Cricket 1912

6 6 8 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Nov. 16, 1911 Overseas Cricket. TH E W E S T E R N C AN A D A TOU RN AM EN T . A n account o f the W estern Canadian Cricket A ssociation’s third annual tournam ent, at Calgary, in August, must seem badly belated now ; but it is not m y fault that it was not dealt wth earlier. The correspondent in the Dom inion upon whom I had relied failed me com pletely ; and an attem pt to get hold of the necessary data through the agents in London of the Calgary papers proved a task of difficulty. It needed between three and four weeks to woo half-a-dozen issues from the co y recesses of their files, and meanwhile the O ctober num ber of C r ic k e t had to go to press. B ut the Tournam ent was in every way so good a one that I should be very reluctant to pass it without m ention. Four teams entered, the hom e province supplying two, Alberta and Calgary. The M anitoba side was somewhat weak in bowling, owing to the absence of several of the best W innipeg trundlers ; Saskatchewan (who won the contest at Indian H ead in 1911) sent a team which was beyond all doubt the weakest of the four, as the follow ing table of results and scoring will make clear. W .C.C.A. T O U R N A M E N T : 1912. Side. W. L. D. Runs W. A. Runs W. A. for. against Alberta ... 5 0 1 . .. 1211 48 25-2 . 788 54 14-5 Calgary ... .. 3 2 1 . .. 1195 48 24-8 . 955 52 18-3 Manitoba 2 2 2 .. 1064 40 26-6 .. 1293 56 23-0 Saskatchewan . .. 0 6 0 . .. 983 60 16-3 ... 1417 34 41-6 Total runs scored : 4453 for 196 wickets— average 22*7. Each side m et the other three twice, tw elve one-day games being played. As the average aggregate per gam e was just over 370, it will be seen that not m uch time was cu t to waste. The M onday of the week (August 5) was the only day on which rain interfered with play, stopping the Calgary-Manitoba match. F or the rest of the time the weather was brilliant, and during the latter part of the week wickets were hard and fast. Calgary made 215 v. Manitoba. P. P. Barnett, younger brother of E. A. and C. S., and himself a Gloucestershire county representative, and P. W . Johnson carried off the honours. Barnett made 65 ; Johnson, who carried his bat, only lacked another boundary for a century. The tw o added 89 for the fourth wicket together after 3 had fallen for 22, and G. H. N ettleton (20) helped Johnson to put on 54 for the eighth. M anitoba had 83 for 2 up when rain stopped play, Turner, Trotter, and Milne having all batted well. For Saskatchewan v. A lberta E. H. H artley (51) and R . Edwards (49) made a good stand for the third w ick e t; but A. H. Dickens, the hom e side's skipper, clean bowled both, and no one else did anything. The total was 152. Alberta ran up 186 for 2, G. P. Birkenshaw (I trust I have his name correctly, but the Calgary Herald has a hum orous tittle trick of varying names every day ; mere cricketers are not the men of fame that baseballers are, and it is too much to expect that any trouble should be taken over their cognom ens), who made 64, F. T. Burrough with 53, and the R ev. E. E. W inter (this is O .K ., for it never varies), with 61, all batted well, Birkenshaw, a steady batsman, having partnerships of 80 or 90 with each of the others. The Saskatchewan bowlers and fieldsmen were handicapped by a greasy ball and a wet wicket. On Tuesday Alberta defeated Calgary by 34 (133 to 99). Birken­ shaw and H. G. Napper were top-scorers for the winners ; for the losers young Barnett played great cricket, making 54 of 74 while in. C. Hall (who is G. H all in the analysis, how ever) took 5 for 44. Saskatchewan made 153 v. Manitoba (the R ev. H. C. B. Gibson 41, R . Edwards 40). McFarlane had 6 of the wickets for 66. The W innipeg men trounced the weak bowling, and ran up 301 for 7 (Langton, who hit very hard, 83*, G. G. Milne 62, Charlesworth 55, J. G. M cIntosh 46). The runs were made off 64 overs— pretty fair going. Milne and M cIntosh added 82 together under the hour. The two W ednesday games were startlingly different in char­ acter. Saskatchewan v. Calgary produced 489 runs for 11 wickets ; Alberta v. Manitoba only realised 183 for 20. The Rev. H. C. B. Gibson was again top scorer for Saskatchewan, with 40 ; seven others made doubles varying from 16 to 28. Six wickets were down for 97 ; but the last four added 122. Calgary lost one batsman at 17 ; then P. P. Barnett (158*) and P. W . Johnson (100*) took comm and of the bowling, and had put on 255 unparted when the game ended. Barnett hit over a dozen 6 ’s ! For M anitoba Charlesworth (5 for 31) and McFarlane (5 for 42) bowled so well that seven Albertan wickets were down for 37, of which Birkenshaw made 23 ; then P. Hardisty (42) and the skipper, Dickens (21), made a capital stand, adding 61. The Manitobans could do nothing with the bowling of E. E. Sharp I (7 for 42). They also had 7 down for 37 ; but their total only reached 68 . Thursday also saw both the hom e sides win. Calgary (223 ; |E. H . Stephens 83, J. L. Bell 60*, G. H. N ettleton 29) easily beat Manitoba (113 ; M oney 28, McFarlane 24*), J. S. Spick (4 for 18) and N ettleton (4 for 23) bowling well. N ettleton did the hat trick on the last three batsmen. Alberta made 176, and put out Saskatche­ wan for 66. E. E. Sharp’s all-round play was the feature of the game. H e hit up 47, he and Dickens adding 60 for the eighth wicket, and took 9 wickets for 23. E. H . Morse (37) and F. T. Burrough (28) were the other principal scorers. A. W . Goldie and R . L. Challoner each had 5 wickets for the losers. A lberta made sure of the championship and the Dingwall Cup which is its trophy by beating Calgary on Friday. The game was finely con tested ; but Calgary’s fielding rather let them down. Birkenshaw made an excellent 117 for Alberta, and four others got between 20 and 30. Barnett (69) and Bell (55) were the leading figures in the city side’ s plucky effort to accomplish the task set them. Sharp again took 9 wickets— a remarkable feat to perform on two successive days. The totals were 269 and 206. M anitoba ran up 302 for 7, declared, v. Saskatchewan. Langton hit splendidly for 174 ; D evey (who only made 16) helped him to add 101 for the fifth wicket, and Atterbury (51*) 132 for the eighth. Saskatchewan lost 4 wickets cheaply ; then E. H. H artley and A. W . Goldie (57) put up a great fight, adding 170 for the fifth. H artley hit eleven 4 ’s in his 107. The other five wickets only added 37, the total being 255. Saturday’s play settled nothing but the question of who should be runners-up. That honour fell to Calgary, who easily beat Saskat­ chewan’s total of 138 (R . Edwards 52, E. H. H artley 32, L. A. G um ey 20), with 182 for 7 (P. W . Johnson 51*, H . K . Richardson 48, F. N. Chapman 25*). Alberta declared at 332 for 6 (H. G. Napper 76*, R ev. E. E. W inter 59, E. H . Morse 45*, Birkenshaw 44 Burrough 36, G. L. H . Anderson 22, C. H all 20, P. H ardisty 20) v. Manitoba, who ran up in reply 197 for 4 (S. F. Trotter 102, Turner 34*, McFarlane 27, Langton 26). B attin g A v e r a g e s . (Ail who had three innings and averaged double figures.) Batsman P. W. Johnson (Calgary) Iiev. E. E. Winter (Alberta) — . Langton (Manitoba) P. P. Barnett (Calgary) ................ G. P. Birkenshaw (Alberta) ... J. L. Bell (Calgary))............................. E. H. Hartley (Saskatchewan) H. G. Napper (Alberta) — . Turner (Manitoba) G. G. Milne (Manitoba) ................ E. H. Morse (Alberta) ................ R. Edwards (Saskatchewan) — . McFarlane (Manitoba) I S. F. Trotter (Manitoba) ................ L. J. R. Atterbury (Manitoba) E. E. Sharp (Alberta) ................ F. T. Burrough (Alberta) ................ E. H. Stephens (Calgary) I Rev. H. C. B. Gibson (Saskatchewan) I A. H. Dickens (Alberta) A. W. Goldie (Saskatchewan) G. L. H. Anderson (Alberta) — . Charlesworth, Manitoba) L. A. Gurney (Saskatchewan) G. H. Nettleton (Calgary) J. G. McIntosh (Manitoba) ... H. K. Richardson (Calgary) P. Hardisty (Alberta)... W. Parry (Saskatchewan) ................ N. Bracewell (Saskatchewan) Inns. N.O. 3 R. 260 152 296 362 289 126 220 139 68 101 129 165 99 146 70 69 128 105 84 60 120 66 60 67 67 53 66 65 32 61 A. 86-66 76-00 74-00 72-40 57-80 42-00 36-66 34-75 34-00 33-66 32-25 27-50 24-75 24-33 23-33 23-00 21-33 21-00 21-00 20-00 20-00 16-50 15-00 13-40 13-40 13-25 13-20 13-00 10-66 10-16 H.S. 100 * 61* 174 158* 117 60* 107 76* 34* 62 45* 52 33 102 51* 47 53 83 41 21 29 46 48 42 21 * 28 Unfortunately the com plete bow'ling figures are unavailable. The Calgary Herald started out with good intentions ; but after the first two or three days fell from grace. Cricket reporting in Canada still leaves much to be desired. B ut of one thing there could be no doubt. E. E. Sharp, the man from Pine Lake, was the shining light am ong the bowlers, and he ought to be heard of again. In five games he took 30 wickets. C. Hall (11), A. H. Dickens (7), and E. H. Morse (5) were the other Alberta trundlers. For Calgary Bell took 16, N ettleton 12, Spick 8, Stephens 7, Richardson 6. McFarlane (23) and Charlesworth (17) did m ost of the work for Manitoba, M oney (8) and Burton (4) rendering some assistance. Challoner (13) and Goldie (10) were the only men who took more than three wickets for Saskatchewan. Six centuries and twenty scores of between 50 and 100 were made during the Tournament. The centuries were : — . Langton, 174, Manitoba v. Saskatchewan. P. P. Barnett, 158*, Calgary v. Saskatchewan. G. P. Birkenshaw, 117, Alberta v. Calgary. E. H. Hartley, 107, Saskatchewan v. Manitoba. S. F. Trotter, 102, Manitoba v. Alberta. P. W . Johnson, 100, Calgary v. Saskatchewan.