Cricket 1913

M ay 3, 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 151 Overseas Cricket. A U S T R A L I A . W estern A u stralia h as recently lost, or w ill shortly lose, some o f her most prom inent p layers. E . F . P arker, probably the best batsm an the S tate ever had, has retired, and T . H o g u e sa y s this season is his last. H is brother, W . H ogue, has gone to A d e la id e ; C . H . H ow ard , the stonewaller, has been tran sferred to Broome, and T . Coyne, w h o used to p la y fo r the team as a fa s t bow ler, is now in N ew Z ealan d , as is J. R am sden, w ho represents O tago. B u t the S tate has a nucleus to bu ild up a team upon in H . A . E vers, A . H . C hristian , S. H . D . R ow e, I A . C . R a n d e ll, W . H u gh es, and o th ers; and there are) plenty o f good cricketers in Perth and F rem antle to pick from when the W estralians next entertain a visitin g team . Recent centuries in clu d e : — March 8— C . R . D avies, 106, U n iversity v. W . T orrens (Ade-O- ,, 15-*—S; H . D . R ow e, 200, Clarem ont v. N . F r e ­ m an tle (W .A .). R ow e and C ly d e pu t on over 170 fo r the first w icket | o f C larem ont. C. E . P e llew helped D av ies to send up 174 for the first w icket o f U niversity. A t P erth in F eb ru ary, H ennah (226*) and W illiam s (118 *) put up- 368 fo r no w icket fo r C osm opolitan v. Claremont T ra in in g C o llege, the C o llege h aving previously been dism issed fo r 46. A . E . H ew lett, o f the Corom andel C lu b (S. Australia) had up to M arch 15 th e fo llo w in g scores to his cred it : 138* - io - i o -100 -0 -44-14*-! 2 -! o 4*-52-38-7 5-83-100*-90-33- 0-61-22-20. H e h ad th u s to talled over 1000, w ith an average o f 63. T h e W estern A u stralian C .A . h eld a C ou n try W eek at Perth in M arch, and team s from N arrogin , G oom alling, Bunbury, M oora, N elson, and T o o d y a y competed, N a rro ­ gin w inn ing th e A lco ck C u p , with G oom allin g second. In N arrogin ’ s last match, v. B un bury, R . M . E van s (probably the form er state representative known to his friend s as J M ac E vans) m ade 12 7 *. H e won the prizes offered for highest score and best average, w h ile R . Burgess o f G oom alling annexed th e bow lin g troph y. I t is good to see that in several w ays country cricketers are gettin g more o f a show in A u stralia gen erally th an was th e case in the past. On M arch 8 A . M ‘ Shane (a nephew , I believe, o f P . G. M ‘ Shane, who used to p la y fo r V ictoria) h it 46 o f the first 47 runs in 18 m inutes (one 6, six 4 ’s) fo r W illiam s- town v. C ob u rg at Melbourne. L . K e rsh aw , w ho learned his cricket at E a s t Prahran C ollege, ought to be w orth a little attention from the V ic- j torian authorities. F o r his school in 1907-8 he took 85 wickets at under 2 rum each. S ince leavin g school h e has | played fo r a team in th e Southern Suburban Chu rches’ A ssociation (Melbourne), and has had such figures as 69 wickets fo r 146, 51 fo r 99, and (up to M arch 8 o f this year) 63 fo r 182. M arch 15 was a b ow lers’ day in A d e la id e ; W h itty (E . ! Torrens v . A delaide) to ok 6 for 35, M oyes had 6 fo r 52, j and W illsm ore 5 fo r 27 fo r U n iversity v. W . T orrens, j and D esm azures (N . A d ela id e v. Sturt) took 6 fo r 18. R. F . C ow an , w ho p la ye d a few times for th e state some years ago, did some good hitting fo r N . A d ela id e— 99 in { 60 min.-— but most o f his runs had been m ade on the previ- ' ons Satu rd ay. T h e sp lendid bow lin g form o f John C raw fo rd has been one o f the great featu res o f A d e la id e cricket in 1912- 3. P la y in g fo r a w eak side (G len elg) h e has done w ell in match a fter match, and has the fo llo w in g figures up to M arch 15 :— Against. O. M. R. W. East Torrens .. 28 6 53 5 Sturt .. 19 3 41 9 West Torrens • ■ 34 9 95 7 Adelaide • ■ 3°-5 8 h i 8 University ■ • I 5'3 3 53 8 University • • 37'2 M n 7 13 Port Adelaide .. 21-3 3 66 8 Total .. . . i 86- i 46 536 58 B risb an e has had w et S atu rd ays, and either no p la y or 1>1ay under conditions favo u rin g the bow lers very fre - quently this season. On March 8 no play was possible in Sydney, and March 15 was practically a blank in Mel­ bourne, only one match being started. IND IA . A remarkable innings was played b y C. Ramaswami for Wesley College v. Engineering College at Madras in February. He came in when 6 w ickets had fallen for | 55. A t the fall of the ninth 144 had been scored. | Ramaswami was then joined by Neroji, who kept up his end while his partner hit, and the total reached 313, the last wicket thus putting on 169. Ramaswami’s score was 188, Neroji’s 27*. Earlier in the same innings Jeevaprakasam had batted nearly 3 hours for 13 ! There are three brothers at Wesley College, sons of Mr. Buchi Babu Naidu, and Ramaswami is the youngest of the three. The eldest, Vencataramanjulu, has taken 29 of the 49 wickets which have fallen to the College in the three matches .of the tournament in which the game noticed above was the fin a l; the second, Baliah, scored 113 in the first match and 141 in the second, and the youngest has now made his mark very definitely. To Australian Readers of Cricket. T h e E d ito r w ould be grea tly o b liged to any reader in A u stralia .w h o cou ld let him have com plete bow lin g analyses of the m atches set down hereunder, or of any one of th em :— W e s t e r n A u s t r a l ia v . S o u t h A u s t r a l ia , A p r il, 1899. Q u e e n s l a n d v . N .S .W ., M arch , 19 0 2 . Q u e e n s l a n d v . V ic t o r ia , en d o f F e b ru a ry , 190 3. T a s m a n ia v . N .S .W ., M a rc h , 190 5. Q u e e n s l a n d v . V ic t o r ia , F ebru ary, 1906. W e s t e r n A u s t r a l ia v . S o u t h A u s t r a l ia , b o th matches, January-February, 1906. THE AMERICAN CRICKETER. Founded 1877 . Published by the Associated Cricket Clubs of Philadelphia. An Illustrated Journal of Cricket, Association Football, Tennis, Golf, and Kindred Pastimes. No. 114 , South 18 th Street, Phi’adelphia, Pa-* U.S.A. Price— 15s. per annum , post paid anyw here. Specimen copies mailed on request.