Cricket 1914

54 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. M a r c h , 1914. TH E ARG EN T IN E . E. S. Jones was one of the highest scorers in Championship games on January 25, and he made his 70 (Belgrano v. San Isidro) out of a total of 128, of which 9 were extras ; but five chances discounted the merit of his innings. For Belgrano, who won by 42 runs, H. Dom ing took 6 for 33 ; for San Isidro J. Goodfellow had 7 for 46. R. P. Cordner (69) and S. U. Leonard (63*) were chief contributors to the 192 of Quilmes, which Lomas beat with only four wickets down, M. Cockcroft scoring 73 and W. A. Cowes 67. Kortlang is not doing much this season, nor is Cowper, the South African, who hit so hard against the M.C.C. side a couple of years ago. Buenos Aires (149) had a narrow victory over Hurlingham (143). P. A. Foy took 6 for 66 for the losers, D. Scott 5 for 52 for the winners. On February 1 Buenos Aires (215 for 8— E. D. Ayling 53, and B. H. Smyth 52, sending up 103 before a wicket fell), easily beat San Isidro (90). For B.A. there was some deadly bowling by W. A. Campbell, who took 6 for 17, five bowled, the other l.b.w. Goodfellow (6 for 41) again bowled well for San Isidro. B.A.G .S. (170 for 3— W. C. Millward 66*) defeated Quilmes (168— S. U. Leonard 41, C. V. H. Beynon 38). In a friendly ^ame Dom ing scored 88 and took 5 for 42 for Belgrano v. Hurlingham, H. M. Booth getting the other 5 for 38. Abel was top scorer for Hurlingham, but his total was only 23. C. G. Bulman made 82 and J. E . Curchod took 6 for 30 for Belgrano II v. Hurlingham II. Buenos Aires again won a week later, beating Quilmes by 219 to 134. H. D. Williams scored 70* and G. Brandon took 6 for 19 for the winners. S. A. Cowper (42) was top scorer for Quilmes. Belgrano ran up a biggish score— 322 for 7, dec. v. B.A.G.S., who could only total 118 in reply. For the winners C. H. Whaley scored 70, A. M. Finlayson 52, E. S. Jones 51*, and H. Dom ing 49, W. C. Millward made 42 for the railway side. Hurlingham (219— F. L. Platt 68, E. L. Rum- boll 47) and Lomas (130 for 6— B . J. Kortlang 58) drew. C EYLON . A. L. Gibson, of Essex fame, made 113* for his own side v. Mr. R. W . Forbes’s X I at Colombo on January 24. Six wickets were down for 52 when he and C. W . Walker (68) became partners, and they added 126. V . F. S. Crawford scored 67* for the other side. “ N o b b u t H is Yead ! ” A PAT ON TH E B A C K FOR US. “ Felix ” (Tom Horan) writes thus in the A u st r a l a s ia n of February :— C r ic k e t of December 13 contains an interesting chat with Mr. R. B. Ridgley, of Detroit. Just fancy. I remember that gentleman in Detroit as far back at 1878, and he is able to play yet, in the seventies. Detroit must be a good climate for the arteries. In his chat he mentions Tom Dale. I took a great fancy to Tom, who was an English cricketer, settled in Detroit. According to the chat, Tom was injured by an electric motor-car some months back, and it is stated that his cricket days are over. B y the way, this issue of C r ic k e t will be its hie jacet. The paper was started in 1882 by Mr. C. W . Alcock, whom I knew well. I agree in every sense with the present editor, Mr. J. N. Pentelow, in his statem en t:— “ It has stood sturdily for the right and fair thing always and everywhere.” The new paper will be the W o r ld o f C r ic k e t , with an old friend, Archie McLaren, as editor and Mr. Pentelow as assistant editor and manager. Good luck to both of them, which means good luck to the paper too. Thanks, Mr. Horan ! A. C. M. sends kind regards and the other man salaams. Co rre spondence . TH E LO R D ’S* C EN TEN AR Y . To the Editor of T h e W o r ld o f C r ic k e t . S ir , — Only one match has been fixed to commemorate the above— on June 22— and that not a special one, but merely the first of the annual England trial matches. Is it too late for a more adequate celebration to be arranged ? In 1887 to the Club’s centenary a whole week was devoted, including that superlatively attractive veterans’ match, Over 40 v. Under 40, and a reappearance of our present-day veterans would be no less delightful. Think of seeing the five survivors of our first Test team on the same side again! June 18 appears to be a vacant date at Lord’s. Cannot the N avy v. Army match be advanced thereto from Tune 25, so as to leave a clear Centenary week ? * " Z u m m e r ze t .” The Bloomfield C.C. made 232 for 2, declared (S. B. L. Perera 76*, T. Y . Baba 74) v. Colombo C.C. on January 31, and their opponents replied with 177 for 4 (A. F. West 71) 409 for 6 wickets thus being made in the match. One fine Saturday, back in the early ’8o's, Bolton v. Man­ chester was in progress on the Bolton ground, the teams being captained by Mr. W. M. Hardcastle and Mr. E. B. Rowley respectively. Bolton took first knock on a rather fiery wicket, and some of Crossland's “ expresses” kicked rather dan­ gerously. In the course of one of the " one-eyed wicket- breaker’s ” overs, Mr. W . A. Scott batting, and W illiam (brother of the famous Richard) Pilling wicket-keeping, Mr. Rowley at cover-point, and myself standing umpire at the bowler’s end, a terrific delivery reared up, passed both bat and wicket, hit Pilling fair and square on the head, and rebounded some distance down the wicket towards the bowler. While the rest of us stood aghast, Pilling, in a most nonchalant attitude, with arms akimbo, made no sign whatever of having been struck, not even raising a hand to his head or adjusting his cap, and Crossland just as coolly gathered the ball and returned to the bowling crease. He was about to start on his run for the next delivery, when Mr. Rowley called to him sharply, “ W ait a bit, Crossland ; wait a bit ! That last ball hit Pilling quite hard and must have hurt him .” Crossland looked at the imperturbable Pilling, and then replied, “ Oh, no, Mr. Rowley ; he’s all right. 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