Cricket 1912

J u l y 13, 1912. CEICKET : A WEEKLY EECOED OE THE GAME. 325 The Schools. Many important inter-school matches have been played since these notes last appeared and to-day sees the finish of the great match at Lord’s between Eton and Harrow. Eton have been doing so splendidly all through the term that until last Saturday it appeared any odds on their repeating their victory of last Ju ly , but the Harrovians put up such a fine fight against the Old Boys that their supporters must have taken heart again. Against such bowlers as E . W . Mann, Hon. R. Anson, E . M. Dowson and E . H . Crake, tbe School-on-the-Hill closed their innings at 364 for 0 wickets (12 aside), G. L . Jackson 103, C. S. Wilson 47, W. W . Dickenson 66, E . T. Buller 52 (not out), and the captain C. H . B . Blount, 43. A. H. Lang played a fine innings of 1 1 3 for the old H arrovians, who had lost seven wickets for 2 2 1, when stumps were drawn. Eton have every cause to go on the field with confidence, as they have suffered only one defeat, and even then they had the best of matters, had'the match been fixed for two days, the M.C.C. winning on the first inuings by 27 runs and Eton having a lead of 94, with only two wickets down, when the game finished. They followed up their brilliant win over W inchester, by decisively beating the Zingari by 98 runs. E . F. Campbell 8 1, D. R . Heaton 67, Freem an-Thom as 43, and H am ilton-Fletcher 40, were the principal rungetters for the winners, and Heathcot-Amory took five wickets and Chance, the hero of the M .C.C. and W inchester matches, four. D. G. Wigan, the captain, was not playing. Critchley-Salmonson, the W inchester captain, strained himself in the preceding match, and his absence against Eton robbed the game of much of its interest, as he has been the main winning factor in most of the W ykeham ists matches. Marlborough made a great show against the Foresters and, set 158 to win in the second innings, reached within 9 of the number, with two wickets in hand. W. F . Oliver (89 and 31), K. I. Yallance (37 and 24) and R . D. Busk 64 and O. Z. Case 45 in the first innings, all played well, and K. H. C. Woodroffe, the captain, B usk and Case did most of the bowling. Charterhouse entertained a strong team of the Old Carthusians at Godalm ing and only just saved the game, thanks to a plucky not out innings of A. L . Ford, who in addition took six wickets for 55. The O.C’s made 282, C. P . Mead hitting hard for 80, and the school started well with R . A. C. Cholmeley (44), R . G. Morrison (34) an-1 C. G. B . Stevens (20), but then came a collapse and nine wickets were down when stumps were drawn. Tonbridge, after having tbe best of a drawn game with Sherborne, in which the fielding of both sides was the principal feature, and the batting consistent, gained a great victory over the Old Tonbridgians by 10 wickets. Here again the batting was excellent. A . D. Coates (36 and 25*), and F . W. Sherwell (26 and 66*) proving themselves an excellent first pair, and good scores coming from W . G . Frend, G. S. Barrow and R . J. H ilary. The bowling honours fell to the captain J . J . Thorley, E . D. S. Casswell and H ilary. A fine fielding side. Westminster, too, did another good performance by defeating the Old W ykeham ists by 90 runs, G . B . F . Rudd hitting hard for 66, and R. F . C. Cobbold again bowling well. R . C. M. Crofton, the left- handed Wellington bowler, who has done very well again this year, was the principal cause of the Masters’ dism issal for the poor total of 116 , six wickets falling to him for 17 . The College, after a bad start, replied with 156 for 8 wickets—E . G. Bartlett 33, E . A. Simson 27, and T . B . Tod and A. J . Z. Donaldson not out 29 and 19 respectively. Uppingham brought their season to a close with a decisive victory over Shrewsbury, who went under by an innings and 1 2 1 runs. Shrewsbury have not shown their true form in their school matches, but the captain set his side a good example. W . T . Newton played a fine innings of 10 3 for the winners and A. R . Trubshaw and J . G. Stephen bowled consistently well, as they have done all through the term. H aileybury, who were celebrating the Jubilee of the school, had much the best of a drawrn game with the Old Boys, who, when stumps were drawn on the second day, required 49 runs to win, with three wickets in hand, after H. D. Hake had declared for the loss of five wickets. J . R . M. Lawrence played a fine innings of 105, followed by 37, F . R . J , Bell scored 66, A. B . Thorne 18 not out and 67 and Hughes-Hallett not out 48. Radley and Sherborne had a very fine game, the former leading by 13 runs on the first innings but eventually losing by 5 wickets. All through, the ball beat the bat, Morrison, Cornish and Dixon for the winners and C. L . Sm ith and Reid for the losers bowling well. The latter, who kept wicket last year, played a good innings of 60 and Gibbons of 37 of the College’s first total, and C. R . Hind and E . Burt of the second. For the winners L . F . Colebrook scored 47, R. E . Hodgson 38 (not out) and A. B . Crosby 28. M alvern, the result of whose match with Repton is not to hand at the time of writing, lost to a very powerful side of the M .C.C., Thompson, who is in great form just now, proving too much for them. H. K. Foster (115 ) was the principal contributor to the score of 309 which Malvern had to face, and D. J . Knight and Nauinann started well, but though Cumming carried his bat for a beautiful 55, the rest did little and a collapse ensued in the second innings* Thompson took 14 wickets for 76 runs. Rain completely spoilt the Bradfield game against Berkshire, and after the College had been dismissed for 207, there was no further play. Nearly half this excellent total was contributed by F . H. Postleshwaite (49) and A. Gordon (54*). Christ’s Hospital alone have had the honour of stopping the successful career of Brighton College, who have now beaten Merchant Taylors, St. Pauls, Dulwich and Lancing successively. The latter went under very badly before the bowling of Havelock- Davies and Murdoch, who have both been doing great things this season. Lancing were dismissed for 7 1, and Brighton replied with 295 for 7 (declared)—(G. M. Dawbarn 100 (not out) and C. R . Shallow 74). Lancing were dismissed a second time for 78. Wellingborough is another school with a very powerful side and on Saturday they completely crushed the Wellingborough League, who could only raise 98 against a declaration of 368 for two. C. C. S IL L S , C apt. O akham S chool XI. Photo by 1 [The Churchill Studio, Eastbourne). D. C. C. Sewell, the school captain, scored 89, but was put in the shade by K . White, who was undefeated with 208, which included six sixes and 24 fours. Then J . White, who carried his bat for 50, did the execution, his seven wickets costing only 3 1 runs. In the limited space at our disposal it is impossible to refer to the doings of all the schools, but the Epsom -Christ’s Hospital match deserves more than a word or two. R. V. Hudson, the home skipper, put the Horsham boj s in, and they “ declared ” at 233 for 7, the last few batsmen hitting for all they were worth. G. S. H. Tynedale played a fine innings of 87, W . J . Cullen 54 and J . Z . W right 32. A ll this was dwarfed by a magnificent performance of Hudson’s, who hit up 137 in 80 minutes, without a chance, until caught in the long field, and only just failed to bring off a wonderful win. The game resulted in a very even draw, Epsom reaching 221 for 7. Oakham were narrowly defeated by 3 runs by the Town, S. H . G . Hum frey following up a fine innings of 67 by taking 5 wickets for 65, and St. Edwards, Oxford, won a great game against North Oxford by 8 runs. Q. E . M. A. King again bowled well taking 4 wickets for 44 runs and scoring 2 1, but the match was won in the field. Sedbergh, Durham, and Oundle have all done good performances, and Rossall have greatly improved since the beginning of the season,