Cricket 1912

3So CEICKET : A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. JuiiY 20, 19i2. and collected 25. E . H . W ales, the old Herts player, alone did anything for Cheshunt and D istrict—36 in a totai of 8 1. The fielding was goo.I on both sides, and Paul for tbe home team, Spelling for Ilford, bowled well. Capital and Counties Bank, who are not having much luck, lost to the National Bank of India, for whom W icks made 68. E a lin g ’s whole-day team was narrowly beaten—16 runs—away from home by Hounslow. Quarter-Master Robeson (an excellent 87 and 5 for 45) had much to do with the result. Colonel White made several splendid strokes past cover in his 40—no mean score for a man past the halfw ay house of his sixth decade. Tolkien for E alin g was unluckily run out when well set, or the result m ight have been different. H astings Squire had 4 for 25, and might bowl oftener with advantage. The half day team played E alin g Police, and Dudley Sm ith (104) and A. H. Barrett (81) used the long handle to some effect, while Cobb and Coode bowled well. The Fete on the club’s ground on Wednesday was a huge success, by the way. Battersea, whose first eleven’s portrait is presented this week, had a fine winover Richmond Town. George Sw ain’s 124 was great—a 5 and twenty-four 4’s included, and another G eorge—Dawdry—bowled m agnificently on the plumb p itch—6 for 27. F . C. Culver played finely for the losers. Battersea A went down to that very useful team, Aquarius, for whom G . Norman ran up 93. Something about Battersea’s 56 years’ history ought to come in here. It won’t ; simply because I have not room. In the winter numbers I mean to give London club histories, and it must wait till then. Meanwhile good luck to the good old club ! For the Mote v. R oyal Navy at Chatham on Wednesday in last week F . D. Thom as carried his bat right through an iunings of 280 for 126, giving no chance, and hitting a 5 and 12 4’s. G. Bracher’s 48 included 9 boundaries. Groves had 6 for 53 for the Mote, who won by 1 1 5 runs. W est Kent W anderers A. who have quite a habit of winning their matches, suffered a lapse last week, going down heavily to Maze H ill. The heat m ay have been partially responsible, but certainly the bowling and fielding fell below the usual standard, and the batting crocked up badly after a long outing. The best work done for the side was the bowling of the captain, H J . Phillips, who seldom goes on until the stock bowlers are knocked off. Melrose went down at home to Roseveare, for whom the brothers Flanagan and Laurie bowled well. No one reached 20 in the game. Some of the umpire’s decisions did not please the Melrose players ; but perhaps argument on this score is best left alone, though Sketcher’s l.b.w. case seemed rather glaring. Ilford’s Devon tour was carried through without a game lost. Including friends and ladies, the travelling party numbered 27, but five of the first team were absent. A most enjoyable time was spent, rain alone marring the pleasure. To start with, on Saturday (June 29) Paignton were put out for 27 (Louden 6 for 13 , England 4 for 10), and Ilford made 32 for 1. Five of the Paignton wickets were down for a single, and 8 for 14 . Against Exeter at Exm outh Spelling hit up 64, Louden took 6 for 4 1, W ilson 4 for 36. and the tourists won by 66 runs. Against R .N .C ., at Dartmouth, Spelling, Reynolds, Louden, Turrall, and Alf. Porter made scores ranging from 38 to 25, and W ilson took 6 for 50—this match won by 42. The Exm outh game had to be abandoned with the Ilford score 73 for 2. Chudleigh gave the tourists a real fight, only going under by 6 runs—Reynolds 27, Louden 7 for 28, chief performers. C. G. Deane of Somerset made 40* in Chudleigh’s second. Another close game at Mount W ise, Devonport, resulted in the defeat of the United Services by 8 runs only. W ilson (42 and 3 for 10) did his share, and a bit o v e r; in Ilford’s second Turrall made 43. The Bradninch game was stopped by rain with the home side’s score pt 62 for 3. Wickets were slow throughout, and Ilford did not make their usual pile of runs ; but A. J . Spelling, who was called back to town on Friday by illness in his fam ily, totalled 1 1 3 in 3 in n in g s; A. E . Wilson (of L . & N .W .R .), without a long score, registered 135 in 8 innings, 4 not outs ; and H. E . Reynolds aggregated 14 1 in 7 innings. G. M. Louden (27 for 216 ), A. E . W ilson (14 for 12 1), and T . M. Weaver ( 1 1 for 135) did the bulk of the bowling, and, as will be seen, did it well. The Beach Hotel, Teignmouth, w b s the team’s headquarters, and they were made very comfortable there. Beulah's Week (not a home week, by the way) was a distinct success, in spite of the fact that Tuesday was a blank. Monday’s match was referred to last week. On Wednesday Bickley and Widmore were beaten by 17 runs. On Thursday, kwhen the Old County Cricketer put in an appearance, there was a very full and interesting day’s display. Beulah scored 15 1, W. Lucking (a 6 and five 4’s in his 33) hitting with great power, and Mathiesen and Stevens batting well. Upper M itcham had 90 up for 5, but Tufnell found his length again, and he was m ainly instrumental in dismiss ing them for 114 . Beulah batted again, Tufnell aud Stevens hitting well, declared with 2 wickets down, and let their rivals have another knock. L . Brom ley (29 and 31) and A. Halstead, the captain, who uses an abnormally heavy bat (19 and 24) did best for Upper Mitcham . T his side has a capital bowler in E . G . M illar, whose record to date is 58 wickets. L ast season he had 78 at 4 runs each. On Friday Beulah went down at P urley— 186 and 92 the scores. R. T. Colgate made 66 for the home side. Burbidge was in excellent form behind the wicket for Beulah, and took four catches, two of them very fine ones. Mathiesen did his best to avert defeat, but could not. On Saturday Cane H ill Asylum were beaten decisively. The Asylum made 150. Beulah replied with 273 for 9, Mathiesen. Tufnell, Love, and Inm an doing well, the first-named especially. The Beulah Club have ambitions. They hope to secure a private ground before long, and obtain a better fixture list. The wicket at the Recreation Ground at Thornton H eath is all rig h t; but there is no chance of getting such a card as they desire while they play on a public ground. Slough, who had defeated Maidenhead by 99, after declaring at 220 for 7, on the Wednesday (T. R. Kent 84, E . Weaver-Adams 79 and 6 for 31), met another of their local rivals in Burnham on Saturday, and won by 142 runs and 5 wickets. Kent was again in brilliant form, his chanceless 124 including as many as twenty-one 4's W. Gooderson helped him to send up 97 for the first wicket. And again W eaver-Adams’s lobs told— 6 for 20 this time. They were well supported by the field ; the Slough fielding has bucked up recently, and Walter behind the stumps is doing fine work. Lessness Park had a very tough tussle with Eastern Nomads at Abbey Wood. The visitors (with 6 double figures) put up 17 2 on a tricky wicket. The Park had 7 down for 69, and looked beaten to the wide. But R . M. Allen and F . P. Swann played up most pluckily, and added 7 1 for the eighth. At call of time the total was 168 for 9. B ut the Nomads would have won if they had held all the catches—or even some of them in the last few o vers! Old Charlton brought off a fine treble. A ll three teams were away from home, and all three won, defeating Royal Dublin Fusiliers at G rave­ send, Mottingham Wanderers at Eltharo, and E rith at Erith. P. J . Tyler, the skipper was top scorer at Gravesend, and W. J . G ill had 4 for 26. A. A. M artin and C. K irk each topped 50 at Eltham . At Erith the game was a close one, but Old Charlton got home by 15 runs. B y the way, Mr. Gates, referred to in error last week as O.C.’s secretary, is now match sec. only, though he did fill the other position. The present general sec. is Mr. R . Morgan, who has plenty to do, and does it “ excellent w ell.” Heathfield reckoned themselves lucky to get out the powerful Honor Oak team for 159 on a good wicket. That having been done, E . G . Read and A. H . Podmore, batting finely, made a victory certain. Sutton went down to Upper Tooting, D. H. Butcher (86), J . F . Hosken (4 for 49) and J . H . Lindsay (3 for 8) having most to do with the win. Ii. M. Bell, the genial Sutton secretary, is to be congratulated on the birth of a son—or is he (one must not call a baby “ it ” ) a daughter ? Anyway, R . M. B . is a proud father. Clapham Ramblers declared at 206 for 8 v. White H ou se; but for all that C. R . Browne and the rest could do A. Jeacocke and Burke refused to be parted, and at call of time had registered 149. Neasden and Finchley (East) played a draw of rather a featureless description. Fulham ran up 243 for 6 v. Roehampton, and deelared. J . S. Fryer (100) and C. J . Goldsmith (74) were in fine fettle. But Roehampton played out time. Catford Excelsior batted very poorly in their first innings v. Christ’s College, but F . H airby showed crood form for 30* when they went in again, and E . H airby aud F . Prior bowled well for them. West Kent Wanderer's first team went down to Camberwell House, who declared at 190 for 5 (Coles 77), aud must have been a bit anxious before the end came, for W. K . W. put up 180 (Waller 65). Forest H ill beat Private Banks pretty ea sily ; the only score of over 50 in the match was li. Montgomery’s 64 for the wiuners. Walthamstow, thanks m ainly to C. E . Carroll and A. Sm art, who batted capita ly, E . Sim s (28* and 5 for 22), who showed excellent all-round forms, and T . D. Robinson (5 for 37), who bowled well, had a turn in their tide of misfortune, and defeated Chadwell Heath by 7 wickets and runs to spare.