Cricket 1913

J uly 19, 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 427 Oak last week, not F. C., though he got credited with them by some unaccountable mistake. With five of their regular players away, and one man short. Westbourne Park Wanderers were not in the happiest case in meeting Brentford Gas Works at Southall. F. Dandridge, the Brentford crack (said to have been unmistakably caught at wicket when 70, but given in— by the Wanderers’ umpire, too !) hit with great precision and power for his 151*, and Roberts (35) and Goodyear (34) gave him such useful help that the home side were able to declare at 250 for 2. W .P.W . could only manage 118 (Taylor 28, Simmonds and Saffery 22 each), Roberts bowling very effectively. Old Merchant Taylors owed a capital win— 218 for 5, dec., to 134— over Beckenham largely to the excellent bowling of D. C. Isaac (6 for 55) ; but J. P. Jamieson (60*), C. E. Spencer (45), O. C. White (45), and F. G. Petch (20) also did their share. H. E. W. Prest (43) and L. H. C. Dormer (42) made most of the runs for the l o s e r s . ------------ On a superfine wicket on the Ibis ground at Penge, Spencer beat the home team by 68 runs— 236 to 168. F. F. Boles made a ripping 89 for the winners, and H. Breeds (37) was top scorer for the losers ; the best bowlers were Parker, of Ibis, and F. M. Barton (5 for 76) of Spencer. Hampstead Nomads had two very close games, both un­ luckily going against them. In that v. North Middlesex (the last match of the latter club’s Home Week) R. F. Popham (of Norfolk) played a magnificent innings of 126 for the Nomads ; but G. C. Ives (22*) was the only other man to contribute more than 20 to the total of 244. North Middlesex made a poor start — 4 for 49 ; then F. Hotchkiss (25) came in and hit finely, and thereafter E. J. Greenfeld (76*), S. Walker (39), and R. Pritchard (25), all batting well and running everything possible, kept up with the clock, the winning hit being made on the stroke of time with 8 wickets down. The half-day Nomads’ team lost to Allom by a single— 118 (S. B. K. Caulfield 24, H. H. Brimble- Riddle 22) to 119 (H. Woolvern 45). Going on late, R. I. Brenton had 3 for 9 for the losers. W. Wardle’s finely-hit 151 enabled Addiscombe to declare at 229 for 4 v. Bellevue, who in response made 157. Arlington and Leytonstone were at Southend, and lost by 18 runs. They might easily have made a draw ; but when time approached matters were so even that they agreed to play out the game— a sporting action much appreciated by the spectators. Southend’s total was 161 (Purser 34) ; A. and L .’s 143 (G. S. Cole 63), though at one time they had 109 up for 3. For the losers G. S. Barclay had 5 for 56, W. Ruffels 3 for 45. Lessness Park had two matches last week, and did well in both. On Wednesday they met Smithfield Wanderers, and were able to declare at 286 for 9 (R. Broad 86, W. Parsons 42, E. Upton 38, E. A. Turner 35*, S. H. Wilson 25). Broad hit out in great style. The visitors had 7 down for 28 ; but F. Walker ( 59 *). aided by the tail, carried the score to 127. Walker did the hat trick, too, and altogether had a good match. On Saturday L.P. displayed their paces on the century-old ground at Bexley. The home side were all out for 103. Broad, going on late, took 4 for 6. The visitors scored 213 for 9— C. G. Beas­ ley 60, E. Upton 56, A. E. Turner 25*, F. G. Clark 25). Beasley and Upton added over 100 for the second wicket. Parson’s Green at home put out Lauderdale for 100, Harrod taking 5 for 39 and Pettitt 4 for 37, and then ran up 297 for 6, passing the visitors’ score with only one wicket down. F. G. Driver made a very stylish 82, delightful to watch ; his leg stroke is capital. C. J. Bool conlributed 62, T. Fox 60*, Clayton 32, Howard 27. ------------ Stanmore had two curiously similar games at home on Wednesday and Saturday of last week, th u s:— Wealdstone, 160 ; Stanmore, 153 for 8. Richmond Town, 187 ; Stanmore, 169 for 8. In each case the result hung very nicely in the balance at the finish. A. Wolters (42) for Wealdstone and W. F. Hill (51) for Stanmore did best with the bat in the mid-week game. S. H. Shah hit twenty-one 4’s in his 110 for the visitors on Saturday ; for Stanmore E. Walls made 44, C. K. Black 42. D. Lambert, the England three-quarter, played for the latter side, contribut- g M - On Thursday Gloucester City (230 for 4, dec.— T. A. Truman 86) easily beat East Gloucestershire (80). On Saturday they had another easy win over strong opponents in Cheltenham, who could only total 124 (R. T. Godsell 38), Paish taking 6 for 48. The City replied with 126 for 2. U.C.S. Old Boys’ A team visited Chingford to play Pelham, but could not bring off a win. E. Betts contributed 31 and A. Stone 25 to their total of 93. Pelham made 127 for 7— Gosnell 36*, De la Cour 32. For Pelham De la Cour, Williamson, and Ling- wood bowled well, as did A. V. King, the visitors’ captain, and A. C. Jomaron for U.C.S., whose fielding was really capital, H. G. Andrews and G. L. Fox being especially noticeable for good work. Hampstead deprived Hornsey of their unbeaten record, scor­ ing 176 (N. J. D. Motfatt 32, G. J. S. Pitts 2!s. A. R. Tanner 27) in reply to their visitors’ 99. Pitts was again in good form with the ball, and took 6 wickets. Sutton easily beat Upper Tooting, D. D. Napper (5 for 54) and R. M. Bell (4 for 27) bowling well. The home side’s total was 178 (D. H. Butcher 65, R. D. Wheeler 35), and Sutton re­ plied with 286 for 4 (D. Lever 76, P. R. Waterer 67, D. D. Napper, 65*, A- B. Read 62). On the Wednesday Sutton went under to Purley— 129 (A. B. Read 33, D. D. Napper 28) to 213 (R. J. Fowles 56, F. J. C. Helder 45, J. S. Harrison 37). Wilfred Reay bowled in great form for Purley, taking 8 for 24 ; for Sutton R. S. Dally had 5 for 55, R. M. Bell 4 for 55. Greville turned the tables on their old friendly rivals, Padding­ ton, who had beaten them earlier in the season. The margin was only 9 runs— 120 to 111. E. W. Rogers (49) and C. Jones (27) did best for the winners, and W. E. Stoddart (45) for Padding­ ton. J. W. Middleton’s slow bowling was again on the spot (6 for 17 in 8 overs) ; he has so far taken 47 for about 6 each. W . D. Baylis (4 for 24) also bowled well. Stanley II.— unbeaten for two seasons— were Greville A ’s opponents, and did not get their record spoiled. Greville made 86 (R. V. Menhennitt 21). Stanley replied with 169, W. A. Barrett (54) and C. Bedwell (51) batting really well. The teams have not met before, but hope to renew fixtures next season. Greville B declared at 191 for 9 (C. T. Marchment 61) v. Minerva III..a t Lee, but just failed to win— score at finish h i for 9. Vernon Young ( 5 for 45) and W. O. Sandford (3 for 7) bowled well. Greville’s team was thought a very weak one, but some of the new members showed up well. Melrose had an easy win over Bowes Park Congregational — 121 to 58. For the winners W. Mason hit up 30 in about 15 minutes, a 6 and five 4’s included, and A. Mason (7 for 23) bowled finely. P. Cove was quite the best man for the losers ; he made 31 (two 6’s) and took 6 wickets. Beulah’s week resulted in 3 wins, 2 losses, and a draw. A t home on Monday (July 7) they scored 87 (Mortimer 36) and 117 for 3, dec. (Mortimer 35*, Mathiesen 35*) v. Bethnal Green and District, whose totals were only 43 and 53, Tufnell taking 10 for 32, Baster 5 for 19. On Tuesday they defeated Upper Mitcham on the first innings, scoring 82 and 98 for 4, dec. (Tufnell 55*, Ridgwell 20) to 53 and 50 for 4. On Wednesday they had a narrow win and an enjoyable time, an al fresco concert following the match, at the Guards’ Depot at Caterham. The visitors scored 181 (Tufnell 82, Burbidge 42, Mathiesen 21), and the Guards made 171 (Segt. Murphy 51, Lieut. Laird 34). When the home side needed 20 to win with 4 to go, Inman went on and took 3 for 4. The draw was with Bickley and Widmore (185 for 8, dec.— E. Dove 73*) at Bickley on Thursday. In a bad light Beulah replied with 136 for 7 (Mathiesen 30, Copping 23*, Tufnell 20). A t Purley on Friday there was a slump by the visitors after 100 for 4 had gone up, and all were out for 127 (Baster 49, Tufnell 23). Purley made 256 (R. S. Dally 51, R. J. Fowles 44, E. Dewhurst 44, W. Reay 38). On Saturday the side seemed to have gone all to pieces. They collapsed for 79 v. Shirley, and fielded so badly that their opponents ran up 210. Tufnell's play was the feature of the week. A really fine sporting game was that between Derrick Wan­ derers and the Cyphers at Manor W ay. The home team declared at 231 for 6, H. M. Gorringe having played an excellent innings of 94 (fourteen 4’s), with able backing from P. Belton (51, includ­ ing ten 4's). Left with just over two hours to get the runs,