1938: Cricket

Although cricket is a game quite foreign to Americans, it is the national sporting event of the British Empire. The outstanding game of 1938, and one that attracted world-wide attention, was the match between the Australian and the English team, in London, where the home team completely baffled the Antipodean bowlers, running up a score of 903 runs for the loss of seven wickets. Leonard Hutton hit up 364 runs, also a record. Australia came out even with the English team in the five-game schedule, each team winning a game and with two draws, and the last game postponed because of rain.

A Canadian team defeated a picked team of the New York and Metropolitan District Cricket Association, and the Haverford Alumni team. The Philadelphia General Electric Cricket Club won the New York and Metropolitan championship, with the Brooklyn Cricket Club second. The Brooklyn team toured Canada, winning one match, losing two and drawing two.

Playing games in New England and Nova Scotia, the Philadelphia General Electric team won five games, and one was a draw. High individual batting honors in the New York and Metropolitan series went to C. H. Archer, of Philadelphia, who had an average of 45 and a high score of 104, not out.

A. A. McLellan, bowling for Staten Island against Crescent Athletic Club, secured all to wickets in an inning for 33 runs, a record for New York in Championship games.