Cricket 1910

52 A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A p r i l 14, 1910. Kent v. Gloucestershire, at Catford, June 21, 22.—On the first day 499 runs were made for 15 wickets in five hours. Gloucestershire scoring 61 in an hour and a-half and Kent 438 for five wickets in three hours and a-half. Altogether, Kent made 593 in four hours and a-half—50 in 45 minutes, 100 in 75, 150 in 105, 200 in 125, 300 in 165, and the last 100 in 35 : the last five wickets put on 155 runs in an hour on the second day. The second wicket (Humphreys and Seymour) added 224 iu 100 minuter, the third (Humphreys and K. L. Hutchings) 102 in 35, the sixth (A. P. Day and Hardinge) 78 in 25, and the seventh (Hardinge and Fairservice) 57 in 25. Only nine of the 107 overs delivered during the innings were maidens. Humphreys made 208 out of 394 in 195 minutes, reaching 50 out of 81 in an hour, 100 out of 155 in 105 minutes, 150 in 140 minutes and 200 in just under three hours: his innings is the highest ever scored for Kent. K. L. Hutchings made 100 in 50 minutes—he hit twenty 4's and obtained his last 50 runs in 20 minntes —and A. P. Day, who hit Dennett (G ) for ten 4’s in four overs, 64 in 35 minutes. Surrey v. Lancashire, at the Oval, June 21, 22.—In the first innings of Surrey Lees (W. S.) received four balls from W. Brearley and was struck by each: he was then obliged to retire from the match. Surrey v. Oxford University, at Beigate, Jane 21, 22, 23.—Surrey played two first- class matches on the same days; Lancashire, with the luck of the game, won at the Oval by an innings and 35 runs, and Oxford University proved successful at Eeigate by an innings and 98. In the latter match John Shuter made hi 3 first appearance for S irrey since 1900. For the University M. G. Saher (152) made 50 out of 69 in 70 minutes and 100 out of 143 iu 120 minutes. In (he second innings of the county Hitch (W.) scorel 59 out of 77 in 40 minutes. Sussex v. Cambridge University, at Brighton, June 21, 22, 23.—In his innings of 121 for Sussex Vine (J.) hit thirteen 4’s and 47 singles. For the same side W. H. Eamsbotham was bowled by a ball from M. Falcon which broke the bails. In the second innings of the University J. N. Buchanan made 50 out of 70 in 70 minutes. Middlesex v. Notts, at Lord's, June 21, 22, 23. —In the first innings of Middlesex Tarrant (F. A.) obtained 56 of the 80 runs scored with P. F. Warner for the first wicket in 80 minutes: Warner (24) commence! with a 4 and then made 20 singles. Iu the second innings of Middlesex Tarrant (138), when 37, was appealed against for leg-before-wicket and given out, but the umpire, Itoberts (F. G.), reversed his decision. The incident caused much discussion and gave rise to a correspondence in The Times, in which the two captains joined. Derbyshire v. Hampshire, at Blackwell, June 21, 22, 23.—This was the first great malch ever played at Blackwell. For Hamp­ shire, E. M. Sprot (22) made 20 runs —two 6 ’s and two 4's—off an over from Morton (A.). Yorkshire v. Australians, at Bradford, June 21, 22, 23.—On the second day, when not a ball was bowled owing to rain, the receipts amounted to one shilling. (To be continued.) W ISDEN’S CRICKET ALMANACKS FOR SALE. —Back number*. Bound two years together, v iz.: 18S3-4, 1885-6, 1887-8, 18S9-90, 1S91-2, 1893-4, 1895-6, 1897-8, 1S99-1900, 1901-2, 1903-4. Two Sets of 1887-8, 1889 90. Unbound, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908.— P. WHITEUOUSE, 12, Smith Street, Clerkenwell, London. THE M.C.C.’ S TEAM IN SOUTH AFR ICA . (Continued from page 46.) 16 t h M a tc h .— v. SOUTH AFEICA. ( th e fo u r th t e s t .) Played at Newlands on March 7, 8 and 9. THE RUBBER DEClnED. South Africa won by four wickets. Neither Leveson-Gower, Tufnell nor Wynyard played for England in this match, Blythe coming into the eleven for the first time in a Test match, whilst on the South African side Sinclair and Schwarz reappeared instead of Pegler and Floquet. On the third day South Africa won by four wickets, and thereby proved successful in the rubber. England won the toss and batted first on a good wicket, but lost Hobbs and Rhodes at 1 and Denton at 2. Woolley, fortunately, showed good form, and, whilst he hit vigorously all round the wicket, Fane played a quiet, defensive game. The pair added a most useful 41 for the fourth wicket, and the good work was continued by Thompson after Fane had been dismissed by a fine catch at the wicket. Thompson was very patient, and his innings of 16 was worth far more than its face value, inasmuch as he helped to put on 69 at a critical time against good bowlers. When he left half the side were out for 114, and four runs later Woolley was caught for a vigorous innings of 69 made out of 116 in 102minutes: he hit nine 4’s and, apart from a difficult chance off Faulkner when 30, made no mistake. Bird after­ wards hit freely and well, and hit nine 4’s in scoring 57 out of 91 in an hour: with Simpson-Hayward he added 28 for the seventh wicket, and with Strud­ wick 37 for the ninth. For their total of 203, the visitors were indebted very largely to Woolley and Bird, no other player on the side making 20. In reply, South Africa made a very useful start, Commaille and Zulch scoring 47 for the first wicket, and the latter and White 46 for the second. When the latter was bowled, stumps were drawn for the day with two wickets down for 93, Commaille being not out 39. On the second morning the bowling, without being particularly deadly, was never mastered, although five of the remaining players reached double figures. Commaille was soon out, and the longest stand during the rest of the innings was 35 for the ninth wicket by Schwarz and Vogler. Thompson bowled admirably—far better than his analysis of four for 50 would suggest. England, upon going in again, four runs behind, made another bad start, Hobbs, Rhodes and Denton all being out for 17. Woolley and Fane, as in the first innings, effected an im­ provement, and it would be difficult to speak too highly of their partnership of 100 for the fourth wicket. Of that number Woolley, who hit six 4’s and was missed when 15, scored 64 in 78 minutes. Fane batted steadily for an hour and a-half for 37 and hit six 4’s. Upon his dismissal half the side were out for 125, and the others did so little that the innings closed for 178, leaving the home side 175 to win. Vogler bowled very well and, with Faulkner, shared the bowling honours of the innings. The South Africans did not find run-getting an easy matter for they lost both Zulch and Commaille at 18. White and Nourse offered a determined resist­ ance and brought about several changes in the attack, but both wore dismissed at 76, and when Snooke was lbw half the side were out for 91—a serious position. Faulkner, after being missed when 10 and 16, settled down to a good game, and Sinclair played such a successful defensive innings for 19 that he was in whilst 71 were added for the sixth wicket. With Schwarz in the remaining runs were obtained without further loss, England losing by four wickets. Faulkner’s innings of 49 not out was valuable rather than meritorious, inasmuch as it contained two chances before 20. It should be added that Buckenham, owing to a sprained thigh, was unable to enter the field after lunch, when two wickets were down for 55. His absence naturally handicapped the Englishmen to no small extent. Score and analysis E ngland . First innings. Hobbs, c Faulkner, b Vog­ ler.......................................... 1 Rhodes, c Faulkner, b Snooke .......................... 0 Denton, c Commaille, b Snooke .......................... 0 F. L. Fane, c Campbell, b Sinclair ..........................14 Woolley, c Zulch, b Sinclair 69 Thompson, run out ...........16 M. C. Bird, c Campbell, b W hite.................................. 57 Second innings, c C a m p b e ll, b Snooke ........... 0 b Snooke .......... c F a u lk n e r, b Vogler ........... c Snooke, b Faulk­ ner .................. b Vogler .......... cSnooke, b Faulk­ ner ................... c Schwarz, b Vog­ ler .................. G. H. Simpson-Hayward, b c Faulkner, bVog- F au lk n er...........................13 ler ..................... 9 Buckenham, b Vogler ... 5 cFaulkner,b Vog­ ler .................. 17 Strudwick, c and b White 7 c Nourse,b Faulk­ ner ................... 3 Blythe, not out..................... 1 n o to u t................... 4 B 13, lb 5, nb 2 ... 20 B 4, lb 8 ... 12 Total ...................203 Total..........178 South A frica . First innings. Second innings. J. W. Zulch, b S.-Hayward 30 c Strudwick, b Thompson ... 13 M. Commaille c and b Buckenham ......42 b Buckenham ... 3 G. C. White, b B ir d ...........15 c W o o lle y , b Thompson ... 31 A. D. Nourso, b Thompson 27 c Rhodes,bBlytlie 24 G. A. Faulkner, c Fane, b Buckenham ......10 not out .............49 S. J. Snooke, b Woolloy ... 9 lbw, b Blythe ... 7 J. H. Sinclair, b Thompson 10 b Thompson ... 19 L. Strieker, lbw, b Thomp­ son .. ......................... 0 R. O. Schwarz, c Rhodes, b Thompson.......................27 not out.................... 9 A. E.Vogler, b Buckenham 23 T. Campbell, not out........... 3 B 10, nb 1 ...................11 B 15, lb 3, nb 2 20 Total ...........207 E ngland . Total (6 wkts) 175 First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. S nooke.............. 8 1 35 2 ............ 8 0 23 2 Vogler ...............11 3 28 2 ............ 21*3 3 72 5 Faulkner ...15 1 61 1 ............ 14 6 40 3 Sinclair.............. 15 3 41 2 ............ 4 1 16 0 N ourse.............. 3 0 13 0 ............ White ............... 1 0 5 2 ........... 4 1 15 0 Snooke bowled two no-balls. S outh A frica . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Buckonham... 20 3 61 3 ............ 7 2 12 1 Blythe ..............15 7 26 0 ............ 20 7 38 2 S.-Hayward ... 9 1 33 1 ............ 5 0 12 0 Thompson ...16 3 50 4 ............ 203 2 62 3 Bird ... ... 1 0 3 1 ............ 1 0 5 0 Woolley.............. 6 2 23 1 ............ 3 0 24 0 Rhodes . . . . 3 220 Buckenham bowled two no-balls and Thompson one. 17 th M a tc h .— v. SOUTH AFIIICA. ( th e fif t h t e s t .) Played at Newlands on March 11, 12 and 14. 221 FOR THE FIRST WICKET. England won by nine wickets. With the rubber decided, interest in the last of the Test-matches was naturally not so great as it would have been otherwise. Buckenham, Loveson-Gower and Wynyard did not turn out for England, whilst on the South African side Samuel­ son, Norton and Murray Bisset took the places of Strieker, White and Campbell. England won the toss, and on a perfect wicket scored 406 for seven wickets on the first day. The batting of Hobbs and his partnership with Rhodes overshadowed every­ thing else. Together they made 221 for the first wicket in 157 minutes, scoring 50 in 35 minutes, 100 in 69, 150 in 100, and 200 in 140. Rhodes played a much quieter game than his partner, and by faultless cricket scored 77 of the 221 runs mentioned. A feature of his batting was his cutting. Hobbs made 50 (out of 80) in 50 minutes, and reached his 100 in two hours. Denton helped to add 44 for the second wicket, but Fane and Woolley fell to consecutive balls from Noiton at 286. Thompson, as usual, played a strong, defensive game, but at 327 lost llobbs, who touched the stumps with his foot and dislodged a b ail; he made 1S7 out of 327 in three hours and three-quarters, hit twenty-three 4’s, and offered two chances—the first to mid-off when he had scored 146. Two balls later Bird was caught at slip, but Simpson-Hayward and Tufnell gave Thompson useful aid, and in the end the total reached 417. Thompson batted for two hours without a chance, and hit only one 4. Norton was by far the best South African bowler, and did well to take four wickets for 47 runs in so large a total. Throughout the second day the home side were playing an uphill game. The wicket was still very good, but, so well did Blythe bowl, that their first innings closed for 103, and they were called upon to follow-on, 314 behind. Both Com­ maille and Snooke were out at 4, and by the time the total had reached 41 Nourse, Faulkner and Sinclair wore all out. Bisset and Voglei scored only 4 between them, the seventh wicket falling at 48. Schwarz helped to add 35, and Samuelson 17, but the iunings