Cricket 1914

226 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. J u n e 6, 19 14 . E 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 . — D ouglas, 2 3 -4 -77-6 ; Trem lin, 20-2-4-47-4 ; D avies, 5 -1-9 -0 : Hills, 3 -1-9-0 . Douglas three nb. S e c o n d I n n in g s . — D ouglas, 2 1-3 -73 -6 ; Trem lin, 18-2-5-48-3 ; H ills, 10 -0 -4 -0 ; D avies, 15-0-62-1 ; Reeves, 3-2-3-0. Douglas four nb, Trem lin three. Um pires : Brown and B utt. SO M E R S E T v. G L O U C E S T E R SH IR E . A t Taunton, June 1, 2, and 3. The visitors had the help of Jessop for the first time this season, and Somerset were strengthened by the presence of H ylton-Stew art and Bisgood. T h ey made quite a good to t a l; but runs would have been fewer had the Gloucestershire fielding been up to its old standard. Bisgood and M acBryan each had two lives and H ylton-Stew art also enjoyed a slice of luck. Sydney Rippon, who got a nasty blow .in the face, showed very sound cricket for 2^ hours for his 60 ; Bisgood, who hit a six and 16 fours, m ade his 116 in under 3 hours. A t call of time the total was 341 for 8. On Tuesday Bridges and M acBryan slamm ed hard, and added 47 in 25 m inutes. Thereafter the opening Gloucestershire pair, Dipper and Fowler, proceeded to show how slowly runs could be made. A t the end of 100 m inutes they had collected 61. But after th ey had gone no one else seemed able even to stay, until Cranfield, m aking one of his rare appearances, hit out. T h e innings closed for 184, 210 behind. A t call of time the visitors, following on, had lost 2 wickets for 59, the not outs being D ipper (24) and Sewell (31). On the W ednesday the Glou­ cestershire skipper showed that the Somerset bowling had no power to tie him up. Though D ipper did little more than keep up an end, 80 were added in the first hour. The tw o added 166 in n o m inutes, the length of Sew ell’s stay for 113, which included 18 fours. He gave onlv one chance, and that a difficult one at the wicket. Of the rest Gange was the only man to give D ipper much help. The young professional carried "his bat right through the innings for 168. He, too, gave one chance, and scored a large proportion of his runs by 011-drives, hitting 18 fours. Thanks m ainly to some capital hitting b y Bisgood, Somerset won by 7 w’ickets. It is worth noting that D ud lev Rippon took four catches in Gloucestershire’s second innings S o m e r s e t . First Innings. A. E . I). Rippon, c D ennett, b D ipper S. Rippon, b Parker B. L. Bisgood, c Collett, b Cranfield Braund, b Dennett B. H ylton-Stew art, c Collett, b Cran­ field E . S. M. Povntz, c Fow ler, b Cranheld - | . C . M acBryan, c D ennett, b Gange Robson, c Sm ith, b Cranfield A. E . Newton, b Parker 1. C. W hite, c Sm ith, b Gange Bridges, not out B 2, nb 6, w 4 .. Total G l o u 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 :— Gange, 30-8-126-2 ; D ennett, 29-9-82-1 ; Parker, 18—5-50-2 ; Cranfield, 38-11-84-4 ; D ipper, 6 -4 -9 -1 ; Jessop, 6-0-31-0. O.ange, 1 wide and 3 nb ; Parker, 3 wides and 3 nb. S e c o n d I n n in g s : — Cranfield, 14 -1-6 1-1 ; Parker, n -1 -4 5 -2 ; Gange, 2-0 -15-0 ; D ennett, 1-0 -7-0 . Cranfield, 2 wides, and Gange 1 nb. G l o u c e s t e r s h ir e . Second Innings. 14 60 b Cranfield 2 116 not out 78 23 47 b Parker 8 6 61 c Parker, b Cranfield 22 15 not out 18 7 4 29 12 B 3, nb 1, w 2 6 394 T otal (3 wkts.) .. 134 First Innings. T . H . Fowler, c New ton, b W hite . Dipper, b W hite Langdon, b Bridges C. O. H . Sewell, b W hite .. G. L. Jessop, st Newton, b W hite 29 33 '18 20 6 G. F. Collett, c M acByran, b W hite 5 Sm ith, c Newton, b Bridges .. 5 Cranfield, not out . . •. • • 39 Parker, c Bridges, b W hite .. 1 -Gange, lbw, b W hite • • • • 5 D ennett, b B r id g e s ............................. 1 7 L b 4, w 2 .. • • 6 Total •. • • 184 Second Innings, b Robson not out c A. D. E. Rippon, b Robson b A. D. E. Rippon .. c A. S. E. Rippon, b W hite .. .. c Poyntz, b W hite .. c A. D . E. Rippon, b W hite c Newton, b R o b so n .. st Newton, b Stewart c A. D. E. Rippon, b Stew art st Newton, b W h ite .. B 4, lb 1, w 1 W A R W IC K SH IR E v. W O R C E S T E R S H IR E . A t D udley, June 1, 2, and 3. M onday’s p lay was scarcely of the type to suit a Bank H oliday crowd. N obody did anything big for W orcestershire; but Bow ley and T aylor got their runs freely, whereas Cliff took two hours over his 32— which is really a trifle too steep. The bowling was good, and Quaife got 3 w ickets very cheaply. A t call of time W arwickshire had scored 122 for 2, reaching the 100 in 85 minutes. On Tuesday Parsons and Quaife, the not outs, w ent on until they had added 116 in 90 m inutes. Parsons hit 12 fours in his capital 102, made in 165 minutes. Quaife's new partner, Frank Foster, scored at a rapid pace, and reached his 50 in an hour. Continuing to bat in splendid form, he attained the century in 105 m inutes, the 150 in 155, the 200 in 185, the 250 in 200, and the 300 in 250. In all he batted 257 minutes, played in practically perfect form throughout, gave no chance whatever, and did not even begin to lift the ball until he had reached 200. He drove both off and on in m agnificent style, and placed the ball to leg with wonderful skill and certainty. H is figures were a five, 44 fours, 14 threes, 21 twos, and 44 singles. It was the highest and best innings ever played for W arwickshire. Quaife, who batted adm irably in his own unflurried style, helped him to add 126 for the fourth wicket, and Sm ith was w ith him while 163 were put 011 for the seventh. The innings was declared at 645 for 7— likely to prove the highest total of the year— and Worcestershire were set 456 to save an innings defeat. T h ey were in a hopeless position on W ednes­ day, of course, and the only question at stake was the margin of defeat. This turned out to be an innings and 321 runs, only M. K . Foster, who batted well, staying very long. W ith the total at 108 Stevens and T aylor were disposed of b y Field with successive balls, and at the luncheon interval there were six w ickets accounted for w ith the total at 114. Upon resuming, Field quickly brought about the finish. He claim ed the last four wickets, being alm ost unplayable. H is analysis is rem arkable— -8 overs and 4 balls for 2 runs and six wickets. W o r c e s t e r s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. Bowley, lbw, b Field Pearson (F. L.), b Field M. K . Foster, lbw , b Langley Chester, c Baker, b Langley A. T. Cliff, b Langley B. G. Stevens, b Field W . H. Taylor, c Foster, b Quaife . N. J. A. Foster, b Field Burrows, c Parsons, b Quaife Bale, lbw, b Quaife Conway, not out B 7, lb 2, w 4, nb 2 Total W a r w ic 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 :— Foster, 20-6-40-0 ; Jeeves, 12-4-27-0 ; Field, 22*3-6-58-4 ; Langley, 12-0 -37-3 ; Quaife, 8 -0 -11-3. Field 3 wides, 2 nb, Quaife one wide. S e c o n d I n n in g s :— Foster, 16- 5-45-0 ; Jeeves, 16-2-30 -3 ; Langley 7 -1-3 0 -0 ; Field, 8-4~6-2-6; Charlesworth, 2-0-16-0. Langley, 2 wides ; Field, 5 nb. W a r w ic k s h ir e . Total 34 c Pearson, b Jeeves .. 14 11 lbw, b Jeeves 19 12 c and b Field 51 27 run out 11 32 b Jeeves 4 b Field 15 34 b Field 0 15 not out 9 4 c and b Field 0 2 b Field 0 0 lbw, b Field 0 15 B 5, lb 1, w 2, nb 5 13 188 Total 136 Kinneir, b Pearson Parsons, c Bale, b P ea rso n .. 102 Charleswort.h, st Bale, b Chester .. .. 26 Quaife, c Pearson, b Burrows 85 F. R. Foster, not out . . 305 Baker (C. S.), lbw, b Burrows 20 G. W . Stephens, c Bale, b Conway Sm ith (E. J.), c and b Cliff .. Jeeves, not out Ej 27, lb 3, w 2, nb 5 T otal (for 7 wkts., dec.) .. 645 42 6 37 3 168 113 7 14 29 C. K . Langley and Field 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, 36-8-140-2 ; Pearson, 24 -5-8 1-2 j Conway, 13-0-85-1 ; Chester, 26-3-84-1 ; Taylor, 30-2-104-0 ; M.~ K . Foster, 4-0-42-0 ; Cliff, 9 - 1 - 3 2 - 1 . Taylor 2 nb, one wide ; Conway one wide ; Chester 2 n.b ; Burrows one 11b. Umpires :— Atfield and Harrison. •• 343 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 -.— W hite, 4 1-15-6 8 -7 ; Robson, 26-9-41-0 ; Bridges, 1 8_5—48—3 ; A. D. E . Rippon, 3 -1-2 -0 ; H ylton-Stew art, 5-0-19-0. Bridges, 2 wides. ^ , 0 S e c o n d I n n in g s W hite, 5 1-10 -9 6 -4 ; Robson, 35-8 -12 0 -3; Bridges, 1 7 -3 -5 1-0 ; A. E. D. Rippon, n -0 -3 7 -1 ; H .-Stewart, .6_i _33_2. Bridges, 1 wide. N O T TIN G H AM SH IR E v. S U R R E Y . A t Trent Bridge, June 1, 2, and 3. Surrey lacked W’ilkinson, and played Rushby instead of Sm ith. N otts dropped Alleton for Hard- staff. The visitors started badly. Four were out for 39 when Fender joined Hayes. Their partnership resulted in an addition of 95. Once H ayes had departed, no one but the old Pauline did much. After a shaky start he played very well indeed, m aking his 88 (10 fours) in a couple of hours. The total of 247 was quite respectable after such a start. Neither of the Gunn’s carried very far when N otts batted ; but H ardstaff and Lee made a useful stancl, and at the close (109 for 3 the total) H ardstaff, whose return to the team was very welcome to the 12,000 or so present, was still in possession. He failed to stay next morning, and seven wickets were down for 158. Then Wass gave his skipper such yeoman aid that, to the surprise of all, 81 runs were added in 55 m inutes for the eighth wicket, and eventually the home side had a lead of 34. Jones cut brilliantly ; W'ass showed a No. 1 1 -like partiality for the edge. When Surrev batted again Hobbs made a brilliant 58 out of 84 for the first wicket in 75 minutes,