PAST SCORING

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 96, 20 October 1934, Page 22

PAST SCORING

DEMPSTER AND JAMES

. For a period of the cricket season just ended in England, C. S. Dempster and K. C. James, the two Wellington ■representatives playing with Blackpool, fared only, moderately well with the bat, tout as the season advanced they compiled tidy scores, their efforts, together with E A. Mac Donald's bowling, bringing Blackpool into the running again for the Ribblesdale League championship title. Fiually, however, Darwen, in winning its final match by 4 runs with five minutes to spare, carried off the Honours. On two successive Saturdays berore the close of the season Dempster and James were the highest scorers in the Ribblesdale League. Against the Read team Blackpool hit up 188 runs for three wickets, Dempster making 100 not out and James 66. Both batsmen mado their runs briskly, as is necessary in this league cricket. The cxTAustralian, MacDonal.d, then did his part with the ball, Read's innings ending at 120 shortly'before tho time limit, and nine of the ten wickets being captured by Mac Donald for 51 runs in 23 overs. On the next Saturday Blackpool's chances of a win against Barnoldswiek were greatly affected through rain causing Hi© start of play to be delayed until jt.ls p.m. ' Dempster and James, howjever,. went for the runs, and in just iover an hour they rattled on 131 runs, at which total James was dismissed. Dempster made 77 not out and James 49. The opposing side was then skittled for 48, Mac Donald collecting seven wickets .for 18, including the "hat trick."

It was expected that Dempster would ibe playing for Lancashire in county cricket next season, but the latest advice is that the Lancashire committee J>as decided not to include Dempster 3n the county eleven next season. ?'Whether wo applaud this decision or not,"'the "Cricketer" comments, "it is refreshing to find that Lancashire have decided to mako uso of their own players, of whom there must be a great number fully qualified to represent the county." Dempster, however, will not be -wanting for chances of playing in first-class cricket. His intention was to keop going as an amateur. James, whose wicket-keeping has been a feature in the Eibblesdale League, also plays as an amateur.