Cricket 1912

J une 1, 1912. CEICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 187 Malden ran up 123 for Spartans (Brighton) against the home team ; J. W. Hedley made a fine 161* for East Grinstead v. Oxted, R. C. Bambridge’s 6 for 77 for Oxted in a total of 276 representing fine work; and W. J. Norris made 81, E. Harris 68, T. Mathews 45 for Littlehampton v. Drake A.C. (Rrockley). At Horsham, against Thurleigh, A. W. E. Lapham (123) and A. Oakes (51) added 121 for the fifth wicket, the former hitting a 6 and sixteen 4’s. F. Russel scored 70 for Ringmer v. Newhaven,H. E. Davey 56 for Lewes Priory v. Brixton Wanderers, and C. G. Smith 62 for the other side in the same match. St. Lawrence A and Harbledown fought out a very close match on Monday, the fine bowling of a clerical gentleman having a big say in the Canterbury side’s victory by 2 runs. At Maidstone on Wednesday in last week Mote beat Royal Navy by 3 runs only, Groves (Kent II.) taking 7 for 22, three of them in four balls. F. N. Tuff (Malvern and Oxford) did great deeds for Gravesend (275) v. the Mote on the Bat and Ball ground last Saturday. He hit two 6’s and sixteen 4’s in his 123; his brother Bernard helped him to add 122 for the fourth wicket. He then went on to take 7 for 54, only the Rev. A. S. Farnfield (49) doing much. The Mote’s total was 136, the last 6 wickets going down for 32. Groves had 5 for 77 in Gravesend’s innings. Some of Saturday’s centuries :— A. F. Gunning, 101*, Ealing v. Hampstead Nomads. J. H. A. Tolkien, 110*, ,, v. ,, ,, L. J. Moon, 124, St. George’s, Ramsgate v. Folkestone. Alf. Porter, 100*, Ilford v. Barking. Captain Fisher, 105, Hounslow Garrison v. Hounslow. Colgate, 125, Parley v. Netherne. J. R. Cocke, 153, Pallingswick v. Upper Clapton. Winter, 105*, Wimbledon v. Upper Tooting. Gundry, 136*, Hampstead Montrose v. St. John’s Wood Wanderers. Butler, 141, Basingstoke v. Brookwood Asylum. J. S. Higgs, 102, Parson’s Green v. Westbourne Park Wanderers. W. Wreford, 102* Neasden v, Northwood. P. R. Johnson, 107, Eton Ramblers v. Westminster School. B. H. G. Shaw, 104*, R.M.C. v. Aldershot Command. Hubble, 136, M.C.C. v. Haileybury College. F. C. Capon, 100*, Ilford II. v. Union and Smith’s Bank. A. L. Hosie, 120, Oxford U. Authentics v. Radley College. B. H. Holloway, 116*, Wanderers v. Norbury Park Wanderers. Among scores approaching the century I note H. W. Weaver’s 88 (Heathfield v. Honor Oak), M. F. S. Jewell’s 98 (Sutton v. Dulwich), Barham’s 94 (Barking v. S. Essex), Humphries 81 (Addiscombe v. Bromley Town), E. I. Brymer’s 85 (Brixton Wanderers v. South Saxons). W. E. Whitaker’s 75 (Barnes v. Private Banks), N. J. Moffatt’s 74* (Hampstead v. E. E. Barnett’s XI), H. S. Hugill’s 79 (Upper Clapton v. Pallingswick), F. J. Tyler’s 93 (Old Charlton v. Ibis), R. J. Sivers’s 79 (Hampton Wick v. U.C.S. Old Boys), D. H. Butcher’s 78 (Upper Tooting v. Wimbledon), Hall’s 92* (Granville v. Guy’s), R. S. Baillie’s 75* (L. C. & W. Bank v. Streatham), Boyd’s 83* (Cheshunt and Dis’t. v. Edmonton). Old Charlton beat Ibis in convincing fashion, thanks mainly to the excellent batting of F. J. Tyler and S. D. Fresco, and the bowling of A. H. Manning. In the match at Tonbridge between the home team and St. Lawrence nearly 500 runs were scored, the old Oxonian, A. Latter, making 99* for the visitors, while two Kent Second men, Collins and Morfee, were in evidence with scores of over 60. Hampstead Nomads unaccountably failed on a perfect wicket v. Ealing. Osborne (5 for 39 1 and Cobb (3 for 8) bowled finely, it is true ; but this is not the Nomads’ form. Ealing made run-getting look as easy as pea-shelling. Two wickets had fallen at 64 ; then Gunning and Tolkien got together, and added 191 without being separated before Hastings Squire declared. Gunning was stylish, and especially strong to leg; he gave only one chance. Tolkien scored faster by strokes all round the wicket, and gave no chance at all. Barnes made a fine attempt to revenge their last week’s beating by Private Banks, bustling hard for the 200 odd needed, and getting very nearly home, thanks mainly to W. E. Whitaker’s well-hit 75. R. S. Baiilie (75*) and A. G. Norman (68) as batsmen, G. A. Mills (5 for 65) and E. C. Kirk (4 for 69) were the chief protagonists in L. C. & W. Bank’s victory by 12 runs over Streatham, the captains in sportsmanlike fashion agreeing to an extension of time for the sake of a definite result. Trotter and Gough batted really well for Streathara. It is a curious coincidence that the other SU-eatham team should have gone down to Blackheath at home by 13 runs only. The scoring in this game was smaller, no one reaching 50. Pallingswick did not declare in time against Upper Clapton. J. R. Cocke played the highest innings of the day (153,, and G. L. Hebden, the Middlesex man, made 64; but H. S. Hugill and F. E. Yates saved the visitors’ bacon by their determined stand. Ted- dington, after losing heavily to the M.C.C. on their first innings, had 89 up without a wicket (Kenneth Dixon 41*, II. S. Lucas 34*) in the second. Hampstead beat E. E. Barnett’s XI. by 4 wickets, though such a result had scarcely seemed likely before Moffatt and Donaldson got going together. White House beat Catford by 20 runs at Catford, A. Jeacocke apain top scorer (46) and S. Covell taking 7 wickets. Capital and Counties Bank (A. Drake 43, A. E. Lifton 5 wickets for 7, A. G. Redpath 3 for 24) were all over Yoko­ hama Specie Bank. Neasden (W. Wreford 120*, Holland 62*, Wreford and Mackie 5 wickets each) easily beat Northwood. At Wembley L. & N. W. R. had a most exciting game with Kensington. Fine bowling and quite exceptional fieldiug kept scoring low ; the railway men could make only 65 (H. J. Paris 28), A. J. Perrin taking 7 for 34; but Kensington failed to reach even this small total, thanks to A. F. Boxall (6 for 24) and Paris (4 for 24), and were beaten by 15 runs. Last year the corresponding match ended in a tie. B. H. Holloway was twice missed in making his century at ■tforbury Park; but for all that the innings was a very fine one. F. L. Johnson (5 for 57) bowled particularly well for N.P.W ., who lost by 97 runs to a side including at least half-a-dozen men who have played first-claas cricket. Albemarle and Friern Barnet won by 13 runs in a small-scoring game with Enfield. L. Coldwell’s 31 was quite the leger innings of the match; H. A. Clarke (5 for 42) and B. Lewis (4 for 6) bowled in deadly fashion. A. & F. B. II. (E. Gordon 49, E. W. Harris 48) beat Enfield II. (E. Boundy 52) by 29—190 to 161. Parson’s Green won a very decisive victory over '.Westbourne Park Wanderers. H. R. Ellis (6 for 45) and C. E. Harrod (4 for 26) put the visitors out quickly, the combination of slow and fast seeming to be too much for them. That occasional ball of Harrod’s which comes back was very deadly. The home sides fielding was first-class, H. Hayes especially prominent; some capital catches were male. J. S. Higgs (102) and C. J. Bool (51) sent up 134 for the first wicket, both scoring freely. Higgs made his runs in 65 minutes, and gave his only chance at 99. F. D. Heath hit up 55 in 20 minutes. Lauderdale (102) beat Paddington (55) quite easily. D. Collins scored 33*, going in second wicket down for the losers ; E. Arnold made 38 and A. J. Arnold 21 for the winners, whose bowlers were G. F. Drew (6 for 41) and E. Arnold (4 for 14). Granville (Lee) beat Guy’s Hospital by 6 wickets, and in their other match drew with Eltham, for whom A. J. North scored 69, A. W. Rammell 55. Brixton (Murrell 65) easily defeated Malden Wanderers. Croydon made only 90, but thereafter disposed of Horley for 26. The other Croydon team went down to Banstead Asylum. Only W. M. Brownlee (71) did much for Stanmore; and with C. H. Tait and Golding again starting well, and P. C. Sainsbury and James follow­ ing up the good start Bushey won with a wicket and 87 runs to spare. As usual H. W. Englefield was their most successful bowler. A. S. Ling, of Cambridgeshire cricket and Brentford footer fame, was top scorer with 05 for Boston Paik v. Brondesbury, L. M. Hill making 58—game drawn. Broxbourne v. Stoics, also drawn—C. R. Jackson 58 for latter, J. T. Barker 64* and H. J. Sharpe 64 for the home side. Bickley Park beat Beckenham by 71 runs in a match in which no one reached 50, though over 400 runs were totalled. Battersea batted very well at Cane Hill (F. Ward’s 60 the only score of note, but six other doubles), and declared at 203 for 8, but could notwin,Drs. E. S. Litteljohn (43) and J. Wootton (65) proving stumbling-blocks to them. Bromley declared at 244 for 9 (S. E. Day 68, S. Rawson 60) v. Blackheath, who made 81 for 7 in reply. Sutton again beat Dulwich, and again R. M. Bell was to the fore with 8 wickets for 71. South Woodford v. Loughton produced a capital fight— S. Woodford 150, Loughton 163 for 9— Bowers and Osborne carrying off the batting honours for their respective sides. Ilford continued their victorious career, declaring at 260 for 3. and dismissing Barking for 155. Louden and E. C. Porter, as well as the captain contributed good scores. Ilford Second had 6 down for 62 v. Union and Smith’s Bank, but then F. C. Capon and F. J. Birch added 159 together unbeaten. Shepherd's Bush (M. P.