CRICKET.

Waikato Times, Volume 96, Issue 15033, 2 September 1922, Page 17 (Supplement)

CRICKET.

A. C. MacLAREN’S TEAM. (By "Cover Point."; ync team of cricketers which Mr A. C. MacLaren is bringing out to Australia and New Zealand for the new season has been announced, and will leave England on September 30. A few particulars regarding the players will be read with interest by local followers of the game. The Hon. F. S. G. Calthorpe (Hepton, Cambride University, and Warwickshire) is 30 years of age. He did well for the Warwickshire eleven last season. In first-class matches for the county, he played 37 innings for 1010 runs, with an average of 20.04. His best performances were 200 against Hampshire at Birmingham, and 17G against Somerset on the same ground. He is a good all-round player, as he captured 07 wickets for 1940 runs last season, in county matches, giving him an average of 20.04. The Geoffrey Wilson mentioned is probably the Harrow, Cambridge University, and Yorkshire player, who was born in 1305. He played four Innings for the Yorkshire eleven last season, scoring a total of 40 runs. \ p. p. Chapman (Oakham School, Uppington, Cambridge University, and Berkshire), is only 22 years of age. He is another useful all-rounder. For Cambridge University last season, he played 17 innings for 700 runs, and averaged 53. His best innings were 130 v. Free Foresters, 127 v. Surrey, and 110 v. Warwickshire. With the

ball he hod an average of 16.25, oapturlng eight wickets for 130. For Berkshire, which came second In the second-class counties competition last season, he played eight innings for 468 runs, averaging 58.50, his last knock being 157. With the ball he captured 19 wickets for 313 runs, which worked out at an average of 16.-40. This is what P. F. Warner, in his revised “Book of Cricket,” has to saw of Chapman:—“He is a lefthanded batsman of possibilities. He has tremendously strong wrists and fore-arms, and can send the ball to the boundary at a great pace, but at present he is a little rash in his judgment, and too often goes for the wrong ball. Could lie curb a little of his impetuosity, he might be very good indeed, for lie is a natural cricketer, with a fine physique and an abundance of strokes. He is a Brilliant field, especially in the country. Occasionally he is placed at coverpoint, but he is rallier too tall for that position, for it will be noted that most of the great cover-points have been rather small in stature, and at any rate under Oft high, and Chapman must he quite 6ft 3in." T. C. Lowry is a New Zealander. He Is the son of Mr T. H. Lowry, of Hawke’s Bay, and Is now at Cambridge University. ll e has represented Auckland, and is a forcing batsman, and usef,ul wicketkeeper. He has turned his attention to tennis at Home, and was a member of the combined University . tennis team which visited America last season. Nevertheless, lie played four innings for Cambridge University last year, scoring 63 runs. Lowry played excellently for Somerset against Warwickshire a few weeks 3go. In a low-scoring match, Warwickshire got 136 In Its first innings. Somerset, batting next, lost seven wickets for 103, but Lowry batted loi 70 minutes for 41, top score for the day, and, thanks to that, Somerset managed to gain a lead of six runs. Warwickshire’s second innings produced 148 runs next day. In Somerset’s second innings Lowry hit fiercely for 47 not out, top score of the match, after three good Somerset wickets wer e down for 33.' Somerset won by six wickets. Bowling for Somerset, J. C.-White took three lor 34 and nine for 58, and, in Warwickshire’s first innings .W. T. Greswell took seven for 42. For Warwickshire, fast bowler Howell took six for 64. F L Titchmarsh (Radley and Suffolk), who is 31 years of age, has not figured in first-class cricket. J. F. McLean, of Worcestershire, is given as a member of the team, but his name does not appear in eithu the batting or bowling averages for ■the county last season. J Freeman, the well-known Essex professional, is 39 years of -age. He came third in the county batting avciages last season, playing 45 innings for 1532 runs, and having an average of 35.62. His best innings were 28b v Northamptonshire, 148 v. Hampshire, and 102 v. Surrey. In bowling he took six wickets for 197 runs. C H Gibson (Eton, Cambridge University,' and Sussex) was bom m 1900 For Cambridge University last season he played ten innings for 165 runs, and took 36 wickets for runs, securing an average of 20. n. Gibson bowled very ably for Cambridge against Oxford at Lord s last season. For the Sussex County eleven he played six innings for «-* runs but four not outs gave him an average of 25.5. With the ball he secured seven wickets for 191 runs, having an average q1_27.28. Gibson '®. at present somewhere in the wilds ot South America, and lias not replied to the invitation to make the tour. - W. W Hill-Wood, who has been invited, is another Cambridge University plaver. Last season he played six innings "for 80 runs, while with the ball he secured two wickets for 0o runs. , ... R. St. L. Fowler (Eton) vis 31 years of age, but has not played for any county, while the Hon. D.. I‘grand who will take Gibson’s place if the’ latter is unable to accept, is another Etonian, 20 years of age. ■ Lieutenant A. C. Wilkinson plays for the Free Foresters Club and the Army teams. He is a forcing bat, and scored 81 for Free Foresters in the second innings of the match against Oxford University last season. Hubert Ashton we would have liked to visit us. Ashton captained Cambridge successfully last season, and did brilliantly against the Australians. H e is leaving England to settle in the Argentine. This able, young player will be sadly missed in first-class cricket in England, as he was just Uic type of fighter to help restore to the Motherland her lost place in-the cricket sun. Last season lie played 14 innings for 728 runs, with fill average of 60.66. He ran up threefigure scores against Somerset (132, not out), Oxford (118), and the Australians (107, not out). H. Tvldesley is the Lancashire professional, and the least prominent of the Lancashire Tyldeleys. The team is not what can be termed an over-strong one, but when (hey have been together under the able leadership of Mr A. C. MacLaren they will improve. The nest ■ New Zealand side should be able lo j account for them, but they will re- j quire to lose no tim e in getting to practice..