Cricket 1913

A pril 26, 1913. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 137 staying while C arter added 18 to his score. Crouch and Porter were the most successful bowlers, but neither took w ickets very cheaply. T he Province wanted 156 to save the innin gs’ defeat. Bennett (with three lives) and H arvey put up 30 for the first w ic k e t; but 5 were down for 61, some of the tail-enders h avin g been sent in to save the better batsmen for the next morning. Play on the second day began at 9.20 1 Law rance and Porter played well, and each hit a 6; but no one else stayed long, and before 11 o ’clock the gam e w a s all over, and N atal had won by an innings and 30 runs. T h e features of the w inners’ out-cricket were Xicol’s splendid w icket-keeping (he did not giv e a bye in either innings, and did all his w ork in the quickest and neatest style) and the bow lin g of L o gan and Nourse. First innings. 1 E a s t e r n P r o v in c e . Second innings. F. W. Porter, b Logan ................ ... 21 c Pearse, b Tuckett ... • 30 J. E . Brann, c Tuckett, b Nourse... 0 c H. W. Taylor, b Nourse .. 2 W,. Harvey, b Nourse 0 c Nourse, b L o g a n ............... • 30 A. A. Lawrance, b Logan ... 0 c Greaves, b Carter ... ,. 24 C. Delbridge, c Greaves, b Logan ... ... 24 b Nourse ........................... 4 W. A. Glisson, b T u c k e tt................ ••• 43 b Nourse ........................... 13 A. G. Taylor, b Logan 2 c Logan, b Chapman . 9 V. B. Longworth, run o u t................ 0 c Pearse, b Logan ... • 5 W,, Walters, c Pearse, b Logan ... 10 not out ........................... 0 D. A. Bennett, St. Nicol, b Nours^ 3 c H. W. Taylor, b Logan .. . 8 E. H. Crouch, not out .......................... 1 St. Nicol, b N ourse.............. 0 L.b............................................. 1 L.b. ............... 1 Total ... 105 T o t a l.............. . 126 H. W. Chapman, b Walters H. W. Taylor, b Crouch ... J. Beningfield, b Porter ................ D. Taylor, c Porter, b Crouch A. D. Nourse, c Brann, b Porter... D. K. Pearse, b Crouch ................ F. Greaves, c Longworth, b Brann C. P. Carter, c Porter, b Crouch ... N ATAL. L. R. Tuckett, c Taylor, b Porter K. Logan, b Porter D. J. Nicol, not out B. 8, l.b. 1 ................ 13 Total N a t a l B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is .’ O. M. R. W. Nourse 12*4 2 32 3 Logan 11 2 27 5 Carter 7 1 22 o Tuckett 7 2 23 1 Chapman — — — — O. M. R. W. 15*4 4 45 4 Crouch 5 35 3 Walters 0 23 1 Glisson 1 15 1 Porter 0 7 1 Brann 13 5 7 25*2 9 6 96 34 29 70 23 On March 29 Western Province scored 238 v. Eastern Province at Port Eliza­ beth, and the home side made 71 in reply. Full score will be given next week. " It was in the eighties that cricket in South Africa first emerged from the chrysalis stage of somewhat interm ittent club cricket, and the growth of the gold-mining industry had much to do with its rapid development. For a time Kimberley held its own with the Rand and the C o a st; later Diamondopolis fell into the background ; to-day, perhaps, Natal must be reckoned as second in strength to the Transvaal.”— From " C rick e t: the World-wide Game,” in Ayres’ Cricket Companion. Durham University Fixtures. May 7— Northumberland County, at Newcastle. May 9 and 10— B irm ingham University, at Birm ingham . May 15 and 16— Edinburgh University, at Heaton. May 19— Y orksh ire Gentlemen, at Y ork. May 22 and 23— Manchester University, at Durham . May 28-— Durham County Gentlemen, at Durham . June 27 and 28— G lasgow University^, at Heaton. June 30— Leeds U niversity, at Leeds. \ July 1— Liverpool University, at Liverpool. I -j-our July 2 and 3-— Dublin University, at Dublin, j July 4 and 5— B an gor University, at B angor, j Trial m atches— Durham v. Newcastle— w ill be played on April 30 and M ay 1 ; and the Athenian fixtures are w ith Kipon Iheological C ollege, Mirfield, Sheffield University, the Rev. ■\. E. W alk e r’s X I., H vm er’s C ollege (Hull), Durham School, Bede C ollege, Rabv C astle, C astle Eden, Pocklington School, Penrith, the C lergy of Durham , and the C le rgy of Middles­ brough and D istrict. I n d e x fo r 1912 v o l u m e will be sent post free to anyone writing for it to Manager C r ic k e t , 125, Strand, W.C. E.P. B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . O. M. R. W. 4 The Man Behind Natal Cricket. MR . P. J. T A Y L O R . Six years a go there appeared in C ricket an article about Sir (then Mr.) Abe B ailey, entitled “ T h e Man Behind South A frican C ricket.” I have alw ays felt how appropriate this title w as, and I now feel that in dealing w ith Mr. P . J. T aylor I can employ none more applicable than an adapta­ tion of i t ; for w hat S ir Abe, w ith his money and influence, has done for South A frica, Mr. T aylor, w ithout wealth, but w ith infinite tact and perseverance, has achieved for Natal. It is possible that by the time these lines appear in print the W estern Province will have w rested from Natal the trophy she holds— the C urrie Cup. Possible, but I do not think p robable! Even should it chance, the loss would in no w ay detract from the m erit of Mr. T a y lo r’s services to South A frican cricket in general and N atal cricket in particular. U n like the m ajority of successful cricket legislators, Mr. T aylo r has been a good cricketer him self. Born in Essex about forty years ago, h e has spent nearly half of his life in Durban, where he holds a responsible position in one of the leading firm s of N atal, Messrs. S. Butcher and Son, the m a n agin g director of which, by the w ay, Mr. W alter Butcher, played for the Midland Counties in the days prior to the temporary decline of R u gb y football in England. As a member of the Albion C .C ., Mr. T aylo r earned inter-town honours, playing for Durban again st M aritzburg in 1896-7. Then as now there w a s a high standard of cricket in these inter-town gam es. In the tw o team s which played in the 1896-7 match w ere many names famous in South A frica, and some known to a w ider sphere— H . T aylo r (uncle to H. W .), G . H . W hyte, C . H enw cod, D . C . D avey, B. C . Cooley, P. F . Madden, and C . P. C arter on the Durban side; C . Hime, F. Findlay, A . D . Nourse, G . C . B . Llewellyn, and A. H . H ime for M aritzburg. O f the above D avey, Cooley, C arter, Nourse, and Llew ellyn have played for South A frica in En gland ; C . H ime earned his international cap in this country, whilst no bowler in South A frica w as ever more deadly than Madden on his day. T he late W - U. Murdoch described Madden as the cleverest thrower he had ever played a g ain st! Possibly it w as the doubtfulness of his delivery which kept him out of international cricket. In 1899 the Albion C lub disbanded, and Mr. T aylor threw in his lot w ith the W anderers C .C ., w ith whom lie h as been associated ever since. It w as w hile w ith the Albion that he first took up legislative duties, being appointed the club 's representative on the Durban C ricket Union in 1S97. In 1901-2-3 he acted as Hon. Sec. to the D .C .U ., and became Chairm an in 1905, a post he vacated for one season, but which he resumed in 1908, and kept until A ugust, 1911, when pressure of duties compelled him to resign. Prior to 1908 M aritzburg w as the headquarters o f N atal cricket ; but the m anagem ent had grad ually deteriorated to such an extent that the C ity people them selves admitted the necessity of a change. Eventually it w as decided to wind up the N atal C ricket Union. O ut of its ashes sprang the Natal C ricket Association, w ith headquarters in Durban. T he first meeting of the Association w as held in December, 1908, at Mr. T a y lo r’s home. He w as appointed Chairm an, and Mr. H . L . C rockett Hon. Sec., and these tw o gentlemen still hold their respective posts, to the satisfaction of all whose approval is worth having. About this time cricket in Durban w a s threatened with som ething like total extinction. T h e only grounds suitable for sport in the town were L o rd ’s and the O val. The O val is in a public park, where gate-m oney could not be charged. I^ord’s w as in the hands of the A gricultural Society, who sub-leased it to the Sports Association, a body representing cricket, athletics, cyclin g, and R u gby and Association foot­ ball. T he Sports Association had to keep the ground in order, and the cost of this, together w ith the rent, w as more than their finances could stand. Squabbles ensued. A t the root of the trouble was the fact that the most expensive