Cricket 1913

M a y 31, 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 255 J. R. Cocke 57), and got 9 of the visitors out for 171 (J. H. Hugill 75, A. L. Evelyn 37). L. and N .W .R . went down to Kensington on a sporting wicket. G. S. Dowsing bowled with great effect, had all the rail­ way batsmen in difficulties, and bagged 6 wickets. All out 53. Kensington started in a manner th at promised little better than their rivals. B ut bad luck— accompanied and accentuated by bad fielding— dogged the visitors. P. G. Skilton, when bowling well, had to give up. A bad miss in the long field gave P. C. Tunks a life when he had scored 3, and he went on to make 27. He and H. Swann (31*) hit off the runs before they were parted, and eventually Kensington's total reached 116. E. Howard took 6 for 46. G .W .R. met Clapham Ramblers at Castle Bar Park. The latter batted first, and totalled 185. W ith some luck Long- hurst and Sothcott (32) put up 49 for the first w ick et; Browne’s 36 was the highest and best score for his sid e; and Jordan con­ tributed a useful 34. Grugeon (5 for 64) was the most successful bowler. Morris and W right made 44 for the first wicket of the home side ; but the best innings was played by Tuffney (48*). A t call of time G .W .R. had scored 143 for 7. Browne and Harris bowled well. G W .R . II., also at home, won a good match against West London II. on the stroke of time ; scores W .L. II. 159, G W .R . II. 164 for 8. The Old Olavians were at home to Stanley, who on a good wicket scored 172 for 9 at rather a slow pace, and then declared. Embleton’s 30 was top score, three others topping 20. In the time left the O.O.'s lost 5 for 76, Hall, not out with 35, doing best. W est K ent Wanderers beat W ickford at W ickford by 8 runs — 91 to 83. Wickford batted first, and A. E. Lugg again bowled in great style— 7 for 40, 6 clean bowled, his figures. R. W. Pat­ more (30) and H. Etches (21) made most of the runs for the losers ; there were five doubles for the winners, but no one reached 20. The A team of W .K .W . had an even closer finish. Old Maythornians made 101, to which Symes, who got the bat hard against the ball all the time, contributed as many as 63. G. Darvell (5 for 22) bowled capitally. Everybody scored for W .K .W . ; but chief credit for the win, which was only accom­ plished with the last man in, was due to A. G. Lucy (25), J. Bronsdon, and G. Darvell. For the first time the Wanderers put a third eleven in the field. The side was no match for S.E. Railway at New Eltham , being defeated by 165 to 35 ; but the youngsters will do better later on. Greville (61) lost to Paddington (105— W . E. Stoddart 23). No Greville batsman distinguished himself, and the most suc­ cessful bowler was E. W. Rogers, who had 4 for 13 with his deceptive slows. Greville A came a terrible cropper v. Hyde— all out, 22 ! Hyde put up 84. A. M. Dunn took 5 for 39 for the.losers ; it was a bad match for all the other Greville men. B ut Greville B did something to restore the club’s tarnished repu­ tation. They beat Brondesbury III.— 131 to 98. J. H. Thorn­ ton (41), W. S. Hellyer (25), and H. D. Rogers (22) did best with the bat for them ; H. F. Ginger (36) and C. Pulross (30) made most of the runs for the losers. Young Thornton is only 16 ; he learned his cricket at Stockport Grammar School, and in him the club has a most promising recruit. Besides making several useful scores, he has thus far taken 26 wickets for 154 runs. Old Whitgiftians beat Caterham in fine style. D. Harrison (35) and R. Russell (23) did fairly well early in Caterham’s innings ; but the bowling of W. B. Bannerman (6 for 13) brought about a pronounced slump later. The O .W .’s passed the total of 97 with only 2 wickets down. W. D. Hackney scored 59, and H. T. Groom (50) and Carter Pegg (46) made a prolonged stand. The score was 275 for 8 when time came. Bishop’s Stortford beat Much Hadham— 196 to 141. C. R. Ridgway took a fine 64 for the winners ; W . Bacon was a bit lucky in making 40 ; the pro., Maisey, contributed a well-got 32. The visitors lost 5 for under 30 ; but P. C. Saunders (33) and Dr. A. Barker (48*) made a good stand. Saunders (5 for 71) also had the best bowling figures of the match. Bank of England (177 for 8) defeated London and Westmin­ ster Bank (155). J. E. Patterson (33) and W . Bradbury (26) alone did much for the losers ; for Bank of England H. M. Bannister, who has played for Leicestershire (85), and R. A. Lepingwell (46) made nearly all the runs. R. Davis put in some fine hitting in his 82* for Littlehampton v. Petworth at Petworth. Four 6’s and twelve 4’s— Jessop him­ self could scarcely beat that ! R. Graham made 34, E. Harris 26 ; and Littlehampton won by 81 runs— 181 to 100. On the splendid turf at the Bat and B all Ground, Gravesend, Lessness Park did their best performance of the season to date. C. G. Beasley (81) and W. Sevenoaks (83) were in great form, and added 121 for the third wicket. Beasley hit very hard indeed, and both he and Sevenoaks sacrificed their wickets in forcing the game. Total, 231 for 7, dec. A t call of time only one Gravesend wicket was outstanding, and there was still a deficit of 61 to be made up. A. W. Pegram (53) was top scorer. R. Leason had 5 of the 7 L.P. wickets for 55, and worked very hard indeed. Beulah tried an experiment, fielding two teams of approxi­ mately equal strength instead of a first and second X I. They lost both matches, but neither very heavily. The team meeting L. and M. Athletic a t home scored 136 (C. D. G. Joyce 42, W. Tufnell 31, Hubble, a brother of the Kent man, 24). The last- named is a new member, and looks like being of use all round. The visitors made 138 for 6 (Laberton 37, Adams 32). These two put on 87 for the first wicket. A t Purley, v. Purley II., C. F. Love played excellent cricket for 76 in a total of 147. Purley got the runs with 6 wickets down, and eventually totalled 211. Streatham Albion (179 for 9) beat Micham II. (129). For the [ winners W. Hill scored 56, J. E. Godfrey 23, H. Hart 20, and B. J. Caffarey, though only making 9, helped Hill to put up 50 | for the first wicket. Shorncliffe Garrison (219— Major A. B. Ritchie 49, Capt. B. L Montgomery 46) beat St. Lawrence (118— C. R. Anderson 30) heavily at Canterbury. On Wednesday St. Lawrence (248— W . M. Carter 73, Capt. Disney Roebuck 62) had beaten Canter­ bury Garrison (158—Corporal Templeton 58) by a very similar margin. On Thursday a draw was played with Si. Edmund’s School— St. Lawrence 224 (J. Murrin 45*, E. L. Goulden 44) ; the School 110 for 40 (G. H. Smellie 30*). Honor Oak scored 182 v. Heathfield, W. L. Miecznikowski making 45 and J. H. Lockton 38 ; and then Lockton’s bowling (8 for 21) proved altogether too much for the home batsmen, who could only total 56. H. W eaver’s contribution to this meagre total was 25— exactly half the runs from the bat. Arlington and Leytonstone had an easy victory over Alders- brook— 169 for 9, dec., to 57. The veteran C. Beal scored 54, C. K . D.avis 37 ; A. Barclay took 5 for 22, W. Ruffels 5 for 28. For the losers G. Gallery had 5 for 60. A t Tidal Basin South-West Ham slaughtered Eastern Nomads. They made 245 ; E. Wilson, 51, E. Mitchell 37, E. Cairns 35, E. j . Connor 28, F. Crossley 27. The Nomads’ total was 20. Connor took 6 for 12, H. Noall 4 for 6. Acton Town on the 21st disposed of Central London for 46, and then ran up 132. Marden carried his bat through the losers’ innings for 21. A. Roberts scored 50 and had 8 wickets at small cost for the winners. St. Luke’s, Woodside, made the capital score of 199 v. Pearl Assurance at Catford, E. H. Phillips scoring 63 and S. J. Cook 52, and won in an innings, the insurance men collecting only 46 and 120. W. Carter for St. Luke’s had 6 for 17 in the match. Sutton declared at 226 for 9 v. Dulwich, V. R. Bromage I making 54, A. B. Read 52. Dulwich were out for 172 ; but so I determined a stand did E. J. Bridger (39*) and L. W. Perkins (26) make for the last wicket that victory hung in the balance for some time. R. M. Bell had about his average bag of wickets— j six. For Dulwich Bridges took seven. W. Adams, the Slough left-hander, batted well for a level century v. Ealing at Slough, and the innings was declared at 208 fpr 5 directly he was out. E. Southall (51) and L. McCoy Hill