Cricket 1912

168 CRICKET: A WEEKLY two were parted wickets fell rapidly, Sedgwick’s analysis at the close jeing 5 for 73. Then Tom Smith, the ex-Durham pro., got to work. At a cost of 73 runs he actually took all 10 of the home side’s wickets ; but meanwhile Knypersley had scored 168, Cooper and Godwin adding 37 for the last wicket, and they only lost by 42 runs after all. This is the real battling, never-say-die spirit. George Wilson (6 for 40) and Evans Cooke (52*) were mainly responsible for Burslem’s win over Longton. Fenton cracked up badly against Porthill. Three men were run ou t; Harry Eardley had 6 for 24, and the total was only 53. Barnes bowled at one end throughout the innings, and took one wicket for 12. He was top scorer (36) for his side, who of course won easily. Montagnon, the Yarlet College master, a new man in the ranks of the Stone club, did most to help his side beat Norton by 37 runs— 62 and 4 for 6 is a rare good afternoon’s work. Tunstall defeated Silverdale by 69, Morgan’s 6 for 51 being the most outstanding performance. Stoke easily beat Crewe Alexandra, thanks mainly to Nichols, who scored a not-out 50 and took 5 for 45, and L. Meakin, who also made 50. Moseley’s big score was the great feature of the afternoon in Birmingham League cricket. Dudley went down with a sickening crash— 115 to 354 for 3. Jeeves took 6 for 47, and then went on to hit up 106* Frank Stephens made 116 in 90 minutes, and a few minutes more would in all probability have set a third century for Moseley on the score, for G. H. Tyler, the captain, was 86* at the finish. Handsworth W ood escaped defeat from Kidderminster. There were four good scores in this game—two 53’s by H. Tomkinson (not out) and H. Harper (for the Wood), two 52’s by S. J. Getbin and E. J. Gore—an even lot, though three were for one side. Smethwick (240 for 8) beat Aston Unity, who lacked the hoped-for assistance of Kenneth Hutchings. For the winners B. Lewis made 56, J. W. Roberts 53*, and Bucknell (who also took 6 for 23) 53. Note again here the concatenation—good word, hope it’s correct here !—of 50’s. Mitchell and Butler’s narrowly beat Stourbridge, for whom Allchurch played a fine, resolute innings of 82, nearly pulling the game out of the fire for his side. Walsall (L. F. Taylor, the Staffs, county man, 91, Pearman-Smith 8 for 31) fairly smashed up West Bromwich Dartmouth, who don’t have much luck, but still stick to it. H. Wilson’s 96 for Cleckheaton v. Heckmondwike and Fenton’s 84 for Morley v. Ossett were the biggest scores of the afternoon in Yorkshire Council Cricket, wickets generally favouring the bowlers. Brighouse slumped for 28 before Bradford, Knutton taking 8 for 15. Coyle, who has played for Somerset, had 8 for under 50 for Halifax v. Rastrick. But the veteran, George Waller, did the star turn of the day. Scarborough, with 5 for 150, were getting along very well indeed against Sheffield, when Walker went on and lowered the remaining 5 at a cost of only as many runs. Then (thanks to R. M. Carlin, 70*, and Bernard Wilkinson, 48*) Sheffield won by 7 wickets. The best fight of the afternoon was between Spen and Dewsbury. The latter totalled 126. Spen had 7 down for 64, and looked beaten to the wide, but they kept on fighting, and thanks mainly to Collett (39*) pulled through by one wicket. In Lancashire Rochdale and Milnrow had a fine ding-dong battle, the former pulling through by 4 runs. But the losers almost deserved to win. Against 114 they had lost 6 for 45 ; then Thornton’s 57 put victory in sight for them, but the cup was snatched from their lips. For Littleborough v. Crompton N. Buxton, who has assisted Cheshire as a pro., took all 10 wickets at a cost of only 25, nine of them bowled. At Glossop the home skipper I. Dearnaley and L. Oliver, both Derbyshire representatives (72 and 60 respectively) put up 142 for the first wicket v. Werneth. George Radcliffe, who played a few times for Lancashire some years ago, made a fine 117 for Stalybridge v. Heywood, Handford (68*) assisting him to make a three-figure stand for the third wicket. Stalybridge declared at 254 for 6, and Barker (7 for 62) was the main factor in getting out Heywood, for whom F. B. Scholfield hit up 54 in 40 minutes, for 124. Lees cannot pull Lowerhouse up—perhaps their name is against them. The ex-Surrey man had 5 for 69, but his side went down for the fifth time in succession. Newstead’s half-dozen wickets and useful innings of 25 had much to do with Rishton’s victory over Enfield. Kermode, the Australian-Lancastrian, had 8 for 42 (Bacup v. Todmorden). Robinson hit up 103* for Ramsbottom v. East Lancashire, Redfern made 52, and Duerr took 8 wickets for 53—wherefore Ramsbottom, last in the Lancashire League in 1910, second in 1911, won easily. George Parker, the Haslingden crack, made 58 v. Accrington after getting a nasty smack in tbe eye. This sort of thing seems only to stimulate a Lancashire man— witness Spooner at Lord’s the other day. Llewellyn did com­ paratively little, and his side lost. Dukinfield beat Moorcide by OF THE GAME. M a y 25, 1912. 12 runs—114 to 102—a stern fight in which Holt (47), Hobson, and Pointon (5 wickets each) were the chief figures on the winning side. Leicester is always a busy town ; when it leaves off being active at making boots and so on at week-ends it starts to be active at cricket. As many as 17 matches were set for decision in Victoria Park last Saturday. In the first division of the Town League Victor beat Tyro in a closely contested match (L. Moseley 30 for the winners, W. S. Lovell 41 for the losers); Belgrave Town defeated Clarendon Park Congregational (for whom F. Smith and F. Taylor put up a partnership of 73 in a total of 100) by one wicket; Bishop Street (S. E. Pallett 51) took down Belvoir United’s colours ; and Sparkenhoe (211 for 7—F. Doggett 56) smashed up Arundel (71). Leicester Ivanhoe (163 for 8) beat the Town (L. King 48) by 2 wickets. The.County 2nd X I., E. Freestone scoring 61, and W. Brown taking 4 for 6, beat the Leicester Mutual League. Three centuries—by F. Osborne, 100*, F. Hassall, 121*, and W . Hutt, 100 retired—were registered in minor matches. In the North Yorkshire and South Durham League North Ormesby went down to Saltburn, mainly owing to the accurate length bowling of M. Miles, rendered trickier by a cross wind (8 for 41). R. Robinson’s 51 for the losers was the highest score of the match. West Hartlepool (A. J. Graham 89, F. J. Horsley 6 for 33) easily beat Norton-on-Tees. Stockton defeated Redcar by the narrrow margin of 13 runs. Tolson again did great things for Darlington—79 and 7 for 36 v. Thornaby, who went down heavily. The strong Guis- borough team had a bad day, and went under to Bishop Auckland, for whom R. Bousfield, the county player, made 36, and Brydon and R. Lowson bowled particularly well, dividing the wickets equally. Sunderland is now the only unbeaten team in either competition of the Durham Senior League (E. Division). They beat Eppleton on Saturday, but one notes with pleasure that Eppleton put up a trifle better fight. A. Newsome and the Rev. W . M. Law sent up 67 for the first wicket, which promised w ell; but then there was a collapse, and Morris (7 for 25) did the hat-trick—all out 117. The Sunderland skipper gave his tail-enders a chance. Four wickets went down for 27. Then S. W. Milburn, playing his second game for the first eleven through the absence of another man (69), and J. M. Russell (57) hit off the runs, adding 107 together. Milburn hit three 6’s. J. Oldham took 8 for 58 for Eppleton. G. Ord’s 84 for Burnmoor v. Boldon was the top score, of the day. He hit seventeen 4’s in a rare punishing knock. Boldon could only make 45, but one batsman earned distinct credit, T. A. Bulmer, the Durham County Sec., carrying his bat right through the innings for 16. A. Lowings had 5 for 10. Scoring was not big in the Hendon and Whitburn match, but there was a fine finish, Hendon winning by 10 runs only—129 to 119. Weight’s 6 for 34 had much to do with the result. For the beaten side C. Kirby had 5 for 27. South Shields lowered the hitherto undefeated colours of Durham City by 3 wickets. The City scored 193 (Hendren 68, C. Y. Adamson 32). Shields had 4 down for 31, and looked beaten, but J. N. Beasley and T. Murray stayed the rot, and Hayton (61*) made the winning hit in the last over of the day—a real climax to all the excitement. Wearmouth (T. Prince 54) easily beat Philadelphia, and Chester-le-Street (J. Turnbull 42, D. G. Crichton 36*) as easily over­ came Seaham Harbour, J. Bewick and Thackeray dividing the Harbour wickets. Chester’s players wore black belts and armlets in memory of their chairman, Mr. James Turnbull (father of the Rugger and Cricket county player), who died last week. The Schools. The difficulty of Haileybury as to to finding a wicket-keeper has already been referred to. It seems possible that Hake has solved the problem by taking on the duties himself. He shaped quite well at his first attempt, I hear. In mid-week matches Winchester beat Oriel College by 6 runs, after a stern fight. C. J. Coker took 5 wickets for 16. Bedford G.S. (F. Farrer 41) went down heavily before Beds. C. & G. Repton (229 for 8, declared, J. M. Richardson 54*, J. Howell 45) drew with Notts Amateurs and would have won but that the game was twelve aside, as the visitors had 10 wickets down at call of time. Radley (T. P. Gibbons 47) drew with Worcester College, Oxford. Oundle also drew, with Selwyn, Cambridge, for whom W. R. Gosling ran up 120. Harris and Mason batted well for the sch ool; no one else did much. Epsom lost by 12 runs to a strong scratch team. Evans’s 5 for 41 looks well, and Epsom needs a bowler or two. Framlingham met the Masters, but were overmatched. H. Bassett, the Oxford blue, scored 53 and took 6 wickets. T. Sullivan’s 23 was top score for the school.