Cricket 1912

470 CEICKET : A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. A u g u s t 31, 1912. we have a new system of inspecting the wicket now. We keep a toy yacht in the pavilion, and when the rain holds up we take it down to the wicket and start it. If it grounds, and topples over on its side, play is possible; if it sails right across we give up for the day ! ” On Saturday the O .C.C. pursuant to instructions, went down to Castle B ar P ark, hoping to see G . W . B . play North London—or perhaps scarcely hoping, only determined to be on the spot if any play did take place. W ell, to travel to W est Ealin g and back helps to fill a Saturday afternoon ; but it was rather a pity the journey should have been for nothing, as I should have liked the O.C.C. to have a talk with Mr. F . K . Honeyball, and hoped that he might get some information about the club whose first eleven figures in our portrait gallery this week. In this particular issue there would have been a little room to spare for once. Among last week’s centuries w ere:— A ugu st 1 9 . J . L . S. Yidler, 115 , Eastbourne v. Oxford Harlequins. E . Sm ith, 104 *, Eastbourne v. Oxford Harlequins. A ugu st 2 0 . A . J . E van s, 110 , Harrow Blues v. The Mote. B . D . Cochrane, 12 6 *, M .C.C. v. Tenterden. A. M. H orsfall, 10 2*, Marlborough Blues v. Blue Mantles. A ugu st 21. W . H . Twigg, 100, Stafford v. Mr. A. H . Badcliffe’s X I. Capt. L . Carr, 1 1 2 , M .C.C. v. South Saxons. Bussell (A. C.) 10 3, E ssex C. & G . v. Stoics. B . A. Young, 100, H ighelere Park v. Hampshire Hogs. Morfee, 138 , St. Law rence (Cant.) v. Gore Court. The Mote began a match with the Harrow B lu es on Monday in last week, running up 247 (Bev. H . B . Ellison 53*, Dr. J . A . Gibb 53, G. Bracher 38, Capt. W . G. M. Sarel 25, D. J . C. Glass 32). The Blues, who had the assistance of A. J . E van s, the W inchester and Oxford all-rounder, replied >vith 273, E van s batting finely for 110 . Then the Mote put up 180 for 1 (Capt. Sarel 89*, W. B . Gosling 76*) and declared, but could not get the visitors out in time. On Wed­ nesday and Thursday the Oxford H arlequins were encountered, and unexpectedly defeated the Mote by an innings and 6 runs. The home side made 94. The H arlequins lost 6 for 98, but a vigorous 30 by B . Bogers.took their total to 15 5 . Then, on a ruined wicket, against the attack of Leicestershire and Yorkshire in combination (F. W. Stocks and Ernest Sm ith), the Mote tumbled out for 55. In the m atch Stocks had 9 for 33, Sm ith 8 for 22. W . S . Bird was in his best form behind the sticks, and did not allow a single bye. T h is is the last of the Mote’s 19 12 matches, the Boyal Engineers and Folkestone having scratched their games. Tw enty played, 9 won, 5 lost, 6 drawn, is the Maidstone club’s record. At Stanmore on Thursday, the home side had a good win over Kilburn by 22 runs, E . W ills scoring 45, and E . M arriott (8 for 43) bowling in deadly form . There was a capital game at Hove between the Sussex M artletg and the B lue Mantles on W ednesday and Thursday. The Martlet lost nine wickets for a very small total in their first inn in gs; but then Jo h n Flowers and H . A sa Thom as added just on 100. Blue Mantles led by 33 in the first innings ; but when they went in to get 1 3 1 to win they found the task just too big for them. H . L . W ilson, the Suffolk skipper, bowled finely, and the Martlets won, aiter an exciting finish, by 8 runs. W alter Buffels, Hon. Sec. of the Arlington and Leytonstone C.C., sends me some interesting information about cricket at Herne Bay where he has been spending his holidays. In spite of the wretched weather, he managed to get in seven matches in the course of a fortnight or so, and totalled 1 7 1 in nine innings, with highest score 67, besides taking 29 wickets for 95. There is at Herne B ay a holiday club, calling itself the Herne B a y Casuals, and composed chiefly of public school men, who get some good cricket during August and September, playing their home matches on the Herne B ay College ground. They have a fine player in H. F . Whitfield, an Oxonian, who on the 19th ran up 64* v. Chislet, and other good men in J . B . Veevers, who made 44 v. Whitstable on the 10th, and C. F . Barnes, who on the 17th had 118 * and 5 for 3 1 as his share in the m atch v. Gillingham . Mr. J . B rine is their hard-working Hon. Sec. It would be interesting to know how long the club has been in existence, and whether m uch difficulty is experienced in carrying it on from year to year. B ut perhaps it is a new organisation of 19 12 . From the Beulah Hon. See. I hear that his club has so far had quite a satisfactory season. The 1st X I. has won 1 1 m atches, lost 4, drawn 4 ; the 2nd X I. has won 7, lost 6 , and drawn 2 . C. F . Love has totalled 293 runs (average 32'5), J . C. F . Mathiesen 489 ('27*15), W. Tufnell 380 (25*3), H . Clegg 283(23-5), and L . D art 3 2 1. (22-9). S. Manchee has lowered 42 wickets at 7-7 each, W . T ufnell 63 at 8'5, H. Parker 52 at 8'2, and L . Dart 48 at 9'3. These figures indicate a pretty good measure of strength in B eulah’s ranks. A belated result reaches me from the Melrose C.C. Better late than never, and I am glad to find that club secretaries are anxious that none of their matches should be m issing. On Saturday week Boseveare lost three wickets for a single run against Melrose ; but A. Laurie, after having some luck, hit well, and made 30 in a total of 59. Lee made a great catch in the slips, throwing him self full length and grasping the ball one-handed. Melrose lost two wickets for 23, of which S. Mason made 15 ; then A. J . Mason joined F . E . G all, and the latter hit so brilliantly that he ran up 34 while Mason was getting 7. But his partner outlived him, and was not out till he had made 42. W. C. Mason (30) and F . E . Orpin also played well. S. Dixon bowled capitally for Boseveare, taking 6 wickets, and finishing the innings with the hat-trick. Except for a few matches in Lancashire, the northern and m id­ land Leagues were rained out. Burnley beat Accrington by 8 runs, and in the course of the match W illiam Cook, of Burnley, took his hundredth wicket for the club this season. Cook prefers league to county cricket, and has more than once expressed this preference in very plain terms, I understand. Accrington’s defeat put them out of the running for the first place. F . Haworth (55) and L . H. Walm- sley (50) did good work in the Bishton v. Baw tenstall m atch. Norbury had 6 for 38 for E ast Lancashire v. Enfield. In the Central L a n ­ cashire League Middleton (sent in first after losing the toss) scored 158 for 1, declared, v. Littleborough, three men reaching 50. Thornton, the Milnrow pro., took 6 for 3 1 v. Oldham, and has now a bag of 99 for the season. In the Eastern Division of the Durham League the programme fell through, owing to rain, both in the First and Second D ivisions, except for one match. In this game Chester-le-Street beat South Shields by 38 runs. Chester batted first, and thanks to the brothers Bewick (J. K . 29, Jam es 26) totalled 93. H arry had 6 for 34. Shields could only muster 55, Thackeray taking 6 for 18 , Jas. Bewick 4 for 25. This i 3 Chester’s sixth consecutive win, after a bad start, and a really excellent performance, for they lacked the help of their cracks, T . A. Bradford and J . Turnbull. G. S. Bew ick, who kept wicket for the winners, is the son of J. K .; thus father, son, and uncle were all playing on one side—an unusual occurrence. H arry (erstwhile of Lancashire, and later engaged in Scotland) took his hundredth wicket of the season in League matches. Only Morris has don 6 this in the Durham League before ; he accomplished it in 1908, 19 10 , and 1 9 11 . This year Morris has 94 to his credit so far. H is record is 108 in 19 10 . H arry may beat this, probably will do so, as he only needs five more scalps, and two games are left. B ut whereas H arry has bowled in 2 1 innings this season, Morris, owing to county matches, etc., has only trundled in 15 . Dennis Hendren will play for Burnmoor next year instead of for Durham City. This will be a fine thing for Burnmoor, who have had a bad season. Their second string has done well, however, so Hendren will have good m aterial to work upon. Burnm oor’s fielding needs bucking up. Consett beat Swalwell by 9 wickets in the only m atch played in the N. W . Durham League—scores 3 1 (Henderson 6 for 22, Birkett 4 for 7 for Consett) and 34 for 1 . The Tyneside League showed an absolutely blank sheet, as did the North Yorkshire and South Durham League, in which Gnisborough now lead by a single point from Norton-on-Tees (24 to 23), Bedcar having 20 points, Darlington 19 , West Hartlepool 18, Bishop Auckland 17 , and Stockton 16, with North Ormesby, Thornaby, and Saltburn right behind. In a match between Mr. A. B . H orsley’s X I. and Mr. Porteous’s Sunderland X I. at West Hartlepool on Wednesday in last week, the visitors scored 162 (E. Johnson 42, S. W . Sm ith 39), and the home side, after losing 4 for 28, eventually made 202 for 9. The feature of the game was a chanceless 97 by Jackson, the W est Hartlepool pro., who had very hard luck in m issing his century. F IN A L T E S T MATCH.—Copies of the score, with full analysis, artistically printed on satin, may be had of Messrs. Merritt and Hatcher, L td ., 2, Grocers’ H all Court, Poultry, E .C ., at one shilling each, or 1/1 by post.