Cricket 1913

J une 28, 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 351 wickets at 9 each to date, and averaged 25 with the bat, while the secretary, C. Griffith-Jones, has a batting average of 35 and has taken 25 wickets at 15 each. Against Aldenham Aitken took 13 for 98. He is a left-hander. Against Berkhamsted he and Griffith-Jones each scored 63. Griffith-Jones made 75 in great style v. University College School, and his brilliant 94 enabled the school to hit off the 165 set them to win by Finchley in 80 minutes with time to spare. Aitken's 7 for 41 and 58 v. Leyes also deserve mention. Radley is another school which has been going strong. In defeating Westminster, one of the strongest school sides of the year, by 11 runs after a great fight they did a big thing. Keller’s 28 was the chief contribution to the Radleians’ total of 169. and he was out to a wonderful catch low down at cover. S. H. Day, who is a master at Westminster, expressed himself in terms of high praise as to Keller’s form. On a plumb wicket 169 did not look nearly good enough ; but Reid, the Radley skipper, magnifi­ cently stumped one of the first pair, and between 19 and 4.1 Aked got in three undeniable ones which found victims. They were all three alike— well up on the off and nipping in viciously. G. B. F. Rudd, the Pinks’ skipper, came in at 16 and scored 62 of the next 83. Coote’s fine catch fittingly ended a splendid innings. West­ minster had 9 down for 103. Then the bowling seemed to go to pieces, and the last pair hit out pluckily, and added 55. Then Aked, to every one’s relief, held a return— simple enough, but hearts were in mouths while it travelled ! Radley have beaten this term a strong Free Foresters team, Merton College, Worcester College, and Christ Church. They got out a strong Authentics side for 167 ; but Burton and Havelock Davies, with Ritchie (Trinity), dismissed them for 116 in return. Only twice— by M.C.C. and Keble— has 200 been reached against the school; they have made three scores of over 200 and one of 332 (v. Merton). Orsett (74) beat Arlington and Leytonstone (63), the batting of both sides on a wicket of the sporting type being poor. For A. and L., J. F. Sharp took 7 for 18, W. Ruffels 2 for 9. On Wednesday in last week Ipswich and East Suffolk, declaring at 281 for 9, beat Shotley Barracks (179) in the last over of the day. A. R. Williams (83) and V. F. Gaby (78) added 116 for the fifth wicket of the winners. Gaby hit very hard indeed. The day before Bury and West Suffolk beat Dur­ ham Light Infantry by a single run— 79 to 78. On Saturday Framlingham College Masters (A. Macqueen 78) made 178 v. I. and E.S., who had but scant time to get the runs in. But they put up ioo within an hour. With 25 minutes left P. P. Cornell joined O. Mortimer— 48 still wanted then ! Cornell slammed 33, and the winning hit was made two minutes from time, Mortimer being out just before for a really fine 55. G. J. Willans had 6 of the 7 wickets that fell at a cost of 64, and Waters took 7 for 53 for the winners. There was, it will be seen, no lack of excitement in Suffolk cricket of the best class last week. Birmingham League cricket was not quite as sensational as on the previous Saturday ; but plenty of runs were made. Cor- field (West Bromwich Dartmouth) and R. E. Hawkins (Wallsall) scored centuries ; and other good innings were played by G. H. Tyler (81, Moseley v. Kidderminster), H. Matthews (56*, W. B. Dartmouth v. Handsworth Wood), Capt. R. F. Davidge (82, Kidderminster v. Moseley), L. F. Taylor (67, Walsall v. Mitchell and Butler’s), A. T. Lyons (64, Walsall v. M. & B.’s), R. E. Parr (60, M. & B.’s v. Walsall), and H. A. Parkes (68*, Dudley v. Smethwick). Corfield hit a 6 and sixteen 4’s in his 100. Perhaps Tyler’s was as good an innings as any. It is true he was missed before he had scored ; but after that he played excel­ lent cricket while his comrades mostly failed,.and made well over half his side's total. There were some good bowling performances in Yorkshire Council matches, witness E. Wr. King’s 8 for 37 (Elland v. Barns­ ley), Knutton’s 8 for 45 (Bradford v. Harrogate), Denton’s 9 for 56 (Ossett v. Morley), Mortimer’s 7 for 56 (Batley v. Chickenley), and Crawford’s 6 for 52 (Hull v. York). Two centuries were recorded— Smith’s for Mirfield v. Cleckheaton, and Crossley’s for Heckmondwike v. Dewsbury and Savile. Booth also made 86 for Mirfield, and H. Wr. Rhodes 70 for Heckmondwike. Bowlers had rather the best of matters in the Lancashire League, too. Among the analyses recorded were Llewellyn's 6 for 68 (Accrington v. Rishton), F. Sinfield’s 5 for 41 (Rishton v. Accrington), Wilson’s 5 for 22 and Stansfield’s 5 for 31 (Tod- morden v. Colne), F. W. Duerr’s 7 for 39 (Ramsbottom v. Bacup), Kermode’s 6 for 22 (Bacup v. Ramsbottom), Parkin’s 6 for 30 (Church v. East Lancashire), and Norbury’s 6 for 58 (East Lancashire v. Church). Parkin’s figures were remarkable ; he had one for 28 at his first spell, and when put on again took 5 for 2 ! Good batting feats were recorded by J. E. Brooks (65*, Nelson v. Enfield). M.C. Disley (87, Rawtenstall v. Hasling- den), and Norbury (50, of a total of 94, East Lancashire v. Church) ; but there was no century. In the Central Lancashire League T. Simpson (5 for 24, Dukinfield v. Rochdale), Vost (7 for 14, Royton v. Oldham), Morris (5 for 12, Oldham v. Royton), Rhodes (5 for 22. Oldham v. Royton). and E. Bowden (6 for 18, Littleborough v. Walsden) were among the stumps. J. Preston made 90* for Littleborough, Lionel Cranfield 67 for Heywood v. Middleton, and Irvine Dearna- ley 88 for Glossop v. Werneth. Benwell Hill met with their first defeat of the season in the Tyneside League. Milne was less effective than usual with the ball, but he was the only man to make more than a dozen for his side, his score being 67 (one 6, eight 4’s included). For the winners. South Northumberland, no one reached 40 ; but there were six double figure scores, and the total of 157 was 32 ahead of Benwell Hill’s. Stevenson, for the winners, had 5 for 40. G. L. Hunting, the old Loretto boy, gave a magnificent hitting display for the County Club v. Wallsend. His 120* included five 6’s and fifteen 4’s. His side won easily, their opponents tumbling out for 87 to the bowling of the Rev. H. White, G. H. Watson, and Stapleton. No one else reached 20 for the winners ; the other batsmen seem merely to have looked on while Hunting hit. Richardson (83) and T. Caughey (53) scored well for Ryton v. North Durham, and the Ryton total was 230. Thanks to A. Winnard (50), Ward (37), and J. Robinson (34) North Durham looked well on the way to victory at one stage ; but T. Graham and T. Caughey played havoc with the tail, and they lost by 42 runs. St. George’s declared at 261 for 7 v. Benwell, Wingham having made 81* and J. S. Nesbit 61, but could not force a win, Benwell having only 7 wickets down for a small total at the finish. Tynedale beat Old Novocastrians in a small scoring game, H. Arkle (5 for 44) and Hetherton (4 for 26) bowling well for the winners; and Backworth Percy went down heavily to Tynemouth, for whom R. T. Whitehorn made 103*, J. Wilkinson 63*, and R. Myers 60. Wilkinson had 5 for 48, too— a good match for him. Jackson's 23 was top score for the losers. The chief feature of the North-West Durham League’s matches was Hardisty’s 151, made in under two hours, for Me- domsley v. Birtley. H. Dyson made 91 for Consett v. Craghead, Nixon 61* for Craghead v. Consett, and A. W. Gowland 59 for South Moir v. Swalwell. For Coxhoe v. Brandon in a minor league E. Mitchell had a remarkable analysis— 8 (all bowled) for nine runs. He twice did the hat trick. R. St. L. Fowler, the old Etonian, made top score (90*) for Phoenix v. Royal Artillery in a two days’ match at Dublin last week end ; but S. H. Cochrane (88) was a good runner-up, and E. E. S. Young (55 and 45) made a higher aggregate than either. Phoenix scored 169 and 364 for 6. dec. ; R. A. 236 (A. L. Palmer 59, C. H. Cameron, 48, L. E. Booth 38*) and 97 for 1 (E. R. Maxwell and J. H. Thorburn each 37*). Leinster declared at 325 for 6 (R. J. Ogden 84, E. Quinlan 71, J. Anderson 47, W. H. Lambert 42) v. County Wicklow, who replied with 132 for 7 (W. P. Hone 79*). Pembroke (244 for 7, dec.) and County Meath (165 for 8) was another drawn game. P. M. Rath (surely the Argentine player ?) made 75, E. A. Rooney 61. and J. J. Treacy 59 for Pembroke; J. D. Wilkinson (40*) and P. Fitzsimons (37*) effected a stand which saved the county side from defeat. Scor­ ing in the Dublin University v. Clontarf game was much lower, the 'Varsity’s 170 very nearly sufficing for an innings' victory, and A. Blair White's 43 for them being the highest individual effort. J. M. Meade (11 for 77) and B. J. Ward (9 for 84) bowled unchanged through both innings of Clontarf.