Cricket 1913

488 CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. August 9 , 1918 Club Cricket Notes and Jottings. W ill secretaries please note that details of matches arriving a week or more after date are really not of much use to us ? The pressure of work during August is parti­ cularly heavy, and unless scores arrive in good time they are apt to miss comment altogether, which we regret T h is w eek the g rea t demand made upon space by B ank H o lid ay m atches n ecessarily cu rtails comm ent, and, ex­ cept for m atches in which som ething out o f the ordinary happens, a bare summ ary must suffice. L ieut. F . R. R. B rooke m ade two centuries— 136 and 104*— for R oyal A rtille ry v. 1 Zingari on J u ly 30 and 31. B rooke w ill be p la yin g regu larly for Lan cash ire in A ugust, and it w ould not be su rp risin g if he m ade a ccntury or two in county cricket. Tw o m atches of the Shepherd’s Bush W ee k , on succes­ siv e days, resulted thus Shepherd’s Bush, 307; Mr. W . P riestley’s X L , 117. Shepherd’s Bush, 307; A ra lian s, 115. L y m in g to n y . T r o ja n s , J u ly 23 : T ro ja n s, 290 for y, d e c .; D . W . P ailth orp e 108, R. W . F . Jesson 66, H. A. H aigh Sm ith 36, R ogers 26. L ym in gton , 157; F. H. M aturin 59, G. H. R eyn olds 33, G. C. V ica ry 23, R. HjH 20. F o r the T ro ja n s, H aigh Sm ith took 5 for 24. S t. L a w r e n c e v . F r e e F o r e s t e r s , J u ly 30 and 31 : St. Law ren ce, 91 and 13 2; L . T . H am blin 32*, A . Browns- combe 27, first; Sm ith 27, J. D ean 25, second. F .F ., 330; E . C am p bell 73, Hon. J. S. R. Tupton 73, B. Ram sden 57, Capt. H o llan d 45, G . A . F airb airn 38*. S t . L a w r e n c e v . F r e e F o r e s t e r s , J u ly 31 : St. L a w ­ rence, 179; E . L . G oulden 57, Sm ith 46. F .F ., 181 for 9; Hon. J. S. R. T u fto n 59, E . C am p bell 44, D . Speed 40*. H am p stea d v . M id d le s e x C. a n d G ., J u ly 30: H am p­ stead, 176; A. W . E v e ritt 70, E. L . M arsden 37, E. W . H. B eaton 32. M iddlesex C. and G ., 328 for 8; O. W . Sher- w ell 120, T . B. W ilso n 51, H. W . W eston 30*, D. YV. E llis 23, A . G. B ourch ier 20, F or the C. and G ., H. W . W eston , the W a lh am G reen crack , took 8 for 42. O. W . S h erw ell, who scored a century, is a you n ger brother of P ercy S h erw ell, the South A frica n captain o f a few years ago. C o lc h e s t e r G a r r is o n v . C o lc h e s t e r a n d E a s t E s s e x . Garrison, 299 for no wicket, dec. ; W . E. Parke 143*, E. W . S. Foljambe 136*. C. and E .E ., 194 for 4 ; Rev. A. J. Fenn 65, C. S. W ilson 44, Chapman 42*, J. W . Egerton Green 28. Quite a nice day for the bowlers — 493 runs for 4 wickets! W . E . Parke has been scoring very heavily this year in Essex. T r o ja n s v . B a s in g s t o k e , J u ly 26: T ro ja n s, 394 for 9, d e c .; H. A. H aigh-Sm ith 187, P. D. P an k 73, A. C. P. A rn old 40, D. W . P a ilth o ip e 35, E L. Raym ond 24*. B asin gstoke, 218; R. Lam b 74, R ev. J. B. B arker 44, W . H. L iv sey 28, F'. A. P ran ce 22. F or the T rojan s, R. W . F . Jesson took 6 for 42. P a r s o n ’s G r e e n v . W e s t b o u r n e P a r k W a n d e r e r s , A u gu st 1 : W .P .W ., 192; Sim onds 36, F airbroth er 28, D ow dell 28, F ield en 19. P arson ’s G reen, 161 ; F. G. D riv er 56. T w e lv e a side played. G eorge, a left-hander, took 7 fo r 63, and C. J. H arrod bow led w ell for the losers. A w ell-contested gam e. SATURDAY’S MATCHES B u r y a n d W e s t S u f f o l k v. C o lc h e s t e r a n d E a s t E s s e x : B . and W .S ., 349 for 8, dec. ; P en fo ld 121, A. B. Barnes 70*, R. D. L ake 45, E . D . C. L a k e 24. C. and E .E ., 229 for 5; C apt. G. H . S. F ow ke 114*, Chapm an 40, E . Stiff 24. O n ly 578 for 13 in this gam e— quite a falling-off from the Colchester side’s last m a tc h ! H o o k a n d S o u t h b o r o u g h v. B a lh a m W a n d e r e r s . H. and S ., 174 for 6 ; F . Ive 70, W . M. H ayes 54. B .W ., 107 for 4 ; S. H anna 58*, W . J. A tfield 36. O ld O la v ia n s v. N o r t h L o n d o n . — O ld O lavian s, 216; W . B. Owen 55, H. B essell 37, P. B row nlow 23, A . H. W ilso n 23. N . London, 92; E . Potter 33. Owen and B essell put on 77 for fourth w icket. In his last 9 balls W illiam s for the O .O .’s took 4 w ickets and did the hat trick, w in n ing the m atch for his side ju st on time. F. H otchkiss (7 for about 60) bow led p a rticu la rly w ell for the losers. L e w ish a m W a n d e r e r s v . O ld C h a r lt o n .— O .C ., 251 for 7, d e c .; W . W e lle r 86, G. B. Thompson 39*, S. D. Fresc:> 30,E . Punch 30, A. A. M artin 24. L .W ., 260 for 7 ; F . G. L a ck 83, C . L a n gfo rd 82, G. Bezer 33*, A. H. L a c k 19*. T h evisitors declared, but were beaten, the home side going for the runs w ith no lack of determ ina­ tion ivrong again— there were two L acks of determ ina­ tion ! T h am e s D it t o n v. W e s t K e n t W a n d e r e r s .— W .K .W ., 134; W . H. L aw ren ce 26, H. Simpson 22. T h am es D it­ ton, 91 ; Crowhurst 24, Stevens 22. Sm all scoring on a really good w icket. Law rence hit six 4’s in his 26. A. E . L u g g for1 the w inners had 5 for 41, G., D a rv e ll 3 for 10. Law rence, in addition to bein g top scorer, w as conspicu­ ous with fou r fine catches at short slip , and F . W . A lla r- dyce kep t w icket finely. F o r the home side F en ley took 8 fot 57. H a n w e ll A s y lu m v . G r e a t W e s t e r n R a ilw a y .— A s y ­ lum , 76; G . B ru n ton 21. G .W .R ., 161; T . S. C olston 54, M. P. B rew er 32, A . G rugeon 24*. F'or th e w inners W . R. M orris took 5 for 4, C. E . H o n cy b a ll 4 fo r 34. Yorkshire Items. Y o r k s h ir e 's m a tc h e s f o r n e x t se a so n h a v e been a llo c a t e d th u s : T o S h e ffie ld — K e n t, L a n c a s h ir e , S om e rse t, S u s s e x ; to L e e d s — D e r b y s h ir e , E s s e x , a n d N o t t s ; to B r a d f o r d — L e ic e s te rs h ir e , M id d le s e x , a n d S u r r e y ; to H u ll— H a m p s h ir e a n d ( p r o b a b ly ) W o r c e s te r s h ir e ; to D e w s b u r y — W a r w ic k s h ir e , to H a r r o g a te — G lo u c e s te r s h ir e ; t o H u d d e r s fie ld — N o r th a n ts . I t is b a d n ew s th a t S ir A r c h ib a ld W h ite w ill p ro b ­ a b ly c e a se to c a p ta in Y o r k s h ir e a t th e e n d o f th is y e a r . l i e h a s w o n g o ld e n o p in io n s in a p o s t th a t it w a s h o p e d h e w o u ld re ta in fo r y e a r s y e t. B o o t h a n d R h o d e s h a v e b een g iv e n p e rm is sio n b y th e ir C o u n t y C o m m itte e to g o to S o u th A f r i c a w ith th e M . C . C . team . Is th e re a n y g r o u n d fo r th e ru m o u r th a t H . K . F o s te r w i ll c a p ta in th a t s id e ? E v e r y o n e w o u ld be d e lig h t e d i f he c o n s e n te d t o d o so. B u t I d o u b t it.