Cricket 1913

692 C R IC K E T : A W EEK LY RECORD OF THE GAME. October 18 , 19 13 . Old Charlton. — H ere a gain results are not up to average: 7 won, 12 lost, 7 drawn in first X I. m atches. B ut the fact that O ld Charlton totalled 4,557 for 230 w ickets (average 19.8) while their opponents made 4,567 for 234 (19.5) seems to indicate that the side had their fu ll share of any bad lu ck th at was go in g . W. C. S. W eller had a g rea t season; he scored 787 and averaged 41.4 for the first team , and includ­ in g m id-week m atches had a total of 1,140 w ith an average of 42.20. F. J. T y le r (492— a vera ge 25.8), J. I. Lam bert (533 — 25.3), A. J. P itt (452— 23.7), and W. J. G ill (450— 22.5) filled the next fou r p laces, w ith very little to choose am ong them . S. D. F resco totalled 358 and averaged 16.3 without a not out, and D . Row land (18.0), G. B. Thom pson (15.0), A. A. M artin (12.8), and F. N o rgrove (10.8) were all useful at tim es. A . H. M an n in g was again the m ain stay of the attack. F or the first X I. he took 97 w ickets at 15.1 each, and in clu din g m id-week m atches has a total of 139 with a vera ge 14.g. F o r the first X I. W. J. G ill took 36 at 18.3, D . Row land 24 at 22.3, and A . A. M artin 22 at 23.2. It looks as though on the harder w ickets of the season the attack was scarcely stron g enough. N O R T H S T A F F S AND D I S T R I C T L E A G U E . F in al T ab le. Played. Won. Lost. Drawn. Poin Porthill P ark ............ ...... 22 18 I S 7 L eek ........................... ...... 22 I I 6 5 38 F enton ....................... IO 5 7 37 K n yp ersley ............... 11 8 3 37 T u n stall .................. IO 6 6 36 Burslem .................. 8 9 5 2 Q L on gton ................... 6 7 Q 27 Stoke ........................... 7 Q 6 27 Silverdale .................. 1 8 10 22 Norton ....................... 5 13 4 IQ Stone ........................ 5 13 4 22 Crew e A lexandra ... ...... 22 2 14 6 12 T h e fo rego in g table w ill show how easily the cham pion­ ship of the North Staffs, and D istrict L e a g u e was won by P orthill P ark, who were never headed throughout the season. E xcellen ce of attack was the m ain sprin g of their success, and probably no club in the country could open w ith a better pair, B arnes and H. E ard ley, who between them b a g g ed 175 w ickets. T h e profession al, with 114, had the lio n ’ s share, but the left-hander’s feat of tak in g 61, average 7.34, w ill stand th in k in g about. T h ese two bowlers take the first two places in the gen eral averages, and they so rarely had to be changed that so good a man as Stanley H eath lacked opportunity to capture more than 14. B arnes, w ith 903 runs in 14 completed in n in gs broke all records w ith the bat, and not once in league gam es was he dis­ m issed w ithout scoring. T h is event was reserved for his benefit gam e last Saturday, in which he was unlu ckily run out. None of the other P orthill men were consistent scorers, but n early every p layer was prom inent in turn, Fred Heath g e ttin g 102* and 72*— he averaged 22.40— D. H. F ield 87*, J. S. Heath 52, W. H. Wood 55, H. F. Wood 65, and A . G. Jones 61. W ith B arn es to inspire and gu id e Porthill have developed into a fine team , and their field in g is not the least acceptable part of their play. L eek have made grea t strides, and would probably have done even better if they had not lost a u sefu l all-rounder in H. B irch early in the season. D ay has taken more w ickets than any other bow ler save B arnes, his tally b ein g 96, a vera ge 9.13. W ith the bat he averaged 24.94 for 18 finished in n in gs, top score 72. D r. C ocker and A. A rn ott helped u sefu lly with the ball, and H. E llerton scored 442 runs, a verage 26, and his 119 was the h igh est effort of the year for an y player. L eek were sm art and enthusiastic, as well they m ig h t be with so keen a skipper as H. R. Brunt, and as most of their p layers are you n g they should be well in the front for a few seasons. L a ck of bow lin g w as F en ton ’ s w eakness, the men rarely fa ilin g to g e t plenty of runs. H. D earin g, with a total of 607, had an average of 35-70 and made one century, and J. J. A w ty and J. G. D rake averaged 22.64 and 20.20 respectively. D eyes captured 62 w ickets and H. Skellern 43, the am ateur su fferin g by an illn ess which kept him aw ay for a part of the m id-season. E. H. Bourne, once the m ain­ stay of the batting, had but one appearance. K n yp ersley were a dour team , and had the credit of bein g the only side to lick the champions. T h ey owed a lot to the cou rage and skill of S edgw ick, whose 92 w ickets cost g runs apiece, and he averaged 22 with the bat. H. E. Bourne had the lead in g a g g re g a te in the ru n gettin g line, a vera gin g 33.81 for 16 innings. T u n stall had their best season for 11 years, and finished as a stron g side. M organ and H. D owns did nearly all their bow ling, the p rofession al’s 88 w ickets costin g 8.12 each, and D owns had 43 for 13.55 G. T . Skellam— 434, average 27.12— was the most dependable batsm an, and J. B road and R. H arris also did well. M organ go t a century at C rew e and 56 again st Lon gton, but fared poorly in the other gam es. T h e champions of ig i3 had a moderate season, and lost six of their seven m atches, in spite of the capital work of M ills, who averaged 21.88 with the bat, and took 64 w ickets for 13.67 each. A. C ook— 43 w ickets— was not the dom inant man he was when he had W ilson to help him , and the team seemed to lack interest after the first few weeks. Lon gton had a batsm an to m ake 700 runs, and follow B arnes in the averages, the player b ein g E. G. B axter, who u nfortunately w ill soon be lost to the club, as he shortly returns to Australia. A . Sm ith, whose runs worked out at 2g an in nin gs, was often prom inent, and B arber— who kept his best doin gs for the fag-end of the season— had 71 w ickets, average 12.12. O ther players to be prom inent were N ichols (Stoke), 76 w ickets and 367 runs; P. B rig g s (Stoke), 460 runs, average 27.05; J. A n kers (Silverdale), 3g5 runs, average 26.33; F ran k E llam s (Silverdale), average 26.00; E. J. Johnson (Stone), 5g w ickets; H. M atthews (Norton), 46 w ickets; Robinson (Stone), 48 w ickets, and C. F. Rushton (Silverdale), 38 w ickets. H. P.=T.’s Divisional Scheme. I f the County Championship had beencarried out on the lines explained by H. P.-T. in C r icket some time ago, and frequently re­ ferred to since, the result would have beenas follow s :— % U pper D iv is io n . L o w e r D iv is io n . P. W. D. L. I’ ts. P. w . D. L. P ts. K en t 16 11 3 2 9 Sussex .. 10 4 4 2 2 Yorks. 16 6 7 3 3 Leic. 6 3 2 1 2 S u rrey 16 7 5 4 3 Essex .. 4 2 1 1 I M ’d'x. 14 5 5 4 1 G ins. 0 2 2 2 O N o rth an ts. IO 3 4 3 0 W ore. 6 3 0 3 O N o tts. 12 3 6 3 0 Som t. 8 2 2 4 .2 L ancs. • *4 3 4 7 •4 D by. .. 8 1 3 4 •3 W ’w ’k*. . 14 3 4 7 •4 (S taffs. 2 1 0 I ?) H an ts. 12 0 4 8 .8 (N o rfo lk 2 1 0 I ?) The matches reckoned in each division are only those with sides in the same division. Staffordshire and N orfolk did not, of course, play any of the first-class counties, but are included as the second-class sides eligible for prom otion on last year's results. As a sequel to this year's campaign, Sussex and Hants would exchange places, and either N orfolk or Staffordshire might have to give way to Glamorganshire. M atches betw een counties in differen t d iv isio n s resu lte d th u s :— W . D. L. W . D. L. Y orks ... 10 1 1 W ’w ’k ........................................ 4 2 4 K en t ................ ... 9 2 1 Sussex ............................. 6 4 8 N o rth an ts. ... 9 2 1 G los. ............................. 6 1 9 S u rre y ................ ... 6 3 1 W ore. ............................. 3 5 6 H a n ts. ................ ... 7 4 3 1D by.............................................. 3 1 6 N o tts. ................ — 5 1 2 ; Som t. ............................. 0 1 7 M ’d ’x. ................ ... 2 2 2 E ssex ............................. 0 6 8 Lancs. ................ ... 4 4 4 | L eic. ............................. 1 3 12 Any one of the Upper Division sides, would, on this showing, have headed the Lower D ivision if placed therein, and no Lower Division, side would have been higher than seventh if transferred to the First Division. 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