Cricket 1913

October 18 , 1 91 3 . CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME Cricket: A W E E K L Y R E C O R D O F TH E GAM E . 25, WHITE STREET, MOOR LANE, E.C. S A TU R D A Y , O C TO B E R 18 , 1913 . Letters for the Editor should be addressed to M r, J. N. P enteloyv , Malvern, Steyning, Sussex. Advertisements, Subscriptions, &c , should be sent to : The Manager of C ricket , 25, White Street, Moor Lane, E .C . The following are the subscription rates:— United Kiitgdon. Abroad . One 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 r i c k e t will be issued during the winter, as usual. Their dates w ill be : Saturday, October 18. Saturday, November 15. Saturday, December 13. Thursday, January 15. Thursday, February 12. Thursday, March 12. Price of the six numbers, sent post free, l/ 3 . pavilion (Sossip. Not mine to sing the praises O f “ gutties " dear to golfers— The ball that cuts the daisies A theme diviner offers; Away with fives and tennis ! When " Play !" the umpires call, The ball we bow to then is The good red ball.— C. P la ir r e . I h a v e an announ cem ent to m ake w h ich I am confident w ill please a ll m y readers. F rom the N ew Y e a r M r. A . C . M a cL a re n , one o f the most fam ou s cricketers o f a n y d a y , w ill be associated w ith me in the ed ito rsh ip and m anagem en t of C r ic k e t . U n d e r the new regim e con sid erab le im ­ p rovem en ts w ill be m ade. T h e fam ilia r in itials “ A . C . M .” w ill be found append ed to m an y a rticles in the p a p e r; and th is fact in itself is one o f no sm all im portance. F o r n e a r l y three years I have run C r ic k e t to the best o f m y ab ility. F o r nearly two years I have run it practically single-handed , ed iting, writing a far b ig g e r proportion o f the contents than most o f m y readers can have suspected, and m an a g in g . A n d a l l the time I have laboured under one great difficulty. I had no name to conjure w ith . V e r y few p eop le knew a n y th in g abou t me at the ou tset. M a n y more know me now . I h a ve m ade a con sid erab le num ber o f friend s— and in cid en ta lly a few enem ies, a s a n yon e w h o sp ea k s h is m ind is b ound to do . B u t I never m ade a cen tu ry— not even in a clu b m atch , let alone in a first-class g am e— and m y nam e is not en sh rined in W is d e n ’ s p a g e s. N ow a d a y s there is a gen e ra l dem and fo r exp ert op in ion . W e l l , if a n y b o d y liv in g can g iv e exp ert op in ion A rc h ib a ld C am p b e ll M a cL a re n su re ly can ! N o t o n ly has he p la y ed the g am e su p rem e ly w ell, bu t he has v e ry definite and clear c on v iction s as to how it sh ou ld be p la y ed , and he is on e o f the few w h o can pu t su ch c on v iction s into clear and p la in la n g u a g e . I t is not o n ly upon the g lam o u r o f h is name that I re ly . If that were a ll, it m ig h t be som e th in g — sca rcely en o u g h . B u t I know h is keenness. I h a ve learned th at fo r som e y e a rs past the notion o f b r in g in g ou t a cricke t pap er h a s been in his m ind , and I h ave heard the p lan s he had made for it. T h e n ch an ce threw u s tog eth er, and a sin g le ta lk w a s en ou gh to co n v in ce us b o th th at w e sh ou ld do w ell to jo in forces. S in c e then w e h ave had m an y ta lk s, and find ou rselv es in su b stan tia l a g re e ­ m en t upon a ll qu estion s o f real im portance con ­ c e rn in g the p ap e r. D u r in g n ex t y e a r M r. M a cL a re n w ill b rin g ou t a vo lum e o f “ C ric k e t and O th e r S p o r tin g R em in is­ c e n c e s ,” in w h ich he w ill tell the s to ry o f h is career. T h is w ill be pu b lish ed b y ou rselv es from the offices o f the p ap er. I h a ve a lread y seen a list o f chap ters, and a ro u gh ou tlin e o f the con ten ts, and these h ave h ad the effect o f m a k in g me ea g e r to read the fin ish ed w o rk . T h e re a re to b e ch ap ters on the a u th o r’s c o u n ty cricket, h is tou rs in A u s tra lia , Am e rica , and the A rg e n tin e , on the T r ia n g u la r T ou rn am en t, on the T e s t M atch S election C om ­ m ittees, on th e M .C .C ., on cou n try house cricket, on schoo l cricket, and , o f cou rse, on h is con tem ­ poraries. F o r t h e p resen t en o u g h o f th is. I sh a ll h a ve m ore to sa y later. I w a s alm o st inclined to b elieve that m y friend , C . H . T itchm a rsh , the cap ab le little H e rtfo rd sh ire batsm an , had set up a new record . D id an yon e b efo re him ev er score 4,000 runs in a season ? A n sw e r— y e s ; A la n M a rsh al m ade 4350 in 1906. T it c h m a r s h ’ s total fa lls a little b elow th is. H ere, som ew h at abb revia ted , is a sy n o p sis o f h is per­ form an ces, sen t me b y th e grea te st liv in g au th o rity on cricket record s, w ho quo tes M a rsh a l’s total, and