Cricket 1913

218 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 24, 1913. T h is is a strictly individual opinion, I don’t think the Rugger man would agree with it. For myself, cricket always came first with me, though I was only one o f the enthusiastic duffers; but I played footer too, and I can­ not corroborate the theory that one does not dwell in talk and in memory over the details o f the big ball game, or admit that one gives it up without regret. Yet in all sober earnestness I hold that the .glamour of cricket is such as no other game can equal. T hree well-known Adelaide cricketers will be in Eng­ land during part o f this season on holiday. They are L. W. Chamberlain and D . M. Steele, each o f whom scored a century for South Australia during the season lately ended, and C. E. Pellew, o f Adelaide University, a relative (brother, I believe) o f J. H . Pellew, who did not make 201 not out while everybody else made ducks, though the 201 part o f the story was true. G. J. M e l d o n , who is now, I understand, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, topped the batting list of the Leinster club in Dublin cricket last year, with a total of 739 and an average o f 67.18. He made three centuries— 176 not out v. Pembroke, 150 v. Neston, and 137 v. Woodbrook. Second to him came J. Anderson, whose all-round record was a very fine one indeed— 935 runs at 55 per innings, and x08 wickets at under 13 each. Thirteen centuries were scored for the three Leinster elevens in 1912. A f t e r a good year, Norfolk usually has a lean one— witness 1907 and 1908, 1911 and 1912. But one may hope that the spell will be broken this year. Lakenham is one of the grounds on which first-class cricket ought to be played, and the match arranged by the County Club against an A ll England Eleven in August ought to draw a decent crowd. T he club owes much to its President, Mr. Russell Colman, who allows it free use o f the fine Lakenham Ground, which has few superior in the country. Mrs. Russell Colman generously presented new scoring boards during the past season. -------------------- --------------------------- Gentlemen of Essex C.C. Fixtures : 1 Q I 3 - June 25— Felsted School, at Felsted (manager, H. D. Swan). July 1 and 2— Gentlemen of Radnorshire, at Moor Hall, Harlow (H. F. Chamen and Neville Dawson). July 3—Coldstream Guards, at Burton’sCourt, Chelsea (Neville Dawson and A. H. Read). July 11 and 12— R. A., at Shoeburyness (A. H. Read and C. D. Mclver). July 21 and 22—Eastbourne, at Eastbourne (H. D. Swan and J. Keble Guy). July 23 and 24— South Saxons, at St. Leonard’s (H. D. Swan and J. Keble Guy). July 25 and 26— Sussex Martlets, at Hove (H. D. Swan and J."Keble Guy). August 26 and 27—Gentlemen of Suffolk, at Colchester (H. D. Swan). September 3 and 4—Gentlemen of Suffolk, at Felixstowe (H. D. Swan and O R. Borradaile). In d e x fo r iq t 2 v o lu m e will be sent post free to anyone writing for it to Manager oi C r ic k e t, 125, Strand, W.C. H. Gradidge &Sons, Manufacturers and Exporters of all requisites for Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Racquets, Squash Racquets, &c. Patentees and S ole Makers of the “ IMPERIAL DRIVER” CRICKET BATS. Made in M en’s, S m all M en’s, College, 6, 5, 4, & 3, sizes. Reblading Cricket Bats 8 Restringing Tennis Bats a Special Feature. Every o th e r requisite fo r Cricket, including: balls, leg: guards, batting gloves, gauntlets, stump s, nets, &c. PR IC E LIST S & SP E C IA L QUOTATIONS FREE. All Goods C arriage Pa d to any part o f the United Kingdom. Sole Makers of the “ Imperial Driver” & “ Improved Gradidge ” Lawn Tennis Racquets Factory : Artillery Place, Woolwich, S.E.