Cricket 1913

August 16, 1913. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 523 it nearly all to one m an, G . Y ates (75 *). T h e R ev. G . E. Roberts and L. M arzetti sent up 82 unparted before close of play, and reach ed 125 n ext morning before the latter left. R o b erts, who had t.een top scorer in the first innings with 43, was out at 309 for a brillian t 162. T h e closure was ap p lied at 341 for eight. But U p p er T o o tin g made runs fast and well, and were 275 for three at the finish, H oskin s (95) and Y ates (83) having added 146 for the second w icket. T h e latter m ade 158 for once out in the match. F or years p ast Mr. W VV. G ill has annually taken a team o f the D ulw ich club to tour in K en t. T h is year, for the first tim e, the tour had the clu b ’s official imprimatur. A ll six m atches were won, a splendid result when the strength o f the sides met and the plumb w ickets played on are taken in to accou nt. A full accou n t o f the tour has reached m e ; bu t it com es too late to be given in extenso (the first m atch was as far back as July 24), and I can only find sp ace for a few notes con cern in g it. T h e sides m et were F olkeston e, beaten by 252 for 3 to 190 (and F olkeston e is n ot an easy side to b eat at an) tim e ); St. Law rence, C an terbury, beaten with 8 w ickets in hand, but D ulw ich suffered a slum p afterw ards, and the rest w ent for 12 m o re; H yth e, beaten by 231 for 4 to 209 ; C hartham A sylum , who made 74 and 106 for 4 to D ulw ich’s 144 ; Shorn cliffe G arrison, who gave the side their hard est fight, and on ly went under b y 38 runs (206 to 2 4 4 ); and T on brid ge, again st whom D ulw ich declared at 282 for 7, an d then got their opponents out for 193. G ill lost the toss in all the first four m atches. T he great su ccesses o f the team were C . V . Jones, a new member this year, A . H . W illiam s, P . H . Slater, E J Bridger, who bow led con sisten tly well (32 w ickets for 4 15. runs) never b ein g collared, and through the week keeping one end goin g for all but 8 overs in all, a n d R. S. M . P o rter (like Jones a new member), whose wicket- keepin g was excellen t. O thers d id well, but these were most prom inent. Jon es m ad e 10 5 * v. F olkeston e, 49 v. St. Law rence, and 10 1* v. H y th e. H e was not a va ilab le for the last three m atches. A . H . W illiam s scored 69 v. F olkeston e, 58 v. St. Law ren ce, 76 v. H yth e, and 98 v. T on brid ge, S later ran up 112 at Shornclifife and 60 at T o n b rid ge. K n ow le and D orridge have been perform ing better of late and are evid en tly feelin g the benefit o f their D evon tour, although not a m atch th ereof was won. O n Saturday, A ugust 2, the O ld W avw ickians were encountered, and although the latter had been in sp lendid form all the week, K n ow le and D orrid ge ran up 333 for nine in abou t 2^ hours, H . J. B ow er taking 102. T h e O . W .’s m ade 187 for seven. O n the A u gu st B an k H o lid a y K . & D . made 295 again st O lton , nearly everyone doin g well. O lton replied with 224 for eight, G . W alker 12 1 . O n T uesday, Sutton C o ld field were dism issed on a w icket that k ick ed a bit for 12 r, C . L . H u gh es takin g 8 for 43. H e follow ed this up with 33, after 5 w ickets had fallen for 53, he and R ev. W . J. R ic e (65) hittin g off the runs. Ow in g to the sm all scorin g the m atch finished early so each side went in again for h a lf an hour’s “ beatin g,” any man p layin g a m aiden over h avin g to retire. Sutton C o ld field m ade 118 for six, K . & I). 1 2 r for eight. Pretty go od going, 239 in an hour ! On Saturday, A ugust 9, H arborn e were met. O w in g to rain the start was delayed till nearly a quarter past four ; but the D orridge “ beaters ” soon got to work, scoring 186 for five in 80 m inutes. J. B alkw ill took 90, hitting tw enty 4’s and sending the ball out o f the ground quite a dozen tim es, four tim es in his first over ! T h e ground b ein g on the sm all side, however, no sixes are allow ed ; but som e o f the hits were honestly worth that num ber. H arborn e W'ere left w ith hours to bat and went for the runs, scorin g 183 for 7. T h e y were th ou gh t to have won, 190 having been put up on the board, and it was not until afterw ards th at som eone, on add in g up the books, found the scorers had m ade a m istake. H ard lu ck for H arborn e ; but really the last over in w h ich the necessary runs were im agin ed to have been ob tain ed sh ou ld n ot have been bow led, tim e bein g up before it comm enced. B a tte rse a , on to u r in S u s s e x d u rin g B an k H o lid a y w e e k , p la ye d five m a tch es and lo st th re e , th o u g h th ey m ade a g o o d m an y runs. U n fo rtu n a te ly th ey had been o b lig e d to le a v e m o st o f th eir b o w le rs a t hom e, so th e o th e r sides sco red h e a v ily too. T h e ir h ig h e st w a s 243 for 3 , declared, v. C lifton (B righton) at Preston P ark in th e first m atch o f the to u r, w h en F . W a r d sco red 122, L . E . H isco ck 62 *, and A . M . Lath>;m 32. C lifto n (.fnly m ade 116 , J. C . C h ristie ta k in g 5 fo r 39. B o g n o r e a s ily b ea t th em — 245 fo r 6 to 160 (C h ristie 46, L . E . L iv e s e y 45, L a th am 27). Little.- h am p to n h ad a s h e a v y a w in — 262 to 126 (L iv esey 49). B ru n s w ic k a t H o v e sco red 202, and B a tte rse a co u ld o n ly to ta l 128 in rep ly (W . J. C ro ft 29, C h ristie 25). A tw o -d a y m a tch w ith W o r th in g re su lted t h u s :— W o r th in g , 264 (L . B o o re r 5 1 , H . M itch ell 40, A . M . H a rriso n 33, L . J. M o rg a n 32, F . C . W in to n 25) and 13 1 fo r 7 ; B a tte r se a , 297 (C . P . H u rd itch 116 , F . W a r d 53, L . E . H is co ck 48, W . J. C r o ft 22). B u t if th e b a la n ce o f w in s w a s on th e w ro(ng side o f th e le d g e r, th e w e a th e r w a s g o o d on th e w h o le , and1 n o d o u b t th e B a tte rse a men e n jo y ed th em selves. B ish op Stortford’s H om e W eek was a d ecid ed su ccess, though n aturally the S tortford m en would have lik ed to win another m atch or two. T h e results w e r e : M onday, A u gu st 4, v. Mr. W . I. R ow ell’s T eam (tw elve a side), drawn— M r. R ow ell’s X I I ., 268 ; B .S ., 246 for 9. T u esd ay, v. E ssex C . and G , lo st— C . and G ., 242 ; B .S ., 159. W ed nesday, v. W ine T ra d e C lu b , lo st— W ine T ra d e, 221 ; B .S . 100. T h u rsd ay, v. B u ckh u rst H ill, lo st— B u ckh u rst H ill, 2 7 5 ; B .S ., 103. F rid ay, v. P allin gsw ick, won— Pallingsw ick, 148 ; B .S ., 340. Saturday, v. M .C .C . (twelve a side), lo st— M .C .C ., 326 for 9 ; B .S ., 183. T h e biggest individual innin gs for the hom e sid e during the week w ere: T . B ra ce ’s 134, v. P a llin g sw ick ; E . A . K n ig h t’s 94, v. R o w e ll’s T eam ; M . H . C . D o ll’s 88,. v. M .C .C .; a n d C. R . R idw ay’s 70, v. Pallin gsw ick. P .