Cricket 1914

292 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. J u n e 27, 1914. SUSSEX v. HAMPSHIRE. At Horsham, June 22, 23, and 24. Sprot was absent from the visiting team; Fry and Mead were at Lord’s; Arnold replaced Livesey. Major Greig and Stone played, and Down, a left-hander on the Lord’s staff, was given a trial. Chaplin returned to his side, displacing Burnham ; but Albert Relf was at headquarters, Holloway coming in. The match scarcely proved as big an attraction as had been expected, only about 1,500 being present on Monday, when Hants batted all day, and had still a wicket to go at the finish. Bowell’s score was highest; but nearly everyone else made useful additions. Major Greig helped the professional to put up 91 for the first wicket; and Brown and Bowell added 108 for the third. Bowell followed up his •century v. Surrey with another excellent innings. He made his 114 in 3J hours, gave no actual chance, and hit 18 fours. He drove in great style. Down at the finish was batting really well, and on Tuesday, when the innings closed for 396, he was left not out, having hit half-a- dozen fours, and helped Jaques to add 61 for the last wicket. The pitch had suffered from the combined effects of rain and sun, and the visitors’ bowlers were always able to get work on. Sussex lost Vine and Wilson for 24 ; but then Robert Relf hit resolutely for 50 minutes, Jupp played patience for two hours, and Chaplin batted in plucky style. At the tea interval they were 120 for 4 ; but then Kennedy came with a rush, making the ball rear up from a worn patch, and the innings closed for 146. Of these Chaplin and Jupp had put on 58 in partnership. Following on, the home team lost Wilson and Vine with •only 38 scored, and had to face the prospect of certain defeat on Wednesday. They played up gamely, however. Relf was out at 68 ; but Jupp and Bowley added 89 in 65 minutes. Jupp hit 10 fours in his plucky 69. Bowley and Chaplin made an excellent stand, adding 83 ; and Vincett hit out hard. Bowley’s innings of 83 at so critical a time shows that this youngster is made of the right stuff, and Tate is evidently another of the true breed. The total reached 329, Hants being set 80 to get for victory. This seemed an easy task, but so finely did Norman Holloway bowl and so well did the home team field that •after all Hants only pulled through by 2 wickets after many anxious moments. H a m p s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. Bowell, b Holloway .. .. .. 114 b Holloway .. .. 15 Major J. G. Greig, lbw, b Relf .. 44 c Cox, b Vincett .. 19 Remnant, c and b Vincett .. .. o b Holloway .. .. 2 Brown (G.), b Holloway .. .. 48 b Holloway .. .. o Newman (J.), b Vincett .. .. 26 lbw, b Holloway .. 8 ■Stone, c Relf, b Vincett .. .. 26 b Holloway .. .. 8 Kennedy, lbw, b Tate .. .. 22 not out . . .. 17 .A. C. P. Arnold, b Cox .. .. 20 c Street, b Holloway.. 10 H. A. H. Smith, b Holloway .. 15 not out .. .. o A. Jaques, c Bowley, b Jupp .. 27 Down, not out .. .. .. 31 c Bowley, b Vincett.. 1 B 8, lb 10, nb 5 23 Nb .. .. 2 Total 396 Total (for 8 w.) 82 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 in g s :— Holloway, 26-7-68-3 ; Tate, 15-4-64-1 ; Cox, -25-11-38-1 ; Jupp, 16*4-1-58-1 ; R. Relf, 16-5-44-1 ; Vincett, .28-4-89-3 ; Vine, 1-0-2-0 ; Wilson, 1-0-10-0. Jupp 2 nb, Vincett, 3. S e c o n d I n n in g s :— Vincett, 17-4-41-2 ; Holloway, 16-1-2-39-6. ~Vincett 2 nb. S u s s e x . First Innings. H. L. Wilson, b Kennedy .. .. 6 “Vine, lbw, b Jaques .. .. 4 Relf (R. R.), c and b Kennedy .. 34 Jupp, b Kennedy .. .. . . 2 8 Bowley (E. H.), run out .. .. 2 H. P. Chaplin, b Kennedy .. .. 42 •Cox, c Kennedy, b Jaques .. .. 4 T ate (M.), b Kennedy .. .. 8 Vincett, c Brown, b Kennedy .. 6 N. J. Holloway, c Newman, b Jaques o ^Street, not out .. .. .. o B 10, lb 1, nb 1 .. 12 Total .. .. 146 M.C.C. SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM v. REST OF ENGLAND. At Lord’s, June 22, 23, and 24. This match aroused a large amount of interest. Four thousand spectators were present at the start on Monday, and after lunch there were fully 10,000. The crowd suffered one disappointment, for Barnes was unable to play, owing to a strain. Strudwick was also unavoidably absent, which necessitated the shifting over of Smith from the other side, on which Dolphin replaced him. Fry won the toss, and, against some excellent bowling by Douglas, Booth, and Albert Relf, Humphreys and Tarrant found scoring by no means easy* They were together nearly an hour and a half before Tarrant played on, but only made 67 in that time. George Gunn’s advent failed to enliven proceedings, and after lunch eight successive maiden overs were bowled. Relf’s first 20 overs only produced 19 runs. The 100 was reached in 140 minutes. ' Play quickened up, and at 160 Humphreys reached three figures, having made his last 50 in an hour. He was out at 180— 113 for the wicket— having batted without a chance for 190 minutes, and hit 14 fours. Gunn, never at his best, left seven runs later. Sydney Smith and Fry then made a good stand, though the Rest’s skipper had a slice of luck in the shape of a let-off in the slips. They added 137 in partnership. Smith was the first to go ; his innings was a good one, despite a fair share of fortune’s favours about two-thirds the way through it. F'ry left at 353 for a finely played 70, made in two hours. Smith’s 78 were made in 90 minutes; but the old Oxonian’s was the greater innings. He drove to the on in great style, cut well, and always looked on the top of his form. At call of time the score was 382 for 5. Hirst soon left on Tuesday, and Mann did not prove a stayer this time ; but Day went on to get 50 out of 83 in 80 minutes, and, after an interruption by rain, 79 in all— a really fine innings, including 8 fours, mostly powerful drives. His form did not in the least suggest what was to follow. At no stage of the match had the wicket been perfect; from the outset a ball every now and then would do unexpected things, necessitating watchfulness on the batsmen’s part. Now, doubtless, it had been somewhat affected by the rain and sun ; but that Rhodes should go at 3, Hearne at 4, Hobbs at 26, Mead at 35, and Woolley at 47 was more than anyone could have anticipated. Hitch, whose bowling kicked nastily, did nearly all the damage. Though Douglas stayed 70 minutes for 16, and Bird and Booth hit out for a few each, the last 5 wickets made no more— but no fewer— than the first 5 had done. Hitch, all but unplayable and needing a stout heart to meet, had 7 for 42. The innings was more than halfway through when H.M. the King, accom­ panied by the Prince of Wales, reached the ground, and play stopped while the two captains were introduced to His Majesty by Lord Hawke, the M.C.C.’s President. Dis*aster began early in the follow-on, Hobbs leaving at 18, when his partner, Rhodes, had scored only a single. Hearne and Rhodes then made a stand, and at the close the score was 60 for 1. On Wednesday Heame left at 74, having assisted Rhodes to add 56. Dolphin knocked up a high one, and caught it smartly as it fell to dismiss the Middlesex man. Mead also fell to the little Yorkshireman’s cleverness. Douglas and Rhodes played a very slow game, the latter having been in 3J hours when he reached 50, while the Essex man took an hour to get six. Rhodes left at 124, and and with him went the last hope of saving the game. Douglas batted 90 minutes in all, and Tennyson hit up a few quickly ; but quite early in the afternoon the innings closed for 184, and the Rest had won by an innings and 189 runs. In the match Hitch took 12 for 93, and did damage to things more capable of feeling it than the stumps— but for that he could not be blamed, of course. . R e s t o f E n g l a n d . Second Innings, b Kennedy .. .. 7 c Smith, b Jaques .. 8 b Kennedy .. .. 26 b Smith .. .. 69 c Bowell, b Kennedy 83 c Newman, b Jaques 39 run out .. .. o c Stone, b Remnant.. 24 b Brown .. .. 55 not out .. .. 3 lbw, b Remnant .. 2 B 6, lb 2, w 3, nb 2 13 Total .. 329 Humphreys, b Woolley .. i n Tarrant, b Relf .. .. 28 Gunn (G.), b Woolley .. 38 S. G. Smith, b Douglas .. 78 C. B. Fry, b Booth .. .. 70 A. P. Day, c Bird, b Rhodes 79 Hirst, run out .. .. 15 F. T. Mann, c Smith, b Booth Hitch, b Woolley Dolphin, not out Geary, c and b Relf B 3, lb 7, nb 3 .. 3 28 13 Total .. 467 M.C.C. T e a m B o w l e r s ’ A n a ly s is . Douglas, 25-2-87-1; Booth, 37-8-106-2; Relf, 32-3-11- Hearne, 11-0-64-0; Woolley, 26-2-93-3 ; Rhodes, 16-5-37-1. 2 nb, Woolley 1. First Innings. M.C.C. T ea m . -67-2 ; Booth 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 in g s :— Jaques, 28-8-49-3 ; Kennedy, 27-3-9-49-6; Brown, 5-0-6-0 ; Down, 5-2-9-0 ; Smith, 4-1-7-0 ; Newman, 4-0- 14-0. Down, 1 nb. S e c o n d I n n in g s :— Jaques, 26-5-69-2 ; Kennedy, 35-13-89-3 ; Brown, 8-1-37-1; Newman, 8-0-41-0; Greig, 6-1-31-0; Remnant, 10-3-4-13-2; Smith, 5-1-25-1 ; Down, 2-0-11-0. Brown 3 wides; Jaques 1 nb, Smith 1. Umpires :— Barlow and Roberts. Gentleman’s High grade Cycle (Coventry make, Warwick tyres), never ridden. To be sold cheap.— 61, Mantilla JRoad, Tooting Bee Common, London, S.W .— A d v e r t . Hobbs, b Hitch .. .. .. 6 Rhodes, c Dolphin, b Hitch .. o Hearne (J. W.), c Dolphin, b Geary 1 Mead (C. P.), c Gunn, b Hitch .. 21 J. W. H. T. Douglas, lbw, b Day .. 16 Woolley (F. E.), b Hitch .. .. 9 Hon. L. H. Tennvson, c Frv, b Hitch 1 Relf (A. E.), b Hirst .. .. 5 M. C. Bird, c Humphreys, b Hitch.. 15 Booth, not out .. .. .. 16 Smith (E. J.), b Hitch .. .. o Lb. .. .. .. 4 Second Innings, c Fry, b Hitch c Hirst, b Smith c Dolphin, b Hitch . c Dolphin, b Geary • c Dolphin, b Smith . b Hitch c Geary, b Smith c Geary, b Smith c Smith, b Hitch b Smith not out B 14, lb 3, nb 2 16 52 26 9 14 29 5 19 Total .. . . 9 4 Total .. 184 T h e R e s t o f E n g l a n d B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . F ir s t I n n in g s :— Hitch, 14-5-4-42-7 ; Geary, 7-3-20-1 ; Tarrant, 6-3-4 -0 ; Day, 7-4-8-1 : Hirst, 8-2-16-1. S e c o n d I n n in g s : — Hitch, 31*3-13-51-5 ; Gearv, 24-11-36-1; Day, 10-4-16-0; Hirst, 13-4-22-0; Humphreys, 1-0-1-0; Smith, 17-7-39-4. Hitch 2 nb. Umpires :— Moss and West.