Cricket 1914

J u ly 18, 1914. THE WORLD OF CRICKET. 359 ETON v. HARROW. At Lord’s, July io and n . Harrow won the toss once more on a really good wicket, not so fast as usual owing to the recent rains having taken the fire out of the pitch. The start was a bad one from the Harrow point of view, Smedley being bowled by Christy (slow medium right) with only two on the board. Dury had a life early on, to be of little avail to himself, since he had to pay the penalty for having his foot in front to a yorker sent down by fast bowler Johnstone. Jackson and De Uphaugh then made the most prolific stand in the match, taking the score from 19 to 109, when de Uphaugh was caught at forward short leg, misplacing a half volley from the fast bowler, who had previously made way for Hambro, whilst Foster and Anson also had a turn with the ball—the last-named being a slow leg break bowler of very uncertain length. De Uphaugh never played a better innings, playing many rising balls plumb in the middle of the bat. Amongst his best strokes were some glides to fine leg off Johnstone, a straight drive off Foster, to be followed by on-drives and square-leg drives off the same bowler. Jackson soon followed for a meritorious 59, hitting across an over-tossed ball from Hankey. At the commencement of his innings Jackson was too fond of trying to play too many balls square, causing his supporters a little uneasiness. Later on he got most of the bowlers through the covers, but he should have been caught at long leg from a bad ball from Anson before finish­ ing his innings with a splendid cut between the slips. Jackson deserves praise for sticking to his game throughout and, like De Uphaugh, keeping his head after he had got the pace of the wicket. Wilson, who developed sounder methods in his batting just in time for Lord’s, picked one off his legs for 4 from the fast bowler, Johnstone, who bowled much better after the 100 had gone up. After lunch a rot set in, Johnstone accounting for McClintock, Makant, and Jessopp for an addition of only 8 runs. When Renton joined his captain the best cricket of the day was seen, the partnership resulting in 84 runs at a time when every run was worth a five-pound note. Wilson proceeded to push Johnstone through the covers, following these strokes up with a fine extra cover drive at Foster’s expense. Anson, too, saw him make several telling strokes before he finished up with a lovely square drive past point and a square leg hit for 4, to be easily captured finally at forward short leg in attempting to hit a length ball from Hankey, who ended as interesting an innings as was seen in the match. Renton played very soundly throughout this excellent partnership, and one of his best strokes was a mid-wicket drive off Foster, and it cheered Harrovians to witness twice in an innings play that stopped a rot. It is no exaggeration to say that Renton was always at home and was always giving spectators the impression that he meant business. Johnstone got in a coupleof terrible successive yorkersto defeat our last two men, when the scoring board showed 232 for 10, a very respectable total in the circumstances. Of the Eton bowlers, Johnstone, when he once got his length, kept it, to come out with the excellent analysis of seven wickets for 68- his yorker being especially destructive. Christy, Hambro, Foster, and Hankey wrere all very much the same pace, who did nothing startling with the ball. Rawstorne and John­ stone fielded splendidly, whilst Hambro and others w-on applause on more than one occasion, as did Letts behind the stumps. Rawstorne rung the changes in his attack with good discretion. The Eton innings of 146 must have been most disappointing to all but Harro­ vians, and there is no doubt that the boys played very much below their form. Vane-Tempest and Nugent took the score to 31 before the latter, in trying to get Jessopp round, played it on to his pads and then into the wicket. Smedley was bowling well without much luck, and runs were not easy to get off him. Gregson came on for Jessopp— pavilion end—and Dury also had a go, with Hambro and Vane-Tempest playing confidently. Harrow fielding wrasnot of the best, when 50went up, an overthrow and misfielding realising 7 runs. When Jessopp was brought on at the nursery end he at once met with success, clean bowling Vane-Tempest, who made some very nice leg strokes in his nicely compiled 37. Then Crossman was yorked, whilst John­ stone was verv late for a fast one that got through his defence, 3 wickets falling in 4 D alis at 63. Rawstorne helped Hambro, who had made some capital drives on the off-side, to take the score to 85, before Smedley got the Eton skipper well caught low down at the wicket, whilst Jessopp was resting Makant had a brief spell of bowling before Smedley took the ball from him. Hankey snicked Smedley, whilst Hambro drove Gregson to some purpose through the covers, bringing on Chancellor at the nursery end to tempt Hambro to hit a ticer, which he missed, for Renton to gather and whip off the bails, a very quick bit of work. Dury then got in a typical Lord’s shooter for Anson, whilst Makant, taking the ball from Chancellor, soon put paid to the last three batsmen, Hankey, who brought off a clinking cut for 4, being not out 23. The total was 146 when the last man was sent back, the low total being due in no small measure to the lively fielding of the Harrow boys, who were all very much on their toes when they had a grip on the game in Eton’s first innings. Jessopp came out best of our bowlers, taking 4 for 44—good work. Makant, 3 for 11, due to the effort at the finish of innings, was very satisfactory, whilst Smedley bowled well though his wicket did cost 35. In Harrow’ssecond attempt the batting broke down as it had done in the Eton first innings, and for the most part the early batsmen got themselves out. Wilson again came to the rescue, being ably assisted by McClintock. Their partnership, add’ng 64, once again put Harrow in front. Makant looked good for runs, but was well caught and bowled by Foster, who went on to get the most wickets. Wilson, who had played very sound and careful cricket for his capital 58, saw three men go without being able to get a ball, the innings closing for 144. Christy bowled with judgment, and Hankey did well with the ball also, whilst the Eton fielding was very good. Eton always looked like getting the runs —233. Vane-Tempest was first out for 15 out of 32, another 30 being added before Nugent left, being caught in the deep field by McClintock off Chancellor, who might well have continued to bowl, seeing that Hambro, whom he had defeated in the first innings, was at the other end. Hambro should have been caught early on, but that was the only blemish in a highly meritorious innings, his shots through the covers being splendid. Crossman played delightful cricket, and made some fine cover and square drives before Chancellor was brought back, after 70 had been added to the score, to get him caught at forward short leg. To keep the excitement up Rawstorne and Johnstone did not stay long, but with four wickets to go 45 were still wanted. Hankey played so soundly and coolly, with Anson showing his best form, that, despite many changes, Eton got the runs without further loss—a fine performance—and I do not recollect boys ever keeping their heads better in a last innings than the Etonians, who thoroughly deserved their w’in. Certainly they wefe the better side. Chancellor came out best 011 figures of Harrow bowlers, whilst Jessopp was not too lucky. Renton’s wicket-keeping was of a very high order, and the manner in which he stopped Jessopp on the leg side was worthy of a Test keeper. H a r r o w . First Innings. Second Innings. R. G. de Uphaugh, c Christy, b c. Vane-Tempest, b Johnstone •• 49 Christy 11 G. F. Marsden-Smedley, b Christy 0 b Johnstone .. 0 G. A. T. Dury, lbw, b Johnstone 6 b Hankey 12 G. R. Jackson, b Hankey . . •• 59 b Hankey 6 G. Wilson, c Christy, b Hankey W. K. McClintock, c Crossman, 65 b c Anson, b Christy •• 5 - Johnstone 6 b Foster •• 34 R. K. Makant, b Johnstone 4 c and b Foster . . 14 N. A. Jessop, b Johnstone . . 0 b Christy 1 H. N. L. Renton, not out . . . . 28 b Foster 1 L. H. K. Gregson, b Johnstone R. A. B. Chancellor, b Johnstone. 0 b Foster 0 0 not out 1 B 13, nb 2 ■ • 15 B 3, lb 3.. 6 Total •• 232 Total .. 144 E t o n B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s i s . F i r s t I n n i n g s :—Johnstone, 26-2-9-66-7 ; Christy, 23-10-40-1 ; Hambro, 8-2-18-0 ; Foster, 9-3-30-0 ; Anson, 6-1-25-0; Hankey, 17-5-38-2. Hainbro and Foster one nb each. S e c o n d I n n i n g s : —Johnstone, 11-1-29-1 ; Christy, 13-1-0-44-3; Hankey, 14-5-25-2 ; Anson, 4-1-15-0 ; Hambro, 5-0-9-0 : Foster, 7-2-16-4. E t o n . First Innings. Second Innings. T. E. G. Nugent, b Jessopp 13 c McClintock, b Chan­ cellor 26 C. S. Vane-Tempest, b Jessopp 37 lbw, b Gregson 1 5 C. J. Hambro, st Renton, b Chancellor 37 c Gregson, b Dury .. 77 R. D. Crosman, b Jessopp 0 c Dury, b Chancellor.. 39 F. L. Johnstone, b Jessopp 0 b Wilson 14 G. S. Rawstome, c Renton, b Marsden-Smedley 8 c Chancellor, b Jessopp 1 T. S. Hankey, not out 23 not out 16 F. Anson, b Dury 1 not out 28 R. A. Foster, b Makant H R. B. F. Christy, c and b Makant .. 5 F. C. Letts, b Makant 0 B 9, lb 3, w 1, nb 1 14 B 10, lb 3, nb 4 .. 17 Total .. .. 146 Total (f.»r 6 wkts.) .. 233 H a r r o w B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s i s . F i r s t I n n i n g s :—Jessopp, 15-3-44-4 ; Marsden-Smedley, i 4 ~ 5 “ 35-1 ; Gregson, 5-2-5-0 ; Dury, 9-3-8-1 ; Chancellor, 6-2-12-1 ; Makant, 9-3-11-3; Wilson, 2-0-7-0. Jessopp one nb, Makant one wide. S e c o n d I n n i n g s :—Jessopp, 17-1-46-1 ; Marsden-Smedley, 13-3- 23-0; Makant, 13-3-5-35-0; Gregson, 13-1-50-1 ; Dury, 9-4-18-1 ; Chancellor, 9-3-22-2 : Wilson, 6-1-22-1. Marsden-Smedlev, 4 nb. Umpires:—Butt and Smith (W;.). T H E A M E R IC A N C R IC K E T E R . Founded 1877. Published by the Associated Cricket Clubs of Philadelphia. An Illustrated Journal of Cricket, Association Football, Tennis, Golf, and Kindred Pastimes. No. 114, South 18th Street, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A. 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