Cricket 1914

172 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. M a y 23, 1914. N o tes fr om t h e ’ V a rs itie s . TH E SEN IO R S’ MATCH. {Accidentally omitted last week.) T he wicket was good, in spite of the rain ; and if the weather was not all that might have been wished it never seriously interfered with the game. Each side was captained by a man who got his blue in 1912 but was left out of the 1913 team. Knight was painfully slow.. He always seems hitting the ball very hard, but it does not travel far. Vincent played a good innings as long as it lasted, but he does not seem able to keep it going. Browne's 74 was a mixture of sunshine and cloud. He made some beautiful shots, but they were mixed with others which were— well, otherwise. Arnold has come on greatly in batting, and his wicket-keeping is so excellent that he should have a good chance of a blue. Isaac got most wickets ; but Falcon bowled best, with no luck, however. Morrison’s side made little show in their first innings. Boumphrey, a long way top scorer, has an effective hook shot, but few other scoring strokes. Davies had quite a good analysis. - When Hopley’s team batted again they failed collectively to repeat their first innings’ success ; but the skipper himself was seen to advantage with a really good 120. made in 2^ hours by very confident methods, and including a six and 16 fours. Hopley, relieved now from the worries of a Tripos, should have a capital chance of getting back into the side. Hylton-Stewart (of Somerset) and Gjers were the most success­ ful bowlers. The latter, a slow left-hander, did the hat trick. The formidable task of getting 381 for victory faced Morrison’s side. A splendid start was made. Wood and Morrison were not parted till they had put up 180* Wood played good cricket for his 71. After Wood’s departure, three more wickets fell with few runs added ; but the association of Straker and his cap­ tain then looked like pulling off the match. Before this was effected, however, Morrison had to go, clean bowled by White. He batted exceptionally well, scored all round the wicket, timed the ball beautifully, and only gave two difficult chances. CEN TU R IE S IN FIR ST-CLASS CR ICKET . I n all recorded big matches in this country from the outset somewhere between 4500 and 4600 individual scores of three figures have been made. The exact number it is impossible to give, as no two students of the game will be found to agree as to whether certain scores were or were not first-class. In this computation a somewhat liberal interpretation of that term has been adopted. The heaviest crop was that of 1901, when 273 centuries were registered in officially-recognised first-class games, followed by 1911 (257), 1904 (250), 1905 (233), 1899 (224), 1913 (223), and 1900 (206). In all big matches, at home and abroad, 314 individual scores of 200 or more have been registered— 251 in the United Kingdom, 63 in other cricket countries, Australia having a big majority of these. This number includes a few which the stickler for “ offi­ cial ruling ” might incline to cast out. Five centuries in an innings have been recorded once— for New South Wales v. South Australia in 1900-1 ; four in an innings seven times— for Yorkshire v. Warwickshire (1896), Derbyshire v. Hants (1898), Lancashire v. Somerset (1904), England v. South Australia (1907-8), Australian Team v. South­ land (1913-4— but this is an instance to which purists may object), and Australian Team v. New Zealand (1913-4); three in an innings 87 times to date. NOW KHADV. THE D E R B Y SH IR E C R IC K ET G U ID E (SEASON 1914). Compiled by L. G. WRIGHT and W. J. P IP E R , Jun. (N INETEEN TH YEAR.) CONTENTS : Portraits and Biographies of M r . T. F o rester and A rth ur S l a t e r ; First- class Cricket in 1913 ^by “ L. G. W .” ) ; Derbyshire Records and Statistics ; The Laws of the Game; Fixtures of the Leading Counties and M.C.C.; The Principal Local Leagues and Local Clubs ; Secretaries’ Names and Addresses; and other useful and interesting information. PRICE TWOPENCE, per post THREEPENCE, From the publishers, BACON & HUDSON, Colyear St., DERBY. The A u s t r a lia n T e am in N ew Z e a la n d . BATTING AVERAGES IN ALL MATCHES. M. INNS. N.O. R. A. H.S. V. T. Trumper • • 13 15 O I2 46 83-06 293 J. N. Crawford 9 9 O 624 69*33 354 w. W. Armstrong • • 15 16 3 729 56-07 142 E. L. Waddy . . 14 18 4 646 46 -14 140 II. L. Collins . . 14 16 1 687 45*80 118 V. S. Ransford 9 1 1 1 395 39-50 159 L. A. Cody •• 13 14 3 432 39-27 107 A. Sims 8 8 2 208 34-66 184* M. A. Noble .. .. 14 15 4 354 32-18 90 C. E. Dolling .. 14 1 7 2 472 31-46 104 C. McKenzie .. 14 14 2 37 i 30-91 116 w , McGregor •• 13 13 2 240 21*81 90 A. A. Mailey • • 15 13 I 243 20-25 67 F. Laver • 10 10 2 115 14-37 52 McCall played in one match, one innings, failing to score. CENTURIES. W. W. Armstrong made 142 v. XV of Manawatu, 128 v. Auckland, and n o* v. New Zealand (at Auckland) : L. A. Cody, 107 v. Southland, and 106 v. South Canterbury XV ; H. L. Collins, 118 v. Southland ; J. N. Crawford, 354 v. South Canterbury XV, and 134 v. New Zealand (at Auckland); C. E. Dolling, 104 v. New Zealand (at Auckland) ; C. McKenzie, 116 v. Southland; V. S. Ransford, 159 v. Auckland, and h i v. Hawke’s Bay; A. Sims, 184* v. Canterbury (first match) ; V. T. Trumper, 293 v. Canterbury (first match), 211 v. Southland, and 135 v. South Canterbury XV ; E. L. Waddy, 140 v. New Zealand (at Auckland), and 130 v. Auckland. Eighteen in all. The only centuries made against the team were by L. G. Hemus, 112, for Auckland, and by E. V. Sale, 109*, for New Zealand (at Auckland). BOWLING AVERAGES IN ALL MATCHES. Owing to defective analyses, it is impossible to give overs and maidens. BOW LER. MATCHES BO W LED IN . RUNS. W KTS. AVER. V. S. Ransford 6 92 l6 5-75 C. McKenzie .. 9 184 18 10-22 H. I,. Collins .. 10 204 18 II -33 W. W. Armstrong .. 15 1,271 89 14-28 J. N. Crawford 8 444 31 14-32 A. A. Mailey .. .. 14 780 48 16-25 M. A. Noble .. .. 13 515 30 17-16 F. Laver 9 47 i 26 i 8- i i L. A. Cody (4 wickets for 102), E. L. Waddy (3 for 43), C. E. Dolling (o for 57), and McCall (o for 10) also bowled. C o l c h e s t e r a n d E a st E s s e x , whose captain, Mr. H. D. Swan, is now the moving spirit in Essex cricket, have a long card. They started last Saturday, playing 20th Hussars, and among their opponents in matches to come will be Rifle Brigade, East Lancashire Regt., Col­ chester G.S., Grammar School Old Boys, Royal Field Artillery, Sudbury, Hampshire Regt., Severall’s Asylum, Capt. D. S. Smith’s XI, Colchester Garrison, Rivercourt (London), Somerset L.I., Felsted School, Colne Valley Ramblers, Witham, Horkeslev Park, Ipswich and East Suffolk, Essex C. & G., United Services (Harwich), Bury and West Suffolk, M.C.C., Royal Naval Barracks, Tendring Hundred League, Colchester Conservative Club, and United Banks. Messrs. E . Stiff (North View, North Station Road, Colchester) and G. E . Tompson (Victoria Cham­ bers, Colchester) are joint Hon. Secs. The professional is W. H. Creese, presumably the same man who was lately with the M.C.C. Team in South Africa as baggage manager, and played in one match. M e s s r s . N e v il l e D a w s o n (Nettleswell Hall, Harlow) and H. D . Swan (Glen Mervyn, Colchester) are joint Hon. Secs, of the Gentlemen of Essex C.C., whose brief fixture list is appended :— June 3'— v. Felsted School, at Felsted (manager, H. D. Swan). ,, 22 & 23— 1>. Royal Navy, at Leyton (manager, O. R. Borradaile.) July 10 & 11— v. Royal Artillery, at Shoeburyness (managers, J. J. Read and H. F. Chamen). ,, 15— v. Coldstream Guards, at Burton Court (manager, Sir R. H. Green-Price, Bart.). ,, 20 & 21— v. Eastbourne, at Eastbourne 'j ^janagers h d „ 22 & 23— Blue Mantles, at Tunbridge U wan and’ Neville Wells. I Dawson. „ 24 & 25— v. Sussex Martlets, at Hove. J Sept. 9 & 10— v. Gentlemen of Suffolk, at Felixstowe (managers, H. D. Swan and O. R. Borradaile). S c a r c e B o o k s o n C r i c k e t .- —Large stock. Send par­ ticulars of requirements. Bound Volumes of " Cricket,” I— X I I ; what offers ?— W right & Co., 7, Temple Lane, London, E.C.