Cricket 1914

J u n e 13, 19x4. THE WORLD OF CRICKET. 241 LEICESTERSHIRE v. YORKSH IRE. A t Leicester, June 4, 5, and 6. It was a great p ity that bad weather should have spoiled to a considerable extent the second half of the Leicester W eek. Thursday’s was a full day’s play, but it was dull play in dull weather. Even Hirst took an hour and a half to make 41, and Booth and W hitehead provided the only gleams of brightness. A t call of time the home side were 57 for 3. On Fridav rain inter­ fered with play, and only 60 were added for the loss of two more wickets, King and Sharp playing wearisome cricket. On Saturday King reached his 50 after over two hours at wickets, but opened out later. Eight w ickets were down for 182 ; then G eary showed un­ expected form, and helped in a most valuable stand of 59 ; but for the lead they attained on the first innings the home side had m ainly King to thank. He batted nearly four hours, with only one chance (at 25), and hit 14 fours. So well did Geary bowl when Yorkshire batted again on a none too easy pitch that 6 were down for 62, and defeat for the big battalions seemed a certainty. Yorkshire are never beaten till the m atch is over, however, and a tim ely stand of 38 by Burton and Booth, followed by one of 28 by Booth and Drake, enabled the innings to be declared, Leicestershire being sent in to get 117 in 70 m inutes. A t the outset it seemed that an attem pt was being made to get the runs ; but tw o wickets went cheaply, and then safety tactics were resorted to. Stumps were drawn a quarter of an hour before time, the home side taking points for a lead on the first innings. Y o r k s h ir e . First Innings. W ilson (B. B.), b Skelding .. 18 Birtles, b Brown .. .. 29 Denton, b Brown .. .. .. 16 Kilner, c Sidwell, b Brown .. 17 Hirst, c Coe, b King .. .. 41 Rhodes, lbw, b G eary ' D . C. F. Burton, c and b S k eld in g.. 13 c Sharp, b Brown Booth, not out .. .. 47 not out Drake, lbw, b G eary .. .. 15 b Brown Sir A. W . W hite, b G eary .. .. 7 not out Dolphin, c and b Brown .. .. 3 B 5, lb 1, w 3 .. .. 9 Second Innings, c Wood, b Geary c Brown, b G eary . c W ood, b G eary b G eary c Brown, b King 10 lbw, b G e a r y .. 14 Total B 10, lb 4 .. 225 Total (for 8 w., dec.) 132 C. J. B. W ood, b Hirst W hitehead (H.), c H irst, b D rake . . .. 2 7 Mounteney, b Booth .. 12 King (J. H.), not out .. 1 1 4 Sidwell, b H irst .. .. 1 A. T . Sharp, run out .. 21 Coe, c W hite, b H irst .. 11 hit up 63 in 25 m inutes of the first 71, and actually reached 50 while Parsons had only played three balls ! Four times he drove Litteljohn for six. Hendren, who had missed him at n , took a good catch 011 the pavilion rails ultim ately ; but there was more interesting batting after his departure, Quaife and Kinneir adding 93 in 70 m inutes, and Langley hitting out in style for his 61*. The 6,000 spectators certainly had value for their m oney, and had also the satisfaction of seeing their side secure first innings’ points. Possibly the rain of Friday was a blessing in disguise. Second Innings. Robertson, b W a r w ic k s h ir e . First Innings. Kinneir, b Hearne Parsons, b Hearne Charlesworth, c Tarrant, b Peat .. Quaife, c Murrell, b Lee F. R. Foster, c Robertson, b L ittel­ john Baker (C. S.), b Peat Sm ith (E. J.), b Peat Jeeves, not out C. K. Langley, c Tarrant Santall, b Litteljohn Field, c and b Tarrant B 2, lb 4 Total 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 :— Peat, 23-2-88-3 ; Tarrant, 19-2-1-45-2 ; Hearne, 31-0 -112-2 ; Litteljohn, 17-2-45-2 ; Lee, 20-2-65-1. S e c o n d I n n in g s :— Peat, 10 -3-4 2-0 ; Litteljohn, 12 -1 -5 5 -1 • Hearne, 8-0-35-2 ; Lee, 4-0-24-0 ; Haig, 12-0-52-2 ; Mann, 7-0 -52-1. Peat, Haig, and Mann, 1 wide each. M id d l e s e x . 97 b Haig 48 75 b Hearne 13 59 c Tarrant, b H earn e.. 1 41 c Litteljohn, b H a ig .. 46 3 c Hendren, b Litteljohn 63 8 not out 9 12 c Tarrant, b Mann .. 19 43 16 not out 61 0 1 6 Lb 3, w 3 .. 6 361 Total (for 6 w.) 266 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 in g s :— Skelding, 20-5-61-2 ; Geary, 27-10-47-3 ; Joyce, 9-2-24-0 ; Brown, 24-1-7-62-4 ; King, 7-2 -2 1-1 ; Wood, i- o - i- o . Skelding, 3 wides. S e c o n d I n n in g s :— Brown, 13-1-46-2 ; Geary, 23-6-47-5 ; King, 1 0 - 2 - 2 5 - 1 . L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . First Innings. Tarrant, c Foster, b J e e v e s.. W . P. Robertson, c Sm ith, b Foster Hearne (J. W .), c Jeeves, b Charlesworth Hendren (E.), c Charles- worth, b Foster F. T. Mann, c Langlev, b Field .. .. .. 50 N. Haig, c Sm ith, b F o ste r.. 52 A. R. Litteljohn, not out .. 59 Lee (H. W .), Ibw, b Field .. 6 Murrell, b Field .. .. 2 C. U. Peat, b Field .. .. o P. F. W arner, b Jeeves .. 20 B 3, lb. 10, w 4, nb. 4 .. 21 Total .. .. 336 F. M. Joyce, c Burton, b Hirst .. .. .. 19 Brown (W.), c and b Rhodes 1 G eary, c Kilner, b H irst .. 22 Skelding, b R h o d es.. .. o Total .. .. 241 W a r w ic k s h ir e B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Foster, 2 7 - 7 - 7 2 - 3 ; Jeeves, 2 8 2 - 7 - 4 3 - 2 ; Field, 3 2 - 1 1 - 6 7 - 4 ; Santall, 1 1 - 0 - 4 6 - 0 ; Langley, 7 - 0 - 3 8 - 0 ; Quaife, 6 - 0 - 3 3 - 0 ; Charles­ worth, 3 - 0 - 1 6 - 1 . Santall 2 wides, Charlesworth and Langley 1 wide each ; Field 4 nb. Umpires :— Harrison and Roberts. ------------ + ------------ S e c o n d I n n in g s : — C. J. B. W ood, not out, 7 ; W hitehead (H.), run out, 12 ; Mounteney, c W hite, b Rhodes, 2 ; King (J. H .), not out, 5 ; b 6, lb 2— total (for 2 wkts.), 34. 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, 37-9-94-5 ; Booth, 22-4-63-1 ; Rhodes, 20*1-5-47-2 { Drake, 10 -2 -3 1-1. H irst and Booth, each 1 nb. S e c o n d I n n in g s : — H irst, 7 -4 -11 -0 ; Rhodes, 1 1 -6 -9 -1 ; Drake, 5-1-6 -0 . Umpires :— Barlow and Phillips. W A R W IC K S H IR E v. M ID D L E SE X . A t Edgbaston, June 4, 5, and 6. Kinneir and Parsons gave their side a great start against a Middlesex team a trifle short of full strength. T h ey were still together at luncheon, and when Parsons was dismissed a little after the resumption, having scored 75 in 130 m inutes without a chance, the score was 169. (On May 18 they put up 177 v. Leicester­ shire.) Kinneir just missed his century ; he batted 150 minutes in his custom ary excellent style, and hit 8 fours. Parsons only made 4 fours. Charlesworth and Quaife added 61 quickly ; then there was something of a slump ; but Jeeves hit up 43 in less than an hour ; and the total looked good enough to render defeat unlikely. In 20 m inutes at wickets the visitors lost Tarrant and Robertson for only 15 scored. On Friday there was less than a couple of hours’ play. Hendren went at 23 ; but then young Hearne and Mann, playing fine cricket, added over ioo, and were still together at 1.15, when rain spoiled the chance of further progress. Mann was out early on Satu r­ day ; but Hearne and H aig added 68 together. The young England player was then out for his third century and highest of the season to date (excluding the 228 for M.C.C. v. Minor Counties). He had batted 3 i hours, hitting 14 fours, and giving no chance. H aig and Litteljohn added 46 ; but 9 were down for 283 when W arner, handicapped by a strain, joined the Ealing man, and a fine struggle for first innings’ points ensued. The two added 53 before Jeeves beat Warner. In an ordinary w ay, most of the interest would now have evaporated from the game ; but Foster prevented this. Going in first with Parsons, he In Lancashire League m atches J. Pollard (Accrington v. Enfield) took 7 for 38, E. Meeks (Bacup v. Rawtenstall) 6 for 52, J. E. Brooks (Nelson v. Todmorden) 5 for 18, E. Stansfield (Todmorden v. Nelson) 7 for 38, Morgan (Ram sbottom v. Lowerhouse) 7 for 47, and Riley (Haslingden v. Burnley) 7 for 49. For once in a w ay the professionals did not have it all their own w ay. R il e y (Gainsborough and Lincolnshire) has already been re-engaged by Haslingden for next year. S c o r in g seems lower than usual this season in the North Stafford­ shire and D istrict League. Again on Saturday scores were small. For Porthill Park v. Norton, J. S. H eath (6 for 11) and Barnes (4 for 21) worked h avoc; for Leek v. Crewe Alexandra, D ay (Lincolnshire) had 7 for 64 ; Barber had 6 for 41 (Longton v. Burslem), and Sedgwick 9 for 31 (K nypersley v. Tunstall). T h a n k s to C. R. Durban (118) and A. P. D ay, the Kent am ateur (72), Aston U nity were able to declare at 268 for 5 v. Sm ethwick (Birm ingham League), but could not get their opponents out in time. Durban hit 2 sixes and 18 fours, D ay one six and 11 fours. Both played adm irable cricket. Mitchell and Butler’s beat Handsworth Wood, and Kidderm inster defeated W est Bromwich D artm outh, though for the losers W . W. Langwell had the capital analysis of 9 for 55. B. G. Stevens (87) for-Dudley and L. F . Taylor (81) for W alsall were the prominent figures in the game between those sides. Stour­ bridge batted very freely against Moseley, H. Bryant (51*) hitting 20 off one over, and won on the stroke of time b y 35 runs. G. B r o o k , who last season took 1 0 8 w ickets for Dukinfield at under 1 0 each, was in great form on Saturday, when against Oldham he took 7 for 9. Eight of the runs were scored after his last wicket was taken, too. L a s h b r o o k e (7 for 19, W erneth v. Rochdale), F. Cottrell (6 for 31, Crompton v. Glossop), Cranfield (5 for 34, H eywood v. Stalybridge), and Ford (7 for 42, Littleborough v. Moorside) also did well with the ball in Central Lancashire League games.