Cricket 1914

4 8 4 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. N o v e m b e r , 1914. O ve rseas C r ic k e t C h a t . CANADA. The Pacific Coast Tournament at Victoria, B.C., August 24-29, ■was by no means on so big a scale as last year, this being largely accounted for by the depletion of club teams due to volunteering for the war. Only six teams entered—Seattle (U.S.A.), Vic­ toria, Vancouver, Nanaimo, Cowichan, and University Incogniti. On the first day Victoria beat Seattle by a single run (177 to 176) on the first innings, Seattle scoring 143 for 6 in their second. Nanaimo (269) defeated Cowichan (192). Vancouver easily defeated the University side. The chief scorers of the day were H . R. Jepson (100 for Nanaimo), H. R. Orr (93* for Cowichan), and C. W . Lawrence (70 for Seattle). On August 25, Victoria easily accounted for the University Incogniti; Cowichan defeated Seattle in a small-scoring game ; and Vancouver beat Nanaimo. N. M. Carstairs scored 116 and J. H. Gillespie 103* for Victoria, whose total was 317 for 9, dec. ; V. R. Bennett made 67 for University, Orr 67 for Cowichan. and Leighton 67 for Nanaimo. The third day saw Cowichan defeat Victoria by 130 runs (300 to 170), University Incogniti score their first win, at Nanaimo’s expense, and Vancouver beat Seattle. D. W . Taylor made 74 for Cowichan, N. M. Carstairs 70 for Victoria, and F. G. Hurst 43 and 48 for Vancouver. On the fourth day Victoria beat Vancouver by n runs ; Seattle went under to Nanaimo ; and Cowichan defeated the University side. Victoria, Vancouver, and Cowichan thus stood equal, each with 3 wins and one defeat. W . G. Smith (63 in Seattle’s second innings). E. C. Brooke-Smith (62 for Cowichan) and F. G. Hurst (56 for Vancouver) made the best scores of the day. On the fifth day Seattle could not raise a team to play Univer­ sity Incogniti. Victoria beat Nanaimo, and Cowichan Van­ couver, Victoria and Cowichan (last year's winners) thus qualify­ ing for the final. Alexis Martin made 64 (retired) for Victoria, and V. Westwood 50 for Nanaimo. In the final Cowichan (131— D. W . Taylor 32) beat Victoria (109— J. H. Gillespie 57), and thus retained the cup. Among the best bowling performances of the week were H. A. Coward’s 5 for 42 (Victoria v. Seattle), E. Fenwick’s 7 for 53 (Seattle v. Victoria), A. Leighton’s 6 for 60 (Nanaimo v. Cowi­ chan), W. E. Estridge’s 5 for 43 (Cowichan v. Nanaimo), H. G. Tracey’s 7 for 55 (Univ. Incogniti v. Nanaimo), A. Leighton’s S for 49 (Nanaimo v. Univ. Incogniti), M. Coppinger’s 5 for 39 (Seattle v. Vancouver) and 5 for 31 (Seattle v. Nanaimo), C. W . Lawrence’s 5 for 58 (Seattle v. Nanaimo), H. R. Orr’s 7 for 37 (Cowichan v. Univ. Incogniti), A. Leighton’s 6 for 50 (Nanaimo v. Victoria), G. R. Leigh’s 7 for 43 (Vancouver v. Cowichan), H. R. Orr’s 6 for 40 (Cowichan v. Vancouver), and R. St. V. Bagnall’s 5 for 25 (Cowichan v. Victoria). Three tie games were chronicled in Montreal and district on August 8. In the B Division of the League, Lachine II and Westmount II made 62 each and Point St. Charles II and M.A.A.A. II 84 each ; and in a friendly game the R. Red ford Co. and Mount Royal scored 72 each. Strictly speaking, how­ ever, the first of the three should scarcely be considered a tie, for Lachine declared at 69 for 9 in their second innings, and Westmount, making 71 for 6, won by 4 wickets. This fact appears to have been overlooked by the local Press, which en­ larges upon the coincidence of three ties in one afternoon. The New York Veterans have been on tour in Canada. They beat Toronto on Aug. 10,making 181 for 3 in reply to 175. For them B. J. Kortlang scored 90* and A. G. Hoskings 55*. Next day they drew with Hamilton, after some big scoring. The N .Y. Veterans made 259 for 4, dec.—A. G. Hoskings 115*, B. J. Kortlang 104*. Hamilton replied with 225 for 7 — A. H. Gibson 83. On Aug. 12 they went under to Rosedale, making 149 (Kortlang 60, C. L. Simpson 49) to 275 (H. G. Davidson 60, H. G. Wookey 58). On Aug. 12 and 13 they met the Montreal Amateur Associa­ tion.!' he game was played on two grounds, being shifted to the McGill enclosure on the second day owing to the dangerous state of the wicket. The M.A.A. scored 184 (W. Johnson 53, E. H. Thompson, 41, P. Buckley 36) and 185 for 8, dec. (W. C. Baber 62) to 57 and 156 (Hoskings 45, A. S. Durrant 35) by the New York side. On the 15th the tourists beat the General Electric Association, making 134 (Kortlang 56) to 91 and 62 for 7. In this last game F. F. Kelly, who took 8 for 24, secured his two thousandth wicket in matches played on the western conti­ nent—mainly in New York, Chicago, and (on tour) in Canada. Before he went across F. F. K. had taken several hundred in England. He was a Stoic, and played in the match in which Stoddart made the English record (485). F. I. C. Goodman (a member of the famous Barbadian cricket family) scored 116 for Rosedale v. St. Barnabas on Aug. 8. G.R. Leigh scored 105* for Coquitlam v. Vancouver on Aug. 15. On Aug. 29 R. S. Clayton made 111* for Vancouver v. Lynn Valley. UNITED STATES. Philadelphia won the Halifax Cup for the first time. They have competed for it for over 30 years. They had to beat Merion in the last game in order to finish on top, and they did so in no half-hearted fashion. Merion were out for 164 (A. Lee 46, J. R. Vetterlein 43) ; Philadelphia scored 165 for 5 (J. B. King 85*, P. N. Le Roy 50). In addition to his big score, King took 5 for 59. He and Le Roy added 120 together. Belmont’s demise gave Philadelphia Bart King, and to Bart King’s all-round genius Philadelphia largely owe the winning of the cup. Le Roy made 98 and M. Duncan 71 (total 307) in the club’s penultimate match, v. Frankford, who were dismissed for 174, King taking 6 for 81. New York met Philadelphia in an inter-city game at Manheim on Sept. 3. New York scored 68 and 70 for 3 (J. L. Poyer 32*), Philadelphia 137 (H. S. Harned 66, M. Duncan 31). For the winners E. M. Cregar took 4 for 18, J. B. King 3 for 18, and A. G. Priestman 3 for 12 in the first innings, R. P. Anderson 2 for 6 in the second. B. J. Kortlang has made over iooo runs in America this year, as has J. Scott Dalgleish. The Associated Cricket Clubs of Philadelphia were overweight for the Interstate League on Sept. 7. The latter organisation’s eleven totalled 161 (F. Taite 60*, A. Middleton 28) ; the side representing the crack clubs run up 332 for 7 (J. W. Muir 76 retired. M. Duncan 67, C. V. Thackara 58, J. P. Dornan 45, A. G. Priestman 31 retired, S. H. Hart 23*). The Junior Tournament was affected by the inability of the Merion C.C. to field a team. Philadelphia Juniors and German­ town Juniors played seven matches, and the former won four of the seven. S. L. Robinson, with scores of 19, 59, 25, 21, 28, 84, and 5 was the foremost figure in the batting line for the winners. He can also bowl, as analyses of 4 for 39, 5 for 33, 4 for 35, 4 for 31, and 6 for 38 attest. For the same side C. G. Woolley had 4 for 33, 6 for 39, and 4 for 44 in three of the g'ames. W . Clothier, with 27, 31, 53, 6; o, 36, and 92. and analyses of 6 for 41, 7 for 37, 4 for 44, and 5 for 39 showed up well all-round for German­ town. A special competition for the Associated Cricket Clubs’ Cup was run in Philadelphia in September. The matches resulted as follows :— Merion (195— J. N. Ewing 51, J. K. Garrigues 44*) beat Frank­ ford (134—W. W. Foulkrod 43). Garrigues took 6 for 65 for the winners, R. Ward 5 for 66 for the losers. Germantown (192 for 8, dec.—F. A. Greene 54) beat Frankford (104). R. Waad took 5 for 71 for Frankford. Philadelphia (181—S. L. Robinson 38) beat Merion, with only nine men (111—Emlen Wood 35). Philadelphia (189—Willard Graham 55) beat Frankford (111). Merion (219 for 8—S. W . Mifflin 82*. C. C. Morris 46) beat Germantown (218 for 6, dec.—P. H. Clark 56, Dr. J. N. Henry 37*, A. G. Priestman 35*). Philadelphia thus came out on top. This year the club won every cup and competition under the Associated Clubs’ cegis, six in all— Halifax Cup. Philadelphia Cup, Associated Club’s Cup, Radnor Cup. Hirst Cup, and Incogniti Cup, the latter three being