Cricket 1914

A u gu st i , 1914. THE WORLD OF CRICKET. 395 KENT v. MIDDLESEX. At Maidstone, July 23 and 24. There was a crowd of over 7000 on the first day, despite the doubtful appearance of the weather. The visit of the undefeated Middlesex side naturally proving a great attraction. Middlesex had Saville for Clarke, and Kent played Fielder in lieu of Mason. The visitors did not shape like prospective •champions. They were guilty of several costly blunders in the field, and batted feebly when their turn came. For the breakdown in batting there was some excuse, for the wicket was never easy ; but Kent should not have been allowed to make 265. Seymour, Hubble, and Huish were all given lives. Humphreys and Hardinge put up 52 (11 fours included) in half-an-hour, the former following his partner in reaching four figures for the season before he was dismissed. At 66 Kidd effected a fine catch at short leg, disposing of Hardinge. Seymour and Woolley added 71 for the third wicket. Hubble made his 50—top score of the innings—in 85 minutes, and batted well after an early period of uncertainty. In a bad light and on a pitch that suited Blythe and Woolley, Middlesex lost 8 for 70 before call ■of time. They were all out for 88 on the Friday morning, Blythe took 7 for 26. Middlesex followed on, and Tarrant and Robertson put up 39 before a wicket fell. Robertson and Hearne added a useful 33 : but then came a quick fall of wickets before Woolley, and though Saville and Haig did something to redeem the situation they could not do enough, and Kent won by an innings and 45 runs. Woolley did the mischief this time. K e n t . 28 Huish, lbw, b Hearne .. 21 28 42 37 50 16 Fairservice, b Tarrant Blythe, st Murrell, b Hearne .(J. T.) ........................ Fielder, not out B 21, lb 1, w 2 .. Total .. .. 265 Humphreys, c & b Tarrant.. Hardinge, c Kidd, b Hearne (J- T.) ......................... Seymour (Jas.), run out Woolley (F. E.), c Kidd, b Tarrant Hubble, c Murrell, b Haig .. Jennings, c Hendren, b Heame, (J. T.) L. H. W. Troughton, c Hen­ dren, b Tarrant M i d d l e s e x B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s i s . Heame (J. T.), 35-15-65-4. Tarrant, 32-2-8-106-4 U- W.), 10-0-69-0; Haig, 2-1-1-1; Tarrant 2 wides. M i d d l e s e x . First Innings. W. P. Robertson, b Blythe Hearne Tarrant, c Hardinge, b Blythe Heame (J. W.), c Jennings, b Blythe E. L. Kidd, lbw, b Blythe P. F. Warner, b Blythe F. T. Mann, b Woolley Hendren (E.), b Blythe N. Haig, run out S. H. Saville, c Seymour, b Blythe . Murrell, c Troughton, b Woolley .. Heame (J. T.), not out B 1, lb 5 ........................ Total Second Innings, c Troughton, b Wool­ ley c Troughton, b Wool­ ley lbw, b Woolley c Troughton, b Wool­ ley lbw, b Blythe c Hardinge, b Woolley b Woolley not out c Hubble, b Woolley.. b Blythe b Blythe B 5, lb 4, nb 1 37 Total .. 132 K e n t 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 :—Blythe, 19*1-9-26-7; Woolley, 19-2-51-2 ; Fairservice, 1-0-5-0. S e c o n d I n n i n g s : —Blythe, 182-3-64-3; Woolley, 21-7-54-7; Fairservice, 5 - 4 - 4 - 0 . Woolley, 1 nb. Umpires : Richards and Street. ESSEX v. SUSSEX. At Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea, July 23 and 24. The experiment of matches at the popular watering-place was tried some years ago with disappointing results. On Thursday the conditions were of a most unpleasant type, a strong gale blowing, and rain threatening to descend if ever a lull came, so that an attendance of 2000 was quite good. Sussex played Ernest Relf instead of Stannard, and the home side had to bring in Carpenter and Hills for Bristowe and Gillingham. Douglas won the toss, and, in spite of his experience in the Middlesex match at Leyton, sent Sussex in—a line of action which deserved more credit than it would have received had it failed to prove successful. Sussex were all out for 102, made very slowly and always with difficulty, Tremlin bowling at the top of his form. Jupp was top scorer, and none of the other three men who reached double figures made 20 . At call of time Essex had scored 133 for 3. Russell and Mclver, both batting well, put on 52 for the second wicket, and Perrin and Douglas added 57 unparted after the third had fallen. On Friday Douglas took an hour to add 8, and was in 3 hours in all for his 41. Perrin was out after aiding in a stand of 75 for the fourth wicket; Carpenter batted well for 85 minutes, and helped to add 66 for the seventh wicket with his captain. Although runs had never come easily, few could have anticipated the sorry show Sussex made upon batting again. Only young Bowley made more than 10, and he scored just over half the total. All were out to^Douglas and Tremlin for 47, and Essex won by an innings and n o runs. S u s s e x . First Innings. Vine, c Fane, b Tremlin .. .. 5 Bowley (E. H.), b Douglas .. 7 Jupp, c Mclver, b Tremlin .. 21 H. L. Wilson, b Reeves .. .. 15 H. P. Chaplin, c Perrin, b Tremlin .. 12 Relf (A. E.), c Russell, b Tremlin.. 8 Vincett, b Tremlin .. .. .. 4 Cox, not out .. .. .. 18 Relf (E. H.), b Davies .. .. 2 Street, lbw, b Tremlin .. .. 2 Roberts, st Mclver, b Davies .. 1 B 5, lb 2 .. .. .. 7 Total .. .. 102 Second Innings, b Tremlin .. .. 1 c Carpenter, b Douglas 24 b Dougas lbw, b Tremlin c Hills, b Tremlin . not out b Tremlin b Douglas c Perrin, b Douglas . c Russell, b Douglas, c Russell, b Douglas.. 4 Leg-bye 1 1 Total .. 47 E s s e x 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 :—Douglas, 10-1-19—1 ; Tremlin, 24-3-52-6 ; Reeves, 11-5—17-1 ; Davies, 4*2-o-7-2. S e c o n d I n n i n g s :—Douglas, 12-5-18-6 ; Tremlin, 11-3-28-4. E s s e x . 35 43 4 i 24 F. L. Fane, b Roberts Russell (A. C.), c Bowley, b Vine C. D. Mclver, c Roberts, b Cox P. A. Perrin, c Relf (A. E.), b Cox J. W. H. T. Douglas, c Bow- ley, b Jupp Reeves, b Roberts Freeman (J. R.), b Roberts S u s s e x B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s i s . Relf (A. E.), 8-4-16-0 ; Roberts, 23-8-50-3 ; Vincett, 18-8-30-0 ; Cox, 26-11-32-2 ; Vine, 12-1-32-1 ; Jupp, 9-2-35-2 ; Chaplin, 4.3-0-18-2 ; Wilson, 2-0-12-0. Roberts 3 nb. Umpires : Brown and Moss. Carpenter, c Vincett, b Chap lin .. . . . . G. B. Davies, b Jupp Hills, not out Tremlin, b Chapman B 24, lb 7, nb 3 Total 259 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. At Trent Bridge, July 23, 24, and 25. The visitors tried another new man in Captain Clarke, and Notts had Dr. G. O. Gauld for Whysall, the doctor taking charge of the side. In spite of some rain the wicket at the start was quite good, and remained so, owing to the absence of sunshine. To start with George Gunn (who reached his 1000, as did Humphreys and John King elsewhere during the day) and Lee put up 90 for the first wicket in as many minutes, Both were well caught by Jessop, and 4 were out for 130 soon after lunch. Then Carr and Iremonger added 81 in an hour, the amateur, who hit finely all round the wicket and made 13 fours, doing nearly all the scoring. He was missed at 15, but played a great punishing innings. Gauld slammed up 44 quickly, and the Notts total reached 299—the highest of the day. At call of time, when rain was falling fast, the visitors had 24 on the board for the loss of Dipper. On Friday the western county played up in a fashion which contrasted strongly with some of their recent displays. The wicket was never perfect after rain in the night; but a strong wind improved it. Langdon and Sewell added 79 in 50 minutes, the captain’s share of these being a brilliantly hit 59. Jessop played in his old style, and made 78 in an hour, his partnership with Langdon (whose valuable 62 lasted 2 hours) adding 73 to the total in half that time. A six and 7 fours were included in the old Cantab’s innings. Green helped, and Clarke and Parker made a few ; but the score was only 267 when the ninth wicket fell, and a lead on the first innings seemed very unlikely. Ellis and Dennett, however, hit so well that they added 52. Notts had 80 minutes’ play in their second innings, which was twice stopped by rain and bad light, and lost three of their best wickets for 75. On Saturday rain prevented a finish, and the only feature of note was John Gunn’s innings of 73 (one six, 5 fours) made in 140 minutes. He and Hardstaff added 77 together. Gloucestershire took first innings’ points. N o t t i n g h a m s h i r e . First Innings. Second Innings. Gunn (G.), c Jessop, b Ellis .. 44 c Smith, b Parker .. 15 Lee (G. M.), c Jessop, b Dennett .. 55 lbw, b Ellis .. .. 4 Gunn (J.), c Smith, b Ellis.. .. 3 c Smith, b Dipper .. 73 Hardstaff, c Jessop, b Dennett .. 10 b Jessop .. .. 31 A. W. Carr, c Clarke, b Ellis .. 68 b Ellis .. .. 9 Iremonger, b Dennett .. .. 39 not out .. .. 26 Payton, c Dipper, b Parker .. 6 not out .. .. 4 Dr. G. O. Gauld, c Jessop, b Dennett 44 Oates, c Ellis, b Dennett .. .. 13 Richmond, not out .. .. .. 1 Barratt, c Grant, b Dennett .. 13 B 2 lb 1 .. .. .. 3 B 6, lb 611 Total 299 Total (for 5 wkts.) 173 G l o u c e s t e r s h i r e 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 : —Ellis, 1 9 - 2 - 6 6 - 3 ; Dennett, 3 5 - 3 - 1 1 - 1 2 8 - 6 ; Parker, 3 1 - 1 5 —7 4 -1 ; Dipper, 9 -2 -2 8 -0 . S e c o n d I n n i n g s :—Ellis, 2 1 - 1 - 7 0 - 2 ; Parker, 2 5 -1 0 - 4 9 -1 ; Jessop, 1 4 * 5 -2 -3 1 -1 ; Dipper, 7 - 3 - 1 2 - 1 .