Cricket 1913

690 C R IC K E T : A W EEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. October 18 , 19 13 . Club Cricket Notes and Jottings. M a tch es on S e p te m b e r 27. S o u th -W e st H am v. A rlin g to n a n d L e y to n s to n e . — A. & L ., 100. S. W. Ham , 112. F o r the w inners D r. F. W. P. Holton took 8 for 17; for the losers A . B arcla y had 6 for 38. B y arran gem en t each side had 90 m inutes’ batting. N e a s d e n v. L. & N .W .R . — L. & N .W .R ., 180 for 4, dec.; A . R. G ate 61*, S. White 40*, A. J. H oughton 36, J. G. M on tagu e 24. N easden, 166 for 9; H. W algrave 91*, F. C hennell 31, C. Pin kham 15. G ate and H oughton added 72 for the fourth w ick et of the railw ay side. N easden were left with 181 to win in ju st upon two hours; and W algrave played so finely that he n early carried his side to victory, though 8 were down for 103. A t this stag e C hennell came in and stayed until H oughton bowled him— the L. & N .W .R . sk ip p er’ s first w icket of the season !— Tw o more w ickets fell qu ickly, but N easden m anaged to save the gam e. A. E. W ilson took 6 for 38, five clean bowled. O cto b er 4. Mr. W. H. P e a r c e ’s XI. v. Mr. G. T . F a i r b r o t h e r ’s X I .— A t St. Q uintin ’ s. M embers of Am herst, Brookfield, K e n ­ sington , L. & N .W .R ., P arson ’ s G reen, Steinw ay, and West- bourne P a rk W anderers figured in this m atch, K en sin gton su p p lyin g the b ig g e st con tin gen t— seven. T h e y were all enthu siasts, and they were nearly all over 30. F airbroth er’ s side made 48, T . D esm ond (Brookfield) top scorer with 15. P ea rce’ s team made 89, but the runs were not h it off till the sixth w icket had fallen. F. D . H eath (P arso n ’ s Green) and J. T a y lo r (W .P .W .) each m ade 17. E . Howard (L. & N .W .R .) took 7 for 14 for P ea rce’s side. It is curious that the gen eral com plaint was th at the w icket was too fast— in O cto b er! T h e m atch was for the benefit of F ran k Hood, the popular groundsm an of the K en sin gto n C .C ., who have at last, after much tryin g , secured a private ground, h avin g taken a lease of the K in g ’ s C o llege H ospital field. Good lu ck to them in th eir new quarters ! R E C O R D S O F T H E S E A S O N . S p e n c e r . — F ifteen won, on ly 6 lost— A go od result. B at­ tin g strong. F . F. B oles, one of the finest pu nishin g batsm en in London club cricket, averaged 44.95 (total 899) w ithout a not out to help him. V . J. Woodward (862 at 43.10) was a good second. E ach made a couple of centuries. O f the rest John Gordon (573— 21.22) had the h igh est a g g re ­ ga te, but was headed on average b y W. D . M acbeth (416— 23.11), F . M. B arton (396— 22.00), and K . G. N eale (154— 22.00). J. C. L a rk in (389 runs) and T . E . Sturgeon averaged betw een 15 and 16. Tw o bow lers did the bu lk of the work w ith fine records— F . M. B arton ta k in g 123 w ickets at 14.99 each and W. R. F eath erston hau gh 68 at 15.36. F ield in g gen erally good, and Woodward excellent behind the wicket. St. G e o r g e ’s ( N e w c a s t l e ). — T h e first team ju st m issed the cham pionship of the T yn esid e L ea gu e, after h a v in g won it for three consecutive seasons. O f 19 m atches played (18 in L ea gu e), 12 were won, 4 drawn, 3 lost. J. S. N esbit (652, average 54.33) and W ingham (624— 44.50) w ere the side’ s crack bats, the others who totalled more than 200 runs bein g N. R. E. W ilkinson (228— 38.oo),R. W. N icholson (246— 24.60), C. F . S tan ger-L eath es (318— 22.71), W. W. Meldon (315— 21.00), and C. M. Skinn er (263— 20.23). T h e last- nam ed was in g re a t form w ith the ball, his 78 w ickets cost­ in g under 10 runs each. W ingham took 52 at I 5 .I 9 > and M eldon 28 at 15.35. T h e second team dropped from third p lace to tenth in the Second D ivision table. T h ey won 8, drew 1, and lost 11 m atches in all. H. S. R obinson headed the b a ttin g averages with 22.50, but played in only 8 in n in gs; and the sid e’s best m an was H. G . D unn (305 runs at 15.25, and 66 w ickets at 10.27). H. O. H unter (15.16), A . K . L aw ren ce (14.99) and G. T . L aw ren ce (14.22) were u sefu l w ith the bat; and J. M. C ostelloe took 26 w ickets at 14.38. T h e reserve team played 9 m atches, w inn ing 7 and lo sin g only one. C. F. L ea r (164— 27.33) headed their batting, and B. N oble (16 at ju st under 10 each) took most w ickets. H a m p s te a d N o m a d s . — A s m any as 49 m atches were arranged. Seven fell through for one cause or another; 10 were won, 21 lost, 11 drawn. On the face of it the record seems quite the worst in the N om ads’ history. But closer inspection makes it look less bad. V e ry few gam es were lost by a big' m argin; an a g g re g a te of 10 runs on the w rong side actu ally accounts for 5 of the 21. T h ree of the best of last y e ar’s players have been kept out of the field during- the grea ter part of the season by illness, and two others m issed a number of m atches th rough accidents. Pressure of work and other interests have weakened the team s on several occasions. A s a score-book has gone astray com ­ plete averages cannot be compiled; but as far as they go they show R. F. Popham (Norfolk) at the top of the b a ttin g with 252 runs and average 50.40, follow ed by H. C. P en n in g­ ton (40.80), Chas. Haywood (34.80), N. Pearson (30.28), J. P. B lan e (30.20), A . C. P . A rn old (26.83), A. G. Humphrey (26.37), F. C. B ou lly (25.30), L. G. K irk p atrick (21.35), and C. B row nin g (20.28). Christopher Haywood, H. E. C raw ford, H. B row ning, and L. F. M atthew s figure between 20 and 15; C. O. Johnson, H. H. Brim ble-R iddle, E. Bloodworth, and J. S. Caulfield ran ge from 15 down to 10. S. B. K. C aulfield, the clu b ’s hard-w orkin g secretary, took most w ickets (55 at 10.34 each); L . G. K irk p atrick had 52 at 14.61, H. E . C raw furd 32 at 13.81, J. P. B lan e 30 at 10.56. E. L. N ew ton (average 7.04) and J. S. C aulfield were the others credited with 20 or more. B a tte rs e a . — Won 9, lost 12, drawn 11; the record is scarcely a satisfactory one, yet it is a m arked advance on that of last year, when only 3 were won. F. Ward topped the b a ttin g averages w ith 818 runs at 32.79 per in n in gs, and L. E. L ivesey came second (571— 27.12). L. E. H iscock also totalled over 500 (average 22.82). H. R. M iles (24.20), W. J. C ro ft (20.50), and E. C. Huish (18.70) played less frequently; but the veteran H. A . W hite went to w ickets 22 tim es, and if his average of 18.60 is not equal to figures in a good many p ast years it is none so bad all th in gs considered. G. D aw dry (317— 14.41) fell below his true form . T h e bow lin g averages w ere headed by J. White, the old W ellingburian (27 w ickets at 9.70); but he only played in a few m atches; and J'. G. A k h u rst (46 at 11.87), who comes next, was not promoted to the first team till the season was w ell on its way. O f the old hands H. A. White took 20 at 18.25 each, D aw dry 25 at 18.60, J. C. C hristie 40 at 21.05, Ward 19 at 23.59, and Huish 30 at 31.50. Thege figu res are m ostly too high; but the accession of new blood should avoid w orkin g men to a standstill in future. J. E ak lan d (283 runs— averege 25.73), B. H ardin g (234— 21.27), and A. J. Palm er (291— 20.79) batted w ell for the second X I., who won 11 gam es and lost only 6. T h eir principal bowlers were E akland (46 at 10.07), H. B atten (30 at- 13^53), Palm er (24 at 15.75), and, for part of the season, A khu rst (23 at 7.17). K now le a n d D o rrid g e . — T hree m atches were abandoned, and of the 27 played 8 were won, 10 lost, and 9 drawn. T h is is a better record than last year’ s, but not so go od as in either 1911 or 1910. A bad start w as made b y the abandon­ ment of the first three matches ow in g to rain. F o u r of the losses were sustained du rin g the South Devon tour early in July. N ot a match of the tour was won; but its effects were apparent, for after their return the team lost only two gam es, and one of these m ight have been turned into a victory by a very little luck. O utside the tour no m atch was lost betw een June 25 and A u g u st 23. W. H. D arb y (558 runs— 32.82 average) heads the batting. T h is is his first season w ith the club, and he has proved him self a distinct acquisition. He is not brilliant, and he is not exactly a stylist; but he has w eigh ed in w ith usefu l contributions in n early every m atch, his h igh est score b ein g 92, and no not out in nin gs aid in g his average. J. H. James (250— 22.72), J. B alkw ill (490— 18.14), and C. L. H ughes (396— 15-23)