New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-20
THE YEAR'sCRICKET RECORD
pp11IANr PLAYING IN THE METRoPoLI-
TAN LEAGUE GAMES.
TIN, STATEN ISLAND CLUB WON BY STEADY
TEAM WORK AND CONSTANT PRACTIcE-iN-
DrvIpuAI. WORK OF THE VARIOUS
MEN-THE AVERAGES.
MEN-THE AVERAGES.


Cricket as a national game has advanced VIII
rand strides during the season OF 1919. Inc 'i
81 the oxford and Cambridge team and their seVeia'
a,oots had much to do with the increase In popu-
,ar,tv NJ the willow and the sphere. but the eAc'"e
character OF local contests had propaoS nv
Iae,ine and beneficial effect. This season LOT '"e
first time the leading cricket CLUBS Oh We" i
were divided into two sections one the Ae'I
District Cricket League. and the other the Ne"
York Cricket Association. The former cOhsiS'c' -
ubat are known as the "c-ack" teams-the New
Iorsev A c. Staten Island c. c.. tn Mahha''"'''
ProosIvn and New-York teams. The latter see"o
was composed OF the Paterson, New-Je'SeE "
lsecond eleven). Harlem. Columbia Kings Nou'''
a, George and the Metropolitan Insurance teams
The figures OF the results In the ASSOCIATION oo'Pe
lions have not yet been completed
The METROPOLITAN District Cricket League seaso"
49, . counie,e success with one possible exception
sa,eat at the hands OF the English collegians Inc
bitterness Of defeat, however, vas greatly "to'eN
for nv the knowledge OF the fact that the ih'er
national match proved financial success "'ea'
credit Is due the League managers for so success
fully bringing OF the most interesting game ese'
.oe, in the vicinity Of NewYork and the same
oornliment must certainly be paid for the manage
,.rt ~ the League contests, which, perhaps. In the
history OF the organization never before were 80
renate with interesting details or so eXciu"s III
character s,,o,
The remnant was earned and won by the staten
Island Club At the beginning of the season they
were hardly in the race, but with pluck ana shi'i
they played some close games ana s'a'""',,
,oroed I'm To the first position which they heid
Through the closing rounds of the League compeu-
ton The victory may be credited 10 the con'is'e"'
play OF every member of the team III al of"''n''
NJ the game while the regular amount Oh plat'''e
dugentIv nursued certainly did much to place them
n, the head Their defeat at the hands OF New
RI
otoned for by their subsequent victory over these
clubs and also over the old champion, the New
Jersey A. C In fact. the defeat by New-forK' the
last team in the competition was as unexpected DIS
II was sensational, and an possibly De atriou'eu
20 the extremely weak team put In the hed py the
Staten Islanders IN the spirit OF over-conhdehce'
which in this case most assuredly produced a
calamity
The batting averages OF the champions do not
compare favorably with those Of the second string
the New-Jersey A. c. However, they made amends
by taking the bowling prize. and made great snow
Ing with the sphere r. 7. Rokeby who heads the
cIubs batting list was rather lucky, although his
scores came at the right time. He played fewer
innings than any of the others. with the exception
NJ n ~ Townsend and hardly could be considered
the superior OF his comrades to the extent that MS
larger average would suggest. +. T. snort, the
skinner of the team batted with great Judgment. In
his usual panstaklng fashion, and captaned the
team with satisfaction to all concerned. A. E. Pat
terson who last year won the batting prize, Sc
cured only third place In his club this season, ana
was unable to compile more than thirty-eght runs
in any one innings. r. r. Bonner. who IL favoraby
known as a baseball player exhibited good form on
eeveral ccasiCns, and showed an Improvement that
prophesied we'll for his future career IN local cricket
The bowling averages headed by j. L. Pool
who did yeoman service and was ably assisted by
Howard MacNutt. Opposed to such good batting
talent Pools average Of 1884 is a wonderfully good
performance and stands at the head for trund!ing
work in the League season. The principal averages