Cricket 1914

S e p t e m b e r , 1914. THE WORLD OF CRICKET. 453 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE v. LEICESTERSHIRE. At Trent Bridge, August 22, 24, and 25. The visitors played Shipman and Astill instead of Skelding and Brown. The match proved one of fluctuating fortunes. To start with Barratt bowled so finely (taking his hundredth wicket of the season early in the day) that Leicestershire had 7 out for 66. tThen sturdy Coe once more proved himself good -at need. Astill backed him up well, and the eighth wicket added 62. Geary followed Astill, and 57 more were added. Sidwell whipped in, and helped to raise the score by 48, but could not stay quite long enough to let Coe get his century—a sad pity, for the distinction has seldom been better deserved. Coe batted 165 minutes, hit 9 fours, and gave only one chance (at 72). Notts made a shocking start, and four wickets (all taken by Geary) were down for 50 at call of time. On Monday John Gunn, Payton, and iYemonger (who reached his iooo) did something ; but Notts finished their first innings i n in arrears. Odell bowled with his old-time vim and success. Whitehead made 32 of the 51 which he and Wood subscribed for Leicestershire’s first wicket, and Mounteney hit out in fine style, scoring 39 of the 67 added before a storm stopped play about 4 o’clock. On Tuesday the score was carried to 218 in 70 minutes, the partnership realising 167 in all, before Mounteney left for 97. Three runs more would have given him his first century in big cricket. Wood (84*) then declared, evidently preferring the chance of a victory to his owrn glorification. The wicket, slow and easy at first, was getting treacherous under the influence of the sun, and the odds were against the home side’s saving the game. That they did so was almost entirely due to Hardstaff and Payton. These two added 114 in 130 minutes after 4 wickets had fallen for 51. Hardstaff batted finely for just on 4 hours, and Payton’s innings was scarcely less praiseworthy. Leicestershire took first innings’ points. L e i c e s t e r s h i r e . First Innings. 3 26 6 97 Shipman, c Payton, b Barratt Astill, st Oates, b Iremonger Geary, lbw, b Gunn (J.) .. Sidwell, b Barratt B 4, lb 11 Total 7 34 1 7 24 15 233 C. J. B. Wood, c Payton, b Barratt Mounteney, c Oates, b Barratt Whitehead (H.), b Barratt.. King, c Gunn (G.), b Barratt W. W. Odell, b Barratt .. Coe, not out W. C. M. Berridge, b Barratt S e c o n d I n n i n g s :—C. J. B. Wood, not out, 84 ; Whitehead, c Hard­ staff, b Wass, 32 ; Mounteney, c Gunn (G.), b Gunn (J.), 97—nb 5— total (for 2 wkts., dec.), 218. N o t t in g h a m 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 :—Barratt, 29-2-4-75-8 ; Wass, 27-7-82-0 ; Ire­ monger, 13-5-33-1 ; Gunn (J.), 12-2-26-1 ; Lee, 1-0-2-0. S e c o n d I n n i n g s :—Barratt, 18-5-45-0; W7ass, 18-2-79-1 ; Ire­ monger, 17-4-48-0 ; Gunn (J.), 11-2-1-39-1 ; Hardstaff, 1-0-2-0. Wass 5 nb. N o t t in g h a m s h ir e . First Innings. Gunn (B.), b Geary .. .. 10 Lee (G.-M.), c Mounteney,b Geary 7 Hardstaff, b Geary .. .. .. 9 Gunn (J.), c King, b Geary .. 37 Whysall, cKing, b Geary .. .. 4 Payton, run out .. .. .. 18 Iremonger, c Shipman, b Odell .. 22 Walker, b Odell ........................ 5 Oates, not out .. .. .. 1 Barratt, b Odell .. .. .. o Wass, cAstill, b Odell .. .. 7 B 1, lb 1 .. .. 2 Total .. .. 122 Second Innings, c Odell, b Geary c Whitehead, b Geary not out b Geary c Shipman, b Odell .. c King, b Shipman .. not out B 15, lb 1, nb 1 . Total (for 5 w.).. 199 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 : —Shipman, 6-0-30-0; Geary, 33-11-51-5 ; Astill, 3-0-14-0; Odell, 21-4-11-25—4. S e c o n d I n n i n g s :—Geary, 29-9-64-3 ; Odell, 23-8-30-1 ; Astill, 14-2-28-0 ; King, 19-5-40-0 ; Shipman, 5-2-6-1 ; Berridge, 6-3-4-0. Astill 1 nb. Umpires :—Atfield and Brown. MIDDLESEX v. SURREY. At Lord’s, August 22, 24, and 25. Though a defeat for Surrey would not have deposed them from the head of affairs, this match was recog­ nised as having a big bearing on the championship, and was contested with the utmost keenness, while the attendances were large, conditions considered, something like 16,000 paying for admission during the three days. P. F. Warner and N. Haig turned out for the first time since mobilisation drew them away. On a pitch that was never quite perfect, the ball getting up now and again, Middlesex did well. They started slowly, three-quarters of an hour only producing 28 runs. Then Tarrant and young Hearne added 61 in 55 minutes, and Tarrant and Warner 59 in about an hour. But Hendren’s was the great innings of the day. He had an unusual slice of luck in playing a ball on to his wicket without removing the bails quite early—indeed, before he had scored—but after that he played fine cricket. He and Tarrant added 62 in about half-an-hour for the fourth wicket. The Anglo-Australian just missed his century, batting 3 hours 20 minutes for his 99 (11 fours) with only one chance. Kidd assisted Hendren to put on 58 in 35 minutes, and Hendren and Saville added 91 in an hour. The pro.’s really brilliant 124, made in 130 minutes, with 14 fours, was unmarred by any chance. On Monday Surrey had to fight for a draw ; of victory there was no chance. Hobbs batted admirably for 56, made in n o minutes, and Ducat played an invaluable innings of 55*. The best stands were 42 by Hobbs and Hayes, 37 by Hobbs and Knight, and 45 by Abel and Ducat. With a lead of 175, Middlesex batted again in preference to enforcing the follow-on, and made 135 for 4 before call of time, Hendren and Hearne putting on 56 together for the third wicket. On Tuesday the innings was declared at noon,, and Surrey sent in to get 391 or stay 4 hours 40 minutes to avoid defeat. They could not get the runs ; but they stayed the time. Hobbs’s 63, though not one of his best innings, was of great value ; he- fell to a fine catch by J. W. Hearne, who took the ball close to the ground. Hayes helped the crack to add 108 in 115 minutes, and himself stayed 145 minutes for his 39. Ducat, like Hobbs, had some luck, but rendered good service. It was the stand of Harrison and Abel, who added 49 unparted at a most critical time, which reallv saved Surrey, and prevented their rivals taking more than first innings” points. M i d d l e s e x . First Innings. Tarrant, c Strudwick, b Rushby .. Lee (H. W.), c Strudwick, b Rushby Hearne (J. W.), cStrudwick, b Hayes P. F. Warner, c Fender, b Hayes .. Hendren (E.), c Hobbs, b Fender .. N. Haig, b Rushby 99 9 124 E. L. Kidd, lbw, b Abel S. H. Saville, c Hobbs, b Fender Murrell, b Fender G. J. S. Pitts, not out Hearne (J. T.), lbw, b Fender B 4, lb 7, w 1, nb 4 Total 21 59 Second Innings, c Strudwick, b Fender c Strudwick, b Rushby c Strudwick, b Rushby not out c Harrison, b Hitch., b Fender lbw, b Fender 24 22 - 3 7 T 40 39 3 ,r 6 16 B 6, lb 6, w 1, nb 2 I 5 ‘ .. 381 Total (for 6 w., dec.).. 215 9 20 46 1 7 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, 28-5-93-0 ; Rushby, 27-6-72-3 ; Fender, 20-2-88-4 ; Abel, 6-0-38-1 ; Hayes, 16-2-66-2 ; Hobbs, 4-1-8-0. Hitch 4 nb, Fender 1 wide. S e c o n d I n n i n g s :—Hitch, 16-1-62-1 ; Rushby, 21-7-43-2 ; Fender,. 16 5-1-50-3 ; Hayes, 7-0-33-0 ; Abel, 2-0-12-0. Rushby 1 wide Hitch and Fender each 1 nb. S u r r e y . First Innings. Hayward, c Kidd, b Tarrant .. 2 Hobbs, st Murrell, b Tarrant .. 56 Hayes, c Kidd, b Hearne (J. T.) .. 16 D. J. Knight, c Murrell, b Tarrant.. 23 Ducat, not out .. .. 55 Harrison, c Murrell, b Pitts . . 1 P. G. H. Fender, b Pitts .. .. 9 Abel (W. J.), b Hearne (J. T.) .. 24 Hitch, lbw, b Hearne (J. T.) .. 2 Strudwick, run out .. .. .. 2 Rushby, c and b Tarrant .. .. 3 B 4, lb 8, w 1 .. .. 13 Second Innings, lbw, b Tarrant c and b Hearne (J. W.) b Haig b Hearne (J. W.) .. b Hearne (J. W.) not out c and b Heame (J. W.) not out 23- 63 39 - o 3 °' 19. 7 33 B 19, lb 7, nb 12 38- Total .. .. 206 Total (for 6 w.) .. 252 M i d d l e 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 :—Pitts, 13-2-30-2 ; Tarrant, 32-5-9-60-4 ; Hearne (T. W.), 13-3-51-0; Heame (J. T.), 25-10-39-3; Kidd, 4-0-13-0. Kidd one wide. S e c o n d I n n i n g s :—Pitts, 16-3-49-0 ; Tarrant, 37-16-35-1 ; Hearne (T. W.), 32-8-99-4; Hearne (I. T.), 20-13-13-0 ; Haig, 8-3-16-1;. Kidd, 2-1-2-0. Pitts 11 nb, Hearne (J. W.), one. Umpires :—Phillips and White. HAMPSHIRE v. LANCASHIRE. At Bournemouth, August 24, 25, and 26. This match was removed' from Portsmouth on account of the War. Hants batted all day oa the Monday and made 365 for 9. On Tuesday their innings closed for 377. Bowell was last man out after batting 4! hrs. without a chance for his highest score in first-class cricket. He hit 26 fours,, and showed admirable form. He had the luck to miss being out after the ball had gone on to his wicket from his body, an escape only differing from that of Hendren at Lord’s on Saturday in so far that the Middlesex man played the ball. Arnold gave further evidence of his improvement as a batsman by helping to add 130 in 95 minutes,, and McDonald helped Bowell in a stand of 77 for the seventh wicket. Lancashire made a great reply. Makepeace and John Tyldesley added 65 for the second wicket ; but it was mainly the stand of 172 by Heap and Ernest Tyldesley for the sixth that put the County Palatine on terms. They wrere only together 80 minutes, runs coming at a fine pace. Tyldesley batted well and briskly for hearly 2 hrs. ; but Heap outdid him completely in the matter of pace, reaching his ioo- (his first in big cricket) in under 70 minutes, and making his 132 (21 fours), with only one chance (at 117) in 115 minutes. On Wed­ nesday rain spoiled all chance of a finish, and Lancashire took first innings’ points.