Cricket 1913

June 14, 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 303 They underrated their visitors, put a weak team in the field, were all out for 39, and were beaten by 70 runs. Ebbw Vale made 143 for 8 (J. E. Lord 66) v. Beaufort, declared, and got out Beaufort for 61. Plenty of runs were scored in the Durham League, plumb wickets prevailing. A. Newsome for Eppleton v. S. Shields did the biggest thing of the day. He made his 160 in 105 minutes, hitting a 6 and twenty 4’s. ,W. Wood (61) and A. L. Scott-Owen (43) were overshadowed by his brilliant display, but did good work nevertheless. Eppleton declared at 326 for 6. South Shields had the audacity to go for the runs. Everybody scored, and scored fast, and, at call of time they had made 274 for 7— W. McEwan 56, W. Foster's 52, J. N. Beazley 50, Harry 35. As my correspondent says, the Eppleton pitman ought to have felt that he had full value for his threepence, when 600 runs were scored in an afternoon’s play ! For Chester-le-Street v. Hendon J. Tate made the other century in the Durham League’s matches, and, though he gave one chance, batted finely, always seeming master of the bowling. J. Robinson contributed 69, and the innings was declared at 250 for 8. Hendon responded tamely, and were all out for 140 (Weight 37, W. Maltby 30). Wearmouth did a fine performance in beating Durham City, whose score was 2 o (F. Darling 52, E. Scott 33, E. Barrass 32) made in three hours. Wearmouth were left with 110 minutes to win in, and they won. H. Clode (54), Rothery (41), T. Prince (34), W. F. Parrington (30), and J. Finch (26) all doing their share. The boundaries were by no means short, which fact makes the victory all the more meritorious. Philadelphia did very well to make 204 v. Sunderland, R. Hall, A. J. Ingram, T. Patterson, J. R. Harrison, R. C. Harrison, and Harling all making over 25, the last three each 26. This was after Hubert Brooks had put the home side in. But Sunderland always kept pretty well up with the clock. Brooks (30) and E. L. Squance (61) gave them a fine start; J. Russell (53*) and J. Hopper (28) continued the work ; and the colt, H. D. Bodin, gave the finishing touch. His 26 was made up of a six and five 4’s, and his side won seven minutes before time. Scoring was much lower in the other two games. Boldon put out Seaham Harbour for 109, Kitchener taking 7 for 43, and then, with what seemed an easy victory in prospect, col­ lapsed for 72 before Warner (8 for 32). If Warner continues to do so well Notts may be asking for him back. E. Campbell, only lately promoted to the first team, played a plucky innings of 25* for Boldon. Whitburn (131— R. Abbott 39, W. D. Allison 33) went under to Burnmoor (143 for 6— J. G. Rutherford 71* during most of the work). For Consett v. Gateshead Fell (N.W. Durham League) H. L. Dales, the county player, hit splendidly. He made his 155 in 135 minutes, and it included five 6’s and twenty-two 4’s ! In the Tyneside League the scoring was less heavy than in the Durham matches. North Durham declared at 226 for 8 v. Wallsend, E. Lambert (64) and Ward (61) being chief contri­ butors, and got their opponents out for 165 (R. G. Elliott 65), Ward taking 6 for 61. St. George’s gave Backworth Percy a trouncing, declaring at 272 for 6 (J. S. Nesbit 73, Wingham 72, C. F. Stanger-Leathes 36) and getting out the colliery club for 92 (Jackson’s 20 top score). Wingham had 5 for 37, C. M. Skinner 4 for 44. Milne (66 and 5 for 46) again did fine work for Benwell Hill. The Ryton bowlers will remember the punishment they got on June 7, 1913. Milne, hit a 6 and ten 4’s, H. E. Collin’s (75) three 6’s and six 4’s, and G. Denham (41) two 6’s and six 4’s. Total, 273. Ryton all out for 111. Tynemouth (128—W. R. Davies 37) had no very big margin over Tynedale (115—T. Craig 31, S. G. Robson 29). Benwell’s margin over South Northum­ berland was smaller still— 158 to 152. The highest score for the winners was F. Tennant’s 21 ; for the losers H. L. Benson made 42, F. Latimer 39, W. Stevens 34. Which looks queer, but eight Benwell men made doubles, whereas eight of the other side only made 32 among them. Elsey (8 for 58) was a prominent figure in his side’s victory. Our Staffordshire correspondent writes :—North Stafford­ shire and District League players returned to good humour last Saturday, for the whole of their games were got through without interruption, and only one draw occurred. Following the heavy rains of the previous few days wickets were rather in favour of the bowlers, and there was not much big scoring. The heaviest aggregate fell to Stoke, who made merry with the Tunstall bowling and closured at 191 for four. P. Briggs (25) and W. D. Kirkby (30) gave the side a send-off which was reminiscent of some of their last season's doings, and J. Dyke (27) also did well. But the man of the hour was Nichols, who was at the crease whilst 151 runs were got, his personal share being 87*— seven 4’s, six 3’s and twelve 2's being included. Tunstall’s batting was poor, as is so often the case, and they finished at 88, only J. Broad, their captain (31), making much headway. Pro­ fessional bowling was at a discount in this game, for Nichols had but one wicket, and Morgan sent down 17 overs without reward. For Stoke K. H. Bailey had 4 for 40, and H. Burt 5 for 27. Only 11 wickets fell at Longton, Fenton declaring at 176 for five, and Longton getting 104 for six in playing out time. The visiting team were short of their captain, H. England, and his deputy, H. Dearing, and it is to be feared that a leg trouble will prevent further appearances of the keen and popular Yorkshire- man this season. Fenton's chief rungetters were A. Mellor (44), J. G. Drake (43) and H. Deyes (31), the two amateurs recording 65 for the third wicket. Longton had slightly over two hours in which to get the runs needed, but they lost a couple of good men for two notches, and afterwards their sole idea was to save the game. Thanks to C. Edwards and H. Bradbury they achieved this, and the rival team had to be content with a paper advantage. Bradbury played capital cricket for his 45*— seven 4’s— but he had a life which probably cost Fenton two points. Crewe Alexandra had no chance against the all-conquering Porthill men, who for the fourth time this season refused to allow their opponents to pass the thirties, and as usual Barnes and Harry Eardley bowled unchanged. The Alexandra’s total was 36, but two players reached doubles, and the other nine only managed a dozen notches betwixt them ! Barnes did not hit the wickets during the afternoon, but his spoil was 6 for 19, this left-handed colleague had 3 for 14. On a pitch that was never a fair sample of the Crewe brand Porthill failed to shine as rungetters, but they had the game won with seven wickets standing, play ceasing with the score at 124 for 8. Barnes (50*) played clever cricket, and stumper John Poole was next best with 25 (five 4’s). Knypersley won cleverly against Stone, who lacked several prominent players, and batted inwoefully weak style. And with two exceptions Knypersley did no better, only H. E. Bourne and G. Cooper finding the bowling to their taste. Bourne counted 47 of the 79 scored when the third wicket fell, and the efforts of the rest could only increase the aggregate by 31. A. Brett and Robinson did nearly all Stone’s bowling, and shared the wickets between them, the amateur having 6 for 58, and the pro. 4 for 31. The home club scored 9, and then lost three batsmen, and they never recovered from the shock, the last wicket falling at 70. Sedgwick and G. Cooper bowled unchanged, the former doing most execution with 6 for 26, and the amateur was an able backer with 4 for 38. Leek’s fifth victory of the season was at the expense of Nor­ ton, and the feature of a match of small scores was the bowling of Day, who had four wickets— including the hat trick— in one over, and finished with 8 for 13 1 Ernest Tatton went clean through the Norton innings for 12*, and the total was but 48. Leek also found runs hard to get, but a fine 32 from Harry Eller­ ton determined the issue in their favour, and they eventually reached 85. H. Matthews, J. Martin and Pestell accomplished some good bowling for the losers, the first-named coming out best with 4 for 27. The feature of Burslem’s match with Silverdale was un­ doubtedly the clever all-round play of Mills, who was more in the limelight than hitherto this season, and the champions’ win was certainly due to the ex-Cheltenham player's prowess. Along with Albert Cook, his skipper, he bowled unchanged, and in thirteen overs, plus three balls, took seven wickets for 20 runs, Cook’s bag being 3 for 25. Silverdale finished at 50, and Burslem required but another run to have doubled the score. The winners had four dual figure scorers, Mills being an easy first with 32.