Cricket 1913

C R I C K E T : A w e e k l y r e c o r - o f t h e g a m e . — F i b r u . r y 1 5 t h , 1 9 1 3 . “ Together joined in Cricket’ s manly toil.”— Byron. no. 32. v o l . ii. New s„,.s. SATURDAY , FEBRU AR Y 15 , 1913 . p-.ce 20. No. 921 Old Series. A Chat about Mr. P. H. Tarilton. P ro b a b ly there is no sounder b atsm an in th e j and tak in g a good W est Ind ies to -d a y th a n P e rc y H am ilton Tarilton . usefu lly, known to h is in tim ates as “ T im .” F a ste r scorers there are, more b rillian t hitters doubtless ; b u t soundness is th e k e y to consistency, and con sisten cy in a b a ts­ man is a v e r y b ig asset to his side. T a rilto n is still a young man. He w as born on F eb ­ ru a ry 8, 1885, in th e w indw ard parish of S t. John ’s, B arb ado s; and he w a s edu cated at the L od ge School, where, in earlier years, m an y another famous W est Indian cricketer — one m a y m en tion the C larkes, th e P ackers, the Skeetes, and th e Goodmans — h ad learn ed the rudim ents. H e go t his place in the school’s eleven at th e early age of tw e lv e, and showed considerable prom ise even then, th o u gh n a tu ra lly not perform ing great deeds. F o r a tim e cricket at th e school was in a b ad w a y, and this p rob ab ly accoun ts fo r his not com ing on as exp ected . B u t th e ad ven t of a new head ­ m aster m ade a big change ; and in 1901-2 and 1902-3 T arilton d id good w ork, cap­ taining th e team one year, Mr. p. H. TARILTON. m an y w ickets as well as scoring L e a v in g school he joined th e P ic kw ick clu b— to which th e Goodmans, th e A u stin s, th e B rownes, H. A . F . Cole, and others h a v e lent lu stre— bu t still fo r a tim e he hung b ack. In his second season w ith th e club , how ever, he was second to P e rc y G ood ­ m an in the b a ttin g averages, w ith 37.50 p er innings, and in the follow ing one (1905-6) he a veraged 24.07, and also kep t w icket v e r y well, h a vin g now q u ite giv en up bow ling. It w as in this season th a t he first represented th e island. B arb ado s sen t a representa­ tiv e team to P ort of Spain, and won b o th m atch es o f th e tou rn am en t, b ea tin g B ritish G u iana b y 61 runs and T rin i­ dad b y 16 runs. T a rilto n ’s scores were on ly 2, 4, 3 and 4, so th a t he could not claim a n y great share in the triumphs. B u t his d a y w as to come. T h e season o f 1906-7 w as not one o f his best ; b u t in 1907-8 he cam e to th e front in v e r y decided fashion ; he scored a couple o f cen tu ries for his club, and a veraged 43.40 per innings ; and w hen a