Cricket 1906

52 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A pril 12, 1906. with his mutilated weapon, the batsman proved successful in winning the game for his side. The incident was the cause of the law being framed restricting the width of the bat to four inches and a quarter, and the Hambledon Club, so Nyren records, had a gauge constructed of the statute width through which all bats of suspected dimen­ sions were passed, and allowed or rejected accordingly. At various times in more recent years attention has been given to the width of hats used in great matches, and doubtless many followers of the game will he able to recall to memory old Tom Heame testing the bats at Lord’s in the sixties as the players left the pavilion for the wicket. At Sheffield Park, too, in 1884, on the occasion of the visit of the Australians, much amuse­ ment was caused by an incident in which “ W.G.” and the late Percy M’Donnell were the chief figures. The “ Old Man ” sug­ gested that the bats of M’Donnell and Alec Bannerman should be tested, and, upon this being done, it was found that the former’s was a trifle too wide. M’Donnell thereupon proposed that “ W.G.’s ” should be put through the gauge,-and much laughter was caused when the very first one produced would not pass muster. As the result of a discussion at Lord’s in May, 1903, concern­ ing the proposal to increase the Bize of the wicket, the M.C.C. instructed the umpires to make frequent use of the gauge in order to test the legality of the width of bats. One or two players, it was found, possessed weapons of slightly more than legal dimen­ sions, and more than once it was proved that a bat which, at the commencement of an innings would pass the test, would, after being used for a short time, be found to exceed the statute width. This, it may be added, invariably occurred to new bats, which are always more liable than old ones to spread. For a few months umpires were extremely zealous in their efforts to see that no infringement of Law 5 took place, but gradually the keenness of the (to them) inno­ vation died away, and doubtless little more will be heard of the gauge until some of those in high places again suffer from the mania for reform. ( To bt continued.) THE M.C.C. TEAM IN SOUTH AFR ICA . (Continued from page 37). THE FIFTH MATCH AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA, AND LAST OF THE TOUR. Played at Newlands, Cape Town, on March 30, 31, and April 2. South Africa won by an innings and 16 runs. On the first day the Englishmen held their own, but afterwards they were outplayed. E ngland . First innings. P. F. Warner, b Schwarz ... 0 J.N. Crawford,b Sinclair... 74 Denton, b Snooke ......... 4 F. L. Fane, b V ogler......... 30 L. J. Moon, lbw, b Vogler... 7 Relf, c Faulkner, b Sinclair 25 Board, c Nourse, b Snooke 20 J. O. Hartley, run out......... 6 Lees, not out........................ 9 Haigh,c Tancred,b Sinclair 1 Blvthe, b Sinclair Extras.......... Total ... ..187 Second innings, c Snooke, b Sch­ warz................. b Snooke .......... b Vogler .......... b Nourse .......... b Sinclair.......... b Nourse .......... b Nourse .......... c Vogler, b Sch­ warz ........ . b Nourse .......... c Nourse, b Sch­ warz................. not out .......... Extras.......... Total ...130 S oi J th A frica . L. J. Tancred, c Moon, b Crawford ..........26 W. A. Shalders, c and b Crawford ..........21 E. C. White, c Craw­ ford, b Lees ..........11 A. D. Nourse,c Relf, b Crawford.................36 M. Hathom, c Board, b Blythe ................. 1 J. H. Sinclair, b Blythe 12 G.A.Faulkner,c Moon, b Relf .................45 R. O.Schwarz, c Craw­ ford, b Relf ......... 15 S.J.Snooke,lbw,bRelf 60 P.W.Sherwell,cBlythe, b Lees........................30 Vogler, not out..........62 Extras ... ... ... 14 Total . ..333 E ngland . First innings. Second innings. R. W. R. w - Snooke ... ... 41 ... 2 ... ... 26 ... 1 Schwarz ... 14 ... 1 ... . .. 16 ... 3 Sinclair... ... 46 ... 4 ... ... 20 ... 1 Vogler ... ... 63 ... 2 .......... 17 ... 1 Faulkner ... 10 ... 0 ..... 6 ... 0 Nourse ... ... 3 ... 0 ..... .. 25 ... 4 S outh A frica . R. W. R. W. Lees ... ... 64 ... 2 ... Haigh ..,. 18 ... 0 Blythe .. 106 ... 2 .. . Hartley . . 22 ... 0 Crawford ... 69 ... 3 .... R e lf.......... 40 ... 3 RESULTS OF THE TOUR SUMMARY OF RESULTS.—ALL MATCHES. Won. Drawn. Lost. Total. Test Matches ................. 1 ... 0 ... 4 ... 5 Other Xl.-aside contests... 7 ... 0 ... 1 ... 8 Matches against odds ... 9 ... 4 ... 0 ... 13 Totals 17 AVERAGES IN THE TEST MATCHES. BATTING. No. Times Most Matof not Total in an ches. Inns Out.Runs. Inns. Aver. Fane, F. L. ... ... 5 . 10 .. 1 . .342 . .143 ...38-00 Crawford, J. N. ... 5 . . 10 .. 1 . .281 . . 74 ...31-22 R e lf................. ... 5 . . 10 .. 0 . .231 . . 37 ..2310 Moon, L. J. ... ... 4 . . 8 .. 0 . .182 . . 33 ...22*75 Denton .......... ... 5 . . 10 .. 0 . .172 . . 61 ...17-20 No. Times Most Matof not Total in an ches. Inns. out. runs. Inns. Aver. Wynyard,Oapt.E G. 2 ... 4 .. 0 . . 59 . . 30 ...14-75 Hayes ......... ... 3 . . 6 .. 1 . . 69 . . 35 ...13-80 Blythe .......... ... 5 . . 9 .. 2 . . 78 . . 27 ...1114 Lees................. ... 5 . . 9 .. 3 . . 66 . . 25*...11-00 Board ......... ... 4 . . 8 .. 2 . . 56 . . 20 ... 933 Warner,P.F/Oapt.) 5 . . 10 .. 0 . . 89 . . 51 ... 8-90 Haigh .......... .. 5 . . 9 .. 1 . . 45 . . 23 ... 5-62 Hartley, J. C.... .. 2 . . 4 .. 0 . . 15 . . 9 ... 3-75 H. D. G. Leveson-Gower did not take part in any of the Test Matches. White,G.C. (Trans.) 5 ... 9 Nourse, A. D. (Natal) 5 ... 8 Vogler (E. Prov.) ... 5 ... 8 Snooke,S.J.fW.Prov) 5 ... 7 Tancred,L.J.(Trans) 5 ... 9 Sherwell,P.W .(Capt.) (Trans.) ..........5 ... 7 Hathom, M:. (Trans.) 5 ... 7 Sinclair,J.H.(Trans ) 5 ... 8 Faulkner, G. A. (Trans.) ..........5 Shalders, W. A. (Trans.) ..........5 Schwarz,R.O.(Trans) 5 . * Signifies not out. S outh A frica . No. Times Most Mat- of not Total in an ches. Inns. Out. Runs.Inns. .437 ...147 .136 . ..188 . .192 . 61*. 60 . 73 . 30 . 0 .‘.’.142 102 0 ...160 ... 66 Aver. ..54-62 ..48-16 ..34-00 ..26-85 ..24-00 ..23-25 ..20-28 ..20 00 8 ... 1 ...129 ... 45 ...18*42 * Signifies not out. ..140 . 75 . 38 33 ..15-55 ..10-71 Lees ................. B ly th e................ Relf ................. H ayes................. Crawford, J. N.... H aigh................. Hartley,J.C. ... Wynyard, Capt. E. Shalders, W. A.... Nourse, A. D. ... White, G. C. Snooke, S. J. Schwarz, R. O. ... Faulkner, G. A.... Sinclair, J. H. ... V ogler................. BOWLING. E ngland . Inns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. ... 9 .... 467 ... 26 ... 17-96 ... 9 ... 548 ... 21 ... 2609 ... 6 ... 224 ... 8 ... 28-00 ... 9 ... 28 . 1 .. . 28-00 ... 9 ... 322 .... 9 ... 35-77 ... 7 ... 263 ... 6 ... 43-83 ... 3 . 115 . .. 1 .. . 115 00 ,G. 4 . 17 . 0 . . — S outh A frica . Inns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. ... 1 . 6 . ... 1 .. 600 ... 9 ... 77 . 6 ... 12-83 ... 3 . 30 ... 2 ... 15-00 ... 9 ... 369 ... 24 ... 15-37 ... 10 ... 310 ... 18 .. . 17-22 ... 10 ... 271 ... 14 ... 19-35 ... 10 ... 418 ... 21 .... 19-90 ... 10 ... 201 ... 9 ..., 22-33 OBITUARY. Mr. H. P ogson . Mr. Pogson, who was well-known as a cricketer in Bombay, died recently in India. He twice played for the Presi­ dency against the Parsis and was a member of the Rajkote O.C. M r . C . S . C u r r e r . Mr. Currer, who was born at Clifton, Yorkshire, on July 19th, 1827, was in the Harrow X I. 1844-46, captain 1845-46, and in the Oxford X I. of 1847, and is described in “ Scores and Biographies ” as having been “ a fine and free hitter, e<pecially to leg, and c uld keep wicket well also.” Taking high honours at the ” iv ’rsity he subsequently served on onveral Royal Commissions, and was M.P. for Grantham from 1880 to 1885, and for the Shipton Division of Yorks from 1892 to 1895. He resumed in after life his patronymic of Roundell in lieu of Currer, and died at Brighton on March 3rd. R et. R. A. Bathurst. Mr. Bathurst died at Eastbourne on March 31st. He was, with the exception of Mr. E. J. P. Broughton, the oldest living University cricketer. Born in London on January 22nd, 1817, he was in the Winchester Eleven as long ago as 1834-35, and subsequently in the Oxford Elevens of 1838 and 1839, being a con­ temporary of C. W. A. Napier, A. J. Lowth and R. J. P. Broughton, who are all living. Entering the Church he held the livings of Birchanger, Essex, 1851- 64, of Brockworth, Gloucester, 1864-71 and of Matson, Gloucester, 1871-75, and at the time of his death had entered on his 90th year. AN AFTERNOON’ S CRICKET. In an afternoon’s match at the Eedfern Oval on January 20, between Kedfem and a teamrepresenting the firmof Paterson, Laing and Bruce, 744 runs were scored. Redfern made 448 in 2 hours and 10 minutes ; the opposing side 296 in an hour and 35 minutes. The following are the scores:— E edfern . T. Foster, retired ...112 W. Hayes, retired ...35 A. J.Nicholis, b VVinn­ ing ........................48 O. Hopkins, retired ... 74 W. Ward, run out ... 8 H. Neil,c & b Lusby... 3 W. TJnsworth, retired 54 O. Wordsworth, run out ........................30 R. Anthony, not out... 3a G.Hynum,c&b Devlin 6 P. Campion, not out 29 Byes .................17 Total (9 wkts.)448 P aterson , L a in g & B ru ce . H. Cranney,c & b Fos­ ter ........................121 N. Winning, c & b An­ thony........................55 A. Devlin, c & b An­ thony............... . ... 4 T. H. Bosward, c & b Anthony................ 0 J. Lusby, o & b Foster 1 W. Yates, b Foster ... 1 An- O. Simpson, b thony........................ J. Orewes, b Neil ... Pert, b Pert................. F. Dyson, not out ... H. A. Simpson, not out ........................ B 12, lb 1 .......... Total (9 wkts.)236