Cricket 1911

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Except that Hathorn took the place of Pearse—a move of which one may doubt the wisdom— the South African team which obtained so historic a success was identical with the one which had just been beaten at Melbourne. Sherwell won the toss and the visitors, going in first on a good wicket, batted 8 hours 13 minutes for 482. Their run-getting was seldom brisk, and they occupied the whole of the first day in making 279 for five wickets. In explanation, how­ ever, it should be added that the ground- fielding was very good and that there was more than the average amount of leg theory about the attack. Chief honours belonged to Zulch and Snooke, each of whom reached tbree-figures. The former, missed when 12 and 13 by Macartney off Whitty and surviv­ ing more difficult chances when 68 and 84, made 105 out of 191 in just over three hours. With Faulkner, who hit seven 4’s in his flawless 56, he put on 135 for the second wicket in an hour and three-quarters, and, driving with great power, hit a five and nine 4’s. After Hathorn’s dismissal at 205, a welcome stand was made by Llewellyn and Snooke, who, by steady cricket, added 97 together ere the former was run out. Sinclair made 20, but Snooke found another useful partner in Strieker, the eighth wicket putting on 62, before he was caught at slip for 103 made out of 195 in 160 minutes. Snooke made some fine drives and had a dozen 4’s as his chief h its: when 82 he offered a difficult chance to Gehrs, but no other fault can be urged against his display. Strieker, who batted 140 minutes for 48, subsequently added 29 with Schwarz and 53 with Pegler : he hit five 4’s in his service­ able innings, and was out to a very smart catch at short-leg. The Australians com­ menced with a disaster, Macartney being bowled at 7. Kelleway and Hansford, by putting on 87 for the second wicket, laid the foundation of the large total obtained by the side, though the turning-point of the innings really came when Trumper went in with three wickets down for 111. All subsequent play was dwarfed by the champion’s, which must rank as one of the best innings of his brilliant career. With Bardsley he added 116 for the fourth wicket, with Gehrs 49 for the fifth, with Armstrong 65 for the seventh and with Carter 46 for the eighth. The Australasian , referring to bis display, stated : — “ Faulkner declared that he had never seen anything like it : Sherwell simply observed, while offering his congratulations :— ‘ I don’t care: I have seen cricket. He gave no chances of any kind, made no false strokes ; a wonderful thing when you noted how often a batsman like Clem Hill made them in his short stay at the wicket.’ Not more than a dozen times in his incomparable innings was Trumper really forced to passive defence. . . More than once he hit fourers fast-footed like Percy McDonnell. To the googlies he ran out freely. It was altogether a wonderful innings.” He made 50 in an hour, 100 in 126 minutes, 150 in 176, 200 in 226 and, in all, 214 out of 354 in four hours, hitting twenty-six 4’s, carrying out his bat, and sur­ passing Murdoch’s 211 v. England at the Oval in 1884. His batting was perfect, for he was never in difficulties and made his runs readily all round the wicket. The field­ ing wa3 always good, but Vogler’s absence was felt severely. W ith a lead of 17, the South Africaus had half their wickets down in their second innings for 232 runs on the fourth day, and therefore had, perhaps, still slightly the best of the position. After Sherwell and Zulch had been got rid of, at 10 and 29 respectively, Faulkner and Nourse put on 77 In 93 minutes for the third wicket and the former and Llewellyn 109for the fifth. Faulkner made some capital drives, and hit ten 4’s in making his 115 out of 218 in 236 minutes. He gave no chance, and fell to a catch at slip. His dis­ play was very slow compared with Trumper’s, for he took 2^ hours to reach 50, and had batted 3 hours 23 minutes when he obtained his hundred. Llewellyn made 80 out of 200 in 217 minutes—a patient and valuable innings which contained four 4’s. Pegler helped him to add 45 for the sixth wicket and Snooke 44 for the seventh. Hathorn again failed, but a last-wicket stand of 33 by Sinclair and Schwarz caused the total to reach 360—after 6£ hours’ play. Whitty performed admirably, and it must be remem­ bered that he had the worst end to bowl from. The Australians were left with 378 to win—a very heavy task on a wicket which had begun to wear—and by the end of the (5th) day had lost four wickets for 187 in four hours and a-half. Bardsley played brilliantly for 80 minutes and hit six 4’s, making 63 for the first wicket with Trumper and 59 for the second with Hill. The bowling of Snooke and Nourse was appreciated so much by the opening pair that 50 were scored in less than half-an-hour. Hill made 55 in 70 minutes and added 48 with Kelleway ere being caught at mid-on, but Hansford failed and Carter only just succeeded in reaching double-figures. Kelleway, who made a fine effort for his side, played sound and steady cricket for two hours and a-quarter, and Armstrong, though not at his best, stayed with him whilst 76 were put on for the sixth partnership. The former hit six 4’s, and Armstrong aud Macartney fell to Schwarz off c >nsecutive balls. Gehrs made 22, but when he left and Whitty went in as many as 86 runs were required with only one wicket in hand. Cotter hit hard and Whitty played with confidence, and just when there appeared a possibility of the runs being made Whitty — not Cotter, as stated in so many papers—was out to an easy catch. Cotter hit two 6’s (off Sinclair and Schwarz) and three 4’s and obtained his 36 in 28 minutes. The innings, after lasting 4 hours 27 minutes, closed for 339, leaving South Africa successful by 38 runs. The total of 1,646 runs obtained is the largest yet made in a Test match. The receipts were £1,196 10s., of which £469 was the share of the South Africans. Score and analysis :— 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 .................. *5(i W h itty............115 A. D. Nourse, b Cotter ... 10 c Armstrong, b Kelleway...........39 M. Hathorn, b Whitty ... 9 b Whitty ........... 2 C. B. Llewellyn, run out . 43 b Whitty ........ 80 S. J. Snooke, c Kelleway, b C otter..................................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 ... G R. O. Schwarz, b Arm ­ strong........................... 15 n otou t ..................11 S. J. Pegler, not o u t ...........24 cCotter.bKelleway 26 B 6, lb 10, w 4, nb 18 .. 38 B4,lb2, w l,n b 5 12 Total ................ 482 Total......... 300