ENGLISH CRICKET.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 14 October 1922, Page 3

ENGLISH CRICKET.

In reporting the last match between "Leicester and Surrey, the critic said that the former made the champion county play all the time. An outstanding feature was the keeping of Sidwell, who showed himself, on the form of the match, the fnest w^cketkeeper of the moment. ' < | D. J. Knight, for Surrey, played a great innings, making 93 in his best style, and was dismissed for a, brilliant catch on a leg boundary off a stroke that looked a certain six. E. M. Dawson made a,great run, racing along the boundary's edge, and took the catch one-handed high above his head. Hobbs was not playing for his county. . Leicester had a lead of 91 on the first innings. Strudwick appears still to be ] worth his place, catching three men at the wickets. E. Tyldesley, playing against Susse^ made 64 and 128 not out. Lancashire in the first innings made only 122. Playing for Kent against Notts, Collins secured all the tea wickets in the second innings for 65 runs. He bowled

three, caught and bowled one, four were caught, and two were l.b.w: off his bowling. In the first innings he got six for 18, thus getting a total of sixteen wickets in one match, for 83 runs— ! truly a great performance. | Ten wickets in one innings has been secured on 31 occasions in England. | Last year A. A. Mailey (Australia), ' White (Somerset), Rushby (Surrey), Bestwick (Derbyshire), Parker (Glou-, cester) were the only players to secure the total. I A feature of the Surrey second innings was the fine innings played, at the most critical time by C. T. Bennett, who was making his first appearance in. county cricket, and might easily have been depressed by a duck in the first innings. He kept up, his wicket while the brilliant Knight scored freely. Bennett was last year's Harrow captain. Surrey needed 195 to win when Bennett joined Knight. There were only then this "novice," two hitters,, and the tail of two to make the runs arid save defeat. Its- was a great performance. . I Rhodes, the evergreen, got 105 last month against Middlesex. He heads the bowling averages, for the season. i