Cricket 1913

302 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME Jun e 14, 1913. ( 33 ) was the top scorer ; young Thornton ran himself out rather foolishly, or the result m ight have been different. Bellevue played a draw with Alexandra Park, the latter declaring at 188 for 7, and Bellevue making 105 for 8, of which J. D. F yvie claimed the very big proportion of 74. Lessness Park m et their old opponents, Sidcup, after the lapse of a season. Gerald Beasley (28) and W. Sevenoaks gave L.P . a good start— 60 io r one. Sevenoaks stayed to see five more wickets fall quickly. Then S. H. Wilson (26) also proved a stayer, and the seventh added 65. Bensley declared at 206 for 7. Sevenoaks made 109*, the best and highest innings for L.P . for quite a long time. He showed rare patience, but welted the loose ones. Sidcup moved fast at first, and got ahead of the clock at one time ; but the pace was not maintained, and a t the end the score was 145 for 6 (F. H. Liebenrood 35*, G. Motion 34, H. Jones 28, R. Wellington 23). Derrick Wanderers met Essex C. and G. at Leyton, and were beaten by 82-94 to 176. C. D. M clver hit very hard for the C. and G., his 74 including a 7 (two for an overthrow) and ten 4's. R. T . Childs (21) was top scorer for the visitors, and he also took 5 for 52. Sm ith (6 for 31) bowled well for the home team, but was helped by the seeming anxiety of his opponents to start hitting without playing themselves in first. Parson’s Green made a rare fine start v. Ealing Park, J. S. Higgs (116) and C. J. Bool (81) putting up 198 for the first wicket, and altogether made 311 for. 3 in 160 minutes, A. C. Higgs scoring 49* ; but the bowling and fielding against them were weak, and a chance or two went begging. Ealing Park could only make 82— A. C. Higgs 7 for 55, C. E. Harrod 3 for 22 the bowlers. “ Some of our team have not batted more than once this year, and some not a t all," says the P.G. secretary, and a d d s: " Cricket’s a great game ! ” It is. And there’s no law against putting tail-enders in first, Mr. Ellis ! W ill not your captain take a hint ? Spencer and B rixton had a great game. A score of 218 by the former (Larkin 71, Jennings 52), looked good enough, at least against defeat, but proved not to be. Brixton made 232, but did not pass their rivals’ score till the last men were in together. Moorhouse’s 82* was a really magnificent innings. A. J. Trollope (4 for 44) bowled well for Brixton, and W. R. Featherstonhaugh (6 for 68) did admirable work for Spencer. Putney lost heavily at K ew Green to K ew— 69 to 165 for 6. The Putney secretary says remarks concerning the match are unnecessary ; but the other fellows were in the game, and they made some, didn’t they ? Stanmore easily beat Norbury Park Wanderers, who could only make 96 against E. Wills (4 for 18) and W. A. Barnes (3 for 25). P. L. Shuter’s 26 included five 4's. E. Marriott (57) and A. L. Gorringe (55) were chief contributors to the home team ’s 201 for 6. Grove Park began their Home Week on Saturday with a match v. the Vampires. There was a tie on the first innings (83) ; then the home side set up 200 for 4 (H. W heatley 52, W. E. W est 48*) and declared, and Vampires made 104 for 4 (G. Udal 51 )- Ilford beat Wanstead by 2 runs— 148 to 146. For the win­ ners A. Porter (33) and A. J. Spelling (30) were chief scorers; R. H. Robinson (46*) batted hard to gain the day for his side. T. M. W eaver (8 for 66) added another to his long list of fine bowling performances for Ilford. I W ith first innings, Windsor Home Park ran up the good score of 240 v. Slough at Slough. R. S. Durnford (72) played a free, attractive game, and N. I.. W right (57*) lashed out freely. He hit eight 4’s, Durnford, who was missed in the slips at 20, seven. Slough opened wretchedly. Those two strong towers, T. R. K en t and the left-handed W. Adams, went without a run on the board. K ent was out to a splendid catch low down in the slips, but the running-out of Adams was sheer bad cricket. E. Southall and E. J. Leat (the latter’s first appearance this year) made 40 each, and M. L. W alter helped the former to add 47 for the third wicket— a very welcome stand after such an opening. L eat hit seven 4’s. R. A. Young, better known to fame as a wicket-keeper and batsman for Cambridge University and Sus­ sex, then wrought havoc. He got a good deal of work, and took 7 for 72 in all. Nine wickets were down, and Slough looked beaten, but G. Dewley and O. P. Horlick defended stubbornly without troubling about runs, and played out time— 149 for 9 the score. Melrose played a tie game with St. John’s, Hampstead, each side scoring 70. W. Copping (24) and S. Mason (19) were chief contributors to the Melrose total. They were both out to good catches off big hits by Bowles in the long field. A. Gander took wickets. No one made more than 14 for St. John’s. R. Gander was very smartly out in attempting a fifth run for a big hit in the square-leg direction. McCormack raced to save the boundary and the ball reached Gall, the wicket-keeper, via S. Mason just in time for him to whip off the bails. St. John's had 9 down for 68 ; W ilcox scored a two, and then A. Mason clean bowled him with the last ball of an over. W. Mason (3 for 15), A. Mason (3 for 28), H. McCormack (2 for 4) all bowled well for Melrose. Ipswich and East Suffolk made 183 v. Durham L.I. (S. J. Smith 36, P . P. Cornell 33) ; but the m ilitary side won by 6 wickets, Captain B. C. Fairfax playing a fine innings of 93, and he and W. E. Parke (40) putting up 84 before a wicket fell. Bury and West Suffolk brought off a good win against Ely, who, eight runs behind in the first innings, declared a t 78 for 5 as a forlorn hope. B ut the 71 needed were quickly knocked off, Penfold, the county bowler, making 63*. The second team of Ipswich and East Suffolk had a bad day. Stowmarket made 209, W. Diggle contributing 90, w ith a lot of luck ; then the home side collapsed for 45 (E. H. T. Woods 28), F. M. Wharton taking 6 wickets for 14, and Dr. E. W . Gostling the last two for o. On Wednesday in last week Eastbourne College, who lacked A. E. M. Scott, lost to Christ’s Hospital at West Horsham. G. H. Goolden made 44 of the Eastbourne total of 84, W. J. Cullen (5 for 27) bowling very effectively. The same player was the chief figure when the Bluecoats batted. He scored 50, and no one else reached 20. Eastbourne scored 93 for 7 in their second effort, Goolden again top score with 33. The Chancellor’s son made none and none— which is rhyme, if not poetry. But he bowled very well (3 for 26), as did W. Reed (5 for 59), the latter distinguishing himself by holding two hot returns left-handed. On both sides the fielding was very keen and good. Old Buckenham Hall put up another big score on Saturday — 401 v. Carrow. Captain Greswell made 101, B. D. Bannon 74, A. C. MacLaren 71, E. J. Fulcher 61. R. W. Collinson (Yorkshire and Norfolk) was top scorer for Carrow (188), with 83. Hongkong and Shanghai Bank easily beat Chingford— 139 for 7 to 86. Hansell (4 for 15) and Knight (4 for 35) bowled well for the bank, and Mackintosh hit hard for his 67*. Crofton Park II. beat Heathfield A by 36— 115 to 79. C. Lepper’s 34 for the winners was highest score of the match, and W. A. Mears (7 for 32) bowled well. Swansea v. Llanelly was a remarkable match. No one but Bancroft could do much with Vogler, who was at the top of his form, and took 7 for 55. Of a total of 116 the international Rugger man made 61 in great style. A fter a delay of half-an- hour through rain Llanelly went in, every one expecting them to get the runs easily. They began very well too, Percy Rees and Hugh Howell making double figures. But after that Creber was unplayable, and all were out for 63. A line from Vogler tells me that Creber (8 for 20) bowled as well as any left­ hander he has ever seen— “ a Blythe on his best day,” he says. T h at’s good enough. Plymouth Merthyr (or Hills Plymouth, or Hills Plymouth Merthyr, for there seems to be a lot of doubt about the club’s correct name) is generally counted the strongest side in South Wales. B ut on Saturday it crumpled up badly before Cardiff, who ran up 156 (H. J. K. Lears, 38, N. V. H. Riches 35, T. R. Morgan 30), and then put out their opponents for 16 1 W. W. Odell, the Leicestershire crack (5 for 9) and Chandlers (3 for 5) were the agents of destruction. Penarth got out Barry for 87, and then made 195 (R. A. Gibbs 47, Stoner 42*, J. E. Staines 32, H. H. Sweet-Escott 31). Panteg have only themselves to blame for going down to Abertillery.