Cricket 1913

356 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Jun e 28, 1913. Overseas Cricket. U N I T E D S T A T E S . O n M ay 31 the University o f Pennsylvania (247— A. L ee 45), J. B . T h ayer 44) defeated H averford College ( n o ) . A week later H averford ( i n ) turned the tables on the University (91). J. B . T hayer is the son o f the crack Philadelphian cricketer o f that name. Both he and his father were on the ill-fated “ T ita n ic .” The son was saved, but the father perished. In H a lifa x cup matches Merion (113 fo r 6— J. L . Evans 4 7*, C . C . Morris 34) beat Germantown (106— C. M . Graham 36) on M ay 3 1. A week later Merion (103 fo r 6— J. L . Evans 40) defeated Moorestown (70— H . A. Furness 28); and Ph iladelph ia (189— A . J. H enry, Editor o f the American Cricketer, 41) beat F ran kford (86). In a Ph iladelph ia Cup game on June 7 Merion C , p layin g a man short, were defeated by a single run by Merion B— hard lines ! On June 8, J. L . Webster took 4 wickets in 4 balls fo r N .Y . Veterans v. s.s. “ M auretania.” On May 11 for Single v. Married at San D iego (C'al.) Mather scored 104, retired. C A N A D A . The League season was opened in W innipeg on M ay 31. There were only two individual scores o f note— 82 by L . Adams for W innipeg A v. St. Jude’s, and 55 by J. F . W . W right for C ivics v. Young Conservatives. Among the bowlers W . L . Price (7 for 19, Wanderers v. C .P .R .) , Smith (7 fo r 13, six bowled, for C .P .R . v. W an­ derers), J. Sutton (5 for 46, St. Jude’s v. W innipeg A), L . Adams (5 for 39, W innipeg A v. St. Jude’s), and M cFarlane (5 for 44, Civics v. Young Conservatives) dis­ tinguished themselves in greater or less degree. On the same date at Vancouver, E . Barbor, lately from W innipeg, ran up 68 for Burrard v. Garrison, help­ ing his team to win by 132 runs. N . H . Peters (50) was top scorer for Vancouver v. Coquitlam . T h e latter, for whom R . Leigh made 40, lost by 3 wickets. This was only their second match, and the result against a strong side was held very creditable to them. New Westminster (170— M iller 44, Hebron 4 1) beat Vancouver Moths (127 — Guild 34, K a y e 27). T h e Interprovincial Tournament to be held under the auspices o f the Western C anada Cricket Association at W innipeg will take place August 4 to 9 inclusive. An effort had been made to postpone it to the last week in August, so that a great cricket festival, including the match between the Australians and A ll Canada on Sep­ tember 1, 2, and 3 might have been h e ld ; but the Sas­ katchewan Association could not get its men together for that time. According to the Winnipeg Telegram o f June 5 several dates in the Australian fixture list have been re-arranged. An additional game at Philadelph ia is with the Colts (July 8 and 9). T h e side w ill play at New B edford on July 29 and 30. The second match with U .S . and Canada is stated to be fixed for August 1 and 2 at P h ila ­ delphia, and the New York dates are given as August 7, 8, and 9. The Toronto match on the 21, 22, and 23 o f that month is to be the third between the Australians and U .S . and C an ad a ; the tourists w ill p lay at Chicago on the 28, 29 and 30, at Edmonton on September 19 and 20, at C algary on September 22, 23, and 24, and the final match w ill be at V ictoria on October 1. Matches at Regina, Yorkton, Saskatoon, Vancouver, and Duncan are also said to be likely. C E Y L O N . T he Sinhalese Sports Club are to have a pavilion worthy o f them. Its building necessitates certain changes in public ground hard by, including the diversion o f a riding tra c k ; but the municipal authorities have authorised these. Fo r D ikoya v. K an d y on M ay 17 R. V . Routledge, the old Felstedian, contributed 81 to a total o f 297. Kandy made 187, A . H . S. Clarke, by now in England, as he sailed two days later, top scorer with 36. On May 23 F . J. Siedle hit a couple o f 6 ’s in his 74 for the Sports C'lub (171 for 7 dec.) v. the Colts (129 for 4), and V . S. De K retser’s 34* for the latter included three 6 ’s. Two 6’s and seven 4 ’s were included in E . R . D e Saram ’s vigorous 66 for Sinhalese Sports Club v. Colombo Sports Club on M ay 31. Siedle took 7 wickets fo r 53 in this match. T h e two crack up-country clubs, D ikoya and Dimbula, have closed up for the season. For the latter A . L . Gibson totalled 768 (average 76.801) and took 45 wickets at 18.40 each. The next highest total was 351, the next average 29, and the second biggest bag o f wickets 15. Capt. H . V . Greer headed the D ikoya batting averages w ith 34, and H . B . Daniell had 36 wickets at under 14 each. D im ­ bula were hardly as strong as usual, D ikoya on the other hand were stronger, and won both games against their old rivals. -------------------------- ■ - The Library. How to M ake a C e n tu ry ,* by J. B. Hobbs.—Who knows better? It’s easy to make a century if you are John Berry Hobbs, and it’s distinctly worth- while to be told by that enterprising and sporting batsmen how to do it. If you can only do it a la J. B. Hobbs you will be certain of popularity. The fame of the Surrey crack is of such a sort as any man might be proud of;, not only does he make no end of runs, but he makes them like a man, with the interests of his side at heart, and self put into the back­ ground. A great batsman and a great cricketer; the terms are not necessarily synonymous. An excellent portrait of him form9 the frontispiece of the book, and! there are eleven other action photographs. This is no mere didactic treatise. 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