Cricket 1913

August 30, 1913. CR I CKE T : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. fo r 59 th e b o a rd sh o w ed 203. W e p u t up o ver 100 v. W o rc e s te r s h ire a t W o rc e s te r , and o v er 200 v . K e n t at H o v e b e fo re th e end o f th a t sea so n . A n d th ere w ere sev eral o th e r p a rtn e rsh ip s o f the so rt la te r .’ .’ “ Y o u h a v e n ’t re a ch ed 200 fo r S u s se x , I k n o w .” “ O f co u rse , I h a v e n ’t ! A c c o rd in g to w h a t som e of them s a y , it w o u ld ta k e m e a b o u t a fo rtn ig h t to do i t ! B u t I m a d e 169 a t D e rb y in 1904. T h a t to o k m e be­ tw een fo u r and fo u r and a h a lf ho u rs. A n d I m ade 180 a t L e ic e s te r tw o y e a r s a g o . I w a s in five and a h alf h o u rs then . ” “ Y o u h a v e m ad e h u n d red s a g a in s t m o st o f the other c o u n tie s ? ” “ N o t all— n o t a g a in s t W o rc e s te r , Y o rk s h ire , or S o m e rs e t.” “ T h e sid e is n ’t g o in g to o s tro n g ly ju st n o w ,” I re­ m arked. C h a p lin w a s o u t a t la st, a fte r a ra re p lu ck y in n in gs, and h e and y o u n g T a te w e re c om in g a w a y from th e w ic k e ts , and th e to ta l w a s n ea rly 100 beh ind S om e rs e t’s. “ N o . W e ’v e s tru c k a b a d p a tch . B u t I th in k w e are a p re tty fa ir team . T h e o ld er m en a re still all rig h t, and th ere a re y o u n g ste r s c om in g a lo n g— T a te , for in s ta n c e .” “ H e w ill n ever be h is fa th e r’s eq u al a s a b o w le r, I su p p o se ? ” “ I t ’s to o e arly to s a y y e t. H e ’s v e ry y o u n g . B u t h e ’s re a lly g o o d , and is g o in g to b e b e tter. H e fields w ell to o. S o d o es R o b e rts , th e fa s t b o w le r. A n d Jupp, o f c o u rse , th o u g h w e h a rd ly co u n t Ju pp a colt n ow . B u t th ere a re on e or tw o o th e rs w h o h a v e been tried w h o w o u ld b e m o re u sefu l if th ey b u ck ed up a bit in th e field. T h e y a re a lto g e th e r to o s l o w ; p erh a p s th e y ’ll g r o w o u t o f th a t, th o u g h .” T h e n V in e w e n t o ff to g e t rea d y fo r the field, as keen as if h e w e re g o in g in to bat. T h is is a m an w h o en­ jo y s his field in g . H e had less c o u n try w o rk th an usu al th at day', th o u g h , fo r, p u t on w h en B rau n d and R . E. H a n c o c k w e re m a k in g a stan d , he to o k 5 o f th e last seven w ic k e ts a t a c o s t o f 33 run s. I h ad fo rg o tte n to a sk him a b o u t h is b o w lin g . O n e o f his fo rm e r ca p ta in s to ld me th a t it w a s n o g o o d p u ttin g V in e on till the w o rn p a tch , w h ich a b o w ler in ev ita b ly m a k e s in co u rse o f tim e, g a v e him som e th in g ro u gh to p itch upon . I am n ot su re th a t th is w a s a c o rrect v ie w . A n y h o w , sin ce he to o k to b o w lin g o v er the w ic k e t in stea d o f ro u n d , V in e h a s o fte n don e g o o d w o rk w ith o u t an y m a rk e d help o f th a t so rt. H e is on ly a c h a n g e b o w le r n o w , th o u g h a v e ry u sefu l o n e ; b u t in h is g r e a t se a so n w ith the b a ll— 190 1— he b ow led as m an y a s 50 o v e rs in on e in n in g s, o ver 40 in th ree o th ers, o v e r 30 in 12, an d o v e r 20 in 13. A g a in s t N o tts a t H o v e he to o k 15 w ic k e ts fo r 16 1, and a g a in s t L a n ca sh ire a t M a n ch e ster 10 fo r 164. In no o th e r se a so n did h e reach 100 w ic k e ts ; bu t in 1902, th e n e x t y e a r, h e h ad 63, and he to o k 64 in each o f th e la st tw o se a so n s, 19 11 and 19 12 , a fte r he h ad sta rte d b o w lin g h is le g -b re a k s o v e r the w ic k e t. U p to th e end o f la st se a so n h e had ta k e n e x a c tly 600 w ic k e ts in first-o lass c ric k e t. S in ce th en he has b a g g e d 31 m ore. T h e s e w ic k e ts h a v e c o st 17,8 30 ru n s, or 28.25 each . A le g -b re a k b o w le r u su ally is som e ­ w h a t e x p e n s iv e ; b u t his v a lu e in b r e a k in g up stan d s is u n d en iab le, and in th is re sp ect V in e ra n k s w ith th e b e st o f h is p a rtic u la r typ e. T h e re is n o need to e n la rg e up on h is field in g. A h a rd er w o rk e r in the c o u n try it w o u ld be difficu lt to find, o r a su re r c a t c h ; even n ow , w ith fo rty n ot so fa r a h e ad , he h a s lo st little o f h is p a ce and none o f h is re lia b ility . B u t, o f c o u rse , it is as a b a tsm a n th a t m ost p eop le th in k o f him , and th e fig u re s w h ich fo llo w deal w ith h is b a ttin g . I am to ld th a t I can n ev e r let m y rea d ers o ff w ith o u t a colum n o r so o f fig u r e s ; b u t th en I hap p en to k n o w th a t m a n y o f th em a re k e en ly in te r­ e sted in th ese sam e figu res. S y n o p s i s o f J o e V i n e ’ s B a t t i n g i n F i r s t C l a s s C r i c k e t . (T o A u g u st, 23 , 1913 .) M. Inns. N.O . R. A. H.S. C. 50 ’; Sussex v. Derbyshire 18 30 2 847 30-25 169 2 4 ,, v. Essex ............... 30 53 3 1682 33-64 118 2 9 ,, v. Gloucestershire 26 43 7 1166 32-38 124 3 6 ,, v. Hampshire 30 47 6 1933 47-14 115 * 6 11 ,, v. Kent ............... 28 48 2 1448 31-47 108 1 7 ,, v. Lancashire 33 57 3 1383 25-61 124 2 9 ,, v. Leicestershire ... 24 31 0 1342 43-29 180 3 7 ,, v. Middlesex 30 49 3 1054 22-91 119 1 5 ,, v. Northamptonshire 8 13 0 292 22-46 115 1 1 ,, v. Nottinghamshire 30 56 5 1642 32-19 120* 1 11 ,, v. Somerset 26 44 7 1006 27*18 80 * 0 6 ,, v. Surrey ............... 30 50 1 1363 27-81 104 2 7 ,, v. W arwickshire ... 17 29 2 745 27’59 100* 1 5 „ v. Worcestershire 19 34 7 848 31-40 88 0 6 ,, v. Yorkshire 30 47 4 887 20-62 81 0 5 ,, v. A ll Inciia 1 2 0 47 23-50 26 0 0 ,, v. Australia 5 9 1 217 27-12 61 0 2 „ v. C . U ....................... 21 37 6 1097 35-38 121 2 5 „ v. M .C.C .................... 7 13 0 167 12-84 51 0 1 „ v. O. U. ............... 12 19 1 962 53-44 97 0 11 ,, Philadelphia 1 2 0 12 6-00 8 0 0 ,, South Africa 3 5 0 115 23-00 60 0 1 Total for Sussex ............... 429 718 62 20,255 30-87 180 27 119 Other matches— England 32 51 8 960 22-32 107 1 2 In Australia ( 1911 - 2 ) 8 9 2 78 11-14 36 0 0 Grand T o ta l........................... 169 778 72 21,293 30'16 180 28 121 V in e h a s p la ye d in test m atch es (tw o) in A u stra lia , b u t n ot in E n g la n d . A p a rt from h is on e trip to A u s ­ tra lia , his e xp e rie n ce o f c ric k e t o v e rse a s is lim ited to In d ia, w h ith er he h a s g o n e a s a co a ch . L e t us h o p e his benefit w ill b e a rea l bum p er ! H e d e serve s it. J. N . P . T h e G en tlem en o f B u c k in g h am sh ire are on tour in H o llan d th is w e e k . A fte r h e lp in g to b e a t th e M .C .C . in an in n in gs a t L o r d ’ s, D . R. O sb o rn e, D . H . F ie ld , W . B . F ra n k lin , and P. L . F rith w ere join ed a t L iv e rp o o l S tre e t, fo r th e 8.30 to H a rw ic h , by ten o r so m ore, in clu d in g E . D . B isg o o d , H . E . B u ll, and C . R . H . G resso n . T h re e tw o -d a y m a tch e s a re b e in g p la ye d— v. M r. C . J. P o sth u m a ’ s X I . a t H a arlem , v . A ll H o llan d at H a a rlem , and v. Am sterd am a t A m ste rd am . A t A y le sb u ry la st w eek M a tth ew W r ig h t , th e E ton C o lle g e co a ch , w a s p resen ted w ith a h an d som e silver sa lv e r, in re co g n itio n o f his 21 y e a r s ’ g o o d service to th e B u c k in g h am sh ire C .C . A rch d ea co n E . D . S h a w , w h o 31 y e a rs a g o carried his b a t th ro u g h th e in n in gs fo r O x fo rd v . th e A u stra lia n s, m ade th e p resen tatio n , and th e sa lv e r w a s accom p an ied b y an ad d ress b e a rin g the n am es o f th e su b scrib ers.