Cricket 1913

November 1 5 , 1 91 3 . CR I CKE T : A WE EK L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. 7i5 C L U B C R I C K E T N O T E S AND J O T T I N G S . L incoln L in d u m . — T h is old and honoured club had a fairly good season in 1913. O f the ten whole-day m atches played S were lost and only 3 won; of the 31 half-day gam es 12 were won, 11 lost, 8 drawn. A lto geth er 6457 runs were scored by the club for the loss of 378 w ickets (average 17), and 6664 by their opponents for 369 w ickets (average 18). In the day m atches W. Rose, the county wicket-keeper, had an average of 36, and his total (288) and his h igest score (92) were, lik e his average, higher than anyone else’ s. J. M. Law son averaged 27.14, E. Pullein 25, R. Whitton 24.71, H. W. B arnes 20.60, J. R. B railsford 19.80, H. N. Newsun 17.70, B. P. N evile 16.28, and G. H. N evile 14.33. Meunier, the pro., with 32 w ickets at 15.25 each, headed the bowling. In the half-day matches E. Pullein (391 at 35.54 per innings) was easily first, and am on g those who played more than a few in nin gs A. Bavin (282— 25.63), J. M. Law son (247— 24.17), M eunier (301— 23.15), F. R. Beechey (212— 19.25). and J. R. B railsford (248— 16.53) deserve mention. None of the rest reached 200; but F. B. M antle (29.33), F. G. Baker (27.40) T . VV. Andrew (26.75), J- T . M anning (22.16), H. N. Newsum (21.25), F. L. Howitt (21.50), W. Rose (19.25), C. H. Henderson (18.33), C. T. Jessap (17.73), and W. M. Shaw (15.83) all did very well in the few matches in which they played. M eunier took most w ickets (61 at 14.64 each); but C. T . P a g e (25 at 10.40), A. Bavin (35 at 10.54), and E. A. Stevens (22 at 11.68) all had better averages than he. L incoln L in d um Week. T h is is fixed for July 27— A u g u st 1 next year. T h e first match is with the M .C .C ., the second with D erbyshire Friars. T h e third has not yet been fixed up; and Mr. C. D obby (12, St. G iles’ A venue, Lincoln) would be very pleased to hear of any stron g touring club who are likely to be within hail of Lincoln on July 31 and A u g u st 1, and would like a match again st a good side on a good ground, w ith perfect w ickets, in an old historic city which has capital accommodation for visitors. S u tto n . — T h e Surrey club had a capital season in 1913. T h e whole-day won 20 m atches as again st 14 lost, and only drew one (a fact worth noting, this last); the half-day teams won 15, lost 12, and drew 12. T h e total gives 35 won, 26 lost, 13 drawn. T h e club has had better years from the point of view of results; but results are not everything. It is the spirit of the gam e that matters most, and Sutton p lay the gam e in the righ t spirit, as all visitors to the charm ­ in g Cheam Road ground know. In all 13,845 runs were scored for the loss of 638 w ickets, average 21.7, by the club, while again st them 13,649 runs for 678 w ickets yielded 20.1 per w icket. T h e neat little booklet which contains the averages giv e s them separately for the whole-day and half­ day team s, but also presents the fu ll figures. A s so many of the men played for both, I prefer the full figures, but would note in p assin g that H. L. H ancock (35.54) headed the whole-day b attin g averages, that P. R. Waterer (579) scored most runs in them , that M. F. S. Jewell (45 at 14.95) headed the bow ling, and that R. M. Bell (119) took most wickets, while for the half-day sides R. D. C lark, the old C h rist’ s Hospital boy, with 42.20, stood first in the b attin g table, Lionel Jackson (481) was first in a g g re g a te and E. G. L. K in g (30 at 14.03 each) topped the bowding and also had the largest number of w ickets. For all matches there were two averages of over 40, three of between 30 and 40, eight of between 25 and 30, seven of between 20 and 25, and six of between 15 and 20; and all of these were the figures of men who played at least ten innings. T h e highest are those of L. Jackson (582— 41.57), R. D. C lark (622— 41.46), H. L. Hancock (783— 32.62), D. L ever (387— 32.25), M. F. S. Jewell (348— 31-63), N. M. Hadfield (315.28.63), W. S. Jones (330— 27.50), R. H. Symonds (271— 27.10), P. R. Waterer (579— 26.31), D. D. N apper (525— 36.25), C. E. W ilson (393— 26.20), A . B. Read (363— 25.92), and V. R. B rom age (479— 25.21). G. C. E vans, G. R. Blades (the old skinner), A. L. Piper, N. G. Hancock, II. G. K elsey, M. G. C larke, and J. M. W illiam son also averaged over 20. C enturies were made by R. D. C lark (123 and 120), D. D. N apper (139), A. B. Read (109), and M. F. S. Jewell (104). R. M. B ell (all his play was for the whole-day teams) took his 119 wickets at 15.20 each, a fine record in a season which favoured the bat. Sutton without R .M .B . would probably have to endure many weary outin gs; they have other useful bowlers, but no one else at all his equal. Jew ell’ s 45 w ickets come a long way behind his 119, and the only other men who took as many as 30 were K in g, A. L. Piper, Napper, and F. E. K n igh t. T h e averages of all these were under 20; only K in g and Jewell had figures better (but better by a mere fraction j than the clu b ’ s mainstay. R. M. Bell also took most catches (17), D. D. Napper (15), and J. G. M. Bell and L. Jackson (12 cach) follow ing. H. G. K elsey stumped 13 batsmen, J. G. M. B ell g, and L. Jackson, R. H. C lark, and R. D. C lark (father and son, the last two) 7 each. Sutton would appear to be well off for w icket-keepers. Jewell had 4 w ickets in 4 balls du rin g the Sussex tour, and R. M. Bell did the hat trick once, and took all 10 w ickets on another occasion. T h e Sutton booklet is a model of what such th in gs should be. Lessness Park. -F o u r won, nine lost, eigh t drawn; it does not look too well, does it ? But there is hope for the future, and the side were not in lu ck ’ s way in 1913. R. Broad headed the b attin g averages, but only played in 7 innings; and the best work was done by W. Sevenoaks (total 395, average 25.42, and the only century of the season), C. I. S. W allace (481, 24.05, and 93 as highest), the captain, C. G. B easley (278, 23.17, 81), and E. F. Upton, one of the side’ s veterans (391 at 18.62 per innings). F. C lark (17.50), A. E. T u rn er (15.08), and S. H. W ilson (14.75) were also useful. T h a t old hand, E. Hawkes, received few of F ortu ne’ s favours, and his average dropped to under 13; but he made 52* once, and is far from b ein g past it yet. T h e bow ling was weak. W right, the pro., who played but seldom, had the best figures (20 w ickets at 12.95 each); Upton took most w ickets (41 at 19.95), and H. G reatrex (25 at 19.80) is the only one am ong the rest who merits note. A fast bowler is badly needed. “ If we could only get Jumbo Rutter back a g a in !” is the w ail of Lessn ess Park. But— “ where are the snows of yester-vear'?” Rutter played once this season, however, and took 5 for 74. W right has done wonders with the ground which suffered severely for the prolonged drought of 1911. D errick W a n d e re rs. — R esults were not up to the 1912 mark; but the first X I ’s record— 9 won, 7 lost, 5 drawn, is very fair, th ough the second X I ’s, with eleven defeats and never a win makes a poor show ing. Some of the best men were absent at tim es ow ing to ill-health, and this told a gain st the side, while the second team was weakened by bein g draw'n upon heavily to make up the first. H. M. G orringe won the battin g orize with a really fine record— 508 in 11 completed in n in gs, average 46.18. No one approaches him; but W. G. Hankin (499— 29.35) was con­ sistently useful, and R. T. Childs (442— 21.04) and T . W. Brown (194— 19.40) also did well. Illness reduced H. R. Rennie to a mere shadow of his form er self as a batsm an; but one hopes to see him fit and well again in 1914. Childs (47 at 16.17), Hankin (43 at 12.97), and R ennie (27 at 16.70) took am ong them nearly 90 per cent, of the w ickets. For the second X I H. M iller (138— 17.20) topned the batting; but H. B. Hone, F. A. E vans, and H. F. Wharton, p layin g more regularly than he, all had h igh er a g g rega tes; and E van s(i70 runs, average 13.07),and 37 w ickets at 14.05 each), was quite the all-round man of the team. A. J. C arroll took 35 w ickets at ju st 14 each, narrow ly headin g E van s on average. H am p s te a d N o m a d s .— An unintentional in justice was done in the notes concerning this club last month. Mr. S. B. K . Caulfield w rites to point out that his own 55 w ickets was by no means the b ig g e st bag for the club. L. G. K irk ­ patrick took at least 90; but the loss of one of the w'hole-day team ’ s score-books prevented the inclusion of his analysis in a good many matches. A y res’ C ricket C om p an io n w ill be out early next month. It is a specially good issue, and all readers of C r ic k e t should order it in advance. Some of the attractions are: “ Charterhouse School ” (by W. R. Weir), “ Left-Handed Batsm en and Lob Bow lers (F, S. A shley-Cooper), “ Chips from an Old B lock ” (Cover-point), and “ South A frican C ricketers of T o -d a y ” (J. N. Pentelow ). Price 6d., by post 8d., from the publishers (F. H. A yres and C o., i n , A ld ersgate Street, E .C .), or from the office of C r ic k e t .