Cricket 1913

August 30, 1913. CR I CKET : A WEEK L Y RECORD OF THE GAME 507 C o n g r a tu la tio n s to M rs. K . J. K e y on th e su c ce ss of h er v e r y c le v e r n o v el. T h e g ifte d w ife o f th e old S u rr e y c a p ta in is a d a u g h te r o f M r. W illiam A b e r­ crom b ie, o f B ro o k la n d s, C h e sh ire . S h e and M r. K e y w e re m a rried th e y e a r a fte r he le ft O x fo rd — 1888. I d o n ’t k n o w w h y th ey c; 11 him D ic k L ille y— his n am e is A rth u r A u g u s tu s ; b u t h e is still all th ere w ith the o a t, a n y h o w . It w a s a h a p p y th o u g h t o f the O ld B risto lia n s to e n list his help fo r th eir D e vo n sh ire tour L e t us h o p e th eir o p p o n en ts th o u g h t s o ; p ro b a b ly th ey d id ; e v e ry b o d y lik e s L ille y . H e m ade 22 fo r the to u rists v . B o v e y T r a c e y , 75 v . R .N .C ., D a rtm o u th , 113 v . T o r q u a y , 43 v . C h u d le ig h , and 15 and 68 v. R o y a l N a v a l B a r r a c k s , D e v o n p o rt. L ille y w a s no g r e a t b a t w h en he cam e in to the W a r w ic k s h ir e team . In 1891 h e o n ly to ta lled 126 in 17 m a tch e s. In 1895 he sco red 1,3 9 9 ru n s in first-class c ric k e t. W h a t a d ifferen ce fo u r y e a rs h ad m a d e ! H e a ttrib u te s m uch of his su cce ss to th e c o a ch in g o f A rth u r S h rew sb u ry . H . W . B a in b rid g e w a s L ille y ’ s s k ip p e r; and H .W . a lso m a d e o v e r a th o u sa n d in i8 g s- H e h a s la te ly been h o ld in g fo rth , I h ea r, in p ra ise o f “ g o o d , h o n est E n g ­ lish b e e r .” A n d so s a y all o f u s ! G o o d and h o n est, th ere is n o d rin k b e t t e r ; and g o o d and h o n est the m o st o f it is, even in th ese d a y o f a d u lte ratio n and fa k em e n ts o f all so rts. O a te s n ev e r le t a b y e in a to ta l o f 260 b y M id d lesex re cen tly , w h ich re c a lls th e fa c t th a t it w a s a g a in s t the sam e c o u n ty h e did h is record w ic k e t-k e e p in g p e rfo rm ­ an ce in 1906— nine c a u g h t, on e stum p ed . “ M id d le se x ta k e five p o in ts ’ ’-— su ch w a s th e h ead ­ in g in an e v e n in g p a p er to th e W a r w ic k s h ir e v . M id ­ d le sex m a tch . I s n ’t it ra th e r to o m uch lik e F o o tb a ll L e a g u e re p o r tin g ? In c ric k e t th e se p o in ts o u g h t not to p la y so b ig a p a rt. D o n ’t le t us g e t o b se sse d b y th em ! T h e re a re o th e r th in g s, y o u k n o w ; th e charm o f th e g a m e and its su rro u n d in g s, th e c h iv a lr y o f i t ! P o in ts a re sm all th in g s com p a red w ith th ese. “ A p oin t ” (saith E u clid ), “ is th a t w h ich h a th n o p a rts o r n o m a g n itu d e .” B u t p oin ts seem to h a v e no end o f m a g n itu d e n o w a d a y s. I a lw a y s h a ted E u clid ; but I a g r e e w ith th e old b o re on th a t one— no, I w o n ’t sa y p o in t ! T h e n um b er o f m en sc o rin g 1,000 ru n s and also ta k in g 100 w ic k e ts is lik e ly to b e a reco rd th is seaso n T h e re h a v e n ev e r b e fo re , I b e lie v e , been m o re than seven su ch in a n y on e sea so n . B u t B o o th , J. W . H e a rn e , A lb e rt R e lf, and T a r ra n t h a v e a lre a d y q u ali­ fied in 1 9 1 3 ; S y d n e y Sm ith and D ra k e w ill p ro b a b ly h a v e jo in e d th em b e fo re th is is p rin ted ; N ew m a n and H irst w ill sc a rc e ly fa il to g e t th e r e ; and F ra n k W o o lle y and R h o d e s a re p o ssib les. • K e n t’ s fo u r g r e a t p ro fe ssio n a l b a tsm en— H a rd in g e , H u m p h rey s, S e ym o u r, and W o o lle y — h a v e been en ­ jo y in g a g r e a t tim e th is sea so n . A m o n g them th ey h a v e to ta lle d n ea rly 7,000 ru n s— 6,843 to d a te ° f w r 't> TWO N EW Y O R K V E T E R A N S : S. D E A N E ( B a t t i n g ) A N D G. W.* H A Y M A N . in g , fo r th e s a k e o f e x a c tn e s s. In th e tw o p rev io u s se a so n s in w h ich all fou r h a d fo u r fig u re to ta ls— 1911 and 1908— th eir co n jo in t a g g r e g a te s w e re 6,596 and 4 ,16 5 re sp e c tiv e ly . In 19 12 , w h en S e ym o u r ju st m issed h is th o u sa n d , b e in g le ft o u t o f a few m a tch es o w in g to tem p o ra ry lo ss o f fo rm , th eir fig u res added up to 5,32 4 . T h e s e a re fo r all first-cla ss m a tch es, be it n o ted , n ot m erely fo r K e n t. It m a y n ot be g e n e r a lly k n ow n th a t A . W . F . R u tty , w h o h a s d o n e su ch g o o d w o rk a s sk ip p e r o f S u rre y I I ., is a n ep h ew o f H e rb ert W a r in g , th e cele b rated a cto r, w h o se fu ll n am e is H e rb e rt W a r in g R u tty . P o ssib ly th e S u rre y m a n ’s secon d C h ristia n n am e is W a r in g . H e is, o f co u rse , an old S h e rb o rn e b o y , and in 1891 he a v e ra g e d 48 p e r in n in g s, and to o k 30 w ic k e ts a t a trifle o v e r i-> each fo r th e sch ool eleven . A m a te u r te am s o f M o nm o u th sh ire and C a rm a rth e n ­ sh ire m et a t A b e rg a v e n n y on A u g u s t 21 and 22. T h e g a m e h ad to be a b an d on ed o w in g to rain . M o nm o u th ­ sh ire m ad e 289 (D r. W . S . T re s a w n a 110 , J. R . Jacob 5 7, C o l. C u th b ertso n 3 4 * ; C a rm a rth e n sh ire 215 fo r 3 (C . B . D a v ie s 7 1 , J. M . B e v a n 4 1 * , C . B ow e n 34*). V o g le r is re tu rn in g to S o u th A fr ic a , and d o es n ot e x p e c t to be in E n g la n d n e x t y e a r. R I C H A R D D A F T ’ S N O T T I N G H A M S H I R E M A R L .— P a rticu la rs, a p p ly , R a d cliffe -o n -T re n t. N o tts.