Cricket 1913

CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. F eb . 15, 1913. Graham, F. W. Abbott, and A. H. Bolden all took part with great success, to judge from the evident appreciation of their audience. On the stroke of midnight, to the strains of the National Anthem, the proceedings terminated. I hear that the club has arranged an excel.ent list of fixtures for j 1913. All the old hands are still available; new talent is to be given good trial; and altogether prospects are bright, i Good! The Melrose C.C. had a somewhat less successful season than in some previous years, though perhaps their record is really better than it seems, as they had on the whole rather the best of the drawn games. For the first time in the club’s history S. H. Mason fails to head the batting averages, his elder brother, Arthur J., deposing him there- I from. On wickets that generally favoured the attack, A. J. Mason played very good and consistent cricket; he possesses both defence and "hitting powers, and is besides a smart field and a fast bowler of considerable ability. Though the slow pitches did not suit him, he did more execution than any one else except his brother and R. J. Winfield. The stylist of the side is F. E. Gall, and he, moreover, is a rare good man in a crisis. He keeps wicket so well that he gets no chance of exploiting his talent as a leg-break bowler. F. E. Orpin and R. J. Winfield are hitters; S. J. Gall, an old member of the team, plays the safety game as a rule. Two new members in L. Cheeseman and W. C. Mason (a younger brother of A. J. and S. H.) were distinct finds. They are both medium to fast left-handers, and as will be seen met with considerable success. G. K. M. Dickinson, the captain, fielded finely at point, and bowled effectively. Played, iS ; won, 8; Inns. lost, N.O. MELROSE C.C. : 1912. S; drawn, 5. B atting . R. A. H.S. B o w l in g . O. R. w . A. Mason A. J. ... 15 3 2l)7 24*75 68 104-2 295 31 9'51 Mason. S. H. 1; 1 24? 17-28 56 1lO* 1 280 36 7 94 Gall, V. E. ... 18 1 278 16-35 52 1 1 2 ° ' 5 ° Orpin, F. E. ... 12 2 *34 I 3 ' 4 ° 42 16-4 65 4 16*25 GaH, S. J. ... 14 1 153 11-76 34 11 24 4 6-00 Winfield, R. J.... 15 0 172 11*46 48 93 -i 262 33 7 93 Mason, W. C. ... * i 55 7*^5 30 4 1 128 >3 9*84 Sketcher, A. J. 13 4 <>« 7-55 27 10 16 3 5*33 Wilson, J. K. ... 5 1 2 <) 7"25 n — — Cheeseman, 1........ 9 1 53 6-62 35 56*3 ' 3 8 24 5'75 Clayden, H. M. 13 1 66 5-50 14 Lee, S. H. ... 6 0 33 5 - 5 ° 13 2 7 0 — Dickinson, G. K. M. 16 1 7() 5*26 14 45*4 168 22 763 Newman, G. S. 8 0 4 2 5-25 19 ... — — The club scored 1,945 runs for i79 wic kets (average 10.8); their opponents 1,562 for 189 wickets (average 8.2). The Durham Senior League’s Committee met on January 16 at Sunderland, the chief business on the agenda being the fixture list and the hearing of an appeal by Phila­ delphia against the fine imposed upon them for misconduct during the match with South Shields on August 31. The club was fined a guinea, and told that a repetition of the offence would lead to its expulsion from the league, and a prominent member was warned off. It was decided (after further arguments had been heard), on the basis of a broad spirit of sportsmanship, (a) to remit the fine; (b) to expunge the vote of censure on South Shields for not completing 3J hours’ play (Mr. Coulson, the captain, refused to go on with the match, quite rightly, in most people’s opinion); (c) to reconsider J. T. Kirtley’s suspension at the end of twelve months. The Committee are anxious that good feel­ ing should prevail, and feel that the course taken is most conducive to this end. Umpires were appointed ; H. Clode (formerly of Surrey), H. HinchclilTe (lately pro. to the Epple- ton C.C.), and J. Rowley (groundsman to South Shields, formerly of the Egham and Thorpe C.C.) were reinstated as amateurs. On Saturday. January 25, a smoking concert was held at the Grand Hotel, Hanley, to ce'ebrate the reorganisation of the Staffordshire Sentinel Cricket Competition. The chfiir was taken by Mr. H. Barrett Greene (Editor of the Sentinel), and among the company were Messrs. Percival Briegs (the county player), G. T. Bagguley (the county club’s Hon. Treasurer), S. Gleaves (Hon. Sec. to the North Staffordshire League), A. R. Wood (President of the Porthill Park C.C.), Dr. T. Basil Rhodes, the old Malvern College batsman, £.nd many other enthusiasts. Later in the evening the Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent (Alderman F. Geen), unavoid­ ably detained at the outset, came along to preside. Messrs. Barrett Greene, A. R. Wood, H. E. Moody, J.P., G. Walker (General Manager of the Sentinel and President of the Com­ petition), J. S. Scott (captain of the Silverdale C.C.), E. A. Ashmall (i’resident of the North Staffs. Cricket Combina­ tion), P. IJriggs, G. T. Bagguley, and S. Gleaves, the Rev. G. R. Ba.ley, and the Mayor all made speeches. The Sentinel Competition is for junior clubs, and, the cup given having been won outright by the Oakamoor C.C., the donors have now replaced it by a shield. A correspondent interested in the Colchester and East Essex C.C. (whose 1912 averages were given last month) sends along copies of two cuttings in his scrap-book, refer­ ring to a gentleman whose real ability as a cricketer has been overshadowed by his organising genius. I was aware, thanks, that R. V. R. played for a season or two for the C. and E.E. club; but I didn’t know he did this sort of thing—the hat trick and playing through the innings within a week ! On August 25, 1894, playing for C. and E.E. v. Culver Street Ironworks, I read, “ R. V. Ryder for the winners accomplished the hat trick, dismissing Bloomfield, Murphy, and Metheringham with the first three balls of the match.” And on August 29, forWest Bergholt v. Dedham, “ for the winners R. V. Ryder, going in first, played through the innings, scoring 73 (not out) of a total of 103.” 0 -------------------------------- Mr. Cecil Spiegelhalter sends me along some more 1912 club records, which I am glad to print. They are as follows : I n d iv id u a l I n n in g s o f 250 a n d o v e r :— 296, Ford, Davis- ites v. Saundersites, at Charterhouse, July 15 ; 291*, R. V. Minnett, Old Buckeiham Hall v. Harrow Blues, at Old Buckenham, Aug. 16, 17 ; 274, E. G. Righton, Worcestershire Gentlemen v. Incogniti, at Worcester, May 29, 30 ; 259*, G. W. E. Whitehead, Clifton College v. Liverpool, at Clifton, May 29, 30; 257, H. E. Kirby, Mayfield v. Tunbridge Wells, at Mayfield, July 6 ; 255, C. St. J. L. Tudor, Army Service Corps v. Royal Navy, a t Ports­ mouth, Aug. 1, 2. L o n g S t a n d s f o r t h e F ir s t W ic k e t :— 324, b y H. R. K irby (257) and S. Markwick (103), for Mayfield v. Tunbridge Wells, at Mayfield, July 6 ; 312, A. Sandham (175I and J. B. Hobbs (172), for Surrey C. and G. v. Godstone, a t Godstone, May 11 ; 285, M. H. C. Doll (145) and R. Munds (141*), M.C.C. v. Forest Hill, at Perry Hill, July .3 ; 272, A. Frew (165*) and E. Borrajo (101), Ibis II. v. Old Charlton II., May 27 ; 269, unparted, S. Pentney (204*) and F. Loveday. (61*), Palace Shop (Newmarket) v. Kirtling, at Newmarket, July 25 (said to have been made in 80 minutes) ; 262, unparted, R. V. Minnett (156*) and W. L . Jack (93*), Lionel Robinson’s X I. v. M.C.C., at Old Buckenham, July 1 ; 253, H. W . Weston (141*) and H. W. McRae (98), Walham Green v. Richmond Park, June 15 ; 250, R. H. V. Cavendish (131) and Capt. M. Crichton-Maitland I117), Household Brigade v. Yorkshire Gentlemen, a t Chelsea, July 3- L o n g S t a n d s f o r o t h e r W ic k e t s :— 463 (fifth highest on record) for second, R. V. Minnett (291*) and R. F. Popham (226), Old Buckenham Hall v. Harrow Blues, at Old Buckenham, Aug. 16, 17 ; 299 for second, T. R. K en t (200*) and Dr. E. Weaver-Adams (114), Slough v. Northern Polytechnic, Aug. 5 ; 297 for the second, A. R. Littlejohn (157) and A. C. Finnis (149), for Chiswick Park v. Stoics, at Chiswick Park, July 10 ; 270, unparted after fall of second, G. L. Crowe (144*) and M. Clarke (138*), Bickley Park v. Old Johnians, a t Bickley, July 20 ; 253 for second, G. W. E. Whitehead (259) and J. R. F. Ernngton (125), Clifton College v. Liverpool, a t Cliftcn, May 29, 30. •------------ MATCHES WANTED. I l f o r d C.C. require away match on April 27—good ground essential.—A. J. Spelling, Kynance, Park Avenue, Ilford. B e l l e v u e C.C., having lost their ground, are making fixtures as a wandering ciub, and have the following dates vacant, for good-class clubs: May 3, June 7, June 21, July 26, August 9, August 16, August 30, September 6, September 13.— Alec McCabe, 58, Norburv Crescent, Norburv, S.W.