Cricket 1913

198 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 17, 1913. C A N A D A . O u r T o ro n to correspondent, M r. E . S . Jackson, who w as fo r m any years associated w ith the K en tish press, ! w rites th at crick et prospects in O n tario are quite bright j fo r 19 13. In T oro n to itse lf h a lf a dozen new clubs have come in to existence, and several o f th e o ld ones h ave been strengthened b y th e ad d ition o f new arrivals from th e O ld C oun try and th e States. O n e o f the la rg e departm ental I store clu b s has ceased to exist, it is tr u e ; b u t the members, m ostly E n glishm en, have p rom p tly join ed other clu b s, St. j A lb a n s, one o f the oldest organisations in the city , bene- j fitin g p articu larly in th is manner. T h e y h ave a fine grou nd , and ou gh t to do re a lly w ell th is year. S o should the T oron to C .C ., the D om inion cham pions. T h e y have entered teams in both th e senior and ju n io r leagues o f the city. T h e y w ill suffer b y the loss o f one o f C a n a d a ’s best all-rounders, H a rry F . Low nsborough, w h o has gone to W o o d sto ck ; but th eir “ latest im ports ” w ill help some, and it is quite on th e card s th a t th ey w ill retain possession o f all three o f th e trophies th ey hold. T h ere is ta lk o f T o ro n to ’s sending a team w est to ta k e part in th e proposed tournament at W inn ip eg, and sh ou ld the A u stralia n s v isit our city (which is not a c er­ ta in ty yet) T o ro n to w ill n o doubt furn ish the m ajority o f the suggested combined T o ro n to-R osed ale eleven to meet them . R o sed ale retain their o ld ground, and are busy pu ttin g th eir house in order. “ B o b ” W ookey h as resigned the cap tain cy, bu t an able successor has been fou nd in C . M . B ain es, another W est In d ian . T h e T oro n to Church and M ercan tile L ea gu e— the recruiting-sergeant fo r c ity cricket— h as increased' its membership b y several c lu b s ; and its c a rd , together w ith th at o f the C ity Leagu e, fo rm s guaran tee enough o f more crick et than w e h a ve ever h a d here before. T h e O n tario C .A ., w ith K e rw in M artin , o f H am ilton , still a t its h ea d , looks lik e “ doin g things ” this summer. A record w ill b e kept throughout the season o f the affili­ ated clu b s’ p erform an ces when p la y in g against one a n o th er; the standin g o f th e clu b s w ill be published w eek ly, and in J u ly elevens chosen from: the tw o divisions w ill p la y a m atch at R o sed a le as a trial fo r the p ro­ posed interprovincial gam e, Q uebec v. O ntario, in A ugust. T h is m atch h as been suffered to lap se in recent years, and its revival w ill please th e real lovers o f th e game. H am ilto n w ill again h ave a strong eleven, w ith our L ieutenan t-G overn or’s son, A . H . G ibson, once more in comm and. In the country towns several new clubs have been form ed, and the W estern O n tario C .A . is going ahead strongly. “ D o llars and c e n ts ” — th at is the difficulty in the arrangem ent o f A ustralian fixtures. T h o u gh we are getting a lon g ra p id ly , w e cannot y e t depend on b ig gates, fo r our p opulation is a busy o n e ; and the C orn stalks rea lly have c a lle d a trifle h ig h ! THE AMERICAN CRICKETER. *'<V F ounded 1877. Published by the Associated Cricket Clubs of Philadelphia. An Illustrated Journal of Cricket, Association Football, Tennis, G olf, and K indred Pastimes. No. 114, South 18th Street, Philadelphia, Pa.» U .S.A. P rice— 15s. per annum , post paid anywhere. Specim en cop ies m ailed on request. THE SCORE-BOOK. Cricket in New Zealand. SOUTH AUCKLAND v. MARLBOROUGH. This, the final for the Hawke Cup, played for among the minor associations, was decided at Hamilton (Auckland) on March 24 and 25. Only four matches have been played for the Cup this season. There should have been five; but Southland scratched to Marlborough. In the first round South Auckland beat Rangitekei by an innings and 146 runs, and Wanganui beat South Taranaki by an innings and 394. Then South Auckland beat Wanganui by an innings and 163 ; and finally South Auckland beat Marlborough by 87 runs, this being the only match of the four in which there was even the semblance of a fight. Pomeroy made 113 by fine hitting for the home side, and a report say that he “ brought up the century by two superb sixes in the country. After an hour and a quarter’s stay at the wickets, a collection was taken up on the ground, and a sum of 10s. 4d. was collected towards a bat for Pomeroy.” This reads somewhat queerly; but it might be improved by the removal of the full stop to after “ wickets.” Pearpoint took 6 wickets for 42. Whittle was top scorer for Marlborough. Pomeroy followed up his century by taking 6 for 34. Shepherd and Ross added 72 for the fifth wicket in South Auckland’s second, after 4 had fallen for 25. Pearpoint again bowled w ell; and he and Chisholm made a fair start for Marlborough, but then wickets fell fast, and it was left to the tail to improve the total to 154. First innings. S outh A u c k la n d . Second innings. Pomeroy, c Reid, b Whittle ■ 113 lbw, b Pearpoint ... 7 Neild, c G eary, b Pearpoint ... 9 lbw, b Pearpoint ... 6 Gleeson, b Pearpoint ................. ... 22 c Wedde, b Martin 4 Williams, lbw, b Pearpoint ... 15 b Pearpoint ................. ... 6 Shepherd, c Geary, b Pearpoint ... 8 c Geary, b Reid ... 30 Hawke, b M artin............................... 1 st W ood, b Pearpoint ... 0 Ross, c Reid, b Pearpoint ... 16 c Neal, b R e id ................. ... 32 Durand, not o u t ............................... ... 12 b Hylton ................. ... 17 Turbott, c Reid, b Pearpoint ... 4 c Gregory, b Pearpoint 0 Lentifer, lbw, b M a rtin ................. 0 c Martin, b Pearpoint ... ... 10 Gash, run out 3 not out ................. ... 13 E x t r a s ............................... ... 19 Extras ... ... 18 Total ................. ... 222 Total ... 143 First innings. Pearpoint, b Shepherd ................. M arlbo ro ug h . Second innings. 8 lbw, b L entifer................. ... 29 Chisholm, b Pomeroy ................. ... 20 st Gash, b Gleeson ... 29 Wedde, b Gleeson ................. 0 b Pomeroy ... 2 Whittle, c Durand, b Shepherd ... 47 run out ............................... ... 6 Reid, lbw, b Pomeroy ................. ... 22 b Turbott ... 9 Martin, b Pomeroy ................. 0 lbw, b Shepherd 4 Neal, b P om eroy ............................... 0 run o u t ................................ ... 16 Hylton, b Shepherd ................. ... 6 b Pomeroy 3 Bottrill, b Pomeroy ................. 1 b Pomeroy ... ... 1 2 Geary, lbw, b Pomeroy ... 0 b Shepherd ... 23 Benning, not o u t ............................... 10 c Pomery, b Lentifer ... ... 12 E x t r a s ............................... ... 10 Extras ... 9 Total ............................... ... 124 Total ... 154 The bowling analysis is too fragmentary to be w o r th giving; but for Marlborough Pearpoint had 12 for 62 in the match, and Martin 3 for 36, and for South A u c k la n d Pomeroy took 9 for 84, Shepherd 5 for 36, and Gleeson 3 for 34. In the reports to hand Reid’s name is spelt in three different ways, Pearpoint’s is also Pierpoint, Wedde b e c o m e s Weddie in another version, Bottrill is also Botterrill, and one takes one choice between Geary and Leary! M.C.C. v. Notts. There never was much hope of play in this match, fixed for May 7, 8, and 9 at Lord’s; but it was not given up until the third day. The chosen teams were : N o t t s . : A. O." Jones, Alletson (E.), Gunn (G.), Gunn (J), Hardstaff (J.), Iremonger (J.), Lee (G. M.), Oates (T.), Payton (W.), Richmond (L.), and Wass (T .); M.C.C. : H. P. Chaplin, J. W. H. T. Douglas, M. Falcon, Lieut. G. C. Harrison (R.N.), H. Hesketh-Prichard, Capt. Douglas Jones, D. C. Robinson, Morton (A.), Relf (R. R.), and two other professionals.