Cricket 1913

CR ICKE T : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. August <), Overseas Cricket. U N I T E D S T A T E S . M on treal fin ish ed their tour in the States with a h eavy defeat at th e hands o f the P h ilad e lp h ia C .C ., for whom P . N . L e R o y m ade 1 13 an d H . W . M idd leton 76, six others scorin g 20 or more. T h e v isito rs’ totals were 257 and 107, and th ey lost b y an in n in gs and 34 runs, P h ila d e lp h ia ’s score bein g 398. Four o f the C an ad ian side were seen to advan tage w ith the bat, P. B uckley m akin g 70 and 47, F. I. C . G o o dm a n 37 and 32, E . E. K e n y o n 50, and W . J. B reb n er 40* in the first innings. A lth o u gh the M ontreal men on ly won one gam e out o f five, th ey sh ow ed far better all-round form than som e C an a d ia n elevens th at have previou sly visited the States. T h e follow in g were their p layers (the list is given becau se several o f them are old E n glish p u b lic sch ool boys, whose n am es w ill be recogn ised b y readers o f th is page) W . C . B aber, W . J. B rebn er, P. B u ck ley, A . J. B urgess, E . S. C am eron , F . I. C . G oodm an , R . G regory, R . S. H art, C . F. H aw k in s, E . E. K en yon , C . F. L an e, R . H . M alo n e, and E. P . W a lla ce G oodm an m ade the h igh est total o f runs, 228, and aver­ aged over 32 per innin gs. B rebn er also averaged over 32, but m ade on ly 129, four o f his eigh t innin gs b ein g not out. B u ck ley m ade 216 a n d K en y o n 170, each in eigh t innings. C am ero n only p la y e d in the first three m atches, and to talled 79 in four innings. M alon e (95 in 8), L a n e (97 in 7), and H aw kin s (94 in 7) were also useful w ith the bat. B urgess was the on ly on e who took as m any as 10 w ic k e ts; he h ad 12 for 54 in one m atch, and 20 altogether, exact c o st u nascertain able, as on e analysis is d efective. G erm an ^ w n (2 5 9— C . M . G rah am 71, H , S. H arn ed 51) beat P h ilad elp h ia (1 5 0 — H . R . C artw righ t 46) in a H a lifa x C u p m atch on June 14. F or P h ilad elp h ia, J. VV. M u ir to ok 5 for 60 ; for the w inners P. H . C lark had G for 45, W . P . O ’N e ill 4 for 42. H . B. C o le m ade 77 for B altim ore (158 ) v, W ash in g­ ton (79 and 109 for 2) on June 7. In W ash in gto n ’s secon d in nin gs Jo hn R o berts scored 60* and J. J. M orton 4 1 * , a d d in g ab ou t a hundred u nseparated. J. T . R o se (4 for 25 for W ash in gto n ) d id the best bow lin g in the m atch. H e a ch iev ed the hat trick. O n July 19 M oorestow n, (H . A . Furness 38, H . H ow so n 28) and F ran k ford (S. H . H a rt 81, W . W . E o u ik rod 23) p layed a tie gam e— 149 e ach— for the H a lifa x Cup. O n the sam e d ay M erion (225— R. L e e 63 retired, W . N . M o rice 5 1, Dr. F . C . S h arp less 34, J. H . G ord on , the old O x fo rd blue, 22) beat P h ilad elp h ia ( 1 7 1 — J. P . D orn an 53, A . J. H e n ry 29, H . W . M id d led n, 27, W . VV. Justice 21). In a P h ilad e lp h ia C u p gam e E . M . C rega r to ok 6 w ickets for P h ilad e lp h ia and ]. B . T h a y er (son o f the crack p layer who went down w ith the “ T ita n ic ” ) 6 for 31 for M erion. On June 14, J. T ra in er hit seven 6’s in an innings o f 104 for South P a rk v. C h ica g o at C h ica go . E . H . 1 ,. S tein th a l, the old C lifton ian , m ade 60 for Staten Island v. R ichm o n d C o u n ty on Ju ly 5. T h e brothers H . P oyer (55*) and J. L . P o yer (4 5 *) were c h ie f scorers for B roo klyn v. M anh attan . C. E . Marshall m ade 54, F. C . G au tier 44 and C . E . B lad es 41 for B ensonhurst v. K in g ’s C ou n ty. A ll the last five m entioned are from the W est Indies. T h e G olden G ate team o f San F ra n cisco proved a l­ together too strong for the L os A n geles side in two matches p layed early in July at L o s A n geles. In the first the hom e side cou ld on ly make 64 and 106, the visito rs totals being 105 and 75 for o. In the second G o ld en Gate declared at 176 for 5, and dism issed L o s A n g e les (who were, accord in g to the “ T im e s ” o f that C ity “ a scrub team ,” two short, and with on ly four o f the first X I. in ­ c lu d e d ,)fo r 61. H . A. O xenh am was the cra ck batsm an on the visitin g side. T h is is the p layer who represented the T ra n sva al in a few m atches som e years ago, and has since taken part in N ew Y o rk crick et. H is score at Los A n geles were o, 54® and 85. W ith H . L . S eager he had an unfinished partn ersh ip o f 72 in the first gam e and a finished one of 104 in the second, when S eager sco red 53. O xenh am took 8 w ickets for 62 in the two gam es. T h e great P. J. H igg in s had a bad arm and was d ism issed for 19 and 6. VV. Sheppard, whose 3 1 * was top score for the hom e side, form erly p layed for H yd e Park, C h icago. T h e San D ie g o team , who were exp ected to play G olden G ate in a third m atch, did not put in an ap p ea ra n ce. C A N A D A . F. C . B. C ave scored 117 ou t o f 186 for 6 m ade by N ew W estm inster v. V an co u ver M oth s on July 5 ; and 011 the sam e day A . C . B . G ray ran up 130* for V icto ria B v. O ak B ay B, H . R . O rr, the old B edfordbhire cap tain , 94 for O a k B ay v. C ow ich an , H . A . Ism ay 78 for A lb io n B v. S aan ich , and J D . A . S cott 70 for V ic to ria A v. G arrison. A veteran o f the gam e, D . W . Saunders, returned to ihe crick et field in T o ro n to on July 14, and was second highest scorer for T oro n to (16 3 ) v. R o sed ale (100 for 5) in a friend ly gam e. I)yce S au nd ers played for C an a d a v. U n ited States as far back as 1S 8 1, and was a m em ber of the G en tlem en o f C an a d a team w h;ch toured this country in 1887. A week later the sam e team s met in the C ity League, and drew— R o sed ale 211 for 7, declared (J. B ell 52, H . H um p h ries 39, W . F . C . Sellers 3 7 ); T o ro n to 82 for 1 (H . G . D avidson 39*). T h e h ead in g to the report in the “ S ta r ” i s : “ H eavy scorin g in S atu rd ay’s C ric k e t.” But the soon er C an a d ia n cricketers get out o f the hab it of th in king a cou p le o f hundred a big score, the sooner they w ill be able to cop e with v isitin g team s from overseas. B ell and H um phries added 82 in partnership, and T o ro n to ’s 82 were m ade in 75 m inutes— d ecen t goin g, bu t scarcely worthy o f the praise the “ S ta r ” accord s it. B ell’s a sportsm an, anyway ; he travelled from D etro it to p lay in this gam e, and deserved to m ake top score. “ H . C . S m i t h H i g h B a t o n S a t u r d a y ” reads the head in g in the “ V icto ria D a ily T im e s ” o f Ju ly 16. In the E n g lish language, H C . Sm ith m ade the highest score o f the day in and around V ic to ria , B .C ., on J u ly 14— 107 for A lb io n B (198 for 9, declared) v. V ic to ria B (71). For the sam e side S p ain took 8 for 45. N o new s o f any other m atch that day. But colum n s o f b a seb all stuff! Y e t som e o f the A ustralian crick eters told a N ew Y o ik interview er th at baseb all had been unw illingly forced upon the C an ad ian public. W hich really seem s very meek ab ou t it, if this is true. B ut every C an adian paper I see increases my b elief that, th ou gh cricket m ay be and doubtless is grow ing in popularity, baseb all is the C an adian craze— as pro footer is the craze here.