Cricket 1912

284 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J un e 29, 1912. Club Cricket Notes and Jottings. The unexpected stands for much of the charm of cricket. On W ednesday in last week Easton Ram blers, playing Fram lingham College, had 7 wickets down for 37. Then E . Godley joined the Rev. A. R . Hoare, and the eighth did not fall till 164 bad been added, tbe Suffolk player contributing 90, the Norfolk one 74*. Hoare went on to bowl thereafter, and took 8 of the boys’ wickets. Morfee, Fielder’s under-study as fast bowler for Kent, really ought to have a warning. He is in distinct danger of becoming a batsman. Indeed, it is almost too late for a warning to be of much use. Playing for St. Lawrence, Canterbury, last week, he collected 14 3 and 63 —more than half the runs made for his side—v. W arwick­ shire Gentlemen, and 102 (in a total of 323) v. Burntwood Wanderers. Jam es Seymour played for the opposite side in the first match, and was highest aggregate scorer with 6L and 52. On Wednesday E alin g, with a depleted te a m -D . R . Osborne much m issed—met their neighbours, E alin g Dean, who had a very hot side out. The first match between the clubs was easily won by Ealin g ; but the Dean turned the tables in unmistakable fashion in this gam e—3 15 for 6, declared, to 95. The biggest scorers for the winning side were Freem antle, who hit finely all round the wicket, and gave only one chanco in his 8 1, Drewell, whose 77 included thirteen 4’s—sure proof that he also laid on the wood—the popular skipper, who had the luck to be missed before he had scored and thereafter took 46 in quick time, and Johnson, whose 32 contained some lovely cuts. “ E d d ie ” Lew is, keeping a fine length, had 5 for 30 when E alin g batted, and Johnson, relieving W alker near the finish, took three for a single. Acton Town also had a local Derby on the Wednesday, meeting and decisively beating Turnham Grpen—206 for 7, declared, to 41. Level batting was a feature of their innings, six double figures being registered. F . H aw kins's 48 was a really good knock. R. Philpot and A. Roberts (4 wickets each) bowled very effectively, not one of the visitors reaching double figures. There was plenty of good scoring all around London on Satur­ day, with Clapham R am blers’ 365 for 5 v. Southend as the highest total, Cane H ill Asylum (v. London Hospiial), Epsom (v. Banstead), South Hampstead (v. Ware), and South Woodford (v. North Middle­ sex) also running up over 300, and Shepherd’s Bush (v. Cricklewood), Honor Oak (v. Mortlake), Beckenham (v. Streatham ), Walham Green (v. Neasden), Battersea (v. White House), North London (v. Albemarle and Friern Barnet), Brentwood (v. Essex C. & G.), the Nondescripts (v. Hampstead), Hampstead (v. the Nondescripts), and Norbury Park W andeiers (v. Carshalton) over 250. In the m ajority of these cases innings were declared, too. But there were comparatively few close finishes. Quite the most notable was the four runs victory of Ibis over Forest H ill—88 to 84. W hite’s 44 for Ibis was the only score over 20, and such bowling analyses as B alkw ill’s 6 for 33 and H ast’s 4 for 38 for the losers, Parker’s 5 for 44 and Newcombe’s 3 for 1 1 for the winners, were recorded. This sm all scoring on a ground like Forest H ill’s when other teams were piling up the runs is somewhat singular, for it scarcely seems likely that the pitch can really have helped the bowlers much. Among other low scores m ay be mentioned Beckenham ’s 52 v. Old Charlton, Cricklewood’s 54 v. Shepherd's B ush , Carshalton’s 62 v. Norbury Park Wanderers, E ssex C. & G .’s 65 v. Brentwood, and Southend’s 70 v. Clapham Ram blers. B ut in all these cases the opposing sides made plenty of runs. Marborough Blues, for whom O. S. Jen kin s (108) and M. O. Lew is (64) batted finely, beat Esh er (whose most successful batsman was the old Gloucestershire player, S. A. P . Kitcat) pretty decisively. Still more decisive was the victory of Norbury Park Wanderers over Carshalton. W. E . Hobbs scored 53*, and good all-round work was done by F . L . Johnson (61 and 6 for 30) and C. W. Goddard (22 and 4 for 14). The half-day Ealing side had a big share in some fast scoring at Willesden Green. Pearce, driving and cutting well, contributed a good 60 to South Hampstead's 233 for 8, declared. E alin g nearly managed a surprise win. Craik, the old Calcutta batsman, played superbly for 97* ; he gave nothing like a chance, scarcely made a faulty stroke indeed, and his shots past cover and leg-placing were first-rate. At call of time E alin g wanted only 39 more to win, and had 7 wickets in hand. Albemarle and Friern Barnet—lacking W alton, Coldwell, H . A. Clarke, Lewis, and Grimes, all on holiday—went down to North London. A. & F . B . had 9 down for 8 5 ; then Lyon (69*) and Hetherington, quite a youngster, made a stand of 96 for the last wicket. B ut the total was not big enough. The other side, thanks to excellent batting by W. Jaffrey, H . Griffin, and T. Nicholson, ran up 268 for 5. This was the sympathetic manner in which the captain of A. & F . B .’s second toim received the news of defeat. “ Dashed good job too, Lyon ! I believe you thought our first was good enough lor the Australians—ha, h a ! ” But on September 2 1 A. A F . B. will meet North London again, and then —hist !—we are observed! Let us, like Brer Rabbit, “ lay low an’ say nullin’ .” A. & F . B . 2nd beat Southgate Adelaide by 4 1— 17 2 to 1 3 1 . P. J . Montgomery made a capital 96 for Middlesex Hospital v. Sutton ; but J . G. M. B ell (who only last week scored 103) ran up 122 for the visitors, and a fine stand between him and J . M. W il­ liamson (58*) saved tbe gam e—indeed, put Sutton well on to the road for victory had time permitted. London Scottish, thanks to a last wicket stand by A. H. Read and R . A. Bennett, made 18 1 v. M ill H ill Park, after looking like being out for a much smaller total; but they could not win. The game was left in a most interesting position, Mill H ill Park, with two to go, wanting 22, C. E . Dalton’s 7 1 was the highest score of the match. St inmore, at home, lost to West- bourne Park Wanderers, for whom J . Lowen made 75*. by 24 runs and 3 wickets. Our special representative attended the game between Heathfield and L . C. and W . Bank. As the bank had a team aw ay on tour, Heathfield rather anticipated a win, but in the end were quite satisfied to draw. The visitors ran up 174 in a trifle over two hours, Pring (65) and Simmons (35*) doing best for them. The total would not have been so big had Heatbfield’s out work been quite up to the mark. The veteran C. M ills took 5 for 66. The home side made a poor start against G. A. M ills and Pring, three being out for 25. Aitcbison improved matters with three spanking square-leg boundaries, but was then rather unluckily caught off his glove from a rising ball. A plucky stand by C. M ills and another old hand in G. Swift saved the match. The bank fielding was very smart. A note is appended by our correspondent: I have seen eccentric bowlers before—notably Saunders, the Australian, who used to start his run from mid-on, at right angles to the wicket, and pass between the umpire and the stumps before delivering—but G. A. M ills knocks the lo t ! He begins his run some yards on the cover point Bide of mid-off, round whom he circles, and after two or three hops and a run of some 25 yards, which never brings him in the direct line of the wickets, bowls a fastish ball which has a tendency to get up on the off. I am not surprised to hear that he takes a lot of wickets, for he must disconcert the batsmen considerably; but I very much doubt whether his methods would pay in cricket of higher class. The run must take a good deal out of him , and, writing as a bowler, I should say he can have very little more notioa than the batsman where each ball will pitch. I may be wrong, of course, but that was the impression I got. W ithout Andrew Sandham ’s 86 M itcham ’s total against Spencer would have been a very poor one, as the rest only mustered 63 among them. G. M. Lloyd had 5 for 68, J . F . C. Wood 4 for 27. E igh t of the visitors made double figures, F . X . Andrews’s 58 highest and best —clean cutting and hard driving. M itcham 's fielding was better than Spencer’s. A ll will be glad to hear that W. D. Macbeth, the Spencer skipper, is getting along finely after his operation. F . W iles made top score (48) in Arlington and Leytonstone’s favourable draw with Orsett, who were *aved from defeat by E . Outram. G. S. Cole (3 for 6) m ight perhaps have pulled off a victory for A. & L. if he had been put on a little earlier. At Elstree Lauderdale, E . F . Arnold playing a fine innings of 90 and C. Lewin taking 7 for 5 1, registered a good win over Architectural Association, after declaring with only 5 wickets down. J . S. Higgs and C. J . Bool (42 each) put up 75 for the first wicket of Parson’s Green v. Ealin g D ean; but 6 were down for 126. Harrod and Pettitt slowly added 35 for the seventh ; then E llis joined Pettitt, the rate of scoring increased, and 7 1 were added in good time, putting the side in a position to declare. E alin g Dean found Harrod too good for th e m -till McNaughton came in. The fact that his side were play­ ing for a draw did not cramp him. He hit three glorious 6’s. At the finish the Dean had still two wickets outstanding. Harrod’s fast ball, bowled after a run of only about 3 yards, puzzled them, aud his habit of glaring at the seam of the ball for about 20 seconds before delivery also appeared disconcerting. What queer chaps some bowlers are, aren’t they ?