Cricket 1912

J une 29, 1912. CRICKET: A WEEKLY KECORD OF THE GAME. 283 The Schools. Several inter-school matches were played last week and, as usual, thu-e were many surprises, for schools have a habit of playing very much above or below their form when they are opposed to one another. Such was the case at Clifton, where the College fought their annual buttle with Rugby School. A. A. E . Chitty was in great form with the ball and captured six wickets in Rugby’s first innings and eight in the second. Rugby going in first made 55 to which Clifton replied with 309, J . R. F . Errington playing a magnificent innings of 178 and G . M. E . Whitehead also made 52 At their second attempt the visitors d.d a trifle better, but only totalled 9G, and so Clifton gained a handsome victory by an innings and 158 runs. It will be remembered that the same pair of batsmen broke three records when playing against the Liverpool Club earlier in the term. A t Uppingham the two-day match against H aileybury ended in a draw, the home side scoring 172 and 255 and the visitors 158 and 194 for 8 wrickets. K. M. McKenzie bowled exceedingly well for the latter, taking seven wickets in each innings, and H. D. Hake, the captain, played very well for his 64, but J. V. W ilshin, the Uppingham captain, took chief honours with 104 not out and A. R . Trubshaw hit hard for 63. Brighton once again gave proof of their excellence, running up 285 against St. P au l’s School, P. Havelock Davies, the capiain, making 84 and capturing 6 wickets for 35, the Paulines being dis­ missed for 74, but they did better at their second attempt and reached 122 for 3 wickets, F . L . Wainwright, their skipper, having a good 62 to his credit before being run out. Another fine all-rounder is T H. Bowman, the captain of Den­ stone, who against Trent took 8 wickets for 2 1, the latter being dis­ missed for 49 and Denstone replying with 149 for 7, J . W. Knight makiug a good 6 1 not out. Bowman has so far captured 36 wickets for 148 runs, an average of 4-1, his last 20 wickets being taken in three matches for a bare 42. E . 0 . Cruickshank, 43, was top scorer for K ing’s, Rochester, who made 118 against Forest. R . B. E . Upton taking the last three wickets for no runs. F . W . H . Nicholas, the Forest captain, was in fine form behind the stumps, and followed this up with a grand innings of 186 out of a total of 348 for 8 wickets, R . Y . Martyn, 79 not out, and C. V. Thompson 62 also doing well. G. Angell, who captured four wickets for King’s, accomplished an extraordinary feat in doing the hat trick in such a heavy scoring game. Rain interfered considerably with the match between Exeter and Kelly, the former totalling 129 and Kelly hitting up 65 for the loss of only one wicket, when stumps were drawn. Wellingborough is another school that has a team far above the average, and in D. C. C. Sewell, their captain, W. E . Hazelton and J . and K. White they possess four young cricketers of great promise. Against Nottingham School Sewell and K . White put on 195 for the second wicket, neither giving a chance in their scores of 109 and 105 respectively. The innings was declared at 263 for 4 wickets and Nottingham, in making only 56, of which 19 were extras, were soundly beaten. Hazelton did the damage, claiming seven victims for 15 runs. The Wellingborough second eleven were also success­ ful, dism issing Dunstable School for 83 and then making 184 for 8. Two Northern schools, Sedbergh and Giggleswick, were also in opposition. Sedbergh batted first on a very soft wicket and declared at 156 for 7, of which Waterworth made 43. Giggleswick found Ellison, who took 8 wickets, too good for them, and were all out for 5 1. Eton were not engaged, but Harrow had the Fiee Foresters as visitors. A. J . Evans, Hon. R. Anson and E . M. Dowson were chief contributors to the latter’s total of 245 for 9 (declared), and this proved too great a task for the H arrovians, who compiled 182, C. H. B . Blount, their captain and wicket-keeper, making a good 55 and Y . P . Trew 38 The form shown by Harrow this term has been most disappointing, and one hopes better things w ill follow. The Westminster captain, G. B . F . Kudd, hit very well for his 124 out of 277 against the Authentics, R. F . Potter, the wicket­ keeper, getting 63. Tim e alone prevented the school winning, the visitors having lost 8 men for 232 when the game stopped. Repton gained an easy victory over the Aliens by 198 to 96, J . N. Richardson hitting fiuely for his 66. The Aliens, who had a gtrong side, could do nothing with the bowling of Parsons, Bower and the captain, E . C. Moses. Tonbridge ran up 19 1 against the Incogniti on a perfect wicket, F . N. Sherwell making a rather lucky 43. C. K. Douglas was in preat form with the ball, and he and R . J . H ilary were mainly instrumental in dism issing the opponents for 110 . The school fielding was excellent, G. S. Barrow, at cover, being splendid. D. Boumphrey, who made 55, was unfortunate in his declara­ tion, at 144 for 7 wickets for Shrewsbury against a strong side under R . V. Bardsley, the Dark Blue, the necessary runs being hit off for the loss of two wickets. Merchant Taylors’ School were badly beaten by the M. T. Com­ pany, 84 to 192, notwithstanding some brilliant bowling by G. W. Truman, who took 9 wickets for 82, and Aldenham lost their game with L . J , Reid’s X I. An exciting match between Lancing and Sussex Martlets resulted in the school winning by five runs, the scores being 160 and 155, and the Frogs won five minutes before time against St. Edmund’s, Canterbuiy, scoring 234 for 7 Against 223. Earlier in the week the Frogs had defeated Radley very heavily, totalling 264 for 8, as against 89. The Old Alleynians defeated Dulwich, 15 5 to 1 3 1 , the school batting first. The winners lost their last seven wickets for 13 runs. Earlier in the week, Dulwich had had the best of a drawn game with J . E . Greenwood’s X I., R. K. Nunes contributing a patient 68. C. A . S. BOOTH. Captain, L ancing C ollege. University College School totalled 17 1 for 8 against the Hampstead Nomads’ 206, and Felsted’s 2 12 was not enough for Writham , who won by 3 wickets. Fram lingham , 226, drew with Melton Asylum, 167 for 3, and Blundell’s defeated Wellington Club for the first time for six years by 126 to 115 , E . S. Cameron making 47. Bradfield, who lost to Keble, Oxford, by 164 to 77, had their match with Oriel scratched, but are to*day playing Berkshire C.C., and Sherborne, 17 7 and 12 2 , were beaten by their Old Boys, who made 12 7 and 177 for 3. One has been expecting something out of the ordinary from D. J . Knight, the Malvern captain, and it was forthcoming on Friday and Saturday, when the College beat the Old Malvernians in a high- scoring game. Knight played two fine innings of 50 and 162 (not out), and J . E . S. Pethick 83 and 12. J . h . Naumann, the left* hander, took 8 wickets for 60 runs in the Old B oys’ fii>t innings. G . N. Foster (64) and W. W. Lowe (80) played good innings for the losers. LUandovery, thanks to three of the W illiams, beat the town by 6 runs, “ J . G .’' taking 7 wickets for 55, “ D. O.” scoring 6 1 and “ O. M .” 36. Epsom College, for whom J . W. Parks scored a fine 93, beat St. Joh n ’s, Leatherhead, C. E . Turner (50) alone offering much opposition to N. W insland, who took 8 wickets for 62 runs—the final score being 1 17 to 268 for 6 wickets. O B . THE AMERICAN CRICKETER. F ounded 1877. Published by The Associated Cricket Clubs of Philadelphia. An Illustrated Journal of Cricket, Association Football, Tennis, Golf and Kindred Pastimes. 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