Cricket 1912

S e p t . 14 1912. CEICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. 501 Ilford Cricket Club, 1912. B ack Row, Left to R igh t:—A. J. S pelling (H on. Sec.), H . J. E astwood , J. P attinson , G. M. L odden , S. G enders , R oberts (Umpire). Second R o w J . G athercole , A. P orter (Capt.), E. C. P orter , T. A. L yon . Third R o w W . G. T urrall , P. W eaver (Scorer), H. E. R eynolds . Club Cricket Notes and Jottings. The end of the season draws near, and the attention of the more fickle-m inded has already been diverted to the football fields. It is a great pity that September, often quite a good m onth for cricket, should be so greatly encroached upon by the winter game. But it is useless to kick against the p ricks; and we all know that the minds of some men are incapable of holding two enthusiasms at once. Yet there are a staunch remnant to whom the “ summer game with the beautiful name ” will always mean m ore than the winter sport — some to whom the smallest item of cricket news seen in the off­ season is a real pleasure; and I want to address a few words to-day to those loyal subjects of W illow the King. C r ic k e t has received during the summer a very gratifying measure of support from the clubs. I don’t want to lose this support during the winter. The clubs will be dealt with then as now. I hope to give in each of the six winter numbers a history of some prom inent London club. T he averages of those clubs whose secre­ taries forward them will be given. This series of articles will be continued, and items as to club meetings, dinners, smoking concerts, and arrangements for next season will always be welcome. T o any secretary who cares to send me a line I shall be pleased to have the six winter numbers forwarded free of charge as they appear. From other readers I am willing to send them for the reduced price of one shilling, which means that nothing will be charged for postage. If secretaries will m ention this to their m em ­ bers I feel sure that a goodly number will subscribe; and perhaps some of m y good friends who wield the pen will not m ind collecting the subscriptions and sending them along all together with a list of names and addresses. Many o f our old readers consider the winter numbers the best of the year. But even those who have no very great interest in cricket overseas will, I am confident, find them good value. Mr. 0 . E. Borradaile, the genial Essex Secretary, has turned 53. Wisden Bays so, at lea st; and one does not rashly contradict Wisden. But that O .R .B ., who in his younger days played for the Kevellers— concerning which club a visitor from Canada, the Rev. E . A. Vesey (does Mr. Borradaile remember him ?) recently discoursed eloquently to me - and was one of the founders of the Stoics, which was in some measure a continuation of the Revellers, can still wield the willow with effect was seen at Felixstowe last week, when for Gentlemen of Essex v. Gentlemen of Suffolk he scored 36 and 33 and was undefeated in either innings. May he make m any m ore runs y e t! He was not the only man who did well in the match, for F . A. H. H enley, the old Forest School boy, Dark Blue, and Middlesex representative, totalled 103 for once o u t ; V. F . Gaby, the Suffolk bowler, helped H enley to add 95 for the sixth wicket after five had fallen for 66 in the hom e side’s first; and P. P. Cornell, H . C. Henley, and D . Mustard all made runs well. My corresponnpent speaks highly of 0 . C. Bristowe, quite a young player, who bowled capitally for the Essex side, and is full of all-round prom ise. W eather and wicket were against the players in the match between Mr. H . D. Swan’s X I and X V I of the Public Schools at Colchester on Friday ; but there was a busy day’s play, and J. G. Dixon (Felsted) as batsman and W . Marx (Malvern) as bowler made their marks— pun accidental— in the game. The older players found sixteen active fieldsmen a very big handicap. Only A. P. Snell (12) and H . D . Swan (13) made doubles, and the best stand was 23 for the ninth wicket by Swan and the Rev. A. J. Fenn. The Rev. F . J. S. W yeth had 10 for 77 in the Schools’ innings. On Saturday at Great Bentley Colchester and E ast E ssex were all too strong for a team drawn from the clubs of the Tendring Hundred League. D. Mustard hit finely all round the wicket for 66 ; W . L . Sam son took 8 for 29, the Rev. A. J. Fenn 6 for 43. I hear that cricket in the Colchester district has looked up considerably this year. The Colchester club has had a hard struggle during the last few years ; but now prospects are bright. There are