Cricket 1914

J u n e 20, 19 14 . THE WORLD OF CRICKET. 269 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v. SUSSEX. At Northampton, June 12, 13, and 15. Play on the Friday was limited to three hours, a start being delayed until 3.30 by the effects of heavy rain during the preceding night. Robert Relf was the central figure of the day’s play, making 112* of the total of 196 for 5, and giving only one chance, in the long field at 40. Jupp gave him best help, staying while 81 were added for the fifth wicket. On Saturday, when there were over 4000 spectators, the innings closed for 265. Relf batted 3 hours in all, hit 7 sixes (all off Smith) and 7 fours, and gave only the one chance referred to. Of the rest only Cox did much. The home side lost 3 wickets for 49, which took 80 minutes to make : and during the rest of the innings only Sydney Smith, who batted 160 minutes for his 69*, did much. Cox came out with a capital analysis, the later Northants batsmen apparently holding it easy to hit him, and suffering for their error. Before call of time Sussex had lost three of their best for only 29. On Monday they batted feebly, and were all out for 112, leaving Northants 217 to get for victory. For a time they looked like getting the runs with some wickets to spare, for the first partnership realised 34 and the second 33. Then some clever bowling by Jupp turned the tide. He took 5 for 31 in all, and probably hisbowling Smith was the turning-point of the game. Thompson stayed to see several men go, 7 being out for 92, and at last found a sturdier partner in Buswell. Both hit, and when they had put on 55 in about half an hour Sussex seemed to have dropped behind again. But Vincett bowled Buswell, and 8 were down for 147. Beers helped Thompson to add 23— 9 for 170. Murdin whipped in, and his partner did all he knew to get the bowling to himself ; but with 25 still needed he was bowled in hitting at Vincett, and Sussex won by 24 runs. Thompson played a great fighting innings, batting 115 minutes without chance for his 74. Woolley also deserved credit for his 36, for which he batted steadily for over 2 hours. S u s s e x . First Innings. Second Innings. Vine, lbw, b Thompson .. .. 20 b Wells .. .. 6 H. L. Wilson, cTomblin, b Thompson 5 b W'ells .. .. 2 Relf (R. R.), b Thompson .. .. 126 lbw, b W'oolley .. 1 Relf (A. E.), c Thompson, b Sm ith.. 9 b W'ells .. .. 14 H. P. Chaplin, c Thompson, b Smith 13 b Thompson .. .. 13 Jupp, st Buswell, b Smith .. .. 23 c Woolley, b Thompson 19 Bowley (E. H.), c Smith, b Thompson 10 st Buswell, b Smith .. 21 Cox, not out .. .. .. 36 b Thompson .. .. o Vincett, lbw, b Smith .. .. n c Walden, b Thompson 4 Street, lbw, b Smith .. .. 1 not out .. .. 7 Tate (M.), c Thompson, b Smith .. 2 c Haywood, b Smith.. 15 B 4; lb 4, nb 1 .. .. 9 Lb 5, w 1, nb 4 .. 10 Total 265 Total N o r t h a m p t o n 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 :— Thompson, 34-8-68-4 ; Smith, 36-1-6-141-6 ; Woolley, 16-6-29-0 ; Murdin, 9-4-12-0 ; Wells, 1-0-6-0. Thompson, 1 nb. S e c o n d I n n i n g s :—Wells, 19-6-27-3 ; Woolley, 9-3-14-1; Thomp­ son, 18—7-37-4 ; S. G. Smith, 12-1-4-11-2 ; Murdin, 3-0-13-0. Thomp­ son, 3 nb, 1 wide ; Wells, 1 nb. N o r t h a m p t o n s h ir e . First Innings. W. H. Denton, b Cox .. .. 5 Woolley (C. N.), lbw, b Relf (A. E.) 24 Haywood, b Relf (A. E.) .. .. 1 S. G. Smith, not out .. .. 69 Thompson, lbw, b Vincett .. ..18 W'ells, c Street, b Tate .. .. 21 Walden, lbw, b Vincett .. .. o Tomblin, b Cox .. .. .. 3 Buswell, b Cox .. .. .. 4 H. G. Beers, b Cox .. .. .. 2 Murdin, b Cox .. .. .. 1 B 6, lb 7 • • •• 13 Total .. .. 161 Second Innings, c Vincent, b Relf (R.R.) 15 b Jupp .. .. 36 c and b Tate .. .. 13 b Jupp .. .. 6 b Vincett .. .. 74 lbw, b Tupp .. .. o b Jupp .. .. 1 b Jupp .. .. o b Vincett .. .. 21 c and b Vine .. .. 9 not out .. .. 1 B 8, lb 3, w 1, nb 4 16 Total .. 192 another player whose name never figured at a ll! The game was drawn, but De Trafford’s side very nearly pulled off a win after a declaration had been made against them. L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. H. Wright, b Shipman (W.) .. 5 c Beynon, b Shipman (A .).. .. , . 2 4 W’hitehead (H.), c Stratton, b Shipman (A.) .. .. .. 129 b Shipman (W.) 2 Lord, b Shipman (A.) .. 21 c de Trafford, b Ship­ man (W.) .. o Mounteney, c Boden, b Salmon .. 10 b Shipman (W.) .. 12 C. J. B. Wood, b Hews .. .. 10 b Hews .. .. 17 Coe, lbw, b Hews .. .. .. 15 c Beynon, b Butler ,. 42 Moore, b Shipman (A.) .. .. 13 lbw, b Beynon 3 N. Armstrong, c sub., b Hews .. 17 J. L. Stubbs, not out 13 Geary, c Salmon, b Hews .. .. 1 Brown (W\), b Hews .. o Sidwell, c de Trafford, b Shipman (W.) .......................................i 5 Skelding, not out .. .. .. 1 B 5, lb 4, nb 4 .. .. 13 B 10, nb 2 .. 12 Total 250 Total (for 7 w., dec.) 125 M r . C. E. d e T r a f f o r d ’s XII. First Innings. Second Innings. H. D. Stratton, c Sidwell, b Arm­ strong 5 c and b Brown 11 G. H. Salmon, b Armstrong Major E. L. Challenor, c Sidwell, b 9 c Geary, b Skelding .. 8 Coe 61 b Geary 30 C. E. de Trafford, b Armstrong .. 9 c Moore, b Brown .. 16 Hon. B. C. Butler, b Brown 1 b Moore 11 Rev. C. A. Boden, b Armstrong .. 0 b Geary .. ., 0 Shipman (W.), c Gearv, b Brown.. 3 i c Moore, b Geary ., 3 W. L. Everard, b Brown C. H. Hews, not out 0 51 not out 33 H. C. Beynon, b Skelding Shipman (A.), c Geary, b Skelding.. H. Barker, b Skelding 12 0 5 not out 30 B 7, lb 7 ' 14 B 12, lb 1 ., 13 Total 198 Total (for 7 w .).. 155 + S u s s e x 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 :— Cox, 25-4-12-40-5 ; Relf (A . E.), 29-12-53-2 ; Vincett, 14-2-37-2 ; Tate, 10-5-18-1. S e c o n d I n n i n g s :— Relf (R.R.), 17-6-30-1; Relf ( A .E .) , 14-6-17-0; Tate, 20-8-36-1; Jupp, 15-5-31-5 ; Cox, 5-1-24-0; Vincett, 6-5-2- 20-2; Vine, 4-1-18-1. Jupp, 4 nb ; Tate, 1 wide. Umpires :— Bagshaw and Blake. LEICESTERSHIRE v. MR. C. E. DE TRAFFORD’S XII. At Loughborough, June 13 and 15. This two-day match does no* rank as first-class, and indeed the scratch side had no claim to be of anything like first-class strength. King (playing for M.C.C. at South­ gate on the Saturday) and A. T. Sharp (appearing for WeigalTs team v. Oxford on the Monday) were the chief absentees from the Leicester­ shire team, while Shipman played for the other side. The only feature of note on the first day was a century by W'hitehead. Major Challenor, not out on Saturday, played a good innings on Monday, and Hews also showed to advantage. H. C. Beynon was substituted in the scratch side for Capt. Ralph (injured), and J. L. Stubbs was allowed to bat in the county’s second, replacing (according to one report) O l d r o y d , who is playing for Yorkshire this week vice Kilner (whose operation in the winter seems to have left some slight weakness behind) scored 93* for Dewsbury v. Hull on Saturday. -----------+ --------- --- ESSEX v. SURREY. At Leyton, June 13, 15, and 16. The heavy defeat inflicted upon Surrey on the preceding Tuesday gave added interest to this match, and Saturday’s play tended to show that the revival of Essex was 110 mere flash in the pan. Nearly 6000 people paid gate on the first day. The home side included Louden, the Ilford all-rounder, and Mclver, but lacked Gillingham ; Surrey played Abel instead of Smith.. Essex began well, Russell and Carpenter sending up 78 for the first wicket in little over an hour. At 98 Russell was out, having scored his 66 (9 fours) in 90 minutes. Four were down for 134 ; but then Perrin and Douglas added 71, and later Freeman and Louden gave the crack useful help. Perrin never hurried himself; his 103 took 220 minutes in the making, and he only hit 7 fours; but he played fine cricket, and was never in difficulties. Surrey were handicapped by the^fact that Hitch could not do much bowling, owing to a sore finger. They fielded well, and Hobbs threw out Carpenter, Perrin, and Louden in fine style. Only time was left for one over, and Wilkinson took Strud­ wick in with him for that. On Monday the wicket-keeper, though rather rocky at the outset, stayed 90 minutes for his 26. Hobbs, after the first few minutes, was in great form, and made his partners look like cart-horses against a specimen of real blood. He took 70 minutes to reach 50, went to 100 in 125 minutes, and to 200 in 220, and in all batted just 4 hours. Never at fault, he scored most of his runs at first by driving; later he made strokes all round the wicket, forcing singles and twos off length balls with great skill. Two sixes, 24 fours, 10 threes, 12 twos, and 53 singles made up his record score to date ; and the only bad stroke he made was short of being an actual chance. He hit 22 off one over from Tremlin. His chief partners were Strud­ wick, Hayes, and Goatly, the second wicket adding 65, the third 60, and the sixth 64 (in 25 minutes). Abel made his 27 so quickly that his stay scarcely constituted a stand. The Essex fielding was good; Douglas, Tremlin, and Louden all stuck to their work well, and Reeves met with some success. Before time the home team had reduced the deficit of 72 to 3, but had lost 3 wickets in doing so. Perrin and Fane had added 66 for the third after the early dismissal of Russell and Carpenter. On Tuesday Mclver and Fane soon left, and the sixth wicket fell at 97. Both Douglas and Reeves had a slice of luck ; but their partnership of 66 at such a juncture deserved every credit. In all the Essex skipper batted 2J hours for his 43. Hitch and Rushby, who equally divided the wickets at practically equal cost, both bowled well ; but the Essex batting was, for the most part, unaccountably feeble. Wanting only 126 for victory, Surrey were never pushed, and won by 7 wickets in the event.