Cricket 1913

212 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 17, 1913. The First-C lass Season in South Africa. CURRIE CUP MATCHES. D e c e m b e r 14 and 16.— T r a n s v a a l (223 and 146 for 9) beat O r a n g e F r e e S t a t e (115 and 251) by one wicket at Bloem­ fontein. D e c e m b e r 26.— E a s t e r n P r o v in c e (209) beat O r a n g e F r e e S t a t e (57 and 121) by an innings and 31 runs at Port Eliza­ beth. D e c e m b e r 26 and 27.— W e s t e r n P r o v in c e (344 and 18 for o) beat T r a n s v a a l (228 and 131) by 10 wickets at Cape Town. J a n u a r y i and 2.— N a t a l (85and384for 5 , dec.) beat T r a n s v a a l (141 and 203) by 125 runs at Johannesburg. J a n u a r y i and 2.— W e s t e r n P r o v in c e (234 and 291 for 4, dec.) beat O r a n g e F r e e S t a t e (120 and 85) by 320 runs at Cape Town. J a n u a r y 6 and 7.— N a t a l (376 and 4 for o) beat O r a n g e F r e e S t a t e (101 and 277) by 10 wickets at Bloemfontein. M a r c h 22 and 24.— N a t a l (263 and 89 for 3) beat W e s t e r n P r o v in c e (159 and 190) by 7 wickets at Durban. M a r c h 22 and 24.— T r a n s v a a l (414) beat E a s t e r n P r o v in c e (200 and 147) by an innings and 67 runs at Johannesburg. M a r c h 26 and 27.— N a t a l (261) beat E a s t e r n P r o v in c e (105 and 126) by an innings and 30 runs at Durban. M a r c h 29 and 31.— W e s t e r n P r o v in c e (238) beat E a s t e r n P r o v in c e (71 and 93) by an innings and 74 runs at Port Elizabeth. E x t r a M a t c h . M a r c h 20 and 2 1.— G r iq u a la n d W e s t (304 and 76 for 2) beat T r a n s v a a l (192 and 186) by 8 wickets at Johannesburg. SCORING IN CURRIE CUP MATCHES. Side. Runs for Wkts. Eastern Province... 951 69 Natal ............. 1462 48 Orange Free State 1127 80 Transvaal ... ... i486 68 Western Province ! 474 54 Aver. 1 3 7 3°'4 i4-o 2 1 8 27-2 Runs agst. Wkts. Aver. ... 1091 50 2 18 ... 1302 79 i 6'4 ... 1483 53 279 1544 65 237 1080 72 15-0 In all h i players took part in the eleven matches; but of these as many as 46 appeared in only one match each. Seventy of the h i bowled, 17 of them failing to take a wicket, and only ten effecting 10 or more dismissals. Twenty-eight men represented the Transvaal in its five matches, and this, in spite of the fact that S. J. Snooke, L. J. Tancred, G. C. White, J. W. Zulch, L. A. Strieker, and T. Camp­ bell were all absentees throughout. Beaumont only played in two matches, Pegler and Ward in one each, so that the Transvaal members of the 1912 S.A. Team were by no means conspicuous. The Free State called upon 23 men, Western Province upon 17, Eastern Province and Natal upon 16 each, and Griqualand West, with only one match, upon 11. Men of whom a good deal was expected as batsmen failed ; but others did well, and on the whole there can be little cause for despondency as to South Africa's batting strength. Herbert Taylor stands easily first; his brother Dan, the Hands brothers, Jewell, Commaille, Lindsay, Susskind, A. H. Cooper, Carter, G. Hearne, Conry, Glisson (six double figures in seven innings, and only one of them under 20), Lawrance, Delbridge, Morkel, Beningfield, and others did well. Nourse was much below his usual form, but made amends by his deadliness with the ball. He and Baumgartner were the only men who took 20 wickets. The Western Province bowlers did better than had been expected, practically all of them having good figures; but Eastern Pro­ vince, Transvaal, and the Free State all seemed weak in the attack. The 11 matches produced 7,258 runs for the loss of 351 wickets — average 20-6 per wicket. B attin g an d B o w lin g A v e r a g e s . Inns. Baumgartner, H. V. (T.) 5 Beaumont, R. (7\) ... 3 Bell, P. H. (0 .) ... 4 Beningfield, J. (N.) ... 6 Bennett, D. A. (E.) ... 6 Bennett, H. J. G. ( T .) 4 Bensimon, A. (W.) ... 1 Berry, A. V. (7\) ... 5 Blake, R. H. (N.) ... 1 Blanckenberg, J. W.) 4 Brann, J. E. (E.) ... 5 Budgen, E . A. ( W .) ... 1 N.O. R. A . H.S. O. R. VV. A. 0 21 4*20 10 87*2 258 20 12-90 0 81 27'00 37 •• — — — — 0 49 12*25 31 — — — — 1 127 25-40 39 .. — — — — X 16 3-20 8 .. — — — — 1 28 933 16* .. — — — — 0 0 — — 6 25 1 25*00 0 94 18*80 57 — — — — 0 47 47-oo 47 .. 5 29 0 — 0 76 *9-00 28 .. 42 128 13 9-84 0 22 3-66 12 28 97 4 24*2* 1 1 — i* . i 7 ’5 35 5 7 ’r o Inns. N.O. R. A. H.S. 0 . R. W . A. Carstens, J. (W.) 3 1 72 36*00 58 — — __ __ Carter, C. P. {N.) Chapman, H. W . ( N .) 4 0 163 40-75 58 87 260 13 20*00 5 0 37 7*40 24 12 58 2 29*00 Coleman, C. W . (E.) ... 1 0 17 17*00 17 — — --- Commaille, M. J. ( W.) 7 1 240 40*00 103 — — — __ Compton, P. (0 .) 8 1 63 9*00 35 36*2 161 10 16*10 Conry, F. D . (W.) 4 0 119 29*75 59 — — — — Cook, A. E. (T.) Cooper, A. H. (7\) 1 0 1 1*00 1 2 2 0 __ 7 0 244 34-85 74 18*1 84 3 28*00 Cooper, F. W . (T.) ... 5 2 82 27-33 52* 62*1 180 9 20*00 Cox, J. L .(N .) 2 0 5 2*50 5 70*2 208 14 I4-85 Crage, T. (£ .) 1 0 0 — 9 12 3 4*00 Crouch, E. H. (£ .) ... 7 5 7 3-50 3* 97-4 316 19 16*42 Davison, J. (N.) 1 0 0 i 7 61 4 15-25 Delbridge, C. (is.) 6 0 123 20*50 33 — De Smidt, R. (W.) ... 5 1 74 18*50 42* 101 288 16 18*00 De Villiers, D. ( W.) ... 1 0 17 17*00 17 6 15 0 — Dickens, W alter (G.) ... 2 0 5 2*50 4 __ __ __ Dickens, Wm . (G.) 1 1 0 — 25 84 4 21*00 Dixon, C. D. (T.) 2 0 17 8*50 12 12*2 62 3 20*66 Dorrington. H. V. (E.) 1 0 0 — — — — Drake, A. (G.) i 0 1 1*00 1 4 25 0 — Elworthy, F. W . ( T .) 3 1 3i 15*50 26 31 167 7 23-85 Faure, J. (0 .) 2 1 15 15*00 12* 5 19 0 Fisher, H . G. (0 .) ... 2 0 50 25*00 27 — — Floquet, B. H. (T.) ... 2 0 28 14*00 14 5 3i 0 — Franklin, P. H. M. (0 .) 6 2 5 1-25 2 38 171 1 171*00 Gardner, W . T. (T.) ... 2 1 18 18 -oo 10 — — Glisson, W . A. (£ .) ... 7 0 239 34-14 81 50-5 203 9 22-55 Goddard, F. C. (0 .) ... 6 0 62 io *33 18 40 145 5 29*00 Greaves, F. (N.) 1 0 13 13*00 13 — Hand, C. R . (T.) 4 0 75 18*75 3i — — — — Hands, P. A. M. (W.)... 6 0 204 34-oo 116 — — — — Hands, R. A. H. (W.) 5 2 218 72*66 79* 3 11 0 — Hannam, R. P. (E.) ... 1 0 13 13*00 13 — — — Harvey, W . (E.) 6 0 54 9*00 30 7 52 0 — Heame, G. (W.) 7 1 148 24*66 53 — — — Heather, P. J. (T.) ... 4 0 116 29*00 53 5 24 0 — Henwood, V. L. (N .)... 3 0 61 20-33 45 — — Hill, H. W . (0 .) 4 0 61 15*25 28 29*3 131 8 16*37 Hill, K. (0 .) ................. 6 0 48 8*oo 25 5 40 0 — Jackson, D. C. ( T .) ... 3 z 105 52-50 47* 11 45 0 — Jewell, J. E. (O.) 4 0 127 31-75 76 4 33 1 33-00 Lawrance, A. A. (is .)... 7 0 175 25-00 57 — — — — Le Roux, F. (T.) 1 0 50 50*00 50 14 54 4 13*50 Lewis, P. T. (W.) 3 0 35 i i *66 15 — — Lindsay, N. V. (0 .) ... Ling, W . V. (G.) 4 0 231 57*75 109 22*1 107 3 35-66 2 z 96 96*00 69* 13 53 2 26*50 Logan, K. ( N .) I 0 1 1*00 1 24 62 8 7-75 Longworth, V. B. (£.) 7 0 30 4*28 21 — — — J Love. W . (0 . ) ................. 2 0 2 1*00 2 14 59 2 29*50 Malan, J. H. (0 .) 2 1 3 3-00 3* — Maritz, C. (G.) 1 0 0 — — — — Mars, W . H. (W.) 1 0 4 4*00 4 22 51 7 7*28 Matthews, J. (0 .) 4 0 56 14*00 25 — — — Meintjes, D. J. ( T.) ... 6 0 61 10*16 20 28 134 5 26*80 Miller, J. (0 . ) ................. 2 1 3 3*oo 3* IO 51 1 51*00 Morkel, J. V. ( T.) ... 7 0 167 23-85 84 8 39 0 - 1 Moses, E. C. (7\) 2 0 24 12*00 12 3 15 0 — 1 Moulder, J. H. (T.) ... 2 0 29 14-50 29 10 39 1 39*oo Nicol, D .J ,{N .) 5 4 29 29-00 14* — — — — Nourse, A. D. (N .) ... 5 0 i n 22*20 59 126*2 362 24 15-08 Pearse, C. O. C. ( N.) ... 2 2 94 ---- 61* — — — Pearse, D. K. (N .) 6 1 66 13*20 25 — — — — Peddle, E. (G.) 1 0 7 7*oo 7 — — — — Pegler, S. J. (T .) 2 0 38 19*00 36 33 119 2 59-50 Pollard, Capt. (0 .) Porter, F. W . (£ .) ... Poyntz, Capt. H. S. (0 .) 2 0 19 9*50 13 1 4 0 — 6 0 68 n -33 30 52 151 9 i 6*77 6 0 93 15-50 23 38 142 5 28*40 Quaife, W . G. (G.) ... 2 1 70 7o*oo 62 5 25 2 12*50 Quested, F. G. (0 .) ... 2 0 6 3-oo 6 1-3 3 2 1*50 Raaff, E. (G .)................. 1 0 11 11*00 11 5 20 O — Redick, A. W . (7\) ... 2 0 40 20*00 29 12 28 2 14-00 Rood, J. F. (0 .) 2 O- 5 2*50 3 — — — — Rutherford, J. H. ( T .) 4 0 8 2*00 6 — — — — Saunders, R. 0 . (T .) ... 6 0 50 8-33 20 44'4 153 5 30-60 Sennett, G . ( 0 .) 2 0 4 2*00 4 — — — — Short, W . H. (W .) ... 5 z 66 16*50 26 75*3 232 15 I 5‘46 Smith, A. E. (£ .) 1 0 0 ---- — — ---■ Smith, F. (PK.)................. 3 1 8 4*00 6* 37 134 7 I9 ’i 4 Steytler, J. M. (0 .) ... 4 0 11 2*75 4 — — — — Stranger, T. ( T.) 4 z 0 26 107 z 107-00 Strauss, — (0 .) 2 0 8 4*00 7 — — — — Strieker, H. B. (T .) ... 2 1 68 68*oo 66* 9 43 1 43*oo Susskind, M. J. (T.) ... 4 0 212 53*oo 136 — — Tapscott, L. F.. (G.) ... I 0 30 30*00 30 — — — — Tapscott, L. G. (G.) ... 2 0 121 60*50 90 17 43 7 6*14 Taylor, A. G. (£ .) ... Taylor, D . (,V.) 7 0 68 9*71 44 10 64 1 64*00 6 i 203 40*60 65 3 15 0 — Taylor, G. P. (IV.) ... 3 0 24 8*oo 23 14 46 2 23*00 Taylor, H. W . (N.) ... 6 1 367 73*40 250* 2 XX 0 — Thompson, R. A. (T.) 4 2 15 7-50 11 61 *3 213 11 19-36 Tuckett, L. R. (N.) ... 4 0 69 17*25 26 5i*i 187 8 23*37 Van Schalkwyk, J. G. (0 .) 6 1 66 13*20 29 47*4 156 6 36-00 Walters, W . (E.) 6 1 52 10*40 20 45 134 4 33-50 Ward, T. A . (T.) 2 0 41 20*50 27 — — — 1 Whitehead, T. G. (G.) 1 0 3 3*00 3 29*5 95 4 ty 7 i Wille, F. C. (0 .) 6 1 60 12*00 24 31-5 184 5 36-80 Yeoman, W . F. (W .) ... 4 0 73 18*25 66 CENTURIES. Commaille, M. J., 103, W . Province v. O.F.S:, Cape Town. Hands, P. A. M., 116, W. Province v. Transvaal, Cape Town. Lindsay, N. V., 109, O.F.L. v. Transvaal, Bloemfontein. Susskind, M. J., 136, Transvaal v. E. Province, Johannesburg. Taylor, H. VV., 250, Natal v. Transvaal, Johannesburg. 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