Cricket 1912

436 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ugust 17, 1912, FINCHLEY (EAST) v. NORTH M ID D L E S E X A t Finchley. N. Middle­ sex, 81. Finchley (E.), 203 ; S. G. Etheridge 114. FELIXSTOWE v. COLCHESTER & EAST ESSEX.— At Felixstowe. Felixstowe, 104 ; S. H. Wrinch 47, J. Rowbotham 21. C. & E.E., 150 for 4., R. W. Macfarlane 55. W. A. Smith 36, J. W. Egerton-Grcen 19. For C. & E. E. \V. A. Smith 5 for 45, W. L. Samson 4 for 50. MATCHES ON AUGUST 7. HAMPSTEAD V. SOUTHGATE.— At Hampstead. Hampstead, 53. Southgate, 57 for 3 ; L. Neiderheitmann 23, J. A. E. Peschier 18*. KENSINGTON (N. & S.) v. ACTON TOWN.— At St. Quintin’s Park. Acton Town, 115 for 5, dec. ; F. Hawkins 50*, B. Ilsley 40. Kensington (N. & S. 132 for 2 ; J. Perrin 72*, A. Haysman 41. MATCH ON AUG. 8. W ITHAM v. COLCHESTER & EAST ESSEX.— At Witham. C. & E. E. 134 ; J. J. Bland 39, E. Stiff 28. Witham, 181 for 7 ; G. M. Strutt 60, W. Warsop 31, C. S. Richardson 26*, J. G. Dixon 24. MATCH ON AUGUST 9. HASTINGS & ST. LEONARD’S v. BRIXTON.— At Hastings. Hastings, 180 ; J. W. W. Nason 31, S. Hillier 28, C. F. Adamson 25, J. Duke 24, Anthony 20 — and 94 for 1 ; W. Young 49*, E. E. Fox 28. Brixton, 172 ; WT. Meacock 52, A. E. Bishop 47*, C. W. Clegg 21. LANCING OLD BOYS V. SUSSEX M ARTLETS— At Lancing College. Sussex Martlets, 199 ; J. Flowers 94, H. G. Gregson 32. Lancing O.B.’s, 55— and 92 for 3 ; A. P. Weber 38*, G. M. Gill 38*. MATCHES ON AUGUST 10. HAMPSTEAD v. U.C.S. OLD BOYS.— A t Hampstead, Hampstead, 234 for 4, dec. ; A. W. Everitt 100*, H. F. Maclure 56, C. H. Chaldecott 49. U.C.S. Old Boys, 11 for 3. WHITE HOUSE V. BRIXTON .— At Bellingham. White House, 146 for 2, dec. ; A. Jeacocke 65, P. Burke 63*. Brixton, 18 for 3. SPENCER v. KENSINGTON (N. & S.).— At Wandsworth Common. Kensington (N. <fc S.), 95 ; A. E. Tunks 32, W. A. Tunks 23. Spencer, 28 for 0. ALBEMARLE & FRIERN BARNET V. NORTHBROOK.— At Friern Barnet. Northbrook, 122 for 6 dec. ; F. Mercer, 43, H. Simpson 24. A. & F.B., 8 for 2. G.W .R. v. WEST DRAYTON.— At Castle Bar Park. G.W .R., 144 for 4 ; P. C. Wright 55, W. R. Morris 40. OLD CHARLTON v. LESSNESS P A R K — At Charlton Park, 134 for 4, dec. ; H. Gradidge 59*, S. D. Fresco 41. Lessness Park, 31 for 2. SOUTHEND v SOUTH WEST HAM — At Southend S W Ham, 175; W. Carter 80*, A. Howard 33. Southend, 115 for 5 ; E. Potter 36, B. H. Davey 32, S. Smith 23. HENDON V. GREVILLE.— At Hendon. Greville, 153 for 8, dec.; O. E. Dunn 66, W. 1). Baylis 36. Hendon, 21 for 0. SURBITON v. HAMPSTEAD.— At Surbiton. Hampstead, 146 for 5, dec. ; F.C. Mercier 51, E. Whinney 33, N. J. D. Moffat 32. Surbiton, 13 for 2. EAST GRINSTEAD v. SUSSEX MARTLETS.— At East Grinstead. Sussex Martlets, 122 for 4 ; F. H. Gresson 55*, A. R. Wathen 30*. East Grin­ stead, no innings. MELROSE v. MANSE RGH.—Melrose (4 men short), 31, Manscrgh, 56 for 5 ; Laurence 24, F. French 22. WEST KENT W'ANDERERS A. v. RAVENSBOURNE —W .K.W ., 81 ; Brown 28. Ravensbourne, 103 for 5 ; Brixton 34. For llavensbourne, Witham 7 for 39 ; for W .K.W ., Cleave 3 for 25. • SANDERSTEAD v. UPPER SYrDENHAM.— At Sanderstead. Upper Sydenham, 82 ; W. N. Wilson 23. Sanderstead, 94 for 6 ; J. C. Forsyth 37. REIGATE PRIORY v. SUTTON— At Sutton. Sutton, 67 : D. D. Napper 22. Reigate Priory, 172 for 8 ; R. F. Penfold 44, N. J. Hodgkinson 44, L. B. Baird 26*, D. Roberts 21. MARCONI v. CATFORD EXCELSIOR.— At Acton. Marconi, 44. Cat­ ford E., 44 for 7 ; O. W. Owles 21. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK v. WEST KENT WANDERERS.—At Beckenham. W.K.W., 166 for 4 ; G. F. Howell 66*, J. G. Ward 50*. N.P. Bank, 15 for 0. BICKLEY & WIDMORE v. BEULAH.—At Bickley. Beulah, 123 ; J. C. F. Mathieson 27, H. Clegg 22. B. & W., 29. For Beulah, WT. Tufnell 6 for IS, W. Parker 4 for 8. APTUS v. BEULAH II.—At Beckenham. Beulah, SS for 6, dec. Aptus, 22for 3. MATCH ON AUGUST 12. COLCHESTER & EAST ESSEX v. ESSEX C. & G.—At Castle Park, Colchester. Essex C. & G., 174 ; J. F. Evans 30, C. V. Thompson 29, H. G. Clarke 20. C. & E.E., 174 ; W. A. Smith 31. Rev. A. J. Fenn 28, A. F. M. Townsend 27, E. R. Pallett 23, J. J. Bland 19, J. W. Egerton-Green 19. Public School Averages : 1912. F r a m l in g h a m C o l l e g e . Inns. N.o. R. A. H.S. O. R. w . A. Bennett, P. J. ... 15 3 91 7*58 26 — 165 1 165*00 Billham, F. ... ... 15 3 28 2*33 9 — — — __ Bridgnell, C. K. ... 18 2 679 42*43 195* 141 483 39 12*38 Bullen, J. G. ... 18 2 378 23*62 107 — — — — Bunbury, C. G. ... 16 1 221 14*73 54 160*5 565 42 13*45 Hobait, J.C.... ... 17 0 87 5*11 17 — — — __ Inskip, E. D. ... 17 1 253 15*81 47 254 730 66 11*06 Le May, G. N. ... 17 0 166 9*76 40 — 2 0 __ Podd, F. ... 13 2 67 6*09 18* — — — __ Spedding, T. R. ... 18 1 242 14*23 59* — 33 0 __ Sullivan, T. 9 1 82 10*25 23 — — — — Von der Meden, Also batted G. E. 11 0 : E. G. Joyce, 1 80 7*27 36 19*5 101 6 16*62 For the Second Eleven W. F. Podd averaged 29.60, T. Sullivan 21*40, E. G. Joyce 18'50, S. A. Gilbert 17*87, and I. S. Mann 15*16. P. J. Bennett took 11 wickets for 39, G. Von der Meden 9 for 48, S. A Gilbert 11 for 73, and G. F Barton 26ior 215. The First Eleven played 16 matches, won 8, lost 6, drew 2, and scored 2599 for 164 wickets (15.85 per wicket) against 2298 for 160 (14'36). The Second Eleven played 7, won 6, lost 1, and averaged 12*46 per wicket against 8*27 by their opponents. Cricket in Scotland. B y H a m ish . Once again did rain spoil our cricket programme and cause many games to remain unfinished. Perhaps in no previous season has there been such a large percentage of draws, a result m ainly due to wet weather. For this reason also wickets have seldom favoured the bowler, as he has generally had to wdrk with a wet ball, and the fielders likewise have been at a disadvantage. The Championship of the Scottish Counties was settled at Alloa when rain brought the match between Clackmannan County and Perthshire to a conclusion after half-an-hour’s play, during which time Clackmannan had scored 26 for no wicket. Perthshire are deservedly Champions, but about the only real satisfaction they can extract from the fact is that they are the best side North of the Forth and Clyde. Forfarshire, their great rivals in the competition—and out of it — had scored 129 for 5 wickets (R. G . T ait 84) v. Stirling County by the lunch interval, at which point the match had to be abandoned. Thus for the second time Gooder, the Stirling pro., had his benefit spoilt. In Fifeshire Kirkcaldy, 137 for 9 (Lilley 50*) and Dunfermline, 76 for 2, played a draw ; but at Burntisland the town club beat the Brunswick after the latter had closed their innings— 108 for 2 to 100 for 6 . Some interesting matches were carried through in the west, and perhaps the best of the lot was the one at Partick between West of Scotland (80) and Uddingston (79). Joh n s returned to the West’s side after m any weeks’ absence and took three wickets for 18. H. Earnshaw had 4 for 14, and W. M. Dunn 3 for 24. The West had only 80 to get, but they had to struggle hard till H . C. Barbour (32*), who played a splendid innings in the circumstances, gave them a well-earned victory by a single run. Amid great enthusiasm Barbour was carried shoulder high to the pavilion. The victory was really gained by the fielding, in which department the W est gave a high-class exhibition. Drumpellier again placed two elevens in the field, and emerg d with credit. The stronger opposed Greenock at Greenock, the result being a draw—Greenock, 207 (J. B . W alker 77, J . H. Gordon 5 1*), Drumpellier, 147 for 6 (D. McBean 49). The home side had all the best of the game with E ast Stirlingshire, who were defeated by 148 to 34. For Drumpellier W . W. Thomson and C. Denholm had five wickets apiece for 12 and 14 runs respectively. Even with their double fixtures Drumpellier have so far only suffered defeat ouce this season, and that in their opening match against Kelburne. Leith Caledonian (145) opposed Kelburne (163 for 4) at Paisley and lost. F or Kelburne W. J . Casford (57) and Shingler (74*) were in fine form , while for the visitors A. J . Reid had 46*. The match between Clydesdale (130) and Poloc ( 1 1 1 for 9) was a keen tussle. W . Linton of Poloc had scored a century in each of the last three matches at Titwood and, though the sequence was broken in this instance he had the highest individual total of the game, 42. Polloc appeared to have the upper hand till Beardsworth, whose benefit match it was, performed the “ hat trick,” and they were lucky, after all, to escape with a draw. There were only two matches of any importance in Edinburgh. The Grange played their second la 9 t game when they easily overcame Clarendon—204 for 6 to 97. The Scottish Union Secretary, S. C. Freem an, collected 122. Along with D. M. Wood (53) he helped to add 150 for the fifth wicket. Keene had 7 wickets for 40 and H. J . Stevenson 3 for 15 . Stewart’s College F . P . (123) and Stenhouse- muir (63 for 1) played a draw at Inverleith. For Stew art’s J . B . Turnbull (40*) and E . M. Elder (31) added 8 1 for the 9th wicket and for Stenhousemuir J . Graham captured 8 wickets for 33. Selkirk and G ala, both undefeated, met in their return fixture under the auspices of the Border League. A large gathering assembled round the boundary at Philiphaugh and saw Gala rmerge narrow victors after a keen fight—Selkirk 116 ; G ala 12 1 for 8 . G ala are now favourites for tue championship. The other Border League match between Hawick (89 for 3) and St. Boswells (73 for 4) ended in a draw. For Hawick Smith had 50* and for the visitors Lord Whitchester, the eldest son of the E a rl of Dalkeith, hit up 35. The R oyal High School F .P . were at Peebles, where they just managed to escape with a draw—Peebles County 148 ; Royal High School 93 for 9. W. H . Thorburn, who, in the probable absence of M. R. Dickson, m ay be asked to captain the Scottish side in Ireland, was top scorer with 36. Royal H igh School have had two or three lucky last wicket draws this season. Printed and published for th e Proprietors by M e r r it t <b H a t c h e r , L t d ., 33 and 85, Moor L a n e , London, E .C ., A u g u s t 17th, 1912, Agents for Australia, &c G o r d o n & G o tc h , London, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Launceston, Hobart and Wellington (N.Z.) For South Africa, C e n t r a l N e w s A g e n c y , Ltd., Cape Town, Johannesburg and branches.