Cricket 1911

22 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. F e b . 2 3 , 1 9 1 1 . S outh A frica . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cotter ........ 43 5 158 2 ............ 15 3 47 4 W h itty ........ 29 6 81 3 ............ 16 7 17 6 Kelleway ... 17 3 67 1 ............ Armstrong ... 48 9 134 4 ............ 1 0 4 0 Macartney ... 16 5 43 0 ............. Cotter bowled nine no-balls and a wide, Kelleway two no-balls and a wide, and Armstrong one no-ball. Commenting on the match in the Austra­ lasian , “ Felix ” (Tom Horan) said:— “ Con­ sidered with regard to mere majority figures, it is not a decisive victory. But, taking the whole circumstances into consideration, it is one of the greatest victories ever achieved by an Australian team of cricketers. Let us make a brief summary of the facts of this wonderful surprise game. The Australians, at their first try, made 348. This was a total regarded by most of us as below what our men should have made. The South Africans had their turn, and they realised the splendid aggregate of 506. Then Austra­ lia had their second innings, and they sent up 327. Again the total was not reckoned as being fully commensurate with the splen­ did batting calibre of the Australians. In their final flutter the South Africans had 170 to get to win. Personally, I may say that I regarded their chances of winning as splen­ did. The weather was glorious, the wicket was neither worn nor crumbled, and, even allowing that the warmer sun made the wicket a bit faster, there was nothing, so far as I could see, to prevent the Africans from batting up to their best standard. But they failed— lamentably failed. Indeed, if I had not been present to witness their astounding collapse for a total of 80, on a batsman’s wicket, I would not have believed the news as true. If I had been away from the ground and had heard the news from the man in the street, I would have thought he was “ pulling my leg.” How to account for the collapse is difficult. They held a commanding pos­ tion ; weather, wicket, and light were in their ^favour, and they tumbled down, man after man, in such an alarmingly rapid manner as to cause a marvellous feeling of tension to pervade my friends round the ground.” “ Everyone knows that cricket is not seldom a game of surprises. But rarely, if ever, have we had a greater surprise on a batsman’s wicket than that collapse of the South Africans in their second innings. But, while we may feel a certain sympathy for them we must not omit to give full credit to the bowlers who caused this sensational ending to the second Test match. Whitty claims chief attention. He bowled with wonderful success, and his performance will stand for aye, red lettered in the bowling calendar in Test matches. His figures on the worst wicket in the world would be great. On a batsman’s wicket, fast, firm, and true, they are simply marvellous—96 balls, 17 runs, 7 maidens, 6 wickets. His length was capital from the first ball to the last. Cotter, too, did wonderfully well, though his figures do not approach the high-class merit of Whitty’s. The fielding of the Australians was splendid—what little they had to do. Really, instead of looking like a team that had by far the worst of the position, they seemed as they entered the field in the second innings like a body of men who h^d stamped on their garments, “ We are out to win.” And win they did, in such right glorious style, that they not only deserved the hearty and sustained cheers at the finish, but should have their names enrolled by the Board of Control as having performed one of the greatest achievements ever recorded in the gallant, glorious chronicles of cricket.” “ One man who did much in that second innings of Australia to bring success to Australia was Victor Trumper. Indeed, so far as our second innings was concerned, he might say, like another Coriolanus, ‘ Alone I did i t ! ’ But Victor is modest, and would deem it boasting. By the concurrent testi­ mony of old elmers, his one hundred and fifty-nine was the best innings by far they have ever seen him play on the Melbourne ground. It was in every sense masterly) and it would be difficult to praise his performance too highly. Every stroke he makes, even his most powerful hits, appear to be done with such consummate ease that the only just comment is, ‘ The maximum of effect with the minimum of effort.’ I most cordially congratulate him .” “ At the finish of the match many lovers of the game inspected the wicket, and were surprised to find it in such order that more than one old player said, ‘ I would be glad to start now on such a wicket against any bowling.’ ” 12 th M atch .—v. AUSTRALIA. ( th ird test .) Played at Adelaide January 7,9,10,11,12,13. South Africa won by 38 runs. S outh A frica . First innings. Second innings. P.W. Sherwell, lbw, b Arm­ strong......................................11 lbw, b Whitty ... 1 J. W. Zulch, c Macartney, b Whitty ............................105 c Carter, bWhitty 14 G. A. Faulkner, c Hill, b c Armstrong, b Armstrong ...................56 Whitty ... ,.. 115 A. D. Nourse, b Cotter ... 10 c Armstrong, b Kelleway.......... 39 M. Hatliorn, b Whitty ... 9 b Whitty ........... 2 C. B. Llewellyn, run out... 43 b Whitty ........... 80 S. J. Snooke, c Kelleway, b Cotter................................... 103 run out ........... 25 J. H. Sinclair, c Arm­ strong, b Kelleway............. 20 c Hill, b Whitty 29 L. Strieker, c Kelleway, b Armstrong ......................48 b Macartney ... C R. O. Schwarz, b Arm­ strong.....................................15 n otou t ............11 S. J. Pegler, not o u t ..............24 c Cotter, b Kelle­ way ..................26 B 6, lb 10, w 4, nb 18... 38 B4,lb2, w l, nb5 12 Total ...........4S2 A ustralia . Total.......... 360 Second innings. First innings. C. G. Macartney, b Llew­ ellyn .......................... ... 2 lbw, b Schwarz... 0 C. Kelleway, c Sherwell, b c Sherwell, b Sin* Llew ellyn................ 47 c la ir ............................65 V. S. Ransford, b Llew- c Llewellyn, b ellyn ....................50 Schw arz.......................... 0 W. Bardsley, lbw, b Nourse 54 c and b Faulkner 58 V. T. Trumper, not out ...214 b Llewellyn ... 28 D. R. A. Gehrs, c Schwarz, c Sherwell, b b Faulkner ....20 Schw arz........................22 C. Hill, c Snooke, b c Schwarz, b Sin- Schwarz ................16 c la ir ............................55 W. W. Armstrong, b Sin­ clair ..................................30 b Schw arz.......48 H. Carter, lbw, b Schwarz.. 17 c Llewellyn, b Faulkner.......11 A. Cotter, c Snooke, b c Schwarz, b Peg- Llcw ellyn...........................8 ler ...................36 W. J. Whitty, c Sherwell, b Sinclair........................... 1 not out...............11 B 4,1b 2... ......... 6 Leg-byes T o t a l.................. 465 S outh A frica . First innings. Total .. ..339 Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cotter .......... 38 4 100 2 ... ... 23 3 64 0 W h itty.......... 34 7 114 2 ... ... 39-2 5 104 6 Armstrong ... 42-4 9 103 4 ... ... 33 9 90 0 Kelleway 24 6 72 1 ... ... 23 4 64 2 Macartney ... 27 9 51 0 ... ... 12 3 26 1 Gehrs ... . . 1 0 4 0 ... Cotter bowled one wide and nine no-balls, Kclleway A ustralia . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. Ii. W. Llewellyn ... 31 4 107 4 ........... 12 0 48 1 Schwarz.......... 19 2 68 2 ........... 15 3 48 4 Sinclair.......... 25’5 3 86 2 ........... 21 2 72 2 Pegler .......... 202 92 0 .................. 10’4 0 58 1 Faulkner ... 11 0 59 1 ........... 15 3 56 2 Nourse .......... 12 2 43 1 ........... 5 0 31 0 Strieker........... 1 040 .......... Snooke ......... 0 21 0 13 th M atch .— v. TASMANIA. Played at Launceston on January 17, 18 and 19. South Africa won by 209 runs. (See -page 6.) 14 th M atch . —v. TASMANIA. Played at Hobart on January 20, 21 and 23. Drawn. (See page 6.) 15 th M a tch . — v. XVI. OF HAMILTON. Played at Hamilton (Victoria) on January 27 and 28 and won by the South Africans by an innings and 30 runs. Score :— XVI. o f H am ilton, 79 and 120. S outh A fricans . L. Strieker ... J. W. Zulch... O. C. Pearse A. D. Nourse R. O. Schwarz ... 97 ... 7 ... 9 ... 24 1 S. J. Pegler........... A. B. E. Vogler... T. Campbell P. W. Sherwell ... Byes, &c. ... M. Commaille, not out C. B. Llewellyn........... 1 | Total ... Schwarz took twelve wickets for 42 and Vogler twelve for 84. (i 23 28 ...229 16 th M a tc h . —v. XV. OF BALLARAT. Played at Ballarat (Victoria) on January 30 and 31 and won by the South Africans by an innings and 206 runs. The visitors made 455 for seven wickets in 222 minutes. Score:— S outh A fricans . O. C. Pearsc, not out.. 41 A. E. E. Vogler........... 1 R. O. Schwarz, not out 74 Byes, &c.............. 4 J. W. Zulch......... G. A. Faulkner .. L. Strieker......... S. J. Snooke C. B. Llewellyn.. M. Commaille . .. 1 .. 13 ..146 .. 85 .. 65 .. 25 Total (7 wkts)...455 XV. o f B a lla r a t 127 and 122. Pegler did the hat-trick in the first innings and Llewellyn in the second. three wides and eight no-balls, and Macartney one no-ball. 17 th M atch .—v. VICTORIA. Played at Melbourne on February 3, 4, 6 and 7. The South Africans won by eight wickets. V ictoria . First innings. Second innings. A. Kenny, b Faulkner ... 43 st Campbell, b Faulkner ... 11 T. S. Warne, run out..............55 c Pegler,b Sinclair 16 V. S. Ransford, b Faulkner 8 c P e g le r, b Faulkner ... 3 T. J. Matthews, c Pegler, b F aulk ner..............................35 run out ... ... 4 B. J. Kortlang, lbw, b c S n o o k e , b Vogler.................................. 0 Faulkner..........10 W. W. Armstrong,c Nourse, b Strieker..............................1" t> Faulkner... ... 30 D. Smith, e Zulch, b Pegler 30 V o g le r , b Faulkner............ 5 H. F. Parsons, st Campbell, c S n o o k e , b b Faulkner ................... 2 Sinclair .......... 0 F. Pitcher, b Pearse...........18 b Faulkner.......... 0 J. Kyle, not o u t .................. 18 b Faulkner.......... 0 W. Carkeek, b Sinclair ...13 notout..................... 4 Byes, &c....................... 3 Byes, &c. ... < Total ...242 Total......... 90