Cricket 1913

CR I CK E T : A WE E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. November 15, 1915. T H E M .C .C . T O U R IN S O U T H A F R IC A . F irs t m atch, v. W e s t e r n P r o v in c e , N ovem ber 8, io, a n d i i , a t N ew ­ lan d s, C ap e Tow n. T h e d raw n g am e w as d istin c tly in fav o u r o f the hom e sid e, w ho only n eed ed 155 to w in w ith a w hole in n in g s to play . L ew is a n d C onry (th e la tte r a rem a rk a b le schoolboy c rick eter a t M an n am ead School, P ly m o u th , som e tw elv e o r fifteen y ears ag o ) a d d e d 191 fo r the P ro v in ce's fifth w icket, a n d when the M .C .C. follow ed on D o u g la s a n d H obbs m ade a sta n d o f 120 fo r the second. F u ll rep o rt w ill a p p e a r in next issue. Scores : W e s te r n P r o v in c e , M . J. Com ­ m aille , 30; G . H e a rn e , 26; P. A. M. H a n d s, 28; R. A. H . H a n d s, 3; 1 ’. T . L ew is, 151; F . D . C onry, 53; R. R . L u y t, 21; E . A. B udgen, 3; J. B lan ck en b crg, 27; W . H . S h o rt, 5; W . H . M ars, n o t o ut, 1; ex tras, 27; to ta l, 375. M .C .C ., R hodes, 3 a n d o; H obbs, 72 a n d 80; H e a rn e , 22 a n d 83; M ead, 4 a n d 13; H on. L. H . T ennyson, 7 a n d 15; R e lf, 19 a n d 5; W oolley, 12 a n d 29; M . C . B ird , 32 a n d 1; J . W . H . T. D o u g las, 11 a n d 61; B ooth, 2 a n d 28; S tru d w ic k , not ou t o a n d not o u t, 1 ; e x tra s, 15 a n d 14; to ta ls, 199 a n d 330. P H I L A D E L P H I A N C R I C K E T I N 1 9 1 3 . T h e av erag es w hich fo llo w a re co m p iled from the lea d in g .m atches of the season, eleven in a ll, viz. : G en tlem en of P h ila d e lp h ia v. A u stra lia n T eam (3 ) a n d v. In c o g n iti (2 ); U n ite d S ta te s a n d C a n a d a v. A u stra lia n T eam (.*); G erm an to w n v. A u stra lia n T eam ; a n d G erm anto w n , M erion, a n d l ’h ila d e lh ia club sid es v. In co g n iti. O n the w hole the b a ttin g h as ra th e r a lean a p p e ara n c e , bu t it is only f a ir to rem em ber th a t J. B. K in g p lay e d in only one m atch, an d th at m any of the m en a re y o u n g sters who w ill a ssu re d ly do b e tte r in the fu tu re . H . P . A u stin , H . A. F u rn e ss, H . S. H a rn e d , a n d R. P. A nderson show ed rea l a b ility a t tim es, a n d though W illa rd G ra h a m , who prom ised a t one tim e to becom e a g re a t a ll-ro u n d e r, has p roved d isa p p o in tin g thus fa r, his d ay m ay yet come. C. C. M o rris w as q u ite the m an of the season. In the bow lin g P. H . C la rk 's figures do n o t do him ju stic e , a n d som e of those above him w ould n ot have been th ere h a d they been w orked as h a rd as he w as in one o r tw o-m atches. B atting A verages . . uj .. In n s. N .O . R . A. H .S . H . 1 *. A u stin ...................................... 2 4 1 90 30.00 55* H . A. F u rn e ss...................................... 5 9 1 235 29.37 106* C. C. M o rris ...................................... 7 13 o 379 29.15 78 W . I'. O ’N e ill...................................... 4 8 1 155 22.14 45* W . P. N e w h a ll.................................. 5 10 1 175 19.44 33 P. H . C la rk ...................................... 5 9 1 154 19,25 82 J . L. E v an s ......;.................................. 4 8 0 150 *8.75 41 H . W . M id d le to n .............................. 2 4 1 50 16.66 23* T . C. J o rd a n ...................................... 2 4 o 60 15.00 24 H . S. H a rn e d ..................................... 3 6 o 86 14.33 55 W. N . M orice ...................................... 2 4 o 50 12.50 26 J. H . S c a tte rg o o d ............................. 2 4 o 47 11.75 E. M . M ann ....................................... 2 3 o 34 "11.33 20 R. W a ad , ju n ...................................... 2 4 2 22 11.00 *9* R. L. P earso n ................................. 3 5 o 48 9.60 27 W . G rah am ........................................... 5 9 o 85 9.44 45 R. P . A nderson ............................... 8 15 o 130 8.66 46 J. P . D o rn an ...................................... 2 4 o 31 7.75 19 S. H . H a rt ......................................... 2 4 o 31 7.75 16 C. M. G rah am ................................. 3 6 o 46 7.66 16 F. A. G reene .................................... 3 4 1 22 7.33 12 H . G . P earce ...................................... 3 5 1 29 7.25 14* D r. I-'. C. S h arp less......................... 3 5 o 31 6.20 20 W . M . F ello w s .................................. 2 3 2 6 6.00 6* J. R . V e tte rle in .................................. 3 6 o 27 4.50 13 A. G . P rie stm a n ................................. 2 3 o 12 4.00 10 J. R . S te w a rt ...................................... 3 5 i 12 3.00 7 F. H . T rip p ............................. ......... 2 2 0 6 3,00 4 R. L. M elv ille ................................. 3 5 I 2 0.50 2 C. tt. W in te r ...................................... 2 3 0 1 0-33 1 J . H . S av ag e, ju n ............................. 3 3 2 0 — — The follow ing played in one match only (figures given are actual scores) :—G . F . B ottom ley, 23* a n d 7; H . R. C a rtw rig h t, ju n ., 4 a n d o; J. R . C onyers (o f B e rm u d a ), 19 a n d 17; E . M . C re g a r, 16* a n d t ; W . M . R. C rosm an, 3 a n d o; H . W . G o o d all, 4* a n d o; J . H . G ord o n , 1 a n d o; J. B. K in g , 10 a n d 2; A. L ee, 6 an d 1; L. Lee, 32* a n d o; P. N . L eR oy, 37 a n d o ; J . H . M aspn, 8 a n d 2; J. W . M u ir, 2 a n d o; A. G . S catterg o o d , 4 a n d o. B owling A verages . M . O . M. R . W . A. H . W . G o o d all .................................. 1. 9 3 37 5 7-40 J. 15 . K in g ............. ............................... 1 42.1 14 95 12 7.91 1 C. M. M ann .........'................................ 2 35.3 4 137 10 13.70 l)r . I'-. C. S h arp less ......................... 3 21.3 1 66 4 16.50 J. H . S av ag e, ju n ............................ 3 72.2 12 223 12 18.58 E . M. C re g a r ....................................... 1 18 1 57 3 19.00 F . A. G reen e .......................................... 3 89.1 26 222 11 20.18 H . G . P earce ...................................... 3 78.2 7 365 16 22.81 R. P. A nderson ................................. 7 93.2 14 346 15 23.06 W . P . O ’N e ill ...................................... 3 46 6 166 7 23.71 F . H . T rip p ......................................... 2 24 1 111 4 27.75 P. H . C la rk ................................ 5 130.1 13 458 15 30.53 R. L. M e ly ille ..................................... 3 42.2 2 213 6 35.50 W . G rah am .......................................... 5 44 3 173 4 43.25 J . R . V e tte rle in .................................. 2 34 o 185 3 61.66 The follow in g also bow led: —W . M . F ello w s, 2 m atches— 6 overs—o m aid en s— 62 ru n s— 1 w icket; H . A. F u rn ess, 2 — 10— o— 4T — 0; A. Lee, 1 —5 —o—26—i; L. L ee, j —7—o—29—o; P . N . Le R oy, 1—7—2— 16— 1; H . W . M id d le to n , 2— 13—2—32—2; W . N . M orice, 1—5—o—39—1; W . P . N ew h all, 2—4— o —26—1; A. G. P rie stm a n , 2—8— o —38--- o; R . W a ad , ju n ., 2—32— o — 143—20. F ield W o r k . R . P . A nderson cau g h t 16, W . P. O 'N eill 11 (10 in one m atc h ); J . P. D o rn an c a u g h t 3, stunfped 3; C. C. M o rris c au g h t 6, R . L. M ev ille, J. H . S avage a n d J . R. S tew art 3 each, J. L. E v an s, F . A. G reene, F . H . T rip p , R . W a ad a n d C. H . W in te r 2 each; J . H . S c atterg o o d c a u g h t 1 and stu m p ed 1 ;fifteen o th er p lay e rs each m ad e one catch. T h e V isit of N .S.W . C rick eters to Ceylon. T h e Rev. E. F. W addy’ s New South W ales team to Ceylon is expected to include that gentlem an him self, with his brothers, the Rev. P. S. and E. L. W addy, Warren B ardsley, G. R. H azlitt P. S. A rnott, R. B. M innett, P. W. and C. D ocker, W. J. Stack, E . J. L o n g, N. M. G re g g , G. B. O. T u ck, and W. Cam eron. T h ey w ill play a one-day match w ith Western A ustralia at Perth or Frem antle on the way (Decem ber 20), and w ill reach Colombo on D ecem ber 31. The cricket programm e for them is as follow s:— January 2 and 3— at Colombo, v C eylonese XI. ,, 5 and 6— at Colombo, v. A ll Ceylon. „ 7— at G alle, v. X V III of Southern Province. ,, g and 10— at K andy, v. U p-Country XI. ,, 12 and 13— at Colombo, v. C eylonese X I. ,, 15 and 16— at Radella, v. D im bula and D ikoya. ,, 17 and 19— at Anuradhapura, v. X V III of North C entral Province. ,, 21— at Colombo, v. X V III of C eylon Pu blic Schools. ,, 23 and 24— at Colombo, v. A ll Ceylon. T en n is g o lf, and p lenty of sigh t-seein g have also been arranged for, and the tourists w ill, beyond doubt, have a rare good time. T h ey cannot accept the invitation of the Bom bay authorities to v isit that city and play a m atch v. A ll India, tim e not perm itting. A s yet it is not known whether the su ggestio n made by the C eylon comm ittee that an A ll India team shall be sent to play at Colombo in a trian gu lar tournament is likely to be accepted; if it is some alteration of the programm e above-given m ay be necessary. T h e New Z ealan d T o u r in A u stralia. T h e team will leave W ellington on D ecem ber 5, arrivin g in Sydney D ecem ber g. Tw o d ays’ practice in Sydney w ill precede the m atches, which are now p ractically settled thus, though the Toowoomba match is doubtful, and m ay have to be lim ited to one day if played:— D ecem ber 12 and 13— at West M aitland, v. Northern D istrict. ,,, 16 and 17— at G len Innes, v. Northern D istrict. ,, 19, 20, and 22— at B risbane, v. Queensland. ,, 23 and 24— at T oowoom ba, v. Toowoom ba (possibly). ,, 26, 27, and 29— at Sydney, v. N ew South Wales. ,, 31, Jan. 1— at Goulburn, v. Southern D istrict. January 3 and 5— at A lbu ry, v. A lb u ry and Border. ,, 7 and 8— at South M elbourne, v. South M el­ bourne. „ 9, 10, and 11— at Melbourne, v. V ictoria. ,, 16, 17, and 19— at Adelaide, v. South A ustralia. ,, 21, 22, and 23— at M elbourne, v. M elbourne Club. T h e team w ill probably leave Sydney for home on January 24. Queensland, N ew South W ales, and V icto ria have guaranteed £75 each, the M elbourne C lub and the up- country towns £50 each, while the South M elbourne and Adelaide gu aran tees were not settled when the last m ail left N ew Zealand. T h e New Zealand C ricket Council gu aran ­ tees ,£100, and the Auckland, C anterbury, O tago, and Wel­ lington A ssociation s £70 each. T h e expenses of the tour are estimated at £ 960. T h e C ouncil has appointed the fol­ low in g gentlem en as selectors of the team :— L. G. Hemus (Auckland), D. Reese (Canterbury), A. Downes (O tago), M. J. Crom bie (W ellington), and S. A . O rchard (represent­ in g the Council). Hemus and R eese are am on g the men indispensable to the team , and others in the ru n n in g for places are R. G. H ickmott, D. Sandm an, J. H. B ennett, W. Hayes, and W. R. P atrick (Canterbury), W. B rookrSm ith, E . V . Sale, N . C. Sneddon, and C. Ollifif (Auckland), W. R.