Cricket 1913

M ay 24, 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 231 Hampstead won both their matches. The team playing at home beat Surbiton by 28— 137 (R. G. D. Howell 56) to 109. That sent to Richmond won by 30— 135 (L. Mackie 33) to 105. The results are curiously similar. Ilford beat Enfield heavily— 234 for 3, dec., to 93. Alfred Porter (67), H. E. Reynolds (63), and F. J. Birch (59*) were chief scorers ; T. M. Weaver took 6 for 41. The Sutton half-day team had an easy victory over Epsom, 156 for one to 136. Lionel Jackson scored 66, and N. Hadfield 56. Shepherd’s Bush declared at 208 for 8, M. P. Bajana scoring 78, and got out Richmond Town for 149. G. W. Hammond bowled finely for Hornsey (148) against Finchley (77). His figures were 8 for 15. In the Durham Senior League Durham City went under to Burnmoor. Quite a number of batsmen played all through the innings of their sides on Saturday, and among them was A. P. Ashley for the City. He made 75 (a 6, five 4’s) ; the next highest score was 18, the total 144. W. B. Sharp, who was only appear­ ing for the second time for Burnmoor I., hit up 66* (four 6's, five 4’s) ; H. Stobart scored 43, and the total was 155 for 4. Summerill did the hat trick for the winners, and took in all 7 for 62. Eppleton (Mark Cox 32, H. Hinchcliff 31, A. Newsome 5 for 19) easily defeated Whitburn. For South Shields v. Seaham Harbour Harry had 5 for 36, and he and the skipper, T. Coulson, made a stand that won the match after four wickets had gone down cheaply. Scores : Seaham, 87 ; Shields, 105 for 4 (Coulson 45*, Harry 29*). Warner, who came to. Seaham from Notting­ ham highly recommended by John Gunn, made 27 and took the four wickets that fell for 29. Herbert Brooks (30) and E. L. Squance (98) added 89 together for Sunderland, who, declaring at 227 for 9, beat Hendon by 158. Morris (5 for 27) and S. W. Smith (5 for 33) bowled in deadly form for the winners. Philadelphia went under heavily to Wearmouth (totals 56 and 195), H. Clode (72 and 7 for 18) showing rare all­ round form for the winners. For Philadelphia A. J. Ingram had 6 for 45. Chester-le-Street (77) and Boldon (64) got through their match in 2J hours. Thackeray (4 for 17) did the hat trick for the winners. In the Tyneside League perhaps the chief performance of the day was J. Archbold’s 7 for 31, including the hat trick, for Wallsend (159 for 9) v. Tynemouth (79). Milne’s 76 for Benwell Hill (who totalled 230 for 7 v. St. George's, G. Denham making 54, W. B. Nicholson 47, J. W. White 42*) was another sign of the excellent form in which this all-rounder is; but J. S. Nesbit (43) and Wingham (47*) saved St. George’s from defeat. The County Club made 207 for 7 v. Backworth Percy at Jes- mond ; but this was another drawn game, the colliery club replying with 153 ftir 8 (R. Dixon 35, Jackson 24*). Jackson got a nasty whack on the knee at 22 and had to retire, but came out again later. Capt. T. C. Spring (Somerset), with 54, was top scorer for the County Club ; and S. P. Bell, G. L. Hunting, G. Watson, and C. G. Arkwright made scores ranging from 38 to 26. There was nothing remarkable in the Benwell (67) v. South Northumberland (125) match. For North Durham v. Old Novocastrians, H. A. Simpson made 68, R. Lambert 46 ; but here again a draw was the outcome— totals, 161 for 5, dec., and 101 for 8. Lambert followed up a good innings by taking 4 for 12. In North Staffordshire and District League Circles last Saturday's great event was the struggle between Burslem and Porthill Park, on the latter club’s ground. The pair have always been keen rivals, and interest in their first meeting of the season was intensified by the fact that Burslem are the present cham­ pions. With no Wilson to inspire them, and bowl out their foes, Burslem were badly beaten on this occasion, though they tried so determinedly to save the game that only eight minutes remained for play when their last wicket fell. On a perfect pitch Porthill scored 231 for six wickets, dec. Barnes (82) was chief scorer, his runs being got out of 162 whilst he was in. His batting was chanceless and almostjfaultless. So far, he has a batting average of 6 1. for faur matches,,and he has taken 26 wickets in the same games. His best helper with the bat on Saturday wasW. H. Wood, who had a first-rate 43 to his credit, and " H. F.” of the same ilk aided the professional to put on 54 for the first wicket. The merriest batting of the game occurred during the undefeated association of R. Mawdesley (24) and H. G. Jones (31), the pair flogging the worn-out bowling as they pleased. Burslem commenced poorly, A. Hollowood and Mills failing. J. Hodgkiss (17), E. Cook (n), J- Griffiths (19) and A. Cook (13) all played the “ sticking ” game well, but the two last named threw their wickets away to the change bowlers. With only twenty minutes to go the visitors had four wickets in hand, but the last three men failed either to stay or score, Porthill being left decisive winners. Barnes had five for 48 and the left-hander, Harry Eardley, three for 23. D. H. Field, the Buckinghamshire county player who has found Porthill a con­ genial club, failed with the bat, but he did his side good service when he bowled A. Cook, the Burslem captain, thus breaking up a sturdy partnership. The meeting of Leek and Longton had a soul-stirring ending, and the Longton captain would probably ruminate on the risks of declaring. His side fared capitally with the bat, six men reaching doubles, with A. Smith (34), A. Kent (28) and G. Breton (24) the best, and 161 for nine wickets was considered good enough to declare on. Leek were always in serious jeopardy until H. Ellerton and H. Mellor got together ; but this pair defied the bowling, and took the score past Longton’s without being separated, Ellerton counting 77 and Mellor 33. Good scoring occurred in Norton’s home game with Stoke, thirteen of the sixteen men who batted reaching double figures. Stoke led off with 193 for five weeks, W. D. Kirkby contributing 48, P. Briggs 33, Nichols 44 and J. Dyke 27*. But Norton were not dismayed by the formidable task set them, for their first wicket fell at 46, and this score was more than doubled when the next man was sent back. Fred Crump, with 53, was the hero of his team ; Pestell played steadily for 22, and Harry Wright (the league’s oldest player) provided the fireworks in his 21*, which included five 4’s. Nichols bowled finely in getting 6 wickets for 10 runs each, but the assistance he had was negligible. Grand bowling by Deyes put Knypersley out of court in the game at Fenton, the big Yorkshireman sending down 16 overs for 26 runs and 8 wickets. Knypersley’s top scorer made only fourteen. Fenton had the match won with 9 wickets standing, Harry Dearing getting 51 and J. G. Drake 64. Both players were on top of the bowling throughout, and Drake’s last dozen hits included ten 4’s— six in succession. Scoring ruled low at Tunstall, only one batsman on each side reaching the twenties. For Silverdale J. Ankers (28) made nearly half the runs from the bat, and G. T. Skellam was only a notch less useful for the winners. The bowling of Morgan and C. F. Rushton had most of the other players tied up, the Tunstall professional capturing 9 wickets for 37 runs, and Silverdale’s promising young amateur 6 for 26. Crewe Alexandra were easy prey for Stone, and the Cheshire people are now the only club without a victory. Stone lost 3 wickets for 22, but they had other batsmen to make recompense, J. F. Femie, their captain, getting 45, E. J. Johnson 36, R. Goodill 32, Robinson (30), and E. R. H. Woodcock (25). The closure was applied with 181 for 9 scored. The Alexandra batting was very poor, five players failing to score, andC. E. Gresty’s 13 was top effort. Robinson bagged 5 wickets for 5 runs apie~e, an l E. J. Johnson’s four were obtained at slightly less cost. In the Birmingham League L. F. Taylor made 76 at the rate of a run a minute for Walsall v. Smethwick (thirteen 4’s) ; G. W. Stephens hit two 6's and ten 4’s in his 71 for Moseley v. West Bromwich Dartmouth ; and Wilkinson made 68 for Mitchell and Butler's v. Kidderminster. Among the best bowling per­ formances were Boneham’s 7 for 59 (Smethwick v. Walsall), Brammer’s 6 for 41 (Walsall v. Smethwick), T. S. Haswell's 5 for 38 (Handsworth Wood v. Stourbridge), and Bland’s 3 wickets in 4 balls (Stourbridge v. Handsworth Wood). There was not much big scoring in Lancashire. An excep­ tion was the Middleton v. vVemeth match, in which the latter made 257 for 3 (Lashbrooke, who has played for Essex, scoring a century), and Middleton replied with. 171 for 5. Dukinfield