Cricket 1913

CRICKET : A WEEK LY RECORD OF THE GAME. August 0, 101 o The M.C.C. South African Tour. There has been some trouble in South Africa as to the arrangement of fixtures for the M.C.C. tour. The Natal authorities do not like the programme provisionally arranged by the S.A.C.A ., and have submitted an amended one of tbeir own, which (they claim) avoids the crowding of. so many of the principal fixtures into two short periods in the middle of the tour and at its end, and the drawback of having the second test game at Durban hard on the heels of the first. The two schemes may be shown thus for purposes of comparison, the figures in brackets indi­ cating the number of days allotted to each fixture, the date given being that of the first day :—- O F F IC IA L P R O G R A M M E . Nov. 4 (3).— W estern Province (Cape Town). ,, 8 (3).— W estern Province (Cape Town). ,, 14 (2).— S.W . D istricts (M ossel Bay). „ 17 (2).— S.W . D istricts (Oudtshoorn). ,, 21 (3).— Eastern Province (Port Elizabeth). ,, 26 (2).— Eastern Province (Graham stown). „ 29 (3).- Border (E ast London). Dec. 3 (3).— Border (K in g W illiam stow n). 9 (3.— N atal (Pieterm aritzburg). ,, 13 (3).— N atal (Durban). ,, 19 (3).— Transvaal (Johannesburg). „ 26 (4).— F irst Test (J ohannesburg). Jan. 1 (4).— Second Test (Johannesburg). ,, 7 (2).— W estern T ransvaal (Potchefstroom ). ,, 10 (3).— Transvaal (Pretoria). ,, 17 (3).— Rhodesia (Bulaw ayo). 22 (3).— Rhodesia (Salisbury). ,, 31 (3).— G riqualand W est (K im berley). Feb. 6 (3).— O range F.S. (Bloem fontein). ,, 13 (3).— Transvaal (J ohannesburg). ,, 17 (2).— N orthern N atal (Ladysm ith). ,, 21 (4).— Th ird Test (Durban). ,, 27 (4).— Fourth Test (Durban). M ar. 13 (4).— F ifth Test (Cape Town). ,, 18 (3).— W estern Province (Cape Town). N A T A L A M E N D M E N T . Nov. 4 (3).— W estern Province (Cape Town). ,, 8 (3).— W estern Province (Cape Town). „ 17 (2).— Border (East London). „ 20 (3).— Border (K in g W illiam stow n). ,, 25 (3).— O range F.S. (Bloem fontein). ,, 29 (4).— Transvaal (J ohannesburg). Dec. 4 (3).— T ran svaal (Pretoria). ,, 9 (3).— N atal (Durban). ,, 13(4).— F irst Test (Durban). ,, 19 (3;.— N atal (Pieterm aritzburg). ,, 26 (3).— T ransvaal (J ohannesburg). Jan. 1 (4).— Second Test (J ohannesburg). ,, 7 (2).— W estern Transvaal (Potchefstroom ). ,, 10 (3).— G riqualand W est (Kim berley). ,, 17 (3).— Rhodesia (Bulawayo). 22 (3).— Rhodesia (Salisbury). Feb. 5 (4).— T h ird Test (Johannesburg). ,, 14 (4).— Fourth Test (Durban). ,, 20 (2).— N orthern N atal (Ladysm ith). ,, 26 (3).— E astern Province (Port Elizabeth). M ar. 1 (3).— Eastern Province (Graham stown). 6 (2).— S.W . D istricts. (Oudtshoorn). 9 (2).— S.W . D istricts (Mossel Bay). „ 13 (4).— F ifth Test (Cape Town). ,, 18 (3).— W estern Province (Cape Town). The last fixture on each list is an alternative to the first, and probably the date of arrival of the M.C.C. team will decide whether the Western Province will be met twice at the beginning of the tour or once at the begin­ ning and once at the end. On the face of it, the Natal programme looks the better; but the situation when the last mail left was that the S.A.C.A. would have none of it, and for the time being matters were at a deadlock. The Australian Tour in America. After a drawn one-day game v. Hamilton, the Austra­ lians met an All Bermuda X.I., and ran up 439— P. S. Arnot 101, G. C. Campbell 84. Bermuda totalled 146 and 170, and, though, beaten in an innings, made a far better show than most of the teams yet met. Following’ on this match, the Australians played a team of coloured men, and scored 345, to which their opponents replied with 34 for 4 by the end of the first day. No news of second day’s play yet received. Returning to the States, the tourists met A ll New York on even terms, and won by g wickets— 160 and I2Q for 1 to 118 and 86, says the cable report, but there is a dis­ crepancy here. If the New York totals are correctly stated, Australia would have needed only 45 to win, not t2g, and if New York’s second total had been 186, they would have needed T45. Century List. J uly 23. C . A . S. G reen e, 135, In cogn iti v. U n ited Services. B. G . von B. M tlle, 14 9 *, In cogn iti v. U n ited Services. A. VV. Robinson, 115, South Saxons v. Gentlemen of Essex. P. Campbell, 121, H.A.C. v. M.C.C. A. C. Williamson, 127, Oxford University Authentics v. Gentlemen of Herefordshire. C. L. St. J. Tudor, 167, Army Service Corps v. Charter­ house F liars. Major H. S. Bush, 158, Leighton v. Mr. R. W. Awdry’s ' X I. Sellick, 101, Leighton v. Mr. R. W. Awdry’s XI. B. j. T. Bosanquet, 123, Free Foresters v. Yorkshire Gentlemen. D. Turnbull, 133*, Old Bedfordians v. Bedford G.S. J uly 24. W D. Bezer, 107, Charlton Park v. Steyning. B. S. Cumberlege, 136, Ealing v. Middlesex C. and G. W. G. Cobb, 119, Ealing v. Middlesex C. and G. D. Harrison, 101, Everdon Hall v. Flore. B. D. Bannon, 108, Mr. R. W. Awdry’s XI. v. Leighton. A. C. L. Clarke, 166, Mr. R. W. Awdry’s XI. v. Leighton. R. Barber-Starkey, 108, Gentlemen of Shropshire v. Gentlemen of Cheshire. J uly 25. C. E. Brittain, 103, Devon Dumplings v. United Services. Capt. P. G. Robinson, 156, Royal Artillery v. Royal Engineers. A. J. L. Hill, 102*, M.C.C. v. Yorkshire Gentlemen. D. B. Burt-Marshall, 145, 2nd Seaforth Highlanders v. Rest of Shorncliffe-Garrison. J uly 26. C. T. Burgess, 215*, Shepherd’s Bush v. Neasden. A. R. Daniels, 101, Epsom v. Beckenham. H. Z. Baker, 115*, Beckenham v. Epsom. B. S. Cumberlege, 167*, Ealing v. S. Hampstead. N. P. Astley, 104, S. Hampstead v. Ealing. G. H. Bamford, 102, S. Hampstend v. Ealing. E. S. Westhorp, m * , U.C.S. Old Boys v. Richmond. A. E. Sandell, 104, Old Whitgiftians v. Spencer. E. J. Connor, 152*, S.W. Ham v. Stamford Hill. A. E. Wilson, 106, L. and N.-W’ .R. v. Highgate E. E. Trotman, 14Q, Upper Tooting v. Surbiton. T. A. Rawlinson, 113*, Wimbledon v. Streatham. F. D. Hobbs, 129, Norbury Park W. v.. Leatherhead. G. Winmill, 100*, Wickford v. Arlington and Leyton- stone. — McIntyre, 115, West Shene II. v. Fulham II. H. Gardiner, 100, Uxbridge v. M.C.C. G. S. Rawstorne, 105, Eton College v. The Masters. W. D. Bezer, 127, Charlton Park v. Worthing. C. E. Mordaunt, 102, Littlehampton v. Wompo Wan­ derers. D. E. Brown, n g, E. Grinstead v. Hayward’s Heath. P. R. Heasman, 104*, Crawley Down v. Ashurst Wood. F. Southin, sen., 117, Graylingwell v. 35th Regt. District. W. Nisbet, 116, S. Northumberland v. Northumberland County. C l G. Arkwright, 120, Northumberland- County v. S. N orthumberland. C. F. Stanger-Leathes, 158, St. George’s v. Backworth Percy. Atherton, 148, Padiham v. Barrow. W. McEwan, 102*, S. Shields v. Seaham Harbour. Leach, 103, Rawtenstall v. Church. N. S. A. Harrison, 120*', Norton v. Saltburn. H. H-eavisides, 104*, Norton v. Saltburn. Printed and published for the Proprietors by C rick et & Sports Publishers L td ., 25. W hite Street, Moor Lane, London, E .C ., August 9 th, 1913. Ag< ills for A ustralia, &c., G ordon & G otch, London, M elbourne, Sydney, A delaide. Brisbane, Perth, Launceston, TTobart and W ellington. N /. For South A frica, C en tral News Agency, Ltd., Cane Town, Johnnnesburg and branches. T U .. • ..........I : __1 U.. 1.' C ................... r -------------• 1 .*---------J r 1 . /-»•