Cricket 1913

J un e 7, 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 275 D. C. C. Sewell, last year’s Wellingborough captain, played a capital innings of 77 for Wimbledon v. Hampstead ; but the visitors’ total was only 186, nobody but Sewell doing anything after A. W. Goodfellow left for 31 ; and Hampstead hit off the runs with the greatest ease, N. J. D. Moffat (101*) and R. G. 1 ). Howell (71) batting finely. A t the finish the total was 210 for 4. Repton are hot stuff this season. In a two days match against Esher last week-end they ran up 437, the brothers Howell (M. Howell 133, J. Howell 128) indulging in a tremendous first- wicket stand, and A. F. Bell making 78*. They had previously dismissed Esher for 241, and they put them out again for 132, H. G. Sale (6 for 47) doing the hat trick. G .W .R. sent rather a weak team to Wargrave, and that fact, combined with indifferent fielding, lost them the match. They were all out for 65 on a sporting wicket, only C. E. Honcyball and Robinson reaching double figures.. The Rev. - B atty had to retire hurt after scoring 5 for Wargrave ; before the first wicket fell 40 were up, though the batsmen. Smith and Carpenter, owed a good deal to luck. After that the bowlers got the upper hand, and with 7 down for 58 anything was possible except a draw. But more catches were dropped, and the total reached 79. A. Grugeon took 5 for 32, C. E. Honcyball 4 for 35. G .W .R .’s second team beat Ealing A after a close and exciting game on the stroke of time. Against Sutton’s half-day team Old Whitgiftians ran up the capital total of 282 for 8, dec. A. E. Sandell hit in great style, 80 per cent, of his 140 coming from 4’s. Carter Pegg (42) and he added 76 for the fourth w ick et; and W. B. Bannerman (33) proved such a stayer that 106 were added by him and Sandell (chiefly Sandell) for the fifth. Sutton just saved the game— 185 for 7. They owed this almost entirely to Lionel Jackson, whose 76 was quite chanceless. The rest could do very little with H. J. Warner (5 for 55). Sutton’s whole day team meanwhile was defeating Horsham at Horsham. M. F. S. Jewell’s 60 and H. C. Hunt’s 31 were the highest scores in totals of 199 and 113. R. M. Bell’s bowling (8 for 51) had most to do with the result. P. Woods (9 for 38) was chiefly responsible for Uxbridge’s victory by 92 runs, after a declaration with 9 wickets down, over Old Merchant Taylors. E. A. G. Hurst (63*) and E. Bradbery (42) were chief scorers for Uxbridge ; J. S. Ryan (30) topped the O.M .T.'s score. L. & N.W. easily beat Westbourne Park Wanderers— 111 to 53 - To P. G. Skitton belonged most of the credit. He was top scorer with 41 and took 6 wickets for 17. For the losers W. H. Pearce had 5 for 22. Arlington and Leytonstone had a rare struggle with Leyton. C. Beal (32) was their top scorer; total 121. W. Naylor took 5 for 28. So good a stand did C. Thomas (46) and A. Adamson (40) make for the fourth Leyton wicket th at the home side seemed to have the match well in hand. But A. Barclay (5 for 40) and Cole came with a rush at the finish, and the last six wickets tumbled very cheaply— all out 119 ! The batting of the South African, L. Dixon (80) and the bowling of the same fine all-round player and Gilbert Reay, were chiefly responsible for Beddington’s win by 156 to 70 over Norbury Park Wanderers. Another small scoring match wras that between Private Banks (104) and Forest Hill (80) at Perry Hill. For the home side N. Matthews had 6 for 42, for the winners T. J. Wheeler took 6 for 20. W. F. Harden (43) and Wheeler (34) for the Banks, and A. J. W hyte (35) for Forest Hill, were the only batsmen to top ten. To beat White House is always something of an achievement. Cyphers on Saturday won in unmistakable style, and would seem to be a very strong side this year. A. Jeacocke’s 42 was the chief item in White House’s total of 131. W. W. Pullen had 5 for 27. After a bad start the Cyphers made a splendid recovery. H.C. Stembridge (86) andG . Wyes (85) got on top of the bowl­ ing and had a fine partnership. Jeacocke’s analysis, at one time 5 for 5, faded away into 6 for 74. Total, 232. Cyphers II. also did well, though they just failed to beat Crofton Park II. Scores, Cyphers 253 for 7, dec. (A. T. Rowe 65, A. P. Lambert 49) ; Crofton Park, 140 for 9. For Neasden C. Pinkham made 99 v. Boston Park, and W. Wreford took 8 for 44. Neasden won easily— 229 to 112. H. J. Mayes had 7 for 25 for Beckton v. Dartford at Dartford, and his side won by 141 to 50— low scoring 011 a really good wicket. Bromley Town, 207 for 6 ; Honor Oak, 121 for 2. Honor Oak were not at full strength, and lost the services of S. H. Anson, who split a finger during Brom ley’s innings. St. Lawrence had an easy victory over W ye College, who could only total 99, C. Powers bowling well. A. Latter hit up 108 for the winners ; j. Dean made 63, C. Powers 53, the Rev. J. M. Swift 46, and H. C. McNeile 43— total 349 for 6. Battersea made 177 v. Dulwich, H. White and F. Ward each scoring 40, and J. Livesey 33 ; but the total was not big enough. Dulwich ran up 306 for 7, L. Williams taking an excellent century, and S. H. Goodall making 70. West K ent Wanderers (W. H. Maggs 30, S. J. A. Crouch 23, S. E. Thorpe 22) declared at 115 for 9 v. Stockwell Park at Blackheath. Did they trust too securely in the prowess of 1 Lugg ? Perhaps they would have done better to let him go 011 batting ; lie was one of the not outs, and might have made a century. He took the first three wickets pretty cheaply ; but then Martin (57) and Adams (52) fairly collared the bowling, ! added 103, and won the game, the total at the finish being 175 for 7. Two A teams were put in the field by the W '.K .W .’s, the forces available being evenly divided. Result good ; both won. A t Bromley one team got out Ravensbournc for 81, F. W. God­ dard (3 for 19) doing the hat trick, and J. Bronsdon (3 for 26) ! also bowling well, as did Darvell and Cleaver. Then they made 89 for 7. I 3 rown and Lucy made a good start by putting up 39 for the first partnership ; then four wickets fell in quick suc­ cession ; but Darvell and Phillips added 27, and made the game safe. The other team defeated Ivanhoe by 111 to 75. W. Lawrence (39), G. Sarson (23), W. Cannon (4 for 22), and Brooker (3 i'or 2) contributed most usefully towards this result. Beulali lost both their matches, th at with Netherne Asylum by 123 to 260 for 7, th at with Nolder emd Collyer’s Brewery by 87 to 172. Barnes (73), Dr. Crowther (68), and Colerick (68) made hay of the bowling on behalf of the Asylum, and a lot of mistakes were made in the field by the Beulah men. Their j chief scorers were S. Manchee (37) and Starbuck (21). Lamb ; (64) was top scorer for N. and C. ; R. F. S. Bluntish (8 for 45) bowled finely for Beulah, and shared with C. Smith the distinc- | tion of top score for the side (23). Like Bolton of Blackheath, Douglas Butcher of Upper Tooting followed a century on the 24th by another on the 31st. His ! 109 v. Hampstead was a really first-class innings. His side declared at 312 for 7, and Hampstead could only make 100. J. F. Hosken (7 for 11) doing the best bow’ling performance recorded anywhere on Saturday, allowing for the facts that the pitch was ! perfect and the opposition strong. A fine century by S. Jones and 83 b y T. Sales, both scoring at a good pace, enabled Lauderdale to declare at 213 for 2 v. *Epping, who were dismissed for 62. Barnes (83 for 4) drew with Upper Clapton (187 for 6, dec.). The feature of the match was A. W. Hughes’s 96*. Hornsey beat South Hampstead— 178 to 134. No one reached 40, and two bowlers were the principal figures of the game, L. Puddefoot taking 6 for 51 for the losers, G. W. Hammond 6 for 48 for the winners. On a bumpy wicket at Sawbridgeworth, Bishop’s Stortford could only muster 73 ; but the home team did even worse, and were all out for'44. Orman took 6 for 27 for them ; H. J. Flux was in rare form with the ball for Stortford. Nine for 15 is • distinctly good work.