Cricket 1907

S e p t. 19, 1907. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 423 ENGLAND v. SOUTH AFRICA. A SUMMARY OF RESULTS, AVERAGES, &c. By C. I. S. W allace . Of the sixteen matches played, England have won 10, South Africa 4, and two have remained unfinished. GROUNDS UPON WHICH THE RUNS HAVE BEEN SCORED. (a)—B y E ngland . Ground. Cape Town ... Johannesburg Port Elizabeth Lord’s .......... Leeds .......... Oval .......... Runs. ... 2,023 ... 2,037 626 428 238 433 Wickets. .......... 86 ... .......... 90 ... .......... 32 ... .......... 10 ... .......... 20 ... .......... 20 ... Aver. ... 23*52 ... 2263 ... 19-56 ... 42*80 ... 11-90 ... 21-65 Totals ... 5,785 .......... 258 ... ... 22-42 (5)—B y S outh A frica . Ground. Cape Town ... Johannesburg Port Elizabeth Lord’s .......... Leeds .......... Oval .......... Runs. ... 1,398 ... 2,058 336 325 185 337 Wickets. .......... 110 ... .......... 85 ... .......... 40 ... .......... 13 ... .......... 20 ... .......... 15 ... Aver. ... 12-71 ... 24-21 ... 8-40 ... 25*00 ... 9-75 ... 22-46 Totals ... 4,639 .......... 283 ... ... 16-39 HIGHEST AND LOWEST INNINGS IN THE MATCHES. SCORED (a)—B y E ngland . Ground. Cape Town Johannesburg Port Elizabeth Lord’s ... Leeds.............. O val............... Highest Score. ... 369 .......... ... 482 .......... .. 226 ......... ... 428 .......... ... 162 ......... ... 295 .......... Lowest Score. ... 92 ... 145 ... 148 ... 428 ... 76 ... 138 For all Grounds ... ... 482 76 Cape Town Johannesburg Port Elizabeth Lord’s ... . Leeds .. O va l............... b) — By S outh Africa. ....................... 333 .......... ....................... 385 .......... 129 . ... 185 for 3 ....................... 110 .......... ....................... 178 .......... ... 35 ... 91 ... 30 ... 140 ... 75 ... 178 For all Grounds ... ... 385 30 Only completed innings arc included in the above table under the heading “ Lowest Score.” INDIVIDUAL HUNDREDS HIT IN THE MATCHES. (a)—F or E ngland . Batsman. Date. Ground. Score. F. L. Fane ... March, 1906 ... Johannesburg ...143 Wood (H.) ... March, 1892 ... Cape Town...134* P. F. Warner... Febry., 1899 ... Johannesburg ... 132* C. B. Fry ... Aug., 1907 ... Oval .129 A. J. L. Hill ... March, 1896 ... Cape Town...124 Hayward (T.)... March, 1896 ... Johannesburg ... 122 Abel (R.)..........March, 1899 ... Cape Town ... 120 Tyldesley(J.T.) April, 1899 ... Cape Town ...112 Braund (L. C.) July, 1907 ... Lord’s .................104 (6)—F or S outh A frica . G. C. White ... March, 1906 ... Johannesburg ... 147 P. W. Sherwell July, 1907 ... Lord’s.................115 J. H. Sinclair... April, 1899 ... Cape Town ... 106 M. Hathorn ... March, 1906 ... Johannesburg ... 102 * Signifies not out. BATTING AVERAGES. (Two or more Matches.) (aV—E ngland . Times Ins. Runs. Hgst. not Score, out Av. Wood (H .).......... ..........3 . .. 196 .... 134*... 1 ... 98-00 Abel (R.) .......... ..........3 ., .. 189 ... 120 ... 1 .. . 94-50 A. J. L. Hill ... ......... 4 .. 251 ..,. 124 ... 0 .. . 62-75 C. B. F r y .......... ......... 8 . . 343 ... 129 ... 0 ... 42-88 F. L. Fane ............. i o . .. 342 .... 143 ... 1 ... 38-00 B. A. F. Grieve ..........3 . .. 35 ..,. 14*... 2 .. . 35-00 Braund (L. C.)... ..........5 ., .. 157 .. . 104 ... 0 .. , 31-40 C. W. Wright ... ..........4 ., .. 125 ... 71 ... 0 .. . 31-25 S. M. J. Woods ..........4 .. .. 122 ... 53 ... 0 ... , 30*50 Tyldesley (J. T.) ..........9 . . 272 .,.. 112 ... 0 ... 30-22 Hayward (T.) ... ..........9 . .. 252 ... 122 ... 0 ... 28-00 J. N. Crawford ..........13 .. . 307 ... 74 ... 1 ... 25-58 Lilley (A. A.) ... ..........5 .. . 10 -2 ... 48 ... 1 ... 25-50 Heame (F.) .......... 2 . .. 47 ..,. 27 ... 0 .. 23-50 R. E. Foster ... ..........5 ., .. 116 ... 51 ... 0 .. . 23 20 G. L. Jessop ... .......... 5 .. 116 ... 93 ... 0 , 23-20 Relf (A. E.) .......... ...10 .... 229 ... 37 ..0 ..,. 22-90 P. F. Warner .......... ...14 .. 296 ... 132*... 1 .. 22-77 L. J Moon................. ... 8 ... 182 ... 36 ... 0 ..,. 22-75 F. Mitchell .......... ... 4 .. . 88 ... 41 ... 0 .,.. 22-00 H.R.Bromley-Davenport 6 ... 128 ... 84 ... 0 .. 21-33 Denton (D.) .......... ..10 .... 172 ... 61 ... 0 .. 17-20 Fothergill (A. J.) ... ... 2 ... 33 ... 32 ... 0 ... 16-50 Cutteil (W .R.)......... ... 4 .... 65 ... 21 ... 0 ..,. 16-25 Ulyett (G.) ......... .. 3 ... 48 ... 22 ... 0 ... 16-00 Capt. E. G. Wynyard ... 4 .. . 59 ... 30 ... 0 ..,. 14-75 F. W. Milligan......... .. 4 ...' 58 ... 38 ... 0 ... 14-50 C. E. M. Wilson ... ... 4 ... 42 ... 18 ... 1 ... 14-00 Hayes (E. G .).......... ... 6 ... 69 ... 35 ... 1 ..„ 13-80 Hon. C. J. Coventry ... 2 .. . 13 ... 12 ... 1 ..„ 13-00 M. P. Bowden......... ... 2 ... 25 .. 25 ... 0 ... 12-50 Blythe (C.) ........ ...14 ... 101 ... 27 ... 5 ... 11-23 Lees (W. S.) ................. 9 ... 66 ... 25*.. . 3 ... 11-00 Board (J. H.) .......... ...12 ... 108 ... 29 ... 2 ... 10-80 Hirst (G. H.) .......... ... 5 ... 46 ... 17 ... 0 ... 9-20 C. Heseltine .......... ... 2 ... 18 ... 18 . . 0 ... 9-00 Sir T. C. O’Brien ... ... 4 .. . 35 ... 17 ... 0 ... 8-75 N. A. Knox ......... ... 4 .. 24 ... 8 *... 1 ... 8-00 Lord Hawke .......... ... 8 ... 55 ... 30 ... 1 ... 7-86 Butt (H. R.) .............. .. 4 ... 22 .... 13 ... 1 ... 7 33 Haigh (S.)................. ...13 ... 73 ... 25 ... 2 ... 6-64 Trott (A. E.) ......... ... 4 .. . 23 ... 16 .. 0 ... 5-75 Arnold (E.) ................. 3 ... 16 ... 12 ... 0 ... 5-33 Read (J. M.) .......... ... 3 .. . 16 ... 12 ... 0 ... 5-33 J. C. Hartley ......... ... 4 .... 15 ... 9 .. . 0 .. ,. 3-75 Briggs (J.)................. ... 2 ... 6 ... 6 .. . 0 .. „ 3-00 Lohmann (G. A.) ... ... 4 .. 10 ... 8 .. . 0 .. .. 2-50 ♦Signifies not out. ( b )—S outh A fric a . A. D. Nourse .......... ...14 ... 416 ... 93*... 4 ... 41-60 G. C. White ......... ...14 .. 452 ... 147 ... 1 ..,. 34-77 A. B. Tancred......... , ... 4 .. 87 ... 29 ... 1 .... 29-00 P. W. Sherwell ... ...12 ... 247 ... 115 ... 3 ..,. 27*44 S. J. Snooke .......... ... 1*2 ... 321 ... 63 ... 0 .,. 26-75 M. Bissett................. ... 4 ... 72 ... 35 .. . 1 ..,. 24-00 J. H. Sinclair......... ...23 ... 530 ... 106 ... 0 ..,. 23-04 G. A. Faulkner ...14 ... 246 ... 45 ... 2 ... 20-50 A. E. Vogler ......... ...13 ... 184 ... 62*... 4 .,,. 20-44 L. J. Tancred ........ ..11 .... 192 ... 73 ... 1 .. 19-20 M. Hathom ........ . ...12 ... 188 ... 102 ... 1 .... 17-09 C. B. Llewellyn . ... 4 .. 66 ... 38 ... 0 .,.. 16-50 F. Heame................ , ... 8 ... 121 ... 30 ... 0 .... 15-12 W. A. Shalders........ .. ...17 ... 240 .... 38 ... 1 ... 15-00 O. R. Dunnell........ . ... 4 ... 42 ... 26*.. 1 ... 14-00 R. M. Poore ........ .. ... 6 ... 76 .. 20 ... 0 ... 12-67 W. H. Milton ......... . ... 6 .... 68 ... 21 ... 0 ... 11-33 E. A. Halliwell .. ...10 .,.. 113 ... 41 ... 0 ... 11-30 R. O. Schwarz......... ...11 .... 82 .. 33 ... 3 ... 10-25 H. H. Francis......... ... 4 .,,. 39 ... 29 ... 0 .. 9-75 G. H. Shepstone ..., ... 4 .... 38 .. . 21 ... 0 .... 9-50 T. Routledge ......... . ... 8 .... 72 ... 24 ... 0 ... 9-00 F. Smith ................, ... 6 .... 45 .... 12 ... 1 .... 9*00 J. Middleton .........., ... 8 .... 51 ... 22 ... 2 .... 8-50 G. A. Rowe ......... ... 8 ., 22 ..,. 13*... 3 .... 4-40 C. H. Vintcent , ... 6 ..,. 26 ... 9 ... 0 .. 4-33 A. E. Ochse ......... , ... 4 ... 16 ..„ 8 ... 0 .... 4-00 C. Fichardt ......... , ... 4 .. 15 .. 10 .. . 0 ., 3-75 P. Hutchinson........ . ... 4 .... 14 .. 11 .. . 0 .. 3-50 A. R. Innes ......... . ... 4 ., 14 ... 13 .. . 0 .. .. 3-50 J. Willoughby......... , ... 4 .,.. 8 .., 5 .. . 0 . .. 2-00 R. Graham ......... , ... 4 .. 6 .. 4 .. . 0 .. ,. 1-50 ♦Signifies not out. The following have also batted for England:— A. G. Archer, 24*, 7 ; A. M. Miller, 20*, 4* ; Chatter- ton (W.), 48; Hearne (J. T.), 40; W. W. Read, 40; Barton (V.), 23 ; Pougher (A. D.), 17 ; J. J. Ferris, 16 ; Martin (F.), 13 ; W. L. Murdoch, 12 ; Hearne (A.), 9 ; C. A. Smith, 3; Heame (G. G.), 0; E. J. McMaster, 0 ; E. J. Tyler, 0. The following have also batted for South Africa:— F. Kuys, 26, 0; C. Mills, 21, 4; V. Tancred, 18, 7 ; A. W. Seccull, 17*, 6 ; G. Glover, IS*, 3; G. Cripps, 18,3 ; B. Powell, 11,5; Lieut. Stewart, 9, 4; C. li. Johnson, 7, 3 ; R. O. Dower, 9, 0 ; C. Hime, 8 , 0 ; F. J. Cook, 7, 0 ; W. Frank, 5, 2; C. E. Finlason, 6 , 0; D. Parkin, 6 , 0; C. F. Prince, 5, 1 ; A. Richards, 6 , 0; R. H. Gleeson, 3, 1*, W. H. Richards, 4, 0; W. R. Solomon, 2, 2; F. J. Du Toit, 2*, 0* ; N. Theunissen, 2*, 0 ; W. H. Ashley, 1, 0; G. A. Kempis, 0*, 0; J. J. Kotze, 0, 0; C. Wimble, 0, 0 ; S. D. Snooke, 0. GREAT BOWLING PERFORMANCES. (a)—F or E ngland . Wkts.Runs. Year. 5 for 19...C. A. Smith, at Port Elizabeth, March...1889 8 ” 11} Bri ##8 (J-)> at Cape Town, March..........1889 7 ” 37 1****** Ferris, at Cape Town, March ...1892 g ” j- Lohmann (G. A. ),at Port Elizabeth,Feb. 1896 9 ,, 28...Lohmann(G. A.),atJohannesburg, Mar. 1896 7 ,, 42...Lohmann (G. A ), at Cape Town, March 1896 4 ,, 8 ...A. J. L. Hill, at Cape Town, March ...1896 6 „ 11..Haigh (S.) at Cape Town, April ..........1899 7 ” 40 } Blythe (C.), at Leeds, July .......... (&)—F or S outh A frica . Wkts.Runs. 7 for 95...W. H. Ashley, at Cape Town, March 6 ,, 26...J. H. Sinclair, at Cape Town, April ...1899 8 ,, 70...S. J. Snooke, at Johannesburg, March 1906 6 ,, 17...G. A. Faulkner, at Leeds, July ..........1907 BOWLING AVERAGES. (Two or More Matches.) (a)— E ngland. ..1907 Year. Runs. Wkts. Aver. Briggs (J .)............................. ........ 101 . .. 21 ... 4-81 Lohmann (G. A.) ............... ........ 203 ... 35 ... 5-80 Fothergill (A. J.) .............. ........ 91 ... 8 .. 11-37 Trott (A. E.) ...................... ........ 198 . .. 17 ... 11-65 Cutteil (W. R .)..................... ........ 73 ... 6 ... 12-17 Ulyett (G .)............................. ........ 27 .... 2 ... 13-50 Hayward (T.) ...................... ........ 28 ... 2 ... 14-00 Arnold (E.)............................. ......... 99 ... 6 ... 16-50 C. Heseltine ...................... ........ 84 ... 5 ... 16-80 Blythe (C.)......................................818 . .. 47 ... 17-40 Lees (W. S.) ........................ .,. 467 ... 26 ... 17-96 Hirst (G. H.) ...................... ,. .. 185 .... 10 ..., 18-50 Haigh (S .)............................. ........ 483 ... 20 ... 24-15 H. R. Bromley-Davenport ......... 98 .... 4 ... 24-50 S. M. J. Woods...................... ........ 129 . .. 5 ... 25-80 Relf (A. E.)............................. ........ 224 ... 8 ... 28-00 N. A. Knox ... „ ... ......... 105 . .. 3 ... 35-00 Braund (L. C .)..................... ........ 41 . ... 1 .. . 41-00 J. N. Crawford...................... ........ 408 ... 9 ... 45-33 F. C. Hartley ..................... ........ 115 . ,.. 1 .. .115 00 Capt. E. G. Wynyard ... ......... 17 . ... 0 .. — J. W. M illigan...................... ........ 29 . ... 0 .. • — ' (6)—S outh A frica . A. D. Nourse ...................... ..........132 .... 10 ... 13-20 S. J. Snooke ...................... ........ 377 ... 25 ... 15-08 J. Middleton ...................... .........371 , ... 23 ... 16-13 A. R. Innes ................. ........ 84 ,... 5 ... 16-80 R. O. Schwarz...............................502 ... 27 ..,. 18-59 G. A. Faulkner.................... ......... 490 ... 26 ... 18-84 J. H. S in clair...............................835 ... 42 19-88 A. E. Vogler ................. .........496 ... 24 .. 20-66 W. H. Milton ................. ......... 48 ... 2 ..,. 24-00 G. C. White ..................... .........157 . ... 6 ..,. 26-17 J. W illoughby..................... ........ 159 ... 6 ..,. 26-50 G. A. Rowe............................ ......... 373 ... 14 .... 26-64 C. B. Llewellyn .......... ......... 195 ... 5 ... 39-00 R. Graham............................. ........ 127 . ... 3 ... 42-33 C. H. Vintcent................. ......... 193 ... 4 ... 48-25 G. H. Shepstone .......... ,......... 47 ... 0 . .. — The following have also bowled for E ngland :— J. J. Ferris (91-13), C. A. Smith (61-7), A. J. L. Hill (8-4), Tyler (E. J.) (65-4), Pougher (A. D.) (26-3), Martin (F.) (39-2), Hearne (J. T.) (12-1), Hayes (E.G.) (28-1), and G. L. Jessop (8-0). The following hare alsobowled for S outh A frica :— W. H. Ashley (95-7), G. A. Kempis (76-4), D. Parkin (82-3), F. Kuys (31-2), A. W. Seccull (37-2), F. Hearne (40-2), C. Mills (83-2), R. M. Poore (4-1), W. A. Shalders (6-1), B. Powell (10-1), G. Glover (28-1), C. HimeJ(31-l), W. Frank (52-1), C. E. Finlasson (7-0), G. Cripps (23-0), J. J. Kotze (43-0), N. Theunissen (51-0), and C. L. Johnson (57-0). CATCHES. E ngland . Board (J .H .)............................... ....................... 8 J. N. Crawford and Haigh (S.) ........................ 7 Lohmann (G. A .) ................. ............................... 6 Denton (D.), R. E. Foster, Hayward (T.), and Lilley (A. A.) ..................................................... 5 Abel, (R.), Blythe (C.), L. J. Moon, Relf (A. E.), Tyldesley (J. T.), and S. M. J. Woods .......... 4 C. B. Fry, Lord Hawke, C. Heseltine, Hirst (G. H.), G. L. Jessop, Sir T. C. O’Brien, and Ulyett (G .)............................................................ 3 Arnold (E.), Braund (L. C.), Cutteil (W. R.), F. L. Fane, J. C. Hartley, Lees (W. S.), Martin (F.), F. Mitchell, and Pougher (A. D.) .......... 2 M. P. Bowden, Briggs (.1.), H. R. Bromley- Davenport, Biitt (H. R.), Hayes(E. G.), Heame (A.), Heame (F.), Hearne (J. T.), A. J. L. Hill, F. W. Milligan, P. F.Warner, and Wood (H.) 1 S outh A frica . P. W. Sherwell ..................................................... 12 R. O. Schwarz ..................................................... 8 S. J. Snooke and A. E. Vogler............................... 7 G. A. Faulkner, E. A. Halliwell, A. D. Nourse, and G. C. White..................................................... 6 M. Hathom and J. H. Sinclair ........................ 4 P. Hutchinson, R. M. Poore, G. A. Rowe, aud F. Smith ................................................................... 3 R. O. Dower, C. Fichardt, R. H. Gleeson, R. Graham, F. Heame, A. R. Innes, C. B. Llewellyn, W. H. Milton, B. Powell, W. A. Shalders, G. H. Shepstone, S. D. Snooke, Lieut. Stewart, and A. B. Tancred................. 2 M. Bissett, O. R. Dunnell, J. F. Du Toit, H. H. Francis, C. L. Johnson, J. J. Kotze, J. Middle­ ton, C. Mills, D. Parkin, T. Routledge, A. W. Seccull, W. R. Solomon, L. J. Tancred, and C. H. Vintcent ..................................................... 1 STUMPINGS. E ngland . Board (J. H.) and Lilley (A. A.) ........................ 3 Butt (H. R.) and W. L. Murdoch ........................ 1 S outh A frica . P. W. Sherwell .......... ....................................... 7 M. Bissett ... .......... ........................ ... 1