Cricket 1912

M at 18, 1912. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME 151 N e w t o n C o l l e g e expect to be represented, by as strong an eleven as the school has ever had. Well, one never knows ; but there is more than slight justification for high hopes in the fact that they retain eight of last year’s team, including Winwood-Smith (captain 1911,1912), quite their best batsman. Buns are anticipated from all the eight, though two of them are slow scorers. Blanchard is a really good wicket-keeper, and quite young still. Perhaps the bowling will hardly equal the batting ; but the side will possess two useful fastisli right-handers and. a slow left-hander. The fielding is sure to be good. The school matches are with All Hallows (Honiton), Exeter, Plymouth College, and Kelly College; the chief local clubs are also played. K in g ’ s S c h o o l , B b u t o n , has as many as nine of last year’s team left, only the captain and one other, Bowell and A. Gr. Clayton, having departed. Thus the prospects for the season are quite good, for the side has five men who averaged over 20 per innings, four of them over 30, in 1911, and six of the seven who shared the bowling work. The new captain has not yet been elected. S t . E d m u n d ’ s , C a n t e r b u r y , will have eight old colours. Last year’s averages are not available ; but F. C. Neal, with over 28 and a best of 147 not out, headed the batting, and G . C . White (the captain) and W . E . Darby (second captain) did the best bowling work, only a decimal separating their figures. For some years past the school team has fielded exceptionally well ; the tradition was maintained in 1911, and no doubt will be in 1912 also. White is captain again. The school matches are with K ing’s, Bochester, Dover, St. Lawrence, Ramsgate, and K ing’s, Canterbury; St. Augustine’s, the Missionary Training College, and W ye, the Agri­ cultural College, are also met, though these can hardly rank as school games. Big Matches of the Week. T h e F resh m en ’s M a tch a t O x fo r d . —W. G. K. Boswell (Eton) and A. C. Williamson (Fettes) played good cricket for Twining’s side in different styles, Boswell much the more aggrespive. Against some good bowling by K. Lister-Kave (Eton), fast medium left, and H. C. James (Leatherhead) Campbell’s team did next to nothing, the only exceptions being B. Pawle (Haileybury) and G. R. C. Colman (Eton). F . C. G. Naumann bowled finely when Twining’s men batted again, and only Lister-Kaye reached 30. Then this capable all-rounder proceeded to put in some more good bowling. Only Colman, who is no doubt familiar with his trundling, could do much against him, though R. A. Boddington (Rugby) helped Colman to add 80 for the second wicket. E. A. Shaw (Marlborough) and G. R. Pedder (Repton) kept wicket well. C am bridge U n iv e rs ity v . M id d le s e x . —Lacking “ Young Jack” and Tarrant, both at Lord’s, as well as most of their crack amateurs, the visitors had rather a weak side. Holloway and Mulholland (his analysis a curiosity), the blues, and Gough Calthorpe, the Repton freshman, who took two wickets in his first and two in his last over, went through it expeditiously. Mulholland’s steady and well-played 74 was the only notable innings for Cambridge. The County’s second innings was again poor, only Baker, the old Harrovian, and Jack Hearne— “ Old Jack ”— doing anything. Thus the Cantabs won their first match with an innings to spare. N orth a m p ton sh ire v. A u s tr a lia n s .— Despite a lapse about 50, when he gave two chances, Gregory’s was a really good innings, and little Macartney’s was an even better one. They put on 240 together for the second wicket in 160 minutes. The Governor-General’s display was practically faultless, and there can be no doubt now about the improvement he has made since 1909. He hit twelve 4’s, his captain eleven. No one else but Mayne did anything really worth mention, though Bardsley began well. Sydney Smith bowled very steadily, and the ball with which he got rid of the left-hander swung in a lot. Thompson was the one batsman who did much for the County; he batted 2£ hours for 60, and 80 minutes for 34, and was quite in his old reliable form. Five of the Australian bowlers took wickets ; but Emery did most of the damage—12 for 110 is a rare good start, though the batsmen rather flattered him. Minnett had two wickets in each innings very cheaply. S u r r e y v. S o u th A fr ic a n s . —Though Mitchell and Snooke put on 63 together for the fifth wicket after 4 had fallen for 56, Schwarz’s 70 in 110 minutes, an innings marked by fine cutting, was the only thing that redeemed the Africanders’ first display from dulness— until quite at the end, when Claude Carter drove lustily. Who said Nourse had lost his bowling ? Hobbs, Hayward, Harrison, and Bird for 44 is pretty useful work. Hayes has started the season in capital form, and was again top scorer in Surrey’s first—44 out of 47 in 36 minutes. Hitch bowled well in the colonials’ second innings, and it is by no means certain yet that he will not eventually become England s fast bowler. Nourse batted steadily and patiently; Schwarz once more hit well. Faulkner’s absence was a blow to the side; it is to be hoped that he will soon be quite fit again. Surrey fought to the last, and if only Hayward —but after all he made nearly twice as many as anyone else—had not got l.b.w. to Schwarz the county would probably have pulled through. H am pshire v. S om erse t.— Greswell and Lewis again bowled finely—if their county had a full programme one fancies that they would need more relief, though - and the early downfall of Fry and Mead set Hampshire thinking hard. Stone, a good man at a critical time, batted well, as did Johnston and Brown, the latter especially. At the end of their first day the visitors looked well on the way to a second victory. But the morning saw a change. No doubt the heavy dew helped the attack, but Newman must have bowled uncommonly well, which is good to note after his disappointing show in 1911. Overnight Somerset had had 59 up without loss; but all were out for 104. Then Fry played a typical Fry innings—3 hours, 152 runs, no chance, a 6, eleven 4’s. Johnston made a capital 86, and helped him to put on 148 for the third wicket, and Barrett, driving strongly, thereafter aided him to add 140, the innings being declared at the end of the day’s play. Somerset, left with a hopeless task, made for a time a plucky fight. Braund and Bajana— the latter a distinct acquisition—made a stand for the first wicket, and Daniell, Poyntz, and Robson all did something. But the tail collapsed. John Newman again bowled finely. L e ic e s te r s h ir e v. Y o r k s h ir e . —At the last moment Knight could not turn ou t; otherwise the home side was at full strength. Sawdust was freely requisitioned at first. Three wickets went down for a paltry 17 ; but Rhodes and Hirst stopped the rot, though the former was early missed. Then Tasker played a capital innings, and Booth hit well. The tail—if Haigh and the new captain can be reckoned therein—did good work, and Leicestershire had a stiff hedge to face. Their first innings was undistinguished, Drake having a hand in a couple of ducks towards its eud, and bowling well. The follow-on was much better-C ecil Wood in something like his last year’s form, Shipman hitting out resolutely, and with Shields adding 66 for the ninth wicket, and King, Sharp, Coe, and Astill all helping. But the effort came too late for any hope of success, and the county of many acres won quite easily. M.C.C. v. K e n t.— Against bowling not up to the true Kent standard—and why did not Hatfeild get a show ?—Robert Relf and R. H. Spooner played beautiful cricket on the first day. Relf batted 185 minutes for his 114. Young Hearne helped him to add 82 for the second wicket, and during their partnership each hit two 6’s. The crack Lancastrian, though he had had a nasty cut over the eye in the nets, was quite his own graceful self, made 116 at the rate of a run a minute, and might have made many more but for going in unusually late. No blame attached to his last partner, however, for Capt. Docker played capitally, driving with vigour; and the 45 minutes’ partnership between him and Spooner was as good as anything in the match. When Kent went in Hutchings, Huish, Fairservice, and Woolley did something, but not enough. Morton, who had never bowled against the county side before, bothered most of the batsmen. Albert Relf was top-sawyer in M.C.C.’s second, when Woolley did an effective bit of bowling. Kent wanted under 250 to w in ; but Tarrant and J. W. Htarne proved too good for most of their batsmen, though Humphreys and Hardinge started well, and Woolley and Hatfeild did something later. W a rw ick s h ire v. D e rb y s h ir e .— Not a match of sensations. The home side held the upper hand throughout. Oliver, though his innings was not perfect, deserves a lot cf credit, but one cannot say as much of any other Peak County batsman. William Quaife and Frank Foster’s stand of 121 in 90 minutes was the only notable feature of the champions’ batting. Foster was less aggressive than usual, Quaife more so, driving very powerfully. All the bowlers on the home side did well, but the Derbyshire batting was too weak for that to prove much. L a n ca sh ire v. S ussex.— Sussex have started the season in terribly poor style ; but one hopes for better things before long. At Old Trafford they were handicapped by the absence of their captain— hurt in the first match, and not yet fit, though one hopes he will be ere lon g -a n d Albert Relf, playing at Lord’s. E. H. Relf and Roberts were given a trial; H. L . Simms reappeared after a long absence in Nawanagar, and Philip Cartwright captained. The