Cricket 1911

A u g u s t 19, 1911. CEICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. 455 Club Cricket. There was some rapid scoring on the B ath Association ground last week. A t the conclusion of the first innings between that club and the Rhondda Nomads, it was decided each side should bat half an hour. The Welshmen made 107 in their thirty m inutes, but the Bathonians were much more rapid, 189 standing to their credit at the end of h alf an hour. Of these E . A. Freem an piled up 10 2 in twenty-three minutes. On Saturday last Battersea concluded a pleasant week’s cricket in Sussex with a two-day m atch against W orthing. In the course of the game 1,020 runs were made for twenty-eight wickets, a number which, it is said, constitutes a record for the ground. The play on the second day was exciting and interesting throughout. At three o’clock Battersea declared with two wickets down for 290, leaving the home side 335 to make to win. T hat number was successfully obtained for the loss of six wickets, the winning hit being made five minutes before time. H . Mathews claimed 149 of the runs and M. Sivers 88. Arthur Mold, the old Lancashire bowler, playing for Adderbury in their cricket week, did a very fine bowling performance on Friday last against a strong district team , which included some good second-class county players. He took eight wickets for 15 runs, seven being clean bowled at a terrific pace. He several times knocked a stump ten yards. During Ju ly and August m any well-known cricketers find their way to Eastbourne, the consequence being that several interesting matches are played on the Saffrons and other grounds in the locality. Generally, the side representing Eastbourne can be trusted to hold its own, but that it is not alw ays so was proved when B exh ill were met, on the Bexhill ground, on Frid ay and Saturday last. The home side ran up 574, the chief honours being carried off by W . Green- stock (253), presumably the ex-Worcestershire player, and E . S. B . W illiams (13 1), who put on 294 together for the second wicket. Greenstock hit seven 6’s and 48 fours, and Eastbourne were dis­ missed for 86 and 187 and beaten by an innings and 30 1 runs. It is only right to add that on the same day Eastbourne were playing the Charterhouse F riars, and therefore were not at full strength. But, even so, the victory of B exh ill was a notable one. On the previous Wednesday, Greenstock had made 54 for B exh ill v. South Saxons at Bexhill, scoring 194 for the first wicket in partnership with B . G. Cowley (139). One of the most interesting club matches in the London district at the end of last week was that between Hampstead and Beddington on the form er’s ground. It was the first game in which the two sides had ever met, and was won comfortably by Beddington by 82 runs. The brothers B eay bowled with such effect that only two of the Hampstead players reached double-figures. W ilfred B eay, one of the finest amateur bowlers in the South of England, had already obtained about 120 wickets for the club this season. He completed his twentieth year in Ju n e last, but is prevented by the claim s of business from taking part in first-class cricket. One is glad to see that F . G . J . Ford is still able to make his presence felt against good-class bowling. As recently as Monday last he scored 120 for B ye against M .C.C., whose team included Young, Beeves and White. There are very m any who will be able to recall with much pleasure some of the fine freely-hit innings plaved by this brilliant left-hander at Lord’s, and have regretted that his departure from first-class cricket was hastened by an accident. W hilst taking part in a match at the Hastings Festival in 1898 he received a very severe blow from a fast ball delivered by Richardson, aDd as recently as three or four years ago informed the writer that he occasionally still felt the after-effects of it. H e played in great m atches in the following year, and made over a thousand runs, but the blow caused him to retire from serious cricket sooner than he would have done otherwise. There was a thrilling finish to the match on the pretty Torquay- ground on the 7th and 8th inst. between Torquay and Chiswick Park. T he visitors were set 269 to win anil wanted 40 when A. C. Hayhoe went in, last man, and joined E . P. C. Collin. Together the pair made the runs, the tourists accordingly pulling through with a wicket to spare. Hayhoe made 1 1 of the number, and Collin carried out his bat for 128 . Many men have been knighted for doing much less. At one time Torquay was the recognized headquarters of Devonshire cricket, and for m any years the Torquay “ Week ” was a great cricket attraction. It was there that, in 1866, the late Bev. J . F . Scobell played his great innings of 269 for Gentlemen of Devon against Gentlemen of Dorset. W. J . Ford, on one occasion, whilst visiting Torquay with a touring side, hit a ball out of the ground into a turnip-field and put up a brace of partridges. On another occasion Herbert T indall, a brother of M essrs. H . C. L . and S . M. Tindall, went in last, owing to an injury, for another touring side (we believe the Ishm aelites) and made over a hundred—a feat of the rarest occurrence. A few years ago the Torquay C.C. could boast one of the most picturesque pavilions in the country, but a few days after it had been photographed for Cricket a spark from a traction-engine ignited the thatched roof and the building sustained severe damage. D r. H enry Maturin, of Marlborough, M iddlesex and H am pshire, still keeps up the game despite the fact that he is in his seventieth year. As recently as B an k H oliday (August 7th) he took four wickets in five balls in a match v. H artley Bow, his analysis for the innings being five for 10. He made his first appearance at Lo rd ’s in Ju n e, 1859, in company with Edward Hume and S. C. Voules, for Marlborough College against the M .C .C . Scores and Biographies describes him as “ An excellent batsman, with a fine free style ; an energetic field, and a fair, fast round-arm bowler.” It is pleasant to find an old county cricketer able to hold his own when in his seventieth year, especially as m any men decline m iserably upon golf some time before they reach the age mentioned. The present has been a wonderful season for batsmen, and scarcely a week has passed without a player m aking two separate hundreds in a m atch. In club cricket last week D. C. Collins, the Cambridge Blue, did so for Market Drayton against old Cheltonians, his scores being 13 3 and 136. Many w ill recall that in the Seniors’ m atch of two years ago he made 1 1 3 and 13 8 for M r. B . T . H. Mackenzie’s X II. v. Mr. A. W. Griffin’s X II. , A match has been arranged and will take,place on September 1st, at Wormwood Scrubbs, between the Clement Talbot Motor Company and a team representing the Motoring Press. Mr. P . C. Coote will captain the Press team , while it is hoped that the following amongst others w ill play for the jo u rn alists: Messrs. F . W. Cram , L . M. M eyrick-Jones, W. Standring, E . Basted, and P . E . Canning B aily. FL A X BOURTON v. BACKW ELL HOUSE.— Played at Flax Bourton on August 5 and left drawn. The visiting side consisted of eleven members of of the Robinson family. Score B a c k w e l l H o u s e . Foster Robinson, b Brookes ... 21 Percy Robinson, b Brookes ... 17 Guy Robinson, c andb E. O. Evans 16 Theo. Robinson, b Brookes ... 47 Harold Robinson, b E. O. Evans... 0 Stanley Robinson, c James, b E. O. Evans .................................... 1 Eric Robinson, b Hudden.............. 48 Lawrence Robinson, b Brookes ... 0 Vivian Robinson, b Brookes ... 0 Geoffrey Robinson, b Brooks ... 0 George Robinson, not out............. 1 B 15, nb 2 ......................... 17 Total.........................168 F l a x B o u r to n . E. A. Hughes, b P. Robinson ... 4 H. Chidgey, b P. Robinson ... 4 W. E. C. Hudden, c L., b P. Rob­ inson ....................................10 Capt. W. T. Brookes, not out ... 78 L. B. Caudwell, c T .,bP. Robinson 1 H. W. James, b P. Robinson ... 22 E. O. Evans, b P. Robinson ... 0 E. D. Evans, b P. Robinson ... 0 S. H . Gillard, c E., b P. Robinson 6 A. Bradfield, not out .............. 0 B 8, lb 1, nb 3 .............. 12 Total (8 wkts.) ... 137 H . Richmond did not bat. BLANCO For Cleaning and Whitening White Buckskin and CanYas Shoes, Cricket Pads, and all other articles o f a similar nature. 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