Cricket 1911

F eb . 23, 19 11. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 21 S outh A frica , P.W. Sherwell, b Min- nett ........................... 0 M.Commaille, c Stack, b Massie ......................61 G. A. Faulkner, b Darby ....................117 A. D. Nourse, run out 19 L. Strieker, c Massie, b Hartkopf ..............11 * Innings declared closed. T. Campbell and S. J. Pegler did not bat. Com bined U n iversities. Second innings. C. B. Llewellyn, not out ..........................148 S. J. Snooke,b Barbour 67 O. C. Pearse,b Barbour 4 R. O. Schwarz, not out 31 B 24, lb 3, w 1, nb 1 29 Total (7 wkts)*487 O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Llewellyn ... 20 3 73 6 ... ... 2 0 9 1 Nourse ... ,... 7 2 86 1 ... Snooke ... ,... 7 2 80 1 ... Pegler ... ... 11-3 1 33 1 ... ... 8 1 30 2 Schwarz ... 22 3 69 0 ... ... 10 0 36 1 ' Faulkner ... 6 0 37 0 ... ... 6 0 35 0 Minnett Stack... Darby O. Commaille ... . Pearse ................ S outh A frica . M. R. W. 1 18 1 0 25 1 O. M. R. W. 25 2 98 II Massie ... 19 3 77 1 13 0 87 0 Hartkopf.. 11 1 71 1 16 1 77 1 IBarbour ... 8 0 Minnett bowled a no-ball and Stack a wide. 20 10 th M atch .— v . X V . O F B E N D IG O . P layed at B en d ig o on D ecem ber 26 and 27. T h e S ou th A frica n s w on by an in n in gs and 41 runs. T h e h om e team gave so disappoin tin g a display that w h at w as hoped w ould be a three-days m atch w as over in two. B en digo, w ho batted w ith fifteen m en, placed on ly thirteen in the field. P ierce, w ho w as the h igh est scorer in each innings, h it a 6 (off S ch w arz) and fou r 4 ’s in m akin g 42— the brightest feature o f h is side’s cricket. Dr. G reen also scored w ell on each occasion , but w as very slow . F a ulk ner, w ho hit eight 4’ s, m ade 89 in 100 m in utes, but sh ou ld have been easily run ou t w hen 35. P egler hit freely, am ong h is strokes being tw o 6’s off C ham berlain. S core and analysis :— XV. of B endioo . First innings. Second innings. Dr. T. E. Green, run out ... 25 b Pegler E. J. Keogh, st Sherwell, b Schwarz.......................... T. Hall, lbw, b Schwarz ... C. Thorpe, b Pegler .......... Dene Moore, st Sherwell, b Schwarz.......................... J. Harry, lbw, b Schwarz... G. Chamberlain, c Sher­ well, b Schwarz ........... E. C. Attwater, b Vogler ... V. Anderson, b Schwarz ... 0 b Schwarz G. Dyett, c Strieker, b c Schwarz, Vogler................................ B. Pierce, c Hathorn, Pegler............................... J. Bayliss, c Faulkner, Sinclair ........................ H. Taylor, c Schwarz, Pegler,............................... G. Gould, b Pegler ... . N. Deravin, not out ... . Byes, &c.................... Total ................. S outh J. W. Zulch, b Ander­ son .......................... 16 P. W. Sherwell, c Dyett, b Deravin ... 9 G. A. Faulkner, c Gould, b Anderson 89 M. Hathorn, c Pierce, b B ayliss.................. 1 L. Strieker, c Pierce, b Chambetdain ... 14 S. J. Snooke, IW^eravin 20 20 b Pegler ......... 2 7 c Zulch,bSchwarz 8 1 b Pegler .......... 0 3 b Pegler 1 b Vogler 22 b Schwarz run out 0 Vogler c Hathorn, 42 Pegler 4 b Peglcr 12 b Schwarz ... 0 b Pegler 1 n otou t.......... 3 Byes, &o. .141 Total ............112 A frica . J. H. Sinclair, c Moore, b Anderson 31 M.Commaille, c Cham­ berlain, b Deravin 31 R. O. Schwarz, st Gould,bChamberlain 36 S. J. Pegler, not out... 37 A. E. E. Vogler, b Deravin................... 2 Byes, &c.............. 8 First innings. Schwarz ... Pcgler ... Vogler ... Sinclair ... Snooke ... Deravin... Anderson T o ta l.......... 294 V. o f B endioo. Second innings. R. W. R. W. ... 51 ... 6 ................. 17 ... 4 ... 27 .. 4 ................. 34 ... 7 ... 25 ... 2 ................. 28 ... 2 ... 31 ... 1 ................. 25 ... 0 ... 4 ... 0 .................. S outh A frica . 75 ... 4 1Chamberlain 51 ... 2 76 ... 3 |Bayliss ... 24 ... 1 11 th M atch .— v. AUSTRALIA. (s e co n d t e s t .) Played at Melbourne on December 31, January 2, 3 and 4. Australia won by 89 runs. Except that Pegler took the place of Vogler, who had not been showing very good form, the sides were identical with those that plajed at Sydney. Again the Aus­ tralians won the toss and had first innings under ideal conditions. Nourse and Snooke opened the bowling, but runs came so readily that 50 went up in 40 minutes. Nine later Trumper played-on, but with Hill and Bardsley together runs continued to accrue rapidly. Without further loss three figures were reached in 70 minutes, and a little later Hill, when 26, might have been caught at mid-off. It was not until the stand had realised 101 that a separation was effected, Hill then being bowled by a ball he did not attempt to play. Gehrs, next in, hit 4 off the first ball and fell to the next, and with the total unchanged Bardsley was out to a good catch at slip. He gave no chance, hit eight 4’s and made his runs all round the wicket. When Macartney was brilliantly run out by Zulch half the side were out for 188, but a sixth-wicket stand of 74 by Ransford and Armstrong pulled the game round. Ransford showed stylish cricket and Kelleway remained with “ W . W. A .” whilst a further 47 were added. Armstrong, hitting four 4’s, made 75 out of 149 in 112 minutes—a most valuable effort. The rest of the innings was noteworthy for a fine catch on the boundary at long-on by Nourse, who ran a considerable way for the ball, which he reached with one hand above his head whilst jumping. The V. C. A ., in order to present him with a memento of the feat, gave him the ball. The innings realised 346 and lasted 246 minutes. The visitors lost their first wicket at 34, but afterwards held the advantage, thanks to Faulkner who played the innings of his life. In 5j hours he made 204 of the 368 runs obtained whilst in, giving only two chances —when 64 and 126—and hitting twenty-six 4’s. Showing himself possessed of a fine repertoire of strokes, he made his runs all round the wicket and played with confidence from the start. With Zulch he put on 107 for the second wicket, with Nourse 110 for the third, with Strieker 47 for the fourth and with Snooke 90 for the sixth. He reached 100 in 114 minutes and 200 in 293, and was presented with a gold bat in recog­ nition of his performance. Snooke, after an unsteady opening, cut and glanced well and hit as many as ten 4’s in his 77. Sinclair played a faultless game for 58, compiled chiefly by means of two sixes aud a dozen 4’s. The others did little, but the total reached 506. The side made 100 in 95 minutes, 200 in 168, 300 in 255, 400 in 354 and 500 in 442. The Australians’ fielding was keen throughout, and it deserves to be mentioned that at one period of the game Armstrong, whilst bowling, had seven men on the leg side. With arrears amounting to 158, the home side, not­ withstanding a partnership of 54 for the third wicket between Gehis and Trumper, had four good men out for 94. Trum­ per alone showed any mastery over the attack during the period mentioned, but subsequently Ransford and Kelleway helped him to add 82 for the fifth wicket and 61 for the sixth respectively. Trumper, sixth out, made 159 out of 237 in 171 minutes by faultless and brilliant cricket. He scored with equal facility all round, reached 50 in an hour and 100 in 110 minutes, and hit a 6 and fifteen 4’s. His display must rank as one of his very best. Zulch, who was indisposed, had his place in the field taken by Commaille, who was the means of getting rid of Cotter by a wonderful catch in the long-field. He was obliged to race after the ball, and by a supreme effort just managed to hold it close to the rails. The V.C.A. had the ball mounted and presented to him as a memento. The innings closed for 327, leaving the South Africans only 170 to win —a task which everyone thought would be accomplished with ease, considering the state of the wicket. Cotter and Whitty bowled, and the visitors, almost before they knew what was happening, found themselves playing a losing game. Strieker left with only a single scored, and the collapse was so pronounced that, when Faulkner was caught at mid-on half the wickets were down for 46. At that point Whitty had bowled eight overs for 6 runs and three wickets. Subsequently Llewellyn alone reached double­ figures, and the South Africans, after appear­ ing to have the game in their hands, were beaten by 89 runs. It is worthy of mention that Zulch pluckily left his bed in order to bat, and, going in seventh wicket down, carried out his bat for 6. Whitty’s bowling was beyond praise, and to fail against it was no disgrace. The total receipts of the match were £2,256 17s. The South Africans’ share amounted to £886 5s. 3d.; the trustees of the Melbourne Cricket Ground got £225 13s. 6d; the Victorian Cricket Association £5 8 1 9s. 3d.; and the balance was absorbed by players’ and other expenses. Score and analysis :— A ustralia . First innings. V. T. Trumper, b Pegler ... 34 W. Bardsley, c Snooke, b Sinclair ..........................85 C. Hill, b Llew ellyn...........39 D. R. A. Gehrs, b Llew­ ellyn .................................. 4 C. G. Macartney, run out... 7 V. S. Ransford, run out ... 58 W. W. Armstrong, c Sher­ well, b Faulkner ...........75 C. Kelleway, c Faulkner, b Strieker ..........................18 H. Carter, not out ...........15 A. Cotter, c Strieker, b Schwarz .......................... 3 W. J. Whitty, c Nourse, b Faulkner .......................... 6 Lb 3, nb 1 .................. 4 Total ... Second innings. b Faulkner..........159 st Sherwell, b Schw arz.......... 14 b Schw arz.......... 0 st Sherwell, b Schw arz...........22 c Snooke, b Llew­ ellyn.................. 5 c Sinclair, b Schwarz ... b Llewellyn 23 29 b Pegler .......... 48 c Sherwell, b Llewellyn ... 0 c sub (Com maille)s b Llewellyn ... 15 not out........... Lb 6, nb 1 5 . 1 327 . 348 Total... S outh A frica . First innings. Second innings. P. W. Sherwell, c Carter, b Cotter..................................24 b Whitty .............16 J. W. Zulch, b Cotter ... 42 n o to u t................. 6 F. A. Faulkner, c Arm - c Kelleway, b strong, b Whitty ...........204 Whitty ........... 8 A. D. Nourse, b Kelleway 33 lbw, b Cotter ... 2 L. Strieker, b Armstrong... 26 lbw, b Cotter ... 0 C. B. Llewellyn, b Arm­ strong .................. ........... 5 b Cotter ...........17 S. J. Snooke, b Whitty ... 77 c Armstrong, b Whitty .......... 9 58 lbw, b Whitty ... 3 0 c Kelleway, b Cotter .......... 7 O. C. Pearse, b Armstrong 6 c Kelleway, b S. J. Pegler, lbw, b Arm- Whitty ............ 0 strong.................................. 8 lbw, b Whitty ... 0 B 2, lb 10, w 2, 11 b 9 23 ~ ' " J. H. Sinclair, not out R. O. Schwarz, b Whitty, Total Nourse ... Snooke ... Pegler ... Schwarz .. Llewellyn Sinclair... Strieker... Faulkner ...................506 A u stra lia . O. M. R. W. B 6, lb 3, 11 b 3 12 Total.. 8 , 5 10 13 10 13 10 10-4 3 24 0 ... 1 19 0 ... 1 O. M. R. W 0 43 0 66 0 36 0 34 1 ... 2 ... 1 ... 1 ... 2 . 5 8 6 3 22 16 8 2 12 1 18 0 1 24 0 1 24 1 2 76 4 0 18 4 0 32 0 1 10 0 Faulkner bowled two no balls. 1 55 1