Cricket 1914

A ugust i, 1914. THE WORLD OF CRICKET. •99 and Sharp added 39 ; Sharp and Bannister put on 47. Leicester­ shire were fighting hard, and the Essex bowling was in knots. Sidwell actually helped Bannister in a stand of 95, and the total reached 521, leaving Essex 186 to get for victory. Plenty of time was left, and the runs were made for the loss of 4 wickets, Turner, Perrin, Mclver, and Carpenter all helping materially. The match proved to be the most interesting struggle witnessed at Leyton for some time. E s s e x . First Innings. Riley, b O. C. Bristowe, King Reeves, lbw, b Brown G. B. Davies, b Skelding Tremlin, not out B 8, lb 6, nb 4 Total .. 428 C. D. Mclver, c Sidwell, Skelding .. .. .. 90 Russell (A. C.), b Geary .. 145 Carpenter, b Geary .. .. 39 P. A. Perrin, c and b Brown 3 J. W. H. T. Douglas, b Geary o Capt. W. M. FitzH. Turner, b Brown .. .. .. 2 Freeman (J. R.), c and b Brown 17 S e c o n d I n n i n g s :— Russell, b Geary, 1 ; C. D. Mclver, b Skelding, 25 ; Carpenter, b Skelding, 37 ; P. A. Perrin, not out, 42 ; Capt. W. M. Turner, c Brown, b Wood, 65 ; Bristowe, not out, 4 ; b 5, lb 5, w 1, nb 1— total (for 4 wkts.), 186. L e ic 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 i r s t I n n i n g s :— Skelding, 23-2-93-2 ; Geary, 29-2-95-3 ; King, 9-4-1-29-1; Bannister, 18-1-8-0; Brown, 21-2-67-4; Wood, 4 -1-17 -0 ; Coe, 2-0-15-0; Riley, 1-0-7-0 ; Whitehead, 1-0-7-0. Skelding 4 nb. S e c o n d I n n i n g s :— Skelding, 18-5-3-62-2 ; Geary, 15-3-48-1 ; King, 5-0-26-0; Bannister, 3-0-15-0; Brown, 2-0-13-0; Wood, 2-0-10-1. Skelding one wide and one nb. L e i c e s t e r s h i r e . First Innings. Sidwell, c Carpenter, b Douglas .. 0 Second Innings, c Russell, b Bristow e.. 35 Brown (W.), b Tremlin 1 not out 8 C. J. B. Wood, lbw, b Douglas 16 c Mclver, b Douglas.. 10 Whitehead (H.), c Perrin, b Douglas 1 c Turner, b Trem lin.. 86 King (J. H.), c Russell, b Douglas.. 9 c Carpenter, b Tremlin 37 A. T. Sharp, c Mclver, b Trem lin.. 9 b Tremlin 61 Coe, not out 21 b Tremlin 152 W. N. Riley, run out 4 c Bristowe, b Tremlin 14 H. M. Bannister, c Davies, b Tremlin 9 c Mclver, b Davies .. 64 Geary, c & b Douglas 12 c Freeman, b Davies 6 Skelding, b Douglas 0 lbw, b Davies 2 B 2 lb 8 ............................ 10 B 37, lb 7, nb 1 45 Total 92 Total 521 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, 17 4 - 3 - 5 1 - 6 ; Tremlin, 1 7 - 7 - 3 1 - 3 . S e c o n d I n n i n g s . — Douglas, 2 7 - 3 - 1 1 2 - 1 ; Tremlin, 4 2 - 5 - 1 5 7 - 4 ; Reeves, 1 7 - 2 - 5 8 - 0 ; Bristowe, 2 1 - 4 - 7 9 - 2 ; Davies, 2 0 - 1 - 2 - 7 0 - 3 . Bristowe one nb. Umpires : Flowers (T.) and West (W. A. J.). T h e feature of Durham Senior League matches on Saturday was the fine total of 246 for 2, dec., put up by Sunderland v. South Shields, H. Brooks and E. L. Squance, each of whom scored a century, adding 220 for the second wicket. J. Carter (88) saved the game for Shields, who were 178 for 8 at the finish. W h i t b u r n beat Hendon by 7 runs. R. Abbott’s 80 in an hour for the winners, all but 4 of the runs from boundary strokes, was a fine punishing innings. Morris had 8 for 56 for the losers. W e a r m o u t h (251 for 4, dec.— J. Finch 64, E. Hindson 59*, H. P. Clode 55) easily beat Seaham Harbour (170— Clough 80, E. Smith 55). D u r h a m C i t y (191— A. F. Maynard 49) beat Burnmoor (118— Wright 43*). Milam had 5 for 39 for the winners. Boldon just failed to beatEppleton (181 and 147 for 9 the scores). A. Lowings with 86* and 6 for 58 didfine all-round work for Boldon. Chester- le-Street exactly doubled Philadelphia’s score of 64. J. Turnbull made 49 and Thackeray took 5 for 27 for the winners. I n the Tyneside League Benwell declared and easily beat North Durham ; Backworth Percy declared, but could not get out Tyne- dale ; Ryton whacked the County Club team ; St. George’s defeated Tynemouth by a margin of 41 ; South Northumberland easily accounted for Old Novocastrians; and Wallsend beat Benwell Hill pretty comfortably. T h e only century was by R. W. Coomber, for Benwell. R. B. Stephenson (77), T . P. Smith (72), A. E. Abraham (61), and six others — W. Elliott, W. McKay, H. Arkle, R. Lambert, R. W. Nicholson, and F. Crozier— all with scores of 50 or more but under 60, distin­ guished themselves with the bat. O r d R i c h a r d s o n ’s 8 for 19 for South Northumberland was the great bowling feat of the day ; but Hanson (6 for 50 v. North Durham), S. Crozier (6 for 42 v. County Club), J. Wilkinson (6 for 54 v. St. George’s), J. L. Towler (6 for 59 v. Benwell Hill), F. Gillett (5 for 36 v. Wallsend), and W. W. Meldon (5 for 49 v. Tynemouth) all did well. For once in a way the pros, did not rule the roost. S U R R E Y v. SUSSEX. At the Oval, July 27, 28 and 29. Surrey played Abel for Rushby (unwell), and Sussex had Holloway and Woodroffe in place of Ernest Relf and Roberts. The wicket was not perfect ; but since nine Sussex men reached double figures it might have been expected that someone would get beyond 25. Jupp scored his thousandth run of the season, he and Bowley opening the innings instead of Wilson and Vine ; Cox, and Vincett made the best stand, adding 41 together. The Surrey bowling and fielding were of very high class, and Strudwick did great work, taking six catches. When the home side batted Hobbs was given a life, and 70 were put up for the first wicket in 50 minutes. Scoring slowed down after Hobbs’s departure ; but Hayward stayed until he had completed a chanceless 50, and at the close of play the total was 114 for 2. On Tuesday Knight played a very fine innings while no one else did anything of note. It is scarcely too much to say that he saved his side from collapse. The score was 175 for 4 ; but Wilkinson had left before the visitors’ total was passed, and afterwards there was a slump before Vincett, who secured 5 for 32, Relf making three catches off him in the slips. Ducat helped Knight to add 43, and this was quite the best stand of Tuesday’s portion of the innings. The Oxonian batted nearly 2^ hours, and, in second wicket down, was last out. He hit a five and 7 fours, and enhanced a fast-growing reputation by his cool and skilful play. Sussex, 77 in arrears, started badly. Hitch had the wickets of both Bowley and Wilson with only 9 on the board, and Chaplin did not stay long. Jupp and Vine made a useful stand, adding 41 ; but 6 were down for 75. At this stage Vincett and Cox made a plucky effort together. The tall man hit hard while Cox played steadily ; and, though not without luck, they added 77 in an hour. Street and Holloway also made some runs, and made them very well, and after all Surrey were set 149 to get on the Wednesday. The task proved far more difficult than had seemed likely, though when Hobbs and Harrison (after Hayward had been dismissed at 15) added 51 for the second wicket Surrey looked safe. But then some fine bowling by Woodroffe gave the Oval crowd— as well as the Surrey players— many anxious moments before the end came. Hobbs left at 66, Harrison at 71, Ducat at 92, and Wilkinson at 119— three of the four to the Cantab. Lunch was taken with 30 needed and 5 to go. Knight had to depart at 133, Fender at 140, and Abel at 145. At this stage anything was possible. Hitch slashed out and skied the ball, and Jupp made no mistake. Nine for 145 ! But with Strudwick in Platt made the winning hit, and to the great relief of many Surrey partisans, the county had pulled through by one wicket. Woodroffe’s first appearance for Sussex was associated with quite the best bowling performance he has ever accomplished in big cricket. S u s s e x . First Innings. Bowley (E. H.), c Strudwick, b Platt 10 Jupp, c Strudwick, b Hitch .. 11 H. L. Wilson, c Strudwick, b Fender 14 16 Vine, c Strudwick, b Hitch H. P. Chaplin, c Abel, b Fender .. 12 Relf (A. E.), c Hobbs, b Fender .. 22 Vincett, b Platt . . . . 25 Cox, c Strudwick, b Platt .. .. 25 Street, c Strudwick, b Hitch .. 15 N. J. Holloway, not out . . .. 4 K. H. C. Woodroffe, c Harrison, b Platt 2 B 5, lb 19, w 2, nb 2 .. 28 Total .. 184 Second Innings, b Hitch .. .. 6 c Hayward, b Fender 39 b Hitch .. o c Strudwick, b Hitch 21 c Fender, b Abel .. 7 b Hitch .. .. 1 lbw, b Fender .. 73 lbw, b Abel .. .. 22 not out .. . . 27 c Harrison, b Fender 16 b Fender .. .. o B 7, lb 3, nb 3 .. 13 Total .. 225 S u r r e y 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 :— Hitch, 26-5-63-3 ; Platt, i 9 ‘ 5 - 9 - 33-4 ; Fender, Ig_5_47_3 ; Abel, 3-0-13-0. Fender 2 wides, 1 11b ; Hitch 1 nb. S e c o n d I n n i n g s :— Hitch, 25-5-85-4 ; Platt, 12-6-24-0 ; Abel, 8-0-44-2 ; Fender, 16*5-3-59-4. Platt, 2 nb, Hitch 1 nb. S u r r e y . First Innings. Second Innings. Hayward, c Street, b Jupp .. 51 c Vincett, b Relf .. 5 Hobbs, b Relf ............................37 c Street, b Woodroffe 39 Harrison, b Holloway .. •• 26 c Relf, b Woodroffe.. 23 D. J. Knight, c Street, b Holloway 71 c Street, b Woodroffe 22 Ducat, c Relf, b Vincett .. .. 22 b Woodroffe .. .. 13 C. T. A. Wilkinson, b Vincett .. 1 b Vine .. .. 20 P. G. H. Fender, c Street, b Vincett 12 bWoodroffe .. .. 14 Abel (W. J.), c Relf, b Vincett .. 4 run out .. . . 3 Hitch, c Relf, b Vincett .. .. 1 c Jupp, bWoodroffe 2 Platt, b Holloway .. .. • • 9 not out •• • • 4 Strudwick, not out .. .. • • 11 not out .. .. o B 6, lb 5, w 5 .. .. 16 Lb 3, nb 2 .. .. 5 Total .. 261 Total (for 9 wkts.) 150 S u 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 :— Holloway, 2 6 - 1 - 4 - 9 3 - 3 ; Woodroffe, 1 2 - 2 - 4 9 - 0 ; Relf, 1 8 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 1 ; Vine, 4 - 2 - 4 - 0 ; Jupp, 9 - 2 - 2 5 - 1 ; Cox. 5 - 1 - 2 2 - 0 ; Vincett, 1 4 - 3 - 3 2 - 5 . S e c o n d I n n i n g s Holloway, 8 - 1 - 4 0 - 0 ; Relf, 8 - 3 - 7 - 1 ; Vincett, 9—1—36 —0 ; Woodroffe, 1 5 - 2 —4 3 - 6 ; Vine, 6 —1—19 —1. Woodroffe 2 nb. Umpires : Brown and Richardson.