Cricket 1913

76 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M arch 15, 1913. session of the shield, for her only defeat was incurred after a struggle th a t made it almost as glorious as a victo ry— more glorious, indeed, than many victories. I n the last match of the six, Reuter tells us, South Australia led off with 368, John Crawford’ s share of which was 163. Victoria replied with 209, Crawford taking 8 wickets for 69— -quite his best performance in a big match in Australia. Then South Australia made 232 (E. R . Mayne 106), and put out Victoria for 215, thus winning b y 176 runs. C l em en t H il l , Mayne, Crawford, Algernon Gehrs, and W h itty make a fine backbone of seasoned players for a s id e ; and, though Dolling and Claxton dropped out all too soon, their places have speedily been filled by youngsters of high promise. One must not forget R . B. Rees, scarcely perhaps equal to any one of the five men­ tioned, bu t a very useful all-rounder. A few years ago the State seemed to suffer from lack of the right type of c o lt ; bu t now, w ith such as Murray (unavailable this season, however), Steele, Moyes, Chamberlain, Camp­ bell, Rundell, Gooden, Bridgman, and others, this condition of affairs no longer obtains. Campbell and Chamberlain are not new hands ; but both are quite young still. M r. H. D . S w a n has been elected to succeed Mr. C. E . Green as Chairman of the Essex C.C.C. Committee. The choice is a good one, for there is no keener enthusiast in the county than the Colchester and East Essex skipper, who only the other day offered to make up half his club’s deficit of £75, providing the members found the other half. Generous, and on the right lines— far better than shouldering the whole deficit, a course which would have left his fellow-members free from a responsibility which they ought to share. C o n g r a t u l a t io n s to Mr. P. R . Le Conteur, the famous Oxford cricket blue, who a little over a year ago was contributing thoughtful and informative articles on Australian cricket to our paper, on his marriage and on his appointment as Lecturer on Mental and Moral Philosophy to the University of Western Australia, at Perth. Mr. R. B r o o k s K in g , the new Somerset secretary, was in the Malvern College Eleven some three decades or so ago, heading the batting averages in 1879, when (as in the preceding year) Captain A. H. T . Newnham, o f Glouces­ tershire and Indian fame, was one o f his colleagues. “ A really fine bat; good defence and great hitting powers,” says the red lillywM te (1880) o f him. An average o f 22 in a season like 1879 inferred considerable ability. At Eton that season Lord Hawke averaged a little under and H . YV. Bainbridge a little over 9 ; at Marlborough J. B. Challen’s figure was 7, and at Winchester G. F . Wells- Cole’s 13. There was only one genuine average o f over 30 in the tables o f the nineteen schools regarded by Lillv- white’ s editor as major schools. B o u n d V o lu m e s o f C r ic k e t fo r S a i.e : 1883, 1884, ( j 2, - cach); 1892, 1897P (10/- each ); 1885, 1889,1889, 1905 (8/- e a c h ) ; 1886,1895.1896,1900, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907. 1908, 1910 (6 - each). P ostage included in each case. N o copies of 1882. 1887. 1888. 1890. 1891, 1893. i?94, 1898, 1902, Oi 1909 in stock. A p p ly M anager, C r ic k e t , 125, S tra n d , W .C . H. Gradidge & Sons, Manu fac turer s and Exporters of all requisites for Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Racquet s, Squa sh Racquet s, &c - Patentees and Sole Makers of the “ IMPERIAL DRIVER ” Cricket Bats, Made in Men’s, Small Men’s, College, 6, 5, 4, & 3, sizes. Reblading Cricket Bats 81 Restringing Tennis Bats a Special Feature. Every oth er requisite for Cricket, including; balls, leg guards, batting gloves, gauntlets, stump s, nets, &c. PRICE LISTS & SPECIAL QUOTATIONS FREE. All Goods Carriage Paid to any part of the United Kingdom. Sole Makers of the “ IMPERIAL DRIVER” & “ IMPROVED GRADIDGE” Lawn Tennis Racquets. Factory : ArtilleryPlace, Woolwich, S.E.