Cricket 1912

OCT. 12, 1912. CEICKET : A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. 543 WINTER NUMBERS OF “ CRICKET” As usual, there will be monthly issues of the paper during the coming winter. Published as follows:— FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1912. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1912. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 13, 1912. FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1913. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 14. 1913. FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1913. Club cricket news will be a special feature. The six numbers will be sent post free anywhere for ONE SHILLING. Office of CRICKET, 33 & 35, M oor L ane , E.C. Cricket: A W EEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 33 and 35, MOOR LANE, LONDON, E C. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1912. Communications to the Editorshould beaddressed to himat 33 & 35 Moor Lane, E.C.Advertisements, Subscriptions, &c., should be sent to the Manager, at the same address. The following are the rates of subscription to C k ic k e t :— Qreat Britain. Abroad. One Year ..................... ...6s. 3d. ... 7s. 6d. The 24 Summer Numbers ...5s. Od. ... 6s. Od. N O T IC E . Messrs. WRIQHT & CO., of 7, Temple Lane, Tudor Street, E.C., areAdvertisementContractorsfor CRICKET , and will be glad to give their best attention to any Firms desiring to advertise in the paper. Scale of Charges will be sent on application. ff>avtUon (Sosstp. The abstract and brief chronicle of the tim e. —Hamlet. T h e Walmer Castle on September 28th bore away another detachment of the South African Team—George AUsop, the manager, Tom Campbell, Claude Carter, Gerald Hartigan, and Louis Strieker. Holland Beaumont left by the Dover Castle on October 5. Frank Mitchell is said to be remaining in England for two years, in which case we may see him playing for Yorkshire again, and no doubt making plenty of runs. Aubrey Faulkner was said to be settling down here, and is reckoned likely to qualify (as an amateur) for some county, and of course R. O. Schwarz and Llewellyn are still in the old country. I h o p e it is not true that Hartigan will be kept out of cricket for at. least two years by the accident to his right arm. It appears to have been more serious than was at first supposed. The broken limb of an athlete in good condition soon heals—witness the cases of Faulkner and H. P. Chaplin. But in Hartigan’s case it is said that a portion of the bone came away, and one can readily understand that this would cause trouble. Several of the Afrikanders had rough luck, but none other quite such rough luck as the Border representative in the team. O n September 28th the Kinfauns Castle landed at Southampton the South African Bugger team, of whom several are prominent cricketers. There is, for instance, Bichard Luyt, a fine batsman, useful slow bowler, and good wicket-keeper, whom Western Province opinion backed strongly for a place in the cricket team. There is also his younger brother, Fred Luyt, another good bat. The elder brother played for Western Province v. Transvaal at Cape Town just before the South African Team of 1907 sailed for England, and against Natal (scoring 30 not out in his second innings) in 1907-8. In 1908-9 he was a member of the Western Province side which won the Currie Cup in the Cape Town Tournament, and did useful work in all three matches, with 23 and 2 v. Border, 49 and 0 wickets for 36 v. Eastern Province, and 6 and 34 v. Transvaal. He was up at Johannesburg for trial last Christmas, but only played in one match, scoring 46 in each innings. F r e d L u y t was a member of the Western Province side in the Currie Cup Tournament at Durban in March, 1911. His best score was 28 v. Transvaal. G. M. Wrent- more also played for Western Province at Durban, making 24 v. Eastern Province, and 23 v. Griqualand West. All three men have done well in chib cricket in Cape Town. A. S. Knight, who scales about 14J stone and is one of the pack, is probably the best batsman in the Queenstown district. Application was made to the South African Cricket Association a while back for the recognition of the North-Eastern District, with headquarters at Queens­ town, as a Union for the Currie Cup Competition ; but the request was refused. Knight has thus had little chance in class cricket. In September, 1908, he represented the Best of South Africa against the Wanderers Club in a three-day match at Johannesburg, and scored 5 and 15, and he has made many runs in local cricket. No doubt several of the others are capable cricketers—J. D. Luyt has played the game, I know—but they have not gained representative honours. T h e New South Wales programme for the season 1912-13 is as follows :— November 8, 9, 11, 12—Sydney—v. West Australia. ,, 15,16, 18, 19—Sydney—v. West Australia. „ 22,23, 26, 27—Brisbane—v. Queensland. December 12, 14, 16, 17—Adelaide—v. South Australia. ,, 26,27, 28, 30—Melbourne—v. Victoria. Jannary 10,11, 13, 14—Sydney—v. South Australia. „ 24,25, 27, 28—Sydney—v. Victoria. February 7, 8, 10, 11—Sydney—v. Queensland. ,, 28, March 1, 3—Hobart—v. Tasmania. The mother-state thus meets each of the other states of the Commonwealth, and all except Tasmania twice. The N.S.W. Colts will also play home and home games with the Colts of Victoria. T h e r e is a rumour that a strong Australian Team, including Clem Hill and Warwick Armstrong, will go on tour in Canada in 1913. But this seems very unlikely. It would surely lead to renewed trouble with the Board of Control, and, though there would be goodcrowds to see the Australians at such places as Toronto, Victoria, Winnipeg, Montreal, Edmonton, Calgary, Quebec, and Ottawa, one doubts whether there would be much money in the tour. A n Australian Team which will include Harry Trott, M. A. Noble, and Frank Laver will probably tour in New Zealand early in 1913. Preliminary arrangements have already been made, Trott being the principal agent on the Australian side. Here again there seems a possibility of trouble. The Board of Control cannot prevent men going from Australia to play cricket in Maoriland. But I believe it claims the right to govern all visits of Australian cricketers to other countries, and if this team goes as a private enterprise there is a possibility that its members will be suspended. A l t o g e t h e r peace seems distant and problematical. It looks as though little more will bo seen of the famous six in first-class cricket. What a pity it is that some middle way cannot be found I O n August 15th a banquet to Mr. W. P. McElhone, Chairman of the Board of Control, took place in the Sydney Town Hall, and was attended by close on 200 supporters of the game. Mr. McElhone was presented with an illuminated address, containing pictures of the cricket grounds at Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, and Hobart. Among the signatories to the address were Sir Joseph Carruthers, the Hon. J. S. T. McGowenT(State Premier), and such noted players as Harry Donnan, Alec