Cricket 1912

456 CEICKET : A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. AUGUST 24, 1912. The Tour of the Philadelphia C.C. Our visitors from over the A tlantic started their tour at Eeigate on Bank Holiday, and thanks to the brothers Conyers and H. L . Clark pretty easily defeated Reigate Priory, who could only make 79. Gerald Conyers took 8 for 3 1 ; his brother J . R . made 32, and H . L . Clark scored 30. It is rather am using to note, by the way, that the Conyers, who hail from Bermuda, are accepted as genuine Americans by almost every journalist who spills ink over the tour. On Tuesday the m atch with Sutton had barely begun, Sutton batting, when heavy rain stopped it. The game with the Royal A rtillery, which should have been a two-day match, was finished off on Wednesday, the splendid all-round form of Gerald Conyers dom inating the play. He made 62 (the next highest score in the m atch was 24) and took 7 for 9 and 8 for 42. The game was twelve aside, and the gunners made 29 and 10 5 to Philadelphia’s 110 and 25 for 2. No one but Conyers reached 20 for the tourists. The Stoke Poges club on Friday included such cracks as R . H. Twining, J . F . Ireland, and A. J . E van s. Ireland made 64 of their total of 90. This time Gerald Conyers had 7 for 50. .J. L . E vans (70), J . P . Dornan (28), and C. S. M itchell (19) were the double­ figure scorers in Philadelphia’s innings of 119 . On Saturday a m atch of sm all scores, interrupted by rain, with M itcham ended in a draw. A t the beginning of their second week the tourists encountered defeat for the first tim e. Mr. J . R . Tylden’s X I., at M ilstead, near Sittingbourne, was a strong one, including G. J . V. W eigall, C. T. A. W ilkinson, C. E . H atfeild, Goatly, Preston, and other well-known players. They made 1 1 2 (A. F . Leach-Lew is 36, W ilkinson 23) and 246 for 9, dec. (W ilkinson 82, W eigall 58, H atfeild 32*, Goatly 30) to 73 (J. H . Mason 15 , highest scorer) and 15 3 (Gerald Conyers 3 1 , J . L . E vans 29, J . R . Conyers 24) by the P h il­ adelphians. Gerald Conyers had 8 wickets in the first innings, 4 in the second. On Wednesday and Thursday in last week they played the Mote. Mason won the toss for the first time, and the Philadelphians (T. F . D ixon 36*) put up the good total of 18 1 on a slow wicket. A. B anks (7 for 15) and G. 0 . Conyers (3 for 33) disposed of the Mote for 49 ; but, following on, the home side did much better, aggregating 200 , of which the last wicket was responsible for 55, Groves hitting out lustily and making seven 4’s in his 39. The visitors made the runs required for the loss of 3 wickets. Groves took 9 for 85 in their first innings, and up to the end of this m atch had secured 104 wickets for the club, which is a record for a Mote bowler in one season. . A t Folkestone the toss was again lost, and the Americans suffered a heavy defeat. Only J . H . Mason in the first and J . L . E van s in the second innings could make any runs worth mentioning for them, whereas L . T . Driffield, the Cambridge blue, A. C. Edw ards, the Hon. J . S . R . Tufton, and others all scored well for the home side. Gerald Conyers was ineffective in the first innings, but took 6 wickets in the second. First=class Batting Averages. A. C. Johnston C. B. Fry W. Bardsley ... Mead (C. P.) ... Denton (D.) .. C. G. Macartney Sharp (J.) R. H. Spooner Capt. E. I. M. Barrett H. H. The Jam Sahib of Nawanagar ... Hayes (E. G.) Woolley (F E.) P. A. Perrin .. J. W. H .T. Douglas... Tyldesley (J. T.) .. Hobbs (J. B .)............. Quaife (W. G.) Makepeace (H.) Vine (J.) ............. Gunn (J.) ............. Hearne (J.W.) Rhodes ( W .) ............. Hayward (T. W .) .. A. D. N ourse............. Stone (J.) ............. C. K e lle w a y ............. Relf (R. R.) ............. Baker (C. S .) ............ Hardinge (H. T. W.). Aug. 19, inclusive 1 — 1000 runs or 25 innings). Inns. N.O. R. A. H.S. . 18 l 1009 59-35 175 . 28 3 1464 58-56 203* . 42 6 2024 56*22 184* . 40 ... 11 1541 53*13 160* . 44 4 1948 48*70 221 . 38 1 1789 4S-35 * 208 . 30 3 1293 47*88 211 . 39 3 1667 46*30 127 b 31 7 ... 1063 44*29 13S* 25 0 1073 42*92 176 . 40 1 1671 42.84 143* . 41 5 1506 41*83 117 , 28 2 1009 38-80 245 32 1 1199 38*67 129 , 30 1 1113 38*37 174 . 46 3 1640 38*13 111 . 83 6 1001 37*07 134 . 32 1 1107 35*70 173 . 51 5 1614 35-0S 118 , 28 2 893 34-34 113 . 43 7 1232 34-2*2 123* . 45 5 1364 34*10 176 . 41 4 1226 33*13 182 . 42 3 1274 32 66 137 . 35 4 1012 32*64 106* . 37 5 1040 32*50 114 . 53 2 1640 32*15 169 . 31 4 860 31*85 75 . 40 2 1202 3163 107 Inns. N.O. R. A. H.S. A. H. Hornby... ... 28 745 31*04 .129 Tarrant (F. A.) ... 41 1271 31*00 140 G. A. Faulkner .. 40 1073 30*65 145* Humphreys (E.) ... 42 1 1178 28*73 92 Hirst (G. H.) ... ... 36 1029 28*58 109 Wilson (B. B.) ... 47 1257 28*56 150 A. O. Jones ... 28 1 769 2S*48 96 P. G. H. Fender ... 26 5S3 27*76 133* Cadman (S.) ... ... 29 719 27*65 95 E. L. Kidd ... ... 27 662 27*58 167 Hardstaff (J .)... .. 30 1 793 27*24 197 C. J. B. Wood... .. 39 1025 26*97 101 G. L. Jessop ... .. 25 0 672 26*88 127 C. P. McGahey .. 25 2 607 26-39 150 Pearson (F.) ... .. 30 1 762 26*27 154* C. B. Jennings .. 40 4 942 26*16 82 S. E. Gregory ... .. 39 2 960 25-94 150 H. W. Taylor ... .. 43 3 1031 25*77 96 G. A. T. Vials ... .. 28 2 662 25*46 93 F. L. Fane .. 25 6 482 25*36 9S Ducat (A.) .. 31 2 733 25*34 124 Iremonger (J.) .. 26 8 454 25*22 55 Hendren iE.) .. .. 33 5 705 25*17 97 Bowley (F. L.) .. 28 1 679 25*14 100 Gunn (G.) .. 29 1 688 24*57 76 Seymour (Jas.) .. 37 1 881 24*47 117 L. J. Tancred... .. 38 1 898 24*27 131 King (J. H.) ... .. 44 3 995 24*26 104* J. S. Denton ... .. 29 6 558 24*26 74 S. G. Smith ... .. 31 1. 717 23*90 136 C. O. H. Sewell .. 26 0 621 23*88 86 H. P. Chaplin .. 40 2 853 23*50 112 Arnold (E. G.) .. 27 1 611 23*50 79 E. R. Mayne ... .. 33 2 714 23*03 111 Knight (A. E.) .. 34 0 779 22-91 147 L. Oliver .. 30 1 658 22-68 94 Morton (A.) ... .. 29 2 609 22*55 S3 S. J. Snooke ... .. 39 2 815 22*02 S6 Freeman (J. R.) .. 2S 1 592 21*92 100 R. B. Minnett .. 30 3 5S4 21*62 65* M. C. Bird ... .. 36 0 77S 21*61 100 Payton (W.) ... .. 29 3 554 21*30 107 T. J. Matthews .. 29 4 527 21*08 93 Seymour (John) .. 29 2 563 20*85 84* H. L. Simms ... .. 43 2 842 2053 126 Brown (G.) .. 27 4 471 20-47 104 East (W.) .. 32 4 573 20*46 69 Smith (E. J.) .. .. 45 2 889 20*44 134 Charlesworth (O.) .. 34 0 694 20*41 92 Bowell (A.) ... .. 33 3 610 20*33 S2 First=Class Bowling Averages. (To Monday, Aug. 19, inclusive— 50 wickets or more.) Overs. Runs. Wickets. Average Haigli (S.) .............. 745*4 1340 117 11*46 Barnes (S. F.) 293*3 620 51 12*15 Blythe (C.) ............... 820-2 1961 159 12*33 S. G. S m ith ............... 476*5 1056 85 12*42 Dean (H.) .............. 996 2093 147 14*23 Woolley (F. E.) 642*4 1580 110 14*36 G. A. Faulkner 800*2 1936 125 15*48 S. J. P e g ler............... 994*5 2247 142 15*89 C. P. C arter.............. 417*1 974 61 15*96 Tarrant (F. A.) 743*2 1713 106 1616 Huddleston (W.) ... 628-1 1384 85 16*28 Hearne (J. T.) 524*1 949 5S 16*36 Thompson (G. J.) ... 873 2199 133 16*53 Dennett (G. E.) 783*4 1917 117 16*66 F. R. Foster............... 780-1 ISOS 108 16*74 Kennedy (A.) 844-5 2098 121 17*19 W. T. Greswell 857 2176 124 17*54 T. J. Matthews 514*2 1279 72 17*76 W. J. Whitty 697*1 1634 91 17*95 G. R. Hazlitt.............. 558*1 1320 72 18*53 Iremonger (J.) 796*3 1635 8S 18*57 King (J. H .).............. 833 2068 111 18-63 Cox (G. R.) .............. 459*1 1100 59 18*64 Booth (M. W.) 628*3 1732 92 18*82 Relf (A. E . ) .............. 1053*3 2132 112 19*03 Drake (A.) ............... 585*5 1519 69 19*11 Hirst (G. H.).............. 703-4 1614 84 19*21 Vine (J.) .............. 896 1215 6*2 19*59 WTass (T.) ............... 73S1 2031 102 19*91 Morton ( A .) .............. 565*3 1266 62 20*41 Hitch (J. W.) 586*2 1936 92 2104 Smith (W. C.) 709*4 1652 78 21*17 Hearne (J. W.) 398*2 1393 65 21*43 Parker (C. W. L.) ... 540*5 1132 50 22*64 Robson ( E .) .............. 53S*1 1409 61 23*09 Riley (W.) ............... 499 1171 50 23*42 S. H. Em ery............... 457*1 1561 66 23*65 H. L. Simms 647*2 19S0 83 23*85 Astill (W. E.) 717 1889 79 23-91 Rushby ( T . ) .............. 673*2 1747 73 2393 Hayes (E. G.) 4305 13SS 56 24*78 Newman (J .)............. 702*1 1935 76 26*46 Mead(W .) .............. 651*4 1341 52 25*78 N. J. Holloway 581*2 1662 64 25-06 Cuffe (J. A .).............. 585*1 1545 53 29-15 J. W. H. T. Douglas 539 1777 53 30*63 Printed and published for the Proprietors by M e r r it t & H a t c h e r , L t d ., 33 a n d 35, Moor L a n e , London, E.C., A u g u s t 2 4 th , 1912, Agents for Australia, &c G o r d o n & G o tc h , London, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Launceston, Hotart and Wellington (N.Z.) For South Africa, C e n t r a l N e w s A g e n c y , L t d ., Cape Town, Johannesburg and branches.