Cricket 1912

S e p t . 7, 1912. CHICK6T: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 487 totals were 41 and 3 1, and B axter for Beulah took 6 for 18. Melrose went down to Loudon Midland Athletic, for whom Saberton, blessed with inordinate luek, carried his bat through an innings of 121 (for 8 . dee.) for 60. The losers had to bat in a wretched light, and Kellett (3 for 1) and Woodfiela (2 for 3) played havoc with their tail. A. Mason, top scorer for Melrose, was out unluckily. He stopped a ball, then lifted his bat, and the spin on the leather carried it into the wieket, just dislodging a bail. M ill H ill Park first and second teams won their matches with North Middlesex first and second. E . A. Sm ith's 35* and H . Neale’s 6 for 37 for the first, and W. M. Bem ester’s 43 and C. Snow’s 8 for 3 1 for the second string stood out conspicuously. North Middlesex had the best of the third eleven draw, thanks m ainly to J . A. Ritchie's 50. Ipswich and E ast Suffolk met Colchester and E ast Essex (a portrait of whose team I am pleased to be able to give this week) at Portman Boad, Ipswich, in a twelve-a-side game. The visitors, playing below their usual form , did little against fine bowling by Waters and H . A. Busher. Missen hit well for 25, and J . H. Fosdick, a Charterhouse boy, batted freely for 24. The home side wound up their season in great style. After a slow start William Catchpole and T. E . M. Battersby added 64 for the second wicket, and then the former and Busher put on 129 more unseparated, the old' Barnes m an hitting with the greatest freedom. There can be little doubt that the Colchester side had all the worst of the wicket. The Incogniti beat B ury and West Suffolk by 4 wickets in a game begun on Friday. No big scores were made, the pitch favouring the bowlers throughout. Ipswich and E ast Suffolk II. went under to Wolverstone Park, for whom Dr. H. P. Sleigh made 52 and then retired. For the Suffolk Borderers v. Diss B . Lee hit up a brilliant century. Among the week’s centuries were the follow ing:— A u g u s t 28. F . W . H . Nicholas. 17 5, Young Amateurs of Essex v. Young Amateurs of Surrey. J . F . Hope, 100, Heron’s Ghyll v. E ast Grinstead. A u g u s t 30. W. H . Taylor, 106, Gent, of Worcestershire v. Worcestershire Begim ent. A u g u s t 31. P . Campbell, 15 2*, Chigwell v. Forest Glade. A. E . W ilson, 100, L . & N. W . B . v. Cheshunt and District. J . H . Lockton, 106, Honor Oak v. Paddington. G. Sutton, 104*, Beckton v. Arlington and Leytonstone (13). C. T. Burgess, 110 * , Shepherd’s Bush v. Merton. B . Lee, 134 *, Suffolk Borderers v. Diss. S. G . Etheridge, 102*, Barnet v. H .A .C . W alsall, who are the champions of the Birm ingham League, had a stem tussle with Handsworth Wood, whom they defeated by only 6 runs. Bramm er’s 6 for 45 played a big share in the victory. W . G. Greatorex (41) and W. Preston (30) for the winners, Fereday and A. E . Mainwaring (36 each) for the losers, were the only men who did much in the scoring line. Moseley beat Smethwick (97 to 62), Jeeves, who should be useful to Warwickshire when he becomes qualified, taking 6 for 17 . Bucknell had 5 for 49 for Smethwick. Dudley declared at 176 for 8 , and beat Aston Unity by 83. Kidderm inster defeated M itchell and Butler’s, S. Stretton making 39 and S. J . Gethin 36. J . Tasker, the Yorkshire amateur, made 61 (twelve 4’s) for Pontefract v. Scarborough. Sheffield United were all out for 33 (Oyston 7 for 10) v. Leeds, and Hull for 24 v. Castleford, who them­ selves only made 54. H. N. Wood’s 82 for Brighouse v. Elland was the highest score in Yorkshire Council Cricket. Bishton, defeating Enfield by 3 wickets, kept their place at the top of the Lancashire League table. A. Dawson’s 50 was the chief factor in the victory. No one else made more than 25 in the match. Llewellyn had 6 for 19 for Accrington, who beat Nelson very decisively— 122 to 45. For Nelson H allam had 7 for 57. Kermode took 5 for 23 (Bacup v. E a st Lancashire), Hartington 7 for 43 (Has­ lingden v. Todmorden), G ill 7 for 54 (Todmorden v. Haslingden), Parkin 5 for 48 (Church v. Colne), Brown 6 for 29 (Colne v. Church), H arrison 8 for 28 and the hat trick (Bawtenstall v. Lower- house), F . W. Duerr 5 for 27 (Bamsbottom v. Burnley), and J . H. Bracewell 5 for 12 (Burnley v. Bamsbottom). The professionals were to the fore, as usual. It w ill be gathered that it was quite a bowlers’ day. In the Central Lancashire League Stalybridge beat Bochdale by a single run. For the losers W right had 6 for 21. Littleborou^h easily defeated Milnrow, E . Bowden taking 7 for 32. Thornton, the Milnrow pro., made the highest score for his side (24) and took his hundredth wicket of the season. Lionel Cranfield (8 for 4 1, Heywood v. Boyton) also brought his bag of captures to three figures. J . Wood’s 62* (Walsden v. Oldham) was the top score of the day. In both F irst and Second D ivisions of the Leicester Town League two clubs tied for first place. On Saturday the ties were played off, and Tyro (92) beat Clarendon P ark Congregational (78) in the First D ivision, H. E . Manger taking 7 wickets for the winners, while St. Paul’s (119 for 9, G. Hopkins 36) beat Castle (69, G. Wood and J . Yates 25 each) in the Second D ivision. Belgrave Town (W. Moule 59) defeated Bishop Street by 23 runs in the Leicester­ shire Charity Cup competition. In the North Staffordshire League Porthill beat Stoke by 1 1 7 to 58. W. H . Wood made a brilliant 64 for the w inners; J . S. H eath (who after all has not played for Derbyshire this season) had 6 for 23, Barnes 4 for 17 . Percy Briggs made 25 of the 40 from the bat scored by his team. Tunstall, Morgan taking 6 for 32, defeated Norton. S. Lockett (35) and B . H arris (26) made most runs for the winners, but their batting was very slow. F or Norton B . Hunt took 5 for 27, and A. Sm ith was top scorer with 25. Fenton declared at 105 for 8 , chancing much in a desperate effort to wrest the champion­ ship from Burslem . The sportsmanlike spirit shown was not rewarded as it m ight have been, for, thanks to Hollowood's steadiness and the hitting of J . H . Hodgkiss and George W ilson, Burslem won by 7 wickets, and are safe for first place. It was a match worth going a long way to see, with both sides as keen as mustard. Stone (150, E . J . Johnson 40) had a big win over Crewe (41). Johnson followed up his batting by bowling in deadly style. F . Buckley’s 5 for 18 for the losers deserves a line. For Knypersley v. Silverdale the Yorkshireman, Sedgwick, took 8 for 44. Sunderland have again annexed the championship of the Dur­ ham Senior League (Eastern Division). They have five times before been first, in 1903,1904,11908,1909, and 19 11, while in 1905 theyjshared the honours with Wearmouth. They put Hendon out for 36 on Saturday, Morris taking 6 wickets for 14 , and then run up 180, J . Hopper (42), C. Brooks (28*) and Hubert Brooks (24) all batting freely and well. Morris has now secured his hundredth wicket in league games this season, and a comparison with H arry shows that he has bowled 100 overs fewer for seven wickets less. Whitburn (Jam es 43 aud 4 for 12 , W. D. Allison 34, B . Bulm er 33) effected a surprise in beating Durham City by 80 runs ; though the City had not full strength out. Boldon v. Seaham Harbour was a game of few runs, won by the former side by 16. A. Lowings took 7 for 33 for them ; Dickens (whose last season as a professional cricketer this is) had 6 for 29 for Seaham . Burnmoor defeated Eppleton by 27, H . M. Stobart making 34 and Dodson taking 6 for 28 for the winners. Chester-le-Street were robbed by bad light of a victory over W ear­ mouth. G. Grieveson (44*), J . K. Bewick (27), aud Thackeray (6 for 22) did well for Chester. At Philadelphia the first two home batsmen (B. C. Harrison 3 1, R . Ayre 23) made 54 ; the other nine scored 1 1 among them. Clunie had 6 for 19. There was a dispute about the dism issal of one batsman. Members of the crowd contended that a bail was off before the ball hit the wicket—which, as admittedly it did hit the wicket, was scarcely a sporting objection. The umpire gave his decision— “ out.” But the wrangle continued ; and it was some little time before the game re-started. So disgusted was the South Shields captain (T. Coulson, the old county skipper) that he would not allow his side .to bat. The League Committee will investigate the matter later. In the Second Division Burnmoor II. were all out for 17 v. Eppleton II., and thus the championship remains open. Norton went down again in the N. Yorks, and S. Durham League — all out for 43 v. Guisborough, who ran up 116 for 9. Bulm er (24 and 5 wickets), B . W illiams (35), and B . Gaudie (32) were the chief performers. Bishop Auckland (177 for 9, dec. B . Bousfield 48, J . B . Jam eson 39) drew with West Hartlepool (116 for 5 ; A. J . Graham 52, A . B . Horsley 24). Stockton (154 for 6 ; F . Jordan 49, T. New- combe 29*, B . V. Gooding 25) easily beat Saltburn (104 ; E. F . Dyer 31). T . W ilkinson and C. P. Barrowcliff bowled finely for Stockton. Darlington (152 for 9, d ec.; J . Bucknell 44, B . G. Brebner 28, A . Biddle 27) still more easily settled North Ormesby (58). Bucknell had 7 wickets for the winners. Thornaby (S. White 32) beat Bedcar (B. S. Morn 25) by one wicket. Guisborough are again champions. St. George's had a great game with their nearest rivals, Benwell H ill, in the Tyneside League. They could only make 83, George M ilne taking 7 for 2 6 ; but Benwell B ill, with two men foolishly run