Cricket 1914

466 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. O c t o b e r , 1914. W k t s . R u n s . d o w n . M a t c h , P l a c e , a n d D a t e . io 74 37 Leicestershire v. Northants, Leicester, June i, z, 3. 1068 26 Surrey v. Yorkshire, Lord’s, August, 13, 14, L5. 1068 40 Oxford Univ. v. M.C.C., Oxford, May 28, 29, 30. io 57 3 1 Notts v. Surrey, Nottingham, June 1, 2, 3. 1057 36 Notts v. Yorkshire, Nottingham, June 25, 26, 27. 1055 33 Somerset v. Gloucestershire, Taunton, June 1, 2, 3. 1054 32 Middlesex v. Surrey, Lord’s, August 22, 24, 25. io 53 35 Essex v. Worcestershire, Colchester, June 18, 19, 20. 1051 36 Warwickshire v. Lancashire, Birmingham, June 29, 30, July 1. 1048 26 Northants v. Warwickshire, Northampton, July 16, 17, 18. 1045 28 Worcestershire v. Essex, Worcester, August 10, 11, 12. 1045 34 Surrey v. Somerset, Oval, May 9, 11, 12. !037 25 Sussex v. Northants, Hove, July 30, 31, August 1. io 37 34 Sussex v. Lancashire, Eastbourne, August 20, 21, 22. 1028 36 Derbyshire v. Lancashire, Derby, July 11, 13, 14. 1017 35 Somerset v. Sussex, Bath, May 25, 26, 27. 1017 36 Gentlemen v. Players, Oval, July 9, 10, 11. 1016 39 Leicestershire v. Kent, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, June 25, 26, 27 IO I3 33 Essex v. Surrey, Leyton, June 13, 15, 16. *013 39 Hants v. Gloucestershire, Portsmouth, June 4, 5, 6. 1006 38 Northants v. Essex, Northampton, August 14, 15, 17• 1004 29 Surrey v. Northants, Oval, May 2, 4, 5. The following is a list of the scorers of iooo runs, with the date on which each man reached the thousand : — ORDER. BATSMAN. 1 Tarrant (JF. A.) 2 Hearne (J. W.) 3 Mead (C.‘ P.) 4 Hobbs (J. B.) 5 Woolley (F. E.) 6 Hirst (G. H.) 7 H. P. Chaplin 8 F. R. Foster 9 P. A. Perrin 10 Denton (D.) 11 Hardinge (H. T. W.) 12 Humphreys (E.) .. 13 Gunn (G.) 14 King (J. H.) 15 Wilson (B. B.) 16 Bowley (F. L.) 17 Jupp (V. C. W.) 18 Rhodes (W.) 19 Hubble (J. C.) 20 Sharp (J.) .. 21 Russell (A. C.) 22 Tyldesley (E.) 23 Seymour (Jas.) 24 S. G. Smith 25 J. W. H. T. Douglas 26 Vine (J.) 27 Ducat (A.) .. 28 Coe (S.) DATE. June 15 „ 16 ,, 16 July Aug. ORDER. BATSMAN. 39 Relf A. E.) 30 Gunn (J.) 31 Parsons (J. H.) 32 Tyldesley (J. T.) . 33 HardstafF (J.) 34 Bowley (E. H.) 35 Charlesworth (C.) . 36 Hayward (T. W.) . 37 Dipper (A. E.) 38 C. D. Mclver 39 Kilner (R.) 40 Makepeace (H.) 41C. J.B . Wood 42 D J. Knight 43 Morton (A.) 44 H .L. Wilson 45 Newman (J.) 46 Kinneir (S. P.) 47 Bowell (A.) 48 Hayes (E. G.) 49 Iremonger (J.) 50 Thompson (G. J.) 51 Baker (C. S.) 52 Quaife (W. G.) 53 Pearson (F.) DATE . Aug. 6 7 13 13 14 15 1 7 1 7 1 7 18 54 M. K. Foster .. ,, 55 Haywood (R. A.).. ,, 56 C. O. H. Sewell .. Sept Hobbs reached 2000 on August 6 ; Mead on August 18 ; Woolley on August 19 ; and Hearne on August 27. There are eight names new to the iooo runs lists—those of Bowley (E. H.), M. K. Foster, Hubble, Jupp, D. J. Knight, C. D. Mclver, Morton, and Newman. Of those who appeared in last year’s list but do not figure this time, taking no account of men whose opportunities were too restricted to permit of their reaching four figures, Booth, Braund, Brown, W. H. Denton, Drake, P. G. H. Fender, Harrison, Lee (G. M.), and Relf (R. R.) may be noted. Robert Relf had the roughest of luck, being laid low by appendicitis at a time when he only required 11 runs to complete his thousand. Reappearances worth noting are those of Ducat, F. R. Foster, Hardstaff, and Kinneir (all last qualifying in 1911), Coe and Thompson (last in the 1910 list), Iremonger (1909), and C. O. H. Sewell (as far back as 1898). The following is a list of men who took 100 wickets, with the date on which each reached that total :— B o w le r . o r d e r . 1 Kennedy (A.) .. July 10 2 Booth (M. W.) .. „ 21 3 Blvthe (C.) ,, 22 4 Hitch ( |. W.) .. „ 27 5 J. W. H. T. Douglas „ 28 6 Drake (A.) • ,, 28 7 Hearne (f.W .) .. Aug. 3 8 Tarrant (F. A.) „ 5 9 Woolley (F. E.) .. „ 7 ORDER. BOW LER. DATE. 10 Rhodes (W.*) .. Aug. 7 1 1 Dennett (G. E.) .. ,, 13 12 Geary (G.) .. „ 18 13 F. R. Foster .. ,, 2 1 14 Barratt (C.) ,, 22 15 A. Jaques .. „ 22 16 S. G. Smith .. „ 25 1 7 Rushby (T.) .. ,, 27 18 Tremlin (B.) .. „ 3 1 The new names here are those of Barratt (who had never played in a big match till this season), J. W . H. T. Douglas, Geary, A. Jaques, and Tremlin. Douglas has twice before got into the go’s, and Tremlin took 99 in one previous season. Tarrant, Hearne (J. W.), Woolley (F. E.), F. R. Foster, Rhodes, S. G. Smith, and J. W. H. T. Douglas all scored over iooo runs- (Hearne and Woolley over 2000) and took over 100 wickets. Last year there were also seven players who achieved the double, three of this year’s band (Tarrant, Hearne, and Smith), with Relf (A. E.), Booth, Drake, and Hirst. No one missed the double very narrowly, though of those who- scored iooo runs King took as many as 70 wickets, Newman 82, Iremonger 74, and Thompson 79 ; and of those who took 100 wickets Booth totalled 887 runs and Drake 828. As is the case, though in varying degrees, in every season, some new reputations were made. Of the men who had never played in a first-class match till 1914 one would unhesitatingly place Barratt first. There should be a big future for this sturdy and capable Nottinghamshire lad. The only other quite new men who earned considerable distinction were A. D. E. Rippon and M. Howell. But among those who were practically new­ comers, never having done anything very notable in previous trials, may be mentioned Horsley (rejected of Notts), A. C. P. Arnold, G. E. C. Wood, Lieut.-Commander G. C. Harrison (who- had only played before in the Navy v. Army match, his previous county cricket having been for Devon), Lee of Middlesex, Whysall, O. C. Bristowe, and Parkin. Donald Knight, Ducat, Bowley and Jupp of Sussex, J. S. F. Morrison, Hubble, Kilner, Wilson (Yorkshire), M. K. Foster,. C. D. Mclver, N. Haig, William Abel, Claude Woolley, C. T. A. Wilkinson, and Newman were among those who considerably enhanced their reputations as batsmen. G. B. Davies showed himself a most capable all-rounder ; but this had been fore­ shadowed in 1913. Drake, Slater, A. Jaques, Howell, Geary, Brown (Leicestershire), Skelding, and P. G. H. Fender did better work with the ball than ever before. Street showed that he is among the best wicket-keepers of the day ; Sidwell made quite a decent reputation ; and Smith of Gloucestershire came to the- front alike as batsman and stumper. Other names might be mentioned ; but these may suffice. Last year Philip Mead narrowly headed John Hobbs in the- batting averages. This year J. W. Hearne does so. In both seasons most good judges would have put the Surrey crack unquestionably first on merit. Both he and Mead totalled over 5000 for their last two seasons at home, and made a good few runs each in South Africa between the two. Most of the older hands retained their form, though there were of course a few exceptions. S. H. Day, reappearing, showed himself pretty nearly as good as ever, and C. B. Fry could undoubtedly have gone on scoring in the old sweet way had he continued to play. But he, like R. H. Spooner, also- absent in 1913, only played in a few matches this season. Others who reappeared with more or less success after an absence of a season or more were Maurice Foster, Major Greig, Captain Turner, H. G. Garnett, Carpenter (who played for Cambs last year), and Gilbert Curgenven (home from Canada). Among the chief disappointments of the year were Gange, from whom his county had hoped much, Hills, and Walden. The Northants man could never get a score worth noting; the Essex bowler proved easy to play ; and the Gloucestershire player did little with either bat or ball. All three are capable of better things and may yet prove it, however. Brown of Hampshire, though he did useful work, was not up to his best. He took 54 wickets in all ; but he never had more than four in any one innings. He made scores of 93, 81, 64, 50,. and eleven of between 20 and 50 ; but he is worth more than, this, and in evidence of his lean periods may be quoted the fact that in four successive innings he made o, o, o, and 4, in seven a little later 1, o, 9, 9, 2, 7, and 3, and in five more 6, 3, o, 4, and 1. Remnant also had three successive ducks debited to him ; but otherwise was more consistent than his comrade. George Hirst, playing in 49 innings, was never out without scoring. Ernest Tyldesley (44 innings), Coe (39), Ducat (38),. Hayward (38), and S. G. Smith (34) all have records for the season free from the round “ 0.” The distinction is a fanciful one, maybe, for it is of little matter to a man or to his side whether he makes o or 1 ; but the instances are worth noting, and that Hayward and Hirst, two noble veterans of the game, should figure in the list makes them more so. Seeing that the general rate of scoring was very much the same this year as last, it is somewhat curious that individual figures among those having averages of 25 or more are scarcely as good. Three men average over 50 this season as against two last ; but between 40 and 50 the figures are 9 against 11; between 30 and 40 they are 38 against 43 ; and between 25 and 30 they are 36 against 38. Thus there are only 86 with averages of 25 and over, compared with 94 last year.