Cricket 1911

J u ly 1 5 ,1911 . CEICKET: A WEEKLY KECORD OP THE GAME. 347 Club Cricket. A young Public School batsman of whom more should be heard is G. L. Hunting, of Loretto, who played so prominent a part in his side’s six-wicket success over Fettes on Saturday. To totals of 257 and 135 for four wickets he contributed 144 and 87, and was unconquered on each occasion. No wonder that, when he had made the winning hit, his club mates should rush on the held and carry him in triumph, shoulder high, to the pavilion! For his school in 1910 he scored 1,081 runs in twenty-two innings, averaging 49*14, his highest efforts being 122 not out v. Watson’s College and 104 v. Carlton. He was the first Public School player to make as many as a thousand runs in a season in Scotland. Another noteworthy performance was recently credited to a Public School—Rossall, to wit—in the shape of a first-wicket stand of 246 by E . B. Davis (129) and R. H. D. Belton (122) against Birkenhead Park, at Rossall, on the 5th inst. This beat the School record, for the first wicket, by three runs. The stand was broken by Bolton being run out in trying a second run. A correspondent kindly directs attention to a remarkable match, which appears to have escaped general notice. It was played at Clapham Common on June 11th, 1910, and was rendered noteworthy by one of the sides—St. Mark’s Church Lads’ Brigade—being dis­ missed in the course of seven overs and a ball without a run. The details of the innings are appended:— S t . M a r k ’ s C h u rch L ad s ’ B rigade . W. Sim pson, b F rances..................... 0 F. Clayton, c Edwards, b Frances 0 L oveday, b Frances ..................... 0 Byes, &c....................................... 0 Total...................................... 0 Tondeur, c Budd, b Tiffen ............ 0 G. Clayton, b T iffen............................. 0 Brown, b Frances .............................. 0 Berry, b Frances ............................. 0 Beasley, b Frances ............................. 0 C. Sim pson, c and b Frances ... 0 N ewill, b T iffen...................................... 0 The analyses of the two successful bowlers were as follow s:— E. Tiffen . . . . w .........................................w . w . . . .; A. Frances . . . . w . w . . . . w . . w w . w w The opposing side, the Centam C.C., ran up 111 and won by an innings and 86 runs, St. Mark’s Church Lads’ Brigade being put out for 25 upon going in the second time. A partnership of over a hundred for the last wicket is something of a rarity, and therefore reference deserves to be made to the fact that in the match at Camberley on the 1st inst. between ll.M.C. 2nd XI. and the Owls, E. P. Collins (93 not out) and F. S. Clarke (51), coming together after the fall of the ninth wicket, put on as many as 135 in partnership. Among the many other long stands recorded recently may be mentioned:— 262 for 1st., L. B . Ram sbotham (159) and Capt. A. E. W ood (102), Gentlem en of Sussex v. Household Brigade, at B urton’s Court Chelsea, July 10 and 11. 254 for 2nd., W . E. Hazelton (166) and K. White (110), W ellingborough Grammar School v. Bedford Modern, at W ellingborough, July 8 . 242 for 2nd., A. Charlwood (202 retired) and J. G. Fender (110), Sussex Nursery v. H ayward’s Heath, at H ayward’s Heath, July 5. 235 for 2nd., Russell (A. C.)(238*) and H. G. Clark (83), Essex Club and Ground v. East London College, at Leyton, July 5. 211* for 6 th., R. L. Robinson (170 not out) and E. S. Jardein (55 not out), Oxford Harlequins v. Aldershot Comm and, at Aldershot, J uly 10 and 11. In the course of his long innings Robinson hit two 4’s and three 6’s off consecutive balls. Last Saturday’s play yielded several instances of rapid run- getting, a few of which may be detailed here. At Bromley, in Kent, the second eleven of Bromley Town were left with 154 to make in 64 minutes against Bexley Heath 2nd, and made such good use of the limited time at their command that at drawing of stumps their score-sheet read:— B ro m ley T own 2 nd XI. S. H. Bacon, n otou t .................... 122 I Byes, &c........................................... 9 A. W. Bulton, not out ..................... 86 | — Total (no w kt) ............217 Bacon hit six 6’s and sixteen 4’s and his vis-a-vis a 6 and eleven 4’s. At Hampton W ick, the home club had 140 to make in an hour against Mr. Westley’s XI. and won with ten minutes to spare, their captain, R. J. Sivers, setting his men a good example by running-up 65 in 20 minutes. When a shout from the scoring-box announced that victory had been gained the stumps were drawn. A little later, close inspection of the books showed that three runs were still required, whereupon the visitors, although the majority of them had changed, again took the field in order that the required number might be made. Even more remarkable than this fast scoring, however, was the run-getting by West Shene against Parson’s Green on the latter’s ground on the first day of the month. Parson’s Green declared with five wickets down for 236, leaving their opponents an hour and a-half to bat, during which time as many as 295 runs were made for the loss of two wickets. E. Hudson made 130 not out, H. C. Milman 58, C. Gouldsmith 68 and H. F. Milman 32 not out. Seven extras completed the total. Although the wickets almost everywhere were in favour of the batsmen at the end of last week several good performances were recorded with the ball. For York Sports Club v. Bexhill Trade E. Barker obtained five wickets with consecutive balls ; Clode, late of Surrey, whilst playing for Wearmouth v. Whitburn on the former’s ground, took four in fo u r; C. Oyston, who has appeared a few times for Yorkshire, obtained his one-thousandth wicket for Leeds in the course of the match with Bowling Old Lane, at Headingley; whilst D. Grahame took all ten wickets for 68 runs in a total of 142 for Butterflies v. Blackheath, at Blackheath ; and Arthur Caton performed similar service, at a cost of 66 runs, for Arlington and Leytonstone v. Barking, whose total was 169. In the latter match Barking, the home side, scored 169. On the same day Vernon Hill, the old Oxonian, secured eight wickets for 66 runs for Oxford Authentics against Household Brigade at Burton’s Court. On Monday last E. Bowden, playing for Lancashire 2nd X I. v. Manchester and District Association at Old Trafford, bowled unchanged through the latter’s first innings of 49, sending down ten overs for two runs and seven wickets. W AN D ERERS v. FOREST H IL L .— Played at Forest H ill on July 6 . Score T h e W an d erers . F orest H il l . Stanley Colm an, run out .......... 58 C. E. C. Lee, c Kenward, b B ridger 0 S. de Saram, b Green ................... 49 S. Silverthorne, st Roose, b Paine... S. Owens, b Bridger .................... 1 R . S. Paine, c Dart, b Green.......... 29 0 P. G. Gale, b A ndrew s ................... 65 A. G. Paton, b B rid g er..................... :5 R. Kenward, b Owens ................... S 8 S. Dart, b B r id g e r ............................. nt C. P. H urditch, b A n d re w s.......... 0 S. C. Andrew s, b P a in e ................... 0 G. U. B. Roose, b Owens 33 W. R. W illiam s, st Roose, b Paine S. C. Green, b Bridger ..................... 3 S. Stafford, not o u t ............................ 14 5 Byes, & c...................................... 0 C. Moore, c Roose, b P a in e ............ 1 — A. B. Nicholls, b Bridger ............ 3 Total (7 w kts)* .. 336 Flowers, n ot out .............................. 2 * Innings declared closed. B 6 , lb 1 ......................................... 7 P. P. Lincoln, E . J. Bridger and — R. L. Bowen did not bat. Total .............................. 35 HAM PSTEAD v. ST. TH OM AS’S July 8 . Score S t . T hom as ’ s H ospital . L. B. Shelley, c sub., b Dum belton 4 W. B. Laird, b D um belton ............ 4 C. G. W horlow , b D um belton ... 0 D. M. G ibson, c Farm iloe, b Eiloart 16 C. W. Sparke, lbw , b D um belton 39 A. F. Morcan, c Dunkley, b Eiloart 31 F. G. H um phreys, lbw , b Eiloart 0 G. E. Downs, b D u m belton ............ 0 E. H . Marshall, b Eiloart ............ 9 W. B. Foley, b D um belton ............ 1 H. A . Row ell, n ot out ..................... 0 B 7, lb 5, nb 1 ..................... 13 Total ..............................117 H O SPITAL.—Played at Chisw ick Park on H am pstead . L. J. R eid, c H um phreys, b W horlow ............................................... 12 E. W. Sutton, b W horlow ............ 21 A. Anderson, b W horlow ............ 27 G. G. Dum belton, c Laird, b Sparke 38 R. E. Eiloart, c Gibson, b Sparke 51 H. G. D unkley, not ou t................... 19 C. D. M cM illin, not ou t................... 29 B 23, lb 5............................. 2S Total (5 w kts) ............225 T. M. Farm iloe, G. M. Goodall and C. Spooner did not bat. BLANCO For Cleaning and Whitening White Buckskin and Canvas Shoes, Cricket Pads, and all other articles of a similar nature. It is prepared in a very careful manner, and extra precautions are taken to ensure an evenness of colour. 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