Cricket 1912

604 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. D e c . 14, 1912. Am ong U pper T ootin g’s m any capable batsmen, D.JH. Butcher stands out conspicuously. T o total over 1000’runs and average over 50 in a season like 1912 is a very big feat indeed. Three centuries were included in the total— v. Beckenham , Streatham and Surbiton. T h e other century-scorers for the club were C. J. K . Deakin and W . R a n d e ll; but between them and Butcher in the averages com e as m any as half-a-dozen batsmen, all playing a considerable number of innings, and below them are a dozen or so m ore with double-figure averages. The bow ling was very evenly shared out, three trundlers taking 30 wickets or m ore, five 20 or more and four between 10 and 20. A s it chances the three leading bowlers on average do not qualify for the batting table, in which no one is given under double figures. U P P E R TO O T IN G C.C. : 1912. Matches played, 39 ; won, 16 ; lost, 12 ; drew, 11. B atting . Inns. N.O. R. A. H.S. O. R. W. A. Abney, L. E. G. ... 5 3 44 22-00 19* .. 131 426 25 17-04 Anderson, Capt. A. J. 13 1 155 12-92 59 — — — — Bartley, D. C. 12 3 104 11-55 32* .. — — — — Butcher, D. H. 23 1 1177 53-50 127 — — — — Crockford, L. C. ... 9 3 72 12-00 18* .. — — — — Deakin, C. J. K. ... 19 0 478 25-16 125 .. — — — — Fabel, C. L. 16 3 461 35-46 86* .. 164 593 21 28-2 Harper, L. V. 14 1 421 32-39 59* .. — — — — Hayward, R. Curtis 9 1 202 25-25 79 .. — — — — Hosken, C. C. F. 15 4 158 14-36 36* .. 177-4 675 25 27-00 Hosken, J. F. 14 1 363 27-92 85 193-2 725 36 20-14 Lindsay, J. H. Average under 10 39-3 103 11 9-36 Lyon, J. A. 5 2 30 10-00 14 — — — — Mather, N................... 12 2 341 34-10 61* .. — — — — Mills, J. S................... Average under 10 . 118-4 324 33 9-82 Parez, A. H. 16 0 267 16-69 80 !! 174 473 21 22-52 Pepper, W. A. 16 1 267 17-80 73* .. — — —■ — Raikes, K. C. Average under 10 50 138 12 11-50 Randell, W. 14 1 312 24-00 109 — — — — Sandilands, R. R. ... 18 1 488 28-70 93 133-3 537 32 16-72 Seymour, M. R. ... 13 2 224 20-36 41 96-4 344 15 22-86 Stiebel, E. A. 13 0 153 11-77 34 . 131 564 25 22-56 Thorne, F. G. 11 1 191 19-10 54 — — — — Trotman, E. E. 11 2 177 19-66 28* .. — — — — Wheater, S................. 16 3 299 23-00 75 57 276 17 16-21 South W est H am m aintained their standard in 1912, and that is saying a good deal, for the first X I. has long been a very difficult team to beat. T hey only went under once during the season. In E. M itchell they had a recruit of great all-round ability ; he headed the batting averages, and was well up in the bowling. E. J. Con­ nor’s form in both departments was ex cellen t; W . Carter and A . E. H ow ard batted ably, and E. Cairns did so well on the few occasions when he played that it was a great pity he cou ld not play oftener. The second X I. did n ot perform quite as well as in some form er years ; but there are some prom ising youngsters com ing along. It is a striking feature of the averages which follow that, with only one exception (the first X I .’s stumper), every one who played an six or more innings bow led at some tim e ! SOUTH W E S T HAM C.C. : 1912. First X I .: played, 20 matches ; won, 10 ; lost, 1 ; drew, 9. Second XI. : played, 17 matches ; won, 6 ; lost, 6 ; The averages which follow are for all matches. drew, 5. B atting . Inns. N.O. R. A. H.S. O. B owling . R. W. A. 7 2 212 42-40 81* 8 26 1 26-00 16 4 352 29-33 80* — — — -— 8 0 113 14-12 29* 48-3 168 9 18-66 22 2 559 27-95 90* ... 295-2 708 67 10-56 16 2 222 15-85 54 27-1 98 9 10-88 6 1 73 14-60 41* 37-3 121 11 11-00 9 1 176 22-00 52* 2 3 1 3-00 8 0 86 10-75 30 24 118 1 118-00 12 4 186 23-25 39 25 83 6 13-83 10 0 116 11-60 34 18-4 63 3 21-00 9 0 57 6-33 23 8 22 3 7-33 7 1 94 15-66 27* 31 133 7 19-00 19 0 548 28-84 75 83-4 254 15 16-93 8 0 52 6-50 26 16-3 48 5 9-60 9 2 76 10-85 15 49-3 171 14 12-28 12 0 88 7-33 22 92-2 282 23 12-26 14 3 232 21-09 91* 7-2 39 2 19-50 6 0 98 16-33 25 20 87 5 17-40 17 4 250 19-23 40 3 11 4 2-75 13 3 457 45-70 102 95-3 357 28 12-75 6 0 28 4-66 9 131-2 487 34 14-32 12 2 161 16-10 28 58 216 16 13-50 15 4 107 9-72 60 94 369 17 21-70 11 1 67 6-70 18 46 142 11 12-90 16 5 178 16-18 48* 4-2 18 3 6-00 12 0 154 12-83 27 77 159 7 22-71 artlett, W., 2 innings-0 not out-14 runs Cossington, J., Cairns, E .................... Carter, W ................... Cheetham, A. Connor, E. J. Cossington, J. S. ... Crabb, F ..................... Crosley, F................... Fairweather, C. Hare, A. Hill, H ......................... Hitch, W .................... Holton, Dr. F. W. P. Howard, A. E. Jones, A. ... Jones, F. ... Law, A........................ McKinnon, D. McKinnon, M. Mitchell, T. Mitchell, E. Noall, H ...................... Phillips, W. Scoular, T ................... Ward, A ...................... Wilson, E ................... Yates, W .................... Also batted :— B______, , w 1-0-14; Coward, W., 2-0-8 ; Crosley, R., 2-1-1; Galbraith, J., 3-0-11 ; Horwood, W., 15-1-15 ; Kenzie, G-, 3-0-19 ; Rooff, J., 2-0-2. Also bowled: — Adlam, L., 3 overs-15 runs-0 w icket; Coward, C., 8-42-4 Galbraith, J., 4-24-2 ; Horwood, B. G., 56-153-18 ; RoofT, J., 11-29-1. U pper Sydenham had none too successful a season in the matter of m atch results ; but in spite of the wet weather it was a very enjoyable campaign, and they are confident of doing better in 1913. F. S. Gillespie takes the batting honours ; the old Alleynian was in rare form , and his total for the club included tw o centuries, both not out. C. T. A. W ilkinson was unfortunately not often available ; but when he did play his bowling was, as ever, a great asset. F. Simonis, F. S. Gillespie, and W . F. Stacey were also very useful in the attack. U P P E R S YD E N H AM C.C. : 1912. Matches played, 25 ; won, 7 ; lost, 13 ; drawn, 5. Baker, C. J. Cheriton, W. G. L. Davis, G. F. Dixon, K .................... Gillespie, F. S. Morton, A. D. Porter, R. S. B. ... Simonis, F. Skinner, J. A. D. ... Stacey, W. F. Walmisley, S. E. ... Wilkinson, C. T. A. Wilson, W. N. Withers, J. A. Wright, G. P. Wright, S................... Also batted : — Greenwood, J. E., 2 innings-0 not out-78 runs ; Hoe, A. S., 1-0-47; Loudoun-Shand, E. G., 2-0-39. B atting . B owling . Inns. N.O. R. A. H.S. O. R. W. A. 7 0 59 8-42 17 49 147 12 12-25 4 3 25 25-00 14* .. — — — ___ 11 4 93 13-28 17 — — ___ ___ 4 0 96 24-00 65 — ___ ___ ___ 17 5 606 50-50 120* .. 194-5 660 30 22-00 9 0 137 15-22 56 — — __ ___ 22 2 185 9-25 33 48-3 323 18 17-94 5 1 59 14-75 19 42-3 145 15 9-66 7 0 77 11-00 51 — — — ___ 11 5 37 6-16 18 102-2 370 25 14*80 11 0 206 18-72 94 47 251 12 2C*31 7 0 172 24-57 42 109-4 344 29 11-86 14 0 88 6-28 23 .. 33-5 161 13 12-38 4 0 33 8-25 19 — — — ___ 21 2 222 11-68 47 — — ___ ___ 17 5 149 12-41 25 — — — — Strong alike in batting and in bowling, B eckton as a side have few superiors in London club cricket, and it com es as som ething of a surprise to learn that they lost as m any as five matches. N ot that it matters much ; winning or losing, the gam e’s the thing, and if one does one’s best a defeat now and then is of small consequence. Four o f the B eckton batsmen scored centuries, and two others got near those figures in 1912 ; and in the hands of H . J. Mayes, F. Scoulding, and W . Cooper, with R . Easton to help at times, the attack was very powerful. G. Sutton, C. Swann, S. H adden, and F. Scoulding all played for Essex during the season, and of course Cooper has done so in form er years. B EC K TO N C.C. : 1912. Matches played, 20 ; won, 9 ; lost, 5 ; drew, 6. Two were abandoned through B atting . B ow ling . Inns. N.O. R. A. H.S. O. R. W. A. Cooper, W .... ... 18 3 455 30-05 105* .. 263 737 62 11-72 Easton, R. ... ... 14 5 268 29-77 46 103-1 377 20 18-85 Hadden, S. ... 20 5 465 31-00 105* .. — — — __ Keeble, A. T. ... 21 0 408 19-42 88 — — — __ King, C. S. ... 12 2 173 17-30 87 .. — — __ ___ Mayes, H. J. Scoulding, F. 9 3 36 6-00 17 184-4 584 56 10-42 9 2 68 9-71 19 130-3 456 39 11-43 Stanton, A. ... 12 3 119 13-22 41* .. — — — ___ Sutton, G. ... ... 19 3 740 46-25 109* .. — — __ __ Swann, C. ... ... 23 4 866 45-15 116* .. 12 44 2 22-00 Wells, A. ... ... 13 3 117 11-70 38* . — — — — Also batted: —Moule, A., 3 innings-1 not out-77 runs; Nuttall, H., 1-1-1; Stevens, B., 1-0-0 ; Tye, F., 3-1-39. Manor Park Constitutional, playing tw o teams on Saturday and one in m id-week, had on the whole a very good season. The results are really better than they look, as ten of the twenty losses have to be debited to the second X I. ; and a second X I. must always be reckoned more as a training-school for the first than as a side to be estimated on results. The club had no very big scorers, T. F. Sime, F. B ontoft, sen., F. B ontoft, jun., F. J. Clarke, and H . Salter being probably its best bats, and only one of these averages over 20. But it was fortunate in the possession of no fewer than nine bowlers capable of taking wickets at a low cost. Of these G. W . Barrett is fast right, with an awkward swing, but a trifle erratic ; F. B ontoft slow right, with break both ways, and distinctly a brainy b ow ler; F. B ontoft, jun., fast right, with capital length and an occasional swinging b a ll; F. Chart medium left, very quick off the pitch ; F. J. Clarke slow right, with perfect length and a useful break ; S. E. R iley fast medium left, with a natural swing ; H. Salter slow right, breaking both ways, and varying pace and pitch w e ll; and S. H . Sugden fast medium, with splendid length. P. K em p, who played chiefly for the second X I., is left unaccounted for. A very useful lot indeed, and it is small wonder that the club’s opponents did not score heavily. F or Sale : Wisden’s Cricketers' Almanack, 1879 to 1912, in­ clusive, 34 volumes in all, 15 cloth bound, rest in original covers. W hat offers? W . J. 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