Cricket 1912

390 CEICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ugust 3, 1912. On W ednesday in last week A cton Tow n were all over the team which rejoices in the enigm atic nam e of D .O .N .S.C C. B y level scoring the Town registered 202 for 6, dec., and then put out their opponents for 45— Ilsley 3 for 21, 6 of the 8 clean bowled. Hampstead Nomads, for whom J. N. Crawford played a very fine innings of 85, inflicted a defeat by 91 runs upon Upper Clapton on Thursday, L . G. Kirkpatrick and F . C. B oully getting U.C. out in 80 m inutes, which is evidence that neither side wasted time. A third club which held its W eek from July 22 to 27 was the Cyphers, and there was n oth in " to mar the success of the series of m atches. Two were lost, and in each of these the hom e team fell far below the standard of their play in the other matches ; but the four wins were capital p arform ances, the best of them perhaps that over the strong White H ouse eleven. Totals of 353 for 9, 242, 186, and 170 were registered. Several men did w e ll; but P. W yes did m ore than well. The scores made by this rising young batsman during the week were 52, 30,103, 8,1 8 , 108. G. Radcliffe twice scored 5 6 ; R . H. Jones played innings of 62, 49, and 43, M. A. Doggett of 54 and 43, and H. C. Stembridge, A. Watson, L. Simm ons, A. H oskins, L . Bridgem an, H . F . Gale, J. Radcliffe, F , G. Billett, and F. Bartlett all met with success at one tim e or another during the six days. L . Simmons (who took 8 wickets in the Chartered C o.’s innings, and 19 during the week), H. F . Gale (13), G. Radcliffe, aud W . W . Pullen did most of the bowling. T he cover point fielding of W yes was quite a feature of the week. There was quite a good crowd at the al fresco concert, and it was greatly enjoyed. A man short, and with Richardson unable to bat, besides being below full strength, Barnes did well to push the Teddington team, always powerful, to the narrow margin of 19 runs. H . E . Barham ’s bowling for the visitors, and the stand made by Kenneth Dixon and F . W akelain for the hom e side were the best things in the game. The Upper Sydenham team had some leather hunting at Cobham, where J. Martin hit up 135* for the village ; but they were not beaten. Lessness Park went down to South W est H am . The Kent team never seems to do well against the bowling of Essex clubs. Cooper and Mayes of B eckton have several times skittled them. On Saturday Connor took 6 for 23, bowling 5. T op score was made by E . Cairns, who had had two teeth out just before the game, and the Park batsmen are thinking seriously of visiting the dentist in a body before their next m atch. Meanwhile they are satisfied with Connor as a stump extractor. T he hom e umpire distinguished him self by calling “ one s h o rt” for a boundary hit. Capital and Counties Bank owe it to A. E . Lipton that Dalgety, after declaring at 223 for 1, just failed to beat them. A rather lucky innings of 59 by H . R . Samuels on a slow, easy wicket, was the main factor in North L ondon’s win over G .W .R . E xcept for Artlett and Badge the railway men failed completely with the bat. The fast bowling of C. A. Bolter, who took five for 34, was a redeem ing feature of the losers’ cricket. It is a singular fact that all the four bowlers tried by the G .W .R . captain bowled left hand, round the wicket. Stanm ore lost by the narrow m argin of 6 runs to Pinner, after a fine sporting game. The hom e team totalled 184, H. D . Brierley topping 50. Stanmore had 37 up for one w ick et; but after that there came a rot, and the fifth, sixth, and seventh wickets all fell at 78. Here, when all seemed lost, C. M. Crossman, W . A. Barnes, aud T. Cook played up in the pluckiest fashion, the eighth wicket adding 37, the ninth 57. They could not quite stay the course, however. It is worth noting that Stanm ore’s crack batsman and bowler, C. F. W elch aud W . A. Barnes, playing for Edgware in m id­ week, were m ainly responsible for tbeir side’s victory over M.C.C. W elch made 8 1 ; Barnes took 8 for 26. Uxbridge declared at 317 for 9 v. Hampstead, but could not win, A. C. E iloart’s 67 saving his side from defeat. Hampstead Nomads were playing South Hampstead, who declared at 234 for 6 (A. J. Morris 91). The Nomads went for the runs and lost wickets in their haste, but had one in hand at time, when the score was 160 for 9. A Blom field and H. E Crawfurd played fine forcing cricket for 58 and 45 respectively. Clapton Ramblers were beaten by Parson’s Green in a m atch of small scoring, C. E . H arrod bowling finely. W est Kent Wanderers A defeated Blackheath W anderers A by 4 runs, after a rare tussle. Brown and Holland batted well for the winners, and A. J. Cleaver (6 for 33) and young Lawrence (4 for 27) bowled capitally. T . Nugent’s 33 for the losers was the highest innings of the match. Beulah had rather the worst of a draw with Guards Depot. Manchee (7 for 53) bowled in excellent style, and was the only m an on his side to do him self justice. Melrose went down to London Midland A thletic, but not without a fight. After L.M .A. had declared at 145 for 7 (S. Mason taking 4 for 38), only 75 minutes remained for play. Melrose lost 3 wickets cheaply ; then S. J. Gall played finely. No one stayed long with him , however. D ickinson, the Melrose skipper, offered to plav on an extra quarter of an hour, though the light was getting bad. L . Cheeseman hit out in great style during this time, making 35 of the 47 put on for the ninth wicket. In the last over of the day Gall was out for an invalu­ able 34 to a bailer. That extra quarter of an hour gave L.M .A . the victory, but it also carried the Melrose total from 61 for 8 to 114. W oodside St. Luke’s made 72 v. Invicta at Beckenham , E. Smith for Invicta taking 6 for 23 and doing the hat-trick. The hom e side had 6 down for 37, but E. W . H ickey and T. Burbidge won the game for them by some determ ined hitting, the total eventually reaching 111. H ickey’s 55* were made in 70 minutes. W estern went under to W oodgrove, in spite of good batting by W . Putman and the skipper, F . Syrad, who between them made 111 in a total of 166. M cNeil’s 85* for the winners was a good innings. Ipswich and East Suffolk were altogether too strong for the Durham Light Infantry team. F. L . Titchm arsh made 38 of the first 47 ; O. Mortimer (54) and H . A. Busher added 80 for the third wicket, and with the total 304 for 5 (Busher 101*, his first century for the club) the innings was declared. Waters and Titchm arsh dismissed the m ilitary side for 5 5 ; follow ing on, they scored 80 for 6. Colchester and East E ssex beat Kelvedon and D istrict by 65 runs, after declaring at 165 for 9. Suffolk District Asylum , scoring well as usual (206 for 5— E . S. Gadsden 52, W . G. Price 45) easily beat Leiston. A . H . Skilton had 6 for 13 for the Asylum . E dm onton and North London had three teams in conflict. The first two drew in fairly even fashion ; but tbe Edm onton side in the third eleven m atch went down heavily. Finchley (East) very easily defeated Chigwell, Anderson, W indsor and H. D . Smith getting out the Essex team for 134, whereafter A. Saunders and the brothers D. G. and H . D. Smith scored freely, the Finchley score reaching 211 for 4. W est Kent W anderers had a fine game with Blackheath Wanderers. Matters were very even when tim e came, and it was agreed to go on to a finish, the Blackheath W anderers pulling off victory by one wicket. W . D . Myers, F. Silk, and A. G. F . W illis batted capitally for W . K. W ., and A. E . Lugg (6 for 57) bowled with his usual deadliness and success. The winners owed m uch to B. Nugent, Weir, and Walker. A noteworthy feat was accom plished by S. W hittaker, the W ilts county player, lor Swindon v. Oxford City. H e carried his bat right through an innings of 178 for 83. M itchell, another county player, bowled well, and the city were beaten by 31 runs, H. T. Lewendon’s 42 the best score for them. Mayfield lost their unbeaten certificate on M onday of this week, Sussex C. & G. defeating them by 156 runs. On Tuesday they showed themselves no whit disheartened, and defeated Mr. F. H. Gresson’s X I by 68 —131 to 63. An outstanding hitting perform ance was done at th^ Saffrons, Eastbourne, on Tuesday by the Sussex county player, H . L. Simms, w ho— always a hitter— seems to be developing into a second Jessop. H e reached his century in 50 minutes, hitting two balls into Meads Road, and one high over trees and beyond the road. Tw o other sixes were included. Battersea will be on tour in Sussex next week, playing Clifton (Brighton), Littlehampton (two days), Brighton Brunswick, and W or­ thing (two days). The Central H otel, W orthing, will be their head­ quarters. Brixton will be touring in Kent and Sussex, playing H orsmonden, Yalding, Rolvenden, Tenterden Park, and H astings and St. Leonard's. On the 10th M ill H ill Park start their W estern tour, in the course of whichjthey will meet Bath Association, South Devon, Bradninch, Paignton, and Exm outh. In the Birm ingham League G. W . Stephens again got going, and his well-hit 83 for Moseley v. Stourbridge was the best score of the day. Bland, the former Sussex pro., took 6 for 61 (the last 5 for 13) for the same side, and Moseley won by 54 runs. Dudley beat Handsworth W ood by as many as 153, W . E . Hatfield hitting m ightily for 75, scored in 50 minutes, with a 7 to long-on, three hits out of the ground, aud half-a-dozen 4’s. M itchell and Butler’s defeated Smethwick by 44 runs in a m atch of low scoring, Bucknell taking 6 for 40 for the losers, and W . H . W ilkinson 5 for 36 for the winners. The m atch between Aston Unity and W est Bromwich Dartmouth provided a m ost exciting finish, Dartmouth winning by 2 runs— 107 to 105. Kidderminster and W alsall drew a game in which there was little of note done.