Cricket 1913

CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J an . 18, 1913. v in ces w ill not b e m et, one notices. B u t it is alm ost c erta in th a t a N ew S ou th W a les team o f consider­ ab le stren gth w ill to u r th e D om in ion in F eb ru a ry, and doub tless th is has m ade th e com petition for m a tch es w ith th e Sou th Melbourne side less keen — thou gh , for th a t m a tter, none of th e three team s N ew S ou th WTales has y e t sent to N ew Z ealand w as stron ger th an H a r ry T r o tt’s side is, if as strong. H erb ert H ordern and L . O . S. P o id evin w ill qu ite p ro b a b ly be m em bers o f th e fou rth N .S .W . side in N ew Z ealand , I hear. T h e s e tw o are doing b ig th in gs for th eir club, N o rth S ydn ey . A g ain st Gordon, on N ovem ber 9 and 16, H ord ern w as top scorer in th e first innings, P o id e v in in th e second, and th e go ogly-m an took 14 w ick e ts for 69 in the m atch . T h e N ew Z ealand C ricket Coun cil cam e v e ry near indeed to losing th e services of its ind efatig ab le secreta ry , F . C. (“ T im ” ) R aphael. H e w an ted to retire, b u t w as p rev ailed upon to continue. Mr. R a p h a el has not pleased e v e ry b o d y during his long term of office'. T h e strong m an n ever does please e v e ryb o d y . H e has m ade m istakes, I dare say. T h e m an who n eve r m akes m istakes n ever m akes a n y th in g . B u t no one h a s done b ette r w o rk th an he for N ew Z ealand cricket. N e w Z e a l a n d is settin g its house in order. In fu tu re in terp ro vin cia l gam es w ill be under a more regu lar system . A u c k lan d and C an terbu ry, A u c k ­ lan d and W ellington , C an terb u ry and O tago , Can ­ te rb u ry and W ellington , and O ta go and W ellington are to m eet at least once in each season ; A u ck lan d and O ta go , ly in g fa r apart, w ill p la y each other ev ery a ltern a te season. H aw k e ’s B a y , th e fifth province classified as first-grade, w ill fix up such m atch es w ith th e o th er fou r as m a y b e conven ien t. A ll other association s are considered second -grade ; and it is proposed to h a v e a tou rn am en t am ong them for th e H aw k e Cup, th e com petition for w h ich last season reso lved itself in to a single m a tch . T h e C ricket C oun cil w ill ta k e a percen tage of a ll gates, and hope to a p p ly th e b u lk o f the m on ey to sending a team to A u s tra lia e v e ry fiv e years, beginning w ith 1913-4. M o r e tou rs ! On the sam e d a y th a t th e South M elbourne team sta rted for N ew Z ealand a C eylon side— in clud ing V . F . S. C raw ford and W . T . Gres- w ell— w as lea vin g Colombo for R angoon , to p la y th ree or fou r m atch es in B u rm a . T h is— I m a y add fo r th e benefit o f readers who h a v e not k ep t their geo g raph ical know ledge polished since leaving school— is not th e tou r to th e S tra its Settlem en ts m en tioned some little tim e ago, w h ich w ill in all p rob ab ility come off some m on th s hence. B u rm a and th e S tra its S ettlem en ts don ’t look v e r y fa r apart on a m ap of A sia ; b u t 1 understand th e d istance betw een them is q u ite considerable. T h e Ceylon Sporstman g iv e s a list o f B ritish pub lic school cricketers now in th e island. It m a y not be a b so lu tely com plete, b u t it is v e ry n e a rly so. Here it is : B r ig h t o n , A . I. Sheringham ; C a n t e r ­ b u r y , R . E . M artin ; C h e l t e n h a m , V . G . B eau ­ champ, B . F . A . F aw c e tt, P . H ealin g ; C l i f t o n , A . M . C la r k e ; F . J. de Saram ; D e n s t o n e , L . C. D a v ie s ; E a s t b o u r n e , R . E . C ra n fie ld ; E t o n , B . J. B la c k e t t ; F e l s t e d , R . V . R o u tled ge ; G l e n - a l m o n d , A . H . S. C larke, J. S. F in d la y ; H a i l e y - b u r y , N . S. B o sto ck , F . Jackson , E . G . A . Palm er, H . H. S loan e-S tan ley, F . L . S m it h ; L a n c i n g , C. B . Rub ie, D . A . W ilk in s o n ; M a r l b o r o u g h , J. E . S. H o ld en ; R e p t o n , I). F . F itzG ibb on , W . T . G r e sw e ll; S t. P a u l ’ s , R . G .B . S p ic e r ; T o n - I b r i d g e , J . H o r s fa ll ; U p p in g h a m , C. M. Morris ; i W e s t m i n s t e r , H. N. W ood ; W h i t g i f t , V . F . S. C raw ford, A . F . W est ; W i n c h e s t e r , A . L . G ibson, G. H . G ibson, T . Leese. S t r i c t l y speaking, D . F . F itzG ib b o n (a con tem ­ po ra ry of Greswell, J. N. C raw ford, and I. P . F . Campbell) is not in C eylon ju st now , as he landed a w eek or tw o ago in England , h a v in g come hom e to recuperate a fter an operation. It is h a rd ly like ly he w ill s ta y till th e sum m e r ; b u t if he does he w ill p rob ab ly be seen p la y in g for M iddlesex— he has a lread y been in v ited to do so. F o r H am p stead v. W est H erts tw o or three yea rs ago he ran up 247. C o n g r a t u l a t io n s to P . R . M ay, of Thorp e St. M a ry’s, London C oun ty, Su rrey, and Cam b ridge U n iv ersity fame, upon his m arriage on N ovem ber 13 a t G alle F ace to Miss U rsu la Loughm an , d augh ter of th e la te R e v . W . H . Loughm an . “ N o m an is ind isp en sab le,” some philosopher said once. I suppose it is true. Y e t one finds some d ifficu lty in th in k in g how th e H erts C.C. and the Minor Counties C .A . wou ld g e t on w ith ou t Dr. J. E a rl Norman. It wou ld seem th a t th e y w ill h ave to do w ith ou t him in the near fu tu re, for he on ly retains his office as secreta ry to th e C oun ty club till a successor can be found, and it w a s no ea sy ta sk to persuade him to continue for a w h ile longer y e t the secretarysh ip of the M .C.A. T h e H erts C.C. is w ell supported b y members, and even after such a season as 19 12 has a substan-