Cricket 1912

S e p t . 14, 1912. CEICKBT: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. 503 last two Saturdays. They wound up August with an easy victory over Chartered Bank of India (129 to 36). P. L ’H . Boitel-Gill and F. C. Buckeridge bowled with great effect, each taking 5 wickets. Oa Saturday last they met Streatham H ill, who declared at 225 for 7, and put out R . P. H. for 36—the same score as the side’s opponents had made a week earlier! S. Lott hit a fine century for the winners. W est Kent Wanderers met probably their strongest opponents in Blackheath. They started fairly well, and G. F. H ow ell played a good innings ; but the later batsmen could do little against G ood­ win’s bowling, and the total was only 75. At first Blackheath did no better; but after the stand made by L . A. H oney and C. Brockle- bank had tamed the bowling the later batsmen put on runs at a great pace. For Shepherd’s Bush (v. Parson’s Green) C. T. Burgess and M. P. Bajana again played fine innings, and F. D . Heath maintained his form for the South London side. H. W . W eaver was once more in evidence for Heathfield — 71* v. Brixton. F or Upper Sydenham v. Teddington F. S. Gillespie carried his bat through an innings of 128 for 6 5 ; K. D ixon, C. P. Mead, and N. C. Jacks all played finely for Teddington, who declared at 212 for 3, and won by 84. Mortlake v. H onor Oak was a battle of bowlers. A. Kempton’s 21 was the highest score; S. H. Anson, George Abel, and J. Brake all did great execution with the ball. My good friend, W alter Ruffels, has obtained for me some further inform ation about the H erne Bay Casuals, the holiday club referred to a week or two ago. The club is a new one this .year ; but there is every hope that it will be continued, as it was a great success in spite of the weather. It has a great asset in an energetic resident secretary (Mr. J. Brine, Chardstock, Herne Bay), who will be very glad to hear of London clubs likely to be in the neighbourhood of Herne Bay during the holiday R eason. H is principal difficulty is the arrangement of sufficient matches with strong opponents. Am ong the week’s centuries were the following :— S e p te m b e r 6 . Freeman (J.), 118*, Xonians v. Mr. A. Sayer Clarke’s X I. S e p te m b e r 7. Gwyn Thom as, 105, Neath v. Briton Ferry. H endren (D .), 103, Durham City v. W earmouth. S. Platt, 118, Granville (Lee) v. Mr. W . L . Roberts’s XI. Hearne (J. W .), 104*, A feouth of England XI. v. Upper Clapton. S. Ridgewell, 105, Beulah II. v. Aptus. W . G . Frend, 108, Mr. J. A. E . Frend’s X I. v. Bangor. S. Lott, 105*, Streatham H ill v. River Plate House. S e p te m b e r 8 . V . J. W oodward, 151*, Nonentities v. Byron (Harrow). Quite the m ost notable feat in Sussex cricket on Saturday was Arthur C ollins’s all 10 wickets for 41, for St. Peter’s v. Steyning. G. B. W oodham s (49*) for the Brighton Club, and J. Stoneham (54 in less than an hour in a total of 90) for Steyning. hit well. Street, the county stumper, scored 48 and George Cox 43 for W arnham v. Rudgwick. Roberts, of the Nursery, who has played a few times for the county, had 7 for 44 for Mr. A. Millvvard’s X I v. Mr. H . E . Davey’s X I at the Dripping Pan, Lewes. Haywards Heath (a man short) beat Horsham by 103 to 53, the veteran, Fred Tate, and the youngster, V allance Jupp, doing great execution with the ball for the winners. There were few individual scores of any note during the day, but plenty of bowling performance. On M onday the Old County Cricketer visited that famous battleground Mitcham Green. He writes thus “ M itcham opened their hom e week on M onday under very favourable conditions. The day was brilliant, though with a cold sting in the air, and with a brave show of bunting the Green had quite a gay aspect. The Young Amateurs of Surrey (under the leadership of A. W . F. Rutty) came as announced, and some interesting cricket was witnessed ; the final scores being Young Amateurs 128 and 109 for 5 wickets, M itcham 191, the hom e side thus winning on the first innings. An early start was made, and the Amateurs’ first innings was over by 1 o’clock, D. R. Heaton (Eton) being top scorer with a well-played 44. D. Roberts— the St. Bees left-hander— who heads the batting averages for his school this year, made 23. J. W hite (W ellingborough) with 16 was the only other to reach double figures, J. Keene (Worcester­ shire and Scotland) and T . Potter each took 4 wickets at about the same cost. On M itcham batting, A. Gordon, the Bradfield left-hander, got A. Sandham lbw before he had scored ; but T. Fitzherbert played finely all round the wicket, and compiled 46. W . G. Sandham, after he had settled down, scored very fast in front of the wicket his total of 57 being made chiefly by boundaries. J. Keene (24) and R . B ullock (21) were the other chief contributors. A. G ordon did best in bowling with 5 for 77. G . A. Blanchard (Newton Abbott), who is rather on the sm all side, kept wicket very neatly and effectively. On batting again the Young Amateurs’ order was altered, K. W hite (W ellingborough) going in with H eaton. The latter, however, did not repeat his first innings success, returning a ball to A. Sandham with his total at 7. W hite showed dashing form though only making 17. A. D . Kerr (Uppingham ), who lives at Streatham, showed nice form for 26 ; but the greatest success of this innings was E . O. Cruickshank (K ing’s School, Rochester), who scored 35 in fine free style, driving hard with very little effort. For Mitcham (who put on no less than six bowlers) Alw in’s wicket keeping was very good .” TH E MO TE C.C. : 1912. M a t c h e s W o n (9) : v. Maidstone Church Institute ; Maidstone ; R oyal Navy (at Maidstone) ; Incogniii ; Gravesend (at Maid­ stone ; W arwickshire Gentlemen ; W ye College ; R oyal Navy (at Chatham) ; E ton Ramblers. M a tc h e s L o s t (5) : v. Gravesend (at Gravesend) ; Royal Artillery ; M r. W . W . G ill’s Dulwich XI. ; Philadelphia C.C. ; Oxford Harlequins. M a tc h e s D ra w n (6 ) v. G uy’s H ospita l; N ondescripts; M .C .C .; Band of Brothers ; Free Foresters ; H arrow Blues. P R IN C IP A L AVE RAG ES. B atting . B owling Black, J. C. ... Brachcr, G. ... Ellison, Rev. If. 11. Farnfield, R ev. A. Gibb, Dr. J. A. Glass, I). J. C. Gosling, W. R . Groves Haynes, B. W . K ent, Rev. R . A. Leney B. Leney, F. B. Leney, R . J. B. Mackey, W . C. McAlpine K . Mitchell, R . W. M onckton, W . T. Parkin, R . C. Phillips, W . ... Sarel, Capt. W . G. Smith, R. J. L. Stevens, Dr. N. W . Thom as, F . D. Also batted (figures given are actual scores recorded) : R . Ackroyd (0) ; R ev. J. H. Banks (1 2 ); Rev. W . Benton (34, 4 1 ); F. Bishop (2, 6 4 ); W . D. Black (0, 6*, 1) G. II. M. Cartwright (30) ; R . G. Chittenden (1 2 ); Collins (30, 1 3 ); W . A. Coveney (29, 1 ); C. Curtis (0 ); C. H. Ellis (1 ); Fairservice (2 4 ); F. Fisher (48, 7 ); W . E. H ickm ott (0, 0 ); H. A. Hodges (1 ); Capt. Ingram (0 ); G. Laurence (49*, 3) ; Rev. J. R . Leigh (2, 0, 0) ; J. A. Long (5, 4, 4) ; Dr. G. B. Moon (4, 1 3*); Capt. S. Phillips (9, 0 ); J. G. L. Smith (32); J. S. Tosswill (5 2 * ); J. S. Tylden (9). Also bowled : G. H. M. Cartwright (32*1 overs-113 runs-4 w ick ets); C. Curtis (5-9-1); Fairservice (14.5-62-4) ; W . E. H ickm ott (23-95-2); H. A. Hodges (7-15-3); J. G. L. Smith (1-6-1); and six others who failed to take a wicket— W . D. Black, R . G. Chittenden, W . A. Coveney, C. H. Ellis, F. Fisher, and J. R . Tylden. Inns. N.o. R . A. H.S. 0 . R. W . A. ... 11 1 143 14-30 70 — — — — ... 19 2 501 29.47 72* — — — — 10 3 173 24-71 53* 121-5 439 21 20-90 S. 3 O 94 3133 49 5’ 31 1 31*00 ... 23 0 603 26-21 104 3 25 1 25-00 ... 10 1 124 13-77 32 30 136 5 27*20 ... 20 1 426 22-44 93 2 37 — — ... 20 6 199 14-21 39 589-3 1686 I l l 15-18 8 0 30 3-75 11 — — — — 5 0 45 9-00 16 20 103 1 103-00 ... 9 1 190 23-75 79* 59 3 256 9 28-44 6 0 10 1.66 8 58 185 6 30*83 9 1 74 9-25 28 47 140 9 15*55 8 1 92 13-14 22 17 87 4 21*75 ... 10 4 27 4-50 10* — — — — ... 7 0 56 8-00 21 118 375 23 16*30 ... 7 2 40 8-00 16* — — — — ... 13 3 415 41*50 89* 2 8 0 — ... 3 0 178 59-33 65 21 78 0 — M. 5 2 389 129-66 238* 50*5 185 9 20*55 4 1 30 10*00 19 77 256 10 25*60 4 0 127 31-75 86 19-2 90 5 18*00 ... 16 3 454 34-92 126* — — — — Dr. J. A. Gibb, who used to play for Berkshire, F. D. Thom as, G. Bracher, R. C. Parkin, and W . R. Gosling, among those who played frequently, all scored w e ll; while of those who took part in fewer matches Capt. W . G. M. Sarel, thanks to an innings of over 200, has a wonderful average, and the Rev. H. II. Ellison, B. Leney, the Rev. A. S. Farnfield, Dr. N. W . Stevens, and W . Phillips made their mark in some of the games. Thom as, a good defensive bat, and Parkin, a free scorer, were unavailable in August. One does not feel sure that they missed m uch ; several of the best matches were in that m onth, but rain interfered with them greatly. Groves did splendid work as a bowler. H e actually took nearly as m any wickets (111) as all the other bowlers tried secured among them (119). As many as five matches fell through. Porthill (Barnes 27 and 7 wickets) beat Tunstall (78 to 40) in the North Staffs. League. Fenton (Deyes 22, G. Roberts 21*) dis­ posed of Leek in very similar fashion (81 to 38). Norton made 152 v. Silverdale, G. H oldcroft scoring 43*, A . Smith and F. Crump 31 each ; and Crewe Alexandra ran up 147 v. Knypersley— J. Dickinson 51, E . Osborne 28, C. E . Gresty 22. But football excitement killed m uch of the interest in cricket. The same was true of the Durham League. Attendances ruled small. But there was some good cricket nevertheless, in spite of the rain which prevented a finish to some matches. Sunderland met B oldon, the only team which has defeated them this season. Boldon lost 8 for 12, and weie all out for 69, Morris taking 5 for 34