Cricket 1912

308 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 6, 1912. when G. G . Dumbelton, J . K . McDonald, and G. F . Farm iloe all got going defeat for the home side seemed quite possible. But at the finish the visitors still required 36 with one wicket in hand (they were a man short). Groves took 5 wickets, and W. T. Monckton was in capital form behind the stumps. B arnes were deprived by rain of a good win over Chiswick Park. P. M. Rees, hitting finely all round the wicket, made 143 (twenty 4’s), and he aud H. E . Barham sent up 17 3 before a wicket fell. Rees afterwards took 4 for 42, thus putting in a capital afternoon’s work. Finchley (East), after getting rid of Edmonton for 9 1 (Windsor and Anderson 5 wickets each), made 169 without a man out. I). G. and S. J . Sm ith were the batsmen, the latter scoring nearly twice as fast as his brother. B y good level batting (33 by Stembridge, who went in last, the highest score) Cypher ran up 202 v. Pallingswick, and won by 34 runs, in spite of a capital 60 by J . 11. Cocke. Norbury Park Wanderers at Dorking averted defeat at the hands of C. W. Goddard’s X I. (269 for 9). thanks m ainly to the efforts of F . D. Hobbs (H5) and H. Lavington (50). H. Brooker made 1 10 for the scratch team. In the match 18 wickets realized 482 runs. Upper Sydenham beat Carshalton by two wickets in a game of sm all scoring. C. T . A. W ilkinson’s 6 for 46 being its chief feature. Clapliam Rambler.*, after running up 166 v. Polytechnic, had seven of their oppenents’ wickets down for 64 (C. It. Browne 5 for 17) when raiu intervened. R iver Plate House easily beat Crofton Wanderers, F . C. Buckeridge taking 7 for 14. Old Charlton’s win over Sidcup was by the narrow m ajority of 12 runs. W. J . G ill (5 for 36) and A. H . Manning (5 for 45) bowled well for the winners. F or Charlton Park, W. D. Bi zer played a fine innings of 122 v. Lessness Park ; his only chance was given in the sixties, and he almost monopolised the scoring, making his runs out of 154 while in. Later V. Cunis, of Rugger fame, hit up 4 1* in quick time. E . Hawkes, the L . P. stumper, hit very finely for his 69*, which included three 6’s over the fence, two off successive balls, and C. G . Beasley, the skipper, did much to save the game by his excellent 30 at a critical stage. A t Slo 'gh no start could be made until 4 o’clock, owing to rain, yet a finish was arrived at. Sc. Pancras ran up 144 for 7, three batsmen topping 3 0 ; then A. F . Hankins, their captain, made a sporting declaration. Slough had only 55 minutes to get the tuds in, but went for the gloves like men. T. R . Kent and E . J . Leat, both county players, hitting hard and never m issing the chance of a run, notched 108 in 35 minutes. Then Kent was run out in attempt- ing a sixth run. He had made a 6, a 5, and three 4’s. E . Smith joined Leat, who went dn slamming. Twice he lifted the ball out of ihe ground for 6. When he wa3 out to a magnificent running catch for 69 the spectators fairly rose at him . H is scoring strokes were thuswise : 4 1-4-4 1 1-4 4-4 4-1-4-6*2-4-3-5-4-6-3. T . P. Wilmot filled the vacated place, and within six minutes of time Slough won. It was one of the best games ever played on the ground, and rendered all the more noteworthy by the sporting spirit shown by St. Pancias, who kept the field in a drizzling rain when many teams in their position w’ould have ma ?e for shelter. Catford Excelsior had m ainly to thank the brothers E . and F. H airby for their easy win over Marconi. E . Hairby took 6 for 13 , F . 4 for 8, and the latter was top scorer in a match of few runs with 18 . Marconi only made 27. G reville II. put out Wembley II. for an even sm aller score—23. A. M. Dunn and J. Downer each took 5 wickets. Greville (85) won easily. At St. Quintin’s Western dismissed Brookfield for 37, J . D. P ay taking 7 for 16, and themselves made 1 17 (F. Syrad 37, J . Watts 26*. A week before Brookfield had scored 230 for 6 v. Boston Park, so the Western team feel that they did well. Western II. beat Brentham II. by the narrow margin of 5 runs—92 to 87. West Kent Wanderers A had another win. No one made a big score, but five men contributed usefully t j the total of 118 , among the five being Lucy and Silk, who are doing fine work for the team. Brockley could only make 7 1. C. Lawrence, quite a youngster, took 7 for 23, hitting the st:cks half-a-dozen times, and the fielding was brilliant. Lawrence ought to do big thiugs in the future. There were nearly 400 spectators; W. K . W .’s A team have a special following of their own. Beulah were engaged in a local Derby. Their opponents were Thornton Heath, who lost 5 for 13 , after which C. Thomas hit lustily for 33, the total reaching 60. S. Manchee took 7 for 25. Beulah replied with 10 i, H arrison 28*. Don Adams for the Heath went one better than Manchee, taking 8 for 25. G. W. R . had their principal match scratched, and some of the first eleven turned out for the second v. Saxhorn. One of them, C. E . Iloneybal', fairly dominated the game. He made 92 (nine­ teen 4’s, five of them off consecutive balls in an over) and took 4 for 2. Rain caused the game to be drawn. Only one century was registered last Saturday in Sussex cricket, and that was by a schoolboy, A. W isden (Hastings G. S. v. Cran- brook School, 134*). Dr. Stewart made 75 and F . Southin 60 for Graylingwell Hospital, who ran up 247 v. Cowdray Park, and won easily, as did Worthing (235, A. M. H arrison 52) v. Arundel, and Midhurst (206, E . H. W illiams 62) v. Petworth Park. One of the best innings of the day was the 62* of the amateur boxing crack of yore, A. F . W. Somerset, for the Martlets v. South Saxons. The powerful old Wellingtonian is no chicken; but he can still slash with the best of them. At the Grange, Crowborough, F . H . Gresson’s X II. were beaten by the local team (including Sir A. Conan Doyle) by the narrow margin of 7 runs—128 to 1 2 1. Reigate H ill, after making 144, put out E ast Grinstead for 4 1 ; but E ast Grinstead, batting again, ran up 170. Jennings (of Kent) took 12 wickets for Reigate H ill (6 for 29 in the first innings). Steyning (R. Breach and Stoneham 47 each, J . Flowers 6 for 31) beat Brighton St. Jo h n ’s by 89 runs. For Hove v. Keymer and Hassocks T. W. Oathwaite took 7 for 13 , and did the hat trick. Suffolk and Essex had some rain, but most matches were brought off. Ipswich and E a st Suffolk made little progress in their game with Colchester Garrison, For their second string—a very keen and able band of players, mostly young—E . G. Penstone played a beautiful innings of 93* v. the Asylum at Melton, and had very hard lines in m issing his century through rain. E . L . D. Lake played a remarkable innings for B u ry and West Suffolk v. E ly at E ly—62 in a total of 79, the other ten making 15 among them ! E ly won by 19. E . S. Missen made a capital 35 for Colchester and E ast Essex v. Mistley, and R . T . Lewis aud H. D. Swan contributing 18 each, the total reached 92 W . Alliston took 5 for 45. M istley had 8 down for 2 3 ; but then Blacklee, their skipper, hit gallantly while J . Alliston defended, and these two added 43. The last wicket fell at 69. Bricknell, the visitors’ pro., had 5 for 34, Missen 4 for 29. O. C. BristoWe ran up a century for Great Baddow v. W itham , and J . F . Bawtree for the opposite side was 95* when the innings ended. Great Baddow effected a surprise by replying with 223 for 5 to W itham ’s 2 2 1. J . Francis, who nearly always scores well, made 84 for Bury United v. East Anglian School. West Kent Wanderers, playing one short, went down to B lack­ heath Wanderers, in spite of a splendid bit of bowling by A. E . Lugg, who took 8 for 14. Lugg is in great form ; week after week he has 6, 7, or 8 wickets to his credit. Balham Wanderers had a very jolly week in Thanet, and were quite satisfied with the results of their first tour, the half-dozen matches being equally divided iuto wins, losses and draws. Except for Tuesday afternoon, the weather was capital. T. J . Wheeler had to be back in town on Thursday, and he was much missed. He and S. Hanna were jointly responsible for the best performance of tbe tour, putting up 168 together in 80 minutes v. W sstgate, and nearly bringing off what would have been a fine win. H anna was always making runs, and in three of the matches he had capital bowling analyses, 5 for 14 (v. Kent Coast College), 7 for 107 in an innings of 292 (v. New College), and 5 for 37 (v. Cliftonville College). In the match in which Wheeler made his century he had tirst bowled throughout the other side’s innings, taking 9 for 97 (12 a-side). A good afternoon’s w ork! W . J . Atfield made several useful scores ; and the skipper P . K. Woollacott, after having to retire hurt early in the fifth match, came back at the fall of the ninth wicket and made top score for his side when runs were badly needed. The fielding went to pieces in the New College match, and Napier owed something to fortune in making his century. The Birm ingham League had a bad day. In two matches no start was practicable; in the other three no finish was arrived at. The play was all on rain-damaged wickets, and the only performance that stands out at all was Bucknell’s 6 for 39 (Smethwick v. W alsall). Leicester cricketers were somewhat more fortunate. Rain delayed the start of matches, but did not interfere later. In most Leicester matches a start is made late, anyway—3 -15 the usual hour. In the Town League, Sparkenhoe (102) beat Victor (69) easily, F . Doggett taking 7 wickets, as he did a fortnight ago v. Belgrave Town, and H . Tunnicliffe and H. W illis making useful scores. The brothers S. E . and C. E . Pallett are the m ainstays of the Bishop Street team ; on Saturday they made 37 and 33 respectively, adding