Cricket 1914

362 THE WORLD OF CRICKET J u l y i 8 , 1914. GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS. At Lord’s, July 13 , 14, and 15. Six changes were made in the amateur side, Douglas, Day, Foster, Smith, Garnett, and Hornby coming in for Falcon, Mann, Kirk, White, Robinson, and Spooner. Hornby for Spooner was an eleventh hour substitution, the old Marl- burian scarcely feeling equal to the strain of another big match so soon. For the Players Bowley, Hayes, Jeeves, and Parsons gave way to Mead, Humphreys, Kennedy, and Barnes. Hobbs captained, and lost the toss to Fry. The wicket played rather variously after rain on Sunday, and the amateurs made a bad start. Hornby left at 7, Day at 20, Fry at 35, and Warner at 37. Smith and Douglas then made a stand, the Essex captain leaving the scoring mainly to his partner, who ran to 50 (out of 65) in 75 minutes, but was smartly stumped after the stand had yielded 66. Douglas left after 100 minutes for 22. Foster and Jessop made matters livelier. Jessop did the greater part of the scoring, and made 45 out of 63 in 35 minutes. At 223 Foster left, having made 37 in 75 minutes. He was finely caught at mid-off by Kennedy, who hurt his bowling hand in making the catch. Both Fender and Garnett made some good shots, and the total reached 265— a much better result than had appeared likely when 4 were down for 37. Douglas and Foster bowled so well that Hobbs and Tarrant found run-getting very difficult. The Surrey crack only made 11 of the first 34, and was then caught at second slip. Hearne might have been caught before he had scored—if Hornby had been used to stopping and holding cannon-balls. Tarrant was bowled at 39, and the day’s play ended with the score 58 for 2. On Tuesday the bowling was again of the highest class. In fact, Douglas has never bowled better in his life, and the feat he achieved—that of taking 9 wickets in an innings against the flower of England’s professional batsmen—is one of which he may well be proud to his last day—many years off yet, one hopes ! Heame left at 80 ; and then Mead and Gunn made a determined attempt to wear down the bowling. That they did not succeed is shown by the fact that Jaques, Fender, and Smith were only called upon for three overs each ; but they did their best, and their 57 runs in 55 minutes were valuable. Woolley played 011 at 138. Hum­ phreys helped Mead to add 28 before the Hampshire man left. He had never mastered the bowling, and his 63 had taken 150 minutes in the making ; but he was always playing good cricket. He hit only 4 fours. Humphreys did not outstay him long ; but then Hitch and Kennedy made quite a brisk little stand, adding 31 in 20 minutes. Barnes also batted well, and the total fell only 9 short of that of the amateurs. It was a remarkable thing that the only wicket which did not fall to Douglas wras Woolley’s, and that Woolley played on, so that Foster’s credit for it was but small. After the light roller had been put over the pitch, Fry and Hornby started the second innings of the Gentlemen in good style, for though the ball frequently got up in nasty fashion they had 86 on the board before Barnes had the amateur’s skipper palpably leg before. He had played very fine cricket for his 34. Day did not stay long ; but Hornby and Warner batted really well together, the former taking all risks, and, it must be admitted, enjoying some luck. He was 66*, Warner 28*, and the total 148 for 2 when play ceased for the day. Rain fell during the night, and the pitch, at no time during the match perfect, was affected. Warner left without any addition to the overnight total, and Hornby had only added 3 when he was caught in the long field—a fitting end to an innings which had contained good defensive batting in its early stages and forcing play later. The Red Rose captain batted 2 hrs. 40 min., and hit 8 fours. Smith, though missed at 18, quite an easy catch, again showed good form : but Douglas could not plav Barnes, and was caught at the wicket after scoring 4. Foster wasted no time, making 27 out of 35 while in. Smith was playing a wholly defensive game about this time, and 20 minutes only added a single to his total. He warmed up a bit later. Neither Jessop nor Fender stayed long ; but the Sussex-cum-Surrey man hit up 22 (4 fours) in 10 minutes. Smith again reached 50—scarcely so good an innings as his first, however. He and Fender were both out at 273. The last wicket fell, after lunch, for an addition of 2, and the Players were set 285 to win. They began in wretched fashion. Tarrant, Hearne, Hobbs, and Gunn were all out with only 7 scored, three of them to Douglas. Woolley was out at 22, Mead at 28. Then Hitch and Humphreys made something of a stand, and added 38 in 20 minutes. Barnes and Kennedy played up gamely, and made the stand of the innings, putting on 62 before they were parted. But the slump of the big men had left the Players no chance, and they were beaten by 134 runs. GEORGE h E W lN 8c C O . , Club Colour Specialists and Athletic Clothing Manufacturers. O U T F IT TE R SBY A P PO IN TM E N T TO The Royal Navy and Army, Cornwall, Kent Middlesex, Somerset and S um y Counties, and London Scottish, Irish and Welsh Blackheath, Harlequins, Richmond, Catford Rugby Football Clubs, and all the leading Clubs in the British Isles and abroad ; M.C.C. S. African Tour 1909, S. African Cricket Association 1910, and Queen’s Club, Kensington, the M.C.C. Australian Team 1911-12, and the South Alrioan Association Cricket Team 1912. Established 1869. W rite for E stimates . TtUphone P.O. 607 C IT Y Works at CAMBERW ELL. 8, C R O O K E D LA N E , M O N U M E N T , E.C. 19 4 10 52 G e n t l e m e n . First Innings. C. B. Fry, b Hitch A. H. Hornby, c Hitch, b Barnes .. A. P. Day, b Hitch........................ P. F. Warner, c Hitch, b Barnes .. S. G. Smith, st Strudwick, b Barnes J. W. H. T. Douglas, c Woolley,b Kennedy .. .. .. 22 F. R. Foster, c Kennedy,b Barnes 37 G. L. Jessop, b Hearne .. .. 45 P. G. H. Fender, b Hitch .. .. 30 H. G. Garnett, not out .. .. 27 A. Jaques, c Hobbs, b Hitch.. 2 B 5, lb 10, nb 1 .. 16 Second Innings, lbw, b Barnes .. 34 c Mead, b Barnes .. 69 b Hearne .. .. 10 c Mead, b Tarrant .. 28 b Woolley .. .. 50 c Strudwick, b Barnes 4 lbw, b Kennedy .. 27 c Strudwiek, b Woolley 6 b Barnes .. .. 22 c Gunn, b Woolley... 2 not out .. .. o B 13, lb 8, nb 2 .. 23 Total 275 Total .. .. 265 P l a y e r s ’ B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s i s . F ir s t I n n i n g s :—Barnes, 24-8-71-4 ; Hitch, 20-4-4-76-4 ; Tarrant, 7-0-15-0; Kennedy, 7-1-34-1 ; Hearne, 9-1-53-1. Hitch one nb. S e c o n d I n n i n g s :—Barnes, 24-5-73-4 ; Hitch, 12-4-39—0 ; Kennedy, 9-1-31-1 ; Hearne, n-0-52-1 ; Woolley, 8-4-0-27-3 ; Tarrant, 10-1- 30-1. Barnes and Hitch one nb each. P l a y e r s . First Innings. Hobbs, c Foster, b Douglas Tarrant, b Douglas Hearne (J. W.), c Garnett, b D01 Mead (C. P.), c Foster, b Doug Gunn (G.), lbw, b Douglas Woolley (F. E.), b Foster .. Humphreys (E.), b Douglas Hitch, c Jessop, b Douglas.. Kennedy, c Foster, b Douglas Barnes, not out Strudwick, lbw, b Douglas B 7, lb 2 Total G e n t l e m e n ’ s 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 :—Foster, 30—8-81-1 ; Douglas, 38-2—8—105—9 : Day, 10-3-25-0 ; Jaques, 3-0-13-0 ; Fender, 3-0-9-0 ; Smith, 2-0- 14-0. S e c o n d I n n i n g s :—Douglas, 18-2-67-4 ; Foster, 18—5—56-4 ; Day, 4-0-20-0 ; Smith, 3-2-0-7-2. Umpires :—West and Moss. Second Innings. II c Garnett, b Douglas.. 3 26 c Garnett, b Douglas. . 0 las 26 b Foster 4 ;.. 63 b Douglas 9 .. 24 c Fender, b Douglas.. 0 1 c Jessop, b Foster .. 8 •• 23 c Jessop, b Foster .. 23 26 st Garnett, b Foster .. 25 12 e Hornby, b Smith .. 40 ■ • 25 c Douglas, b Smith . . 35 10 9 not out 3 .. 256 Total 150 C y p h e r s (251 for 5, dec.—L. M. Simmons 92, L. H. Read 48, Gale 39, W. W. Pullen 37*) and Derrick Wanderers (172 for 4— Gorringe 87, J. Stocks 41, R. T. Childs 21*) drew at Blackhea Saturdav. R. H. M. th on K e w (140 for 5—A. Pring 50, Hinglev 51) beat Putney (no— Wiles 43, Lee Uflf 35). K ew lost 2 for 19, but Pring and Hingley then hit off the runs for them. T h e four clubs left in the semi-final for the Ulster Senior Cup .are North Down, Armagh, Cliftonville, and Waringstown. On Saturday Armagh beat North of Ireland in a small-scoring match, F. Cooper and W. M’Kinley each taking 5 for 24 for the winners. 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