Cricket 1913

September IB, 1913. CR ICKET : A WE EK L Y RECORD OF THE GAME (52 8 Club Cricket Notes and Jottings. T h e N orth S ta ffo rd sh ire and D istrict L e a gu e con cluded its p rog ramm e last S a tu rd a y , the c lo sin g m atches b e in g p la y ed in b rillian t weather, which made pne regret that a most su ccessfu l season had come to an end. C h ie f interest in the a ftern o on ’s d o in g s w as as­ sociated w ith the question as to whether L eek or Fenton w ou ld take second place to P o rth ill Park. T h e d istin ction fell to L eek, and their su ccess was v e ry popu lar, for o f late vears th is old club has been down on its lu ck , and in both 1 9 1 1 and 1912 had to a p p ly for re-election. Fenton and L eek were in opposition , and Fenton (the hom e team) were the favou rites, bu t they lost an e x c itin g and sm a ll-sco rin g stru g g le by 4 runs. D a y and D . C o c k e r e q u a lly d ivided the Fenton w ickets, for 33 and 22 runs resp ectively, and D ey es eclipsed them both b v ta k in g 8 for 21. J. J. Aw ty batted fin e ly for 35 for the losers. A fte r-six su ccessive defeats B u rslem— the cham ­ pions o f 1912-—beat S ton e b v three w ickets, w ith th ;■ a g g re g a te s of 109 and 60. T h e b ow lin g o f A . C ook and M ills w as much too go od fo r th e home men ; C o o k took 6 for 23, M ills 4 for 21. T h e latter bow led B ernard M eak in , the S ta ffo rd sh ire captain ; first b a ll. M ills, w ho has been re-en gaged , also d istin gu ish ed h im self w ith the bat, his 52 b ein g ea sily top score o f the m atch. F . J J o h n so n— 5 for 3 1— and E . H . W o o d c o c k— 3 for 7— were in cap ital fettle w ith the ball for S ton e. Norton were b ad ly 'b e a ten b v P o rth ill P a rk , who g o t them out for 84, and then proceeded to s-’;v • 207 for 4. H a rry W r ig h t (35) p layed go od cricicet for N orton , but no one else cou ld cope w ith Barnes, II. E a rd le y , and J. S . H eath, w hose d o in g s worked out at 4 for 37, 3 for 10, and 3 for 28 resp ectively. Barnes p la yed another fine inn in g s o f 8 6 ’ , but in point o f interest his d isp la y had to take second place to that of A . G . Jones, w ho go t 6r o f the 91 scored d u rin g h is sta y , and in one o v er hit every b all ou t o f the ground ! S . II. W o o d (32'") also show ed go o d form , and the ch am p io n s’ w ind -up w as a g ran d one. T h e one drawn g am e of the afternoon occurred at S ilv erd a le, where L on g ton declared at 247 for 8, and then got nine o f the opposition out for 83-— bad lig h t s a v in g S ilv e rd a le from a h ea v y defeat. L o n g to n ’s ch ief scorers were F . CL B axter (58), B arber (54*), E ric P arkes (39), and F . T h o rley (28). B a rb e r bow led finely (8 fo r 20), and has taken 23 w ickets in his last three m atches. S to k e w ere w ell beaten b y K n y p e r s le y , but were Unfortunate in h a v in g N ich o ls su ffering' a severe strain , w h ich preven ted him from b ow lin g , and made him but a “ lame duck ” w ith the bat. K n y p e r s le y declared at 195 fo r 7> an(J dien a c­ counted for the oppo sition for 87, S e d gw ic k again b ow lin g w ell. E . M o sedale go t 56 and S ed gw ick 44 for the w inners, and P . B r ig g s and J. D y k e were the tw o S to k e men to offer m ost resistance. A t T u n sta ll the grou n d team had a b ig success o ver the C rew e A le x an d ra g e ttin g their visito rs out for 6 1, and then ru nn in g up 198 fo r 8. M o rg an and D ow n s bow led un ch an ged for the w inners, the form er ta k in g 6 fo r 33 and the latter 3 for 28. T u n - s ta ll’s le a d in g scorers w ere G . T . S ke llam , w ith a w ell-h it 80, and S . L o ck e tt 39*. B a rn e s’s final figu res in L e a gu e m atches are as fo llow s : 20 inn in g s, 6 not outs, 903 runs, a vera g e 64.50, h igh est score 86 *; 240.5 o vers, 73 m aidens. 532 runs, 114 w ickets, a v e ra g e 4.66. G ran th am ’s o rd in a ry clu b p rog ramm e w as com ­ pleted on S a tu rd a y , the o n ly m atch rem ain in g b e in g the sp ecial g am e a g a in st a team b ro u g h t b y S ir A rth u r P riestley , M .P ., w h ich is expected to include A . C . M a cL a re n , J. R . M a son , L . H . W . T r o u g h to n , C . J. B u rn u p , D . W . C a rr, A . W . C a rr, C . J. V . W e ig a ll, and M . C . B ird . T h e last club match w a s w ith B u rg h le y P a rk , who were d is­ m issed for 64, M . W . A p p le b y b o w lin g v e ry finely indeed. ITis a n a ly sis w a s : 10 o v ers— one maiden — 31 runs— 8 w icke ts. B rou gh to n p la yed a fine in n in g s of 70 for G ran th am , and m igh t v e ry like ly have reached the c en tu ry bu t that he ran him self ou t to sa ve h is p a rtn e r’s w icket, like the go od sp o rts­ man he is. T h e b rothers M ann , R . and H . L ., p la y ed cap ital cricket fo r their run s (20 and 34* resp ectively), and at c a ll-o f tim e the total was 161 for 6. S a tu rd a y sh ou ld have been the w 'inding-up d a y o f the D u rh am L e a g u e ; bu t o w in g to the fact that W e a rm o u th and C h ester-le-S treet both won there w ill be a d e c id in g g am e at A sh b rook e next S a tu rd a y . T h e S u n d e rlan d v. N ew castle U n ited match spoiled interest in most o f the gam es. Boldon (209 fo r 4— G . O rd 63*, P . T h u b ro n 63) ea sily beat F pp leton (60). B u rnm oor (184 fo r 7, d e c .,— H en ­ dren 42, R . Bell 38) and S ou th S h ie ld s (133 for 6— J. C a rter 44, H a r ry 33*) d rew . Chester-le- Street met the w ooden sp oon ists, S eah am H arbou r, put them ou t for 67, and ran up 310 for 3. T h a c k e ­ ray too k 9 w ickets fo r 29, and the veteran J. K . B ew ick (102*) and T . A . B rad fo rd ( 177 ) topped 200 before they were parted . B ra d fo rd ’s is the h igh est score in the L e a g u e ’s m atches th is season. B ew ic k ’s last 9 kno ck s (one not ou t) have produced 492 run s. H end ren cou ld on ly m ake 134 (W . H arrison 48) v . P h ila d e lp h ia , who in rep ly ran up 153 for 3. A.. H . W a lto n took 6 fo r 43 and J. H arrison m ade a not-out cen tu ry for the w inn ers. W e a rm o u th (168 fo r 4, W . T . P arrin gton . 66*, H . C lo d e 34, J. F in ch 31) e a sily beat W h itb u r n (97). C lod e took 7 fo r 5 1. T h e S un d e rlan d v . D u rh am C ity match w as can celled b y con sen t o f the L e a g u e C om ­ m ittee, o w in g to the fun eral of F . D a r lin g , one o f