Cricket 1913

638 C R I CK E T : A WE E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. September 20, 1913. C. St. Total. C. St. Total. M. W right............. 6 0 6 R. K n ig h t............ ■ 5 0 5 Alwin ............. J. C. Bickford- 5 0 5 J. K. Manger R. M. Manser .. • 5 • 5 0 5 5 Smith ............. 5 . 0 5 Milne ............ • 5 0 5 Capt. C. G. Bond 5 0 5 P. M orris............ • 5 0 5 E. H. Bourne 5 0 5 R. Newby ... 4 1 5 P. Briggs ............. 5 0 5 E. S. Phillips • 5 0 5 Broughton ............. 5 0 5 R. F. Popham • 5 0 5 R. G. Cruwys 5 0 S Preston ............ • 5 0 5 E. J. Dodd 5 0 5 Riley ............ 5 0 5 Freeman (Kent II.) 5 0 5 L. Robathan • 5 0 5 Gibson ............. 5 0 5 Silverlock ............ • 5 0 5 Harry ............. 5 0 5 W. F. Sturt • 5 0 5 G. Hemingway ... 5 0 5 H. Trcsawna • 5 0 5 E. S. Household ... 5 0 S G. H. Watson .. • 5 0 5 J. W. Jones 5 0 5 J. N. Worman • 5 0 5 NOTEWORTHY FIELDING AND WICKET-KEEPING PERFORMANCES. (Five dismissals or more in a match.) Player. Match. Humphries (J.)—M.C.C. v. Herts, at Lord’s Abel (W.J.)—Surrey .Ii. v. Staffs, at Oval ... E. E. Apthorp—Beds v. Suffolk, at Bedford ... R. W. Awdry—Wilts v. Bucks, at Bletchley ... P. P. Cornell—Suffolk v. Lines, at Skegness Davies—Devon v. Berks, at Tavistock Davies—Devon v. Cornwall, at Camborne ... H. W. Farrer—Dorset v. Cornwall, at Poole ... W. B. Franklin—Bucks v. Wilts, at Bletchley R. Newby—Durham v. Staffs, at S. Shields ... Shoosmith—Berks v. Dorset, at Reading ... R. W. Thurgar—Norfolk v. Cambs, at Cambridge . C. H. Titchmarsh—Herts v. M.C.C., at Lord’s . A. F. Todd—Berks v. Cornwall, at Reading Vibart—Cornwall v. Devon, at Camborne ... Whiting—Cornwall v. Dorset, at Camborne ... (Whiting’s 5 at Camborne were all off his own bowling.) c. St. ... 6 1 ... 5 0 ............ 5 0 ... 5 0 ............2 3 ............ 3 2 •••. .3 2 ............ 5 0 ............ 3 2 ............ -4 1 ............ 5 0 ... 5 0 ............ 4 1 ... ... .5 0 ............. 4 1 ... ... 5 0 Overseas Cricket. UNITED STATES. Some recent (or not yet recorded) centuries in the States :— July 12—W. N. Morice, 109, Merion v. Moorestown (Philadelphia). August 9—W. F. Jackson, 116, Crescent Athletic Club v. Manor Field (New York). August 9—E. M. Mann, 103 (ret.), Germantown B v. Philadelphia. August 9—H. S. Harned, 106* (ret.), Germantown B v. Philadelphia. August 9—E. I,. Phillips, 113 (ret.), West Philadelphia v. Philadel­ phia. August 16—C. G. Cox, 103*, Falls of Schuykill v. Germantown Boys’ Club. Mann and Harned put up 230 for first wicket, a record in Philadelphia Clip matches. On August 2, M. Lane took 8 wickets for 8 runs for Germantown British-Amcricans v. Centenial. F. F. Kelly has not forgotten how to bowl, though of late he seems to have devoted more attention to batting. On August 23 for New York Veterans v. Richmond County he took 5 for 23. T. Baker, on August 24, playing for Anglo-Americans v. Vernon C.C., at Van Cortlandt Park, New York, took 6 wickets without a run scored off him. On August 20, playing for Columbia Oval v. S. S. Minnewaska, A. P. Jeffery went right through an innings of 54 without scoring ! W EST IN D IE S. C. Allan Browne, brother of Cyril Browne, of the Clapham Ramblers, scored 107* for Spartans v. Pickwick, Barbados, 011 August 16. The boys of the Lodge School, Barbados, visited St. Lucia in August. They defeated St. Lucia College in an innings—191 for 4. dec. -‘C. A. Wood 74*) to 38 and 48. R. W. Farmer took 6 for 16 in the College’s first innings, and A. D. V. Ince 4 for 1 in the second. They also beat a College Past, and Present Team by 149 (C. A. Woolward 69, including five 6’s) to 81. CANADA. Some recent centuries :— July 1—A. H. Gibson, no, Hamilton v. Toronto. August 2—H. S. Reid, 111*, Rosedale v. Eatons (Toronto). August 9—F. A. Sparks, 112*, University Incogniti v. Victoria A. August 16—Capt. Foulkes, 101*, Garrison v. Oak Bay A (Victoria). August 16—F. C. B. Cave, 173, New Westminster v. Cedar Cottage (B.C.). Gibson’s is not very recent, but I am not sure that it has been recorded before. In Winnipeg cricket the Wanderers (now winners of the John Ross Robertson Cup) have been scoring well. On July 19 they fran up 258 for 6 v. Winnipeg—W. Murray 57*, R. Bingham 53, K. Habershon 49, T. Smith 37; and a week later they made 2oi for 4 v. St. jude's—K. Habershon 97, T. Smith 75*. The Wanderers' new ground, on Carruthers Avenue, was opened bv Sir Hugh John Macdonald on August 11, when the Wanderers’ side played and beat a selecctd Winnipeg Cricket Association team. Some particulars of the game are given elsewhere. A team of Yorkshiremen have issued a challenge to play All Toronto this month, and H. S. Reid has taken up the gauntlet 011 behalf of Toronto. BERMUDA. Capt. R. O’H. Livesay, the Kent batsman, scored 169 for F Co. v. H Co. of the Hamilton Garrison on August 9. His side’s total was only 232. He hit eight 6’s and twelve 4’s. The New York Veterans visited Hamilton in mid-August. They played the Garrison on August 12 and 13. The Garrison ran up 294— Q.-M.-S, Cronin 99, Capt. R. O ’H. Livesay 55, Lieut. Cooper 53. The Veterans, who batted first, made 143 (G. W. Hayman 42) and 144 for 9 (C:. Simpson 48). Cronin and Cooper added 186 for the fourth wicket of the Garrison. In the Veterans’ first Sergpant Luinsden took , 5 58; Corporal Clarke had 7 for 70 in the match. H. R. Nicoll, who had bowled well for the A ll New York XV. iagainst the Australians, took 5 for 88 and L. W. Staughton 4 for 41 for the visitors. On August 14 and 15 the Veterans were beaten in an innings by the Hamilton C.C. They made only 82 in their first innings, F. F. Kelly top scorer with 31*. Hamilton had two down for 24; but S. C. Spurling (64) and J. R. Conyers took the score past their opponents’ total before they were separated, adding 96 in a ll; then G. C. Conyers (20) helped his brother to add 56; and still another Conyers, N. (there were four of the clan playing), helped in a curious last wicket stand. J. R. Conyers and Meyer were together after the fall of the eighth wicket, but the former retired after making 141 (sixteen 4's) without a chance, and his brother joined Meyer and added some more. Fifty- eight runs were scored between the fall of the eighth and ninth wicket; but three batsmen shared in making them, and unless the elder Congers was hurt or ill it would seem that his retirement should have been considered the fall of the ninth wicket. In their second innings the Veterans could only make 82 (C. E. Marshall 26). Gerald Conyers, who was away recruiting his health while the Australians were in Bermuda, took 11 for 73 in the match. He would have made a big difference in the quality of the attack if he had been playing in the Australian games. The N.Y. Veterans’ team consisted of : J. S. Bretz (captain), L. E. Bretz, R. J. Danby, G. W. Hayman, A. G. Iloskings, F. F. Kelly, C. E. Marshall, H. R. Nicoll, C. Simpson, L. W. Staughton, and O. Turville. CEYLON. Colombo easily defeated Up-country in the match played during the August Carnival at Colombo. But the planters’ side was scarcely representative. They lacked A. L. Gibson, their admitted crack and usual leader, C. B. Rubie, their wicket-keeper, H. B. Daniell, one of their best bowlers, Captain H. V. Greer, and A. M. Clarke. O11 the other hand Colombo were without V. F. S. Crawford. P. R. May captained the visiting side, which included J. L. S. Vidler, the old Oxonian. Colombo made 339, all but one man getting double figures, but no one reaching 50, an unusual thing in so big a total. B. J. A. Fawcett (49) and J. E. Hellard (49) put up 93 for the first wicket; and W. T. Greswell (32), J. C. Johnson (45), R. W. Forbes (25), C. C. B. Lover (39), and C. H. Kilmister (27*) all hit well for their runs. Greswell was practically unplayable by the Up-country men in their first innings. He tock 8 for 25. Two wickets were down without a run, 3 for 9, 4 for 16, 5 for 20, 6 for 24, 7 for 31, 8 for 41, 9 for 53, io for 54. Following on, the planters did much better. R. C. F. Nailer, the old Bedfordian, made 58, H. G. Cornish 28; the total was 180. Greswell took 5 for 89 this time. L. C. Davies is the first batsman to reach i.ooo runs in Ceylon cricket this year. He scored his thousandth on August 2. F. W. Dias made 101 for Sinhalese C.C. v. Secretariat on August 1. J. J. Wall made in* by big hitting for Colombo C.C. (A Team) v. Prince of Wales’ College on July 26, and O. L. F. Senaratne scored 101 for the College. INDIA. On August i.s and 16 the Poona Gymkhana met a team of the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway, whinh incuded well-known Parsi cricketers in F. P. Colabawalla and J. S. Warden, and Hindus ia P. Baloo, K. A. Date, and D. K. Telang. The Gymkhana made 320— Kerr 79, Stephenson 71, Capt. Haughton 70. The railway side suc­ cumbed for 128 in their first innings; but following on they made 324 for 3 wickets. A. L. Smith (20) and Colabawalla (62) gave the side a good strat ; Warden and Colabawalla took the score to 145; but the pace was hottest when Warden and Date were together. The famous Parsi made 107, a capital innings despite two chances, and the Hindu crack scored 70*. They added about 150 together.