Cricket 1914

A u g u s t 8, 1914. THE WORLD OF CRICKET. 423 The Haverford College Tour. The Public School Cricket Season. ELEVENTH MATCH, v. FOREST H ILL C.C. At Perry Hill, July 20. On a difficult wicket Forest Hill were disposed of cheaply, the Haverfordians’ fielding, especially that of Miller at cover, being brilliant. Brinton took 7 for 38. Webb played another good innings, and the Americans won easily. F o r e s t H i l l . J. S. Owens, b Brinton C. Moore, b Brinton .. 4 H. Kennard, b Brinton .. o W. R. Williams, c Millar, b Carey .. .. 25 E. B. Nichols, c Wendell, b Carey .. .. .. 7 T. J. Balkwill, b Brinton .. 4 A. J. Whyte, b Brinton .. 9 R. T. Green, c Webb, b Brinton G. C. Hast, c Morris, b Brinton J. Bowker, b Carey A. N. Other, not out Extras Total .. E. N. Crosman, c Williams, b Hast S. E. Stokes, Ibw, b Balkwill W. M. R. Crosman, b Balk­ will W. Webb, not out C. C. Morris, b Balkwill J . Carey, b Balkwill W . C. Brinton, b Hast H a v e r f o r d C o l l e g e . 86 D. C. Wendell, b Hast H. C. Miller, run out W. Kirk, c & b A. N. Other J. Stokes, c Nichols, b A. N. Other Extras Total 15 o 3 5 84 19 26 14 TW ELFTH MATCH, v. SOUTHGATE. At Southgate, July 1. Drawn. S o u t h g a t e . E . J. Mann, b Garrigues .. 12 F. S. Lewis, b Carey .. 33 H. A. Milton, c & b Garrigues 3 S. H. Saville, not out .. 100 L. Neiderheitmann, c Miller, b Webb .. .. .. 12 C. J. Mann, c Rice, bWebb o C. A. Saville, b Carey Rev, A. M. Bashford, c E. b Webb S. M. Monk, b Brinton W. F. Ford, not out Extras Total (8 wkts., dec.) N. 1 7 P. B. Skeels did not bat. H a v e r f o r d C o l l e g e . E . N. Crosman, b Lord S. E. Stokes, b Bashford W. Crosman, lbw, b Bashford W. Webb, lbw, b Skeels -C. C. Morris, b Skeels J. Carey, st Monk, b Bash­ ford W. E. Brinton, b Skeels H. S. Miller, c A. Saville, b Bashford J. K. Garrigues, b Bashford E. Rice, not out J. Stokes, not out Extras Total (9 wkts.) 108 TH IRTEENTH MATCH, v. CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL. At Godalming, July 22 and 23. Spoiled by rain, and notable chiefly for a capital 85* by E. N. Crosman. C h a r t a r h o u s e S c h o o l . J. C. Ritchie, c E. N. Cros­ man, b Brinton .. .. 29 G. M. L. Smith, lbw, b Stokes 2 J. Pollock, c & b Garrigues.. n T. Wesley-Smith, b Brinton 35 J. H. Strachan, c & b Garri­ gues • • •• •• 11 G. V. Hinds, st E. N. Cros­ man, b Carey .. .. 38 H. E. Blumer, lbw, b Carey 10 H a v e r f o r d C o l l e g e P. S. Hadley, b Stokes J. C. B. Cooke, b Carey P. Q. Reiss, b Stokes G. Cawston, not out Extras Total 3 12 2 13 174 E. N. Crosman, not out .. 85 S. E. Stokes, c Cooke, b Cawston .. • • • • 2 W. M. R. Crosman, run out 16 W. Webb, b Cawston .. 15 D. C. Wendell, c Wesley- Smith, b Pollock .. .. 6 J . Carey, not out .. • • 4 Extras .. . • 27 Total (4 wkts.) .. 155 J. K. Garrigues, W. C. Brinton, H. S. Miller, E. Rice, jun., and J. Stokes did not bat. R. S h e r w e l l (the Tonbridge School captain, a brother of the far- famed P W.) and G. H. Bainford, each making 109, put up 216 for the first wicket of South Hampstead v. U .C .S . Old Boys on August 1. G. H . A. A r l i n g t o n , who used to play for Sussex a quarter of a century or so ago, made i n for Stratford-on-Avon v. Warwickshire Gentlemen last week. B y A . P o d m o re . T h e great feature of the past season has been the success of the newcomers to the various elevens, though, in nearly every case, the old colours have kept up their reputations. W ith a few notable exceptions, there has been nothing out of the w ay in the bow ling, and fast bowlers have been few and far between. N. A. jessop p, the young H arrow left-hander, has made a very prom ising d eb u t and more is sure to be heard of him. C. J. Hambro heads both the b attin g and bow ling table a t Eton. G. W ilson, the H arrow captain, has had another good season, reserving his best efforts for Lord's, where F. L . Johnstone, of the rival camp, who has been suffering from a strained back, was also greatly in evidence. The R u gb y season has been sadly interfered w ith b y mumps, and w hat bade fair a t one tim e to be a really fine side, never really got going, though m any good performances were recorded. In R. T. B ryan , the younger brother o f the captain, th ey possess a left-hand b at and googly bowler, of whom much is expected. W inchester's performance in setting E ton 200 runs to w in, after following on stands alm ost alone, the ninth w icket actu ally putting on 143 runs, and for this th ey were indebted to tw o young players, B u ck and Wells-Coles. W estm inster, too, started disastrously against Charterhouse, who sent them in against nearly 300 runs. Thanks, how ever, to Charlton and Frasey, th ey actu ally passed this total, and, as in the W inchester and E ton case, the gam e was drawn. Charter­ house have a very prom ising youn g left-hand bow ler in Caw ston ; b u t the best young left-hander hails from C lifton— S. B . Morgan. For so young a player he uses his head wonder­ fully. V ery accurate in his length, he makes the b all swing in a very disconcerting fashion, and varies his pace cleverly. H. S. G en try, who is on ly fifteen, is in the Christ’s H ospital X I, and w ith a beautifully easy sw ing he should train into a really good left-hander, if he practices diligently. There is also a sixteen year old b oy a t H aileybury, J. M. Malden, who is already a polished batsm an, and on ly needs a little extra strength to become very dangerous. W ellington have two very prom ising young cricketers in J. T. B adcock and R . F. H ancock ; and J. R . Barnes and R . C. Ash- field of the M arlborough X I are a dangerous pair of batsm en. There are several good players on the Cheltenham side, notably, H. L. H. du B oulay, who w ill captain the eleven n e x t year. Standing w ell up, he hits the ball very hard in front of the covers, and is one of the best m id-offs in the country— let alone the schools. In the lim ited space a t m y disposal it is impossible to mention a tithe of the prom ising cricketers a t the schools ; b u t no article of this kind would be com plete w ithout reference to A . E . R. G illigan, the D ulw ich captain, who b y takin g 78 w ickets for under 9 runs apiece, has broken the school record set up b y J. Douglas. G illigan’s younger brother, “ A. H. H .,'' also breaking D ouglas’s battin g record, scoring 180, against Brighton College. There are quite a number of good w icket keepers, L etts, of E ton , R enton, of H arrow, A. A. Leslie, of Clifton, L ivock, Sanger, and Taylor, of Cheltenham , H eath, of H aileybury, Lyon,of R ugby, and, perhaps best of all, G. B . Eden and P. I. W illiam s, of W in­ chester. Blum er of Charterhouse, too, is very good. Three of the most prom ising cricketers of the term are A . J. W . Pearson, the googly bow ler of St. P au l's, and G. H. Heslop and R . A. D. Brooks, of Lancing and D over respectively ; J. Howell, of Repton, G . W . E . W hitehead, of Clifton, and W . C. M. Berridge, of M alvern, have already made their reputations, and there are few prettier bats to w atch than J. H. Strachan, of Charterhouse. No school in England can beat W ellingborough, who are full of batting, bow ling and fielding talent. It is doubtful if the school has ever had a better side, even when W hite and Hazelden bowled for them . The fast bowler did not make good a t Cam ­ bridge— more's the p ity— b u t Hazelden has done really w ell for Bucks. T h at the game is flourishing more than ever a t the schools, w ill be readily adm itted b y all those who are in the best position to judge, and lawn tennis and golf are not serious menaces. The latter is not a gam e for boys, w hatever its enthusiastic adm irers m ay say, b u t law n tennis m ay occasionally act as a relaxation, after a too strenuous period of the greater game. W h i l e Mead per e was performing on the East Gloucestershire batsmen at Cheltenham Mead fils took 8 for 45 for Capt. Cliff’s XI v. Lindum at Lincoln. C a p t . W . G. M. S a r e l (97 and i n ) came very near putting up another double century feat for Mote v. Eton Ramblers at the end cf last week.