Cricket 1913

378 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 5, 1913. Clapham Ramblers drew with Polytechnic, who made 183 (F. Ogilvie 60), to which the Ramblers replied with 141 for 7— H. R. Jordan 31*, C. R. Browne 31, J. W . Molden 19*. Molden took 4 for 41, and B. W. Earl, with lobs, 2 for 6. Slough visited Burnham. The home side made the very fair total of 209, though they hardly looked good for as many, the leading scorers being E. Strickland (No. 8), w ith 57*, and T. Heath (No. 10) with 32. The first Slough wicket (W. Gooderson, 24) did not fall till 88 ; and the second realised 220. H itting finely, the two county men, T. R. Rent and E. J. Leat, were only parted on the stroke of time, when the latter was out for 143, K ent carrying his bat for 128. Only one century was made in the Birmingham League on Saturday— Grimshaw’s 103 for Dudley v. Mitchell and Butler’s. Among other good scores registered were Fereday’s 81 and G. Fi.eld’s 61*, and J. H. Cooper’s 67 for Handsworth Wood v. Moseley, A. Holloway’s 73 and H. G. Powell’s 68 for Mitchell and Butler’s v. Dudley, K. L. Hutchings' 93, E. T. Edden's 89*, C. R. Durban’s 63, and H. L. Simms’s 59* for Aston Unity v. Kidderminster, and W . H. W ilkes’s 66* for Kidderminster v. Aston Unity. Veteran as W. H. W ilkes is, he is still all there at a critical time, and he fairly saved his side in this last match. Of the 117 for 9 Kidderminster registered in response to the U n ity’s 337 for 4, dec., he made well over half. Scoring was nearly as big in the Dudley v. Mitchell and Butler’s match, as in this, the brewery team declaring at 252 for 3 and Dudley replying with 172 for 3. But Smethwick (111) v. West Bromwich Dartmouth (91) was a bowler’s game in the main ; and A. W. Boneham for Smethwick had 7 for 25, the last six in two overs ! WTest Hartlepool still head the North Yorkshire and South Durham League, and on Saturday they heavily defeated Darling­ ton, hitherto unbeaten this season. Hartlepool made 230 for 3 (J. Bennett scoring a century), and declared ; Darlington could only total 129. For Stockton v. Bishop Auckland C. P. Barrow- cliff took 8 for 12, four with successive b a lls; and his side won very easily. R. D. Dick (7 for 35, Redcar v. Saltbum) also showed up prominently in the bowling line, and helped his side to a victory by just 100 runs. J. H. Hall took 7 for 78 (in a total of 195) for Saltburn. Among the scorers of 50 or over one notes Charles Townsend— 53* for Norton v. North Ormesby. Others were H. Heavisides (54), also for Norton, and for Guis- borough, who heavily defeated Thornaby, R. Gaudie 64, the Rev. T. H. Berwick 55*, and G. Peacock 53, Guisborough’s total being 253 for 7, dec. Milnrow have a professional, Thornton, who is now in his seventeenth season with them, and on Saturday he made a century v. Stalybridge, who, however, managed to draw the game. Another century in the Central Lancashire League was th at of W. Berwick (Glossop v. Moorside). Is not this the young bats­ man who was spoken of as likely to have a trial with Northants ? For Heywood v. Littleborough Lionel Cranfield (Glos.), scored 51 and took 6 for 48, his side winning by 12 runs. George Leach was on the warpath for Rawtenstall v. Enfield. He had 9 (all clean bowled) for 32, the last 5 for two, and twice had two in succession, but did not manage the hat trick. Y et his side lost. Newstead scored 60 for Rishton v. Burnley. For East Lancashire v. Bacup A. Dawson hit a 6 and fourteen 4’s in his 118*, and for the same side Norbury had 5 for 26. J. Pollard had exactly the same analysis for Accrington v. Hasling- I den. W. H. Ormerod, for Church v. Nelson, took 6 for 28, and Wilson (Todmorden v. Ramsbottom) 5 for 54. From our Lincolnshire correspondent come the following notes :— Grantham had another double-barrelled win on Satur­ day— over Egerton Park at Melton Mowbray and Bingham at Grantham. But the first X I.’s game was no runaway victory, for Egerton Park only lost by 19 runs. The scoring was com­ paratively small, no one reaching 30 in the match. On each side there was one really good bowling performance. W. Payne had 7 for 52 for Egerton Park, and M. W. Appleby 8 for 62 for Grantham. The totals were 135 and 116. The match at home showed two of the junior members of the second X I. to advantage. Nine wickets were down for 69; then Lawton (40) and Emery (10*) added 38. These two are quite youngsters. Lawton played very soundly and attractively. Shepherd (6 for 21) and Whitsed (5 for 20) were too good for the Bingham batsmen. Twelve a side played. Lincoln Lindum made 152 at Spalding. W. Rose, the county man, who is in excellent form this year, contributed 60. Spaldin could only total 117 (Green 26). Lindum II. made 177 for 8 v. High Street Wesleyan. A. Bavin (42) kept up his consistent form, and G. H. V. Iggulden made 41. The other side could only make 56, Page skittling 7 of them and Bavin taking the other 3 wickets. On Saturday the first half of the Durham League programme was finished. Burnmoor at home defeated the disappointing South Shields side, which, however, on this occasion was con­ siderably below full strength. Hendren’s 85 was a very big slice of Burnmoor’s total of 138 ; and when the other side went in the ex-Middlesex man divided the wickets with G. Summerill, taking 5 for 30, the amateur’s figures being 5 for 51. Shields’ total was 116. B. Hall, late of Derby, contributed 49. Extremes met at Durham, where the City, at the bottom of the table, entertained Sunderland, the leaders. B ut the lowly placed put up a good fight. They could only make 95 (Milam 32), Morris taking 6 for 37 ; but 6 Sunderland wickets were down for 58, of which Hubert Brooks had made 32. Once again the tail of the champion’s wagged. Smith and Robinson were very patient, but the eighth wicket fell at 82 ; and it was left for C. Morrison and D. Todd, who were playing in the absence of the brothers Pickersgill, to pull their side out of the fire. Sunderland won by 2 wickets and 11 runs. They have had a lot to thank their young players for this season. Eppleton (140 for 5) and Boldon (209 for 9, dec.) drew. The colt, E. Campbell, made 51 for Boldon, and P. Thubron (36) and A. Lowings (32) gave efficient aid. A. Newsome (56) and N. Barrass (36) did well for Eppleton, who had Cox back after an absence of some weeks from the field. Hendon (270 for 6, dec.) and Philadelphia (209 for 8) also drew ; perhaps the closure was unduly deferred. W. Harrison (77), V. Marshall (53), and Weight (52) for Hendon, and T. Patteson (82, including four 6's), Harling (37), and M. Soppitt (34*) for Philadelphia did good work. Marshall is only 18 ; he has scored over 50 in each of his last two innings. Thomas, a lad of 16, got 3 wickets for Hendon. There are plenty of useful colts in Durham County just now. Chester-le-Street, with T. A. Bradford back again, proved too good for Seaham Harbour, who could only make 103. Thackeray is in great form this season ; 5 for 36 was his bag this time. Warner made 49 for Seaham. J. Turnbull (35*) and J. K. Bewick (26) were chief contributors to Chester's 120 for 7. Wearmouth trounced Whitburn, according to expectation. H. Clode had 8 for 43 for Wearmouth, who in reply to a total of 86 ran up 238 for 4. E. Hindson (119*) scored the one League century of the day, and Rothery made 94. The bowling was so weak th at they were able to help themselves as they pleased. Halfway through, Sunderland (undefeated) have scored 19 points of a possible 22, Wearmouth (once beaten) 17, Chester-le- Street 14, Burnmoor 13, Philadelphia and South Shields 11 each, Eppleton 10, Whitburn 9, Boldon 8, Hendon and Seaham Har­ bour 7 each, and Durham City 6. W ith the holidays coming on, Sunderland may be hard put to it to retain their lead. There was no century in the Tyneside League on Saturday ; but bowlers did not have matters quite all their own way. After dismissing Ryton for 47 (G. H. Watson 5 for 29, the Rev. H. White 4 for 14), the County Club ran up 245, R. Foster (75) and S. P. Bell (62) scoring fast. Foster hit two 6’s and twelve 4’s in his stay of a little over half-an-hour, and Bell, out of luck so far this season, made his runs in 55 minutes. Backworth Percy (194 for 7) distinguished themselves by defeating Benwell (149). Jackson's 5 for 35 had much to do with the result, and the 55 of R. Dixon and the 48 of T. Smith also helped very materially. S. Nichol (42), top scorer for Benwell, is a second team player only just promoted. Benwell Hill (184— Milne 66) scored exactly twice as many as North Durham (92— J. A. Robinson 49) could make against them. N. Steele (5 for 15) for once in a way outshone Milne as a bowler. Tynedale (187— L. D. Plummer 50, J. Thompson 47) beat St. George’s (109— R. Cottam 35). H. Arkle's 6 for 45 was a feature ' of this unexpectedly easy win. Old Novocastrians went down