Cricket 1913

192 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. M a y 17, 1913. C r icke t : A W E E K L Y RECORD OF TH E GAM E . 1 2 5 , STRAND, LONDON, W.C. S A T U R D A Y , M A Y 1 7 , 1 9 1 3 . Letters for the Editor should be addressed to M r . J. N. P e n t e l o w , Malvern, Steyning, Sussex. Advertisements, Subscriptions, &c., should be sent to : The Manager of C r i c k e t , 1 2 5 , Strand, W.C. The following are the subscription rates :— United Kingdom. One Year ... ... ... 6s. 3 d. The 2 4 Summer Numbers 5 s. Od. The 6 Winter NumVers ... Is. 3 d. A broad. 7 s. fid. 6s. Od. Is. 6d. pavilion (Sossip. If I were blind I would pray for sight, T o watch the old game once more, Full-fronted to sit in the blazing sun, And then to crawl home when my day is done, Sightless as before. D . L. A. J e ph so n . R . B. L ag d en has the distinction o f starting the first- class century list o f 1913 with a rare fine effort. It is 22 years since this distinction last fell to a Light Blue bats­ man— R. N. Douglas in 1891. S in c e then the following successive years :— 1892—Chatterton (W.). 1893—Gunn (W.). 1894—-J. E. Hill. 1895—G. F. Higgins. 1896—Abel (R.). 1897—Abel (R.). 1898— C. O. H. Sewell. 1899— Brockwell (W. H.). 1900— Hayward (T. W.). 1901— Braund (L. C.). 1912— G. A. have headed the list in the 1902— Lockwood (W. H.). 1903—Hayward (T. W.). 1904—E. H. D. Sewell. 1905—M. A. Noble. 1906— E. H. D. Sewell. 1907— Denton (D.). 1908—Denton (D.). 1909—A. O. Jones. 1910— Hayward (T.). 1911—-Tarrant (E. A.). Faulkner. S u r r e y shows up strongly here; but o f course Surrey has always o f recent years been among the first counties to start their programmes. among those whose names occur to me; but I don’t suppose this is a complete list. O n e o f the best bowlers Cambridge ever had, G. G. Napier, whom all are glad to see in the field for Middle­ sex once more, did great execution in one or two big matches in India. Nine for 17 and five for 28 were his figures for Presidency v. Parsis at Poona in 1909— 14 for 45, and that against batsmen o f no small ability. C a p t a in E dw ar d I. a c y C h allen o r (not Challoner) is an elder brother o f G. and R. Challenor, who played so well for Barbados, against the M .C .C . Team lately in the West Indies. He has represented Leicestershire before this season, but never at all regularly. He has also played for Barbados and Natal. I was under the impression that he had turned out for Bombay Presidency, too, but a glance through the match scores fails to verify this. W h a t a number o f county players have played for the Presidency, though ! Colonel R. M. Poore, Major J. G. Greig, H. P. Chaplin, H . L. Simms, G. G. Napier, G. N. Foster, M. R. Jardine, W. F . 0 . Faviell, E. B Raikes, Surgeon-Captain J. E. Trask, E. E. Steel, Major A. P. Douglas, Major A. H. T . Newnham, Captain C. G. Barton, A. D . Wilkins, Lieut. F . R. R. Brooke, Captain M. D . Wood, B . N. Bosworth-Smith. J. L. Ainsworth, Captain E. D. Tillard, and Captain W. M. Turner are C an anyone tell me anything about matches played between Bombay and Madras Presidencies ? There has been no regular series, I know ; but there were games, I believe, in 1891, 1893, 1894, and 1895. Calcutta and Madras met in 1882 and earlier; I know nothing o f any recent matches between them. The important matches played in Asia— the Bombay Tournaments, the Presi­ dency encounters, the Interport games between Hong Kong and Shanghai, and some o f the chief Straits Settle­ ments matches ought to be preserved, for they are a part o f cricket history. Why does not some millionaire who is looking round for an object worth endowing consider the claims o f a College o f Cricket Record and Research? Money has been given freely for far less worthy objects. A s to n U n it y should be a tough riut for the other B ir­ mingham League clubs to crack this year, with K . L. Hutchings, A . P. Day, and H . L. Simms all in their team. A n eleven o f the Birmingham League’s professionals would be pretty hefty opposition for most sides, too. They include W. H. Wilkinson, Cyril Bland, George, the famous goalkeeper and Warwickshire hard hitter, Luckin, C. H. Grimshaw, Fereday, Brammer, and Bucknell, all countv men O ne match at least has been fixed up for the Aus­ tralian Team in Canada, for I hear from Prince Albert that they will play an A ll Saskatchewan team there on June 6 and 7. F rom New York I hear that the only game fixed up there is one with the Cosmopolitan Cricket League, an organisation entirely composed o f coloured players. The match will be played in Celtic Park, Long Island. In New York it is felt, and quite openly stated, that dollars are playing altogether too important a part in the arrange­ ments o f this tour. It does seem a pity that no better fixture could have been made in a city which has so many fine cricketers as Manhattan; buf— “ their terms were too high,” says my correspondent. T he Philadelphia matches were, I understand, con­ tingent upon at least four o f the following six, Trumper, Bardsley, Macartney, Crawford, Mayne, and Whitty, being included in the team. Probably Macartney is with it, though Reuter had the name McCarthy. Trumper and Whitty are not, though they were mentioned as certainties. P. N. L e R o y , who has been in England with a Phila­ delphian team, made the first century o f the season across the water— 101 (retired) for Philadelphia C .C . v. University o f Pennsylvania. I nd ex for 1912 volum e will be sent post free to anyone writing for it to Manager of C r ick e t , 125, Strand, W.C.