Cricket 1912

A u g u s t 24, 1912. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 449 M .C.C. side which included Hardy (Somerset) and Geeson (late of Leicestershire). The visitors were disposed of for 39. no one reach­ ing double figures ; the Wanderers ran up 168, all the earlier bats­ men scoring usefully, C. W . Goddard with 42 the highest, and then they got rid of four M .C.C. batsmen in tbe second innings for 35. 0 . Taylor, F. L . Johnson, and C. W. Goddard bowled in deadly form. Heathfield saved the game at Bellinghnm , where White House totalled 148, A. Jeacocke top scorer, and the visitors had 1 15 with one wicket to fall when stumps were drawn. Reisate Priory had a narrow victory in a small-scoring match with Croydon, R. F. Penfold taking 7 wickets for the winners. Albemarle and Friern Barnet easily beat Highgate, H . A. Clarke (26 and 7 for 30) and W. Walton (30), and F . G. H ay (31) doing ihe best work. Derrick Wanderers disposed of Wanstead for 157, and then knocked up 166 for 2, H. R . Rennie scoring 56*. The Eiloarts (R E . 66 , C. H. 61) and G. G. Dumbelton (41* and 5 for 27) were the most conspicuous figures in H am pbead’s easy win over Finchley. Ilford came very near defeating Woodford Wells in an innings, Edgar Porter making 56, and Louden and Cuttle skittling the opposition. Crofton Park have had no luck lately, and on Saturday thev were all out for 4 1 v. Northbrook, who won by 134 runs, H . D. Fish scoiing 4 1 and taking 5 for 21. The Old Buckenham H all team is generally drawn from at least three continents. On Friday and Saturday last it included H. V. Baum gartner (S. Africa), R . V. Minnett aud T. F . E . Rockliff (Australia). A. C. M acLaren, G . N. Foster, F . N. Tuff, and R. F. Popbam . Tbe torst-named was soon o u t; but then Rupert Minnett (Roy’s elder brother) and Popham abided something like 500 runs in partnership. The innings was declared at 563 for 3, and thereafter the Harrow Blues were dismissed for 80 and 55. Baumgartner and Rockliff doing the damage in the first innings, and Tuff most of that in the second. The Old County Cricketer (who is rapidly extending his acquaint­ ance with the grounds in and around London) visited Crouch End on Saturday, to see Hornsey play London Scottish. He writes : The home team ’s victory was well deserved; but London Scottish were without E . A. Bennett, A. H. Read, and L. Lienard, and had not the be«t of luck as regards the wicket, which was lifeless and easy when the home side began batting, but increased in difficulty as tbe afternoon advanced. The Hornsey opening pair, S. J . Weaver and D . L . H. Mercer, took the first wicket score to 46, and, J . H. Nicholls and H. J . Wenyon also doing good work, the century was hoisted just before the fall of the fourth wicket. Wenyon, whose 47 was top score of the day, continued to bat w ell; but the later batsmen did little, and the total was only 137. which Hornsey were disposed to regard as not big enough. A. F . Angus-Thomas (4 for 34) and C. Artaud (4 for 37) were the chief bowlers. The visitors made a disastrous start. Four wickets were down for 14. G. Batchelor was very sm artly thrown out from cover-slip in attempting a short run. Hornsey’s fielding was brilliant, and O. S. Clarke, with some assistance from the wind and a slight slope, made the ball swing across, keeping an admirable length meanwhile. B ar E . A. Homer, who went whole-heartedly for the bowling, the London Scottish batsmen were, to my mind, altogether too much on the defensive, thus playing into their opponents’ hands. Homer’s 20 was really worth a good deal more under ordinary conditions. Sm art stops near the wicket, and swift gathering and returns from the out-field made runs very hard to get. So accurate were the returns that the stumps were thrown down on five or six occasions. The Hornsey wicket keeper was very safe, and some of his taking on the leg-side was good beyond the ordinary. London Scottish only reached 62. Being 75 behind, they followed on ; and their second venture realised 49 for 3, W. G. Henderson obtaining 20*. Clarke did not bowl this time. All teams must be beaten sometimes, and the visitors readily admitted that they had been outplayed on the day, and expressed hearty admiration of the home side’s fielding. G . W . Hammond had real hard luck. He only needed four to complete his 1,000 runs for the season. He had made three when he bent his knee in trying to get a ball away to leg, missed it, and was l.b.w. As he is captaining North London v. West London at Ealing on Wednesday he will, no doubt, have reached four figures before this appears—a fine record for a club player in this year of abandoned and abbreviated matches ! Barnes went down to L . C. & W. Bank, for whom Gayfer and K irk batted well, and the latter bowled in deadly form . Old Whit­ giftians were beaten by H .A.C., only W. D. Hackney and W. B. Bannerm an making any stand against the bowling of Edmondson and Sonnethal. Edmonton declared at 150 for 8 , but could not get Bowes Park oat in time, and South W est Ham had a sim ilar ex­ perience against Loughton. West Kent Wanderers A easily beat Eastdown Park, thanks mainly to a capital century by W. D. Myers and the bowling of G . D arvill. Capital & Counties Bank drew their third match with Epsom II., each side having won one of the two previous games. H. C. Cook’s 42 for the Bank was the highest score of the match. Greville II. beat Willesden II. by 18, A. M. Dunn’s bowling (7 for 16) being the best feature of the game. In Sussex cricket there was only one century, by A. E . Knight, of the Portsmouth eleven, at Chichester. Knight hit nineteen 4’s. Dr. H. C. Pretty made 95 for Eastbourne v. West Monmouth Wanderers, a team including several Monmouthshire county players. Haywards Heath, thanks to their later batsmen, totalled 182 v. E ast Grinstead, and won by 100 runs, Tate taking 6 for 30. W . T. Hallward (52*) saved his side from defeat by Southbourne, who made 246 for 7, dec. (K. W. D aly 73, H. E . Grevett 54*), and had 9 E ast Sussex Asylum wickets down for 100, Hallward, in first, undefeated at the close. Thanks to A. Oakes (57*), R . C. Agate (51*), and A. W. E . Lapham (7 for 30) Horsham easily beat Mr. G . N. Dickin’s X I., for whom H. L . Wilson, tbe Suffolk skipper, made 5 1. Oakes and Agate added 134 together for the fourth wicket. Lewes Priory beat South Saxons (one man short) by two runs—65 to 63. H . E . D avey (5 for 38), P. Havelock- Davies (4 for 12) for the winners, and J . W . W. Nason (6 for 27) and G. N. Scott (4 for 30) for the losers, all made good use of a tricky wicket. Mayfield (H. R. Kirby, W. B . Keywood, and C. V. Dier all in form) easily beat Jarvis Brook. These old rivals, Ipswich and E ast Suffolk and Bury and West Suffolk, were in opposition again at Portman Road, Ipswich, and Bury won a close and exciting game. Penfold’s 54 and 4 for 44 and Captain Lawrence’s 6 for 52 were the chief factors in the victory. H . A. Busher made 60 for the losers and V . F. Gaby 46, these two adding 79 for the fifth wicket. For Halesworth v. Southwold Visitors W. R. Cardwell bowled 7 overs for 8 runs and 6 wickets. At Castle B ar Park Parson’s Green had a narrow win by 7 runs over G .W .R ., neither side being at fa ll strength. F . W. England and C. E . Bridges were the only men who made many runs ; C. J . Harrod (5 for 15), A. C. Higgs (5 for 64), and C. E . Honeyball (5 for 36) all bowled effectively. Lauderdale went under by 15 runs to Rickmansworth. Hampstead Nomads A team, with L . G. K irkpat­ rick in all-round form, easily defeated Southgate Adelaide. River Plate House lost by 19 runs to Dulwich Ham let, but the match was a closer one than would appear from this, as the score was a tie when the last H am let batsman came in, and he was nearly run out off the winning hit. Beulah lost by 7 runs to the Old Olavians, in spite of a well-hit 60 by Mathiesen and Tufnell’s capital bowling (8 for 43). Beulah’s second string easily defeated Upper Mitcham, D art and Ridgewell making most of the runs for the winners and taking practically all the wickets. Balbam Wanderers had their revenge on Richmond Park, who defeated them heavily in May. A victory hardly looked on the cards when three good men had left for 3 1 ; but then Payne and C. P. Woollacott offered a stubborn resistance, and the latter, who batted really well, hit nine 4’a in bis 58. Richmond Park had only 90 minutes left, and Mungean (who hit six 4’s in his 29) and Greig started so well that 44 were soon scored. Then Macpherson took a skier from Mungean’s bat, and the rest was a procession, Mac^ pherson (4 for 13) and Wall (5 for 39) bowling finely, and the whole side fielding well. Albemarle and Friern Barnet II. beat Highgate II. by four runs, 149 to 14 5, without anything to spare in the way of time, for the last Highgate batsman was caught off the last ball of the match— to be more precise, the ball which would have been the last in any case. Western had an easy win over Kensal, J . Wheatley batting in his old form, and Humbles and Pay bowling effectively. Western’s second string, below full strength, went down to St. M artin’s. Battersea II. (the tirst team had no game, wherefore H . A. White’s appearance for the second) were all over Birkbeck Institute, L . B. Hunt scoring 64, and White making 25* and taking 5 for 2 1. Slough and Shepherd’s Bush drew at Slough. Both sides were below full strength, and a late start was made. T. R. Kent and W. E . Baker batted well for the home side, and the Bush captain, O. Smoothy, did good all-round work for the visitors. Edmonton II., in beating the Spartans, had chiefly Hodgkinson to thank. He was in during the whole time his side batted, scoring 72 of a total of 150, and he took five wickets for 29. A t Wimbledon, Clapham R am b ler