The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-08
SEVEN RUN MARGIN
WINS CRICKET GAME
Richmond County Just Barely
Beats staten Island in
Good Contest.
CRESCENT a. G.. FORFE1TS

An exceptional'y close fnish was seen
III the association cricket game ~yestcr-
day at Livingston. =. l.. between Rich
mond county and staten Island, Ricii-
mond county just gaining the victory b.
the narrow margin of seven runs. Til"
winners rolled UP a total Of 1903. due
primarily to fine batting on the part Of
;. " Standfast and l.. W. Staughton.
Til" former contributed 30. while
S~tarshton put on - before being
howled. Double ngures were added by
\. $. burrant and Il. @. HUI.
W. ). r. Ogilby made n splendid at.
tempt for Staten Island. but was run
out when II seemed probable that his
efforts To gain a victory for his side
would be- successful. His contribution
was 40 and doubles were scored by T..
st q. Walker and II. T.. Bonner. The
best bowling figures were Ireland, g
for 80 Fit, . for 6. and S%taughton. 2
for ~. The Staten Island total was ~.
Kings County scored it's first victory
In the Metropolitan League competition
by defeating the Brooklyn Wanderers at
Prospect Park by - runs. Eight wickets
were down for 40 runs when W. n. VIII
n and VI. II. de Sousa became 1850
ciated u they made a splendid stand
for the ninth wicket and carried The
score to ~ before they were separated.
Tho totals were Kings County, III 4:
Brooklyn Wanderers. "a.
B~ensouhurst scored n victory in the
Sew YORK and New Jersey competition
by virtue Of "A forfeited game by the
crescent Athletic club. The latter or-
Eanization was Unable to turn out SUN.
cient players to meet the league require.
ments.
The West Indians made exactly two
runs Tor every run scored by the United
team At Prospect Park. and had NJ
diff'culty In defeating their opponents by
a margin OF ~ runs. with totals OF 9i
To N TIE best work on the winning
side was accomplished by W. Gibbs, 90
;. Alle> ne, Il, q. Kinds, 10, and X.
Cook. 10.
\ fine innings by f. Carly, who scored
Sc not out. vas the actor IN enabling
the Van Cortlandt team TO defeat tce
Anglo-American team in the league
series at Van Cortlandt Park. The win
ne:s scored l3l and then disposed o.
THEIR opponents for ~ runs.
The Vernon team easily defeated the
Bronx United eleven at Van Cortlandt
Park. winning by the big margin Of Is,
runs. with five wickets TO spare. j
Freeman's work IN both departments
was noteworthy. with re ball he IN
n record Of 6 wiCkets for 6 runs an,
scored - when his side went in to ba'
The te;dls we're Bronx United, 20 Yer.
non, lI3 for ) wickets.
The West Indian second eleven ad
vanced in the competition of the Cos.
mopolitan League by having a victor,
credited 10 II on account of the non.
arrival on he field OF tie West Indian
Veterans. who were scheduled TO play
them at Prospect Park.
The Adult School team defeated
Yonkers 10y ten. runs at Van Cortland'
Park. scoring totals OF 80 for $ wickets
against SO made by Yonkers. Althousr
on the losing side the feature OF &c
game was the batting OF II. simmons
who scored 81 by his individual efforts
while Z e ten other men on the team
could amass only 2s amcng them.
r Kortlarg OF New York has bee,
practically assured OF winning the hat
ting prize In he Halifax cup comPeti
ton He has an average OF 60, com
piled IN his eight innings. n score'
two centuries. Another New Yorker, J
II Briggs. stands an excellent chance O
capturing the bowling trophy, while New
York will finish second. Germantown
leading by one-half a point.