Cricket 1913

136 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A pril 26, 1913. Cricket in New Zealand. O T A G O X I. A U S T R A L IA N S IN O T A G O . Played on W ednesday, February 19, on the Carisbrook grou nd at Dunedin. T h e A ustralians included S. T . C allaw a y, who played in test matches as far back as 1891-2, B. J. T u ckw ell (Victoria), C . C . Hopkins (brother of A. J. H .), J. Ram sden, formerly of W estern Australia, and several other men w h o are ranked among' D unedin’s best. T h ey won by tw o runs, after a hard-fought gam e. O ta g o XI. L. Chadwick, b Ramsden ... W. W. Mackersey, c Tuckwell, b Ramsden T. McFarlane, b H u n tly ................ — . Bryden, run out ................ H. G. Siedeberg, c Andrews, b Rams den 26 56 G. G. Austin, c and b Ramsden . A. M. Rutherford, b Huntly — . Shepherd, not out J. W. Condliffe, b Huntly... A. W. Alloo, c and b Huntly — . McLaughlin, b Huntly Extras Total Huntly took 5 for 48, Ramsden 4 for 61, A. P. Alloo o for 10, Tuckwell o for A u s t r a l ia n s . B. J. Tuckwell, b Rutherford C. C. Hopkins, run out S. T. Callaway, c Alloo, b McLaugh­ lin ....................................................... J. Ramsden, b Mackersey VV. E. Huntly, b Alloo ................ A. P. Alloo, c Chadwick, b Macker­ sey ... ..............................22 — . Binnie, lbw, b Mackersey ... 14 — . Tweedy, c Alloo, b Austin ... 4 — . Beale, c and b Rutherford ... 22 — . Andrews, c McFarlane, b Ruther­ ford ... ... ... ... 6 — . Wycherly, not out ................ o Extras ................ 13 Total 150 Mackersey took 3 for 21, Rutherford 3 for 49, Austin 1 for 13, A. W. Alloo 1 for 23, McLaughlin 1 for 26, McFarlane o for 5. The Currie Cup Tournament in South Africa. N A T A L v. W E S T E R N P R O V IN C E . T h is w as reckoned the great m atch of the Currie Cup competition of 1912-3, and there w a s a good crowd at L o rd ’s Ground, Durban, even at the start, which w as made as early as 10.15, on Saturday, M arch 22. Conry, the old Mannamead (Plymouth) School boy, won the toss, and took first innings. G eo rge H earne w a s early run out by a sm art return from Ormerod Pearse ; Comm aille w as finely taken by Dudley Pearse at c o v e r; Yeom an and T aylor fell to N ourse; and w ith P. A. M. Hands out for a well-made 25, there were five w ickets down for 57. R. A . H . Hands and Conry then added 40, but the former w as tw ice missed. T h e N atal fielding, after startin g well, fell aw ay somewhat. C onry ga ve no ch a n ce ; but Short and Sm ith, as well as R. Hands, were m issed badly. T h e innings closed for 159. Herbert T aylor and Chapm an made a good start for Natal, sending up 57 in quick tim e ; but then Chapm an left. D . K . Pearse followed at 62, T aylo r at 83, and Nourse a t 91. Hopes of a big total had fallen to zero. But C . O . C . Pearse and Beningfield added 39; and when, after D . Tay'.or had gone, C arter joined the M aritzburg crack, the best stand of the match w as made. C autious at first, and inclined to scrape about, the tw o got righ t on top of the bow ling later, and added 81 before C arter, w h o had hit one splendid six off B lanckenberg, ran himself out. T u ck ett and Cox were summ arily dismissed ; but Nicol kept up his end for a while, and the last w icket added 38. P earse’s 61* w as a really fine effort. W ith the end of the innings play ceased, Natal being 104 on. On Monday, w ith another b ig crowd in evidence, slow play w as the order of the day at the start. Comm aille and H earne, facing some excellent bow ling and keen fielding, could only m ake 40 runs in the first hour; and the first w icket, H earne’s, fell at 68 after 83 m inutes’ plav. T h e old K en t batsm an’s son w as again run out, and on each occasion h is partner seems to have been some­ w hat to blame. C o x did a sm art bit of fielding, stopping the ball, throw ing in on the instant, and scattering the stumps. P. A. M . Hands left at 78, and Comm aille went 20 ru n s later. H e had batted slow ly, but after all had made only one short of half the runs scored while he was in. Six w ickets w ere down for 110 ; and only the tail was left to help R egin ald Hands. De Sm idt stayed while 32 runs were added, however, and B lanckenberg gave even better help, the eighth w icket adding 38. H ands played an uphill gam e in grea t style, and his '67* w as the top score of the match. Natal, needing only 87 to w in, made a terrible start. T aylo r and Chapm an had go n e w ith only three scored, and tw o runs later Beningfield ran himself out. H ad Pearse been run out or cau gh t at short le g— and either m ight well have happened— there would very likely have been a hard fight for the runs. A s it w as, the M aritz­ burg crack and D an T aylor hit them off, the match being over at 3.30. T o p'ease the spectators, it w as con­ tinued ; T aylor retired for 65, Pearse made 33, Nourse 19, and the total w as carried to 139 for 8; but of course nothing after the w inning hit belongs to the score-sheet proper. First innings. M. Commaille, c D. K. Pearse, b Cox G. Hearne, run o u t ............................. P. A. M. Hands, b C arter................ W. F. Yeoman, lbw, b Nouise G. P. Taylor, b Nourse ................ R. A. H. Hands, b Cox ................ F. D. Conry, c Chapman, b Tuckett R. De Smidt, b Cox............................. J. Blanckenberg, b Nourse W. H. Short, not out F. Smith, b Tuckett ................ B. 4, l.b. 1 ................ Total ................ W e st e r n P r o v in c e . Second innings. 48 c Carter, b Chapman 2 run out ... ... ... 21 25 c D. Taylor,b Tuckett ... 6 3 b Carter ... ................ 1 o b Cox ... ... ... ... 1 34 not out ............................. 67 39 st. Nicol, b Carter ... ... 4 0 run out ... ... ... 6 16 c Nicol, b Nourse ................. 18 22 b Nourse .......................... o 1 b C o x ........................................... 1 5 B. 15, l.b. 1, n.b. 1 J7 159 Total ... ... 190 First innings. H. W. Taylor, c Yeoman, b Blancken­ berg ..........................................48 H. W. Chapman, b Blanckenberg 24 D. K. Pearse, b De Smidt ... 2 J. Beningfield, c Heame, 6Taylor 39 A. D. Nourse, b Blanckenberg ... o C. 0 . C. Pearse, not o u t ................. 61 N a t a l . D. Taylor, c P. Hands, b Blancken­ berg ................ ... 5 C. P. Carter, run out ............... 46 L. R. Tuckett, b Smith ............... o J. L. Cox, b Smith .............. o D. J. Nicol, c Conry, b Smith ... 9 B. 26, l.b. 3 ... ... 29 Total ... 263 S e c o n d in n in g s : H. VV. Taylor, c De Smidt, b Smith, 1 ; H. VV. Chapman, b Smith, 2 ; J. Beningfield, run out, o ; C. 0 . C. Pearse, not out, 33 ; D. Taylor, not out, 44 ; b. 7. l.b. 1, n.b. 1— total (for 3 wkts.), 89. N a t a l B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . O. M. Cox ... ................ Nourse Carter ... ................ Chapman............................. Tuckett ............................. Smith ............................. Short De Smidt Blackenberg ................ Taylor R. A. H. Hands ... De Smidt bowled 1 n.b. in the second innings. 0 R. W. 0. M. R. W. 18 4 50 3 • 23-5 5 57 2 16 3 47 3 • .. 18 5 50 2 9 2 3 i 1 .. 16 2 44 2 4 1 18 0 .. 2 O 3 1 6*2 2 8 2 . •• 5 O 19 1 :ond innings. o vin ce B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . 0. M. R. W. 0. M. R. w. 12 3 30 2 . 10 1 38 2 11 0 37 0 .,.. 2 0 12 O 18 0 67 2 8 0 18 O 16 1 61 4 • 3 0 12 O 7 0 28 1 — —■ — — 3 0 11 0 .... — — — — The full score of the game in which Transvaal (414) beat Eastern Province (200 and 147) in an innings at Johannesburg is not yet to hand, nor is that of the match (not a Currie Cup game) in which Griqualand West defeated Transvaal. N A T A L v. E A S T E R N P R O V IN C E . On all known form there w as a big disparity between these two sides in the match played at L ord’s Ground, Durban, on March 26 and 27; and the result did not upset calculations based on form. T h e home team w as on top from the start. Kenneth Logan , playing in his first Currie Cup match, bowled finely, and he and Nourse had four of the visitors’ w ickets down for 21, all made by Porter, who hit a splendid 6 off Nourse. D elbridge and Glisson, pursu­ ing forcing tactics in face of these disasters, added 57 in 40 minutes. A fter they were parted there w as 110 real stand. Logan cam e out with a capital analysis, and should be worth a place next season. H e and G reaves, the young Newcastle all-rounder, filled the vacancies left by the inabdity of C ox and Ormerod Pearse to play. When Natal batted Chapman soon le ft ; but Herbert T aylo r and Beningfield added 72 for the second w icket, Dan Taylor and Nourse 45 for the fourth, Greaves and Dan Tay'.or 31 for the sixth, and Carter and Tuckett 61 for the eighth. C arter hit out very fin e ly ; he has come on greatly as a batsman ; but he still wanted 10 for his fifty when Nicol came in. T h e wicket-keeper played an innings o f o*, which had unusual value for that figure, W a n t e d , C r ic k e t volume ior 1909. Will any one having same for disposal write to Manager of C r ic k e t , 123, Strand, W .C ., stating price required ?