Cricket 1912

2i8 CRiCKBT: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. J une 8, 1912. I hear fron Radley that Hind and Ridley added 82 together for the third wicket, and that Ridley batted well for his century in spite of three or four chances and a fit of the slows at times. In the game against the Old Uadleians— rather a weak side— Gibbons made 72*, batting fully three hours, and seldom scoring except by means of cuts ; Hind batted finely for 64 of the 130 put on for the third wicket ; Reid h it up 42 in 18 minutes. Hind declared at 237 for 4. Reid bowled splendidly, but he had no one to back him up at the other end, and the O. R .’s, thanks to Cazenove’s capital 75, saved the game, having 7 down for 153 at the finish. On Wednesday Radley played another draw with Wadham College, Reid’s 59* being the chief item of note in the game. The school team’s great need is another good bowler ; Reid cannot do all the work. K ing’s School, Bruton, has turned out some pretty big scorers of recent years. L. 0. L. Sutton and H. E. Hippisley both Somerset men, did big things in their day. Now, R. N. O. Bartlett and H. E. Warry are trying to outdo them. The decent little score of 306 for one wicket was run up against the Bruton Nomads early last week, Bartlett 128*, Warry 121*. A couple of days later 341 for 2 was registered against Wells Theological College—Bartlett 207*, Warry 70. It would be interesting to have fuller particulars of the partnerships of these two, and some information as to their doings in 1911. T. H. (not I. H .) Bowman did good all-round work for Denstone against Fenton— 60 and 5 for 29— and was the the chief agent in an excellent win for the School over a good side. Sherborne lost to South Wilts, by 3 wickets. Bedford Modem beat Northampton and County School. F. C. W. Newman is again in the Modern team, but as yet is not repeatipg his wonderful performances of last year. Forest School lost to the Masters by 6 runs— S. H. Waugh’s 52* the chief feature of their play. Bedford G. S. did a fine performance in beating M.C.C. by 101 runs, G. Field scoring 93. Later in the week they went down to Mr. F. Kendall’s X I. by 24 runs. Among the centuries of the earlier part of the week one notes 103 by R. B. Stones for Shrewsbury v. Shropshire Gentlemen (K. Richmond scoring 110 for the opposition), and 112 b y J. G. D ixon for Felsted v. Old Felstedians. Framlingham had an easy win (198 to 72) over Col­ chester Royal G.S. on Thursday, E. D. Inskip (47 and 6 for 33) was the chief factor in it. Bunbury took 4 for 24, and G. Bowen for the beaten side 5 for 48. St. John’s (Leatherhead) could do little against a strong Wanderers’ side on Tuesday, C. L. N. Roberts (36, second innings) and E. C. Turner (6 wickets) showing up best. J. U. C. Watt made 101 for the Wanderers, and then hit his wicket— perhaps not undesignedly. Shaftesbury G.S. and Gillingham G.S. played a very keen game at Shaftesbury. Gillingham totalled 186. When the home side had 5 down for 46 they looked beaten ; but Blucke helped Hall to add 35 for the sixth wicket, and Hall and Jeffery put on 52 after the seventh fell, saving their side. Hall has improved greatly, and his 50* in 75 minutes was a good and plucky innings. From St. Bees I hear that, though up there wickets have favoured the bowlers, the School has not yet been dismissed for under 100 runs in an innings, while the three opposing sides, Keswick, Aspatria Agricultural College, and St. Bees Town, have in each case failed to reach 40 ! The St. Bees’ bowlers must have rather srtatling figures. Some interesting information as to cricket within the school is given me. In house matches the Foundation (209 and 42 for 4), drawn against the other strongest side, the School House (65 and 180) won by 6 wickets. The lower school cricket is organised on a club basis. Each house has one or tw o clubs, from which the members of the twenty-two aie excluded, and these clubs meet each other in frequent matches. St. Bees is going ahead— in cricket and other­ wise. Malvern beat Incognito b y 137 runs, T. Cuming making 76 in their first innings, R. S. M. White 89 in two not-out efforts. J. H. Naumann had 9 wickets in the game. Lancing (G. H. Heslop 63) easily beat Steyning on Whit-Monday, and on the Wednesday (Heslop 88, D. F. Ferguson 51*) just as easily accounted for Worthing. That crushing defeat at West Horsham seems to have been in the nature of a fluke. On Thursday, K . White (110) and the captain, D. C. C. Sewell (78) added 186 for Welling­ borough’s third wicket v. Leicester Clergy, with Geary. The School made 420 for 8, declared, the parsons 144. Oundle lost to Christ’s College (Camb.) by 68 runs. On Saturday Westminster beat O .W .’s by 80 runs, R. F. Potter scoring 64, G. B. F. Rudd 62, and R. F. C. Cobbold (6 for 47), and Rudd again bowling well. A strongish side of O. IT. Authentics went down heavily before Eton, for whom M. B. Burrows scored 65*. At Leatherhead, where St. John’s played a draw with the Inns of Court, C. L. N. Roberts was again to the fore with a really fine and quickly-got 83. St. Paul’s suc­ cumbed to I. Zingari, M. A. Ward (59*) and A. J. Pearson (6 for 80) alone doing much for the school, whose fielding was very indifferent. Manley Kemp’s X I. (a strong side, including Brownke, Carr, and Brougham) beat Harrow by 37 runs. C. S. Wilson (52) and V. P. Trew (5 for 23) were the chief performers for the School on the Hill. Haileybury, thanks to really plucky cricket by their tail end men, only Carstairs of the first six doing anything, brought off a capital win over Old Wykehamists. A two-day match between Repton and Esher ended in a draw. Bradfield, thanks to R. B. Reynolds and D. B. Hissey, who played up well towards the end, averted defeat from the Rev. E. Peake’s X I. Felsted lost to the Masters, for whom F. W. Stocks, the old Oxonian, scored 68. G. H. Raby took 6 for 52. Wellington again failed, Exeter College beating them by 79 runs. Bedford G.S. (G. F. Morse 96) declared with 7 down for 245, but could not finish off Keble College in time. Charterhouse went down by 132 runs to a strong M.C.C. side. Tonbridge, sent in by the Band of Brothers’ captain, did splendidly on a far from perfect wicket. Musson (114), Thorley (85), Frend (58*) and Gass (41) were the chief contributors to the total of 371 for 7. Rain stopped play late in the afternoon, and the result was a draw. For Brighton v. Dulwich Havelock-Davies and Murdoch (5 for 24 and 5 for 29) bowled in great style, and Brighton won by 92 runs (147 to 55) on the first innings. D. Boumphrey (112) and R. B. Stones (94) batted so well for Shrewsbury v. the Aliens that Boumphrey was able to declare at 275 for 3, but no result was arrived at. The Rossall bowling failed to trouble two O. R .’s in H. C. and F. G. Edge, playing for Lytham, who declared at 246 for 2, and got out the School for 180 (D. T. Figgis 55, A. Harrison 43) Sedbergh (Eastwood 51) beat Kirkby Lonsdale easily. Durham went down to the 6th Fusiliers, only L. G. L. Peacocke (33 in a total of 69) doing anything. Eastbourne suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of the Sussex Martlets, as did Highgate from the Stoics. City of London School beat Royal College of Science. Cricket in the Scottish Highlands. “ B y C e l t . ” Three fixtures figured in the programme of the North of Scotland Cricket League on Saturday last in magnificent weather. The Northern Counties Club met the Citadel C.C. and fairly outran them on every point. 214 was the score of the Counties for 9 wickets, of which J. L. Mackintosh, late of Sedbergh School, had 122 not out, got by vigourous hitting. Over 80 runs were scored between the fall of the eighth and ninth wicket. The Citadel fielding was very loose, numerous catches going a-begging, and on going in to bat they were all dismissed for 77 runs. Forres St. Lawrence visited Inverness and played the Inverness St. Andrews, the visitors coming off victorious, scoring 92, of which M. J. Grant Peterkin, the President of the League, had 48. St. Andrews by very slow cricket made 35. The 93rd Highlanders (The Thin Red Line) paid their first visit to Elgin, one of the best cricket grounds in the North and taking first knock ran up a score of 111, the Elgin City replying with 156 for 2 wickets, A. G. Cockburn getting 63. The Canadian Cricketer and Amateur Sports. Postal subscrip­ tion, two dollars per annum.—The Jackson-Davies Press, 73, Adela’de Street, W., Toronto, Canada.