Cricket 1911

J a n . 2 6 , 1 9 1 1. CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. P l i The construction of the Demon Drivers is fully described in The Evolution of a Cricket Bat, which may be obtained free upon applica­ tion. THE SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM IN AUSTRAL IA . (Continued from page 1*69.) 1 st M atch .— v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Played at Adelaide on November 4, 5, 7 & 8. The South Africans won by 281 runs. Heavy rain prevented a ball being bowled on the Friday, and when C. Hill won the toss on the next day he sent the visitors in on a pitch which had been dried by the sun and wind but never had any fire in it. Whitty started the bowling, and off his second over the score was opened by Strieker by means of a single. For a time the attack was deadly, Zulch being caught at point at 5, Strieker at third man at 8 and Sherwell yorked at 19. A run later Nourse, who had obtained the first 4 of the game— to square- leg off Crawford—was run out through his own fault, and, when Snooke was caught in trying to hit, half the side were out for 25. At 40 Llewellyn was held at the wieket, but with Faulkner and Schwarz together the position improved. The pair sent up 50 in 80 minutes and 100 in 110 : altogether they added 71 for the seventh wieket, and owing to some successful hitting subsequently by Pearse the total reached 133, made in two hours. Faulkner, who drove well but was missed when 35, hit a 6 (off Crawford) and eight 4’s : when 48 he batted for 20 minutes without adding to his score. Nourse and Vogler shared the attack when the home side went in, and off the latter’s first delivery Zsehorn was given out— incorrectly, accord­ ing to Sherwell—caught at the wicket. At 28 C. Hill was caught at cover and two later Mayne was bowled by Schwarz, who also got rid of Gehrs at 31. Crawford played a fine and plucky game, and with S. Hill aided 32, with Chamberlain 26 and with Campbell 29. He made 66 out of 88 in 62 minutes ere being caught at long-on and hit nine 4’s : the only fault which could be found with his display was that, when 27, he offered Llewellyn at mid-off a chance which that fieldsman found too hot to holii. At the end of the day nine men were out for 169, and on the Monday the total was taken to 183 ere the innings closed, Whitty (who hit three 6’s and two 4’s) and Wright adding 36 for the last wicket. Schwarz took six wickets for 11 runs each, and deserved his success. On the Mondav the wicket was hard and fast and the weather glorious. The South Africans, 50 in arrears, upm going in again, lost Zulch (yorked) at 22 and Sherwell at 52. Then Strieker and Nourse came together and took part in an historic stand. They sent 100 up in 80 minutes and the former, who had gone in first, reached his 50 five minutes later. By excellent all-round batting runs came apace, the 150 being chronicled in 115 minutes and the 200 in 140. Nourse completed his individual 50 in an hour and a-half and Strieker, after batting for 138 minutes, credited himself with the first hundred ever made by a South African in Australia. The pair remained until they had added 242 for the third wicket in 175 minutes and then Strieker, in trying to drive, was caught low down at third man for a faultless innings of 146 made out of 294 in 219 minutes. Cautious at first, he afterwards made runs well all round the wicket by graceful cricket, his cutting and driving especially being good, and among his chief hits were twenty-one 4’s and seven 3’s. Neither Faulkner nor Snooke reached double­ figures, but Nourse remained and completed 100 after being in 177 minutes. 300 went up 217 minutes from the start. Llewellyn, sixth out (at 357), helped to add 43, and when play ended for the day the South Africans, with four wickets in hand, were 321 runs on, Nourse being not out 136. Both on the Monday and the Tuesday the match was honoured by the presence of the Governor of South Australia, Sir Day Bosanquet, who certainly saw some excellent cricket. On the Tuesday Nourse and Schwarz took part in a fine stand, and sent up the 400 as the result of 287 minutes’ play. The latter hit freely and well and of the 109 runs added in 56 minutes for the seventh wieket claimed 64 : he made his runs without a mistake and hit a 6 (off Wright) and six 4’s. The seventh wicket fell at 466, and when Pearse and Vogler had been dismissed by Wright with suc­ cessive balls nine men were out for 478. Nourse then required 20 runs to complete his second hundred—a feat he performed amid much enthusiasm. The last wicket added 29, and the left-hander carried out his bat for 201 scored out of 455 in five hours. He hit twenty-two 4’s during his fine all- round display, but was missed three times— when 17 at slip by Mayne, by Rees off Crawford when 130, and by Campbell off Whitty when 139. The total of 507 took 345 minutes to compile, from which it will be gathered that the play mtfst have been bright. At times the fielding was poor, but not so far as Crawford was concerned. Left with 458 to win, the home team started their great task against Snooke and Vogler. By careful play the total was taken to 34, and then Zschorn was held at slip. Three later Mayne was finely run out by Pearse at third man, and 15 later Clem Hill was easily stumped. At 65 and 70 respectively Craw­ ford and S. Hill were disposed of, but Gehrs added 52 with Chamberlain and 34 with Campbell, and before being beaten bv Schwarz had scored 60 out of 119 in 62 minutes. Of the others only Campbell reached double figures, and in 131 minutes the side had been dismissed for 176. In addition to Strieker and Nourse, each of whom played a three-figure innings in his first match in Australia, Schwarz, who took eleven wickets in the game for 130 runs, had a very large share in the well-merited success of his side. Score and analysis :— S outh A frica . First innings. Second innings. J. W. Zulch, c Mayne, b Whitty .......................... 0b Whitty ............IS L. Strieker, c Zschorn, b c C. Hill, b Cham- Whitty ........... ........... S berlain ...........140 P. W. Sherwell, b Whitty.. 8lbw, b Crawford.. 14 A. D. Nourse, run out ... 4not out ............201 G. A. Faulkner, c S. Hill, c Crawford, b b Rees.................................. 54 Wright ............. 4 S. J. Snooke, e- C. Hill, b Crawford .......................... 4b Crawford............ ^ C. B. Llewellyn, c Camp- c Campbell, b bell, b Crawford ........... 3 Gehrs ........... 17 R. O. Schwarz, b W hitty... 22 b Rees ................... 64 O. C. Pearse, b Wright ... 21 c sub (Down), b Wright ........... 8 A. E. E. Vogler, not out ... 5b Wright ............ 0 S. J. Pegler, c Zschorn, b Wright .......................... 0 b Crawford............ 4 B 8, lb 1 ................... 9 B 18, 1' 10, nb 1 29 Total ... j-,.133 Total...........507 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8&910 22 52’ 294’ 299’ 310’ 357’ 46<j’ 478’ 507* CATALOGUE UPON APPLICATION. BUSrs n r -i w^r r ^ O C A T , 1 AMO N J U I d A L L j IMPROVEDMAKE-KEEPTHEIRSHAPE-LASTLONGER i CATALOGUE UPON APPLICATION. CAIALOGUE UPON APPLICATION. CATALOGUE UPON APPLICATION TO GEO. 6. BUSSEY & Co.. L td . 36 * 38, Queen Victoria St., LONDON. Manufactory — Timber Mills — PECKHAM, S.E. ELMSWELL, SUFFOLK Agents all over the world.