Cricket 1913

M ay 3, 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 159 The Oxford Seniors’ Match, Second Innings. Only about a couple of hours’ play took place on Monday, rain then stopping the gam e. T h e tw enty-two engaged included five from Eton, and there were three Colonials, W att (Natal), and Jack and Rockliff (Australia), w ith an Indian representative in the person of the G aekw ad of Baroda. A ll four w ickets that fell were taken by Burton, the Malvern bowler of tw o or three years back. He only took one more on Tuesday, but had wretched luck. Paw le, who has played for H erts, w as a long w ay the highest scorer. Hosie, not w ithout luck, made top score for his side. First Innings. M r . G. D. F o r r e s t e r ’ s S id e . H.H. the Gaekwad of Baroda (Bombay), b Burton ............................. T. P. Morris (Rugby), b Burton ... W. G. K. Boswell (Eton), b Burton G‘. D. Forrester (Rugby), b Burton F. W. R. Greenhill (M. Taylor’s), b Rockli; F. C. G. Naumann (Malvern), b Graham . B. Pawle (Haileybury), not out N. L. Watt (Natal), b Burton C. U. Peat (Sedbergh), b Lister-Kaye I). M. P. Whitcombe (Winchester), b Hosi W. F. Lord (Tonbridge), c Burton, b Hosi B. 17, w. 2 ........................... Total ........................... M r . A. L. First Innings. A. C. Wilkinson (Eton), b Peat W. L. Jack (Australia), b Peat G. R. R. Colman (Eton), b Peat ... A. L. Hosie (St. Lawrence, Ramsgate), Greenhill, b Boswell ................ W. T. Monckton (Harrow), b Naumann E. R. Stephenson (Eton), b Lord ... O. B. Graham (Harrow), c Whitcombe, Lord K. A. Lister-Kaye (Eton), b Boswell G. R. Pedder (Repton), b Boswell R. C. Burton (Malvern), c Boswell, b Na mann .......................................... T. F. Rockliff (Tasmania), not out B. 8, n.b, i ............................. Rockliff and Lord did the hat trick. The match ended in a win for Hosie’s side by 27 runs. Burton ................ Lister-Kaye Rockliff ................ Hosie Graham Lister-Kaye bowled two wides in the first innings. B o w l in g A n a l y s is : M r . H o s ie ' s S id e . N aum ann................ Peat ................ Lord Boswell ................ Watt ................ Naumann bowled a no-ball in the first innings. I b Rockcliff 16 2 b RockclifT ............................. 2 23 c Hosie, b Burton 6 21 c Jack, b Burton ................ 3 23 c Jack, '0 Burton 2 18 lbw, b Burton 6 64 b Rockliff ............................. 0 7 notout 4 3 c Colman, b Rockliff 1 10 c Pedder, b Rockliff 0 8 c Rockliff, b Burton 0 19 Byes ... 8 199 T o t a l................ 48 [ o sie ’ s S id e . Sccond Innings. 12 b Peat ............................. 19 12 c Pawle, b Naumann 0 2 notout 56 44 b Lord.......................................... 1 4 c Naumann, b Watt 7 2 lbw, b Watt ... 0 O b Lord.......................................... 1 IO c and b Lord............................. 0 O c Whitcombe, b Lord 0 13 b Boswell 7 2 b Lord.......................................... 11 9 B. 8 ...................................... 8 110 T o t a l................ 110 A n a l y sis : M r . F o r r e s t e r ’ s S id e . O . M . R. W. O . M . R. W. 23 7 83 5 ii* i 3 25 5 10 4 23 1 — — — — 16 I 35 1 11 3 15 5 5 *i I 10 2 — — — — 11 I 29 1 — — — — O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. i 6* i 5 32 2 7 4 12 1 12 2 36 3 8 2 29 1 10 3 19 2 14 2 38 5 6 2 14 3 4 I 12 1 — — — — 6 2 11 2 Special Club Notes. and ju d gin g from the num erous enquiries I have had, these friends have not deserted me du rin g the w inter. D urin g the w inter 1 have been hearing frequently from the Editor, and of course the chief topic has been C r ic k e t and schemes for its improvement. From all quarters unsolicited compli­ ments have been received on the grea t improvement in the paper, and while keeping in touch w ith all the friends I made last year, 1 hope to m ake new ones— for myself and for the paper. In spite of all the fuss during the w in ter months respect­ in g county cricket, there is nothing whatever w ron g with club cricket. O nly those who are in touch w ith a large club can form the slightest idea of the real boom there is in good club c ric k e t; and one very noticeable feature during the w inter months has been the desire of provincial secre­ taries to fix up m atches w ith London clubs. T his seems to me a good sign. It can be traced largely to the influence of the Press, of course. B ut it is good to know that pro­ vincial cricketers take an interest in the doings of their fellow -cricketers in town, and are at la st aw ak en in g to the fact that business methods form the only real road to D urin g the winter months I attended several m eetings in connection with the C lub C ricketers’ C h arity Fund. Really excellent w ork is done by this Fund in the cause of charity, and it w as a real pleasure at the m eetings to meet so many good cricketers and ch at over prospects for the com ing season. T h e cream of London club cricket w as represented, and it w as aston ishing how much w ork could be done by the various secretaries w h o attended in the a rran gin g of fixtures and other important matters. V ery possibly in the near future a C lu b C rick eters’ Association w ill be formed. Such an organisation could do much good w ork. T o mention only one th in g, it m ight g iv e a helping hand to clubs in trouble over their grounds. T he loss of a ground to the devastating builder i s not the loss merely of the club whose home it i s ; to tak e that view is narrow and short-sighted. C lubs should pull together more than they do. C o n trib u te d b y T h e C h ie l . T he Editor has kindly invited me to resume my Special Club Notes this season, with specific instructions to keep them short and not to dwell too long on an y one subject. On these points I do not think w e or any of my readers will disagree. There is one thing in particular that it will be my aim to avoid— anything in the shape of grou sin g ; and should I drift at any time into that strain, I hope the blue pencil w ill be used w ithout remorse. D uring last season I made numerous friends through these notes— by friends I mean real supporters of C ricket — I am in receipt of quite a shoal of club fixture-cards, of all shapes and form s. A very attractive one is that of Bishop Stortford. T h e fixtures are good, and the subscrip- tion-list of six pages go es to prove the club must have in Mr. Secretary J. C . Atkinson a very industrious and keen officer. I am alw ays pleased to hear from provincial clubs w ith any news of general interest. L ast Saturday w a s not a very inviting day for the g am e ; but I put in an appearance at Barnes and saw an excellent m atch between the local club and Battersea. T h e cricket I w as naturally very slow. Battersea won the toss and ran up a useful score on such a pitch of 91, F. W ard m akin g | 46 of these by forcing cricket. Most of the others were obviously very short of practice. T h e Barnes bow ling w as | good, w ell-m anaged, and backed up by rare good fielding, i B arnes collapsed again st some good and steady bow ling for | 61, Battersea thus starting their 58th season well w ith a victory by 30 runs. T here w ere tw o features of this match worth noting— the excellent out-fielding of both teams and the capita! catches made by T u cker and W ard. B attersea have found tw o good new bowlers in F . G. A khurst and H . V . S. N arraw ay. B arnes are noted for their hospitality, and the thanks of visitin g team s are due to the many ladies who attend and g iv e a helping hand with tea. “ T h e C h ie l” personally thanks Mr. Esmonde W hite, the hon. sec. V isits to other grounds w ill follow.