Cricket 1914

220 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. J u n e 6, 1914. H A M P SH IR E v. D E R B Y S H IR E . A t Basingstoke, M ay 27, 28, and 29. The visitors had Baggallay and Chapm an in place of Bowden and Bracey, and H ants made three changes from the side beaten at Lord’s, Sprot playing for the first tim e this season. D erbyshire started slowly and badly against some good bowling and keen fielding, taking half-an-hour to make 15, and having 4 w ickets down with only 24 on the board. B ut Morton and Slater then made a fine stand. T h ey added 191 in all during a partner­ ship of 130 m inutes, and each had the hard luck to miss the century narrow ly. Morton has achieved three figures once in county cricket, but Slater has not yet done so. Each hit 16 fours ; Morton gave no chance, Slater one (at 59); but the latter was much the more rapid, Morton taking over 3 hours, and pottering about lam entably in the nineties. E xcept for Forester, no else one did anything. Jaques, sw erving nastily, had a great day with the ball. Before call of time M ajor Greig and Bow ell had sent up the hundred unparted They were parted at 124 on Thursday, Bow ell’s capital 64 having included some spanking clean drives. Greig, sixth out, left at 224 for a chance- less and em inently skilful 100, m ade in 165 m inutes, and including 12 fours. Sprot drove with tremendous vigour, and made 87 of the 127 added with Newman for the seventh wicket, one of his hits carrying clean out of the ground. Cadman bowled with great steadiness and good results. Before rain stopped play for the day Derbyshire, by batting of the cautious order, had gained a lead of 12 runs with 7 wickets to go. On the Friday only Curgenven, who drove very finely during the short time he stayed, did much, the outstanding wickets going for an addition of only 69 runs, and H ants were left with an easy victory by 8 wickets. Jaques had a great m atch, taking 14 for 105, quite his best performance to date in big cricket. D e r b y s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. L. Oliver, c Kennedy, b Jaques .. 18 b Brown .. .. 29 Cadm an, b Jaques . . .. .. o c Sprot, b Jaques .. 32 Beet, b Kennedy . . .. .. 2 c Newman, b Jaques 3 Morton, c Harrison, b Jaques .. 96 b Newman .. . . 36 G. Curgenven, b K ennedy .. .. o c Remnant, b Kennedy 31 Slater, c Brown, b Jaques .. .. 99 b Newman .. . . 38 J. Chapm an, t Brown, b Jaques . . 2 b Jaques .. .. 2 Capt. R. R. jBaggallay, c Kennedy, b Jaques .. .. .. .. 3 c Brown, b Jaques .. o T. Forester, c Kennedy, b Jaques 29 c Mead, b Jaques .. 12 Root, not out .. .. .. 2 c Mead, b Jaques .. 1 H umphries, b Jaques .. .. 5 n o to u t .. .. o B 8, lb 4, w 2 . . .. 14 B 13, lb 2, nb 1 .. 16 T otal 270 Total 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 : — Jaques, 27*3-10 -67-8 ; K ennedy, 28-7-81-2 ; Brown, 10-2-48-0 ; Newman, 12 -4 -4 2 -0 ; Remnant, 5-0-18-0. Brown and Rem nant, each one wide. S e c o n d I n n in g s :— Jaques, 15*1-2-38-6 ; Kennedy, 25-7-58-1 ; Brown, 6-0-39-1 ; Newman, 12-2-49—2. Jaques delivered one no-ball. H a m p s h ir e . First Innings, M ajor J. G. Greig, b Cadm an 100 E . M. Sprot, c Forester, b 64 23 55 Cadman K ennedy, c Beet, b Cadman A. Jaques, c Oliver, b Forester Livesey, not out B 2, lb 6, nb 4 .. Total 389 Tarrant was in great form throughout, despite chances at 28 and 68 ; he never scored specially fast, yet was never slow, and he hit 22 fours. H aig hit out hard next morning, a six, a five, and a couple of fours coming from his bat, and at 509 for 6 W arner declared. Weston played a very good innings indeed, quite his best for the county as vet’ Worcestershire lost 3 wickets very cheaply to Litteljohn and W eston ; but M. K . Foster and Pearson then m ade a stand, adding 59. Of the rest only Taylor did much, and, though he made some capita) strokes, he had rather more than one man,’s share of luck. Litteljohn’s slow leg breaks were bowled with great effect. The m idland county followed on 319 in arrears. Bow ley and Pearson put up 62 in 45 minutes, and the former and Swalwell added 81 more in 55 minutes unparted, all three having batted freely and well. Sw alw ell left early next morning, having played well for his 42, and helped to add 99 runs for the second wicket. Bow ley went directly afterwards, and with his departure the back of the resistance was broken, for though young Chester kept up an end to the finish the rest did little, and the last 5 wickets fell for only 20. Middlesex won by an innings and 56 runs. M id d l e s e x . Hon. R. Anson, c Pearson, Taylor Tarrant, b Conway .. Hearne (J. W .), c Nesbit, Burrows P. F. W arner, c Chester, Burrows . 1 0 4 Hendren (E ), b Conw ay .. o F. T. Mann, b Conway .. 27 H. W . W eston, not out .. 79 N. H aig, not out . . .. 35 B 3 1 , lb 9, w 4, nb 2 . . 46 Total (for 6 wkts., dec.) .. 509 Dr. A. R. Litteljohn, Murrell, and H earne (J. T.) did not bat. 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 . Burrows, 37-3-161-3 ; Taylor, 1 4 -1 -7 1 -1 ; Pearson, 25-3-80-0; Conway, 3 0 -7-13 1-2 ;Chester, 9-1-20 -0. Burrows andConway each one nb ; Conway, 4 wides. W o r c e s t e r s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. Bowley, lbw, b Litteljohn .. .. 6 b Tarrant . . .. 83 Pearson, b Tarrant .. .. 47 c H aig, b Hearne (J. W .) 28 R. S. Swalwell, lbw, b Litteljohn .. 2 b Tarrant . . .. 42 Chester, c Hendren, b W eston .. 2 not out . . . . 49 M. K . Foster, b Hearne (J. W .) .. 37 b Hearne (J. W .) .. 19 A. T. Cliff, b Weston .. .. 13lbw, b Hearne (J. W .) 19 W . H. Taylor, b Litteljohn .. 56 b Tarrant . . .. 1 N. J. A.Foster, b Litteljohn .. 5 c . Anson, b Hearne (J. W .) .. .. 5 Burrows, st Murrell, b Litteljohn .. 17 b Tarrant . . .. o Capt. Nesbit, not out .. .. 2 b Hearne (J. W .) .. 3 Conway, b Litteljohn .. .. o c and b Tarrant .. 1 B 1, lb 2 .. .. 3 B 5, lb 8 13 Total .. 190 Total .. 263 Bowell, lbw , b Root Rem nant, c Humphries, b Cadman Mead (C. P.), c Beet, b Cadman Brown (G.), b Morton Newman (J.), c Slater, b Forester Lieut. G. C. Harrison, c and b Cadman S e c o n d In n in g s :— M ajor Greig. not out, 3 3 ; Bowell, c Morton, b Forester, 10 ; Rem nant, c Forester, b Root, 18 ; Mead, not out, 15 ; b 4, lb 4— total (for 2 wkts.), 84. 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 st I n n in g s :— Forester, 31-8 -119 -2 ; Root, 17-3-64-1 ; Cadman, g I_g_g4_6; Morton, 2 1-0 -8 2 -1; Slater, 5-1-18 -0 . Forester and Cadm an, one nb each, Morton tw o nb. S e c o n d In n in g s :— Forester, 7 - 1 - 2 0 - 1 ; Cadman, 7 - 2 - 1 6 - 0 ; Root, 3 - 0 - 1 7 - 1 ; Morton, 2 - 0 - 1 5 - 0 ; Slater, i -5- o - 8 - o . Umpires :— Flowers and Moss. M ID D L E S E X v. W O R C E S T E R S H IR E . A t Lord’s, May 27, 28, and 29. The visitors had a weaker side than against Leicestershire, for they lacked H . K . Foster and Simpson - H ayw ard, these two, with M ajor Fulton and Cuffe, being replaced b y N. J. A. Foster (his first m atch for the county), R. S. Swalwell, Capt. Nesbit, and Conway. The Middlesex side was strengthened by the substitution of P. F . W arner, N. H aig, and H. W . W eston for M. H. C. Doll, C. U. Peat, and Clarke. Anson left at 2, unable to resist the tem ptation of a widish leg b a ll; and thereafter Tarrant and I. W . Hearne began another of their long partnerships. The younger player scored the faster. B attin g 1 6 0 m inutes, he made 1 0 4 of the 216 put on, his really fine innings, which was marred b y only one chance, including 1 4 fours. Tarrant reached three figures shortly after his departure. Three m ore w ickets went pretty cheaply ; but W eston, the W alham Green left-hander, playing well, helped the Anglo-Australian to add 1 1 3 in 85 m inutes, and was 70* at the finish, when the score stood at 477 for 6. B attin g just over 5 hours, M id d l e s e x B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . F ir st I n n in g s :— W eston, 21-7-54^-2 ; Litteljohn, 22*5-8-42-6 ; Hearne (J. W .), 19-3-53-1 ; Tarrant, 12-0 -35-1 ; H earne (J. T.), 1—o—3—o. S e c o n d I n n in g s :— W eston, 8 -4 -19 -0 ; Litteljohn, 14-1-38-0 : Hearne (J. W .), 31-5-83-5 ; Tarrant, 25*4-5-65-5 ; H eam e (J. T.), 18-5-39-0 ; Haig, 3-1-6-0. Umpires :— Street and White. D e r r ic k W a n d e r e r s had a good win over Essex C. & G. (177 to 91) on Saturday. They lost 5 for 38 ; but then R. T. Childs (73*) played up in great style, and got help from all the tail-enders. A . W im pey batted well for 24, too. Childs (7 for 23) bowled in deadly style. On Monday the D. W . beat Dulwich H am let— 141 to 91. Street took 7 for 25 for them, W. G. Hankin 3 for 7, and Childs (60) again batted freely. O X F O R D U N IV E R S IT Y v M.C.C. In the Parks, Oxford, M ay 28, 29, and 30. Tw elve a side played. Knott, with a damaged knee, stood down, Colman leading ; Stany- forth, Jackson, and W igan came in, and W ilkinson appeared for the opposition, which included only three pros., the brothers Relf and W atson. In a first d ay’s p lay shortened by rain the on ly features of note were a stand of 87 in about an hour b y the Relfs and the hat trick at the expense of the older brother, Evans, and Pegler b y the Carthusian, Rucker. Robert Relf hit 11 fours in his 84, batted 15° minutes, and made no m istake. A t five o’clock, when p lay stopped, the score was 231 for 8. Nothing of much note occurred on the Friday, when, thanks to the capital innings b y Naumann, the D ark Blues just saved the follow on. Cartwright hit out well on the last morning, when Sarel closed the innings, setting Oxford 362 in 5 hours. A capital start was made b y the ’V arsity. H ow ell and K night set 78 on the board before the former was o u t ; and then Colman and Knight played so well and so freely that the second partnership added 104 in 65 minutes. Boddington sat on the splice while K n ight hit ; but after the old Malvernian had left for a splendid 130, made in 155 m inutes without the vestige of a chance, and including 15 fours, only Jackson offered much resistance. The H arrow Freshman stayed to the end, while wickets fell fast, and was last out for 49, a good and plucky innings made in 80 minutes. W ith W igan hurt, the ’Varsitv effort closed at the fall of the tenth w icket, and M.C.C. won b y 4 ° runs— a much closer result than had looked likely earlier on.