Cricket 1913

September 27, 1913. CR I CKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. Hobbs scored four centuries in five successive matches. Mead (C.P.) scored three in three successive matches. Tyldesley (E.) scored his three in the course of four successive matches. Tyldesley (J. T.) artice scored two in successive matches. C. J. B. Wood scored his two in successive matches. The following each made two centuries in successive innings : Hobbs (twice), Mead (C. P.) (twice), Haywood, Hearne (W. J.), Relf (A. i.), S. G. Smith, Tarrant, and the Hon. L. H. Tennyson. The names of W. G. K. Boswell, A. W. Carr, Chester, G. R. R. Colman, B. S. Cumberlege, W. H. Denton, M. H. C. Doll, Capt. G. Ii. S. Fowke, Harrison, Hyman, Jupp, Kilner, A. H. Lang, Lee, F. T. Mann, C. D. Mclver, J. W. W. Nason, Parsons, W. N. Riley, Russell, Sandham, S. H. Saville, Seymour (John), the Hon. L. H. Tennyson, A. C. Wilkinson, and H. L. Wilson are new to the first- class century list. The total of 26 such is only one below the number in 1911, and more than double that of 1912, when there were only 11 actual new names, first class cricket in all countries being taken under review. A m o n g the bow lers B ooth m ade a v e ry marked ad van ce, and D ra k e w as more prom inen t than ever b efore. F ield er, th o u g h he has lost som e o f his old pace, w as in som e th in g like his old form . Dean and H u d d leston fo r L an ca sh ire, B u rrow s fo r W o r ­ cestersh ire, D ennett fo r G lou cestersh ire, B ly th e for K e n t, Irem on ge r and W a s s for N otts, T a rran t and J. W . H earn e fo r M idd lesex, A lb e rt R e lf for S u sse x , H itch for S u rre y , T h om p so n , S . G . Sm ith , and W e lls for N o rth an ts, were a ll in fine form . N o H am p sh ire, E ssex , D erb y sh ire , or L eicestersh ire b ow ler o f the men w ell tried hitherto w a s qu ite at h is b e s t; bu t G e a ry and S k e ld in g show ed good p rom ise fo r L eicestersh ire, S la te r m ig h t h ave been g iv en more w o rk for D e rb y sh ire w ith po ssib le ad ­ v a n ta g e to h is side, and K e n n e d y w as, o f course, h and icapped to som e exten t b y the illness which kept him ou t o f the field for two m on ths. F ra n k F o ste r fell sho rt o f h is true fo rm ; he was not in the best o f health at tim es, and perh ap s has had a little too much cricket d u rin g the last two y ea rs. It is w ell for W a rw ic k s h ire that he is not g o in g to S ou th A fr ic a . F ie ld , su rely the un lu ck iest cricketer p la y in g , w a s a g a in g re a tly hand icapped b y in ju ries. P a rk e r, C u ffe, C o x , R o b ert R e lf, and o th ers w h o m igh t be named, were u sefu l bu t com ­ p a ra tiv e ly un d istin gu ish ed . Jeeves did sp lend id w ork fo r W a rw ic k s h ire , and G a n g e shou ld p ro v e v e ry u sefu l to G lou cestersh ire in the fu tu re. B o th men can b at as w ell as b o w l; and y o u n g C h ester o f W o rceste rsh ire can bow l as w ell a s bat, bu t C h e ste r ’s fu tu re usefu lness is like ly to be m a in ly as a batsm an , w h ile the other tw o w ill coun t fo r more as bow lers. A m o n g the am ateu rs B . G . von B . M elle w as qu ite the ’V a r s ity bow ler o f the y ea r. H . L . S imm s show ed in h is few m atches th at he had lost none o f h is fo rm . J. C . W h ite cam e near to com pensat­ in g Som erset fo r the absence o f G resw ell. A . Jaques is a better bow ler than his figu res m ake him ou t, and so perh ap s is G . B . D a v ie s. John D o u g ­ las w a s d is a p p o in tin g ; he seemed ab le to do n o th in g rig h t, b u t he stu ck g r im ly to h is w o rk , and one w ou ld not b e su rp rised to find him d o in g w ell both w ith b at and b all in S ou th A frica . BOWLING AVERAGES. T able I.— T hose who have taken ten or more w ickets . Barnes (S. F.) ............. 4 147.1 50 35 * 35 10.02 Alletson ( E .) ........................ 4 54-2 *4 120 10 12.00 H. L. Simms........................ 4 128.3 27 369 24 * 5-37 B. G. von B. M elle............. 9 350-2 in 875 55 * 5-90 R. W. Sievwright............. 2 71.0 *5 240 *5 16.00 Blythe (C.) ........................ 34 1120.2 299 2729 167 16.34 N. J. Holloway ............. 12 336.5 82 93 * 55 16.92 Drake (A.) ........................ 32 808.0 225 *965 116 16.93 Tarrant (F. A.) ............. 25 * 986.3 246 2323 136 17.08 S. G. Sm ith........................ 24 860.0 274 * 9*5 111 * 7-25 Smith (W .C .)........................ 13 452.2 *25 1127 65 * 7-33 Thompson (G. J . ) ............. 23 974-4 254 2569 148 * 7-35 Tate (M.) ........................ 4 72.0 22 *93 11 * 7-54 Rclf (A. E.) ........................ 35 1219.4 408 2552 * 4 * 18.09 D. W. C a r r ........................ 11 302.1 47 1102 60 18.36 Dean (H.) ........................ 21 962.4 247 2260 123 18-37 Booth (M. W.) ............. 33 1* 53-0 *85 3342 181 I8.46 Hitch (J. W .) ........................ 28 959-0 169 3228 *74 * 8-55 Woolley (F. E.) ............. 27 627.5 176 1542 83 * 8-57 Morton (A.) ........................ 16 498.1 *36 ** 5 * 61 18.86 Benskin (W. E.) ............. 2 83-5 12 292 *5 19.46 Fielder (A.) ........................ 27 7 * 4-3 i *7 2262 116 19.50 Heap (J. S .) ........................ 26 583-2 180 1214 62 *9.58 Faidservice (W. J.) 20 405-5 127 963 49 •9-65 E. R. Wilson ............. 7 176.5 63 354 18 19.66 Huddleston (W.) ............. 26 1081.0 336 2224 **3 19.68 J. C. W h ite ........................ 16 772-3 208 1832 93 19.69 H. M. Bannister ............. 3 77.2 17 219 1• 19.90 Hirst (G.H.) ........................ 29 843-4 218 2034 101 20.13 Pearson (F.) ........................ 21 355-0 53 1038 5 * 20.35 Dennett (G. E.) ............. 22 1173.2 289 3*39 *53 20.51 G. M. Louden ............. 5 136.2 25 372 18 20.66 Haigh (S.) ........................ 22 359-2 98 79 * 38 20.81 W. A. Powell........................ 6 77-3 *7 229 11 20.81 Jeeves (P.) ........................ 24 780.5 208 2214 106 20.88 H. F. Garrett ............. 10 200.5 32 670 32 20.93 W. W. O d ell........................ 2 92.4 21 231 11 21.00 Wass (T.) ........................ 18 759-3 *56 2059 98 21.01 Wells (W.) ........................ 16 506.0 92 *495 7 * 21.05 Cadman (S.) ....................... 17 475-2 162 *044 49 21.30 Burrows (R. D.) ............. 19 616.0 92 2141 100 21.41 Whitehead (R.) ............. 21 706.1 *59 *734 80 21.67 Rushby (T.) ........................ 21 741.4 *95 1910 88 21.70 Bridges (J.) ..................... . 9 228.4 42 761 35 21.74 Rhodes (W.) ........................ 3 * 723.0 203 1882 86 21.88 G. B. Davies........................ 21 377-3 46 *255 57 22.01 Iremonger (J.) ............. 20 969.1 3*9 2079 94 22.11 Hearne (J. W.) ............. 28 826.0 107 2761 124 22.26 A. H. Fyffc ........................ 4 104.4 11 379 *7 22.29 Newman ( J .) ........................ .•8 950-4 223 2643 **7 22.58 Hon. H. G. H. Mulholland 8 90.2 5 345 *5 23.00 Kennedy ( A .) ........................ 21 646.1 *42 1894 82 23.09 G. G. Napier........................ 12 290.3 56 955 4 * 23.29 Hearne (J. T.) ............. 22 812.2 259 1681 72 23-34 Relf (R. R .) ........................ 26 574-3 1*7 *529 65 23 52 K. G. MacLeod ............. 10 126.4 24 405 *7 23.82 G. A. Faulkner ............. 3 67.1 7 240 10 24.00 P. Havelock Davies 9 281.1 39 892 37 24.10 Cuffe (J. A . ) ........................ 20 456.3 90 1222 50 24.44 Humphreys (E.) ............. 26 239-4 39 709 29 24.44 Bracey (F. E). ............. 13 219.2 40 637 26 24.50 S. J. Pegler........................ 5 I 3I-4 20 490 20 24.50 H. Hesketh-Prichard 7 * 53-5 16 565 23 24.56 Cranfield (L .)........................ 6 104.3 28 295 12 24.58 E. L. Kidd ........................ 12 216.5 23 9*7 37 24.78 Field (F. E .) ........................ 12 3*8-0 7 o 869 35 24.82 G. L. Jessop........................ 12 230.1 38 650 26 25.00 East (W.) ........................ 8 176.2 53 403 16 25.18 Cox (G. R . ) ........................ 25 509.0 **3 1310 S2 25.18 Kilner (R.) ........................ 23 202.4 5 5 454 18 25.22 F. R. Foster........................ 22 837-3 ‘ 97 2345 92 25.48 Gange .................................. 14 380.3 54 *387 54 25.68 Riley (W.) ........................ 15 543-0 184 1165 45 25.88 Geary (G.) ........................ 20 747-5 163 2055 79 26.01 Clarke (P.) ........................ 6 128.4 11 469 18 26.05 W. C. Hands........................ 9 213.2 33 O79 20 26.11 Coe (S.) ........................ *3 * 63-3 37 444 *7 26.11 J. W. H. T. Douglas ... 22 567.0 83 1780 68 26.17 H. C. McDonell ............. 7 168.4 20 681 26 26.19 Mead (W.) ........................ 12 3 * 9-4 87 760 29 26.20 Vincett (J. H.) ............. 28 588.4 130 *735 66 26.28 Cook (L.) ........................ 4 137.0 29 37 o *4 26.42 J. N. Fraser........................ 8 *89.3 29 635 24 26.45 Slater (A. G .)........................ *7 * 37-4 25 426 16 26.62 Brown (G.) ........................ 27 652.5 *24 2271 85 26.71 Chester (F.) ........................ 20 396.1 72 1*83 44 26.88 Gunn (J.) ........................ 16 326.4 72 844 33 27.22 T. Forester ........................ 18 711.1 *87 *784 65 27.44 C. U. Peat ... ............. 8 221.1 24 74 * 27 27.44 Tremlin.................................. *5 486.4 99 1488 54 27-55 Shipman (W .)........................ 18 502.0 88 *738 63 27-58 Tyldesley (James)............. 6 138.3 *5 497 18 27.61