Cricket 1913

M a y 31, 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY Cr icke t : A W E E K L Y RECORD OF TH E GAM E . 125 , STRAND, LONDON, W .G S A TU R D A Y ,MAY 31 , 1913 . Letters for the Editor should be addressed to Me. J. N. P e n t e l o w , Malvern, Steyning, Sussex. Advertisements, Subscriptions, &c., should be sent to : The Manager of C k ic k e t , 125 , Strand, W.C. The following are the subscription rates :— United Kingdom. Abrjad. One Y e a r .............................. 6s. 3 d. ... 7 s. 6d. The 24 Summer Numbers 5 s. Od. ... 6s. Od. The 6 Winter Numbers ... Is. 3 d. ... Is. 6d. lfravnlton (3ossip. The burden of hard hitting, slog away ! Here thou shalt make a “ five ” and there a “ four,” And then upon thy bat shalt lean and say That thou art in for an uncommon score. Yea' the land ring applauding thee shall roar, And thou to rival T h o r n to n shalt aspire ; When lo ! the umpire gives thee “ leg before ”— “ This is the end of every man’s desire ! ” A n d r e w L a n g . O n ce more has a batsman scored two centuries in a match ; but the achievement adds no new name to the list of these performances, for Philip M ead’s was in that list before. ________ T h is is the seventy seventh such feat in first-class ' ricket. Fifty-two batsmen in all have accomplished it. The names which appear more than once are those of C. B. Fry (five times), G. L . Jessop (four), Denton, R. E. Foster, W . G. G race, Hayward, P. A . Perrin, and John Tyldesley (three times each), B. J. T . Bosanquet, Hardinge, L lew ellyn, C . G. Macartney, and Rhodes (twice e a c h ) . ________ N ew s as to the Australian tour in America comes along slowly. A t present the programme is by no manner of means complete; but I learn that M ayne’s side will play at V ictoria (B .C .) on May 29, 30, and 31, thereafter at Edmonton, Prince A lbert, Montreal (middle o f June), and other places in C an ada; that their first game in the States is at Philadelphia on June 20, 21, and 23; that they play A ll America at Philadelphia on July 4, 5, and 7, and at Staten Island on August r and 2 ; and that between these dates they will visit Bermuda. M r . B e n jam in , according to the Montreal Daily Star of May 6, claim s to have “ six o f the best cricket players in the world, they being Trumper, Bardsley, McCartney (Macartney), Craw ford, Mayne, and Whitney (Whitty). Bardsley,” he says, “ is the only man who went over a century during every innings o f a test m atch.” A p p a r e n t ly playing on both sid es! Another of these cricket miracles. I cannot recall the occasion. Trumpsr and Whitty are not with the team ; but one must assume Mr. Benjamin did not know that. M r . C . F . L a n e , President o f the Montreal Cricket '-eague, says that he hopes to see at least 4,000 people on the ground when the team plays at Montreal, and adds that it would draw 25,000 spectators to any ground in England. RECORD OF THE GAME. 211 Mr. HAMISH STUART IN THE ROLE OF INVALID. W h a t would the Derby, Taunton, Bath, Bristol, Northampton, Hove, and Worcester officials say to that ? Trumper and Ranjitsinhji both would scarcely bring such a gate to any o f these grounds. “ W e have fielders that outclass any baseball fielders in Am erica,” Mr. Benjamin told the Star's representative. I wonder who those fieldsmen are? But only five o f the twelve who have gone on the tour— Bardsley, Craw ford, Emery, Macartney, and Mayne— are known to us in E n g la n d ; and there may be wonder-workers among the other seven ! M r . B en jam in evidently understands what the magic word Boom means.. The boomster’s methods are not entirely to my taste ; but I do think that English county cricket could do with a little more booming, judiciously administered locally. “ W a r n e r and Doll both used their legs too much in playing V in e.” — Evening paper. Seems to remind one of something somebody said somewhere, doesn’t it? “ A fter lunch, A lletson scored 50 in 20 m inutes.” — Brighton Evening Argus. Another reminder o f the not very remote past. This was against Sussex; and it was against Sussex that the W elbeck man two years ago played the innings of his life. R e fe r e n c e was made in these columns a week or two ago to the illness o f Mr. Hamish Stuart. Since then the photograph which appears in this column has come along, and I feel sure that a large number o f people who read with appreciation Mr. Stuart’s thoughtful articles in C r i c k e t on the T riangular Tournament o f last year will be interested in it. On page 193 o f the 1910 volume o f the paper w ill be found another portrait o f him. One would hardly recognise the two as picturing the same man ; but this can be attributed largely to the absence t)f a beard in the later one. M ay he soon be fit and well again !