Cricket 1913

84 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M arch 15, 1913. side and was still going strong ten years later, when against Lord B rack ley’s men he made 63 not out, R. Honiball (a victim of the earthquake), who hit up 69 v. B ritish Guiana in 1896-7, and G. C. Linton, who made 60 for Jamaica-Born v. the English Team in 1901-2, have all had their day (or days) of distinction. But of the four Jamaicans who visited England only one, Morrison, did anything of note, though it is true the chances accorded Cameron, Kerr, and Livingstone were small. T h e E n g l is h T o u r s . These were in 1900 and 1906. The story of them is told in Wisden, and I have no room for dwelling upon it here. The men who visited England were : H. B. G. Austin (Bar., 1906, captain) ; C. K . Bancroft (Bar., 1906) ; W. Bowring (Bar., 1900) ; T. J. Burton (B.G., 1900 and 1906) ; Dr. J. J. Cameron (Jam., 1906) ; G. Challenor (Bar., 1906) ; L. S. Constantine (Trin., 1900 and 1906) ; P. I. Cox (Bar., 1900) ; C. P. Cumberbatch (Trin., 1906) ; L. S. D ’Ade (Trin., 1900) ; P. A. Goodman (Bar., 1900 and 1906) ; A. E. Harragin (Trin., 1906) ; F. Hinds (Bar., 1900) ; M. M. Kerr (Jam., 1900) ; 0 . H. Layne (Bar., 1906) ; G. C. Learmond (B.G. and Trin., 1900 and 1906) ; G. V. Livingstone (Jam., 1900) ; W. H. Mignon (Grenada, 1900) ; C. S. Morrison (Jam., 1906) ; C,. A. Ollivierre (St. Vincent, 1900); R. Ollivierre (St. Vincent, 1906) ; J. E. Parker (B.G., 1906) ; S. G. Smith (Trin., 1906) ; S. W. Sproston (B.G., 1900) ; R. S. A. Warner (Trin., 1900, cap tain ); and J. Woods (Trin., 1900). The first team was not well selected, and mistakes were made in getting together the second, though that was far more representative. G. B. Y . Cox, H. A. F. Cole, and H. B. G. Austin were all unable to accompany | the 1900 team, so that their absence must not be blamed to the selectors ; but I think it likely enough that these three and an eight selected from C. E. Goodman, C. H. King, A. B. Clarke, C. P. Cumberbatch, S. G. Smith (then quite a youngster, of course, but “ out ” ), D. M. McAulay, W. P. Weber, T. Lucas, C. Browne, H. Vyfhuis and S. A. Rudder would have been too strong for the best eleven of the tourists. W e s t I n d ia n s A b r o a d . The States and Canada have levied heavy toll upon the cricketers of the Caribbean. In New York, New Jersey and New England, West Indians are legion ; there are several cricket clubs composed entirely of men from the islands. Among those in the States now or within recent years m ay be mentioned C. Howell Clarke, F. Hinds, S. C. Snow, W. Shepherd, N. F. Hart, C. E . Blades— all of them men who had represented British Guiana, Trinidad, or Barbados at one time or another— besides J. L. and H. Poyer, L. Comacho, E. B. Reece, H. Holder, and others who might have won such honours had they stayed at home. One of the Chal­ lenor clan went to Canada, but did not p lay there, I believe ; one of the Goodmans represented the Dominion against the States last y e a r ; and W. Crosbie Baber, O. Wallace, W. E . Hull, J. J. Cameron, and (last, but not least) A. R. Morrison, the hardest of workers for Canadian cricket, are all West Indians born. In Eng­ land we have had P. J. T. Henery and P. F. Warner (the latter was born in Trinidad, and was, I believe, for a short time at Harrison College, Barbados) playing for Middlesex, S. G. Smith for Northants, and C. A. Ollivierre for Derbyshire, and it is likely we m ay see C. R. Browne playing county cricket yet, while the Clapham Ramblers have another good West Indian bowler in J. Veerasawmy, Southgate a fine all-rounder in J. A. E. Peschier, and Hampstead another in F. C. Mercier, the Oxonian. These are not all, of course ; but some omissions cannot be avoided. I will conclude an article that would have been far easier to write if I could have given up a whole number to it with a list o f : Mr. Q. C. LEARMOND . C e n t u r ie s b y W e s t I n d ia n B a t s m e n in M a t c h e s o f I m p o r t a n c e a t H om e a n d A b r o a d . H. B. G. Austin, 129, Barbados v. Trinidad, Bridgetown, 1897-8. R. E. Batson, i l l , Barbados v. Trinidad, Bridgetown, 1911-2. H. C. B ayley. 142, British Guiana v. Shepherd’s Team, George­ town, 1909-10. G. Challenor, 108, West Indian Team v. Notts, Nottingham, 1906. A. Cipriani, 135, Trinidad v. English Team, Port of Spain, 1910-1. L. S. Constantine, 116, Trinidad v. British Guiana, Port of Spain, 1909-10. L. S. Constantine, 113, W est Indian Team v. M.C.C., Lord’s, 1900. G. B. Y . Cox, 161, Barbados v. Trinidad, Bridgetown, 1897-8. G. B. Y . Cox, 135, Barbados v. British Guiana, Bridgetown, 1903-4. P. I. Cox, 142, West Indian Team v. Surrey, Oval, 1900. C. P. Cumberbatch, 127*, 'Irinidad v. Jamaica, Kingston, 1905-6. L. S. D ’Ade, 140*, Trinidad v. English Team (Mr. Priestley’s), Port of Spain, 1896-7. P. A. Goodman, 180, Barbados v. British Guiana, Bridgetown, 1908-9. P. A. Goodman, 115, Barbados v. Trinidad, Bridgetown, 1908-9. P. A. Goodman, 107, West Indian Team v. Northants, North­ ampton, 1906. P. A. Goodman, 104*, West Indian Team v. Derbyshire, Derby, 1900.