Cricket 1913

Ju ly 19, 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 429 Mackey 43) drew with Tynemouth (198, three 30 scores, three of 20 or more included). Tynemouth lacked their pro, Hickton ; Backworth’s pro, Jackson, with 23 and 6 wickets, did good all­ round work for his side. Benwell Hill beat South Northumber­ land by 10 runs, Milne (38 and 6 for 38) as usual doing big things for the winners. This is the ninth annual benefit given to Stevenson, South Northumberland’s worthy pro. A curious circumstance has to be noted in the Durham League. In each of the five matches the club lower placed in the table scored points ! The greatest surprise was the failure of Sunder­ land to beat Whitburn. The champions declared at 221 for 8 (H. D. Bodin 50, E. L. Squance 39, J. M. Russell 38) ; but after six Whitburn wickets had fallen to Morris and Squance cheaply, James (74*) and A. O. Dowsett (48*) made 120 together in a stand of 105 minutes. Burnmoor were put out for 111 by Boldon, who replied with 138 for 8. A Lowings and Kitchener as bowlers, J. Dows’on (32) and B. B. Cowings (20) as batsmen, had most to do with the victory, Boldon having lost four wickets for a small sum when the latter two came together. Hendon (201— W . Harrison 40, Weight 34, H. N. Dixon 31) v. Durham C ity (170— A. F. Maynard 77, Milam 34) produced more runs. Milam had 7 wickets for the losers. Seaham Harbour (69) v. Eppleton (59) was a struggle for runs throughout, Warner taking 7 for 31 for Seaham, N. Andrews 5 for 16 and Mark Cox 5 for 33 for Eppleton. A decision of one of the umpires almost led to a riot, and the game was suspended temporarily. Wearmouth and South Shields tied with 116— E. Hindson (38) for Wearmouth and W . McEwan (31) for Shields being highest scorers. H. Clode for Wearmouth had 6 for 52, and R. A. Clunie took 7 for 56 for Shields. The game ended curiously, Clunie in playing back to Clode hitting his wicket. Scoring ruled rather above the ordinary in the North-West Durham League. R. W . Jackson made a century for Craghead (209 for 7) v. Langley Park, and among other scores of note were 67 b y H. L. Dales and 55* b y W . Collinson for Consett (244 for 7, dec.) v. Burnopfield, N. Sheraton’s 65 (for Craghead), R. H ewitt’s 59* and F. G. Smith’s 51* for Gateshead Fell v. Swalwell, and F. Painhoe’s 57 for South Moor v. Barnhope , In a friendly game between Chester-le-Street (Durham League) and Medomsley (N.W. Durham League), T. A. Bradford made 68, J. Turnbull 52, F. Mellor 50*, and J. K . Bewick 44 for Chester (263 for 7, dec.), and H. Dixon (45) for Medomsley hit six 4’s off one over from D. G. Crichton. The fourth ball of the last over of the match gave Chester victory— by 120 runs. Neath should have beaten Llanelly, in spite of the fact that the latter declared (at 201 for 8— C. Bowen 53, H. E. Trubshaw 33, P. Rees 31). Bad fielding cost them the game ; they batted so well th at they put up 172 for 3 in a couple of hours (J. D. Davies, 41, and A. E. Freethy, 68*, making 95 for the first wicket, and Gwyn Thomas scoring 34). Vogler was hurt, a ball hitting him hard on an old damaged place on his wrist, and could not do much bowling. Swansea met the fate that Llanelly escaped; they were actually beaten after declaring. E. A. Billings (56), C. Johnson (46*), and D. B. Williams (42) were chief contributors to their 222 for 8. J R. T ait and Norman Riches sent up the first 100 for Cardiff in forty m inutes; T ait reached his century in an hour, and his splendid 135 (three 6's, twenty-one 4’s) only took n o minutes in all, though he slowed down after reaching three figures. Cardiff (227 for 3) won just before time. Peparth (252— J. S. Haines 65, R. K eith 59, H. Lord 58) easily beat St. Fagan’s (141— G. E. Cording 59, W. Spiller 37). Hills Plymouth put out Cardiff St. Mary’s for 14, K. Harris taking 7 for 4, the hat trick included, and J. Williams 3 for 8, and then made 145 for 7 (E. A. W atts 76). In the Barry v. Cardiff Y.M .C.A. match (drawn), 11 wickets produced 386 runs ; Howarth made a century for Barry. Panteg were not a t full strength, two of their men being away with the county eleven. Tredegar took nearly the whole after­ noon to score 171 for 5, dec. (A. M. Maltby 55), against them. In the hour left them the visitors rattled up 114 for 5 (J. H. Evans 41). Ross (127) had a narrow victory over Monmouth (112). Rain interfered with cricket in Ireland, and of course some of the cracks were away at Edinburgh. There was little scoring of note in the Dublin district. The principal match of the day, Leinster (149— W. P. Hinton 40) v. Clontarf (86 for 3— L. H. Herbert 38*), was drawn. Civil Service ran up 235 for 7 (R. Binnie 59*, P. Murphy 48, R. Mackinnon 39) v. Royal Hibernian Military School, and declared; but this game too was drawn. Castlecomer (135— J. Quinn 54, M. Ryan 51) beat Co. Kilkenny (75). St. Columba’s College (194 for 3— H. Alpi# 67, retired hurt) defeated Co. W icklow (130— R. S. Mostyn 51) very easily. Royal Meath Regt. (Capt. Palmer 77 of a total of 155) beat Co. Meath (78). In one of the Ulster League matches— Cliftonville v. North Devon— L. M. Murphy scored his first century, 114, including thirteen 4’s, for the first-named side ; but rain made this game and that between Holywood and Armagh, in which W. Pollock scored a century— not by a long way his first— into draws. Downpatrick (127 for 4— W. Sproule 62) had a good win over Banbridge (121— H. Lyle 49). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Liverpool Jottings. ( B y G. A. B r o o k i n g . ) LAN CASH IRE v. YO R K SH IR E . The greatest inter-county game th at has ever taken place on the charmingly situated Aigburth ground terminated on Saturday in a splendid victory for Lancashire by the narrow margin of 3 wickets. The struggle commenced during the second innings of Yorkshire, for they started with 85 runs in hand— an immense advantage on a wicket th at had the top well knocked off— but soon lost a lot of ground owing to Dean’s splendid bowling, and when the last batsman had been dismissed at 73, it was realised th at Lancashire had just half a chance of victory. Hornby’s batting at this critical juncture was deserving of very high praise, and the same remark in a lesser degree applies to MacLeod and Tyldesley ; though the amateur m ight have been taken a little earlier, Denton missing a lofty drive on the rails. Rhodes and Makepeace, each in his first innings, showed masterly skill on a wicket th at never was really easy, and along with Hornby and Birtles were the batting successes of the match. Rhodes and Kilner, in Lancashire’s first innings, showed good form with the ball. Kilner has great abilities and should make a big name for himself. The majority of critics m ay not agree with me, when I say that Rhodes is almost as good a bowler as ever he was, but I cannot help that. He can make the ball almost talk as he used to do when he tries . . . and he did try a t Aigburth. He put forth his level best to win the match — apart from batting— and nearly succeeded. Analyses of 5 for 35 and 3 for 43 will bear me out in this. Of course there may be some explanation, but one wonders why only three Lancashire bowlers were utilised during Y o rk­ shire’s first innings of 177. MacLeod, Whitehead, and Make­ peace can send down a useful ball, and Huddleston, whose solitary wicket cost 66 runs, might with advantage to the side have been given less to do. The Yorkshire bowling was changed very skilfully, especially during the second innings of the Palatine, and no doubt Stanley took counsel with George Hirst in this matter. On the Saturday morning, when Lancashire re­ quired 88 to win and had 6 wickets in hand, this is the order in which the bowlers went o n :— Rhodes, Hirst, Booth, Kilner, Hirst, Bayes, Rhodes. The wicket keeping and fielding on each side was very good, Yorkshire being slightly in front, though no one else equalled MacLeod, whose ground work was unsurpassable. It was a great match and well attended. K . L. Hutchings, the dashing K ent batsman, was in this district during the week end and notched 115 for Formb y against Birkenhead Park out of a total of 223. Even so, he was on the losing side, for the Park made 283 for 6, A. C. Williamson leading the way with a splendid innings of 85. Sefton prevailed over Bootle by the narrow margin of 16 runs, for which they were mainly indebted to McEntegart, Imlach, and Curtis ; the first mentioned deserves high praise, for without his 42 his side would never have possessed a fighting chance. Scores 122 and 106. ~ ... - .........—g-flg-a.—— ------------------------------------- TO TOURING TEAMS AND OTHERS. U m p irin g wanted by W . Shepherd, the old Surrey county player and coach. For terms and copies of testimonials (or offer), apply to W . Shepherd, 12, Harbersou Road, Balham, S.W.