Cricket 1912

258 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J un e 22, 1912. K ent v . S u ssex . — The Jam ’s absence was a great disappoint­ ment. A. H . Lang, the old H arrovian, replaced Street as stumper. The youngest of the three B elf brothers played the highest and best innings for his side on a slow pitch on Monday. B lythe’s swingers bothered most of the batsmen. Humphreys and Woolley added 67 for the third Kent w ick et; later H atfeild, blessed by fortune and kindly treated by the Sussex field, hit up 55. Kent had a lead of 62. After Simm s had departed Robert R elf and Vine wiped this off, adding 10 1 for the second wicket. R elf had some luck and was never quite at e a se ; but Vine batted finely, if slowly, 170 minutes for his 61. The end of this association was the beginning of a slump. Lang hit up 22 ; the rest was silence. Kent needed 108 to win. H ardinge was out at 33 on the last morning, but Humphreys and Troughton carried the score to 64, and in the end Kent won by 7 wickets. Both on Tuesday and Wednesday the breakdown of motor-cars caused some delay in starting play, and on the third day the crowd showed impatience. Somerset v . South A fricans.—Bath kept up its reputation—no play at all on the first day. Early in the Afrikanders’ innings Chidgey had an eye damaged, and Mitchell allowed Hylton-Stewart, a Cantab, and son of a Somerset rector, to take his place. Only Tancred and Snooke could do anything with the tine bowling of Greswell and Robson on a difficult wicket. The pitch improved a bit later. Braund showed sterling defence for 90 minutes, and Robson hit up 28 in half-an-hour ; the rest did little. Pegler was again the prima donna of the colonial attack. Taylor and Tancred put their side ahead before close of play. In the morning the score was taken to 69 before Tancred left. Taylor and Nourse added 64. Nourse and Snooke, making light of the bowling, put on 167. At 300 for 3 the innings was declared, but Somerset managed to play out time. For this they had chiefly John Daniell to thank, though in staying as long as he did the Somerset captain owed something to the leniency of the field. Nourse batted 150 minutes, hit thirteen 4’s, and gave no chance. The Schools. Eton once again demonstrated what an exceptionally powerful batting side they possess this term by runniug up a total of 281 for four wickets (declared) against the Butterflies, G. Ham ilton Fletcher playing a brilliant innings of 8 1. Time alone robbed the school of victory, as. when stumps were drawn, the visitors were nearly a hun­ dred runs behind with two wickets to fall, twelve a side being played. Besides Fletcher, L . C. Leggatt, the Rugby three-quarter, E . F . Campbell, who distinguished him self in the Surrey T rial match, and R . C. G ull, all batted well for their scores of over fifty. The Butter­ flies had a strong side, including five old Blues, besides A. I. Steel, the best slow bowler in the school’s team last season, and Captain W. Payne Gallwey, of the Household Brigade, who represented the A rm y against the N avy at Lord’s a fortnight ago. It was chiefly due to his effort of 40 not out, and G. Brom ley-M artin’s 67 that the total reached 19 2 for nine. G. L . D avies, with four wickets, was the most successful of the Etonians’ bowlers, and it is in this department that the side require a little strengthening, the want of a good fast bow­ ler being likely to handicap them when the wickets are hard. A couple of days previously the Butterflies had met Wiuchester, and although M. E . C. Baggallay, the old Cantab wicketkeeper, was the only member to figure in both games, it was nevertheless a very strong side which represented them, including E . R . Wilson. The school started badly, losing five wickets for a paltry 36 runs. G . L . Hough and T . N. Hone then improved matters, the former batting in very good style for 64, but with the exception of R . N. Ham ilton, no one else did much, and they were all out for 139. Twelve a side were played, but Critchley-Salmonson, the school captain, was in irresistible form with the ball and dismissed the opponents for a bare 43, taking 7 for 1 3 (6 clean bowled). Rugby came very near achieving victory over the M .C.C. I. F . L . E llio t played a fine innings of 90; W . W . Sm ith, Bretberton, and Johnstone all made useful scores. The total was 238. M .C.C. had 8 down for 134 at call of time, Leslie Sm ith having taken 6 of the 8. Ju n e 15th was a great day at Harrow, for their Majesties the King and Queen paid a visit to the school, and took patt in the annual celebrations of Speech Day. The cricket team on Friday were opposed to the Quidnuncs who brought down a pretty useful side under E . L . Kidd, the ’Varsity skipper, who, besides making top score (76), also took half-a-dozen wickets for 4 1 runs. The Quid­ nuncs batted first and runs came plentifully, A. H Lang making 47 and Hon. A . W indsor-Ciive 49, the total eventually reaching 251. A disastrous start was made, Kidd and L . W. Bridges doing the damage, but a plucky stand between E . W . W rigley, and M. C. Kort- right, who added 33, lifted the score to three figures. On batting a second time the H arrovians fared better, and the board showed 56 for 3 when stumps were drawn. “ Out of ev il,” etc., and we hope it will not be long before Harrow records its initial victory, as four defeats in succession is not a good beginning. H aileybury had a most exciting game with the Incogniti, who made 282 for 9 before declaring, Thorne taking 4 wickets and Allen 3. The boys were left 2 J hours to get the runs, and, nothing daunted, H. D. Hake, the captain, and H ughes-H allett knocked up 80 for the first wicket in under half-an-hour, H ake’s share being 34. Hughes-Hallett was unfortunately run out for 84, a fine innings, but then Carstairs (75*) and Sewell (53*) hit splendily and the school won a great match five minutes before time w ith only 5 wickets down for 297. Haileybury’s fielding was distinctly better than in previous matches. The result of the Marlborough v. Cheltenham match was, to say the least, unexpected, for although two days had been set apart for the game, it was finished in one. Cheltenham put together 110 , to which Marlborough replied with 88. On batting a second time, the Cheltonians could only amass 55, R . D. Busk bowling magnificently and taking eight wickets for a dozen runs, five of the side failing to score. The necessary 78 runs were then easily h it off by the Marlburians for the loss of one wicket. This, of course, is not the true form of Cheltenham, as they are capable of much better things, and under G. E . C. Wood will assuredly give proof of it in the near future. The Free Foresters, on winning the toss, put Charterhouse in first on a plumb wicket. Two wickets fell quickly, but then C. G. B . Stevens and R . A. C. Cholmeley played steadily and the third wicket did not go down till 84. R . G. Morrison followed with a well-played 34 and the tail wagged to good purpose. Going in against a total of 2 12 , Jam es Douglas (46) and J . Carr (56) put the Foresters on a firm footing, and although F . S. Letten and G. A . W right bowled well, the runs were hit off with two wickets in hand. H . A. Gilbert, the Oxford Blue, took 5 wickets for 78 and Douglas 5 for 34 for the winners. Another team of Free Foresters opposed Uppingham , but here the school gained a fine win, getting the visitors out for 230 and passing this score just on time with 3 wickets in hand. R . E . Foster made a beautiful century, but he was the only one to offer any serious resistance to the bowling of Trubshaw and Morris. J . V. W ilshin, the school captain, batted excellently for 63 and E . E . Wynne (44) aud A. B H all (42) also played well. H eavy scoring took place in the game between the Oxford Harlequins and Tonbridge, and the result, a draw, was a distinctly creditable performance on the part of the school. Going in against a total declared at 337 for 6 wickets, Tonbridge, by some very con­ sistent scoring, had reached 228 for 6 when the game concluded. J . J . Thorley, the captain, hit up 4 1 in good style, and A. D. Coates aud C. K . Douglas also passed the “ forty ” mark. F . R . P. Curry’s leg-breaks claimed four of the Oxonians’ wickets, and he bowled very well. W . T. Monckton, the Old Harrovian, was in great form behind the stumps. R ossall were opposed to the Masters, and another draw was the result, rain preventing the latter from scoring more than 7 1 for 2 in reply to the school’s 214 for 7, dec., G . B . Davies, the captain, who did so well last year for the Essex Colts, getting 47 and J . L . Wood 55. Several inter-school matches were played and all were brought to a definite conclusion. Brighton College gained an overwhelming victory over Merchant Taylors’ School, scoring 259 for 6 wickets declared, and dism issing the Londoners for 58. When one considers that this was accomplished without their captain, Havelock-Davies, a fine all-rounder, who was injured against the M .C.C., the perform­ ance is all the more noteworthy, but A . J . Murdoch hit up a brilliant century, and he and G. M. Dawbarn bowled in irresistible fashion. Oakham also beat Trent pretty easily, 272 to 12 2 , C. C. Sills (74) and S. H . G. Humphrey (89) batting very well and F . W . Ryan and J . W. Mason bowling in excellent style. H. C. B . Shepherd’s 44 and S . C. Saville’s 3 1 were the only double figures on the Trent Side, and W . Hoole proved their best bowler. Wellingborough in a low scoring game defeated Bedford Modern by 68 to 5 1, D. C. C. Sewell m aking 25 for the former and J . White and W. E . Hazelton, as usual, taking all the wickets, White’s six costing only 29, and F . N. Palm er’s eight for Bedford Modern costing 33. The second X I’s were also engaged, with a sim ilar result, G. W . Nelson playing a fine innings of 127 for Wellingborough and V. H. Parker capturiug all ten wickets for 42 runs. Fine bowling ! He is a slow bowler of whom more should be heard. City of London School totalled 139 against W hitgift’s 74, G. Robbins, the captain, claiming 7 victim s for 25 for the winners, and Sevenoaks School beat Cranbrook School by 73 to 55. C hrist’s Hospital suffered their first defeat of the season at the hands of the Old Blues, the scores being 13 5 to 98, and Berkhamsted