Cricket 1913

October i 8 , 1 91 3 . CR I CKE T : A W E E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. 677, D ’E asum 38*, W. A . W ells 20). D . W. M ilne took 5 for 30 in the lo ser’ s first. Oak B ay v. N a n a im o . — O ak B ay won by 28 runs, with 81 and 71 (E. G. C arr 33) to 69 (F. Jepson 31) and 55. A bow lers’ gam e all through; T . H. H arker had 10 for 37, and H. R. O rr 9 for 58 for the winners, A Leigh ton 9 for 69 and H. Jepson 6 for 53 for the losers. O ak B ay were alw ays a bit ahead; but the stru g g le was so close that they could not have felt safe till all was over. In c o g v. G a rris o n . — Incog's won easily, dism issing- the G arrison for 69. F . A. Sp arks scored 50 for the winners. No further details available. B yes:— B u rra rd and V anco uv er. F rid a y , A u g u s t 29. C ow ich an v. G a rris o n . — T h e strongest team in the tourna ment had a desperate stru g g le to beat the w eakest, and pulled through in the end by one w icket only. G arrison, 93 (Capt. F ou lkes 21) and 71 (C. H all 21); Cow ichan, 73 and 97 for 9 (G. C urgenven 31, R. St. V . B agn all 25). Curgen- ven took 6 for 24 and 5 for 21; B agn a ll 4 for 33 in the first inning's, E . C. B rooke-Sm ith 5 for 24 in the second. For the G arrison Q .-M .-S. A sk e y had 10 for 61 in the match In the G arrison ’s second H. B. H ayward cau gh t 4, stumped 1, and it was larg-ely their fielding: th at pulled the eventual cham pions througrh. B u r r a rd v. N a n a im o . — Burrard won by 16 runs. Another hard fight, and if only Jepson had been a trifle better sup ported his side would have pulled through. Burrard, 185 (D. S. Hood 67, R. J. B eecham 42, W. H. Tw yn am 28). Nanaim o, 169 (H. Jepson 83, H. B atty 25). F or Burrard, G. Stark took 5 for 47. Hood and Beecham put up 66 for B urrard’s first wicket. A lbion v. O ak B ay. — A lbion won on first in n in gs by 43 runs. T h e defeat of O ak B ay put them level with Burrard (whom th ey had beaten in their first match) in their division. A lbion, 115 (D. M. G rant 46) and 164 for 4 dec. (D. M. Grant 40*, E. W. Ism ay 36*, D . W. M ilne 30, E . P. Ward 26). Oak Bay, 72 (E. G. C arr 35, T . H. H arker 22) and 68 for 4 (W. F. L. P ilkin gton 34*). H. R. O rr took 6 for 62 in A lbio n ’ s first, E. Parsons 4 for 18, and E . W. Ism ay 3 for 4 in O ak B ay ’ s first. B yes:— N ew W e s tm in s te r and Inco gs. S a tu rd a y , A u g u s t 30. Oak Bay v. B u r r a r d — T h ese team s had to meet again in order to settle which should face the undefeated Cow ichan team in the final. O ak B ay won by a w icket and 19 runs. Burrard, 206 (W. Ivam v 62, L . H. Dw elley 43, W. G. Bullen 26, L. W. B ird 23). O ak B ay, 225 for 9; W. Wardle 65, T . H. H arker 44, H. R. O rr 27, W. S. Speak 24. O ak Bay had 5 down for 66, but H arker and Wardle added 56, and Speak stayed with Wardle till the runs had been hit off. Monday, S e p te m b e r 1. C ow ichan v. O ak Bay. — Cow ichan won by 108 runs on the first innin gs. A s regard s the second, one hardly knows whether it can be taken seriously. On the face of it Oak Bay, follow in g on, appear to have made a bold bid to pull the gam e out of the fire, but the “ D aily Colonist ” (Van couver) dism isses this part of the gam e with the comment: “ C ricket was continued until 6 o ’clo ck .” O rr and Harker put up over 100 for O ak B a y ’s first wicket. A few words more m ight have been accorded. Cow ichan, 231 (G , Cur genven 56, H. B. H ayward 36, J. F. M urphy 36, F. M. H ills 29, R. H. V au gh an 20) and 30 for 4. O ak B ay, 123 (T. H. H arker 26, E. G. C arr 21, H. R. O rr 20) and ^72 for 4, dec. (H. R. O rr 60, T . H. H arker 59). R. St. V: B agn all had 7 for 24 in O ak B ay ’ s first. G-. C. G rant took 75 and T . H: H arker 4 for 37 in C ow ich an ’s first. T h e T o u r n a m e n t a s a Whole. T h e cup was presented by the w ife of the C ricket A sso c ia tion 's President, Mrs. F. ' C. Barnacle; Mr. 'Carr-H Ilton, captain of the Cow ichan team , m ade a brief speech of thanks, and Mr. B arnacle one of congratulation. It is a capital th in g for the gam e in B ritish Colum bia that the cup should go outside the two chief cities: T h is is the eighth annual tournament. V ictoria won the cup in 1906, 1908, 1910, 1911, and 1912; V an couver in 1907 and 1909. O ak B ay and Cow ichan, who contested the final this time, are both yo u n g clubs, neither more than two years old. T h e only occurrence which marred the tournament was the w ithdraw al of an umpire in the final, ow ing to rem arks made by a m ember of the O ak B ay team. Mr. W. P. R eeves, the secretary of the C ricket A sso cia tion, worked trem endously hard to m ake the tournament a success, and for the first tim e it is expected to pay expenses!, thanks la rgely to his efforts. .One learn s th at 500 is quite a crowd at a cricket match on the P acific Coast; but the gam e is tig h ten in g its hold, and before lo n g its visitors w ill be counted in thousands, not in hundreds, one m ay believe: Cow ichan were unquestionably the best team. They, were reputed stronger in bow lin g and field ing than in battin g, though the prowess of G ilbert C urgenven, the brilliant D erbyshire batsman of yore, was adm itted. Curgenven, m ade more runs (332 in 7 innin gs) than anyone else in the tournament, except Beecham ; but J. F . Murphy (144 in 7)', VV. A. M cAdam (144 in 8), H. B. H ayward (136 in 7), and F. M. H ills (128 in 8, once not out) all did useful work for Cow ichan, if none had C u rgen ven ’ s a b ility and consistency. Hayward earned h igh credit as a w icket-keeper; h e stumped 4 and caught, 11, in the five matches. R. St. V. B a g n a ll (33 w ickets at under 7 each), Curgenven (27 at about 8 each), and E. C. B roooke-Sm ith (16 at about 10) did-practically all the bow ling. B a g n a ll’ s was the b ig g e st b a g of the tourna ment, and C u rgen ven ’s num ber of wickets- was only equalled by L eigh to n of Nanaimo. O ak B ay had good batsm en in E . G. C arr (228 in 9 Com pleted in n in gs), Captain T . H. H arker (211 in 8), H, R. Orr, the old Bedfordshire skipper (177 in 8), and W. Wardle (166 in 7 completed. O rr (25 w ickets at under 12 each) and H arker (21 at about 10) were their chief bowlers. V an couver scarcely played up to their true form ; but F . J. Peers, the old C arthusian, a veteran now. (176 in 5 in n in gs), R. D. Hodgson (.153 in 4), N . H. Peters (112 in .5), E . M. Webb ( n o in 4), and W. M. B an bu ry (104 in 5), all batted very w ell for them; and Webb (24 w ickets at about 12I each) was a b righ t particular star in the bowling, line. R. J. Beecham , of Burrard (350 in 6 innings) topped the batting, but owed his place la rgely to one b ig score again st the weak N ew W estm inster bow ling. D. S. Hood (175 in 6), W. H. Tw yn am (178 in 5 completed), W. Ivamy, and G. Stark also batted very well, and S tark bowled steadily and consistently, while R. S. B eatson did b ig th in gs, with the ball in one match. V ictoria suffered a sad fa llin g off. E xcept for a/b iggish in nin gs each by H. A. Goward and H. J. Spencer only J. W. D. Y o rk (130 in 6 in n in gs), and J. H. G illespie (104 in 6) made m any.runs. L. S. V . Y ork was far belo.w his best as a batsm an, and even in bow lin g (though he took 23 w ickets at about 14 each) did not quite show h is'o ld form . O f the rest A lbion scarcely did them selves justice, though E. P. Ward, D . M. G rant, and E. W. Ism ay made some decent scores, and C. W .L aw ren ce and D. W. M ilne bowled very well. F or Nanaim o H. Jepson made one lo n g score, and A. L eigh ton (27 w ickets for under 7 each in 3 matches) bowled finely. N ew W estm inster had a good bat in F . C. B. C ave, and the U n iversity School In cogs an excellent all- rounder in F. A. Sparks. No batsm an stands out notably for the G arrison, but Q.-M .-S. A sk e y bowled well, and J. Fletcher proved a good w icket-keeper. Cow ichan played 5, won 5; O ak B a y won 4, lost 2; B u r rard won 3, lost 2; A lbion, the In cogs, V ancouver, and V ictoria each won 2, lost 2; N anaim o and N ew W estm inster won 1, lost 3 each; and the lu ckless G arrison side lost all four played.