Cricket 1913

September 6 , 1918. C R I C K E T : A WE EK L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. 595 made 5 5 * for the losers. Philadelphia (1 4 4 for 2 — R. Hall 4 6 *, H. 1 ). Phelps 4 6 *, J. Harrison 3 8 ) defeated Eppleton ( 1 0 7 —A. Newsome 3 5 ), who were not at full strength. Hen­ don ( 7 9 ) v. Burnmoor ( 6 1 ) was a bowler’s battle. For Burnmoor G. Summerill took 6 for 3 7 , Hendren 4 for 3 6 ; for Hendon H. N. Dixon 6 for 2 3 , Weight 4 for 3 1 . Chester- le- Street beat South Shields by 6 3 runs. Thackeray (4 9 and 7 for 2 6 ) was the chief factor in this victory. Chester-le-Street’s veteran all-rounder, J. K. Bewick, is still going strong. He does not do as much bowling as of old; but he gets his wickets cheaply when he goes on, and up to date he has totalled 5 5 4 runs in 1 7 completed innings in League matches this season. Rothery has made 9 5 0 runs for Wearmouth. Over 3 ,0 0 0 people witnessed the Sunder- land-Wearmouth match. The point-scoring now is : Chester- le-Street 0 9 , Wearmouth 2 9 , Sunderland 2 8 , so anything may happen. Philadelphia II. have won the Second Division Championship. There was no century in the Tyneside League; but G. L. Hunting made 8 7 for the County Club v. North Durham— three chances, five 6’s ,eight 4 ’s. A man who hit* as Hunt­ ing does deserves all the luck he gets. N. R. E. Wilkinson’s 6 7 * and Wingham’s 7 for 61 gave St. George’s a win over Tynemouth. For South Northumberland v. Old Novocas- trians W. A. Taylor took 6 for 9 — the old boys all out for 2 3 . Thanks to a hard-hitting partnership between R. G. Elliott ( 8 4 *, including four 6’s, eight 4 ’s) and J. L. Towler ( 6 0 *, with two 6’s and four 4 ’s) Wallsend smashed up Ben­ well. Towler (5 for 4 4 ) and Rainsford (5 for 5 9 ) shared the winners’ bowling honours, and the young amateur ought to be very useful to the county in the near future. W. Robb and S. J. Newman ( 5 3 *) added 9 9 for Tynedale v. Benwell Hill, Robb making 7 5 (four 6’s) of that number. Their side won easily. The improved Backworth Percy team beat Ryton. J. Wharrior hit up 3 9 * for the winners in 1 5 minutes, and Jackson also made 3 9 . J. R. Phillipson, with some luck, scored 5 5 for the losers. F. Swinhoe ran up a century arid A. W. Gowland took 8 for 4 0 for South Moor v. Kimblesworth (N. W. Durham League). Play could not be started till 3 .3 0 in the Grantham v. Rad­ cliffe match; but W. Baines found time to score 1 0 2 * for the home side— a beautiful innings, or;sp and clean. Six teen 4 ’s were included. Innings declared at 1 5 4 for 4 ; then J. F. Bishop and G. Foster made a good start for Radcliffe, and might have played out time but that young Foster got a nasty knock on the finger and had to retire for 2 4 . At drawing of stumps Bishop had made 4 3 * of 7 1 for 1 . Burghley Park played and easily beat (1 3 3 to 3 2 ) a team of Lincolnshire Territorials. Clayton ( 4 1 ) was top scorer for the winners. Last Saturday’s North Staffordshire and District League games were mostly small-scoring contests. In five instances the aggregates did not reach the seventy mark, and in one game the whole of the 2 0 wickets fell for 88 runs. This match was at Burslem, where the home club got Knypersley out for 5 6 only to be themselves dismissed for 3 2 . G. Bedson had 7 wickets for 1 4 and Sedgwick 3 for 1 4 for the winners, and for the other side Mills got 4 for 4 and A. Cook 4 for 3 0 . Mills’ four were taken in five balls. Silverdale were easy winners at Stoke, putting a weak side out for 8 9 , and passing that score with 3 down. J. Ankers showed capital form in scoring 4 1 *. The victory will probably give the winners the need to apply for re- -election. Tunstall have been going so well of late that they were quite expected to account for Longton, but a clever innings of 4 5 from C. Edwards, followed by some fine bowling by Barber, upset calculations. Barber did his best performance of the season, his 8 wickets costing less than 3 runs each. For Tunstall Morgan took 5 for 2 7 . A good struggle has been going on for second place to Porthill, and Fenton’s win at Crewe meant the deposition of Leek, who were beaten by the champions. Brilliant batting by J. J. Awty ( 5 8 ) and H. Dearing ( 5 7 ) gave Fenton a fine send-off, the score reaching 9 4 before they were separ­ ated. The good start was not maintained, but a declara­ tion was made at 2 1 0 for 8. The Alexandra had a chance when their fourth wicket fell at 1 3 0 , but H. Skellern and Deyes made shoit work of the rest, who batted in a wretched light. J. Dickinson was top scorer with 4 4 . H. Skellern had 6 wickets for 3 1 . Leek were outplayed by Porthill Park, who got theii last 9 wickets down for 2 5 , the total be'ng 6 1 . Barnes and H . Eardley equally shared the wickets for 3 2 and 2 6 respec­ tively. Barnes ( 3 0 ) and J . S. Heath ( 3 1 ) took their side within five runs of success before the first wicket fell, the England player throwing his wicket away at that stage, in order to catch a train. His League aggregate for the sea­ son is now 8 1 7 , which constitutes a record. Porthill cried content at 1 4 6 for eight. The only Leek bowler to cause trouble was Day, who took six for 6 1 . Unfortunate Norton were victims to Stone, but bad field­ ing had no little to do with their downfall. P. C. Dutton ( 4 4 ), Robinson ( 3 8 ), and S. Turner ( 2 9 ) were chief contri­ butors to Stone’s 1 5 7 , and L. Evans ( 2 9 ) and J. Smith (Q 7 ) did most towards Norton’s 1 0 4 . E. J. Johnson (Stone) and J. Smith each disposed of six opponents, for 4 0 and 4 9 respectively. Saturday. August 2 3 . M i s t l e y v . C o l c h e s t e r a n d E a s t E s s e x . — Mistley, 1 5 2 for 5, dec.; J. H. Boden 7 9 , G. H. Dunning 3 4 , both playing particularly fine cricket. O. and E .E ., 5 3 . B a l h a m W a n d e r e r s v . H e a t h f ie l d .— Heathfield, 1 9 9 for 7 , dec.; Stanger 7 3 , Paice 3 0 . Bigwood 2 5 . B . W., 1 0 3 for 7 ; T. R. Pinkerton 4 8 , R. H . Pounds 3 3 *. Balham Wan­ derers had not their strongest side, and had all the worst of the wicket. G e n e r a l S t e a m N a v ig a t io n Co. v. W e s t K e n t W a n ­ d e r e r s .— On the County Ground, Leyton. W . K . W ., 1 9 7 for 8, dec.; W . H. Lawrence 4 2 . H. Simpson 3 6 , A. Bronsden 3 3 , D. J. Marriott 2 2 , A. E. Lugg 2 2 *. G.S.N. Co 7 7 • A Barbour 2 2 . W . K . W . lost 3 for 8, but Lawrence knd Simpson stopped the rot, adding 5 4 for the fourth For W . K . W .— A. E. Lugg 5 for 3 4 , S. E. Thorp 5 for 3 6 . W e s t K e n t W a n d e r e r s A. v. I v a n h o e . — Ivanhoe, 168 for 5 , dec. ; G . Wells 5 1 . W . K . W . , 4 7 for 6; H . J. Phillips 2 0 . The home side had an off day, but the visitors deferred declaring too long to win. P r iv a t e B a n k s v . B e u l a h . — Private Banks, 1 0 1 . Beulah, 8 1 . A close game. The bank players fielded very finely in deed, and it was their work in this department that turned the scale. S h ir l e y v . B e u l a h II.— Shirley. 1 6 7 for 7 ; C. F Corden 1 0 0 . ^Beulah 5 5 . Corden is, no doubt, the former Worces­ tershire pro.— rather a heavy weight for Beulah II. to meet! S l o u g h v . G.W.R. Slough, 1 9 7 ; Dr. E. Weaver Adams 7 6 . G.W.R., 8 9 ; Bridges 3 0 . W. Adams ( 2 6 ) helped Dr Weaver Adams to put up 8 0 for Slough’s first wicket. O E.