Cricket 1913

M a y 10, 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 175 The Teams in the Europeans v. Ceylonese Ma tch a t Colombo. Back row : . D e .R o za y ro , V. S. d e 'K r e ts e r , C H oran,^ .*J. S ie d le , F. W 1*D ias,^ E . J. M e ld e r , E . R . D e S aram . Middle row: R . W h ittow I Umpire), R . E. M ar tin , H. G. C o rn ish , H. B. D a n iell , B. F. A . F aw cett , C. H. K ilm ister , C . B. R u b ie A . C . A m ath , W . E. G r a tia e n . (Umpire). Front roiv • F . O n d atjf ., A. F . M o lam u re , W . T . G r esw ell . D . L . D e S aram , A . L . G ibso n , R . W . F o rbes , V . F . S. C r aw fo r d , F - D e S aram . Overseas Cricket. C E Y L O N . A m atch o f rem arkable scorin g (1,3 19 runs fo r 34 w ickets in tw o days) took p lace at R a d e lla on M arch 28 and 29. U n fo rtu n ately the fu ll score has fa ile d to reach me, a recent number o f the C eylon Sportsman having gone a str a y ; but I have fo u n d particulars o f the gam e in Amicus, the C eylon illu strated w eekly. M r. Graeme- S in clair took u p a strong eleven, in clu din g Y . F . S. C raw fo rd , M . H . G ran t-Peterkin , T . Y . W righ t, E. O . M ackw ood, and J. F . D ew o f Colom bo, G . A lston o f D ik o y a , and R . M . A sh o f K a lu ta ra , to p la y D im bula. T h e scratch team b atted first. Score 253— A lston 64, C raw fo rd 53. D im b u la replied w ith 4 15— A . L . Gibson r 34 *> J- H o rsfa ll 90, G . D . B row n 77. T h en G raeme- S in cla ir’ s team m ade 403— C raw fo rd 189 b y splendid hitting, in clu d in g seven, 6 ’ s. D im b u la g o t the 247 required to w in fo r the loss o f fou r w ickets, A . L . G ibson (108*) m ak in g his second century in the m atch. O n ly one other batsm an, E . W eerasuriya, has ever accomplished the double-century fe a t in C eylon , and few batsmen, an y­ where h ave done it and been not out both times. T h ere are m an y instances in first-class c r ic k e t; but o n ly in tw o o f them was the batsm an unbeaten, in each innings— D . R . A . G ehrs, 148 * and 100*, S. A u stralia v. Western A u stralia at F rem an tle in 1905-6, and C . J. B . W ood, 107* and 1 1 7 * (through both innings), Leicestershire v. Yorksh ire at B ra d fo rd in 191T. U p to the beginning o f A p ril A . L . G ibson had totalled 682 runs in 12 innings, 4 not out, in C eylon th is y e a r ; average 85.25. T h ese tw o centuries m ake his ta lly o f three figure innings in the island 14. T h e photograph above given w as taken during the progress o f the Europeans v. C eylon ese match, the score o f which appeared last week. The Library. F or the eighteenth season the D e r b y s h i r e C r i c k e t G u id e * m akes its appearance, with all the old features, and a decided increase in bulk. “ L. G . W .” contributes his annual article on the cricket of the preceding season. A summ ary o f D erbyshire’s matches (1872-1912) show s that the county has won 133 and lost 331, w ith 135 drawn. T here is a portrait of Captain R. R . B a g g a lla y , w ith a brief biography. A list of D erbyshire county players is in cluded; also a list of centuries for (4J pages) and again st (a little over 8 pages) Derbyshire. A hundred pages are devoted to the fixtures of Derbyshire clubs, and the last section is a list o f secretaries’ names and addresses. -------- ----------- “ If there are too many matches for some counties, and the Championship is a necessity, why not try another experiment ? . . . 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