Cricket 1914

■294 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. J u n e 27, 1914. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v. SOMERSET. On a perfect wicket this match was commenced on Wednesday, ;and the home side was seen to great advantage. Haywood and Woolley particularly distinguished themselves, while W. H. Denton •and J. H. Ryan both played free cricket. At the time of going to press the score was as follows :— N o r t h a n t s . J. S. Denton, lbw, b Robson 12 W. H. Denton, b Bridges .. 74 Haywood, c Hylton-Stewart, b Bridges .. . . .. 107 Woolley, b Bridges .. .. 103 Thompson, lbw, b Braund.. 19 East, b Braund .. .. 15 Wells, c Bridges, b Braund.. 7 J. H. Ryan, b Bridges .. 41 Walden, lbw, b Hylton- Stewart .. .. .. 10 Buswell, not out .. .. 1 Murdin, b Hylton-Stewart.. 8 B 4, lb 8, w 1 .. .. 13 Total .. .. 410 S o m e r s e t 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 :— Bridges, 27-3-86-4; Robson, 28-4-109-1 ; Rippon, 18-2-65-0; H. Stewart, 13-3-1-42-2 ; Braund, 14-0-95-3. Rippon, 1 wide. S o m e r s e t . .A. D. E. Rippon, b Thompson E. S. Rippon, b Wells C. Ball, not out Chidgey, not out 8 E. S. M. Poyntz, B. D. Hylton- Stewart, C. P. Hope, Braund, Robson, Bridges, and Hyman, to bat. Total (for 2 w.) .. 9 Umpires :— Richards and White. R.M.A. (WOOLWICH) v. R.M.C. (SANDHURST). At Woolwich, June 19 and 20. In the Woolwich team were three Cheltenham men (Wise, Aikenhead, and Faviell), two from Winchester (Miller, the captain, and Morshead), and one each from Bedford (Weir), King’s School, Bruton (Carbery), Charterhouse (Dallas), Clifton •(Palmer), Felsted (Coad), and Sedbergh (Medley). Eton (Naylor, •captain, and Grey), Cheltenham (Green and Firbank), Bedford (Sewell), Blundell’s (Hinde), Christ’s Hospital (Tyndale), Glenalmond (Alex­ ander), Haileybury (Marson), Marlborough (Oliver), and Repton <(Battye) were represented in the Sandhurst side. The match began ron a very hard and fast wicket. The sides completed an innings each •on Friday, although play was stopped by rain at 4.50 and was only resumed, in a very bad light, shortly before time. D. A. D. Sewell’s bowling really won the match for his side (5 for 39 and 5 for 59, with four or five catches missed off him, is good work— 10 for 98 out of 20 for 370). Alexander’s innings also played a big part, and Marson, Oliver, and Tyndale helped. Morshead, Dallas, and Weir did best for .the losers. Oliver was the only left-hander to make his mark in the match ; he has all the left-hander’s strokes, but makes some of them with a crooked bat— strokes, that is, in which a straight bat is en regie. Wise was much the better of the two wicket-keepers, the Sandhurst •captain being rather off colour with the gloves. Grey, probably the best bat at Sandhurst, had a poor match. Seweli (a right-hand medium-pace bowler) and Weir did something to remove the reproach that Bedford, with all its numbers and its magnificent wicket, rarely turns out cricketers of merit. Sandhurst’s victory by 5 wickets was all the more notable as they had to get their runs to win at about •95 per hour. R.M.A. First Innings. L. T. Morshead, c Hinde, b Sewell E. J. Medley, c and b Hinde A. V. D. Wise, b Hinde J. G. Weir, c Alexander, b Firba •C. H. Miller, c Naylor, b Sewell D. H. M. Carbery, b Hinde A. S. Dallas, c Sewell, b Hinde D. F. Aikenhead, c and b Sewell •C. F. Faviell, b Sewell H. L. Palmer, not out E. H. Coad, b Sewell Extras Total .. 56 Second Innings, c F'irbank, b Tyndale 9 1 • • 13 c Battye, b Sewell .. 2 2 b Hinde 0 nk 52 c Sewell, b Hinde 0 9 c Alexander, b Sewell 10 4 c Hinde, b Sewell .. 5 .. 29 b Battye 30 21 c Oliver, b Battye .. 21 10 c Hinde, b Sewell 1 0 c Naylor, b Sewell .. 0 1 not out 13 16 Extras 26 •. 213 Total 199 First Innings. R.M.C. Second Innings. G. W. A. Alexander, b Dallas 19 c Weir, b Palmer 106 L. F. Marson, c Wise, b Coad 3 not out 52 W. F. L. Oliver, c Wise, b Faviell .. 49 b Dallas 26 J. F. Grey, lbw, b Dallas 12 b Faviell 1 R. L. H. Green, st Wise, b Coad .. 28 b Dallas 1 G. H. S. Tyndale, b Faviell 0 st Wise, b Morshead.. 59 C. W. Battye, b Faviell 7 not out 11 G. C. Firbank, c Palmer, b Coad .. 0 R. E. Naylor, st Wise, b Coad 16 D. A. D. Sewell, c Dallas, b Palmer 1 H. M. Hinde, not out 4 Extras 9 Extras 10 Total 148 Total (for 5 w.) . . 267 REV IEW . S p a l d i n g ’s O f f i c i a l C r i c k e t G u i d e has all the features which rendered the A m e r ic a n C r i c k e t A n n u a l (which it in­ corporates) valuable to the follower of the game whose interest is not confined to English and Australian cricket. It can scarcely be termed the Wisden of America, for Wisden is devoted mainly to first-class cricket, and first-class cricket in America— if not quite like snakes in Iceland— is but a very small part of the game as flayed there. Looking through its 200 odd pages, one who has hitherto been in ignorance of the extent to which the game is played on the western continent would be made to open his eyes. For here are returns of clubs not only in New Y o rk and Philadelphia, but in New England. Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Kansas City, San Francisco, the Copper Country, Youngstown (Ohio), Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, British Columbia, and the Prairie Pro­ vinces. Comparatively few match scores are given. Ten of the 53 games played by the Australian Team are presented, and all the matches of the Incogniti tour— that is all. But these include every game of first-rate or even second-rate importance. A few items from the records are given : J. B. King has totalled 18,039 runs and has taken 2034 wickets ; G. S. Patterson has 12,624 runs and 993 wickets to his credit ; A. M. Wood has scored 17,517 runs ; and F. F. K elly has taken 1924 wickets. K ing’s 344* (Belmont v Merion B, 1906) is the American record individual score ; the 689 of G. S. Patterson’s X I v. A. M. Wood's X I (Philadelphia, 1894) is the record total ; Patterson’s 1748 in 1892 is the biggest total for a season ; E. A ttew ell’s 190 (in Canada) the greatest bag of wickets ; 340 by W. R. Robertson and A. G. Sheath (Bohemians v. California, San Francisco, 1894) is the biggest partnership. The Editor of the guide is Mr. F. F. Kelly, whose name will be familiar to readers of our columns. His portrait a t the wicket appears as a frontispiece, and there are many other group and single portraits. The price is 25 cents ; but no mention is made as to where (if anywhere) the book can be obtained in this country, though from personal experience I can testify that there is a certain demand— not big perhaps, but w^orth consideration— for it. J. N. P. ------------ + ------------ O b it u a r y . T h e R e v . T h o m a s S p e n c e r C u r t e is , since 1873 Rector of Brampton Wangford, Suffolk, died at the Rectory on June 5. He was born at Shelton, in Norfolk, March 10, 1843 : and educated at Bury St. Edmunds Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a fast- medium left-hand bowler, and playing for his school against Norwich Grammar School in 1862 he obtained 16 wickets out of 20. Mr. Curteis was a member of the Cambridge Eleven in 1864 and 1865, in the former year capturing 8 wickets for 81 against Oxford, and in the latter one for 23. He afterwards represented both Norfolk and Suffolk, his bowling being generally successful in the matches in which he appeared. The finest performance of his career was accomplished when playing for 22 of Norfolk against the powerful United South of England XI in 1869, when he took 9 wickets in their first innings, the whole side being dismissed for only 33 runs. In 1877 he scored 46 for Suffolk v. Huntingdonshire and 48 (retired) for Gentlemen of Suffolk v. Gentlemen of F^ssex. Mr. Curteis was curate of Rostherne, Chester, 1866-8 ; of Benacrc, Suffolk, 1868-70 ; of Caston, Norfolk, 1871-3. Rector of Brampton. Wangford, from 1873, and Vicar of Stoven, Wang­ ford, from 1903 until his death. A. C. D. -----+----- A n o t h e r blue has been awarded b y the Oxford captain— to the old Etonian, O. C. Bristowe. W e understand that the outcome of the cricket-ball makers' strike is that the masters are forming a Union, and those firms who do not join are likely to get somewhat “ left.” It seems a little unfortunate that such a procedure has been found neces­ sary. To our thinking, the trade papers give away quite a sufficient number of secrets in the athletic world without each maker having to disclose the exact number and quality of the balls made during twelve months. However, the figures cannot fail to be of great interest, for as poor old Craig used to say, “ cricket balls are turned out almost like pins," and yet the cry is always the same— more, more !