Cricket 1913

672 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. October 18 , 1 91 3 . ad d s th a t th e 21 cen tu ries ob tained b y T itchm a rsh is an actu al w o r ld ’s record. Mr. C. H. T itc h m a r s h in 1913 . For Inns. N.O. R. A. H.S. Hertfordshire ..................................... 17 3 717 51.21 137 Gent, of Herts & Herts C. & G. ... 9 o 603 67.00 133 Harpenden .......................................... 25 1 1163 48.45 147 Cross Arrows .................,..................... 7 2 695 139.00 125 In other matches ............................... 14 2 838 69.83 141 Totals ........................... 72 8 4016 62.75 x47 In t h e e a rly part o f th e season he m ade 116, 105 n o t o u t , 1, 133, h i , 5, 1, and 127 in su ccession— 599 in seven com p leted in n in g s ; and near the end h e p la y ed con secu tive in n in g s o f 119, 9, 114, 112 not ou t, 104, 77, 125, 20 not ou t, 100 not ou t, 70, 120, and 112— or 1082 in n ine com pleted in n in g s. B a ttin g seven tim es fo r the C ro ss A rro w s he m ade s ix c e n tu r ie s ! A S p a ld in g ’ s R e co rd B a t— w ith the rig h t man h a n d lin g it— can do b ig th in g s, e v id e n tly . T h o se w h o h a ve o n ly lately b ecom e readers o f C r ic k e t m a y be interested to learn th at an in terview w ith M r. T itc hm a rsh appeared in ou r issue of J u ly 19— still to be had from the office, p rice th reepence. P e rh a p s it is n ecessary to insert the fam ilia r sign [ A d v t .] after th is notice ! W o r c e s t e r s h i r e w ill take the field in 1914 w ith ­ ou t tw o fam ilia r figu res. W . B . B u rn s left for C a n a d a tw o o r three w eeks a g o , and A rn o ld has q u itted the staff, and w ill, it is sa id , b e p la y in g for h is native co u n ty , D e v o n sh ire , next y ea r. W h e n the cou n ty w ill not meet Y o rk sh ire , I understand , o w in g to a d ifficu lty in a rr a n g in g su it­ a b le dates. T h is is a g re a t p ity , fo r the Y o rk s h ir e m atch is a lw a y s one o f th e best in ev ery w a y on a n y c o u n ty ’s card . T w o YOUNG p la y e rs h a ve been e n g a g e d to q u a lify fo r W o rc e ste rsh ire . O n e o f these is H . J. R o g e r s , w h o is o n ly 19, bu t has a lread y appeared for H am p sh ire w h ile on the g ro u n d staff at S o u th ­ am p ton . H e is the son o f P eter R o g e r s , the w ell- know n O x fo rd sh ire p la y e rs o f form er d a y s, now g rou n d sm an fo r S t. J o h n ’s. R o g e r s is a left-hand b at, and a slow righ t-h and b ow ler w ith a le g b reak . H is action is h igh , and h e h a s g o o d comm and o f th e b a ll. O n the w h o le, how ever, he is exp ected to do m ore in the b a ttin g th an in the b o w lin g lin e. Illn e ss h and icapp ed him th is season , and in h is few app earan ces for H an ts then and in 1912 he d id little ; bu t he has p le n ty o f tim e b efore h im . T h e o t h e r man is A lfr e d F . L an e, a g ed 26, w ho com es to W o r c e s te r w ith go o d creden tials from O rm sk irk , fo r w hom he h a s p la y ed for the last three seasons, d u rin g w h ich he has scored 1206 runs w ith an a v e ra g e of ju st o v er 24, and has taken 219 w ickets at a cost o f 12.65 ea ch . H e b ow ls fast m edium righ t, w ith an off-b reak . H is b est strokes are a pow erfu l d riv e between cover and m id-off and an effective hook. F o r t h e s e p a rticu la rs I am indebted to the W orcestersh ire D a ily T im es, a fam ilia r friend of other d a ys, w h ich has la tely been d o in g rare good w o rk fo r the W o rc e ste rsh ire C lu b b y a S h illin g F u n d . It collected and h anded o ver ^ 28 8 4 s., made up o f ,£201 o s. 6d. in s h illin g s and sixpence, ^ 7 4 13s. 6d. the p rodu ct o f a special m atinee at the T h e a tre R o y a l, and £ 1 2 10s. from a R e g im en ta l B an d C on cert at the S k a tin g R in k . T h e D a ily T im es is pub lish ed b y the p rop rietors o f Berro'iv’ s W o rcester Journal, w h ich is, I b elieve, the oldest new spaper in existence, b u t ev id en tly h a s not ou t­ lived its usefu ln ess. F rom t h e T ra n sv a a l com es the p la in t o f “ A R e ad er from N o . 1 .” I read it w ith fe e lin g s of g a th e rin g horror, fu ll o f w on d er as to w h a t our p rin te rs’ staff cou ld h ave been g u ilty o f th is tim e. “ T h i s is f ^ C r ic k e t w h ich m y n ew sa gen t sent me th is w eek. . W h a t w a s w r o n g w ith you r prin ters that w e e k ? I hope you did not su p p ly all yo u r readers w ith sim ilar stu ff. O n e o r two o f m y friend s w h o take y o u r p ap e r re g u la rly h a ve re­ quested me to ask you w h eth er you perh ap s had a ll been on the ‘ b u s t.’ I looked fo r an exp lanation in y o u r fo llow in g num ber in v a in . O n receipt o f this I sh a ll exp ect som e m ention in y o u r paper o f w h y and wherefo re. It is more like a com ic paper than a sp o rtin g jo u r n a l.” R e s t ea sy , R e ad er from N o . 1 ! N o th in g— more than u sual— w as w ro n g w ith the p rin ters. N either th e y nor the E d ito r— not even the p u b lish er !— had been “ on the b u s t.” A ll readers w ere n o t supp lied w ith “ sim ilar s tu ff.” I f I m a y ju d g e from the absence of a n y oth er com p la in t, you and you r friend s g o t the o n ly deficien t cop ies. W e could not exp la in in the next num ber b ecau se we knew n o th in g abou t it. I m en tion it now a s requested. A re you satisfied ? W h a t w as the tro u b le ? S im p ly th is. In b in d ­ in g , a s it is te ch n ica lly term ed, that is to s a y in p u ttin g tog eth er the v a rio u s sheets w h ich m ake up an issue, the operator— u su a lly a w om an— h a s b e­ fore h er a heap o f each o f th e two, three, or more sheets— three in the case o f th is issue o f C r ic k e t . S h e takes one o f each, fo ld s them , and pu ts them tog eth er. In d e a lin g w ith th is p a rticu la r c o p y the op erato r had m ade the m istake o f le a v in g N o . 1 heap alone and ta k in g tw o sheets from N o . 2, w ith the resu lt that p a g e s 509 to 512 and 521 to 524 were