Cricket 1914

J uly i i , 1914. THE WORLD OF CRICKET. 327 The Game and How to Play it. B y A. C. M a c L a r e n . (The photographs on these pages, illustrating Hobbs’s back play, were taken b y Messrs. Cherry Kearton, Ltd., b y special permission of the Motograph Company.) N o t e here the movement of the feet. The ball is of good length and on the leg stump, breaking on to the legs— such a ball as often strikes terror to the hearts of young players. The right leg is brought back to make the ball shorter, and as the weight goes back on to th a t leg the left is drawn back over the crease while the bat is brought in front of the body to play the ball to the leg side of the wicket. This is a stroke frequently made on soft wickets. --------■+— ------ Pavement Philosophy. (Outside Lord’s.) is t W e a r y W il l ie (vending matches and scoring pencils) : " Trade isn’t what might be called exhausting. I thought as 'ow this Hoxford match would be brisk-like.” 2ND W e a r y W il l ie : “ Yer don’t look quite sedate enough, matey, for this ’ere fixture. You’ve got to dress yerself for the part like them hactors do to be successful nowadays.” i s t W . W. : " Well, give us a tip for the Eating match on Friday.” 2 n d W. W. : “ Oh ! that’s easy. All yer’ll ’ave to do is to pipeclay them shoes and turn the brim of yer ’at down and yer’ll be in the fashion at oncest.” -------- •*— ----- O ld O l a v i a n s had a big win over Upper Sydenham on a soft wicket. W. J. Williams showed great all-round form for them. He scored 108 in very free but eminently correct style, and took 9 for 42. Williams, always a striver, is a big asset to the O.O.’s. P. Brownlow made 39, and for Upper Sydenham, whose response to a total of 221 for 9, dec., was 87, W. F. Horden scored 25. C. H. T it c h m a r s h made three centuries during the St. Albans Week. In the North Yorkshire and South Durham League Norton (147— A. P. Rutherford, the old Reptonian, 46, G. E. Pinder 35) beat West Hartlepool (125—T. Kinch 45) after an interesting struggle, for the losers played up to the last, A. L. Ford and C. Dearing making a plucky last wicket stand. Smith took 6 for 54 for the losers. G u is b o r o u g h (90) beat Bishop Auckand (67) in a match of small scores. Birch (31) for the losers and L. G . L. Peacocke (34) for the winners alone topped 20. Saltburn (114—M. Miles 48, F. W. Bur- goyne Johnson 27) narrowly defeated North Ormesby (101—R. Robinson 59). Robinson played a great game, for he had practically no help, the next highest score being 9. For Saltburn Tolson took 6 for 30. R e d c a r (168— W . Featherstone 61) and Stockton (114 for 9— J. R . Jackson 38*) drew. W . Russell played right through Thornat^s innings of 52 for 20. Darlington scored 78 for 5 in reply. Pestell took 7 for 32 for Darlington. I n the Durham Senior League there were exciting finishes in the matches between South Shields and Burnmoor and between Wear­ mouth and Hendon. Shields won by 7 runs, Wearmouth by 2 wickets, or by 8 runs, since they declared at 134 for 8, though the declaration scarcely seemed necessary. When only 4 were needed with 2 wickets to fall seven successive maiden overs were bowled. E p p l e t o n lost to Whitburn by 10 runs only. Chester-le-Street (188 for 9, dec.) and Boldon (177 for 5) drew. In the other two matches runaway victories were recorded. Durham City beating Seaham Harbour by 91 (130 to 39), and Philadelphia defeating Sunder­ land by 137 (211 to 74). W ic k e t s in general favoured the bowlers. Harry took 8 for 16 for South Shields, Weight 7 for 27 for Burnmoor, Milam 6 for 13 for Durham City, Smith 6 for 47 for Philadelphia, Morris 6 for 57 for Hendon, and Holsinger 5 for 30 for Eppleton. T he highest individual score of the day was J. K. Bewick’s 81* for Chester-le-Street, against whom J. J. Common (46) and J. Thubron (44*) made a first wicket stand which saved their side from any danger of defeat. R. Hall made 60 for Philadelphia, and H. N. Dixon 51 for Hendon.