Cricket 1914

288 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. J u n e 27, 1914. At the Oval, June 18, 19, and 20. C. B. Fry played for the visitors, but they lacked Major Greig. Hayward returned to his place in the home team ; but with Strudwick (through the illness of his little daughter) and Fender away Sullivan and Myers came in. The first day’s play may be summed up in very few words— Sprot and super­ numeraries ! Always good at need and utterly fearless, the Hampshire captain has seldom, if ever, played a better innings for his side. Five (Fry and Mead among them) were out for 43 when he came in. He got to work at once with strokes in all directions, and after the seventh wicket had fallen at 97 found most useful partners in Haigh Smith and Jaques, the Trojan helping him to add 65 and the Hog (no— this is not rude !) 76. According to one account Sprot was twice missed at the wicket early on ; according to another his only chance was one in the slips at 90. He took 75 minutes to make his first 50, proceeded thence to 100 in 60 minutes, and batted in all 195 minutes, hitting 16 fours. At call of time Surrey had scored 5 3 for the I9SS of Hayward. On Friday, with Hayes as partner, Hobbs scored freely, and in all they added 143 in 125 minutes, the length of Hayes’s stay. Ducat helped Hobbs to add 61 for the fourth wicket. Hobbs, who in the course of his innings reached his iooo for the season, hit 17 fours in his splendid 163, gave no chance, and batted 3^ hours. Abel and Ducat put on 55 in 40 minutes, and so hard did the former hit when joined by Myers that 62 were added in 25 minutes. At the tea interval the total was 378 for' 7. A thunderstorm then stopped play for the day. On Saturday the innings closed for 403. Among Ducat’s hits were a 7 and a 6, both run out. The early dismissal of Fry (at 3) and Remnant (at 24) seemed to presage an easy win for Surrey ; but Bowell was seen at his best, and Mead, though the same could scarcely be said of him, kept up an end, the third wicket adding 111. With Newman and Bowell as partners 48 more were put on before the latter left for quite his best innings of the season to date. He batted just on 3^ hours, gave only one chance, and hit 12 fours. There still remained some anxious moments for the visitors, who at 5 o’clock had 6 down for 196, and were then only 32 on. But Sprot again showed himself good at need, and when stumps were drawn Hampshire were 111 on. Surrey took first innings’ points, of course. H a m p s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. C. B. Fry, c Sullivan, b Rushby .. 8 c Hayes, b Rushby .. 1 Bowell, lbw, b Rushby .. .. 28 lbw, b Rushby .. 111 Newman (J.), c and b Hitch . . 1 c Abel, b Rushby .. 17 Mead (C. P.), b Rushby .. .. o c Sullivan, b Rushby 38 Remnant, b H it c h .........................11 c Hayes, b Myers .. 5 Brown (G.), b Rushby .. . . o b Hitch .. .. 4 E. M. Sprot, c Hayward, b Hitch . . 131 c Hitch, b Sandham. . 39 Kennedy, lbw, b Abel . • .. 9 c Abel, b Rushby • • 13 H. A. H. Smith, c Abel, bMyers .. 18 c Hayes, b Wilkinson 19 A. Jaques, b H itch .........................20 c Abel, b Wilkinson.. 4 Livesey, not out .. .. .. 1 not out .. .. o B 9, lb 3 .. .. 12 B 22, lb 2 .. 24 SURREY v. HAMPSHIRE. Total 239 Total S u r r e y 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 :— Hitch, 27-6-71-4 ; Rushby, 25-4-82-4 ; Myers, 10-3-25-1 : Abel, 12-0-47-1 ; Hayes, 3-2-2-0. S e c o n d I n n i n g s Hitch, 23-7-57-1 ; Rushby, 28-6-60-5 ; Myers, 7_I_3I_I ; Abel, 8-0-31-0 ; Hayes, 17-3-47-0 ; Wilkinson, 5-2-15-2 ; Sandham, 1*2-0-10-1. S u r r e y . Hobbs, c Livesey, b Brown 163 Hayward, Ibw, b Kennedy.. 10 Hayes, c Mead, b Newman.. 52 Sandham, b Kennedy .. 5 Ducat, b Remnant .. .. 52 C. T. A. Wilkinson, b Kennedy 3 Abel (W. J.), c Fry, b Brown 68 Mvers (E. B.), not out .. .30 Hitch, c Jaques, b Kennedy 1 Rushby, st Livesey, b Kennedy 9 Sullivan, c Brown, b Jaques o B 9, lb 1 .. .. 10 Total .. 403 H a m p s h ir e B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Jaques, 33-6-72-1; Kennedy, 37-3-127-5 : Brown, 11-1-47-2; Smith, 11-0-51-0; Newman, 11-2-51-1 ; Remnant, 6-1-36-1; Bowell, 1-0-2-0 ; Mead, 2-0-7-0. Umpires:— Flowers (T.) and Harrison. + Batsmen who have Scored 100 Centuries ESSEX v. WORCESTERSHIRE. At Castle Park, Colchester, June 18, 19, and 20. Big efforts had been made to render this game— the first big match ever played on the ground— attractive ; and there was an attendance of 2000 or so on the first day. Essex, with Gillingham, Mclver, and Davies all available, dropped Freeman ; Worcestershire played Lane in preference to Cuffe. Essex batted all day on a first-rate pitch, and at the close had scored 381 for 7, Captain Turner’s finely hit 84 (3 sixes, 12 fours), in little over an hour and out of 123 while he was batting, being the chief feature of the play. Gillingham and Perrin added 71 for the third wicket, Perrin and Fane 62 for the fourth, and Turner and Douglas 123 for the sixth. Gillingham batted 70 minutes, Fane 90, Perrin 130, and Douglas 135. On Friday the last three wickets took the total to 440. Worcestershire made a very moderate show. Pearson alone stayed long ; he played an excellent innings of 90 (10 fours), making his runs at a good pace too— 45 per hour. Maurice Foster hit up 31 in 20 minutes, getting 4 fours off one over from Douglas. No one else distinguished himself. Though leading by 224 runs, Essex batted again, and when bad light and rain stopped play had scored 69 for 2. Gillingham was then 27* ; on Saturday he stayed till the closure was applied— at 183 for 5. He hit 12 fours, but it was scarcely one of his best innings. In Worcestershire’s second Bowley and Pear­ son put up 56 before the first wicket fell, and Cliff and Pearson took the score to three figures before they were parted ; there was then a collapse, 7 being out for 161 ; and some free play by the later batsmen only delayed the inevitable. Davies, the old Rossallian, was in great form with the ball. Pearson again made top score, hitting 12 fours in his 72, and his play in the match was admirable. Essex won by 193 runs. E s s e x . First Innings. Second Innings. Carpenter, run out .. .. .. 9 b Taylor .. .. 5 Russell (A. C.), lbw, b Pearson .. 11 lbw, b Burrows .. 23 Rev. F. H. Gillingham, lbw, b Taylor 44 not out .. .. 83 P. A. Perrin, c Stevens, b Cliff .. 60 c Pearson, bBurrows 13 F. L. Fane, b Burrows .. .. 52 not out .. .. 27 J. W. H. T. Douglas, c Foster, b Burrows .. .. .. 56 Capt. W. M. Turner, c Lane, b Burrows .. .. .. 84 c Lane, b Burrows .. 4 C. D. Mclver, not out .. .. 45 Reeves, c Stevens, b Burrows .. 10 b Chester .. .. 19 G. B. Davies, c. and b Pearson .. 24 Tremlin, b Burrows .. .. .. 5 B 24, lb 10, nb 6 .. 40 B 6, lb 2, nb 1 .. 9 Total .. 440 Total (for 5 w., dec.).. 183 .. 275. 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 . F i r s t I n n i n g s :— Burrows, 32-4-3-143-5 ; Pearson, 26-5-74-2 ; Taylor, 25-5-84-1 ; Lane, 19-1-71-0 ; Chester, 8-5-10-0; Cliff, 10-4-18-1. Taylor, 4 nb, Burrows 2. S e c o n d I n n i n g s :— Burrows, 16-0-86-3 ; Taylor, 8-1-28-1 ; Chester, 7-1-28-1 ; Lane, 3-0-23-0 ; Cliff, 2-0-9-0. Taylor, 1 nb. W o r c e s t e r s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. Pearson, lbw, b Reeves .. .. 90 c Perrin, b Davies .. 72 Bowley (F. L.), lbw, b Douglas .. 10 c Turner, b Tremlin.. 34 A. T. Cliff, c Carpenter, b Douglas.. o b Reeves .. .. 21 Chester, b Reeves .. .. .. 4 b Davies .. .. 1 M. K. Foster, c Russell, b Tremlin.. 31 c and b Davies .. 5 B. G. Stevens, c Gillingham, b Reeves .. .. .. .. 7 c Douglas, b Reeves.. 11 Collier, b Davies .. .. .. 19 c Perrin, bDavies .. 28 W. H. Taylor, b Davies .. .. 16 c Gillingham,b Davies o Lane, hit w., b Davies .. .. 12 not out .. .. 26 Burrows, b Reeves .. .. .. 1 c Perrin, b Reeves .. 13 Bale, not out .. .. .. 10 c and b Davies .. ^ o B 13, lb 3 .. .. 16 Lb 2, nb 1 .. * 3 Total .. 216 Total 2 14 E 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 :— Douglas, 17-2-54-2 ; Tremlin, 17-0-73-1 ; Reeves, 15 - 3 - 39-4 ; Davies, 8-3-0-34-3. S e c o n d I n n i n g s : — Douglas, 10-0-55-0; Tremlin, 11-2-39-1 ; Reeves, 16-3-66-3 ; Davies, 14-2-2-51-6. Douglas, i- nb. Umpires :— Brown and West. I n the course of the article about Major Greig a fortnight ago the fact that the Major had made over a hundred centuries in matches of all classes was mentioned. How many other batsmen have done this ? W. G., of course, and Tom Hayward. C. B. Fry, who has over 90 to his credit in first-class cricket alone. E. H. D. Sewell, I know. D. H. Butcher, the Upper Tooting crack, I should think. E. M. Grace doubtless did so, with some to spare. John Tyldesley may have done so, though he has not had much time for club cricket. Are there any others ? I should be glad to hear from anyone who can give me authentie information. 6 J. N. P. T h e Durham League was practically swamped out. Only two games were finished. Hendon beat Eppleton by 8 runs— 64 to 56. Morris took 6 for 31 for the winners, and Holsinger (formerly playing in South Wales and Lincolnshire cricket, and originally from Ceylon, one believes) had the splendid figures of 7 for 9 for the losers. South Shields beat Seaham Harbour bv 5 wickets, Harry taking 6 for 37 for them. Harry (like William Cook) might be of use to Lancashire just now. I n the North Durham and South Yorkshire League Guisborough’s defeat of Thornaby was the only finished match. Thornaby slumped for 28, Bulmer taking 5 for 10. For Darlington v. West Hartlepool Pestell (Bedfordshire) took 6 for 46.