Cricket 1910

F e b . 24, 1910. CR ICK E T : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. the sixth wicket and 37 for the seventh respectively. Campbell, who was missed twice by Buckenham, at 27 and 28, was eighth out, at 190 : he made 48 out of 114 in 140 minutes, and hit three 4’s and twenty- three singles. Simpson-Hayward dismissed Schwarz at 192 and Commaille at 199, the innings, after last­ ing five minutes under five hours, closing when the latter was caught. The lob-bowler took four wickets for 42 runs, but Thompson probably rendered the side greater service by disposing of three great run-getters in the early part of the game. England were given a splendid start by Hobbs and Rhodes, who scored 94 for the first wicket in 57 minutes. Both batted freely, especially the Surrey player, and GO went up in 33 minutes. Snooke and Vogler opened the attack, and it was not until 55 that the first change was made, the former then giving place to Faulkner. Hobbs, first out, hit well all round the wicket, but when 52 should have been caught by Snooke : his chief strokes were a G(off Faulkner), a 5 and six 4’s. A run later Denton, owing to a fine throw-in by White, was run out, and the total was only 108 when Fane was caught-and-bowled by Vogler, who had relieved White at 106. Disasters, however, did not cease there for at 117 Rhodes, who had played a sound and faultless innings of 44 out of 117 in an hour and three-quarters, was caught at m id-on; he made some good strokes to leg, and obtained only a couple of fours. With 21 added Woolley was dismissed by a splendid catch at cover-point off Vogler, Zulch, though falling over, retaining possession of the ball. Ten later Bird also was dismissed, and with his departure play ceased for the day, with six wickets down for 148— a poor total considering the fine start. On the Monday Buckenham, playing quieter cricket than usual, helped Thompson to put on 40 in 50 minutes, and upon his departure only 12 runs were required (with three wickets in hand) for a lead to be estab­ lished. At 198 Thompson fell to Vogler, after scoring 38 out of 81 in an hour and three-quarters : his inn­ ings was a most useful one, and he hit a 6 and three 4’s. At the same total Simpson-Hayward was caught at the wicket, and the rival score had just been equalled when Strudwick hit his wicket. The total was made in 215 minutes—in 80 minutes less time than the South Africans took to score the same number. As in their first innings, the home side commenced in poor fashion against Buckenham and Thompson, Zulch being caught at second slip at 6 , Strieker at the wicket at 16, and Faulkner at point at 23. Then, as has happened so often in recent matches, a stand was made which quite pulled the game round. On the present occasion the successful batsmen were White and Nourse, who, playing care­ fully to commence with, caused many changes in the attack. When he had made 36 White might have been stumped, and the let-off proved a very expensive one. The partnership for the fourth wicket realised 143 runs in 155 minutes, and was ended by the dismissal of Nourse by a fine catch at slip by Rhodes. Nourse gave no chance in making 69 out of 150 in 170 minutes, and hit seven 4’s and twenty-nine singles. It was a most valu­ able innings and the best, in point of merit, that he had played against the England team. With 5 added stumps were drawn, the South African total being 171 for four wickets, with White not out 74. The next day Commaille proved in good form and, with White scoring briskly, runs came readily : at 205 Strudwick was struck on the face by a ball from Thompson and obliged to retire, his place being taken by Tufnell. White, when 96, was missed, but the mistake was not very expensive, as at 245, when the wicket had put on 79, Simpson-Hayward bowled him for a capital innings of 118 made out 222 in four hours : his runs were made on both sides of the wicket, and he hit a 6 and ten 4’s. The rest of the innings was marked by a nne display on the part of Snooke, who put on 24 tor the sixth wicket with Commaille (who scored 30 out of 103 in 135 minutes by very steady cricket), 33 for the seventh with Sinclair, and 30 for the last with Schwarz. Snooke, whose wicket was the last to fall, made seven 4’s in scoring 53 out of 102 in an nour and three-quarters. The fielding throughout w*s °f a good standard, although three or four catches were missed. England were set 348 to win m, ,were given a very fair start by Hobbs and Knodes, who made 48 for the first wicket. Then, lollowing the latter's dismissal, the bowlers triumphed, Denton being sent back at 59, Fane at f 106 an(i Woolley at 111. The dismissal °t Hobbs, who had proved himself the finest bats- F 1®11 on the side, was a great blow. By free and aright cricket, and without giving a chance, he scored 70 out of 106 in 75 minutes : he hit a 6 , five s and twenty-five singles and was caught at mid- on- Thompson and Bird stemmed the tide of *‘s,a.ster by remaining together 55 minutes and adding 63, but the latter, who survived to hit a oupie of 6 ’s and two 4’s, was let off when only a ®uckenham did little, but Leveson-Gower I layed a sound game for 23and put on 40withThomp- Wh vu° .a^s? added 24 with Simpson-Hayward, nen the innings closed for 252 Thompson was left out his bat for 46 made out of 146 in 160 nutes—a sound, dogged display. He made two 4’s and eighteen singles. Faulkner bowled with great effect, taking si*c wickets. The receipts for the five days amounted to £1,575. Score and analysis :— S outh A frica . First innings. Second innings. J. W. Zulch, b Thompson 13 c Rhodes, b Buck­ enham ..............3 L. Strieker, b Buckenham 31 c Strudwick, b Thompson ... 5 G. C. White, c Hobb 3 , b Thompson........................... 7 b S.-Hayward ...118 A. D. Nourse, c Strudwick, b Buckenham .................... 0 c Rhodes, b Bird 69 G. A. Faulkner, c Woolley, c Fane, b Buckcn- b Thompson ..................47 h a m ................... 9 S. J. Snooke, b Woolley ... 19 st sub.,b Thomp­ son ...................53 T. A. Campbell, b Simpson- b Simpson-Hay- Hayward ..........................48 w ard................... 1 J. H. Sinclair, b Simpson- Hayward .......................... 12 b Woolley ........22 M. Commaille, c Thompson, b Simpson-Hayward ... 3 b Buckenham ... 30 R. O. Schwarz, b Simpson- Hayward .......................... 0 not out................. 9 A. E. Vogler, not out . ... 7 cWoolley,bSimp- son-Hayward... 11 B 7, lb 5 ...................12 B 1 2 ,lbl,n b4 17 Total ................... 199 Total.......... 347 E ngland . First innings. Second innings. Hobbs, b Sinclair ...........53 c V o g le r , b Faulkner ... 70 Rhodes, c Schwarz,bVogler 44 cWhite, bSinclair 17 Denton, run ou t.................. 0 c V o g le r , b Faulkner ... 6 F. L. Fane, c and b Vogler 6 c Schwarz, b Vogler ......... 6 Woolley, c Zulch, b Vogler 22 c V o g le r , b Faulkner ... 4 M. C. Bird, c Strieker, b c N o u r s e , b Nourse ............................ 1 Faulkner.............42 Thompson, c and b Vogler 38 n otou t.......... ... 46 Buckenham, b Faulkner.. 16 c Faulkner, ’ b Vogler ......... 3 II. D. G. Leveson-Gower, not out .......................... 6 b Nourse ...........23 G. H. Simpson-Hayward, c Campbell, b Vogler......... 0 lbw,b Faulkner... 16 Strudwick, hit wkt, b c Vogler, b Faulk­ Faulkner . ............... 1 ner ................... 7 B 6 , lb 4, nb 2 ..........12 B 9, lb 1, nb2 12 Total .................. 199 Total ......... 252 S outh A frica . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Buckenham ... 27 4 51 2 .,......... 31 4 94 3 Hobbs ... .. . 5 2 5 0 .,......... 2 0 5 0 Thompson ... 28 13 52 3 ........... 38*2 13 78 2 S.-Hay ward ... 23-5 3 42 4 .,......... 23 4 66 3 Rhodes ... . . 5 1 11 0 .. ... 19 6 43 0 Bird .. .. . 3 2 3 0 .,......... 7 3 10 1 W oolley... ... 15 5 23 1 ........... 10 3 34 1 Thompson and Woolley each bowled two no balls. E ngland . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Snooke ... ... 6 1 11 0 ... ... 1 0 9 0 Vogler ......... 30 2 83 5 ... ... 29 6 93 2 Sinclair... ... 16 4 32 1 ... ... 5 0 18 1 Faulkner ..17-1 4 51 2 .. . ... 33 4 8 87 6 V\hite ... .., . 4 1 9 0 ... ... 6 3 10 0 Strieker .. .... 1 0 1 0 .. Nourse ... . .. 1 1 0 i . ! !!! 6 2 i i i Schwarz.. . ... 2 0 12 0 Faulkner bowled four no-balls. IO t ii M a tc h .— v . BORDER. PI .ye.l at East London on January 29, 31, and February 1. England won by Tour wickets. B order . —K. Rl. Hartigan, 6 and 4 ; A. E. Cook, 12 and 39; G. Cross, 5 aud 34; G. Hartigan, 18 and 3 ; II. Phillips, 3 and 20 ; N. O. Norton, 26 and 1; A. W. Norton, 4 and 2; G. Preston, 20 not out and 24; C. Johnson, 15 and 11 not o u t; J. Wood, 18 and 0 ; T. Clack, 3 and 1; byes, &c., 8 and 12. Totals, 144 and 151. E ngland : —Hobbs, 27 and 70 ; Denton, 23 and 1 ; Blythe, 3; N. C. Tufnell, 0; Rhodes, 35 and 24 ; Thompson, 12 and 11 not o u t; M. C. Bird, 1 and 4 ; Woolley, 10 and 12 ; G. H. Simpson-Hayward, 2 and 20; Buckenham, 2 not out and 4 not o u t; H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, 7 ; byes, &c., 15 and 13. Totals, 137and (for six wickets) 159. Buckenham took six wickets for 45 runs and Simpson-Hayward five for 100. For Border N. O. Norton took 4 for 39 and G. Hartigan four for 68 . 1 1 t h M a t c h .— v. QUEENSTOWN AND NORTH EASTERN DISTRICTS XV. Played at Queenstown on February 4 and 5. England won by an innings and 63 runs. Q ueenstown and N.E. D istrict X V . 81 and 95 (Jones, 22). E ngland : —Hobbs, 40 ; Woolley, 6 ; N. C. Tufnell, 2 ; F. L. Fane, 45; Thompson, 22; Denton, 41 ; G. II. Simpson-Hayward, 11 ; Strudwick, 27 ; Blythe, 11 ; Buckenham, 20 ; H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, not out 1 ; byes, &c., 13. Total, 239. Blythe took eleven wickets for 53 runs, Simpson- Hayward nine for 39, and Buckenham six for 28. 12 th M a t c h .— v. EASTERN PROVINCE. Played at Port Elizabeth on February 1 1 and 12 . England won by an innings and 139 runs. E ngland :—Hobbs, 79 ; Rhodes, 31; Capt. E. G. Wynyard, 5 ; F. L. Fane, 23 ; M. C. Bird, 12; H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, 36; N. C. Tufnell, 16; Thomp­ son, 5 ; G. H. Simpson-Hayward, not out, 37; Blythe, 7 ; Strudwick, 1 ; byes, &c., 11. Total, 263. E astern P rovince ;—R. P. Hannam, 4 and 3 ; Glisson, 18 and 0 ; E. Fock, 0 and 9 ; D. S. Lumsden, 0 and 24; Dunell, 0 and 1 ; O. Wigg, 0 and 4 ; Pater­ son, 0 and 2; H. B. Londt, 9 and 12 ; Harding, not out 9 and 13 : E. Lundie, 1 and 1 ; Rhodes, 0 and 2 not ou t; byes, &c., 4 and S. Totals, 45 and 79. Blythe took seven wickets for 32 runs, Thompson six for 66 and Simpson-Hayward five for 14. For Eastern Province Faterson took four for 72, Lundie three for 96 and Harding two for 22. 13 th M atc h .— v. THE TRANSVAAL. Playe 1 at Johannesburg on February 18, 19 and 21. TWO SEPARATE HUNDREDS BY DENTON. England won by 50 runs. E ngland : - Hobbs, 33 and 55 ; Rhodes, 45 and 6 ; Denton, 139 and 138; Thompson, 22 and 12; Capt. E. G. Wynyard, 2 and 7 ; F. L. Fane, 3 and 6 ; M. C. Bird, 0 and 3 ; Woolley, 4 and 31 ; N. C. Tufnell, 2 and 5 ; Buckenham, 2 and 1 ; Blythe, not out 1 and not out 1 ; byes, &c., 38 and 6 . Totals, 291 and 271. T he T r a n s v a a l L. Strieker, 32 and 0 ; J. W. Zulch, 53 and 29 ; J. H. Moulder, 33 and 8 ; F. Le Roux, 0 and 51 not o u t; G. C. White, 71 and 19; J. H. Sinclair, 16 and 10; N. V. Lindsay, 0 and 48 ; R. O. Schwarz, 6 and 2: A. E. Vogler, 9 and 47; S. G. Pegler, 27 and 2; T. Ward, 9 not out aud 9 ; byes, &c., 14 and 17. Totals, 270 and 242. For the Transvaal White took nine wickets for 102 runs and Vogler seven for 154. For England Buckenham took six for 92, Blythe six for 136 and Thompson five for 124. THE CR ICKETER ’S D IA R Y .- Messrs. Bussey’s Crick/ter’s Diary and Companion is now in its nineteenth year, and the popularity it enjoys among followers of the game is well deserved. It contains, in addition to the Diary , many interesting tables relating to the first-class matches played last year, some pages devoted to the records of the game, fixtures for 1910, the laws of cricket and a synopsis of every match played between England and Austra'ia since 1877. The book is well produced and of a handy size for the waistcoat pocket. * The Cricketer's Diary and Companion for 1910. London: George G. Bussey & Co., Ltd., 36 & 38, Queen Victoria Street, E.C. Price, 6 d. The return match between Lincolnshire and Notts. 2nd XI., at Lincoln, will be played on August 10 and 11 and not, as previously arranged, on June 16 .and 17. 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