Cricket 1913

F eb . 15, 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 39 x 0 * i The Cricket Ground a t West Indian Cricket and Cricketers. (Continued, jrom page 28.) E n g l is h T e a m s . The six English sides which have visited the West Indies have included in their ranks the following p layers: L. G. Arbuthnot, G. R. Bardswell, M. M. Barker, C. A. Beldam, R . A. Bennett, R . Berens (two tours), R. N. R. Blaker, B . J. T . Bosanquet, Lord Brackley, H. R. Bromley-Davenport (two tours), Brown (G.), R . C. W. Bum, D . C. F . Burton, D . S. G. Burton, F. W. Bush (two tours), T . G. 0 . Cole, T . H. K . Dashwood, J . M. Dawson (two tours), E . W . Dillon, E . M. Dowson, G. H. Drummond, C. H. M. Ebden, Dr. G. Elliott, F . L. Fane, C. P. Foley, H. L. Gaussen, Lord Hawke, Hayes (E. G.), Heame (J. W.), C. Heseltine, H. Hesketh-Prichard, B. H. Holloway, A . E . Leatham, E . C. Lee, J. Leigh, R. Leigh- Barratt (two tours), H. D . G. Leveson-Gower, R . P. Lewis, R . S. Lucas, R. L . Marshall, R . C. N. Palairet, H. J. Powys-Keck, A . Priestley (two tours), R . P. Sewell, G. H. Simpson-Hayward, S. G. Smith, H. Smith-Tur- berville, A . C. Somerset, A . F . W . Somerset (two tours), H. T. Stanley, A . E. Stoddart, C. C. Stone, Thompson (G. J.), W . H. Wakefield (two tours), P. F . Warner, J. F. K ingstown , S t. Vincent. Weatherby, A. D. Whatman (two tours), T. A. L. Whit­ tington, R . W. Wickham (two tours), W. Williams, E . R. Wilson, S. M. J. Woods, Captain E. G. Wynyard, and Young (H.). This list does not include the team now on its way. What these men did in the West Indies is of no consequence here, for it is with the cricketers of the Caribbean I am dealing, not with their visitors. B u t this much may be said, that, though it cannot be pretended that all of these sixty-odd were famous players, yet they were all good cricketers ; many were or are good county cricketers; and a dozen or so of them have played for England against either Australia or South Africa. Of the more important matches of the six tours. West Indian sides won 21 and lost 19, three being drawn. The games indicated are those against AH West Indies (who won 3, lost 5), Barbados, British Guiana, and Trinidad. The inclusion of the Jamaica matches would give the Englishmen a substantial m a jo rity ; but Jamaica can scarcely be reckoned as on a level with the other three colonies. It is curious that West Indian teams'should have fared worse than those of Barbados and Trinidad. B u t there have always been difficulties in the way of