Cricket 1914

47 ° THE WORLD OF CRICKET. O c t o b e r , 1914. F. H. Knott R. B. Lagden Langdon (T.) Lee (G. M.) Lee (H. W.) Makepeace (H.) C. D. Mclver Mead (C. P.) J. S. F. Morrison . Hon. H. G. H. Mul­ holland Newman (J.) Sir T. C. O’Brien.. L. Oliver .. Parsons (J. H.) Payton (W.) P. A. Perrin ■Quaife (W. G.) Relf (A. E.) Relf (R. R.) Rhodes (W.) A. D. E. Rippon W. P. Robertson Russell (A. C.) S. H. Saville C. O. H. Sewell Seymour (Jas.) Sharp (J.) S. G. Smith E. M. Sprot Stone (J.) Tarrant (F. A.) Thompson (G. J.) . L. H. W. Troughton Tyldesley (E.) Tyldesley (J. T.) .. Vine (J.) .. Wells (W .)’.l Whitehead (H.) Whysall (W. W.) . C. T. A. Wilkinson. Wilson (B. B.) H. L. Wilson C. J. B. Wood Woolley (C. N.) Woolley (F. E.) 100 O.U. v. Mr. H. D. G. Leveson-Gower’s X II, Eastbourne, June 25. 106 C.U. v. Hants, Cambridge, May 12. 106 Glos. v. Sussex, Cheltenham, Aug. 13. 126 Notts v. M.C.C., Lord’s, May 6. 108 Notts v. Sussex, Hove, June 29. 139 Mdx. v. Notts, Lord’s, Aug. 18. 155 Lancs, v. Sussex, M’chester, June 18, 19. n o Lancs, v. Kent, Canterbury, Aug. 17, 18. 118 Essex v. Northants, Leyton, Aug. 24, 25. 113 Essex v. Hants, Leyton, July 30. 213 Hants v. Yorks., S’hampton, May 20, 21. 158 Hants v. Smt., S’hampton, Aug. 17, 18. 128 Hants v. Kent, Bournemouth, Sep. 1. 126 Hants v. Smt., Bath, June 11, 12. 117 Hants v. Kent, Tonbridge, June 15. 115 Hants v. Wwk., Birmingham, July 7. 104* Hants v. Glos., Bristol, July 9. 233* C.U. v. M.C.C., Cambridge, June 5. 100 C.U. v. Sussex, Cambridge, May 22. 102 C.U. v. M.C.C., Cambridge, June 5. 107* Hants v. Smt., S’hampton, Aug. 18. h i Mr. L. Robinson’s X I v. O.U., Old Bucken­ ham. . . 124 Dbv. v. Northants, Derby, June 20. . . 102 Wwk. v. Wore., Dudley, June 1, 2. . . 104* Notts v. Dby., Nottingham, July 6, 7. . . 126 Essex v. Kent, Leyton, July 2, 3, 4. .. 103 Essex v. Surrey, Leyton, June 13. .. 134 Wwk. v. Glos., Coventry, June 18, 19. .. h i * Wwk. v. Lancs., Lancaster, July 30, 31. .. 175* Sussex v. Lancs., Eastbourne, Aug. 21, 22. .. 150 Sussex v. Mdx., Hove, Aug. 6, 7. .. 121 Sussex v. Glos., Hastings, July 14. .. 101 Sussex v. Leic., Hove, Aug. 11. .. 130 Sussex v. Wore., Worcester, June 6. .. 126 Sussex v. Kent, Hove, June 1. . . 126 Sussex v. Northants, N’hampton, June 12, 13. .. 113 Yorks, v. Sussex, Bradford, Aug. 17, 18. 105* Yorks, v. Lancs., Hull, July 24, 25. 105* Smt. v. Sussex, Bath, May 27. 130 Mdx. v. Notts, Nottingham, June 20. 145 Essex v. Leic., Leyton, July 27. 116* Essex v. Wore., Worcester, Aug. 12. 141* C.U. v. The Army, Cambridge, June 12. 165 Glos. v. Surrey, Oval, Sep. 1. 113 Glos. v. Smt., Taunton, June 2, 3. 102 Glos. v. Kent, Gloucester, June 29. 214 Kent v. Essex, Tunbridge W., July 13, 14. 122 Kent v. O.U., Oxford, May 25, 26. n o Kent v. Northants, N’hampton, June 5, 6. 128 Lancs, v. Mdx., Lord’s, June 17. 120 Lancs, v. Mdx., M’chester, Aug. 13. 105 Lancs, v. Dby., M’chester, May 06. 100 Lancs, v. Glos., M’chester, July 27. 177 Northants v. Sussex, Hove, July 30, 31. 131 Hants v. Surrey, Oval, June 18. 100* Hants v. Wore., Dudley, June 30. 250* Mdx. v. Essex, Leyton, May 23, 25. 200 Mdx. v. Wore., Lord’s, May 27. 198 Mdx. v. Lancs., Lord’s, June 15. n o Mdx. v.'Worc., Dudley, July 3, 4. 101* Mdx. v. Lancs., M’chester, Aug. 15. 124* Northants v. Essex, N’hampton, Aug. 14. 104 Kent v. O.U., Oxford, May 26. 156 Lancs, v. Wwk., Birmingham, June 29,30. 253 Lancs, v. Kent, Canterbury, Aug. 17, 18. 144 Lancs, v. N’hants, M’chester, Aug. 29, 31. 122* Lancs, v. Hants, Liverpool, Aug. 10. 104 Lancs, v. Sussex, Eastbourne, Aug. 20. 175 Sussex v. Yorks., Hove, Sep. 1, 2. 140 Sussex v. Kent, Canterbury, Aug. 3. 119 Northants v. Essex, N’hampton, Aug. 17. 103 Leic. v. Wore., Coalville, July n . 112 Notts v. M.C.C., Lord’s, May 6. 135 Surrey v. Mdx., Oval, June 27. 208 Yorks, v. Sussex, Bradford, Aug. 17, 18. 106 Yorks, v. Essex, Leyton, May 16, 18. 102 Yorks, v. Glos., Harrogate, July 30, 31. 101 Yorks, v. Dby., Leeds, June 8, 10. 105* Sussex v. Lancs., M’chester, June 20. 147 Leic. v. Dby., Burton-on-T., Aug. 17. 123* Leic. v. Wore., Worcester, May 25. 120 Leic. v. Essex, Leicester, May 4. 103 Northants v. Smt., N’hampton, June 24. 160* Kent v. Wore., Canterbury, Aug. 20. 147 Kent v. Leic., Catford, May 29. 120 Kent v. Glos., Maidstone, July 21. 117 Kent v. Leic., Ashby-de-la-Z., June 26. i n * Kent v. Glos., Gloucester, July 1. 101 Kent v. Lancs., Canterbury, Aug. 19. There were 20 scores of 200 and over among the 204 centuries registered. This is not quite a record, 21 such scores having been made in the season of 1901. No one scored two centuries in a match in 1914. Coe (v. Essex), George Gunn ( v . Sussex), Hayes ( v . Yorkshire), J. W. Hearne ( v . Worcestershire), Hobbs ( v . Yorkshire), Kinneir ( v . Leicestershire), Mead ( v . Kent and v. Somerset), John Sharp ( v . Middlesex), Tarrant ( v . Lancashire and v. Worcestershire), and Frank Woolley ( v . Gloucestershire and v. Leicestershire) made centuries in each match against one county or more. Wilson (B. B.) and Sharp made one century in each month of the season—four each in all. Hearne (J. W.), Hobbs, Mead, Tarrant, and Frank Woolley each made at least one century in May, June, July, and August, and Mead also made one in September ; but these five all scored more than four centuries. All four of John Tyldesley’s three-figure scores were made in August. Men playing at all frequently who appeared in the list last year but do not appear this include Booth, Brown (G.), Drake, F. L. Fane, Harrison, A. H. Hornby, Hyman, G. L. Jessop, E. L. Kidd, F. T. Mann, Pearson, W. N. Riley, and P. F. Warner. The new names in this year’s list (that is, of men who have never reached three figures in first-class cricket in this country before) are those of Birtles, Buswell, G. B. Davies, M. K. Foster, Heap, G. L. Hebden, M. Howell, B. D. Hylton-Stewart, D. J. Knight, Lee (H. W.), Newman, A. D. E. Rippon, L. H. W. Troughton, Wells, Whysall, C. T. A. Wilkinson, and Woolley (C. N.). Names reappearing after an absence of some length are those of B. L. Bisgood (last included in 1907), Burrows (1907), Car­ penter (1906), S. H. Day (1908), H. G. Garnett (1903), Major J. G. Greig (1910), Iremonger (1910), Sir T. C. O ’Brien (1905), and W. P. Robertson (1910). Of the 204 centuries 190 were made in the 189 Championship matches played, and 16 (by Hobbs, Humphreys, Rhodes, Sey­ mour, L. H. W . Troughton, Sir X. C. O'Brien, Lee, Whysall, and 8 by University players) in the 28 matches outside the Championship. Thirty-seven centuries were scored in May, 62 in June, 43 in July, 58 in August, and 4 in September. In cases where an innings ran into dates in two months, it is allocated here to that in which it was begun. Four times during the season three centuries were made in an innings—by A. P. Day, Woolley, and Hubble for Kent v. Leicestershire at Catford ; by Robert Relf, Jupp, and H. P. Chaplin for Sussex v. Worcestershire at Worcester ; by Hayward, Hobbs, and D. J. Knight for Surrey v. Kent at Blackheath ; and by Hayward, Hobbs, and Hayes for Surrey v. Yorkshire at Lord's. Two centuries in an innings were made 33 times. Hobbs was the only man who scored three centuries in succes­ sive innings. Robert Relf made three in three consecutive matches. J. W . Heame and Mead each twice scored two in succession, and Bowell, Haywood, Hendren, Tarrant, John Tyldesley, and Frank Woolley each scored two in succession once. Hendren made three in four consecutive matches. Seventeen of the 204 centuries were made at the O v a l; 16 each at Leyton and Lord’s ; 13 at Worcester; 11 a t Hove ; 10 each at Manchester, Northampton, and Nottingham ; 8 at Canterbury ; 6 each at Dudley and Southampton ; 5 each at Cambridge and Leicester ; 4 each at Birmingham, Bradford, Oxford, Sheffield, and Taunton ; 3 each at Blackheath, Bourne­ mouth, Catford, Derby, and Eastbourne ; 2 each at Bath, Bristol, Coalville, Coventry, Gloucester, Hinckley, Lancaster, Maidstone, Portsmouth, and Tunbridge Wells ; and one each at Ashby-de- la-Zouch, Basingstoke, Burton-on-Trent, Cheltenham, Dewsbury, Gravesend, Harrogate, Hastings, Horsham, Huddersfield, Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, Old Buckenham, Tonbridge, and Weston- super-Mare. Last year 23 were made at the Oval, 18 at Southampton, 16 each at Leyton and Lord's, 14 at Nottingham, and 12 at Wor­ cester—this of a total of 223. Of 162 in 1912 Lord’s claimed 18, Leyton and the Oval 17 each, and Hove and Southampton 14 each. There were between 50 and 60 scores of 90 and over, Philip Mead claiming four of them (97*, 96, 94, and 92), and Frank Woolley three (96, 94, and 92). M. K. Foster made 99 and 97, Kinneir 98 and 97, Hubble 99* and 92, the Hon. R. Anson 97 and 97, Dipper 94 and 92, and Ernest Tyldesley 95 and 94. Besides Hubble’s 99*, scores of 99 were made by Carpenter and Tarrant. John Tyldesley made a 98. Coe and J. S. Denton each scored a 97*. Scores of 97 were made by Harrison, Heap,