Cricket 1912

430 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. A u g u s t 17, 1912, 47 in about 20 m inutes (two 6 ’s, six 4's) and took 4 for 46, beat Nelson, who have latterly fallen from their high estate. Eishton and Aeorington drew, neither Newstead nor Llew ellyn doing very much. Parkin has now taken 1 10 wickets for Church this season, H allam 10 1 for Nelson ; while Llew ellyn and Cook have secured over 90 each for their respective clubs, Newstead 87, Hartington 79, and G ill 75. Lashbrooke, who has played for E ssex, made a not­ out century for W erneth v. Glossop in the Central Lancashire League. W alter Bedford, the popular professional to the Huddersfield Club (whose portrait appears beneath) was born at Barnsley on February 24, 18 7 9 ; and his early cricket was learnt in that district. In 1896 and 1897 he played in the Yorkshire Colts v. Notts Colt-s m atch without meeting with much success, and in the latter season he made his first appearance in the Yorkshire Second Eleven, scoring 36 and 35 against Durham at Wakefield. In 1899 he obtained 6 wickets for 12 runs against 14 of Huddersfield and District, and possibly the recollection of this performance had not a little to do with his engagement by the Huddersfield Club a few seasons later. In 1903 he made his only appearance in the first eleven of Yorkshire, W A L T E R B E D FO R D (Huddersfield C. & A .C .) playing against Worcestershire at Worcester, and Cambridge University at Cambridge. In the former m atch, going in last, he assisted Lord Hawke to add no fewer than 85 runs for the last wicket, of which Bedford’s share was 30 .not out. He was later again invited to represent the county, but his club refused to grant him the necessary leave of absence. Bedford is a hard hitting batsman, making most of his runs by powerful drives on both sides of the wicket. He is somewhat lacking in defence, and is an uncertain starter, but if he rem ains at the wicket for any length of time the scorers are kept busy. Bight-handed both as batsman and as bowler, his bowling possesses plenty of life and sting, his pace being fast medium. Now that Fran k Woodhead has retired, Bedford is undoubtedly the strong man of the Hudders­ field team , his all-round ability making him the sheet-anchor of the side. B y the term s of his agreement Bedford is entitled to an annual benefit, this year, the Golcar m atch on August 17th being set apart for that object, and as he is a deserving cricketer and personally a popular one, it is to be hoped that it w ill be a success. In the North Yorkshire and South Durham League Bishop Auckland beat Norton, and Guisborough beat West Hartlepool, which put Guisborough (champions of 1909, 19 10 , and 19 11) only one point under Norton, looked upon as prospective champions of 19 12 . There should be a fine struggle for the premiership. To add to the interest, the return match between the two leading clubs has yet to be played. Norton could only total 52 v. Bishop Auckland, and H . Fletcher (with five 4’s in his 26) made just half of these. Brydon took 6 for 32, B . W . Lowson 4 for 20. Bishop Auckland, though their highest score was only 11 , made the needed runs for the loss of 8 wickets. West Hartlepool’s score v. Guisborough exactly equalised Norton’s meagre to ta l; here the pro., Jackson, was the only double figure scorer with 23. G. H . Chapman took 6 for 29, G. W. Bulm er 4 for 23. Guisborough replied with 109 for 6 (B . W illiams 36,A . Garthwaite 33). Darlington made 188 (B. Healey, the foot­ baller, 71*) v. Stockton, but could not get their opponents out in time. Saltburn declared at 222 for 9 (Branch 83) v. Thornaby, for whom G. Nevison took 6 for 56, three of them in four successive balls. For Bedcar v. North Ormesby B . D. Dick had 5 for 37. There were no matches in the Durham League (Eastern Division) on Saturday, owing to the Australian game at Ashbrooke ; but on Wednesday a game was played that had an important bearing on the championship. Durham City went to Hendon, and Dennis Hendren (81) and A. F . Maynard (74) sent up nearly 200 before their first wicket fell. The schoolboy’s innings was without a m istake, and he is full of promise. A. P . Ashley was 4 1* when the City innings was declared at 258 for 5. Hendon lost 5 wickets for 17 , and 6 for 40. Then N. H . Dixon, who had been batting 40 minutes for a single, was joined by T . Mason, and these two were not parted at call of time, when they had added 66 in 75 minutes, Dixon 4 1*. On Frid ay W. Meldon, the Northumberland county player, for Mr. A . B . H orsley’s X I. v. Northern Nomads, took 4 wiekets with 4 balls. Once more cricket in the Leicester district was spoiled by rain ; but one man did something worth noting. St. Peter’s scored 20 for 4 in a friendly game with Tyro ; and J . J . Lowe had three of tbe four with successive balls—in other words, did the hat trick. He accomplished a sim ilar performance three weeks ago, v. Arundel. On Thursday in last week Panteg (120— Sm ith 29) had the honour of defeating Newport (98, of which Hews hit up a brilliant 50). Saturday’s games in the South Wales district, as elsewhere, were much affected by rain. Plymouth Merthyr, still an unbeaten side, defeated Briton Ferry (108 for 5 to 45). A . S. Webb scoring 49, and Bestwick taking 5 wickets for 13 . Abergavenny (96 for 3, C. H . B . M arsham 52*, Dr. W. S. Tresawna 29*) easily defeated Lysaght’s (93, W. E . C. Hudden 38). Cardiff and the E arl of Plymouth’s X I. drew, Hurst 43, T . B . Morgan 33*, for the town club, G. E . Cording 53 for the visitors, batting best. Pinch’s 47 for the home side was top score of the drawn game between B arry and Neath. B oss made 138 for 8 dec. (Montgomery 64*, West 30) v. From e Valley, who replied with 110 for 4 (Dent 42*, Onslow 38). The Score Book. KENT v. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.—At Canterbury, August 8 and 9. Kent won by an innings and 120 runs. K en t . Humphreys, c Riley, b Iremonger 10 Hardinge, c Oates, b Wass.............. 0 Seymour (Jas.), c Carr, b Wass ... 73 Woolley (F. E.), lbw, b Wass ... 66 Hubble, lbw, b Irem onger............. 19 A. P. Day, c Hardstaff, b Wass ... 16 E. W. Dillon, c Gimn (J.), b Wass 8 S. H. Day, not o u t .......................... 27 Huish, c Gunn (J.), b Iremonger 2 D. W. Carr, lbw, b Iremonger ... 1 Blythe, c Gunn (G.), b Wass ... 7 E x t r a s ........................... 7 T o t a l .......................... 236 Wass, 33'l-6-9\-7 ; Iremonger, 35-11-90-3 ; Riley, 6-2-15-0 ; Gunn (J.), 4-1-13-0 ; Gunn (G.), 4-0-16-0. First innings. N o t t in g h a m sh ir e . Second innings. A. W. Carr, lbw, b Blythe ............... Gunn (G.), b Woolley .......................... Hardstaff, c Seymour, b Woolley Gunn (J.), c A. P. Day, b Woolley ... Payton, c Hubble, b Blythe ............... Iremonger (J.), c Huish, b Blythe ... A. O. Jones, c Humphreys, b Woolley Lee, c A. P. Day, b Woolley ............... Oates, c A. P. Day, b B ly th e ............... Riley, not out ...................................... “ iss, b Blythe ...................................... Extras ... ... Total.......................... 1st I n n s . : Blythe, 16‘l-6-28-5; Woojley, 16-4-29-5. 2 nd I nns . : Blythe, 10*3-3-28-6 ; Woolley, 10-3-29-4. 1 c Hardinge, b Woolley .. 6 18 c Hubble, b Blythe .. 8 3 b W o o lle y ........................ .. 8 0 b Blythe ........................ .. 12 5 b W o o lle y ........................ 1 14 b Blythe ........................ .. 0 12 lbw, b Blythe 2 2 lbw, b Woolley " 6 1 not out ........................ .. 6 1 lbw, b Blythe .. 0 0 b Blythe ........................ .. 8 1 Extras .. 1 58 Total ... .. 58