Cricket 1913

September 27, 1918. CR I CKE T : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. (147 Cricket: A W E E K L Y R E C O R D O F T H E GAM E . 25, WHITE STREET, MOOR LANE, E.C. SA TU R D A Y , S E P T EM B E R 27 , 1913 . Letters for the Editor should be addressed to M r, J. N. P en telow , Malvern, Steyning, Sussex. Advertisements, Subscriptions, &c , should be sent to : The Manager of C r ic k e t , 25, White Street, Moor Lane, E .C . The following are the subscription rates:— United Kingdom. Abroad. Ope Year ... ... ... 6s. 3d. ... 7s. 6d. The 24 Summer Numbers 5s. od. .. 6s. od. The 6 Winter Numbers ... is. 3d. ... is. 6d. Special Notice. Six numbers of C ricket will be issued during the winter, as usual. Their dates will be : Saturday, October 18. Saturday, November 15. Saturday, December 13. Thursday, January 15. Thursday, February 12. Thursday, Match 12. Price of the six numbers, sent post free, l/ 3 . Ipavilton (Sossip. Gjod-bye to the Season ! ’Tis over, The Oval no longer looks gay, Lord’s well might be laid down in clover, The., ladies are off and away. The bat make-i no echoes at Brighton, Trent Bridge hears no bump of the ball, Old Trafford a Trappist might frighten, And Bristol’s o’erspread with a pall. E. J. M i l l i k e n . F o r o n c e in a w a y G o ssip m ust be cu t sh o rt this w eek. T h e re is, o f cou rse, less than usual to write abou t. O u r usual summ a ry o f the season is to be f jen on oth er p a g e s, and th o u gh som e th in g more m igh t b e added here p erh ap s it w ill be found suffi­ cient. I hop e those w h o are k ind en ou gh to sa y that P a v ilio n G o ssip is to them the ch ief th in g in the p ap er w ill pardon a tem porary lap se. Som e find that figu res in la rg e doses m ake their b rain s reel. 1 d o n ’t. I like them . B u t the figu res g iv en th is week h a ve cost me m an y an hou r of hard and patien t w ork— hard a lth ou gh done con amors. I d o n ’t know how I shou ld h ave go t th rou gh them in tim e bu t fo r the k in d ly aid o f a reader as keen as m y se lf. T o M r. W a lte r T . Jones, o f S ou th C ro yd o n , w h o has checked ev ery figu re in the b a ttin g and b o w lin g tables and has w ritten a ll the a vera g es ou t in a fa ir hand that I can adm ire and en v y , bu t alas !— not emulate, m y b est th an k s. A ck n ow le d gm en t here is due to h im , I th ink. O u r com p s, shou ld arise and call him b lessed . T h e y m a y not do so. T h e a ve ra g e com p , does not, I th in k , su fficien tly app reciate the benefit of fa ir c o p y . B u t he does qu ite su fficien tly resent bad c o p y . W h ic h , after a ll, is hum an nature. M ost o f us are more keen ly a liv e to ou r griev an ces than to the th in g s fo r w h ich we h a ve cause to be th an k fu l. T h e S y d n ey R eferee, o f A u g u s t 6, has a para­ g ra p h abou t the Am e rican tou r o f the A u stra lian s. P riv a te letters received in M elbou rne indicate, it sa y s, that som e o f the m em bers o f the team are c on sid e ra b ly d isappo in ted , and inclined to con sider that the p rosp ects held ou t to them have not been squ alled b y the rea lity . B u t between that state o f d issatisfaction and the b e in g a b so lu tely stranded is a w ide g u l f ; and I note that the Sportsm an of F r i­ d a y last con trad icts the sto ry , as I had exp ected . M r . W . W . D o w , o f S ea ttle, W a s h in g to n S ta te, w rites. “ W e , the p ioneers o f the g am e in the N o rth -W e st, can w atch w ith interest its g r o w ­ in g p o p u la rity in th is d istrict, and see ou r efforts now b e a rin g fru it. T h e recent v isit o f the A u s ­ tralian s has done a w orld of g o o d ; you canno t im ag in e the enhusiasm th ey a ro u s e d .” M y c o r r e s p o n d e n t g o e s on to s a y that he is sure that g a te s w ill be better in fu tu re tou rs, if such shou ld be m ade. C ric k e t in C a n a d a and the S ta tes has v e ry fo rm id ab le riv a ls in b aseb a ll and lacro sse; tenn is, R u g b y foo tball, and g o lf are all th o ro u g h ly estab lished ; and M r. D ow b elieves that there is a b ig fu tu re for cricket. M e e n c lo s e s the scores o f all g am es in the P acific .N orth-W est T ou rn am en t at V ic to ria , and 1 hop e to g iv e particu lars o f the tou rnam ent on another p a g e — or in the O cto b er num ber, sh ou ld it be crowded ou t o f th is. M r. D ow w en t to V ic to ria to see the A u stra lian s p la y in M a y , and the ph o to g raph w h ich appeared in the J u ly 19 issue w as h is w o rk— th o u gh , un fo rtun a tely , an attem pt to en large it in the process o f b lo ck -m ak in g failed to do ju stice to the clearness o f the o rig in a l. T h e in c re a se in C r ic k e t ’ s o v ersea s m ail d u rin g the last tw o yea rs is a sto n ish in g . N e a rly every d a y b rin g s me a b u d g et o f new s from the other cricket coun tries, and som etim es com es a letter from a quarter w h ere no cricket is, and a lover o f the gam e, se e in g it not at a ll, is even keener on the paper that b rin g s to him new s o f it w herever p la yed than those w ho can w atch and p la y it are.