Cricket 1912

M a r . 30, 1912. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME- 45 his place, and he will be a great power in the team, for he is certainly one of the best all-round cricketers of the seventeen. His bowling is yery sound, and he has Vogler’s action to a “ T .” “ I believe you have played cricket in England, have you not, Mr. Carter ? ” “ Yes, I had one season in York­ shire in 1905, when I played for two clubs, Driffield and Bridlington. I took over 100 wickets during the season, and had a batting average of something over 20 runs an innings.” “ Maritzburg is very unfortunate in not having a representative in the team, don’t you think ? ” “ Yes, I suppose so, but they could hardly expect otherwise seeing M r. C. P. C A R TE R . D. K . Pearse was overlooked. Omerod Pearse, although still a fine batsman, is not the field that he was, and Samuel­ son is certainly not the bowler of two years ago. He had to give way to better bowlers of his type, and although a good field, his batting and fielding alone could hardly get him into the team.” “ What is your opinion of the other Durban candidates, Davidson and Nicol ? ” “ Well of course, Davidson was only taken up as an experiment. He certainly has the making of a fine fast bowler, and when he learns to bowl with his head more, and not go to pieces when runs are scored against him, he will be all right. I think Nicol, although undoubtedly a fine wicket-keeper, could hardly expect to get into the team with Sherwell and Campbell available. Like D. K . Pearse, these two have plenty of time to come to the front later on, seeing that they are quite youngsters yet.” “ I was rather surprised that Le Roux was passed over as a fast bowler.” “ Well, he is not really quite a fast bowler, and although he came off well during the trials, he is not in the same street as Cox. In the absence of a good fast bowler, Cox undoubtedly deserves his place.” Mr. Carter is a slow to medium left hand bowler, with the usual left-hander’s leg spin break. He keeps a beautiful length, and should do particularly well on wet wickets at home. He is about 5 feet 6 inches in height, with a sturdy well-knit frame, and has what is certainly a great asset to a bowler in his happy disposition. He also bats left-hand. His usual place when fielding is in the slips. To see him without a smile upon his face is a rarity, and naturally he is very popular amongst his colleagues on the cricket field. A t present, in conjunction with his brother he is running a dairy business in Durban, and so he will be able to leave it in good hands when he goes to England with the South African team. F r e d e r ic k S e t a y . Cricket in the West Indies. The Thirteenth West Indian Intercolonial Cricket Tournament came off at Kensington, Barbados, during the latter half of January, and at the finish Barbados retained the Cup, which the colony has now won eight times, Trinidad proving successful in four tournaments, and British Guiana once only. The competition, at first biennial, has latterly been annual. Barbados won in 1893-4 (the first tournament, to which British Guiana failed to send a team, this being the on ly occasion on which any one of the three contestants has defaulted) at Port of Spain (Trinidad), in 1897-8 at Kensington (Barbados), in 1899-1900 at Port of Spain, in 1905-6 at Port of Spain, in 1908-9 at Kensington, in 1910-1 at Georgetown (British Guiana), and this season ; Trinidad were victors in 1901-2 at Georgetown, 1903-4 at Kensington, 1907-8 at George­ town, and 1909-10 at Port of Spain ; British Guiana’s solitary success was gained at home in 1895-6. The tournament consists of only two matches, the holders standing aside while the other two sides contest the right to meet them. Probably this arrangement is intended to save time ; but it seems rather a pity that each side does not meet each of the others. This would only necessitate one more match, unless there was a tie on results between two teams. The scores of the matches will be found on another page. There was nothing very notable about the first, which Trinidad won in an innings, only Messrs. B. H. and H. C. Bayley, who must be nearing the veteran stage now, making more than 30 runs in the aggregate for the losers. Mr. J. C. Rogers, who was top scorer with 62, and had seven wickets for 25 in the second innings of British Guiana, showed good all-round form for the winners. Though Barbados won easily in the end, the second game saw Trinidad making a good uphill fight, a veteran, Mr. L. Constantine, who visited England both in 1900 and 1906, and a colt, Mr. W . St. Hill, being the chief figures. Trinidad batted first, but on a perfect wicket gave a dis­ appointing display against Messrs. George Challenor, F. E. W . G. Austin and W . Gibbs. Barbados lost their skipper and crack bat, Mr. P. H. Tarilton, at 40 ; and no stand of any note was made until the veteran, Mr. Percy Goodman, who played in the first tournament, and who three years ago scored 180 v. British Guiana and 115 and 16 not out v. Trinidad, joined Mr. R. E. Batson. While they were together the Trinidad score was passed, and they added 47 for the fourth wicket. For the sixth Messrs. Batson and Harold Austin (57) added 79, when the former left for a fine and chanceless 111,including 12 fours, and played for the most part on a kicking wicket. The last wicket added as many as 83, the best stand of the innings, Mr. C. Allan Browne’s 50 not out being marked by fine cutting, while Mr. Worme’s 33 is his highest score for Barbados. In Trinidad’s second Mr. Constantine made 56 of 66 during his stay, hitting 9 fours. The best stand of the innings was again for the tenth wicket, Mr. W. St. Hill, who hit finely, and Mr. J. Kelshall, who played a very steady game, putting on as many1as 72. As already mentioned, Barbados had quite an easy win. The best bowling figures of the match were Mr. Gibbs’s 7 wickets for 85 runs.