Cricket 1912

S e p t . 28, 1912. CEICKET : A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. 531 at 10*0), E . Gordon (50 at 12*4), and S. Buckie (30 at 15-2) were the chief bowlers. F or the 3rd X I. H . C. Gosnell averaged 16*5, and W . W indett took 37 wickets at 8 ’8 each. Under the captaincy of H. J. Phillips the West Kent Wanderers A team had a very successful season. Throughout they played up in the keenest possible fashion. Their scoring was not particularly h ig h ; but it was considerably higher than that of their opponents. The fielding was particularly good all through the season, Lucy, Lawrence, Brown, and Crump excelling. Truelove’s wicket-keepiug was quite above the average, too. L ucy’s consistent play has been a tower of strength to the team , and Silk did fine work, scoring tbe only century made by a regular member of the side, though Myers ran up three figures on his only appearance for the A team. C. M. Lawrence stands out conspicuously as an all-round player. This was his first season for the club. In 1913 the side will be even stronger than in 1912, and w ill strengthen their fixture list to corre­ spond with the increase in strength. W E S T KENT W AND ERER S A TEAM : 1912. Played, 21 ; won, 12; lost, 7 ; drawn, 2. Inns. B atting . N.o. R. A. H.S. O. B owling . R. W. A. Brown, J. ... ... 13 0 120 9-23 28 26 97 12 8-08 ('leaver, A. J. ... 6 0 63 10-50 3S 36 150 15 10-00 Crump, W. v.. ... 12 3 38 4*22 10 — — — — (Gardner, E. B. ... 11 0 86 7-80 25 25 73 13 5*61 Greathurst, A. ... 9 1 88 11-00 30* — — — ' — Kaye, R. ... 7 2 24 4*80 22 — — - — — Lawrence, C. M. ... 18 1 205 12-05 72 174 540 67 8*05 Lawrence, W. ... 6 0 52 8-66 25 — — — — Lucy, A. G. Phillips, F. ... 19 1 313 17-38 54* .. — — — — ... 8 0 57 7*12 16 — — — — Phillips, H. J. ... 15 1 175 12-50 74* 48 201 20 10-05 Ricketts, J .... ... 8 2 39 6-50 22* — — — — Silk, F. .. 13 2 204 18-54 100* — — — — Truelove, A. ... 15 I 70 5-00 13 — — — — Wise, S. ... 4 0 95 23-75 67 21 82 7 11-71 Youngs, W. .. ... 10 3 82 11*71 30* — — — — W altham stow did not have altogether a good season. The team has always played sporting cricket, as of old*, but there have been occasions when more defensive tactics would have paid them. The averages are m uch below the usual standard, though, of course, the weather told against the batting. Edward Sims heads again in that department, and has scored many m ore runs than anyone else. W . G. Simm ons comes second, and he and Sims were quite the all­ round m en of the side, Simm ons working heroically at the bowling crease. Som e of the younger players are sure to com e on next year, and the old club should show better results then. W A L TH AM S TOW C.C. : 1912. Played 2 3; won, 6 ; lost, 11 ; drawn, 6. Jnns. B atting . N.o. R . A. H.S. O. B owling . R. W. A. Blackhall, L. ... 4 0 56 14-00 42 — — . — — Blake, Dr. ... 13 1 139 11-58 39 — — — — Carroll, C. E. 6 0 69 11-50 45 __ — — — Cattell, C. ... ... 13 3 163 16-30 38 28 135 7 19-28 Coppard, F. K. .. 6 0 62 10-33 31 — — — — Davis, F. L. ... ... 10 2 114 1425 30* — — — — Gillard, S. H. ... 18 0 187 10-38 46 — — — — Hall, H. W. ... ... 12 3 53 5*88 15 119-1 436 33 13-21 Johns, J. ... 19 5 248 17-71 66 — — ■ — — Palk, H. F . ... ... 5 1 30 7*50 14 — __ — — Robinson, T. D. ... 8 2 33 5-50 15* 187 4 503 40 12-57 Sims, E. ... 23 1 526 23-90 81 83 305 24 12-71 Simm ons, W. G. ... 21 0 388 18*47 57 284 1,055 66 15-98 Smart, A. Weston, C. W. ... 15 1 192 13-71 66 ___ — — — .. 8 4 30 7*50 14* — — — — Also bowled: Foxon, W. H , 65 overs, 241 runs, 10 wickets. E . Sim s made four scores of 50 and over— 81 v. Broxbourne, 68 v. Chigwell, 68 v. Stam ford H ill, 51 v. South W ood ford ; W . G. Simm ons three— 57 v. South W oodford, 53 v. Buckhurst H ill, 53 v. Chadwell H eath ; A Smart one— 66 v. E pping ; and J. Johns one— 66 v. Epping. Spencer had a capital season, losing only 4 matches of 29 played. They had the great advantage of playing regularly very much the same side, though Vivian W oodward, G . M. Lloyd, J. R. Longhurst, and F . L . M orey did not turn out quite as regularly as F. F. Boles, W . F. Jennings, John Gordon, J. C. Larkin, and F. X. Andrews (who all did excellent work with the bat), and F. M. Barton (whose all-round play was a big factor in the club’s success). How well Barton, Lloyd, and W . R . Featherstonhaugh bowled the averages hereunder will show. Am ong them the three took just 200 wickets at an average cost of only 12-38 per wicket. But it is little wonder that Spencer should do well, for they are a very happy fam ily, and the bond of good com radeship counts for much on the field. SPENCER C.C. F IR ST X I. : 1912. Matches played, 29 ; won, 13 ; lost, 4 ; drawn, 12. P r in cipa l A ve ra g e s . Andrews, F. X . Barton, F . M. Boles, F. F................. Featherstonhaugh, W . R . Gordon, J. T. Jennings, W . F. Larkin, J. C. L loyd, G. M. Longhurst, J. R . . Morey, F. L. W oodward, V . J. . Also bowled : J. Bourke (61’3 overs, 230 runs, 14 wickets, average 16*42) and J. F. C. W ood (92-1-372-28-13-28). F. F. Boles scored tw o centuries, J. It. Longhurst one. Inns. B attino . N .o. R . A. H.S. O. B owling . R . W . A. 25 3 344 15-63 58 — — — — 24 2 478 21*72 64 363-1 997 88 11-32 21 1 783 39-15 144 — — — — 14 8 38 6-33 19* 257*2 711 54 13-16 25 0 528 21-12 88 — — — — 25 2 617 26-82 86* — — — — • 26 1 436 17-44 46 15 3 143 11-91 44 255 768 58 13-24 14 4 338 33-80 102* — — — — 15 1 267 19-07 56 92*5 348 17 20-47 13 4 383 42-55 87* — — — — A number of averages, already in type, are unavoidably held over to the next nnmber, ow ing to pressure on space. The First-Class County Championship: 1912. co •a 3■B § i I ! o a i T3 <0 ai a 43 .3 <ubo 3 03 3 & S A Si o 53 flo * coo hJ S3- 0+3 uJ ® S i £ 8 . 1 -3 O h O OfcH £ 27 2 13 1 7 4 125 90 72-00 18 1 10 1 2 4 85 60 70-58 26 1 14 5 3 3 125 82 65-60 20 3 8 2 4 3 85 55 64-70 20 2 7 4 5 2 90 52 57*77 24 6 7 3 4 4 90 51 56-66 24 1 7 5 6 5 115 58 50-43 17 0 5 5 5 2 85 42 49-41 21 3 6 5 3 4 90 43 47-77 28 2 6 10 6 4 130 52 40-00 16 3 3 8 1 1 65 19 29-23 18 4 2 7 2 3 70 19 27-14 22 2 3 13 2 2 100 23 23-00 16 2 2 8 1 3 70 16 22-85 17 3 1 8 2 3 70 14 20-00 20 3 1 10 0 6 85 11 12-94 Yorkshire Northam ptonshire Kent ................ Lancashire M iddlesex Ham pshire ... Surrey Nottingham shire.. W arwickshire Sussex ................ Gloucestershire ... Derbyshire ... Leicestershire Somerset Essex ................ W orcestershire ... The five matchesabandoned without aball being bowled are not included here.These were :Yorkshirev. Surrey (Sheffield), Lancashire v. W arwickshire (Manchester), Gloucestershire v. Notts (Gloucester), Gloucestershire v. Surrey (Cheltenham), and Lancashire v. Essex (Manchester). The total number arranged was 172 ; the total number played 167; won and lost outright 95 ; won and lost on first innings 5 3 ; and drawn (no result on first innings) 19. H om e sides won 61 m atches, visiting sides 34, of the 95 brought to a finish. _______________________ Answers to Correspondents. J.K .C .E .— Thanks for notes, which, however, came too late for publication. W ill you send me yoar address ? I think that you could help m e in the future if you cared to do so. R .R.D. (Balboa).— The address given will find the firm without difficulty. T. SM ITH (Chicago).— Thanks for correction. W ill m ention the matter in “ Overseas C ricket.” C. S t . J. B .— Thanks for figures. H ope to make use of them in next number. T R I A N G U L A R T O U R N A M E N T i 1 9 1 2 . 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