Cricket 1912

530 CEICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e p t 28. 1912. West Kent Wanderers: 1912. Standing (L eft to R ight) : H. L eighton (Um pire), H. E. G urnsey , W. H. L awrence , J. G. W ard , R . K aye , W. H . M aoos , G. F. H owell , sen. (Hon. See.), W. Y oungs . S ittin g: H. W aller (Vice-Captain), J. H. L ongman (Captain), A. E. Lugg. K neeling: G. D arvell , W . D. M yers . Front R ow (S itting): G. F. H owell , jun., G. E arl (Scorer), A. G. IT. W illis . havoc as a bowler, and that worthy veteran, A. J. Trollope, of Brixton, was top scorer for the winners. T he good old club goes on prospering ; and I learn from T . G . Carter, their energetic secretary, that he expects to have an even stronger fixture list next year. R iver Plate House drew a twelve-a-side gam e with the Malden W anderers, F. C. Buckeridge’s 48 being a long way top score of the match, while N. D. T . Oliver again bowled well. Derrick Wanderers lost to Northbrook. J. Leem ing and E . C. Bowe batted well, and H. Simpson and A. H . Fish bowled effectively for the winners. B . T . Childs had a capital analysis for the hom e side (7 for 6 3 ); but H . B. Bennie was the only m an who could make many runs, and there was no real stand after the fall of the second wicket. Beulah lost their last m atch of the season, too. Aptus had 6 down for 44, but finished up with 138, thanks to Curd (whose 45 included 9 boundaries) and f-rnith, and then put out Beulah for 76, of which Clegg aud Parker made 61 between them . Beulah II. went down to Charlotte in a m atch of very small scoring. Beulah did very well indeed on the whole, and though the batting averages are lower than in 1911 tbe first half-dozen men have very substantial figures. Mathiesen, the secretary, made most runs and heads the table ; he .never wastes tim e at the wickets, and his brisk hitting has often been of great use to the side when other m en have failed. Tufnell has done fine all-round work, and the club is lucky in the possession of four bowlers who could take among them nearly 250 wickets at an average cost of 8 per wicket. B EU L AH C.C. : 1912. First X I. played 2 3 matches ; won 1 8 ; lost 5 ; drew 5. Second X I. played 19 matches ; won 8 ; lost 9 ; drew 2. P r in c ip a l B a t t in g A v e r a g e s : 1 s t X I. Inns. N .o. R. A. H.S. J. 0. F. Mathiesen .. 23 1 549 24 95 77 W. Tufnell .. 19 1 420 23-33 130 H. Clegg . 17 1 349 21-81 109* C. F. Love .. 16 2 303 21 64 69* L. D a r t .......................... . 18 2 338 21-12 57 8. Ridgew ell ........... 19 0 368 19-36 105 P rin cip a l. B owling A v e r a g e s : 1 s t X I. Inns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. 8 . Manchee ... 14 414 54 766 W. Tufnell ... 19 662 86 7-69 L. Dart ................ ... 15 450 48 8-37 H. Parker ... 19 497 57 8-71 Albemarle and Friern Barnet- have had a capital season. Their batting was strong, six men averaging 20 and over in Saturday games (to which alone the averages given below refer), and their bowling perhaps even stronger, B uxton and H . A. Clarke doing fine work in match after match. W ith a skipper like the popular “ Freddy ” Grimes and a secretary like the equally popular William Lyon, the club is guided wisely and strongly; and W oouhouse Boad must be one of the plesantest places visited by any opposing team. I am very glad to know that at tbe wind-up supper on Saturday evening C r ic k e t came in for special m ention when the toast of “ The Press ” was proposed, and it is g o o d to hear that the paper has been so heartily appreciated by the A. and F . B. men. ALBEM AB LE AND FB IERN BARN ET C.C. : 1912. (S aturday M atc h es ). Played, 22 ; won, 14 ; lost, 5 ; drawn, 3. Inns. N.O. BATTING. R. A. H.S. BOW LING. R. VV. A. Bidgood, J. ... 10 1 96 10*66 29 . — — — Buxton, T. ... 10 2 85 10-62 31 . 443 62 7-14 Clarke, H. A. ... 15 3 240 20-00 61* . . 597 53 11*26 Clarke, H. T. ... 19 1 402 22-33 100 . — — — Coldwell, L. ... 18 0 457 25-38 69 . __ __ — Forbes, L ................... ... 15 0 303 20-20 68 . . 169 14 12 07 Grimes, F. W. ... 15 4 67 6 00 28 . __ — — Hay, F. G................... ... 13 2 155 14-00 27 . — — — Lewis, B...................... ... 7 1 42 7-00 21 . . 183 14 13-07 Lyon, W ..................... ... 19 3 386 24-12 69* . . 485 23 21 08 Sleeman, W, A. ... ... 14 3 80 7-27 18 . — — — Walton, W .................. Westley, A. E. ... 20 2 363 20-16 74 . . 271 20 13-55 ... 11 4 67 9-57 23* . . — — — The 2nd X I. played 20 matches, winning 12, losing 5, and draw­ ing 3. F. Smee (average 38-3), B. Cory (25 7), and E. Harris (23-4) did excellent work with the bat for th em ; E . M. Harris (68 wickets