Cricket 1914

476 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. N o v e m b e r , 1914. retirement. This is due— -in part, a t least— to strained relations between Christchurch and Wellington. I t is not worth while to say much on this score ; but the situation appears to be th at the Christchurch people think th at Wellingtonians indulge in carping criticism , while Wellington has a notion that Chrsitchurch wants to boss the show. The Wellington delegates made it clear, however, that they and their association fully appreciated the great work done b y Mr. Raphael. And, in the hope that the trouble m ay be smoothed over, perhaps the less said now the better. W . R o b in so n , who used to keep w icket for Auckland, has volunteered for the overseas contingent for the war. J. Bain, a promising Christchurch cricketer, has also joined. Collins (Ponsonby C.C., Auckland) was in camp w ith the contingent at Palmerston North when the last mail left. W . Hardham (Petone C.C., Wellington), who won the V.C. during the Boer War, has been given a captaincy in the expeditionary force, w ith which go T. M. Grace, J. Leys, and W . R yan (all W ellington club cricketers, and the first-named a provincial player), while the Rev. H. L. Blamires has a chaplaincy in the force. ' A n um b er of cricketers were in the contingent from New Zealand which lowered the German flag a t Samoa. Among them were two brothers named Bennett, of the Eden C.C. (Auckland), H. McGirr, WT. A . Baker, and G. Howe (all Wellington inter-provincial players), and Welling- club cricketers in the persons of W . H. Wilson (son of the veteran C. G.), T. Oshea, Longhurst, R . Mason, E. St. George, J. B. Watson, and W illiam Smith. F rom New York State N. Grell, an old Cliftonian, A. van L aar (Staten Island), E. J. Gregson (Schenectady), A . G. Hoskings, the Australian, whom Hampstead Nomads will remember, and J. B a rtlett (New Y o rk Veterans) are among the cricketers who have volunteered for the front. I n Toronto a game between Canadians and W est Indians (of whom there are a number in the Dominion) was played early in September for the benefit of the W ar Fund. Among the West Indians wer two of the famous Goodman clan— F . I. C. and E . C.— C. S. Batson (Barbados), and four Jamaicans in H. G. Wookey, L. C. L. Sutton, M. Moiston, and G. M. Baines. Sutton is a K in g’s School (Bruton) boy and played a few times for Somerset. The score of the match has not reached us. T h e South Australian C.A. has approached both Charles K ellew ay and C. G. Macartney w ith a view to getting one or the other to take up his residence in Adelaide. Neither will go. Sydney people are not pleased. They think the wheatfield state could do better to develop its own resources. I n the old days the Giffens, Lyons, Jones, Darling, the Jarvis brothers, and the Hill clan, w ith Blinman, Reedman, Claxton, and others of name and fame, were all genuine South Australians ; but of late the state has had help from outside to a considerable extent, as the mention of John Crawford, John A. O ’Connor, W . J. W h itty, H. W . Webster, and A . McBeth will serve to show. T h e Queensland C.A. lost £218 on last season’s working, and had a credit balance of only ^83 a t th^end. J. B. L a n e , late captain of fth e Sydney University eleven, and A . D. Fisher, another old ’V arsity man, are w ith the Australian contingent for Europe. Both have played for New South Wales. T ar r a n t and J. W . Hearne left for Patiala early in October. It is said th at Tarrant m ay stay there alto­ gether. W e hope not. T h e M a h a r a ja of P a t ia l a , who is with the Indian forces in France, has been gazetted hon. lieut.-colonel, and Maharaj Kumar Hitendra Narayan of Cooch Behar (to whom John Daniell was tutor, and who played a few times for Somerset) hon. lieutenant. F r an k M itc h e ll has a lieutenancy in the Royal N aval Volunteer Reserve. He is no tyro, for he served in the South African War. Charles F ry has an honorary lieu­ tenancy in the Royal N aval Reserve. J. W . H. T. Douglas, his brother C. H ., and E . S. M. Poyn tz have all obtained commissions in the Bedfordshire Regiment. J. E . Raphael is now a lieutenant in the 9th B a tt. Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, and E. W. Dillon was gazetted second lieutenant in the 4th B att. Queen’s Own (Royal W est K ent Regiment) on October 14th. C. O. H. Sewell, an old Territorial, has rejoined. Hayes and H itch are w ith the Sportsmen’s Battalion. F rom Edgbaston one hears th at quite a number of the Warwickshire men have answered the call. Thus C. K . Langley is in the H .A.C., ; Gerald Curie, E. B. Crock ford, “ Tiger ” Smith, Jeeves, the two Bates brothers (H. and L.), Luckin, and Austin have all joined the Birm ingham C ity Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment ; A . W . Foster is w ith the Public School Corps ; Parsons has enlisted in the Warwickshire Y e om a n ry ; Gilmartin is w ith the Oxford and Bucks L .I. ; W. Round, the office clerk, is in the 10th B att. South Staffordshire R egim en t; and G. C. Austin, the county match scorer, is in the R oyal Marines. B ravo, Warwickshire ! C ec il R y d e r , who was only lately appointed to the Worcestershire secretaryship, is en roule for India as a member of the 7th B att. Hampshire Territorials. M ajo r F. T. D. W ilso n and Capt. C. H. A ckroyd are prisonersJin Germany, also (it is believed) M . B. Burrows, the Etonian, and Capt. A. C. G. Luther, who was at first reported killed. Lieut. A. C. Johnston, Captain G. H. S. Fowke, and Capt. G. J. Edwards have figured in the wounded list. Capt. W . T. Payne-Gallwey and Lieut. G. F. Freeman-Thomas (son of Lord Willingdon) are reported “ missing.” S e v e r a l cricketers have been mentioned in dispatches— among them being Lieut-Col. Sir E velyn R. Bradford (dead), Major H. W . Studd, Major Eustace Crawley, one of the heroes of the '87 ’Varsity match, Major H. S. Bush, Capt. E . N. Tandy, and Lieut. C. St. J. L. Tudor. D a n ie l R e e s e , New Zealand’s cricket captain, says that he will not go on tour any more, though he intends still to play for Canterbury against the other provinces. Reese is deservedly popular ; and in connection w ith this a fact has come to light that deserves to be given wider publicity. A fu ss was kicked up about the 5s. per day allowance to members of the N.Z. team which toured Australia. Mr. Orchard, manager of the team, said that all cricketers were “ on the make.” Reese resented this strongly ; but he did not say, nor was it known till Patrick told it, that he had divided his own allowance between Patrick and Bennett, two of his Canterbury comrades who lost their salaries while on tour. It is small wonder that the other men like Dan Reese. As regards Mr. Orchard, one should state, in fairness, that he refunded his own allowance to the N.Z. Cricket Council.