Cricket 1912

J u n e 22, 1912. CEICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. 265 the end. Manehee took 6 for 24, H arrison 4 for 16 . The Beulah men used the long handle— always the best plan on such a pitch, and, thanks m ainly to Mathiesen and Love, totalled 66. Adams for the Rangers had 6 for 9. Beulah II. in spite of Parker’s all-round play (23* and 6 for 4) went down to Seneca II. by 34—55 to 89. Melrose lost to North Middlesex IV ., having hard luck in several respects. N . C. Clark for the winners and A. J . Mason for the losers played good defensive innings. Crofton Park players w ill remember Elm er Cotton, formerly one of their best, now in business at Oxford. He captained the Oxford City team v. Merton College on Saturday, and was top scorer iu the match with 70. F or Epsom II. v. Capital and Counties Bank Keenan took four wickets with successive balls. West Kent Wanderers “ A ” met a check in their successful career. Everything went wrorig with them, and they lost to Sphinx by 30 runs in a low-scoring match. Lu cy’s catch in the deep which dis­ missed Bartlett was a really fine one, and the bowling and fielding generally were quite good, but for once the batting failed. Truelove is keeping wicket in capital form. St. Joh n ’s Wood Wanderers went down rather heavily to Camberwell House ; but here, as in the other match, no doubt the bad light in the late afternoon handicapped the losers. In 4 J hours’ play in Suffolk District Asylum v. Ipswich and E ast Suffolk at Melton 455 runs were registered, a fairly warm pace. And a result was arrived at, too ! The Asylum scored 226 ; the premier Suffolk club answered with 229 for 4 in 105 minutes, Cyril Catchpole making the winning hit from absolutely the last ball of the day. Who says cricket is a dull gam e? A. D. Whatman ran up 110 , completing his century under an hour, and the winners were largely indebted to his fine forcing play. The club’s second team had the best of a draw with Fram lingham College, their top scorer, 0 . Mortimer (72), being him self an old Fram lingham ian. J. Francis scored 10 1 (retired) for B ury United v. Mildenhall. The bowlers had matters nearly all their own way in the Durham Senior League. But the play was interesting, and some home teams got nasty shocks. Burnmoor collapsed for 37 v. Durham City, who replied with 223. Dennis Hendren scored 92 and took 5 for 1 8 ; Adamson, the county skipper, had 5 for 13 . At Chester-le-Street nearly four innings were got through, the home side scoring 33 and 66, South Shields 40 and 39 for 6. H arry and McAndrew for the visitors, J . Bewick and Thackeray for the home side, got wickets at exceedingly cheap rates. Eppleton went down to Boldon—Eppleton 54 (Lowings 5 for 34, Kitcbener 5 for 19), Boldon 12 2 . Seaham H arbour’s victory over Hendon was a surprise to everyone. Hendon made 97 ; Seaham replied with 138 for 7 (Dickens 51). Sunderland made 14 0 (C. Pickersgill 43*, E . L . Squance 35) v. Philadelphia, who could do nothing with Morris {seven for six!), and were all out for 28. A. J . Ingram ’s bowling (7 for 40) was the one redeeming feature of Philadelphia's play. W hiiburn’s defeat of Wearmouth Collieries was another unexpected result. They owed their victory by 33 m ainly to Jam es, the Nottingham man (53), Bulmer, StentoD, and Allison, the captain, the last two causing a collapse after Wearmouth (for whom Prince and Clode each made 36) had looked like knocking off the runs. In the North Yorkshire and South Durham League the supre­ m acy of the bowlers was still more marked. Saltburn 32—West Hartlepool 16 ! Think of that—and West Hartlepool a big-scoring side as a rule. Middlemiss for West had 8 for 13 . Redcar and Darlington had a great fight, the former winning by one run. Guisborough, Bishop Auckland, and Norton-on-Tees all won thf ir matches. Ryton, Baekworth Percy, Old Novocastrians, Benwell H ill, and South Northumberland lost to St. George’s, the County Club, Benwell, Tynemouth, and Hexham respectively in the Tyneside Senior League. Here again bowling feats were the order of the day, H ickton’s 7 for 20 (Tynemouth v. Benwell H ill) being the most notable. In South Wales and Monmouthshire on Saturday rain spoiled nearly all the best matches. Creber took 6 for 34 in Cardiff’s 9 for 87 v. Swansea, J . R . T ait’s 28 being top score. Gaukrodger, the ex- Worcestershire pro., hit up 104. Ii. Davey, a Surrey man, 59, A. S. Webb 32, and E . A. Watts 30* for Plymouth Merthyr (251 for 4) v. St. F agan ’s, but the other side had no innings. Abergavenny beat Nantyglo by the narrow margin of 5 runs. Newport made 154 v. Clifton—F . G. Phillips 37, Silverlock 32, Diver 3 1, G. Shrubsole 22. Clifton had 4 1 for 3 when rain intervened. U sk were all out to Panteg for 67, Ford (5 for 9) bowling very finely ; but the home side bad no chance to make the necessary runs. Earlier in the week they beat Newport Thursday at Panteg by 3 wickets and odd runs. W illiams, the home captain, bowled his leg breaks with great success, taking 7 wickets, and Faw dry played a nice innings of 32. My correspondent in this locality says that there is a good deal of dissatisfaction as to the choice of the Monmouthshire eleven for the game at Stoke. In Abergavenny and Panteg, where there are men well worth a trial, it is felt as unfair that the side should be practically a Newport eleven. It is not a question, he says, of in­ ability to p la y ; there are men who would be glad to take their summer holidays in such a way as to give their services. This should be worth the attention of the authorities, who doubtless want support from the whole county. Bowling was on top in Lancashire and Yorkshire. The only centuries of the afternoon in matches of any special importance were W . Mellor’s 10 1* (Werneth v. Middleton) and F . Voase's 10 1* (Hull v. Rotherham). Berwick made 73* for Glossop v. Littleborough, T. Mellodew 62 for Moorside v. Heywood, and Rudston 96 for Hopton M ills v. Castleford. But against these aud a few more batting per­ formances can be set such analyses a s :— Knutton, 6 for 28, Bradford v. Bowling Old Lane. Littlewood, 8 for 33, Bowling Old Lane v. Bradford. J . S. Auty, 6 for 27, Birstall v. Spen. Wadsworth, 7 for 12, Brighouse v. Rastrick. Cook (W.), 8 for 20, Burnley v. Nelson. Hallam , 7 for 40. Nelson v. Burnley. Kermode, 8 for 52, Bacup v. Lowerbouse. C. H . Parkin, 7 for 39, Church v. Enfield. Newstead, 7 for 46, Rishton v. East Lancashire. Greenwood, 8 for 19, Walsden v. Milnrow. W . Sugden, 6 for 18, Werneth v. Middleton. Parkin scored 60 for his side, in addition to bowling so well, and Auty, the old M illhillian, was top scorer (31) as well as most successful bowler for B irstall. Scoring did not rule large in the Leicester Town League. Victor collapsed for 25 v. Arundel. Ford taking 5 for 12 , Shingler 4 for 7. Arundel replied with 134 (H. W. Dexter 29). Belvoir could only make 88 v. Tyro, Lowe taking 7 w ickets; Tyro ran up 148. Belgrave Town (though including Mounteney and Agar) made only 57 v. Sparkenhoe, F . Doggett taking 7 for 2 3; Sparkennoe won by 4 wickets. 8. E . Pallett contributed 54 to Bishop Street’s 88 v. Clarendon Park Congregational, who won by 59 runs. F R. Foster turned out for Nuneaton v. Leicester Town, his side winning by 96 runs. The biggest total of the day was Ivanhoe 2nd’s 209 for 4, dec. (D. A. Squire 57*) v. Knighton 2nd. In the Birm ingham League Moseley inflicted a heavy defeat on Kidderm inster—220 for 9, dec., to 13 1. Frank Stephens and Breeden (79 in partnership for the first wicket) and Jeeves (61 in very quick time) were the principal scorers. Handsworth Wood (T. S. Haswell and Fereday each taking 5 wickets at small cost) beat Smethwick, for whom J . Piggott played fine all-round cricket, by 89. Aston Unity (helped by K. L . Hutchings) defeated Mitchell and B utler’s by the narrow margin of 7 runs, G. W . Rea taking 6 for 33 for the winners. Grimshaw, the Yorkshireman, ran up a century— good, but lucky—for Dudley v. West Bromwich Dartmouth. Dudley declared with three wickets down, and won at just before 8 o’clock— they play very late in the Birm ingham League, which shows how the League system makes for real keenness. L . F . Taylor, the Stafford­ shire man, reached three figures for W alsall v. Stourbridge, and he and Hewson (64) put on 148 in partnership. Unlike the West Bromwich men, Stourbridge, though with only one wicket to fall, held the fort till time, and saved the game. In the North Staffordshire League Stoke (155 for 6, dec., Nichols 50, W. D. Kirkby, A. G. Jones, P . Briggs, and P. E . W illiam s all over 20) v. Porthill, Silverdale (180 for (i, dec., J . Ankers 38, J . C. Cooper 34, E . Downing 27) v. Knypersley, Leek (156, H. Thompson 43, H. Ellerton 28) v. Longton, and Burslem (140 for 6, George Wilson 7 1* , A. Cook 37) v. Fenton, all put up decent totals. Wilson had 7 wickets for 23, Morgan (Tunstall v. Norton) 6 for 17 . Norton could only raise 45 v. TuDstall, who won by 42. Burslem easily beat Fenton, and Silverdale were quite too good for Knypersley. Leek v. Longton and Stoke v. Porthill were drawn owing to rain. E . Bedson’s 72 in a total of 130 for Knypcrsley i i v. Silverdale II deserves mention, also T . Bloor's 73* (of 147) for Leycett v. Sandyford in the North Staffs- Combination. In a game