Cricket 1910

J an . 27, 19 10 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 1 3 THE M.C.C.’ S TEAM IN SOUTH AFRICA. The band of cricketers captained by Mr. H. D. G. Leveson-Gower arrived safely at Cape Town on November 23rd after an enjoyable voyage in the R.M.S. Saxon and were wel­ comed by the Mayor (Councillor F. W. Smith) and others well known in official and cricket circles. In acknowledging the kind reception accorded the side, Mr. Leveson-Gower said “ I trust that we shall go back to England having won the majority of our matches. If we do not, it will not be for want of trying.” Subsequently the team were entertained at luncheon by the Mayor at the City Hull, when representatives of all the leading clubs and associations were present as wtll as most of the City Councillors. In submitting the toast of “ Our Guests ” the Mayor made the follow­ ing interesting and sound remarks on sport: — “ There is a tendency to-day in certain quarters to shout down sport as occupying too prominent a part in the life of the average young man. Well, I agree that life is too serious to make a fetish of sport, but if our young men would make perfection in theii particular hobby a secondary consideration, and “ playing the gam e” in the highest and best sense of that term a primary consideration, then sport would be fulfilling its proper function in the curri­ culum. There would be less adverse criticism, and the ties between the Mother Country and her colonies would be strengthened and widened through this channel.............Our men will be on their very best mettle, and 1 know 1 can promise you that you will find them ready to take or administer a beating in a thoroughly sportsmanlike manner.’’ Mr. Lsveson Gower rtpliecl and Capt. Wynyard and Messiv. Murray bisset and W. V. Si’i.kins (Western Province C.U.) also ^poke. T r ia l M a tch . — v. XVI. WESTERN PROVINCE COLTS. Played at Newlands on December 1 and 2. Drawn. In this match it was arranged that the visiting side should consist of twelve men, but that only eleven should field. On the first day—the game was limited to tw o—rain prevented a start being made until after two o’clock, but the Englishmen made the best use of the time at their disposal by scoring 320 for seven wickets ere stumps were drawn. The chief featm-e of the play was the batting of Hobbs who, cutting and driving well and hitting a 0 and sixteen 4's, made 110 out of 203 in two hours and a-quarter without a mistake : he made 72 with Rhodes for the first wicket, 41 with Denton for the second and 74 for the fourth with Thompson, who batted 110 minutes for a careful 49. Bird made his 07 out of 109 in 05 minutes, his driving being very powerful : he hit two G’s and nine 4's and put on 07 in partnership with Thompson for the sixth wicket. The innings was declared closed first thing the next morning, but, thanks to Ilopley (son of Mr. Justice llopley of Cape Colony and an old Cambi idge Blue), the locals had 110 difficulty in saving the game, llopley drove with great power, being particularly severe on Rhodes, and made his 96 oat of 162 in two hours : his chief hits were five 6 ’s and eiRlit 4’s, and lie was twice missed—when 74 and 94. He made 49 with Reid for the fourth wicket, 40 (in 17 minutes) with George Hearne (a son of Frank) for the fifth, and 50 with Linnington for the sixth. He was sixth out, at 184, and such a collapse took place after his retirement that the tenth w e eet fell at 190. The total, however, was taken to 2 ‘3. Thompson, who was the most sucees.-ful bowler, with seven wickets for 28 runs, at one period took seven wickets at a cost of but 4 runs. I 11 the last half-hour of the day the Englishmen, whose order of goiug-in was changed, lost three wickets for 49. Score and analysis:— E ngland . First innings. Second innings. Hobbs, c Brown, b Towns.. 110 Rhodes, c Brown, b Ashley 30 Denton, c Hearne, b Brown 19 F. L. Fane, b B row n.......... S not out.................24 Thompson, c Buchanan, b Ashley .......................... 40 Woolley, run out................. 0 M. C. Bird, b Taylor.......... 67 Capt. E. G. Wynyard, not out ..................................]«) G. H. Simpson-Hayward, not out .......................... 0 c Hand, b Brown 2 H. D.G. Leveson-Gower) did N. C. Tufnell ...........[ not c Ashley, b Taylor 0 Blythe ........................... ' bat c Colson,bN. Reid 23 Byes, &c......................18 Byes, &c. ... 0 Total (7 wkts) *320 Total (3 wkts) 49 ♦Innings declared closed. XVI. W estern P rovince C olts . R. Hand, b Blythe A. Willoughby, st Tuf­ nell, b Blythe........... 5 W. Colson, c Woolley, b Blythe ..................22 F. J. V. Hopley, lbw, b Thompson ... ... 96 F. Reid, lbw, b Rhodes 18 G. Hearne, b Rhodes 11 A. L in n in g to n , b Thompson ...........20 G. P. Taylor, c and b W oolley ........... 0 R. Green, b Thompson 0 N. Reid, b Thompson 2 P. T. Gordon, b Thompson ........... 0 S. Ashley, c Tufnell, b Simpson - Hay­ ward .................. 11 R.Buchanan,cLeveson Gower, b Woolley... 0 A. B e n s im o n , b Thompson ........... 7 T. Brown, lbw, b Thompson ........... 0 J. Towns, not out ... 5 Byes, &c..............25 Total ...223 E ngland . First innings. Second innings 0 . M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Buchanan ... 14 0 61 0 ........... 3 0 20 0 Towns ........... 14 0 61 1 . Brown ........... 18 4 64 2 . . . 2 0 7 1 Ashley .......... 15 2 69 2 . Bensimon 5 1 22 0 . H op ley.......... 4 3 8 0 . H earne.......... 3 0 16 0 . Taylor ........... 1 0 1 1 ... !.! 1*2 0 9 1 ] R eid.......... 4 0 13 1 XVI. W e stern P rov ince C olts . O. M. 11 . W. O. M. R. W. W estern P rovince . Blythe ... 15 8 17 3 I Rhodes ... 10 0 59 2 Thompson. 22 7 28 7 |Woolley... 10 1 40 2 S-Hayward 17*1 5 54 1 | Thompson bowled two 110 -balls and Rhodes one. On December 3rd Messrs. Leveson-Gower, Bird, Fane and Tufnell beat four members of the Cape Golf Club, at Wynberg, by three matches to one. . 1 st M a tch — v. WESTERN PROVINCE. Played at Newlands on December 4 and G. England won by an innings and 133 runs. The result of this match was very disappointing to supporters of the home side, for earlier in the year Western Province had gained the Currie Cup, defeating Transvaal in the final game in the com­ petition by six runs. On the present occasion, however, they were not at full strength, neither Kotze, Luyt nor Melle playing. The match was honoured each day by the presence of the Governor of Cape Colony, Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson. O 11 the Saturday the visitors made their position secure by scoring 351 in four hours and a-half. The earlier part of their innings was marked by a brilliant display by Hobbs, who, by free cricket and without giving a chance, made 114 out of 174 iu 115 minutes: he hit a 6 and thirteen 4’s, obtained 24 runs off Whitehead in two overs, and fell to a very smart catch at mid-off. Rhodes, who played a cautious game, helped to make 57 for the first wicket, and with Fane, who also batted steadily, 113 were added for the third. The third wicket fell at 174, but the sixth went down at 196, and a collapse appeared not improbable. Bird and Leveson-Gower, however, prevented a break-down, for, whilst the latter was content to play a sound and steady game, the former hit freely and w ell: the pair were together 65 minutes, during which time they added 93 for the seventh wicket —a most valuable performance. By flawless cricket Bird made 76 out of 141 in an hour and three-quarters ere falling to a fine catch at poin t: he hit three 6 ’s (two off V\hitehead off successive balls) and nine 4’s, driving particularly well. Buckenham afterwards played a useful little innings, and, Blythe making double-figures, the total reached 351. The best of the home bowlers was Lundie, fast medium-pa^ed, who took three wickets for 83. Of the Western Province batting it is unnecessary to speak at any length. The wicket was rather soft 011 the second day, and the attack proved too much for the home side. Only Murray Bisset played with much confidence, and it took him Qiie hundred minutes to make 22 . The most successful bowler was Thompson, who took seven wickets for 26 in the first innings but did not bowl in the second. Score and analysis :— E noi . and . b Hodds, c Hopley, Whitehead Rhodes, e Lundie, S h o rt................. ... 10 Denton, b Short ... 1 F. L. Fane, b Lundie 40 Woolley, c Hopley, b Lundie .................... 3 Thompson, c and b Whitehead ............ 7 .114 M. C. Bird, c White­ head, b Jack on ... 76 H. D. G. Leveson- Gower, b Whitehead 40 Strudwick, c Bisset, b Jackson ........... 5 Buckenham, bLundie 22 Blythe, not ou t...........10 B 8,1b 7, w 2,nb6... 23 First innings. M. Commaille, b Thompson 13 H. Bennett, st Strudwick, b Blythe .......................... 9 S. D. Snooke, b Thompson 6 F. J. V. Hopley, c Denton, b Blythe .......................... 12 T. Holmes, lbw, b Thomp­ son .................................. 0 S. E. Horwood, b Thomp­ son .................................. 2 M. Bisset, not out ...........14 D. C. Jackson, c Thomp­ son, b Blj'the ... .......... 5 W. Short, b Thompson ... 0 Whitehead, c Bird,b Thomp­ son .................................. 0 E. Lundie, b Thompson ... 0 B 2, lb 2, nb 2 ......... 6 Second innings, b Buckenham ... c Buckenham, b Blythe .......... c Buckenham, b Woolley .......... c Buckenham, b Woolley .......... c Bird, b Buckcn- h a m .................. e Denton, b Buck­ enham .......... c Strudwick, b Rhodes ... b Buckenham ... b Bird ... not out ........... b Blythe .......... B 13, lb 2, 11 b 1 1 20 18 1 ? 16 Total .. 351 Total .................. 67 Total ..................151 E ngland . O. M.R. W . O.M. R. W. Snooke ... 3 0 13 0 I Short ,.. 18 0 94 2 Lundie ...22-3 2 83 3 Jackson ... 7 1 32 2 Whitehead 26 4 106 3 | Short bowled sixno-balls and Jackson two wides. W estern P rovince . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W.O. M. R. W. Blythe ......... 23 12 29 3 ... ... 8*3 5 11 2 Thompson ... 18 3 6 26 7 ........... Buckenham... 3 1 6 0 ........... 17 6 26 4 Ilobbs ........... 9 3 16 0 Woolley ...........IS 6 36 2 Bird .................. S 2 18 1 Rhodes ........... 9 1 28 1 Thompson bowled two 110 balls and Woolley one. 2 nd M a t c h .- v . XV. OF GRIQUALAND WEST. Played at Kimberley on December 10, 11 and 13. England won by 2 00 ru* s. The England side was composed of twelve men in this match, those who stood dotfn being Hobbs and Blythe. The weather w\as very hot and handicapped the visitors to 110 unall exten t: the temperature reached over 100 in the shade and 163 in the sun. So great was the heat that the umpires carried umbrellas as a protection. For some time the batting of the visitors was not very successful, Rhodes, Denton, Fane, Woolley and Thompson all being out by the time 53 had been scored. Wynyard played a strong defensive game, but was very slow. Bird made 22 out of 23 and when Leveson Gower was bowled by the third ball he received seven wickets were down for 76. Simpson-llayward made 8 , and it was off his bat that Kenny, in trying to take a hot return, broke the fourth finger of his right hand. With the total 90,.Buckenham joined Wynyard, who had batted two hours for 24. The new-comer hit well and a most useful stand was made. In 45 minutes 76 were added for the ninth wicket and then Wynyard was bowled, lie made his 58 out of 166 in 170 minutes, and the character of his display can bo imagined when it is said that he hit five 4’s and twenty-six singles. His innings was a very valuable one, and the only mistake of which he was guilty was when, soon afterj going in, he gave a chance to the wicket-keeper. Tufnell did nothing, but Strudwick helped to put on 18 for the last wicket and the total reached 190. Buekenham, l;ist man out, was caught at mid-off when he had made 54 out of 100 in 65 minutes : he hit eight 4’s. The most successful bowler was Penny, a 19-year old student at Kimberley High School, who varied his pace well and made the ball break both w'ays. I 11 recognition of his success an ex-M ayorof Kimberley instituted asixpenny subscription in order to present him with a bat. The batting of the locals calls for 110 detailed description, no-one meeting with much success against Thompson and Simpson-Hayward. In the second innings of England Woolley and Rhodes [made 46 for the first wicket, but four men were out for 101. Then Fane played a fine game and received good support, Simpson-Hayward helping to make 58 for the fifth wicket in 35 minutes (the latter scored 41 of the number), Bird (who hit a 6 ) 42 for the sixth, and Buckenham 50 without further loss for the seventh. Fane batted two hours and a- half for his excellent 62 and hit eight 4’s. When the innings was declared closed Griqualand West were left 326 to win. By the end of the day they had made 30 for the loss of Rigal, whose off-stump was broken by Buckenham. The last-named was in capital form on the last day and came out with an analysis of seven for 17. The only period during which he did not meet with success was whilst