Cricket 1912

282 CEICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. J une 29, 1912. H. GRADIDGE & SONS, Manufacturers and Exporters of all requisites for Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Racquets, Squash Racquets, &c. Reblading Cricket bats and Restringing Tennis bats a Special feature. Patentees and Sole makers o f the “ I M P E R I A L D R I V E R " Cricket Bats made in Men’s, Small Men’s, Collegei 6, 5, 4, & 3, sizes. E v e r y o th e r re q u isite fo r C rick e t, in clu d in g balls, le g g u a rd s, b a ttin g g lo ve s, g a u n tle ts, stum p s, n e ts, & c. Price Lists and Special Quotations free. ALL GOODS CARRIAGE PAID TO ANY PART OF THE UNITED KINCBOM. Sole Makers o f the “ Imper ial D r i v e r ” and “ Improved G r ad i dg e ” Lawn Tennis Racquets. F a c t o r y :— ARTILLERY PLACE, WOOLWICH, S.E. A Few Reflections. B y G . A . B r o o k in g . I do not think the authorities at Old Trafford quite realize what a gem of a player they possess in J . S. Heap. The first time I taw him was at the Oval in 1904, when L an ca­ shire were playing the Rest of England. He was not in the Palatine team for that game, merely fielding substitute for the late Jim m y H allows, who was unwell at one period of the match. Considering that his place has never really been secure, he has achieved some notable feats with both bat and ball, once—last season or the season before—taking 9 out of 10 wickets in an innings. Not m any people I fancy would think him older than Dean, but he i s ; and considering that he first represented Lancashire as far back as 1903, it is really time that the committee played him regu­ larly, both from their own and his standpoint, for his ability is really great. It would not in the least surprise me if he played for England in the near future, and I think if, in the past,, he had been consistently given the opportunities he has merited, he would have represented his country in the Triangular Tournament of 19 12 . A good m any people would be surprised at the action of the Yorkshire authorities in playing Newstead again after letting him go to one of the Lancs. L?ague clubs—Rishton. I know I often wondered why such a really good bowler as he is was allowed to leave Yorkshire at all. The fact of the matter is that the bowling in this League is very powerful. H allam is almost as good as ever he was, though in county cricket he would naturally feel the strain of six days a week work. W illiam Cook of B urnley is good enough for any county, and a few years ago I am confident there were not half a dozen better bowlers in the world than he. Parkin, who I see is playing for Durham this week, is another top notcher, and Kermode is very destructive. The big Australian, well nursed, would strengthen the bowling of [the present team now in E n g lan d ; it was he who clinched Lancashire’s chance of the championship in 1904. I see that Curtis, the Sefton professional, is assisting Leicester­ shire, and m ay good luck go with him . He took 4 for 52 for his club against Neston last Saturday, besides scoring 33 ; efforts which greatly helped his side to win, although M iller’s 79 must not be forgotten. Scores 205 to 150 . Cricket in the Scottish Highlands. B y “ C e l t . ” Favoured with fine weather again on Saturday three fixtures took place under the auspices of the North of Scotland Cricket League, but strange to say it was a blank day in the capital of the Highlands. The conquerors of both the finalists of last season (Elgin City and Nairn County) journeyed by motor to Fort George and played the 93rd H ighlanders there, viz., the Citadel C. C. Inverness— Going in first they made a good stand, and before they were got rid of had accumulated the total of 106, N. Peggie getting 24, J . Mac­ donald their captain getting 2 1 and A . Fotheringham , in his usual haphazard style, also getting 2 1—Corpl. H arris for the m ilitary capturing 4 wickets for 16 runs. On the soldiers going to bat the first ball of the innings secured a wicket, but on Sergt. Markey and Lieut. Peareth getting together they soon made short work of the bowling, and practically secured victory for their side, the former getting 34 and the latter 53 runs. The m ilitary closured their innings at the fall of the sixth wicket for 13 2 runs. Those two neighbours. Nairn and Forres, met each other at Forres, but slow scoring and low scoring was the order of the day, Naim getting 77 runs and Forres 5 2 ; E . Sinclair, who is one of the nicest bats in the North of Scotland, getting 52 for his side, the Nairn County. The Inverness St. Andrew’s made their journey to the cathedral cjty of Elgin, and, as was to be expected, suffered a very heavy defeat, going in first and only running up a total of 56, the eighth and ninth wicket making 3 1 of these. The City players for the loss of 6 wickets scored 14 3. J . A. Eussell was the hero of the day, scoring 67 not out and also securing 5 of the “ Saints’ ” wickets for 3 runs. E . Milne also got 3 1 runs.