Cricket 1913

6 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J an . 18, 1913. b atsm an . A n o -b a ll ? N o t under eith er law io or law I I . It cou ld not b e cred ited to th e strik er’s score, o f course ; and th e non -striker is ob viou sly ou t of cou rt. B u t th e decision— I s a y it w ith all due respect to th e em inen t A u stra lian critics who w ere so p u z­ zled— seems to m e q u ite sim ple. It w as a w ide. L aw 12 says, “ If th e bow ler shall b ow l th e b all so h igh o v e r or so w id e o f th e w icke t th a t, in th e opinion of th e um pire, it is not w ith in reach of the strik er . . .” “ W ide of th e w icke t ” is a far more com p rehen sive ph rase th an th e pu zzled critics w ou ld m a k e it. S u re ly a b a ll delivered so as to fa ll b etw een m id -on and leg w a s su fficien tly “ w ide of th e w ic k e t ” ? Q . E . D . R a y m o n d B a r d s l e y , youn ger b rother of W a r­ ren, scored 107 fo r S y d n e y G ramm ar School v . S t. Jo seph ’s College on N o vem b er 9. On th e same d a y P. W . D ive , for B u rw ood II. v . M arrickville, to o k 8 w icke ts fo r 3 runs in 8 overs. H e had 4 in an over, b u t d id n ot do th e h a t trick . L ik e th e G ramm a r S chool cen tu rion , D iv e is a form er pup il of Mr. W . B a rd sley , sen., fa th e r of W arren . W it h S y d n e y T rum p er, a brother o f V icto r, tw o b ro th ers of W a rw ic k A rm stron g, tw o o f Clement H ill, and tw o of R o y M innett all p la y in g good cricket down under, some o f th e fam ous names, anyw ay, shou ld be carried on in to fu tu re A u stra lian elevens. F r o m th e N ew ca stle N o tes in the Sydney Sports- j man : “ V o lu b le D ic k y M cL ean w as th e chief des- j tru cto r w ith h is bosie ball, and when he could not b ow l th em he ta lk e d th em o u t.” C a p t a i n H . S. P o y n t z , w ell known as a Somer­ set p la yer, w ill le a d th e O range F ree S ta te in their first Currie Cup m a tch of th e season. T h e Somer­ set am ateu r has been doing b ig th in gs in the B lo em ­ fon tein d istrict, includ ing 112 (fourteen 4’s) for M ilitary v . C ivilian s, 68 n o t ou t for B ed fo rd R e g i­ ment v . 10th Hussars, and 5 w ickets for 31 and 163 (w ithou t a chance till 150) for th e B ed ford s v . B lo em ­ fon tein R am blers. J. E . Jew ell, o f F elsted a n d ! S u tto n fam e, is am ong th e m en who w ill p la y under him . A c o u p l e of y e a rs or so b a c k C ap ta in P o yn tz w as in B erm uda, an d p la y ed fo r th e island against a Ph ilad elph ian te am cap ta in ed b y P . H . C lark. A m o n g the cricketers in v ited t'b p ractise a t th e J S t. C lair O v a l, P o rt of Spain, in v iew of the v isit o f I the M .C.C. T eam to T rin id ad in F eb ru a ry (th e y are tak in g tim e b y the forelock, it w ill be n o ticed ), were A . E . H arragin , G. C. L earm ond , L . S. C on stan tin e, and C. P. Cum berbatch , a ll m em bers of th e 1906 W est In d ian T eam in E n g land , A . C iprian i, C. S. Rogers and George John, who d id w ell a g a in st Mr. Som erset’s la st team , and J. N . C raw ford . Th is is certain ly not John C raw ford of S u rrey and Sou th A u stralia. Is it b y a n y chance th e old U .C .S . b o y and H am p stead N om ad ? T h e result of the A u stra lian B o ard of C on trol's en qu iry into th e charges made b y Mr. G. S. C rouch again st certain ^members of the side under S ydn ey G re g o ry ’s cap ta in cy has not y e t reached E ngland . ] B u t th a t there is som eth ing in th e charges no one [who know s George C rouch is lik e ly to d o u b t; and th e S ydn ey S un o f N ovem ber 25 has an article which |leads one irresistib ly to the conclusion th a t the m is­ b eh aviou r com plained of d id not cease when E n g ­ land was left behind. . P a s s e n g e r s on b oard the Marama, on wh ich vessel th a t po rtion o f th e team w h ich v is ite d Am erica made the la st stage of its jou rn ey , h a ve sta te d th a t “ th e condu ct of th e (two) cricketers in question j was such th a t it shou ld not be allow ed to pass w ith ­ out in v estig a tio n .” “ I t is alleged ” (the S un continues) “ th a t the cricketers referred to becam e con tin u a lly in to x ica ted during th e hom ew ard v o y a g e , and on several occa­ sions m ade pub lic exh ib ition s of them selves, not b y any means calcu lated to do cred it to th e good name of A u stra lian c ric k e t.” G r e g o r y refu sed to discuss the m atter, and no one w ill blam e him fo r th a t. B u t other members of th e team , though guarded, were not qu ite so reticen t as he. One of them is repo rted as sa yin g : “ There has been a little troub le in the team , bu t only since w e sta rted on the Am erican tou r, and then on ly in respect of tw o of th e players. These fellows c erta in ly deserve to be censured. S yd G regory, who is one o f th e finest fellow s th a t ever p la yed the gam e, has done his b est, b o th b y exam ­ ple and b y personal suasion, to keep th e men in j check, b u t th e y go t b eyond all control, and h a ve of late com p letely defied his au th o rity . S yd , how ever, |is too good a fellow to ‘ squ eal.’ H e says nothing, bu t he feels a lot, and I believe th a t he is d eep ly hurt abou t the m a tte r.” A Marama passenger s a i d : “ The n igh t before th e steam er left A u ck lan d a gan g of roysterers kep t