Cricket 1913

November 15 , 19 13 . CR I CKET : A WEEK L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. 7°3 bourne. L a st season ’s side did not win its m atches; but it was a very young' team , and the form shown by several of the colts is regarded as h igh ly prom ising. G rade cricket in Sydney began on Septem ber 27. Free­ man scored 101*, and K ellew ay 89 for G lebe v. M iddle Harbor, T rum per 84 for Gordon v. Paddington, E. F. Waddy 74 and C ranney 62 for Central Cum berland v. U n iversity, and Andrew s 80 for Petersham v. Balmain. T h ese were all F irst G rade matches. In the Second Grade W illiam s made 114 (uncompleted) for M iddle Harbor II v. Gordon II, K. B. D ocker 103 for Western Suburbs v. New­ town, Lord 84 for Mosman v. Randw ick, Jones 81 (uncom­ pleted) and K ippax 50 for W averley v. Paddington. F lyn n and Sheppard (five w ickets each), for W averley, go t out Redfern for 83. R. V. M innett (24), H. V . Hordern (26), A . J. Hopkins (15), J. C. B arnes (6), and L. A . M innett (19) were among the prom inent players who figured in the m atches without special distinction. On O ctober 4 E. P. B arbour just m issed the century by one run for U n iversity v. Central Cum berland, and B. J. F olkard had a sim ilar tryin g experience for Balm ain v. Petersham . Syd G regory made 46*, R. B. M innett 43. Hordern took 4 w ickets for 64, K ellew ay 5 for 32, Hopkins 3 for 14, C otter 2 for 29; the great feat of the day in the bow lin g line was that of Scott (not J. R. D ., the fast bowler, I believe), who had 8 for 72 (Gordon v. Paddington). In Adelaide a start was made on October 4, when L. W. Cham berlain scored 96 for E ast T orren s v. Sturt, G. P arks 116 and Waddy 71 for G len elg, C. E. Pellew 51 for U n iver­ sity v. Port Adelaide. Am o n g the other first-class players en gaged were W hitty (10), N. L. Gooden (6), and Bridgm an (38). Quite the best bow lin g of the day was done by the veteran J. F. T ravers, who for A delaide v. West T orren s had 5 for 25. A b egin n in g was made in M elbourne on the same day. Here Vernon Ransford did exactly what B arbour and F olkard were doing in Sydney— go t gg, and then go t out! T h is w as for M elbourne v. U niversity. A rm stron g’ s score for the same side was 5. T h e veteran J. F. G iller who is cap tain in g South M elbourne this season, made 51 v.Prahran. M organ scored a solid 75 and M acrow a dash in g 69 for R ich­ mond v. Collingwood. T h e score was 8 for 77 when they became partners. In W estralia the start seems to have been made much later, no m atch of im portance ta k in g place even as late as O ctober 18. In some respects it would seem that matters are not g o in g altogether well with the gam e there. T he F rem antle clubs have seceded from the W .A .C .A . competi­ tion to run one of their own; but it is hoped that this split will be only temporary. Perth U n iversity w ill have a team in the F irst Grade competition, and it is expected that P. R. L e Couteur w ill captain the side. S O U T H A F R IC A . With the advent of O ctober football and hockey had to give way to cricket in the sub-continent. Probably the first cen­ tury of the season was C. H. A. H olland’ s 101* for R ailw ay v. S. A . C ollege, on Oceober 4, in the C ape T ow n Junior Championship. T h e school team made 103; and the R ail­ way men rattled up 141 for o, C. F. J. W illiam s (37*) bein g Holland’ s partner. On October 6 another century was registered at Johannesburg, Sanderson’ s 101 for Wan­ derers III, in a match of which the fu ll score w ill be found on another page. R. A . H. Hands made 53 for Western Province v. C lare­ mont in a friendly m atch, he and R. R ail (45) sendin g up 50 in 18 m inutes. Hands was only in tw ice that time. F. Sm ith (5 for 71) bowled w ell for Claremont. On O ctober 11 the T ran svaal teams started. A. H. Cooper, of whom grea t th in gs are hoped, scored a brilliant 108(seventeen 4’ s, only one chance) for Wanderers v. Rand­ fontein. W anderers’ score was 384 for 7, C. D. D ixon (56) and V. G. W'ilson (51) g iv in g Cooper most aid. Louis T an cred (not done with y e t!) was in form for E .R .P .M . v. S .A .R .— 80 of the best his share of a total of 216. B. Morkel made 79 for V .M .R . v. G erniston C allies. E. C. M oses, the old Reptonian, was 29* in a total of 73 for 1 for Wanderers B. v. Y eoville. T here was n othing in the bow lin g that could beconsidered very notable. L e R oux’ s 4 w ickets for S.A .R . and R eun ert’s 4 for Wanderers B were the b ig g e st b ags of the day. Which Reunert it was— J. or C .— the score did not mention; but it would be one of the two Harrovians. A. W. Sprenger, form erly of the Border X I, turned out for E ast Rand Union. K eith H ill, the prom ising you n g F ree State player, scored 109 (fourteen 4’ s) in a friendly match at Bloem fontein on O ctober 6. N atal new s w ill be found on another page. P E R U . On Septem ber 24 A. G. Lau rie, a West Indian cricketer, who is well known in N ew Y o rk circles, scored q 6 and took 8 w ickets for 24 in a busin ess house match (The R est v. G race and C o., G raham Row e and C o., and M ilne and Co.) on the Santa B eatriz ground at Lim a. H. Mason made 89 in fau ltless style (Laurie had a good deal of luck, it would seem) for the same side, and is stated to have been bowled by a ball which yorked him on the third bounce— a yorker of rather unusual type, this ! H. A. M ilne scored 52 for the other side, whose total was 130, the R est m aking 233 for 4. T h is was L a u rie’ s first appearance in Lim a cricket. IN D IA . R. C. M. Strouts (5 for 25) bowled well, and C. De la Hay (43) batted well on a soft w icket for Madras C .C . v. Emm anuel C .C . early in October. E xcep t for h avin g R. D. Denniston, of the M adras C lub, as leader, the latter were purely a native side. T h e y lost by 47 runs (go— Denniston 26— to 140); but M eganathan (6 for 38) did good work in the bow lin g line for them. F o r M adras U nited v. Perambore United C. K rishnasw am i took 7 for ig. On Septem ber 27 and 28 the A n glo-F ren ch C .C . beat the V ictoria M em orial C .C . b y 71 runs at Pondicherry. T h e A n glo-F rench players were: H allew ell, B irley, T aylor, Hey- wood, A stley, E am es, Heywood, ju n ., N ilakanda Rao, V aradachari, Manicam , and Subram anyam . Query— which of these are Frenchm en? V aradachari took 10 w ickets for 41, M anicam (from g a y Paree?) 10 for 43. Col. R. M. Poore still holds his own with the best. He was top scorer with 68* and took 3 for 24 for his regim ent (Queen’s Own Hussars) v. B an galore G ym khana, on O ctober 18. NEW Z E A L A N D . T h e only new s to hand thus far is of the council chamber, not of the field type. From W ellington I hear that J. V. Saunders has been recogn ised for this season, as everyone expected. He has done go od work under difficulties there, and is very popular. T h e district system has been aban­ doned; somehow it never cau ght on, probably ow ing to the fact that the clubs had not grounds in their own districts. T h e clubs have held their m eetin gs, most of them announc­ in g a deficit; but for all th at there seems to be plenty of hope for the gam e in W ellington in the near future, for good you n g ones are com in g alon g. W ellington North have C. A Richardson, the old N .S.W . player, am on g their vice-presi­ dents; and the m anagem ent comm ittee, which includes C. G. W ilson (Victoria, Southland, O tago, and W ellington), M. J. Crom bie, and my friend Anders Wiren (to whom I am indebted for m any an item of new s), is a very strong one. W ellington E a s t’s president is J. P. F irth, a deadly bowler in bygon e days; the club has in W. A. B aker (the Hon. Sec.), C. V . G rimm ett, and H. M cG irr, three you n g players of considerable prom ise. W ellington C entral have lost their crack bat, the Rev. E. O. B lam ires, go n e to T aranaki. T h e W ellington C .A . has arran ged annual matches with A uckland, and hopes to have two m atches with C anterbury each season and one gam e with O tago. Southland’ s application to be allowed to play for the Plunket Shield has been rejected. T h e requisite three- fifths m ajority was not obtained at the m eetin g of the N.Z. C ricket C ouncil— ten voted for and nine again st the pro­ posal. Mr. S. O rchard moved its adoption, and said that he had been given to understand that the gam e in South­ land was sim ply stagnan t for want of Plunket Shield matches. It would really be no trouble, he said, for the m ajor associations to play at In vercargill when down South to meet O tago. E. J. A ustin (Nelson) seconded. Mr. T . W. R eese said that he considered the standard of play in