Cricket 1913

328 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Jun e 21, 1913. There was one great outstanding performance in Birmingham League circles on Saturday— F. G. Stephens’s 200* for Moseley v. Stourbridge. Made of a total of 279 for 9 in 150 minutes, it included twenty eight 4’s, and was a really splendid performance. It is the second highest score ever made in the League, William Quaife holding the record. Other centuries—by Grimshaw for Dudley v. Handsworth Wood and by J. F. Stevenson for Mitchell and Butler’s v. Smeth­ wick—were registered ; but batsmen did not have matters all their own way. For Aston Unity v. Walsall H. L. Simms took 6 for 12 ; for Moseley v. Stourbridge A. W. Smith had 6 for 19 ; and for Kidderminster v. West Bromwich, Dartmouth, W. G. Gothin lowered 5 for 13. Gothin was also top scorer for his side, hitting a 6 and ten 4’s in his 51. Wilkinson made 85 for Mitchell and Butler’s, and A. Devey 51* for Aston Unity. George Milne was again one of the most prominent figures in Tynside League matches. For Benwell Hill v. the County Club he scored 81 and took 6 for 85. G. Denham (73) and G. W. Thompson (60*) also scored well for the Hill, who won a fine victory by 6 wickets against a total of 213'(G. H. Watson 73). St. George’s easily beat Old Novocastrians, J. S. Nesbit and R. W. Nicholson each attaining three figures, and H. C. Elliott making 97 for the losers. Wallsend (S. Anderson 81) had a struggle with Ryton (T. Graham 55*), and only won by 11 runs — 178 to 167. Benwell beat Tynemouth by 48 runs, the veteran Klsey taking 8 for 40. Cardiff had rather a surprise on Saturday. Swansea ran up 210 against them (hi. A. Billings 60, Maxwell 59*), and then put them out for 109 (T. R. Morgan 39, Norman Riches 30), Maxwell taking 8 for 43. Newport (182, F. G. Phillips 75, L. Phillips 34) easily beat Strand (no— Huggins 34), though the latter had first knock. W. Spiller, the Rugger international, made 90* for St. Fagan’s (182), who had 5 Penarth wickets down for 99 at close of play. Panteg made 155 (C. Williams 37*, J. H. Evans 35) v. Abergavenny,who had rather the best of the draw, making 135 for 6 (Dr. W. S. Tresawna 65). Tresawna hit the ball out of the ground five times in one over. A match between the same clubs on Thursday had ended in an easy win for Panteg— 181 ; Smith 65, G. Davis 39— to Abergavenney’s 51. Smith bowled well, taking 7 wickets. Among the other Saturday matches were Ebbw Vale v. Tredegar— a big licking for the latter, who only made 61, whereas their opponents scored 205 (H. J. Wright 68, R. Graham 35, J. E. Lord 34) ; and Neath v. Briton Ferry, also a runaway game— Neath 189 (T. A. L. Whittington 71, J. W. Jones 42), Briton Ferry 92. In the Durham League Boldon entertained the champions— their keenest rivals to boot— Sunderland. Brooks again won the toss and put the other side in. A stand for the third wicket by J- J- Common, the county stumper (65) and E. Campbell, a colt (26), was the feature of the innings, no one else doing much. Smith took 3 wickets in 5 balls. Sunderland had 2i hours to get 159 in, and kept just ahead of the clock. E. L. Squance (29) and Hubert Brooks (46) batted well, and added 77 for the fourth wicket. This fell at 121, with 40 minutes le ft; then J. Hopper (36*) joining J. M. Russell (24*) hit with such force that the total was carried to 162 in nine minutes ! Sunderland retain their unbeaten certificate. Eppleton, a greatly improved side, beat Burnmoor by 63 runs in spite of being without their pro., Cox. Newsome (5 for 27) and Oldham (5 for 28) put out Burnmoor for 86, and Eppleton replied with 149, their last wicket adding 32. Chester-le-Street easily beat Durham City— 154 for 4 (J. Turnbull 79*) in response to 106. Thackeray had 7 for 46 for the winners. That Hendon should defeat South Shields was rather a sur­ prise. Weight recovered his all-round form, and with 84 and 5 for 55 had a big share in the victory. H. N. Dixon (21 and 3 wickets) also did well. These two are the Hendon stalwarts. H. Lee (53) played up pluckily for the losers. Scores— 167 ; 132. Wearmouth (Rothery 74* in a total of 152 for 2) were all over Seaham Harbour (106). Whitburn v. Philadelphia was the only exciting game. Philadelphia made 100 (R. C. Harrison 30) ; Whitburn, struggling hard all the time, managed to reach 116— James 41. W.#Browning (14*), quite a youngster, showed fine nerve at a critical time. The young players of the League are showing up well this season. J. Hopper and Bodin (Sun­ derland), Campbell (Boldon), Pollock (Seaham), Walton and Ingram (Philadelphia), Sharp (Burnmoor), Dixon (Hendon), Tate (Chester-le-Street), and the younger Marshall (Eppleton) have all, like Browning, won their spurs while yet mere boys. E. L. Squance, one of the best bats in the county, has only just attained his majority, too. Our Lincolnshire correspondent writes : Even really strong clubs may meet with a couple of reverses on one afternoon, a case in point being Lincoln Lindum on Saturday. The first team were at Nottingham, and Notts Forest somewhat easily defeated them. Lindum batted first, and E. Pullein, fresh from his tour up north with the county team, put on the biggest score — 61 ; R. Whitton made a most useful contribution of 49, and A. Bavin scored 26 ; and the very fair total of 177 was realised. Notts Forest quickly lost one wicket to Bavin’s bowling, but 1hen came a long and determined stand by H. W. Dexter and H. W. Long, who practically ensured victory for their side before a separation was effected. The former scored 65, and the latter 62*. A. B. Crawford (38) also made a long stay at the crease, and the Lindum score was passed for the loss of only three wickets. The Lindum Second were at Kelliam Hall, and the latter team knocked up 169, there being six double-figure innings, every one scoring something. V. Pennell (46) and J. Manning (48) made fine attempts to pull off victory, but except for H. L. Howitt the others rendered but little assistance, and their total was only 133. Grantham, on the other hand, brought off a double victory — the first XI. at Nottingham and the second at home. The former fixture was against Notts Forest Amateurs, and while the latter were not at full strength, they are always good enough to give opponents a tussle. The Amateurs batted first, but so excellent was the bowling of Appleby (who is in great form this season) that the side was out for 100, Appleby taking 7 for42. Grantham’s form at the crease was undeniable, for each of the six batsmen who were lucky enough to get an innings scored double figures, M. Broughton making a dashing 52. The total was 167 for 60. Grantham II. were opposed to King’s School, Grantham, and had the better of the game from start to finish. Batting first, the home eleven made 172, J. P. Hearle, captain for the day, leading with a 64 obtained by strokes all around the wicket, with E. Harding, a good second (47)— it might well have been 50 had all the runs possible been attempted. The School batsmen found the bowling of Geeson altogether too good for them, and’ he had the remarkable figures of 6 for 8. Harvey made 17 of the total, which was only 34. They were put in again, this second venture realising 61 for 4. By the way, two new records were set up on the London Road ground on the previous Thursday—Grantham scoring 277 runs (their highest aggregate in one innings) against Notts Com­ mercials, and one of their number, T. H. Bowman (an old Den- stone College boy) running up 164 not out, the highest individual score ever made for Grantham. The previous best was the 150 not out by the captain, W. E. Thompson, at Peterborough, three seasons ago. Bowman’s innings was a really fine display. Gainsborough were in fine scoring mood on Saturday, their 195 against Shireoaks being the result of a capital all-round innings, eight batsmen getting double figures. There were three outstanding scores— E. Riley (his Northern tour with the County had evidently got him into good trim) 39, A. V. Green 38, and A. White 32. Shireoaks made a not very, adequate response— 94, J. W. Harris contributing 37 of them. Peterborough are said not to be very strong this season, but there are doubts about this at Spalding, for last Saturday the result was— Peterborough 168, Spalding 57. The victors' score was not by any means a one man effort, though H. Baynes’s 49 stands out the best. Of the Spalding eleven L. S. Harrison alone made double figures— 18. On Wednesday in last week Lindum had 6 wickets down for 70 v. Woodhall Spa. Then Dr. Barnes and the pro., Meunier, got together, and by really finehitting added 147, when the former was caught for a level hundred. Meunier carried his bat for 74, the innings being declared. On the stroke of time the visitors were all out for 113, Lindum winning by 104 runs.