Cricket 1912

426 CEICKET : A WEEKLY EEOOED OF THE GAME. A u g u s t 17,1912. H. GRADIDGE & SONS, Manufacturers and Exporters of all requisites for Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Racquets, Squash Racquets, &c. F a c t o r y :— ARTILLERY PLACE, WOOLWICH, S.E. Reblading Cricket b a ts and Restringing Tenn is b a ts a Special feature. Patentees and Sole makers o f the “ I M P E R I A L D R I V E R ” Cricket Bats made in Men’s, Small Men’s, College, 6, 5, 4, & 3, sizes. Every other requisite for Cricket, including balls, leg guards, batting gloves, gauntlets, stumps, nets, &c. Price Lists and Special Quotations free. ALL GOODS CARRIAGE PAID TO ANY PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. Sole Makers o f the “ Imper ial D r i v e r ” and “ Improved Gr ad i dg e ” Lawn Tennis Racquets. S w a n n H a s F e w S u p e b io b s . C. Swann has few superiors as a batsman, yet when he went to Beckton from Merton Park little was know n of his deeds. T his season he has been quite the rungetter of his side. A s will be seen from his photo, he has an alm ost perfect stance at the crease. H e is quite a top-class player, making his huge scores in splendid style. H is defence is very strong, and no club player can score with m ore ease all round the wicket off the best bowling. If E ssex could only be persuaded to give Swann a proper trial he m ight easily develop into one of the best batsmen in England. Fbom a l l Q u a b t e b s . Bartleman, the big hitter and fast bowler is one of the bes* all-round cricketers in W est H am Park. Eosalki is one of the most deadly park bowlers. H e keeps a wonderful length and makes the ball fly up off the pitch at a great pace. Daniels, like Ellis, is a deadly bowler. The last nam ed does great execution for W estbourne Park W anderers with his good length deliveries which come off the pitch so quickly. In Thorpe, H onor Oak have a very steady and resolute batsman, and in Barton, the Spencer club have one of the m ost successful slow bowlers in L ondon club cricket. G. C. Conyers, on tour with the Philadelphians, is a capital bowler, with an easy action. H e not only keeps a fine length, but he makes the ball turn very quickly. W illie Carter is one of the m ost stylish of South W est H am ’s m en. H e played a glorious innings against Southend. Ted Potter is a hitter of sixes and a useful fast bowler. Liverpool Jottings. B y G. A . B rook in g . Sefton beat Oxton in convincing style by 86 runs. Scores 200 for 8, innings declared, to 114. Blease and M iller for Sefton scored 116 for the first wicket, the form er ultimately hitting another century, his fourth this season and incidentally bringing his aggregate to 908 runs, which is decidedly good business. As M iller and he com piled 152, it only left 48 for the remaining Sefton batsmen, so it was perhaps just as well that the opening pair were in good form . The Oxton batsmen were consistent if they failed to secure good totals, no less than 7 of them getting doubles, G. L . W illiam s, the Rugby half-back, being top scorer with 21. F or Sefton, Curtis and R aven bowled unchanged, the professional securing 5 for 38 whilst Raven had 4 for 68. Birkenhead Park journeyed to W igan to play against old tim e rivals— what memories it awakens of m atches nearly 25 years ago when H arold and W illie W all along with G . L . Travis Macauley, Maclure, and M cLeod played for W igan, and F. H. Pickford (the best leg hitter this district has produced), A . Jardine, J. A. Black, Cecil H olden, H. M. Grayson, Sm ith, and others were shining ligh ts; some of them now alas, gone for ever, but their names and fam e still live— and were defeated. Scores 195 for 8 to 146. Tyler led the way with the bat for the colliery city with a m eritorious 76, whilst F . N. Smith and Rev. J. M. Swift with 33 and 30 respectively were Birkenhead’s principal scorers. It is interest­ ing to note that in the 2nd X I game between the two, W igan scored 68 and the Park were all dism issed for the small score of 10 ! Liverpool were victorious over Bootle. Scores 178 for 8 to 139. D om ing, o f Argentine fam e, took 5 for 45 and enjoyed the assistance of an efficient colleague— Blackburn— at the other end, who had 5 for 46. R . Cunningham and W . N. Tod with 50 and 75 were Liverpool’s best scorers, whilst E . H . Johnson, 67, and F . C. John­ son, 43, were the only Bootle players to notch doubles. Chadwick, of Bootle, secured 4 for 25. W aterloo Park played a drawn game with Garston. Scores 145 for 8 to 183 for 5. Ubsdell hit 76* in nice style for Garston, whilst Parr obliged with a lusty 51 and Rouse, who is very consistent, a steady 32*. Litherland went under to St. H elen’s Rees, scores 109 to 168 for 4. Addison and Parry, with 63 and 48 respectively, showed capital form for the Saints, whilst Brooking (a relative of mine) played steadily for 34*. John­ son and Everson were smart behind the wicket. G E O R G E L E W I N & C O . , Club Colour Specialists and Athletic Clothing Manufacturers. OUTFITTERS BY APPOINTMENT TO T he R oyal N avy and A rm y, C ornw all, K en t, M id d lesex, S om erset and S urrey C ounties, an d L on d on S cottish , Irish and W elsh, B lackheath, H arlequin s, R ich ­ m on d , C atford R u g b y F ootball C lubs, and all th e lead in g C lubs in th e B ritish Isles an d a b ro a d ; M .C .C . S. A frican Tour, 1909, S. A frican C rick et A ssociation 1910, and Q ueen’s C lub, K en sin gton , th e M.C.C. Australian Team 1911-12, an d the South African Association Cricket Team 1912. E stablish ed 1869. W r it e f o r E stim ates. 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