Cricket 1912

328 CEICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. J u l y 13, 1912. Standing (read from left) : J . B ray , E . B . B a l : , B ev. P. M. B owman , C. P ayne , G . L ucas . A. D kake . Sittin g : II. C ook , P . L ucas , A. E . T hornton , W . C akter (Captain), P . E vans , E . H . P h i ll i p In F ro n t: P. E vans . St. Luke’s, Woodside, C.C., 1912. that in one case the home side was on top, in the other the visitors. A t Stanmore the local team ran up 245 for 3 v. Fulham Palace, and then dism issed the opposition for 43. At Marlow Spencer recorded 309 for 4 against the home side (playing weak, on account of Henley), and then put them out for 53. C. F . Welch made a century for Stanmore, J . R . Longhurst for Spen cer; John Gordon scored 88 for Spencer, E . M arriott 83 for Stanmore. Longhurst and Gordon added 130 for the third wicket of their side, Welch and Marriott 137 for the third of theirs. F or Stanmore G. A. Barnes and Marriott (7 and 3 respectively) shared the wickets, for Spencer G. M. Lloyd and F . M. Barton (6 and 4). The last-nam ed did the hat trick. Welch hit twelve, Marriott thirteen 4’s at Stanmore. The highest score for Fulham Palace was 12 ; but for Marlow A. M. Black hit very hard and pluckily for his 35. C. F . Welch has now totalled 5 12 for three times out in Stanmore’s matches this season, his last three innings being 14 2*, 114 * , 122* In the match between Colchester and E ast E ssex and Brentwood quite a little crowd of celebrities took part. The home side included A. P. Lucas (top scorer with 46*), C. J . Kortright, J . J . Read, A. H. Read, and C. Mortloek, the visitors C. D. M clver and D. Mustard, all but the last-nam ed, who is Suffolk, being E ssex county men. M clver and' Mustard made a fine stand for the third wicket of the visitors, bat except H . D. Swan, the captain, no one else didanything. The total of 196 proved too much for Brentwood’s aggregation of talent, who could only make 149. W . J . Samm s (6 for 84) bowled very finely for the winners. Thanks to a last wicket stand by R . L . Bowen and the old Kent cricketer, W . M. Bradley, Wanderers beat G ranville (Lee) by 52 runs. Norbury P ark Wanderers, C. W. Goddard top scorer, had a good win by 32 runs over Upper Tooting. Arlington and Leytonstone got the knock again, Walter B uffels (4 wkts.) alone doing anything of note in their match v. Aldersbrook, for whom G allery took 8 for 38. Honor Oak had a narrow victory over Townley P ark— 148 to 13 3 . Cyphers v. Battersea and Beckenham v. Sutton are referred to by “ the C hiel.” I mean to give from time to time club group portraits, not only those of the big clubs, but now and then one of a less-known organi­ sation. The first of the series m ay be taken as an earnest of my intentions in this way, for it is that of a club only formed this year, though it has capable players, and m ay very likely work its way into greater prominence in the near future. The Rev. P. M. Bowm an, Vicar of St. L u ke’s, Woodside, and founder and president of the club, is an old Oxonian. L ast season he was playing for the Newington (Sittingbourne) team. W. Carter, the captain, is a fast bowler, hailing from that nursery of m any fine cricketers, Mitcham. A. E . Thornton, vice-captain, is a slow left-hand bowler. E . H . Phillips, formerly of Reigate Priory, is quite the all-round man of the side. The club has at times the assistance of L . Green, of G uy’s, a really fine batsman and useful fast bowler. On Saturday last St. Luke’s played a tie game with Holmesdale. Next week I expect to be able to give a group of tbe Battersea team. Everyone knows the good old Battersea club, with its fine traditions of good sportsmanship and its enthusiastic crowd, and m any will welcome this group, I feel sure. The wicket at Beckenham was distinctly difficult, and the home captain, winning the toss, put Sutton in. Sutton could only make 97. Beckenham had 9 down for 69; but H . E . Beale and R . Curwen put on 32 for the last wicket, and Beckenham won by 4 runs after a desperately contested finish. Another fine finish, though of a different sort, was seen in the match between River Plate House and Streatham H ill. There is nothing more exhilarating than to see a team go all out for a win when time is short. Streatham H ill ran up 17 3, and left R . P. H. 100 minutes to get the runs in. They were got, thanks to Lyne Sm ith (who hit up 108 in 80 minutes) and Drabble (who had previously taken 5 wickets for 45) with 20 minutes to spare—rare good going ! R . P. H. have now won seven matches, losing only two. H. C. C. Stanley performed a feat that must always be reckoned out of the common in carrying his bat right through Bellevue’s innings. H is share of 142 v. Merton (who made 85, and were easily beaten) was 58. Beulah, Bluntish, Mathiesen, Tufnell, and Inm an all scoring between 25 and 40, and Parker taking 5 for 3 1, beat Aptus at New Beckenham by 42 runs. Their first two wickets fell for a single, but they soon pulled up and got on top. Carney and Sant batted well for the losers, and Tibbs, who had 6 Beulah wickets, bowled finely, but with no luck. West Kent Wanderers easily beat Dover Boad, A. E . Lugg (36, including eight 4’s, and 6 for 47) doing fine all-round work ; and S . A . J . Crouch playing a capital innings of 48. The Eggleton brothers showed up best for the losing side. The W. K. Wanderers’ very hefty “ A ” team won a small-scoring match on a funny wicket with A ll Saints (Honor Oak) by 4 runs. E . Gardner (7 for 14) bowled finely, and the winners were “ on their toes ” in the field, as six catches given and six held te s tify ! Malden Wanderers lost 8 wickets pretty cheaply to Fulham ; but a stand for the ninth by Potts and Rough brought their score to a respectable figure. J . S. Fryer, C. J . Goldsm ith, and E . R . Heap all batted well for Fulham , who never looked like being beaten, but had to hustle for victory, the winning hit being made within 3 minutes of time. C. H . Chaldecott (60) and N. J . Moffatt (35) made a good start for Hampstead v. U .C .S .; but the other nine failed to reach 30 among them, and the school won. Another of the three Hampstead teams, John Kerr scoring 75, D. J . Crump 62, had a very easy victory over Highgate School. London Scottish, thanks m ainly to good innings by W . G. Hendersen (65), and E . Hogg (48), had a 50-runs victory over Pinner. The two crack railway teams both won their matches. L . & N .W .R .’s was a fight for runs on a difficult pitch, with fielding good all through and some excellent catches brought off.