Cricket 1912

606 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. D ec . 14, 1912. S eco n d X I. A v e r a g e s . B atting . Inns. N.O. R. A. H.S. B ow ling . O. R. W. A. Bedford, W. ... 4 1 178 59-33 64 47-4 130 14 9-28 Clarke, A. D. ... 14 3 29 2-63 11* ... 73-3 248 20 12-40 Collier, C. R. ... 11 0 229 20-81 63 — — — — Comerford, F. M. 5 0 36 7-20 16 — — — — Day, E. F. ... 5 0 68 13-60 27 — — — — Duff, G. C. ... ... 11 2 256 28-44 52 ... 40-3 140 13 10-76 Dyer, F. ... 15 0 148 9-86 33 — — — — Fry, E. S. ... 4 0 136 34-00 61 45 132 14 9-42 Harris, L. ... ... 11 6 110 22-00 28* ... — — — — Holman, C. E. 9 0 37 4-22 9 — — — — Keefe, C. ... 6 0 29 4-83 11 — — — — Nicholls, F. ... 10 1 118 13-11 24 — — — — Nicholls, P. S. 5 0 48 9-60 24 — — — — Rhodes, A. C. 4 0 30 7-50 18 — — — — Rhodes, B. D. ... 14 2 146 12-16 27 — — — — Sharman, J. C. C. ... 15 0 328 21-86 57 132-5 405 29 13-96 Wass, W. F. 4 0 15 3-75 8 — — — — Williams, H. L. 3 0 15 5-00 13 — — — — Wilson, A. N. ... 12 5 51 7-28 18 90-1 282 27 10-44 Wilson, H. R. ... 17 0 256 15-05 71 — — — — Workman, R. L. ... 11 0 131 11-90 40 82 248 28 8-85 Association is largely officered from Lincoln Lindum , the district’s leading club, which is quite as it should be. A neat little official handbook is published by the Association. Clapham R am blers had a very good season, as was only to be expected considering the all-round strength of the side, and the fine w ork done both with bat and ball b y Cyril Browne, the young W est Indian. Browne does not actually head either batting or bowling averages, but he scored 25 per cent, m ore runs than anyone else, and took very nearly half the wickets. F ive men made centuries for the club during 1912. Lincoln Lindum (quite one of the oldest and strongest clubs in the eastern counties) held its annual m eeting on N ovem ber 22, the President (Mr. R . W hitton) taking the chair. M ost of the officers (including the join t hon. secs., Messrs. C. D ob b y and C. Pate) were re-elected, and Mr. G. H. N evile was appointed captain, with Mr. S. T. W atkins (the county club’s hon. sec.) as vice-captain. During 1912 the old club had a fair season, losing one m ore whole-day match than they won, and winning one more half-day match than they lost. Their professional, Day, now gone to Staffordshire, did good all-round work for them , and the all-round play o f E. Pullein also counted for much. LINCO LN LINDUM C.C. : 1912 Day matches : played 11 ; won, 5 ; lost, 6. Half-day matches : played, 26 ; won, 6 ; lost, 5 ; drew, 15. PRINCIPAL AVERAGES (ALL MATCHES). B atting . B ow ling . CLAPH AM R AM B L E R S C.C. : 1912. Matches played, 24 ; won, 14 ; lost, 4 ; drew, 6. Five were abandoned. B atting . B ow ling . Inns. N.O . R. A. H.S. O. R. W. A. Browne, C. R. ... 25 4 618 29-42 I ll 318-4 919 103 8-92 Earl, B. W. ... 17 8 117 13-00 21 50-3 182 11 16-54 Ennis, W. ... ... 11 3 98 12-25 39* ... 40-3 147 12 12-25 Harris, T. A. ... 20 5 451 30-06 100 178-5 401 57 7-03 Horsman, W. ... 11 2 36 4-00 13 — — — — .Tacker, W. 11. ... 17 0 232 13-64 47 — — — — Longhurst, W. 22 3 493 25-94 117* ... — — — — Naylor, T. ... ... 17 2 127 8-46 32 ... — - — — — Reveil, M. ... ... 16 1 157 10*46 27 — — — — Sloper, A. L. ... 16 2 342 24-42 100* — — — — ‘ Sothcott, R. ... 20 1 343 18-05 105* ... — — — — Veerasawmy, J . ... 11 2 165 18-33 72 91 215 29 7-41 Inns. N.O. R. A. H.S. O. R. W. A. Andrew, T. W. ... 12 3 171 19-00 41 — — — — Bavin, A. ... ... 14 0 228 16-28 74 77-1 253 18 14-05 Brailsford, J. R. ... 12 1 75 6-81 26 — — — — Day (J. W.) .. 24 5 814 42-84 109 .. 433 1145 109 10-50 Gwyn, L. H. ... 10 1 194 21-55 49 — — - — — Lawson, J. M. ... 12 3 135 15-00 39 94 280 21 13-30 Ludgate, H. C. ... 14 3 68 6-18 39 — — — — Mantle, F. B. ... 17 2 350 23-33 61 — — — . — Pullein, E. 25 3 803 36-50 118 .. 169-3 545 37 14-72 Rose, W. ... 24 2 518 23-54 69 — — — — Shaw, M. ... ... 10 3 118 16-85 37 .. 98-5 368 14 26-28 Whitton, R. ... 14 2 297 24-75 76 — — — — N o one is included here who did not play ten innings or take ten wickets. Am ong those thus om itted G. H. Nevile totalled 121 (average 17-28) for the whole-day side, H . J. Cannon 97 (average 19-40), C. M. Y oung 89 (17-80) and C. D. Henderson 86 (12-28) for the half-day eleven ; W . M. Phillips took II wickets at 8-09 each for the whole-day side, C. T. Jessop 11 at 14-81 and C. T. Page 19 at 16-26 for the half-day team. Triangular Cricket. W est K ent Wanderers will hold their annual general meeting | at the H are and B illet H otel, Blackheath, on Thursday, January 2 ; and their annual dinner is fixed for tw o days later, at the Council Chamber, H olborn Restaurant. The clu b ’s President, Mr. Malcolm j Christopherson (who is also President of the Blackheath C.C.) will take the chair. St. L uke’s (W oodside) held their annual general meeting on N ovem ber 7, when E. H . Phillips was elected captain, vice W . Carter, after a vote had been taken giving him the narrow m ajority of two, F. T. H artm ann hon. treasurer, and P. J. Evans hon. sec., E. R. B all being obliged to resign the last-m entioned offer ow ing to pres­ sure of business. A. E. Thornton was re-elected vice-captain. The club has good hopes o f a very successful season in 1913. Organisation counts for much in crick e t; and one is not sur­ prised to hear that the gam e in the Lincoln district has been given a big impetus b y the efforts of the Lincoln Am ateur Cricket Association, now in its tenth year. T w o com petitions— League and Cup— are run, the form er in four divisions ; and in 1912 as m any as 941 players were registered with the Association. N ext season there will be a junior as well as a senior cup, Mr. R . W hitton, the A ssociation’s President, being the generous donor. It is w orthy of note that Mr. W hitton was against the schem e of a junior cup com petition, believ­ ing that it would detract from the interest taken in the senior con ­ tests ; but, finding the m ajority against him, he not only gave way, but at once .promised to provide the trophy. This is real sportsman­ ship o f the best sort. I learn that the final for the cup attracts any­ where from 1,500 to 2,000 spectators, and that attendances at other matches can be numbered in hundreds, instead of in tens, as in the old days. A s the A ssociation’s efforts obviously mean m ore players, the increase of spectators is all to the good, for after all everyone cannot play cricket. T he whole m anagem ent is in the hands of men who have no special and personal interest in any of the clubs com peting, which ensures im partiality ; and it is evident that the By E. H. D. S E W E L L . ^ ^ Large C n w n 8 vo. Illustra ted ^ I ^ Please scud a Postcard fo r Prospectus. > N E T . NET. M R . SEWELL'S book comes out at an opportune moment when the whole of the cricket world is talking of the great season just over. In the first part of the book the author writes for the club cricketer and gives him many valuable hints, with a very able chapter on management. Indian cricket is also touched upon, and |many sidelights are thrown upon the game in this corner of the .Empire. A very interesting feature is the Table of the Tests, which I gives a complete list of the matches between England and Australia, England and South Africa, and South Africa and Australia, with dates, grounds, scores and results tabulated, with the chief items of interest connected with each particular game. An important half of the book is a day by day chronicle of each day's play in all the nine test matches* with the incidents and events of the matches, both on and off the field. T h e photographs provide a special point of the book, most of them being taken by the author at the different grounds. I f difficulty be experienced in obt lining the book, send direct to the Publish rs — J. M. DENT & SONS, Ltd., 140, Aldine House, Bedford St., London, W .C.