Cricket 1912

486 CRICKEt: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e p t . 7, 1912. Among the runaway victories was that of L . & N .W .R. over Cheshunt and D istrict. On a sticky pitch A . E . W ilson played a great game for the railw ay side. H e made 100, forcing the pace. H . J . Paris (28) helped him to put up 90 for the first wicket, and Alec. Houghton also batted well. P au l bowled really well for Cheshunt, but had no luck ; often he beat the batsmen and just m issed the wicket, and his support in the field was only moderate. Paris and Howard put out the home side for 66 , the L . N .W .R . fielding being capital. Next Saturday Houghton and his men will go to Nuneaton for the replayed final of tbe H arrison Cup, spoiled by rain at Llandudno on the 17th ult. P aris and W ilson will play for North v. West London on the 2 1st at Ealin g. Probably the best contested match of the day was that at Gravesend between the home team and Lessness Park. Four men — Upton, Platt, Wallace, and Jen ner—made 10 5 of the visitors’ total of 119 . But one man did practically everything in the batting line for Gravesend. In first, S. J . Croft stayed and made runs in fine style while man after man failed. Ten runs were still wanted when the last man came in. He made only a single ; but Croft accounted for the rest, with several to spare, and carried his bat for 73. West Kent Wanderers failed at home against fine bowling by Fielder and Gutch of Roeham pton; and, thanks to a rather lucky innings of 82* by Bodin the visitors won easily. The W anderers, if they won no batting laurels, fielded adm irably, and a better display in this department of the game has rarely been seen on Blackheath. Clapham Ram blers and Malden Wanderers played a draw, in which the only feature of note was good batting by R . Sothcott and T . A. J . H arris for the Ram blers. Spencer easily beat Catford, J . C. Larkin having a particularly good knock for 4 1* , and Morey and Barton bowling effectively. Forest H ill accounted for Old Citizens in even easier fashion. J . S. Owens, G. C. H ast, and others scoring well. Honor Oak smashed up Paddington. They did not look like m aking a big score at first, six wickets falling quite ch eap ly; but then A. Kempton (91) and J . H . Lockton (106) made a great stand, and after the innings was declared Lockton and S. H . Anson put out Paddington for 4 1. The Old County Cricketer visited the ground of the Derrick W anderers at Blackheath on Saturday. He w rites: “ After the dism al experiences of late it was a luxury to sit in the sunshine last Saturday on the pleasant ground of the Derrick Wanderers, and watch a very friendly and (up to a point) keenly-contested match against Addiscombe. Certainly the home team won by the sufficient m argin of 130 to 93 ; but they had m any anxious moments before the runs were obtained, and the scoring after was more or less imm aterial. The wicket was naturally on the slow side, and helped the bowlers. The ball travelled slowly in the outfield, and scoring was thus kept down. The game commenced with commendable punctuality, Addiscombe batting first. The brothers Hankin were on opposing sides, H . J . H ankin and W. H . Wardle starting the batting and W . G . H ankin and R . C. Childs the bowling. The first wicket fell at 17 , H. H ankin being caught off his brother. E . H. Humphreys, who followed, watched the ball closely, and saw Wardle bowled for 16 by Childs, who at this point became very destructive, taking 5 wickets in quick succession. F . Ridge gave Humphreys most support, the latter’s 27 including 5 boundaries. The innings closed for 93, Childs having taken 6 for 22 in 20 overs. This ordinarily moderate total was viewed with some m isgiving by the Wanderers when their opening batsman, J. Stocks, was bowled for a duck by Glazebrooke. W . G. H ankin then played defensive cricket while H . R . R ennie—a fine upstand­ ing bat — punished G. B, Woollard (a left-hander who bowls in spectacles) for 4 boundaries, scoring 19 out of 20 for the second wicket before being clean-bowled by a very good ball from Glaze­ brooke. I was sorry to see him leave, for he was playing a powerful game ; but he told me that the ball completely beat him . R . T . Childs, who followed, was promptly bowled all over his wicket by Glazebrooke, and things looked none too rosy for the home side. W . H . Golds (the captain) joined H ankin, and 20 valuable runs were added. Then Golds was the victim of an error, being given out, caught at the wicket from a ball which came off the top of his pad. Street made three scoring hits, and after that, failing to get hold of a ball from Glazebrooke, was caught at cover. A ll this time H ankin had shown a dogged defence, varied by an occasional strong forcing shot in front of cover. When 9 runs were still wanted the Wanderers were favoured with a succession of byes, and the seventh wicket fell just one run to the good. The strain relieved, H ankin let out, and had time to secure his 50. H e had unquestionably won the match for his side, taking his bat through the innings, and but for a sporting suggestion on the part of the Addiscombe captain that as the last man was in the game should be played out he would have carried his bat. The umpires having called time, H ankin sang out to his captain, “ Do you mind us going on ? ” and, on assent being given, was bowled by the very next ball—a slow lob which went round his legs. His 55 accounted for just about half the runs from the bat, there being 16 byes. Woollard, going on a second time, took the later wickets. I was pleased to hear from Mr. Golds and Mr. E van s that the Wan­ derers have no cause to fear losing their ground—which would be as great a misfortune to visiting teams as to themselves.” There were not m any big scores in Sussex cricket on Saturday. Not a single century was recorded. Bowlers had the best of the deal. In two innings J . A vling (Goodwood v. 35th Regim ental District) took 12 for 23, and John Flowers (Steyning v. Partridge Green) 9 for 16 . The scores in this match were Steyning, 27 (Ayshford Duke taking 6 for 16) and 9 1 for 7, d ec.; Partridge Green, 17 and 3 1 for 6 — 166 for 33 wickets in an afternoon’s play, and with capable bats­ men on both sides too. The highest score of the game was 24 by the Steyning veteran, Percy Breach. Crawley lost 6 wickets for 8 v. Hor­ sham, but pulled up and made 69, Horsham only winning by 4 runs in the end. i'red Tate hit up 44* for H ayw ard’s Heath v. the Spartans, he and T . Chappie adding 48 after 6 had fallen for 36. H ayward’s Heath won by 18 runs. W. T. H allward made 60 of a total of 130 for H ellingly Asylum v. H ellingly. St. Peter’s (Brighton) beat Lewes Priory by 43, Arthur Collins taking 6 for 24 for the wjnneis, H . E . Davey 8 for 50 for the losers. The Sussex Martlets (H. L . W ilson 58, S. S. H arris 33, B . H . Holloway 32, A. F . Somerset 29) easily defeated Mr. Hope’s team at Arundel, W ilson and C. J . B . Webb, the Dorset player, bowling effectively. Bainton, the Eastbourne pro., has taken over 200 wickets this season. From a member of the Derrick Wanderers I hear of a joke on the Old County Cricketer which is too good to be lost. He was retailing in the pavilion at Manor Way some of his feats in the field, and mentioned that he once hit a 10 and an 1 1 off successive balls. “ My father once cut a ball for 18 ,” spoke up one of the home side. When the laughter had died aw ay, the subject was changed. Ilford carried too many guns for Old Charlton. Louden began; W eaver finished ; the total was 44, A. P itt’s 12 the highest. Towards Ilford’s total of 166 H . E . Reynolds contributed 66 . Supporters of the Ilford club are regretting tbe loss of H. J . Eastwood, who has gone to take up a business appointment at Genoa. He won't get much cricket there! Alfred Porter, the Ilford skipper, must not mind if he is called an old ’un these days, seeing that he had a son married a short time back. Congratulations to Mr. W . Porter and to Mrs. W. Porter (Miss Frances Gertrude Walkden). G. W. R ., not at full strength, ran up against Slough, well repre­ sented, and failure on the part of most of the batsmen to cope with Dr. W eaver Adams’s lobs resulted in a very moderate total of 119 , after a fair start. Kent and Le Gros went for a duck each (the latter to tbe third appeal for Ibw made against h im ); but W . Adams, the Bucks left-hander, and T. P. Willmott took the score to 86 , and after they and Gooderson had gone D r. Weaver Adams and W. E . B aker, hitting out well and chancing their luck, knocked off the runs. Cyphers, by very level scoring, were able to declare at 170 for 9 v. Old W hitgiftians ; but they could not win, G . A . E llis and A. E . Sandell proving stumbling-blocks in their way. There was a most exciting game on a tricky wicket at Edmonton. Walthamstow could do nothing with F . Johnson and J . H. W illiam s, and (batting one'short) made only 49. When Edmonton went in a fair start was m ad e; but later W. G. Simmons and T . D. Robinson proved very deadly. In the event Edmonton won by one run. T hey had 25 up before the second wicket fell, thanks m ainly to H . E . M cLellan ; but 4 were down for 26, and 6 for 29. E . A . Wall and T. Hodgkinson then made a few valuable runs, lifting the score to 45. One was still wanted for a tie when the last man came in. Edmonton II. won their match against Lauderdale (a man short, like Walthamstow) by 10 runs—56 to 46—a result m ainly due to the excellent all round play of C. H . Royle (22 and 7 for 18). West Kent Wanderers A had a big win over Wren A, their tenth victory of the season, and the most decisive of the ten. S. W ise (67) and A. G. L u cy (29) sent up nearly 90 for the first w icket; but no one else did much. The total of 139 was quite enough, however. In less than an hour Wren were all out for 20. C. Lawrence took 5 for 5, and S. W ise 3 for 8 . Beulah beat Polytechnic I I by 15 runs in a low-scoring game—46 to 3 1. W . Tufnell had 7 for 14 , S. Manchee 3 for 15 for Beulah. Polytechnic I I I beat the club’s second string by a smaller margin in a match of still smaller run-getting. The