Cricket 1912

M ay 18, 1912. CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. 145 O x fo r d C ity C.C. is just upon eighty years old. Eheu, fug aces annos !— before we have time to lool: round, its centenary will be here, The Hon. Sec. is Mr. H. T. Lawendon 1 116, Southfield Ed., Oxford). The first eleven has a full card, playing matches chiefly with the colleges during May and June, and later meeting strong teams such as Witney, Swindon, Reading. Leamington, High Wycombe, Mr. H. Tubb’s X I, Heythrop Hunt, and Lord Jersey's XI. The Ealing club has just lost the Rev. E. Ure, one of its best all-round players, who goes to take up work under the Rev. F. H. Gillingham at Bordesley. As a makeweight, however, they again have the help of that accomplished batsman, Capt. E. H. B. Stanley, who used to play for them years ago. D. R. Osborne, a splendid bowler, will play more regularly, and the other D. R .—Dangar, to wit—finds bis damaged knee stronger, and will turn out whenever possible. J. P. Sargent is now up at Oxford, and will be miwsed from the earlier matches. Of course Hastings Squire is skipper again ; it is very unlikely anyone else will be called upon to fill that rule while he is available. The F u lh a m C.C. (Joint Hon. Secs., Mr. A. E. S. Bramwell, 042, Fulham Rd., S.W ., and Mr. E. A. Chandler, Swan Brewery, Fulham), has an excellent card of matches for every Thursday and Saturday during the season, with a second eleven list for Saturdays. The Week is July 15-20, beginning with Luton and finishing with Parson’s Green. Among the other clubs met are Battersea, Roe- hampton, Addiscombe, Lauderdale, Albemarle and Friern Barnet, Kensington (N. & S.), and Malden Wanderers. In glorious weather on Wednesday in last week Ealing were at home to their neighbours, Ealing Dean, and won in no dubious fashion—273 for 7, dec., to 139. Captain Stanley’s 86* was a delightful innings, and Tolkien, who scored over 1,100 runs for the club last year, played in his old form for 63. The Dean were with­ out two of their best bowlers, D. E. Lewis and T. Walker. On the same day that old war horse, F. R. D’O Monro, of Hampstend, took a capital century against the Stoics, who were beaten by 77 runs after a good fight. At Birmingham the Warwickshire C. and G., with Willie Quaife as captain, played the Nondescripts. Charles- worth rattled up 86. The game was drawn much in the C. and G.’s favour. Essex C. and G. put a very strong side in the field against Beckton. C. J. Kortright took 5 for 59. Keeble and Sutton made a decent start, and later on Easton aud Stantou (49*) batted pluckily; but Kortright and A. C. Russell were too much for the rest. The last-named and J. Freeman each scored 73, and put on 116 for the first wicket in 70 minutes. On Thursday the Wanderers beat Hampton Wick by 79 runs, Graburn’s five wickets for 36 being the most outstanding feature of the game. The man who did such good work for the Surrey C.C.C. while coaching at the Oval is still a power on the sward, though he owns to 47 years. R. Kenward, the cld Derbyshire and L.C.C.C. man, top-scored. Frank Foster captained the Warwickshire C. and G. v. Birmingham University, but the students proved no match for what was nearly a full county side. F. G. Stephens (sixteen 4’s) hit up 81 in \ery quick time, and Parsons lowered 6 wickets for 29. St. Lawrence, Canterbury, played a draw with the King’s School, fifties by Finn and J. Murrin for the club and by Ashenden for the school being the chief incidents of the game. For Essex C. and G. v. Loughton on Friday Percv Perrin and Carpenter each scored over 70, and then retired. A. C. Russell took 6 wickets for 30, and might be worth trying a bit more at the bowling crease for the county. Durham and Manchester Universities met at Fallowfield on Thursday and Friday, Durham winning by 7 wickets. G. C. Seymour (86 and 34 not out) and N. Hodges (26 and 56 not out) batted uncommonly well for the victors, G. H. Whittall (61 and 51) for the beaten side. L. C. & W. Bank, without Kirk, went down to Private Banks on Saturday, in spite of another excellent bowling performance (7 for 56) by Mills. Scoring ruled low, on the whole. It was higher in Ealing v. Hampstead, Donaldson playing a fine innings of 90 for the visitors, while G. G. Dumbelton scored 54. Tolkien then took three wickets in 4 balls, but the tail played up a bit. The finish was full of excitement, but Ealing held out, and at drawing of stumps still had a wicket to fall. It is all very well to carp at drawn games; but a draw like this is far better value than an easy victory for either side. Coode hit hard, and Captain Stanley and Bolter played well. Another Hampstead team, playing at home, had a rare tussle with Granville, the last wicket going down when only three runs were wanted for victory. For Granville Lincoln made top score; Chaldecott and Kerr were the chief run-getters for the losers. White House beat Old Charlton by 4 wickets at Bellingham, thanks mainly to a fine innings by A. Jeacocke, who looks like doing even better than he did in 1911. Fresco aud Pitt batted well for O. C. Alleyn defeated Union Castle quite easily, Cox taking 7 wickets at a very small cost. The Hon. Sec. of the L a n cin g O. B .’s C.C. is now Mr. Alfred C. Harper (Elmshade, Kenley), who has succeeded his son, Mr. E. E. N. Guy Harper in the post. The club does not begin its matches till May 25, and has only a dozen in all, playing Surbiton, Caterham, Kenley, Old Johnians, East Grinsteal, Lancing College, and (at Lancing, August 7-10), Worthing, Priory Park (Chichester), Sussex Martlets, and Steyning. L. & N.W .R. is an athletic club with a cricket section. Lawn tennis, bowls, hockey, swimming, football, and harriers also figure on its card, and it holds open-air concerts on its ground at Wembley Park. Four cricket elevens are run, all with an excellent list of fixtures, among the clubs met by the tirst being Highgate, Stanmore, Harpenden, Kensington, Hampstead Garden Suburb, St. Albans, Cheshunt and District, and Richmond. Mr. E. E. Stocking (Gen. Manager’s Ollice, Euston) is Hon. Sec. to the Cricket Section. “ Outcasts v. Harlequins” was the title of the match played at the E .R.U .’s ground at Twickenham for the benefit of the Titanic Fund. John Douglas scored 85 for once out, N. V. C. Turner 81 without losing his wicket; H. Brougham, 42 for once out, did best for the Rugger side. G. N. Foster kept wicket. H. R. Ellis was on the job again for Parson’s Green v. West Sheen, and likewise the brothers Higgs. The secretary’s slows had 5 for 39 ; A. C. Higgs made 89, and took 3 for 5, J. S. scored 88. The brothers added 152 for the second wicket in very quick time, actually putting on 100 in half-an-hour. Two 6’s and several 5’s were hit. G.W .R. beat Slough by 10 run s--101 to 91. Weaver-Adams (47) made more than half the the loser’s total. Another 10 runs’ victory— the third on Saturday— was Dulwich’s over Forest Hill. S. E. Huntley (49) and F. W. Ellis (28) batted best for the winners, S. J. Owens (42), A. J. Whyte (39), and T. J. Balkwill (32) for the defeated side. Catford, thanks mainly to Ingersoll and Brotherton, who made a good stand after three wickets had tumbled for next to nothing, had an easy win over Heathfield. Barking (F. Burgess 38, H. Anderson 36, F. R. Redman 28) beat Arlington and Leytonstone by 78 runs. H. Reynolds, for the winners, took 7 for 33. Neasden, with H. Wargrave taking 5 for 34 and their early batsmen all in form, came very near indeed to springing a surprise upon Walham Green. That excellent bat, H. W . Weston (99) and McRae (72) sent up over 150 before the first wicket of W . G. fell, but after that Wargrave worked wonders. Walham Green declared at 198 for 9 ; Neasden, going for the gloves, had 186 for 8 when time came. That’s the style! Beckton (Sutton 106, Swann 105, both not out) scored 273 for one v. Chigwell, and put out their opponents for 63. Honor Oak (A. R. Thorpe 40) beat Kensington (N. & S.) in a game in which the bowlers always had the upper hand. South Woodford v. Edmonton was a match of quite another type. The home team ran up 277 for 6, declared (J. T. Jamieson 110*, E. Mayer 59, T. G. Grinter 47), and Edmonton replied with 146 for 6 (F. Johnson 38, E. Wall 37). For Richmond v. Streatham E. D. Bisgood (who has played a few times for Somerset) hit finely for 127, and his side won by 119 runs. H. H. Marriott (Malvern, Cambridge, and Leicestershire) scored a splendid 160 in a total of 320 made by Esher v. I.Z., who replied with 300 for 6—A. I. Steel 102*. • At Crouch End, North Middlesex defeated Lauderdale. E. F. Arnold had the first three wickets of N.M. very speedily, but Lee and Grimaldi, and later Grimaldi and Smith, scored freely, and the innings was declared at 182 for 6. Only H. O. Jones and G. F. Drew did anything for the losers. L. & N. W . R. had a big win over Stanmore—240 for 4 to 40. But this was Stanmore’s first match of the season. Skilton made 13 boundaries in his fine 93, picking out the right ball to hit in great form ; the captain, Alec Houghton, and Wrilson also batted well, and Boxall (6 for 26) and Howard (4 for 19) bowled in deadly fashion. R. Kenward was again top scorer for the Wanderers v. St. Bart’s — 71 this time. W. M. Bradley turned out, but had only one wicket. Nearly all the runs for the medical team—96 of 128 from