Cricket 1913

Ju ly 5, 1913. CRICKET : A WEEKLY Battersea II. also won easily. Marlborough (76— F. Ward 28) could do little with the other bowlers and nothing at all with F. G. Akhurst, who had 7 for 16. Battersea replied with 192— Akhurst 48, J. Eakland 34, B. Harding 33, A. T. Miller 22. Crofton Park II. (206— W. Mears 51, J. Lauder 44) beat North­ brook II. (n o — A. Fish 39, E. Hobson 33) decisively at Lee, E. S. Lauder (5 for 34) bowling capitally for them. Felsted School ran up the very fair total of 226 away from home v. Witham. After C. H. S. Haygarth had gone for a duck, A. Macleod (32) and J. G. Dixon (46) put up 70 for the second wicket, and later E. K. Tolhurst (54) and G. I). Kitchingman (35) made a very useful stand for the fourth. Three Witham wickets fell for 17, all to R. H. T. Rowley ; but then F. W. Stocks (59) and G. Trotter (53) stayed and put on 100, and this stand (though both were lucky, making several dangerous shots, and Stocks was twice missed) prevented all chance of a finish. Haygarth took three wickets in quick succession a little before the close, at which W itham had made 158 for 6. The Trojans went under to Deanery (268 for 7, dec.— W. Read 109, J. Evans 64), making only 148 (R. W. F. Jesson 39, A. J. L. Hill 34) in response. A. Russell (7 wickets) bowled weli for the winners. * On the previous Tuesday the crack Southampton side had had an easy win— 265 for 9 to 120— over Lymington. R. W. J. Jesson bowled in irresistible style, breaking up the partnership between R. B. McGregor (32) and F. H. Maturin (29), and proving irresistible thereafter. He then went on to make top score (64) for the winners, M. B. Lawson (58), L. Raymond (40*), Livesey (31*), and J. Vincent (24). Jesson has never quite done himself justice when given a trial in first-class company ; but the ability is there. Stanmore broke their spell of wretched ill-luck, and decisively beat the strong West Herts team at Watford, scoring 161 (W. F. Hill 41, H. F. Terry 27, H. Body 25, E. Marriott 21) to 65 (E. S. Household 22). Terry (4 for 9), Wells (2 for 15), Marriott 2 for 37), and Body (1 for 4) all shared in the cheap dismissal of West Herts. On the previous Wednesday Stanmore had gone down to Watford Melrose by 77— 123 (C. F. Welch 52) to 200 (E. S. Household 112— one 5, twenty-one 4’s included). Bellevue at Epsom very nearly brought off a good win over Epsom II. (243 for 9, dec., to 150 for 9). J. D. Fyvie was their great man ; he scored 68, including a couple of 6’s, and took 5 for 30. Hampstead Nomads half-day team beat Oakley— 178 to 149. C. Haywood (6) and S. B. K. Caulfield (4) divided the Oakley wickets, the latter bowling against a strong wind all the time. N. Pearson (63*), C. Haywood (35), and A. G. Humphry (31)for the winners, j. Whittaker (70), W. Tickle (27), and R. G. Sharp (21) for the losers, made most of the runs. Derrick Wanderers had rough luck at Buckhurst Hill. They could only muster ten men, and they lacked Rennie, Bawcutt, Gorringe, and Golds. Y et they only went down by a couple of runs— 134 to 136. T . W. Brown (33) and R. T. Childs (23) made most runs for them ; W. G. Hankin (5 for 41) bowled well, as usual. B. Underwood (59) was Buckhurst Hill's chief scorer. A substitute might well have been offered to the visitors, especially as two of their men fielded for a time for the home team on account of late arrivals ! On Wednesday in last week St. Lawrence had a narrow vic­ tory— 166 to 154— over Sheerness Garrison at Canterbury. J. R. Storey (90) and J. H. Jackson (42) made nearly all the runs for the winners ; for the losers Lieut. Scott, R.N. (62), was a long way highest scorer. R. R. Egerton (6 for 61) bowled well for St. Lawrence. On Thursday St. Lawrence A beat the 6th Dragoon Guards— 129 (A. Davies 39) to 98. Saturday’s match was against Gore Court, Sittingbourne, when Clinch (6 for 28) and Smith (4 for 9) dismissed for 49. To St. Lawrence’s total of 160 J. Dean contributed 34, A. Latter 26, and W. M. Carter and C. E. A. Terry 24 each. Batting again, Gore Court made 68 for 2 (W. Bowes 38*). RECORD OF THE GAME. 377 Ludgrove Masters had an easy win over Oxford University Authentics, declaring at 217 for 8 (C. Micklem 41, F. A. H. Henley 26, W. S. Bird 25, W. P. Blore 24*, J. W. Nunn 24, M. Falcon 22) and disposing of their opponents for 131 (J. C. Master- man, E. K. Stevenson, and L. De Jongh 23 each). Falcon took 6 wickets. Hampstead beat Upper Tooting by 63 runs, D. H. Butcher for once making a duck. J. G. Donaldson (92) and T. H. Farmiloe (49) were chief scorers for the winners ; A. H. Paretz (53) topped the losers’ tally. Mill Hill Park had four teams in the field. The first at home declared at 238 for 8 v. Boston Park, A. J. Smith 46, being top scorer, and H. S. Wheatley, 1 C. A. Smith, C. E. Dalton, H. H. Neale, and H. Winch making scores ranging from 37 to 23. Bos­ ton Park replied with 160 for 3— C. 1 C. Saunders 61, C. Gluyas 35, A. S. Ling 33*. At Brentford, where the second teams met, there was biggish scoring. The home side applied the closure at 269 for 6 (W. B. Woodd-Smith 118, H. J. Davies 68) and Mill Hill Park’s response was 204 for 4 (W. P. Williams 122). The third team (140) narrowly beat Wycombe House (132). S. C. Anning (35) was top scorer for the winners ; F. W. W ilkinson’s 75 was the lion’s share of the losers’ total. Another team ran up 202 (A. J. Knight 47, J. T. Hughes 44) v. St. Peter’s, Bayswater, and got down 6 of their opponents’ wickets for 105, but were prevented from winning by E. P. Hall, who, with 62*, played a fine game for St. Peter’s. On Monday Mill Hill Park started their annual week. Mr. C. M. Richardson’s X I. were their opponents, and, batting first, totalled 164 (A. Roberts 28, G. Pratt 25*, C. M. Richardson 22). The home side made 207 for 8 (W. P. Dodgson 49, W. P. Rowley 40, J. Ferris 33, E. A. Smith 27*, J. F. Bolger 21). Melrose (76) beat St. James (44) by 32 runs. The winners lost 7 wickets for 35, but the last three added 41. The brothers A. and W. Mason (5 for 30 and 4 for 9 respectively) bowled well for Melrose, and Richardson (8 wickets) did good work for St. James. Hampstead Nomads began their tour on Wednesday (June 25) at Worthing, where they suffered an unexpected defeat. As they were three men short, however, perhaps it should not have been unexpected ! For the Nomads L. G. Kirkpatrick made top score and took 8 wickets. On Thursday they easily beat Hail­ sham, who were all out for 94, the Nomads replying with 275. A curiosity of this innings was that the highest score was only 47 (by A. C. P. Arnold). “ B. Soda ” and C. Browning each made 46, L. G. Kirkpatrick 36. “ Soda " also took 6 wickets. On Friday Heathfield Park made 230 for 8, dec., and the Nomads hit up 251 and won— or else they made 251 and Heathfield Park 230 for 8 ; the particulars sent me are not particular enough on this point. J. P. Blane (86), “ B. Waterhouse " (another alias of the useful “ Soda,” I imagine), and A. C. P. Arnold (43 each) did best for the tourists. On Saturday Hastings and St. Leonards declared at 313 for 3, including a century score (see list) and 79 by J. W. W. Nason. The Nomads held up their ends long enough to avoid defeat— 180 for 8 at the finish ; A. C. P. Arnold 59, J. M. De Freitas 44*. W. E. Parke, who has been making a lot of runs for the Durham Light Infantry, was top scorer (56) for them v. Ipswich and East Suffolk ; but the county town team, for whom F. L. Titchmarsh took 4 for 29, won easily (218 for 6 to 143), V. F. G aby making 63*, C. Catchpole 45, and W. Catchpole 34. For Halstead (192 for 8— C. J. Evans 70) v. Kelvedon and District (64) E. Evans took 9 for 32. Eastbourne College played two matches last week. On Wednesday they beat King’s School, Canterbury, by 218 to 131. Ryder (7 for 56) bowled capitally for them ; Lloyd George was top scorer with a hard-hit 39, and Ryder, Goolden, and Hake all got over 20. For King's Scott made a spirited 22 late in the innings, and the captain, Gent, scored 21, while Fluke (6 for 42) bowled well. The game with Mr. E. C. Arnold’s X I. on Saturday was drawn. The school declared at 222 for 8. R yder (92) was much the highest scorer ; Goolden (27) and Hopewell (26*) gave him best help. The scratch team lost 8 for 101 before call of time. Ryder again did good work for the ball— 5 for 47— and altogether he had a very successful week.