The San Francisco call., 1908-08-09
.CriCketerS Batted Best
Four Years Ago
On Other Hand, BOwIers Now
Playing Excel in Their
Averages
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
By William Uun,ack

AS was expected, both Alameda and
the PaclncS won their cricket games
last Sunday This gives the Alameda
team II points for eight games played.
san Francisco and Pacific are racing
neck and neck for second place Both
teams have played seven games and
have eight points each to their credit.
Today the Pacific team plays the
Wanderers at the stadium and the vet
eran team ought to register another
victory. This Will give them 10 points
Tor eight games, only one point behind
the leaders.
The Barbarians are also still to be
reckoned with. Next Sunday they play
San Francisco, and should the Barbs
win 1T Will put the county team out
OF the race entirely.
Cr1cketers in general are keenly ex-
cited at the cloSenesS of the competi-
tfon. The reliable Harry Elliott was
again in evidence last week and his
Ellfot's free and easy style and his
great hitting ability are features OF
this years cricket Elliot was ably
assisted last Sunday by his brother.
II: F., who scored Sc, and by Wilkes,
who also hit out merrily for 66.
The Pacific four for 205 is the largest
pennant score recorded this season.
The Golden Gate team could only
score 46 against the Pacific attack OF
this Millen IA and Spencer 13 were the
only double figure men.
At the stadium Alameda defeated the
Wanderers Bird 80 was in good form
with the bat OBrien with for "a
showed good form with the ball
Scott Is, Stuart 16 and Wilson 10
all played useful innings for their
team.
Last week I stated that Harry Ell
liot was the most prolific scorer in the
association and that his average OF IS
was probably" a record for California
cricket At the time I did not have
statistics for previous years but had
sent out Inquiries to get the correct
previous records. I now have those
records and fnd that the record aver
age is held by H. B. Richardson with
lao, 40 runs per inning This was
made in 1904, and his complete aver
age reads: IL innings, not out; 103
not out, highest score; total runs 1872.
This is considerably higher than Ell
lots average. but to make up for that
Elliot can lay claim to the highest
individual score, viz: 1873 not out.
In 1905 Richardson also had an aver
age over the century mark He played
II innings that year for an average Of
1852 per inning.
The averages as published in The
call exclusively each week have caused
so much interest among ericketers and
followers of the game that Richard
sons two record averages win be read
with pleasure and will also be used
Tor comparisons with the present
standard of cricket.
On looking over the 1904 and 1905
averages 1t appears as If the batsmen
or those years were very much superior
to the present day men in point OF
averages. Several men have Centuries
d5d41iSl udHcSr lUCluQlng hIcn-
ardson. Stratton 2, Wildings Petersen,
Wilkes ,.
On the other hand. the bowling aver
ages OF today are far superior to those
of previous years. In 1904 Davies OF
the San Francisco county team was
head of the association averages with
7.O1 per wicket for 16 wickets.
Looking at the averages published
today. 1t will be seen that Wilkes leads
with an average Of So Davies average
OF 1904 would only place him in the
nfteenth position among the present
day trundlers.
Taking the bowling averages into
consideration, 1t may be that this de-
partment is far better at the present
time than It ever was before, and IL
such Is the case that accounts in a
great measure for the falling of or
the batting. The batting and bowling
averages. showing all pennant games.
have been compiled according to the
association system. Averages of bats
men with three innings or more and
an average of 10 or more per inning
only are shown
BATTING AVERAGES