Cricket 1913

350 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uste 28, 1913. Worthing (A. M.. Harrison 6 for 30), beat Hove in a match of small scores— 104 to 50. St. James’s victory by 23 runs over Clifton was mainly due to A. K. Wilson (57*) and W. Davey (32). For the losers W. Swan made 32, G. Barker Smith 30. St. Peter's beat Brighton Banks by 52, the last ball of the match deciding the issue after the Banks had looked almost safe to draw. J. Meaden (36*) was highest scorer in the game. Bognor (175 for 6, dec.—W. Ide 56*) easily beat Priory Park, Chichester (65). R. B. Lagden, S. H. Saville, and K. H. C. Woodroffe all turned out for South Lynn v. Southbourne at Eastbourne; but only the last named (39) did much with the bat. Their side won by 151 to 69. East Grinstead (264— E, Wallis 79, Hon. B. D. Butler 48), easily defeated Mr. B. H. Rendall’s XI. (124), who did better when they followed on, however, the captain scoring 54. For the winners H. E. Payne had 7 for 47. Eastbourne United Banks (H. W. Sheath 69, E. E. Chartres 49) hit off the runs necessary to win v. University School, Hastings (97), before their first wicket fell. Battersea had two wins on Saturday. In a small-scoring match at Merton they made 109 (F. Ward 57) and 76 for 1 (J. C. Christie 27*, H. Holland 27*) to the home side’s 52 and 85 for 1 (J. Boulden 41, H. T. Westley 35*). For Battersea Christie had 6 wickets for 31, and the veteran H. A. White took 4 for 18. The second team fairly wiped the floor with Heathfield II., getting them out for 48, and running up 170 for 9 (A. J. Palmer 45, A. T. Miller 28, T. G. Carter 21). F. G. Akhurst, bowling at a rare pace and with great precision, had the fine figures of 7 for 14 for Battersea. Hampstead (204) at home went down to the Nondescripts (290). But it was something like internecine warfare. Chief scorers for the winners were M. A. S. Sturt (61), R. G. D. Howell (37), H. Wade (35), W. S. Hale (33), and R. S. Everitt (32) ; and if any one had given these as the Hampstead leading bats­ men few people would have spotted the error. T. H. Farmiloe (48), J. Mackie (29), and E. W. H. Beaton (28) did best for the losers. G. J. S. Pitts had 4 for 46 for them, G. S. Hickson 4 for 25 for the Nondescripts. At Finsbury H.A.C. made 216 (G. H. Rigby 62, S. Taylor 43), and Sutton replied with 217 for 6 (A. Reynolds 66, P. R. Waterer 45, J. M. Williamson 28*), thus winning by 4 wickets. The Lessness Park bowling is scarcely strong enough this season to get out the other fellows at a reasonable cost, while the side’s batting is of sufficient strength to prevent their being dis­ missed cheaply very often : result, an unusual number of draws. Saturday added another to the list. Army Ordnance Corps on their own ground made 220 for 7, dec. (Lieut. Knibbs 72, A. M. Sergt. Skinner 52, Major Femyhough 23, Capt. Hayley 23) ; and the visitors replied with 120 for 6 (E. Lipton 35*, S. R. Wood 23). The A.O.C. had rough luck in that their fast bowler, Corporal Hatch, strained his side after sending down only one over; otherwise— but cricket isn’t the game for otherwise. Quien sabe ? ----------- At Southend Clapham Ramblers went under by a narrow margin— 91 to 99— to the home team. W. Longhurst (6 for 42) bowled well for the visitors ; but, apart from Cyril Browne (39), their batting failed, W. Horsman’s 11 being the only double figure score. Greville sent a very weak team to play the return with West Ham Asylum, and suffered the natural consequence. Their 112 j (Clement Jones 25, S. Preston 24) was not a bad score against such opposition ; but they had a lot of leather-hunting after- j wards, and without a solitary wicket to reward their efforts, M. Senior (104*) and D. Blyth (115*) taking the score to 228 unparted. Not until Saturday had any of the three Greville teams had a century recorded against it. An exciting game with Ralli Bros, ended in a win for Greville A by 4 runs. A. L. Ward’s 29 was the chief contribution to Greville’s total of 92, and Ward also took 5 wickets for 25, R. D. Prichard having 4 for 17. Out of 81 runs for the bat no fewer than 68 were the result of 4’s. The other 13 were singles— not one 2 or 3 during the innings. Greville B lost to Northwood II.(whom the A team had defeated earlier in the season) by 70 runs. E. B. Dear made 20 of their total of 79 ; J. Andrews (45) and A. Cross (23*) were chief scorers for the winners. Brixton’s captain won the toss at ManorWay, and put Derrick Wanderers in. He did not expect a total of 246 ; but E. C. Street (77) and H. M. Gorringe (61), assisted by four other double figure scorers, did good work on a pitch that was never exactly plumb. Gorringe hit Clegg four times for 6. A. Davis (6 for 51) bowled well. The visitors had two hours to get the runs in. They made 50 in the first 20 minutes, the wicket having become faster, and as long as W. Davis (100 in 80 minutes) was in they kept ahead of the clock. But in the last half-hour they lost ground, and at the finish, with 4 wickets in hand, still required 11 runs. Putney at home had an exciting game witfi Harlesden, win­ ning by 4 runs— 87 to 83. No one topped 20 in the match ; but Porter (7 for 44 for Putney) and J. Brown (6 for 48 for Harles­ den) did good work with the leather. Westbourne Park Wanderers declared at 200 for 9 v. Stan­ more, who replied with 150 for 5— E. Marriott 47, E. H. Hext 33*, C. F. Welch 25. One is glad to note Welch playing again ; his team cannot afford to do without him. Spencer (228) beat Mitcham (165) on a slowish wicket at Mitcham. F. F. Boles was again in the limelight ; his 78 was inclusive of thirteen 4’s, some of them splendid wristy hook shots. H. E. Merry (52) played well; G. M. Lloyd (29) kept out of the side till last Saturday by a bad knee, hit capitally; and J. T. Gordon (25) and J. C. Larkin (23) also contributed usefully. No one reached 30 for the home side, but D. Sullivan, J. Boxall, B. Bullock and F. L. Morey all topped 20. For Mitcham A. Stagg had 6 for 56, for Spencer W. R. Featherstonhaugh 5 for 64. Both Woodward and Boxall were in form behind the sticks ; there were only 3 extras in the match. Hampstead Nomads have not been doing too well this season. But there are reasons therefor. Illness and pressure of work have kept out of the field very frequently some of their best players, and their teams have been unrepresentative. On Thursday in last week they sent a by no means powerful eleven to Pinner, and the home side (who were having their week) played very strong. The visitors made 149, thanks mainly to a capital 47 at a critical stage by H. Browning. E. H. Quick (27) also batted well. J. H. Almond (6 for 43) was in excellent form with the ball. Pinner lost four good wickets for 70, but ultimately totalled 245 for 9. W. J. W. Giffard (58), L. K. Murray (46), D. A. Elliott (46), and F. Parkhouse (34) all batted well. S. B. K. Caulfield took 4 for 42, and H. G. Bloodworth 3 for 31. During his half- hour’s appearance in a new role L. G. Kirkpatrick effected two smart stumpings. On Saturday the Nomads started well, L. G. Kirkpatrick (58) and H. Browning (25) giving them a capital lift with a first wicket stand. But the rest gave no sign, and the total was only 119. Middlesex County Asylum made 148 (Jeffries 51, Dr. Rook 25, Dr. Willis 22). H. G. Bloodworth took 4 for 32, J. S. Caulfield 2 for 3. The Nomads batted again and made 114 for 1 (F. C. Boully 72*, Bloodworth 24*). The half-day team was depleted to make up the first XI., and lost rather heavily to Radlett, through a combination of a little bad luck, good bowling (by S. Watson), a country wicket, having to play short, and last (but not least) some rank bad batting. Radlett scored 94, C. F. Toley, making his first appearance with the club, contributing 31 of the first 44. E. L. Newton took 4 for 22, S. B. K. Caulfield 4 for 28. H. C. Pennington, who had scored between 60 and 70 in each of his last three innings, was out l.b.w. in the first over, and the Nomads simply processed thereafter—all out 45. The Nomads start their Sussex tour this week, playing Wor­ thing, Heathfield Park, Hastings and St. Leonard’s, Eastbourne, and Brook House (Ardingly). Those making the tour include L. G. Kirkpatrick, P. V. Stallon, F. C. Boully, C. Browning, “ B. Waterhouse,” A. C. P. Arnold, Major H. A. D. Richards, A. G. H. Richards, J. P. Blane, D. A. Brown, E. St. G. Hewetson, F. H. Andrews, R. WT. Geddes and E. Bloodworth. Possibly one or two others may run down for an off day ; but many of the best will be absentees. Mill Hill School have profited by the good coaching of New­ man, and have won 6 of their 7 matches to date, losing only two. One of them was the game with M.C.C., from which the captain and secretary were unfortunately absent. These two are the main­ stays of the side, the captain, D. B. Aitken, having taken 50