Cricket 1913

CR ICK ET : A Weekly Record of the Game.—NOVEMBER ijth, 1913 . Together joined in Cricket’s manly toil.”— Byron. NO 5 9 , VOL. II, N e w S e r i e s . No. 948 . Old Series. S A T U R D A Y , N O V E M B E R 1 5 , 1 9 1 3 . [B^ Z ^ A Ra] 2°- PERCY J E E V E S . A Chat with Pcrcy Jccvcs. F ew cricketers o f late y ea rs h a v e met w ith such rem arkab le su ccess in their first season in first-class cricket as P e rc y Jeeves, the y o u n g Y o rk sh irem an w h o has th row n in h is lot w ith th e W a rw ic k s h ire C o u n ty C lu b . L a s t season Jeeves a ccom p lish ed the g re a t feat o f c a p tu rin g 106 w ick e ts at 20.88 runs each , and sc o rin g 765 run s w ith an a v e ra g e o f 20.13 per in n in g s . H e is a fast m edium righ t-h and b ow ler, w ith an action w h ich , o ld cricketers sa y , is v e ry sim ilar to that o f “ M e rry ” P reston , the fam ou s Y o r k s h ir e b ow ler o f 25 y e a rs a g o . H e has a nice run up to the w ick e t, a v e ry loose arm , and a b eau tifu l b o d y sw in g , and m akes the b a ll go aw a y v e ry q u ic k ly w ith h is a rm . H is b a ttin g is o f the fo rc in g ty p e , and , a lth o u g h not b y an y m eans a b ig m an, he h its the b a ll trem endou sly hard . W h a t h a s been Y o r k s h ir e ’s loss is W a rw ic k ’s g a in , and go o d ju d g e s con sid er that, g iv e n go od health, Jeeves m a y w ell g a in th e h igh e st honou rs on the cricket field. W h e n I looked up Jeeves fo r th e pu rpose o f this in terview , he h ad ju st returned from p la y in g in a foo tball m atch , when h is side had not o n ly received a g o o d tro u n cin g , b u t a go od d re n ch in g . A fter w e had m ade som e u n com p lim en tary rem arks abou t th e w eather, fo r the rain w a s still c om in g down in sheets, I told h im the nature o f m y m ission , and he w a s w illin g en ou gh to talk, as I w as not ex a ctly a stran g er ! In app earan ce Jeeves h a s n o th in g o f the ty p ic a l stu rd y Y o rk sh irem a n abou t h im . H e h a s clean -cut featu res, and sta n d in g abou t 5 feet 8 inches o n ly w e ig h s ju st o v er 10J sto n e ; bu t he is w ell kn it, and a th letic in b u ild . “ W h e r e and when w ere y o u b o rn ? ” “ A t E arlsh ea ton , near D ew sb u ry , on M arch 5, t 888.” “ D o y o u com e from a c ric k e tin g fa m ily ? ”