Cricket 1914

J u l y 4, 19 14 . THE WORLD OF CRICKET. 315 WORCESTERSHIRE v. HAMPSHIRE. At Dudley, June 27, 29, and 30. There was only a small gate (1500 or so) to see Bowley’s great innings. Hampshire lacked Fry and Sprot ; Worcestershire had Taylor back to lead them instead of Simpson- Hayward. At the outset Jaques and Kennedy kept the batsmen quiet, and Pearson left at 23 ; but Cliff helped to wear down the bowling, staying while 108 were added, and with Bowley and Chester in partner­ ship runs came fast, 160 being added in 100 minutes for the third wicket. In all Bowley batted 4 hrs. 50 min., hitting 2 sixes, a five, and 33 fours ; he reached his 100 (out of 148) in 100 minutes, and took 110 minutes to make his second hundred. Though unmistakably tired before the end of his innings came he scored at a run a minute pace right up to the finish, but the slackness of the Hants fielding aided him in the later part of his innings. He gave no chance, and made very few bad strokes. Taylor scored 31 out of 47 added with Cuffe before the close, when both were not out, the score being 474 for 6. Not many were added on Monday. Hants, with no motive for forcing the pace, did not score fast, but by the end of the day had made 362 for 7. Bowell and Greig put up 63 before a wicket fell; Stone and Mead added 124 for the third wicket; Brown hit out for his 35, made in 40 minutes ; and with the bowling worn down Newman ran to 50 in the last hour or so. He was out directly after the resumption on Tuesday, the innings closing for 375. Nobody accomplished anything big in Worcester­ shire’s second ; but Chester, Maurice Foster, and Cliff all did fairly well, and there was never any danger of such a collapse as was needed to give the visitors a look-in. They were set 282 to get, but time allowed no chance of their getting such a number, and the Worcester­ shire bowling is not of the sort to dispose of a strong side cheaply on a good wicket. Stone hit out, while Bowell played steadily, and at the close they had made 147 unparted, Stone having just reached his century. Stone, who has not been a favourite of fortune lately, having been in and out of the team according to whether other men could play, had a great match. He hit 8 fours in his first innings of 83, and 17 in his second of 100*, made in 95 minutes. Worcestershire took first innings’ points. W o r c e s t e r s h i r e . First Innings. Second Innings. Bowley (F. L.), c Brown, b Kennedy 276 c Livesey, b Jaques Pearson, b Jaques A. T. Cliff, c Brown, b Newman .. Chester, b Mead M. K. Foster, c Brown, b Newman Lane, b Brown Cuffe, b Jaques W. H. Taylor, b Kennedy .. Burrows, b Kennedy Bale, not out Conway, b Jaques B 16, lb 1, w 2,, nb 1 Total 493 Bowell, b Cuffe .. .. 32 Major J. G. Greig, c. Cuffe, b Burrows .. .. 47 Stone, c Bale, b Burrows .. 83 Mead (C. P.), c Foster, b Lane .. .. 79 Brown (G.), c and b Chester 35 Newman (J.), b Burrows .. 51 Kennedy, b Pearson • .. 16 SURREY v. MIDDLESEX. At the Oval, June 27, 29, and 30. Over 10,000 paid for admission on the Saturday. Surrey brought in Kirk and Harrison, and Sand­ ham, Goatly, and Abel had all to stand down. Middlesex had, bar Saville, their strongest team ; but on the day’s play the bowling— which Saville would not have strengthened—was not strong enough. Hobbs went for 4 at 5, the result of 20 minutes’ batting. For some time scoring continued to be slow ; but then Hayward and Hayes gained a mastery over the attack, and added 91 in 65 minutes. At lunch the score was 138 for 2, and directly after the game was resumed Hayes left for a capital 67. Harrison and Ducat added 88 in pretty quick time ; but the scoring became still faster when the footballer was partnered by his captain. In 75 minutes they added 153. Then Ducat left for a chanceless 102, made in under 2\ hours. He hit 14 fours, and cut and drove in great style. Wilkinson and Fender added 90 in 40 minutes. The Surrey skipper’s first century in big cricket was not faultless, for he gave chances at 14 and at 71 ; but he was always forcing the game, and his 135 (one six, 19 fours) in a couple of hours was a most creditable display of hitting. At call of time the score was 502 for 6. Hitch and Fender put on 43 runs in 20 minutes in all, and the innings closed for 544 on Monday. Middlesex started with a rush. In a quarter of an hour 38 were up, and 73 were scored in 45 minutes before Tarrant was out. Afterwards scoring slowed down, and Robert­ son, who was twice missed in the slips, batted 90 minutes for his 56. Though Hearne, Warner, Haig, Weston, and Murrell all made decent scores, no one got on top of the bowling during the rest of the innings. At call of time Middlesex were 21 for o in the follow-on. On Wednesday 57 were up before Tarrant and Robertson were parted. After Robert­ son had gone J. W. Hearne and Warner added 93. Mann soon left, but Kidd stayed with Hearne. They put on 120 in 105 minutes, and long before they were parted all chance of a win outright for Surrey had vanished into the ewigkeit. At the close Middlesex were 393 for 5. Hearne saved the match for them ; but, valuable as his innings was, it could scarcely be reckoned one of his best, for he was let off four times before he reached 80. He hit one five and 20 fours, and batted 4 hrs. 50 min. in all. Surrey took first innings’ points. 7 Powell, b Kennedy 8 b Kennedy .. .. 21 c Livesey, b Brown .. 40 b Brown .. .. 39 b Mead .. .. 8 c Mead, b Brown .. 2 b Brown .. .. o not out .. .. 12 b Newman .. .. 5 run out .. .. 13 B 4, lb 4 .. 8 Total .. .. 163 S u r r e y . Hitch, c Haig, b Tarrant E. C. Kirk, c Murrell, Hearne (J. T.) Strudwick, lbw, b Tarrant Rushby, not out B 20, lb 1, w 2, nb 1 35 6 24 544 H a m p s h ir e B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s i s . F ir s t I n n in g s :—Jaques, 28*4-5-102-3 ; Kennedy, 31-4-116-3 ; Smith, 5-0-26-0 ; Newman, 23-3-72-2 ; Brown, 10-0-63-0 ; Greig, 1-0-7-0 ; Mead, 8-0-46-1 ; Down, 9-0-33-1 ; Stone, 1-0-8-0. Brown and Mead each 1 wide ; Jaques 1 nb. S e c o n d I n n in g s :—jaques, 14—3—30-1 ; Kennedy, 18-5-45-2 ; Newman, 7-3-13-1 ; S m it h , 3-0-16-0; Mead, 5-1-22-1 ; Brown, 10*4-3-29-4. H a m p s h ir e . First Innings. Hayward, c Robertson, b Hearne (J. W.) .. Hobbs, c Kidd, b Haig .. Hayes, c Murrell, b Haig .. Harrison, c Weston, b Kidd Ducat, c Tarrant, b Hearne (J. T.) .........................1 C. T. A. Wilkinson, b Tarrant 135 Total P. G. H. Fender, c Haig, b Hearne (J. T.) .. .. 51 M i d d l e s e x B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s i s . Haig, 15-5-58-2 ; Hearne (J. T.), 44-11-114-3 ; Hearne (J. W.), 28-1-131-1 ; Tarrant, 27-3-111-3 ; Weston, 12-0-57-0; Kidd, 13-3- 49-1. Hearne (J. W.), 1 wide, 1 nb ; Weston, 1 wide. M i d d l e s e x . First Innings. Second Innings. Fender, b Down, c Chester, b Pearson o H. A. H. Smith, c Bale, b Pearson .. .. .. 1 A. Jaques, c Burrows, b Pearson .. .. .. 7 Livesey, not out .. .. 5 B 9, lb 7, nb 3 .. .. 19 Total .. .. 375 W. P. Robertson, Rushby .. .. Tarrant, c Strudwick, b Kirk Hearne (J. W.), c Hitch, b Kirk .. P. F. Warner, b Fender F. T. Mann, b Hitch E. L. Kidd, c Rushby, b Fender .. Hendren (E.), c Hayes, b Hitch .. N. Haig, c Fender, b Kirk H. W. Weston, c Hayes, b Fender.. Murrell, not out Hearne (J. T.), c and b Hayes B 4, lb 4, nb 2 .. 56 39 36 27 15 30 28 2 3 1 10 Total .. 267 c Strudwick, b Rushby 40 b Hitch .. .. 15 not out .. .. 191 c Strudwick, b Hitch 42 b Hitch .. .. 4 c Harrison, b Ducat.. 50 not out .. .• 14 B 19, lb 11, w 3, nb 4 37 Total (for 5 w .).. 393 S e c o n d I n n in g s :—Stone, not out, 100 ; Bowell, not out, 40 ; b 2, lb 2, nb 3—total (for no wicket), 147. 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 i s . F ir s t I n n in g s :—Taylor, 8-2-27-0 ; Conway, 14-0-58-0 ; Burrows, 32-7-110-3 ; Cuffe, 15-3-39-1 ; Pearson, 11*4-1-38-4 ; Cliff, 6-1-23-0 ; Chester, 13-4-47-1 ; Lane, 6-2-14-1. Conway, Cliff, and Burrows each 1 nb. S e c o n d I n n in g s :—Burrows, 3-0-13-0; Conway, 5-0-17-0; Pearson, 8-3-20-0 ; Lane, 6-1-35-0 ; Chester, 3-0-20-0 ; Cliff, 5-0- 20-0 ; M. K. Foster, 3-0-15-0. Conway 3 nb. Umpires :—Brown and Butt. S u r r e y B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s i s . F ir s t I n n in g s :—Hitch, 18-2-88-2 ; Rushby, 18-4-70-1 ; Kirk, 27-7-62-3 ; Fender, 16-4-30-3 ; Hayes, 2*4-i-7-i. Hitch and Kirk, each 1 nb. S e c o n d I n n i n g s : —Hitch, 18-3-71-3; Rushby, 24-10-42-1 ; Kirk, 20-3-64-0 ; Fender, 17-2-55-0 ; Hayes, 6-0-25-0 ; Wilkinson, 12-2-46-0; Ducat, 13-2-38-1; Harrison, 8-1-15-0. Kirk, 3 wides, 1 nb. Umpires :—Blake and White. + B a r b a d i a n cricketers will be interested to learn how very big a part a son of their “ right little, tight little island ” played in the recent match between Edinburgh and Durham Universities. The Scottish ’Varsity's big win was mainly R. E. Batson’s work. He contributed 181 to Edinburgh’s total of 364 for 7, dec., and took 7 for 49 in Durham's first and 6 for 10 in their second. T h e Durham totals were 174 and 99, and they went under by an innings and 91 runs. I n the North Yorkshire and South Durham League North Ormesby easily beat Thornabv, H. Sanderson scoring 77* and F. Gipson 48 for the winners, whose total was 164 for 2. Guisborough, for whom D. Chapman took 8 wickets, very narrowly beat Saltburn—by 4 runs. Bishop Auckland (F. Kirby 37) beat Redcar (J. R. Graham 47) without much to spare. West Hartlepool declared at 194 for 7 (J. Bennett 50), and put out Stockton for 127, G. Middlemiss taking 7 wickets cheaply. Norton beat Darlington. R. Healey’s 51* for the losers and N. S. A. Harrison’s 39* for the winners were the chief scores of the game. F. S u r n h o e hit 21 fours in his 108 for South Moor v. Burnopfield (North West Durham League). Cairns took 7 for 23 for Craghead v. Kimblesworth.