Cricket 1913

August 23, 1913. CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE CAME. when he p layed righ t through the innin gs without a chance, 4 f hours, w ith n ineteen 4’s; and 102, also chanceless, v. H ants at W orcester. H e m ade 256 in these two efforts ; but 32 further innings on ly realised 559 more for him. H is 41 w ickets were taken at between 25 and 26 runs each. In 19 10 , 1 9 1 1 , and 19 12 he had begun with a century— a record w h ich seem s to have escap ed the eagle eyes o f the statisticians. H e did n ot start with a three figure score this se a so n ; but he began by sharing with B ow ley in a partnership o f 130 for the first w icket v. W arw ickshire at D udley, his own score b ein g 54. In his best m atch he took 9 for 4 1 in one innin gs for Mr. H . K . F o ster’s X I I . v. O xford U n iversity. S in ce then he has scored 106 v. G lou cestersh ire at W orcester (when he and B ow ley made 306 for the first w icket), 120 v. Leicestershire at C oalville, 71 not out v. Som erset, 50 v. M idd lesex, 42 v. K en t, and 46 v. Surrey. T h e n on Saturday last, while everyb ody else but C h ester failed, he m ade a gallant effort to pull off a win again st L eicestersh ire. H e h as been bow lin g with som e su ccess, too, as such analyses as 3 for 10, 2 for 11, 3 for 54, 4 for 60, 4 for 27, and 4 for 45 indicate. A ssu red ly he has deserved well o f his county ; and, taking his benefit as he does while still a com paratively young man, he should go on doin g it excellen t service for a good many seasons yet. S y n o p s is o f P e a r s o n ’ s B a t t in g in F ir s t -C l a ss C r ic k e t ( t o A u g u s t 16, 1913). For. M. Inns. N.O R. Aver. Worcestershire v. Derbyshire 4 4 O I07 26.75 „ v. Essex 3 5 O 30 6.00 ,» v. Gloucestershire... 24 41 I 913 22.82 „ v. Hampshire 24 41 I II31 2 5-77 v. Kent 24 45 O 1142 25-37 „ v. Lancashire 24 42 2 1012 2 5 - 3 ° „ v. Leicestershire ... 16 28 I 959 3 5 - 5 i „ v. Middlesex 8 15 O 41O 27-73 ,, v. Northants 1 2 O 12 6.00 „ v. Somerset 21 34 4 860 28.66 „ v. Surrey ... 25 46 1 1240 27-55 •, v . Sussex ... 14 26 2 619 25-79 v, Warwickshire ... 24 42 3 1129 28.94 ,, v. Yorkshire 25 46 4 774 18.42 ------ ------ — ---------- ------ Total — County Champ onship 237 4*7 19 10.344 25 98 Worcestershire v. Australians 3 5 1 69 I 7-25 ,, v. Cambridge Univ. 1 2 0 102 51.00 „ v. London Countv 2 4 0 25 6.25 v. M .C .C . ... 4 7 0 190 27.14 ,, v. Oxford Univ. ... 9 16 0 3 °4 19.00 ,, v. Philadelphians .. 1 2 0 21 IO.5O j, v. S. Africans 2 4 0 21 5 25 100 00 v. W . Indians 1 2 1 100 Total — A ll Matches for W oic. 260 459 21 11.176 25.51 Other Matches in England ... 5 IO 0 154 15.40 In New Zealand 3 5 0 48 9.60 Grand Total 268 474 21 11.378 25.11 ---- ------- — ------- ---- S c o r e s o f 5 0 a n d o v e r . A ga in st D erbyshire— 57. ,, G lou cestersh ire— 106, 96, 90, 69, 61. „ H am p sh ire— 106, 102, 93, 76, 66, 55. ,, K e n t— 16 1, 10 1, 7 1, 69, 52. „ L an cash ire— 116 *. 86, 66, 62. „ Leicestershire— 120, ;o 8 , 95, 83, 80., 51 „ M id d lesex— 113 , 5 1, 50. „ Som erset— 10 5*, 75, 7 1* , 64, 63. Surrey— 15 4 *, 107, 99, 95, 84, 83, 78, 72, 54. Sussex— 139, 74, 60, 53, 50. A gain st W arw ickshire— 155, 104, 100*, 56, 54, 50. „ Y o rk sh ire— 70, 66, 65, 5 9 *. „ C am b rid ge U n iversity— 60. „ M .C .C .— 65. „ O xfo rd U n iversity— 58, 55. i, W est In d ian s— 88*. : r Y o rksh ire, the one county side met at all regularly by W orcestershire, again st which his average falls below 20, is also the on ly county side frequen tly m et against whom he has not m ade at least one century. H e totalled over 1000 runs in 1905, 1909, 1910, and 19 1 1 ; over 900 in 1902, 1906, and 1907 ; and over 800 in 1904 and 1908. H is highest average as yet is 32.35 in 1907. U p to date he has taken 392 w ickets for 11,5 5 9 runs, average 29.48 T h is is rath er high, o f course ; yet on o ccasion s he has proved o f con sid erab le value in the attack. L ik e ly enough before this season ends he w ill have beaten his previous highest take o f w ickets— 5 1 in 1902. J . N . P. Preston is leaving the Kent staff for a Lancashire League club, and Collins also goes at the end 'of this season. The Rev. P. Hattersley-Smith, who played for M.C.C. iv. Dorset last week, is only 66 — fourteen months older than W . G . himself !' " ' '■ ' : Tom Hayward needs four scores of certain figures to complete his run from 0 to 100 in first-class,/ cricket. They are all between 50 and 100. Can anyone tell me which they are? It seems rather a pity that the second-class counties should crowd so many of their matches into three weeks in August, Of course there are difficulties in raising teams during May and June ; but there have been 41 matches in the Minor Counties’ Championship between August 1 and 21, besides games- with the M.C.C., as against 40 matches before August, and three after the 21 st. i , The annual tournament at Victoria, B.C., will take place from August 25 to 30. Ten clubs will compete, in two divisions :—Albion, Burrard, Nanaimo, New Westminster and Oak Bay in one ; Cowichan, Garrison, University Incogniti, Vancouver and Victoria in the Other. There will then be a final between the leaders of the two divisions. Among players well known on this side who are likely to be taking part are Crawford Coates, Gilbert Curgenven, H. R. Orr, and F. J. Peers. The projected visit of a team of Ndw South Wales cricketers to Ceylon at Christmas is now certainty, and the area of selection has been widened! to include Victoria. Likely members of the te^m— which will have the sanction of the Board of Control; it is/Said—- are the three Waddys, the Rev. P. S.. the Rev. E. F.. and E. L., the three Minnetts, R. B., RJV., and L. A., Warren Bardsley, Frank Laver, C olifi:McKenzie, G. R. Hazlitt, P. S. Arnott, P. R. Le Couteur, E. P Bar­ bour, R. J. A. Massie, and W . J. Stack.