Cricket 1913

308 CRICKET: A WEEKLY during 1912-3, A . P . A lloo, Bannerman, W . Brinsley, Bruges, H iggin s, T . M cF arlan e, and B . J. Tuckw ell each scoring one. T h e Otago Witness does not give the p layers’ initials except in the case o f A lloo, and that presumably because there is also an A . W . A llo o ; and 1 am not sure about those o f three players. No. N .Z . paper provides more readable cricket matter than the Witness, as fa r as my knowledge o f them goes; but I think it might amend its ways in this respect. B. J. T u ckw ell headed the batting averages in first- grade matches w ith 41.70, and only T . M cFarlane (435) scored more runs than he. A fter Tuckw ell come G. G. Austin (40), Bruges (37.40), C . C. H opkins (36.66), A . P . A lloo (35.57), Bannerman (33.37!)) T . M cFarlane (29), H un t­ ley (271), H . G. Siedeberg (26.70), Chadw ick (26.66), and Drumm (25.85). There were eight other players in the six teams who averaged 20 or over, including S. T . C a llaw a y, the old international, and J. Ramsden, the Western Australian. T h e veteran Alexander Downes took most wickets (55 at 6.80 each). R . C. Torrance, another provincial representative, had 51 at 9.45 each ; and Ramsden took 46 at 9.26. North Wellington, though they lost their last match to E ast Wellington A , their nearest rivals, won the cham ­ pionship o f the Empire C ity by a single point. North had 20 points, E ast A and Central 19 each. This looks like a hotly-contested struggle; but I fear appearances are deceptive. There is not as much enthusiasm fo r the game in Wellington as there should be, or teams would not turn up two and three men short. Some people don’t like the district system, it seems. C . E . H ick ey had 10 wickets for 60 for E ast A in the last match. T h e season’s averages are not available at present. A U S T R A L I A . Collingwood headed the pennant competition in M el­ bourne, defeating Fitzroy in the final in sensational fashion. In the semi-finals, Fitzroy had beaten South Melbourne and Collingwood had overcome University. The Fitzroy score against South, made on the first Satur­ day o f the match, was 214. H arry T ro tt’s men were chi t expected to beat this. But this was how their innings went : 1 for 8 (Purvis, b M acD on ald); 2 for 12 (Sykes, st W oodford, b C annon ); 3 for 12 (Scott, st Woodford, b Cannon); 4 for 13 (Kenney, run ou t); 5 for 13 (Trott, b MacDonald, first b a ll) ; 6 for 21 (G iller, c K iernan at mid- off, b Cannon ); 7 for 22 (K y le , played on to M a cD on ald ); 8 for 26 (Foey, b M acDonald). Then Deas and a colt, Woodbury, put on 48 for the ninth wicket. T h e total was go. MacDonald took 4 for 40, Cannon 4 fo r 45. The former is a Tasmanian, the latter a policeman— as Mrs. M alaprop might have said. In the follow on South M el­ bourne made 114 for 8. Collingwood had made 171 v. University on the first day. T h ey won by the narrow margin o f 20. H . F ry , the veteran pro. (there are some people who say that the distinction between amateur and professional is unknown in Australia, but they only say so because they don’t know), bowled so steadily that not a run was scored off him till his forty-seventh ball. H e took 3 for 48 in all, J. Ryder having 7 for 72. These two were the ch ief figures in the final. Collingwood made 195, F ry (48), Mutch, a new man (28), ch ief scorers. At call o f time on Saturday (April 19) Fitzroy had scored 3 for 1. The game was resumed on the Monday, and they RECORD OF THE GAME Jun e 14. 1913 were all put out for 78. Ryder took 6 for 46, F ry 3 for 2 7 - In 19 11-12 Collingwood were eighth in a list o f 12, Fitzroy seventh, University ninth, South Melbourne second, so that evidently there has been some shuffling of the cards since then. S O U T H A F R I C A . Possibly it is rather late to refer to the averages in the Durban Senior League, which finished up its programme in M arch; but the very fu ll statistics which Mr. A. C. K in g furnishes to The Latest (Durban) deserve a line or two o f mention, and a selection from among them may have some interest. They include not only the results o f every match, batting and bowling averages, and the cham­ pionship table, but also wicket-keeping records, table of extras given, tables o f runs scored fo r and against sides, list o f centuries, list o f spectacles (I never care for this, by the way), hat trick (one only), partnerships o f 50 and over and catches. Moreover, Mr. K in g attempted to keep a list o f missed chances, but found the task too heavy for him, as well it might be— not because o f the number, but o f the difficulty o f trusting the reporters. The biggest total o f the season was H . W . Chapman’s 4 11. Next to him came Herbert T aylo r (also o f Queen’s Park) with 367. T h e others w ith over 300 were P . De Gersigny and C . C. Acutt (Casuals), V . C . Robbins (Zin­ gari), A . J. R isley (Q . P .), R . Morton and L . B . Siedle (Escombes), and H . A . Hawkins and C. A . Smith (W an­ derers). No one reached 300, either for G reyville, the champions, or Wanderers II. De Gersigny (43.50) had the best average, T aylor coming second here also (40.77). Acutt and Chapman were the only others over 30. Between 25 and 30 were A . D . Nourse and A . C . K in g (Greyville), V . E . Deane and M. C. Jacobs (Casuals), R . Morton (Escombes), and C . D . Saville and H . A . Hawkins (Wanderers). Between 20 and 25 one notes L . R. Tuckett (Greyville), J. Bening­ field and H . V. L. Collins (Casuals), C. P . Carter, V . C. Robbins and G. R. Burne (Zingari), A . J. R isley and M. D. M illar (Q . P .), I,. B. Siedle and K . O. Siedle (Escombes), and C . A. Smith and J. W . Easterbrook (Wanderers). The highest batting average for W an­ derers II . was H . J. W ood’s (just under 16). H . Wood (Wanderers II .) had most wickets (44 at 12.06 each); Nourse (43 at 7.23) and Carter (43 at 10.62) came next together; the others who took 30 or more were K . Logan (Zingari) and George Cox o f Sussex (Escombes). Carter headed both batting and bowling averages for his club. Delroy N icol, who is quite likely to be South A frica’s w'icket-keeper six or seven months hence, stumped 4 and caught 13 batsmen. The longest stand o f the season was 187 by C . C. Acutt and M. R. Jacobs for Casuals v. Escombes. H . W . Chapman was the fieldsman who, apart from the wicket-keepers, made most catches, and with 13 he equalled the best o f them. H . V . I,. Collins made 12, and L . R. Tuckett n . Never before has Natal had so many players o f promise and performance, and the province’s second eleven would be quite equal to beating some o f the other centres. It would not be fair to say that Nourse was ever quite a Triton among minnows; but certainly he does not stand out head and shoulders above the rest as he used to do, though there seems no reason to suppose that his form has deteriorated very considerably. Printed and published for th© Proprietors by C ricket A S ports P ublishers L td ., 12*», Strand, London, W .C., June 14th, 1913. Agent* for Australia, Ac., G ordon & G otch , London, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Launceston, Hobart and Wellington, N.Z. For South Africa, C kstril N ews A gency , L td ., Cape Town, Johannesburg and branches. The trade supplied by B. S i i l i , 10, Imperial Arcade, Ludgatr Circus, B.C.