Cricket 1913

2 2 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J an . 18, 1913. M a t c h o n N o v e m b e r 24. W a n d e r e r s A v. C r o w n M in e s . — Crown Mines won b y 68 runs. C . Mines, 166 (S. Rose-Innes 47, W . T. Gardner 38, G. Rose-Innes 27*) ; Wanderers, 98 (M. J. Susskind 26, J. H. Sinclair 25). For the Wanderers C. D. D ixon took 5 for 41. M a t c h on N o v e m b e r 30 a n d D e c e m b e r i . W a n d e r e r s A v. Y e o v il l e . — -Wanderers A won b y 32 runs. Yeoville 268 (H. Pegler 96, 0 . Briggs 44) ; Wanderers A, 300 (C. D. D ixon 62, S. M. S. Sherwell 56, H. O. Y ates 42, A. W. Walshe 32). For Yeoville, F. W. E lworthy took 7 for 104. M a t c h e s o n N o v e m b e r 30 a n d D e c e m b e r 7. G e r m is t o n C a l l i e s v . R a n d f o n t e i n .— C allies w on b y 15 ru n s. R a n d fo n te in , 93 (W. H earn 22*) and 87 fo r 6, d ec. ; C allies, 108 (E. J. H u elin 38, H . W . N . L e n n a rd 38) a n d 3 fo r 1. In R a n d fo n te in ’ s first A . B ru to n h a d 5 fo r 40 ; in C a llie s’ first J. D . B e rg h 5 fo r 36. E a s t R a n d U n io n v . W a n d e r e r s . — Wanderers won b y 65 runs. E .R .U ., 145 (R . A . Thompson 32, A. Harris 29) ; Wanderers, 210 (A. H. Cooper 9 1, D. J. Meintjes 50, H. Quinton 27). For Wanderers, A. H. Cooper had 5 for 44 ; for E .R .U ., A. W. Sprenger 6 for 3 6 . C rown M ines v . P irates — Drawn. C. Mines, 229 (W. T. Gardner 96, G. Rose-Innes 64) ; Pirates, 163 for 5 (J. H. Tandy 89, V. L. Henwood 43). For Pirates, A . Kennedy took 6 for 60. E .R .P .M . v. V il l a g e M a in R e e f , — E .R .P .M . won b y 235 runs. E .R .P .M ., 318 for 9, dec. (S. J. Snooke 58, J. H. Moulder 54, J. G. Milton 42, J. C. Laurence 27*, H. E . Smith 27, S. J. Pegler 26, J. van Blommestein 26] ; V .M .R ., 83 (R . S. Miller 33, V. Osterbaak 23). For E .R .P .M ., Pegler 5 for 29. M a t c h o n D e c e m b e r i . S .A .R . v. P r e t o r ia .— Pretoria won b y 72 runs. Pretoria, 175 (A. E. Cooke 57, H. V. Baumgartner 23) ; S.A .R ., 103 (R.A. Hand 29). For Pretoria, Baumgartner 5 for 48. ■— ---------- P EN IN SU LA (W ESTERN PROV INCE ) LEAGU E M a t c h e s o n N o v e m b e r 16 a n d 23. G r e e n P o in t v . W e s t e r n P r o v in c e . — W .P . won on first innings b y a wicket and 30 runs. Green Point 158 (C. Cawse 51, S. Haughton 29) ; W .P ., 188 for 9 (P. T . Lewis 49, R. de Smidt 37*, A. V. C. Bisset 28, F. Reid 28). C a p e T ow n v . A l m a . — Alma won on first innings b y 14 runs. Cape Town, 174 (W. F . Yeoman 50, G. Hearne.40) ; Alma, 188 (J. McPherson 65, J. P. Colman 38). For Cape Town, W. Morkel 5 for 41. M a t c h e s on N o v e m b e r 30 a n d D e c e m b e r 7. C l a r e m o n t v . C a p e T o w n . — Cape Town won by 3 wickets. Claremont 122 and 160 (R . Purcell 51) ; Cape Town, 199 (M. Commaille 62, Davis 40, G. Heame 35), and 85 for 7 (G. Hearne 27). For Cape Town, W. Morkel 10 for 94 in match, for Claremont, F. Smith 9 for 86. A lm a v . G r e e n P o i n t . — Green Point won on first innings b y 80 runs. Alma, 99 (F. L. Bow ley 21, G . P. Taylor 20) and 258 for 9, dec. (F. L. Bow ley 147, C. Fock 29) ; Green Point, 179 (A . Burmester 36, E. Lovegrove 32) and 148 for 5 (F. D . Conry 56, S. Haughton 41*, E. Lovegrove 27). For Green Point, Burmester 9 for, 105 in match. Club Cricket Notes and Jottings. The Devon and Somerset Wanderers' Twentieth Afinual Tour in 1913 w ill be in East Kent, and the following matches wiH be played :— Monday, July 7— v. Isle of Thanet C.C., at Margate. Tuesday, July 8— v. St. Lawrence College, at Ramsgate- Wednesday, July 9— v. Westgatj-on-Sea, at Westgate. Thursday, July 10— v. Ramsgate St. George’s, at Ramsgate. Friday, July 11— v. Margate College, at Margate. Saturday, July 12— v. Depot R.M .L.I., at Deal. ______ In Lincolnshire an experiment that may have import­ ant results is being tried. The elementary schoolboy is to be looked after. Mr. S. T. Watkins writes me : “ A great deal is done for what for want of better definition we will call the public schoolboy. He is coached at the nets, and in a general sense his cricket bacillus is well looked after, nurtured and cultivated, so that when youth grows to manhood he is keen on the game, and even if he does not continue as an active cricketer is likely to support it— in a pecuniary sense, and b y his presence at county and club matches. The b o y we want to get at now is the elementary schoolboy. In big towns these boys are apt to be very soon lost to cricket. Here and there a keen and sporting master may take in hand a few of the best of them ; but organ­ ised practice at the nets is unknown to most. They lack good ground s; they are left largely to their own resources. Y e t many of them would surely repay trouble taken. Our idea is to get local clubs who employ a pro. to allow the most promising lads— say half-a-dozen from each school— to go up to net practice on certain fixed days. This ought to quicken interest in the game, quite conceivably it might produce a really good colt or two. The scheme is only in embryo at p resen t; but we are getting into touch with the masters, and we hope to carry it through.” A t the general meeting of the Melrose C.C. the fol­ lowing officers were elected for 1913 : Captain, G. K . M. Dickinson ; Vice-captain,- A. J. Mason ; Treasurer, A. J. S ketch er; Hon. Secretary, S. H. Mason (16, Union Road, Tufnell Park, N.). These, with F. E. Gall, form the committee. The club would be glad to arrange matches w ith strong medium teams of good class in or near the Finchley district. It m ay be mentioned that the Melrose C.C. is connected closely w ith St. P au l’s Congregational Chapel (Hawley Road, Kentish Town). Its ground is at Manor Farm, East Finchley. That very busy club, Colchester and East Essex, who have in their captain, H. D. Swan, an enthusiast second to none in all Essex, played as many as 56 matches in 1912, and would have played 63 but that 4 were scratched and 3 abandoned owing to rain. Over seventy players appeared for the club ; and 49 of these bowled at one time or another, so that there was little danger of talent in that direction going unrecognised. D . Mus­ tard, the Suffolk county player, was the great mainstay of the batting, though J. L. Meadowcroft, who played less frequently, heads him on figures ; J. Warner, E . M. Hingston, and R. W. Macfarlane all totalled well over 400 runs and had capital averages. W. L. Samson was probably the clu b ’s best bowler, though W. A. Smith,