Cricket 1913

September 27, 1913. CR I CKE T : A WE l iKL \ RECORD OF THE GAME. 655 Club Cricket Notes and Jottings. T . A . L W h ittin g to n headed the N eath b a ttin g — 504 in 9 com pleted in n in g s, a vera g e 56. A . E . F re eth y cam e second , w ith 38.33. H a ck e r took 63 w ickets fo r the club at between 10 and 11 each, and B estw ick 64 at ju st under 13. E ig h t m atches were won , 6 d raw n , 4 lost. O ld h and s are to the fore in the W a n d e r e r s ’ bat­ tin g a v e ra g e s. L . S . W e lls head s them , w ith 652 runs at 46.57 per in n in g s ; T . C . S taffo rd is second, w ith total 722, a v e ra g e 42.46; and R . K enw a rd (30.96), S ta n le y C o lm an (28.52), D r. H . C . P retty (28 .11), and P . G . G a le (24.24) are am o n g the next seven . A ll o f these h a ve been p la y in g fo r the club for a g o o d ish tim e. A rth u r S im s, the N ew Z ealand p la yer, is th ird w ith 475 and an a ve ra g e o f 39.58; and the oth ers o ver 20 are F . S . G ille sp ie (37.07), C . P . H u rd itch (27.71), C . F . R e in er (24.16), J. U . C . W a tt (21.33), and T . J. B ru ce (21.00). W . M . B ra d le y , the o ld K e n t fa st bow ler, has taken most w ick e ts (55); N . J. H o llow a y heads the b ow l­ in g a ve ra g e s, bu t p la y ed little. Between him and B ra d le y com e F . L . M o re y, w ith 19 at 17.42 each, and C . F . R e in er, w ith 25 at 18 .12. B ra d le y ’s a v era g e is 20.30, and L . S . W e lls (28 w ickets), ii. J. B rid g e r (39), P . G . G a le (25), F . S . G ille sp ie (31), and R . K e n w a rd (42), o f those w h o pu t in a fair am oun t o f b ow lin g , were a ll more exp en sive than he. T h e W a n d e re rs w on 16 m atches, drew 14, lost 8. T . C . S taffo rd made three cen tu ries for them , R . K e n w a rd two, and D r . F . M o rris one. T h e O ld O la v ia n s have had a most, successfu l season. O f 26 m atch es p la yed they won 17 and lost o n ly 3 ; their runs were 4,809 for 210 w ickets, a v era g e 22.9, w h ile their oppon en ts a g g re g a te d 3,255 fo r 252 w ickets, a vera g e 12.9. W . B . Ow en (a vera ge 44.7), H . B essell (32.4), and P . B row n low (28.2) all totalled o ver 600 ru n s; C . J. H . Pearson (33.9), W . J. W illiam s (20.5), and A . H . W ils o n (19 .7) had a g g re g a te s o f between 300 and 400; p la y in g less frequ en tly, or sc o rin g less h e a v ily , M . P earson a vera ged 21.8, G . H . Pearson 17.5, A . L . H a ll 16.6, A . C . G ran t 13.5, L . G . B ish o p p 13.4, W . G . Bessell (280 runs) 13.3, and D . O a k e 11.2 . W . J. W illiam s (94 w ickets at 9.1 each) and A . H . W ils o n (54 at 13.0) were the m a in sta y s of the a ttack , H . B essell (26 at 10.5), L . G . B ish opp (21 at 13.5), W . B . Ow en (18 at 14.3), and C . J. H . P earson (11 at 11.3 ) g iv in g them useful assistan ce. T h e G ran th am C .C . has had a really go o d season . O f 41 w a tch es p la y ed 29 h ave been won, 8 d rawn , and on ly 4 lost. T h e run s for h a ve been 6,556 for 309 w ickets, a v era g e 2 1 ,2 ; runs a g a in st 4,348 for 395, a vera g e 11.0 . A m o n g the batsmen T . II. Bowm an has registered the h igh est ind ividu al score — 164*. W . B ain es has p la y ed in n in g s o f 102*, 101, and 66 ; W . E . T h om p son o f 101, 89, 76, 66, and 5 7 ; M . W . A p p le b y o f 95 and 50; M . B ro u g h ­ ton o f 70, 59, and 52 ; A . R . R o o k s b y o f 98 and 53*. T h om p so n has the h igh est a g g re g a te (684), th o u gh j . W . C la rk e (5 inn in g s) and B ain es (10), each with o ver 41 per in n in g s, head him in the a vera g es. In the b ow lin g line M . W . A p p le b y has done grea t th in g s— 587 overs, 178 m aidens, 1,307 runs, 177 w ickets, a v e ra g e 7.3, are figu res w ith an eloquence o f their ow n . W . A . B ead sm oore (64 at 10.5 each) and F . W . H ilson (37 at 10.1) were his ch ief su p ­ po rters. A p p le b y ’s perform ances include such as 9 fo r 32, 9 for 49, 8 fo r 3 1, 7 fo r 16, 7 for 20, 6 for 13, and 6 fo r 15 ; and in every case a g a in st good team s. T h e a v e ra g es o f the N orth o f S co tlan d L e a gu e h ave reached m e. E lg in C ity took first place, w ith 8 w ins and 2 d raw s ou t o f 10 m atches, fo llow ed b y F o rre s S t. L aw ren ce , N airn C o u n ty , Northern C ou n ties, C itad e l, and In vern ess S t. A n d rew s. A . P . G o rdon C um m in g (F orres) heads the b a t­ tin g , w ith 71.20 per in n in g s, follow ed b y A . G . C o c k b u rn (E lg in ) w ith 53.14, H . A n d erson (E lg in ) w ith 36.83, J. M acdonald (C itad el) w ith 25.55, R . I I . L . W h ite la w (N airn ) w ith 24.60, M . j . G ran t-P e terk in (Forres) w ith 21.50 , D . A . M ’ L ean (N airn ) w ith 21.00, and W . A . F ra se r (N . C ou n ties) w ith 20.00. T h irteen oth er re gu la r p la y ers have doub le figu re a v era g es. E ig h t bow lers took 25 or more w ickets, and the h igh est a v era g e w as o n ly ju st o v er 13. J. M a c­ don ald had the b ig g e s t b a g— 39. In order o f a v e r­ a g e the e ig h t were : L . D . F o rrest (Forres), C a p t. R . S . G ordon (E lg in ), C . B . M atheson (N . C o u n ­ ties), J. M acdon a ld (C itad el), G . B ran d s (Forres), S . A itk en (N . C oun ties), F . M acken zie (C itadel), and D . G ran t (N airn ). It is evid en t that cricket in the H ig h la n d s con ­ tinues to im p ro v e ; and the p la y ers there owe much to the en e rg y and tact o f the L e a g u e ’s hon . sec., M r. W illiam Sm ith , o f O x fo rd H o u se, In vern ess. T h e G en tlem en o f E sse x p la y ed nine m atches th is season , w in n in g 3, lo s in g 2, and d raw in g 4. M r. W . H u g h e s (hon . sec., K n o w le and D o rrid g e C .C .) w rites to tell me that E . E . K e n y o n , w ho p la yed for M on treal a g a in s t the A u stra lian s, is an old m em ber o f the S u tto n (S u rrey ) C .C . H e is w ith the G u ard ian A ssu ra n ce C o ., and in S ep tem ­ ber, 1910, w as tran sferred to B irm in g h am . P la y