Cricket 1913

M ay 17, 1913 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 195 T he M .C .C . played 169 matches in 1912. The ( number of persons passing the Lord’s turnstiles was 211,389, an increase o f about 20 per cent, on the figures of 1911. T he Earl o f Dalkeith is the new president. John Charles Montagu Douglas Scott, Earl of Dalkeith, never won fame on the greensward, as did his younger brother, Lord George Scott, one o f the heroes of the ’Varsity match of 1887 ; but he has played the game. T he Hon. F . S. Jackson, Messrs. J. Shuter, H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, and C. H. Benton, retiring by rotation from the committee,, are succeeded by the Duke of Devon­ shire (the retiring president),, the Earl of Lichfield, and ] Messrs. H. W. Bainbridge and Campbell G. Hulton. ---------- T he bowling staff, o f which G. G. Hearne is senior j member, is recruited by Kennedy (Hants), Watson (Nor­ folk), and Lee (Middlesex). T hus pleasantly, mingling sweet with the bitter, an old friend, Clarence P. Moody, o f the Sporting Mail (Adelaidej), chips me My friend J. N. Pentelow, the editor of the delightful organ of the game, “ Cricket,” is difficult to catch in regard to figures, but in the latest issue to hand he makes an amusing error of another kind. Referring to the departure of C. Y. Adamson, a Durham cricketer, for Australia, he writes :—“ A dozen years or so ago he was in Australia, going thither with a Rugby football team, and staying behind when it left. He represented Queensland v. New South Wales at cricket in the Brisbane match of 1899-1900. When the Boer war broke out, he joined one of the Bushrangers’ Corps, and, after being in several engagements, was invalided home.” Of course, J. N. P. should have said “ Bushmen’s Corps.” As all Australians know, there is a vast difference between a bushman and a bushranger. J. N. P. will be interested to learn that their chief point of resemblance is that both are hard and good riders, or rather, in the case of bush­ rangers one should say “ were,” for the o’ass is extinct nowa­ days. The Bushmen who went to South Africa years ago were fighting for their Empire; the bushrangers of earlier days were fugitives from the law. H. Gradidge &Sons, Manufacturers and Exporters of all requisites for Cricket, L awn Tennis, Racquets, Squash Racquets, &c- Every o th e r requisite for Cricket, including balls, leg guards, batting gloves, gauntlets, stump s, nets, &c. P R IC E LIST S & S P E C IA L QUOTATIONS FREE. A ll Goods C a rria ge Pa id to any part o f the United Kingdom. As an instance o f how difficult even a successful minor county finds it to make ends meet, it may be mentioned ‘ hat. Norfolk were nearly ^ 100 down on the year 1912. 1 heir gate money amounted in all to ^ 5 1 7s. Sub­ scriptions were .£464 12s. 6d. Norfolk does not run 'Is club on the gate, that’s evident! S o le Makers of the “ Imperial Driver” & “ Improved Gradidge ” Lawn Tennis Racquets M a t c h expenses amounted to ,£ 3 3 8 odd, the average expense o f each county match being little in excess of - 6 3 ° ; and it is difficult to see how the thing could be ‘ ne more cheaply. Watson joins the ground staff at /?rr*’s- G. W. Birkbeck, I believe, will be unavailable this year— a big loss. Factory : Artillery Place, Woolwich, S.E. Reblading Cricket Bats 8 Festringing Tennis Bats a Special Feature. f m i g h t say, “ printer’s error.” But I don’t believe it was. Certainly, however, it was not sheer ignorance. As it happens, I am half an Australian by birth, was well UP in matters relating to the island-continent while still a 'ery small boy, and probably know as much o f the history of bushranging as my friend Moody does. At the time when I wrote the paragraph referred to above, I was doing a series o f stories for boys, in which bushrangers played a prominent part, and I think my slip o f the pen was due to the fact that bushrangers ran in my head. Patentees and Sole Makers of the “ IMPERIAL DRIVER” CRICKET BATS. M ade in M en’s, S m a ll M en’s, College, 6, 5, 4 , & 3, sizes.