Cricket 1912

JULY 6, 1912. CEICKET : A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. 309 61 for the fourth wicket together in a total of 86 v. Belgrave, who were beaten by 24 runs. Sheuton for the losers took 6 of the last 7 wickets at a cost of only 18 . Clarendon Park Congregationai’s 157 (R. M. Patterson 39, G. T. Iliffe 30) v. Belvoir United was the biggest total of the day in the League. Leicester Ivanhoe ran up 159 for 2 (W . H all 86*) v. Notts Amateurs, who had made only 105, G. E . Rudd, the old county player, taking 6 for 64. L is t week Hall scored 82. The biggest individual score of the day was H. Payne’s 106* for N . Corah & Son v. Temperance in the Trades League. Both in Lancashire and in Yorkshire rain sadly interfered with the game. A start was made in most matches, but comparatively few were played out, and there were not many performances of note. Haslingden collapsed for 22 before Colne, and Dukintield for 33 before W alsden; both these are teams which have been doing well in their respective leagues. Llewellyn play* d a capital innings of 74* for Accrington v. Enfield, and W . A. Crossley ran up a well-hit 75 for Littleborough v. Stalybridge. In the big c >unty H. Clayton- Sm iih’s 97 for Pontefract v. Spen Victoria, and the 68 of Hancock, erstwhile of Derbyshire, for Rotherham v. Sheffield United, were among the best batting performances ; while Linaker (who has been tried for the county), with 7 for 18 (Paddock v. Holmfirth), J . E . Pontefract, with 6 for 14 (Thurstonland v. Kirkburton), and Walter Bedford, with 5 for 16 (Buddersfield v. L a celles Hall), did bowling feats worthy of mention. Percy B riggs’s 7 1 was the highest score of the day in the North Staffordshire League. It is good to see this fine batsman, quite out of luck last year, going strongly again. H is team, Stoke, beat Leek (Smith, formerly of Durham, 51) by 1 3 1 to 94. In all the other matches (Knypersley v. Burslem was off, owing to the former’s ground being flooded) scoring ruled smaller. The only other individual innings of real note was B arnes’s 5 1* for Porthill v Silverdale. As the England player also took 7 for 27, he bad a very big share in his side’s easy win over Silverdale. Dwyer had 5 for 16 in Norton’s innings of 56 v. Cre*ve Alexandra, who replied with 77 for 1 . Tunstall beat Longton by a very narrow margin in a match of sm all scores. Morgan, whom Somerset should never have let go, had another fine analysis for Longton—6 for 19 . Deyes (25, top score, and 6 for 34) was the chief factor in Fenton’s 24 runs’ win over Stone. The first half of the programme of the Durham Senior League (Eastern Division) was completed on Saturdav, and Sunderland, the champions, went down for the first time. Boldon were their conquer­ ors, with 88 to 77. Morris took 8 for 44 for Sunderland, who had 69 up before the third wicket fell, but then collapsed before Kitchener and A. Lowings. H arry had a benefit at Westoe, and here there was another exciting finish. South Shields totalled 9 1 (Harry 28) ; Hendon replied with 99 (W. H arrison, the side’s captain, 37). For Hendon N. H . Dixon had 7 for 14. Durham City, lacking Adamson, beat Wearmouth by 34 runs. T. Prince (53) and Clode (23) as usual made most of the runs for Wearmouth ; F . Darling (34) and L. J . Gowland (26) did best for the winners. Jam es (formerly of Notts) played a fine innings of 99, quite the leger score of the day, for Whitburn, who declared at 219 for 7, and got out Eppleton for 116 , Jam es following up his innings by takiug 6 for 16 F . P . Whittaker (33) helped the pro. to send up 10 1 for the first Whitburn wicket. Seaham Harbour and Burnmoor had to remain idle, owing to a heavy thunderstorm. But Seaham had visited Westoe on Friday (a match rearranged on account of the Australians' visit in August), and had won by 1 1 2 to 75, W. A. Hunter and Dickins bowling finely, while T. C. Wharton and G. Rowell made useful scores of 29 and 27 respec­ tively. Sunderland’s defeat opens out the championship; they are now only one point ahead of Durham City, who in turn only lead Boldon by one. The Tyneside Senior League had a blank day owing to pouring rain. In the N. W. Durham League Medomsley bad a triumph over Burnhope. A. Veitch (68), H all (58), and T. Howarth (5 for 11) did fine work for the winners. Lang ey Park (G. W. B eed, the county man, 87) beat Gateshead F ell (P. Turnbull 42, S. Dickinson 32) by three wickets. South Moor, after making 147 (A. Hodgson, 36, top scorer) got out Birtley for 30, Court 6 for 14, J Swinhoe 4 for 15. No play was possible at Consett. Charles Townsend (39) was the top scorer for Norton-on-Tees (who now head the North Yorkshire and South Durham League) v. Guisborough. Norton made 96; Guisborough could only total 47, G. E . Finder (all ten wickets the previous week) taking 6 for 18. West Hartlepool v. Bishop Auckland was early stopped by something not far short of a cloudburst. Saltburn beat StocKton and Redcar beat Thornaby in small-scoring matches. For Redcar Moon took 7 for 1 1 . Thursfield (65*) and S. Foster (36) made a fine stand for North Ormesby v. Darlington, after seven wickets had fallen cheaply, and the total reached 129, to which Darlington replied with 83. In Gwent and Mor^anwg rain went far to spoil play completely. On the Thursday Partridge scored 107 in a total of 169 for Aber­ gavenny v. P an tej. For Panteg. Ford had 6 for 24. Rain stopped the game with Pante* 29 for 0. On Saturdav, Swansea (D. B . Wi liam s 64) beat Cardiff, who had the worst of the wicket, by 74. Maxwell (5 for 47) and Creber (5 for 41) for Swansea, H. G . Symonds (5 for 65) for Cardiff, all bowled well. H Lew is’s catch which disposed of Bancroft was a fine one. He fell in making it, and hurt his shoulder, but kept a grip on the ball. Percy Morris had to retire owing to a damaged knee. Penarth declare i at 186 for 0 v. Briton Ferry, who had 53 with one wicket on’.y outstanding at call of time. E . R. Sweet-Escott (78) and Martin 6 for 16» did g-'od work for Penarth. Neath v. Newport was off—rain, of coui se. H ills Plymouth (Davey 37. Murray 33, beat Cardiff Y.M .C.A. There seems to be a pretty decided opinion that Sm ith, the Panteg pio.. a most consistent run-getter and always a safe field, is worth a place in tho Monmouth­ shire team. Landmarks of Cricket in North America. (Continued from page 259.) 18 6 9 . M a rtin M c In ty re , o f N o tts ., e n g a g e d a t P h ila d e lp h ia , m a d e tw o c e n tu rie s th e re— th e first tim e in A m e ric a t h a t a n y b a tsm a n h a d m a d e tw o in a seaso n . F . N o rle y , a n o th e r E n g lis h p ro fe ssio n a l, h e lp in g th o C o lts v . th e V e te ra n s o f th e S t. G e o rg e ’s c lu b , ra n u p 1 7 6 — s till a N e w Y o r k re c o rd . A . C a te r m a d e 1 2 3 fo r th o V e te ra n s. T h is w a s th e fir s t in sta n c e o f tw o c en tu rie s in a m a tc h in A m e ric a . R . D . B ro w n , b o rn M a y 6 ; C. P . H u rd itc h — F e b r u a r y 1 . T h e la t t e r w a s n o t, th e c om p ile r b e lie v e s , b o rn in A m e ric a ; b u t h e m a d e m a n y ru n s in d iffe ie n t p a r ts o f th e S ta te s w h ile re sid e n t th e re , a n d m ig h t bo rec k o n e d a s, fo r th e tim e b e in g , a n A m e ric a n c ric k e te r. 18 7 0 . N o th in g o u ts ta n d in g in th e w a y o f p e rfo rm a n c e s to re c o rd . . H . I . B r o w n b o rn — M a y 1 7 . B r o t h e r o f B e y n o ld s D . B ro w n , a n d h im se lf a n e x c e lle n t c ric k e te r ; a m em b e r o f th e P h ila d e lp h ia n T e a m to E n g la n d in 18 8 9 . 1 8 7 1 . F ir s t m a t c h - a s fa r a s k n o w n to u s— b e tw een O n ta rio a n d Q u eb ec, a t M o n tre a l. Q u eb ec w o n b y 30 ru n s. N o t o n e o f th e fo u r in n in g s re a c h e d 70. W e ste rn O n ta rio ( 1 1 5 a n d 1 1 0 fo r fiv e ) b e a t E a s t e r n O n ta rio ( 1 2 3 a n d 10 7 ) b y 5 w ic k e ts. T r in it y C o lleg e S c h o o l (37 a n d 29) b e a t U p p e r C a n a d a C o lle g e (35 a n d 2 7 ) b y 4 ru n s. F o r t y w ic k e ts fo r 12 8 ru n s in th e m a tc h . M a ssa c h u se tts C ric k e t A ss o c ia tio n fo rm e d . 18 7 2 . A “ b a n n e r y e a r ” in N o rth A m e ric a n c ric k e t o w in g to th e v is it o f th e G e n tlem e n o f E n g la n d T-eam u n d e r M r. R . A . F itz g e r a ld , in c lu d in g th e fa m o u s W . G ., A . N . H o r n b y , L o rd (th en th e H o n . G eo rg e ) H a r r is , C . J . O tta w a y , A . A p p le b y , a n d o th e r c e le b ritie s. T h e y p la y e d : 2 2 o f M on trec.l, w in n in g b y a n in n in g s a n d 14 0 ; 2 2 o f O tta w a , w in n in g b y a n in n in g s a n d 10 9 ; 2 2 o f T o ro n to (or o f C a n a d a ), w in n in g b y a n in n in g s a n d 10 5 ; 2 2 o f L o n d o n (or o f C a n a d a ), w in n in g b y 1 3 0 ru n s ; 2 2 o f H a m ilto n , w in n in g b y a n in n in g s a n d 16 ; 2 2 o f S t . G e o rg e ’s C lu b , N .Y ., w in n in g b y a n in n in g s a n d 1 3 9 ; 2 2 o f P h ila d e lp h ia , w in n in g b y 4 w ic k e ts ; a n d 2 2 o f B o s to n , d ra w n . (To be continued.)