Cricket 1914

2 16 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. J u n e 6, 19 14 . Overseas C r icke t C h a t. A U S T R A L I A . A p la y e r n am ed B o w le y (good c ric k e t n am e !) h it 8 sixes an d 16 fo u rs in m ak in g 188 fo r th e S ta n le y A sso ciatio n v. an eleven of th e A d e la id e an d S u b u rb an A sso ciatio n a t C lare (S.A .) a t E a ste r. D u rin g th e cou rse o f h is in n in gs h e com p leted h is io o o runs fo r th e season . C. K ellew ay. . .. L. W . P ye ___ H. D a v is ............ 585 B. J. Folkard . . J. S. T a y lo r .. . . E. P. Barbour. . G. S. Moore . . . H. G. Pratten . J. B. H. Cranney N. Callaw ay . .. A. D iam ond . . . G. Low e ............ S. E. G regory .. R. W. L a w ___ T. f. E. Andrews 481 J. C. Barnes . . . F. E . McElhone in g av era ges as g iv e n in th e Sydney Referes :— R. A. H.S. BOWLEP. w. A. 7 i 5 102*14 227 C. K ellew ay. . . . 29 10-20 504 84*00 i 57 R. J. A. Massie 69 10-37 842 76*54 164* A. J. H op kin s.. 27 12-81 521 74-42 201* F. J. T o b v ......... 31 14-32 4 3 i 61-57 109* C. G. M acartney 31 14-41 416 59-42 89 W G rum itt . .. 37 15-48 296 59*20 83 R. C. Coogan .. 56 15-88 58*50 158 C. Sheppard . .. 27 i 6-77 522 52-20 112 T. J. E. Andrews 50 17-00 510 51-90 101* J. F lv n n ............ 26 17-19 548 49-81 152 H. V. Goddard 33 18*75 671 44-73 136 H. Dupain . . . . 23 20-17 532 44-33 123* P. W. Dive . 45 20-46 480 43-63 L 33 G. S. Moore. . . . 32 21*53 578 41*28 137 * B. G. Long . . . . 20 21-40 384 38-40 87 G. C. W illcocks 21 2 i *45 503 35*93 122 W L. Trenerry 20 21*45 393 35*72 128* L. B est................ 21 21*95 497 35*50 100* F. Sed gers.......... 25 21*96 479 34-21 135 •A. C. Rough .. . 34 22-00 418 32-15 81* B. I. Folkard .. 45 22-55 32-06 113* J. R. D. Scott .. 21 22-6 i 440 29 33 81 S. C. Freem an.. 27 23-62 433 28-86 86 w J . S ta ck . . . . 24 24-25 B u ll (M iddle H arb or), N .. C a lla w a y (P a d d in gto n ), H . C ooper (N. S y d n ey), K . B . D o ck er (W estern S u b u rb s), E . A . D w y e r (P ad din gton ), S. H . E m e ry (R edfern,)|F. M . F a rra r (U n ive rsity), R . D . F u sed ale (Syd n ey), N . M . G regg (U n ive rsity), S. E . G rego ry (W averley), H . V . H ordern (N. S y d n e y ), L . d e C. K em m is (B alm ain), F . S. M id d leton (N. S yd n e y), P . N ew to n (W a ve rle y), W . E . P ite (W a verley), H . G . P ra tte n (W . Su b u rb s), J. S. T a y lo r (W . Su b u rbs), R e v . E . F . W a d d y (C en t. Cum b.)J a n d E . L . W a d d y (Cent. Cum b.). In a m a tch p la y e d d u rin g a Y .M .C .A . to u rn am en t a t B risban e a t E a s te r W . S trick la n d , fo r B risb an e v. M elbou rn e, to o k all 10 w ick e ts fo r 33 in th e first in n in gs, an d 6 fo r 17 in th e second. M a ryb o ro u gh (Q ueensland) held a crick e t ca rn iv a l d u rin g th e E a s te r h o lid ays. T h ree cen tu ries w ere registered , F . C . T h o m p ­ son, th e s ta te p laye r, sco rin g 106 fo r B risb an e U n iv e rsity v. C e n tra l B u rn e tt, an d A . L ittle 106 an d H . G . S. M o rton 125 for M a ryb o ro u gh v. C om b in ed C o u n try. M orton , it m a y be rem em ­ b ered , m ad e a ce n tu ry on his first ap p eara n ce fo r Q ueen slan d (v. V ic to ria several ye a rs ago). C en turies w ere scored fo r all th e 13 clu b s, seven b ein g m ad e fo r U n ive rsity , an d five each fo r G leb e, G o rd on , N o rth S y d n e y , and W a ve rle y. S ix w ere h it ag ain st th e M id d le H arb o r bo w lin g, and five each ag ain st B a lm ain , C en tral C u m b erlan d , G le b e , an d G ordon. G ordon an d G leb e had av era ges o f 30 p er w ick e t for, an d M iddle H arb or one of 31^ per w ick e t ag ain st. U n iv e rsity (1 7 .8 1 ) alon e g o t th eir opp on en ts o u t a t u n d er 20 p er w ick e t. A M a ryb o ro u gh b o w le r earned fam e d u rin g th e ca rn ival. A g a in s t G ym p ie H . L o o se (w hose n am e an d c r ic k e t n atu re e v id e n tly d o n ’t fit) to o k 6 fo r 16 a n d 6 for 5, an d a g a in st th e co u n try side he h ad 4 fo r 26. In a clu b m atch on th e fo llo w in g S a tu rd a y h e to o k 6 fo r 41. T o ze r’s a g gregate ran ks fo u rth since th e esta b lish m en t o f grad e crick e t on its p resen t lines. T ru m p er in 18 9 7-8 an d M a ck a y in 190 5-6 top ped fo u r figures, an d th e fo rm er m ad e o v e r 900 in 190 6-7. M assie’s 69 w ick e ts ran k secon d o n ly to J. R a n d e ll’s 78 in 190 9- T o o m b u l-W in d so r w o n th e B risb a n e p rem iership. A m o n g th eir b e st m en are R o g e r H artig a n , W . T . E v a n s, C. B . B arsto w , an d J. F . S h ep p ard , all sta te rep resen tatives. In a m atch a t G o u b u m a t E a ste r Y a ra lla to talle d 589, K e n - m ore 404. E ric M cE lh ore, fo rm erly of S y d n e y U n iv e rsity , now o f W a ve rle y, scored a ch an celess 239 for Y a ra lla , an d G . T ick n e r m ad e 2 11 fo r K enm ore. T h e S y d n e y first-grad e p rem iership w as w o n b y U n ive rsity , w ith G le b e (for w h om B a rd sle y an d K e lle w a y p lay) runners-up, an d C e n tral C u m b erlan d (the P a rra m a tta te a m , w h erein th e W a.ddys an d L . W . P y e appear) th ird . T h e fo llo w in g is a selectio n (in con d en sed form ) from th e C. J. T o z e r ___ C A N A D A . O n M ay 9 th A . H . L eigh to n , p la yin g fo r N a n a im o v. C o w ich an (B .C .), to o k 9 w ick ets fo r 21 an d 6 fo r 24— 15 fo r 45 in th e m atch . A m o n g th e C o w ich an p lay ers w as H . R . O rr, th e old B ed fo rd sh ire skipper. F o rd , for th e N a v y v. R esto rers, scored 103— th e first c e n tu ry of th e season on th e P a cific C o ast. H e h it 3 sixes and “ a n um ber of b o u n d ary c u ts .’* C rick et as sh e is w rote in a B .C . co n tem p o ra ry : “ T h e b a ts ­ m en h ave n ot y e t trim m ed th e ir eyes to th e fa s t h op of th e b a ll, alth o u gh a n um ber of e x ce p tio n a lly good b o w lin g ta b le s w ere tu rn ed in .” U N I T E D S T A T E S . O n M ay 2nd G erm an tow n p u t o u t th e U n iv e rsity o f P e n n s y l­ va n ia fo r 4 1, W . P . O 'N e ill ta k in g 5 w ick e ts fo r a sin gle run . T h e H av erfo rd m en h a v e h ad som e in d o or p ractice, a n d one of th em a t lea st h as p rofited , for on b o w lers’ p itch es S. S to k es scored 37 (run out) an d 45* in his first tw o m atch es. T h e N ew Y o r k V eteran s w ill ag ain v is it C a n a d a th is sum m er (in A u gu st), p la y in g H am ilto n , T o ro n to , R o sed ale, an d M on treal A .A ,, an d v isitin g S ch en ecta d y (N .Y .) on th eir w a y h om e to m eet th e G en eral E le ctric A th le tic A sso ciation o f th a t sw eetly-n am ed tow n. E v e r y b a tsm an w h o to talle d 400 o r m ore, an d e v e ry bow ler w ho to o k as m an y as 20 w ick e ts is in clu d ed here. W h ile o n ly fou r o r five of th e b a tsm en listed h a v e n ot y e t ach ie v e d represen ­ ta tiv e h onours, a v e r y co n sid erab le n um ber of th e bow lers— a t le a st h a lf— are u n kn o w n to first-class crick et. F a m ilia r nam es a b se n t from th e selectio n are th o se of H . V . H ord ern (w hose b a ttin g a v e ra g e w a s 29 62 an d w h o took 13 w ick e ts a t 17*84 each ), S. H . E m e ry (b a ttin g 28*81, n o t given in b o w lin g tab le), F . A . Ire d ale (b a ttin g 27*77), an d M. A . N oble (not giv en in b a ttin g ta b le , 10 w ick e ts a t 14 20 each ). In a H a lifa x C u p gam e on M a y 23 G erm an to w n (14 7— H . P. A u stin 44) w ere beaten b y 2 w ick e ts b y P h ila d e lp h ia (148 fo r 8— J. B . K in g 4 1). K in g to o k 4 w ick ets as w ell as m akin g to p score for his side, an d ev eryo n e w as glad to see him in harness ag ain . F ran k ford (86) b e a t M oorestow n (46) in a m a tch in w h ich no one reached 25, th e bow lers h a v in g all th e b e st of m atters, an d G ordon B o tto m le y , B ro o k in g, B e n n e tt, an d S . H . H a rt all ach iev in g good an alyses. A s m a n y as 48 ce n tu ries w ere scored . C. G . M a ca rtn e y (G or­ don) an d C . J. T o ze r (U n iversity) m ad e th ree each ; E . P . B a r­ b o u r (U n iversity), W . B a rd sle y (G lebe), J. B . H . C ra n n e y (Cent. C um berlan d ), H . D a v is (W a ve rle y ), B . J. F o lk a rd (B alm ain), S. C . F reem an (G lebe), G . L o w e (M iddle H arb or), G . S. M oore (N. S y d n e y ), F . R ix (R ed fern ), an d V . T . T ru m p e r (G ordon) tw o each ; and one each w a s registered b y F . B . A n d erso n (M iddle H arbor) T . J. E . A n d rew s (P etersh am ), F . B u c k le (G lebe), E . E . H . L . S te in th a l, th e old C lifto n ian , scored 107* fo r S tate n Islan d v. R ichm on d C o u n ty — th e o n ly b ig score of th e fla y in th e b etter class o f N ew Y o rk crick e t. F o r B ro o k lv n v. M a n h a ttan H . R u sh to n to o k 5 w ickets fo r 5 runs. L l e w e l l y n was on the warpath for Accrington on Saturday, and seven Nelson scalps at a cost of only 19 runs rewarded his efforts. Newstead (Rishton v. Haslingden) had 6 for 48, W illiam Cook (Burnley v. Lowerhouse) 6 for 20, and Parkin (Church *>.HTodmorden) 8 for 10.