Cricket 1912

J u n e 22, 1912. CRICKET : A WEEKLY J . R . Cocke, 105, Pallingswick v. Felsted School. G. L . Hebden, 102, Pallingswick v. Felsted School. H. J . Wenyon, 100, Hornsey v. Barnet. C. P . Goodden, 10 1* , I Zingari v. Stoke Poges Golf Club. C. F . Welch, 114 * , Stanmore v. U .C .S. Old Boys. Jennings, 12 3 , Tonbridge v. Bickley Park, Ju n e 15. R. E . Foster, 109, Free Foresters v. Uppingham School, June 15. F. S. Gillespie, 100*, Upper Sydenham v. Bexley, June 15. H. Bassett, 109, Fram lingham Masters v. Leiston, June 15 . C. A. Caslon, 133, Southgate v. M.C C., June 15 . R . H. Fox, 103*, Free Foresters v. Eoyal Artillery, June 15. Wheeler, 100*, Lord Lilfords’s X I, v. Northanta C. & G ., June 15. M. Falcon, 106, Crusaders v. Stanmore Park Masters, June 15. H. Swann, 117 , Kensington (N. & S.) v. Brixton United, June 15. Fisher 10 3 (ret.), Kensington (N. & S.) v. Brixton United, June 15. A. J . Murdoch, 1 17 , Brighton College v. Merchant Taylors School, Ju n e 15 . The biggest score of the week was T. A. Trum an’s 200, retired, for Gloucester v. Eoyal Agricultural College, Cirencester. Trumau has played a few times for Gloucestershire, but without doing much. He m ust be a rare hitter, for he made his 200 in a couple of hours. E . E . Sandilands and D. H . Butcher played a great game for Upper Tooting v. Blue Mantles at Tunbridge Wells on the Thursday, each scoring over 90, Butcher not out. Thanks to them, Upper Tooting replied to a total of 277 with 226 for 5. Leicestershire’s three runs victory over Warwickshire did not stand alone during the week. The Trojans beat the Worcester Regiment by the same m argin on Monday, though in this case the winners batted last, and on Wednesday Leicester Ivanhoe beat the Wellingborough Masters by 4 runs only. On Saturday Thames Ditton defeated Burntwood Wanderers by 5 runs, G uy’s Hospital overcame G ranville (Lee) by two, and Richmond Town beat Alleyn by five. G . C. H ast, of Forest H ill, was on tour with the Knowle and Dorridge Club in Devonshire during the week ending Ju n e 8th, writes a Member of the W arwickshire club, and accomplished an excellent performance against Sidmouth on the 6th. The wicket was queer, and the sun shining b righ tly; the visiting captain won the toss, and put Sidmouth in. They were all out for 60. Hast took 9 for 17 , at one period getting four wickets in seven balls, and later doing the hat-trick. The touring club won by SI runs, John Balkw ill, also a Forest H ill player of the past, now in business in Birm ingham , contributing 54. On tbe Monday the F . H . secretary had 5 for 40 in an innings of 235 (C. G. Deane, the Somerset player, 108— but he ought not to have got them, for he was missed before he scored) by Torquay. Knowle and Dorridge, with the luck of the wicket against them, lost this game by 160 runs. All the other four m atches—with South Devon, Exeter, Axm inster, and Exm outh—had to be abandoned owing to stress of weather. What is it Mr. Henry Newbolt says in one of his glorious poems ? “ Devon, O Devon, in wind and rain ! ” F . E . D ’O. Monro still keeps up his fine form for Hampstead. He made 94 in excellent style v. Streatham on Saturday. Mr. Monro’s name, by the way, gets hashed up by the papers rather more often than most men’s. He is O’Monro, Munro, Dr. Monro, and several other things. I fear we ourselves have not been entirely guiltless. Hampstead beat Streatham by 120 runs, Mackie with 60 seconding Monro best. For the losers C. J . Parton played a good innings of 60, and P. J . Allen took 8 of the Hampstead wickets. The biggest batting feat of the day was Walham Green’s 253 for 1 against Richmond Park — H . W. Weston 144*, McRae 98. Richmond Park made 87. Eichmond beat West Sheen by 120 (Pullman 82, Roberts 8 for 72 for the winners). Beckton defeated Crofton Park by 93. Mayes (8 for 33) was in rare form . Forest H ill (280 for 4, T. J . Balkw ill 83*) were too much for Fulham (73). Honor Oak (280 for 8, C. Lamb 89, S. H . Anson 7 for 22) beat Paddington (57) by a sim ilar big m argin, and Catford (256 for 8), G. Ingersoll hitting very hard for 100*, licked Palm er’s Green (76) in very much the same way. Battersea have one complaint to make of their captain. He simply cannot win the toss. This told heavily against them on Saturday, when Shepherd’s Bush, thanks m ainly to D arvill and Scott, declared at 226 for 5. and Battersea ha i to bat iu a bad light, made worse by the trees which in normal circumstances lend charm to the Shepherd’s Bush ground. White and Swain saved them from defeat, however. RECORD OF THE GAME. 263 Our special representative journeyed to Ilford, where the stars of the east were entertaining Walthamstow—a powerful side flushed with six successive wins against a good team down on its luck. For Walthamstow can do nothing right of late. They lacked C. Cattell on Saturday, but he could not have saved them. T. M. Weaver, Ilford's purveyor of slows, was absent, but T . H . Foot worthily filled his place. It was Lcuden, however, who was chiefly responsible for the visitors’ dism issal for 56. He bowled at a great pace, and had 6 for 23. Louden’s delivery is a fine high o n e; the Walthamstow secretary said the ball seemed to come from a foot above the top of the screen! Ilford registered 18 1, after passing their rivals’ score with 3 down. Edgar Porter was very sound, Louden very dashing— 67 and 47 respectively. Louden’s score repeated that of last week. A. T. Lyon an ex-Birm ingham player, was finely caught on the boundary by H. W. W all, quite a youngster, who should be of great value to Walthamstow, for he took 5 for 42, finishing oil the innings with the hat trick. Walthamstow batted again, and registered 7 1 for 4, E . Simms 42 in really taking style. It is reported that Louden (of whose bowling C. J. Kortright thinks very highly) has had to refuse an invitation to help Essex, business claims not permitting him to turn out. Ilford will tour in South Devon from Ju n e 29 to Ju ly 7. Mr. Spelling has prepared a pocket itinerary, and the Ilfordian who goes astray with that in his possession deserves to be lost in a Dartmoor m ist. The team leaves Paddington at 6 o’clock on Friday, the 28th, plays Paignton on Saturday, and during the next week meets Exeter, R.N .C. (Dartmouth), Exm outh, Chudleigh, United Services (Devonport), and Bradninch. The flags at Ilford cricket, tennis, and bowls grounds were at half-mast on Saturday for the death of Mr. Bourne, a much esteemed member. Arlington and Leytonstone. a team as badly out of luck as Walthamstow, were beaten by Grays Manor. G. S. Cole’s 27 was their highest score, and Walter Ruffels took 4 for 53 ; tbe rest did very little indeed. Flinn and Prior each made 50 in good style for the winners. West Kent Wanderers, who have been doing well, experienced a change of fortune, and went down heavily to Mercatores, for whom Browthorpe and Shepperd made quite a long stand after the eighth wicket had fallen, and were undefeated at the finish. L . and N.W .R. simply wiped the floor with South Essex. One short, the visiting team collapsed for 38 before Skilton (7 for 13, 5 clean bowled). The railway men batted the rest of tbe day, but no one made a big score except H. J . Paris. He was in great fettle, and was still there at the finish with 119 to his credit. In every match so far he has scored double figures, and he seems to suffer no inconvenience from the effects of the operation to his knee last season. H arry Earle, the old Clapton goalkeeper, skippered South Essex. Only L . Lienard, E . A Bennett, and H . G. V. Homer made double figures for London Scottish, whereas six of the sevt n Brondes­ bury men who were out ranged from 18 to 6 1 (B. M cLachlan), Brondesbury winning easily. Scores— 116 and 208 for 7. A very sim ilar game was that between Old Charlton and Lessness Park. W. J . G ill made 54 of Old Charlton’s total of 12 0 ; seven players (E. Upton 58, W. Gentry 48) contributed good doubles to the Park’s 267 for 8. R. V. Bowater (63) and Carter Pegg (25) sent up 50 runs for the first wicket of Old Whitgiftians v. Ew ell, and when G. A. E llis (42) partnere-1 Bowater runs came very freely. Everyone who batted reached doubles; the innings was declared at 210 for 5, and W . B. Bannerman (5 for 40) and Bowater (4 for 33) disposed of Ew ell for 76. Sutton, whose captain won the toss for the seventh time out of nine this season, made no m istake with Upper Tooting. J . G. M. B ell hit seventeen 4’s in his 10 3 ; Butt, Lonsdale, Knight, and R. M. B ell all made useful scores. The total was 299. When Hadfield got rid of Butcher and Sandilands in his first few overs Sutton’s prospects of victory rose; a good stand by Capt. Anderson (59) and J . F . Hosken (39) followed; but once they were parted wickets fell quickly before Cole and R . M. B ell, and all were out for 140. M Virginia Water the Wanderers put out the Sanatorium for 85 (W. M. Bradley, the old Kent war-horse, 6 for 36), and replied with 218, L . S. Wells top scorer with 64. Mairne made 43 of 64 for 6 when the home team batted ngain.