Cricket 1914

414 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. A ugust 8, 1914. E SSEX v. HAMPSH IRE. A t Leyton, July 30 and 31, August 1. Hampshire, lacking Fry, Greig, Johnston, Jaques, and Tennyson (the last-named was to have played, but Stone had to be sent for to take his place) were short of several of their best ; Essex needed only Captain Turner and Louden to be at full strength. Melle, the South African Rhodes Scholar, appeared for Hants, having just qualified. Throughout the day runs never came very fast ; but at its close Essex, with 307 for 9 on the board, were in quite a good position. M clver’s century was the chief feature ; he batted 200 minutes, and had a fair share of luck, but the chances he gave were not easy, and he made a number of fine strokes, 10 fours included. Russell and he put up 67 for the first wicket ; Gillingham made 34 out of 52 for the second ; and Mclver and Perrin added 93 for the third. Douglas played steadily, but, needing 43 to complete his iooo for the season, stopped short at 993 ; Fane and Bristowe made a few good hits. Only 3 were added on Friday. Hampshire failed before some good bowling, only Newman, who batted really well for 75 minutes, and Sprot, ever good at a pinch, who hit out finely for 56, did anything. The total of 155 gave Essex a lead of exactly the same number. They made 208 for 6 in their second innings before close of play. Mclver and Douglas added 40 together, and the captain, who reached his iooo, played the brighter cricket, making his 51 in 80 minutes, whereas the old Forest School boy took 120 to scare 57. Fane and Bristowe batted well towards the close. If the innings had been declared at once on Saturday morning Essex might well have won. But it was continued for another hour, during which time 77 were added, Fane playing a good but rather too slow innings. Hampshire, with Mead disabled by a blow on the knee from Douglas’s ^bowling, were set to get 441 to win. Remnant and Arnold, by adding 62 in 40 minutes for the second wicket, helped their side materially ; but neither Arnold nor Sprot, who made his 34 in 40 minutes, seemed quite to realise the necessities of the situation. Remnant did ; he stayed 100 minutes for his steady 43. Bowell and Melle had added 99 in 75 minutes when at five o’clock rain put a stopper on proceed­ ings, leaving Essex only first innings’ points. E s s e x . First Innings. C. D. Mclver, b Kennedy .. Russell (A. C.), c Brown, b Kennedy Rev. F. H. Gillingham, lbw, b Brown P. A. Perrin, st Livesey, b Kennedy J. W, H. T. Douglas, b Newman .. F. L. Fane, b Kennedy Carpenter, b Newman O. C. Bristowe, c Kennedy, Remnant Reeves, c Livesey, b Newman G. B. Davies, not out Tremlin, b Newman B 7, lb 2 .. 113 23 34 41 36 23 Second Innings, b Newman c Livesey, b Melle c Sprot, b Melle lbw, b Newman b Melle not out c Brown, b Melle 1 7 b Kennedy hit w, b Melle not out B 14, lb 4, w 1 LANCASH IRE v. W ARW ICKSH IRE. At Lancaster, July 30 and 31, August 1. Fresh ground was broken by the allocation of a county match at Lancaster, and the attendance on the first day fully justified the experiment. The pitch was a capital one, too, and Warwickshire batted all day. Parsons and Kinneir put up 60 for the first wicket ; but the stand of the innings was that made by Quaife and Baker. They were together about 100 minutes, and added 150. Baker scored much the faster ; but Quaife, after taking an hour to get to 7, livened up, and cut finely, hitting 13 fours as well as a six. Baker’s 103 included 16 fours. Each gave two chances. Quaife was still in possession at the finish, when the total was 335 for 9. Only 11 were added on Friday, and the little man carried his bat after 4 hours at wickets for 111. Lancashire cracked up badly before Jeeves and Foster. Only Hornby, who went in later than usual, could stay long, and the innings closed for 128, leaving Warwickshire an advantage of over 200. Foster did not enforce the follow on, however. His side lost 4 for 73 in their second venture ; but then Kinneir and Baker added 69, the latter hitting a couple of sixes and 5 fours. Rain stopped play while they were still together, and on Saturday Foster declared. On a wicket affected by the rain, though never very bad, Lancashire gave a poor show. Ernest Tyldesley played a fine steady innings, and Garnett hit hard ; but the rest did little, and Warwickshire won by 178 runs. W a r w ic k s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. Parsons, c Whitehead, b Sharp 36 c Tyldesley (W.), b Dean 27 Kinneir, c Whitehead, b Heap 29 not out 35 Charlesworth, c Garnett, b White­ head 27 b Dean 6 Quaife, not out h i b Sharp 15 F. R. Foster, c Tyldesley (W.), b Dean 1 st Garnett, b Dean .. 14 Baker (C. S.), c Heap, b Dean 103 not out 45 Smith (E. J.), c Tyldesley (J. T.), b Huddleston 13 Jeeves, c Garnett, b Heap 3 W. C. Hands, b Heap 1 Howell, b Dean 0 Field, c Tyldeslev (W.), b Heap .. 10 B 6, lb ' 6 ............................ 12 Total 346 Total (for 4 wkts., dec.) 142 28 16 25 19 Total .. .. 310 Total (for 8 wkts., dec.) 285 H a m p s h ir e B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . F i r s t I n n i n g s :— Melle, 28-9-49-0 ; Kennedy, 43-8-118-4 ; Brown 12-1-46-1 ; Newman, 30-2-6-69-4 ; Remnant, 8-3-15-1 ; Mead 1-0-4-0. S e c o n d I n n i n g s :— Melle, 28-6-73-5 ; Kennedy, 31-6-88-1 ; Newman, 17-2-63-2 ; Remnant, 7-2-25-0 ; Brown, 5-2-17-0. Brown one wide. H a m p s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. Newman (J.), lbw, b Bristowe .. 38 b Douglas .. .. 8 Remnant, b Douglas .. .. o c Mclver, b Davies .. 43 A. C. P. Arnold, lbw, b Tremlin .. 4 b Douglas .. .. 37 Mead (C. P.), lbw, b Douglas .. o Brown (G.), b Tremlin .. .. 7 b Douglas .. .. 3 E. M. Sprot, c Douglas, b Trem lin.. 56 c Russell, b Bristowe 34 B. G. von B. Melle, c Davies, b Tremlin . . . . .. .. 6 not out .. .. 42 Bowell, lbw, b Douglas .. .. 8 not out .. .. 57 Stone, b Tremlin .. .. .. 4 Kennedy, not out .. .. .. 16 Livesey, b Tremlin .. .. .. 8 B 5, lb 3 .. .. .. 8 Lb 2, nb 1 .. 3 Total .. .. 155Total (for 5 wkts.) 272 E s s e x B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . F i r s t I n n i n g s :— Douglas, 15-0-55-3 ; Tremlin, 15-3-73-6; Davies, 4-0-8—o ; Bristowe, 3 -1-11-1. S e c o n d I n n i n g s :— Douglas, 16-5-43-3 ; Tremlin, 17-2-74-0 ; Davies, 18-6-45-1 ; Bristowe, 10-1-37-1 ; Reeves, 5-0-25-0. Tremlin one nb. Umpires : Millward and Parris. L a n c a s h ir e B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is ; F i r s t I n n i n g s :— Whitehead, 29-5-74-1 ; Dean, 34-11-86-3 ; Sharp, 10-0-47-1 ; Heap, 24*3-7-62-4 ; Huddleston, 18-6-46-1 ; Makepeace, 3-0-19-0. S e c o n d I n n i n g s :— Whitehead, 1 3 - 1 - 4 2 - 0 ; Dean, 12—4 - 2 9 - 3 ; Heap, 7 - 1 - 1 7 - 0 ; Sharp, 7 - 2 - 1 7 - 1 ; Huddleston, 6 - 1 - 3 7 - 0 . L a n c a s h ir e . First Innings. Tyldesley (W\), b Foster Makepeace, b Foster Tyldesley (J. T.), b Jeeves Sharp, b Foster Tyldesley (E.), b Jeeves Heap, c Howell, b Jeeves .. A. H. Hornby, not out H. G. Garnett, b Foster Whitehead (R.), b Jeeves .. Huddleston, b Jeeves Dean, b Jeeves B 11, lb 1, nb 1 Second Innings. 8 lbw, b Foster 16 c Kinneir, b Foster .. 5 c Smith, b Foster 2 b Foster 2 b Hands 22 b Jeeves 37 c Smith, b Jeeves .. 2 c Smith, b Charles­ worth 16 run out o c Foster, b Hands .. 5 not out B 6, lb 1 .. 13 5 3 22 7 74 37 15 4 3 7 .. 187 Total .. . . 1 2 8 Total W a r w ic k s h ir e B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . F i r s t I n n i n g s :— Foster, 17-1-58-4 ; Jeekes, 16-3-4-51-6 ; Howell, 1—o—1—o ; Field, 1-0-5-0. S e c o n d I n n i n g s :— Foster, 28-8-80-4 ; Jeeves, 20-7-55-2 ; Howell, 3-0-12-0 ; Hands, 6*2-4-6-2 ; Charlesworth, 4-1-27-1. Umpires : Butt and Carlin. B e n s k in , formerly of Leicestershire, who has made a big name in Scottish cricket during the last few seasons, has been engaged by Ramsbottom (Lancashire League) for 1915. O n l y one match was completed in the North Staffordshire League on Saturday. Among the best scores of the day (rain did not come on until late) were the 76 of Mills (Gloucestershire) for Burslem v. Tunstall, Barnes’s 62 for Porthill Park v. Leek, and Deyes’s 87 (in 80 minutes, with 14 fours) for Stone v. Norton. G e o r g e W i l s o n will migrate from Todmorden to Lowerhouse for next season. A c o r r e s p o n d e n t of the D aily E xpress gives particulars of a remark­ able bowling feat in a match played at Diss in 1902. For Brome and Oakley v. Messrs. Aldrich Brothers F. Prior took all 10 wickets for 5 runs (doing the hat trick twice) in the first innings and 7 for 12 in the second. C u f f e (Worcestershire) was tried for Huvton (v. Sefton) on Saturday, and took 7 for 16. Dipper (Gloucestershire) played for Pontefract v. Barnsley, and scored 70, he and Wadsworth (80) putting up 139 for the first wicket. W i l l i a m C o o k scored 65 (14 fours) and took 9 for 43 for Bumlev v. Rawtenstall. Llewellyn had 5 for 43 for Accrington v. East Lanca­ shire. E. Stansfield lowered 5 for 12 for Todmorden v. Colne, and Wilson 5 for 38.