Cricket 1912

162 CEICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. M ay 2 d , 1912. The South African Team. F r a n k M i t c h e l l . —Captain. Born at Market Weighton, Yorkshire, August 13, 1872. St. Peter’s, York, Cambridge University, and Yorkshire. Rugger international. A great batsman still, and an excellent skipper. Captained the S.A. team of 1904. Louis J o s e p h T a n c r e d . —Vice-captain. Born at Port Elizabeth, October 7, 1876. A most able bat, capable either of defensive or aggressive tactics ; has a crouching stance. Member of the 1901, 1904, and 1907 S.A. teams. G o r d o n C. W h i t e . —Born at St. John’s, Pondoland, February 5, 1882. Dashing bat; destructive googly bowler on his day, and fine field. Member of the 1904 and 1907 teams. G e o r g e A u b r e y F a u l k n e r . —Born at Port Elizabeth, December 17, 1881. Greatest of South Africa’s players. Most consistent and withal brilliant ba t; googly bowler, good field. Member of the 1907 team, and one of the team to Australia, 1910-1. A r t h u r (D a v id ) B o u r s e . —Born at Croydon, Surrey, January 26, 1876. Left-handed batsman, consistent and heavy scorer, with strong defence ; useful flighty bowler, and capable field. Wa3 not christened David. Member of the 1907 team, and of the team to Australia. S i b l e y J. S n o o k e . —Born at S t. Mark’s, Tembuland, February 1, 1881. Fine right-handed bat, with considerable punishing powers; fast medium bowler, and fair field. Member of the 1904 and 1907 teams, and of the team to Australia. C h a r l e s B e n n e t t L l e w e l l y n . —Born at Pietermaritz­ burg, December 26, 1876. The ex-Hampshire crack left-hander, now at Accrington. Played a few times for former S.A. teams in England, and was a member of the team to Australia. R e g in a ld O s c a r S c h w a r z . —Born May 4, 1875, at Lee, Kent. S t. Paul’s School, Cambridge University (n o t in eleven), Oxfordshire, and Middlesex. Rugger international. Distinctly good bat, especially useful at critical times, b u t greatest as a bowler, though not strictly, as he is often said to be, a googly man. Member of the 1904 and 1907 teams, and of the team to Australia. Louis A n t h o n y S t r i c k e r . — Born at Kimberley in 1884. Good bat and field, and can also keep wicket; has occasionally bowled. Styled in Australia, where he went with the 1910-1 team, “ the South African Tom Hayward.” S id n e y J a m e s P e g l e r .- — Born at Durban, July 28, 1889. The youngest player on the side. Useful bat, first-class bowler (see “ Pavilion Gossip ” ), and good field. Went to Australia with the 1910-1 team. T h o m a s C a m p b e ll. —Born at Edinburgh, February 9, 1882. First wicket-keeper, and quite a useful batsman also. A member of the team to Australia. R o l l a n d B e a u m o n t . —Born at Newcastle, Natal, February 4, 1884. Slashing batsman and fine field. C l a u d e P a g e t C a r t e r . — Born at Durban, April 23, 1881. Left-hand slow bowler of much ability; good bat for a tail-end man, driving hard; capital field. J o s e p h L o v e l l Cox.—Born at Pietermaritzburg, June 28, 1886. Fast medium right-hand bowler, with nip from pitch; good field, and can hit, but does not take his batting seriously. G e r a l d P a t r i c k D e s m o n d H a r t i g a n .— Born at King William’s Town, December 30, 1884. First-class all-round man; batsman with good defence and plenty of scoring strokes; right-hand bowler with leg-break; excellent field. Has repre­ sented S.A. at Socker. H e r b e r t W i l f r e d T a y l o r . —Born at Durban, May 5, 1889. One of the most promising of S.A.’s young batsmen, ought to train on right into the front rank ; splendid field. Has represented Natal as a Rugger half-back. T h o m a s A l f r e d W a r d . —Born at Rawal Pindi, India, August 2, 1887. Second wicket-keeper, and a really good one; quite a useful bat too. G e o r g e A l l s o p . —The team's Manager, a post he has filled with two earlier teams, in 1904 and 1907. Born at Houghton, Hants., January 4, 1864. In his day an excellent all-round player; frequently represented the Transvaal. Does not play much, if at all, now. Cricket in Scotland. B y H a m is h . Another glorious Saturday ! Some rain fell throughout the week and here and there gave the bowlers great assistance; but on the whole, though only one century was recorded, runs were plenti­ ful, the largest totals being 310 for 7 wickets by Forfarshire, 303 for 6 by the Carlton, and 290 for 7 by the Grange. The teams for the trial match at Broughty Ferry have now been chosen, and appear in another place. On paper the Rest side appears the stronger, and when the first Scottish XI. is picked the majority will, I expect, come from that side ; but a keen game ought to be the outcome. All the “ cracks ” are included, though a notable omission is J. Mushet of Heriots, who is undoubtedly one of the best all-round players in Scotland, and whose good work against the Grange I had occasion to mention only a fortnight ago. Arthur Broadbent’s name appears; but, while now permanently settled here and an amateur, I should have hesitated a little before including him in a Scottish side. Perhaps the selection Committee think this the easiest way of surmounting the difficulty whether to call in professional aid or not. With Uddingston and Perthshire in the capital to meet the Grange and Edinburgh Academicals respectively, chief interest centred in the doings at Raeburn Place. The Grange had suffered four successive reverses from the Uddingston men and had therefore whipped up a very strong eleven to oppose them on Saturday. They attained their desire, for the result was a decisive victory for them. Uddingston lost two wickets before a run had been scored, and never recovered, all being out for 97, a total which the Grange passed with six wickets in hand. After the winning hit runs came freely from all the batsmen, and before the close 290 runs were scored for the loss of 7 wickets. S. H. Osborne, the Oxford and England Rugby forward, was top scorer with 74 not out. Across the road Perthshire were badly beaten by Edinburgh Academicals, who totalled 212 for 8 wickets and dismissed their opponents for 78. H. J. Stevenson, who has represented the Gentlemen against the Players, can still bowl his “ lo b s” with telling effect, as his six wickets for 30 indicates. Another match was undertaken in the County Championship Competition when Fifeshire met Forfarshire at Dunfermline and as generally happens here, the Fifers were outclassed. Forfarshire rattled up 310 for 7 wickets in two hours and a half, and in this total F. G. Tait (143) and W. S. Whyte (95) scored 145 while together in an hour, which was the length of the latter’s stay at the crease. Fifeshire slowly gathered 126, and almost played out time ; but Ringrose (7 for 49) in the end proved too much for them. One of the curiosities of this competition is that a club side can turn out an eleven able to beat the County. Stenhousemuir did so on Saturday when they beat Stirling County by 152 to 93,and it was no fluke! Aberdeenshire made their match witn Montrose the occasion for opeuing their new pavilion, and they had the pleasure of associating the opening with a win. Westwards Ayr continue to do big things in the run-getting department. Already this season, in five matches, they have aggre­ gated 1,169 runs for 29 wickets, which works out at 40 runs apiece ; but they will come up against heavier metal shortly. They easily beat Kilmarnock in a Western Union game on Saturday, and Poloc fell to Kelburne, who are still going strong. In the South a most exciting finish was the result of the match between the Watsonians and Peebles County. The Watsonians were dismissed for the comparatively email total of 127, and Peebles were some 10 runs short of that when the last man went in. But they won, and for this victory they are largely indebted to R. M. Thorburn who scored 72 (including 3 sixes) out of 131. Selkirk and Gala met at Pbiliphaugh, the beautiful little ground of the former club, in a match without professionals, and a high Scoring game ended in a draw. After a long absence A. Linton made a welcome re-appearance for Selkirk, and collected 87 bv a masterly display. For Gala F. H. Hoggarth had 64 not out, and this player, I wot,—a Yorkshireman however—is still the best bat in the Borders. EAST AND WEST v. REST OF SCOTLAND. The following teams have been chosen for the Scottish Union match between the East and West districts and the Rest of Scotland, to be played at Broughty ,Ferry on 1st June:— i East and West—G. W. Jupp (Carlton), D. Johnstone (Menzie’s XI.), J. C. Murray (Edinburgh Academicals), J. Macmillan (Drumpellier), A. G. Waddell (Drumpellier), G. L. D. Hole (Edinburgh Academicals), P. S. Fraser (Grange), T. 1). Watt (Watsonians), A. C. Cullen (Uddingston), W. F. Turnbull (Stewart's College), and J. W. Ferguson (Ayr). Kestof Scotland—G. K. Chalmers (Forfarshire), A. Broadbent (Aberdeenshire), W. Webster (Aberdeenshire), James Storrie (Hawick and Wilton), R. W. Siev- wright (Arbroath United), M. R. Dickson (Arbroath United), R. G. Tait (Forfar­ shire), T. A. Bowie (Clackmannan), W. H. Thorbum (Peebles County), W. G Grieve (Selkirk), and J. A. Ferguson (Perthshire).