Cricket 1912

370 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 2?, 1912. com ing next with 44. T he total was 165. Fulham replied with 169 for 2, E . L . Jones, who showed as consistent form as anyone during the week, playing capitally for 73*. On Saturday Fulham enter­ tained their neighbours, Parson’s Green, who won a small-scoring m atch by 21 runs, thanks m ainly to the bowling of C. J. Harrod and T. M. Pettitt. E . L. Jones (6 for 44 and 33 in a total of 78) did really fine work for the losers. Spencer also had a capital W eek, though the weather, quite satisfactory on the first three days, gave cause for complaint later. They began with a good total of £71 for 9, dec , v. Purley, Jennings, M orey, Larkin, B ourke, and Cross all batting well, and would probably have won but for the fine innings played by W . D . Hackney, the old W hitgifiian. On Tuesday they beat M itcham— who seem scarcely as strong as usual this year— by 16 runs after a good fight. C. S. D esprez’s 46 for the losers deserves special m ention. John Gordon was top scorer for the winners. Facing Surrey C. & G . on W ednesday, they ran up 328 for 7, W oodward, Boles, Jennings, and Andrews all distinguished them selves; but they could not get the Ovalites out in tim e. Barton did great work in Thursday’s m atch— 64 and 7 for 2 6 ; and Brixton were easily defeated. Jennings and W oodw ard were the big guns against A. M. B lack’s X I. on Friday. M. A. Neale and R . BriJgeman saved the scratch team from defeat. On Saturday F inchley (East) inflicted the first beating of the week, after a stern tussle, by 7 runs only. Featherstonhaugh bowled finely, as indeed he did throughout the week, though his analyses were not sensational, and Lloyd also perform ed with effect, as did L . W indsor for the visitors. R . Bandali’s 32 for Finchley, and M orey’s and W oodw ard’s good fighting innings for Spencer, are worthy of note. W on 2, drawn 3, lost 1, were the week’s results. V . J. W oodward played three innings during the week, and totalled 192 for once out— 87*, 82, 23*. W . F. Jeunings, with scores of 86*, 55, and 44, averaged 44. F . F . Boles, only available twice, made 82 and 12. F . M. Barton totalled 118 (average 23*60) and J. C. Larkin, who was very consistent, 127 (21*16). F . L . Morey made 81 in three innings. Featherstonhaugh (20 for 279) and Barton (14 for 267) did m ost of the bowling. W oodward and Larkin shared the wicket- keeping. The fielding was good on the whole. T he concerts on W ednesday and Saturday were great successes. Though one match was abandoned through rain, Lauderdale had a capital tour in E ssex, only losing one game and winning three. The batting of H. O. Jones, who played innings of 58, 52, and 49 was the chief individual feature of the tour. In Suffolk and Essex cricket som e good scores were put up. G . W . V. H opley, the Cambridge blue, slammed four 6’s in his century for E aston Bamblers v. E ton Bam blers. Ipsw ich and East Suffolk played a strong team of Territorial Officers, Past and Present ; including C. M. Phillips, the brothers Catchpole, a n dH . C. Henley, F . L . Titchm arsh, who has not been m uch in lu ck ’s way this season, hit finely for the club, m aking 53 of the first 76, and this while others were failing. P. P. C ornell’s well-m ade 46 was the only other score of note. C. M . Phillips (59*) played a great game for the other side ; but the bowling of Busher and Gaby was too m uch for the rest. C olchester and E ast E ssex played Felsted School. The school captain won the toss, and put the visitors in on a queer wicket. F. W . Bacon stayed 50 m inutes for 4 ; D . Mustard batted nicely for 29. Felsted had a m uch improved pitch to bat upon, and made runs easily, w inning by 147 in the end. Colchester’s second team m et Ipsw ich’s second at Castle Park, a drawn game resulting. Penstone’s 54 for the visitors and Newton’s bow ling for the hom e side were the chief features of interest. For W . & A. J. Turner’s v. Felistowe J. Etheridge hit up a clean and sparkling 100*, and for Suffolk County Asylum v. B anelagh W orks Staff T. N. Scaife rattled up 99—hard luck ! Southgate, J. A. E. Peschier adding another to his numerous good scores o f the season, and J. C. Bevington also topping 50, declared at 257 for 6 v. Barnet, but could not get their opponents out in tim e. This was m ainly due to the play of N. O. L . Cox, whose 50 was invaluable to the visitors. E aling (who had been unable to send anything like their strongest team to Brentford on W ednesday, and had gone down heavily to B oston Park, for whom A. S. Bull and Barton put up 173 for the first wicket, and Barton bowled finely) had a capital win over W im bledon on Saturday. B olter’s swingers puzzled the W im bledon batsmen, and he took 5 for 42. W im bledon’s total was 125. Ealing m ade 212, B. S. Cumberlege (Cantab three- quarter and Durham county cricketer) m aking exactly half in most brilliant form . Cumberlege also kept wicket excellently, dismissing four m en. G. S. Churchill played a very good and steady innings of 63 for the losers. E aling’s half-day team (W igg scoring a century) easily beat Barnes A, who were all out for 56. Old Charlton trounced G rosvenor severely, running up 224, and getting their opponents out for 32, A. H . M anning 6 for 15, A. A. Martin 3 for 13. South W est H am dealt even m ore severely with Capt. Carthew’s X I. E . M itchell and M cKinnon made 201 between them , and the innings was declared at 291 for 4. The scratch team went down for 39—A. J. N oall 5 for 19, E . Connor 4 for 20. Old W hitgiftians did a fine perform ance in beating W hite H ouse by 28 runs, after a hard struggle. The White H ouse cracks failed for o n c e ; but Best and Watts made a good stand for the sixth wicket after 5 had fallen for 46, and the useful total of 172 was reached. W . D. H ackney and H . J. W arner played a great game for the O .W .’s ; but the result was in doubt up to a very late stage of the game. H ackney and Carter Pegg bowled well for the winners, and the former and G. H . Corke brought off brilliant catches. Bellevue ran up 246 for 6 v. Cyphers II., H . G. N icolson and H . Sprigge each topping 60, and got out their opponents for 90, H . C. Stanley bowling m ost effectively. Bellevue II. were narrowly beaten— 9 runs— by Lewisham Wanderers II. after a hard tussle. Beulah had a bad day, both elevens going down heavily, the first (for whom Manchee and Parker bowled well) to Long Grove Asylum , the second to Shirley. The Asylum would not have made so m any had the Beulah fielding been up to the usual mark. Their opponents, on the contrary, fielded capitally, and Beulah were skittled out in a bad light for 63. The club is suffering just now from the holiday season, seven or eight stalwarts being absent. W est Kent Wanderers had a great game with Derwent H ouse. Their opponents totalled 80, A . E. Lugg (8 for 20) in fine form with the ball. T he Wanderers lost 9 wickets for 49. R . S. Tickell joined W . H . Lawrence. Lawrence jockeyed the overs, and hit splendidly ; Tickell played such balls as he had to play with a straight bat and plenty of pluck, but left the scoring to his partner. They m ade the 33 required for victory, and directly afterwards Lawrence was bowled. T he W .K .W .’s A team (whose portrait I have the pleasure to give this week) have struck a bad patch, after doing particularly well earlier in the season. Colls ran up 164 against them , five batsmen m aking useful scores; then, on an over-watered wicket which played badly as the afternoon wore on, the W anderers could only make 100. C. Lawrence and W. Youngs batted confidently, but the rest were m ostly at sea. Special m ention should be made of the fielding of H . A. Lucy and W . Crump, who saved m any runs. Western m et with their first reverse of the season at Brentham, their batting breaking down badly on a spongy wicket. The club’s second string had better fortune, beating Argyle, and thus turning the tables on a side victorious in an earlier m atch. F . Johnson’s 41 for them was a good innings, the more welcom e as he has been out of luck lately ; his bad luck held here, for he was out to a rising ball which fell from his body on to the wicket. H . Tucker (6 for 25) bowled capitally for Western II. On Thursday in last week Oxford City’s A team played a tie m atch with the Oxford Police, each side scoring 128. H . T. Lowendon, the City club’s hon sec., was top scorer with 35, and Elm er Cotton, the old Crofton Park player, bowled well. During the week ended July 13, Cotton made tw o centuries for the City— 107* v. North Oxford, and 118 v. Leam ington. ‘ The star turn in the Birm ingham League was that of G .W . Stephens for Moseley v. W est Bromw ich D artm outh— 166 in 100 minutes, four 6 ’s, twenty-three 4’s 1 Very pretty going indeed. Moseley rattled up 305 for 6, after getting out their opponents for 143 (Jeeves 6 for 46). Dudley beat Stourbridge, breaking thus a long run of ill-luck and ineptitude—partly one and partly the other. W alsall put it across Aston Unity— 201 to 38 —H aw ley’s expresses taking 7 for 15. Smethwick managed to beat Kidderm inster, and Handsworth W ood and M itchell and Butler’s drew. Do the professionals engaged in League matches up north dominate the games in too marked a fashion ? It is only natural that they should figure conspicuously; but one is sometimes inclined to think that they are too much in the limelight for the real good of the game. In the Lancashire League on Saturday Gill (Somerset and Leicester) hit up 85* in under an hour for Todm orden v. Ram s- bottom , and thereafter took 5 for 4 6 ; Newstead (Yorks) for Rishton v. Burnley m ade 33 and took 7 for 30 ; Hartington (Yorks) for Has- lingden v. Rawtenstall scored 38 and had 6 for 48 ; W . Cook (Lancs) had 5 for 52 (Burnley v. R ishton), and Kermode (Lancs) 6 for 33 (Bacup v. Colne). But perhaps on the whole the amateur element