Cricket 1914

J u n e 13, 19 14 . THE WORLD OF CRICKET. 251 F ir s t- C la s s B a t t i n g Averages. F r e q u e n t requests from readers overseas reach us for the presenta­ tion of batting and bowling averages from time to time during the season. Our own theory is that the end of the season is the one proper time for averages ; but as it is evident that there is a strong demand for the figures— and as, since they are published elsewhere, no harm can be done by giving them here— we comply. We shall not present them every week ; but this week we give the batting averages in matches finished up to Tuesday evening (June 9). This leaves out of account Lancashire v. Kent, Yorkshire v. Derbyshire, Middlesex v. Warwickshire (at Lord’s), Hampshire v. Notts, and Cam­ bridge University v. Free Foresters, the scores of all of which will be found in this issue ; but it includes Gloucestershire v. Northants, Worcestershire v. Sussex, and Surrey v. Essex. Next week, if space permits, we will give the bowling averages. The qualifications for the table which follows are • not less than 5 innings, average of 20 or more, total of 100 or more. b a t s m a n . F. R. Foster Tarrant Heame (J. W.) .. Hirst Parsons D. J. Knight Woolley (F. E.) J. S. F. Morrison Iremonger Dipper Mead (C. P.) Lee (G. M.) Relf (R. R.) Seymour (Jas.) .. A. D. E. Rippon.. Jupp Denton (D.) Coe Gunn (G .).. Hobbs P. A. Perrin Kinneir Humphreys (E.) F. T. Mann Hubble Gunn (J.) Kilner Capt. W. G. M. Sarel S. G. Smith A. R. Litteljohn .. Whysall P. G. H. Fender Goatly F. H. Knott F. C. G. Naumann King (J. H.) J. W. H. T. Douglas Ducat Bowley (E. H.) .. Major J. G. Greig C. J. B. Wood .. M. Howell Russell (A. C.) G. R. R. Colman Vincett L. H. W. Troughton H. P. Chaplin Smith (E. J.) M. K. Foster Wilson (B. B.) .. Haywood C. O. H. Sewell .. N. Haig Blythe Relf (A. E.) Hayes R. B. Lagden .. * G. Curgenven Lieut. G. C. Harrison Sharp (John) R. H. Twining .. Hardinge Cadman Woolley (C. N.) . . Booth Mounteney Chester Newman (J.) A. H. Hornby C. T. A. Wilkinson Rhodes S. H. Saville Dolphin G. E. C. Wood .. IN N S . N .O . R U N S . A V E R . H .S . 8 I 489 69-85 305 * 13 I 8 3 8 69-83 2 5 0 * 13 3 6 8 4 68-40 1 2 0 12 2 6 7 6 67-60 1 4 6 9 1 491 61-37 1 02 5 0 305 6 i- o o 130 9 0 532 59 - n 147 10 1 527 58-55 233 * 7 1 333 55*50 1 2 6 10 1 477 53 -oo 1 6 8 * 14 1 6 6 3 51-00 213 8 1 352 50-28 1 2 6 13 0 6 4 7 49-76 130 9 1 3 8 6 48-25 1 22 9 2 323 46-14 105 * 12 2 455 45-50 2 1 7 * 12 1 4 8 8 44-36 1 6 8 * 15 2 5 6 9 43-76 2 5 2 * 8 1 2 9 8 42*57 1 0 2 * 15 0 6 3 8 42*53 1 83 11 1 425 42-50 83 9 1 334 41*75 IO O 8 1 2 8 9 41-28 1 2 1 * 8 0 3 21 40-12 6 0 11 2 354 39-33 IO O * 8 1 2 6 3 37-57 74 11 0 413 37*54 93 5 1 1 48 37 *oo 93 12 1 405 36-81 7 2 * 7 2 1 82 3 6*4 0 6 6 * 6 0 2 1 8 36*33 1 1 2 I I 1 3 6 3 3 6*3 0 1 4 0 9 2 2 5 4 3 6*2 8 78 * 5 I 1 45 3 6*2 5 6 0 * 6 2 1 4 5 3 6*2 5 43 1 7 3 5 0 3 35*92 1 1 4 * 15 2 4 6 6 35*84 74 * 14 2 4 2 7 35-58 1 18 9 1 2 8 3 35-37 84 8 1 2 4 6 35-14 IO G 1 7 2 525 35 -oo 1 2 3 * 8 1 243 34*71 1 23 14 0 4 8 0 34*2 8 78 8 1 2 3 8 34 -oo 6 l 10 6 1 3 6 34 -oo 6 6 * 9 2 2 3 6 33*71 1 04 11 I 331 33 - io 1 0 0 * 8 I 2 3 1 33-00 73 9 O 2 9 2 32*44 1 1 8 12 O 3 8 3 31-91 1 0 6 12 O 3 8 0 31-66 139 1 0 O 315 31-50 1 13 11 I 314 31-40 72 6 2 1 24 31-00 61 13 O 398 30-61 77 15 I 4 2 6 30-92 1 29 8 O 243 30*37 1 0 6 9 I 2 3 8 29*75 8 1 * 13 I 352 29-33 9 i 12 I 3 2 2 2 9*2 7 105 7 2 1 4 6 2 9 *2 0 7 2 * 9 O 2 6 2 29*11 6 0 9 0 2 6 1 2 9 *0 0 62 12 2 2 9 0 2 9 *0 0 9 2 * 11 2 259 28- 77 81 9 O 259 28-77 8 8 11 2 257 2 8*5 5 73 * 1 4 O 397 28-35 6 8 8 I 1 98 28-28 77 8 I 197 2 8*1 4 6 2 12 I 3 0 8 28- 00 8 9 9 I 2 2 3 2 7 *8 7 6 5 9 4 1 3 8 27- 60 6 6 6 1 1 3 6 2 7 *2 0 75 BATSMAN. INNS. N.O. RUNS. AVER. H.S. Quaife .. . * 8 O 217 27*12 85 Abel (W. J.) 6 O l6o 26-66 87 Vine • • 13 2 293 26-63 93 Hayward •• 15 I 371 26-50 61 A. T. Cliff 11 I 255 25-50 59 * W. H. Denton 12 I 279 25*36 108* H. L. Wilson 11 I 253 25*30 66 J. C. W. MacBryan 8 O 201 25*12 61 Slater .. 9 O 223 24*77 99 Baker (C. S.) 8 I 172 24*57 42 Capt. W. M. Turner 7 O 172 24*57 50 Bowley (F. L.) .. 11 O 269 24*45 83 E. M. Sprot 5 O 122 24*40 87 Charlesworth 8 O 194 24*25 65 Hon. R. Anson 8 O 193 24*12 97 Hardstaff 5 O 120 24*00 52 A. O. Jones 6 O I44 24-00 66 Braund 8 O 191 23-87 56 Pearson 11 O 262 23*81 77 Morton • • 15 O 355 23-66 96 A. T. Sharp • • 13 I 283 23*58 49 Tyldesley (J. T.) 12 I 259 23*54 62* B. H. Holloway 6 O 138 23*00 54 Tyldesley (E.) 11 O 252 22-90 72 Brown (G.) . . 14 I 296 22-76 64 L. Oliver 9 O 201 22-33 79 Birtles 9 O 197 21-88 104 Drake 10 I 195 21*66 47 G. A. Fairbaim 6 O 130 21*66 43 T. Forester 9 I 173 21*62 34 * Street 8 2 128 21*33 44 Tremlin 12 3 192 2 i *33 53 * W. H. Taylor .. 10 I 191 21-22 56 Whitehead (H.) .. .. 18 I 360 21-17 97 Freeman (J. R.) • • 13 2 229 20-81 44 * Thompson .. 14 O 290 20 - 7 I 56 J. Chapman 5 O 102 20-40 5 i Buswell 11 -------- 4 — 4 140 20-00 36 S u r s u m C o rd a O n June 27th the new “ Big School ” will be opened at Haileybury College. Haileybury is in the paradoxical position of being at one and the same time a new and yet a very old public school. Was it not the East India Company's training college in Georgian times ? After the taking over of the old " John Company ” b y the Imperial Government, subsequent to the Mutiny, sundry Hertfordshire gentlemen and old Haileyburians determined to revive the school of many glorious traditions. Are not the school houses redolent of Empire-building history ? “ Law­ rence,” “ Bartle Frere,” “ Trevelyan,” “ Le Bas,” " B atten,” all Haileyburians these ! The opening of the new " B ig School ” which has cost £16,000 will cause many O .H .’s throughout the Empire a little pang of regret. Not because the old school is to have a glorious new building ; no, but because of their school traditions. The present writer well remembers Colonel Parke, V.C., lecturing in that dear shabby old “ B ig School ” between " Law ­ rence ” and ‘‘ Edmonstone ” houses and the studies’ building. Parke, who was an O.H., told in graphic words of the historic charge down Waggon Hill. Then Lyttelton, the “ Bruiser ” as we called him, affection­ ately and without disrespect; the Hon. and Rev. Canon Edward Lyttelton, that very fine cricketer, now head of Eton, then of Haileybury, had us all in the Big School and explained why he had refused to give a whole holiday when his brother General Neville Lyttelton had performed a fine feat of arms in South Africa. His refusal had provoked the famous Haileybury r io t; but Lyttelton's determined attitude and his subsequent state­ ment endeared him to us all. He was cheered and cheered again. He could not silence the school, though at Haileybury discipline is almost military. These and other memories cause many Old Haileyburians— aye, even those who have dug deepest in their pockets to provide for the new “ B .S .” — some sentimental regrets. Haileybury sends most of its boys— " men ” as they are dubbed even at 13 years of age— to the Arm y and the Services overseas, and there is one man in particular whose individuality has largely helped the great loyalty of O .H .’s. This is the Rev. L. S. Milford, secretary and assistant headmaster of the College, who has ever spent his time in promoting the general welfare of the school and for whose good offices many of us wall always be grateful.