Cricket 1913

September 13, 1913. CR I CKET : A WE EK L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. L o r d L o n d e s b o r o u g H 's XJ. B o w l k r s ’ A n a ly s is . 0. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W Barnes .............. .............. 15 5 40 2 162 6 39 6 Booth .............. 18 2 38 5 4 0 18 1 Relf ............. 5 2 3 0 3 1 5 0 Rhodes............. ... v - 1-2 0 9 2 — — Hitch .............. ............. — — — — 2 0 34 3 Booth bowled 1 n-b in first innings. Umpires—Moss and Richards. The Premiership of Canadian Club Cricket. W IN N IP E G W AND ERERS D E F E A T TORON TO IN THE MATCH FOR TH E JOHN ROSS ROBERTSON CUP. Toronto held the John Rcss Robertson Cup in 1911 and 1912, success­ fully defending it in the latter year against their rivals and neighbours, Rosedale, and the Wanderers of Winnipeg. This season Rosedale, owing to a technical offence (the omission to send in their entry fee by the date fixed) were disqualified. The Winnipeg Wanderers sent east a team which included T. A. D. Bevington, the old Harro­ vian, who has played for Middlesex, W. L. Price, who played once or twice for Somerset a few years ago, E. C. Laver and T. Smith, who have for some years been' among the cracks of Manitoba; but they lacked the help of Dr. S. A. Smith, who cc.uld not manage to get away. Before leaving—on Monday, August 11—the Wanderers met and defeated a picked team of the Winnipeg C.A. The scores ruled very small—Wanderers, 63 (N. C. Vidal, an old member, now living further west, who did not go to Toronto, 15) and 81 (T. Smith 20); W.C.A., 57 (J. F. W. Wright 16) and 38 for 6 (Wright 16). For the W.C.A., W. Lowe took 6 for 26 and C. A. Sear 5 for36 in first innings of the Wanderers (twelve a side played),and L. A. Adams 6 for 22 and W. Rothwell 3 for 12 in the secc nd;for the Wanderers W\ L. Price had 9 for 41 in the match, R. Bingham 4 for 13 in thf first innings, N. C. Vidal 2 for 12 in the second. The cup game was played on the 'Varsity Campus, Toronto, on August 16 and 17. Toronto had not their strongest team, several players being unable to turn out. Dyce Saunders (whose son, T., also played) won the toss for them; but they fared poorly, Price and Bingham bowling well. T. A. D. Btvington and T. Smith sent up 46 before the Wanderers’ first wicket fell ; but after all only a lead of 47 was attained. The early part of Toronto’s second innings was a series of disasters : 1 for o, 2 for 1, 3 for 4, 4 for 4, 5for9, and jthe veteran Dyce Saunders and P. E. Henderson among the five out! Then G. E. D. Greene was joined by S. Carter, and these two made a splendid stand. Greene was very stronfi, on the off, but missed many chances of scoring to leg. The tea interval was their undoing; the first ball after it took Carter’s wicket. But they had added 75, and had given their side new hope. Seagram made some useful runs; but the support of the tail was poor. At close of play the Wanderers, with an innings to go, wanted 90 for victory. They got these for the loss of three wickets, thanks largely to a capital innings by T. Smith, whose portrait will be found in the la;-t issue of C r ic k e t. Bingham was stumped with the game a tie. T o r o n to C.C. First Innings. Second Innings. D. W. Saunders, hit wkt., b Binghan 11b Bingham ......................... 1 W. J. Dobson, b Bii.gham ... ... 11b P rice................................... 2 S. Carter, b Bingham ... ......... 5 b P rice................................... 42 A. A. Beemer, b Price ... ‘ .............. 1c Marshall, b Price.............. 1 G. E. D. Greene, b Bingham............. 10c and b Bingham .............. 50 P. E. Henderson, b Price ............. 5 b Bingham ......................... 4 N. Seagram, run o u t........................ 14not o u t................................... 17 W. M. Raeburn, b Price ... ... 1lbw, b Bingham .............. o R. C. Reade, I dw , b Price ... ... 2st Sherringham,b Bingham 3 A. D. Cordner, not out........... ... 10b P rice................................... o T. Saunders, c Bennington, b Price 2b Bingham ......................... 6 Extras ............. .............. 9 Extras ........................ 10 Total i.. ... 81 Total .............136 W innipeg W anderers . First Innings. T. Smith, lbw, b Henderson ... 10 j C. J. de B. Sheringham, cD. T. A. D. Bevington, b Beemer... 46 | W . Saunders, b Beemer ... 9 E. C. Laver, c T. Saunders, I J. Marshall, b Beemer............. 1 b Beemer ............. ... 7 E. J. Smith, b Beemer.............. 2 R. Bingham, c Reade, b Beemer 9 T. Crichton, not'out .............. 0 W . L. Price, b Seagram ... 5 j Extras ........................ 10 H. K. Habershon, b Henderson 25 j ------ W. Murray, c Raeburn, b Seagram 0 I Total ............. ... 128 S e co n d In n in g s :—T. Smith, not out, 44; T* A. D. Bevington, c Dobson, b Reade, 20; E. C. Laver, c Greene, b Beemer, 9 ; R. Bingham, st Cordner, b Seagram, 9 ; H. K. Habershon, not out, o ; extras, 8 ; total (for 3 wkts), 90. For the Wanderers Price took 5 for 27 and 4 for 60, Bingham 4 for 45 and 6 for 51. For Toronto Beemer had 6 for 27, Seagram 2 for 20, Henderson 2 for 31, first innings; no second innings analysis to hand. The Fourth Annual Western Canada Tournament. (August 4 to 9, 1913.) The Tournament, at Winnipeg in August was a striking contrast to that held at Calgary in 1912. Then twelve games produced 4,453 runs for 196 wickets, average 22.7 per wicket; this year eleven games realised only 3,126 for 198 wickets; average 15.7. Then six centuries and 20 scores exceeding 50, but under 100 , were recorded ; this time there was no century, and only five batsmen reached 50, though J. G. Mackintosh did so three times, and J. F. W. W right twice. The competing sides were two teams from Manitoba and one each from Alberta and Saskatchewan, and as in the three preceding tourna­ ments (at W innipeg, 1910; Indian Head, 1911 ; and Calgary (1912) the home province’s representatives bore off premier honours. The follow­ ing table of results w ill show how the four sides fared. W .C.C.A. TOURNAMENT, 1913. Side. W. L. D. Runs For. w . Aver. Runs Ag’st. w . Aver Manitoba A ... 4 1 1 966 52 18-5 ... 665 53 12.5 Manitoba B ... 3 1 1 •.. 949 48 19-7 ... 684 45 15.2 Saskatchewan 2 2 1 .. 706 46 15-3 ... 722 45 16-0 Alberta 0 4 1 .. 505 52 9.7 ... 1055 55 19.1 Last year Alberta had two teams in the field, the second representing Calgary, and the two averaged 25 per wicket for and something over 16 per wicket against. The fallin g off this season is apparent. Saskatchewan, after winning at Indian Head in 1911, suffered a very sim ilar slump in 1912. Among the players taking part were W. L. Price and P. P. Barnett, who have played county cricket in England, though neither achieved any very considerable measure of success here. The Tournament of 1914 will be at Regina. In the first match Manitoba A easily defeated Alberta. Lovell played a good free innings for the losers. Felstead and Sear added 107 runs for the winners’ fourth wicket, and T. Smith (Wanderers) also played a good innings. Two T. Smiths were playing in the Manitoba teams; the other is a C.P.R. man. W. L. Price bowled well. A l b e r t a . P. P. Barnett, lbw, b Price ... 1 R. O. Day, b Price ... ............. 7 W. 'trachan, st. Davin, b Price ... 0 A. I. Murdoch, c T. Smith, b Pric** 16 L. Lovell, not out ... ... ... 56 H. G. Napper, c and b Price ... 11 A. H. Dickins, b Dr. Smith ... 5 E.C.Pardee, c Davis, b Dr.Smith 6 R. ft. Matthews, b Price ... 0 H. R. Mountifleld, b Adams ... l W. ft. Newton, b Adams ... 0 E x tr a s ................................... 10 Total ............. 113 M a n it o b a A. T. Smith (W-), c and b Newton... 43 R. Bingham, c Dickins, b Napper 13 E.C. Laver,c Mountifiold,b Barnett 16 T. A . Kelulead. c and b darnett... 62 C. A. Sear, b Barn^tf ............. 54 L. ft. Adams, lbw, b Parrie- ... 2 Dr. S.A.Smith,c Dickin ,b Pardee 0 J.F.W .W right,cStrachan,bPardee 0 For Manitoba Price took 6 for 53, Adams 2 for o, Dr. Smith 2 for 23; for Alberta Pardee took 4 for 17, Barnett 3 for 78, Newton 1 for 17, Napper 1 for 32. W. L. Price, b Pardee ... W. Lowe, not o u t... E x tr a s ........................ To ni (for 9 wkts.) ft. Davis did not bat. (Note.—The total adds up 216)* 5 3 18 239 The other game on the;Monday ended in a draw, the batting always having the upper hand of the bowling. Langton and Rothwell put on 62 for the eighth wicket of Manitoba, and Heathcote and Hartley 68 for the first of Saskatchewan. M a n ito b a B. J. Scrymgeour, b E lliott.., ... 0 J.G. Mackintosh, cHolmes.lb Vidal 63 L. V. Cousins, Ibw, b Edwards ... 10 C.A. Reynolds,cGodfrey,b(5ardner 16 K. E. Mon y, c Godfrey, b Yidal... 5 V.G.Williams,c Dnwn,b Edwards 26 S. G. Langton, c Howell, b Vidal 49 Rev. G. Horrobin, c Down, b G ardiner ................. W. Rothwell, not out ............. E x t r a s ........................................... 0 41 12 222 Total (for 8 wkts., dec.) E. J. Smith and T. Smith (C.P.R.) did not bat. S a s k a t c h e w a n . J. 8. Heathcote, b T. Smith ... 36 H. Gardiner, cRothwell, b 12. H. Hartley, lbw, b Scrymegeour 28 Reynolds ......................... 10 R. Edwards, c Scrymegeour, b E x tr a s .................................... 3 T. Smith ........................ 7 N. C. Vidal, c T. Smith, b Money 28 A. E. Down, not out ................ 39 C. O.J.Godfrey, lbw, bScrymegeour 14 For Saskatchewan Vidal'tool? 3 for 55, Gardiner 2 for 38, Edwards 2 for 56, Elliott 1 for 44; forManitoba T. Smith took 2 for36, Scry­ megeour 2 for 45, Reynolds 1 for 12, Money 1 for 32. Total (for 6 wkts.) ... 165 Holmes, R. C. Elliott, W. L. Howell and Wood did not bat. On Tuesday the two Manitoba teams met, and there was some excitement, for B team started well, having 136 up for 4, and then collapsed before Flett, the last 6 wickets adding only 14. Flett took 4 of them for 2 runs. The A team won with 6 wickets down, and at the close had made 210. J. G. Mackintosh and J. F. W. Wright distinguished themselves as batsmen. The latter hit very hard indeed.