Cricket 1914

M a y 30, 1914. THE WORLD OF CRICKET. 197 There were other matches of some public importance which cannot be regarded as first-class— such, for instance, as the Australians’ games on even terms with Poverty Bay and Wanganui, Doth minor asso­ ciations within the areas of major provinces, Nelson v. Marlborough, and Marlborough v. Wellington (a scratch team). In the 20 games 136 players (including the Australians) took part. By way of comparisoi . it may be mentioned that 134 players (including the New Zealand tourists) played in the 16 first-class games of the Australian season. To give the figures of the whole 136 is scarcely practicable ; but a fairly comprehensive selection of them is made here, all who played four or more innings being included in the batting, and all who took 5 or more wickets in the bowling averages. One believes that no attempt has ever been made before (even in New Zealand) to give such figures as these, the papers of each province occupying themselves almost exclusively with the cricket of that province. The thing is worth doing, for N.Z. cricket is on the up-grade, and within a few years may be accepted as only slightly inferior to that of South Africa, though for many years to come it can scarcely be expected to attain the English or Australian standard. For comment on the averages there is little space. Among the bats­ men with over 40 per innings Patrick, who did exceptionally well, is the only genuine New Zealander ; but there are plenty below that figure who show good results. In bowling Wilson, of Canterbury, a new man, Saunders, and Bennett show up well. It will be understood that the averages are compiled only from the 20 matches of which a list is given. Canterbury, holders of the Plunket Shield, successfully defended the trophy four times, and still retain it. BATSMAN. SIDE. INNS. N.O. R. A. H.S. V. T. Trumper .. Aust. Tm. IO O 839 83-90 293 V. S. Ransford .. Aust. Tm. 5 I 283 70-75 159 E. L. Waddy Aust. Tm. 10 3 480 68-57 I40 W. W. Armstrong .. Aust. Tm. 9 1 474 59-25 128 J. H. Board .. H. Bay 4 0 182 45-50 84 L. A. Cody 8 2 267 44-50 107 W. R. Patrick .. Cant. .. 13 2 487 44-36 118 C. McKenzie .. Aust. Tm. 8 2 253 42-16 116 A. Sims Aust Tm. 7 2 207 41-40 184* L. G. Hemus Auck. .. 4 O 154 38-50 112 C. Chadwick .. Otago .. 4 I 114 38-00 7 i* J. N. Crawford Aust. Tm. 6 O 223 37 -i 6 134 G. C. L. Wilson .. Cant. .. 11 5 214 35*66 64* H. B. Whitta .. Cant. .. 12 0 425 35-41 147 R. M. Rutherford .. Otago .. 4 1 102 34-00 79 * H. L. Collins 9 0 3<>3 33-66 118 N. C. Sneddon Auck. .. 4 0 127 31-75 61 M. A. Noble Aust. Tm. 8 1 215 30-71 90 C. E. Dolling .. Aust. Tm. 10 0 303 30-30 104 E. Horspool 8 0 24O 30-00 113 T. Creed .. H. Bay 4 0 Il6 2900 82 A. W. Alloo Otago .. 6 0 171 28-50 101 D. M. Sandman .. Cant. .. 8 0 225 28-12 80 W. Brooke-Smith .. Auck. .. 8 0 217 27-12 46 — . Napier .. H. Bay 4 3 27 2700 12* B. J. Tuckwell .. Otago .. 4 0 107 26-75 52 H. A. Bishop .. Cant. .. 10 0 266 26-60 90 H. W. Monaghan .. Cant. .. 7 2 133 26-60 46 D. Hamilton S’thl’d 6 0 158 26-33 89 H. McGirr Well’n 13 1 308 25-66 88 W. A. Baker Well’n 5 1 102 25-50 50 F. A. Midlane .. Well’n 8 0 203 25-37 72 C. E. Beal .. Cant. .. 13 2 271 2463 105 J. S. Hiddleston .. Well’n .. 9 0 211 23-44 64 T. A. Carlton.. .. Cant. .. 4 1 70 2333 26 R. G. Sloman .. Auck. .. 4 0 93 23-25 46 E. R. Caygill Cant. .. IO 0 230 23-00 47 T. Groves S’thl’d 5 0 115 23-00 54 F. Joplin .. Well’n 10 1 205 22-77 80 H. Watson 7 0 159 22-71 45 J. L. Paterson Cant. .. 6 1 112 22-40 71 F. Woods Cant. .. 10 0 219 21-90 52 W. J . Smeaton Auck. .. 6 0 129 21-50 48 T. McFarlane .. Otago .. 8 0 167 20-87 61 W. Wagstaffe .. Well’n 6 0 125 20-83 60 A. Eckhold .. Otago .. .. Auck. .. 4 1 61 20-23 49 F. Brook 6 0 117 19-50 35 T. M. Grace .. Well’n 4 1 58 19*33 28 A. Poole .. S’thl’d 7 1 113 18-83 50 * D. Hay .. Well’n 11 1 187 18-70 47 * J. W. H. Bannerman .. S’thl’d; 7 0 127 18*14 64 J. Hindmarsh .. H. Bay 4 0 71 i 775 50 S’thl’d 6 2 70 17-50 24 C. V. Grimmett .. Well’n 15 2 225 17-30 33 * J. S. Bruges .. Otago .. 6 1 86 l7 ’20 41 J. Ramsden .. Otago .. 6 1 86 17*20 40 C. W. Robinson .. Well’n 10 1 147 16-33 41 * G. Howe .. Well’n 9 0 139 15-44 31 W. H. Ellis .. H. Bay 4 0 61 15-25 40 C. G. Clarke 6 2 60 15-00 15 * J. H. Bennett Cant. .. 12 2 148 14-80 58 E. Kavanagh .. S’thl’d 7 0 102 14-57 28 P. R. Fulton H. Bay 4 0 58 14*50 30 W. Higgins 6 0 87 14*50 40 W. McGregor Aust. Tm. 6 2 57 14*25 35 E. M. Beechey .. W ell’n 5 0 71 14-20 21 H. C. Watson .. Otago .. 7 0 97 13*85 30 D. Reese .. Cant. .. 6 0 83 I 3-83 54 — . Geake .. H. Bay 4 1 39 13-00 13 * J. McNeece .. S’thl’d 4 0 51 12-75 28 C. E. McCormick Auck. .. 6 1 62 12-40 28* R. G. Hickmott .. Cant. .. 8 0 99 12-37 26 W. S. Brice 3 0 36 12-00 32 H. L. Blamires .. H. Bay 4 0 44 11-00 37 BATSMAN. SIDE. INNS. N.O. R. A. H.&. J. W. Condliffe .. Otago Well’n 8 1 77 11-00 25 K- H. Tucker 6 0 63 I0-50 16 C. G. Wilson .. .. Well’n 6 0 63 10-50 33 R. C. Torrance .. Otago Well’n 4 0 38 9-50 21 J. P. Blacklock 6 0 55 9 -l 6 24 F. A. Taylor .. Auck. .. 4 0 35 8*75 12 F. Laver .. Aust. Tm. 4 1 25 8-33 I 9 *; J. A. Doig .. S’thl’d 7 1 49 8 -i 6 16 ' J. Quinn .. Well’n 4 0 32 8 -oo 23 J . Gilbertson .. .. S’thl’d 4 0 29 725 *3 W. Hayes Cant. .. 8 0 58 7*25 29 W. R. L. Gibbes .. Well’n 5 0 36 7-20 31 L. R. Brunton .. Cant. .. 5 0 35 7-00 21 H. Irwin .. S’thl’d 5 0 35 7-00 18 H. G. Siedeberg .. Otago .. 4 0 26 6-50 12 C. W. Boxshall .. Cant. .. 8 3 30 6 -oo 10* A. A. Mailey .. .. Aust. Tm. 8 0 48 6 -oo J3 A. Driscoll .. S’thl’d 6 2 23 5-75 11* H. Wright Auck. .. 4 0 19 4*75 14 T. R. Southall .. Well’n 5 1 15 3*75 5* J- V. Saunders .. Well’n 17 4 42 323 10* A. Downes Otago 6 1 16 3-20 6 R. T. Woods .. 4 0 10 2*50 8 Among those who only played two innings were :— J- Baker ( 0 .), 15* and 10 ;. Bennett (Well.), 45* and 2* ; L. McMahon (N.Z.), 68 and o ; E. V. Sale (N.Z.), 109* and 1 ; J. Shepherd (O.), 125 and 14 ; R. C. Somervell (Auck.), 17 and 14 ; L. G. Taylor (Auck.), 15 and 4 ; H. J. Tattersall (Auck.), 22 and 2* ; A. W. Thomas (Cant.), 77 and 26. B o w l in g A v e r a g e s . N o t e . — Owing to defective analyses in many cases, it is impossible to give overs and maidens. The N .Z. papers do not usually trouble to record these, and it is not always practicable to get in touch with, scorers or secretaries for the purpose of obtaining them. T en W ickets and more . BOW LER. R. W . A. T - R. Southall (W.) .. 148 12 12-33 C. McKenzie (A.T.) .. 136 11 12-36 W. W. Armstrong (A.T.) 849 53 1601 R. M. Rutherford (O.).. M. A. Noble (A.T.) J. V. Saunders (W.) G. C. L. Wilson (C.) J. N. Crawford (AT.) J. H. Bennett (C.) A. A. Mailey (A. T.) F. A. Taylor (A.) H* W. Monaghan (C.) J. S. Hiddleston (W.) R. C. Torrance (O.) A. Downes (O.).. E. Kavanagh (S.) C. W. Robinson (W.) C. V. Grimmett (W.) J. A. Doig (S.) .. C. G. Clarke (A.) 175 379 10 17-50 21 18-04 893 49 18-22 826 45 18-35 2r 18-47 39 18-76 570 30 19-00 220 II 20-00 16 20*75 13 2107 12 21-91 14 23-50 15 24-26 1 7 24-35 21 25-80 406 15 27-06 340 11 30-90 732 332 274 263 329 364 414 542 F ive W ickets and more , under 10. BOWLER. T. M. Grace (W.) W. R. L. Gibbes (W.) .. A. P. Alloo (O.) T. Creed (H.B.) W. H. Ellis (H.B.) P. R. Fulton (H.B.) .. J . L. Paterson (C.) W. R. Patrck (C.) H. Watson (C.) — . Napier (H.B.) T. A. Carlton (C.) R. T. Woods (A.) W. Brooke-Smith (A.).. T. McFarlane (O.) F. Laver (A. T.) J. W. H. Bannerman (S.) 245 A. Poole (S.) R. w. A. 23 6 3 - 83 . 47 8 587 89 7 I 2 - 7 I 73 5 I460 92 6 15-33 133 8 I 6-62 142 7 20-28 144 7 20-56. 173 8 21-62 190 8 23-75 196 7 28-00 226 8 28-25 209 7 29-85 191 6 31-83 274 8 34-25 7 35-00 189 5 37 - 8 o 235 6 39-16. 245 6 40-83 258 0 43 -oo 310 7 44 - 2 t T. Groves (S.) .. H. McGirr (W.) J. Ramsden (O.) D. M. Sandman (C.) C e n t u r ie s . A. W. Alloo— 101— Otago v. Wellington, Dunedin. W. W. Armstrong— 128— Aust. Team v. Auckland, Auckland. W. W. Armstrong— n o*— Aust. Team v. New Zealand, Auckland. C. E. Beal— 105— Canterbury v. Wellington, Christchurch. L. A. Cody— 107— Aust. Team v. Southland, Invercargill. H. L. Collins— 118— Aust. Team v. Southland, Invercargill. J. N. Crawford— 134— Aust. Team v. New Zealand, Auckland. C. E. Dolling— 104— Aust. Team v. New Zealand, Auckland. L. G. Hemus— 112— Auckland v. Aust. Team, Auckland. E. Horspool— 113— Auckland v. Wellington, Wellington. C. McKenzie— 116— Aust. Team v. Southland, Invercargill. W. R. Patrick— 113— Canterbury v. Otago, Dunedin. V. S. Ransford— 159— Aust. Team v. Auckland, Auckland. V. S. Ransford— i n — Aust. Team v. Hawke’s Bay, Hastings. E. V. Sale— 109*— New Zealand v. Aust. Team, Auckland. J. Shepherd— 125— Otago v. Southland, Dunedin. A. Sims— 184*— Aust. Team v. Canterbury, Christchurch. V. T. Trumper— 293— Aust. Team v. Canterbury, Christchurch. V. T. Trumper— 211— Aust. Team v. Southland, Invercargil. E. L. Waddy— 140— Aust. Team v. New Zealand, Auckland. E. L. Waddy— 134— Aust. Team v. Auckland, Auckland. H. B. Whitta— 147— Canterbury v. Auckland, Christchurch. N o t e . — The first entry in the list of N.Z. centuries given a fortnight ago (p. 150) should be credited to A. W. Alloo, not A. P. Alloo. NOW R H A D Y, THE DERBYSHIRE CRICKET GUIDE (SEASON 1914). Compiled by L. G. WRIGHT and W. J. PIPE R , Jun. (N INETEENTH YEAR.) CONTENTS : Portraits and Biographies of M r . T. F o rester and A rth ur S la ter ; 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.