Cricket 1912

A u g u s t 31, 1912. CEICKET : A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. 459 perament ” ; and with his sound methods as a batsman and liis fine fielding ho can never bo out of place on any sido. While many hatsmen neglect the cut, Mead is great at this most charming of strokes ; his on-side play is very strong indeed ; and he drives as well as the best man— better than most, that is to say. His centuries is first-class cricket are :— 223, Players v. Gentlemen, Scarborough, Sept. 4, 5, 19 11. *207, H ants v. Warwickshire, Southampton, Aug. 2, 19 11. 194, H ants v. Sussex, Portsmouth, Aug. 3, 19 11. *160, H ants v. Australians, Southampton, Ju ly 22, 19 12 . 140, H ants v. Cambridge University, Southampton, June 25, 26, 19 12 . 135, H ants v. Worcestershire, Worcester, May 17 , 19 12 : 132 , H ants v. West Indians, Southampton, Ju ly 2, 3, 1906. 127, M .C.C. v. Leicestershire, Lord’s, May 30, 19 11. *120, Hants v. Yorkshire, Huddersfield, Ju ly 14, 15 , 19 11. *119 , H ants v. Leicestershire, Southampton, June 3, 1908. 114 , H ants v. Northants., Northampton, Ju ly 5. 1909. * 1 1 1 , H ants v. Yorkshire, Sheffield, May, 14, 19 12 . I l l , H ants v. W arwickshire, Birm ingham , Ju ly 1 1 , 12 , 19 10. I l l , H ants v. W arwickshire, Coventry, June 2 1, 19 12 . 110 , H ants v. Leicestershire, Leicester, Ju ly 6 , 1908. 109, H ants v. Yorkshire, Southampton, May 1 1 , 12 , 1906, 109, H ants v. Leicestershire, Leicester, Ju ly 10, 19 11. 109, H ants v. E ssex, Leyton, Aug. 22, 19 12 . 106, H ants v. Kent, Southampton, May 27, 19 12 . 102, H ants v. Warwickshire, Southampton, Ju ly 8 , 9, 1907. 10 1, England v. W arwickshire, Oval, Sept. 1 1 , 12 , 19 11. *100, Hants v. Leicestershire, Leicester, Ju ly 1 1 , 12 , 1 9 11. 100, H ants v. Somerset, Southampton, May 12, 19 11. In matches for his county he has also played innings of 69 v. Derbyshire ; 96, 81, 75, 63*, and 50 v. Gloucester­ shire ; 95, 84, 79, and 73 v. Kent ; 90, 87, and 85 v. Lanca­ shire ; 89, 70, 63, 61, and 57 v. Leicestershire ; 65 and 51 v. Middlesex ; 52 v. Northants ; 88, 86, 67, 67, and61* v. Somerset; 65, 61*, 58, 54, and 53 v. Surrey ; 95, 89,and 52 v. Sussex ; 88*, 65, and 61* v. Warwickshire ; 71, 69*, 64 and 52 v. Worcestershire ; 60 and 58 v. Yorkshire ; and 93 v. Oxford University. For the M.O.C. he has made 82 v. Yorkshire, 79 v. Oxford University, and 61 v. the Austra­ lians. For England v. Kent he has scored 63 and 53. In Australia he made 98 v. Tasmania, 79 and 54* v. Queens­ land, and 50 v. an Eleven of Australia at Brisbane. These, with his centuries, make up a full list of his scores of 50 and over to date. It is a curious circumstance that with eight such scores v. Warwickshire, six v. Yorkshire, and ten v. Leicestershire, he should only once have roached 50 against Derbyshire bowling. But it is likely enough that he will remedv this in tho future. J. N. P. Cricket in Scotland. B y H am ish . Although we have little to congratulate ourselves on, we on this side of the Tweed have been more favoured by the weather than our neighbours, and on Saturday we had the satisfaction of carrying through our programme of matches without interruption. Bowlers of course had much the better of the argument. The members of our team for Ireland had the opportunity for further practice, and most of them gave proof that they are still in form. Our eleven, which shows a few changes from the original choice, though it may not be the best available, contains cricketers who have done well a .11 the season; and I look to it to uphold our reputation, while hardly considering it good enough to win. The outstanding match of Saturday was the return fixture between Uddingston and A yr in the Western Union Championship. Ayr won at their first meeting, and this also put a win to their credit, a result which ensured for them at least a share in the champion­ ship. Uddingston batted first and lost seven wickets for 46. Then A. C. Cullen (42) and D. Kennedy (52) came together, and added 89 before being separated, the total ultimately reaching 142. Though they had to bat against time, A yr always looked likely winners and had gathered 167 for 8 wickets when stumps were drawn. Turner (5 for 55 and 28) on Saturday, as throughout the season, had a good deal to do with A yr’s success, and it is satisfactory to know that he has been re-engaged for next year. In the other Union match Poloc (91) gained a narrow victory over Ferguslie ( 86 ). Megson, of Ferguslie, had 6 wickets for 29, and Sandiford, of Poloc, 5 for 30. Drumpellier again?placed two elevens in the field, and both won. I question if any club in Scotland has such a large number of capable players. A t home they beat Glasgow Academ icals by 139 to 53. C. T. Mannes (55) showed that he is by no means done with yet; and W . W. Thomson and C. Denholm had five wickets apieoe for 26 and 22respectively. Against Kilmarnock their victory was of a sim ilar nature— 1 2 1 to 48—R . Maxwell (41) being top scorer, and J . McMillan (7 for 22) and Benham (3 for 25) sharing the wickets. Greenock (183 for 8 ) had a lot the better of the draw with Clydes­ dale (51 for 7). E . T . Morse (54) and T. J . Bishop (40 and 4 for 7) were their leading performers. Menzies X I (204 for 8 ) beat Kelburne (99), and Stenhousemuir (64) defeated Cartha (33). D. Johnstone, of Menzies’ X I, had 79 ; and Hainsworth for Stenhousemuir captured 6 wickets for 11 . The match between Clackmannan County (89 for 6 ) and Aber­ deenshire (138) at Alloa, the last in the Counties’ Championship, ended in a draw. T . A. Bowie, of Clackmannan, who cannot travel to Ireland, had 7 wickets for 50. Like Drumpellier Forfarshire had out two teams, but with less success, the results being a win and a defeat. The win was over Cupar—13 3 to 32—and the defeat, for the second time this season, at the hands of Dundee Victoria—59 to 47. The bowlers were suprem e; in the former match J . H . Melville, of Forfarshire (6 for 13), and in the latter Eingrose (5 for 24) and W. S. Whyte (5 for 35) for the County, and Wynyard (5 for 16) and A. Fraser (6 for 27) for the Victoria, had fine analyses. Perthshire (102 for 4) had an easy victory over E ast Stirlingshire (58). Benskin captured 6 wickets for 24, and J . A. Ferguson scored 47*. Ferguson has had a phenomenal season. He is undoubtedly the most consistent bat in Scotland, and I hope to see him give of his best in Ireland. Another batsman who is in great form just now, and who also is going to the Em erald Isle, is J . W . Som e of Carlton, Brechin, and Forfarshire. In the match between Brechin ( 111) and Strathmore (69) he scored 6 1. M. E . Dickson had a fine 76 for Arbroath United (193 for 6 ) against the Glam is Castle X I. (120 for 6 ). The West of Scotland (91) added another to their small list of victories by beating Stirling County (69). T his was another bowler’s carnival, in which Gooder, for the County had 6 for 32, and for the West Johns had 3 for 18, L . Hammond 3 for 19, and H . Earnshaw 3 for 4. At Dunfermline the town club (149) were lucky to emerge with a draw against Brunswick (130 for 5 ); but Kirkcaldy (42) and Burntisland (45) had an exciting finish. Cricket dies early in the Edinburgh district. Stewart’s College (109) drew with Clarendon (65 for 7) with W. M. Scobie (33 and 3 for 19) the prominent figure ; and Pentland, who beat the Grange last Saturday, continued their good work by defeating an eleven of Heriot’s F .P .’s—1 14 to 7 1—in accomplishing which A. Davison had the splendid analysis of 7 wickets for 4 runs. The Borders had no match of real note ; but under Border League auspices Selkirk (167 for 8 ) defeated St. Boswell’s (87). Langholm ( 88 ) gained an unexpected viotory at the expense of H awick (77), mainly due to the exertions of their professional, Ja c k ­ son, who secured 6 wickets for 27 and then scored 33*. Melrose have fallen on evil days, and a scratch side of Peebles County put them out for 14. Clements (5 for 3) and W. Eddie (5 for 9) were too much for them. But Peebles only mustered 44. FO E S A L E .—A few copies of “ Surrey Cricket and Cricketers ” (Eev. E . S. Holmes), “ Annals of C ricket” (W. W. Eead), Ayres. “ Cricket Com panion” for 1907, “ Catalogue of Cricket Literature ” (A. D. Taylor), “ Parsi C ricket” (Pavris), and “ Chronicles of C ricket” (Nyren).—Any reasonable offer accepted. A .B .C . c/o Editor of Cricket, 33 and 35, Moor Lane, E .C . G E O R G E L E W I N & C O . , Club Colour Specialists and Athletic Clothing Manufacturers. 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