Cricket 1913

:>24 CR ICKE T : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. August 1(>, 1013. H a y , W . M . R o ss, R . B row n, F . S. S utton , a n d R M allin so n were am on g the others who m ad e useful sco res A g a in st S tortford the R ev. H . J. E . B urrell ran up 94 on M on d ay, H . D . E . E llio tt 62 on T u esd ay , O . T . N o rris 60 and K . D . A b b o tt 55 on W ed n esd ay, G . W . C o o k 82 a n d J. C Sharm an 52 on T h u rsd ay , and on S atu rd ay four M .C .C . batsm en to p p ed 50— V . T rew 64, K . G . R eid 55, W . W . A ’D ean e 52, and R , P. M . H u d so n 51. W ith over 2 ,600 runs sco red d u rin g the six d ays, one h ard ly exp ects to find a n yth in g sen sational in the way of b ow lin g figures. T h e best th in g in the a tta ck for S tortford during th e week was p ro bably M . R o u tled g e ’s six for 59 v. W in e T ra d e C lu b . C . E d w a rd s’s six for 75 v. P allin gsw ick , an d V a lia n t’s six for 95 v. E ssex C . and G. a lso deserve m ention. F o r visitin g team s the follow in g item s are worth n oting : W alter M ea d ’s six for 57 for E sse x C . and G ., R . C . B ya ss’s five for 47 for W ine T ra d e C lu b , and C . P a sc o e ’s five for 43 for B uckhu rst H ill. T h e W estb o u rn e P a rk W anderers have been on tour in C ornw all, and h ave h a d a p articu larly go od tim e. T h e ir cap tain , M r. W . H . P earce, poin ts out th at few L o n d o n team s tour C ornw all, which is strange con sid ering th e run there is upon D evo n in July an d A ugust. B ut grou nd s and p layers are qu ite go od in the D electab le D u ch y. C am b o rn e, P en zan ce, and H elsto n have p ar­ ticu larly w ell-kep t grou nd s ; but at F alm o u th and R e d ru th the p itch es are sca rcely up to the mark. A t P e n za n c e th e W . P . W . c a u g h t it h o t. T h e y lo st th e to ss a fte r a ra in y m o rn in g , and h ad a g r e a s y ball to m a n ip u la te. T h r e e w ic k e ts fell ch e ap ly ; b u t on K . J. K e y , th e o ld S u rr e y sk ip p e r, an d P o lg re a n com ­ in g to g e th e r a b ig stan d w a s m ad e. T h e field in g w a s d e m o r a lis e d ; th e b a ll sp ed to e v e ry q u a rte r, and n o w h e re , w h en lifte d , fo u n d a n y o n e to hold it; and the in n in g s w a s declared ' a t 370 fo r 3— -P o lg re a n 2 10 *, K e y 100*. B u t th is w a s th e fifth m a tch , an d h a s been m en­ tio n ed o u t o f d u e c o u rse . O n M o n d a y th e to u rists m et C am b o rn e , and w e re b e a te n b y 99 ru n s, th o u g h F ie ld e n p la y e d a c a p ita l in n in g s o f 7 1 * fo r th em . O n T u e s d a y th ey b e a t R e d ru th— 161 to 87— F ield en (38) a g a in to p sc o re r. O n W e d n e s d a y a h e a v y -s c o rin g m a tch end ed in a w in fo r H e lsto n — 280 fo r 9 to W . P . W . ’ s 265. H a ll sco red 101 and S w a n n 67 fo r th e to u rists, G u n n ic k 127 and M cD o w e ll 53 fo r H e l­ sto n . T h u r s d a y ’ s g a m e w a s a d r a w ; F ield en c o n tri­ b u te d a gran d. 153 and W a ll 49* to W . P . W . ’ s 312 fo r 8, and P o rth c u rn o rep lied w ith 185 fo r 9— G ib b o n s 73. T h e P e n za n c e in n in g s on F rid a y h a s a lre a d y been re ferre d to ; b u t it m a y be* m en tio n ed th a t th e to u rists did n o t lo se a fte r a ll— W a ll (44), H all (28), and S im o n d s (24) h elp ed th em to p la y o u t tim e. O n S a tu rd a y th e y d ecla red a t 194 fo r 8 (S w a n n 5 7, C h a p ­ m an 3 3 * , N ix e y 32, W a ll 25) v . F a lm o u th , and w on b y 81 ru n s. In th e a tta c k th ey su ffered g r e a tly from th e w a n t o f a fa s t b o w le r ; E llis cou ld n ot g o , a n d there w a s n o one to re p la ce ' him . N e x t y e a r ’ s to u r w ill be in S o u th D evo n . The Thousand Runs and Hundred Wickets. S in c e A u g u st 6, th e fo llo w in g h a v e q u a lifie d for th o u sa n d runs list :— 31 , C h a rle s w o rth , (C .), A u g . 7 ; 32 , B a k e r (C .S .), A u g . 7 ; 33 S to n e (J.) A u g . 8 ; 34 , H a y w a r d ( T .W .) A u g. 8 ; 35 , D ip p e r (A .-E.) A u g 8 ; 36 , T a r ra n t (F .A .), A u g , 11 ; 37 , H . L . W ’ ilson , A u g . 11 ; 38 , L e e (G .M .), A u g . 12 . T h e n am es of D ip p e r, H . L . W ils o n a n d L e e a re n ew to th e list. T h e on e a d d itio n to th e 100 w ic k e ts list is ;— 9 H u d d le sto n (W .), A u g . 11 . T h is ts H u d d le s to n ’s first a p p e a ra n c e in th e list, th o u g h h e h as n a r ro w ly m issed th e d istin c tio n o n c e o r tw ic e b e fo re . The Century List. J U L Y 26 . A. J. Graham, 121, West Hartlepool v. Thornaby. L. Wyatt, 151, Stalybridge v. Royton. B. Sharp, 100, Bootle v. New Brighton. Lieut. Congdon, 147, United Services v. Devon Dumplings. . T. C. Stafford, 125, The Wanderers v. E. Molesey. C. T. Turpin, 101*, Charlton Park v. Balham Wanderers. M. H. Webb-Peploe, 100*, Weymouth College v. R.G.A. Wilkinson, 1 Mitchell and Butler’s v. Moseley. F. G. Stephens, 117, Moseley v. Mitchell and Butler's. H. A. Haigh-Smith, 187, Troians v. Basingstoke. R. Harvey, 112, Southwold v. Halesworth. A. L. Scott-Owen, 142, Eppleton v. Whitburn. F. P. Whittaker, 166, Whitburn v. Eppleton. E. Wells, 102*, Stanmore v. Pinner. R. T. Whitehorn, 105, Tynemouth v. Tynedale. S. M. Clarke, 118*, Ebbw Vale v. Barry. A. A. Luce, 103, Phoenix v. C ivil Service (Dublin). The Hon. L. Tennyson and Lieut. C. H. Abercrombie, R.N ., are only a brace of instances of what quite a num­ ber of other old public school boys and Services men would do— if they had the opportunity. Cricket cannot be of much account in Belgium if the form against Ayr is to be taken as a guide. In the first raatch the Belgians were all dismissed for 17, W. R. Drin- nan taking six wickets with six successive balls ! Then J. Ferguson (154) and J. J. Maybin (122'*) each helped him­ self to a century. In the Tyneside League six games produced four cen­ turies, a 99, a 93, and four scores between 50 and 60. Yet the bowlers had their say in those six games, too. Whereas St. George’s made 282 for 5 v. Backworth Percy, South Northumberland 260 for 4 v. the County Club, Tynemouth 260for g v. Tynedale, and Benwell Hill 207 for 7 v. Ryton, on the other hand Backworth Percy were out for 73, Old Novocastrians (v. Benwell) for 80, and Ryton for 113. W a n t e d . —Volumes of C r i c k e t for 1888, 1890 and 1894. State condition, whether bound or unbound, and price asked, to Manager of C k ic k e t , 25, White Street, Moor Kane, London, E.C. For Rale : Cricket Annuals, over 2.000 Books on Cricket, Cricket Prints and Engravings. A. J. Gaston, “ Argus ” Office, Brighton.