Cricket 1912

MAY 4, 1912. CEICKET : A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. 109 The card is a strong one, including whole-day matches with the Wanderers, Croydon, Sutton, Spencer, Beckenham, Ealing, M.C.C., and Mr. C. W. Goddard’s X I., and half-day with Purley, Hornsey, L. C. and W. Bank, Bed iington, Carshalton, Reigate Priory, Leatherhead, L. and S.W. Bank, Old Citizens, and O.M.T.’s. Two or three dates seem to be left, but it is possible these have now been filled. Doubt­ less the Secretary will not be sorry to hear from any strong club requiring a match for June 15, July 10, or July 31, however— the first date a Saturday, the other two Wed­ nesdays. There was some good Cricket in the Lancashire League, R. Waller, who topped the Rawtenstall averages last season, running up 83 for his club v. Burnley, A. Marshall making 104 for Todmorden v. Enfield, a score which very nearly gave his side victory after their opponents had declared with a wicket to fall, and George Parker, of Haslingden, like Waller a well-salted player, making 51 v. Lowerhouse. In the Central Lancashire League Lan­ caster beat Preston by 4 runs— 10*5 to 1(52—after a rare tussl e. No century was registered in Yorkshire Council matches ; but Captain White scored 88* and F. W. Elam 00 (Leeds v. Keighley), David Denton 58* (Wakefield v. Halifax), E. Oldroyd, the county colt, 32 (Dewsbury v. Birstallj, and there were four or five other fifties. The highest total of the day was 212 for five, by Leeds. A t Cambridge full advantage has been taken of the June-like weather that favoured the last full week in April, and many good innings have been played. R. Knight (St. John’s, Leatherhead, and Christ’s) has already been very prominent, with scores of 50* v. Selwyn, 104 v. Pembroke, and 150* v. St. Catharine’s. A. J. Wood (Denstone and St. Catharine’s) has run vip 62 v. Trinity Hall, and 86* v. Christ’s. W . N. Riley (Worcester Royal G.S. and St. Catharine’s) hit up 209* v. Corpus in a trifle over 2 hours, making one 6 and. 36 fours, and later scored 58* v. Trinity Hall. T. L. G. Turnbull, the Harrow hitter, made 59 and 93 in the Trinity Freshers’ match. C. J. Mann (Malvern) played a capital innings of 88 in the Pembroke Freshers’ game, and G. C. G. Mackern (Bradford) scored 77* for the same side. G. L. Waller has made two centuries for Sidney Sussex. For Clare v. King’s H. W. Thomas, the Rugger half, scored 72* and took 8 wickets for 43. E. A. Gunasekere (not an Indian, by the way, but a Sinhalese), played particularly well for 89 (Downing v. Caius). L. Marzetti (Tonbridge and Pembroke), C. M. Keddie (Dulwich and King’s), H. G. Vincent (Haileybury and Jesus) are among the others who have distinguished themselves up to the time of writing. Two Lincolnshire men, B. P. Nevile and W . A. Trasenster, were playing for Crusaders v. Jesus ; Trasenster scored 81 and took half-a-dozen wickets, and Nevile bowled pretty well. A. H. Lang, of Suffolk, hit up 90* in the Crusaders’ second. A fair number of the metropolitan clubs made a start on Saturday, when a bitter wind mocked the bright sun­ shine. Richmond Town beat Mortlake by only 5 runs in a game of small scores. O.M.T.’s made the highest total of the day, 308 v. Richmond, who could only aggregate 53 in response. E. N. Fuller scored 82, J. F. fiosken 49, J. S. Ryan 48 ; O. C. White took 5 wickets for 13, Albemarle and Friern Barnet ran up 223 for 9, declared, against Walham Green, but just failed to get a verdict, Walham Green having 9 down for 122 at call of time. W. Walton (71) and the genial secretary, William Lyon (59), were the chief scorers for Albemarle, a club with over 300 members and a real live organisation. F. Capps was top scorer for the other side. North Middlesex beat Waltham­ stow by 27 runs. W . D. Simmons had 7 for 52 for the losers. A. W . Fish’s 63 out of a total of 98 for Northbrook v. Addiscombe was good value ; he also took four wickets. Highgate defeated L. and N. W. Railway by 18 runs, A. J. Elliott’s 37 for Highgate and H. J. Paris’s 22 for the railway men being the only scores over 20. Honor Oak (S. H. Anson 62), closing at 165 for 9, defeated Bromley Town pretty easily. Forest Hill were all over Catford. Dulwich, with that old hand, P. H. Slater, top-scoring, beat Ibis in no uncertain fashion. Barking (A. Anderson 50) would probably have beaten Birn Bros, had their captain declared. Parson’s Green (F. England 52 not out, A. C. Higgs 38, F. G. Driver, 31) closured with 7 down for 149, and put out Clapham Ramblers for 41. Arlington and Leytonstone beat Manor Park (128 to 82), J. Miles top scorer of the match with 45. Chigwell beat Northern Assurance by 115 runs—did some one whisper that it was very like northern assurance to take on Chigwell ? Never mind ! Ilford and Beckton showed very start-of-the-season form— 56 and 43— good bowling but unco’ poor batting. Hammersmith and Norwood Green just a bit better— 90 and 57— but nothing to brag about there. Finchley and Hornsey— 120 and 95'—we go up as we go on. Shepherd’s Bush and Mill Hill Park— 120 and 89— just half a pace back. But here we have Beckenham Hockey Club putting it over Beckenham C.C. to the tune of 223 for 6 to 86—no wonder, with H. J. Goodwin (107) and C. S. Hurst (63) among the hockey men ! And Private Banks scored well v. the old Gowers— 210 for 5, declared, Harden and Ingersoll putting on 100 runs together. Old Charlton ran up 200 for 5, declared, Tyler scoring 73 and Goldsmith 57, and then lowered seven Sidcup wickets for 96. White House scored 182 for 6 (A. Jeacocke 57, Hooker 54) against Cyphers, then closured, and got 6 wickets of their opponents down for 136. Charlton Park and Eltham (176 for 6, declared, and 134 for 5 respec­ tively) played a close game. Granville (Lee) ran up 177 ; Bromley replied with 147 for 5, and left off with the best of the draw. South Hampstead made 204 for 4 (Bamford 106*) against Pinner, who replied with 133 for 2— 337 for 6 wickets—where were the bowlers ? Hounslow ran up 264 for 5 v. Central London Schools, whose total was only 69. Rushden (196 for 4) was the only Northants. club to make many runs, scoring r jling very small in most of the other matches. A t Leicester the County X I. played the Leicester Town League, before quite a large crowd. John Shields, going in last for the county side, was top scorer with 22 ; Knight, King, and Lord made 21 each. C. P. Pallett bowled remarkably well for the League team—- 8 wickets for under 50 runs. He is fairly fast, and he seems also to be clever ; provided he is qualified one expects to see him get an early trial in the county eleven. A. Howard made 40 for the League. B a t t e r s e a C.C., who seldom play to a crowd of less than a couple of thousand, and often have double that number looking on at a match, have as usual a capital card for their two elevens. Matches begin this week and continue to September 21. In the August Bank Holiday week the club tours in Sussex, playing Clifton (Brighton), Littlehampton (two days), Brighton Brunswick, and Worthing (two days). The other first eleven fixtures are with Paddington, Purley, Brixton, Beading, St. John’s College, White House, Shepherd’s Bush, Surrey C. and G., Ealing Dean, Cyphers, Richmond Town, Bromley Town, Derelicts, Heathfield, Stanley, and Upper Sydenham ; the second team, besides matches with the reserve strings of several of these clubs, meets Crofton Park, Royal Savoy, Aquarius, Welcome, and Birkbeck College. The new Hon. Sec., full of go and energy, is Mr. Thomas G. Carter (41, Commercial Road, Westminster). Another club which rejoices in plentiful support of spec­ tators —and that makes no end of difference—and a secretary of the right type is A l b e m a r l e a n d F r i e r n B a r n e t . Their card is quite a booklet; they have some 300 members, run four teams, and possess a lawn tennis section. The first eleven plays Walham Green, Fulham, Finchley East, Boston Park, Enfield, North Middlesex, Highgate, W. and S., Neasden, Crofton Park, Ealing Dean, Northbrook, Highgate, Amherst, and North London ; the mid-week side meets Fulham, High­ gate, Honor Oak, Boston Park, Hampton Wick, N. L. T., Amherst, Mr. S. A. Mussabini’s XI., and the Young Amateurs