Cricket 1913

674 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. October 18 , 1913 . h a v e fo llow ed th e tou r w ill not need to h a v e the five sp ecified— a b etter team th an G erm an tow n . T h e y d id not meet an yw h ere— sin ce B arton K i n g w a s not am o n g th eir o p p on en ts— a better b ow le r or a b etter all-round p la y e r than P e rc y C la r k . T h e y had a b ad m atch . C la r k sh ow ed h is real form both w ith b at and b a ll. O ’ N e ill did a w onder­ fu l feat in m a k in g ten catch e s. E n o u g h said ! I feel su re B a r d s le y and C raw fo rd , M a y n e and M a c a rtn e y , d o n ’ t g o around te llin g fo lk s that G e r­ m an town are a rotten bad sid e, and that th ey and th eir com rades w e re n ’t re a lly tr y in g— w h ich w as the m a n a g e r’s o rig in a l exp lan a tion o f the defeat, as I learn from a friend in P h ila d e lp h ia . It is not p la y in g the g am e to say th is sort o f th in g . A f e w y e a rs a g o J. T . H e a rn e— old Jack— ju st failed b y one w icke t to m ake 100 cap tu res in a season , b re a k in g a lo n g sequ en ce b y th e fa ilu re. A n d now h is total o f w ick e ts in first-class cricket at hom e and ab road stan d s at 2999— and n obod y lias ev er y et taken 3000 ! H e w ill g e t the three thou ­ sand th , o f c o u rs e ; bu t on e canno t h elp reg re ttin g th at 99 o f som e y e a rs a g o and its effect upon his to tal to date. T h e V ictoria D a ily T im e s is respon sib le for the statem en t that a p roject is on foot to send a repre­ sen ta tive C a n a d ia n cricket team to tou r S co tlan d in 1914. B u t w h y S co tla n d o n ly ? S e ttin g aside the p redom in an t partner (we are used to it), this look s like “ an o th er in ju stice to Ireland ” ! S i x -h u n d r e d -a n d -t h i r t y -t h r e e runs in tw o and and a h a lf hou rs ! T h a t’s w h a t som e o f them are s a y in g the A u s tra lia n s did in their secon d m atch at V a n c o u v e r. B u t th e y w en t in at a quarter to tw o an d p la y ed on till s ix ; an d if it w a s o n ly 15a m inu tes th ey m u st h ave taken som e lo n g in tervals. (Does_ som e inveterate jo k e r s u g g e s t fo r d rin k in g w ater, a la the B om b a y C h ro n icle ?) T h e A u s t r a li a n scores com e th ro u g h irre g u la rly and ou t o f order. T h e re is a g a p betw een C a lg a r y and V an co u v e r w h ich I th in k m a y h a ve been filled b y m atch es at S a sk a to o n , w h ere the team were sche­ du led to p l a y ; b u t as y e t I h a v e no new s o f these m atch es. T h e sta tistics o f the tou r w ill form a to u g h jo b . A n d I hear th at the m an a g e r has issued strict in stru ction s th at the score-book sh a ll not be show n to ou tsiders ! PRICE LISTS & SPECIAL QUOTATIONS FREE. All Goods Carriage Paid to any part of the United Kingdom. 5 o le M akers of the “ Imperial Driver” & “ Improved Gradidge ” Lawn Tennis Racquets. Factory: ArtilleryPlace, Woolwich, S.E. H. Gradidge &Sons, Patentees and S ole M ake s o f the “ IMPERIAL DRIVER’ CRICKET BATS. Made In Men’s, Small Men’s, College, 6, 5, 4, & 3 sizes. T h e s ta tem e n t made in certain qu arters that John C raw fo rd is c om in g b a c k to E n g la n d for go od is con trad icted em p h a tica lly b y G . C . C am p b e ll, the corresp ond en t o f the S p o r tin g M a il (A d ela id e) w ith the A u s tra lia n team . C r a w fo r d ’s v isit to h is old hom e w ill be bu t a b rief o n e ; he w ill be b ack in A d e la id e b efo re the b ig m atch es b e g in . Reblading Cricket Bats 8 Restringing Tennis Bats a Special Feature. Every oth er req u isite fo r C rick et, in clud in g balls, leg gu ards, battin g gloves, ga u n tlets, stum p s, neta, &c. Manufacturers and Exporters of all requisites for Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Racquets, Squash Racquets, &c>