Cricket 1913

J une 14, 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 301 decent total being largely due to W. J. Williams (37*), who played a capital innings. He was one of the destroying angels, too, with 6 for 36, A. H. Wilson taking 4 for 18. Old Charlton (99) lost heavily to Blackheath (257 for 7, dec.). For the winners W. D. Auld (71*) and S. E. Day (70) were chief scorers. Arlington and Leytonstone have cause for pride in doing so well at W ickford, for two days earlier Wickford had defeated a strong Essex C. and G. team. A. and L. made 230 for 9, and declared, A. B arclay scoring 68, G. S. Cole 43, W. Ruffels 20*. The last-named has not been out this season yet ; batting six times he has totalled 65. Wickford made 102 for 5, H. Etches 46*. F. S. Hook took 4 of the 5 at a cost of only 25 runs. From the G .W .R. side v. West Drayton F. K . and C. E. Honeyball were absent. West Drayton made 186— H. T. Thomas 57*, Batten 29, Maskell 24. The railway team replied with 133 for 6, so th at there was little in it at the finish. W. R. Morris’s 50 was a capital innings, and Gibbs and Berry made a useful 23 each. Berry (4 for 42) was the most successful bowler. Hampstead easily beat Inns of Court, who could only muster 90. The crack northern club made 292 for 8, with R. G. D. Howell, the old Felstedian, top scorer (96), and J. G. Donald­ son (55), D. H. Tripp (42), and A. W. E veritt (26) assisting. The other Hampstead side was at Beckenham, where E. W. H. Beaton (who appears as “ Beacom ” in a Sunday paper) and F. R. D ’O. Monro made a great stand after 6 wickets had fallen for 98, adding 160 and giving their side victory. Beaton made 102*, Monro 68. For the home side Captain McCloughlin scored as many as 135 of the total of 205— a really great innings— and was not out at the end. That busy compiler of centuries, T. G. Grinter, was at it again, with the trifle of 188* for South Woodford v. Malden Wanderers. Grinter can hit— just a b i t ! If he has never equalled the total of close on 3000 made by A. Jeacocke (White House) in 1912, it is probably because he has played in fewer matches. 306 for 7, dec.— 28 ! T h at was the Honor Oak v. Crofton Park result. The gentleman everybody calls Micky made 105, C. W. Lamb 71, A. H. Pollock 64* ; John Lockton took 5 for 17, S. H. Anson 4 for 11. Crofton Park really do not seem strong enough nowadays to meet such teams as Honor Oak. Mayes, of Beckton, known as “ Sonny,” did another capital bowling performance— 8 for 24 v. Clapton Wanderers. His side won easily, S. Hadden (62), A. Moule (61), and C. Swan (57), all scoring freely. H. W . Weston was in excellent all-round fettle for Walham Green v. Ealing Dean— 49 and 6 for 34. F. L. Jordan (7 for 27) again bowled well for Croydon, this time v. Ibis. R. V. Laroche scored 61, and Croydon won looking round all the time. C. T. Burgess (7 for 59 Shepherd’s Bush v. Merton) was another of Saturday's successful bowlers. Totals, Merton 129 ; Shepherd’s Bush 205 for 9 (Heald 57). Clapham Ramblers (246 for 8, dec. ; J. Veerasawmy 68, W. Longhurst 50*, M. Revell 42) easily beat Hanley (86). Somer­ ville, with 35, played up well for the losers. Veerasawmy fol­ lowed up his score with 6 for 30. He will be going back to the West Indies soon, I understand. South West Ham only made 102 (Wilson 29) v. Barking ; but Barking could only get to 67, E. J. Connor (7 for 30) bowling very finely indeed. Mitchell made a really fine catch for the winners. I hope to give next week a portrait of this very capable player. He is quite young, but he did big things for the club last season. Sutton beat Reigate Priory at Sutton— 190 to 118. V. R. Bromage (43*), M. F. S. Jewell (37), and J. M. Williamson (33) for Sutton, R. F. Penfold (31), H. Budgen (24), and C. E. Roberts (23) for the Priory were chief scorers. For the winners R. M. Bell had 5 for 50; for the other side J. S. Harrison took 4 for 44. West Kent Wanderers made 128 v. Lydford, H. Simpson (42) aud F. W. Allardyce (39*, going in first wicket down) being chief contributors. They then got out Lydford for 90, S. E. Thorpe taking 6 for 47 and A. E. Lugg 4 for 26. The W .K .W .’s A teams fared less well. On a sporting wicket one side went down by 4 runs to North Kent United— 58 to 62. Allan Cleaver hit well for his 16, and W. Maggs was very steady. The visitors had 50 up for 3, but then they collapsed, and only scrambled home by means of leg-byes. The Wan­ derers’ captain, H. J. Phillips, had 4 for 4, and Maggs 4 for 26. Fairfield at Charlton declared against the other team 114 for 8 ; and with 60 for 3 up the visitors had apparently the better of the argument. G. Sarson (39*) played really well for them, and F. R. Phillips (5 for 30) bowled capitally. Colonel White, who is nearer 60 than 50, made 74 out of Hounslow’s total of 202 for 7, dec., v. Westbourne Park Wanderers, who replied with 114 for 5. The Sussex Nursery team defeated Crawley in easy fashion-— 1 165 (E. H. Relf 43, M. Tate 33) to 65 and 35 for 7. Young Tate hit six 4’s, and bowled with success. Both he and Relf are likely to get chances in the county team before long. G. H. Heslop scored 81 of Lancing College’s 169 v. Eton Ram ­ blers. The College won by 35 runs, but when they went in again lost 6 wickets for 14. E. J. Gunasekera, from Ceylon, made 81* for Bognor v. Worthing II.— a drawn game. Lewes Priory at the Dripping Pan got a whacking from St. Peter’s (Brighton), who made 179 for 6, dec. (W. H. Woodhams 43, E. P. Butcher 42, A. Collins 35*)>^ai*d then dismissed the home side for 46. Arthur Collins, the old county player, performing to the tune of 6 for 11. A fine finish ! A t Storrington Bury only wanted two to win when their sixth wicket fell. But they did not pull it off. The game was a tie when Elms threw out the seventh man, and then S. Ayling (who did the hat trick a week earlier) clean bowled the last three men in four balls. Portslade scored 111 v. Steyning, who had 5 down for 50, and 8 with only a few more added. But P. M. Breach (18*), who has played little of late, kept up an end and made runs, and he and J. Flowers (34) pulled off the game for their side. J. K . Mathews, the hockey international, was responsible for 80 of Worthing’s 188 v. Littlehampton, who were three men short, and went under by 132 runs. In a recent match between East Hoathly and Alfriston | (Cuckmere Valley League) the Rev. Arthur Haire took 13 wickets for 5 runs— 7 for 3 and 6 for 2. For Nyewood v. Heyshott last Saturday T. Frisby took 9 for 4, in one innings— 13 altogether, ! and also made 30 of his side’s total of 44, which gave them victory by an innings and 9, Heyshott scoring 21 and 14. Who said bigger wicket or narrower bat ? Littlehampton II. put out Rustington for 14, F. Salter taking 6 for 8, and T. Matthews 4 for 6, and thereafter scored 184 for 6— T. Matthews 87, J. H. Marshall 50. Greville met West Ham Asylum , unbeaten this year— a tough nut for the Greville molars ! They did very well in getting the asylum team out for 160 (G. Sturney 60, A. Honeyman 38) ; but they ought to have made more than 57 themselves. Shackle- ton, who took 7 wickets, rattled them out. W. D. Baylis’s 5 for 37 was the best thing done for Greville. B y the way, Baylis is a really wonderful cover-point, quick, accurate, scarcely ever missing anything. It would be hard to find his superior in Lon­ don club cricket. The Greville A team went to St. Albans, and met St. Albans’ II. on the beautiful Herts County Ground. They came very near to recording a capital win. Norman Rhodes topped their score of 117 with 31 ; then they got 9 of the home team out for 86, R. V. Menhennitt taking 5 for 38. Like the good sportsmen they are the St. Albans' men were quite willing to play it o u t; but the umpires had had enough and were inexorable. Have the um­ pires the right to decide such a matter, though ? The B team met Alexandra Park III., and lost by 27 runs. D. P. Claridge