Cricket 1913

230 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 24, 1913. Littlehampton easily beat Graylingwell Hospital— 197 for 9 in reply to 51. W. Harris hit in great form all round the wicket for 87 ; A. C. Somerset made 31 ; and E. H. Harris took 7 for 31. Arlington and Leytonstone played a draw with Southend, j the latter making 138, the former 125 for 8. Walter Ruffels for A. and L. had 5 for 31, and he and J. Hoare, the captain, fairly saved the game by their unfinished partnership of 43 (Hoare 42*, Ruffels 16*) after 8 wickets had fallen for 82. W. Peake bowled well for the home team. Ipswich and East Suffolk beat Framlingham Masters at Ips­ wich (133 for 5 to 127). Except for H. A. Busher’s 58 for the winners and H. Bassett's 40 for the losers no one reached 30; and the chief feature of the game was F. L. Titchmarsh's really fine bowling. The old Radley boy took 6 for 12, a capital performance against so strong a side. The Mote made 333 for 7, dec., against Maidstone Church Institute, and then dismissed their opponents for 24 ! Groves took 8 wickets for 7 runs ; F. T. Mann in his 128 hit a 6 and twenty-five 4’s ; and P. C. Parkin scored a level not-out hun- ! dred. The highest score for Church Institute was 7. The Wimbledon v. Streatham game was made notable by the fact that for each side a batsman played right through the innings, G. S. Churchill for the home team making 73 of 151, and G. H. Fuller for the visitors 92 of 172. W. G. Hankin and R. T. Childs wrought mightily for Derrick | Wanderers (109) against Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank (48). The former carried his bat right through the innings for 61, I batting 130 minutes with never a chance ; and Childs bowled j 12 overs for 17 runs and 9 wickets ! The outfield was slow, and only two boundaries were hit— off Childs in his last over. Rather a pity, that ! Nine for nine would have been a very symmetrical analysis. Hampstead Nomads first eleven played their first game o* the season on Saturday, losing by a margin which might have been reversed if their fast bowler (a good bat also) had not dis­ appointed them, necessitating their playing a man short. Houns­ low Garrison scored 180 (Dr. Perry 64, Capt. W. Miller 26). The Nomads started well, M. H. C. Doll making 52, C. D. Mclver 46 ; but the wicket wore, the tail failed, and the total was only 143. The half-day team easily beat L.C. and W. Bank (79). S. B. K. Caulfield lowered 8 of the Bank wickets for 27. The Nomads made 130 for 8. H. C. Pennington played a fine innings of 68, and was well helped in a first wicket stand by E. G. Arnold (17)- After their quite unusual slump at Beddington— but this sort of thing will happen to all teams at times— Spencer won well against the strong White House eleven on Saturday last. P. Burke, with a steady 51 and G. Skelton (40) did best for White House (175). F. M. Barton took 6 for 78, and three times made a grand c and b. off hard drives. F, F. Boles played another of his fine innings for Spencer— 95 in 75 minutes— no chance— three 6’s, eleven 4’s 1 W. F. Jennings (28), J. T. Gordon (26), and H. E. Merry (21) all helped, and Spencer’s total reached 223 for 7. L. & N.W.R. had an off-day at Cheshunt. When Cheshunt and District were all out for 71 the match must have looked a good thing for the railway men. But a decent start by A. E. Wilson and A. J. Houghton was followed by a procession, and all were out for 47. P. K. Paul of Cheshunt (24 and 6 for 20) did good all-round work ; and P. G. Skilton (5 for 7) and E. Howard (5 for 39) bowled finely for the losers. Thornton Heath at home beat Streatham Albion. The totals were 79 and 165. Barnes (31*) was the only man who did much for the visitors. For the home side Moorland (38) and Desmoulins (31) did best. In a very low-scoring game Coldfall (48) beat Melrose (32) at Manor Farm. The ground had not recovered from recent rains, and the chief incident of the match was that one ball stuck in the ground and stopped dead before reaching the batsman ! Another proof of the fact that club cricketers at j least do not lightly relinquish the chance of a game ; but— I ] wonder whether playing in such conditions did the pitch much ' good ? I presume it will be wanted again. A. Waskett’s 28 bulks largely among the small scores recorded ; he took his life in his hands and hit lustily, and the fieldsmen were kind. S. J. Gall made half the Melrose total, and W. and A. Mason bowled well for the losers. Old Frogmorians and Sphinx met at Leyton. The former played fine forceful cricket, and declared at 158 for 4 (S. S. Hill 54*, Hedgland 41, Clipstone 32). Sphinx had a go for the runs, but time stopped them at 142 for 4. G. F. A. Wilson made 61, and G. F. Hodgkinson, an old Radleian, 56. Heathfield and Norbury Park Wanderers had a good tussle at Wandsworth. Scoring ruled low throughout; only T. T. Brewer (35) for the home team, and F. L. Johnson (33) for the nomadic side topped 20. Johnson and C. W. Goddard dismissed Heathfield for 95. The same pair were largely respons­ ible for the fact that the visitors had 86 up with only 6 wickets down. They looked all over winners then. But C. Mills (7 for 35) was very much on the warpath, and the last four wickets fell for a single ! Heathfield thus won by 8 runs. Mill Hill Park (100, C. E. Dalton 39) lost to Ealing (125, Goodyear 28) at Ealing. For the losers H. H. Neale took 5 for 4 7 - Balham Wanderers beat Walton-on-Thames very de­ cisively. They scored 192 for 7 dec. (P. A. Naylor 85*, W. J. Atfield 64), and dismissed the home side for 68. D. Wall (9 for 19) bowled in great form. On Whit-Monday the Wanderers’ second XI. beat Heathfield II. (37 and 90 for 8 to 28), F. H. C. Woollacott taking 8 for 12. Beulah had a very moderate side out, but beat Polytechnic II. at Chiswick quite comfortably. Parker had 6 for 32 in the home side’s innings of 68. Tufnell got 3 wickets, but has not found his old form yet. In each of three successive seasons prior to 1912 he had 100 wickets or more. The visitors hit off the runs for the loss of 4 wickets, Harrison (33) cutting finely; but when Tadman was put on a slump occurred. He took 6 for 3, and the innings closed for 95. Grove Park is a difficult ground for a batsman in the least out of condition- Practically every hit has to be run out. You hit a six ; you are badly blown ; you lose your wicket! The second Beulah team, drawn upon heavily by the first to make up for absentees, crumpled up badly, only making 46 to St. Paul’s 151. St. Luke’s (Woodside) beat Brighton Railway at Elmer's End by 22— 79 to 57. W. Carter (28 and 6 for 21) did capital all­ round work for the winners. Time alone saved Mill Hill Park II. (106 for 7) from defeat at the hands of the Old Olavians (192 for 6, dec.). A. L. Hall played a capital innings of 67 for the O.O.’s ; A. H. Wilson made 30*, and W. G. Bessell 23. W. M. Bemister’s 29 was the best for M.H.P. Battersea II. (155 for 8, dec., J. Eakland 59*, W. J. Croft 31) beat Harrodians (81, Wheeler and Gearing 23 each) easily at Barnes. A capital century by P. B. Wyes and a good 58 by S. Rowe could not save Cyphers (211) from defeat at Sydenham by Ibis (240 for 6, dec.). For the winners P. L. Mousley made 61, E. Dewey 50*, G. Clinton 50, and A. H. Breeds 37. For London & County Bank v. Dulwich E. C. Kirk took 9 for 34, and the total was only 124. But the Bank slumped for 40, W. L. Perkins taking 8 for 16. Another Dulwich team was at Sutton, and met with heavy defeat. Arthur Read scored 109 and P. R. Waterer 78* for the home team, and R. M. Bell took half-a-dozen wickets. Scores: Sutton, 248 ; Dulwich, 114 and 86 for 5 (W. S. Adams 4o»). The Wanderers (203, J. U. C. Watt 58, T. C. Stafford 43) easily beat Uxbridge (97), W. M. Bradley, the old Kent fast bowler, taking 6 for 57. .