Cricket 1913

October 18 , 1913 . C R ICKE T : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 683 F irs t In n in g s P a rs is . R. P. M eh erh o m ji, c T om boow alla, b M ahom ed K h an ......................................... 2 J. E lc h id a n a , ru n out ............................. o D r. H . D . K a n g a , lbw , b M ahom ed K han ................................................................ 33 J. S. W a rd e n , b S. A. Aziz .................... 7 D. D. D riv e r, c U su f B eg, b S. A. Aziz ................................................................ 1 D. K. K a p a d ia , b M ahom ed K h an ... 26 H . J . V a jifd a r, c T am b o ow alla, b A. Aziz ................................................................... 5 D r. J. C an teen w alla, b A.Aziz .............. o M. D . P a rek h , c T am b o o w alla, b S. A. Aziz ............................................................. 19 J. A. E la v ia , b S. A. Aziz .................... o B. H . M irza, n o t o u t ................................. o E x tra ............................................. 1 Second In n in g s. b S. A. Aziz ............................. 5 b S. A. Aziz ................................. 28 b M ahom ed K han ................... 12 c T am b o ow alla, b S. A. Aziz 5 b S. A. Aziz ................................. o c M ahom ed K h an , b S. A. Aziz ............................................. 2 b S. A. Aziz ................................. o lbw , b M ahom ed K han ........ 4 c A li, b S. A. Aziz ................ 23 n o t out ............................................. 6 b M ahom ed K h an .................... o E x tra s ......................... 16 0 . P ar si B o w le r s ’ A n a l y sis . M. R. W. O. M. R. W . K a n g a ................ n 5 *3 3 .................................... 16 7 32 3 M irza ................ n 6 30 1 .................................... 5 0 26 I P arek h ................ 6.2 * *5 2 .................................... 1 0 10 0 W a rd e n ............... 6 3 *5 4 ............................. 27 12 5 o 5 E la v ia ............... — — — — ............................... 5 0 19 1 P a rek h bow led 1 no-ball in first innings. M a h o m m e d a n s’ B o w lin g A n a ly s is . 0 . M . R. W . O . M . R. W. S aleh M ahom ed K han ... 21 jo 36 3 .................... 22 17 11 3 S haikh A. Aziz .......... ... 14 6 21 4 .................... 22 5 58 7 A bdul Aziz ................... . . . 8 0 26 2 .................... 3 1 2 0 T am b o ow alla ............... . . . 2 0 7 0 ................. — — — — A li ...................................... ... — — — — ................. 2 0 8 0 N a z ir H u ssein ............... •• — — — — ................. 2 1 6 0 B om b ay P re sid en cy v. H in du s. A t Bom bay, Septem ber i i and 12. T h e P residency lacked their grea t man, M ajor J. G. G reig, as well as Col. R. M. Poore and H. E. Cheetham . T h ey were captained b y F. L. Sprott ,who won the toss from P ai, and took first innings. C hristie and Stilem an added 46 for the third w icket; but most of the others failed to get on terms with Baloo and Chanda R ana— the latter a new man in these m atches— on a slow w icket. T h e H indus were more a ggressive, and made an excellent start, P a i and D ivekh ar sendin g up 80 in 70 m inutes before th ey w ere separated. P ai played fautless cricket, but D ivekh ar had a little lu ck. Sempre, the K arachi player, also batted well; he was not out for 26 at the close of the day, when the H indu score stood 156 for 7. Next m orn in g he soon went, but Baloo hit out, and the total reached 171. In arrears of 52, the Presiden cy never looked like g e ttin g on top; their w ickets fell at brief intervals, and though the tail did a trifle better than the earlier batsmen, the first five w ickets realisin g 45, the last five 66, no one topped 20, and the lo n gest stands made were 23 for the eighth w icket by C olbeck and W ilson, and 22 for the tenth by the latter and B yford. T h e old C antab was out to what m any considered a rank bad decision. D ivekh ar stumped him at the second attempt; he was back in his crease, it is said, before the bails were off. T h e H indus easily hit of the runs D eodhar battin g very well indeed. He and Chanda R ana, who had 8 for 61 in the match, are distinct additions to their side’s strength. P re sid e n c y . First Innings Capt. E. J. Haughton, c Chanda Rana, b Sempre ...................................... 16 C. J. MacLaren, b Baloo ...................... 8 E. E. Christie, b Baloo .......................... 20 F. F. Stileman, c Deodhar, b Chanda 37 Rana ......................................................... 6 S. E. West, b Baloo .................................. G. C. Phillips, lbw, b Chanda Rana o L. G. Colbeck, lbw, b Baloo ............... 10 F. L. Sprott, lbw, b Chanda Rana... 4 C. H. E. W ilson, b Chanda Rana ... 7 G. S. Dobbie, not out .............................. 3 Serpt. W. B yford, run out .................. o Extras ................................ 8 Second In n in g s. b C h a n d a R a n a ................ b S em pre ............................. b C h an d a R a n a ................ b T a lp a d e ............................. c D eodhar, b T a lp ad e Total ............................. 119 lbw , b B aloo ............................. 4 st D iv ek h ar, b C h an d a R a n a 20 b C h an d a R a n a ......................... 1 c B aloo, b T a lp a d e ................ 20 b T a lp a d e ................................... o not out ............................................ 13 E x tra s......................... 7 T otal...................... h i H in d u s . First Innings S. K. Divekhar, b W ilson...................... 47 M. D. Pai, b W ilson .............................. 39 B. Deodhar, b West .............................. 3 P. Vithal, b Dobbie .............................. 4 C. V. Mehta, b W ilson ......................... o H. L. Sempre, b W ilson ...................... 27 P. Gunpat, lbw, b Dobbie .................. 5 P.S hivram, lbw, b Phillips ............... 2 P. Baloo, b Dobbie ................................. 23 W. B. Talpade, not out ...................... 4 Chanda Rana, b Dobbie ......................... « Extras...................................... 17 Second In n in g s, c C h ristie , b Dobbie ... not out .......................................... 36 lbw, b D obbie ............................. 4 b W ilso n ....................................... 11 not out .......................................... 10 Total.. H in d u s ’ B o w l O. M. R. W . 6 40 4 ... 11 0 28 1 ••• 5 0 18 0 ... 10 1 25 4 T o tal (fo r 3 w kts) 62 A n a ly sis . C h an d a R an a T a lp a d e bow led 1 no-ball in first innings. P resid en cy B o w le r s ’ A n a l y sis . D obbie ................ O. 22 M. 8 R. W. 42 4 H a u g h to n ......... 6 1 23 0 12 4 19 1 4 0 23 0 W ilson ............. 15 3 41 4 P h illip s ............ 5 2 6 1 B y fo rd bow led 1 no-■ball, W ilson . O. M. R. W. 16 3 28 1 10 3 3 ° 1 7 2 10 4 12 0 3 f) 4 O. M. R. w 9 1 36 2 3 2 2 O 4 1 8 O 8 4 '5 I Hindus v. Mahommedans. A t Bombay, Septem ber 15, 16, and 17. T h e H indus first appeared in the B om bay T ournam ent six years ago, the M ahommedans as recently as last year. Now these two sides are found com peting in the final, after disposing of the Presiden cy and P a rsi team s and th ey deserve no end of credit for the m arked advance made in their cricket. T h e M ahommedans sustained a grea t loss through Saleh M ahom ed’ s b ein g down w ith m alaria; they were bound to m iss his bow ling. On the H indu side S. M. Joshi and N . H. K h arw a replaced Gunpat and Shivram . K . Seshachari was one of the umpires. If he had been k eep in g w icket for the H indus there m igh t have been few er extras. Pai won the toss from A li, and the H indus took first innin gs. Deodhar played a capital gam e, and had good aid from Mehta and Sempre. A t lunch the score was 126 for 3, but afterw ards a rot set in, and of the rest only V ithal, who batted an hour for 24*, did anyth in g. F eroze K h an took three w ickets cheaply, and T am boow alla bowled w ith grea t steadiness, though he failed to get a w icket. T h e followers of the Prophet made a bad start. A t the call of tim e they had lost 6 for 77. N ext m orning a b ig improvem ent was seen. Patel and Shaikh Mahomed Khan took the score to 115— 43 for the seventh w icket— before they w ere parted, and the latter and N azir Hussein added 36 for the eighth. In the event the total fell only 5 short of that of the H indus. N azir Hussein was so badly battered about the hands that he fainted on reach ing the pavilion. T h e H indus’ new bowler, Chana Rana, again did fine work. V ith al, the not out in their first in nin gs, was sent in w ith D ivekh ar, and they put up 51 before the H indu w icket-keeper left. V ith al and D eodhar added 68 unparted before call of time. Deodhar was out with only 4 put on next m orning; T alp ad e and V ithal added 33, and then the latter was out for a perfect 78, made in 134 m inutes, with nine 4’ s. T h e H indus were doin g their best to force the gam e w ith a view to declaring; but the Mahom- medan bow lin g (in spite of the fact that Shaikh Mahomed had had to retire ill) was too good and the Mahommedan field ing too keen for runs to come fast. M ehta and T alp ade added 43, and P ai made 28 out of 55 while in. T h e in nin gs was declared at 254 for 8, and at 2.50 the Mahommedans went in to get 260 for victory in about 200 m inutes. “ An obviously im possible task, says the “ B om bay C hron icle’s ” scribe. Well, sc a rc e ly ! A difficult one, no doubt. No real attempt was made to g e t the runs; but in p la yin g for safety