Cricket 1913

274 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Jun e 7, 19 13 . Su rr e y Club and Ground T eam v. Farnham . At back: P e a c h , F ree m a n . Middle row : A lw in , C. F . R e in e r , A . M . L a th a m , G . L . B eth a m , M y ers, S p rin g . In front : B la c k lid g e , A b e l (T.), M aso n , N ar r a w a y . On the same day Southgate at home beat Hampstead— 183 to 137. This is quite moderate scoring for two sides of such strength ; and there was only one score of note, H. E. Pearce’s 61 for the winners. W ith Chothia, Pescliier and Neiderheit- mann, the Southgate team has quite a cosmopolitan appearance on paper. Much such another game was th at between Old Whitgiftians and Wanderers at Croydon, though the victory of the former (by 150 to 134) was a narrower one than th at of Southgate. The highest score was C. Kenward’s 44 for the losers. L. F. Flower took the last four wickets of the Wanderers for 10 runs, and this bit of bowling really decided the issue. Quite of another sort was the match between Granville (Lee) and Woolwich Garrison. S. Platt and P. Campbell made hay of the military bowling, and when the innings was declared the score stood thus :— S. Platt, b Deane ... ... ... ... ... 176 P. Campbell, not out ... ... ... ... 146 B yes 6, wides 3 ... ... ... ... ... 9 Total (for one wkt., dec.) 33 i Then the Garrison side was put out for 108, C. R. Browne (I take it this is the West Indian) lowering 7 wickets for 35. In the follow-on the Garrison made 82 for 2, so th at the match produced 521 runs for 13 wickets. A t Eton last week Lord Kingsborough’s X I. dismissed an opposing side (Mr. G. Akroyd’s XI.) for a single run. Lord Kingsborough took 7 wickets for that one, and Goad 3 for o. “ The result was brought about not so much by weak batting as by some steady and effective bowling,” says the report. H ’m, yes ! But the batting couldn’t have been very good, even if the bowlers’ form was stupendous, could it ? Little Muddle- ham might score one even against Barnes and Foster at their best ! On Thursday K ing’s School, Canterbury, thanks mainly to an innings of 69 b y G. E. J. Gent, had all the best of a draw with St. Lawjence A, who were 56 behind with only one wicket to fall at the finish. Sir Roger Manwood’s School, Sandwich, beat St. Lawrence College III. on Wednesday by 96 (Simpson 28, Cole 24), to 73. Cole (6 for 21) bowled capitally for the winners. In a mid-week match a t Bognor between Bognor and Little- hampton, there was some fairly tall scoring— Littleliampton, 205 for 6, dec. ; Bognor, 150 for 2. Runs came fast, too, at fully a hundred an hour. A. C. Somerset, whom one hopes to see playing for the county this season, made a century for the visitors ; W. L. Harris contributed 32, and A. F. Somerset 24. For Bognor E. J. Gunasekere made 68, and E. H. Hobgen 57.* Gunasekere is another of the several Ceylonese batsmen who are making plenty of runs here. No doubt last week’s temperatures suited them. Clapham Ramblers and Polytechnic on Saturday drew a match in which 421 runs were made for 8 wickets, the Ramblers scoring 266 for 3, dec., their opponents 155 for 5. A. Lindsay Sloper made a fine level not out century, including some capital off side shots, for the Ramblers ; H. R. Jordan contributed 49*, W. R. Longhurst 47. For Polytechnic R. Seager made 76. The Ealing spectators had a rare treat. G. L. Jessop turned out for the home side against the Wanderers. Someone kindly missed him at 10, and in just under an hour he made 116, the last 66 in tw enty minutes. Twice he hit the ball clean out of the ground, and seventeen times to the boundary. F. H. W. Hirsch made 86, and J. H. A. Tolkien 47, and Ealing declared at 356 for 7. Then Jessop, E. C. Cobb, and G. Cross got rid of the Wanderers for 157, T. C. Stafford (43) and L. S. Wells (36) alone making many. Blackheath v. Eltham was quite a gathering of celebrities. W. G. (who again did not bat), John Mason, R. N. R. Blaker, H. J. Goodwin, and A. Sims, the New Zealander, were all playing. Result— a drawn game— 616 runs for 14 wickets. R. H. D. Bolton, of Dorset, who the previous week made a century v. Streatham, scored 103, Sims 78*, Mason 63, L. F. Honey 57. There was quite a pleasant afternoon for bowlers and fields­ men at Crouch End— 456 runs for 2 wickets, th at’s a l l! Thus : S o u t h W o o d f o r d . N o r t h M id d le s e x . T. G. Grinter, not out ... 156 C. W. Morrison, not out 59 C. Bowers, c Jarvis, bG ri- H. D. Lee, b Heath ... 2 maldi ................. 83 M. S. Morris, not out ... 101 H. D. Allen, not out ... 19 Extras ................ 23 Extras ................. 23 Total (for one wkt.) 271 Total (for one wk£.) 185 A drink all round at the fall ol every wicket would not have been intemperate I