Cricket 1908

■A p r i l 9, 1908. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 57 a g o he was admitted as a patient to the Royal Free Hospital in order to U ndergo special treatment. The wishes for his. speedy and complete recovery will bo many and sincere. T he Associated Cricket Clubs of Phila­ delphia have already selected twelve of the fourteen or fifteen men who will up­ hold the honour of Philadelphian cricke during the forthcoming English tour. Ot these twelve, ten have already accepted, and it is more than probable that the re­ maining two will be able to make the journey. This is good news, indeed, as the team individually and collectively will be one of the strongest that has ever re­ presented Philadelphia in England. The following are the twelve men selected :— J. A. Lester, Merion. C. C. Morris, Merion. A. M. Wood, Belmont. J. B. King, Belmont. F. H. Bohlen, Germantown. P. H. Clark, Germantown. good to-day as he ever was. To prove this s!alenient we have only to cite the case of A. M. Wood, who is Patterson’s senior by some seven summers. “ Last season the Belmont captain headed the Halifax Cup averages with 50.44 runs per innings. These figures were not earned by virtue of one or two big innings, but by most consistent bat­ ting all through the season. As Patter­ son is a born cricketer to his finger tips, there is no reason why he should not, with a little practice, recover the form that earned for him the name of one of the greatest, if not the greatest, cricketer ever produced by Philadelphia. Although Graves has not been very active on the cricket-field during the past year or so, he is one of those players who very quickly finds his form, and his failure would cause much greater surprise than his success. Taking his past performances into con­ sideration, his selection is fully justified. Writh regard to the remaining members of the team, their recent performances in both Halifax Cup and International matches earned them their places. The selection of C. H. Winter, the young eighty-one matches played since the season of 1876-77, and is far the most complete of its kind I have ever seen in any newspaper. At the annual dinner of the Manhattan C.C., at the Assembly Rooms, Brooklyn, on February 1st, the following items were included in the menu :— Cover, Silly and blue points, O ’Reilly. Celery Stumps. )nion Gratine Soup with Duck’s Eggs, from Season 1907. Filet of Sole with Bowling Spikes. Po'.unes de Terre Googly. Roast Chicken Caught in the Slips. Salad of Cress—t-fallen Sloggers. Frozen missed Catches. Double-figure Coles. Pavilion Crackers. Umpires on toast were conspicuous by their absence. A t Verulam, Natal, on February 22nd C. P. Harvey and G. V. Essery (155 not out) made 280 together in 150 minutes THE FIJIAN CRICKETERS ENTKRING THE FI» LD (see pa^e 62 ) G. S. Patterson, Germantown. T. C. Jordan, Germantown. N. Z. Graves, jun., Germantown. F. S. White, Germantown. H. V. Hordern, Pennsylvania Univ. C. H. WTinter, Frankford. C oncerning the constitution of the side, the American Cricketer remarks:— “ It is very seldom that a selection com­ mittee does its work to the entire satis­ faction of ‘ the man in the street,’ but if there can be found anyone who can cavil at the work accomplished on this occa­ sion, he will indeed be a very hard indi­ vidual to please. Included in the team are six men from Germantown, two from Merion, two from Belmont, and one each from Frankford and the University of Pennsylvania. The preponderance of Germantown representatives may cause some surprise, but on examining the merits of the men it becomes apparent that their inclusion is justified. It may be argued, however, that Messrs. Patter­ son and Graves have figured very little in first-class cricket recently. The former, it is true, retired from first-class cricket long before the majority of cricketers have reached their prime ; in fact, if pre­ cedent goes for anything he should be as Frankford wicket-keeper, should give entire satisfaction to the critics. Although only eighteen years of age, W’inter is what may truly be termed a phenomenon. The first time he stood behind the wickets in an important match it was predicted of him that he would become a first-class wicket-keeper This was only two seasons ago, and the promise he showed at that lime has been more than fulfilled, with the result that he has thoroughly earned the honour bestowed upon him bv the Associ­ ated Cricket Clubs.” Needless to say, English cricketers will be very glad to welcome Mr. Patterson again. He was born at Philadelphia on October 10th, 1868, and made his first trip to England in 1889, at the age of twenty Mr. A M. W7ood, the veteran of the team, recently entered upon his forty- eighth year—the age at which “ W\G ” enioved his numerous triumphs in 1895 Mr. E. W. B ai . lantine , one of the most painstaking of cricket chroniclers, con­ tributed a most exhaustive article on Test matches between England and Australia to the Natal Mercury of March 4th. The compilation deals with the whole of the without being separated for the first wicket of Verulam against Mr. Rout- ledge’s XI. The innings was then de­ clared closed, and in the second innings of the scratch team Harvey obtained his hundredth wicket of the season. C laude C a rter , the Natal bowler who was mentioned in connection with the last South African team which visited Eng­ land, took fifteen wickets for 79 runs in totals of 82 and 97 for Zingari v. Queen’s Park, at Lord’s, Durban, on February 22nd and 29th. The following record of his doings in League matches appeared re­ cently in the Natal Mercury :— Year ( lub. Wkts. Runs. 1896-7 Zingari ............... 20 for 191 1897-8 Zingari ... ... 27 for 256 1898 9 Zingari ............... 30 for 211 1899-1900—No League cricket. 1900-1 Oueen’s Park.—Not obtainable. 1901-2 Oueen’s Park ... 17 for 239 :902-3 Zingari ............... 30 for 247 1903-4 Zingari ............... 55 for 560 I 9 ° 4"5 Zingari ... ... 13 for 226 1905-6 Zingari ............... 33 for 486 1906-7 Zingari ............... 42 for 554 His successes have been just as pro-