Cricket 1907

J une 6, 1907 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 191 BENETF1NK * CO., Ltd. SOUTH AFRICAN BOWLING. Though our bowlers can show such wonderful records for the past month, they have not earned their success by means of any fresh developments of skill. Helped by the wickets, they have followed systems of attack with which the batsmen opposed to them are per­ fectly familiar. In the South African bowling, on the other hand, there is a distinct element of novelty. Schwarz and Vogler are individual in style, ai d unlike our own men. Three years ago when he bowled with marked success for the last South African eleven, Schwarz learnt from Bosanquet the trick of bowl­ ing an off-break with, to all appearance, a leg-break action, but he is no slavish copy of his model. As a matter of fact, he has become something quite different. Bosanquet during his spell of brilliant success—he won one Test match in Aus­ tralia and another in Eagland—depended largely on the element of surprise. The off- break came when it was least expected, and even the most watchful of batsmen were deceived. Schwarz goes on a different plan. Now and then he makes the ball turn from the leg-side, but, though one would never guess it from his delivery, he is, to all intents and purposes, an off-break bowler. His great merit lies in the fact that with this peculiar off-break he combines a certainty of pitch that, Bosanquet could never command. Whether he will go on puzzling batsmea as he has done during the past fortnight remains to be seen, but for the moment he is one of the mes interesting figures in the cricket field. Vogler differs from Schwarz in nearly every respect, except the power of dis­ guising his break. Though essentially a leg-break bowler, he can make the ball turn from the off with little alteration of delivery, and in his ability to do this consists his chief danger. His gift is, in a way, the same as Bosanquet’s, but he bowls a much quicker ball, and keeps a far more accurate length. It seems, however, that his pace involves some danger of physical injury. While he was meeting with his startling success at Lord’s, last week — he took seven wickets for a dozen runs—he strainei himself in some way, and during the luncheon interval he had to go through a course of rubbing. We noticed that after luncheon he bowled slower than before, but we did not at the time know the cause. The injury asserted itself again while he was bowling a few overs at Oxford on Friday. In the long run the leg-break action defeats itself, and it is no doubt due to physical reasons that leg-break bowlers have not remained long at the top of their form. We have been told by many old cricketers that the best of all Englian leg-break bowlers was the once-famous William Buttress, but he flourished at a time when bowling above the shoulder was not allowed, and his delivery may have been in some way easier. As he died nearly thirty-nine years ago, there is no harm in saying that an abnormal thirst cut short his career. Canon McG rraick, Mr- Henry Perkins, and others have much to say about his bowling wh*i h« was in his prime .— The Daily Telegraph. LUDGROVE y. ELSTREE.—Payed at Elstree on June 1. E lstree . C. A. M. Faure, not out ........................ 2 G. R. Jackson, bR. D. Busk........................ 2 C. M. Benjamin, b R. Philipson................. 1 H. H. Jackson, b R. Philipson................. 0 G H.M.Vereker,c G.R. Lane, b R. D. Busk 1 Byes ................. 2 Total 35 D. G. Boswell, b J. H. Amory .................12 C. I. Curties, b J. H. Amory ................. 2 C. S. Lynden-Bell, c J. H. M. Dunn, b R. D. Busk . ... 3 G. L. Jackson, c G. R. Lane, b R. 1). Busk 7 F. B. Herapath, b R. D. Busk .......... 1 P. G. Mayer, c T. H. Amoiy, b R. D. Busk 2 L udgrove . O. W. H. Leese, not out .......... 9 R. J. F. Remnant not out ......... 1 Leg-bye............................... l Total ............................... 11 * E. R. D. Hoare, Lord Winchester, J. H. M. Dunn, G. R. Lane, J. H. Amory, C. E. Benson, R. D. Busk, T. E. G. Nugent, and R. Philipson did not bat. *Game abandoned on account of rain. STREATHAM v. BLACKHEATH. — Played at Streatham on June 1. B lackheath . C. J. Bumup, b Phillipps......... 4 W. H. Moule, c Feeny, b Miller... 37 H.D. Banning, c Scott, b Feeny... 17 R. N. R. Blaker, not out ......... 53 J. R. Mason, c Pulbrook, b Phil- lip s ............................................. 41 J. S. Heath, not out ................. 6 Lb 1 ............................... i Total (4 wkts*) ......... 158 G. C. Hubbard, C. W. Edwards, W. A. Lewis, M. S. Poore, E. B. 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