Cricket 1913

September 27, 19l3. C R I C K E t : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S ta nm o r e v . H i g h g a t e . — H ig h g a te , 14 7 ; C . H . P u rn ell 95, J. E . W h ite h e a d 23. S tanm o re, 122 f u r 4 ; E . W e l l s 42, C . F . W e lc h 26*, J. H . B o d y 23. P u rn ell hit one 5 and fifteen 4 ’s, p la y in g a great g am e fo r h is side. W . A . B arn e s for S tanm ore had 7 fo r 48. P u tn e y v . K i n g s t o n . — K in g s to n , 137 for 6, d e c .; S . F en le y 60. P u tn e y , 129 for 6 ; F ish e r 70. W em b i.ey v . M e l r o s e . — M elrose, 93 ; A . M ason 27, K in g 17*, Y o u n g 16. W em b le y , 132 for 5 ; H aw le y 88*, C a v e 30. A . M ason w en t in when 2 were down fo r o, and played go o d cricket. H aw ley p layed a cap ital in n in g s for W em b le y , b e in g very stro n g on the off, th o u gh be n ibbled at one or two better left alone. S ep tem b er 20. W e s t K e n t W a n d e r e r s v . D o v e r R o a d .— D o v e r R o a d , 6 3 ; F . E . B row n 22. W . K .W . , 127 fo r 8 ; A . B ron sden 38, H . S im p son 25. S . E . T h o r p for th e w inn ers took 5 fo r 28. D e r r ic k W a n d e r e r s v . A f r ic a n B a n k s .— A fr i­ can B an k s, 83; E . G . R e yn o ld s 22. D . W an d e re rs, 2 14 ; H . R . R enn ie 34, T . W .B row n 34, W . G . H an k in 22. F o r the w inn ers H an k in took 7 for 52. A p t u s v . B e u la h . — B eu lah , 93. A p tu s , 94 for 7. A d isa p p o in tin g sh ow b y B elu ah . M athiesen , L o v e , and S ta rb u ck m ade a few , bu t more ou gh t to have been scored . I l f o r d v . L .& N .W .R .— Ilford , 138; J. Pattison 60*, E . C u ttle 39, L .& N .W .R ., 225 fo r 6 ; A . E . W ils o n 133*. A rea lly line w in for the railw ay men, th o u gh two men were ch iefly responsib le. P . G . S k ilto n ta k in g 8 fo r 39, in c lu d in g the hat trick, and W ils o n m a k in g his 133* in 100 m inutes P attison and C u ttle, w h o added 102 for the ninth w icket a fter 8 had fallen fo r 36, p la yed up sp len d id ly for Ilfo rd . E d m o n to n v . A r li n g t o n and L e y t o n s t o n e .— A . and L ., 95 ; B a rcla y 46*. Edm on ton , 43 ; G reen - h a lg h 26*. F o r the w inn ers, B a rcla y 7 for 26 (in ­ c lu d in g hat trick), R u ffe ls 3 for 12. E dm on ton had 4 down fo r 1, and 7 fo r 8 ! G r e v i l l e v . B r on d e sb u u y I I .— B ron d esb u ry , 122; H . S . D unn 32. G re v ille , 257 for 1 ; C . Jones 1 1 7 * , W . D . B a y lis 94, O . E . D unn 26*. Jones and B a y lis put up 189 fo r G r e v ille ’s first w ic k e t; the form er m ade 99 in the p reviou s match v . B ron d esb u ry II. F o r the w inn ers A . M . D unn took 4 fo r 30, B a y lis 3 fo r 16. L o se r’s a n a ly sis not on record ! In their tw o gam es v . B ron d esbu ry II. th is season G re v ille h ave totalled 492 fo r 7 a g a in st 156 for 20. B u t th ey c a n ’t fix up m atches w ith B ro n d e sb u ry ’s first team ! The First-Class Season of 1913. T h e summ er o f 1913 w as not the equal o f that g o ld e n season in 19 11. T o o often sk ies were g r e y , and rain seemed interm ittent. B u t after all there w as no v e ry g re a t am oun t o f rain, th o u gh the season b eg an and ended d am p ly ; and if the north­ easters w h ich were la r g e ly respon sib le for the g r e y sk ies o f 1913 were not a lto ge th er w elcom e to p la y ers there w as com pen sation in the fa ct that a north ­ easter seldom b rin g s rain . T h e w a te rlo g g ed con d i­ tion s o f alm o st the w h o le month o f A u g u s t, 1912, w ere sp asm od ic and b rief, not ch ron ic and lo n g - co n tin u in g in 1913. A s a g a in st the 263 m atches o f 1912, when two co lon ia l team s w ere w ith u s and n ine test m atches were p la y ed , there were 215 m atch es th is season, le a v in g ou t o f accoun t the g am es between M .C .C . and M idd lesex and M .C .C . and N otts, abandoned o w in g to rain . T h e coun ty ch am p ion sh ip a c ­ coun ted for*i82 o f the 2 1 5 ; the rem a in in g 33 m a y be thu s b riefly listed : 20 p la yed b y the two U n i­ versities (that in wh ich th ey met on e another c ou n t­ in g o n ly once, o f course), 3 b y the M .C .C . a g a in st cou n ty sides, 3 G en tlem en v . P la y e r s ’ gam es, and 7 others (N a v y v . A rm y , L an ca sh ire v . Y o rk s h ir e ou tside the ch am p ion sh ip , Y o rk s h ir e v . X I . o f E n g la n d at H a rro g a te , S u rre y v . S co tlan d , M r. L . R o b in s o n ’s X I . v . K e n t, L o rd L o n d e s b o ro u g h ’s X I . v . K e n t, and K e n t and Y o r k s h ir e v . R e st o f E n g lan d ). In these 215 m atches 473 p la y e rs took part, o f whom 242 p la y ed in 10 or more in n in g s, w h ile 85 appeared in o n ly one m atch each. T h e total o f p la y ers last y ea r w a s 578, in 1911 it w as 487, in 1910 457, and in 1909 (an A u stra lian yea r) 503. O f the 473 as m an y as 56 totalled o ver 1,000 runs, and the sam e num ber topped 500, bu t did not reach 1,000. S even teen bow lers took 100 or more w ickets, and 34 took 50 or more b u t under 100. T h e tab le w h ich fo llow s is a com parison o f the last five y e a rs :— Players Players Players No. of scoring taking scoring centaries 1,000 runs. 100 wkts. Centuries. scored. 1913 56 17 98 223 1912 40 23 78 162 1911 58 21 110 257 1910 43 18 84 160 1909 43 19 77 142 In the ch am p ion sh ip K e n t stepp ed up from th ird p la ce to first, w ith a fa r b ig g e r m a rg in o f po in ts than Y o rk s h ir e had in 1912 or W a rw ic k s h ire in 1 9 11. Y o rk s h ir e were second , w e ll ahead o f the next tw o . S u rre y rose from seven th to th ird ; N o rth an ts d ropped from second to fou rth , bu t w ou ld h ave been third b u t for a defeat on the first in n in g s b y the narrow m a rg in o f 13 runs in their first m atch at the O v a l, w h ich th ey w ou ld v e ry