Cricket 1914

A u g u s t 15, 1914. THE WORLD OF CRICKET. 439 Horses Wanted ! F r o m a correspondent who is working night and day in the purchase of horses for the War Office comes a suggestion that it might be of some use if we gave publicity in our •columns to the fact that more are still required. We gladly do so ; it is but a little thing, but even little things ■sometimes count. Will any cricketer who owns a horse notify the local Government purchaser in his district ? The owners of horses are scheduled, but, apart from the fact that the ■schedule may not be quite up to date, it can scarcely be absolutely complete. Where owners are willing to sell, a notification is of great assistance to the authorities, and the coming forward of unscheduled owners will save valuable time. Horses are paid for immediately, and a fair price is given. The most suitable horse for War Office purposes is one •of from i5'2 to 16 hands, preferably nearer 15-2. Horses must be between the ages of 5 and 12 years, and, of course, sound. Artillery horses are especially wanted. The heavy hunter type is the sort for this work. Perhaps there is no better way at the present moment for ■a civilian to serve his country than by providing a horse. All that can be furnished will be needed. -----+----- Overseas Cricket Chat. CANADA. S. T. Langton scored 100 (in a total of 170 for 7, dec.) for "Winnipeg v. Wanderers at Winnipeg on July 11. S. L. P. Pigott did the hat trick (his second feat of the kind this season) for Kentish Association v. International Securities in the Selkirk ■County C.A.’s competition. On July 18 J. S. Scrymgeour took 7 wickets and did the hat trick for Conservatives v. Civics (Winnipeg). Langton followed up his 100 of the preceding Saturday by 93 v. Eatons. For White Rose v. St. Jude’s Turner played right through an innings of 115 for 56. W. C. Greene made 101* for his X I v. Toronto at Toronto on July 1 ; on July 25 S. R. Saunders made 102 (in n o minutes, without a chance) for McGill v. Ottawa at Montreal, and A. E. Avery 103 for St. Albans v. West Toronto at Toronto. W. B. Burns for McGill v. Ottawa took 9 for 16 in the first innings, and did the hat trick. Controversy still rages as to the fairness of his delivery. Victoria (B.C.) defeated Cowichan at Cowichan on July 18— the first defeat Curgenven’s old club has sustained at home for three years. The totals were : Victoria 121 (J. W. D. York 49); Cowichan 93 (H. R. Orr 39). For the losers L. A. S. Cole had 5 for 34, for the winners G. C. Grant 4 for 24, J. W. D. York 3 for 16. For Civil Service v. Oak Bay on the same date Coppinger took 6 for 7, Welch 4 for 7—Oak Bay all out 15. In Oak Bay’s second Welch had 8 for 25. The full score of Winnipeg Wanderers v. Regina (for the John Ross Robertson Cup) finds a place on another page. Burrard ran up 253 (E. S. Bullen 47, R. J. Beecham 44, L. F. Murphy 36) v. Public Schools at Vancouver on July 18. Public Schools could only made 106, Bullen taking 5 for 30. Vancouver (131 for 6—C. Guild 47) beat New Westminster (122—W. Wells 35, J. D. Duncan 34). For the winners J. Crane had 5 for 43, W. Webb 4 for 32. Coquitlam 75 (G. R. Leigh 33) beat Brockton (59), E. F. Biart taking 5 for 15, Leigh 5 for 36. A week later Vancouver dismissed Public Schools for 51, Crane taking 5 for 26, Webb 4 for 22, and made 258 for 9 (F. A. Barrs, formerly of Derbyshire, 51*, F. W. Sterling and C. Illingworth 39 each). Burrard scored 200 for 7 (E. S. Bullen 61, L. F. Murphy 47) v. Coquitlam, who, two men short, replied with 159 (G. R. Leigh 82). In Toronto on July 25 Rosedale narrowly won a small scoring match—-67 to 60—from Grace Church. For Rosedale H. G. Wookey took 6for 29, Raeburn 4for 26 ; for Grace Church Groves had 6 for 32. L. C. L. Sutton, the King’s School (Bruton) boy who played a few times for Somerset, is a member of the Rosedale team. After the match Grace Church left for Winnipeg to meet the Winnipeg Wanderers in competition for the John Ross Robertson Cup. St. Albans put out West Toronto for 20, and themselves made 278, A. E. Avery scoring 103. UNITED STATES. In a match between Barbarians and San Mateo (Cal.), date not given, Bailey for the Barbarians and Wilding for San Mateo both played right through the innings of their sides—totals 116 and 87 for 8. San Mateo e. Alameda—Alameda needed 4 to win ; last over of day ; off first, second, third, and fourth balls easy catches were missed, no runs resulting, and off the fifth the lucky bats­ man was stumped ! So Mr. F. F. Kelly tells us. Contradictions (if any) to be addressed to him, at 365 West 116th Street, New York City, not to us. Here is a verbatim copy of a handbill circulated in New' York, though we cannot afford space to set it out like the original : “ C r ic k e t —Follow the crowd to the o n e b ig g a m e of the season— O r i e n t C.C. versus the invincible West Indian C.C.— At Olympic Field, Fifth Ave. &136th Street—Saturday, August 1st, 1914—It is worth twice the price of admission to see the Orient crack bowling against the crack international batsmen of the West Indian team—All shaded seats—Game starts 2 p.m. —Admission, 25 cents.” For Philadelphia B (141) v. Bon Air (75) in a Philadelphia Cup game on July 25 H. W. Goodall took 7 for 14. Allen Hunter, who was over here with Philadelphia in 1912, was top scorer for his side with 41*. Germantown C (M. L. Newhall 39, E. M. Mann 35) beat Germantown B (105—G. W. Cupitt 37, A. G. Priestman 32). Merion C (89 for 4—R. L. Melville 35) beat Merion B (85 for 6). Time limit comes in here, of course. “ Edward V II wins. Buries Tennyson Independents Under One-sided Score .”— Philadelphia Record. Scores—97 and 19 respectively. B. J. Kortlang made 44, C. L. Simpson 41* for Richmond County (108 for 4) v. Staten Island (159) on July 25. E. H. L. Steinthal (39*) and N. Grell (32), both old Cliftonians, were chief scorers for Staten Island. -------+ ------- C e n t u r ie s . H e r b e r t C a r p e n t e r , who is over 43, has just made his twenty-fifth century in first-class cricket. Among those (leaving out of account men who have not played at all this season) who have made more than this are Tom Hayward (103), C . B. Fry (93), John Tyldesley (80), John Hobbs (63), David Denton (62), P. F. Warner (60), William Quaife (58), George Hirst (57), P. A. Perrin (56), G. L. Jessop (54), A. C. MacLaren (47), Hayes (46), Philip Mead (40), Rhodes (37), J- R. Mason (35), Sharp (35), C. J. B. Wood (34), Fred Bowley (33), Iremonger (32), C. P. McGahey (31), James Seymour (31), R. H. Spooner (31), Tarrant (31), H. K. Foster (29), V ine (29), King (27), Frank Woolley (27), Kinneir (26), and John Gunn (26). Below Carpenter come Braund (24), F. L. Fane (24), Albert Relf (23), George Gunn (22), J. W. Hearne (22), Humphreys (21), Hardstaff (20), Hardinge (20), Frank Mitchell (18), Pearson (17), Robert Relf (17), Bowell (16), Coe (16), Charlesworth (15), the Rev. F. H. Gillingham (15), Sir Timothy O'Brien (15), Major Greig (14), S. G. Smith (14), B. B. Wilson (14), E. M. Sprot (13), Harry Whitehead (13), and J. W. H. T. Douglas (12). These figures include centuries abroad as well as at home, and in some cases items not first-class as per official label.