Cricket 1908

M ay 28, 1908. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 171 and his pace was not near as fast as when he mowed down the Transvaal eleven prior to the departure of the team for England. Yet, though not quite as fast, ‘ J.J. ’ is an infinitely more resource­ ful bowler, not by reason of practice, but because he has recognised that length, with his pace, and a judicious use of that quick break back, will mean more to him than mere pace. There was a short-pitched one now and then, it is true, and it left its mark on several, but it was a subdued, and infinitely more resourceful ‘ J.J.K. ’ that spectators saw on Saturday. For all that one cannot but think that four wickets for 18 flatters his bowling of Saturday. ” T h e some writer said of one of the Cape Town bowlers:—“ He has a failing, and one that the crowd quickly spotted— one, too, that he would do well to guard against. Nothing is more irritating than continuous appeals; had every one of them been answered in the affirmative, every batsman of the Province eleven would have been out lbw or caught at the wicket.” Probably ninety-nine cricketers out of every hundred have come across such a player at one time or another. S om e-on e has been good enough to send me a copy of a useful little production entitled, “ Minor Counties’ Cricket Asso­ ciation 1908.” Although consisting of only 24 pages, it contains a great deal of information of interest and value. Doubt­ less very many followers of the game would be glad to possess the little produc­ tion, but as no publisher’s name appears on the cover or the title-page it was pre­ sumably intended for private distribution. On Monday the Daily Express published a special three-day forecast of the weather which had been prepared for the first-class matches commencing that day at Lord’s, Taunton, Eastbourne, Leeds, Northamp­ ton, and Cambridge. It was as follows :— “ A somewhat variable type of weather will prevail throughout, but the delay to the games at Lord’s, Eastbourne, North­ ampton, and Cambridge will only be slight. “ Showery weather at Leeds and Taun­ ton will be followed by very fine conditions, and the wickets may be expected to be rather uncertain. “ The wisdom of taking first innings on winning the toss, under the conditions prevailing, cannot be doubted for a moment. ” It was a fairly safe venture, and was cer­ tainly correct in forecasting the slight delay at Lord’s—owing, to the funeral of the Hampshire President on the Tuesday. I m uch regret to hear that George Porter, the old Derbyshire cricketer and umpire, is lying seriously ill at Spondon. The last account to hand was to the effect that he was in a very critical condition. J. C o l l in s , of Dulwich Rosebery, play­ ing against Braby’s Ironworks at Black­ heath in the South-Eastern League on Saturday, took all ten wickets clean bowled for 8 runs in a total of 35, and performed the hat-trick. The score of the innings was as follows :— E. Fellows, b Collins 13 VV. Martin, b Collins 2 A. Goodman, b Collins 5 W. Ware, b Collins ... 0 T. Pearce, b Collins... 0 J. Mackesy, b Collins 0 F. Cowland, not out 9 B r a b y ’ s I ro n w o rk s . H. Greeves, b Collins A. Cox, b Collins H. Joyce, b Collins ... A. Pick, b Collins ... Byes, &c................. T o ta l............. Dulwich Rosebery scored 36, and accord­ ingly won by one run. T a k in g everything into consideration, the result of the match between Yorkshire and Surrey at Leeds could not be regarded as altogether surprising. It was played on a wicket just suited to Haigh and Hirst, and the visitors were playing an uphill game from the start. T o Surrey men the most pleasing feature of the match was the return to form of Hayes. For some time it had seemed that he could do nothing right, but just when a great effort was required of him he was seen at his best, making the highest score in each innings of the side and being responsible for 82 runs in his two innings against 73 in the twenty of his confreres. I am sure all good cricketers will concur in the senti­ ment when I express the hope that his scores alluded to may prove to be the first in a long series of personal triumphs. F. E. Woolley made 124 not out on Saturday for Tonbridge v. Granville, at Tonbridge. A. K. Prain took all ten wickets of Forest Hill IV. for Consolidated Goldfields of South Africa on May 16. J. S. Killick (158) and W. B. Bannerman (90) put on 210 runs for the third wicket of Croydon v. Rev. J. C. Crawford’s XI., at Croydon on May 20 . At Kilmarnock last week, Lanarkshire (81) beat Ayrshire (56) by 25 runs. Renfrewshire (134) and Ayrshire (101 for seven wickets) drew at Paisley. In a ten a-eide match between Clieshunt and District and Herts Club and Ground at St. Albans on the 20th inst. P. R. Paul took all nine wickets of the latter for 36 runs in a total of 79. “ The Oval is now absolutely marvellous in its power of recovery from rain, this being due, I am told, to the engineering work in connection with the electric-tram line.’'—“ Balin ” in The R eferee. E. L. Goodman (188) and A. G. Seymour (70) made 208 for the first wicket of Jesus College v. Christ’s College, on the Jesus Close on May 22. Goodman hit a 6, two 5’s, and thirty-five 4’s— five of them off consecutive balls. “ Except by a few people, who would have every batsman score at the rate of about eighty runs an hour or be handed over to the execu­ tioner, it is well recognised that a man who can patiently keep up an end for a long time is a most valuable asset to a side, provided that his companions score at a reasonable rate ." —The Field. “ There is no getting away from the fact that Yorkshire’s only batsmen of real class are Hirst, Rhodes and Denton, and in the event of the summer proving fine I cannot think their run- getting power will be sufficient to win them the first place. To put . the matter plainly, their batting is not within fifty per cent, of what it was when they won the championship three years in succession.” —“ Balin ” in The R eferee. The Sportsman says: —“ The bound volume of Cricket for 1907 is now ready, and affords a valuable record of the game not only in England, but in Greater Britain.” Price 8s. 6d., post free 9s. CR ICKET IN SOUTH AFRICA . WESTERN PROVINCE v. CAPE TOWN. Played at Newlands on March 21 and 28. Western Province won by ten wickets. This was Kotze’s only important match of the season, and he took nine wickets for 78 runs, being chiefly responsible for Western Province’s success by eight wickets. Cape Town collapsed badly on a good wicket in their first innings, and, after having five wickets down for *20 and eight for 32, were dis­ missed in 65 minutes for 45. Kotze, who took four of the wickets for 18 luns, had at one time taken that number for only 6 runs. Difford and A . Bisset passed the opposing total without being separated, scoring 53 for the opening partnership. Fish, a right-hand slow-medium bowler, was not put on until the total reached 154 for five wickets. Cape Town did better in their second innings, but suffered defeat by ten wickets. Score and analysis:— C ape T own . First innings. Second innings. S. D. Snooke, b Buchanan 3 b K o tz e ................17 S. E. Horwood, lbw, b Kotze ...........................1 b Carolin ... 32 S. J. Snooke, b Kotze ... 8 c Reid, b Bucha­ nan ...............16 M. Commaille, run out .. 6 b K o tz e ................56 T. Holmes, c M. Bisset, b c M. Bisset, b Buchanan .. ...............14 Carolin ... 0 F. Yeoman, c M. Bisset, b Kotze ........................0 b K o tz e ................16 Whitehead, c Buchanan, b Kotze ... ............. 0 c Bisset, b Kotze ‘2 G. Hearne, run o u t.......... 0 b Buchanan ... 12 A. Reid, not out ............. 7 c Jones, b Kotze 23 W . Fish, b Buchanan ... 4 notout ................ 1 A. W illoughby, b Bucha­ nan ...................................5 c Carolin, b Bam 8 Byes, &c....................0 Byes, &c. ... 17 T o t a l ...............48 W estkrn P rovin ce . Total ... 188 E. Smith, b Fish ... 27 H. W . Carolin, c Yeo­ man, b Whitehead 27 I. Bam, b Fish ... 0 R. Buchan.-tn, st Holmes, b Fish ... 1 J. J. Kotze, not out .. 0 10 ..196 Byes, &c. Total A . Difford, b S. D. Snooke ...............34 A. Bisset, b Fish .. 63 P. S. T. Jones, b W hitehead.............. 3 M. Bisset, c Reid, b W hitehead.............. 13 P. T. Lewis, c Reid, b S. J. Snooke ... 2 A . Reid, c Commaille, b Snooke ...............16 Second innings : A . Bisset scored 24 not out , Difford, 15 notout; byes, &c., 2.—Total (no w kt.), 41 C a pe T o w n . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R.W . Buchanan ... 8.4 1 30 4 ...............23.4 2 86 2 K o tz e ....................... 82 18 4 .............27 8 61 5 Carolin ... 3 1 8 2 Bam ...............7 1 26 1 Buchanan bowled 2 no-balls and Kotze one. W estern P ro vin ce . First innings. Second innings. O. M . R. W . O. M. R.W . S. J. Snooke A. Reid ... Whitehead S. D. Snooke Fish 22 7 25 , 6 6 5 1 13 0 5.2 1 20 0 1 0 6 0 S. J. Snooke bowled two no-balls and Whitehead _________ one.________ The Cape Times , in its issue of April 8th, under the heading “ Record Scoring,” publishes the follow ing: —“ A correspondent on the Border sends the scores of a one-day match recently played between Tylden and Thomas River, which was won by the latter by 234 runs. The remarkable aggregate of 1,178 runs was put on during the day. It must have been bright and interesting cricket, but rather hard on the fielders. The scores are published for the sake of record:— T homas R ives . First innings. Second innings. W . H. Eedes, c Stoddart ..19 retired hurt .. 165 C. A. Wells,retired hurt ...79 c M iller...................133 C. T. Field,b Kendall ...49 lbw ....................73 E. Wells, run o u t ..............33 st Brown....................30 J. W. Sharrock, c Miller ... 0 st Brown................. 8 P. E. Dell, b Miller.................. 4 b M iller....................... 4 W . Hobbs, b Miller. 0 b Kendall ... 0 E. Hobbs, b Robertson ... 3 b Kendall ... 1 Deakin, b Robertson ... 2 b M iller...............37 C. C. Froneman, b Robert­ son ........................................1 b M iller................. 8 J. Wardle, n ot.ou t.............. 15 notout ....................15 Byes ...........................24 Byes................ 3 Total .229 Total ...477