Cricket 1910

V - A p r i l 2 1 , 1 9 1 0 . CR ICK ET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 7 1 R. O. S chwarz . The Transvaal (1st match) at Johannesburg. S. J. S nook *. The Reef ......................... at Vogelfontein. The Transvaal (1st match) at Johannesburg. Soilth Africa (2nd Test)... at Durban. South Africa (3rd Test)... at Johannesburg. L. S tricker . The Transvaal (3rd match) at Pretoria. H. W. T aylor . N a ta l........... ...................at Durban. A. E. V ogler . South Africa (3rd Test)... at Johannesburg. G. C. W hite . South Africa (2nd Test)... at Durban. The Transvaal (2nd match) ...................at Johannesburg. South Africa (3rd Test)... at Johannesburg. J. W. Z ulch . The Transvaal(lst match) at Johannesburg. The Transvaal (2nd match) ..................at Johannesburg. The Transvaal (3rd match) at Pretoria. * Signifies not out. PARTNERSHIPS OF 100 RUNS OR MORE. .(«.)—For the Side. Runs. Wkt. 221f for 1st Hobbs (187) and Rhodes (77); v. South Africa (5tli Test), at Newlands. 207 ,, 1st Hobbs (103) and Rhodes (04); v. Natal, at Durban. 150 ,, 1st Hobbs (89) and Rhodes (00); v. South Africa (1st Test), at Johannesburg, 115 ,, 5tli F. L. Fane (70) and H. D. G. Leveson- Gower (50); v. Natal, at Pieter­ maritzburg. 113 ,, 3rd Hobbs (114) and F. L. Fane (40); v. Western Province, at Newlands. 102 ,, 1st Hobbs (79) and Rhodes (31); v. Eastern Province, at Port Elizabeth. 100 ,, 4th Woolley (04) and F. L. Fane (37); v. South Africa (4tli Test), at Newlands. ■f A record for Test-match cricket. 118 71 50 53 215 149 143 , 125 . 124* 120 114 100 1st 4th 4th 3rd (6.)—Against the Side. J. W. Zulch (170*) and L. Stricker (101); Jhe Transvaal (3rd match),atPretoria A. 1). Nourse (149) and H. W. Taylor (55) ; Natal, at Durban. G. C. White (118)and A. D. Nourse (09); South Africa (2nd Test), at Durban. G. A. Faulkner (14S*) and S. J. Snooke (04); The Transvaal (1st match), at Johannesburg. J. W. Zulch (170*) and F. Le Roux (08*); The Transvaal (3rd match),at Pretoria G. A. Faulkner(99)and S. J. Snooke (47); South Africa (5th Test),at Newlands. G. A. Faulkner (70)and G. C. White(72); South Africa (3rd Test), at Johannes­ burg. G. A. Faulkner (78") and A. D. Nourse (53); South Africa (1st Test), at Johannesburg. * Signifies not out. CHIEF BOWLING FEATS FOR THE SIDE, (a.)—6' or more wickets in an innings :— Blythe, v. XV. of Orange River Colony, at Bloemfontein. Blythe, v. Natal, at Pietermaritzburg. Blythe, v. XV. of Queenstown and North- Eastern Districts, at Queenstown. Blythe, v. South Africa (5th Test), at Newlands. Buckenham, v. XV. of Griqualand West, at Kimberley. Buckenham, v. Transvaal (2nd match), at Johannesburg. G. II. Simpson-Hayward, v. XV. of Griqualand West, at Kimberley. G. U. Simpson-Hnyward, v. South Africa (1st Test), at Johannesburg. Thompson, v. \\estern Province, at New­ lands. ( b)—10 or more wickets in a match :— 10 for 72 Blythe, v. XV. of Orange River Colony, at Bloemfontein. 11 ,, 53 Blythe, v. XV. of Queenstown and North- Eastern Districts, at Queenstown. 10 ,, 104 Blythe, v. South Africa (5th Test), at Newlands. 7 for 38 7 „ 20 7 „ 41 7 „ 40 7 „ 17 0 ,, 92 0 ,, 41 0 „ 43 7 „ 20 (c )—5 or more wicketsfor 5 runs or less each :— 11 for 53 Blythe, v. XV. of Queenstown and North-Eastern Districts, at Queens­ town. 5 „ 21a) Blythe, v. Eastern Province, at Port 7 ,, 32c j Elizabeth. 7 ,, 176 | Buckenham, v. XV. of Griqualand West, 9 ,, 29c J at Kimberley. 0 ,, 28c Buckenham, v. XV. of Queenstown and North-Eastern Districts, at Queens­ town. H. Simpson-Hayward, v. XV. of Queenstown and North-Eastern Districts, at Queenstown. H. Simpson-Hayward, v. Eastern Province, at Port Elizabeth. 20 Thompson, v. Western Province, at Newlands. 14 G. a Signifies 1st innings; b second; and c third. CHIEF BOWLING FEATS AGAINST THE SIDE, (a .)—6 or more wickets in an innings :— 0 for 87 G. A. Faulkner, for South Africa (2nd Test), at Durban. 0 ,, 05 A. Penny, for XV. of Griqualand West, at Kimberley. 7 „ 77 L. R. Tuckett, for Natal, at Durban. 0 ,, 58 A. E. Vogler, for The Reef, at Vogel­ fontein. 7 „ 94 A. E. Vogler, for South Africa, at Joh­ annesburg. 7 „ 81 Lieut. F. J. Wyatt, for XV. of Orange River Colony, at Bloemfontein. H. O. Yates, for XV. of Queenstown and North Eastern Districts, at Queens­ town. 75 (b.y , 181 10 or more wickets in a match :— A. E. Vogler, for South Africa (1st Test), at Johannesburg. 159 Lieut. V. J. Wyatt, for XV. of Orange River Colony, at Bloemfontein. (c .)—5 oi' more wicketsjor 5 runs or less each :— No instances. MEMORABILIA. v. Western Province, at Newlands.—The Governor of Cape Colony, Sir Walter Hely- Hutchinson, attended the match «ach day, v. XV. of Griqualand West, at Kimberley. —On the first day the temperature was 100 ° in the shade, and 163° in the sun. In order to protect themselves from the heat, the umpires use l umbrella?. In England’s first innings M. Keuny broke the fourth finger of his right hand in attempting to field a hard return from G. H. Simpson-Ha\ ward. In bowling S. Rigal in the second innings of the heme side Buckenham broke the off- stump. v. XV. of Orange River Colony, at Bloem­ fontein.—The match was watched by the Governor (Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams) and the Prime Minister (the Hon. Mr. Fischer) of the Orange River Colony. v. The Reef, at Vogelfontein. —H. D. G. Leveson-Gower won the toss for England, and then retiied from the match, F. L. Fane undertaking the duties of captaincy. v. The Transvaal (1st match), at Johannes­ burg.—The play was watched on the first day by Lord Methuen, Commander-in-chief of the South African Forces, and on the second day by Lord Selborne, High Commissioner of South Africa, and Sir H. Goold-Adams, Governor of the Orange River Colony. In the home side's first innings R. O. Schwarz scored 50 out of 69 in 65 minutes. G. A. Faulkner made 46 and 148 not out and took nine wickets for 83 runs. v. South Africa (1st Test), at Johannes­ burg.—G. A. Faulkner scored 78 and 123 and took eight wickets for 160 runs. v. Natal, at Durban. — In Natal’s first iunings H. W. Taylor (55) scored only 4 runs during the first hour he was in. A. D. Nourse made 129 and .54 not out, and, as a mark of appreciation of his first innings, a collection was made for him and realised £46. On the second day of the match Hobbs (163) scored 113 not out before the luncheon interval. v. Natal, at Pietermaritzburg.—In the first innings (50) of Nfttal the fifth wicket fell with the score at 6 . v. South Africa (2nd Test), at Durban.— Before play commenced the captains agreed to nominate a twelfth man for each of tbe Test matches. The English nominee was N. C. Tufnell, who kept wicket in South Africa’s second innings when Strudwick retired hurt. v. The Transvaal (2nd match), at Johan­ nesburg.—Denton scored 139 and 138 for England without a mistake of any kind. v. South Africa (3rd Test), at Johannes­ burg.—Of the 114 runs added iu 80 minutes for the fourth wicket with G. C. White (72) in South Africa’s first innings, G. A. Faulk­ ner obtained as many as 76. Of the 91 added in an hour for the third wicket in England’s first iunings by Denton (104) and Thompson, the latter made only 21. A collection for Denton realized £ 88 , for Hobbs (11 and 93 not out) £70, and for A. E. Vogler (65 and 22 and eight wickets for 207 runs) £60. v. South Africa (4th Test), at Newlands. —J. H. Sinclair, who generally scores fast, made only 19 of the 71 runs added with G. A. Faulkner (49 not out) for the sixth wicket in South Africa’s secon I inniugs. v. South Africa (5th Test), at Newlands. —J. W. Zulch (43 not out) carried his bat through South Africa’s first innings (103). Set 16 to win, England lost M. C. Bird without a run, after which Denton obtaiued all the runs necessary cff Vcgler. CR ICKET IN N IGER IA . EUROPEANS v. PHfflNIX. Played at Calabar on February 22, 23 and 24 and won by Europeans by 30 runs. Score:— E uropeans . W. E. B. Copland-Craw- ford, b Johnson ...102 Capt. W. K. Venning, c Seymour, b Clark­ son ...........................13 G. Thorpe, c Garshong, b Johnson.................. 4 E. B. Wanton, b John­ son ........................... 0 Capt. L. Galloway, c and b Johnson ... 18 F. E. G. Johnson, b Garshong................... 1 * P hosnix . C. P. Leech, c Mills, b Johnson ...........47 W. J. Mason, b John­ son .......................... 0 E. Jones, b John­ son ii ................. 3 Major J. P. Smartt, notout ......... ... 0 Capt. H. S. Sewell, b Johnson ........... 1 Byes, &c..................7 Total 190 H. A. Messam, run out 1 H. Garshong, b Gallo­ way ...........................59 T. Johnson, b John­ son ................... .. 1 D. Coker, b Galloway 41 J. T. Dove, b Johnson 3 E. Johnson, c and b Wanton ..................25 D. Williams, b Gallo­ way .......................... 5 J. Mills, bGalloway 1 J. Seymour, not out .......................... 7 T. Clarkson, b John­ son ..........................10 J. Macaulay, b John­ son .......................... 0 Byes,&c............... 13 Total ...100 The AMERICAN CRICKETER. F ounded 1877. Published by H. H. Cornish on beh a!f o f The A ssociated Cricket Clubs o f P hiladelphia. An Illustrated Journal of Cricket, Association Football, Tennis, Golf, and Kindred Pastimes. No. 008, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, P a , U.S.A, price - 15/- per annum , pose paid anyw here. Specimen copies mailed on request.