Cricket 1913

73° CR I CKET : A WE E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. December if, 1 9 1 3 . for the loss of only 4 w ickets, Sam uelson (40) and W. Llew ellyn , a brother of C .B . (40), giving- them a fine start for the first wicket. T h e victory is a notable one, for Sam uelson is the only man on the R o y als’ side who was en g ag ed in senior cricket prior to this season. He is very pleased (I hear) with the field ing capabilities of his new side, whose secretary (Mr. C ecil Y o u n g) is also secretary to the M aritzb urg C ricket Union, and a real enthusiast. L ast Saturday saw H erbert T a y lo r at his best. A week before C asuals had compiled 182 again st his side, Q ueen’s Park, who lost 6 for 70, and looked lik e b ein g beaten. T a y lo r had gone in second w icket down Joined now by Platt, he was very cautious, and took half-an-hour to reach double figures (eigh t sin gles included). But P latt showed no sign of g e ttin g out, and, now well set, his captain began to paste the bow ling. T a y lo r had reached <34 when the match was won, and thereafter he hit out recklessly, and was cau gh t for 104, h avin g made his last go runs in 50 m inutes, two 6’s, ten 4’s included. C. P latt (41*) helneo him to add 128, and deserves g-reat credit for his share in this tim ely stand. It should be added that M. M illar (33) anc’ H. G. D eane (20) put on 53 for Q .P .’s second w icket, and that V. N. Lum sden (54) and J. B en in gfield (36) were chief scorers for C asuals. W anderers made 213 for g, dec., v. W averley, J. W. E aster­ brook scorin g a brillian t 64, while his brothers (P .E ., 28*, E .H ., 27) were also seen to advantage. W averley could only reply with 70. A thunderstorm robbed W anderers of the chance of an in n in gs’ victory. John Gunn took 4 for 24 for them , J. W. E asterbrook 3 for 13. E scom bes on the first day m ade 235 for g v. G reyville, whose field ing wras wretched. K a rl Siedle was g7*; but he did not reach his century when the gam e w as resumed, N o u rse’ s first ball dism issing- him. G. B. M acF arlan e and L. B. Siedle made 45 each, and sent up 81 for the first w icket. G reyville were 9 for 88 (Nourse 22), when the elem ents robbed their o~ -onents of a w ell-deserved win. In the C ity M aritzb urg and Z in gari had an exciitn g tussle. On the first Saturday the form er made 128, A lex. Hair, who could get no one to stay with him , carry in g his bat for 3g. T h e score was sm all, but it proved sufficient, Z in gari g o in g , under b y 5 runs. F. Canfield (40) and R. H. B lake (25) alone reached double figures, H air (5 for 45) and G. C. Anderson (5 for 14) doin g the work of destruction. H air’ s victim s, it should be m entioned, were chiefly am ong the earlier batsmen. T h is was the first m atch of the season on the renovated ground at the Oval. F r e d e r ic k S e t a y . OB ITUARY . Mr. K e n n e th B railsfo rd C h a dw ick died at Brooklyn, Septem ber 13, aged 37. He was a m ember of the Crescent A th letic C lub of N ew Y o rk .— F .F .K . Mr. A lbert H. Collins, who died on A u g u st 5, at St. M ich ael’ s Hospital, T oronto, aged 57, was born in E n gland, but had lived in C an ada since he was tw enty. An all-round sportsm an, he had a reputation at cricket as a free, hard hitter. He played for C an ada again st the Gentlemen of Ireland in 1888, and for Western Ontario v. L ord H aw ke’ s T eam in 1891, but did little on either occasion. H is highest score was 98 for T oron to v. T rin ity C o llege School in 1891. He was known to his friends as “ T h e D u k e .” — F .F .K . Mr. H. W. B rown died on F ebru ary 25 at San Francisco. An A ustralian by birth, he played for the A lam eda C .C . (C a l.) for eighteen seasons.— F .F .K . Mr. R o d m a n W ister, a m ember of a fam ily which did much for Philadelphian cricket, and him self one of the founders of the fam ous Y o u n g Am erica C .C ., died at Philadelphia on A u g u st 4, aged 6g. Mr. H a rry T h o rn b e r , who frequently represented Cheshire d u rin g the ’8o’ s, and for some seasons acted as captain of the eleven, died in London towards the end of July. He was described in “ L illyw h ite ” as b ein g “ a steady bat with sound defence; fair chan ge bow ler, and excellent ju d ge of the g am e .” His best perform ance in county cricket was to score 33 and 26 again st D erbvsh ire at Stockport in 1885.— A .C .D . T h e portrait of Jeeves in the Novem ber issu e was by M essrs. E. H awkins and C o., of B righton . A n apology for the om ission of their name is hereby tendered. Out Early in January. NUMBER ONE OF THE WORLD OF CRICKET. E ditor-in -Ch ief: A. C. MacLaren. A ssociate-Editor&Business Vlanager: JF.N.PenteloW. 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