Cricket 1912

562 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Nov. 16, 1912. “ A fter the Currie Cup Tournam ent you cam e to England again I with the Fourth South A frican Team .” “ Yes, and 1 suppose I did pretty well. I made over 800 runs and took 133 wickets in all m atches, anyw ay. In 1907-8 there was scarcely any big cricket in South Africa— Transvaal had no match of importance at all. But in 1908-9 there was a Currie Cup Tourna­ m ent at Cape Tow n, and I played in that. W estern Province just managed to snatch the cup from us, winning the last match by 7 runs. Then, in 1909-10, came another English team. I played in eight matches against them, including all five tests ; and I suppose it isn’t too much to say that Faulkner and I had alm ost all the bowling to do for South A frica.” “ In the next season you went to Australia.” “ Yes, and cruel luck L had ! I didn’t do so very badly in the opening matches ; but I got m y thum b broken in the first hour’s play of the first test, and that accident gave me no chance of doing m yself justice, either with bat or ball. When I played again in a test— the fourth— I received tw o nasty knocks on the end of my m iddle finger (right hand) ; and, though I got a few wickets during the remainder o f the tour with fast straight stuff, I could not bowl m y tw isty ball at all. It was a bad journey for me, and some of the things that were said about me hurt m y feelings a good deal.” Vogler’s analyses in the early first-class matches of the tour were 5 for 101, 6 for 146, 3 for 163, 5 for 126, and 3 for 100 ; and up to that stage he had certainly done better than anyone else on the side except Schwarz. “ A fter the tour ? ” “ I played for the R andfontein Club. They chose me for the South African Team this year. Som e people said I was done with ; but I took 10 for 169 in the only one of the trial games I played in. i Owing to private reasons, I could not join the team. Later on, finding it necessary to bring m y wife over to England for her health, I accepted an engagem ent with Mr. Cochrane at W oodbrook, and did fairly well for the club.” “ W hat are your intentions for the future ? ” “ They aren’t very definite. On the whole, I think it likely I m ay stay here— for a time, at least. Mrs. V ogler is not fit to travel. B y the way, I should like to say that I read C r ic k e t regu­ larly, and have a high opinion of it. Anything I can do to help the paper I shall be pleased to d o.” “ Thank you. I have no doubt that you can be useful to us if you will. T ell other people you like i t ; that helps us.” I talked with V ogler o f other matters and o f many men ; but what he told me I shall not set down here, for m y chief object in interviewing him was to get a first-hand account of his own career. H e preferred n ot to speak m uch on controversial subjects, and he showed no bitterness against anyone. I can easily understand now why the m ajority of South African cricketers speak in such friendly terms of Ernest Vogler. H e is generous in his estimates of others, and that quality goes far. Here is a brief record o f som e of his best feats in big crick e t:— B o w lin g . IV. R. Inns. Match , Place , and Season. 6 56 1st Eastern Province v. English Team, Port Elizabeth. 1905-6. 7 59 1st M.C.C. v. Yorkshire, Lord’s, 1906. 10 90 Both M.C.C. v. Leicestershire, Lord’s, 1906. 9 44 2nd M.C.C. v. West Indians, Lord’s, 1906. 16 38 Both Eastern Province v. Griqualand West, Johannesburg, 1906-7. 14 58 Both Eastern Province v. Orange River Colony/Johannesburg, 1906-7. 8 62 Both South African Team v. Leicestershire, Leicester, 1907. 8 67 2nd South African Team v. M.C.C., Lord’s, 1907. 6 17 2nd South African Team v. Derbyshire, Derby, 1907. 7 128 1st South Africa v. England, Lord’s, 1907. 7 92 1st South African Team v. Surrey, Oval, 1907. 6 50 2nd South African Team v. Mr. S. H. Cochrane’s X II., Bray, 1907. 8 109 Both South African Team v. Essex, Leyton, 1907. 6 27 2nd Transvaal v. Eastern Province, Cape Town, 1908-9. 6 12 1st Transvaal, v. Border, Cape Town, 1908-9. The Reef v. English Team, Vogelfontein, 1909-10. 6 58 1st 7 79 Both Transvaal v. English Team, Johannesburg, 1909-10. 12 181 Both South Africa v. England, Johannesburg, 1909-10. 5 83 1st South Africa v. England, Durban, 1909-10. 5 72 2nd South Africa v. England, Cape Town, 1909-10. 7 96 1st Mr. L. J. Tancred’s XI. v. Mr. P. T. Lewis’s X I., Johan­ nesburg, 1911-12. B a tt in g . 62* South Africa v. England, Cape Town, 1905-6. 52 Middlesex v. Cambridge University, Cambridge, 1906. 85 M.C.C. v. Worcestershire, Lord’s, 1906. 79 Eastern Province v. Griqualand West, Johannesburg, 1906-7. 57 Mr. Ivor Difford’s Transvaal X I. v. Border, Kingwilliamstown, 1906-7. 103 South African Team v. Scotland, Edinburgh, 1907. 69 South African Team v. Lancashire, Manchester, 1907. 57 South African Team v. Essex, Leyton, 1907. 65 South Africa v. England, Johannesburg, 1909-10. Landmarks of Cricket in North America. (Continued from p. 309.) 1872 ( continued). W . G. Grace made 142 at T oronto— the record score in Canada to that date, and the first century scored in N orth America by a member of a team from overseas. H e also made 81 at Montreal, 73 at Ottawa, and 76 at London. The best scores made against the team in Canada were : J. Whelan, 31 at H am ilton, 24 at T oronto ; T. Swinyard, 29 not out, and E. Hemsted (form erly of Hampshire), 28, both at Toronto. Philadelphia pushed the English cracks hard. There were five Newhalls in the team— Harry, George, R obert, Daniel, and Charles ; three Hargraves— Joseph, John, and Thom as ; with F. E. Brewster, Sutherland Law, John Large, Loper Baird, W . C. Morgan, jun., S. Meade, and other really good players. Charles Newhall took 10 wickets for 69, and Spencer Meade, another fast bow ler, 6 for 52. R oss Mackenzie, at Toronto, threw a cricket ball 140| yards. J. A. Lester, born (in England)— August 1 ; H . C. Thayer born— December 31. 1873. A Cricket W eek was held at Toronto. Eastern Ontario beat W estern Ontario b y 9 runs. “ Old Country ” beat Canada by 7 wickets. A ll Comers beat Toronto by 35 runs, J. W helan (of Chat­ ham) playing a fine innings of 91. A St. Louis team visited Canada, losing to H am ilton and beating Toronto. This seems to be the first appearance of St. Louis in the pages of cricket history. First m atch between Trinity and T oronto Universities, Toronto I winning by 6 runs. H. B. Richardson (Surrey and California) born— March 10 ; j Percy H. Clark born— August 7 ; J. Barton K ing born— October 19. I If the last-named had been an Englishman or an Australian he would have written his name large in the annals of test m atch cricket. 1874. Another m emorable year, by reason of the H alifax (N .S.) Tourna­ ment, the biggest affair of the kind brought off up to that date on the western continent. The contestants were Canada, the LTnited States I (represented by a Philadelphian team ), and England (a m ilitary side from the Canadian garrisons). Four matches were played. U.S. (191) beat Canada (94 and 66) in an innings. R . S. Newhall Iscored 79, D. S., 35 not out for U.S. ; the R ev. T. D. Phillipps carried I his bat through the first innings of Canada for 52 ; C. A. Newhall I took 10 for 43. U.S. (205) beat England (117 and 83) in an innings ; D. S. New­ hall scored 39, R . S. 29, C. A. 29, F. E. Brewster 29. The Hon. Keith T um our made 46 in England’s first. Spencer Meade had 10 I for 51 for U.S. England (158 and 89 for 7) beat Canada (143 and 103) by four I wickets, twelve a side playing. The R ev. T. D. Phillipps (39 and 18) was top scorer in each innings of Canada. C. B. Brodie took 7 |wickets for 56 in England's first, and Lieut. R eid 6 for 37 in Canada's second. H alifax (239 and 138 for 6) beat A ll Comers (214 and 162) by 5 wickets, twelve a side playing. For A ll Comers Lieut. Mitchell I scored 31 and 52 not out, the R ev. T. D. Phillipps 55 and 19, D. S. Newhall 25 and 50, F. E. Brewster 41 and 6. F or H alifax Capt. ! (later Col.) N. W . W allace made 68 and 24, the H on. K eith Tum our 7 and 53, and E. Kearney 45 and 8 not out ; C. B. Bullock (a bowler |of fast grubs) took 10 for 127 for H alifax, D. S. Newhall 8 for 98 for A ll Comers. The Cup, taken home by the victorious Americans, has been I played for ever since by the chief clubs of Philadelphia. Capt. N. W . W allace set up a new Canadian record with a score ^of 158 for Officers v. N .C.O.’s of H alifax Garrison. A. W . Page made I 104 for Colborne v. Bowm anville (Ont.). J. WThelan scored 41 and 92 (in totals of 66 and 117 for 7) for Chatham v. Toronto. Whelan (who did not play at H alifax) was probably the best Canadian bat of this period, though the R ev. T. D. Phillipps also had claims to this distinction. T he Montreal club visited the U .S., but m et w ith little success. The Baltimore C.C. was founded. J. M. Laing (perhaps Canada’s best bowler to date) born-^ I March 3,