Cricket 1912

.510 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD QE THE GAME. S e p t . 21, 1912. S. Australia v. V ictoria (Adelaide), 6 for-109. ,, v. S. A frica (Adelaide), 5 for 178. „ v. V ictoria (M elbourne), 4 for 142. „ v. N .S . W ales (Sydney), 6 for 186. Australia v. S. A frica (S ydney), 8 for 108. ,, v. S. Africa (M elbourne), 9 for 98 (6 for 17, second inns.). „ v . S. Africa (Adelaide), 8 for 218 (6 for 104, second inns.). ,, v. S. A frica (Melbourne),_6 for 110. ,, v. S. Afriea (Sydney), 6 for 98. S. Australia v. S. A frica (Adelaide), 7 for 93. It should be remembered that in practically every innings he bowled on billiard-table pitches ; and under such conditions a total of 70 wickets at a trifle over 20 each represented great work. Operated upon twice for appendicitis during 1911, he failed to show anything like such form in the following season, and in fact was a big disappointment. But he went into the team for England nevertheless, and ho has shared with Gervys Hazlitt the brunt of the bowling during this tour. He has done well, too ; yet one can scarcely regard him as having done as well as he has it in him to do. At present ho lacks something of the brain work that goes to the making of a really great bowler. But he is still quite young ; and he must have learned a good deal about English wickets during this tour. When he comes egain he may possibly rival the great deeds of Ferris, or at least equal those of Saunders in 1902. A slow left-hander has little chance on Australian wickets, and constant punishment is apt to spoil any man : but Whitty has the invaluable adjunct of pace, and with a little more discretion as to break, with a little more variation, he would be a fifty per cent, better bowler than he is— which is not to say that he is not very good now. Seven for 40 v. XI. of England at Norwich, 6 for 22 v. Scotland at Edinburgh, 6 for 57 v. Worcestershire, 5 for 55 v. South Africa at Manchester, and 5 for 63 v. Lancashire at Liverpool (each in a single innings) were his principal analyses. Eleven for 69 at Norwich, 8 for 67 at Edinburgh, 8 for 89 v. Oxford, 7 for 70 v. South Africa (Manchester), and 7 for 140 v. England (Oval) were his chief bags for the team, though in an outside match he also had 10 for 188 at Eastbourne. He can scarcely be classed among the all-rounders, being only a moderate bat, who can hit a bit but seldom stays long, and not in the very front rank as a lieldsman. But on present form he is a certainty for the Australian teams in the near future, and it is likely enough that he may be seen in England on several more trips. B O W L IN G F IG U R E S TO D A TE . Season. Overs. Runs. W ickets. Average. 1907-8 (Aust.) 42*1 145 3 48-33 1908-9 (Aust.) 176*4 539 11 49-00 1909 (England) 666 1573 77 20*42 1909-10 (Aust.) 150 484 18 26-88 1910 (N . Zealand) 219*2 510 42 12-14 1910-1 (Aust.) 492*5 1419 70 20-27 1911-2 (A ust.) 326-2 890 20 44*50 1912 (England) 922-2 2159 119 18-14 Total 2995-4 7719 360 21*44 His batting figures are 118 innings—29 not outs— 866 runs—average 9.72—highest score 38. J.N.P. G E O R G E L E W I N & C O . , Club Colour Specialists and Athletic Clothing Manufacturers OUTFITTERS BY APPOINTMENT TO The Royal Navy and Arm y, Cornwall, Kent, M iddlesex, Som erset and Surrey Counties, and London Scottish, Irish and Welsh, Blackheath, Harlequins, R ich­ m ond, Catford Rugby Football Clubs, and all the leading Clubs in the British Isles and abroad; M.C.C. S. African Tour, 1909, S. African Cricket Association 1910, and Queen’s Club, Kensington, the M.C.C. Australian Team 1911*12, and the South African Association Cricket Team 1912. Established 1869. W rite for E stimates . Telephone: P.O. 607 C IT Y Work* at Camberwell. 8 , C R O O K E D LAN E , M O N U M E N T , E .C . Yorkshire in the County Championship: 1893-1912. Two Decades of Success. (Continued from page U05). C atch es and S tu m pin g s . C. St. 51 — 47 — 31 15 40 6 41 — 39 — 37 2 37 — 36 — 34 — E. J. Radcliffe Ringrose (W .)... Hardisty (C. H.) Sir A. W. White W ashington (I .) Brow n(J.T.,jun.) 14 — C. St. 17 — 16 — 16 15 14 12 12 C. St. H unter (D .) ... 632 218 Drake (A ) ............. Tunnicliffe (J.) 561 — F. M itch ell............. H irst (G. H.) ... 351 1 Bairstow (A. L.)... Denton (D .) ... 255 — W atson (H .) Rhodes (W .) ... 243 — Moorhouse (R .) ... Haigh (8 .) ... 230 — Peel ( R .) ................. W ainwright (E .) 201 — T. L. Taylor Dolphin (A .) ... 101 38 W hitehead (Lees) Brown(J.T.,sen.) 139 — Grim shaw (C. H .) H on. F. S. Jack- F. W. Milligan ... son ............107 — Lord H aw ke .. 99 — Rothery (J. W .)... 32 Myers (H .) ... 88 — W ilson (B. $ .) ... 29 W ilkinson(W .H .) 80 — W ainwright (W .) 24 E. Sm ith ... 77 — M ounsey (J. T .) ... 23 Newstead (J. T .) 64 — H. W ilkinson ... 20 Bates (W. E .) ... 58 — A . Sellers ............. 18 Booth (M. W .)... 55 — Binns stumped 3 ; Earnshaw caught 2, stumped 1 ; C. A . Midgley, Oyston, and Smith (F .) each caught 3. Asquith, Burgess, H arting- ton, Rudston, and J. P. W ilson each caught 2. W ood stumped 1. The follow ing caught 1 each : Bayes, Broadbent, D. C. P . Burton, Crowther, R . Dick, Elm s, Farrer, Foster, Harrison, H ayley, L an­ caster, Capt. A. D. Legard, A. W . Lupton, Pollitt, Riley, Sedgwick, Shaw, Tait, and W illiam s. Substitutes caught 32 in all. T o ta l: 4,132 ca u gh t; 288 stumped. The number of centuries made for Yorkshire in the 515 Cham ­ pionship matches played during the 20 years was 228, th u s :— Kiluer (R .) U lyett (G.) H iggins (J.) Oldroyd (E .) ... H. S. Kaye Turner (A .) J. Tasker Wardall (T.) ... Deyes (G.) C. E. M. W ilson Year. No. Year. No. Year. No. Year. No. 1893 3 1898 15 1903 8 1908 8 1894 4 1899 18 1904 20 1909 12 1895 4 1900 13 1905 16 1910 8 1896 17 1901 17 1906 9 1911 14 1897 15 1902 14 1907 3 1912 10 Twent.y-four players shared the 228, H irst (42), Denton (40), Tunnicliffe (22), the H on. F. S. Jackson (18), R hodes (18), Brown (18), W ainwright (13), F . M itchell (10), W ilson (9), Lord Hawke (7), and T. L . Taylor (7) claim ing 204 of them , which leaves 24 among the other 13 batsmen, of whom Peel was the only man to make more than three. C EN TU R IE S FOR YO RK SH IRE IN COUNTY CHAM PION ­ SH IP MATCHES. (1893-1912 inclusive.) Against. H ir s t (G. H .). Derbyshire : 128* (Chesterfield, 1908). E ssex : 140 (Leeds, 1904); 134 (Bradford, 1902). G loucestershire: 134 (Bristol, 1897); 115* (Bristol, 1894); 111 (Bradford, 1900); 108 (Cheltenham, 1900). Hampshire : 152 (Portsmouth, 1904); 131 (Bradford, 1899). K en t: 157 (Tunbridge W ells, 1904); 120 (Leeds, 1903) ; 101 (Catford, 1906). Lancashire : 156 (Manchester, 1911); 112* (Manchester, 1902). Leicestershire : 341 (Leicester, 1905); 153 (Dewsbury, 1903); 107 (Leicester, 1896). Middlesex : 137 (Leeds, 1910); 103 (Sheffield, 1904). Northamptonshire ; 140 (Hull, 1909). Nottinghamshire : 155 (Scarborough, 1900); 138 (Nottingham, 1899); 125 (Sheffield, 1901). S om erset: 142 (Bradford, 1903); 117* (Bath, 1906); 111 (Bath, 1906); 106 (Dewsbury, 1900). S u rrey: 232* (Oval, 1905); 186 (Oval, 1899); 130* (Bradford, 1898); 108 (Oval, 1904). Sussex : 218 (Hastings, 1911); 122 (H ove, 1906); 121 (H ove, 1904); 103* (Leeds, 1905). Warwickshire : 104 (Birm ingham , 1906); 103 (Huddersfield. 1910). W orcestershire : 214 (W orcester, 1901); 123 (W orcester, 1903); 109 (Dewsbury, 1912); 108* (W orcester, 1905); 100 (W or­ cester, 1911). D enton (D a v id ). D erbyshire: 182 (Chesterfield, 1910); 130 (Sheffield, 1909); 113 (Sheffield, 1896); 113 (Chesterfield, 1911). E ssex: 134 (Huddersfield, 1905); 127 (Bradford, 1902). G loucestershire: 182 (Bristol, 1912); 172 (Bradford, 1905). H am pshire: 191 (Sheffield, 1912) ; 165 (Bournem outh, 1905) ; 133* (Hull, 1905); 107 (Sheffield, 1912).