Cricket 1912

262 CRICKET : A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. J un e 22, 1912. Cricket in the Scottish Highlands. B y “ C e l t . ” T h e p rin c ip a l g a m e in th e N . o f S c o tla n d L e a g u e w a s p la y e d a t E lg in b e tw e e n th e E lg in C ity a n d th e N o rth e rn C o u n tie s C. C ., In v e r n e s s , o n a b e a u tifu l w ic k e t a n d in m o s t p le a s a n t su rro u n d in g s a t C oop er P a r k , b e fo re a la r g e cro w d . E lg in C it y to o k flrst le a s e o f th e w ic k e ts a n d in lit t le o v e r a n h o u r a n d a h a lf r a n u p a t o t a l o f 2 0 3 ru n s fo r 5 w ic k e ts, w h ic h te s tifie s to th e e x c e lle n c y o f t h ? w ic k e t a n d gro u n d . T h e v e te r a n , J . A . B u s s e l, w a s to p sc o re r w it h 8 1 g o t b y so m e b e a u tifu l d r iv in g . B . C . H a m ilto n 3 8 , A . G . C o c k b u rn 2 2 , J . H . T a y lo r n o t o u t 36 . W h a t a c o n tr a s t t o la s t S a t u r ­ d a y w h e n t h e y w e re a ll d isp o se d o f fo r 36 ! I t ju s t sh o w s w h a t g o o d g ro u n d m e a n s to a c lu b . T h e N o rth e rn C o u n ties w ith n o c h a n c e o f m a k in g th e ru n s w a n te d in th e tim e a t th e ir d isp o s a l, th e ir o n ly h o p e b e in g a d r a w , m a d e a go o d s t a r t a n d lo o k e d lik e s a v in g t h e g a m e , b u t u n fo r tu n a te ly th e t a il e n d fa ile d a n d t h e y w e re a ll o u t ju s t o n th e s tro k e o f tim e fo r 1 0 1 , M a jo r B r o w n b e in g to p sco rer w it h 3 8 , A . M a c G illr a y g e ttin g 14 . B u s s e ll fo r E lg in h a d 7 w ic k e ts fo r 5 1 ru n s. A t N a irn C ita d e l C .C ., In v e r n e s s w e re th e g u e sts o f N a irn C o u n ty a n d w o n , F o r N a ir n , w it h th e e x c e p tio n o f I a n C la rk e w h o g o t 2 4 a n d D . A . M a c le a n w h o g o t 2 1 , th e o th e rs d id n o th in g a n d th e w h o le sid e w o re o u t fo r 86. F . M a c K e n z ie o f t h e C ita d e l g o t 6 w ic k e ts fo r 2 7 ru n s. C ita d e l re p lie d w it h 1 2 4 , J . M a c d o n a ld , a v e r y g o o d t y p e o f c ric k e te r, g e ttin g 5 8 , A . F o th e r in g h a m g e ttin g 3 1 a n d C . M a c d o n a ld 19 . I n th e V ic to r ia P a r k , In v e r n e s s , th e 9 3rd H ig h la n d e rs g a in e d a w e lc o m e v ic t o r y o v e r th e S a in t A n d re w s , sc o rin g 18 7 ru n s fo r 8 w ic k e ts to th e S a in t s ’ 1 3 7 . F o r th e so ld ie rs L ie u t. P e a r e t h g o t 6 7 , S e rg t. M a r k e y 4 1 , L ie u t. K e n n e d y 2 3 , C o rp l. M a c le a n 1 7 a n d L ie u t. S te e l n o t o u t 16 . B . B o b e rts n o t o u t 3 3 , W . W ilso n 2 7 , D . J . M a c k in to sh 1 9 , w e re th e p r in c ip a l sc o re rs fo r th e S a in ts . Club Cricket Notes and Jottings. Score-aheets and order-of-going-in cards are obtainable at these offices at 3d. per dozen of each. Advertisements of vacant dates are accepted at one shilling for four lines or less, 3d. per line after four. E arly forwarding of scores, and brief details appended, will be very welcome to the Editor. Thursday afternoon found me at the charm ing ground of the Albemarle and Friern Barnet club, where the fourth match of the home week (v. Boston Park) was being played. It is not very often I can allow myself a treat of this sort. F or it was a treat. Hospitably received and entertained, I could only wish that it had been my good fortune to be able to put in the whole week there. M y only regret beyond this was that circum stances prevented m y having a longer talk with W illiam Lyon, A. & F . B .’s genial secretary, who was fieldiug as substitute when I got there, and afterwards in the field again for his own side. B ut a good deal of talk can be crowded into two ten m inute—good m easure—intervals. J . A. E . Peschier. Southgate’s West Indian crack, was playing for the home side, and his bowling particularly impressed me. W ith a high action and a graceful delivery, he does a bit each way at a good pace, and on a wicket of the sporting type he accomplished really fine work on Thursday. At the other end bowled W . Walton, A. and F . B .’s high-tossing slow trundler, who made a very effective contrast to Peschier. Walton looks e a sy ; but I doubt whether those high-tossed slows, bowled with judgment, are ever easy to most batsmen. Boston Park lacked Lin g, Gluyas, and one or two other good men, but had a strongish side, nevertheless. No one expected them to tumble out for 59. Lloyd-Jones of A. & F . B ., lent to them to make up the side, began by hitting a m ighty 6 off W alton. Other men started w e ll; half-a-dozen of them, at least, looked good for 50. But no one stayed. The home fielding was very clean and accurate, and the bowling tip-top. I ought to mention that H. C. P . Westley made 96 for the home side, but unfortunately I only saw the fag-end of his innings. ------------- On Monday the home team had had a great day against Fulham . The visitors made 88, W. Walton taking 5 for 26. A . & F . B . replied with 420 for 6. H. T . Clarke ran up a splendid 166, and he and Westley (95) put on 230 for the third wicket. On Tuesday Highgate went down by 140 runs, Peschier m aking top score (56) and taking 6 for 30. On Wednesday rain stopped play after Honor Oak (including Spring and Goatly) had run up 86 for 4. The Thursday match I have already referred to. On Friday S. A. Mu6sabini’s X I—a strong side—went down by 93 runs, Peschier again top scorer for A. & F . B . On Saturday Amherst succumbed by 53, Walton making 74, and H . A. Clarke taking 5 for 43. Besults of the w eek: 5 wins, a draw, and no end of good play and keen enjoyment. One visitor to the match on Thursday interested me very much. This was the little son of A. Underwood, of Boston Park, who ought to make a rare good cricketer if early training goes for anything. Not yet six years old, he knows the game, and plays it, too. “ You will make a cricketer,” I told him . “ I am a cricketer,’’ he replied promptly. Underwood had no luck when he batted. “ Tour father generally makes more runs than this, I guess,” said I. “ Y es,” the small boy answered, “ he’s all right if the bowling isn ’t too fast.” “ B ut he doesn’t mind fast bowling, surely ? ” “ Not unless it’s too fast,” was the reply. Little Underwood knows all about the Boston Park m en ; he told me what a good player “ Mr. Barton ” was, and that “ Mr. Lin g ” was away, and m any other things. Among cards recently to hand— space will not allow of details— are those of the G .W .E ., L essness P abk , S outh -W est H am , G k e v ille . S treatham A lbion , S t. L uke ’ s (Woodside, Croydon), a new club this season ; and, from over the Atlantic, the “ schedule” of the N ew Yobk V eteban C bicketees ’ A ssociation . On Thursday Stanraore could only make 1 18 v. Edgware, at Edgware, but this moderate score proved quite big enough. Edgware were dism issed for 82, F . E . Blower having the extraordinary analysis of 22 balls, no run, 5 wickets. While he can do things like this Mr. Blower w ill have no need to be his owu trumpeter ; such deeds speak more loudly than words. Some say “ win the toss and take first innings—every time.” I don’t entirely agree with th is ; but I can quite understand many captains holding tightly to it. It is so horribly galling to put the other fellows in, and then find you have made a m istake. On Monday in last week the Mote captain put the B oyal Artillery side in at the Mote in a two-days’ match. They ran up 218 . Groves (6 for 67) bowled w e ll; but when the home team batted the old W ykeham ist, N. W. Wells-Cole (6 for 15) was far more more destruc­ tive, and the Mote collapsed for 52. Following on, they made 229 ; but in the end B . A. won quite easily by 6 wickets, which m ight not have happened if—but why rub it in ? Granville (Lee) had an experience of the ups and downs of cricket on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. On Tuesday they ran up 304 against the Wanderers, Platt scoring a century, and won by 15 3 runs. On Wednesday, with a very sim ilar side (Morice Bird played on Tuesday, but only made 35) they were put out by Hampstead for 69 and lost by 7 wickets (12 a=ide) and runs to spare. Among last week’s centuries w ere:— E . Rothwell, 15 2 , Hastings v. Harborne (B ’ham), June 1 1 . S. Platt, 114 , Granville (Lee) v. the Wanderers, Ju n e 1 1 . Murrell, 1 13 , M .C.C. v. Lancing College. June 1 1 . Capt. W. G . M. Sarel, 139 , 5th Rifle Brigade v. Norfolk C. & G., June 12 . H. D. Stratton, 12 1, Staffordshire Gentlemen v. Shropshire Gentle­ men, Ju n e 12 . W. H. Twigg, 13 5 , Staffordshire Gentlemen v. Shropshire Gentlemen, Ju n e 12 . J . E . Newey, 134 *, Harborne (B’ham) v. South Saxons, Ju n e 12. D. G . W igan, 10 1* , Eton College v. Free Foresters, Ju n e 12 . H .'Churchill, 109*, Kent C. & G. v. White House, Ju n e 12 (total only 18 6—Churchill made 109 of 157 from the bat). C. J . Corbett, 115 , Derbyshire Friars v. Trent College, Ju n e 12. E . A. M iller 15 5*, Trent College v. Derbyshire Friars, Ju n e 12 . P. Pearson-Gregory, 178, Household Brigade v. R oyal Fusiliers, Ju n e 12 . Capt. J . Fisher, 100, R oyal Fusiliers v. Household Brigade, Ju n e 13. E . W. Evans, 15 1* , Corpus v. Worcester (Oxford), Ju n e 13 . H . C. Onslow, 126, Corpus v. Worcester, June 13. H. W. Weston, 144*, W alham Green v. Rickmond Park. H. J . Paris, 119 * , L . & N .W .R . v. South Essex. C. R . Browne, 104, Clapham Kamblers v. Malden Wanderers. G. Ingersoll, 100*, C'atford v. Palm er’s Green. J . G. M. B ell, 103, Sutton v. Upper Tooting.