Cricket 1912

214 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u n e i, 1912. call “ M ickey” and the general public don’t know what, to call with­ out sneezing—he has made himself famous in club cricket in spite of the difficulties of his name—ran up 150 (a 6 and twenty-three 4’s) for Honor Oak v. H ighgate; W . J. Barningham scored 164 for Richmond v. Chiswick Park, and W. H. L. Horton 101* for Chiswick Park v. Rickmond; L. T. Weaver made 105 for Hornsey v. Upper Clapton; Stenning scored 105* for Beckenham v. Barnes, Raison 102 for Wanstead v. Woodford Wells. On Tuesday W. S. Adams ran up 117 for Dulwich v. Streatham, R. C. S. Johnstone 117 and S. P. Meston 105* (putting on 223 for the second wicket) for Vam­ pires v. Ashford, C. Tombs 117* for Glamorgan Nomads v. United Services (Devonport), and N. F. Druce 139 for Blue Mantles v. Eastbourne College. But the biggest score of the week, and indeed of the season to date, was the 274 of E. G. Righton, of Evesham, for the Gentlemen of Worcestershire v. Incogniti. Barnes started very well v. Upper Clapton on Saturday, but after the third wicket had gone down there was a slump, and no one could stay with Barham. W . L. Whitaker bowled finely (6 for 70)—so well, indeed, that a victory for Barnes looked quite on the cards at one time, the sixth wicket of the home side falling at 70. But then Evelyn, Hugill, and Yates all scored well, and the home side won by 130 runs. London Scottish beat Finchley by 106, their batting being very level (seven doable figures, highest Angus-Thomas’s 34), and A. H. Read (5 for 14) bowled very effectively. Norbury Park Wanderers ran up the fair score of 151— 6 doubles—at Beddington ; but after three wickets had gone down cheaply Dixon and Windsor made a stand which gave the home side an easy victory. Albemarle and Friern Barnet beat Hi}jhgate by 128 runs—192 to 64. B. Lewis, a left-hand medium pace bowler, swinging in beauti­ fully from the off, quite a youngster and a great favourite at Woodhouse Road, took 5 for 10 ; William Lyon had the rest for 35. Thirteen 4’s were included in the forcing 68 run up by L. Forbes, a capital left-hand bat. At Paddington, on a queer wicket—shooters and bumpers much in evidence—the home side did well to make 201 for 7 ; Battersea were saved from a possible defeat by George Dawdry’s 46*—as the other six men who batted made 20 among them the value of this innings cau hardly be overestimated. Arlington and Leytonstone cannot strike their true form again ; but Edgware's victory over them was not quite a runaway affair—133 to 107—and G. S. Cole’s plucky batting and some good bowling by Walters Ruffels (4 for 40) and Jack Hoare (3 for 31) deserve mention. Old Charlton could only make 111 v. Dulwich, who won easily, P. H. Slater with 66 being a long way the highest scorer of the match. Private Banks (two men absent) collapsed for 32 before Forest Hill, G. C. Hast taking 5 for 12. Until Phillips and Hunter came together Forest Hill had not done much better, but in the end they totalled 99. Alleyn had a narrow win over Union and Smith’s Bank—84 to 78. E. G. Read’s 107 was the feature of the match between Heathfield (192 for 5) and Townley Park (109). J. F. Hosken played fine all-round cricket for Upper Tooting v. Hampstead—85 and 6 for 54 his share of the game. Donaldson again batted capitally for Hampstead—61 this time. The other Upper Tooting team made 155 for 6 against Surbiton’s 128, Allenby claiming as many as 68 of the latter total. The other Hampstead team beat the Trojans, whose total would have been a very poor one but for the stand of Loudon and Whiting for the eighth wicket. R. G. D. Howell, the old Felste'lian, L. J. Reid, the old Alden- hamian, and R. D. Robertson (42, 30, and 36 respectively) soon put the issue beyond doubt. West Kent Wanderers, at home to Stockwell Paik, had much to thank their first pair for. Myers and Crouch sent up 99 before a wicket fell. No one did much afterwards. Longman, foregoing his own innings - not all captains are given to this kind of thing— declared at 169 for 9 ; and the visitors were dismissed for 108, four bowlers sharing the spoils. G. A. Ellis, the Old Whitgiftians’ captain, is not a John Chapman. He lost the toss for the fifth time in succession, and, after Sutton had run up a level 200, the old boys had to bat in rain and a very bad light. Hancock’s 47 for Sutton and Bowater’s 45 for the O .W .’s were the best scores of the game. Richmond Town (G. Platt 48) made 131 v. Parson’s Green, Ellis being again to the fore with five wickets—those of the first five batsmen, too. A hard struggle under a canopy of cloud that leaked uncomfortably ensued. Platt followed up his good score by fine bowling. The match practically resolved itself into a duel between him and A. C. Higgs, though C. W. Thompson had given his side a useful start. Higgs won 1 His 58 was of great value, and by reason of it Parson’s Green reached 152. Eltham scored a really good win at the expense of Blackheath. Beckton (205 for 4) were all over Epping, who could only total 43. Cooper scored 70*, and Mayes took 6 wickets for 18. Ilford (161 for 5) beat Buckhurst Hill (149). Underwood’s 70 for the latter was a really plucky innings. Charlton Park, after putting out Bexley for 43, ran up 105; then Bexley made 115 for 6. Loughtm ( L25) beat Walthamstow (77). Leatherhead (Cole 67) and Ewell played a draw, as did Bickley Park (C. H. Hunter 64) and Sidcup, 475 runs being made for 18 wickets in this last-mentioned match. The brothers Bell were playing for Banstead v. Epsom on Saturday. J. G. M. made top score of the match (52), and R. M. took three wickets cheaply ; but most of the damage (Epsom tumbled out for 51) was done by A. R. Bentley, who had 7 (6 bowled). Neville Miller, who might have played for England if he had had time for first-class cricket, made a lovely 142 for Streatham v. Beck­ enham, his side winning by 350 for 5, dec., to 114. A close parallel to this game was that between Twickenham (256 for 4, dec. —C. P. Hurditch 108) and West Shene (91). The most remarkable bowling feat of the day in good cricket around London was probably G. S. Downing’s 6 for 12, including the hat trick, for Kensington (N. & S.) v. Newportonians, who were outed for 38 after their opponents had declared at 304 for 6. For Honor Oak II. v. Crofton Park II. Russell took 6 for 17, also doing the hat trick. G. W. Truman, for O. M. T .’s v. Middlesex County Asylum at Tooting had nine wickets for 31. The Asylum could only total 76, to which the O. M. T.’s replied with 199 for 3, O. C. White 87*, E. W. Fuller 59. Our special representative looked in at Tufnell Park, where St. Pancras were meeting Northern Polytechnic. The home side was not at full strength, the brothers Halsall and Claude Watson being absent, G. Halsall on tour in Somerset, where he has been making runs and taking wickets. On a damp and easy pitch the Polytechnic ran up over 300 for 7, Goad making a good but not chanceless century, and three other scores of 50 or more being recorded, Waldron’s 50 especially impressing the visitor, an old county cricketer and a good judge of the game. It was after 6 o’clock when St. Pancras went in, and the light was very bad. Still no one ex­ pected anything but a draw, and the collapse for 50 came as a surprise. “ Well, the other fellows deserved the win, and I’m glad they haven’t been robbed of it for the want of a few minutes,” said the St. Pancras captain, who is evidently a good sportsman. Bushey played their first home match, and very decisively beat Brondesbury. As usual Englefield (8 for 42) worked havoc, and the visitors could only make 117. Golding, the Bushey and Herts pro., beat this off his own bat. Gemmell and he sent up 71 for the first wicket, and with Tait as his partner 87 were put on for the second. Hodges and Cuthbertson both played beautiful forcing cricket, aud at call of time the score was 272 for 6. Marlborough Blues had a very good match with Marlow, winning by 28 runs. M. O. Lewis’s 54* for the Blues was the highest score of the game. Townley Park’s small score of 109 against Heathfield was mainly due to the fine bowling of R. G. Davis, a new member of the Heathfield 1st XI, who had 8 wickets for 50. Read and Weaver had won the game before the first home wicket fell, and were not separated till they had put up 128. The former hit freely all round, and gave no chance till nearing his hundred. The fine century scored by F. F. Boles, of Spencer, is referred to in “ Men of the Moment.” His 102 were scored out of the first 143 made. At Croydon, as elsewhere, rain and bad light spoiled the play a bit. G. R. Hammond, a left-hander, saved the game for his side. Southgate very easily beat St. Thomas’s Hospital, four of their first half-dozen batsmen scoring well. At Stanmore G. S. Lee plajed a splendid innings of 80* for Pinner, going in with one man out second ball, and hitting ten 4’s on a soft wicket. The home side had to fight for the runs; but one after another their batsmen made useful scores, and the winning hit was made in the last over but one of the day. Hampstead Nomads won both their games. At Acton, against Allom, seven men made doubles, though only S. B. K. Caulfield (30) passed twenty; the total was 134, aud then H. G. Bloodworth (5 for 25) bowled so effectively that the home side could make no more than 83. At Barnet the Nomads declared with 212 for 6 up—highest L. F. Matthews’s 46, five more of 20 or over— aud got the home side out for 98 on the stroke of time (F. C. Boully 5 for 28). W. Johnson, the Oxford lacrosse player, has taken up cricket again, and did well in this m atch; and the Nomads have great hopes of L. F. Matthews, the “ baby ” of the side.