Cricket 1914

284 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. J u n e 27, 19 14 . A . C . M . a t Lo rds . (The following are some press comments of Saturday last. Their presentation thus is not authorised by the Editor— a modest man— and he will not know of their inclusion until he sees them in this issue, when it will be too late to withdraw them. — J.N.P.) T h e D a il y M a il :— " Then came a lesson in batting. In the foggy light Mr. A. C. MacLaren played the bowling as if it were nonsense. He could p ivo t on his bad leg (he has water on the right knee) quite easily. He did little running, for, like all good batsmen, he knows when he has hit a four and does not worry to run. The ball went off the bat as if stung by a hornet. An Etonian remarked before he went in : ‘ My word, but he’s grey as a badger.’ ‘ Well you dig him ou t,’ said a Harrovian. Mr. MacLaren is, of course, very grey now. It suits him, however, and he is still about the handsomest man in England. When he came out all the Etonians rose a t him, for his is a sporting venture for sporting men.” T h e D a il y C h r o n ic le :— “ The people who waited through the storm ’s threatening had their reward in some glorious p lay by MacLaren. . . . He treated the first he received in the w ay we used to expect when anything came fast on the leg stump— a perfect 4 to square-leg. And for three-quarters of an hour he stood out in the gloomy haze as the great master the spectators had known on so many great occasions. There were more perfect by-strokes, powerful drives, and a grand late cut came to round off a display that brought the people running to cheer the old Harrovian when p lay ceased.” T h e S po rtsm an :— “ MacLaren treated the onlookers to a delightful spell of batting, made in his most masterly style. . . . Though in one sense a light of other days he cannot be regarded as a past number ; the old skill and science were still manifest.” T h e S p o r tin g L i f e :— M acLaren p laced th e first ball he received b ea u tifu lly to leg for 4, and h e proceeded to score d eligh tfu lly on this side o f th e w icket, a ll the old fluen cy and grace bein g p r e s e n t; his glan cin g w as v . 'y fine indeed. H e p layed grea t crick et in a bad ligh t, and W 55 in fo rty -fiv e m inutes w as easily the best th in g of th e d a y .” ------------ + ------------ T he C h ie f F ix tu r e s fo r J u ly . i (Wed.)—Northants v. Surrey, at Northampton. 1—Surrey II v. Kent II, at the Oval. 1—Mr. F. M. Joyce’s X I v. Bournville, at Ashby-de-la-Zouch (Ashby Week). 2—M.C.C. v. Cambridge University, at Lord’s. 2 — Essex v. Kent, at Leyton. 2 — Mr. L. Robinson’s X I v. Oxford University, at Old Buckenham. 2 — Warwickshire v. Sussex, at Nuneaton. 2—Worcestershire v. Middlesex, at Dudley. 2—Yorkshire v. Hants, at Hull. 3—Herts v. Beds, at St. Albans. 4 (Sat.)—Notts v. Derbyshire, at Nottingham. 4—Lancashire v. Surrey, at Manchester (Huddleston’s Benefit). 4—Leicestershire II v. Northants II, at Market Harborough. 6 — Oxford University v. Cambridge University, at Lord’s. 6 — Sussex v. Somerset, at Hove. 6 — Yorkshire v. Kent, at Sheffield. 6 — Warwickshire v. Hants, at Birmingham. 6—Worcestershire v. Gloucestershire, at Worcester. 6 — Glamorgan v. Northants, at Swansea. 6 — Staffordshire v. Durham, at Stoke. 6—Kent II v. Lincolnshire, at Mailing. 8 (Wed.)—Lancashire v. Leicestershire, at Liverpool. 8 — Cheshire v. Essex II, at Birkenhead Park. 8 — Glamorgan v. Durham, at Swansea. 8—Cornwall v. Wilts, at Camborne. 9 —Gentlemen v. Players, at the Oval. 9—Sussex v. Warwickshire, at Hastings (Hastings Week). 9—Gloucestershire v. Hants, at Bristol. 9 —Yorkshire v. Northants, at Huddersfield. 9—Kent v. Somerset, at Gravesend. o—Eton v. Harrow, at Lord’s. to — Glamorgan v. Essex II, at Swansea. 10 — Cornwall v. Devon, at Penzance. 11 (Sat.)—Leicestershire v. Worcestershire, at Coalville. 11— Derbyshire v. Lancashire, at Derby. 13— Gentlemen v. Players, at Lord’s. 13— Kent v. Essex, at Tunbridge Wells (Tunbridge Wells Week). 13— Sussex v. Gloucestershire, at Hastings (Hastings Week). 13— Kent II v. Surrey II, at Canterbury. 13— Devon v. Monmouthshire, at Sidmouth. 13— Glamorgan v. Wilts, at Cardiff. 15— Cheshire v. Lancashire II, at Bollington. 15— Durham v. Cumberland, at Sunderland. 15— Cornwall v. Monmouthshire, at Camborne. 15— Beds v. Norfolk, at Bedford. 16— Middlesex v. Essex, at Lord’s. 16— Kent v. Notts, at Tunbridge Wells (Tunbridge Wells Week). 16— Northants v. Warwickshire, at Northampton. 16— Derbyshire v. Yorkshire, at Chesterfield. 16— Leicestershire v. Sussex, at Leicester (Whitehead’s Benefit). 16— Hants v. Worcestershire, at Southampton (Southampton Week). 16— Bucks v. Wilts, at Bletchley Park. 17— Devon v. Berks, at Exeter. 17— Herts v. Norfolk, at Bushey. 18 (Sat.)— Surrey v. Lancashire, at the Oval. 20— Yorkshire v. Notts, at Leeds. 20— Warwickshire v. Northants, at Birmingham. 20— Kent v. Gloucestershire, at Maidstone (Maidstone Week). 20— Essex v. Somerset, at Leyton. 20— Hants v. Sussex, at Southampton (Southampton Week— Bowell’s Benefit). 20— Cambs v. Suffolk, at Cambridge. 20— Northumberland v. Cheshire, at Newcastle. 20— Staffordshire v. Norfolk, at Walsall. 20— Cornwall v. Berks, at Penzance. 20— M.C.C. v. Royal Artillery, at Lord’s (Military Week). 20— Leicestershire C. & G. v. M.C.C., at Hinckley (Hinckley Week). 22— Durham v. Cheshire, at South Moor. 22— Glamorgan v. Monmouthshire, at Cardiff. 22— Lincolnshire v. Suffolk, at Grimsby. 22— Leicestershire II v. Notts II, at Hinckley (Hinckley Week). 23— Kent v. Middlesex, at Maidstone (Maidstone Week). 23— Leicestershire v. Warwickshire, at Hinckley (Hinckley Week). 23— Hants v. Surrey, at Portsmouth. 23— Yorkshire v. Lancashire (outside the Championship), at Hull. 23— Essex v. Sussex, at Southend-on-Sea. 23— Notts v. Gloucestershire, at Nottingham. 23—Worcestershire v. Somerset, at Stourbridge. 24 (Fri.)— Northants v. Derbyshire, at Northampton. 27— Surrey v. Sussex, at the Oval. 27— Lancashire v. Gloucestershire, at Manchester. 27— Notts v. Kent, at Nottingham. 27— Yorkshire v. Somerset, at Sheffield. 27— Essex v. Leicestershire, at Leyton. 27— Kent II v. Staffordshire, at Gravesend. 27— Clifton v. Tonbridge, at Lord’s. 27— Hampshire v. Mrs. Sinkins’s XI, at Southampton. 29— Bucks v. Dorset, at Aylesbury. 29— Rugby v. Marlborough, at Lord’s. 29— M.C.C. v. Herefordshire, at Hereford. 30— Essex v. Hants, at Leyton. 30— Sussex v. Northants, at Hove. 30— Lancashire v. Warwickshire, at Lancaster. 30— Kent v. Surrey, at Blackheath. 30— Yorkshire v. Gloucestershire, at Harrogate. 30— Somerset v. Derbyshire, at Taunton. 30— Surrey II v. Staffordshire, at the Oval. 31— Lincolnshire v. Kent II, at Woodhall Spa. 31— Monmouthshire v. Glamorgan, at Newport. 31— Cheltenham v. Haileybury, at Lord’s. 31— Bucks v. I Zingari, at Ascott. ------------- + — — — “ T h e ball comes along so true that rarely a delivery gets above shoulder high of the batsman.”— “ Leather Hunter” in the Argus. Not an exaggerated notion of truth, this ! “ His first ball hit Ernest Tyldesley heavily in the stomach, while his next ball saw Tyldesley caught at the wicket. Bad light then stopped play.”— Argus. Rather unlucky for E. T. that bad light did not stop play just two balls earlier ! H a r r o w ’s victory over a strong team of Harequins (made up of A. J. Webbe, M. C. Kemp, B. J. T. Bosanquet, Ernest Smith, R. O. Lagden, J. N. Fraser, N. R. Udal, P. Pearson-Gregory, R. W. Awdry, K. I. Nicholl, J. M. Quinton, and F. A. Henley), though only by 6 runs— a narrow enough margin, was highly creditable to an improved and still improving side. At the finish Kemp and Webbe were partners, and the former was run out ; whether by his own fault or his partner’s, it looks as though the Harlequins were fighting hard for the few runs wanted. Smith (top score 48, and 8 wickets) was the losers’ all-round big man ; Dury scored 34 for the school, Buller 28, De Uphaugh 24. C. R. B r o w n e (109) and E. Matheson (77) added 153 together for the seventh wicket of South Lynn v. Stoics on June 18. It was a colt and veteran partnership, for Matheson must be more than old enough to be the Cantab’s father.