Cricket 1912

108 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OP THE GAME. M a y 4, 1912. now lie has organised the Edmonton Cricket League, with the Edmonton, Hudson’s Bay, Caledonian, Swift-Canadian and Strathcona clubs as its original members ; a full schedule of matches has been arranged ; and with E. H. G. as Secretary-Treasurer the League is bound to boom. Besides the League matches, Edmonton will play in 1912 Calgary, Mannville, Macleod, Eort Saskatchewan, Red Deer, Pine Lake, Wetaskiwin, and possibly Lethbridge and Pincher Creek. I cannot find some of these places on the map— and mine is not an old atlas, either— but in these days no map-maker can keep pace with Canadian activity. Luck to them all, anyway, for the sake of the grand old game ! Club Cricket Notes and Jottings. The S t a n m o r e C.C. (Hon. Sec. Mr. J. Harrison) has an excellent card, which includes the names of Harrow, Pinner, Wealdstone, South Hampstead, West Herts., Willesden, Edgware, Bushey, Kilburn, Fulham Palace, Old Citizens, L. & N. W. Railway, Hampstead Nomads, Westbourne Park Wanderers, Hampstead Itinerants, U.C.S. Old Boys, Hampstead, Highgate, Palmer’s Green, O .M.T.’s, and Magdalen Park. Mr. V. P. Royle—a son, one guesses, of that famous old player, the Rev. Vernon Royle— is the club’s captain. For its thirtieth season the O l d C h a r l t o n C.C. has 23 first team matches— besides those for the Cricket Week, July 22-26, not yet fixed—20 second team games, and 14 mid-week fixtures. The first eleven’s matches are with Sidcup, Dulwich, White House, Woolwich Garrison, Ibis, Blackheath, Lessness Park, Charlton Park, West Kent Wanderers, Beckenham, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Ilford, Derrick Wanderers, and Lewisham Wanderers. Mr. R. Morgan (1, Thomas St., Woolwich) is the general Hon. Sec. The D u l w ic h C.C.—or, rather, the cricket section of a club which also runs lawn tennis, hockey, croquet, and bowls as various phases of its activities— boasts a card of over 60 matches for its three teams, among the sides met being Sutton, Streatliam, Wanstead, London County Asy­ lum, Townley Park, Surrey C. & G., Croydon, Richmond, Ewell, Forest Hill, Cyphers, Old Charlton, Dulwich College, Derrick Wanderers, Hampton W ick, Bromley, Carshalton, Bickley Park, L. and County Bank, Walton, White House, Beddington, Epsom, Middlesex County Asylum, Spencer and— last-named, certainly not least— the Wanderers. Messrs. F. W . Ellis (Laverstock, Stradella Road, Herne Hill) and F. Huntley (13, Hillbury Road, Tooting Common) are joint Hon. Secs. For the U p p e r T o o t in g C.C.’s matches, as for Rich­ mond’s, managers are appointed. The joint Hon. Secs, are Messrs. A. H. Parez (Blenheim Mansions, Westminster, and D. H. Butcher (3, Hillbury Road, Tooting Common), the last-named one of several club cricketers who would have done big things in the upper circles with more leisure. D id he not score an excellent century for Surrey v. Scotland a few years ago ? Mr. Parez manages the Devon Tour in August, when two-day matches with Seaton and Sidmouth will be played ; the others who take matches in hand are Messrs. Butcher, R. Curtis Hayward, J. A. Lyon, R. M. Harvey, R. R. Sandilands, L. V. Harper (one of Surrey’s many captains in the interregnum period, and a rare good bat), and S. Wheater. Two teams are run ; and matches are played with the Old Johnians, Kenley, Beckenham, Wimbledon, Streatham, Chiswick Park, Hampstead, Sur­ biton, Surrey C. & G., Charlton Park, Blue Mantles, Sutton, Banstead, Barnes, Southgate, Norbury Park, the Wanderers, Caterham, Richmond, Middlesex Asylum, Epsom and Oxted. The O l d W h it g if t ia n s (Hon. Sec. Mr. Carter Pegg, Alnwick House, London Road, Thornton Heath) have behind them a record of twenty-six years’ good cricket. They run two elevens, and the first plays Whitgift School (of course), Beddington, Wimbledon, Cyphers, New Beckenham, Caterham, Purley, Sutton, Catford, Ewell, Guy’s Hospital, Old Olavians, Teddington, White House, Spencer, H.A.C., Private Banks, L. C. & Westminster Bank, and Forest Hill, while the second, besides matches with the second strings of some of these clubs, meets Netherne Asylum, Dalgety, Eversleigh, Sunderstead, and other good sides. H a m p s t e a d is another of the clubs which go in for the managerial system, and as many as 30 members do duty in this way during the season-^—Messrs. R. E. Eiloart, (Hon. S ec.,5, Canterbury Mansions, Lymington Road,N .W .), W. S. Hale, S. S. Pawling, W. R. Moon, M. A. S. Sturt, L. J. Reid, G. F. Farmiloe, L. E. Thomas, G. S. Hickson, G. M. Hodgson, J. Kerr, H . G. Dunkley, J. G. Donaldson, C. H. Chaldecott, R. S. Challands, J. T. Ash, J. Mackie, R. Leigh Ibbs, G. R. Perkins, F. Danford Thomas, J. C. Toller, R. S. Everitt, E. L. Marsden, D. T. Monteath, G. Crosdale, C. D. D. McMillin, E. E. Barnett, H . S. Maclure, G. J. S. Pitts, and E. W . H . Beaton. This list of names is eloquent of the strength of what, without disparagement to other organisations, may fairly be considered the leading club in the MetrojJolitan district. Three teams are run on most Saturdays, and there are also Wednesday matches. The sides met are : London Scottish, Hornsey, Stoics, Granville, Ealing, Guy’s Hospital, Surbiton, Richmond, University C.S., Mr. E. E. Barnett’s X I., Berkhamsted School, South Hampstead, Southgate, Trojans, Upper Tooting, Harrow School 2nd, Royal Naval College, Queen's Club, Pinner, St. Thomas’s Hospital, Streatham, Brentwood, Woodford Wells, Guy’s Hospital, Nondescripts, Hanwell Asylum, the Wanderers, Easton Lodge, Hornsey, Sutton, Highgate School, Wimbledon, Chesham, Finchley, Bromley Aldenham School, Uxbridge, West Herts, Beaconsfield, U.C.S. Old Boys, M.C.C., Private Banks, Stanmore, H.A.C., Hampstead Hockey Club, and Colney Hatch. These are the matches for all teams of this Club ; no attempt has been made to classify, since each of the Hampstead teams, when three are pi aying, is well above average club strength, even as strong clubs go. The cricket week is July 22-27, when Old Harrovians, Butterflies, Middlesex, Cryptics, Mr. J. G. Fawcus’s X I, and M.C.C. are met. Each of the thirty volumes of this paper thus far issued contains Hampstead Club scores, and for such old and loyal supporters as the Hampstead men C r ic k e t feels a warm regard. R iv e r P l a t e H o u s e C.C. play the great majority of their matches at home, all but three or four, indeed. The clubs met include Stockwell Park, Union Castle, Streatham Hill, Chartered Bank of India, Crofton Wan­ derers, Dulwich Hamlet, Lauderdale, South American Banks, Bellefield, Clapton Wanderers, Walton-on-Thames, Old Colfeians, Oxshott, Roupell Park, and Paul E. Schewder C.C. The Hon. Sec. is Mr. W . C. Wheatley (River Plate House, Finsbury Circus, E.C.). Mr. A. M. L a t h a m (13, King’s Bench Walk, Temple, E .C .) still retains the Secretaryship of the W a n d e r e r s C.C. Their card appears hereunder. All matches are away, of course, since the club has no ground. May 4.—Bickley Park. , 9.—Hampton Wick. , 11.— St. Bart’s Hospital. , 15.— Sutton. , 18.—Uxbridge. , 25.—Norbury Park W. , 27.—Leatherhead. ,' 28.— St. John’s Sch. (L’h ’d). June 1.—Ealing. , 3.— Surrey C. and G. , 5.—Pallingswick. , 8.—Hanwell Asylum. , 15.—Sanatorium (Vir.Water) , 19.—Wellingboro’ Masters. ,. 22.— Ilford. , 26.—Hampstead. , 29.—Guy’s Hospital. July 1.—Streatham. , 4.—Forest Hill. July 6.—Granville (Lee.). ,, 11.—Upper Tooting. ,, 13.—Richmond. ,, 15.— Kenley. „ 20.—Epsom. ,, 23.'—Sutton. ,, 25.—Purley. ,, 27.—East Molesey. Aug. 1.—Dulwich. ,, 3.—Pinner. „ 5.— Sevenoaks. „ 10. —High Wycombe. ,, 14.—Beigate Priory. ,, 19, 20.—Tonbridge. ,, 21, 22.—Eastbourne. „ 23, 24.—Eye. ,, 26, 27. —South Saxons. Sep. 10.—Young Surrey Amateurs. N o r b u r y P a r k W a n d e r e r s (Hon. Sec. Mr. H. C. Plummer, 38, Conyers Road, Streatham, S .W .) is an old club under a new name. Everybody knows Norbury Park.