Cricket 1912

S e p t . 28 1912 CEICKET: A WEEKLY RECOKD OE THE GAME. 539 4 each at Birm ingham , Dudley, and Leicester, 3 each at Cambridge, Eastbourne, Oxford, and Sheffield, 2 each at Bath, Bray, B ristol, Hastings, aud Tunbridge W ells, 1 each at Black­ heath, Bournemouth, Bradford, Cheltenham, Dewsbury, Edinburgh, Glasgow (Partick), Gravesend, Harrogate, H orsham , Liverpool, Portsmouth, and Sunderland. In 1911 there were 27 at L ord’s, 21 at the Oval, 20 at Southampton, 14 at Birmingham , 13 each at H ove. Leicester, Leyton, and Nottingham, and 11 each at Bristol, Manchester, and Taunton. Leyton and H ove alone show an increase. Taunton drops from 11 to 0, Bristol from 11 to 2 ; and there are other striking differences. Overseas Cricket. The annual match between the United States and Canada resulted, as has been usual in recent years, in the defeat of the Dom inion. It was played on the 6th and 7th of this m onth at the splendid Germantown grounds at Manheim, Philadelphia. Canada sent a strong team, m ore genuinely representative than usual, for E. C. Laver, P. Broadfoot, and W . L. Price came from W innipeg, and F. T. C. Goodman from Montreal, so that it was not merely Ontario. But the U.S. team was a purely Philadelphian one, and I understand that New York cricketers in particular feel keenly the slight which they hold is put upon them by the refusal to consider their , claim s to a place on the side. In Manhattan they are of opinion that Arthur H oskings is ijuite international form, and there are others. Canada slumped horribly on a good wicket at the outset. No one could do anything with Barton K ing and Percy Clark. Man after man went for the paltriest of figures ; no one reached doubles, and the innings was all over for 40. King had 5 for 15, Clark 5 for 25. These two are still powers in the land. H. A. Furness helped King to send up 68 for the first wicket of U .S. ; but 8 were down for 104, W . L . Price (did he not play for W orcestershire in a few matches seven or eight years ago ?) doing m ost of the damage. Then Clarke was joined by R. L. Melville, and these two added 57. The State-* had a lead of 128, and when Canada lost 2 for 16 at their second attempt it scarcely seemed likely that an innings’ defeat would be avoided. But Stuart Saunders played a fine game for his 39 while others were doing little ; later, Price and P. E. Henderson added 46 for the eighth w ick et; the ninth put on 32. N. Seagram assisting, and after all Canada only went down by 8 wickets—heavy enough, but less heavy than it m ight have been, especially if King and Clark had bowled again. But they stood off in the second innings, when W . P. O’Neill did most of the execution. The score will be found on another page. T. Sm ith, formerly of the W innipeg Wanderers, now in Chicago, has been going great guns this season. My last list of centuries included three from his bat. Since then he has made two more, which are duly given in the list to be found later in this article. But he has been outdone by P. J. H iggins, of Los Angeles (C al). who had scored seven up to August 25. These a re :— June 23, Los Angel* s “ A ” v. Los Angeles ‘ *B ” 159*; July 4, v. Fresno 100 ; July 7, v. Fresno 100; July 20, v. Mountain Ash Glee Club 121; Aug. 11, v. Pilgrims 182; Aug. 18, v. Pilgrims 110*; Aug. 25, v. Wanderers 240*. The last was made out of 294 for 3 wickets, aud included seven­ teen 6’s and twenty-two 4’s. My informant (Mr. F. F. Kelly, of New York) a ’.ds : “ H iggins has made over 1,000 runs this season.” No doubt about th a t! These seven innings total up to 1,012. Arthur Hoskings (New York Veterans’ C.C.) has scored over 1,000 runs and taken over 100 wickets during this season. The New York Veterans toured in Canada in August. They beat Ottawa in an innings (201 to 100 and 65). F. F. Kelly scored 70, G. W . Hayman 5 3; Kelly took 7 wickets in Ottawa’s first, Hoskings 9 in their second. Montreal beat them in the next game (138 and 197 to 154 and 88). E. H. Thom pson topped the hundred for Montreal. A. Hoskings scored 69 for the Veterans, and Kelly took 11 wickets in the game. At Quebec scores ruled much smaller, the New York side winning by 22— 71 and 90 to 48 and 91. Kelly took 10 wickets this time. Strictly speaking, the visiting team won by wickets, for Quebec batted first and th ird ; but the fam e was continued till the New Yorkers were all out. Delahunty, the Quebec pro., bowled capitally, taking 9 wickets in the game ; and in the first innings he made the only double figure score (21), and was responsible with W . Morton Massey for the only semblance of a stand (27). In the second innings Dr. M cIntyre played up in the gamest possible fashion for his side, and only just failed to carry his bat through for 22. The wicket was a new and rough one, hence the small scoring. Archie Gunn, of the N .Y. Veterans, is reported to have said when asked his opinion of the battle : “ I have a headache; I do not think .1 could say anything.” Some of the local papers’ comm ents on the play were no end funny. Delahunty “ bowled a beautiful game all through.” “ But for untowaid circum stances Quebec would have won out in tbe final.” “ McIntyre should have carried his bat out, but he failed just short of this honor, which everyone conceded him . Kear, who was batting strong, also was foiled.” (But Kear was not out— how lie was “ fo ile d ’’ does not appear). “ Delahunty and Ansell were ticklish propositions for the visitors, and when they were changed, Massey and Goodwin gave the visitors just as interesting a session.” (Query— sitting on the splice ?) The New York team made many friends in Canada, and will be very welcome there again. Germantown have also been in the Dom inion, but at present I have only the score of one of their matches, that in which A ll Montreal defeated them after they had won victories at Toronto and Ottawa, so it will be as well to defer comment. F. H . Tripp for Germantown took all ten wickets for 55. L ocal commentators said this had never been done in Montreal before, and perhaps never in Canada. But it has been done over a dozen times in Canada, as is duly recorded in the *• American Cricket Guide.” Mr. E. S. Jackson writes from Toronto : “ The Toronto club have again won the D om inion of Canada Cricket Championship by defeating the W innipeg Wanderers on Sept. 2 and 3. In order to accustom themselves to turf wickets the W anderers played a couple of preliminary matches — with Rosedale, and with St. A lbans. They won both pretty easily; but they went under by 176 runs in the championship game. The weather was bad, and the wicket worse, and both sides scored slowly. In the Toronto first innings of 124, W . L . Price, who bowled splendidly, was credited with all ten wickets at a cost of 51 runs. The W anderers were put out for 59. Toronto followed with 155; and then, though Cave and broadfoot actually stayed together 95 minutes while makiug 37 runs, the W innipeg men were out for 85. It was generally conceded that the visitors played under a big handicap, and a strong feeling prevails among Eastern cricketers that next season the cham pions should journey to W innipeg and try conclusions under the different con ­ ditions of the W est.” In W ellington, New Zealand, an attempt has been m ade to throw over the district system of cricket, and it has only been continued in force by a very small m ajority vote of the club delegates to the W ellington Cricket Association. This system has done big things for the game in the Australian cities, where new grounds have been made for the district clubs ; but, handicapped by lack of £ s. d., W ellington has not yet been able to afford new grounds, and the objectors to the present scheme believe that a return to the old club system would be preferable. Probably they are wrong. In any case some of the best judges and m ost stalwart supporters of the game favoured a continuance of the district scheme, which certainly ought to provide more general interest. The Parsis beat Bom bay Presidency at Poona on August 28. This was not one of the games in the Quadrilateral Tournam ent, of course ; that was played at Bombay. M ajor J. G. Greig (142 and BLANCO For Cleaning and Whitening White Buckskin and Canvas Shoes, Cricket Pads, and all other articles of a similar nature. It is p re p a re d in a v e ry ca re fu l m a n n e r, and e x tr a p re ca u tio n s a re ta k e n t o e n s u re an e v e n n e ss o f c o lo u r . 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