Cricket 1913

September 20, 1913, CR I CKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. It is impossible to give the complete bowling averages; but calcula­ tion where analyses are unavailable (and it is sometimes necessary where they are!) shows that Crawford had taken 153 wickets, Mailey 129, Macartney 104, Emery 101, Collins 39, Mayne 27, Cody 25, Arnott, Bardsley, and Campbell 12 each, Down 7, and Diamond x. The Incogniti Team in America. FIRST MATCH, V. GERMANTOWN C.C. At Manheim, Philadelphia, September 5 and 6. The visitors batted first, and put up the decent score of 216. Germantown, who lacked their captain and crack bowler, P. H. Clark, replied with 136, H. P. Austi* alone making any long stay. Melle's bowling puzzled the rest sadly. Rain rendered play impossible till after lunch on the second day. The only chance of forcing a win was by hard hitting and a declaration. Sarel and Tudor actually sent up 72 in 50 minutes before they were parted, and Mulholland took all risks and hit out with great vigour. The innings was declared at 160, and the home side set 241 to get for victory in 2 hours. H. S. Harned made 55 of the first 78; but 5 wickets were down for 102. Then T. C. Jordan and W. P. O'Neill put up a stand which saved the game. A novel expedient resorted to in order to make the pitch fit for play is worth mention. The water lay on the surface of the clover, tha ground beneath being quite hard, and the moisture was dispersed by means of ropes drawn up and down the pitch. I n c o g n it i . First Innings. C. L. St. J. Tudor, b Tripp ............. Capt. W. G. M. Sarel, b Tripp............. G. R. R. Colman, b Mann....................... M. Faloon, c Pearson, b Anderson Hon. H. G. H. Mulholland, cPrlestman. b Mann............................................. B. G. von B. Melle, o Savage, b O’Neill B. P. Dobson, b Anderson ............. C. E. Hatfeild, b Anderson ............. C. H. Eiloart, 0 Greene, bO’Neill Col, C. E. Greenway, c Tripp, b O’Neill D. M. P. Whiteombe, not o u t ............. P. Collins, b Savage ........................ E xtras............................................. Total 16 35 9 42 35 10 4 0 1 9 41 2 12 216 Second Innings, b Greene c Mann, b O’Neill b Tripp........................ notou t............. not out ... ............. 41 30 15 10 56 Extras First Inning*. R. L. Pearson, 0 Mulholland, b Melle H.S. Harned, b Falcon........................ R. P. Anderson, cMulholland, b Falcon H. P. Austin, not out ... ............. 55 W. P. Newhall, c and b Melle ... ... 18 T. C. Jordan, c Mulholland, bHatfeild 13 W. P. O’Neill, c Falcon, b Hatfeild ... 5 F. A. Greene, c and b Hatfeild............. 0 A. G. Priestman, 0 Mulholland, b Sarel 10 E. M. Mann, c and b Melle ............. 4 F. H. Tripp, c Falcon, bMelle............. 2 J. H. Savage, Jun., c Eiloart, b Melle 0 E xtras.............................................. 7 ........................ 136 Total (for 3 wkts., dec.) 160 G e r m a n t o w n . Second Innings. 6 0 Colman, b Mulholland ... 9 15 lbw, b Melle ........................ 55 1 c Sarcel, b Melle ... ... 12 b Hatfeild ....................... 13 b Hatfeild ....................... 9 b S ir e l.................................. 24 no tou t........................ ... 45 Total G e r m a n t o w n B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Savage ... Greene ... Trinp Mann Priestman Anderson O'Neill ... Newhall... Falcon ... Melle ... Hatfeild... Mulholland 0. M. R. W. ............. 13 3 38 1 8 3 25 0 ............. 8 0 56 2 ............. 6 2 27 2 ............. 3 0 14 0 ............. 9 3 21 3 ............ 8 1 23 1 wide in second innings. I n c o g n it i B o w l e r s ’ A n a l ’ O. M. R. W. ............. 9 2 46 2 8 1 40 5 7 2 28 2 1 (for 6 wkts.) ... 168 O. M. R. W. 3 0 25 0 8 1 43 1 2 0 20 I — — — —> — . — — — — — — —, 6 0 50 1 2 0 14 1 0. M. R. w 5 0 21 0 10 1 31 2 15 3 45 2 7 0 31 1 The Incogniti lost to the Gentlemen of Philadelphia by 105 runs in the third match of their tour. Backworth Percy, the most improved team in the Tyneside League, did not manage to wind up with a win; but they had the best of a drawn pame (200 for 5 dec., to 94 for 7) with Benwell Hill, the champions. Jackson, their pro., who has done excellent work for them this season, scored 77 and took 3 wickets. C ricket B ooks for S a le . — Lillywhite’s Annual (the red book), 1872 to 1900; Wisden’s 1880 to 1909; M .C.C. Scores and Biographies, Volumes 5— 14 ; other miscellaneous cricket books. What offers? J. Allerton, 84, Buccleugh Rd, Normacot, Longton, Staffs. Cricket Notes. B y E . H . D . S e w e l l . A p p a re n tly C r i c k e t w as a little prem ature in aw a rd in g the M in o r C o u n ty C h am p io n sh ip to N o r­ fo lk , fo r the comm ittee o f the M .C .C .A . meets next w eek to decide the ch am p ion sh ip fo r 1913. I d o n ’t mean that the comm itteem en are g o in g to try to b ow l each oth er ou t a cro ss the tab le or on the floor o f the comm ittee-room at L o r d ’s— that h allow ed sp o t o n ly a m illion th part o f the cricketers o f the w orld can ever have seen from the ou tside much less h ave been in to— bu t th ey are g o in g to com e to som e decision o v er the N o rfo lk -G lam o rg an m atch in w h ich the o n ly “ result ” ach ieved w as that N o rfo lk m ade more runs than G lam o rg an sh ire in the first in n in g s. B e lie v in g C r i c k e t had som e k ind o f official intim ation that the cup and m edals (im a g in a ry , o f cou rse !) g o to N o rfo lk I discussed the a b su rd ity o f re g a r d in g a first in n in g s w in in a Champion* h ip F in a l as d ecisive, in the E v en in g Standard and S t. Jam es’s Gazette o f last S a tu rd a y , before I knew that the M .C .C .A . comm ittee had y et to meet to decide the matter. A fte r th is meet­ in g has been held there m ay b e som e th in g to be said abou t it a ll. I w as much interested to read in last w e e k ’s C r i c k e t the v iew s of “ Zumm erset ” on the repre­ sen ta tive M in o r C ou n tie s eleven . H ere, if a n y ­ where, there w ill never b e a n y th in g like con cen su s o f o p in ion . S u ch a th in g is u tterly im po ssib le w ith su ch a scattered field to d raw from , and w ith selectors to select w ho h a ve not seen all the men to select from . P e rs o n a lly I th in k Z umm erset’s sid e a go o d on e, bu t w h ere his fie ld in g is c om in g from I d o n ’t k n ow . P e rh ap s he rega rd s a 7 fo r 30 and an 8 for 41 from B a rn e s as a fo regone c o n c lu ­ sion ! I d o n ’t, and I w an t an y M in o r C o u n ty X I . to be chosen from all-round fla y e r s only excep t in the case o f its w icket-keeper, its slow left-hand b ow ler and its fa st righ t-h and (I am not c o u n tin g B a rn e s as m y fast righ t). I w ill nomniate nobod y w h o is not a doub le-barrelled fo rce excep t those three. I w ou ld never h ave a M in o r C o u n ty X I . (for this year) w ithou t B arnes, F a lc o n , C a p t. C o l­ lin s, C reb er, W . B . F ra n k lin , and R ich e s in it. W h o the oth er five w ou ld be go od n e ss o n ly know s. P ro b a b ly B enn ett, H a ck e r, M o rris, T itchm a rsh , and F . W . H . N ich o la s. I w ish I cou ld a gree w ith m y E d ito r that Z um ­ m erset’s chosen X I . is go o d en o u g h to beat several first-class coun ties. T h o u g h B a rn e s and F alcon m ig h t g e t E sse x and S om erset and L eicester out ch e a p ly it is a gu in ea to a g o o seb e rry those coun ties w ou ld not let th is M in o r C o u n ty X I . g e t m an y run s. In that X I . are some p la y ers w h o h ave h a rd ly p layed at all th is y ea r, v iz : B ro u g h am ,