Cricket 1913

160 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. May 3, 1913. Club Cricket Notes and Jottings. S u t t o n (Hon. Sec., Mr. R. M. Bell, D ial House, York Road, Sutton) have a fine card. Three elevens are engaged practically every Saturday, and the firs: X I. also on most Wednesdays. There is no Home W eek this year, but there is a Sussex tour during the week ending July 26. May 3— Mitcham (A.). „ 10— Epsom (H ). ,, 12— Kenley (H.). ,, 14— Wanderers (H.). „ 17— Dulwich (H.). „ 21— G uy’s Hospital (A.). „ 24— Dulwich (A.). „ 31— Horsham (A.). June 7— Reigate Priory (H.). „ 11— Hampton W ick (A.). „ 14— Upper Tooting (H.). ,, 18— Hampton W ick (H.). „ 21— H.A.C. (A.). „ 25— Banstead (H.). „ 28— Forest H ill (A.). July 2— Hampstead (H.). ,, 5— Beckenham (A.). „ 9— Purley (A.). 12— Upper Tooting (A.). „ 16— K enley (A.). ,, 19— Streatham (H.). Messrs. R. M. Bell, V. R. Bromage, J. A. Knight, and J. G. M. Bell take turn and turn about in the selection of teams for the whole-day matches above ; while Messrs. A. Collins, W. B. Hay- craft, L. Jackson, L. V. Straker, and E. Allen do likewise for the half-day sides. Among the clubs met by the latter are Ashtead, Dorking, Chartered Co., Old Whitgiftians, L. & C. Bank, Leather­ head, Northern Assurance, Caterham, Belmont, Merstham, St. John's College (Leatherhead), Dalgety, L. & S.W . Bank, Epsom College, Carshalton, All Saints’, and the second strings of Becken­ ham, Reigate Priory, Epsom, Forest Hill, Dulwich, Bunstead, and Hampton Wick. July 21— Hastings (Tour). „ 22— St. Andrew’s Mas­ ters. „ 23 and 24— Eastbourne. „ 25— (Vacant). „ 26— Lewes Priory (Tour ends). „ 30— Banstead (A.). Aug. 2— Epsom (A.). „ 4— Epsom (A.). „ 9— Reigate Priory (A.). „ 13— Bognor (A.). „ 16— Old Carthusians (H.) „ 20— M.C.C. (H.). „ 23— Stoics (H.). „ 27— Surrey C. and G. (H.). „ 30— Hampstead (A.). Sept. 6— Streatham (A.). „ 13— Purley (H.). April 26— Barnes (A.). May 3— Townley Park (H ). „ 10— Harrodians (A.). ,, 12— Brookwood Asylum (A.) . „ 13— Addiscombe (H.). „ 17— Brixton (H.). „ 24— (Vacant). „ 31— Dulwich (H.). June 7— White House (H.). ,, 14— Shepherd’s Bush (A.). ,, 18— Surrey C. & G. (Oval). „ 21— (Vacant). ,, 2 5 — Boston Park (H.). ,, 28— Ealing Dean (H.). July 5— Ealing Dean (A.). „ 12— Ealing (A.). „ 16— Heathfield (A.). ,, 19— Shepherd’s Bush L an cin g O ld B oys (Hon. Sec., Mr. Alfred C. Harper, Elm- shade, Kenley) have a somewhat longer fixture list than in 1912, with, as then, a cricket week in Sussex. A ll their matches are, of course, on opponents’ grounds, except for the four (August 6 to 9) played during the week upon the familiar ground, high up on the downs, overlooking the silvery sea. May June July B a t t e r s e a (Hon. Sec., Mr. T. G. Carter, 41, Commercial Road, Westminster, S.W.) has a longer and stronger card than ever in their fifty-eighth season. They lose two good men in Messrs. F. Knight and H. M. Lawson, who have left town; but they have plenty of good new blood, and under the captaincy of Mr. George Dawdry the first team should do well. The rising generation is given every encouragement, and the committee has much faith in the capabilities of the new groundsman, A. F. Harding, as a coach. The club, after starting last year with a deficit, finished it with quite a substantial balance in hand— a rare good result in such a season as 1912 ! But one notes th at there were special donations. The Sussex Tour in August will be repeated. First X I ’s. fixtures : July 26— White House (A.). „ 29— Beddington (A.). Aug. 2— Richmond Park (H.) „ 4— Brighton Clifton (Tour). „ 5 and 6— Littlehamp­ ton. ,, 7— Brighton Brunswick „ 8 and g — Worthing (Tour ends). „ 16— W est Wimbledon (H.). „ 23— Addiscombe (A.). „ 30— Heathfield (H.). Sept. 6— Barnes (H.). „ 13— Brixton (H.). „ 20— Upper Sydenham (H.). „ 27— Croydon Amateurs (H.). (H.; The second X I., besides matches with the second strings of Barnes, White House, Harrodians, Addiscombe, Shepherd’s Bush, Heathfield, and Ealing Dean, all of whose first teams play Battersea’s first, meet Clarence, Marlborough, Townley Park, and Crofton Park. 3— Oxted. 24— Surbiton. 31— K in g’s College. 7— Caterham. 21— Oxted. 5— Caterham. 8 and 9— Past and Pre­ sent (L.). 12— Surbiton. July Aug. 26— Old Johnians. 4— East Grinstead. 5— Cuckfield. 6— Steyning (L.). 7— Sussex Martlets (L.). 8— Bognor (L.). 9— Mr. B. H. Hollo­ w ay’s X I. (L.). 23— Kenley. L e s s n e s s P a r k (Hon. Sec., Mr. E . J. Beal, Crossness, Abbey Wood) meet very much the same teams as in recent seasons, and hope to do as well as they did last year— possibly better. I note th at they have several dates vacant. Their Match Sec. is Mr. E. Upton, Lutwyche Cottage, Lower Abbey Road, B elved ere; and I can give my personal assurance of good cricket and good fellowship to be found at the ground on the hill. The list is :— April 26— Beckton (A.). May 3— Arm y Ordnance (H.) „ 10— Charlton Park (A.). „ 12— Granville (Lee) (H.j. „ 17— Beckton (H.). „ 24— Gravesend (A.). „ 31— S. W. Ham (H.). June 7— Sidcup (A.). ,, 14— Old Charlton (H.). ,, 21— A rm y Ordnance (A.) „ 28— Charlton Park (H.). July 5— Blackheath (H.) 9— Smithfield Wan. (H.) July 12— Bexley (A.). „ 19— (Vacant). „ 26— Eltham (A.). Aug. 2— Gravesend (H.). „ 4— Granville (Lee) (A.). „ 7— (Vacant). „ 9— Old Charlton (A.). „ 16— Sidcup (H.). „ 21— (Vacant). „ 28— (Vacant). „ 30— Eltham (H.). Sept. 6— Dartford C. & G. (A.). The second X I. has also a good list, including matches with Bexley Heath, Northern Assurance, Woodville, St. M ary’s (Woolwich), and a good many second X I ’s. of clubs met by the first team. ------------ B is h o p S t o r t f o r d was a famous club fifty or sixty years ago, and the A .E .E . and U .E.E. frequently appeared on its ground, antagonising eighteens and twenty-twos of the district. In more recent years the club has not had too good a tim e ; golf has hit it hard, and the fixture list deteriorated. B u t a deter­ mined effort is now being made to get it back to its old status, and this year’s card is the best for some seasons past. There is no reason why a good many London clubs should not fix up games with the Hertfordshire organisation ; the journey from Liverpool Street is a quick and easy one, with through trains. I believe th at the Hon. Secs. (Mr. J. C. Atkinson, 15, B ell’s Hill, and Mr. Cecil Scruby, R ye Street, Bishop Stortford) would be glad to hear from metropolitan secretaries in reference to fixtures for 1914. The card follows :— May 12— Palmer’s Green (H.). „ 14— Married v. Single (H.). „ 17— G .E .R . (H.). „ 24— Much Hadham (H.). ,, 31— Sawbridgeworth (A.) June 4— The School (H.). „ 7— Easton Lodge (A.). ,, 12— Old Hall Green (A.). ,, 14— Royal Dental Hosp. (H ). „ 18— The College (H.). July 2— The School (H.). „ 5— Sawbridgeworth(H.) „ 9— Hillside, Bunting- ford (A.). „ 12— Rickling Green (A.). „ 16— Have-Beens v.Hope- fuls (H.). July 19— O ldLeysians (H.). „ 23— Kensington (H ). - „ 26— Mr. G. S. Pawle’s X I. (A.). „ 31— College Past and Present (H.). Aug. 4— Mr. W. I. Rowell’s X I. (H.). „ 5— EssexC. and G. (H.). „ 6— Wine Trade C.C. (H ). ,, 7— Mr. F. W . Stocks’s X I. (H.). „ 8— Pallingswick (H.). 9— M.C.C. (H.). „ 13— Down Hall (A.). „ 16— Much Hadham (H.). „ 23— Hillside, Bunting- ford (H.). A good programme has, it will be seen, been arranged for the Home Week, which the Match and Ground Committee will manage, the management of other matches being placed in the hands, turn and turn about, of several members, Messrs. J. C. Atkinson, Wm. Brown, J. P. Copp, C. H. Edwards, F. M. Kingdon, A. Maxwell, L. A. Routledge, C. Scruby, A. P. Sewell, C. A. Skeet, B. Sparrow, and F. S. Sutton. The professional is E. C. Maisey. The handbook is attractively bound in the club’s colours, and is altogether a distinctly neat production.