Cricket 1911

76 C R IC K E T : A W EEK LY RECORD OP T lJE GAME. A pril 22, 1911. drawn and on the following day he was caught-and-bowled by Sinclair when six short of his hundred. He made his runs without a mistake of any kind in 135 minutes, hitting nine 4’s. Special mention deserves to be made of the catch in the long-field by which Nourse dismissed Whitty. It was taken right on the boundary with the sun direct in the fieldsman’s eyes and was judged excellently. The feature of the rest of the Australian innings, however, was the bowling of Schwarz, who, going on when only half the side were out for 342, actually took the last five wickets for half-a-dozen runs. He got a very great amount of break on the ball, but was indebted largely for his success to Sherwell, who stumped Hill, Ransford and Cotter in superb fashion. The innings realised 364 and lasted four hours and 40 minutes. Schwarz, of course, came through with the best analysis and his record of six wickets for 47 runs in less than a dozen overs was little less than remarkable against such a side. After the luncheon interval the South Africans opened their first innings and, like their opponents, commenced with a disaster, Pearse being bowled with only 4 runs scored. Faulkner, who succeeded him, fortunately stayed and he and Zulch appeared to be well set when the latter slipped and fell in attempting to drive and was promptly stumped. The second wicket went down at 47 and only 23 had been added when Nourse was bowled by Arm­ strong, who had displaced Kelleway at 69. Faulkner, who had been batting steadily, reached his 50 in 75 minutes, but at 81 met the fate which befel Nourse. He hit six 4’s in his valuable innings. Sinclair, after making a single, fell to an admirably judged catch on the boundary by Ransford, and although Snooke, Llewellyn and Schwarz reached double figures the visitors were 204 behind on the innings. Hordern, who was still troubled somewhat by the injury with which he met at Melbourne, took most wickets, and with kinder fortune might have had better figures. Following on, South Africa lost Sherwell at 19 and when play ceased on the second afternoon had 33 runs on the board for the loss of one wicket. Monday’s play saw the side battling up-hill in splendid fashion. They had their backs to the wall, and the fine display they gave was worthy of the best traditions of Australian cricket. Zulch carried off chief honours with an innings of 150, and at the end of the day the side were 164 runs on with four wickets in hand. Pegler was out at 64 and then Faulkner and Zulch came together and pulled the game round for their side by putting on 143 for the third wicket. Many changes were made in the attack without effect, and a separa­ tion was not brought about until 207, when Faulkner pulled a ball from Cotter on to his wicket. Faulkner gave a pos­ sible chance to the wicket-keeper when 8 , but made no other mistake during his stay of an hour-and-three-quarters. His innings was a brilliant one and contained ten 4’s, the majority of them off-drives. Nourse subsequently helped to add 71 for the fourth wicket, and with Strieker in 79 were put on for the fifth. Zulch, when he appeared likely to carry out his bat at the end of the day, was bowled by Ransford for 150 made out of 357 in five hours. At times he was rather slow, but as to the value of his display there cannot be two opinions. He might have been stumped when 22 and caught when 39 and again when 69 ; his chief strokes were fifteen 4’s. On the fourth morning the four outstanding wickets fell for 33 runs, only Snooke and Sinclair of the later players reaching double figures. The total was 401, and the innings lasted exactly six hours. Requiring 198 to win, Australia entered upon then 1 task with Bardsley and Macartney. The latter, as in the first innings, played brilliant cricket from the start, and so confident was his play that it seemed not unlikely he would make three figures for the second time in the match. When he had scored 56 out of 74 in 40 minutes, however, he was caught on the boundary. Exactly half his runs accrued from 4’s. Bardsley (17) was then partnered by Trumper, and the stand of 60 for the second wicket made success for their side assured. Ransford left to the first ball he received, but Kelleway then helped Trumper to obtain the remaining runs without further loss. By brilliant cricket Trumper, who hit five 4’s made 74 out of 124 in 85 minutes without a mistake. This was the Aus­ tralians’ fourth win in the series of five matches and analysis :— A u stralia . First innings. C. Kelleway, c Snooke, b Llewellyn ........... 2 C. G. Macartney, lbw, b Schwarz ...........137 Dr. H. V. Hordern, lbw, b Sinclair ........... 50 W. Bardsley, c and b Sinclair.......................... 94 W. J. Whitty, c Nourse, bL lew ellyn........... 13 V. T. Trumper, b Schwarz .......................... 31 C. Hill, st Sherwell, b Schwarz ........... ... 13 W. W. Armstrong, c Pearse, b Schwarz........... 0 V. S. Ransford, st Sherwell, b Schwarz.......... 0 A. Cotter, st Shcrwell, b Schwarz ........... 8 H. Carter, not out .......................... ........... 1 B 7, lb 2 .......................................... 9 Score Second innings. not o u t ........................... c Nourse, b Schwarz... b Nourse ........... ... not out ................... ... 24 ... 56 74 b Nourse Total........................................ 364 S outh A fr ic a . First innings. O. C. Pearse, b Whitty ... ......................... 0 W. J. Zulch, st Carter, b Hordern ......... 15 G. A. Faulkner, b A rm strong.................. 52 A. D. Nourse, b Armstrong ......................... 3 L. Strieker, c Macartney, b Hordern ... 19 J. H. Sinclair, c Ransford, b Hordern ... 1 S. J. Snooke, b Hordern ................................. 18 C. B. Llewellyn, c Carter, b Kelleway.......... 24 R. O. Schwarz, run out ................................. 13 P. W. Sherwell, c Bardsley, b W h itty ......... 5 S. J. Pegler, not out ......................................... 0 B 1, lb 8, nb 1 ................. 10 B 1, lb 3, w 1 ........... 5 Total (3 w kts)... 198 Total First innings. ............... 100 A u stralia . Second innings. lbw, b H ordern........... b R ansford................... b Cotter.......................... c Cotter, b Whitty b Cotter ................... c and b Whitty ........... c Carter, b Whitty ... b Whitty ................... n o to u t.......................... b Armstrong ........... c Cotter, b Hordern B 3, lb 4, w 2, nb 5 T o ta l........... Second innings. 2 150 92 28 42 12 12 3 0 14 20 14 Llewellyn Faulkner Sinclair ... Peglcr Schwarz ... Nourse ... Pearse Zulch Cotter Whitty ... H ordern... Kelleway Armstrong o. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 25 0 92 2 ................... ... 8 1 43 0 12 2 38 0 ............ 5 0 18 0 27 0 83 2 6 1 22 0 6 1 31 o !" ’.!! ... 4 0 22 0 11-4 0 47 6 ................... 9 0 42 1 5 1 26 o ................... ... 8-1 0 32 2 9 0 86 o ............. ... 3 0 14 0 1 0 2 o ................... Pegler bowled a wide. S outh A frica . Lrst innings. Second innings. 0 . M. R. w. O. M. R. w. 8 2 24 0 ................... ... 18 1 60 2 111 3 32 2 ..................... ... 27 5 06 4 21 3 73 4 ..................... ... 30*1 1 117 2 4 1 4 1 ................... ... 7 1 46 0 6 1 17 2 ................... ... 26 4 68 1 Macartney ... 10 0 21 0 Ransford ... 4 2 9 1 Cotter bowled five no-balls and two wides and Armstrong one no-ball. At the conclusion of the match the teams assembled in the members’ pavilion, and Mr. C. W . F. Lloyd, on behalf of the New South Wales Cricket Association, presented to Messrs. Sherwell and Hill the balls used in the match. Mr. C. J. Oliver, of the Sydney cricket grouud trustees, said that the South Africans would go away with the reputation of being good fellows and thorough sportsmen. Mr. Sherwell. in reply, acknowledged that his team had been beaten by a side head and shoulders above them in every depart | ment of the game. They came to Australia to learn, and they had never seen finer batsmen in their lives. Sherwell submitted the toast of the Australian team, the members of which, he sa;d, were the finest sportsmen the South Africans had ever met. Mr. C. Hill, in responding, said that he was proud to have captained the winning side. 21 st M atch .— v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Played at Adelaide on March 10, 11 and 13. The South Africans won by six wickets. (See page 38.) 22 nd M atch . — v. XVIII OF BROKEN HILL. Played at Broken Hill (N.S.W.) on March 15 and 16. 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