Cricket 1910

H CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J an . 27, i g i o . Ledger and McCarthy were putting on 34 for the twelfth wicket. Walcott and McCarthy, in addition to Penny, were presented with a bat for what they did in the match. Van Niekerk Brown, who lives at Barkley West, frequently walks into Kimberley (a distance of 22 miles) in order to play with the Electie Club. He also returns on foot, sometimes paced by a cyclist. Score and analysis E ngland . First innings. Rhodes, c and b Kenny ... 11 Capt.^E . 4 G. Wynyard, b M cC arthy.......................... -r»8 Denton, c Regal, b Kenny 1 F. L. Fane, c Brown, b Penny... ..........................11 Woolley, c Sutherland, b Penny................................... 0 Thompson, run out ........... 7 M. C. Bird, hit w k t, b Penny...................................22 H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, b Penny........... ........... ... 0 G. H. Simpson-Hay ward, b Penny................................... 8 Buckenham, c Brown, b Penny................ ...........54 N. C. Tufnell, c Tapscott, b McCarthy ................... 0 Strudwick, not out ........... 4 B 13, lb 1 ...................14 Second innings, b Druce ..........27 cDickens,bBrown 21 not out .......... 62 c Glover, b Penny 22 lbw , b Glover .. 5 lbw, b Penny ... 27 st Dickens, b Penny .......... 41 not out ...........26 B 17, lb 2, nb 1 20 Total ...................100 Total (6 wkts)*251 * Innings declared closed. XV. of G riqualand W est Second innings. Wynyard, b Buckenham ... 2 First innings. Ilarriman, lbw, b Simpson- Hayward ......................... 3 P a r k i n , b Simpson- Hayward .......................16 S. Rigal, c Bird,bThornpson 17 R. Percy, b Thompson ... 0 W. Dickens, c Thompson, b Simpson-Hayward......... 3 L. G. Tapscott,cThompson, b B uckenham ...............22 F. W. Glover, b Simpson- Hayward ......................... 4 A. Penny, b Buckenham ... 7 J. Walcott, not out .......15 L. G. McCarthy, b Simpson- Hayward .......... 6 J. Ledger, c Rhodes, Simpson-Hayward ... V. N. Brown, c Woolley, T hom pson.................. H. Druce, b Thompson D. Sutherland, b Thompson 0 M. Kenny absent (hurt) ... 0 B 1, lb 4, nb 1 ........... 6 run out ........... 7 b Buckenham ... 10 b Buckenham ... 2 cTufnell,b Buck­ enham ........... 0 c Leveson-Gower, b Woolley.......... 6 c Bird, b Buck­ enham .......... 2 c & b Wynyard ... 1 b Buckenham 28 c T u f n e l l , b Buckenham ... 25 0 not out Total b Wynyard c W o ol 1e y , Rhodes ... b Rhodes ... absent (hurt) Byes, &c. Total ... 20 Kenny ... Sutherland Penny ... McCarthy Druce ... Glover ... E ngland . First innings. O. M. R. W. .........13-4 6 25 5 11 4 4 Second innings. Brown ... Tapscott XV. of G riqualand W est . 0 . M. R. W 9 1 31 0 ... 23 2 3 ... 10 0 81 0 ... 17 2 45 1 ... 4 0 17 1 ... 8 0 26 1 ... 2 est 1 5 0 First Innings. O. M. R. W. 41 5 . Second Innings. O. M. R. W. 6 41 6 ... ... 5 2 8 0 1 16 0 ... ... 7 2 16 1 1 12 2 ... ... 11 4 17 7 Rhodes ... ... 15*1 4 46 2 Wynyard ... 7 1 30 2 Thompson ... 14 5 S-Hayward ... 19 W oolley........... 6 Buckenham... 5 Woolley bowled a 110 -ball. Mr. E. W . Ballantine, a South African correspondent of Ct'icket, who is touring with the team, remarks concerning this match -.—“ There has been some fric­ tion in the Griqualand West Cricket Union. The cricketers could not see their way to guarantee the £125 wanted by the S.A.C.A., and the chicf officials of the G.W.C.U. resigned, because the vote for “ no match ” was carried. Then the G. W . Rugby Union took up the matter of obtaining the guarantee, and it was very easily obtained, and now, when the match is all over, it is very probable that the Cricket Union w ill come out all right. Only last week, however, so I was told, did the G.W.C.U. clear off their debt incurred by the visit of Warner’s team, four yoars ago.” 3 rd M a tc h . —y. XV. OF ORANGE RIVER COLONY. Played at Bloemfontein on December 15, 16 and 17. England won by 200 runs. Two players formerly well-known in England appeared against the visitors in this match, which was watched by the Governor (Sir Hamilton Goold- Adams) and Prime Minister (the Hon. Mr. Fischer) of the Orange River Colony. Mr. A. G. Richardson, formerly of Cambridge University and Gloucester­ shire, but now a master at Grey College, scored 22 and 3, and Lieut. F. J. Wyatt, who has been included occasionally in the Hampshire team, took eleven wiclets. C. G. Fichardt, the O.R.C. captain, won the toss and sent the visitors in, but gained no advantage by the policy, although when Hobbs, Denton, Khodes, Woolley and Fane had been dis­ missed for 52 by Wyatt a small total appeared probable. Buckenham, sixth out (at 121), made 37 out of 70 in 50 minutes, but was quite overshadowed by Bird, who hit superbly and made runs fast at a critical time The last-named added 69 with Buckenham, 35 with Leveson-Gower, and 37 with Tufnell and the same number with Blythe. He hit six 6 ’s and nine 4’s and was missed three times—at 32, 61 and 113 : his 115 runs were made out of 178 in just under two hours. Wyatt took seven wickets for 81 runs, but Baumgartner, a slow left-hand bowler of whom much was expected, was dis­ appointing. The home side made 33 for the loss of one wicket before stumps were drawn, but on the following morning lost wickets rapidly, although King played very steadily. The last-named batted 75 minutes and made 22 runs of the 51 scored whilst in. After the fall of the eleventh wicket Barlow and Fraser put on 2S together and the total reached 112. Blythe took seven wickets for 38 runs. In their second innings the England side added readily to their lead. Hobbs and Rhodes scored 69 for the first wicket, the former, third out (at 110 ), making 55 in 80 minutes by strokes all round the w icket: he hit six 4’s and fell to a catch in the long- field. Kane played a careful game but Woolley, hitting freely, claimed 50 of the 76 runs added in 50 minutes for the fourth w ick et: he made two 6 ’s and six 4’s. Tufnell did nothing and Bird never showed the form he displayed earlier in the match. Fane, in making 44 o u t« f 130 in 100 minutes, hit four 4’s and twenty singles: he was seventh out, at 207. The total was taken to 216 and then the closure was applied, leaving the Colony 336 to win and a whole day in which to make them. After King and Baumgartner had been sent back for 15, Colin Fraser and Scott Green added 44 together and the former and Barlow 11. In this way the total was taken to 70 ere the fourth wicket fell. Fraser, a school-boy, made his 32 out of 70 in about an hour and a-half and was presented with a bat by the Prime Minister. The sixth wicket went down at 91 and the innings closed for 135. There were only four byes in the match, both Strudwick and Sennett showing capital form behind the wicket. Score and analysis E ngland . First innings. Hobbs, b W y a tt.................. 5 Rhodes, lbw, b Wyatt ... 28 Denton, b W yatt.................. 3 F. L. Fane, b W yatt...........14 Woolley, b Wyatt ........... 0 Buckenham, c Sennett, b Brown ...........................37 M. C. Bird,b Baumgartner 115 H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, b Baumgartner .................. 7 N. C. Tufnell, b Wyatt ... 5 Blythe, not o u t ....................15 Strudwick, lbw, b Wyatt .. 0 Nb ........................... 2 Second innings, c Fraser, b Wyatt 55 b Wyatt ...........35 b Wyatt ........... 3 lbw, b Wyatt ... 44 b Budgcn ...........50 n otou t................... 5 b Budgen .......... 12 b Budgen ........... 0 cWyatt,b Budgen 3 not not.................. 5 Leg-byes........... 4 Total ...........231 Total (8 wkts, *216 ♦Innings declared closed. XV. of O range R iver C olony . Second innings. First innings. A. G. Richardson, c Bird, b Buckenham .................. Scott Green, b Blythe C. G. Fichardt, run out ... A. W. King, c Strudwick, b Buckenham .................. Lieut. Burne, c Strudwick, b Blythe ................. ... G. Sennett, c Bird, b Blythe H. V. Baumgartner, c Den­ ton, b Blythe ................... C. G. Hudson, b Bucken­ ham ................................... J. Budgen, b Blythe........... H. Brown, c Buckenham, b Blythe ........................... b Buckenham ... b Hobbs ........... b Hobbs ......... c Strudwick, b Blythe ........... st Strudwick, b W oolley ........... run out ........... c Tufnell, b Buck­ enham ........... c Fane, b Blythe 6 not o u t ................. 1 8 b Hobbs Lieut. F. J. Wyatt, b Blythe ........................... 4 b Woolley ... C. Fraser, c Fane, b Woolley 13 b Buckenham H. R. B. Barlow, 0 Woolley, 0 32 b Bird... H. R. Wise, c Rhodes, b 16 c Bird, b Blythe 11 Bird .................. 0 b Woolley ...........18 H. Hill, not out ... 1 b Hobbs ...... 0 Leg-byes 4 B 4, lb 3, n b l... 8 Total ........... 112 Total...........135 E ngland . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Budgen .... ... 16 2 44 0 . ......... 12 1 39 4 Wyatt ...........26-3 5 81 7 .,......... 21 2 78 4 Baumgartner. 25 6 78 2 .. .. 17 2 59 0 Brown ........... 5 0 18 1 . ... 9 2 36 0 H ill.................. 1 0 8 0 . Wyatt bowled two no-balls. XV. of O range R iver C olony . Fir*t innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R . W. Buckenham... 19 3 55 3 ..........14 3 34 3 Blythe ...........26 6 38 7 ... .. 19 6 34 3 Hobbs ........... 1 0 1 0 . ......... 8 2 24 4 Bird *........... 4 3 5 2 ........... 7 3 13 0 W oolley........... 4 1 9 1 . ......... 8 3 22 3 Buckenham bowled one no-ball. 4 th M a tc h . —v. THE REEF. Played at Vogelfontein on December 2 1, 2 2 , 2 3 and 24. Drawn. Rain quite ruined this match, not a ball being bowled on the 21st or 24th, and play not commencing until a quarter-past four on the 22nd. This was most disappointing, for a strong side, including three cer­ tain Test-match players, had been got together to represent The Reef. Leveson-Gower won the toss for his side, and then withdrew from the match, resigning the captaincy to Fane. The visitors made a very useful start on the soft wicket, Hobbs making 40 for the first wicket with Rhodes and adding the same number for the second with Denton. The bowlers, Vogler especially, then obtained the upper hand, but Blythe hit freely and well and of the 35 runs added with Strudwick for the last wicket was responsible for 27. Against Simpson-Hayward and Buckenham The Reef lost three good wickets for 14 and it was Snooke who saved the side by making 72 out of 136 in two hours and a-half: he hit a 6 and nine 4’s, and added 48 runs with White, 39 with Moulder, and the same number with Heather. Both White and Snooke were sent back by means of an excellent catch. Going in for the second time, the Knglishmen made light of the 10 arrears, and in the two hours before stumps were drawn scored 161 for three wic­ kets. For this success they were indebted chiefly to Rhodes, who, despite a chance when 24, played a fine game for 56 not out. He received good support, Hobbs helping to make 63 for the first wicket and Denton adding 43 for the second and Fane 30 for the third. As already stated, no play was possible on Christmas Eve, and therefore the match was given up, with the score as follow s: — E ngland . First innings. Hobbs, b V ogler............... 39 Rhodes, b White...............24 Denton, c and b White ... 17 F. L. Fane, run out ......... 2 Woolley, b White ......... 3 Buckenham, c and b Vogler 17 M. C. Bird, c Snooke, b V ogler............................... 0 G. H. Simpson-Hayward, st Ward, b V o g le r......... 8 N. C. Tufnell, c Ward, b Vogler................................. 0 Blythe, c Ward, b Vogler... 35 Strudwick, not out ......... 7 B 3, nb 2 ................. 5 Second innings, b Snooke ... n otou t ... . b Vogler c and b Vogler notout ... . 31 56 . 22 , 17 , 7 27 Total B16, lb7, w4 157 Total (3 wkts)160 T he R eef . L. J. Tancred, lbw, b Simpson - Hayward A. Difford, b Simpson- Hayward ... G. C. White, c Rhodes, b B ly th e ..................S A. E. Vogler, c Rhodes, b Buckenham S. J. Snooke, c Rhodes, b Woolley.................. J. H. Moulder, b Buck­ enham .................. 1 P. J. Heather, c Bird, b Woolley ......... 10 W. Stoll, b Blythe ... 0 B. H. Floquet, not out ........................... I C. P. Carter, b Blythe 2 T. A. Ward, st Strud­ wick, b Simpson- Hayward ................... 7 B 2, lb 2, nb 2 6 Total ..160