Cricket 1913

406 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u l y 12, 1913. University College School were beaten by the Old Boys on June 28 b y 163 runs. Really (80) and Pu rry (53) made a big stand for the O .B .’s, and Chant scored 65. The school batting was rather feeble, no one reaching 20, and the total was only 116. Westhorp took 5 for 56. On the following Wednesday U.C.S. beat K in g’s College School b y 4 wickets. Marshall (31) was top scorer for the losers ; G. W. I. Greenwich played really finely for his 72* for the winners, his leg hitting being specially good, and Maddocks made 30. Parkin, the Durham County pro, a Yorkshireman b y birth, p ut in some most effective bowling (6 for 20) for Church v. Todmorden on Saturday. The latter side were all out for 56, and Church repilied with 189 for 8. George Wilson, the Tod­ morden pro, failed to get either a run or a wicket— “ a very serious matter for a professional of his standing,” says a con­ tributor to the Athletic News. Well, Wilson may live it down ; it is to be hoped the Lancashire League clubs don’t impose fine (or imprisonment) for this sort of thing. Ramsbottom made 210 for_'4 v. Nelson, their centurion, Redfern, being missed four times. N early as bad as county c rick et! One begins to doubt the vaunted superiority of these Saturday afternoon games in the County Palatine over first-class cricket. Nelson fought for 2-J hours, and drew. Leach, with 6 for 45 (Rawtenstall v Bacup), and Norbury (5 for 52, East Lancashire v. Enfield) were in no danger of fine (or imprisonment) ; but what should be the fate of Llewellyn, who for Accrington v. Colne scored only 6 and took 1 for 46 ? Possibly he m ay be let off with a caution. Thornton, the veteran Miln- row pro, made 89 v. C rom pton; George Potter scored 91 for Oldham v. Werneth, and B. W alker a century for Werneth v. Oldham ; but in general bowlers had rather the best of matters in Central Lancashire League games. Barker (5 for 27) for Stalybridge v. Dakinfield, Thom eycroft (6 for 24) for Glossop v. Heywood, Buxton (5 for 25) and E. Bowden (5 for 24) for Littleborough v. Rochdale, and Shore (5 for 25) for Moorside v. Middleton, all did well with the ball. Oyston (8 for 42, Leeds v. Morley), Rookes (6 for 26, Castle- ford v. York), and Oldroyd, the county man (5 for 20, Dewsbury and Savile v. Batley), were among the most successful bowlers in Yorkshire Council games. G. Hyndson, of Pontefract, hit 111 in 70 minutes v. Keighley, and R. S. Rhodes made a century for Bradford v. Scarborough. The Birmingham League matches yielded no three-figure innings. W ilkinson’s 75* and fine bowling for Mitchell and Butler’s v. Stourbridge, gave his side victory b y 11 runs. It seems a pity th at this player should be out of county cricket. Grimshaw, also in good all-round form on Saturday, for Dudley v. W est Bromwich Dartmouth, is in like case. A. W. Sm ith’s 91 for Moseley v. Smethwick was top score of the day. Simms (7 for 40, Kidderminster v. Walsall) gave his side an unexpected 5 runs victory— 86 to 81— over the champions. J. R. T ait (120) and Norman Riches (99) put up 234 runs for the first wicket of Cardiff v. Abergavenny on Saturday at Cardiff, which is said to be a record for the club. The total was 328 for 8, dec. ; and Abergavenny replied with only 135— C. H. B. Marsham 44, Dr. W . S. Tresawna 33* Neath (182 for 4) beat Plymouth Merthyr (164), J. D. D a 'is (76) and T. A. L. j Whittington (60) chief scorers for the winners, K . Harris (45) for the losers. A t Stradey Llanelly had Builth Wells for visitors, and put them through the mill. The home side declared at 267 for 8 (B. P. Rees 89, C. S. Trubshaw 53, Vcgler 26, H. E. Trubsha v 24, Davies 23) ; then they put out Builth for 72, R. J. Owen | carrying his bat right through for 32, and, making them follow I on, got down 5 for 69 (W. Shelton 25, Webster 20*). Vogler 1 had 6 for 32 in the first innings, E. Gee 4 for 30 in the second. Penarth beat Barry— 91 to 63— in a small-scoring game, of which the chief feature was the bowling of Stoner, the ex- Surrey and Durham pro., who had 6 for 26 for Penarth. Stoner was taking his benefit, by the way. E. Cooper ran up a big score for Briton Ferry Steelworks v. Swansea II., and Wright made a century for Ebbw Vale v. Tredegar, in which match 14 wickets realised 432 runs— no result arrived at. Swansea (185 for 9, dec.) got a shock from Newport, who, after losing 5 for 71, knocked off the runs, and were 188 for 8 at the finish. Dyson Williams, the Swansea captain, agreed to play a quarter of an hour longer owing to his team ’s late arrival. Newport had Diver (66) and L. Phillips (48) to thank for their victory. There was one century in the Tynedale League— another brilliant display by the Lorettonian, G. L. Hunting, who hit up 101 for the County Club v. Ryton in just over an hour. His side won easily. Backworth Percy had a really good victory over Benwell— 201 to 104. For this they had mainly to thank Jackson (85* and 3 for 38) and T. Smith (60). Benwell Hill beat North Durham by 36 runs. W ard’s 57 for the losers was the highest score of the game. Tynemouth (R. T. Whitehorn 59) defeated Old Novocastrians (H. C. Elliott 45) b y 71 runs and a wicket. Stevenson took 5 for 24 for South Northumberland v. Wallsend, his side winning b y 78 runs. St. George’s tumbled out for 59 v. Tynedale, Hetherton taking 6 for 27, and H. Arkle (who made top score, 41, for Tynedale) 4 for 26. C. M. Skinner had 7 for 48 for St. George’s ; but th ey were beaten b y 84 runs. Sunderland lost their unbeaten certificate in the Durham League. All out 54 ! For once the colts did not come to the rescue. F. Mellor took 7 for 29 ; and when Chester-le-Street (146) went in Thackeray hit up 60— having been deprived of his customary big share in the bowling, he doubtless reckoned it up to him to do something in the other department. Whitburn had a good victory over Seaham Harbour, totalling 156 to 62. Their captain, W. D. Allison, took 7 for 37 for them, and James made exactly half the runs. This is Whitburn’s fourth win, and they only had four all last season, so look likely to improve on that record. Philadelphia (123) and Bummoor (133— M. Combey 42, Hendren 32) had a tough tussle. Henderson bowled splendidly (8 for 58), while for the losers Harling had 5 for 28 and A. H. Walton 4 for 28. Wearmouth (211 for 6— H. Clode 87*, Rothery 50, T . Prince 36) easily beat Hendon (152— H. N. Dixon 50, Weight 39). Eppleton made a fair score v. Durham City— 192, W . Wood with 58 top scorer ; but the C ity batsmen scored freely, A. P. Ashley making his second century of the season and j A. F. Maynard making 57, and ran up 215 for 3, thus getting I away from the bottom of the League table. Sorby took 8 wickets for them. H arry’s bowling (9 for 32) was the great feature of a match of small scores between Boldon (84— A. Lowing’s 36) and South Shields (94 for 5), and it gave his side an easy win. In the Second Division Philadelphia II., like Sunderland in the First, suffered defeat for the first time, Burnmoor II., their nearest rivals, beating them by 120 to 38. Lincoln Lindum and Grantham, very old opponents, were in j double opposition on Saturday, the first elevens playing a draw at Grantham, and Grantham II. winning a t Lincoln. A t Grantham— though the players said the wicket was easy, in spite of rain in the night— 19 wickets fell for 216 runs. Lindum had 8 down for 97 ; but Mantle (41*) got good help from Watkins and Shaw, and the total reached 126, to which Newsome was second highest contributor with 31. Beardsmore (left hand) took 5 for 38. Grantham started a bit better, three of the earlier batsmen reaching double figures ; but after that only Brcughton ' could do anything, and it was mainly his defensive innings of 21 which saved Grantham, whose last pair were together at the finish. Meunier and A. Bavin bowled well for Lindum and the wicket-keepers on each side— W. Rose and Allen— were in fine form. ------------ A Grantham II. team, considered woefully weak, won by 15 runs at Lincoln. Hensum (30) and Shepherd (24) for the winners, Whitton (32) and Dobby (22) for the losers were chief scorers ; and it m ay be worth noting th at the scores of these two pairs of batsmen exactly cancelled one another. Spalding caught it rather hot a t Sleaford, the home side declaring at 204 for 8 (T. Hicks 84*, S. Sellars 38, A. O. Trotter 31), and getting out the visitors for 65 (E. T. Cooke 30). Gains­ borough had a victory over Sturton-le-Steeple— 132 for 5 (G. Taylor 56*, H. Clayton 30) to 87. Guyler took 7 wickets for the winners. Grimsby Rovers had the help of W . Dutnall, of K ent II., who contributed 107* to their 220 for 8, dec., v. Cresswell Colliery, who were dismissed for 89, E. Hallam taking 7 for 22. ------------ On the previous Thursday, for Grantham v. Notts Forest, W. E. Thompson, the Grantham and Lincolnshire skipper, made 101.