Cricket 1914

3 4 0 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. J u l y i i , 1914. Total .. ..1 3 4 Total .. 199 WARWICKSHIRE v. HAMPSHIRE. At Edgbaston, July 6, 7, and 8. The visitors had the assistance of Capt. W. N. White for the first time this season, and G. W. Stephens came into the home side vice Brown. Foster’s bowling was too good for most of the Hampshire batsmen, and the best stand was one of 42 for the ninth wicket by Jaques and Kennedy. The home team lost 3 for 38 ; but Foster hit brilliantly, and Quaife stayed till 42 had been put on. In 65 minutes Foster hit up 75 out of 102, 8 fours included. Baker showed more of his consistently good steady form, and at call of time, with 217 for 8 on the board, Warwickshire held a distinct advantage. Howell hit out well on Tuesday, and 31 were added before the innings closed. Except for Mead and Brown, the Hants batsmen could do nothing with some excellent bowling by Jeeves and Foster. The big man’s contribution looks small on the score ; but he stayed 70 minutes, and helped Mead to add 115 after 4 wickets had fallen for 52. Mead played a great innings. He was never in difficulties, gave no chance, hit 13 fours, and made his 115 in 150 minutes. War­ wickshire needed only 86 for victory, and had made 40 for 2 when rain came on a little after 4 o’clock and stopped play for the day. After a long wait on Wednesday it was found possible to resume, and Warwickshire won by 6 wickets. W a r w i c k s h i r e . First Innings. Kinneir, c Jaques, b Kennedy 1 Smith (E. J.), c Livesey, b Parsons, lbw, b Kennedy .. 22 Kennedy 0 Charlesworth, c Brown, b Jeeves, c Livesey, b Kennedy 10 J aques 14 Howell, run out 33 Quaife, b Brown 8 Field, not out 5 F. R. Foster, c Sprot, b Bye 1 Remnant 75 - Baker (C. S.), c Mead, b Total 248 Jaques 61 - G. W. Stephens, b Kennedy 18 S e c o n d I n n in g s : —Parsons, b Kennedy, 20 ; Kinneir, run out, 10 ; Charlesworth, c Mead, b Kennedy, 5 ; Quaife, c White, b Kennedy, 9 ; F. R. Foster, not out, 23 ; G. W. Stephens, not out, 14 ; byes 6— total (for 4 w.), 87. 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, 20-2-50-2 ; Kennedy, 25*5-2-96-5 ; Brown, 6-1-28-1 ; Newman, 10-1-41-0 ; Remnant, 6-0-32-1. S e c o n d I n n i n g s : —Jaques, 12-3-28-0; Kennedy, 16-3-39-3; Newman, 4-1-0-14-0. First Innings. H a m p s h i r e . Second Innings. Stone, lbw, b Jeeves .. .. 12 b Foster .. .. 2 Bowell, b Foster .. .. .. 2 c & b Jeeves .. .. 17 Capt. W. N. White, b Foster .. 10 b Jeeves .. .. 11 Mead (C. P.), c Stephens, b Foster 1 c Jeeves, b Foster .. 115 Newman (J.), b Charlesworth .. 22 c Smith, b Jeeves .. 1 Brown (G.), b Foster .. 13 b Foster .. .. 17 E. M. Sprot, b Foster .. .. 5 b Jeeves .. .. 2 Remnant, b Charlesworth .. .. 8 b Foster .. .. 4 Kennedy, lbw, b Foster .. .. 21 b Foster .. .. o A. Jaques, not out .. .. 22 b Jeeves .. .. 4 Livesey, b Jeeves .. .. .. o not out .. .. o B 13, lb 4, w 1 .. .. 18 B 19, lb 4, w 3 .. 26 G l o u c e s t e r s h i r e . First Innings. Second Innings. Dipper, b CufTe 7 st Bale, b Burrows .. 21 Langdon, b Lane 33 c Stevens, b Lane .. 85 G. L. Jessop, b Cuffe 24 not out 5 i C. S. Barnett, c Bale, b Cuffe 47 b Cuffe 53 Smith (T. J.), c Stevens, b Cuffe . C. O. H. Sewell, c Chester, b Lane. 15 c Bale, b Cuffe 47 16 c Bale, b Burrows .. 96 Board, lbw, b Lane 5 c and b Cuffe 6 H. Jones, b Cuffe 11 c Chester, b Cuffe 0 Parker, b Cuffe Ellis, b Cuffe ...................... Dennett, not out 3 4 0 not out 11 B 5, lb 1 6 B 1, lb 6, w, 1, nb 1 9 Total 171 Total (for 7 w.) .. 379 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 : —Cuffe, 32*1-14-62-7 ; Lane, 28-10-74-3 ; Chester, 6-0-21-0 ; Taylor, 2-0-8-0. S e c o n d I n n in g s :—Burrows, 23-3-91-2 ; Cuffe, 40-10-101-4 ; Taylor, 9-2-43-0; Lane, 21-6-63-1: Chester, 20-2-65-0; Bale, 1-0-7-0. Taylor, 1 wine ; Burrows, 1 nb. W o r c e s t e r s h i r e . Bowley (F. L.), c Sewell, b Parker Pearson, st Smith, b Parker A. T. Cliff, b Jessop.. Chester, c Board, b Dennett B. G. Stevens, c Sewell, b Jessop M. K. Foster, c Dennett, b Jessop Cuffe, b Ellis.. ............. W. H. Taylor, lbw, b Jessop 14 Lane, c Board, b Dennett .. 54 Burrows, not out .. .. 107 Bale, c Dipper, b Dennett .. 12 B 3, w 3 .. .. 6 Total .. .. 406 W a r w i c k s h i r 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 :—Foster, 27-10-63-6 ; Jeeves, 14-5-5-32-2 ; Field, 3-1-5—o ; Charlesworth, 9-3-16-2. Jeeves one wide. S e c o n d I n n in g s :—Foster, 24-4-78-5 ; Jeeves, 22*2-9-33-5; Field, 7-1-34-0 ; Charlesworth, 5-0-7-0 ; Howell, 5-0-12-0 ; Quaife, 2-0-9-0. Foster, Charlesworth, and Howell one wide each. Umpires :—Barlow and Carlin. " WORCESTERSHIRE v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. At Worcester, July 6, 7, and 8. Langdon and Jessop played free cricket on a soft wicket in the early part of the visitors’ innings, and Barnett stayed 105 minutes for a solid and valuable 47 ; but the other Gloucestershire batsmen did very little. Cuffe, suited by the pitch (though it was never actually difficult), did his best bowling perform­ ance for quite a long time past. The home side did no better than their opponents, and but for lives given to Cliff, who thereafter deserted his customary tactics and hit out, might all have been dismissed before call of time, when, as it was, they had lost 5 for 115. There was a big change in the character of the cricket on Tuesday, when the pitch had improved greatly. Maurice Foster made 99 out of 137 in 100 minutes, hitting 15 fours; and with Lane and Burrows together a long stand was made for the ninth wicket. In 105 minutes they added 129, Lane, after a scratchy start, showing really good form, and the burly veteran putting any amount of beef into his hitting. His 107 included 15 fours. In a minority of 225, Gloucestershire had nothing to play for but a draw. DipperWas finely stumped at 40 ; but then Langdon and Smith, both very solid and steady, made a long stay, adding over 100. At call of time the visitors had 160 for 2 on the board, and were only 75 behind with 8 wickets to go. Play was impossible until 3 o’clock on Wednesday owing to more rain, and on a soft easy pitch the Worcestershire bowlers had little chance of forcing home the advantage their batsmen had gained. Though Langdon got out immediately nearly all the other batsmen scored with ease and freedom, and Sewell only just missed making a century, while at the finish Jessop was still in. Worcestershire took first innings’ points. B u r r o w s (R. D.), W o r c e s t e r s h ir e .