Cricket 1914

THE WORLD OF CRICKET. M a y 30, 19 14 . S O M E R S E T v. SU SS E X . A t Bath, M ay 25, 26, and 27. The visitors lacked H. L. W ilson. Bridges returned to the Som erset side. A t the outset Sussex seemed likely to be dismissed for a sm all total, for at lunch they had 5 out for 104, Vine, with 58 in n o m inutes, having alone done m uch up to that point. A fter the adjournm ent, however, runs cam e apace. Chaplin, m issed at 19, hit out finely, and scored his 66 in 80 minutes, he and young Bow ley adding 87 in well under an hour. Bridges got one over the heart from a lusty drive by the Sussex skipper, and was off the field for some time. Cox, who hit the only six of the innings, Street, and Vincett all made runs pretty quickly, and the last five wickets realised nearly twice as m any as the first five. Somerset again fielded finely— there were m istakes in the Surrey m atch, but there was much really good work too— and the catches made by Poyntz and W hite were particularly clever. B y call of time both the Rippon twins had succumbed to Holloway* and 2 were down for 29. On Tuesday Braund and R. E. H ancock made a stand of 62 for the fourth wicket* the old England player batting in his best style. Most of the others did something, Vine being freely hit ; but Vincett had one of those • rare spells of his in which he seems irresistible, and took all the last seven wickets. W ith a useful lead of 90, the Sussex batsmen made but little attem pt to force the pace, Vine batting 105 m inutes for his 40, the first 16 of which took him an hour. There was some more brilliant fielding, W hite making a fine c. & b., and Dudley Rippon catching Chaplin one-handed in capital style. Albert Relf and Bowley were together when the d ay’s play ended, the score then being 157 for 5. On the last morning A lbert Relf (whose 64 took 2 hours) and Bowley (who made his 63* in little over an hour) put on runs at a better pace, and Chaplin declared at 242, leaving Somerset 333 to get for victory. The catch by which D udley Rippon dismissed Relf was a fine running one in the long field. This young cricketer distinguished himself once more when his side batted. He and his brother put up 75 before a w icket fell, neither giving a chance. D udley stayed while others failed, playing fine steady cricket. He reached his century, but could not prevent the defeat of his side by 85 runs an hour before time. S u s s e x . First Innings. Second Innings. Relf (R. R.), c Poytnz, b Robson .. o c Chidgey, b W hite .. 25 Vine, lbw, b Bridges . . .. 58 b Robson .. 40 Jupp, c Poyntz, b Robson .. 18 Ibw, b W hite .. 5 B . H. H olloway, b Bridges . . 16 c & b W hite .. .. o R elf (A. E.), c Chidgey, b W hite .. 1 c A. D. E. Rippon, b W hite .. 64 H. P. Chaplin, c & b A. D . E. Rippon 66 c A. D. E . Rippon, b Robson . . .. 13 B ow ley (E. H.), c & b W hite .. 44 n o to u t . . .. 63 Cox, c W hite, -b A. E. S. Rippon \. 43 c & b A. D.E. Rippon 13 Street, c Poyntz, b Robson . . 22 Vincett, not out .. .. . . 2 0 n o to u t . . .. 13 N. J. H olloway, lbw, b Robson .. 9 B 4, lb 3 w 5 . . . . 12 B 4, lb 1, w 1 .. 6 Total 309 Total (for 7 wkts., dec.) 242 Total 247 Holloway, Vincett, T otal .. . . 219 S u s s 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 . — R elf (A . E.), 2 3-11-36 -1 ; N. 14*5-29-2; Cox, 5-0 -20 -0 ; R elf (R. R.), 7-0-14 15*2-2-64-7 ; Vine 9-0-50-0. S e c o n d I n n in g s . — Relf (A . E.), 19-7-36-2 ; H olloway, I 4 - 3 - 35 " 1 Jupp, 9 -2-26 -0 ; Relf (R. R.), 8 -4 -12 -0 ; Vine, 20*5-6-77-4 ; Cox. 12-6-20-1 ; Vincett, 8 -1-21-0 . Umpires : Richardson and Roberts. O X F O R D U N IV E R S IT Y v. k E N T . In the Parks, Oxford, M ay 25, 26, and 27. Capt. W . G. M. Sarei played instead of H atfeild for Kent. K n ott made five changes in his side. The men standing down were Boswell, Fraser, White, H eathcote-Am ory, and Melle. Most, if not all* of these were suffering from injuries. D. J. Knight played his first m atch for Oxford, as did C. E. S. Rucker, the Carthusian express bowler j Naumann, Boddington, and Burton have all been tried before; The feature of the d ay’s play was A capital century by the Reptonian fresher, Miles Howell, who plays in glasses. He never scored particularly fast, batting 3J hours in all j but until he had passed three figures he gave no chance, and he hit 14 fours, the m ajority of them to the on. Knott, who stayed 90 minutes* cut well, and he and H owell added 104 together. N au­ mann also gave the Reptonian efficient aid, the sixth w icket adding 68. The tenth was responsible for 83 in 50 m inutes, H avelock D avies and Rucker hitting in great style. Before call of time K ent had scored 62 in 50 minutes without actual loss, though Humphreys had been obliged to retire hurt through getting a fast one from Rucker on the forearm. Seymour and W oolley added 123 in 65 m inutes on Tuesday* the left-hander, who was in his most brilliant form and did some admirable cutting, making 75 of these. He hit one six and i i fours. Seym our batted 3 hours for his 122, with no chance till quite iate in his innings, and hit 17 fours. W ith Troughton and Sarel as partners, the Dark Blue bowling was severely pasted. Troughton batted hours, made no mistake, and hit 11 fours. It was his first century in big cricket in this country, though he m ade one during the M.C.C. Argentine tour in 1912. Sarel narrow ly missed the distinction of three figures. Most of the others m ade some runs, and the total reached was the highest of the season to date. On W ednesday the ’Varsity never really looked like losing. K night was let off b y W oolley in the slips before he had scored, and he and Howell put up 77 for the first wicket. There followed a series of stands, Colman, Bodding­ ton, and K nott all batting well, and before the close Troughton had evidently given up hope, for he was utilising bowlers who very seldom get a chance to show their paces. O x f o r d U n iv e r s it y . First Innings. Second Innings. M. Howell, c Hardinge, b B lythe .. 123 lbw, b Freeman .. 38 D. J. Knight, c Troughton, b Blythe 3 b Fairservice .. .. 63 G. R. R. Colman, lbw, b B lythe .. o cHuish, b H ard in ge .. 61 R. A. Boddington, c Huish, b Fair­ service .. .. .. .. o c Seymour, b Sarel .. 69 F. H. Knott, b Blythe .. ..49 not out.. .. 60 A. C. W ilkinson, c Seymour, b Fair­ service .. .. .. . . 1 5 lbw, b Freeman .. 7 F. C. G. Naumann, c Huish, b Fair­ service .. ...............................26 n o to u t .. i. 13 O. C. Bristowe, b Fairservice .. 8 R. C. Burton, c Humphreys, b Fair­ service .. .. .. . . ‘9 P. H. Davies, st Huish, b F reem an .. 55 C. E. S. Rucker, not out * .. .. 26 B 16, lb 7 .. . - 2 3 B 10, lb 2 . . 1 2 S o m e r s e t B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . F ir s t I n n in g s . — Robson, 32-7-94-4 ; Bridges, 18-0-65-2 ; White, 36-9-!03-2 ; A. D. E. Rippon, 7-0 -29-1 ; A . E. S . Rippon, 2-0 -6-1. Bridges, 5 wides. S e c o n d I n n in g s . — Robson, 31-7-6 9 -2 ; W hite, 32-9-86-4 ; Bridges, 10-2-32-0 ; A . D. E . Rippon, 9-0-28-1 ; Hope, 5-0-21-0. Bridges one wide. S o m e r s e t . First Innings. Second Innings. A . D. E . Rippon, b N. J. H olloway 8 not out .. .. 105 A. E. S. Rippon, b N. J. H ollow ay. . 10 b N. J. H olloway .. 31 1 . C. W . M acBryan, lbw , b Relf (A. E.) .. ...............................20 b Vine . . .. 36 Braund, c & b Vincett .. .. 56 absent hurt .. — R. E . H ancock, b V incett .. . . 25 c Cox, b Vine .. o Robson, c Relf (R. R.), b Vincett . . 28 b Vine .. .. 19 P. P. Hope, c & b V incett .. . . 2 c Jupp, b Relf (A. E.) o Bridges, b Vincett .. .. 25 b Relf (A. E.) .. o Chidgey, c Street, b Vincett . . o b Vine .. .. 24 E . S. M. Poyntz, b Vincett .. 27 absent hurt . . .. — J. C. W hite, not out .. . . 12 b C o x .......................................12 Lb 6 .. .. . • 6 B 16, lb 4 .. 20 Total 337 T otal (for 5 wkts.) 323 K e n t B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . F ir s t I n n in g s . — Fairservice, 29 -7-75-5 ; Blythe, 2 5-10 -59 -4; Freeman, 18*2-1—88-1 ; W oolley, 20-7—62—0 ; Humphreys, 10-0-30-0. S e c o n d I n n in g s . — Fairservice, 2 7-9 -4 1-1 ; Blythe, 2 5 -11-3 8 -0 ; Freeman, 29-3-109-2 ; W oolley, 20-7-46-0 ; Hardinge, 12-2 -54 -1 ; Sarel, 2 -1-8 -1 ; Seymour, 2-0-15-0. K e n t . Huish, c Davies, W ilkinson, b W ilkinson, b Humphreys, Burton Hardinge, < Rucker Seym our (Jas.), b Rucker .. W oolley (F. E.), b Burton .. Hubble, c Knight, b Burton L. H. W . Troughton, c Knott, b Davies Capt. W . G. M. Sarel, c Boddington, b Davies 32 122 75 18 104 93 Fairservice, lbw, Blythe, not out Freeman, b Bristowe B 29, lb 5 Total b Bristowe b Bristowe 34 33 1 7 o 34 5 7 i ----- +----- D e r r ic k W a n d e r e r s (132 for 3— H. R. Rennis 70*) easily beat Dulwich (65). R. T. Childs took 6 for 22, Rennie 4 for 28. It is a pleasure to see Rennie in his true all-round form again ; owing to illness, he was below par last year. O x f o r d B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Davies, 28-2-148-2 ; Rucker, 35-7-97-2 ; Burton, 31-3-149-3 ; Bristowe, 16*5-4-57-3; Naumann, 14 -1-6 5 -0 ; W ilkinson, 4-0-21-0. Umpires :— D aft and Davis. The 46th edition of the “ C R I C K E T e ^ l a E N W R , ” edited by Mr. Archibald Sinclair, contains so much interesting information that it should prove an invaluable companion to every cricketer. Features of " The Calendar ” are tabulated pages for keeping a record of individual batting and bowling averages, County and Club fixtures, and list of Umpires. 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