Cricket 1911

64 CRICKET : A W EEK LY RECORD OF THE GAME. A pril 15 , 19 11. No. 3 ground ; Eastern Province v. Western Province, No. 4 ground ; Natal, a bye. Wednesday and Thursday, 15 and 16.—Transvaal v. Eastern Province, No. 1 ; Western Province v. Border, No. 3 ; Natal v. O.P.S., No. 4 ; Griqualand West, a bye. Friday and Saturday, 17 and 18.—Natal v. Western Province, No. 1 ; Eastern Province v. Griqualand West, No. 3 ; Border v. O.F.S., No 4 ; Transvaal, a bye. Monday and Tuesday, 20 and 21.—O.F.S. v. Western Province, No. 1 ; Natal v. Border, No. 3 ; Transvaal v. Griqualand West, No. 4 ; Eastern Province, a bye. Wednesday and Thursday, 22 and 23.—Eastern Pro­ vince v. Border, No. 1 ; Griqualand West v. Natal, No. 3 ; Transvaal v. Western Province, No 4 ; O.F.S., a bye. Friday and Saturday, 24 and 25.—Natal v. Transvaal, No. 1 ; O.F.S. v. Eastern Province, No 3 ; Western Pro­ vince v. Griqualand West, No 4. ; Border, a bye. Monday and Tuesday, 27 and 28.—Griqualand West v. O.F.S., No. 1 ; Border v. Transvaal, No. 3 ; Natal v. Eastern Province, No 4 ;Western Province, a bye. L. J. Tancred was down to captain the Transvaal, and it was expected that J. J. Kotze, the fast bowler, would turn out for the Western Province. THE M.C.C. TEAM IN THE W E ST INDIES. ('Continued from page U6.) 5 th M atch .— v. WEST INDIES. Played at Georgetown on February 27, 28 and March 1. A BOWLER NO-BALLED. ■ ( The M.C.C.’s Team won by four wickets. The second Test match, like the first, was won by the visitors, the margin in their favour when the end came being five wickets. The wicket was up to the best standard provided at Bourda and the weather left nothing to be desired. Moulder, the local captain, naturally elected to take first innings and their total of 172 was, in the circumstances, somewhat disappointing, especially as the fielding of the tourists was far from brilliant. After the fall of the first wicket at 2, Moulder and Bayley added 62 together, but the only other member of the side to make much resistance was Gibbs, who put on 35 for the sixth wicket with Croal and played really well for his runs. Both Smith and Hearne bowled well and deserved their figures. By the end of the first day the M.C.C. had 133 on the board for six wickets, Whittington, who made 49, getting no one to stay with him long, and the best stand being made by Smith and D. C. F. Burton, who put on 41 together without being separated after six men were out for 92. In all, they added 56 ere the latter was out, and then Young helped to put on 52 for the eighth with Smith 21 for the ninth with A. C. Somerset and 80 for the last with S. Burton. Young made 73 of the last 153 runs by hard hitting, but was fortunate inasmuch as he was missed three times. The best bowler was undoubtedly John (Trinidad), who had as many as five catches missed off him, but was no-balled more than once, both from snuare-leg and his own end. With arrears amounting to 129, the West Indies lost Moulder at 33, but when stumps were drawn were 73 runs on with four wickets in hand. For their position they were indebted chiefly to Layne and Bayley, each of whom made 59 and in partnership put on 73 for the second wicket. Rogers and Gibbs also exceeded 20, but Browne and Archer failed. On the third morning Gibbs took his total to 40, and the tourists were left with 144 to make on a wicket which had worn wonderfully well. Both W h ittin g to n and S. Burton left at 25 and the total was only 33 when S m ith also was out. The position was then fairly even, but a stand of 57 by Holloway and Hearne pulled the game round and an un­ finished partnership of 43 by Brown and Young gave the visitors the verdict by the margin stated. Score and analysis :— W est I n dies . First innings. E. R. D. Moulder (capt.), b Hearne J C Rogers, b Smith.................................. II. C. Bayley, c A. C. Somerset, b Hearne Layne (O.), b Smith .................................. L Archer, b Hearne .................................. W. O. Gibbs, b Hearne .......................... H A. Croal, b Hearne .......................... John (G.), b Hearne .................................. C. Simpson, b Smith ................................. C. R. Browne, not out ........................... Hinds (S.), b Smith .................................. Byes ........................... Second innings. b Smith.......................... .. c and b A. C. Somerset ... run o u t.................................. c Whittington, b Smith ... b Hearne .......................... run o u t ................................ lbw, b Hearne .................. not o u t.................................. c A. C. Somerset, b Hearne c A. F. Somerset, b Hearne c Smith, b Young .......... Byes, &c..................... Total ... 172 Total ... .. 272 T he M .C .C .’ s T e a m . First innings. T. A. L. Whittington, b Rogers ................... 49 B. H. Holloway, lbw, b Browne ................... 1 Brown, c John, b Browne.................................. 14 H. L. Gaussen, b Browne .......................... 0 Hearne (J. W.), c Simpson, b John ........... 4 S. G. Smith, b Croal .......... ................... 59 A. F. Somerset (capt.), c Hinds, b Layne ... 0 D. C. F. Burton, c Croal, b John ................. 33 Young, c Browne, b Rogers ......................... 73 A. C. Somerset, c Archer, b John Second innings. b J o h n ........................... b Croal.......................... not o u t ........................... c Browne, b Croal c Croal, b John ........... b J o h n ........................... not out ................... 22 3 0 23 19 •27 25 D. S.' G. Burton, not out .......... ........... 3S b John ........... n B 14, lb 1, nb 8 ... ........... 23 B 18, lb 6, nb 1 . 25 Total.., ...........301 Total (6 wkts) .. . 144 W est I n d ies . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. w . Brown .................. 6 1 14 0 ................ ........... 5 0 30 0 Smith .................. 19 3 51 4 .......................... 21 3 56 2 Hearne .................. 18 1 91 6 .......................... 21*1 4 86 4 Young .................. 5 0 14 0 .......................... 11 2 38 1 A. C. Somerset .......... 8 0 30 1 T he M.C.C.’s T eam . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. w. O. M. 11. w. Browne .................. 31 7 110 3 ................ ......... 11 2 36 0 John .................. 23 4 73 3 .......................... 17 4 54 4 Layne .................. 13 0 47 1 ................ ......... 4 0 9 0 Rogers .................. 4 0 23 2 .......................... 3 0 7 0 Croal... .................. 6 0 25 1 ........... ........... 6 0 13 2 6 th M atch .— v. A WEST INDIAN ELEVEN. Played at Georgetown on March 2, 3 and 4. Drawn. It was originally intended that the visitors’ third match in Georgetown should be a return with British Guiana, but it was felt afterwards that another fixture with the West Indies would be more interesting and productive of a better game. Simpson and Archer were left out to make room for Sherlock and Hunter, and just when the game was about to begin C. R. Browne and Gibbs, both of Bar­ bados, declined to play as they regarded Archer’s non-selection as a slight. In the circumstances nothing remained but to fill their places, and accordingly Reid and Fraser, both local men, were chosen. The incident was an unfortunate one, especially as it occurred during the visit of an English team. Fortunate to win the toss again, the home side made a good start, their firut wicket realising 30 and their second 76. Then against Hearne and Smith wickets fell fast, half the side being out for 145 and eight for 162, at which total Hunter, who had opened the innings was bowled for a capital innings of 66. Croal, a left-hander, made 22 and carried out his bat when the innings closed for 203. Hearne, with six wickets for 76, was the most successful bowler. Like their opponents, the M.G.C.’s team also made a good start, Holloway and Whittington scoring 89 for the first wicket. The latter, missed when 47, was second out (at 104). Four men were out for 127 and the total was only 180 when the eighth wicket fell. Then came the turning-point of the match, for, owing largely to missed catches—Gaussen was missed four times—the ninth wicket added 130 to the score. A. F. Somerset played a sound game, and had much to do with his side leading by 129 on the innings. The home bowlers worked well, but received very poor support from the field. In the second innings of the West Indies Hunter was again seen to advantage, and alone of the earlier batsmen faced the bowling with much confidence. The eighth w’icket fell at 179, but John, hitting six 4’s in 13 minutes, enabled the ninth to add 26 and the last 19. The M.C.C. were set 96 to win and had 50 minutes in which to obtain them. For a time John and Layne met with such success that four men were out for 14 and half the side for 36. Hearne and S. Burton then doubled the score without being parted, and when the match was given up the M.C.C., with five wickets in hand, were within 24 runs of victory. Score and analysis :— A W est I n d ian E leven . First innings. E. R. D. Moulder, st Brown, b Hearne ... 20 C. V. Hunter, b Hearne .................................. 66 H. C. Bayley, c Brown, b H earne.................. 38 J. C. Rogers, b Hearne .................................. 8 Layne (O.), c Holloway, b Smith .................. 2 W. V. Sherlock (capt.), c Brown, b Hearne... 7 Hinds (S.), b S. G. Sm ith.................................. 5 H. A. Croal, not out .......................................... 22 C. A. Reid, b H earne.......................................... o John (G.), b Young .......................................... 13 E. A. Fraser, c Holloway, b Young .......... 8 B 9, lb 1, w 1, nb 3 ................... 14 Total............................. 203 Second innings. b Hearne .......................... 10 c Smith, b A. C. Somerset 58 c Holloway, b Young ... 7 c A. F .,b A.C. Somerset ... 19 c Hearne, b A. C. Somerset 9 b Smith.................................. 17 b Hearne .......................... 35 c Hearne, b Young .......... 19 c A. F., b A. C. Somerset ... 1 c and b Young ................. 27 not o u t .......................... ... 3 Byes, &c ....................... 19 Total................ 224