Cricket 1891

JAN. 27, 1891. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 13 CRICKET AT THE CAPE. VETERAN MATCH.—MOTHER COUNTRY v. COLONIAL BORN. This matoh was played on December 18, on the Cape Town ground at Newlands, and terminated in a very decisive victory for the Home Born on the first innings by 77 runs. M o th er C o u n tr y . J. Beams, e Graham Cloete, b Ford......... 0 W . B. D avidsoD .bF ord 48 Capt. Wright, b Graham Cloete ... 11 W. Anderson, not o u t .............................20 W.W. Speid, b Ford 20 W. M. Grier, b Ford 1 Extras .......... 9 Total... ...114 Capt. Pipon, b Ford... 0 W.McNellan.cGraham Cloete, b Ford.......... 0 Capt., O’Callaghan, b Graham Cloete ... 0 Major Mayhew, b Graham Cloete ... 21 Major Cresswell, b Ford .......................14 For the Colonial Born H. Ford took seven wickets for 67 runs. C olonial B orn . First Innings. J. FocV, fc MoNellan ... 0 S. van Breda, lbw, b J. Overbeek, c David- Mayhew ............... 4 son. b Mayhew ... 8 C. van Renen, not Adrian van der Byl, b o u t ......................... 9 Beams ............... 6 Gordon Cloete, b Col. Christie, hw, b B e am s.................. 0 Beams...................... 0 J. Cruywagen, b H. Ford, b Mayhew ... 33 B eam s....................12 James van Breia, b Extras .............. 10 Mayhew ................. 0 — Graham Cloete, b T otal...........67 Mayhew ............... 5 In the Second Innings C. van Renen scored (not out) 30; Col. Christie, o Wright, b Beams, 11; A. van der Byl (not out) 19; extras, 3.—Total for one wioket, 63. WESTERN PROVINCE v. ALL COMERS. This,the last trial matoh at CapeTown before the tournament, was played on the Western Province Ground on Dec. 20. The Province won on the one innings played. Van der Byl took five of the All Comers’ wickets for 25 runs. W estern P rovince . A. E. Cox, b Myddleton ..........24 H. H. Castens, c SteytlerbMyddleton 23 J. Dean, b Myddleton 0 Capt. Wright, b Smuts 13 P. H. de Villiers, b Smuts ................. 1 C. S. Hickley, lbw, b Smuts ................. 9 A. Richards, b Moore 13 V. van der Byl, b Smuts .................11 W. 8prigg, b Moore o C. Shea, c Bisset, b Moore .................24 W. H. Milton, not o u t ........................80 Extras ..........20 T otal..........168 A l l C om ers . E. Allen, b Van der Byl ........................ 5 E. Bisset, b De Villiers ................. 2 G. Fitzpatrick, st Richards, b De Villiers .................29 E. 8. Steytler, lbw, b Van der B y l.......... 0 FT. Calder, c and b Van der Byl . ... 16 C. Innes, not out ... 49 L. K. Smuts, b Van d^rByl ............... 0 H. Hands, c Cox, b Milton ................. 5 J. Moore, c Dean, b Sprigg ...................10 W. Myddleton, c Richards, b Sprigg 0 L. H. Cary,bVander Byl ........................ 0 Extras...................10 Total ...126 THE SOUTH AFRICAN TOURNA­ MENT. Boxing Day witnessed the commencement of the first cricket tournament which has ever been held at the Cape. The Western and Eastern Provinces were each represented by an eleven, and the third competitor was Griqualand West (Kimberley). The ground of the Western Province Club at Newlands, Cape Town, was the scene of action, and the tournament, which lasted until the 3rd of January, proved, ittis satisfactory to have to add, a great success in every way. Splendid weather prevailed throughout, and the com­ pany, which was very large, especially on the holiday days, numbered most of the nota­ bilities of Cape Town, including the Governor of the Colony, the Premier (the Hon. C. J. Rhodes), and most of the members of the Cape Ministry. The gate receipts were, too, very satisfactory, and the aggregate of’.£450 enabled the management, after the defrayal of ground and other expenses, to contribute .£9 or £10 to each member of the visiting teams to re-im- burse them for their hotel and travelling expenses. The cricket, too, proved to be more than usually interesting, in some respects quite sensational. The Kimberley team were highly fancied, not only by their supporters but even in Cape Town. As it happened, however, they suffered severely by the absence of two of tneir best all-round cricketers, Messrs. Grimmer and A. R. Innes, while an early injury deprived them of the valuable help of their crack wicket-keeper, C. E. Rutherfoord. In the end,the Western Province team proved to be the winners, and they are therefore entitled to hold the Champion Bat which was presented in 1876 by the Port Elizabeth Town Council for competition between the various crioket centres or districts of Cape Colony. In 1887, it fell into the hands of the Kimberley eleven, and they held it until the last tournament. WESTERN PROVINCE v. EASTERN PROVINCE. The Eastern men were fortunate enough to secure first innings in this the first match,com­ menced on Boxing Day. Though they were without Lieut. Stewart andmore than one other player who would.have done them good service, they made at the outset a fairly good show and at one time looked as if they were going to give the Western eleven a good fight. Van der Byl and Ashley started the bowling for the latter, and the former clean bowled the first two wickets. After this, though, he tired, and most of the execution was done by De Villiers, whose slows were greatly helped by the good fielding, particularly of Frank Hearne, who made two very fine catches. Seven wickets were down for 75 when Proud- foot joined Parkin, and these two batsmen made the stand of the innings. Parkin hit freely, and 66 had been added before his partner was finely caught in the deep-field. The two remaining batsmen did nothing, and Parkin was able to carry out his bat for a well hit but rather lucky 63, which included ten 4’ s. De Villiers took half the wickets at a cost of fifty runs. The Western innings was begun by the old Oxonian, H. H. Castens, and Cox. Wimble and J. S. De Villiers started the bowling, but the fielding was by no means up to the mark and the two batsmen remained at the wickets till luncheon time. The score then showed 99 runs without the loss of a wicket, Castens 42 and Cox 39. On resuming the score again rose steadily, thanks in some measure to mis­ takes in the field, till it had reached 166 when Cox was well taken at short mid-on. He had made 56 of the number, and his in­ nings was free from an actual chance. Castens, who had previously had no small luck, was soon after Dean’ s appearance missed twice, and with the help of these lives he was able to stay in till the end of the first day. The total then was 241 for two wickets, and of these Castens, who had Frank Hearne as his fellow not out, had contributed 139. After hitting Parkin’ s first ball for four on the following day Hearne was caught at deep mid off, having made 20 out of 50 added since the fall of the last wicket. When he had reached 150 an appeal for a catch behind the wicket was made against Castens, and he was walking away when the umpire gave him not out. Soon afterwards, however, he was clean bowled by Parkin, having just previous to his retirement hit five fours in succession. He had contributed ‘165 out of a total of 295, and though his innings was a very lively one still it was a performance quite out of the ordinary. His hits included one six, twenty- eight fours, one three, and ten twos. Castens’ 165, we may add, is the highest individual score recorded on the ground of the Western Province Club. The chief feature of the re­ mainder of the batting was the vigorous hitting of Hickley, whose 45 contained seven fours, and three threes. The Western total of 409 is a record for the Newlands Ground, but the performance was greatly dis­ counted by the fielding of the Eastern men, who had only to thank themselves and their frequent mistakes for their long outing. As the wioket was still in good order when the Western eleven took the field, it was thought that they would not dispose of their opponents so easily as on the previous day. The Eastern players though were heavily handicapped by their deadweight of 249 runs, and with the exception of Giddy, Proudfoot, and Wimble they proved altogether un­ equal to the occasion. Ashley and DeVilliers indeed were too much for the majority of the batsmen, and when the latter bowled his namesake it was found that the Westerners had won a one-sided match by an innings and 145 runs. Ashley and P. H. De Villiers bowled with great success at the finish. Eaoh took four wickets, the former for 21, the latter for 29 runs. E a st e r n P rovin ce . First Innings. Second Innings. C. Britton, st Castens, b De Villiers ................. 16 c Cox, b Van der B y l ................. 0 W . Catton, b Van der Byl ............................... 0 c Van der Byl, b De Villiers ... 0 L. L. Giddy, b Van der Byl ............................... 10 c Cox, b Ashley 18 P. Heugh, run out .......... 3 b Ashley .......... 0 F.-Tuberville, run onfc ... 2 b De Villiers ... 6 B. Wimble, c Hearne, b DeVilliers•........................ 37 c Cox, b De V illiers.......... 37 F. McKeating, c Hearne, b De Villiera ................. 0 st Castens, b Ashley .......... 3 L. Parkin, not out .......... 63 b Milton .......... 2 D. G. Proudfoot, c Dean, b De Villiers................. 19 b De Villiers ... 26 A. Cadle, c De Villiers, b M ilton.............................. 2 not out .......... 0 J.S.de Villiers,c Richards, b De V illiers................. 0 lb w , b De Villiers .......... 0 Extras........................ 8 Extras 12 T o ta l.................160 Total ...104 W e ster n P rovince . A. E. Cox, c Cadle, b C. S. Hickley, b Proudfoot .......... 56 Proudfoot .......... 45 H. H. Castens, b E. S. Steytler, c Parkin .................165 Giddy,b Proudfoot 5 J. Dean, b Cadle 11 A. Richards, b F. Hearne, c De VilCadle ................. 18 liers, b Parkin 20 A. Van der Byl, run P. H. De Villiers, b out ........................ 18 Parkin ................. 0 W. H. Ashley, not W. W. Milton, st out ........................ 15 Keating, b Wimble 2 Extras .......... 54 T ota l..........409 BOWLING ANALYSIS. E a s te r n P ro v in c e . First Innings. 8econd Innings. M. R. W. 9 40 2 13 45 0 O. Van der Byl 21 Ashley........... 28 P. H. De Vil­ liers.......... 19.1 5 50 Cox ........... 8 0 Milton ... 2 1 M. R. W. 11 32 1 22 21 4 5 12 0 5 1 15 6 29 4 5 2 10 1 NEXT ISSUE, FEBRUARY 26,