Cricket 1913

J u n e 7, 1913. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Y e o m a n made 5 3 for Oak Bay in the match. The Garrison total was only 40. On the same day F . A. Sparks scored 79 fo r University School and Masters v. Victoria A. T h e Sydney Daily Telegraph o f April 2 devotes the better part o f a column to Warren Bardsley’s figures in first-class cricket, but leaves out the games played v. Western Australia in 1906-7, and those in New Zealand in 1909-10. Including these, the great left-hander’s figures to the end o f March, 1913, are, according to my reckon­ ing :— 196 innings, 17 not outs, 8,783 runs; average 49.06. I t is a wonderful record, and puts Bardsley well ahead o f all other Australian batsmen in point o f figures. Armstrong, H ill, Noble, Ransford, and Trumper all average over 40, however. T h e same paper mentions among coming cricketers in Sydney McLean, Raymond Bardsley, and Trumper of the Sydney G .S . M cLean and Bardsley, it says, were both formerly at the H igh School, and were coached by Alec Bannerman. Young Bardsley is Warren’s brother, and Trumper is a brother o f the great Victor. A l e c B a n n e r m a n and H . Myers, the'Yorkshireman, are candidates for the post o f coach to the Tasmanian C .A . ; but it is said that the former’s terms are much too high, and the latter’s a bit above what the Association had thought o f paying. Cheaper living in the delectable island than on the mainland, you know ! Myers, by the way, has been for some time in Sydney. F i f t y - f i v e centuries were registered in first-class cricket up to the end o f May (including all begun on the 31st, even in cases where the hundred was not actually reached till June 1st) last year. This year the total is distinctly smaller— 34. But there have been fewer matches, o f course. W i l l i a m Q u a i f e ’ s name has now to be added to the long list o f those who have made two centuries in a match. The only surprising thing is that he has not done it before ! F iv e batsmen who were not out when stumps were drawn on the evening o f the 30th, with scores ranging from 75 to 3— Drake, Kinneir, Q uaife, Albert R e lf, and P . F . Warner, to wit— reached three figures on the 31st. T . G. O. C o l e , who made his first appearance for Derbyshire last w7eek at Chesterfield, got his flannels at Harrow as fa r back as 1895, an^ went in last v. Eton that season. It was by his slow left-hand bowling that he earned his p lace; but in 1896 he had come on consider­ ably as a batsman, and averaged 21. H e was sent in first in the great match at L ord’s, but only made 6 and 23 that year. I t was in 1897 that he played his great innings o f 142 v. Eton, E . M. Dowson and he adding 200 runs together. He made his runs at fu lly one per minute rate, and hit sixteen 4 ’s. H e was at the top o f the Harrow batting averages that year with 37.50 per innings. In his three years in the eleven he totalled 657 (average 23.46), and took 95 wickets at under 18 runs each. H. Gradidge & Sons, Manufacturers and Exporters of all requisites for Cricket, L awn Tennis. Racquets, Squash Racquets, &c. Factory : ArtilleryPlace,Woolwich, S.E. 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. Reblading Cricket Bats S Pestringing Tennis Bats a Special Feature. Every other requisite for Cricket, including balls, leg guards, batting gloves, gauntlets, stumps, nets, &c. P R IC E LIST S & S P E C IA L QUOTATIONS FREE. All Goods Carriage Paid to any part of the United Kingdom. Sole Makers of the “ Imperial Driver” & “ Improved Gradidge” Lawn Tennis Racquets.