Cricket 1913

M ay 3, 1913 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 149 P. F. W. : Oh, hang it ! I said they weren’t big enough or strong enough for this sort i f thing ! S ix o ld B lues are a va ilab le at O x fo rd— I . P . F . C am p ­ bell, the cap tain , F . H . K n o tt, R . H . T w in in g (captain in 1912), E . A . Shaw , R . V . B ard sley , and J. N . F raser. C am bridge loses o n ly one member o f the 1912 side— N . J. H o llow ay— and the ta sk o f the L ig h t B lu e leader, the Hon. H . G . H . M ulh ollan d, in choosing his team w ill be no easy one, fo r it must not be assumed that all the blues are assured o f p laces in the fa ce o f the strong competition they w ill have to meet. W . M . B r o w n l e e has, after all, gone up to C am bridge instead o f to O xfo rd , and there should not be muoh doubt about his gettin g h is “ b lu e .” Am ong other cra ck pu blic school p layers o f 1 9 1 2 , G . B . D avies (R ossall), K . H . C . W oodroffe (M arlborou gh), J. W hite (W ellingborough), G. H . B . C h an ce (E ton), R . G . M orrison (Charterhouse), J- H . Naum ann (M alvern ), D . B oum phrey (Shrew sbury), H. D . C oates (T o n b rid ge), and A . J. M urdoch (Brighton) were all reported as bound fo r C am b rid g e ; w h ile among those who w ill com e under the O xfo rd cap tain ’s eye are D . G . W igan (E ton), I. F . I,. E llio t (R u gb y), C . S. W ilson (H arrow ), P . H a v e lo ck -D a v ie s (B righton), R . B. Stones (Shrew sbury). H . S. M alik (Eastbourne), F . W . H . N icholas (F orest), C . C . A ston ( U .C .S .) , and, last but assuredly not least, A . W . C arr (Sherbomej), who has already won his spurs for Notts. T he w riter o f the article on “ T h e C oun ty Champion- i 'P ” in this issue is a keen p layer, whose sym pathies are . on the sid e o f amateurism ; and I am g la d to be able to give the view s o f a partisan o f the gam e under th at aspect, expressed as these are in m oderate terms and clea r la n g u ­ age. T h a t m an y who read w ill dissent I k n o w ; i f any who does so dissent cares to rep ly, I h o p e to b e able to find space fo r h is view s. In sending along renew al subscriptions, several readers have to ld m e th at th ey h a v e subscribed to C r i c k e t ever since th e first issue. I h ave heard b e fo re from others— p ro bably a score or so in all— w h o can m ake th e sam e claim . I should lik e to have a lin e from every subscriber from the first, sa y in g whether h e w ould m ind m y givin g his nam e in these columns in a list o f such. C r i c k e t is over thirty-one years o ld , and it is no sm all tribu te to the paper, as it is no sm all testim ony to the enduring charm o f th e greait gam e, th at it sh ou ld h ave so m any readers who h ave rem ained lo ya l to it d u rin g all th at time. T h e Incogniti team fo r P h ila d e lp h ia w ill in a ll p rob­ a b ility leave on A u gu st 26. E . H . D . S e w e l l w ill cap ta in the B u ck s eleven this season, and under his leadership th e h igh stan d ard set in 19 12 , when th e cou nty did better th an ever before, should be m aintained. B y ithe w ay, M r. S ew ell has prom ised to w rite m e a regu lar w eekly article th is season, and I hope to p u blish the first o f these next w eek. T h e o ld B ed fo rd ia n has a lw ay s som ething to sa y , and sa y s it in downright fashion , and I fee l sure the readers o f C r i c k e t w ill ap p re­ ciate his work. T h e B ucks C .C . w ill g iv e M atthew W righ t a benefit. N o doubt the money received w ill com e in u s e fu lly ; but a m inor county benefit does not u su ally put its recipient in a position o f even com parative affluence. T h a t given b y H erts to G o ld in g last year d id not qu ite reach three figures. T h e p rovision ally arranged matches betw een E ssex and Leicestershire (M ay 8, 9, and 10, and A u gu st 25, 26, and 27) w ill not after all be p la yed , and L eicester­ sh ire’s cham pion ship matches are thus reduced to 22, those o f E ssex to 18. K e n n e d y w ill p ro bably be m issing from the H am p ­ shire team for th e first tw o months o f the season, at least, ow in g to his h avin g undergone an operation recently. T h e conr.ty w ill h ave the assistance o f C a p tain J. G . G reig, but w ill lack both C ap tain B arrett and G . N . B ign ell, who have returned to the E a st. T h e lonely islan d o f A scension is never lik ely to m ake a name in the cricket w o r ld ; but th e gam e is p la yed there, fo r on F eb ru ary 20 the island beat a team from H .M .S . A lew Zealand, scorin g 122 fo r 4 w ickets in response to 50. C ricket is also p la yed in St. H elen a, o f course. T h e South A frica n C rick et A n n u al o f 1907 had an interesting article on the gam e in th at island. T h ere were then six club s p la y in g fo r the Solomon C u p , though fears were entertained that the L eagu e m ight fa ll through th e next season. D id it, I w ond er? A n y inform ation w ould be welcome. WHAT O FFER S ? Complete set of C r ic k e t Volumes, 1 to 30 (1882-1911), bound in half-morocco, capital condition. This is an unique oppor­ tun ity, as no other complete set is known to be on the market, and it m ay be years before another is offered. A p p ly : P. J ., c/o Manager of C r ic k e t , 125, Strand, W.C.