Cricket 1914

296 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. J u n e 27, 1914 . O verseas C r ic k e t C h a t . CANADA. The card of the Montreal and District Amateur Cricket League is before us. Mr. P. C. McLachlan (P. O. Box 1535, Montreal) is Secretary. The League has two divisions, West- mount, McGill, Verdun, Lachine, Point St. Charles, and Montreal competing in the first, Westmount II, Verdun II, Lachine II, Point St. Charles II, Montreal II, Woodland Park, B .N .I., and Mountain St. in the second. In matches at Victoria (B.C.) on May 30, Erickson took 6 for 8 (Men’s Own v. Restorer), Horton 7 for 21 (Oak B ay B v. Victoria B), Coppinger 7 for 21 (Civil Service v. Albion), and J. W. D. York 7 for 47 (Victoria v. Oak Bay). The highest score of the day was Coppinger’s 71* for Civil Service. " Incognitos closed their innings at Mount Tolmie under the impression that they had beaten the Albions by two wickets. The final scores gave the Incognito eleven 129 for 8, while the Albions were all out for 132.” But why did they close their innings ? There was no necessity to do so if they batted second ; and if the fieldsmen came off owing to the scorers being in error th ey should have gone back. One suspects that it was a case of 129 for 8, dec., b y the side batting first, and 132 by their opponents ; and th at the reporter didn’t understand ! " The winners hit wickedly five of the other players, Collett, etc.” T hat was wicked. The ball is the thing to hit in cricket. As many as “ five of the other players ” being so treated, one wonders th at a free fight did not follow ! The annual meeting of the Canadian C.A., held on June 4 at Winnipeg, decided to make Montreal its headquarters for this year. This decision has aroused some hot feeling, as in 1911 it was resolved th at tw o international games should be played before headquarters were removed, and Winnipeg has not yet had one, the match with the United States falling through in 1913. " The ballot in favour of Montreal was swung by proxy votes,” says the report in the Victoria Daily Times. Vancouver (169— C. Guild 35) beat Coquitlam (42— E. F. B airt 23*) on June 6. For the winners C. Illingworth took 5 for 13, E. M. Webb 5 for 23. Burrard (184— E. S. Bullen 56) beat Public Schools (126). Brockton Point (232— J. F. Mends 46, E. Deprez 44, W. M. Ban­ bury 37) beat Cedar Cottage (81). C. V. B. D avy (is not this an old Kent club player ?) took 8 for 57 for the winners. U N ITED STATES. The dropping out of the Wanderers has not killed cricket in Chicago. The Chicago Association now only consists of five clubs ; but they play every Saturday from May 30 to September 5. The five are Chicago, Hyde Park, Pullman, South Park, and West Indians. The Association’s Secretary-Treasurer is Mr. T. O. Stokes (Room 101, 545, West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago). In a Halifax Cup match on June 6 Philadelphia (204— A. G. Scattergood 48, J. H. Mason 47, E. M. Cregar 32) beat Frankford (117— R. Waad, jun., 38) by 87 runs. In Philadelphia Cup games Philadelphia (192— H. P. W right 45) beat the newly joined club, Bon Air (97— C. G. Cox 29) ; Germantown C (213 for 9— G . R. White 68) defeated Germantown B (185— G. W. Cupitt, jun., 69, J. H. Savage, jun., 44) ; and Merion B (243 for 6, dec.— Dr. R. M. Gummere 84, A. L. Castle 55, E. Wood 42) defeated Merion C (184— J. W. Sharp 88, E. J. Murphy 31). Pennsylvania University (171 for 5— M. Duncan 83) beat Haverford College (167— J. Garrigues 44). Germantown easily beat a combined team of Staten Island and the New Y ork Veterans, totalling 353 (H. Z. Maxwell 97, P. H. Clark 86) to 164 (N. Grell 56). The Van Cortlandt Park Cricket League (New York) numbers eight clubs, six of which play at Van Cortlandt Park, and two at Pelham Park. The - clubs are : Anglo-American, Bronx: United, Cameron, Columbia Oval, New Y ork Adult School,. Van Cortlandt, Vernon, and Yonkers. Mr. F. Holdsworth (508 West 171st Street, New York City) is Secretary-Treasurer. In California recently an eleven of veterans, whose united ages amounted to 619 years, met and defeated in hollow fashion a much younger team. Puffed up with pride and vain glory, they then actually challenged a combined X I of the San Mateo- and Golden Gate Clubs (two of the teams playing in the Cali­ fornia C.A. League). The quidnuncs of the two clubs considered the challenge, opined th at the veterans might be in danger from a hot drive or a slashing cut, and sent word that they accepted, but would all (except the left-handers) bat left-handed f A t time of writing (says our correspondent) the wrath of the veterans is not yet appeased. England v. Australia will be played at San Francisco on July 4 (and 5, if the players can be induced to extend the game into Sunday— if not, they will start at 9 and play till 6). Warren Bardsley, C. G. Macartney, John Hobbs, and Sidney Barnes are among the expected absentees. In the California C.A .'s championship on June 6, Golden Gate (185— Singer 33, Tassell 31, Guilford 30) beat San Mateo (61). For the winners Guilford took 7 for 26, Singer 3 for 10. T. H. Breese, an old Harrovian, hit up 21 and took 6 wickets for the losers. Germantown (178— H. L. Harned 55) beat Merion (130— J. H. Gordon, the Oxford blue, 33) in a Halifax Cup game on June 13. Frankford (146 for 5— S. H. Hart 50*, Belm ett 37) defeated Moorestown (145— Gordon F. Bottomley, 65*, carrying his bat right through the innings). In New York cricket on the same day E. Turville scored 57 for Manor Field v. Bensonhurst, N. Grell 56 for Staten Island v~ Crescent Athletic, and W . F. Jackson 55 for Crescent Athletic. New Y ork Veterans put two teams into the field on Sunday, June 14. One disposed of an eleven from the s.s. Cedric for 38, and made in reply 214 for 7 (Evan Greenidge 101, retired, O. Comacho 53, retired). The other put out a s.s. Mauretania team for 29, and ran up 207 for 8 (G. Scott Dalgleish 73, retired, S. B. Standfast 46*). - B. J. Kortlang, last heard of in the Argentine, played in the side which pulverised the Mauretania. NEW ZEALAND . A t the quarterly general meeting of the N.Z. Cricket Council, held at Christchurch on May 9, it was agreed th at Southland should be allowed to compete for the Plunket Shield. The resolution was moved b y Mr. S. A. Orchard (representing South­ land, though a Canterbury player) and seconded b y Mr. J. S. Barrett (Manawatu). Thirteen delegates voted for it, five against. A year or so ago a similar resolution was defeated. The meeting was well attended, and there was considerable discussion of the accounts relating to the N.Z. tour in Australia, chiefly as to the five shillings a day grant to players in lieu of compensation for loss of salary. All the larger associations—- and the smaller ones were not concerned, as they gave no guaran­ tees in connection with the tour— expressed themselves strongly against this grant. The executive of the Council defended it on the ground that it was really an economy, as under Rule 19 of their constitution they were bound to pay for lost salaries, and such payments would probably have been greater than the sum involved. Mr. S. A. Orchard (manager of the team) said th at players were “ out on the make ” all the time— a somewhat sweeping assertion. The real trouble seems to be that the associations were not told in advance that such payments were to be made. The two matches between New Zealand and the Australian Team resulted in loss to the Council. A t Dunedin the expenses were /411, the receipts £559; at Auckland expenses ^392, receipts -£297.