Cricket 1913

C R I C K E T : A W E E K L Y R E C O R D O F T H E G A M E . — J uly 1 2 t h , 1 9 1 3 . “ Together joined in Cricket’ s manly toil.” — Byron. No. 46. VOL. II. N e w S e r ie s . No. 935 Old Series. S A T U R D A Y , J U L Y 1 2 , 19 1 3 . ] P rice Mr. J. Heathcote-Amory (Captain, Eton XL). The Eton captain of 1913 was a new choice last year, when, though his average was 21-66, he figured only eleventh in the batting table. The strength of the Eton batting in such a season was really remarkable; for, though Rawstorne (71*50) and Heaton (69-00) owed their high figures to an unusual proportion of not out innings, Wigan (44-12), Burrows (43-16), Hamilton-Fletcher (34-33), Llewellyn-Davies (34-00), Leggatt (33-io), Freeman- Thomas (30-62), Campbell (26-75), and Naylor (24-50) all had more genuine averages. Several of these remain ; and Leggatt, Burrows, Rawstorne, and Heathcote-Amory himself were all conspicuous in the innings victory over Winchester last week. This year’s skipper bowled very finely indeed in the Lord’s game last year— 5 for 48 and 4 for 49 his figures. Although unsuited by the general run of pitches in 1912, he took more wickets (34, at under 15 each) than any other Eton bowler. A Cha t abou t A r th u r George Paul. L a n c a s h ir e played Northamptonshire at Manchester last week for the benefit of a professional who has been held in high esteem from the very outset of his cricket career, and has, since his dropping out of the county team through ill-health, rendered capital service at Old Traf- ford as a coach. A man of education and breeding, Paul chose deliberately to earn his living by the exercise of the game he loved ; and if he never attained to quite the highest honours it had to bestow, he did very good work for his adopted county for several years, being seen at his best in 1895, when he totalled well over 800 and scored a couple of centuries, cricket were :— His figures in first-class Season. Inns. N.O R. A. H.S. Season. Inns. N.O. R. A. H.S. 1889 16 2 221 • 15-78 60 1896 3 i j i>fh 23-07 107* 1890 16 2 375 26-78 71* 1897 15 0 279 18-60 65 1891 4 1 11 3-66 10 1898 5 0 76 15-20 36 1894 13 3 175 17-50 58 1899 13 1 281 23-41 100 1895 36 2 849 24-97 177 1900 3 1 63 31*50 47 Total, 152 innings, 15 times not out, 2976 runs— average 2172. In all matches for Lancashire he scored 3050 in 143 completed innings— average 21-32. Born at Belfast on July 24, 1864, Paul learned his early cricket in the Isle of Man, of which his father, Colonel Paul, was Chief Constable. For some seasons after 1882 he was living with his brother, the Rev. F. W. Paul, at Nottingham. He was then training for the civil engineering profession. For the famous Notts Castle C.C. in 1884 he scored nearly 1500 runs with an average of over 50, and in 1885 nearly 1700 with average 54.