Cricket 1913

702 C R I CK E T : A W E E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. November 1 5 , 1 9 x 3 . Overseas Cricket. C E Y L O N . F. J. Siedle has been in w onderful form lately. On Septem ber 24 he ran up 114 for Mr. G. V an dersp aar’ s X I again st a C ivil Service side, h ittin g n ine 6’ s and seven 4’ s. C. H. K ilm ister helped him to add 133 for the fifth w icket in 75 m inutes. T h is score follow ed one of 103* on Septem ber 6, in the course of which he completed his 1000 runs for the year. On O ctober 10 he rattled up 73 In 20 m inutes (six 6’s) for Sports C lub v G arrison, and a w eek later he made 203* in a total of 314 for 8, dec., for the same side v. Colombo C .C .’s A team . T h is in n in gs included as m any as fifteen 6’ s! C . Horan, the crack left-hander of the island, has taken 100 w ickets for the sixth year in succession. T h a t wonderful little veteran, T . K elaart, took 6 for 54 for C olts v. T am il Union on Septem ber 12 and 13. K elaart is not exactly a colt; but the Colombo C olts are a club, and a fajnous club too. VV. T . G resw ell took his hundredth w icket on September 26,when he had 9 for 18 for Colom bo C .C . v. Com bined C olleges. Up to the follow in g day his record was 106 for 72, or 7.28 each. On the same dates two schoolboys grea tly distin guish ed them selves for St. Joseph’s C o llege v. N ondescripts A. M. O rr scored 100*, and 0 . A. W right, after m akin g 72, took 7 for 32 in the first in n in gs of the opposition. D. L. D e Saram (145*), R. E . S. M endis (59), and E . R. D e Saram (45) were chief contributors to the Sinhalese S .C .’ s score of 279 for 6, dec., v. M alay S .C . (157), on O ctober 10 and 11. M. A . H. Jaldeen made 48 for the M alays. D e Saram hit nine 6’ s and eleven 4’ s. M endis, who played capital cricket, helped him to add 131 for the fourth wicket, and when the M alays went in took 4 for 22. T h e T am il U nion w ill send a team to M adras at C h rist­ mas. It is expected that the M adras Am ateurs, M adras U nited (the crack native club), the M adras C .C ., and the O rdnance C .C . w ill be met. A t the same tim e the Colom bo C .C . p layers will be in C alcu tta, where the R angoon G ym khana team is also due. R eferen ces to the N .S.W . v isit w ill be found on other pages. W E S T I N D I E S . U p to O ctober 4, E . Collym ore, a you n gster, had an a vera ge of 79.66 (5 inns., 2 not outs, 239 runs) in the senior m atches in B arbados. O ther h igh averages were those of L. T . Yearw ood (50), H. 0 . Em p tage (48.50), C. A. Browne (48.25), K . M ason (43.33), H. W. Ince (41.66), and C. A. W iles (36.28). M ost of these are inter-colonial players. N one had played more than 6 in n in gs, it m ay be noted. In the m atches played on O ctober 4 and 11, C. A. Browne m ade 112 for Spartan v. P ickw ick , while for the other side L. T . Yearw ood scored 87 in the first in n ig s, and P. H. T arilton , p la yin g for the first tim e this season, 47 in the second. F or W anderers v. Harrison C ollege, on the same dates, two well-known players in the persons of H. B. G. Austin and R. Challenor sent up 72 for the first wicket. T h ere has been som e b ig sco rin g in P arker Cup m atches in G eorgetown, and several of the B ritish G uiana cracks have shown them selves in form . R ecent innin gs include 165 b y C , C. D ’O rnellas (for C .LT. ), and centuries by D. D rayton (for D .C .C .), and J. S. G am ble (for G eorgetown); and on Septem ber 20 G eorgetown ran up 342 for 4, dec., v. D em erara, C. V . H unter (138) and H. C. B avley (109) add­ in g 201 for the second w icket, and Hunter and J. S. Gamble (51) p u ttin g on 85 for the third in less than half-an-hour. D em erara were dism issed for 135, W. M cCowan ta k in g 6 for 59. J. E. C habral made 92 for B .C .C .C . v. C .U .C .C ., and his side won in an in nin gs, E. A. F raser ta k in g 5 for 7 in the lo ser’ s second. J. R. V eerasawm v, who while in E n glan d readin g for the law played for Clapham R am blers, was on the w'inning side. A. H. B rebner, who some years ago made two centuries in a match at G eorgetown, can still get them ; he scored 51 and 71 on successive Saturdays in friendly gam es. Bow lers had a fine time in the Police v. Q ueen’ s C ollege m atch at G eorgetown. T h e boys were all out for 13 and 27. A rchib ald took 3 for o and 5 for 14; Sm ith 7 for 7 and 3 for 6. A U S T R A L IA . T h e T asm anian C .A . held its annual m eetin g in the M asonic Hall, Hobart, on Septem ber 22. T h e debit balance at the b egin n in g of last season (,£ 352 ) had been reduced to ju st under £ 9 5 , it w as announced. V ictoria are expected to p lay both at Hobart and Launceston when th ey v isit the island, and the T asm anian team w ill begin th eir match with N .S. Wales at Sydney on F ebru ary 6.T h e Sydney I Z in gari w ill probably make a brief tour in T asm a n ia in January. T h e scheme for playing- Queensland at Sydney and South A ustralia at Melbourne has not been carried out for 1913-4, but it w ill not be dropped. Hubert M yers has been appointed coach from O ctober 15 to M arch 3 1 , or a little lo n ger if required, at £ 6 per w eek and a return pas­ sage to Sydney. R egin ald Hawson was presented with a bat for his fine score of 19 9 * v. V ictoria, the h igest ever made in a first-class m atch for T asm ania. On the motion of Charles E ady, seconded by J. B ingham , G. H. B ailey was elected a life m ember of the A ssociation— a trem end­ ously popular move, as the prolonged ch eerin g showed. Mr. B ailey was a member of the F irst A ustralian T e am (1 8 7 8 ), and was then over 24; now, at 60 , he says that he does not see why he should g iv e up cricket y e t ! In the absence of- S ir John Dodds, the Hon. J. W. E van s (Speaker of the T a s ­ manian H ouse of A ssem bly) officiated as chairman. T h e South A ustralian C .A .’ s m eetin g was held on Sept. 26 , when Mr. G. M ostyn Evan (V .P .) occupied the chair in the absence of Sir Edw in Sm ith, the President. T he financial statem ent (complicated from a cricket point of view by the fact th at football, lacrosse, and other gam es figure in it) includes several item s of interest. Subscrip­ tions in 19 12 -3 reached over .£230 0; ga tes were £ 2 3 3 for the V ictoria match, and only ,£94 for that v. N ew South Wales, from whose team m any cracks were absent; expenses of the eastward tour were £347, and of the Western A ustralia match at Adelaide £ 5 9 ; the S ecretary’ s salary was .£300, and w ages absorbed £ 7 6 4 . A new pavilion is to be erected. John C resw ell, a son of the late Secretary, was made a life member in recognition of his fath er’ s fine services to the A ssociation. A scheme for a schools association, to pro­ mote cricket coaching, was mooted. T h e report contains an in terestin g note as to the selection of S.A . team s during 19 12 -3 . T h e captains of the various D istrict clubs were appointed a comm ittee; they selected sixteen men; then they chose three of their own number as final selectors, and these three— C. H ill, J. F. T ravers, and F. T . H ack— chose the teams for the various m atches from the sixteen. T h e arrangem ent, complicated as it m ay seem , worked adm ir­ ably. T h e S .A .C .A ’ s quota of the loss of £ 1 2 8 7 incurred by the A ustralian T eam of 19 12 was £ 6 4 odd. T h e S p ortin g M ail (Adelaide) says that M ayne and C raw ­ ford are expected back in good tim e for the b ig m atches, but that. C am pbell w ill be absent for some time in En gland. Gehrs is rather a doubtful starter, and Whitty m ay not be able to g e t aw ay from business. J. T . M urray, the b ig you n gster of whom much was hoped, is not lik ely to be able to play first-class cricket. No reference is made to Clement H ill’ s appointment as a racin g steward, which it is said w ill cut short his cricket career, sim ply because the appointment had not been made when the prospects of the season were bein g discussed in the Mail. H ill’s loss— if indeed he be lost to cricket— -will be a heavy one and with G ehrs, Whitty, and Cam pbell all possible absentees (Webster, by the way, stayed in Sydney after the return of the A ustralian Team ) the outlook m ight be regarded as none too good, but for the fact that there are some you n g ones of rare prom ise. In H ill’ s absence M ayne would probably lead, and the only men of much experience he would have behind him are Craw ford, Cham berlain, and Rees. B ut these few make up a good backbone, and there are also Alan Moyes, who showed such brilliant form last season, Donald Steele, H. B ridgm an, N. L. Gooden, P. D. Rundell, R. F. M iddleton, and others, of whom much m ay reasonably be expected. T h e Queensland C .A . held its annual m eeting du rin g the latter part of A ugust. T h e A ssociation had a good season in 19 12 -3 , receipts totallin g £ 1 0 7 3 , expediture £ 771. C ecil Thompson (University) headed the first-grade b attin g averages with 6 4 .8 7 per innin gs, and J. W. M cL aren the bow ling, with 30 w ickets at under 5 each. It was stated that efforts were bein g made to arran ge for visits from South A ustralia and V ictoria; but these do not appear to have been successful. T h e Queensland team w ill p lay in M el