Cricket 1913

CR I C KE T : A Weekly Record oj the Game.—AUGUST 2 nd\ 1913 . Together joined in Cricket’s manly toil.”— Byron. NO. 4 9 , VOL. II, N ew S eries . Ao. 937 , Old Series. S A T U R D A Y , A U G U S T 2, 1913. Registered at the G .P.O .'1 p Di^ r o n L as a Aewspajter. J rHICE ^u- T he K e n tish Hop—An annual climber which comes up (smiling) every year. pavilion Gossip. W illow and cane Is all I am, yet here is a wondrous thing ; W illow and cane is all I am, yet also I am a King! The flowers of the earth my subjects are, and the throne of the Cricket Bat Is English muscle and English youth, and who has a throne like that ? E. V. L ucas . T h e E s s e x -H a m p s h ir e m a tc h is a re c o rd in o n e re sp e c t. S i x c e n tu rie s h a v e been m a d e in a first- c la s s m a tc h b e f o r e ; b u t n e v e r h a v e th re e c e n tu rie s in a n in n in g s been sc o re d tw ic e in o n e su ch g am e . C u r io u s ly e n o u g h , H a m p s h ir e h a d to d o w ith th e o n ly o th e r E n g l is h m a tc h w h ic h o c c u rs to m y m em o ry a t th e m om e n t— th e re m a y h a v e b een o th e rs , a n d d o u b tle s s w e re— in w h ic h s ix c e n tu rie s w ere sc o re d . F o r D e r b y s h ir e v. H a m p s h ire a t D e r b y in 18 98, C h a tte r to n m a d e 14 2 , L . G . W r ig h t 13 4 , D a v id s o n 108, a n d S to r e r 10 0 ; M a jo r R . M . P o o r e sc o re d 1 2 1 * in H a m p s h ir e ’s first, a n d C a p ta in F . W . D . Q u in to n 10 1 * w h e n th e so u th e rn c o u n ty f o llo w e d on. In A u s t r a lia se v en c e n tu rie s h a v e b een m a d e in a m a tc h . A t S y d n e y in J a n u a r y , 1909, M . A . N o b le (2 1 3 ), W a r r e n B a r d s le y (19 2 ), a n d S. E . G r e g o r y ( 1 7 9 ) h e lp e d th e N e w S o u th W a le s sco re u p to 8 1 5 ; in V ic t o r ia ’s firs t V e rn o n R a n s f o r d sc o re d 18 2, P e te r M c A lis te r 108, a n d in th e fo llo w on W a r w ic k A r m ­ s tr o n g m a d e 1 7 1 , R a n s f o r d 110 . S i x w e re m a d e in th e c o r r e s p o n d in g m a tc h o f a y e a r e a r lie r , N o b le s c o rin g 176 a n d 123 f o r N e w S o u th W a le s , a n d G r e g o r y 201 in th e sam e s id e ’s first in n in g s ; A rm s tr o n g 1 10 in V i c t o r i a ’s first, T a r r a n t 206, a n d R a n s f o r d 129 in th e ir se co n d . H a lf- a - d o z e n w e re a ls o m a d e in th e m a tc h b e tw ee n th e A u s tr a lia n T e a m a n d th e R e s t o f A u s t r a lia a t S y d n e y in M a rch , 1899, N o b le , K e ll y , R e e d m a n , L a v e r , D a r lin g , a n d H i l l b e in g th e c e n tu rio n s— d r e a d f u l w o rd !— th en .