Cricket 1913

726 C R I CK E T : A W E E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME December 1 7 , 1 9 1 3 . O V E R S E A S C R I C K E T . T h e A u s tr a lia n T e a m in Am erica. Inform ation lately to hand renders it n ecessary to make some corrections in the figures giv en last month if they are to stand as an accurate account of the tour. T h e corre­ spondent of the “ S p ortin g M a il” (Adelaide) says that the second m atch at C a lg a ry (Septem ber 16) w as won by an in n in gs and a run instead of by 28 runs on the first innin gs as reported; the C a lg a ry side after g iv in g the tourists quite a frig h t, went in a gain and were dism issed by C raw ford and M acartney in about three-quarters on an hour for 27 runs ! O f this the local p ap er said that “ at 4.40 the gam e con­ cluded, and after th at an exhibition of cricket was given, which was much en jo yed .” T h e “ e x h ib itio n ” score was not appended, so that one had no clue as to the true state of affairs. A t Y orkton, in the second gam e, the A u stralian s began a second in nin gs, and scored 58 for 2. F ou r m en’ s figures are affected. C ollin s scored 4, C ody 17, C raw ford 24 not out, M acartney 1.1 not out. T h e figures of these four should therefore read: M acartney, 57— 5— 2390— average 45.96; Cody 52— 7— 1439— average 31.97; C raw ford, 54— 5— • 1554— average 31.71; and C ollin s, 51— 3— 1393— average 29.02. No change in the order is made. T h is second in n in gs was not m entioned by the local paper. T h e “ S p ortin g M ail’ s ” correspondent says that no averages were kept in accordance with an agreem ent arrived at before the tour commenced. I doubt very much the policy of this, if it was intended that no averages should ever be made out. F or it w as inevitable th at they should be, and the refusal to allow anyone to see the score-books only led to the use of inaccurate scores as given in local sheets, or to a trem endous amount of trouble in g e ttin g inaccuracies corrected b y officials of the various clubs. Mr. F. F. K e lly is, I know, still try in g to get complete bow lin g figures. A fter spending m any hours over those available, I have g iv en up the task as hopeless. T H E A R G E N T I N E . T h e Buenos A ires p layers— or some of them— g o t to work on O ctober iq, when B. H. Sm yth, an old B lu n d ell’s boy, made 83, and J. B. Sheridan, an old Stonyhurst boy, took 7 for 15 for Sheridan ’s X I v. D. S cott’ s X I at Palermo. W. J. A bel and A lw in are in the A rgen tin e coach in g this w inter. On Saturday, Novem ber 1, A b el scored 62 for Hurl- in gh am v. B elgran o, and A lw in 68* for B elgran o, each bein g h ig h e st scorer for his side. On the follow in g day A bel hit up 106* (one 6, eleven 4’ s) for H urlin gh am v. Buenos A ires. T h e se were both friend ly m atches; competition cricket had not yet begun at that date. T H E W E S T I N D I E S . In B arbados the Spartan C lub have beaten P ickw ick and the W anderers in su ccessive m atches. C. A. B row ne’ s 112 v. P ickw ick was referred to last month. He had a share in the defeat of the W anderers, with 41* in the second innin gs of his side, too, th ou gh C. A. B raithw aite (62 in an innin gs of 104, with no other double figure score) had a b ig g e r one, and H. N. P a rris’ s bow lin g (9 for 51 in the match) must not be overlooked. F or the losers H. Mason took 12 for 88. Harrison C o llege, after g o in g under to W anderers by 8 w ickets (H. W. Ince, 61*, and R. Challoner, 57*, togeth er at the finish), lost to P ickw ick by 6 w ickets in circum stances thus described by a local writer: “ T h e school boys were again this season forced to figh t th eir a u gu st onnonents again st devilish odds, the w icket b e in g vile when the gam e was completed and the school badly beaten .” L. T . Y e a r­ wood took 7 for 12 in Harrison C o lle g e ’ s second innings. F o r Spartan II v. Holborn (Junior Cup match) E. M orris scored 103* in October. A . E . H arragin and G. C. Learm ond (both m embers of the 1906 West Indian T eam in E n glan d ) have been made life m em bers of the O ueen ’ s P ark C .C ., T rin idad, in recognition o f th eir services to the gam e. _________________________ M .C .C . C rick et S c o re s a n d B io g r a p h ie s . — F o r Sale, Vpls. 5 to 13, bound and in perfect condition.— H. B ., Sunny R ise, Bracknell. __ __ F O R S A L E .— W isden 1864 to 1869, 1872, 1878, 1893, 1894, 1896 to 1902 in clusive, second cony 1897, 1870 and 1871 bound together, 1873, 1876, and 1879 bound together. Red L illvw h ite 1882, 1890, 1804, 1896. G reen Lillyw hite 1882. F re d L illyw h ite’ s G uide 1864. W hat offers ?— Rev. A. H. L. HASTLING, S . A n n e’ s M ission House, D erby. S O U T H A F R I C A . N atal notes will be found on another page. R eference was made in an odd paragraph last month to the century scored by E. C. M oses, the old Reptonian. G eorge Hearne’s 149 at Cape Town was also mentioned. A. H. Cooper’ s 108 v. Randfontein has been followed b y another century from his bat— 145 for Wanderers A. v. W anderers on November 1. V. Given-W ilson (85) and he put on over 200 runs for the fourth wicket. T h e m atch, which lasted three afternoons (a Saturday, a Sunday, and the follow in g Sun­ day) realised 770 runs for 20 w ickets. R. W. Stanton (74) and W. J. Bird (79) put up 112 before the first w icket fell; H. Quinton and G. Sturgeon each topped 50, and D. J. M eintjes hit nine 4’s in his 41. W anderers total w as 399; Wanderers A , stru g g lin g to the finish, ended up w ith 371. R. O. Saunders (5 for 43, S .A .R . v. E .R .P .M .) and C. Newbery (7 for 48, V illa g e Main R eef v. G erm iston Callies) were the most successful bow lers in the m atches of Oct. 18. W. T . G ardner is b attin g well for Crown Mines. He made 64 (v. E . R. Union) and 78 (in a total of 150, v. S .A .R .) in successive m atches. He played for the T ran svaal again st G riqualand West last season, and should be quite a likely choice this. Randfontein scored 403 for 8 (P. M. M arvin 80, F. Islip 66, V. Jaques 64*, A. P ak e 58, R. T illa rd 56) v. Y eo v ille on the 25th, declared on Novem ber 1st, and put out Y eoville for 116. E .R .P .M . beat E ast R and Union b y 2 runs only 162 to 160; Crown M ines beat S .A .R . by 10 runs— 150 to 140; and, as already mentioned, Wanderers beat W anderers A by 28 runs. T h ree such stern tu ssles (out of five m atches in a competition) on one day form a rare coincidence. F. W. E lw orthy, the go o g ly bow ler whom m any expect to see in the South A frican team , has started w ell w ith 2 for 50 and 6 for 55 in his first match, 5 for 26 and 3 for 25 in his second. He is quite you n g, and his len gth seem s to be improving. Robert R elf has arrived at Johannesburg, and was on the W anderers’ Ground coach ing before he had been in the city m any hours. Interviewed, he refused to say much; R .R .R . does not believe in gas; but it is evident that he has already made a good imnression. In B order L ea gu e cricket C. Johnson, the B order w icket­ keeper (one of the best stum pers in South A frica, which has never lacked men of capacity in this department) made 104 for Pirates (172) v. A lberts (123) at K in g W illiam stown. Johnson, who is the P irates’ captain, played a good in nin gs, though it was not chanceless. A t East London Bohem ians had an unexpected victory over Buffalos, the team for which both G erald H artigan and N. O. Norton play, the form er b ein g its skipper. Buffalos totalled 180, Norton’s 98 bu lk­ in g la rge in this. He hit splendidly— five 6’ s, ten 4’s. H artigan ’ s score was 25. Bohem ians lost 5 for 33, but eventually pulled off the gam e, thanks to L. M iles (96) and H. W. P h illip s (50). M iles is a y ou n gster of 18, at Sel- borne. C ollege, E ast London. P h illip s used to be on the Hampshire ground staff, and played a few tim es for the county; after ten years spent as groundsm an at K in g W illiam stown he is now employed in the same capacity at E ast London. N oth ing of very great moment took place in the principal C ape T ow n m atches of O ctober 25 and November 1. Green Point (174— L. B eattie 5g) narrow ly beat A lm a (158— F. Bond 37*). Bond bowled finely for the losers, ta k in g 8 for 68 in G reen P oin t’ s first. He was left out of the Western Province team v. M .C .C ., but is one of the best C ap e T own bowlers beyond doubt. In G reen P o in t’ s second (186 for 7) Beattie was a gain top scorer, with 49. C ape T ow n (283— G eorge Hearne 86, M. J. Comm aille 54) beat S .A . C ollege (120— A. Cam pbell 63— and n o — F. Peters 39) in an innings, W. H. Short ta k in g 7 for 59 (in two innin gs) for the winners. Western Province (250 for 8, dec.— A . V. C. Bisset 58, P. A . M. Hands 51, R. A. H. Hands 47— and 59 for 1) beat Claremont ( n o — R. Robinson 61*— and 198— F. Hearne 78, R. Pu rcell 49) by 9 w ickets. M ars took 6 for 33 in the lo sers’ first, and C. Jackson 5 for 37 in their second. A still of Leicestershire, who is coach in g at Christian Brothers C ollege, K im berley, made 75 in a total of 121 for his side on November 1. T h eir opponents, E cclectics, ran up 291 for 7, dec. (P. M cK enzie in * ) . Another century was made at K im berley on the same day, when E . Raaff scored 105 for K im berley v. K enilw orth, W. V . L in g m akin g 69.