Cricket 1912

Dec. 14, 1912. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 601 a well-disguised slow ball, which gets him a lot of wickets. As a bats­ man, full of confidence, very quick on his feet, and always ready to hit. H is C h a ra c te r O u tsid e C r ic k e t . Has done well athletically and scholastically, but has his best time to com e yet, for he is not twenty-one. M odest and unassuming, entirely lacking the elem ent of swollen head which has ruined the careers of so many prom ising youngsters. H o n o r O a k ’ s S u ccess . The success o f the club which boasts John Lockton as one o f its ornaments during 1912 was, all things considered, really remark­ able. They started with new men in three im portant officers— cap­ tain, vice-captain, hon. sec.— yet they had one o f the best seasons they have ever had. L ockton is their top-notcher, of course ; but S. H. A nson's all-round play was also of great value. Anson actually headed the bowling averages, his 10 for 21 in the two innings of Mort- lake on September 7 largely accounting for this. The best feature of the change bowling— which speaks well for the captain’s judgment — is that very rarely has a bowler been put on without getting a wicket. Perhaps the batting was a trifle disappointing. Thorpe was the m ost con sisten t; Lockton was very good at need ; and George A bel did his best work against the strongest bowling the club met. M iecznikowski (who proved a rare good skipper) looked at the begin­ ning of August a certainty for his 1000 runs ; but he only totalled 38 in his last seven innings. K em pton’s wicket-keeping was excel­ lent ; he stands up well, and does his work very quietly. The field had one or two off-d a y s; otherwise they were above average standard. The second team lost its first few games— a bad start— but only went under three times afterwards. H. O. Bates, helping the side during August and September, dwarfed the re s t; but probably the team ’s m ost improved player was W . Gracey, of whom the club hopes much. It is worthy of note that the side twice won after opponents had declared. The third team 's captain. Alfred Lee, has been playing cricket in the H onor Oak district well over 40 years ! The batting was pretty even. A. Greenslade was the bowling mainstay. His leg-breaks rarely failed to obtain three or four good wickets, and once he took all ten ! S om e N e x t S eason C a rd s . Derrick Wanderers have already fixed up matches with Dulwich, Cyphers, Addiscom be, Buckhurst H ill, Oxshott, Brixton, Essex C & G., Berkhamsted, L loyds’ Register, Union Castle, Northbrook, African Banks, and Wanstead. Twiokenham have so far arranged matches with Seneca, Amherst, L loyd’s Register, B orough R oad College, Stanley, Marlborough, Old Manorians, Thames D itton, Grove Park and H olborn Wanderers. The club’s week is fixed for July 21-26, with all-day games in the first five days. The tw o Bank H olidays also have whole-day fix­ tures. N orbury Park Wanderers will play Purley, Ham pton W ick, Croydon, Beddington, Stanmore, R ichm ond, Carshalton, Mr. C. W. G oddard’s X I., Upper Tooting, Reigate Priory, Leatherhead, Spencer, L.C. & W . Bank, Beckenham and Ealing ; but this is not a complete* list, several other matches being in course of arrangement. Great Western R ailway have fixed up with Ealing, Clapham Ramblers, Parson’s Green, Broxbourne, H ounslow, North London, W est Drayton, Slough, Reading Biscuit F actory and W estboum e Park Wanderers ; their second team will have games with the reserve strings of most of these clubs. C. E. H o n e y b a ll . The young player who has done so well for G .W .R . (in whose team he and his father play together) began with the third team, played half a season with the second, and then won promotion. For the last two and a half seasons he has been the mainstay of the first team ’s bowling. In 1911 he headed the bowling averages, and in 1912 was practically second. In all matches (for he does not confine his cricket to the G .W .R. fixtures) he captured 176 wickets and scored 800 runs during the recent watery season— a really creditable all-round record. Already more than a useful bat, he would make a great many more runs if he would only exercise a little more care at the outset of his innings. Still quite young (only 22), he has time in which to learn to put the curb on his impetuosity. A part from cricket, he is a capable hockey player, taking that difficult place, outside-left, and showing a good turn of speed there. H e is hon. sec. of the G .W .R . hockey section. Before long I hope to give a portrait of him ; but the next appearance in C r ic k e t ’ s gallery of club players will be that of C. T. Burgess, the Shepherd’s Bush crack. Landmarks of Cricket in North America. (Continued from p. 562.) 1875. A return to the H alifax Tournam ent took place at Philadelphia, but was not nearly as big a success as its predecessor. The Canadians arrived tired out, owing to an unlucky delay on the railway, and felt aggrieved at being obliged to comm ence their first match (according to the schedule arranged) imm ediately on arrival. There were three matches. Philadelphia (117 and 114) beat Canada (68 and 76) by 87 runs. T. Hargrave scored 32 in the hom e side’s first innings ; in the second G. M. Newhall and John Large each made 30, R . S. Newhall 24. Spencer Meade had 10 wickets for the winners, D. M. Eberts 9 for British Officers (162 and 191) beat Canada (123 and 167) by 63 runs. Lieut. Farmer (44 and 25), Lieut. Browne (38, first innings) and Lieut. Cummings (45, second) were the chief scorers for the winners ; J. W helan (51 and 40). F. W . Arm strong (34 and 16), and E. Kearney (47, second innings) for the losers. Philadelphia (230 and 52 for 3) beat British Officers (98 and 183) by 8 wickets (twelve a side played in all three matches). In the winners’ first G. M. Newhall made 64, T. H argrave 31, R . L. Baird 30, F. E. Brewster 23. Lieut. Cummings (39 and 43) was top scorer both times for the Officers. D. S. N cwhall (12) and C. A. Newhall (9) took all the wickets of the later, except one run out. Meade was hurt, and it seems likely that in his absence the brothers bowled unchanged. For Y oung America v. Germantown this season R. S. Newhall scored 103. This was the first century in any match between the crack clubs of Philadelphia. A n elder brother, W alter, had made the first century ever credited to an Am erican born. F. H. T aylor made the first century recorded at H averford College. H . J. Campbell, for Trinity College School, made 103— the only century of the season in Canada. M ajor Morris took all 10 wickets for Frederickton (N .B .) v. The Rifles. F. H. Bates born— day and m onth not on record. 1876. There was a notable advance in scoring this season. A s many as ten centuries were registered on the N orth American continent— a number not exceeeded until 1884. Joseph Hargrave (163*) and John Large (108) made centuries for Germantown v. Canadian Zingari at Philadelphia. This was the first time two centuries had been made in an innings on the western continent. The total of 356 was probably a record to that date, as was H argrave’s big score as far as Philadelphia was concerned. (To be continued.) BLANCO For Cleaning and Whitening White Buckskin and Canvas Shoes, Cricket Pads, and all other articles of a similar nature. It is prepared in a very careful manner, and extra precautions are taken to ensure an evenness of colour. 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