Cricket 1914

A u gu st i , 1914. THE WORLD OF CRICKET. 397 LEICESTERSHIRE v. WARWICKSHIRE. At Hinckley, July 23, 24, and 25. The third match of the Hinckley Week, the other two having been minor games—Leicestershire C. & G. v. M.C.C. (two days) and Leicestershire II v. Notts II (one day). The visitors substituted Santall for A. W. Foster, and Leicestershire played Sharp instead of Riley. The pitch was soft, but not difficult, and Kinneir and Parsons put up 84 before the latter played on. Except Baker, no one else did very much. Kin’neir, who made no mistake till just before he was out, batted 200 minutes, and hit 11 fours, includ­ ing some excellent leg side shots. At call of time the home side had scored 70 for 3, King, not out with Sidwell, having completed his iooo runs for the season. Friday’s was a short day’s play, owing to rain ; but the home side got ahead on the first innings. Sidwell, who only a few days earlier made a useful score of 31 when sent in to play out time, scored 43, and helped King in a stand of 83 in about an hour. The left-hander batted 2 hours, and hit 10 fours in his 66. Sharp and Whitehead played well together, and took the total past that of Warwickshire. When rain finally stopped play at 6 o’clock it was 253 for 5. The sixth wicket partnership realised 98 (in 70 minutes) altogether, and Sharp and Coe added 56 in 35 minutes for the seventh. But for Charlesworth Warwickshire would probably have lost outright. Four wickets were down for 79 when Baker joined him, and the stand of 43 which followed did much to avert danger. With Smith in 104more were added, and then Charlesworth left, after batting 2\ hours for his excellent 104 (one six, n fours), his third century of the season. Smith also played a very plucky innings. Leicestershire had not time to get the 142 required for victory, but they took first innings’ points. W a r w i c k s h i r e . First Innings. Second Innings. Parsons, b Brown .. .. .. 35 c and b King .. .. 19 Kinneir, b King .. .. 102 b Geary .. .. 16 Charlesworth, b Brown .. .. 10 c Ward, bSkelding .. 104 Quaife, b Geary .. .. .. 7 lbw, b Skelding .. 6 F. R. Foster, c Brown, b Geary .. 9 b Skelding .. .. 5 Baker (C. S.), not out .. .. 37 b King .. .. 18 Smith (E. J.), b Skelding .. .. 10 c Mounteney,b Skeld­ ing .. .. .. 57 Jeeves, c Sidwell, b Skelding .. 1 c Wood, b Lord .. 3 Santall, c Whitehead, b Skelding.. 3 lbw, b Lord .. o Howell, c Sidwell, b Skelding .. o not out .. .. 2 Field, b Geary .. .. .. 1 b Lord .. .. 1 B'15, lb 6 .. . . 2 1 B 8, lb 8.. . . 1 6 Total 234 Total . . 247 L e i c e s t e r s h i r e B ow ' l e r s ’ A n a l y s i s . F i r s t I n n i n g s : —Geary, 20-5-7-57-3 ; King, 24-5-44-1 ; Skelding, 17-0-63-4 ; Lord, 8-4-7-0 ; Brown, 17-3-42-2. S e c o n d I n n i n g s :— G e a r y , 26-6-62-1 ; K i n g , 20-4-33-2 ; B r o w n , 7-2-13-0 ; S k e l d in g , 16-0-80-4 ; L o r d , 6*5-1-26-3 ; W o o d , 3-0-17-0. L e i c e s t e r s h i r e . First Innings. C. J. B. Wood, c Jeeves, b Foster .. .. .. 9 Lord, b Foster .. .. 2 Mounteney, b Santall .. 29 King (J. H.), c and b Jeeves 66 Sidwell, b Howell .. .. 43 A. T. Sharp, not out .. 67 Whitehead (H.), b Jeeves .. 57 Coe, b Howell .. .. 35 Brown(W.), b Santall .. o Geary, c Quaife, b Howell.. 1 Skelding, b Santall .. .. o B 18, lb 12, nb 1 31 Total .. .. 340 S e c o n d I n n i n g s :—Mounteney, c Foster, b Howell, 15 ; Lord, b Howell, 6 ; Whitehead, b Howell, 1 ; Wood, not out, 5 ; Sidwell, not out, 5 ; leg-byes, 1—total (for 3 wkts.), 33. 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 i r s t I n n i n g s :—Foster, 29-4-95-2 ; Jeeves, 26-3-77-2 ; Field, 10-0-38-0 : Santall, 14* 4 - 3 - 43-3 ; Howell, 17-4-56-3. Field one nb. S e c o n d I n n i n g s :—Quaife, 6-2-14-0 ; Howell, 6-0-18-3. Umpires :—Butt and White. YORKSHIRE v. LANCASHIRE. At Hull, Julv 23, 24, and 25. This was an extra match,'outside the championship. Yorkshire tried a local bowler, George Crawford, a left-hander ; Lancashire had not full strength, though Dean re­ appeared after a longish absence. They included C. Hallows, a nephew of the late James Hallows. The play on the first day was slow and uninteresting, a stand by John Tyldesley and Sharp being its best feature. But even these two never got runs at any pace calculated to excite enthusiasm. Huddleston hit well towards the close, when the score was 233 for 7. On Friday only 26 were added. Drake took the last three wickets in four balls ; he seems to be cultivating a habit of doing this sort of thing. The new man got three wickets, and bowled very well at times, but was expensive. Wilson completed his 1000 runs for the season before being second out at 51. Denton, missed at 9, made 40 in 55 minutes. Hirst and Rhodes each had a life early, and they added 103 for the fifth wicket. After the sixth had fallen Rhodes and Booth put on 83 unparted, the score at close of play being 312 for 6. Only a few more were added next morning : but Rhodes managed to reach his century and carried his bat. It was scarcely one of his best innings, for he gave three chances and only hit 7 fours ; but he is playing under difficul­ ties just now. Whitehead bowled really well, taking 3 of the last 4 wickets on Saturday morning, and 8 in all during the innings. Lancashire had barely begun their second innings when rain came down, and there was no further play. L a n c a s h i r e First Innings. Head, c Dolphin, b Drake.. Huddleston, c Oldroyd, b Whitehead (R.), not out .. Dean, b Drake B 8, lb 4, w 2 Total .. 46 o 28 259 H. G. Garnett, c Oldroyd Drake .. .. 26 Makepeace, b Crawford .. 28 Tyldesley (J. T.), c & b Booth 44 Sharp, c Drake, b Crawford 51 Tyldesley (E.), b Rhodes ..9 Tyldesley (W.), lbw, b Craw­ ford .. .. .. 4 Hallows (C.), b Drake .. 9 S e c o n d I n n i n g s :—H. G. Garnett, c Hirst, b Drake, 8 ; Make­ peace, not out, 1 ; Tyldesley (J. T.), notout 0—total (for onewicket), 9- Y o r k 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 :—Crawford, 34-8-90-3 ; Drake, 31*3—14-53 —5 I Booth, 9-2-28-1 ; Rhodes, 20-8-38-1 ; Oldroyd, 3-0-12-0 ; Hirst, 10-1-24-0. Crawford and Drake each one wide. S e c o n d I n n i n g s :—Booth, 2 -0 -3 -0 ; Drake i* 3 - o - 6 - i. Y o r k s h i r e . 23 c Sharp, b Wilson (B. B.), lbw, b White- Booth, b Dean .. .. 36 head Oldroyd, c Garnett, b White head Denton (D.), Whitehead Kilner, b Dean Rhodes, not out Hirst, b Whitehead Drake, c Heap, b Whitehead L a n c a s h i r e B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s i s . Dean, 31-8-71-2 ; Whitehead, 34*2-7-77-8 ; Sharp, 6-0-27-0 ; Hallows, 6-0-26-0; Huddleston, 12-3-24—0; Heap, 21-4-63-0 Makepeace, 5-0-19-0. Sharp two nb. Umpires : Carlin and Roberts. 40 26 105 56 Sir A. W. White, b White­ head Dolphin, b Whitehead Crawford, c Garnett, b White­ head B 15, lb 5, nb 2 Total .. 329 G u y ’ s won the Inter-Hospital Cup, beating London in the final tie on July 20 and 21. L. H. Dixon, a South African, made 82 and 52 for them, and D. M. P. Whitcombe scored n o in their second innings. Totals : Guy’s, 151 and 313 ; London, 56 and 203. J. R. M a s o n played a fine innings of 104* for Blackheath v. Old Malvernians on Saturday. On Thursday in last week A. L. Piper (143) and R M. Bell (29^) put on 129 for the last wicket of Sutton v. Buckhurst Hill after 9 had fallen for 152. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v. DERBYSHIRE. At Northampton, July 24, 25, and 27. Northants again had bad luck with a home match, for the weather was none too good on Friday, and the attendance was only about iooo. The visiting side were short of Baggallay, Forester, and Chapman ; Beet, Wild, and Bracey came into the team for the first two and Hurt. Derbyshire had first innings ; but the earlier batsmen could do nothing with Thompson, who took his first 4 wickets at a cost of only 4 runs, and 6 were out for 26. Wild and Beet then added 37, and the total eventually reached 100. Northants lost two wickets for a cingle run ; but then John Denton and Smith took the total to 55. With the former’s dismissal rain stopped play. On Saturday the home side soon got well on top. Thompson and Smith added 89 for the fourth wicket, Woolley and Thompson 61 for the fifth, and Wells and Woolley 56 for the seventh. Smith batted 150 minutes, and hit one six and 3 fours, Thompson 170 minutes with also a six and 3 fours, Woolley 150 minutes with 9 fours, and Wells 45 minutes with 5 fours. Before call of time Oliver and Morton, though the former might have been dismissed at 18, had put up 72 unparted ; but the good fight thus suggested did not materialise on the Monday, when more rain had fallen and the wicket was none too good. Scoring was very slow at the outset. Oliver.left at 90, and the only feature of the batting after that was a well-hit but lucky 39 by Curgenven. Wells had proved very difficult to score from, but only took one wicket, Thompson and Smith doing the damage. The former had n for 132 in the match, and has got back to quite his best bowling form. Northants won by an innings and 3 runs. D e r b y s h i r e . F i r s t I n n i n g s . S e c o n d I n n i n g s . L. Oliver, c Buswell, b Thompson 4 c Haywood, b Wells.. 49 Morton, b Thompson .. .. 7 c Buswell, b Thompson 46 Bowden, b Thompson .. .. o b Thompson .. ..7 Cadman, c Smith, b Wells .. .. 7 b Thompson .... 2 G. Curgenven, b Wells .. .. 2 st Buswell, b Smith.. 39 Slater, c Haywood, b Thompson .. o c Woolley, b Thompson 11 Beet, c Buswell, b Smith .. . . 4 1 c Wells, b Smith .. 5 Wild, c Smith, b Thompson .. 20 c Buswell, b Smith .. o Humphries, c J. S. Denton, b c J. S. Denton, b Thompson .. .. 10 Thompson .. .. 20 Horsley, not out .. .. .. o c Buswell, b Smith .. 2 Bracey, st Buswell, b Smith .. 9 not out .. .. 4 B 5, nb 9 .. 14 Total •• 100 JJ Total 193