Cricket 1913

170 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 10, 1913. F l o o d s in the w inter are a n u isan ce; but floods in j sp rin g and summer are fa r worse. A s a ru le the W o r­ cester C ou n ty C rick e t G round is subm erged at least once d u rin g the w inter m o n th s; and th e gen eral notion is th at j on the w h ole it is th e better fo r it. B u t to have it six j fe e t under w ater in M a y is a very different m atter. N o p ra ctice , o f cou rse ; an d th e grou n d m a y n ot be fit fo r p la y during M ay at all. Som e o f the co llege grounds at O x fo rd are also under w ater at the tim e o f w riting. T a l k in g o f W orcestershire, I note th at W . B . Burns is said to have settled down in business at C ard iff, where W . W . O d e ll, the L eicestersh ire am a te u r b o w le r, a lso is. O d ell has dropped out o f county cricket, o f course, and 1 understand -that the dash in g W orcestershire batsman w ill p la y less regu larly in future. C o n d o l e n c e s to John B o a rd , who on h is w ay home from N ew Z ealan d had the m isfortun e to break his leg. R o u gh lu ck , indeed ! T he amateur members o f the M .C .C . sid e to the W est Ind ies were entertained at dinner b y the W est Indian C lu b at W h iteh all C ou rt on A p ril 30. S ir C avend ish B o v le. K .C .M .G , p resid ed , and except D . C . F . Burton and S . G . Sm ith a ll th e tourists w ere present. M r. A . F . S om erset, the c a p ta in o f th e team , p a id a g lo w in g tribu te to the hosp itality o f the C a r ib b e a n . I happen to know th at M r. Somerset has a high opinion o f th e good sp o rtsm an sh ip o f W est In d ian crick eters. 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C u m b e r l e g e , the o ld D urham School boy, who made three centuries fo r Emm anuel C o llege in the eight days A p ril 22-29, has p la yed cou nty cricket both fo r D u r­ ham and Northum berland. F o r D urham h e to ta lled 59 in 4 innings in 19 0 9 ; fo r N orthum berland d u rin g th e last three seasons he has p la ye d 21 innings, one not out, fo r a total o f 389 runs, average 19 .4 5 . H is highest score in county crick et is 81. P la y in g in th e F reshm en ’s M atch at C am b rid ge in 1 9 1 1 , h e scored on ly 5 and o ; in the Seniors’ M atch last year he m ade 22 and 8. T h e News o f the World on S u n d ay last ga ve details — “ ’orrib le details ” — o f some wTo n d erfu l h ittin g done by K enneth H u tchin gs at B earsted G reen on S atu rd ay , before Mr. and M rs. P elh am W arner, the Baroness O rczy, and other notabilities. T w ic e K . L . H . “ put th e b a ll over the ro ofs o f some v illa s 300 yard s a w a y .” “ Is this a r e c o r d ? ” asks the correspondent, w h o fo rw ard s the cu t­ ting. I am a fra id the question is not bona fide. A n s w e r : No. It is not a record. It is a double m iracle 1 T h e A ustralian team fo r Am erica sailed from S yd n ey on M onday last. I t is said to be m ade up o f B ard sley , M cC arth y, D iam ond, C ollin s, M ailey, Em ery, A rn ott, and C o d y , o f N .S .W ., and M ayne, C raw fo rd , C am p b ell, and D ow ns, o f S. A ustralia. T r u m p e r , Arm strong, H ill, and W h itty are all non­ starters, it w ill be observed. “ M cC arth y ” m ay be a slip fo r “ M acartn ey,” but there is a C . M cC a rth y w h o p la ys for th e G leb e C .C . H e has never represented the State. “ D o w n s ” is, no doubt, G . S. D ow n , a good clu b player. D iam ond w as a few years ago one o f the soundest bats in A u stralia, and d id great things fo r a couple o f seasons. U n l e s s M cC arth y is rea lly M cC a rth y and a w icket­ keeper, th e w ork behind the sticks w ill not allow C am p bell much rest, and C raw fo rd , Em ery, and M ailey w ill have plenty to do in the bow lin g lin e, though C ollin s, A rnott, C o d y , and D ow n are change bow lers. O f the programme I hope to be able to te ll more next week- I n W . H . ’ s article last week the reference to what Mr. F ry w rote should have read “ fifteen months a g o ,” not “ ten years or so a g o .” I A c o r r e s p o n d e n t w rite s to com p la in o f a triflin g | in accu ra cy in the E ton notes o f “ P u b lic S ch o o l P ro sp ects.” : B u t for a n y such in a c c u r a c y — in th is case it w a s the m en tion o f G . L . D a v ie s as b e in g lik e ly to h e lp the E to n X I., w h ereas he is a t C am b rid g e— the a u th o r, Mr. A . W . L a n e -Io y n t, is n ot responsible. H e w e n t to th e fou n tain - [ h ea d for in fo rm atio n in each case.