Cricket 1912

404 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ugust 10, 1912. N o r f o l k v . H e r t f o r d s h ir e . — On a rain-affected pitch at Lakenham 24 wickets fell for 340 runs during the first day, the feature of which was the N orfolk captain’s fine all-round play. To begin with he made top score (36) for his side; then he took 6 of the H erts’ wickets cheaply, no one reaching 2 0; and in N orfolk’s second he made 65* ’out of 107 for 4 wickets before the day ended.On Tuesday, Falcon increased his score to 143, a splendid innings. No one else) did m uch, and Herts, set 285 to win, played up so finely that victory for them seemed quite on the cards. E . S. H ousehold, R . 13. Cowley, and Colem an each scored over 5 0; but the taildid little, and N orfolk eventually won by 51 runs. D u r h a m v . N o r t h u m b e r l a n d . — Strong sides were put into the field at Chester-le-Street, though T . A. Bradford’s Territorial train­ ing kept him away. Only a little over an hour’s play was possible on M onday ; but M eldon (40) and Stanger-Leathes made such good use of the time that 99 were scored for the loss of two wickets. G. L. H unting and W ingham each scored over 50 when the game was resumed on Tuesday, and with a capital total of 260 the visitors brought off an unexpected win. Only seven double figure scores were made in the two innings of Durham , and Milne, with 12 for 59, did the best bowling perform ance he has ever accomplished for his county. D e v o n s h ir e v . C o r n w a l l .— T h e r e w a s a fu ll d a y ’s p la y a t E x e t e r o n M o n d a y , a n d th e h o m e s id e h a d a ll t h e b e s t o f it, le a d in g b y 87 r u n s a t its e n d . K n ig h t a n d O r c h a r d g a v e t h e m a g o o d s t a r t ; b u t H a r g r a v e C a r r o ll w a s a n a b s e n te e , a n d th e r e s t s c a r c e ly d id a s w e ll a s m ig h t h a v e b e e n e x p e c t e d . F o r C o r n w a ll, w h o h a d th e w o r s t o f th e w ic k e t, o n ly F . B a r n e s , in fir s t w ic k e t d o w n a n d n o t o u t a t th e fin is h w ith 78, d id a n y th in g . S o m u c h r a in fe ll d u r in g t h e n ig h t th a t it w a s im p o s s ib le to p r o c e e d o n th e o r ig in a l p it c h o n T u e s d a y , a n d a n e w o n e w a s u tilis e d . D e v o n d e c la r e d a t 174 f o r 7, b u t c o u ld n o t g e t t h e ir o p p o n e n t s o u t , W . N. B ic k fo r d -S m it h a n d Y jb a r t m a k in g a t im e ly s ta n d . S t a f f o r d s h ir e v . C h e s h ir e . — T he visitors (for whom T. A. H igson turned out, after alm ost twenty years since his last appearance) were helpless against Barnes on a difficult wicket, and were all out for 41. Brearley had no terrors for the Staffs, batsmen, w'ho ran up 249, E . H. Bourne, Barnes, N ichols, and H ollow ood all doing well. Cheshire lost two wickets for 15 in their second innings, and at call of time were in hopeless plight. No play was possible on Tuesday, so that the hom e side were robbed of certain victory, and again had their percentage reduced by taking three points for a first innings’ lead. S u f f o l k v . C a m b r id g e s h ir e . — At Ipsw ich the visitors led by a run on the first innings, in spite of a fine 67 by H . L . W ilson, no one on the Cambs. side reaching 25, though four m en made 20 and over. Trudgett and Penfold again bowled well for the East Anglians. On a tricky wicket on Tuesday, the Cambs. innings was finished off for 76, Penfold taking 6 for 23. Suffolk needed only 78 for victory, and had made 63 for 6 when rain closured play. Thus the visitors, after looking like being beaten outright, took these points for a lead of a single run on the first innings. D o r s e t s h i r e v . B e r k s h i r e .— M aking no improvem ent upon their recent surprisingly poor form , Berkshire had all the worst of the first day’s play at Dorchester. G. G. M. Bennett batted finely ; but no one else could do anything. Three of the home batsmen scored over 3 0 ; Dorset led by 26 on the first innings, and at the drawing of stumps Berks, were only 24 ahead with 7 wickets down in their second venture. C. J. B. W ebb’s bowling was the chief cause of their failure ; he took 11 wickets (all bowled) during the day. Play was quite impossible on Tuesday, and the hom e side had to be content with points for a first innings’ lead. Men of the Moment in London Club Cricket. ( B y “ S u r e C a t c h . ” ) A Goon B o w l in g F e a t . N o bowler that I know has this season in a good-class match accom plished a perform ance to equal that W alter Peake was guilty of against W ickford. The Southend m edium pace bowler actually captured 7 wickets for 5 runs, and perform ed the hat-trick. This is in m y opinion the great achievement of the season. W alter Peake is not only a good all-round player, but he is a cricket worker. He plays the game on tbe field and works bard for his club in the com ­ mittee room. H e has a n easy action, and can bowl all day without losing his length. H e takes a fairly long run for a m edium pace bowler, and his delivery is not very h ig h ; but he keeps a good length and gets a lot of wickets with a ball that pitches on the off- stump and gets away from the batsman. Besides being wicket taker, Peake is a solid type of run-getter with a partiality for getting the ball away on the leg side, and in the field he is safe in alm ost any position. S o u t h e n d S p o r t s m e n . W ith some other sportsmen in the town Walter Peake is trying to get Southend a thoroughly sporting week. Next Saturday the Southend Cricket Club and the Southend Harriers are holding a big sports meeting on the County Cricket Ground at South Church Hall Park. In this m eeting several well-known cricketers will take part. There will be a great throwing at the wicket contest, 100 yards, 330 yards, 880 yards, and one m ile handicaps, with two cycle events, and a 2 m ile walk. The tickets are only 6d. each, and every purchaser of these tickets will participate in the 10 Guinea Suite of Furniture, and 8 Guinea Fum ed Oak Sideboard gate prizes. Tickets can be had of H . W . Bichardson, a subscriber to C k ic k e t , at the Falcon Hotel, Marine Parade, Southend-on-Sea. Southend cricketers are very keen on making these Sports, at which prizes to the value of £100 will be given, a success, for if there is a good attendance it is certain the E ssex County Cham pionship Meeting will be held at Southend next season, while big efforts will also be made to get E ssex to agree to a County Cricket Week at the seaside resort. B a r k in g ’ s P r o m in e n t P l a t e r s . Few clubs have com e more rapidly to the front than Barking, who are steadily improving their ground a^d gradually making quite a good wicket. Although I hear sad news about Arthur Anderson, who m ay have to go away for special treatment, Barking havo several other players of outstanding ability. The first pair of giants, W est and Redman, are two of the quickest scoring batsmen I know. W est has a funny style. H e begins like a stonewaller, yet after a few minutes at the crease he hits the ball frequently out of the ground. Redman is simply a terrific hitter. H . Anderson is possibly the m ost stylish batsman of the side. H e is tall and strong. He plays a beautiful straight b a t; has a safe defence, and makes every known scoring stroke with power and judgm ent. Other clever players at Barking are Reynolds, the slow leg-break bowler, Charlie W ells, the old South West H am slow deceiver of batsmen, and Carter, a batsman, who scores a lot of ruiis by peculiar methods of fast-footed hitting. A H it t e r o f S ix e s . One of the m ost remarkable players I have heard of is Captain Penn of the 2nd Life Guards. The gallant captain is a real m atch- winning cricketer, and in a recent game with the Great Western Railway he scored 84 out of his side’s full total of 126. In this innings Captain Penn performed the extraordinary feat of hitting five successive balls for sixes, and followed this up by smashing five successive balls for 4’s. In all he hit seven 6’s, and seven 4’s, so 70 of his 84 runs were made in 14 strokes. This must surely be a record innings. Captain Penn is a player that does not take long to play him self in. He believes in bitting the ball as hard as he can, and as he can place it all round the wicket it is not surprising that he is such a rapid scorer. A S t y l is h B a t s m a n . Although he has not scored so heavily as he did last season, when he registered well over 2,000 runs, I still regard T . G. Grinter as the best batsman playing in L ondon Club Cricket. Grinter, like Swann, the Beckton century maker, first came to the front with Leyton Park, a Club that won several Leyton Cricket Championships before putting up the shutters. Grinter would have been a regular County player if he could have spared the time from business. H e has assisted Essex, and also has a qualification ijo play for Sussex. At present he is captain of South W oodford, a team that has accom ­ plished some excellent performances this season. A stylish player, Grinter has a solid defence, and he scores all round the wicket with elegant strokes. B e d f o r d ' s H it t in g . Buckhurst H ill is another of the strong sides. They have a lovely ground, and amongst other fine players they have produced is G . W . Louden, the present Ilford m atch winner, whom Essex would so m uch like to have in their team. One of the new men in the Buckhurst H ill eleven this season is W . Bedford. This clever player is a cricketer well above the average. H e is what m any would call a hitter, yet he plays the all-round game well at the crease. H e stops the good ones and hits the bad ones and m ighty hard. H e is a batsman who believes in sixes, and, unless a bowler is remarkably good, Bedford scores off him in all directions at a great pace.