Cricket 1910

5 ° CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A pr il 14, 1910. our moist turf. At the end of the tour he headed the South African first-class batting averages, having lost 39 wickets for practi­ cally 30 runs apiece, and scored an aggregate of 1,163—only 40 less than that of Mr. Nourse; whilst he was fourth amongst the long string of successful bowlers with 64 wickets for 1,013 runs, or It ss than 16 per wicket. And the fact that he is likely to be among us again in a couple of yea^rs ought to be an incentive to our living on, in spite of an endless prospect of deferred Budgets and General Elections meanwhile. H.-P.T. ME. FAULKNER IN FIRST-CLASS ClilCKET. Runs. S eason 1901-5. Wkts. Runs 35) Transvaal v. Western'Province, 2 for 28 16 ) at Cape Town. S eason 1905-6. *10 ) Transvaal v. England at Johan- ( 3 — 46 *63 j nesburg. \ 3 — 62 4) South Africa v. England, at J 2 — 35 6 j Johannesburg. 1 26 17 South Africa v. England, at f 3 — 38 Johannesburg. \ 0 — 19 19) South Africa v. England, at ( 0 j Johannesburg. \ 34) South Africa v. England, at ( •’ r4 j 45 Capo Town. ■46 • 21 - 49 ■ 21 South Africa v. England, at j 0 — 11 Cape Town. S eason 1906-7. I 0 3) Transvaal v. Natal, at Johannes- ( 6 ■ 95 75 62 33 ( 3 — 32 1 0 - 4 ( 2 — 55 I 4 — 58 ( 4 — 59 ( 1 — 30 ( 6 - 3 7 I 2 — 36 burg. 13) Transvaal v. Orange River ■0 ) Colony, at Johannesburg. Transvaal v. Western Province, at Johannesburg. Transvaal v. Eastern Province at Johannesburg. 19) Transvaal v. Western Province, 7 > at Cape Town. S eason 1907. 13 .1 South Africa v. Leicestershire, q __ 34 / at Leicester. n. South Africa v. Essex, at / 1 — Ul Leyton. 27) South Africa v. M.C.C. 14 ) Ground, at Lord’s. South Africa v. Oxford Univer- j sity, at Oxford. 3 South Africa v. Cambridge Uni- _ 0 J versity, at Cambridge. 0) South Africa v. Northants, at ( 1 I 3 and ( 1 — 19 I 1 — 12 55 13/ Northampton. 11 ) South Africa v. Middlesex at 26 ) Lord’s. 16) South Africa v. Hampshire, at r 8 j Southampton. 5 ) South Africa v. Warwickshire, J 3 - *61 j at Edgbaston. ( 0 - J?. 1 South Africa v. Kent, at Catford — ou) 44) South Africa v. England, at , .*12 j’ Lord’s. 11 ) South Africa v. Sussex, at „ 35 f Brighton. 24 ) South Africa v. Surrey, at the ( 0 - 6 ) Oval. I 4 - 11 I South Africa v. Yorkshire, at j 3 9 1 Bradford. 6 ) South Africa v. England, at 11 j Leeds. 31 5 58 12 *106 South Afr.ca v. L.ancashire, at Manchester. 28 j I 6 ■ 1 0 — 17 J 6 . - 1 7 ( 3 — 58 1 - 2 7 26 I South Africa v. Gentlemen of J 2 — 24 39 Ire’and, at Dublin. 57) South Africa v. Notts, at Not- ( 0 — 50 18 ) tingham. | 1 — 15 J- South Africav. Essex, at I.eyton. | j ~ 3g 2 ) S.uth Africa v. England, at the ( 2 — 78 41 f Oval. 1 0 — 6 .c South Africa v. Gloucestershire, at Bristol. 73) Of 1 — 20 4 — 23 0 — 44 4 — 44 21 I 24 I South Africa v. Somerset, at Bath. 0) South Africa v. M.C.C. and 36 ) Ground, at Lord’s. ro South Africa v. An England XI., at Uttoxeter. South Africa v. An England XI., ( 2 — 41 at Scarborough. ( 0 — 43 S eason 1907-8. No First-Class Cricket. S eason 190S-9. 28 Transvaal v. Eastern Province, 7 — 39 at Cape Town. 31 Transvaal v. Border, at Cape ( f4 — 27 Town. ( 4 —126 42 ) Transvaal v. Western Province, ( 6 — 72 *68 j at Cape Town. ( 4 — 94 + Including the hat-trick. 46) *148 f 78) 123 f 47 9. S eason 1909-10. Transvaal v. England, at Johan­ nesburg. South Africa v. England, at f Johannesburg. | 3 — South Africa v. England,at ( 2 • Durban. \ 6 • 9 Transvaal v. England, at Pretoria. - 76 { 44 J 49 34 120 40 ■51 ■87 South Africa v. England, at ( Johannesburg. \ 10 i *49 ) 10 \ 99 ) South Africa v. England, Cape Town. South Africa v. England, Cape Town. * Signifies not out. at ( 1 t 3 at 3 — 75 — 61 — 40 — 72 The above figures show that he has com­ menced 82 innings, has been not out 13 times, and, with 148 not out as his highest score, has made 2,578 runs with an average of 37 36. He has also taken 180 wickets for 2,903 runs, or 16-12 each. THE COMING SEASON . The prospects of the coming cricket season mainly depend upon the spirit in which first- class matches are played. The public will cordially respond to bright, keen cricket, the type that demonstrates the sporting nature proverbially associated with the game. If the county elevens will take the field deter­ mined to play in that spirit they will ensure a marked revi'al in the popularity of first- class cricket, a popularity assiduously fos tered by the Press. But if we are to be treated to monotonous exhibitions of legalised obstruction with the body and deliberate development of bowling*off the stumps, com­ bined with leisurely occupation of the wickets, slack fielding, aud a general air of “ What does it matter?” then the first-class game will descend deeper into its rut of temporary mediocrity. One invaluable asset is that with the pr pinquity of the comet we are promised a fine, warm summer, and that makes an incalculable difference. What will make still more is playing the game with keenness instead of with that increasing slackness which is keeping away so many enthusiastic spectators. Sir Home Gordon, Bart, in The Badminton Magazine. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. A.L. (Ceylon).—Hampstead made 813 for nine wickets in one day v. Stoics, at Hampstead, 011 August 4th, 1886. The runs were made in six hours and a-quarter. W. W. P arsons .— J. Sharp, of Lancashire, did not play for England v. Australia before 1909. CRICKET IN THE ARGENT INE REPUBL IC . NORTH V. SOUTH. Played at Hurlingham on February 6 , 7 & 8 . The South won by seven wickets. The nineteenth match between the North and South of the Argentine Bepublic was noteworthy for an innings of 151 not out by H. Dom ing—the largest ever played for either side in the history of the game—and for scores of 90 and 87 by R. Leys, an old London County player, for the North. The South have now won six games in succession, and, in the series of nineteen, have proved successful in twelve to the North’s seven. Leys scored 90 out of 173 in 140 minutes and 87 out of 117 (added with Knight for the fourth wicket) in 130 m inutes: he hit eight 4’s and seven 3’s in his first innings and twelve 4’8 and four 3’s in his second. Doming gave three chances—the first when 41—in making 151 out of 250 in 185 minutes : his chief strokes were twenty-one 4’s, a 3, and thirteen 2’s. He added 75 with Biedermann and 53 with Brown. Garnett kept wicket splendidly, not allowing a bye in either innings. Score and analysis: — N orth . First innings. Second innings. P. A. Foy, b D om ing........ 0 b Whaley ............ 0 E. S. Knight, b Doming ... 1b D om in g ............32 J. R. Garrod, c Toulmin, b Whaley ..........................22 c and b Doming 6 J. H. Paul, b B row n......... 39 c Mold, b Whaley 6 B. Leys, run out.................. 90 lbw, b Doming... 87 H. G. Garnett, cJ. O. c Biedermann, b Anderson, b Doming ... 17 Whaley .............31 W. D. Gardom, b Jackson.. 27 b Whaley .............10 H. A. Cowes, b Doming ... 2 st R. Anderson, C. A. Rathbone, b Doming A. T. Spens, b Dom ing ... E. G. Holmes-Brown, not out .................... ... ... Byes, &c.................. b Jackson ... 22 7 not out.................. 10 0 cWhaley,bBrown 25 c Brown, b Dorn- 8 ing ................... 0 8 Byes, &c. ... 17 Total ...221 South. First innings. C. H. Whaley, c Leys, b Cowes..................................49 P. J. Aste, c Knight, b Foy 24 H. M. Forster, b Foy.......... 0 E. M. Toulmin, b Spens ... 2 N. W. Jackson, run out ... 9 H. E. C. Biedermann, st Garnett, b Foy... ... 47 H. Doming, not out ...........151 G. G. Brown, lbw, b Cowes 24 J. O. Anderson, runout ... C. T. Mould, b Holmes- Brown '..........................24 R. E. H. Anderson, c and b Cowes .......................... 5 Total.......... 246 Second innings. notou t..................13 notou t........... 61 c Gardom, b Foy 3 c Spens, b Foy ... 36 8 c Spens, b Foy ... 8 Lcg-byes ... ... .. 5 Byes, &c. ... 0 Total ...................348 Total (3 wkts)121 T he N orth . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Doming ... 31*1 9 84 6 ... ... 22 11 46 4 W haley.......... 23 1 49 1 ... ... 29 9 92 4 Jackson.......... 10 2 32 1 ... ... 9 1 34 1 Toulmin ... 10 1 35 0 ... ... 6 2 13 0 Brown .......... 6 1 13 1 ... ... 14 3 38 1 Aste ... 2 0 6 0 Whaley bowled eleven no-balls. T he S outh . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Spens ........... 20 3 85 1 ... ... 8-4 0 40 0 F oy.................. 34 3 125 3 ... ... 11 0 50 3 Cowes ........... 13 1 46 3 .. ... 1 0 10 0 Holmes-Brown 7’3 0 27 1 ... ... 2 0 21 0 Rathbone ... 10 0 60 0 ... GEORGE LEW IN & Co., (Established 1869.) 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