Cricket 1912

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A m a t c h of considerable interest was played in Phila­ delphia on -Tune 27, when the veterans of the Quaker City including several men who have visited England with Philadelphian teams, met the veterans of New York and were soundly beaten. The New Yoyk victory was mainly duo to P. P. Kelly, the old Stoic bowler, and present Editor of the American Cricket Annual. P. P. hit up 119, including eighteen 4’s, and took 5 wickets for 69. H. P. Baily, who was over here in 1889 and 1897, was top scorer for Philadelphia. Tho score of the match will be found on another pago. B ab accidents, John King ought to accomplish quite easily this year the 1,000 runs and 100 wickets record, which, as it chances, he has never reached before. Con­ sidering the number of runs he has made and wickets taken for Leicestershire, one finds this surprising ; but it is a fact. He has eight times totalled over 1,000 runs, with 1788 in 1904 and 1630 in 1901 as his h ighest; but he has never yet reached 100 wickets, though he took 81 in 1900 (when his runs reached 991), 80 in 1901, 78 in 1904, 74 in 1908, 73 in 1911, and 68 in 1902. I h a v e heard that another Leicestershire worthy— Albert Knight, to wit—has been inclined of late to look upon himself as a veteran, and to feel qualms of doubt as to whether he was n ot lingering too long upon the stage. But the maker of flowery phrases and of sterling scores has not yet reached 39, and it is not at all likely the Leicester­ shire Committee consider him a “ has-been.” While he can play the game as he played it against Yorkshire at Sheffield he would be well worth a place in a stronger side than Leicestershire’s, though Leicestershire is a far stronger side than many hold it. T his was Knight’s thirty-fourth century in first-class cricket, all but three of them (one in Australia, one in Gentlemen v. Players, and one for a scratch eleven v. the Australians, at Blackpool) made for the county of his birth. Of the counties which Leicestershire have met in his time—Gloucestershire and Somerset are the two thus ruled out-—lie has run up at least one century against all except Kent and Middlesex, scoring four v. Notts, three each v. Essex, Hants, Warwickshire, Surrey, and Yorkshire, two each v. Lancashire, Sussex and Worcestershire, and one each v. Derbyshire and Northants, besides three v. London County and one v. M.C.C. I always think of Knight as the one man of the present day in first-class cricket to whom one can point as an example of the old school of “ left elbow well up.” In other respects he is quite of the new school. The pro. of former days did not write rhetori­ cal articles—did not know what rhetoric meant, probably —and there were other marked points of difference between him and the typical paid player of to-day. T h e Old County Cricketer writes : Since Warwick­ shire and Northants have been so prominent in tho County Championship—a prominence regarded in certain circles as something very like an intrusion— thoir succosses and failures have been curiously interwoven. I have teen closely connected with both these neighbouring counties, and no doubt it is on account of this fact that I have noticed some coincidences which others may have overlooked. It was on tho Northampton ground, near the end of last soason, that Warwickshire received their first congratulations on winning the Championship. It was on the same ground this year that Warwickshire’s sequence of 14 victories (10 at the end of last soason, 4 at the beginning of this) was broken by Northants gaining points on the fiist innings in an undecided match. It was left to Warwickshire at Edgbaston this week to deprive their neighbours of the lead. As far back as a score of years ago theso counties met in friendly rivalry. I remember many a good sporting match between them. And always, however keen on win­ ning both were, the losers have been ready to congratulate the winners. Probably, short of winning the championship itself, nothing would please either side better than to see the other win it. G. H ii.t.y a rd S w in s te a d bears a name familiar to all metropolitan club cricketers, and to all readeis of Punch. Nowadays he plays—when work permits— chiefly for the Artists’ C.C., but he is also a member of Hampstead and of the M.C.C. The cover of the menu for the recent M.C.C. Australian banquet was his work. The original drawing is now at Lord’s. In 1904 C r ic k e t was privileged to reproduce the clever menu cover of the banquet given to Warner’s victorious team at the Trocadero on April 2 2 — to my mind, the best thing of its kind evor done. The accomplished artist’s latest century—not the first, by a long way—was made for the Royal Academy of Arts v. M.C.C. on July 11, his 114 including sixteen 4’s. On the previous day he had scored 55 at Hampstead for Artists v . Publishers. The current issue of Punch, contains a delight­ ful sketch by him of an incident in the Eton v. Harrow match. The lines beneath are too good not to be quoted here. “ Important Lady (to deep square-log) : ‘ Would you kindly move away ? I t’s quite impossible for my daughter to see my nephew who is batting.’ ” Now and then one of the smaller schools— the term is used in no disparaging sense—produces a batsman, or a pair of batsmen, capab'e of big things in the run-getting line. Once at least before King’s School, Bruton, has had such a pair. When L. C. L. Sutton and H. E. Hippisley, both of whom have played for Somerset, were there together a few years ago they took heavy toll of all the bowling brought against them. Now the School has such another pair in K. N. O. Bartlett, captain o f the eleven, and H. E. Warry. I n 1911 Bartlett totalled 475 with an average of 43; Warry had the more modest figure of under 18 per inning?. I am not sure that I have their full figures for this year ; but here are some of th em : Bartlett 128* v. Bruton Nomads, 207* v. Wells Theological College, 101* v. Monkton Combe School, 60 v. Sherborne 2nd X I., 82 v. Lansdown, and 82 v. Downside College; Warry 121* v. Bruton Nomads, 70 v. Wells Theological College, 69 v. Sherborne 2nd X I., 89* v. Lansdown, and 117* v. Downside College. In the last match of which the score is to hand, tho two stepped down for the time being ; but C. C. Case and J. G. Clayton each topped the century for the school. A r e m a r k a b le record has been put up by Big­ shotte Rayles, the preparatory school, at Wokingham. A t my request, Mr. W. G. Beeve, the Head, has supplied me with the results of tho term’s cricket. I find that the Bigshotte Rayles boys lost only one match, their first, in which they were put out for 27 on a sodden and heavy wicket. Of their other eight games they won six and drew two. This, of course, while good, is not extraordinary.