Cricket 1910

30 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. F e b . 24, 1910. S outh A frica . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. w . <>. M. R. W. Buckenham ... 19 1 77 3 ... ... 39 r, 110 4 Hobbs ... , 6 1 20 0 ... ... 6 2 16 0 S.-Hayward ,... 16 3 43 6 ... ... 24 3 59 2 Rhodes ... ... 11 3 25 1 ... ... 9 3 25 0 Thompson ... N k 1 34 J V ... .. 28 6 100 1 Woolley ... ,... 1 0 4 0 ... ... 4 1 13 0 B ir d ................ .. 1 1 0 0 ... ... 4 1 11 3 Thompson and Buckenham bowled four no-balls each, Woolley two no-balls and Simpson- Hay ward a wide. Vogler ... Faulkner Snooke .. White .. Nourse .. Strieker.. Schwarz Sinclair .. E ngland . First innings. O. M. R. W. .. 4 87 5 ... ... 33 4120 5 .. . ... (5 1 28 0 .. Second innings. 3 0 15 0 9 3 13 0 3 0 12 0 .. 1020 2 0 8 0 ............. 1 0 4 0 K V 0 10 0 Faulkner bowled one wide and two no-balls and Vogler two no balls. o. 22 17-2 3 4 , 5 1 M. K. W. 2 94 7 7 40 3 1 10 0 0 33 0 20 7 th M a tc h . —v. NATAL. Played at Dnrbin on January 8 , 10 and 11. 207 FOR THE FIRST WICKET. Drawn. Collins won the toss for Natal, who batted first on a good wicket. The start, however, was a poor one, both Robinson and Thomson being out at 4. Then followed some excellent cricket by Nourse and Taylor, who quito pulled the game round by adding 149 together for the third wicket in 160 minutes. Taylor played a very patient game, making only 4 runs during the first hour he was in : in all, lie scored 55 out of 153 in 170 minutes without giving a chance. Pearae continued the good work by helping to put on 50 for the fourth wicket, but after his departure the end soon came, the last seven wickets going down for 47. Nourse, eighth out, made 129 out of 244 in four hours and 35 minutes. He hit seven 4's and 52 singles and was twice missed—when 6 .and 38. A feature of his innings was his cutting. The spectators showed their appreciation of his per­ formance by subscribing £46 for him. Play ceased for the day when the innings closed for 250. On the Monday Hobbs and Rhodes gave England a fine start. They played confidently from the start, and by lunch time had made 178 without loss (Hobbs, 113). Altogether, the stand lasted 130 minutes and realised 207 runs ere Rhodes, who had hit four 4’s in his chanceless 64, was Ibw. Hobbs was second out, at 255, after batting 155 minutes ; he hit a 6 and thirteen 4’s, but was missed when 36. There was little else of any note during the innings, except that at one point Tuckett took three wickets for a single and that Blythe and Fane put on 21 for the last wicket. Tuckett to^k seven wickets for 11 runs each, but England obtained a lead of 81. Play on the third day was limited by rain to two hours and a-half, nothing being done before a quarter past three. Saville and Taylor made 20 for the first wicket, and the latter and Thomson 39 for the second, but, despite a stand of 31 for the sixth by Cradock and Noursc. eight men were out when the last-named was joined by Dalton. Had either failed soon Natal m ight have been beaten, but they remained together until the end of the day when the home side, with two wickets in hand, were SI runs on. Nourse again played an excellent game for his side. Score and analysis:— N atal . First innings. Second innings. Rev. C. D. Robinson, run out .................................•. 0 cWoolley,b Blythe 1 H. W. Taylor, c Woolley, b Rhodes ..........................55 W. K. Thomson, b Blythe 0 b Hobbs c W o o 11 ey, Rhodes ... 30 15 A. D. Nourse, c Bird, b Rhodes .......129 notout.., O. Pearse, c Woolley, b Rhodes .28 stTufnell,bHobbs 5 G. C. Collins, lbw, b Blythe T. T. Cradock, lbw, b Blythe ........................... L. K. Tuckett, lbw, b Blythe.................................. C. D. Saville, not out 0 b Rhodes st T u f n e 11, Blythe 54 10 L. D. Dalton, c Denton, b Rhodes ........................... S. V. Samuelson, c Thomp­ son, b R h od es................... B 6 , lb 6 , nb 6 ........... 6 b Blythe ... 7 c T u f n e l l , Blythe ... 0 not o u t ......... 11 Bye Total ........ . ...250 Total (8 wkts )162 H obbs,lbw, b Samucl- N. C. Tufnell, b son ..........................163 '1 u c k e tt.......... 0 Rhodes, lbw, b Nourse 64 B u c k e n h a m , b Denton, c Collins, b Samnelson 1 Tuckett .................. 17 II. D. G. Lovcson- F. L. Fane, c SamuelGowcr, lbw, b son, b Tuckett 31 T u ck ctt........... 2 W o o lle y , lbw, b Blythe, not out. 14 Tuckett .................. 0 B 1.5, lb 5, nb 1 21 Thompson, 1) Tucket t 1 — M. C. Bird, lbw, b Total ... ..331 Tuckett .................. 17 N atal . First innings. Second innings O. M. It. W O. M. R. W. Buckenham .. . 17 7 30 0 Blythe ........... 26 6 53 4 ... ... 24 10 44 4 Thompson ... 19 3 62 0 ...........13 5 21 0 W oolley......... . 4 0 7 0 0 Bird ......... . 3 0 15 0 ... 3 0 1 I Hobbs ........... 7 0 22 0 ........... 9 1 31 2 R h od es......... 18-5 4 43 5 .......... 23 8 34 2 Leveson-Gower 1 0 6 0 Denton ........... 1 1 0 0 Buckenham and Thompson each I owlcd three no-balls. O. II. R. W . O. M. R. W. Cradock ... 5 1 13 0 1 Nourse ... 18 0 72 1 Tuckett . 24 4 77 7 Dalton .. 4 0 24 0 Samuelson 27 0 103 2 1 Saville ... 4 0 21 0 Tuckett bowled a no-ball. 8 th M a tc h . — v. NATAL. Placed at Pietermaritaburg on January 14, 15, 17 and 18. England won by niue wickets. nobbs, Ruckenham, Thompson and Tufnell did not play in this match, the last-named owing to indisposition, and R. Ponsonby, private secretary to Sir Matthew Nathan, the Governor of Natal, was included in the side. Rain caused the game to be restricted on the first day to the two hours and a- lialf (which included an interval) between half-past 12 and three o’clock. Natal won the toss and fared so badly that when stumps were drawn seven men were out for 41: the first five wickets went down for 6 . The weather delayed the start on the Satur­ day, when the last three wickets added only 9, the innings closing for 50. The wickets fell thus:— 1 2 and 3 4 5 6 and 7 8 9 10 41 43 44 50 0 1 2 Blythe, bowling unchanged throughout, took seven wickets for 20. Low scoring continued when the visitors went in, for Woolley was caught at the wicket at 6 and Rhodes and Denton sent back at 11 and 34 respectively. Simp- son-IIayward, fourth out (at 61), made 24 out of 27, after which Fane and Simpson-Hay ward put on 42 by the end of the day without being paned. On the third morning the wicket was in better condi­ tion than at any previous time during the match, and therefore the fact that Leveson-Gower was missed ere a run had been added might have proved a very serious matter. As it was, the fifth wicket put on 115 in 95 minutes, the captain, who made 56 of the number, then being caught at the w icket; he hit seven 4’s, the majority of them fine cuts. Twenty runs later Fane, who played a free game during the latter portion of his innings, was sent back for 70 made out of 186 in 150 minutes ; it was a flawless display which contained nine 4’s. The others did little, but England obtained a lead of 179 on the innings. The home side showed a great improve­ ment when they went in for the second time, for H. W. Taylor and Miller made 60 for the opening partnership. Both left at the same total, after which Nourse and Thomson added 60 for /the third wicket and the latter and Pearse 37 for the fourth. When play ceased on the third day six wickets were down for 167, but, as the game had been interfered with so much by rain, it was decided to continue it on the Wednesday. D. Taylor made 17 and Robinson 10 but no one else reached double figures, and England made the 25 runs necessary to win for the loss of Woolley. Score and analysis :— First innings. F. N. Miller, b Blythe ... 0 II. W. Taylor, b blythe ... 1 W. K. Thomson, c Woolley, b Bird.................................. 0 A. D. Nourse, b Bird........ 5 Second innings, c andbW oolley... 27 st Si rod wick, b S.-Hayward ... 32 b B ir d ..................39 c and b Simpson* H ayward......... 31 O. Pearse, b Blythe ........... C. D. Saville, c Wynyard, b Bird.................................. D. Taylor, b Blythe .......... L. R. Tuckett b Blythe ... Rev. C. D. Robinson, c Fane, b Blythe ........... G. C. Anderson, c Wynyard, b Blythe .......................... S. V. Samuelson, not out... Byes .......................... 0 c S.-Hayward, b Rhodes c Strudwick, Rhodes ... b Rhodes .... notout c B ly t h e , Rhodes ... 10 Total ...................50 E ngland . First innings. Rhodes, e D. Taylor, b Samuelson.......................... 1 Woolley, c Robinson, b Anderson ... ........... 5 Denton, c Miller, b Ander­ son .................................. 22 F. L. Fane, c Saville, b Samuelson..........................70 G. H. Simpson-Hayward, c Nourse, b Anderson ... 24 II. D. G. Leveson-Gower, c Robinson, b Nourse ... 56 M C. Bird, c Thomson, b Nourse ..........................10 Capt. E. G. Wynyard, c Saville, b Samuelson ... 1 Blythe, c Pearse, b Samuel­ son .................................. 10 R. Ponsonby, not out ... 3 Strudwick, b SamiuIson .. 15 B 9, lb 3 ...................12 run out ............ 5 b S.-Hayward ... 0 B 1,1b 4 ... 5 Total.........203 Second innings. c Robinson, b Anderson.......... 4 notout................ 12 n o to u t................. 10 Total ......... 229 N atal . First innings. Byes, &c. ... 0 Total (1 wkt) 26 Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. w . Blythe ......... . 12 4 20 7 ... ... 28 8 47 0 S.-Hayward ., 1 0 1 ' 0 .. ... 23-5 8 59 3 Bird ........... 10 4 24 3 ... ... 12 1 44 1 Woolley ... ... 7 1 13 1 Rhodes ... ... 22 8 34 5 Denton ... ... 1 0 1 0 E ngland . I irst innings. Second innings O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W Anderson . 14 4 29 3 ... ... 44 1 IS 1 Samuelson .. 25-2 4 90 5 ... ... 4 1 8 0 Tuckctt......... . 9 1 44 0 ... Nour*e .. .. 16 3 35 2 ... Saville ... ..,. 3 0 19 0 ... 2 1 , 9T n M a tc h . — v . SOUTH AFRICA. ( t h e SECOND TEST.) Played at Durban on January 21, 22, 25 and 26. South Africa won by 95 ruus. The sides which met in this match were exactly the same as those which took part in the match at .Johannesburg, Blythe again being omitted from the visiting team. The capta:ns decided to nominate a twelfth man for each of the Test games, and on the present occasion Leveson-Gower’s nominee was Tufnell, who replaced Strudwick behind the stumps on the latter retiring hurt in the second innings. The South Africans won the toss, but play, owing to rain, did not commence on the first day until after four o’clock. During the time available 89 runs were made for four wickets, Faulkner (32) and Campbell ( 3 ) being not out at the end of the day. The English attack was commenced by Buckenham and Hobbs, but these gave way to Simpson-Hay­ ward and Thompson at 9 and 16 respectively. At 20 Zulch was bowled by Thompson, who, 16 later, got White caught at square-le«r. With only a single added Nourse was caught at the wicket off Buckenham from the third ball he received, and, with three good men out for 37, the outlook for the home side was certainly not bright. Strieker, who had been playing a sound and steady game, was then joined by Faulkner, and 39 were put on ere the former was bowled : he made his 31 out of 76 in an hour and three-quarters, playing a very useful innings. After his departure Campbell and Faulkner remained together until the close, and, on the second morning, when the wicket was in good condition, kept company until their partnership had realised 40. Faulkner, who hit a 6 and two 4’s, was then caught at slip off Thompson for a faultless 47 made out of 79 in 105 minutes. With his departure half the side were out for 116. Campbell was playing a slow, but valuable game, and in Snooke and Sinclair found two useful partners, who helped to add 34 for