Cricket 1913

16 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J an . 18, 1913. at 5-05 each ; T . A. Felstead (C.P.R.), 411 runs at 37-36 per innings, highest score 101*. and 15 wickets at 4-46 each. The partnersh;p of P. P. Barnett and P. W. Johnson (Calgary v. Saskatchewan in the Calgary Tournament) was of 248, not of 255, as given on p. 568. It is worth while to make the correction, as I believe this is a second w icket record for Canada. On Wednesday, November 27, about 500 enthusiasts assembled at the Corona Hotel, Edmonton, for the Edmonton Cricket League’s great smoking concert, organised b y Mr. F rank H. Gasson, the energetic secre- tary-treasurer of the League, who is determined that Edmonton shall before long stand second to no town in Canada— wherefore, take heed, ye of Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, and V ictoria !— in cricket matters. There was a fine programme (without the “ me,” of course) of vocal and instrumental music ; but probably a m ajority of those present were keener on the prize-giving than on this. Hudson’s B ay C.C. won the championship of the Edmonton League, and received the trophy, a handsome silver cup presented b y the newspapers of the city. G. P. Bertenshaw (not Birkenshaw.. as given in the reports of the Calgary Tournament) of the Edmonton Club, won the bat presented for the highest batting average ; Percy R. Pyle (Hudson’s Bay), took that for the best bowling average ; A. McMillan the prize for the highest individual score ; H. E . B raley the award for the largest number of wickets ; and Leo J. R. Schoor (who hails from Holland, and is a subscriber to C r ic k e t ), a special prize for his untiring exertions in the game’s behalf. Hudson’s B a y won all their matches except one unplayed, the Edmonton club defaulting, and the leaders taking the two points as forfeit. ------------ CEYLON . The Colombo C.C. lost only one match in 1912, | winning 12, and drawing 4. In 1911 they played 29, won 22, drew 6, and lost only one. The Sinhalese j Sports Club was the one side which beat them in 1912. I give below (taken from that capital paper, the Ceylon \ Sportsman, which has much improved of late), the I principal averages :— COLOMBO C.C. : 1912. V. F. S. Crawford ... J. C. Johnson E. R. Waldock A. X. Sheringhara ... R. W . Forbes J. A. Magoris Dr. G. Thornton B. J. A. Faw cett ... W . G. Mackay C. G. Newton J. A. Lorain A lso B atted :— N. S runs ; L. C. Davies, 2-0-30; Lieut. Edwards, 1-0-2; Capt. Foulkes, 3-2-58; W. T. Greswell, 3-0-18 ; C. H. Kilmister, 1-X-4; W. E. M. Paterson, 5-0-49; A . I. Robinson, 1-0-7; F. Treloar, 2-1-4 ; A. F. West, 5-0-82 ; R. W hittow, 3-1-15 ; C. A. Wicks, 5-1-22. B atting . Inns. N.O. R. A. H.S. 14 1 767 5900 148 17 3 417 29-78 128* 11 1 260 2600 91 13 1 255 21'25 95 13 3 211 21-10 35 * 9 3 126 2100 63* 14 2 236 lg-66 53 * 12 0 221 18-4! 64 7 2 62 12-40 25 13 0 88 6-76 21 6 1 26 5 - 2 ° IO Bostock, 2 innings— 2 not outs — 57 A lso B owled ;— Lieut. Edwards, 2 overs— o maidens— 16 runs— x w ick et; C. H. Figg, 10-2-32-2; J. C. Johnson, 14.1-3- 48-3; C. H. Kilm ister, 17-1-85-4; C. C. B. Lover, 26.4-4-76-2; J. A.Magoris, 29.5-1-94-5; A. I. Robinson, 8.1-1-44-3; Dr. G. Thornton, 21-4-53-3 ; F, Treloar, 5-0-26-3 ; A . F. West, 5-1-14-2. It will be observed that V. F. S. Crawford scored the most runs, and took the most wickets. His batting average is practically twice as high as that of the next man. He made one century and half-a-dozen scores of over 50— including a 99— during the season. There was one other century scored for the club, and nine other scores of 50 and over. The few appearances of W. T. Greswell are accounted for b y his absence in England, of course. V. F. S. Crawford, J. E. Melder, R. E. S. Mendis, and F. J. Siedle have all totalled over 1000 runs in Ceylon cricket during 1912 ; and it is quite possible that the last few matches of the year m ay add one or two names to this list, as other players were well up towards four figures at the beginning of December. C. Horan has taken 100 wickets for the fifth year in succession. For Dimbula v. Uva, A. L. Gibson, the old W yke­ hamist and Essex player (the Ceylon Sportsman says he also played for Leicestershire, and m ay be right, but I cannot recall his doing so), lately scored his twelfth century— 109— in Ceylon. He also took 9 wickets for 63 in the match ; and R. V. Routledge (an old Felstedian) lowering 11 for 54, U va got a big licking b y an innings and 116— 107 and 4r against 264 for 7, declared. G. D. Brown (96) helped Gibson to add 185 for the third wicket of Dimbula. Brown is an old Oxonian, a Corpus man, and made a lot of runs while up. He has also played for Wiltshire. R. de Saram, the youngest of a famous band of cricket brothers, took all 10 wickets for 32 for Royal College v. Treasury recently. This schoolboy has a bag of over 100 wickets for the season. In a match between the Treasury and the Customs (both sides, be it noted, including men of adm ittedly high batting ability), such analyses as the following were recorded :— R. E . S. Mendis (for Treasury) r i for 37, A. de Alwis (for Customs) 13 for 65, N. M. Christoffelz (for Treasury) 7 for 58. Among recent centuries in the island one notes A. C. Z. W ijeratne’s 103 (retired) for Sinhalese S.C. v. Wesley College. B o w lim O. M. R. W . A. C. A. W icks ... 6 1 1 13 183 24 7-62 C. G. Newton ... 75'4 7 251 25 10-04 W. T . Greswell 1 10-2 14 346 27 I2-8 i J. A. Lorain ... 68-4 12 228 15 15-20 V. F. S. Crawford 158-4 24 500 31 16-12 A. I. Sheringham 48 5 212 10 21-20 E. R. Waldock 104-3 20 343 14 24-50 B. J. K o r t l a n g , of California, Bermuda, New York, Melbourne, Sydney, and other localities, was last heard of in Buenos Aires, playing for Buenos Aires Great Southern R ailw ay’s team v. Hurlingham. He was ex­ pected to be performing in Wellington, N .Z., this season ; but he seems to have found a temporary habitation a long w ay from the W indy City. G E O R G E : L EW I IM & C o . , Club Colour S p ecialists & A th letic C lo th in g M a n u fa c tu r e r s . OUTFITTERS BY APPO INTMENT TO The Royal Navy and Army, Cornwall, Kent, Middlesex, Somerset and Surrey Counties, and London Scottish, Irish and Welsh, Blackheath, Harlequins, Rich­ mond, Catford Rugby Football Clubs, and all the leading Clubs in the British Isles and abroad ; M.C.C. S. African Tour, 1909 , S. African Cricket Association 1910 , and Queen’s Club, Kensington, the M.C.C. Australian Team 1911-12, and the South African Association Cricket Team 1912. Established 1869 . W rite f o r Estim ates. 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