1939: Cricket

In 1939, cricket in the United States made considerable progress over previous years. In the cup competition of the United States Cricket Association, the Philadelphia General Electric eleven was victorious, defeating Union County (Pa.) in the final. The Brooklyn (N. Y.) Cricket Club regained the title for the championship of the New York and Metropolitan District Cricket Association, playing fourteen matches with a record of nine won, four drawn and only one lost. Individual honors went to Herbert S. Cockeram, of Brooklyn, who barely nosed out his clubmate, R. A. Wiles. Cockeram finished with an average of 44.89, and his high score of the season was a century of 102, not out, which he scored in a game against Veteran St. George. The best bowling average was that of F. Garcia, of the latter club, with twenty-nine wickets at an average of 7.58.

The Paterson (N. J.) Cricket Club won the championship of the New Jersey State Cricket League, with T. Vaughan first among the batsmen, and P. Knight heading the bowlers. The Brooklyn Cricket Club played five games in Ottawa and Montreal, winning two, losing two and drawing one. The Bison Cricket Club, of Buffalo, defeated the New Jersey State League at Plainfield and Newark, but lost to Staten Island.