Cricket 1913

5114 CR I CK E T : A WE E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME September G, 1913. Club Cricket Notes and Jottings. My Sidmouth correspondent (Mr. A. P. Holden) con­ tinues and concludes his record of a month’s good cricket on the charming ground by the sea: August 2 2 and 2 3 , v. Incogniti; home team stayed in all the first day for 4 7 5 . L. V. Harper ( 9 1 ) and C. Marzetti ( 5 5 ) made 1 1 4 for the second wicket, and J. H. Hunt ( 1 0 1 ) and the Rev. E. B. Brutton ( 9 7 ) 1 1 7 for the sixth. Incogniti made 1 9 0 (Capt. Cantrell 6 9 ), and, following on, had 6 down for 1 3 1 . Then T. A. L. Whittington ( 1 1 5 ) and E. J. Dobson ( 7 7 ) added 1 2 6 for the seventh wicket, and the total eventually reached 4 0 5 . The game, in which 1 ,0 7 0 runs were scored had to be left drawn. August 2 5 and 2 6 — v. Gentlemen of Devon, three of Sid- mouth’s best bats being ranged with the scratch side. Gen­ tlemen of Devon made 4 6 3 — E. C. Ball 1 3 9 , P. Hargrave Carroll 7 1 . Sidmouth’s first innings was poor—only 1 3 6 ; but in the follow-on they ran up 3 8 0 — L. V. Harper 1 3 7 , Col. Newstead 1 1 1 , J. H. Hunt 5 3 . The game was drawn, against the home side. In it 9 7 9 runs were scored. August 2 7 and 2 8 — v. Exmouth. Sidmouth, with a num­ ber of useful scores (Comins 6 0 , Harper 5 3 , and so on) tallied 3 2 7 ; Exmouth twice collapsed, and could only raise 7 3 and 88. Tate (9 for 4 3 ) and-J. H. Hunt (7 for 6 9 ) did the mischief. August 2 9 and 3 0 , v. Old Marlburians, and at last a wicket which was not of the kind to make a bowler despair. Sidmouth made 1 3 4 , the touring side 1 2 1 . Marzetti 5 for 5 0 for Sidmouth. The Sidmouth second innings was carried to 1 5 4 (Rev. E. B. Brutton 4 9 ) next day. Wanting 1 7 3 to win, the O.M.’s lost 3 for 3 ; but capital steady batting by T. C. G. Sandford ( 6 7 *) and Haigh Smith pulled them through by 4 wickets. A keenly contested match fittingly wound up a most enjoyable cricket month. The Pontllanfraith (Mon.) C.C. have had a very succesful season so far, with 1 0 victories and 2 defeats out of 1 5 matches, a result which is largely due to their professional, Frank Roberts. Left handed with both bat and ball, Roberts has scored 5 1 4 runs (average 4 6 . 7 2 ) up to August 2 3 , and has taken 7 4 wickets for 4 .9 4 runs each. His consistency is shown by the fact that he has only twice been dismissed under double figures, his highest innings being 66*. This performance is in matches for Pontllanfraith alone; in all matches this season Roberts has 1 ,0 1 0 runs (average 4 2 ) and 1 8 0 wickets for i i runs each, to his credit, and it is evident that he will easily surpass his records for 1 9 1 2 — 1,011 runs and 1 6 0 wickets. These facts should be interesting to West Ham Park cricketers, as Roberts’s career, from boyhood, until hie em­ braced professionalism under “ W. G.,” was spent with clubs which had their grounds in that park— seasons 1 8 9 7 -8 with London and India Docks (at one time one of the ,best sides in the county), and the three following seasons with the Leather Cloth Club. His native county of Essex should also take note of the above figures, and be reminded that in 1 9 0 4 Roberts was tried by the club and ground and took 1 3 wickets in one match against a strong side. players on their ground, for Sir Arthur Priestley, who is the member for the borough, and one of the best known amongst cricketers the world over, always brings a ted.m to meet a Grantham and District eleven at the end of the season, and fine cricket is invariably the result. Many of the stars of the day have appeared in these matches, K. S. Ranjitsinhji included, and at his place, Hungerton Hall, Sir Arthur has given his visitors a great time. A. C. MacLaren and quite half of the Kent team are mostly cer­ tain starters, and his year’s match— fixed for September 1 1 , 1 2 , and 1 3 — is keenly anticipated. It may here be mentioned that Grantham are having an exceptonal season — only 4 matches lost out of nearly 4 0 played, very few drawn, and that aganst some of the strongest teams in the Notts and Lincolnshire district. As usual in August, the Sussex Martlets have been busily engaged. They played United Services at Portsmouth on the 2 5 th and 2 6 th, and a drawn game was the result, scores ruling high. The Martlets made 2 5 2 (B. H. Holloway 7 3 , G. V. Campbell 6 7 , J. Flowers 2 6 , W. F. Sundius-Smith 2 4 , F. B. Hitchcock 2 2 ) and 2 6 6 (Hitchcock 7 4 , F. H. Gresson 4 2 , Flowers 3 5 , Sundius-Smith 3 0 , Campbell 2 8 ); U.S. scored 3 9 7 (Q.-M.-S. Reynolds 6 7 , E. W. Harding 6 5 , L. C. R, Isherwood 6 2 , C. Pilkington 4 8 *, F. C. Kendle 3 9 , E. W. Raymond 3 2 , Col. G. N. A. Harris 2 3 ). On the 2 8 th they met Cryptics, and lost rather heavily. Martlets, 1 9 4 (A. C. Somerset 4 6 , G. Y . Campbell 3 8 , R. D. Cochrane 3 8 , A. H. M. West 2 7 ); Cryptics, 2 4 7 for 5 (K. Raynor 88, C. H. Campbell 7 1 ). M.C.C. were entertained on the 2 9 th and 3 0 th. F. G. Turner ( 1 4 6 ), Hardstaff ( 1 3 5 ), and T. A. L. Whittington ( 7 4 ) scored heavily for the premier club, and the innings was declared at 4 0 0 for 4 . The Martlets, with a spoiled wicket towards the finish, could only make 1 2 7 (E. C. Baker 2 3 , G. V. Campbell 2 2 , R. A. T. Miller 2 2 ) and 1 5 3 (Miller 7 4 , A. H. M. West 4 1 *). Miller’s plucky innings was the feature of the second day’s play. Knowle and Dorridge at home lost to Wolverhampton on the 2 3 rd after looking all over winners. They made 1 0 4 (W. H. Darby 4 7 ), and had 5 down for 128 and 6 for 6 7 . But the ultimate score was 1 81 for 7 (H. A. Page 8 7 *). C. L. Hughes bowled beautifully for a time; but Snow, the pro. split a thumb when batting, and Hughes had thus no very efficient supporter. On the 2 7 th, at Bournville, K . and D., with a weak side, lost again — 9 2 to Bournville’s 1 7 4 for 8. The match of last Saturday was a better show altogether. W. H. Darby (7 for 3 4 ) and C. L. Hughes (3 for 4 9 ) put out Harborne Somerville for 6 9 ; and, after one wicket had fallen for 6, Darby ( 9 2 ) and J. Balkwill ( 3 8 ) hit off the runs in about 2 0 minutes, 1 9 0 for 8 being registered in the end. The ul fresco concert held in the evening was a great suc­ cess, and the proceeds will make a useful addition to the exchequer. A postponed fixture in the Durham League was played on Wednesday (August 2 7 ). when Burnmoor ( 2 2 9 — Hendre~ 66) beat Eppleton ( 1 2 4 ). The chief feature of Saturday’s games was the narrow victory of Sunderland over their rivals, Wearmouth. Rothery made 8 3 (seventeen 4’s) of Wearmouth’s 1 4 2 ; Morris took 5 for 4 1 for Sunderland, and Hubert Brooks ( 4 3 ) and J. M. Russell ( 3 5 ) gave their side a start which should have led to a more decisive victory than one by 2 wickets. A. Lowings, for Boldon, took 7 for 1 7 , v. Whitburn, who were all out for 3 5 ; Boldon made 1 3 7 for 3 (J. .T. Common 5 5 ). Grantham cricketers are favoured above those in most For Durham City, who easily beat Seaham Harbour, A P. towns of similar size in the matter of having first-class Ashley scored his third century of the season. J. Roberts