Cricket 1913

428 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u ly 19, 1913. the Cyphers started at railway speed (not S.E.*and C.D.), 70 going up in under half-an-hour, and when the last man came in the board read 231— 9— 24 with six minutes left. The last wicket fell in the ultimate over w ith the total 247, P . B . Wyes having scored a capital 89. The Cyphers fielded in great form, Wyes a t cover being really brilliant, and H. M. Gorringe kept wicket finely for the Derrick Wanderers, two of his three stumpings being particularly fine efforts. Ealing Dean in their new quarters at Perivale drew with Mill Hill Park, who declared at 196 for 9. H. S. W heatley’s dashing 75 was marred b y several chances ; but in going for the runs he undoubtedly played the game for his side. The home side had no hope of getting the runs in the time left, and, playing the steady game, they scored 83 for 4 (W. H. Freemantle 31, E. H. Johnson 23*). L. D. Phillips, who had 7 of the 9 wickets lowered, bowled really well for the Dean. Putney easily defeated K ew— 178 for 6 to 112. Porter (6 for 26) bowled splendidly for Putney, and W iles (50) and W alley (48) batted well. Cranfield (32) and G. Pring (31) were K ew ’s chief scorers. Newstead was very much to the fore for Rishton v. Rawtens- tall in the Lancashire League, taking 8 for 64 and running up 74 in 65 minutes. It seems a pity this fine all-round player should be outside county cricket. Parkin (Durham) had 6 for 31 (Church v. Accrington), J. Pollard 6 for 22 (Accrington v. Church), Wilson 6 for 58 (Todmorden v. Lowerhouse), Kermode 6 for 24 (Bacup v. Colne), and Smoker 6 for 64 (Colne v. Bacup). The constant recurrence of the 6 in this list is worth noting. Among the best scores of the day, besides Newstead’s, were W illiam Cook’s 64 (Burnley v. E. Lancashire), Norbury’s 92* (E. Lancashire v. Burnley), J. A. Redfern’s 70* (Ramsbottom v. Haslingden), an d E . B. Shackleton’s 61 (Todmorden v. Lower­ house) . In the Central Lancashire League Thornton made another century— n o , Milnrow v. Walsden. It would be interesting to know how many runs this sturdy yeoman has made and how many wickets he has taken during his long association with Milnrow. For the last five seasons his figures in League matches are given in the Athletic News Annuals thus : Season Runs. Aver. H.S. Runs. W ick. Aver. 1908 624 29-71 169* 973 99 9-52 1909 ... 485 26-94 48 808 51 15-84 1910 785 4 I ' 3 I 104 674 80 8-43 1911 648 34'42 105 800 60 13-33 1912 594 24-75 115 949 i °5 9-03 Some of m y copies of the Annual have “ gone missing,” and in one or two cases the Milnrow averages are omitted, but I see th at in 1904 he scored 678 (aver., 32-28) and took 68 wickets (at 13-97 each). Can any Lancashire reader complete the figures ? Buxton (6 for 57, Littleborough v. Werneth), Higson (6 for 29, Middleton v. Heywood), F. Watson (7 for 51, Heywood v. Middleton), Barrell (6 for 44, Crompton v. Moorside), and Vost (6 for 19, Royton v. Oldham) did good work with the ball in other Central Lancashire League fixtures. Moorside’s win by n runs over Crompton was the best finish of the day. In the Birmingham League Walsall beat Handsworth Wood easily, Hawley taking 8 for 29 for them. Scoring ruled low on both sides. Aston Unity heavily defeated Smethwick— 300 (H. D. Lyons 81, E. T. Edden 62, C. R . Durban 56) to 124 — Edden taking 5 for 33. N ot many runs were scored in the Dudley v. Moseley match, which the latter won. J. F. Steven­ son made 94— top score of the day— for Mitchell and Butler’s v. West Bromwich Dartmouth, which game the brewery team won by 157 runs— 233 to 76. Kidderminster easily beat Stour­ bridge, S. J. Gethin, whom I remember playing for Worcester­ shire a dozen years or so ago, taking 5 for 13. ■ From our North Staffordshire correspondent come the follow­ ing notes :— Last Saturday's League games produced few definite results and two draws. It was a coincidence th at each of the unfinished games saw the last pair of home batsmen at the wickets when time was called. Crewe Alexandra, who have only once won this season, did not do badly to draw with last year’s champions, Burslem, who declared at 198 for 9 after having j 175 11P ior 5. J. Griffiths (58) hit finely without special regard to the canons of orthodoxy ; eleven 4’s were included in his score. A. Hollowood made 30. E. H. Steventon’s leg tosses had 6 for 51. Seven players contributed doubles to Crewe’s to ta l; but F. Walker (27*) and E. H. Steventon (21) were the men who saved the game. A t Norton the home team met Silverdale— two lowly-placed clubs in opposition. Silverdale’s leading batsmen failed, and J. S. Scott (35) was top scorer. Total only 124. R. A. Hunt (4 for 26) and G. Worthington (3 for 2 9), both young players, did most of the damage. Norton won with only 3 wickets down, a sound and unusually free 60* by Ernest Tatton being the chief factor in their victory. Fenton made 195 against a Stone team th at was scarcely full strength. Harry Dearing (68), A. Mellow (37), and J. G. Drake (33) were Fenton’s leading batsmen. Stone had 5 down for 38 ; but plucky innings by P. C. Dutton (56) and C. H. Price (21) lessened the severity of the defeat which they could not avert. Deyes took 5 for 57. Stoke put up a great first wicket partnership a t Longton. Percy Briggs made a brilliant 87 (twelve 4’s) and W. D. Kirkby a really good 65 (one 5, seven 4’s), and 159 had appeared before they were separated. Little was done afterwards, except by J. L. Bagguley (25*), and the innings was declared a t 218 for 7. The home club also made a good start, due to A. Sm ith (43) and E. Edward (33) ; but no one did much after these tw o had gone, and the Longtonians were lucky wights in saving the game with only one wicket to go. K . H. Bailey took 4 for 23. As usual, Porthill won easily. Only one double figure was included in Tunstall’s total of 44. Barnes took 6 for 23, and his left-hand abettor, H arry Eardley, 4 for 19. This is out of sequence, however ; the first act was 179 for 8, dec., b y the irresistibles, Barnes making 55, J. S. Heath 52, R. Mawdesley 25, and D. H. Field (of Bucks.) 21. For once Morgan had a bad after­ noon ; but W. S. Lockett (5 for 43) got the wickets of three of the leading batsmen. Bad luck rather than Leek’s good play led to Knypersley’s undoing at the moorland town. They lost a good batsman ‘ ‘ retired hurt,” and another was run out while straying out of his crease in examining a badly knocked hand. Moreover, the last wicket fell with only one over to go. Leek made 158 for 9, dec. ; W. F. W. Watson scoring a fine 57. For Knypersley H. E. Bourne (47) and E. Mosedale (44) made a capital stand ; but the injury to E. Tunstall seemed to shake the team ’s morale, and no one else reached doubles. For the losers Sedgwick had 6 for 56, and for Leek D ay took 5 for 44. Our Lincolnshire correspondent w rites:— Newark visited Lincoln Lindum on Saturday, and a draw resulted. R. H. Howitt made 63, and E. E. Thrales 47 for Newark, who declared at 174 for 7. W. Rose, E. Pullein, and J. M. Lawson— all l.b.w. — went cheaply ; but A. Bavin put Lindum out of danger by, his capital innings of 69, though mention must also be made of the stand by J. B. Mantle and Meunier (each 20*), which carried the score to 147 for 5, so th at at the close the home team had rather the best of matters. Burghley Park failed to maintain their run of big scores when visiting Grantham. The home side totalled 204, thanks largely to Rooksby’s 98. This batsman just missed his century, and just failed to play through the innings ; but it was an error of judgment on his own part that caused his downfall. Appleby and Beardsmore were soon seen to be on the spot, and the Grantham fielding was of the finest. The redoubtable visitors were dismissed for a meagre 34, Appleby taking 5 for 15 and Beardsmore 5 for 19. G. L. Hunting was again in great form for the Northumber­ land County Club, scoring 124* (two 6’s, eighteen 4’s) v. Wallsend. This is his fourth century in Tyneside League matches this season. G. H. Watson hit even harder, and his 85 included five 6’s and eight 4’s. The innings was declared at 277 for 6, and Wallsend were dismissed for 121. St. George’s beat Benwell in a game of comparatively small scoring— 153 to 95. C. M. Skinner, the county man, had 8 for 47 for the winners. The scoring in Tynedale (95) v. Ryton (56), was still smaller. Ord Richardson, the Northumberland pro, had 5 for 23 for Ryton, and did the hat trick ; for Tynedale H. A rkle took 6 for 28, Hetherton 4 for 28. Backworth Percy (135 for 8— W.