Cricket 1912

J u l y 20, 1912. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. 347 The Schools. The glorious weather which prevailed last week was responsible for a great deal of heavy scoring, m any centuries being registered and numerous inniugs being declared. The Eton and Harrow match, of course, stood out above everything else, and Eton’s fiue victory will be remembered for many a long day, though Blount’s plucky century for the losers was also a great effort. Thanks to some good bowling by A. A. Chitty and J . M. Wright, Clifton beat Cheltenham by 13 3 runs, G . W. E . Whitehead 63, J. Errington 56 and 11. Farn ell, the captain, 49, being top scorers for the winners and G. E . C. Wood, the captain, 4 1 for the losers. Clifton, however, sustained an inuings defeat from their Old Boys, he totals being 105 and 1 1 7 as against 305. An exciting match between Malvern and Repton resulted in a draw, Malvern scoring 237 and 17 1 for 9 against Repton’s 265 and 263 for 6 wickets, declared. G . F . N. Palm er 7 1, J . Howell 60 and M. Howell 97 run out batted splendidly for the latter school and J . E . S. Pethwick 8 1, T . Cumming 44 arid A. N. Odling 7 1 for the former. E . C. Moses, the Repton skipper, took ten wickets in the two innings for 159 and J . Grieve 5 for 96 for Malvern in their opponents’ first innings. Rugby were heavily defeated by a strong side of Butterflies, who ran up 223 in reply to the school’s 52. The latter’s fielding was good but their bowling only fair, while a little more confidence is needed in their batting. Kain completely spoilt the game between Charterhouse and Wellington, the former having scored 43 for 2 wickets when play had to be abandoned for the day. Westminster suffered a severe defeat from the Free Foresters, but P . W. G. Kann 89 and G. B. F . Rudd, the captain 64 batted very well for the school, who totalled 264. H. Brougham 119 and Hon J . S. Tufton 129, however, were too good for the boys and both retired undefeated, the score reaching 4 11 for 6 wickets. W inchester had all the better of the game with the Green Jackets, the last of the season, and with good contributions of 86, 78 and 73 from G. L . Hough, R . H . Middleditch and T. N. Hove, declared at 306 for 7 to which the Officers replied with 155 for 9, time only preventing the school from recording a well-deserved victory. H aileybury’s total of 189 was not enough for the Butterflies, who knocked off 214, and the 266 of Tonbridge was passed by the Free Foresters with three wickets in hand. A. D. Coates, 79, played well for the losers, who gave away the huge number of 66 extras, all but three beiug byes ! Against Blackheath, however, Tonbridge gained a brilliant victory with a score of 269 for 9 wickets declared, against 2 15 , Coates again being in great form and contributing a grand century. St. P au l’s were beaten by the Incogniti, 93 to 237, and Brighton suffered their third defeat at the hands of their Old Boys by 21 runs, the school making 164 P. Havelock-Davies, their captain, again dittinguished him self, making 46 and taking 6 for 74, besides doing the hat trick. In the second innings A . J . Murdoch made 59 (not out) out of a total of 148 for 6. Rossall, with scores of 66 and 116 , were defeated by their Old Boys, 179 aud 4 for no wicket. G. B . Davies, the losers’ captain, made 36 in the second innings and took 6 wickets. Wellingborough ran up another huge score, this time at the expense of Beds Club and Ground. D. C. C. Sewell’s 78 was the best of the 326 for 8 (declared) and then J . White with 6 for 35, helped by Hazelton and Carter rattled the club out for 98. K ing’s, Canterbury, were beaten by Highgate School, 157 to 197, and St. Edm und’s, 15 5 to 189. C. K. H eaton-Ellis batted well for 75 for Highgate and C. E . W. Chapman 49 for King’s. J . R . Peacey and W . E . C. Darby both made 40 for St. Edmund’s, and P. D. Baker tooK 8 for 74 against them. W. F . Neilson’s X I. was too strong for Oakham, who made 77 and 7 1 for no wicket against 143, and St. Bees, with 105 for 4, drew with Maryport, 1 1 3 for 8 declared, time just preventing the boys from winning. Another exciting game was that between Aldenham and the Cryptics, the school, in scoring 197 for 9 (declared) winning by two runs. H . N. Powell batted well for 46 and T. Frederick captured 9 wickets for 54. The losers in a sporting manner played on afier time should have been called. Dulwich accomplished an excellent performance in beating the M .C.C., who made 15 5 (E . W. Waite 6 for 53). R . K . Nunes knocked up 79 and the school won by nine runs. Epsom in reply to M ill H ill's 128 scored 173 for 8, to which C. Godward H W. Hodges, and J . E . Evans contributed 49, 41 and 40, none of the others making double figures. Poor catching by Mill H ill had a great deal to do with the result. C. Snell made 49 in good style for the losers. Bedford Modern’s 240 was too much for Elstow, who were all out for 74, F . C. W. Newman making 67 and B. L . Rogers 50 for the winners. Lancing ran up 293 for 5 before declaring against Eastbourne, who got 140, aud Oundle only lost two wickets in knock­ ing off the 12 1 required for victory against Lord Lilford’s X I. Dover, 174, defeated the R . G. A ., 157, and Christ’s Hospital had a fine finish with St. Jo h n ’s, Leatherhead. The latter declared with 227 for 8, aud the West Horsham boys were within 3 of victory, with 6 wickets down, when stumps were drawn. For them, G. S. II. Tyndale hit up 55 in 20 minutes and W. J . Cullen got 65, and for the Johnians E . C. Turner batted well for 80. Earlier in the week St. Jo h n ’s gained a fine win over Leather­ head, whose 169 was passed by the boys with two wickets-in hand, a result mainly due to Turner, 75, and C. L N. Roberts, 51. A heavy scoring game between St. Lawrence, Ramsgate, and K ing’s, Rochester, ended in a draw, the seasiders declaring at 2;'>7 for 7, J . L . Carr, 63, and K. S. Mackenzie, 5 1, not out, and King's replying with 203 for 1, N. L . Bridgland getting a fine 110 and C. A. Bridgland 60 both not out. On the previous day, St. Lawrenco scored 291, of which Carr made a grand 1 13 , and St. Edmund’s 212 for 3, J . R . Pearcy 67. K ing’s, Bruton, like Wellingborough, always score heavily and their match with Downside College was no exception. The latter were bowled out by J . G. Clayton and D. H . M. Carberry for 57 aud R. N. O. BA RTLETT, Captain, K ing’s School, B ruton. then the Bruton boys ran up 345 for 3 wickets and declared, getting their opponents out again for 94. R . N. O. Bartlett made 82, Carberry 96 and H . E . W arry 1 17 not out. Clayton in all took 17 wickets. The Cryptics declared at 245 for 7 against Felsted, who made 176 for 5 in reply, J . G. Dixon getting 49, and Bradfield, in scoring 18 1, beat the S.C .R . by 50 runs, A. Gordon making 48 and H . J . Bradshaw 40. Owing to rain an interesting game between tbe Somerset Strag­ glers and Blundell’s was left d ra*n , the latter scoring 99, the Stragglers 114 and 73. J . H . C. Lindsey for the school taking six wickets in each innings. Pocklington dismissed H ym ar’s for 86 and won by 10 runs, and against C. E . Anson’s X I. Alldred 59 and Ashdown 110 put on 19 1 for the first wicket (a school record). The boys declared at 289 for 6 and got rid of the opposition for 72, the last five men failing to score. City of London made 192 and Cranleigh 49 and the latter drew against W. T. Graburn’s X I, who declared at 305 for 5, and Birkenhead easily beat Liverpool Institute, 39 to 214 for 9. F . W. H. Nicholas, the captain of Forest, played finely for 105 against Chigwell, who made 100 in reply to Forest’s 258 for 2 declared, C. V. Thompson taking 7 for 46. O. B . 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