Cricket 1910

M a r c h 31, 1910. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 45 11 th M a tc h . - v . QUEENSTOWN AND NORTH-EASTERN DISTRICTS XV. Played at Queenstown on February 4 and 5. England won by an innings and 63 runs. The England team had a very easy task in this match, winning on the second afternoon by an innings and 03 runs. They won the toss and sent the Fifteen in first, and always had the game well in hand: Hobbs played freely for 40, Denton made 41 by vigdyous cricket, and Fane batted two hours and a-quarter for 41. Going in the second time, the locals lost their first four wickets for 5, and had six down at lunch for 10 , thirteen of the twenty overs delivered having been maidens. Jones and Parsonson added 38 for the eighth wicket, but the innings defeat could not be escaped. Score and analysis:— Q ueenstown First innings. R.A. Knight, b Buckenham 3 II. Bestwetlierick, c Strud­ wick, b Buckenham ... 8 C. G. Taylor, c Simpson- Hayward, b Buckenham 6 H. Parsonson, lbw, b Blythe ......................... 4 A. R. Flynn, b Simpson- Hayward ......................... 6 F. H. Knight, c Woolley, b Blythe ........................ 0 A. Simpson, b Blythe ... 7 C. Vice, b Simpson-Hay­ ward ................................. 0 Capt. C. R. Eagar, b Blythe 5 II. O. Yates, st Strudwick, b Blythe ......................20 A. M. Wilson, c Woolley, b Blythe ........................ 0 H. llood, c Tufnell, b Blythe .......................11 S. R. Brunette, b Simpson- Hayward ........................ 5 L. II. Hartley, b Simpson- Hayward ........................ 0 Rev. .Tones, not o u t ........ 0 B 4, lb 2 ................ 6 XV. Second innings, c Strudwick, b Blythe ......... 0 b Simpson-Hay­ ward.................. 10 n o to u t................. 10 b Simpson-Hay­ ward ................. 12 b Simpson-Hay­ ward.................. c Woolley, b Buckenham ... b Buckenham ... b Simpson-Hay­ ward .................. run out ........... st Strudwick, b Blythe ........... b Simpson-Hay­ ward.................. c Strudwick, b Blythe ........... c Fane, b Bucken­ ham .................. b Blythe b Hobbs B 8 , lb 1 Total ... 81 Total ...........95 Hobbs, c Hartley, b Wilson .................. 40 Woolley, lbw, b Eager 6 N. C. Tufnell, c Tay­ lor, b Eager ........... 2 F. L. Fane, c and b Yates.......................... 45 Thompson, c Hood, b Yates...........................22 Denton, c Flynn, b Yates.......................... 41 G. H. Simpson-Hay­ ward, b Yates.......... 11 Strudwick, c Taylor, b Yates .................. 27 Blythe, c Parsonson, b Eager .................. 11 Buukenham, c Eager, b Yates .................. 20 H. D. G. Leveson- Gower, not out ... 1 Byes ...................13 Total . 239 Q ueenstown XV. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R W. O. M. R. W. Blythe . 22 10 41 7 ... ... 13 8 12 4 Buckenh im .. 10 4 10 3 ... ... 8 4 12 3 Simpson- Hay ward . 11 5 18 4 ... ... 12-5 4 21 5 Hobbs ... ... 8 0 41 1 E ngland . Wilson . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. . 15 0 56 1 Jones ... 3 0 16 0 Taylor .. 8 2 10 0 Vice .. ... 2 0 11 0 Yates .. 20-3 1 75 6 R.A.Knight. 2 1 1 0 Eager . 23 12 57 3 1 2 th M a tc h .— v. EASTERN PROVINCE. Played at Port Elizabeth on February 11 and 12 . England won by an innings and 139 runs. Another very easy win was gained by the tourists in this match, Eastern Province being put out for 45 and 79 and beaten by an innings and 139 runs. The home side’s first innings lasted exactly an hour, Blythe (who took three wickets in an over) and Thompson bowling unchanged throughout. England’s first wicket realised 102 runs, Hobbs, who made the majority of them, making 79 out of 121 whilst in by capital cricket. At the end of the day five wickets were down for 166, and on the Saturday the total was taken to 263. Eastern Province never looked like saving the innings defeat. Lumsden, however, played freely and well tor 24, and Londt and Harding reached double figures. Simpson - Hayward’s lobs proved very succsssful. Score and analysis:— E astern P rov Firsf innings. R. P. Hannam, lbw, b Thompson.......................... 4 W. Glisson, run o u t ...........18 E. Fock, c Wynward, b Blythe .......................... 0 D. S. Lumsden, c Simpson- Hayward, b Blythe ... 0 H. C. Dunell, c Strudwick, b Blythe .......................... 0 O. Wigg, b Blythe ........... 0 J. G. Paterson, b Thomp­ son .................................. 0 H. B. Londt, st Strudwick, b Blythe .......................... 9 T. E. Harding, not out ... 9 E. Lundie, run out ........... 1 H. M. Rhodes, c Strudwick, b Thompson .................. 0 B 3, lb 1 ................... 4 Total ........... 45 1 2, 3, 4 5 6 INCE. Second innings. c Tufnell,b Blythe 3 st Strudwick, b Blythe ........... 0 lbw, b Thompson 9 c Hobbs, b Simp­ son-Hayward... 24 c Bird, b Thomp­ son ... -........... 1 c Blythe,bThomp- s o n ................... 4 b Simpson-Hay­ ward................... 2 st Strudwick, b S.-Hayward ... 12 b S.-Hayward ... 13 b S.-Hayward ... 1 not out.................. 2 B4,lbl,nb3 ... 8 Total ...........79 7 8 9, 10 21 22 33 42 E ngland . Hobbs, st Londt, b Paterson ................79 Rhodes, c Londt, b Paterson ................31 E. G. Wynyard, c Dunell, bPaterson 5 F, L. Fane, lbw, b Paterson ............... 23 M. C. Bird, run out ... 12 H. D. G. Leveson- Gower, c and b Harding ................36 N. C. Tufnell, c Han­ nam, b Lundie ... 16 Thompson, c Fock, b Lundie ... ........... 5 G. H. Simpson-Hay- ward, not out ... 37 Blythe, c Londt, b Lundie ................... 7 Strudwick, c Glisson, b Harding ........... Total 1 .. 11 . 263 E astern P rovince . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Blythe ........... 10 2 21 5 .......... 9 3 11 2 Thompson ... 9*4 2 20 3 ........... 22 7 46 3 Simpson-Hayward 13*5 6 14 5 Thompson bowled three no-balls. E ngland . O. M. R. W. 30 4 96 3 I Glisson 24 3 72 4 Dunell Lundie Paterson Rhodes O. M. R. W. 8 2 33 0 2 0 7 0 8 2 22 0 |Harding.. 4‘4 0 22 2 Commenting on the above match, the Port El'zabeth Advertiser remarked :—“ It cannot be said that the visit of the M.C.C. team has destroyed the reputation of local cricket, for in recent years it has not had one. The fact is, there is no life and no enthusiasm amongst the players, who indulge in the pastime in a lackadaisical spirit, many of them in odd moments snatched from tennis and golf. Cricket, like other pursuits, needs study and practice, and the best cricketers are those who have studied the practical side of the game on the field and practised at the nets what they have learnt by careful study of others’ strokes, bowling, and fielding. The visit has merely accentuated our poverty of talent. The eleven did not do worse than had been expected of them, but they did quite as badly as had been anticipated. The only satis­ factory feature is that the local executive will not have to dip their hands into the Union’s coffers to make up any deficit through a shortfall in the gate-money.’’ 13 th M atch . - THE TRANSVAAL. Playtd at Johannesburg on February 18, 19, and 2 1 . TWO SEPARATE HUNDREDS BY DENTON. England won by 5 0 runs. Everything in this match was dwarfed by the batting of Denton, who made a hundred in each innings without a mistake of any kind. In his first innings he hit two 6 ’s and twenty 4’s, aud, after Hobbs and Rhodes had made 58 for the first wicket, added 40 for the second with the latter and 58 for the third with Thompson. Although no other player made double figures, the total reached 291. The Transvaal also gave an uneven display, but nevertheless scored 270. Strieker and Zulch made 54 together and tLe latter and Moulder 63, but the best display was given by White, who, hitting twelve 4’s and offering no chance, scored 71 out of 127 in 88 minutes. In England’s second innings the batting of Denton again overshadowed every­ thing else: he made 138 out of 241 in 147 minutes, hit twenty-four 4’s, and added 73 with Hobbs for the second wicket, 59 for the third with Thompson, and 58 for the fifth with Woolley. Hobbs scored his 55 out of 91 in 52 minutes by fine all-round cricket, and hit eight 4’s. As in the first innings, the later players on the side offered little opposition, the last six wickets going down for 3S. Set 293 to win, The Transvaal lost Strieker without a run scored and Schwarz at 3. Lindsay, however, stayed and put on 28 with White for the third wicket and 83 with Vogler for the fifth: his 48 was a sound innings, which contained eight 4’s. Vogler hit seven 4’s in his valuable 47, and was sixth out, at 131. Moulder and Pegler did little, but Zulch and Le Roux added 76 for the ninth wicket and the latter and Ward 25 for the last. It seemed as though the home side would save the game, but England won a-quarter of an hour before time by 5ft runs. Le Roux gave a splendid display, and hit a 5 and seven 4’s. Score and analysis:— E ngland . First innings. Hobbs, lbw, b Schwarz ... 33 Rhodes, b Vogler...................45 Denton, c Zulch, b Vogler...139 Thompson, st Ward, b Pegler.................................. E. G. Wynyard, c Lindsay, b Vogler Second innings. Bt Ward, b White 55 b Vogler ........... 6 lbw, b Vogler ...138 22 b Strieker , 12 F. L. Fane, b White ... M. C. Bird, st Ward, W hite.......................... Woolley, c Schwarz, W hite.......................... N. C. Tufnell, b White Buckenham, b White Blythe, not out ........... B 30, lb 5, nb 3 .. Total .. st Ward, b White lbw, b White ... 0 c Pegler, b Vogler c and b Schwarz 31 c Lindsay, b White ........... 5 c Ward, b Vogler 1 not out ......... 1 B 1, lb 2, w 1, nb 2 6 ...........291 T otal..........271 T he T ransvaal . First innings. Second innings. J. W. Zulch, lbw, b Rhodes 53 c Wynyard, b Thompson ... 26 L. Strieker, c Hobbs, b Thompson.......................... 32 b Blythe .............. 0 J. H. Moulder, c Fane, b Rhodes .......................... 33 F. Le Roux, b Thompson... 0 G. C. White, b Blythe ... 71 J. H. Sinclair, b Blythe 16 Woolley, Blythe ........... 8 not out ...........51 c Woolley, b Buckenham ... 19 c Woolley, b Buckenham ... 10 c Wynyard, b Blythe ...........48 c Blythe, b Buck­ enham ........... 2 N. V. Lindsay, c Thompson, b Blythe .......................... 0 R. O. Schwarz, c Wynyard, b Thompson ........... .. 6 A. E. Vogler, lbw, b Thomp­ son .......... .................. 9 b Buckenham ... 47 S. J. Pegler, c and b Wool- lbw, b Bucken- ley .................................. 27 ham ... ........... 2 T. Ward, not out................... 9 b Buckcnham ... 9 B 2, lb 9,w 1, nb 2... 14 B 10, lb 5, nb 2 17 Total ...................270 Total......... 242 E ngland . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Le Roux 4 0 26 0 ... Moulder......... . 4 0 25 0 ... 2 0 17 0 Vogler .......... 16-5 1 85 3 ... ... 17 2 69 4 Schwarz.........,. 5 0 15 1 ... ... 14 2 68 1 Lindsay... .... 4 0 15 0 .. Pegler ........... 8 4 19 1 ... 8 1 29 0 White ......... .. 13 2 42 5 ... ... 11-2 0 60 4 Sinclair......... . 7 1 26 0 ... ... 2 0 10 0 Strieker ... ... 3 0 12 1 Schwarz and Moulder each bowled three no-balls, Vogler two and Le Roux one, and White a wide. T he T ransvaal . First innings. O. M. R. W. 0 . Blythe ........... 27 9 HO 3 ... ... 32 Buckenham ,. 15 1 47 0 ... ... 24 Thompson ... 20 4 82 4 ... ... 14 Wynyard .. 1 0 7 0 ... ... 1 Bird ........... 5 0 12 0 ... Rhodes ... ... 12 1 43 2 W oolley... .... 3-2 1 5 i !" 6 Second innings. ~ M. R. W. '6 3 92 6 42 1 2 0 0 13 0 Buckenham bowled 3 no-balls and Thompson one, and Bird one wide. 14 t h M a tc h . — v. TRANSVAAL. Played at Pretoria on February 2 2, 23 and 24. Drawn. The Transvaal, winning the toss, batted all the first day, scoring 371 for three wickets. Neither Buckenham nor Thompson was included in the England side, and their bowling was much missed. Zulch and Strieker made history by scoring 215 for the opening partnership in 143 minutes, but Faulkner and Lindsay made only a dozen runs