Cricket 1912

J uly 20, 1912. CEICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. 351 Everything else in Birm ingham League cricket was dwarfed by the big hitting of W. H. W ilkinson, the ex-Yorkshire left-hander, for Mitchell & B u tlers v. Stourbiidge. He rattled up 185, including thirty-one 4’s. Ju st before he had taken 7 for 22. His side made 382 for 9 (H. J . B ayley 83, A. O. Parsons 61) after dism issing Stour­ bridge for 76. Moseley (F. G. Stephens 58) beat Dudley easily. Walsall, after declaring at 204 for 7, defeated West Bromwich D art­ mouth by 14 runs, which was cutting matters pretty close. The Dartmouth fielding was bad, Preston and Hawkins, who each made 61 for W alsall, having mote than a fair share of luck. Hawkins hit 28 in an over, including four 6's from successive balls, off T. E . Mitchell. G. W . Ilea’s 53 was the chief feature of the game between Aston Unity and Smethwick. Handsworth Wood got home by a single wicket against Kidderm inster. Though wickets were much more in favour of the batsmen, scoring was still low in Leicester cricket. Tyro and Victor had a great tussle in the Town League. Tyro scored 95, L . L . Glover 50— which included a tremendous pull for 7. and more might have been run if the batsmen had net been exhausted. Victor replied with 99, winning by 4 runs, in spite of the efforts of J . J . Lowe, who took 9 of their wickets. Clarendon Park Congregational, though only making 8 1, beat Belgrave Town by 33. Sparkenhoe’s 138 (H. W illis 48) v. Arundel, for whom Shingler took 7 wickets, was a bit better than this ; and some bigger individual scores were recorded in the United Trades League and the Second Division of the Town League, G. Austin scoring 100* for Oxford v, St. Peter's in the latter, and in the Trades League scores of 83 by W. G. Bott (Roberts & Roberts), 70 by T . Hodgson (British United), and 63 by W. Reid (Birstall) being registered. In Lancashire the afternoon was maiked by several all-round performances of note. Thus W. Thornton scored 97 and took 5 for 10 (Milnrow v. Walsden), Norbury had 59* and 6 for 19 (East Lancashire v. Burnley), Bowden 6 1 and 6 for 7 (Littleborouyh v. Oldham, the latter all out for 22), Higson 65 and 7 for 41 (Middleton v. Moorside', and Lynes 50* and 8 for 15 (Ribblesdale Wanderers v. Darwen). Barker (9 for 1 1 , SStalybridge v. Dukinfield), and two ex-county cracks, H allam (5 for 15 . Nelson v. Colne), and Llewellyn (6 for 49, Accrington v. Church) did bowling feats worth record. There was no century in Yorkshire League cricket; but among other good scores H. B ates’s 82 (Dalton v. Honley). L. Sm ith’s 8 1* (Featherstone v. Castleford), H . N. Wood’s 76* (Brighouse v. Elland), Clarkson’s 76 (King’s Cro-s v. Rastrick), G. W. Idle’s 70* (Harrogate v. Bradford), and B . Sm ith’s 70 (Elland v. Brighouse) deserve mention. Bowling performances included Fletcher’s 8 for 13 (Golcar v. Linthwaite Hull), Ju d so n s 8 for 25 (Keighley v. Halifax), B ailes's 7 for 20 (Chickenley v. Birstall). Gaukrod«:er's 6 for 1 1 (Dalton v. Honley). and Oystou’s 6 for 19 (Leeds v. Wakefield). Lbw, 99—hard lines ! But better than ll.w, 0. Percy Briggs looked certain of hi* century for Stoke v. Silverdale, but misssd it thus. He and W. D. Kirkby (83*) put up 182 for the first wicket, and the inniugs was declared at 200 for 2. Silverdale played out time without any difficulty. Moorhouse, who is shortly leaving Crewe, made 56 for Crewe Alexandra v. Longton—another drawn game. Morgan was top scoter with 45 and took 6 wickets for Tunstall v. Leek—a third draw. Fenton ran up 194 for 8, dec. (H. Mellor 65. H . Eagland 52) v. Norton, adding 89 together for ihe sixth wicket. Porthill registered 184 for 7, dec, (S. H. Wood 65*, Barnes 37) v. Burslem , who were dismissed for 110 . In tbe Second Division of the North Staffs League, G. E . Roberts scored 118 for Fenton II. v. Norton II. In out>id* matches in the district (includ­ ing Cheshire) J . Dickenson made 107* lor Sandb ich II. v. Middle- wich. Generally speaking, runs were more in evidence than for several weeks past, though the afternoon was not wholly fine everywhere. In the Eastern Division of the Durham League the most sensa­ tional feature of the day was the h e a'y defeat of Boldon. who have been going so strongly of late, by Hendon, another vastly improved side. Batting first Hendon totalled 139, and thtn put out BoHon for 73. H . N. Dixon (30 and 4 for 9) did gocd all-round work for the winners, and G. Metcalf s 34* was a valuable innings. Burnmoor and Philadelphia, near rivals, met, and the latter won by 80 runs, T. Patterson (65) and Matt Soppitt (8 for 32) the principal figures in ihe victory. Chester-le-Street (J. K . Bewick 54) easily beat unlucky Eppleton. Hendren (31) and C. Y. Adamson (52) gave Durham City a good send-off against Seaham , and later J . Backhouse scored 49*. The total was 182. Adamson (4 for 19) and Hendren (6 for 25) dismissed Seaham for 56. R . Robson had 5 wickets of the City’s tail for 16. Sunderland and Wearmouth provided the biggest scoring of the dav— Sunderland 205 (C. Pickersgill 58, C. Brooks 35, Morris 30*), Wearmouth 145 (Clode, the two Hindsons, and Prince all between 20 and 30). A. Cogden lowered Wearmouth’s first three wickets cheaply; then Morris took a turn, and bad 6 for 6 1. The most sensational game of the day was at Westoe. Whitburn totalled 130—F. P. Whitaker 38, W. D. Allison 32. Five Shields’ wickets were down for 45. Then T. Hayton (52*) and J . N. Beasley (33*) got together, added 87 unseparated, and won the game. Scoring ruled rather small in the N.W. Durham League, Craghead’s 209 (S. Evans 52*, J . Coulson 35, N. Howard 32) v. Langley Park being the only total over 150. Swalwell unexpectedly defeated Medomsley, by the small margin of 8 runs, it is true; but still they won. T. R. Buckliam (26 and 5 for 35) was their out­ standing player. Bnrnhope beat Burnopfield, Brown scoring 55 and taking 5 wickets. Cragbead easily defeated Langley Park, Milam and W . R. Scott each taking 5 wickets cheaply. Consett beat G ates­ head Fell, A. Robinson scoring 53. Birtley overcame Kimblesworth by 1 1 runs, after a ding-dong game. The was bigger run-getting in the Tyneside League. Wingham made 114 * for St. George’s v. Benwell, Hardisty 99 and S. Anderson 76 for Wallsend v. Tynemouth, and F . Haswell 54 for Tynemouth v. W allsend. In this last match 39 1 runs were scored for 13 wickets lowered—no deceive result. Ryton beat South Northumberland in a match of much smaller scores. Benwell just manag« d to avert defeat at the hands of St. George’s—377 runs for 18 wickets in this game. Northumberland County (whose side included J . S. F . Morrison, the Cantab. G . L. Hunting, the Loretto big sccrer. and R . P. M. Hudson, like Morrison an old Carthusian) beat North Durham by 12 runs. For North Durham T. Pratt took 5 for 20. Tyneda'e beat Benwell H ill by 45, H. Aikle 5 Tor 2 1 for the winners. The North Yorkshire and South Durham League leaders (Charles Townsend’s t*am), Norton - on - Tees, went down to Darlington. But C. L . T. was not there. Only 97 runs (56 to 41) were scored in the game ; and four bowlers had 5 wickets each, Tolson for 15 and J. Bucknell for 24 (Darlington), E . Harrison for 24 and G. E . Pinder for 32 (Norton^. A game of sensations between Bishop Auckland (for whom Brydon had 9 for 58) and Redcar ^P. Bach 45) ended in the defeat of the former by 2 runs only. Guisborough (T. R . Bulmer 43. D. H. Chapman 6 for 33, Bulmer, the pro.. 4 for 16) beat Saltburn easily. Thornaby (C. Cookston 43, G. Nevison 5 for 32) defeated North Ormesby by 35 runs. West Hartlepool and Stockton drew—too many runs. W . J . Nimmo 52, H. Salmon 45 for Hartlepool. R . V. Gooding 5 1*, T. Sharpe 47* for Stockton, were the principal scorers. Playing for West Hartlepool on the previous Wednesday against BoHon, Jackson, W est’s pro., gave evidence that he had recovered from his nasty strain by scoring 64*. In the South Wales district Newport’s defeat of Swansea was the surprise of the day, for Newport have been doing very little of late. They got Swansea out for 68, Taylor bowling well, and ran up 73 for 1 —E . S. Phillips 53* H ills Plymouth Merthyr, btating Cardiff, retained their undefeated certificate. Cardiff made only 108 (Best- wick taking 5 for 54, W illiam s 4 for 14), to which Merthyr n-plied with 129, R . Dave.v’s 48 a long way the best score. Hacker took 5 for 62 for the losers. Abergavenny, who seem to have fallen away badly, went down to Cardiff Alpha, for whom Mason made 62. The totals were 193 to 90 (Dr. W. S. Tresawna 44). Penarth (R. A. Gibbs 41, H . H. Sweet-Escott 38) beat Tredegar (Clough 57) by 65 runs. Panteg made 150 for 5. dec., v. Tredegar Park, Butler scoring 50". to which the Park replied with 130 for 3, Garnet W illiams 33*. Llanelly easily beat Llandovery, who were all out for 56 (Page 5 for 11), after which Llanelly made 203 for 7 (Page 69*, Bowen 48, Trubshaw 41). Ebbw Vale (168 for 4, dec.—Wright 41, Clark 39, Watkins 36 beat Pontym ister by 104. Neath declared at. 166 for 1, Whittington having reached three figures ; but B arry made 104 for 7, and thanks to H Thomas, who batted finely for his 73, escaped defeat. Cardiff St. M arv’s and St. Fagan’s also played a drawn game, St. Fagan’s 13 2 for 6. dec. (Preece 46, Vaughan 40), St. Mary’s 95 for 2 (S. White 72*). Hampstead Nomads met Stade Francais on Wedneseay in this week on the North Middlesex C.C.’s ground, and ran up 325 for 9, L . G. Kirkpatiick hitting vigorously for 110 . and “ H. K irk.” a well- known player under an assumed name, making 94. The Paris club scored 132 , F . C. Boullv taking 7 for 47. As this news reaches me at the moment of going to press, I am compelled to be brief. The Test Match is responsible for the holding over once again of our “ Overseas Cricket ” article.