Cricket 1912

366 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 27, 1912. Reblading Cricket b a ts and Restringing Tenn is b a ts 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 Man’s, College, 6 , 5, 4, & 3 , sizes. Every other requisite for Cricket, including balls, leg guards, batting gloves, gauntlets, stumps, nets, &c. Price Lists and Special Quotations free. ALL GOODS CARRIACE PAID TO ANV PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. 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 PUCE, WOOLWICH, S.E. H. GRADIDGE & SONS, Manufacturers and Exporters of all requisites for Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Racquets, Squash Racquets, &c. lit t le e x t r a k e e n n e s s , a n d t h e re s u lts w ill in c lu d e a b e tte r lig h t a n d t h e le s s e n in g o f d r a w n g a m e s. T o t h e a v e ra g e c o n s e r v a tiv e c r ic k e te r th is s u g g e s t io n m a y n o t a p p e a l. B u t w ic k e ts a n d o u t -fie ld in g a re s o m u c h b e tt e r th a n t h e y u s e d t o b e in c lu b c r ic k e t t h a t s o m e t h in g t o e n su re m o r e b a ts m e n g e t t in g a k n o c k is r e a lly r e q u ir e d . T h is w ill c r e a te a g r e a te r k e o n n e ss a m o n g y o u n g c r ic k e te r s , w h o in m a n y ca ses a re n o t c a te r e d fo r as t h e y s h o u ld b o . H u n d r e d s o f c lu b m e n a io lo o k in g fo r w a r d t o th e ir a n n u a l t o u r a n d a j o l l y g o o d t im e , a n d p r o b a b ly n o t h in g te n d s m o r e t o b r in g m e m b e r s in t o t o u c h w it h o n e a n o th e r t h a n a s u cce s s fu l t o u r , w h e r e v e r it m a y b e m a d e . T h e a v e r a g e c r ic k e te r o n t o u r g e n e r a lly g iv e s o f h is b e s t. T h is m a y b e a c c o u n t e d f o r b y t h e f a c t t h a t h e is a w a y fr o m a ll b u s in e ss w o r rie s ; h e is in a h o lid a y m o o d ; h is w h o le m in d is c o n c e n t r a t e d u p o n t h e g a m e , a n d fu r th e r h e is b r a c e d u p b e fo re h e le a v e s h is h o te l o f a m o r n in g , a n d fe els fit a n d c a p a b le o f d o in g h im s e lf ju s tic e . N o w a d a y s th e re a p p e a r s a t e n d e n c y t o d o a lo t o f t r a v e llin g o n t o u r , w h ic h I t h in k is a m is ta k e . S ix d a y s ’ h a r d c r ic k e t o ff t h e reel is g e n e r a lly q u ite e n o u g h fo r t h e a v e r a g e c lu b cric k e te r . T h e r e a re ca s e s, o f c o u rs e , in w h ic h a co n s id e ra b le a m o u n t o f t r a v e llin g c a n n o t b e h e lp e d ; b u t a s a g e n e ra l ru le a s e cre ­ t a r y ca n s o m a n a g e a s t o a v o id t h is . Liverpool and Test Match Jottings. B y G . A . B r o o k i n g . The Sefton eleven had the best of the draw with the improving H ightown club, and would probably have won had time permitted. They scored 226 for 7 and declared, the visitors responding with 1B2 for 5. It did not seem at all likely that Sefton would compile so many when they had 7 wickets down for 114 ; then however, Im lach and Sim got together, and by sparkling cricket put on 112 runs before the closure was applied, the latter m aking 43 and the former 58. H ightown had less than two hours to bat, and played out time, R . Marsh com piling a careful 50*. D om ing, of Argentine fame, scored 13 and secured 3 for G9. I om itted to m ention that Im lach, the Sefton wicket-keeper, had a hand in dism issing 3 out of the 5 wickets which fell, stumping two and catching one and there is no better man in his position in this district. Birkenhead Park are under a cloud just at present and went down to New Brighton. Scores 94 to 218. Danson (33 and 6 for 33), M eunier of Everton football fame (52), and Jones (39) had most to do with the succtss of their side. Liverpool defeated B ooile at Aigburth by 64 runs. Scores 210 to 144. Leather compiled 79, and had the distinction of hitting a 7, all run, the fieldsman being deceived by the ball not reaching the boundary, and haviog to chase it. Litherland defeated D ingle in a small scoring game at Preston, by 9 runs. The wicket had not received the attention it should have done, and resembled a cross between a cem ent cycle track and the South African sun-scorched veldt. Sefton bit up 22 in good style, and W right, though he had bad luck, kept a capital length and secured 6 for 33. D . Q. Steel playing for U pton on Saturday scored 31 which included a 6 and four 4’s. The names of the 12 players from whom the Engli3h Eleven will be picked against the Australians on M onday next are before the public, and we in Lancashire are a little disappointed that Dean has been passed over for Schofield Haigh. I saw the Leeds Te^t recently, and it seemed to me that Foster had bowled him self stale and could well do with a re st; in that case the Yorkshireman m ight well have stepped into his shoes. However, if H aigh gets a wicket to suit him , he still has not a superior in England, and the Colonials m ay possibly fare as they did at Bradford early last m onth when Schofield m owed down their wickets to the tune of 5 for 22 and 6 for 14. In a way it is pleasing that H aigh should be chosen, for the probability is he will not be in the running for test games when next the Africans or Australians com e over. Dean is m uch younger and can afford to wait. The other selection— Hayes for Jessop—is probably in accordance with present form ; but I would not leave G. L . J. out just yet. Hayes and other batsmen in the team are every bit as m uch a gamble as Jessop— probably the greatest E nglish m atch-winning batsman since W . G. Grace passed his prime. However, I still maintain that we ought to beat the Australians by at least 5 wickets without any luck whatever. FOR S A L E .— A few copies of “ Surrey Cricket and C ricketers” (Rev. R . S. H olm es), “ Annals of C rick et” (W . W . Read), Ayres. “ Cricket C om panion” for 1907, “ Catalogue of Cricket Literature ” (A. D. Taylor), “ Parsi Cricket ” (Pavris), and “ Chronicles of C ricket” (N yren).— Any reasonable offer accepted. A .B .C . c/o E ditor of Cricket , 33 and 35, Moor Lane, E .C .