Cricket 1913

Jun e 21, 1913. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 327 defended stubbornly; and Gibbs had got off the mark very nicely when he mistimed one of Wells’s expresses, and was caught by first slip from a cannon off the stumper. Three of the railway men were run out. The total was only 89. At Hounslow G.W.R. II. easily defeated the home side’s second string, Mead playing well for 38. Shorncliffe Garrison (100 and 129 for 2, dec.) and St. Law­ rence (170 and 60 for 6) put in a full and busy day at Shomcliffe, the home side trying hard to snatch victory out of defeat. Their veteran pro., Wingham, bowled his seductive lobs to effect in St, Lawrence’s second, getting three men stumped off him. A. C. Edwards’s 48 in the visitors’ first was the highest score of the match; Lieut.-Col. Sir E. R. Bradford (43*), Lieut. N. W. Wells-Cole (35*), and Lieut. D. M. McConnell (32) scored first in the Garrison’s second. Clinch took 6 for 51 in their first. West Kent Wanderers’ first team had rather a bad day. London Joint Stock Bank (150 for 2— J. K. Williams 62) beat them by 54 runs, F. W. Allardyce (46) alone doing much for W.K.W. But the team won their match in good style. All Saints made 139 (Waite 60), and only 80minutes were left to get the runs in. Morrell (41) and Lucy (20) put up 58 for the first wicket, the former forcing the game effectively ; but there were 39 still to get and only 17 minutes to go when, with five wickets down, the captain, H. J. Phillips, joined E. Knight. Before time was called the score had been taken to 159, Knight (who is a South African) making 45*, Phillips 22*. The other A team easily beat Brunswick— 146 to 54. A. Bronsdon, a very useful bat, made 38, and J. Brown contributed a stylish 34. Towers had 4 for 10. Hampstead at home had a very easy win over Streatham. G. G. Dumbelton played a fine innings of in * for them, and R. D. Robertson did some superb hitting, scoring 92 in about 25 minutes. They declared at 341 for 5, and got out Streatham for 121. Another Hampstead team was at Woodford Wells, and beat the local side by 184 to 150. C. H. Eiloart’s 61 for the winners was considerably the best score of the game. T. G. Grinter made another century, for South Woodford, his third in succession. Edmonton were the victims this time. Grinter had scored 451 since he last lost his wicket! Stanmore, after going down heavily to Edgware (60 to 192 —W. J. Newberry 50) on Thursday, also took a nasty knock, referred to in another par, in their game with O.M.T.'s on Saturday. But the club had to do without the aid of the Stan­ more School masters in these two games, and that makes a lot of difference to them. Moreover, C. F. Walch, their crack bat, has been crocked— bad knee. He may turn out again on Saturday. ----------- Derrick Wanderers at home easily beat Oxshott. H. T. Fox (34) and W. G. Hankin (59) sent up 101 before the first wicket fell; and thereafter, the edge being taken off the bowling, H. R. Rennie (46), H. M. Gorringe (43), and R. T. Childs (36) forced the pace finely, Rennie hitting ten 4’s. The total was 270 for 7 then a declaration was made. Oxshott could only make 84, Rennie taking 5 for 52, E. C. Street 4 for 12. Gorringe was in fine form behind the stumps ; he stands right up to all bowling, and makes very few mistakes. There was no extra in the Oxshott score on Saturday. There was a regrettable incident at Rainham. The home side made 147 v. Arlington and Leytonstone— F. Harris 45, H. C. Mace 31. A. Barclay took 6 for 51. The visitors had made 147 for 9, twelve a side playing (A. J. Sharp 30*, W. Ruffels 29), when, with the game made a tie off the first ball of an over, the Rainham umpire pulled up the stumps and declared the game ended. The home players supported his action ; the visitors, quite rightly, demanded that the over should be finished. The M.C.C. Decisions and Interpretations say, with reference to Law 45 : “ Umpires should not call ' Time ’ before the Over is finished unless a wicket falls within two minutes’of ' Time.' ” This could not have been the case at Rainham, as the not-outs were 30 and 10 respectively. The Rainham people were all , wrong, and one hopes they will realise the fact and make proper ] apology. For a quarter of a century the two clubs have met regularly ; but A. and L. have cancelled the return match, and will not go to Rainham again. Crofton Park had two second teams in the field on Saturday. Both lost, one to White House II. by 45 runs, the other to Stanley II. by 73. Against White House Theobalds made 70*, much the highest score of the game, but he got no support. A. Hurst scored 89 for Stanley II. F. Barton (28) and C. P. Mears (25) made most of the runs for Crofton Park. As C.P.’s first team went down heavily to Beckton, it was a bad day for the club altogether. But bad days will come. Crofton Park have had more than their share of late— that’s all. Fulham, declaring at 222 for 7 (Goldsmith 46, Bramwell 41, Jones 35*), got out Putney for 145. Denman played a good uphill game for his 62, only Lee left (27) giving him much help. The ground was hard, and the boundaries -were short, and Fulham found run getting easy. Old Charlton (W. C. D. Weller 117, F. Norgrove 27, F. J. Tyler 22, A. J. Pitt 21*) declared at 227 for 6 v. Lessness Park, who struggled hard right up to 7.15 to save the game, and managed to do so in the end. Four down for 51 was desperate ; but here S. H. Wilson, who had gone in first, was joined by a good man lately out of luck, F. Clark, and they added 60. Wilson was out then for 33 ; but Clark stayed on to make 55, his best innings for the club so far, and E. Upton (31*) showed his usual nerve in a crisis. Eight for 159 was the final score. A L.P. fieldsman in the country on Saturday actually stumbled upon a partridge, which shot up unhurt and flew away beyond the pines. There is a swallow’s nest inside the pavilion on the hilltop ground, and the little white-breasted mother bird does not like Saturday’s invasions a b it! Greville had rather a bad time, losing all of their matches. But all three were enjoyable games, and there were some welcome exceptions to the general poverty of performance. The first XI. met Mottingham Wanderers at home, and lost by 77 to 122. P. Rastin (41) for the winners and W. D. Baylis (20) for the home team were top scorers. Baylis, put on to bowl late, had really fine figures: 7 overs, 15 runs, 7 wickets. Greville A found rather more than their match in a good side from King's College, who, after getting them out for 62, ran up 157(C. G. Stanbury 43, C. Hall, 34, J. Matthews 33). The regular bowlers of the losing team had little success ; but A. L. Ward (5 for 38) did unexpectedly well. The B team went down even more heavily. L. and N.W.R. III. put them out for 49, and then scored 135. C. T. Marchment (5 for 22) alone showed up well on the losing side. Hampstead Nomads decisively beat University College School. Towards their 230 for 9 F. C. Boully contributed 65, N. Pearson 55, J. S. Caulfield 46, H. E. Crawfurd 31. The school made 135, Crawfurd taking 7 for 31. By the way, Mr. S. B. K. Caulfield (F.R.I.B.A.), the Nomads’ secretary and a left-hand bowler of no little ability, recon­ structed the North Middlesex pavilion, which was burned down by—who knows ?— on the 7th inst. It had only been finished about a fortnight. Beulah usually give Linden Park (Tunbridge Wells) a good game ; but the team seems to have struck a bad patch, and went down heavily to the Park this time—60 in response to 224 for 4, dec. H. Churchill (78), B. Jempson (54) and S. Eisenfor (46*), all batted well, and were right on top of bowling that was nothing like as good as usual. Windsor Home Park scored 155 v. Slough at Windsor, R. S. Dumford’s 32 being top score, and at call of time the visitors had 146 for 7 up, E. J. Leat having made 42. H. L. Walter’s 4 for 25 for Slough was the best analysis of the game. Balham Wanderers played six matches during their Kent tour last week, winning four and losing two. The defeats were on Wednesday and Thursday, when the batting failed. Through the week T. J. Wheeler (average 44 for 6 innings, highest score 87) and S. Hanna (average 39 for 7 innings, 2 not out, highest score 78) batted well, and the latter also took 14 wickets for 121. But H. W. Weaver, the Heathfield bowler, had the best record in the attack— 17 for 139. Wheeler and Wall also bowled well. IWeather and wickets were first-rate.