Cricket 1913

CR I CKE T : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. September 20, 1013. G ilb e rt, and R a ik e s, and som e w h o , when they h a ve p la y ed , h a ve done v e ry little. S om eh ow or oth er the notion has g o t ab road that the heaviest run -getters in M in o r C o u n ty cricket are one and all fliers. Mow m an y o f these h ea v y run -getters h a ve m ade, s a y , 40 cen tu ries in their lives in a n y cla ss of cricket ? H ow m an y o f them have made a dozen in M in o r C o u n ty C h am p io n sh ip m a tch es? 1 b elieve real class b ats to be v e ry scarce indeed in M in o r cricket. T h e re is all the difference in the w o rld between y o u r m erely go od b a t and y o u r re a lly class b at, and , stran g e to relate in the face o f the va st am oun t o f cricket th at is p la yed , there is a lw a y s a la rg e num ber of peop le w h o qu ite fail to app reciate th is fact. P ro b a b ly they do not th ink of it. I do not w ish to offend an yon e when 1 say that I have seen o n ly three class b ats p la y in g in M in o r cricket. T h a t is pu rely an exp ression o f op in ion and ju st as lik e ly to be w ro n g , or righ t, as that of the g a lla n t w h o s a y s he has seen dozen s. T h a t w ou ld mean on ly that the standard of quali ■ tication to p ass into h is ideal class is not the same as it is for m ine. T h a t is a ll. W h o are the th ree ? 1 hear som eone ask . A h ! there 1 m ust ask to be excu sed . P o st F ree P o st F rre 4 ^ d . t h e 4 ^ d . CLUB CRICKETERS HANDBOOK and Directory of Clubs and Secretaries for 1 9 1 3 . Edited by E. A. C, THOMSON and W. H. LONG. The Club Cricketers’ H andbook is recognised as the guide to Club Cricket and Cricketers In addition to a number of specially contributed articles by the leadin g writers on Cricket, it contains the full names and addresses of secretaries, w ith particulars of the grounds, of over a thousand clubs in England. Biographies and portraits of w ell-known C lub Cricketers are a feature of the H andbook. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED. The Profits are devoted to the Club Cricketers’ Charity Fund, and ihe editors, contributors and publishers give their services gratis in the cause of charity. CRICKET&SPORTSPUBLISHERS, Ltd. 3 5 3 , STRAND, LONDON, W.C. NEW ZEALAND CRICKET AND CRICKETERS. (C on tinued from p a g e 6 17.) In 1884-5 A u ck lan d went on tou r a g a in . T h e y beat O ta g o b y 5 w ickets, b u t lost to C an terb u ry in an in n in g s, and drew w ith W e llin g to n . C an ter­ bu ry and O ta g o met tw ice, C an te rb u ry w in n in g b y 9 w icke ts at C h ristch u rch , and O ta g o b y 2 w ickets at D uned in . W e llin g to n beat N elson by 191 runs, bu t lost to H aw k e ’s B a y at N ap ier b y 5 w ickets. M R . L. S . H E M U S ( A u c k l a n d ). T h e standard o f b a ttin g w a s v e ry o b v io u s ly on the up grad e. O n ly one cen tu ry w as m ade— F . W ild in g ’s 104 fo r C an te rb u ry v . A u c k la n d— -but am on g the oth er ind ividu al scores recorded were such as G . W h ite ’s 87 (H aw k e ’s Hay v . W e llin g ­ ton), W . E . B a rto n ’s 83 (A u c k lan d v . W e llin g ­ ton), W . J. C o tte rill’s 74* (C an terb u ry v . O ta g o at C h ristchu rch ), H . H . S e c re ta n ’s 72 (C an terb u ry v. A u ck lan d ), C . S . S ta ffo rd ’s 63 (A u c k lan d v . W e l­ lin g ton ), W . V . M ilto n ’s 57 (C an terb u ry v . O ta g o at D un ed in ), W . P a r k e r ’s 54* (O ta g o v . C an te r­ bu ry at D un ed in ), and R . V . B la c k lo c k ’s cap ital doub le o f 51 and 50 (W e llin g to n v-. A u c k lan d ). C a n te r b u ry ’s total v . A u c k lan d 347, w as quite the h igh est of the season. A u c k lan d d ism issed O ta g o in their second in n in g s for 35, and H a w k e ’s