Cricket 1912

520 CEICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OP THE GAME. S e p t . 21, 1912. boundary strokes ; but tim e came when he only needed one more hit over the ropes. University Masters beat Burrard, hitherto undefeated, by 27 runs, A. G. Tracey taking 5 for 60. Esquim alt bucked up surpris­ ingly v. A lbion, got out their opponents for 144 (P. W elch 6 for 55), and then made 257, eight men getting double figures. On Friday Victoria, winning a great fight against the University Masters, placed them selves level with Burrard in Division A. Vancouver, beating Oak B ay, had a record free from smirch in Division B . V ictoria and Burrard had thus to play oft' for the right to m eet Vancouver in the final, which had to be deferred until the M onday. University Masters, thanks m ainly to a good stand by A. H . Ackroyd and H incks for the fourth wicket, put up 205 against V ictoria, who lost 9 wickets for 120, and looked fairly in the cart. Then J. W . D . York was joined by Frank Galliher, and these two m en hit off the runs. They played with the greatest nerve and coolness. Galliher twice hit out of the ground. At the finish they were carried shoulder-high to the pavilion. Vancouver, Peers (72) and Payne (59) having a capital partner­ ship for their fourth wicket, easily beat Oak Bay. Esquim alt beat Saanich by 5 wickets, the losers playing up well in their second innings (8 double-figures), after a collapse in their first. For the winners W elch had 4 for 14 in one innings, Thom son 6 for 31 in the other. Cowichan won brilliantly against the Garrison. Headed by 19 on the first innings, they hit up 125 for 5 (Brooke-Sm ith 62*, Hayward 40), declared, and actually got out the m ilitary side for 22 ! Brooke-Sm ith was the hero of the game. H e not only hit hard when runs were wanted in a hurry, but also took 9 for 56 in the m atch. Curgenven was not playing. Burrard beat A lbion by 59 runs in a match which presented no very marked features. Instead of five m atches, as on the other days, there was thus only one game on Saturday— Burrard and V ictoria m eeting on the Beacon H ill ground. Tw ynam , the Burrard captain, w on the toss, and put hi* opponents in, w hich, judged by results, was a false move. A. F . R . Martin, who used to play the game in Ontario, and G. B. Grant started, and put up 148 before they were parted, Grant then going for a particularly well-played innings of 68. J. H . Gillespie helped Martin to add 46 for the second wicket. Several others made runs, and L. S. V. York, though still hampered by his injured hand, played an excellent innings of 46, he and H . A . Goward adding 55 for the last wicket in a little over half-an-hour. Martin had, of course, gone before this ; he had batted 3 hours for a splendid 143, including twelve 4’s. Som ething of a veteran now, Alexis Martin can still hold his own with the best on the Pacific Coast. The Victoria total was 362. T he earlier Burrard batsmen could do little with the bowling of L . S. V . York and Major, and though Bullen and H ood made useful scores 9 were out for 136. The last pair, Ivam y and K illick, added no fewer than 6 2 : but the venture closed at 198, and Victoria were easy winners. York took 6 wickets for 105. On the Monday V ictoria faced Vancouver at the Jubilee Grounds. The island team was unbeaten, and had heavy run-getters in Peers and Payne ; but they were not equal to the task set them. Indeed, they did not play at all up to form , their out-work being distinctly weak. They lost 2 for 1 1 ; then R. D. H odgson and Peers improved matters, and later Payne played very fine and confident cricket. But all were out for 181, Sholto Gillespie claim ing 5 for 51. Victoria lost one wicket for 18 ; then Alexis Martin and J. H . Gillespie played great cricket, and took the total to 177 before the latter was out in a curious m anner— caught by Peers after the bowler had grabbed a hot return and let it go. H e had made 71*. Martin took his score to 119— another excellent d isplay; L. H . Major made twelve 4’s in an innings of 49 ; S. Gillespie, in scoring 65, hit three 6’s and ten 4 ’s ; and J. W . D. York had a 6 and eight 4’s in his 59* It was the fastest and brightest scoring ever seen on a British Columbian ground, 395 for 7 being made between luncheon and 6 o ’clock ! That Victoria deserved m ost thoroughly to win the cham pion­ ship there can be no doubt. They had a most form idable array of batsmen, who averaged just on 30 per wicket, and their bowling and fielding were also strong. Martin totalled 295 runs in 4 innings, J. H . G illespie 326 in 7 (one not out), J. W . D . York 194 in 7 (2 not out), G. B . Grant 203 in 7 (one not out), and S. Gillespie 183 in 7 (one not out). Old friends of Crawford Coates will be glad to hear that he played an innings of 40* for the crack team of the tournam ent. F or Vancouver F . J. Peers totalled 355 (average 71), C. A. L . Payne 284 (47*33). L . T . Dwelley (275 in 6 innings, 2 not out) did fine work for Burrard. Barrington Foote, the brothers Ism ay, and D. M. Grant (who was only available for one m atch) did best with the bat for Albion. Brooke-Sm ith and Gilbert Curgenven were C owichan’s principal performers. F. A . Sparks (7-1-205) made m ost runs for the University Masters, F. H . B. Champain averaging 23. V. A. M cKillop topped the averages of the Portland team, which, though it occupied an unexpectedly lowly place, made many friends by good sportmanship and sociability ; but Thom as was not far behind him . Capt. Foulkes was the Garrison’s crack. For Oak Bay C. P. W . Schwengers did by far the best. C. Martin (9-0-207) was at the head of the Saanich averages. Esquim alt played no fewer than 23 m en, of whom T . A. Darke, P. W elch, and R. H. Pooley (21, 17, and 13-37 respectively) totalled over 100. Altogether over 150 players took part, of whom 33 had three- figure totals, 30 having averages of 20 or over, though som e of these played in only one or two innings. The bowling averages are not on record. T H E M A T C H E S . F IR S T D AY. VAN CO U VER V. COW ICHAN. V ancouver , 152 ; C. A. L. Payne 59, R . S. Clayton 16. C owichan , 122; G. H . Townsend 27, H. C. Martin 22, V. V. Murphy 15. V ancouver , 123 ; F. J. Peers 43, C. A. L. Payne 33, J. H. Arm itage 17. VIC TO R IA V. ALBIO N . A lbion , 72 ; E. W . Ism ay 24, E. P. W ard 17. V ictoria , 152; J. II. Gillespie 35, L. H. M ajor 28, L. S. V. York 21. A lbion , 191 for 5, d e c .; D. M. Grant 109*, H . A. Ism ay 24, E. W . Ism ay 17*. V ictoria , 42 for 4. OAK B A Y V. PO R TLAN D . O ak B a y , 133 ; C. P. W. Schwengers 41*, H . A. Yeom an 37. P ortland , 127 ; V. A. M cKillop 48, L. G. Pattullo (41), C. S. Greaves 15. O a K B a y , 93 ; T. Barclay 31, C. P. W . Schwengers 21. SAANICH V. U N IV E R SIT Y M ASTERS. S aanich , 60 ; H. J. H orton 28*. U niversity M asters , 206; F. A. Sparks 94, W . H. B. Medd 32, F. H . B. Champain 23. S aanich , 166; H . T. Coton 41, E. J. McGuire 38, T. A. Nicholson 21, C. Thom as 17*. ESQUIM ALT V. B U R R A R D . E squimalt , 7 3 ; S. C. Thom pson 21. B urrard , 186 ;It. S. Beatson 44, L. T. Dwelley43*, W . H.Twynam 27, A. J. Killick 22 It. J. Beecham 15. E squimalt , 56 ; S. C. Thom pson 12, T. A. Darke 12. SECOND D A Y . VAN CO U V ER V. P O R TL A N D . P ortland , 108 ; M. Thomas 37, E. Fenwick 17*, V.A. M cK illop 17. V ancouver , 6 7 ; J. B . Caldwell 16. P ortland , 97 ; V. A. M cK illop 25, W . G. Smith 19, M. Thomas 17. V ancouver , 141 for 6 ; C. A. L. Payne 69, J. M. Armitage 25*, G. C. Peel 19, W . E. Hodges 18. B U R R A R D V. SAANICH. B urrard , 171; L. T. Dwelley 57*, W . Ivam y 35, W . G. Bullen 21, R . Smith 20, D. S. H ood 19. S aanich , 7 9 ; C. E. Shepperson 20, C. Martin 18. Saanich, 79 for 6. ALBIO N V. U N IV E R S IT Y M ASTERS. A lbion , 170 ; H . A. Ism ay 51, Barrington F oote 46, H. H . Pegler 17. U niv. M asters, 132; R . H . Hincks 33, J. W enman 21, Lt. A. M oore 21, J. Tatlow 15. A lb ion , 129 ; G. W ilson 38, H . A. Ism ay 26, B. Foote 19, J. Idiens 16. U niv. M asters, 129; Lt. A. Moore 44, F. H . B. Champain 43. OAK B A Y V. G ARRISO N . O ak B a y , 94 ; C. P. W . Schwengers 25, H . A. Yeom an 21. G arrison , 129 ; C. Hlingworth 45, Capt. Foulkes 27, R . K . M acRoherts 15. O ak B a y , 112 ; J. A . Greenhill 27, W. Speeak 25, C. C. Tunnard 25, C. M. Blandy 20. G arrison , 45 for 2 ; Capt. Foulkes 27*. V ICTO RIA V. ESQUIM ALT. The score of this match failed to com e to hand.) T H IR D D A Y . VIC TO R IA V. B U R R A R D . V ictoria , 103; H . A. (toward 22, T. R . Leonard 18. B urrard , 217 ; L. T. Dwclley 111, W. H. Twynam 30, E. F. Smith 18. V ictoria , 89 for 4 ; G. B. Grant 5 9 ', F. J. Marshall 17. ESQUIM ALT V. U N IV E R SIT Y M ASTERS. E squimalt , 72. U niv . M asters , 75. E squimalt , 60 ; P. W elch 24. U niv . M asters , 59 for 1 ; F. A. Sparks 40*. PO R TLAN D V. G ARRISO N . P ortland 7 6 ; A. F. Tarilton 34, V . A. M cK illop 18. G arrison , 128 ; Col.-Sergt. Robertson 21, Sergt. Stevens 18*, Gnr. Ingle 15. P ortland , 124 for 7, d e c .; W . Thomas 56, C. W . Lawrence 27*, A. F. Tarilton 23. G arrison , 73 for 3 ; Capt. Foulkes 44*, Lieut. Birch 16. O A K B A Y V. COW ICHAN. O ak B a y , 131; W . F. Pilkington 31, T. Barclay 18*, H . A. Yeom an 17, C. P. W . Schwengers 17. C owichan , 211; G. Curgenven 59, E. Brooke-Sm ith 49, H . B. H ayward 35. SAAN ICH V. ALBIO N . S aanich , 69. A lb io n , 178; H. Jepson 66, B. Foote 43, E. W . Ism ay 20, G. W ilson 19*. Saanich, 154 ; C. Martin 61, R. J. Horton 43, K . Danesborough 17. .