Cricket 1892

498 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. DEC 29, 1892, BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most ia Inns, not out. Runs, an Inns. Aver W. L. Murdoch ... 19 ... 1 ... 463 ... 153*... 25.15 P. S. M’Donnell ...19 ... 1 ... 418 ... 79 ... 23.4 F. R. Spofforth ... 9 ... 1 ... 169 ... 44 ... 1.1 A. C. Bannerman... 12 ... 1 ... 196 ... f8 ... 27.9 A. H. Jarvis .........It ... 1 ... 167 ... 41 ... 16.7 H. F. Boyle ............ 17 ... 4 ... 195 ... 69 ... 15 G. Alexander............14 ... 1 ... 190 ... 47 ... 14.8 G. B. P alm er........13 ... 6 ... 101 ... 23 ... 14.3 J. M. Blackham ... 18 ... 3 ... 505 ... 42*.,. 13.10 T. U. Qroube..........19 ... 3 ... 210 ... 61 ... 18.2 W. H. Mou’e .......... 9 ... 3 ... 75 ... 34 ... 12.3 G. J. B on n or......... 17 ... 1 ... 145 ... 35 ... 9.1 J. Slight ................. 6 ... 0 ... 41 ... 21 ... 6.5 W. A. Giles scored 3 runs in one innings. BOWLINS AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs-.Wkts. Aver. F.R. Spoflorth... 212 ... 82 ... 396 ... 46 ... 8.28 G. E. Palmer ... 711.3 ...312 .. 890 ... 80 ... 11.10 H. F. Boyle......... 516.1 ...239 ... 616 ... 39 ... 15.31 W. H. Moule ... 43.3 ... 17 ... 69 ... 4 ... 17 1 G, Alexander ... 137 ... 62 ... 203 ... 6 ... 33.5 A. C.Bannerman 58 ... 13 ... 126 ... 3 ... 42 P. S, M'Donnell 28 ... 12 ... 73 ... — ... — &, H, Jarvis ... 3 ... 0 ...5...—...— WICKET KEEPING. Blackham, stumped 6, eaught 5; Jarvis, stumped 5, caught 2. CRICKET IN SOUTH AFRICA. C u r rie C up T ournam ent . The great event in the South African cricket world during the last month has been the Tournament for the Sir Donald Currie Challenge Cup, at Kimberley. The Cup was first presented to South Africa by Sir Donald Currie, K.O.M.G., M.P., on the occasion of the visit of Major Warton’s English team. It was then awarded to Griqualand West, which practically means Kimberley Diamond Fields, on account of the excellent show that centre made against the English­ men. A year later, in 1890, a Transvaal team challenged Griqualand West, and won the trophy after an exciting match, in which the late M. P. Bowden, for the victors, and A. B. Tancred, for the losers, each scored a century. Tha following year, the Kimberley cricketers, feeling sore under that defeat, determined to moke a bold bid to regain the champion trophy, and, at Johannesburg, took place that memorable seven days’ contest, in which, after 1,402 runs were amassed, the Transvaal had, in the end, to go under. In that match C. E. Finlason scored 154 (not out), and A. B. Tancred was not far short of the century in each innings. Now in 1892 Kimberley, having the Cup back, arranged for a tournan; ent to be held during the South African and International Exhibition. In this country of long distances, only those centres fancying themselves decided to send a team, viz., the Transvaal and the Western Province (the latter holding the Cape Colony champion bat). Kimberley, having lost some of her best men, were not sanguine of success this time, but a keen struggle was looked for between the two visiting elevens, both their centres being very strong now iu cricket talent. Before the tournament came, however, it was found that no less than seven of the original selections in each eleven were unable to get leave. Most notable among them was A. B. Tancred, Sou h Africa’s champion batsman, who has deserted his old love Kimberley, and is resident in Johannesburg. Nevertheless, the tourna­ ment was productive of very even and excellent cricket. Almost all the “ cracks” in each competing team came off, and as several of Kimberley’s young players showed signs of becoming worthy suc­ cessors of their predecessors who have migrated to other fields, the interest was kept up to the end. The Western Pro­ vince had the services of their two pro­ fessionals, F. Hearne and C. Mills, and, as both of them did full justice to their reputations, it is chiefly due to them that the Cup has now found its domicile in Cape Town. Hearne’s first innings of 102 against the Transvaal was a very fine display, but his 96 against Kimberley was marred by several early chances, the Kimberley fieldsmen being at sea. Be­ fore he had made 10, too, George Glover bowled his wicket, but the bails refused to fall. Mills was not so successful with the bat, but he seemed to improve day by day as a tricky bowler, and was quite the most effective trundler in the tourna­ ment, taking seventeen wickets at an average of 13. G. Cripps, who scored 102, which saved his side in the last match, is an old Cheltonian, and has shown con­ sistent cricket against both English teams which visited South Africa.—It is worthy of mention that in each Tournament for the Currie Cup up to date, one or more innings of over a century has been made. —The brothers Van der Byl. formerly at Wellington School, also did good service for their side. Halliwell added to his reputation as a wicket-keeper of the very first order, and W. Routledge, who gained top average of 58, was the mainstay of the Transvaal in batting. Certainly the soundest innings of the tournament was the 88 of A. B. Walshe, a pretty young Kimberley batsman not out of his teens yet. Young George Glover, too, showed a return to the promise he gave some seasons ago, and was the moat useful all-round man of his side. He repeatedly smothered Mills’s deliveries by stepping out and hitting him to the boundary, and with the ball he quite non-plussed Hearne, clean bowling him three times. Grim­ mer deserved greater success with the ball, but suffered by mistakes of hisfields­ men. The fielding of the Transvaal and Province teams was brilliant, and scarcely a chance was missed. They were also both well captained respectively by Halliwell and A. Richards. The scores of the three matches follow :— W e st e r n P r o v in c e . First Innings. Second Innings. Richards, c Sinclair, b T udh ope.......................... 1 b Tudhope ... 47 Mills, b Tudhope ............. 16 b D ouglas.......31 Hearne, run out,..........103 c Solomon, b Sinclair........ 0 Cripps, st H&lliwel), b Tudhope............................ 24 c Routledge, b Sinclair......127 V. Van der Byl, c Reid, b Sinclair ....................11 c Tudhope, b Sinclair........ 6 V. H. van der Byl, b Sinclair .......................... 5 cReid.bTudhope 16 Gill, b K em pis.....................32 run out............... 0 Calder, not out ... ........24 b Sinclair......... 0 Steytler, c Wimble, b Alleop ............................. 4 b Sinclair.......15 Pauling, b D ouglas......... 3 b Tudhope......... 0 Middleton, b Douglas ... 0 not out ......... 0 Extras ........................13 Extras............11 Total ................233 Total ...221 T r a n s v a a l . First Innings. Second Innings. W. Solomon, c Cripps, b Van der Byl ................. 1 c Pauling, b Mills .......... 2 J. H. Sinclair, b Van der Byl ...............................37 b Middleton...11 G. Allsop, c Cripps,bMills 14 bMills ........ 11 T . Routledge, Ibw, b Mills 66 cRichardsbMills 24 J. G. Klinck, b Middleton 33 bMiddleton ... 1 G. Halliwell, b Oripps ... 5 cCalder, b Van der B y l..........36 P. Wimble, b Middleton... 1 c Van der Byl, b M ills .............. 1 W. O. Reid, e Richards, b Calder..................................33 b Hearne ........... 21 W. H. Douglas, b Mills ... 0 absent ............ 0 Kempis, b Middleton ... 4 lbw, b Mills ... 6 Tudhope, not out ........... 6 not out ...........12 E xtras...30 Extras................................ 10 Total ......... Total ...135 BOWLING ANALYSIS. W e st e r n P r o v in c e . First Innings. _ __ Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Sinclair .. ... 31 7 83 2 ... ... 27 6 90 5 Tudhope .. ... 18 1 65 3 ... ... 29 10 68 3 Routledge ... 5 1 19 0 Kempis .. ... 13 4 33 1 ... ... 8 1 28 0 Klinck ... 1 0 1 0 ... ... 3 0 12 0 Wimble .. ... 3 0 18 0 Allsop ... 2 1 7 1 Douglas .. ... 1.21 0 2 ... ... 4 0 12 1 Tudhope bowled a no ball. T r a n s v a a l . First Innings. O. M. R. W. O, M. R. W. V. van der I Mills ... 30 12 49 3 Byl ... 24 12 44 2 | Middleton 24.3 7 47 3 F. Hearnell 4 23 0 I G. Cripps 4 0 18 1 Ca’der ... 3 0 19 1 | Van der Byl bowled a wide. G riqualand First Innings. J. T. Vigne, c and b Tud­ hope .......... ............... 9 J. Powell, b Tudhope ... 0 E. Beech, b Sinclair......... 13 J. Coghlan, c Klinck, b Tudhope ...................... 1 J. Grimmer, c Tudhope, b Sinclair .....................24 B. Powell, b Kempis ... 11 C. Rutherfoord, st Halli­ well, b Klinck ....... 35 A. Walshe, b Routledge .. 32 G. Glover, not o u t ....... 16 R. Harvey, run out......... 0 E. Graham, c Tudhope, b Routledge ................ 4 E xtras...................... 9 W e s t . Second Innings. b Tudhope............24 b K em pis............ 15 b K em pis............IS st Halliwell, b Klinck ............lo c and b Wimble 17 run out .......... 8 lbw, b Kempis ... 12 o Klinck, b Kem­ pis ...................25 c Halliwell, b Tudhope..........10 c Solomon, b Allsop ............ 14 not out........ . Extras... ..........154 T r a n s v a a l . First Innings. H. Total ...159 Tudhope, c Grimmer, b Har­ vey ... W. H. Douglas, Graham............... G. S. Kempis, Rutherfoord, Graham.............. Solomon, not out . Extras.............. Total 50 12 0 5 E. A. Hallivtell, Rutherfoord, b Grimmer.................43 T. Routledge, b Har­ vey ....................... 42 P. Wimble, hit ball twice ................ 1 W. O. Reed, b Harvey 4 F. Klinck, st Ruther­ foord, b Grimmer... 3 G. Allsop, b Harvey... 16 J. H. Sinclair, c Pow- ..........177 ell, b Grimmer ... 6 In the Second Innings Halliwell scored (not out) 19, Routledge (not out) 42, Wimble, b Glover 45, Tudhope, c Rutherfoord, b Grimmer 17; extras 15.—Total, 138. BOWLING ANALYSIS. G r iq u a l a n d . First Innings Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Tudhope ... 15 8 22 3 ................. 20 4 70 2 Sinclair ... 18 4 58 2 Routledge... 9 2 26 2 Kempis ... 8 3 20 1 .................. 19 8 Klinck ... 8 2 19 First Innings. O. M. R. W. Graham... 13.32 57 2 Grimmer 18 4 64 8 Harvey ... 15 5 34 4 Walshe ... 2 0 17 0 1 . . . . . . 1 ................. Douglas... Wimble ... Allsop ... T r a n s v a a l . 5 1 5 1 0.3 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. .......... 5 1 18 0 .......... 14 2 55 1 ......... 4.3 2 22 0 .......... 8 1 28 1