Cricket 1910

4 6 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a r c h 31, 1910. between them. Le Roux, however, although missed three times, stayed to the end, his stand with Zulch realizing 124. Kain prevented a ball being bowled on either of the two following (lays, the match consequently being drawn. Strieker hit fourteen 4’s, Zulch (who was missed when 132) nineteen, and Le Roux twelve. Score and analysis :— T he T ransvaal . N. V. Lindsay, c Denton, b Rhodes 3 F. lo Roux, not out ... OS B 7, lb 3, nb 4 ... 14 L. Strieker, c Wyn­ yard, b l<bodes ...101 J. W. Zulch, not out...170 G. A. Faulkner, c Rhodes, b Wynyard 9 Total (3 wkts) ...371 S. J. Snooke, J. II. Moulder, R. O. Schwarz, S. J. Pcgler, T. Ward and R. A. Thompson did not bat. E ngland .— H. I). G. Leveson-Gower, G. II. Simp­ son-Hayward, F. L. Fane, M. C. Bird, E. G. Wyn­ yard, N. C. Tufnell, Rhodes, Woolley, Denton, Blythe and Strudwick. Blythe . Bird ... . Woolley . W ynyard. O. 12 11 . 17 . 23 T he T ransvaal . M. R. W. 0 44 0 0 40 0 2 51 0 1 93 1 O. Rhodes ... 29 Leveson- Gower.. 3 Tufnell ... 3 M. R. W. 7 100 2 0 10 0 0 19 0 15 th M atch .—v. SOUTH AFRICA. ( the th ir d t e st .) Played at Johannesburg on February 26, 28, March 1, 2 and 3. England won by three wickets. Blythe, Wynyard and Tufnell did not play for England, whilst Pegler and Floquet appeared iu the South African side in place of Sinclair and Schwarz. The home side won the toss, but lost both Strieker and Zulch at 4 and Nourse, who played-on, at 30. The association of White and Faulkner improved matters considerably, although the former was missed by Woolley off Buckenham when 39. Faulkner played confidently and well from the start, and of the 114 runs added in 80 minutes for the fourth wicket was responsible for 70 : he made some capital strokes to leg, and hit a dozen 4's. Owing to rain, which prevented play between 10 minutes to one and 25 minutes to 0, only 144 runs were made, for four wickets, during the day. The ground had quite recovered from the rain when the game was continued on the Monday, and the total was taken to 305 before the last wicket fell. In scoring 72 out of 194 in 160 minutes, White showed strong defence, cut and drove well and hit six 4’s ; he was, however, missed when 39. Commaille, who helped him to add 54, batted an hour and a-half for 39 and hit six 4’s. After the fall of the eighth wicket Vogler played a free game whilst Pegler defended, and 59 were put on ere the former was caught for a vigorous 65, which contained a 6 (off Woolley) and seven 4’s : he was twice let off—when 19 and 32. Owing to indisposition, Hobbs did not field during part of the afternoon, and when the English innings opened Fane went in first with Rhodes. At 3*2 the latter was out, but Denton was at his best and played his third successive three-figure innings : with Fane he added 64 for the second w icket and with Thompson, who made only 21 of the number, 91 for the third in an hour. He made his 104 out of 161 in 100 minutes by brilliant cricket all round the wicket, and hit eighteen 4’s. A collection made on the ground for him realised £S8. Eight runs later Leveson-Gower was Ibw, and then stumps were drawn with half the side out for 201 . On the third morning Bird left at 233 and Hobbs at 234. Two more wickets went down quickly, the ninth falling at *253. Woolley, who had made 9, was then joined by Strudwick and hit so well and successfully that 69 runs were added, giving the visitors a lead of 17. Woolley made 58 out of 89 and carried out his bat : there were five 4’s in his delightfully free display. Rain prevented a ball beiDg bowled between lunch - time and ten minutes past 4, and again stopped play before the end of the day. The South Africans lost Strieker at 24, and when stumps were drawn had made 35 for one wicket. On the fourth morning, despite a useful stand of 43 for the fourth wicket by Faulkner and Campbell, seven men were out for 123 and the outlook was not bright. Snooke, however, played a great game at a critical time and received most useful support from Vogler and Pegler, the former helping to put on 55 for the eighth wicket and the latter 36 for the ninth. Snooke hit seven 4’s in making 52 out of 94 in an hour and a-quartcr—a really fine innings. Floquet and Pegler added a further 23 and England, whose fielding during the match had been very good, were set 221 to win. Before play ceased Thompson and Strudwick made 7 without loss, but on the following morning the bowlers made such headway that four wickets, including those of Denton and Rhodes, were down for 42. Hobbs, for some time after he went in, w?as somewhat uncertain, and his dismissal would not have come as a sui-prise. Fortunately for the Englishmen, however, he settled down to his best form and during the afternoon played a brilliant game and pulled off the match for his side. He hit ten 4’s and thirty-six singles in makipg 93 of the last 179 runs in 130 minutes, and received the pro­ ceeds of a collection which amounted to .£70. Fane played steadily and helped to add 50 for the fifth wicket, and Bird, playing a most valuable game, assisted in putting on 95 for the seventh in 105 minutes. A collection on the ground for Vogler realised €60. Score and analysis:— S outh A frica . First innings. L. Strieker, c Woolley, b j Buckenham ........... -... -3- J. W. Zulch, c Wroolley, b Thom pson.......................... G. C. White, c Buckenham, b Simpson-Hayward 72 A. D. Nourse, b Thompson 12 G. A. Faulkner, c Rhodes, b Buckenham ...................76 M. Cjmmaille, c Strudwick, b Buckenham .................. 39 S. J. Snooke, c Rhodes, b Buckenham ...................13 A. E. Vogler, c Woolley, b Rhodes .......................... 65 C. E Floquet, b Bucken- ham .......................... ... 1 S. J. Pegler, not o u t ...........11 T. Campbell, c Strudwick, b W oolley.......................... 0 B 9, lb 1, w 1, nb 1 ... 12 Total ...305 E ngland . First innings. Rhodes, c Faulkner, b Vogler......................................14 F. L. Fane, c Campbell, b Pegler......................................39 Denton, b Vogltr ............ 104 Thompson, c Vogler, b F aulk ner..........................21 M. C. Bird, bFaulkner ... 20 H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, lbw, b Vogler ................... 6 Hobbs, b Faulkner ...............11 Woolley, not out......................58 G. H. Simpson-Hayward, c Zulch, b Vogler ............ 5 Buckenham, c Pegler, b F aulk ner............................ 1 Strudwick, c Snooke, b Pegler......................................18 B 17, lb 7, nb 1 ... 25 Second innings. b Thompson run out ........... c Woolley,bSimp­ son-Hayward .. c Thompson, b Sim pson-Hay­ ward .......... c Thompson, b Sim pson-Hay­ ward................... b Simpson-Hay­ ward................. b Thompson b Thompson not out ........... run out ........... b Simpson-Hay­ ward.................. B 1, lb 3, nb 2 ... Total.......... 237 Second innings, c S n o o k e , b Faulkner........... 1 b Faulkner...........17 c White, b Vogler 24 lbw, b Vogler run out not out .......... 12 not out .......... 93 c Nourse, b Vogler 0 b Vogler ........... 5 B 10, lb 3, nb 1... 14 Total First innings. ...322 S outh A frica . Total (7 wkt8)221 Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Buckenham... 31 2 115 5 ... ... 23 4 73 0 Thompson ... 17 6 74 2 ... ... 23 9 54 3 Simpson- Hayward 14 1 46 1 ... ... 22 2 69 5 W oolley.......... 21 4 54 1 ... ... 18 6 29 0 R h odes........... 1 0 4 1 ... ... 4 1 6 0 Bird ... ... 0 1 0 0 0 Simpson-Hayward bowled a wide, Woolley one no-ball and Buckenham two. E ngland . O. M. R. W. O. Vogler ... ... 28 4 98 4 ... ... 25 Faulkner ... 30 4 89 4 ... ... 23*4 Pegler ... ... 9-4 0 40 2 ... ... 4 White ... ... 4 0 28 0 ... Floquet... ... 8 2 24 0 ... Nourse ... .. 3 1 18 0 ... Snooke ... !!! 6 Vogler bowled two no-balls. M. R. W. 2 109 4 5 75 2 1 15 0 8 0 16 tii M atc h .— v. SOUTH AFRICA. ( th e fo u r th te s t .) Played at Newlands on March 7 , 8 and 9. South Africa won by four wickets. E ngland Hobbs, 1 and 0 ; Rhodes, 0 and 5 ; Denton, 0 and 10; F. L. Fane, 14 and 37 ; Woolley, 69 and 64 ; Thompson, 16 and 6 ; M, C. Bird, 57 aud 11 ; G. H. Simpson-Hayward, 13 and 9; Buckenham, 5 and 17 ; Strudwick, 7 and 3; Blythe, 1 notout and 4 not ou t; byes, &c., 20 and 12. Totals, 203 and 178. S outh A frica J. W. Zulch, 30 and 13 ; M. Commaille, 42 and 3 ; G. C. White, 15 and 31 ; A. D. Nourse, 27 and 24; G. A. Faulkner, 10 and 49 not o u t; S. J. Snooke, 9 and 7; J. H. Sinclair, 10 and 19 ; L. Strieker, 0 ; R. O. Schwarz, 27 and 9 not out ; A. E. Vogler, 23 ; T. Campbell, not out 3 ; byes, &c., 11 and 20. Totals, 207 and 175 for six wickets. Vogler took seven English wickets for 100 runs and Thompson seven South African for 108. 1 7 th M a t c h .— v. SOUTH AFRICA. ( the fif t h test .) Played at Newlands on March 11, 12 and 14. England won by nine wickets. Hobbs and Rhodes made 221 for England’s first wicket, and Zulch carried his bat through South Africa’s first innings. Score:— E ngland Hobbs, 187; Rhodes, 77 and 0, not ou t; Denton, 25 and 16, not ou t; F. L. Fane, 6 ; Woolley, 0; Thompson, 51 ; M. C. Bird, 0 and 0; G. H. Simpson- Hayward, 19; N.' C. Tufnell, 14 ; Strudwick, 2; Blythe, not out, 2 ; byes, &c., 33 and 0. Totals, 417 and 16 for one wicket. South A frica :— M. Commaille, 4 and 5 ; J. W. Zulch, 43 and 14; S. J. Snooke, 0 and 47 , A. 1). Nourse, 8 and 0 ; G. A. Faulkner, 10 and 99 ; J. H. Sinclair, 1 and 37; M. Bisset, 4 and 27 not ou t; A. E. Vogler, 0 and 2; R. O. Schwarz, 13 and 44 ; N. O. Norton, 2 and 7 ; S. V. Samuelson, 15 and 7 : byes, &c., 3 and 38. Toials, 103 and 327. Norton took four wickets for 47 runs and Faulkner three for 72. For England, Blvthe obtained ten for 104. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. A.G.S. (Bruxelles).—(a) Sydney, in Australia; (fr) Sydney ; ( c) Bulli soil is more lasting. C. H. A rcher (Auckland).—Thanks for your letter. The incidents have been reported in Gossip. Edward W. Box. — Paddington and District League: Hon. Sec., 10 a , Eynham Road, St. Quintin’s Park, W . Paddington League: Sec., 21, Blomfield Road, Shepherd’s Bush. A.H. (Colombo).—He is engaged at the Oval. A letter addressed there would reach him. E.B.C. (Maldon).—The point is not mentioned in the laws, but the general opinion is that the bowler should announce his intention. “ Zummerzet.”— (a) The Australians in England in 188%. By Charles F. Pardon. Published at Is. by Bell's Lije. Out of prin t; ( b ) For the same reason as last year ; (c) Probably because it was considered that another player would be better served by the wicket; ( d ) Capt. Wynyard was educated at Charterhouse, but was not in the Eleven ; (e) In the St. Paul’s XI. in 1889 and 1890; ( /) Extreme pressure on space prevents the publication of your letter. The M.C.C. have not the power to pass any law binding on Australian cricketers, who have as much right to their point of view as Englishmen have to theirs. BOOKS RECEIVED. The Cricket Carnival; Being an Account of Shep­ pard's Third Tour in British (Miana. Georgetown : The Argosy Co., Ltd. Price, 8 cents. Leng's Cricket Handbook. Season 1910. London: John Leng & Co., Ltd., 186, Fleet Street, E.C. Intercolonial Cricket Tournament , January, 1910. Trinidad : The Sporting Chronicle Offices. Price not stated. THE SAVOY BATHS. Mr. W. Cooper the Turkish baths in London have been amalgamated under one management whereby the “ trade secrets” of each separate establishment are available in each of the others. The proprietors of Savoy Baths, Limited, will be pleased to send “ A Guide to Health and Hygiene,” an illustrated pamphlet, post free to any reader. A feature that should be welcomed by cricketers who arrive in London late at night is the “ all night ” Russo- Turkish bath at 91 and 92, Jermyn Street. There one can stay throughout the night, saving the expense and trouble of an hotel, at a cost of only 5s., with breakfast Is. 6 d. extra. 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