Cricket 1911

S ept . 9, 1911. CEICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 509 ^Vir. jVl. 1 ^. Dickson. Photo by] []V. //. Qeddeg & Son, Arbroath. M r. M . R. D ICKSON. 50 ; but he did nothing much in his other trials, and seems never to have been looked upon as a likely candidate for a blue. He was in good com pany; Mr. T. A. L. Whittington was up at Corpus at the same time, and it is safe to say that Dickson and Whittington were better batsmen in po<se, if not in esse, than several blues of their day. Mr. Dickson made his first appearance as a represen tative Scottish cricketer against the South Africans at Edinburgh, in July, 1904. This was the match in which Louis Tancred hit so finely for 250. In the first innings of the home side Dickson was second highest scorer, with 25 ; in the second he made 69 out of 130 from the bat when practically everyone else failed. Against the Australians in the following season his 62 not out—again the highest score for Scotland in the match—saved his side from defeat. In 1906 he did little against Surrey; but in the game against the West Indians, when he had the honour of captaining the Scottish eleven, he was highest scorer in each innings, with 36 and 81, showing capital form, though in his first innings he had the luck to be missed before he had scored. Nine and 23 were his contributions against the South Africans at Edinburgh in 1907; in the following season, captaining Scotland against Notts, he made 22 and 53, only T. A. Bowie (66 and 14) scoring more runs for the home side. Again figuring as captain against the Australians in 1909, he played an excellent second innings of 41. Mr. Dickson has played at times for Forfarshire, and on one occasion made 138 for that county v. Perthshire ; but most of his cricket in Scotland has been for the Arbroath United and Grange (Edinburgh) clubs. He has also played at times for M.C.C., the Free Foresters, the Old Marlburians, and other clubs. His highest innings to date is 203 not out for Merton College v. St. Paul’s S chool; and among his other long scores may be mentioned 179 for Grange v. Northumberland, 179 for Merton College v. Royal Fusiliers, 160 for Free Foresters v. Household Brigade, and 103 for Grange v. M.C.C. at Lord’s. He once fielded out for a total of ten, made by Swindon against the M.C.C. eight or nine years ago ; but he considers that the most extraordinary match he ever played in was that between the Old Marlburians and Liverpool in 1907. The teams tied on the first innings, and when time was called they were again exactly level, though the old boys then had three wickets in hand. _________ J. N. P e ntelo w . BERKSHIRE v. DORSET.— Played at Reading on August 14 and 15 and won by Berks by 98 runs. Score and analysis First innings. B e r k s h ir i G. G. M. Bennett, c Colton, b Harrison H. Brougham, c and b Cummins .............. Shoosmith, c Kindersley, b Harrison G. Belcher, st Kindersley, b Sewell............. Dr. W. Y. Woodburn, b Sewell ............. A. J. Murdoch, b Cummins .............. Sir C. Y. Nepean, c Knight, b Sewell J. H. B. Lockhart, c Knight, b Sewell Capt. E. F. Rowe, c Goodden, b Sewell Hawkesworth, not o u t.................................... H. F. Willcocks, c Gordon, b W ebb.............. Byes, &c......................................... Total .................................... First innings. D o r se t . F. A. S. Sewell, c Murdoch, b Lockhart K. H. S. Bolton, b Hawkesworth .............. A.M. Harrison, c Woodburn, bHawkesworth C. J. B. Webb, lbw, b Willcocks ............ H. B. Cummins, c Bennett, b Willcocks ... G. M. Gordon, b Hawkesworth .............. Knight, b Lockhart .............. C. P. Goodden, c Hawkesworth, b Lockhart P. P. Hope, not out .................................... C. H. L. Kindersley, c Nepean, b Lockhart W. Harrison, b Lockhart ......................... Byes, &c............................................. E. Second innings. 16 c Hope, b S ew e ll.............. 4 77 c Gordon, b Sewell 86 6 c A. Harrison, b Sewell ... 45 17 not out ......................... 20 30 c Bolton, b W ebb.............. 29 4 b Cummins......................... 5 1 c and b Sewell .............. 9 9 b Cummins......................... 2 7 run out ......................... 6 26 c and b Sewell .............. 6 27 b Cumm ins......................... 10 2 Byes, &c.................... 17 222 Total .............. 239 Second innings 62 st Rowe, b Lockhart 8 20 b Hawkesworth .............. 23 13 c Shoosmith, b Hawkes­ worth ......................... 1 19 b Hawkesworth ... 53 3 c Bennett, b Woodburn ... 23 25 c Lockhart, b Willcocks ... 5 0 c Murdoch, b Lockhart ... 31 18 c Belcher, b Hawkesworth 28 6 c and b Hawkesworth 0 4 not out ......................... 10 0 b Hawkesworth .............. 0 5 Byes, &c.................... 6 Total ..................175 Total . 188 First innings. B e r k s h ir e . Second innings. O . M. R. W. O . M. R- w . W. Harrison ... 14 2 63 2 .................... ... 4 0 15 0 Sewell ... 23 2 95 5 .................... ... 18 1 76 5 Cummins ... ... 20 1 til 2 .................... ... 23*2 2 77 3 Webb ... 3 0 1 1 ................ ... 10 0 38 1 Hope ... 2 0 16 0 Cummins bowled one no-ball and Sewell one wide. First innings. D o r se t . Second inniners. O . M. R. W. O . M. R. w . Belcher 2 0 22 0 ... ... Willcocks ... ... 4 1 11 2 .................... 6 3 11 1 Hawkesworth ... 16 8 30 3 .................... ... 21-3 9 28 6 Lockhart ... ... 12 3 1 75 5 .................... ... 22 0 118 2 Woodburn ... ... 6 1 32 0 .......... ... 10 2 25 1 Lockhart bowled five no-balls. GLAMORGAN v. BUCKS.— Played at Neath on August 14 and 15 and won by Glamorgan by an innings and 176 runs. Score and analysis :— G l a m o r g a n . N. V. H. Riches, b Hearne P. Morris, b F r i t h ......................... Bancroft (W. J.), c Le Gros, b Wright .................................... H. G. Symonds, c Jennison, b Le Gros .................................... L. Robotham, b Le G ro s .............. Maxwell, not out ......................... T. A. L. Whittington, b Jackson First innings. W* L. Jackson, b Maxwell N. D. C. Rose, c Riches, b Maxwell P. W. Le Gros, b Maxwell E. J. Leat, b M axw ell............. H. Jennison, c Creber, b Maxwell C. H. Alison, b C rcber............. P. L. Frith, b Maxwell............. M. Wright, b Creber ............. T. R. Kent, c Davis, b Maxwell W. Wheeler, not out ............. Hearne, b Maxwell ............. Byes, &c. Total ................ 194 Gwyn Thomas, c Frith, b Jackson 0 18 E. A. Billings, c Leat, b Le Gros 10 J. D. D. Davies, c Hearne. b 54 Wheeler .................................... 27 Creber, st Frith, b Hearne 2 14 o Byes, &c. .............. 54 54 Total......................... 452 25 B u c k s . Second innings. ... 6 c Robotham, b Maxwell ... 2 ... 7 not out ......................... 4 ... 0 b Creber ......................... 4 ... 35 c Robotham b Creber ... 13 ... 16 b Creber ............. 0 ... 8 b M axw ell......................... 14 ... 31 b Maxwell ......................... 18 ... 0 c Riches, b Creber.............. 3 ... 12 c Billings, b Maxwell 85 c Billings, b Maxwell 5 ... 0 b Creber ......................... 0 ... 6 Byes, &c................... 0 . ... ... 128 Total ................. 148 Mr. Maurice Rhynd Dickson, quite one of the best batsmen Scotland has ever produced, was born at Panbride, Forfarshire, on the 2nd January, 1882. He received his earliest lessons in the science of cricket - incidentally, of course, in other branches of learning—at St. Ninian’s School, Moffat; thence he passed on to Marlborough, where he was three seasons, 1898, 1899 and 1900 in the eleven, and captain in his last year. For the three seasons he had the very creditable batting record of 39 innings, three times not out, 975 runs, average 27*08. Among his contemporaries were Messrs. R. H. Spooner, a magnificent batsman even as a boy, G. G. Napier, whom Mr. Dickson considers the finest schoolboy bowler he ever saw, E. S. and N. C-. Phillips, H. Bomford and W . H. Thorburn. The last- named gentleman, who captained Scotland v. Ireland at Glasgow recently, has since become Mr. Dickson’s brother-in-law. Proceeding to Merton College, Oxford, the ex-captain of Marl­ borough scored well in the Freshmen’s match of 1901, making 38 and