Cricket 1912

564 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Nov. 16, 1912. lost 4 fo r 56 w h en tim e cam e. T h e gam e w as n o t altogeth er a pleasant on e, several disputes tak in g place. B ut n o unpleasantness has m arred a n y m atch betw een th e sides since. In 1882, against perhaps the m ost fam ou s o f all A ustralian team s, the P hiladelph ians fielded eighteen, and their highest scorers w ere C. A . N ew hall (14 an d 18) an d E . W . Clark (15 and 9). N o o n e else reach ed d ou b le figures in either innings, and T om G arrett to o k 14 w ick ets fo r 53 in the m atch. N ot until 1893 did a n oth er A ustralian side visit the C ity o f B roth erly L ov e. E dw a rd C lark was then th e o n ly representative left o f the 1878 team . B u t new m en h ad com e along— G eorge S tu art P atterson, B arton K in g , F . H . B ohlen, H arry I. B row n , A . M . W o o d , C raw ford C oates, R eyn old s 1). B row n , W alter S cott, W . W . Noble, E . W . R a lston , an d H . P . B aily. I fa n cy that P hiladelph ia w as never stronger than a b ou t this tim e. I t was said th a t the A ustralians h ad n o t g o t their land-legs w hen th e first m atch o f 1893 cam e o f f ; an d p rob a b ly this was true, for a special train carried them im m ed iately on arrival from N ew Y o rk to the B elm on t G round, giv in g th em tim e fo r o n ly an h ou r’s p ra ctice b efore the m atch began. T h e hom e side p u t up 297 for 4 on the first d a y. On the secon d their innings closed for 525. B ohlen (118) and N ob le (77) a d d ed 180 togeth er fo r the fifth w icket. G eorge G iffen (62) a lon e d id m u ch in th e A u stra ­ lians’ first, w hen K in g to ok 5 for 78 and H . I. B row n 3 fo r 41. In th e follow -on A le c B an nerm an carried his bat right throu gh (three and a half hours) fo r 79. P hiladelph ia w on b y an innings an d 69 runs. B u t A ustralia h ad revenge in the return. The w ick et was difficult, and H ugh T rum ble reap ed a harvest o f 13 w ickets fo r 96. B ohlen (33 and 54 n o t ou t) m ade n early half the runs from the b at for Philadelphia. H e an d B aily (7 fo r 84) were the o n ly m em bers o f the h om e side to distinguish th em ­ selves. I n 1896 there w ere three m atches. T he first was w on b y the A ustralians b y 123 runs. E . W . C lark (38 and 35, b o th n ot ou t) top -scored in each innings o f Philadelph ia, and to o k 4 for 40 irr A ustralia’s second. In the visitors’ first H . I. B row n h ad 5 fo r 45, B aily 5 fo r 61, G eorge G iffen (62, 42 an d 5 fo r 67 in the first), H a rry T rott (6 for 39 in the secon d ), J o e D arling (69 in the secon d ), Clem H ill (42 in the first), an d H ugh T rum ble (6 fo r 74 in the m atch ) w ere the ch ief factors in the A ustralian j v ictory . T he secon d gam e w as w on b y the A ustralians in an innings. G eorge G iffen (96), D arling (77), Iredale (67), an d others d id som e big hittin g, and 422 w ere run u p in little over fou r hours. K in g (5 fo r 90) w as the o n ly bow ler w h o cou ld m ake a n y im pression a t all. E . W . C lark, H . I. B row n , A . M . W o o d , and H . P. B aily aggregated 116 in P h ilad elp h ia’s fir s t; the rest m ade 19 am on g them , and the rest included P atterson, B ohlen, N oble, Lester, C oates, and K in g ! In the follow -on W o o d , C oates, B ohlen, and L sster all d id som ething ; b u t th ey cou ld n ot save the innings defeat. W ere the A ustralians over-confident, in the third gam e ? E ven if th ey w ere, th ey m u st ha ve been b rou gh t up sh arply to their bearings w hen K in g (5 fo r 43) and P ercy Clark (appearing for the first tim e in a big m atch , and tak in g 5 for 49) dism issed them for 121. P atterson an d W o o d ga ve the A m erican side a cap ital s t a r t ; N ob le, C oates, H . I. B row n , and P e rcy Clark follow ed it u p ; the total w as 282. T hen E dw a rd Clark (6 for 24) was the ch ief cause o f A ustralia’s slum ping for 101, an d P h ila ­ delphia had w on a second v ic to ry o v e r A ustralia. N o A ustralian batsm en has y e t m ad e a cen tu ry in P h ilad el­ phia. G eorge G iffen ’s scores there w ere 62, 1, 38, 1, 62, 42, 96, 19 and 47— 368 in 9 innings, m u ch b etter figures than a n y o f his com rades had. T his yea r’s gam es m ake the m atch-results (on even term s) betw een the sides 4 w ins to A ustralia, 3 to P h ila d el­ phia, one draw. T here was n o m atch at N ew Y o r k in 1878. In 1882 the N ew Y o r k X V I I I . w as dism issed for 27 in its first innings—■ S pofforth 10 for 12, B oyle 7 for 1 3 ; b u t Cyril W ilson , the old Som erset player, m ade 35 in the second. L ane, a N ottingham pro. m an y years engaged in G oth am , to ok 7 A ustralian wickets for 33. In 1893 the X V I I I . in clu d ed C. P . H u rditch , the T w ick en ­ ham crack o f to-d a y , H ow a rd M cN u tt, o f Philadelphia, A . H. S tratford , form erly of M iddlesex, an d M. R . C obb , w ho was playing in the recent m atch, nineteen years later. T he last- nam ed scored 35 n o t o u t in the secon d innings. In 1896 N ew Jersey (practically N ew Y ork ) p layed tw elve against A ustralia’s tw elve. C obb and H u rditch again appeared ; F . F . K e lly was a m em ber o f the side, w hich also included H ow ell Clarke, a crack B arbados cricketer. In the secon d innings H urditch ran up 28, K elly 27. T h e first p rod u ced a total o f o n ly 28, Ernest J on es’s expresses takin g 6 for 8. I n the recent gam e a curious in cid en t occu rred . W ebster skied a ball w hich the bow ler got into his hands b u t cou ld not hold. It fell into a p a d o f the batsm an standing near, and was collared b y the bow ler. T he um pire said “ n o t ou t ” — quite rightly. S om e o f the players said he was w rong. M y N ew Y ork correspon den t says several o f the A ustralians adm itted that th ey h ad never read th e law s o f the gam e. H e is surprised. I am not. T he oth er places at w hich A ustralian team s h ave played across the A tlan tic in form er tours are T oron to (1878 and 1893), San F rancisco (1878 and 1896), M ontreal (1878), D etroit (1893), B oston (1893), and C hicago (1896). B ert J. K ortlang , w h o has p rob a b ly p layed cricket in as m an y different parts o f the w orld as even L ord H aw k e or Pelham W arner, is abou t to exten d his experiences. H e has accep ted an ' engagem ent with a press com p a n y at W ellin gton , N ew Zealand, and will be representing W ellin gton p rovin ce durin g the com ing season. K ortla n g has played fo r V ictoria , B erm uda, and N ew Y o rk , in N ew S ou th W ales, C alifornia, E ngland, and divers other countries. H e was n ot fa r ou tsid e the running fo r the last A ustralian team , and his steadiness a t the crease should be an |invaluable asset to W ellington. C. G . W ilson, w h o has in his |tim e p layed for V ictoria , Southlan d, and O ta go, is also in W ellin gton n o w ; bu t W ilson has reach ed the veteran stage. A young player w ho has represented W ellin gton w ith suc­ cess is now , I understand, in E ngland, and if n ot already up to O x ford is likely to proceed thither. I refer to J . W . F indlay, w ho in 1910-1 took 6 w ickets fo r 78 v. C anterbury a t C hristchurch, Iand last season had the striking analysis o f 5 for 10 v. M arlborough (n ot a strong batting side, it is true) at B lenheim . I t is go od news th at the Som erset Shilling F un d has brought in over £350. P o o rly as the co u n ty has done o f recen t years, every on e w ou ld be sorry to see it go under. P erhaps in the I future the p a lm y days o f H . T. H ew ett, L . C. H . P alairet and S. M. J. W o o d s m a y find a parallel. S om erset, seldom in the running for a place in the C ham pionship race, was o fte n — to va ry the I m etaphor— foun d playing the role o f J ack the G iant-killer, as S urrey and Y orksh ire had reason to know . T he G loucestershire C om m ittee h ave been unable to I persuade G . L. Jessop to sw erve from his d eterm in ation to resign |the ca p tain cy o f the cou n ty team . T h ey m ust h ave had little I hope from the first, fo r the m an w h o has don e so m u ch for G lou ­ cestershire— w hat the team will d o w ith ou t him hardly bears thinking o f, though in C. 0 . H . Sewell he will h ave a goo d suc- j cessor— is nothing if not resolute. A testim onial fu n d has been prom oted, and it ou g h t to be a huge success, for Jessop is on e of the elect few w ho ha ve really captured the hearts o f the crow d. C ontributions a ie lim ited to a guinea, and should be sent to Mr. I C. 0 . H . Sewell, G loucestershire C.C., Bristol. T h e fun d will |close a t the end o f this m onth.