Cricket 1914

268 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. J u n e 20, 19 14 . At Bath, June n and 12. The home team were not at full strength, and tried two new men in Bezer, the Bath pro., and E. C. Ball. Hamp­ shire lacked Fry and Sprot. After heavy rain the wicket was soft, and Jaques and Kennedy, who bowled unchanged, carried all before them, the only stand being one of 48 by Poyntz and Hope in 20 minutes for the seventh wicket. In strong contrast to these two, Dudley Rippon batted 40 minutes for a couple of runs. Under the influence of the wind the pitch dried without becoming tricky, and Hampshire had no difficulty*in establishing a commanding lead. In an hour Bowell and Greig put up 66 for the first wicket; afterwards Mead dominated the situation. His first 50 took him 75 minutes, but he reached his hundred in two hours. Remnant gave him good help. Just before the close (when the score stood at 282 for 7) Braund got a couple of wickets in one over. Play on Friday did not begin until two o’clock, owing to rain in the night. Mead was out after batting 155 minutes for his excellent 126 (15 fours). Then Somerset collapsed utterly before Jaques, were out for the lowest total of the season to date, and left Hants winners by an innings and T92 runs. Jaques had really remarkable figures— 14 for 54 in the match. SOMERSET v. HAMPSHIRE. S o m e r s e t . First Innings. A. D. E. Rippon, b Kennedy .. 2 Second Innings, c Brown, b Jaques .. 0 Hyman, c Livesey, b Kennedy 2 c Brown, b Jaques .. 0 E. C. Ball, c Kennedy, b Jaques .. Braund, b Kennedy 3 c and b Jaques 2 1 b Jaques 5 Bezer, b Jaques 0 c Brown, b Jaques .. 1 E. S. M. Poyntz, c Remnant, b Jaques 3 i c Mead, b Kennedy .. 8 Robson, c Newman, b Jaques 2 c Brown, b Jaques .. 2 P. P. Hope, b Jaques 29 c Brown, b Jaques .. 18 A. E. Newton, b Kennedy 5 b Kennedy 0 Bridges, b Jaques 7 not out 0 J. C. White, not out 0 c Stone, b Taques .. 0 Bye 1 Byes 2 Total 83 Total 38 H a m p s h ir e B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . F i r s t I n n i n g s :— Jaques, 13-4-33-6 ; Kennedy, 12-2-4-49-4. S e c o n d I n n i n g s :— Jaques, 6-2-21-8 ; Kennedy, 5-2-15-2. H a m p s h ir e . Kennedy, c Newton, b Braund A. Jaques, b Robson H. A. H. Smith, not out .. Livesey, lbw, b Robson B 3, lb 2 Total 3 i 3 WORCESTERSHIRE v. KENT. At Worcester, June 11 and 12. The wicket looked queer, and Taylor, winning the toss, sent Kent in ; but the move scarcely proved a success. Probably the Kent bowlers would have given the Worcestershire batsmen short shrift ; but the midland county has no Blythe or Woolley, and fine play by Hardinge and Hubble resulted in a total that would have been a good one on a perfect pitch. Hardinge ought to have been caught at 3, and was several times beaten later by balls that narrowly missed the stumps ; but his innings was a really great one under the conditions. He batted 4 hours 50 minutes, and hit 20 fours, chiefly powerful drives. Hubble’s 82 included a five and 9 fours, and he aided in a fourth wicket partnership which realised 164 in 105 minutes. No one else did anything of note, and the innings closed for 399. Owing to the wretched light stumps were drawn a few minutes before time, when only one run had been scored by the home side. There was more rain in the night, and play did not start until 12*10 on Friday. The pitch, at first too dead to be difficult, later developed vice, as was only to be expected, and the Kent bowlers had things all their ownway. In the home side’s first 35 were put up beforea wicket fell, and 25were added for thelast wicket, the 8 between going for 25 ; in the follow-on Pearson and Bowley made the only stand, and the former scored nearly half the runs. Kent won by an innings and 230. K e n t . Huish, b Pearson .. .. 3 Fairservice, b Burrows .. 9 Major J. G. Greig, b Robson 45 Bowell, c Poyntz, b Bridges 32 Newman (J.), c Bezer, b Robson . . •. 26 Mead (C. P.), c Poyntz, b White .. .. .. 126 Brown (G.), lbw, b Robson.. 14 Stone, c Newton, b Bridges 11 Remnant, b Braund .. 38 S o m e r s e t B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . White, 32-10-57-1 ; Robson, 32-5-4-134-5 ; Bridges, 18-2-50-2 ; Rippon, 8-0-43-0; Bezer, 2-0-12-0; Hope, 3-0-12-0; Braund, 2-2-0-2. Umpires :— Barlow and Skeat. ------------ + ------------ 9 183 Blythe, b Pearson Fielder, not out B 12, lb 11, w 3 Total 399 Chester, Humphreys, run out Hardinge, b Burrows Seymour (Jas.), c Bowley, Taylor .. .. 27 Woolley (F. E.), b Pearson.. 29 Hubble, c Taylor, b Cliff .. 82 L. H. W. Troughton, b Pearson 13 C. E. Hatfeild, b Pearson .. 9 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 . Cuffe, 17-4-37-0; Pearson, 33-6-114-5; Cliff, 5-0-44-1 10-1-28-0; Taylor, 21-7-66-1; Burrows, 11-5-2-54-2; Collier, 7-1- 30-0. Taylor, Burrows, Pearson, each 1 wide. W o r c e s t e r s h ir e . First Innings. W. H. Taylor, c Humphreys, b Blvthc A. T. Cliff, lbw, b Blythe M. K. Foster, c Hubble, b Woolley Bowley (F. L.), c Hubble, b Woolley Pearson, lbw, b Blythe Chester, run out Collier, c Fairservice, b Blythe B. G. Stevens, b Blythe Cuffe, not out Burrows, b Blythe Bale, c Field, b Woollev B 1, lb 3 ' Total K e n t B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . F i r s t I n n i n g s :— Fielder, 1-0-1-0 ; Blvthe, 17-4-41-6 ; Woolley, 17 - 3 - 39 - 3 - S e c o n d I n n i n g s :— Blythe, 10-2-24-2 ; WToolley, 12-5-3-33-3 ; Humphreys, 6-0-13-1 ; Fairservice, 6-1-13-4. Umpires :— Richards and Roberts. Second Innings. 1 7 lbw, b Fairservice 9 22 b Blythe 0 1 c Hardinge, b Blythe 4 4 c sub., b Woolley 12 6 c sub., b Humphreys.. 40 0 st Hubble, b Woolley 1 1 lbw, b Fairservice 4 0 c and b Fairservice .. 3 8 c Blythe, b Woolley.. 5 2 b Fairservice 0 20 not out 5 4 Bye 1 85 Total 84 L l e w e l l y n scored 91 (no one else making more than 15) for Accring­ ton v. Church. N e w s t e a d scored 44, took 9 wickets for 34, and caught the tenth man (Rishton v. Enfield). R. N u t t e r (5 for 20) and J. Pollard (4 for 17), for Colne, polished off Lowerhouse for 37. Colne had to play without a professional, a breach of the League’s laws having caused the club to be trebly punished. They had let their pro. go, and engaged substitutes for him in two matches without the League’s consent. So they must: (a) Pay a fine of £10 ; (6) play two home matches without professional aid ; and (c) engage a professional for not longer than up to the end of July, and then obtain another man till the end of the season. The third penalty seems conceived in a spirit of persecution, though of course there may be excellent reasons for it not apparent on the surface. K e r m o d e continues to do good work for Bacup. He had 6 for 61 v. Todmorden on Saturday R i l e y ’s 124 (Haslingden v. Rawtenstall) were made in 85 minutes. He hit 21 fours. H a m p s t e a d beat Woodford Wells by 6 wickets, J. G. Donaldson and N. J. Moffatt putting up 110 before a wicket fell. A . C. W i l k i n s o n , for Wimbledon v. Nondescripts, hit 20 fours in his 92*. Is this the Oxford batsman ? It reads rather like him. C l i f t o n v. Rugby (June 12 and 13) was a match of small scorces throughout. No totai reached 100, no individual score 30. The bowling of R. T. Bryan (who had 9 for 30 in Clifton’s first) was a notable feature of the game. Clifton won by 40 runs. V o s t , who used to play for Staffordshire, is now engaged by the Cardiff club. He took 6 for 22 v. Barry on Saturday. Norman Riches scored a century, H. G. Symonds 87, and Cardiff won very easily. H a r r o w - did very fairly well against a good M.C.C. side on Saturday, losing by 65 runs "(totals, 238 and 173) after M. C. Bird had made a century and C. S. Rattigan 61. The boys had Astill and Watson to play, and the latter is a bowler of more than ordinary ability. G. F. Marsden Smedley, who showed up well all round, was given his flannels. F o r Rock Ferry v. Huyton H. Hodgson took 8 for 29, doing the hat trick. I n Central Lancashire League matches Simpson took 8 for 14 (Middleton v. Rovton) and Ogden 7 for 12 (Royton v. Middleton). B a r r e l l , who has played for Lancashire II and for Cheshire, scored 101 for Crompton, and Lashbrooke, who has appeared for Essex, 83 for their opponents, Werneth. S t a l y b r i d g e beat Littleborough by a single run. “ M r . F o s t e r has, of course, played a part in various phases of first-class cricket, but, as his usefulness in that direction is, happily , not yet within sight ” — says a contributor to the Athletic News. Reads a trifle mixed, doesn’t it ? “ H a y e s , too, is far from being a spent force, and there are several other members of the side, including Mr. Wilkinson, from whom a long score would come as a surprise" — also Athletic News , same con­ tributor. But why ? Wilkinson has made them before now.