Cricket 1911

410 C E IC K E T : A W EEK LY RECOED OF THE GAME. A ugu st 5 ,1 9 1 1 . Club Cricket. On Saturday last Dr. Wynn Westcott held an inquest at Bethnal Green on James Tibbits, aged eleven, who a few days before had returned home limping and informed his parents that while playing cricket in Victoria Park he slipped and fell, hurting his right hip. He became ill, and was taken to the Queen’s Hospital, where an abscess was found to have formed on the hip. A verdict of Accidental Death was returned. Another fatality in the cricket-field occurred on Saturday, when Mr. Ganter, a member of the Hampstead Iiiberal and Radical Association, suddenly fell dead whilst playing at Avenue Farm Fields, Cricklewood Lane. A doctor who was called pronounced the cause of death to be over-taxation of the heart. The Sutton C.C. Week, which was favoured throughout with brilliant weather, concluded on Saturday last. Of the six games played four were won and two lo st: last year not a single defeat was experienced during the six days, but this season both the M.C C. and Hampstead, who placed very strong sides in the field, got home. The wins were obtained over Banstead, the Butterflies, M.C.C. and Ground and Forest Hill, and one hundred was scored for the Club—by H. M. Forster (156) v. Butterflies, and one against—by R. B. Eiloart (142) for Hampstead. Mr. R. M. Bell again captained the side, and, although his batting was handicapped severely by a Photoby] Mr. R. M. BELL. [ Wayland , Sutton. broken thumb sustained whilst on tour in Egypt with the M.C.C.'s team, his bowling was of the greatest value. Against Banstead he took nine wickets in an innings—the tenth man was run out, and in the concluding fixture of the Week obtained his one-hundredth of the season for Sutton. Mr. Bell, who is a slow right-handed bowler with an off-break, played a good deal a few years ago with London County, and is a member of many clubs, including the M.C.C., Melbourne, Wanderers and Surrey County. He obtains many l.b.w. decisions with straight balls. Mr. Eliot Albert Cross Druce, who made 132 and 108 not out for Blue Mantles v. Old Cliftonians at Tunbridge Wells last week, is first-cousin of Messrs. W. G. and N. F. Druce. On Monday last he obtained spectacles for the Mote v. Band of Brothers, and so within the space of a few days had a remarkable experience of the game’s uncertainty. He was educated at Marlborough and Cam­ bridge, but was not in either Eleven, though he p’ ayed later on a few occasions for Kent. Having been bom at Weybridge, he possesses a birth qualification for Surrey, for which county he has yet to make his first appearance. During his time he has, like many other cricketers, done great things on the run-getting wickets of East­ bourne. There it was that, in 1907, he made 140 not out and 132 for Trinity Wanderers v. Eastbourne, and there it was that, seven years earlier, he played a not-out innings of 201—also for Trinity Wanderers v. Eastbourne— and in partnership with V. P. Johnstone (120) put on 293, which still ranks as a world’s record for the ninth wicket. H. Clode, who played occasionally for Surrey about ten years or so ago, was well to the fore in a Durham Senior League match on Saturday. Playing for Wearmouth v. Philadelphia, on the Wear- mouth ground, he took all ten wickets in an innings at a cost of but 30 runs. We have been asked to express an opinion on an umpire’s ruling in the Lancashire League match between Church and Accrington. It appears that a batsman named Savage, in trying to place a ball from Llewellyn to leg, swung round and, in recover­ ing his position, trod on the wicket and removed a bail. He was adjudged out, whereupon the captain of the batting side went on to the field to appeal against the ruling. The umpire gave his verdict on the ground that the batsman disarranged his wicket in completing his stroke. It was a sound decision—so far as one can judge from the facts furnished; and, in any case, the captain of the in side had no business to act in the manner he is reported to have done. Long partnerships in Irish cricket continue to be recorded. Twice during the present season have we chronicled a first-wicket stand of over three hundred, and now particulars have reached us of a partnership of 352. It was for Leinster v. Pembroke at Mount Pleasant on July 28th and 29th, and the appended score will show who were the chief performers:— L e in s t e r . H. V. Parkinson, not out Byes, &c............ 10 21 Total ^3 wkts)* 407 G. J. Meldon, c Carroll, b Bonass L. Johnston, c and b Perrin......... 21 R. H. Lambert, c Preston, b Kelly 168 L. A. Meldon, not out ............... 204 * Innings declared closed. The pair, at one period of their association, put on 168 in an hour, and the total reached 400 in two hours and 35 minutes from the start. Lambert made his runs in a couple of hours and hit three 6’s and twenty-five 4’s : L . A. Meldon made six 6’s and twenty-six 4’s. Pembroke were dismissed for 136 and 83 and beaten by an innings and 248 runs. 991 runs for thirteen wickets is pretty good going, all will admit. That was the result of the match at Sidmouth on Friday and Saturday last between Old Brutonians and Sidmouth, and, but for a heavy storm which stopped play on the second day, the run-getting would have been even heavier. The Old Boys declared with three wickets down for 526 (P. W . Vasey, 282 not out; H. E. Hippisley, 150) and Sidmouth replied with 412 (J. F. Orchard, of Devon fame, 216 not out) and 53 without loss. The Old Brutonians’ score was run up in three hours and 10 minutes, and Vasey and Hippisley added 396 for the third wicket. E. H. D. Sewell’s record for last week is noteworthy. On the Monday he made 155 for Slough v. Motor Club, on the next day got 49 for M.C.C. v. Windsor Home Park, on Wednesday 110 for Slough v. Rev. P. H. Eliot’s X I., on Thursday 40 not out in a quarter of an hour for M.C.C. v. Slough, and on Friday 117 for Bucks Club and Ground v. L . de Rothschild’s XI. It may prove that the 117 will be his last innings, as after it he collapsed from heart failure and had to have strychnine injected. He was carried into bed on a stretcher, and, to use his own words, "several cricket things are now for sale.” Everyone will hope that the outlook will prove brighter than at present appears likely, especially as he will be qualified for Bucks next year. On Saturday Sunderland, the present leaders in the Durham Senior Cricket League, entertained Durham City, last season’ s champions, at Ashbrooke, Sunderland. The City batted first and were dismissed by Cecil Brooks and Morris for 120. For Sunderland the brothers Hubert and Cecil Brooks opened the innings and knocked off the runs without being separated. Three wickets, how­ ever, fell after the winning hit had been made. H . Brooks made 80 not out and his brother 55. In the last five matches for Sunderland Hubert Brooks’ scores have been 50 not out, 50 not out, 99, 50 and 80 not out. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. G. D. H ak. —They played 16 times between 1890 and 1899, Kent winning 8 and losing 3 and 5 being drawn. “ C e y lo n .” —Mr. W. T. Greswell is still qualified for England. Your'letter in an early issue. 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