Cricket 1911

54 C R IC K E T : A W EEK LY RECORD OF THE GAME. A p r i l 15, 1911. improvement was effected. Together the pair sent up 100 in 105 minutes from the start and a little later Hordern, in fielding a sharp return from Nourse, damaged his hand and found it necessary to retire for a time. Nourse reached 50 after being in 110 minutes, but when his stand with Sherwell had realised 91 in 87 minutes he lost his partner to a brilliant catch at mid-off by Matthews, who was fielding substitute for Hordern. Sherwell his six 4’s in his plucky innings. Pegler made 15 but Nourse could get no one to stay with him until he reached three-figures. The left-hander hit six 4’s during the 175 minutes he was in, but his display was marred by a couple of chances. The Australians’ ground fielding was of a very high standard, and runs had to be thoroughly earned. The innings lasted three hours and 25 minutes. W ith a lead of 123, Australia opened their second innings with Kelleway and Gehrs, who batted so confidently that in twelve and a-half minutes they had 30 runs on the book. At 48, however, Kelleway was run out and upon his departure play ceased for the day. On Monday the home side went right ahead and when stumps were drawn were 599 runs on with three wickets in hand. Llewellyn was unable to bowl and his absence was, naturally, keenly felt, whilst Yogler was not put on until late in the afternoon owing to a damaged finger. The latter, however, despite his injury, got rid of Trumper, Armstrong and Cotter whilst only 10 runs were made off him. Gehrs completed 50 in under the hour, but at 88 lost Bardsley, who had his wicket brilliantly thrown down by Vogler. Gehrs batted 75 minutes for a brilliant 58, in which were six 4’s : he hit well all round the wicket and was third out, at 106. Armstrong joined Hill and took some time to settle down, Schwarz especially causing him uneasiness. Gradually both men settled down to confident cricket, and put on 154 for the fourth wicket. Hill was then finely stumped fo ra brilliant and faultless innings of 100, which contained thirteen 4’s (chiefly drives) and was made at the rate of a run a minute. With Trumper in runs continued to come apace, the new-comer hitting with delightful freedom all round and claiming 87 of the 143 runs added in 80 minutes for the fifth wicket, which fell at 403. Armstrong, the next to leave, played well after an unsteady start and took just on three hours and a-half to make his 132, which contained thirteen 4’s. The Victorian left at 418 and two runs later Cotter was caught at point, seven wickets then being down. Hordern and Hansford then came together and were both undefeated at the end of the day, with 23 and 38 respectively to their credit. On the Tuesday the last three wickets, thanks chiefly to Banaford, put on 102 runs. W ith Hordern he put on 71 for the eighth wicket and with Whitty for the last 82. His 95 was the result of some grand cricket, his cutting especially being good : not a chance marred his display and he hit nine 4’s The Australians scored 100 in 71 minutes, 200 in 139, 300 in 202, 400 in 259, 500 in 337 and 578 in 387, and their wickets fell thus :— 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 48* 88’ 106 * 260 ’ 403* 418* 420* 491 496* 578* The South Africans were left with the enormous task of obtaining 702 to win. A heavy reverse for them was generally expected, but their collapse for 171 came quite as a surprise. They lost Strieker at 2 and Zulch, who had strained his leg and did not field throughout the whole of the Australians’ second innings, at 25. Nourse rendered Faulkner valuable assistance, but when the wicket had put on 63 fell to Hordern, who had gone on at 52. Sinclair helped to add 43 for the fifth wicket, and only the batting of Faulkner was a feature of the subsequent cricket. The latter, seeing wickets falling rapidly, played a more risky game than is usual with him and in consequence made some mis-hits. His chief strokes yielded a 6 and nine 4’s. For Hordern the final stage of the game was nothing less than a triumph, for he bowled his googlies with exceptional accuracy and obtained five wickets for 66 runs on a good wicket against a strong batting side. One of the features of the game was the magnificent wicket-keeping of Sherwell, who gained the unan­ imous praise of the critics. Score and analysis : — A ustralia . First innings. Second innings. V. T. Trumper, b Faulkner .......................... 7 c Sherwell, b Vogler.......... 87 W. Bardsley, c Schwarz, b P egler.................. 82 run o u t.................................. 15 C. Hill (capt.), b Llewellyn .......................... 11 st Sherwell, b Pegler ... 100 W. W. Armstrong, run out .......................... 48 c Sherwell, b Vogler.......132 D. R. A. Gehrs, st Sherwell, b Vogler........... 9 c Snooke, b Faulkner ... 58 C. Kelleway, run o u t .......................................... 59 run o u t.................................. 18 V. S. Ransford, lbw, b Schwarz ................... 75 b Faulkner.......................... 95 A. Cotter, b Pegler .......................................... 10 c Pearse (for Llewellyn), b Vogler ......................... 0 Dr. H. V. Hordern, c Vogler, b Pegler........... 7 c Pearse (for Llewellyn), b Schwarz ................. 24 H . Carter, run out ........................................... 5 c Snooke, b Faulkner ... 2 W. J. Whitty, not out .......................0 not o u t ....... 39 B 7, lb 7, w 1 . 15 B 4, lb 3, nb 1 ........... 8 Total ............................. 328 Total ................ 578 S outh A fr ic a . First innings. Second innings. J. W. Zulch, run o u t ................................. ... 2 c Trumper, b C otter......... 15 L. Strieker, b Hordern ......................... ... 4 c Carter, b Cotter .......... 0 G. A . Faulkner, c Gehrs, b Hordern .. ... 20 b Whitty ......................... 80 A . D. Nourse, not out ......................... ... 92 c and b Hordern ......... 28 S. J. Snooke, b Whitty ......................... ... 1 b Hordern ......................... 7 J. H. Sinclair, b H ordern......................... ... 0 lbw, b H ordern................. 19 R. O. Schwarz, b W h itty......................... ... 18 c Carter, b Whitty .......... 1 P. W. Sherwell (capt.). c Matthews (for Hor­ dern), b Whitty ................................. ... 41 c Kelleway, b Hordern .. 0 C. B. Llewellyn, b Whitty ................. ... 7 absent, hurt ................. - S. J. Pegler, c Hill, b Cotter ................. ... 15 c Gehrs, b H ord ern ......... 8 A . E. E. Vogler, b C otter......................... ... 0 not o u t ................................. 2 B 4, lb 1 ......................... 5 B 7, lb 1, w 2, nb 1 .. 11 Total .. .........205 Total 171 A ustralia . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Llewellyn ... 15 1 65 1 ......... Faulkner... ... 18 2 82 1 ......... 28-2 5 101 3 Schwarz ... ... 15 2 34 1 ......... ... 36 4 168 1 Vogler ... 8 2 30 1 ......... ... 15 3 59 3 Sinclair ... ... 14 2 40 0 ......... ... 13 1 71 0 Pegler ... 17-4 3 40 3 ................. ... 17 1 88 1 Strieker ... ... 5 1 18 0 ......... ... 3 0 14 0 Nourse ... ... 2 0 4 0 ......... ... 7 0 31 0 Zulch ................. ... 3 0 26 0 Snooke ................. ... 2 0 12 0 Sinclair bowled a wide and Schwarz a no-ball. S outh A fr ic a . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cotter ... .......... 6-5 0 16 2 ........... ........... 6 1 22 2 Whitty ... ,.......... 22 5 78 4 ........... .......... 9 2 32 2 Hordern ... ........... 15 1 39 3 ........... ......... 14-2 2 66 5 Armstrong .......... 8 2 25 0 ..... ........... 3 0 15 0 Kelleway .......... 11 1 42 0 ...... ........... 8 0 25 0 Cotter and Kelleway bowled one wide each and Armstrong one no-ball. The total receipts of the match were £1,677 7s. Of this amount the South African team took £657. The Melbourne C.C.’s com ­ mission amounted to £167 16s., leaving £852 11s. for the Victorian Cricket Association, which body bore all the expenses of the game. The players’ fees and expenses absorbed £450, and the ground and luncheon charges about £200, so that the Victorian Cricket Assoc­ iation made about £200 profit on the match. 19 tii M atch .— v. NEW SOUTH WALES (Return.) Played at Sydney on February 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and March 1. New South Wales won by 44 runs. (See page 38.) 20 th M atch . —v. 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