Cricket 1913

C32 C R I CK E T : A W E E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. September 20, 1913. Special Club Notes. C o n t r ib u t e d b y T h e C h ie l . Last Saturday I was watching a game between two sides whose meetings I have not missed for some years— Battersea and Brixton. T h e ground of the Battersea C.C. is always w ell attended. On my arrival not a vacant chair could be seen, and I should say some 3000 spectators must have been present at the start. Before the match the club groundsman, E. R. Harding, was anxious that I should inspect the pitch, I did so, and can honestly praise this obliging and capable grounds­ man for the excellent w icket he had prepared, as well as for the general condition of the ground, which has never looked better. I was glad to note that an early start was made, for as it happened the match turned out one of the most exciting ever witnessed on the ground. Battersea made 137 , not a very formidable score, but as it happened a winning one. J. W hite (the Cambridge freshman) scored a capital 45 , and Livesey also batted well, while five others made double figures. T h e Brixton bow ling was generally good, and the fielding better. Moorhouse at the w icket and Trollope at cover distinguished themselves. Brixton started fairly well, Moorhouse and C legg putting up 32 for the first wicket. Then a great change cartie over the game, Akhurst relieving Holland at the top end playing havoc with the stumps. Tw o for 49 , 3 for 49 , 4 for 49 , 5 for 49 , 6 for 49 , Akhurst in his second over clean bowling three of the Brixton men ! A. Davis and Taylor then made a useful stand, until Davis skied a ball and was w ell c. and b. by J. W hite. E ight were down for 84 , then Meacock joined Taylor and the excitement grew ever greater as these two took the score to 133 ; one w icket to go, 4 to win, and the last over called- Now Thomson partnered Taylor ; the latter made a single, and perhaps unw isely ran for it, leaving Thomson to face Akhurst, who promptly knocked his off peg out of the ground. Thus ended a glorious game, never to be forgotten by those who watched it, in a victory for the home team by 3 runs. It is games like this, played in the true spirit, that make club cricket popular. Though the time for draw ing had expired the Battersea skipper had agreed to play the game out. Matches between these two sides are always very keen, and looked forward to by cricketers old and young. Another week or so will see the end of the season, and also my weekly notes. T h e campaign generally has been a great one for club cricket. Is there a better friend than a good cricketer ? Speaking for myself, and I know I can speak also for thousands of others— No ! Attractions in plenty compete with the game ; a feeling of “ having had enough of it ” may come on after a hard season ; but with May and fine weather the old keen­ ness revives. It is indeed good to see the increased interest in the dear old game. There never was anything really w rong with it, and those who said or wrote of its impending decease were mere Jeremiahs— lamenting vigorously but unnecessarily ! FOR S A L E .— M .C.C . Cricket Scores and Biographies of celebrated Cricketers from 1746 to 1878 in 14 Volumes uniformly bound in crimson covers and gilt lettering, perfcct condition— Price £12. 12. o. Robert Parke, Malton, Yorkshire. Cricket on the Gold Coast. SE KO N D I v. TA R KW A . This match was played on the afternoons of Saturday and Sunday, August 23 and 24, for a cup presented by Sir Thomas Dewar for com­ petition among European teams in the railway radius. Sekondi won quite easily. T. B. Burns, who played for Tarkwa, is a brother of W. B Burns, the Worcestershire all-rounder, and H K. Ogden, who showed capital all-round form for Sekondi, is an old Shirburian. T a r k w a . First Innings. T. B. Burns, b Ogden ......................... 0 J. B. Craik, cand b Ogden .............. 5 P. Westbrook, b H inson........................ 2 H. E. Stanley, lbw, b H in son ............. 0 P. Drummond, b Ogden......................... 0 W. V. Porter, c Graham b Hinson ... 1 D. A. Kerr, b Hinson ... ... ... 0 — . Bateman, c Hinson, b Ogden ... 12 J.L.Atterbury, st Horncastle, b Hinson 3 T. W. Mears, b Hinson ........................ 0 — . Alexander, not out ......... ... 2 Extras .............................................. 2 Second Innings, c Strathairn, b Ogden st Horncastle, b Strathairn b Ogden ... ... .............. b Strathairn ... c Fraser, b Ogden c Foreshaw, b Ogden... c Duggan, b H in son .............. c Fraser, b 8trathairn b Higson......................... not o u t .................................... b Ogden.............. .............. 2 11 0 G 14 10 0 6 11 4 3 Tbtal ... 27 S e k o n d i . Total ... Tomlinson,c Drummond, b Burns 15 Straithaim, c Alexander, b Craik 15 White, c Westbrook, b Craik ... 2 Graham b Drummond ............. 15 Fraser, b Craig ........................ 0 Drggan, lbw, b Stan ley.............. 4 Foreshaw, b Drummond Hinson, not out .............. Ogdon, not out .............. E x tr a s ......................... 67 1 11 34 7 Total (for 7 wkts., dec.) 104 For Sekondi Ogden took 9 for 29 in the match, Hinson 9 for 35 . C H A R T E R H O U S E . The special article in Ayres’ Cricket Companion this year will be on Charterhouse School. W ill any old Carthusians who can and will give information as to cricket or football at the school kindly communicate with Mr. W . R. Weir, c/o the Publishers, 133, Alders- gate Street, E.C. The only addition to the thousand runs list since the last issue is that of G. L. Jessop, who reached four figures on September 4. Hearne (J.W .) scored his two thousandth run on September 9. There is no name to add to the hundred wickets list. The N .Z. Cricket Council has announced that a first class Australian team will tour New Zealand in February and March of next year. Six inter-state players o f world-wide fame are said to have promised to make the trip. The W ellington (N ,Z .) Cricket Association is promoting an Art Union draw jor the benefit o f its funds. C. G. Wilson, who has played for Victoria, Southland, Otago and W ellington, is chairman. The Sporting Star (Johannesburg) in its issue o f August 23 has a portrait of A. H . Leighton, o f the Lord’s ground staff, who is strongly recommended by a South African correspondent for a place in the matches against the M .C .C . team. He is said to :be highly thought of both by Frank Mitchell and Aubrey Faulkner ; and it is stated that he took over 100 wickets and scored 2,000 runs for M .C.C . in 1912. He was born at Port Elizabeth. But is not this the A . H. Leighton who was with the Wanderers C .C of Halifax, N .S., last year ? If so. he could hardly have made 2,000 runs and taken ico wickets in England. B. Jayaram, who was here with the A ll India Team in 1911, scored 89 for Bangalore Gymkhana v. Hosur Remount Department on August 23. Jayaram is reaching the veteran stage, but evidently hs is not yet done with. The article last week on wicket keepers was by G. A . Brooking, Cricket's old friend and contributor, not by A. E. Brooking. 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