Cricket 1913

404 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u ly 12, 1913. Hampstead lost by 4 wickets to Ealing. There were two notable features— R. G. D. Howell and J. H. A. Tolkien each made 74 for his side, the latter not out, and G. J. S. Pitts took all the five Ealing wickets th at fell to the bowlers. Scores : 149 — 152 for 6. On a kicking wicket, drying after rain. West Shene made 110v. Parson’s Green. The latter had 7 down for 68, but F. G. D river played very sound and steady cricket for his 49, and eventually his side pulled through by a single run. A t Richmond P.G . II. just failed to beat W est Shene II.— 203 to 93 for 9. A stand of 30 for the ninth wicket saved the game for the home 1 side. For the visitors A. F. Yendall made 43*, Seys 42 (three j 6’s), and S. Chasemore 40. Ipswich and W est Suffolk were without several of their best, who were doing very little at St. Albans ; but some good bowling by A. J. Snowden (5 for 28) and Waters (4 for 35) enabled them to beat Melton Asylum by 43 runs. H. A. Busher’s 27 was top score of a game played for'the most part in drizzling rain. South-West Ham declared at 200 for 5 v. South Essex, and put out their opponents for 66. E. H. Mitchell played a splendid innings of 105*, and C. Wells (6 for 26) and E. J. Connor (4 for j 36) bowled well. The win was of a curiously similar nature to th at of the Saturday before, when S.-W. Ham ran up 267 for 6, ' dec., v. Bexley H eath (E. J. Connor making 98, E. H. Mitchell ; 61, D. McKinnon 38, and Dr. F. W. P. Holton 36*), and dismissed j their visitors for 107 (Connor taking 4 for 16, Wells 4 for 26). j The Tidal Basin team seems quite to have lived down th at little j disaster at Woolwich ! H. R. Jordan played a fine innings of 92 for Clapham Ramblers (256 for 7, dec.) v. C ity Police. The men in blue— not in blue at the time, however, and let us hope not in the blues— could only total 84 (W. Moorhouse 39), T. A. J. Harris (7 for 28) dealing out destruction to them. The Bushey bowlers were quite innocuous against West- j bourne Park Wanderers on a fine pitch at Bushey, and the visitors declared at 223 for 4. Taylor made a brilliant 103*, his first century for the club ; and Ellis (46) and Hall (45) also batted , capitally. The Wanderers just failed to win, however, in spite 1 of good bowling by Ellis (5 for 46) and Hall (3 for 24), Bushey being 105 for 9 at the finish. T ait scored 39. Putney had a narrow win over West Wimbledon— 107 to 95. | Fisher (34) and Blunden (23*) were chief scorers for the winners ; 1 Foulger (40) batted well for the defeated side. Lessness Park lost to Blackheath, without any of their ) cracks, on a funny wicket. R. M. Allen and C. I. S. Wallace each contributed 20 to the home team 's total of 93 ; W. F. Smith (37), H. J. Quarterman (25) and G. L. Jarrett (20) got most runs for the winners. A. Bastin, a second X I. man, bowled well for L.P., taking 6 for 39, and in their dearth of bowlers should be worth a j further trial. Cranleigh School a t home went under to C ity of London School — 117 to 152. G. de G. Baikas (37) and H. O. Kramer (36) were chief scorersj for [the winners ; the best stand for the losers was made for the*last wicket by C. C. Covernton (21*) and H. C. MacRobey-GranL (20). Ksi cufe ------------ For some years past Greville have held themselves justified in challenging Brondesbury’s first team, but have had to be content with matches against that club’s second eleven. But : after Saturday Brondesbury will scarcely be able to question their being too strong for that. Brondesbury II. had first innings, and were all out for 34, J. W. Middleton’s slows accounting for 7 for 21, and Gordon Jannings taking 3 for 13. Then Greville ran up 235 for 6, their highest score since 1911. Clement Jones (99) missed his century through over-eagerness— run out in trying for a risky one ; O. E. Dunn’s 70 included twelve 4’s ; and L. B. Keelan and W. D. Baylis made useful scores. Greville A lacked both captain and vice-captain. They were a t home to U.C.S. Old B oys’ II., who, turning up short, enlisted the services of C. Faux, of Brondesbury. The emergency man made 69 of his side’s total of 161, the highest scored against Greville A this season. A. M. Dunn took 4 for 37. The home team could only make 71, A. V. King (6 for 29) bowling finely. Greville B played the Eastern Telegraph Schools, whose ground Iadjoins theirs. Greville had made 75 and the E .T.S. 36 for 2 Iwhen rain stopped play. Trojans must have rather surprised Royal N aval College, Osborne, who declared at 185 for 9 (A. P. Boissier, who has played Ifor Derbyshire, 49, Bostock Hill 31, Huson 30*), for, after the first three wickets had fallen fairly cheaply— though J. H. 1Gunner got 37— R. W. F. Jesson (59*) and H. G. M. Barton (56*) took charge of the bowling and hit off the runs. B ut no captain need mind being beaten after a sporting declaration which makes an interesting struggle of what would otherwise have been a tame draw. ----------— Slough had Burwood for visitors. The latter were an un­ known quantity— in a double sense. Not only was their form a matter of conjecture, but they turned up with only nine men. i The home side lent them their secretary, W. E. Baker* Winning j the toss, the Burwood captain sent Slough in. T. R. Kent made 44 of 63 for the first w ic k e t; then E. J. Leat joined W. ! Adams, and these two added 166 together. Leat was twice let Ioff, but he showed fine hitting, one 6 and twenty-two 4’s being included in his 127, his second century within eight days. Adam was less forcible, but his 74 was a very solid innings. Slough declared at 265 for 4, and Burwood replied with 102. Of these the borrowed man. Baker, scored 63, and the only stand made was by him and F. Flower (19). They added 75 together. Dr. Weaver Adams had 17 hit off him before he took a wicket, and then got four for the addition of a single run. In spite of the handicap of having no ground for practice, Belle Vue are doing very well. On Saturday they beat Farrow’s Bank in no uncertain style. Totals, 68 and 234 for 8. H. C. C. Stanley was in really great all-round form for them ; 109* and 5 for 6 ! Derrick Wanderers ran up 252 for 4, dec., and got down 7 Northbrook wickets for 136. An interval of 20 minutes due to rain probably robbed R. T. Childs of a century ; he had made 98 in 75 minutes, hitting fifteen 4’s and scoring all round the wicket, and was out on the resumption, having a go at an off ball. W. G. Hankin batted 2 hours for his steady 85*. J. P. W'ardle (23*) and W. A. Wardle (21) also made runs. For the visitors T. W. Nicholls (32), S. Blundell (31), and F. W. Courtenay (24) did best. Lauderdale heavily defeated Paddington— 229 for 8 in reply to 94. F. C. De La Cour (79), F. Shepherd 67, and P. E. Bass (55), with E. F. Arnold (8 for 45), shared the honours. Crofton Park (149) drew with Gresham (107 for 8). The second team of C.P. had a good win over S.E. Railway— 170 for 8, dec., to 58. W. S. Murrell made 69 (thirteen 4’s), F. Burton 33, and G. D ay took 5 for 28. Melrose, thanks to a good stand by two of the brothers Mason (A. 61*, W. 25) were enabled to declare at 108 for 3 v. St. James, Holloway, who went for the runs, though only 50 minutes were | left, and scored 87 for 7 (L. Tlioday 31, Davis 26). A. Mason took 3 for 46, W . Mason 2 for 3. St. Luke’s, Woodside (142— E. H. Phillips 52), easily beat Bermondsey Settlement (38— E. Juliet 23*), at Elmer’s End. S. J. Cook kept a fine length, and took 5 for 10, and W. Hider 1 (5 for 22) seconded him ably. In Sussex cricket Lewes Priory beat Merton at the Dripping Pan by 35 runs on the first innings— 142 to 107— and made 133 for 9 when they batted again. J. Boulden (48) for Merton, and H. E. D avey (44) for the home side were chief scorers. Steyning defeated Brighton (Clifton)— 167 to 137— Stonham, the Steyning groundsman, hitting sixteen 4’s in his 91, and H. E. Oliver taking 7 wickets (four with successive balls) for 41. P. Herbert scored 49 for the losers. For East Sussex Asylum v. Hailsham W. T. Hallward carried his bat through an innings of 140 for 81 ; but Hailsham, for whom T. Gosden made 50 and P. S. Foster 46, won by 66 runs. A. G. Wfillis made 116 (one 6, sixteen 4’s) for Eastbourne (241) v. an X I. of Schoolmaster (198 for 5— A. F. Leighton 60*, A. L. D. Skinner 46*, G. W. Palmer 43). East Grinstead (278— M. W. Peters 85*, Hon. B. D. Butler 59), and Mr. J. Goddard's X I. (182 for 5— T. Curtis 57*, H. Crosland 45) also drew. Cordingley, of whom Sussex hoped much at one time, had 7 for 72 for the scratch team.