ayw ard, 6 -2-11-0 . W o r c e s t e r s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. Bow ley, b G eary „ ............................ 10 c and b G eary . . 29 Pearson, b Brown . . .. .. 19 b Shipm an .. . . 8 H. K. Foster, b G eary .. .. 24 c W hitehead, b Brown 13 Chester, c Sharp, b Shipman .. 15 b King .. .. 28 M. K . Foster, c and b Shipman .. 17 b Brown .. . . 1 1 8 A . T. Cliff, b G eary .. .. .. 1 not out .. .. 59 G. H. Simpson-H ayward, c Brown, b Shipman .. .. .. 7 c Shipman, b B ro w n .. 14 Burrows, c W hitehead, b G eary .. 4 b G eary .. .. 18 Cuffe, lbw, b Geary .. .. . . 3 W . H. Taylor, c Sidwell, b Shipm an o not out .. .. 28 M ajor F'ulton, not out .. .. 2 B 4, lb 8 .. 12 B 16, lb 12, 11b 2 30 Total . . 114 Total (for 7 w., d e c.).. 345 Total 284 Total « 194 L e ic 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 i n g s : — Brown, 17-2-42-1 ; Geary, 24-3-11-42-5; Ship­ man, 8-2-18-4. S e c o n d I n n in g s :— Brown, 38 -19 -6 7-3; G eary, 34-8-118-2 ; King, 16-2-55-1 ; Shipman, 14-0-67-1 ; W ood, 2-0-8-0. Shipman delivered tw o no-balls. Umpires : Carlin and Flowers. VOLUMES OF “ CRICKET ” for sale, 1882-1913, 32 volumes, forming a complete set, bound in good condition. What offers ? — Apply A. B., c/o Manager, W o r l d of C r ic k e t .