Cricket 1913

150 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 3, 1913. S . H . G, H u m f r e y , the O akham School cricket c a p ­ ta in , d id some fine w ork in. the school sports e a rly last month, w inn ing th e io o yard s, th e quarter, and the hu rd les, and, in addition , p u ttin g up such unusually good perform an ces as 5 ft. 7 |in . in the high , and 2 1ft. 3m . in the long jum p. It is scarcely necessary to say th at he won these also. B e r k s h i r e w ill have the aid th is season o f C ap tain L . P . C ollin s, one o f the A rm y ’ s most b rillian t batsmen, who w ill be home on leave from Ind ia. N in e years ago C ollin s, an o ld M arlburian and an O x fo rd blue, m ade two centuries in each o f three matches w ithin ten days fo r the G urkh a B riga d e, a series o f achievem ents vergin g on the incredible, though sufficiently attested. L a n c a s h i r e hope to have that dash in g hitter, K enneth M acL eo d , in their ranks fo r th e greater p art o f the season. L ast year illn ess kept, him ou t o f the cricket field alto ­ gether. Australian Batsmen, Past and Present, at Home. H. Gradidge &Sons, Manufacturers and Exporters of all requisites for Cricket, Lawn Tennis. Racquets, Squash Racquets, &c. Only 32 batsmen in all have played as many as 100 innings in first-class cricket in Australia alone, leaving out of account all tours. The latest name to be added to the list is Vernon Rans- ford's. Lest unfounded suspicions of omission should arise, it m ay be mentioned th at Murdoch, Graham, Bonnor, Duff, Palmer, and Spofiforth were all among those who did not reach a three-figure number of innings. Here are the records of those who have done so :— - Batsman. M. A. Noble (1895-1913) ................. C. H ill (1893-1913) ................ V. T. Trumper (1895-1913) ................ W. W. Armstrong (1899-1913)................ V. S. Ransford (1904-1913) ................ S. E. Gregory (1890-1912) ................ G. Giffen (1877-1903) ............................. J. Darling (1893-1907)............................. F. A. Iredale (1888-1902) ................. P. A. McAlister (1898-1910) ................ J. J. Lyons (1885-1899)............................. H. Donnan (1887-1900)... A. J. Hopkins (1897-19x0) ................ F. Laver (1891-1911) T. Horan, sen. (1874-1891) ................. W. Bruce (1882-1904)* ... A. C. Bannerman (1877-1893)................ G. H. S. Trott (1886-1908) ................ 1 *. S. McDonnell (1878-1896)................ S. P. Jones (1880-1899) ................ C. E. McLeod (1893-1905) ................ J. C. Reedman (1888-1909) ................ j. J. Kelly (1894-1907)............................. J. M. Blackham (1874-1895) ................ j. Worrall (1884-1902)............................. F. Jarvis (1889-1906) ............................. W. P. Howell (1894-1906) T. W. Garrett (1877-1898) ................ H. Trumble (1887-1904) A. H. Jarvis (1877-1901) ................ C. T. B. Turner (1882-1910) E. Jones (1892-1907) ............................. Only two of all these— Reedman and F. Jarvis— failed to be selected for one or more Australian tours in England ; and only two— A. H. Jarvis and E. Jones— failed to record at least one century. All inter-colonial and inter-state matches on even terms are included here ; all matches played by states against English or South African teams ; the four matches of the New Zealand tour of 1898-9 ; and one match played b y the Melbourne C.C. v. Queensland (1895-6) and one v. Western Australia (1902-3), these being regarded as much the same as the matches played b y only partially representative Victorian teams against other states. Inns. N.O. Runs. Average. H.S. 155 13 7283 51-28 281 223 11 10670 50-33 365* 181 13 8233 49*00 292* 163 16 6564 44-65 250 IOO 8 3720 40-43 171 199 13 7386 39 - 7 o 201 154 8 5770 39-52 271 III 3 4074 37-72 210 120 6 4292 37-64 196 116 4 3801 33-93 224 123 3 3824 3 f 83 145 113 12 3213 31-81 160* 104 6 2851 29-09 218 159 17 3955 27-85 164 113 10 2755 26-74 129 148 4 3816 26-50 131 130 10 3149 26-24 134 156 9 3825 26-02 172 III 5 2747 25-91 239 108 8 2478 24-78 134 * 102 10 2218 24-10 112 151 8 3348 23-41 113 I l 8 27 2068 22*72 108 I40 1 7 2608 21*20 109 148 7 2935 20*81 109 IOI 10 J867 20*51 154 102 24 1548 19-84 128 141 15 2490 19-76 163 124 19 2033 19*36 107 105 10 1683 17-71 98* III 7 1736 16*69 102 119 15 1103 io*6o 82 R ic h a r d d a f t s N o t t in g h a m s h ir e m a r l .— Particulars, apply, RartclifTe-on Trent, Notts.— (A dvt .) Factory : Artillery Place, Woolwich, S.E. Reblading Cricket Bats 8 Festringing Tennis Bats a Special Feature. 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