Cricket 1911

3 6 CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a r c h 3 0 , 1 9 1 1 . A u stra lia . First innings. C. G. Macartney, b Llew­ ellyn ........................... ... 2 C. Kelleway, c Sherwell, b Llew ellyn...........................47 V. S. Ransford, b Llew­ ellyn .................................. 50 W. Bardsley, lbw, b Nourse 54 V. T. Trumper, not out ...214 D. R. A. Gehrs, c Schwarz, b Faulkner ...................20 C. Hill, c Snooke, b W. W. Armstrong,b Sinclair 30 H. Carter, lbw, b Schwarz.. 17 A. Cotter, c Snooke, b L lew ellyn.......................... 8 W. J. Whitty, c Sherwell, b Sinclair.......................... 1 B 4, lb 2................... 6 T o t a l...................465 Second innings. lbw, b Schwarz... 0 c Sherwell, b Sin­ clair ...............65 c Llewellyn, b Schw arz......... 0 c and b Faulkner 58 b Llewellyn ... 28 c Sherwell, b Schw arz........... c Schwarz, b Sin­ clair ................... b Schw arz........... c Llewellyn, b Faulkner........... not out................... c Schwarz, b ler ........... Leg-byes ... 5 T otal.....839 22 11 S outh A frica . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cotter ... ... 38 4 100 2 ... ... 23 3 64 0 Whitty ... ... 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 two wides and nine no-balls, Kelleway three wides and thirteen no-balls, and Macartney one no-ball. A u stra lia . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. 0. M. B. W. Llewellyn ... 31 4 I(i7 4 ... ... 12 0 48 1 Schwarz... ... 19 2 68 2 ... ... 15 3 48 4 Sinclair ... ... 25-5 3 80 2 ... 21 2 72 2 Pegler ... ... 20 2 92 o .!! ... 10-4 0 58 1 Faulkner ... 11 0 59 i ... ... 15 3 56 2 Nourse ... ... 12 2 43 i ... ... 5 0 31 0 Strieker... , ... 1 0 4 0 ... Snooke ... 5 0 21 0 George Giffen, writing in the Adelaide Advertiser , said of the South Africans, “ They deserved their win, as they fought every inch of the way with bulldog tenacity. . . . I am inclined to think their bowling is their strongest point. . . . Their fielding is decidedly good. They are trying the whole time. They get to the ball well, and pick up smartly and cleanly, but their throw- iag-in is decidedly bad. I cannot say that I have seen one man on the South African side that can return a ball well from the field. ” G. H. S. Trott, in some remarks on the match in the Sunday Times of Johannesburg, said, “ The scoring by the Australian Eleven w’as much faster than their opponents’, and it is a curious fact that the South Africans admit they are unable to score as quickly on turf as they do on the matting. They seem to mis-time balls that should be easily scored off, and I fancy our field is placed better, livery good scoring stroke of each batsman is immediately blocked, and unless he has got others equally good in his repertoire his batting becomes cramped.” An incident in the above match shows how keenly these games were played. The incident was brought about by the illness of Hathorn, who had been ill early in the tour, but showed fair form at the nets and was given a place in the eleven. Other members of the team feared that he would not be able to stand the strain, and so it proved, for by the time the second innings of the Australians was reached Hathorn was in severe pain. With reluctance, Sherwell approached Hill, the Australian captain, to ask that Commaille, the twelfth man, should be allowed to field as substitute. He was met with a firm, but courteous, refusal, Hill pointing out that as Hathorn’s inability to field was not the result of an injury sustained during the match, no substitute could be allowed. During the second Test match in Melbourne, when Zulch was injured in the course of the game , Hill at once consented to Commaille fielding as a substitute. The circumstances were different, however, in Hathorn’s case, and he was compelled to take the field. Though far below himself, he did very well. 13th M atch. —v. TASMANIA. Played at Launceston on January 17, 18 and 19. The South Africans won by 209 runs. Owing to the fact that the Test match at Adelaide ran into the sixth day it was im­ possible to commence this game on the 4th, as originally arranged. The start, in fact, had to be postponed until the Tuesday, which was the more regrettable as the Monday had been declared a public holiday. The Tas­ manians, who consisted of eight Launceston representatives and three from Hobart, upon winning the to3s sent their opponents in as there had been heavy rain in the morning and the probability was that conditions would favour the attack. Although play did not commence until 1.30, 364 runs were made for eight wickets before stumps were drawn. In the first over Zulch was struck on the head and obliged to retire, whilst Schwarz was out at 29 and Sinclair at 33. Nourse was seen at his best, and was well supported by Pearse and Zulch, who helped to put on 94 for the third wicket and 166 for the fourth respectively. Nourse reached three-figure3 in 98 minutes and, altogether, scored 141 out of 273 in 147 minutes. He hit twenty-two 4’s, and was guilty of only one mistake, offering a chance to slip when 32. Pegler subsequently hit with tremendous power. W ith Commaille as his partner he made 40 out of 41 in 10 minutes, and, in all, 50 out of 53 in 14 : he hit two 6’s, seven 4’s and two 3’s. On the second morning the innings closed without addition. The Tasmanians lost Chancellor with only a single scored, but a stand of 153 for the second wicket by Martin and Smith improved matters con­ siderably. Of the number mentioned Martin made 103—in 115 minutes, driving well and hitting a 6 and fourteen 4’s. He was, how­ ever, missed when 20 and 39. Smith, on the other hand, although slow, gave no chance in scoring 62. Schwarz and Sinclair afterwards carried all before them and the innings closed for 239. With a lead of 125, Sherwell changed the order of g~>ing in, with disastrous results, for Campbell, Yogler, Pegler, and Pearse were all out for 14 by the time stumps were drawn. On the third morning Commaille was soon out, but Sherwell played his highest innings of the tour and added 159 for the sixth wicket with Nourse. By excellent all-round cricket he made his 114 out of 199 in 92 minutes : he hit a 6 and twenty-four 4’s and was missed when 31 and 117. After his dismissal Sinclair scored 66 out of 84 in 22 minutes and then the innings was closed, leaving the home side 414 to win. His hits were 4, 3, 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 2, 2, 6, 1, 4, 4, 1, 4, 4, 4, 4. The only feature of the Tasmanians’ innings was the batting of Smith, who carried his bat through the innings for 124—a faultless display which contained seventeen 4’s. The South Africans spoke in h igh term s o f th e perform an ce. S core and analysis :— S outh A fricans . First innings. Second innings. J. W. Zulch, st Thomas, b Chancellor.........................76 J. H. Sinclair, st Thomas, b Windsor.........................24 notout..........66 R. O. Schwarz, lbw, b M cDonald........................... 8 A. D. Nourse, c Westbrook, b Chancellor .................141 notout.. ......61 S. J. Snooke, c sub., b Windsor ........................... 2 O. C. Pearse, c Carroll, b Chancellor.......................... 41 b W indsor........ P. W. Sherwell, run out ... 9 b McDonald ...144 M. Commaille, lbwr, b c Harrison, b M cDonald.........................11 W indsor........ 10 S. J. Pegler, b McDonald 50 c McDonald, b Windsor ... 0 A. E. E. Vogler, runout ... 1 b McDonald ... 0 T. Campbell, not ou t........... 0cMartin, b Wind­ sor ................. 0 Byes, &c.................. 1 Byes, &c.... 4 Total ...........364 Total (6 wkts)*288 * Innings declared closed. T asmania . First innings. Second innings. F. Chancellor, b Vogler ... 0 b Pegler ........... 2 H. O. Smith, c and b Schwarz ..........................62 notout................ 124 C. Martin, b Pearse .........103 b Nourse ..........22 K. Eltham, st Campbell, b Schwarz .......................... 8 b Nourse ............ 1 E. A. Windsor, st Camp­ bell, b Schwarz ............ 0 lbw, b Schwarz 1 E. W. Harrison (capt.), b Sinclair ...........................22 b Nourse .........13 N. R. Westbrook, c Vogler, c Sherwell, b b Sinclair.............16 Schw arz.........................14 T. D. Carroll, b Sinclair ... 2 b Nourse ........... 7 G. McDonald, c Zulch, b Schwarz ...........................11 b Nourse ............ 1 L. Thomas, not out ........... 7 lbw, b Sinclair ... 9 C. Russen, b Sinclair ... 0 lbw, b Schwarz... 0 Byes, &c...................... 8 Byes, &c. ... 10 Total .................. 239 S outh A fricans . Total ...204 First innings. Second innings O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. McDonald . 13 0 f»4 3 ... ... 17 3 97 2 Windsor . 16 0 96 2 ... ... 16 1 71 4 Carroll ......... 7 0 46 0 ... ... 8 0 49 0 Chancellor .. . 14 1 73 3 ... ... 4 0 46 0 Martin ......... . 11 1 72 0 ... ... 2 0 21 0 Scott ......... . 3 0 12 0 Tasmania. First innings. Second innings O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Vogler ......... . 17 1 53 1 ... ... 8 1 25 0 N nurse......... . 4 2 10 0 ... ... 27 10 47 5 Schwarz ,. 27 7 72 4 ... ... 16*5 2 56 3 Sinclair.........,. 20 5 3 53 4 ... ... 7 1 16 1 Pegler ......... . 10 2 29 0 ... ... 7 0 28 1 Pearse ......... >. 7 2 14 1 ... Snooke ... ... 4 0 22 0 11 th M atch . —v. TASMANIA. Played at Hobart on January 20, 21 and 23. Drawn. Eain during the night of the 19th delayed the start ou the next morning for half-an- hour, but Sherwe'.l upon winning the toss did not hesitate to go in. Runs came readily, but when a shower caused an adjournment half the side were out for 76. The half- century had been reached in 35 minutes. Iu orJer to meet the wishes of the crowd the game was resumed before the rain had ceased and whilst the wicket was partially under water. Except for the display of Snooke the batting was not noteworthy. In 65 minutes the player named scored 71 out of 128, giving no chance and hitting a 6 (off Windsor) and eleven 4’s. Windsor, although the ground did not assist his bowliug much, took seven wickets for 95. By the end of the day the home side had made 28 for the loss of Eltham. Among the visitors at the match on the Friday were the Governor- General (Lord Dudley), the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth (Hon. Andrew Fisher)